Disclaimer: I don't own turtles, April, Casey, foot, shredder, etc. etc. ok? but I do own Brianna and this story idea so there.

Ch. 7 - Kidnapped

After struggling to go to sleep, Brianna figured it was useless to keep trying so she got up. Quietly she left the apartment to go on a walk. She knew it was pretty late or very early, depending on your point of view, and she didn't want to wake April or Casey up. Not after they'd been so kind to her.

She walked for a good fifteen minutes before deciding to go back since she really didn't know her way around New York City and didn't want to get lost. During her walk, she kept thinking about the turtles, especially the one in the blue mask. She wondered where they came from. Were they too once a part of some military experiement? She had been cautious of them at first for fear that they would send her back to that place. But now as she thought about it, she realized that she had been wrong. They had cleaned her up and treated her gunshot wound before they even knew who she was. And how had she she repayed them? By kicking the crap out of them. They had also found a place for her to say for awhile and hadn't asked for anything in return. Though she didn't care too much for the red turtle since he seemed to hate her, she did consider the others as friends. Friends? I have friends now? Brianna had had only one friend before, Dr. Madison. Since then she'd been alone for as long as she could remember. Could she really trust these new friends of her?

Right as she passed an alleyway, a group of foot members jumped out in front of her. She braced herself for the invetible fight that would soon ensue. What did these guys want with her? Were they here to bring her back to that awful place? No! I won't go back! She started to beat on them as she had with the turtles earlier.

After a matter of minutes, they were all unconscious. But, Brianna was exhausted from all the fighting and lack of sleep. Remembering the first time she had been attacked, she went back to the turtles' lair to learn the truth about the black pajama clad men.

"Sir, what do you make of it?"

"I... I'm not sure," Lt. Nitwite replied back as he and his men were all hunched around a strange opening in the sewer floor.

"Should one of us go down there, sir?"

"No, no. We don't know what's down there. Activate one of the cameras that feed back into the main computer at headquarters," The others knew what their superior was planning to do with the camera. Since it could potentially be too dangerous for them to explore what was down there without knowing what was down there, the only choice was to put one of their little tiny cameras down there and wait until headquarters gave them a command on what to do.

"There. That should do it," The man stated after he had finished lowering the camera device down. They had started walking away and were almost to a manhole when they heard someone coming. Quickly they hid and were astonished when they saw that the someone was the same person whom they were after! They followed her down the same path that they had just walked away and saw her go down into the strange hole.

Leonardo sprinted up. He was now fully awake. What made me do that? Since he had no success in going back to sleep, he figured the next best thing would be to go practice in the dojo. He quietly got himself ready as not to disturb his siblings or his sensei. Entering the den area, he noticed a form on the couch. Neither he nor his brothers had brought anyone home that night. And Rapheal hadn't gone sneaking off so it wasn't some helpless creature he had found. Slowly, he crept over to where the form lay, being very careful not to awaken it. When he realized that it was Brianna on the couch, he felt his heart melt. She looked so peaceful there. Though that couldn't be further from the truth. Leo let out a sigh as a he thought about all the things this beautiful girl had been through, and all the things she had yet to endure if she ever wanted to be free. His sigh was not unheard as it caused Brianna to stir and awake.

"Hey, how you feeling?" Leo asked as he smiled at her.

"Could be worse, I suppose," She replied sleepily.

"What happened? I thought you'd be at April's and Casey's sleeping," He asked. She told him how she had been until she had trouble sleeping. And how she went out for a walk, only to be attacked by the foot and how she knew they had some of the answers she was seeking. Leo then apologized for not trying to protect her better and gave her the whole explanation on the foot and Shredder.

Pretty soon Splinter and the rest of the turtles were up and learned about Brianna's encounter with the foot.

"I'd be better off if I had never been born," Brianna stated. She hadn't meant to say it out loud, but it just came out. Hopefully no one heard her but Leo did.

"Don't say things like that. It's not your fault you have all these abilities," Leo reminded her.

"What are you two lovebirds gapping about now?" Mikey asked. In response, he was bopped on the head by Leo, who claimed that they were not lovebirds.

"So what were you two yapping about?" Raph asked.

"I was just reminding her that everything's that happened is not her fault," Leo answered.

"But it is. All I've ever wanted is to be normal. Just be like everyone else. If I were, I wouldn't be in this mess!" Brianna exclaimed as she jumped up from the couch.

"Dontcha like all those cool stuff you can do?" Mikey asked as he looked at her in a puzzled manner.

"All my abilities have done is kept me locked inside one building, my whole life! I've been poked and prodded and forced to do things so that they could test my abilities! I didn't even have the luxury of going where I pleased! So no, I do NOT like all the cool stuff I can do!" Brianna said through her teeth as she clenched her fists. This scared Mikey a bit. He hadn't meant to get her upset, he just thought it was so cool that she could do all that stuff. Unlike Raph though, he knew when to back off. And this was definitely time.

"We understand that you have had a rough life, child. However that which does not kill us, makes us stronger. Even though you may not see how your trials will make you a better person, later you will look back at that time and realize that what you went through was necessary in order to shape you into the person you will become," Splinter calmly said. This did nothing to calm her though. She become aggated and Leo had to grab onto her arms from behind to keep her from going psycho on his brothers or even his sensei. Realizing, that he could do no more and that his eldest could help her, Splinter retired to his room.

"Would you happen to know how you acquired your abilities?" Donnie asked. He had been meaning to ask her this for awhile but had been afraid that she would take it the wrong way.

"I don't know... I... don't remember," She replied as she tried to get out from Leo's grasp, but he held firm. There was no way he was going to let her go. Not until she calmed down.

"Well, depending on how you got them, there might be a way to reverse them," Brianna perked up when she heard that and asked, "Really? You can do that?"

"Yea, I think I might be able to. I'd need a sample of your blood to -" Donnie had started to tell her how he could possibly give her a normal life when she started freaking out over the idea of him coming near her with a needle. To Raph, it looked as if Leo was having trouble keeping her from losing it on Donnie so he stepped in to help. But she leaned back into Leo and lifted her legs up as she tried to kick Raph. Luckily, he saw it coming and ducked. Leo saw it too, for he threw her on the couch and held her down as he spoke to her, "I know you're scared, but Donnie would never use the blood sample against you. He'd only use it to help you. None of us wish to cause you harm, but we will if you give us reason to. You want to be normal, right?"

"Yes," She hissed.

"Okay now will you let Donnie explain what he will do with your blood?"

"Yes," She hissed again. Leo turned to look at his brothers and saw Raph glaring at Brianna while Mikey and Donnie both looked concerned. Donnie resumed his composure and began to explain the process, "I'd break the blood down and study it. 'Course we'd need some of April's blood to help determine what makes her so different from other female humans. Then from there, I could learn how to reverse the damage that's been done, if that's even possible,"

"Yea, Donnie would only use the blood sample to help you, never to harm you. None of us would," Mikey added.

"If I let you up, will you promise not to attack us or try to escape?" Leo asked.

"Yes," She answered and Leo released his hold on her, but did not leave her side. A few moments later, Donnie appeared with a syringe and drew some blood from her. He then instructed Raph to call April and have her come down so they could have a small sample of her blood too.

While they were waiting for April, Mikey and Raph started watching cartoons. They were sitting on one end of the couch, laughing their heads off at the TV. Brianna and Leo were cuddled together on the other end of the couch, looking very comfy with each other.

When April did come, Mikey and Raph were still engrossed in the TV, but looked up long enough to give her a smile and a wink. She gave Leo and Brianna a questioning look and disappeared into Donnie's lab.

"What the hell are those things?" Capt. Carter asked as he looked at four large walking and talking turtles on the screen.

"Looks like four overgrown turtles," Dana, one of the scientists replied.

"They're hideous looking creatures. More like demons if you ask me," Capt. Carter commented.

"I'd really like to study these creatures," Dana thoughtfully said.

"I don't care what you do with them demons. All I want is Subject 23X back!" He angrily said as he pounded his fist on the counter.

"Well those 'demons' may be the key to getting her back and vice versa. Catch one and the other will follow, especially that blue one,"

"Yes, you may have a point there," He commented as he witnessed how close the blue turtle and Subject 23X seemed to becoming.

"Any plans on how to capture them?" She inquired.

"They appear to have some fighting skills, let's find out how good they are, shall we?"

Everything seemed so peaceful at the turtles' lair. Everyone, minus Splinter and Donnie, were out watching TV. Splinter was meditating in his room and Donnie, of course, was conducting some tests on the blood samples that he had. This peaceful setting didn't last for suddenly a group of men, dressed in military attire, dropped in for a visit. The turtles immediately jumped up and went on the defensive. Brianna rushed April into Donnie's lab to keep her safe and so Donnie could help his brothers out. The government's finest didn't stand a chance against the turtles, though they did get in a few lucky strikes. Finally all the men were knocked out and only the turtles remained standing.

"So, fearless leader, what should we do with them?" Raph asked, knowing his question would anger Leo.

"I am NOT your fearless leader. We should keep one of them for questioning. The rest we can dump topside somewhere far from here,"

"Okay then," They went to work carrying out the unconscious bodies and leaving them in alleyways, in dumpsters, just wherever you might find a sleeping drunk. When they were down to just one body, he was tied up and left where he was.

"Will this never end?" Brianna asked.

"It will. I'll walk you and April home. I don't think its wise for you to remain here," Leo stated as he ushered April and Brianna out, leaving his younger siblings to deal with the one man. April walked a few paces behind Brianna and Leo. She wanted to give them some time alone. Aww, just look at them. I know they're in love. Though I'm sure they'd never admit it. At least not yet. They had barely reached the apartment, when they were attacked yet again by the foot.

"Not them again," Brianna said and then went into her fighting mode. She was quite successful in knocking them down with her fists and a few kicks. Leo thought she'd be able to take them all down when he noticed that more and more foot soldiers were approaching.

"Shit," Leo whispered. Now all three were trying to fight the foot off. April managed to get in a few lucky hits, but was quickly knocked out. At last one of the foot members got smart and realized that Brianna was too strong for them to handle, so he pulled out a tranquilizer gun and shot her with it.

"Nooo!" Leo screamed when he saw Brianna being carried off by several foot soldiers. He tried to run after her, but was hit from behind and slumped to the ground as darkness enveloped him.