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Chapter 2: Wake to Darkness

Raine woke up completely disoriented and afraid for the fact she couldn't see a single thing. What she could feel was laying on something soft maybe a couch with a blanket; she could also hear someone snoring. She reached down to feel what it was and felt something large and round a table maybe? She retracted her hand in fear when it moved though. Burying her face in her pillow she felt a few tears roll down her cheeks. She didn't like this one bit; she wanted it to be morning so she could see where she was…

Mikey stirred awake to hear the girl crying, he wasn't sure what to do. Finally he said, "Don't cry, you're safe now…"

Raine rubbed away the tears. "But… I don't know who you are or where I am… I'm afraid…" she said, having no idea why she was admitting this to the stranger who had spoken to her.

"You're in my home, I brought you here after beating the heck outta those guys, remember?"

Raine did remember vaguely of a figure with the whirling weapons but it was all really fuzzy made her head hurt to think about it. "Yeah…"

"Just sleep now, it's not morning yet." He yawned and rubbed her back. "Nothing will happen, I promise."

This soothed her a little and she felt drowsier, "Thank you…" she soon fell asleep and had many dreams, some good some frightening.

Mikey fell back asleep as well, he felt a little better about himself for getting her to calm down. He had a feeling the next few months would be, described in one word: an adventure.

Raine woke up to voices talking in a loud whisper quite near to where she lay. Who could they be? She wondered and had no idea if they were good people or not, but she remembered the one who comforted her last night and somehow she knew it was ok. She lay there for a while with her eyes closed listening, curious to what they could be talking about.

"Yeah, I had to bring her home sensei, she was hurt." She recognized this voice as the one she heard last night.

"That should be all right but what Donatello has told me could be a problem…" this voice was older sounding and had an oriental accent to it.

"It might not be permanent she could recover from it but it would take months." A new younger voice said.

Recover from what? She wanted to know what was wrong with her. A different voice spoke now it sounded rough and had lick of sarcasm to it. "Well at least you won't freak her out if she can't see you." it said.

'What?' Her mind screamed and she sat upright very quickly. "Oh… my…" she said when she opened her eyes and saw nothing.

Mikey dashed over to her side. "It's ok, calm down."

Raine would not be calmed down so easily; she shrank away from them all and found her voice at last. "What… happened to me!"

Donatello stepped forward. "You were hit in the head last night and your optic nerve was damaged. It… blinded you."

"It did…? Oh my god no…" she felt the tears come and started sobbing into her knees; her head also throbbed in pain making her feel worse.

Mikey sighed. "I'm sorry this happened… but I promise to take care of you until… well… you're ok again."

She didn't reply but heard one of the other voices say, "C'mon Mikey she needs some time alone."

Raine felt horrible, her head ached and she was so stiff it hurt to move anything. She mentally thanked whoever said she needed some time and just sat there for a while letting it all set in. She had always taken her sight for granted and now she wondered if she'd ever see again. There were too many things in this world she hadn't seen yet and now it looked like she'd never have a chance…

Mikey felt helpless, and he hated it. She was crying and there was nothing he could do to make her feel better. It would only take time, he knew that but how would she react to them not being human? It would just be another shock, Mikey did love being a turtle but sometimes he wished he could just look like everyone else for once.

Finally he realized she must be hungry and started to cook something. It was going to be eggs sunny side up but in the end became scrambled. He hoped she liked eggs but if not, he'd just make her something else.

Raine smelled the familiar scent of scrambled eggs and suddenly felt very hungry. Then she heard the voice of the one they called Mikey saying something.

"You uh… must be kinda hungry right?" he gently pushed the plate into her hands.

Her right hand found the fork and she held the plate with her other. "Thank you…" she said and began eating, it was a little tricky at first but she could do it. Once she finished she felt something small and hard placed in her hand.

"Advil." He said simply. "My brother Don said that you might have a bad headache."

Her head still was hurting and she popped it in her mouth then washed it down with the orange juice he gave her. "Thanks, I needed that."

Mikey smiled. "You're very brave you know, not many girls would be able to take this."

She nodded. "Well, from where I came from you had to be brave."

This was interesting to Mikey, that statement meant she wasn't a New Yorker. Where could she be from then? He decided he'd probably find out without having to ask.

Raine had a question of her own it was a silly one she knew it but it was asked nonetheless. "Why are you being so nice…?"

"Why wouldn't I be? I mean, I couldn't just leave you."

"I guess not…" she said and then realized she hadn't told him her name yet, she knew his but thought it would be polite to ask. "What's your name?"

"Michelangelo." He said proudly. "Or Mikey, everyone usually calls me that, except sensei when I get in trouble…"

She smiled a bit at this. "I'm called Raine, spelled with an 'e' but everyone always forgets it."

"I won't." Mikey said. "Later I'll introduce you to my brothers and our father."

"I'd like that." She said feeling better, somehow talking to him lifted her mood a little. She suddenly had a question that might make this individual uncomfortable. "Hey… uh what did that guy mean before about freaking me out?"

Mikey didn't know what to do about this question. "Oh that… don't worry about it, just one of my brothers being an idiot."

Meanwhile Dr. Stockman was formulating his plan, a plan to get the turtles out of the way. He had another body now using more stolen Utrom technology he was able to re-create the body he had before his punishments with the Shredder.

"What can I do?" he asked aloud while pacing around his laboratory. "Clearly those mutants are still around, and they'll get in my way…"

A woman named Sandra walked into the room carrying a clipboard. "Doctor, the experiments are failing, they just keep dying."

"Don't worry, we'll try something else, help me think of a plan to get rid of the turtles."

"I'm not a strategist, Doctor." She said laughing slightly. "All I know is the one who took out our fighters took an injured girl with him."

"A girl you say?" he asked looking quite interested. "Maybe she could be a weakness, but then again… I need more thought on this."

"Shall I leave you in peace? There is still that matter concerning…"

"No." he said sharply. "We'll deal with it later."

The assistant left, gripping her clipboard in annoyance. That man may have one of the most brilliant minds but he was stubborn and disagreeable…

Raine had a slightly small problem; well it was a big problem to her. She had no idea where the washroom was and she really didn't want to ask for help. For all she knew, only guys lived here and she wasn't about to ask one of them and embarrass herself.

She felt around the floor and very carefully stepped onto it. The floor was cold and probably made of concrete. She slowly lifted herself up minding her head which didn't hurt as much because of the painkillers. She took a step and was hoping she'd run into a wall soon. Then she'd move across it until she found a washroom.

Raphael felt something bump into him and whirled around to see the girl Mikey brought home. She was rubbing her elbow which had hit his shell.

Raine had no idea what she ran into but it hurt."Ouch, damn it!" she said. "Sorry…" she apologized wishing she hadn't swore like that.

"It's ok, jeez, what're you lookin' for?" he asked.

She felt her face grow hot. "The uh… washroom?" she said.

"Oh no, Mikey!" he called. "C'mere!"

She heard footsteps run over. "What? Raine? What are you doing up? Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, I just want to know where the washroom is…" she said again feeling more and more uncomfortable.

"Raph, why didn't you just show her? Oh, nevermind, I can show ya, come this way." He gently grabbed her arm and led her away.

They walked a little ways and Raine realized she never would have found it alone. They walked up some steps and down some steps before getting there.

"Here you go… um, you can uh… do this alone right?" he said, blushing hotly, and was so glad she couldn't see it.

Raine actually laughed at this. "Yes… don't worry about me." She stepped in and closed the door behind her.

"Okay, I'll wait here and help you get back." He said through the door.

Later on Mikey thought it would be a good idea to have everyone introduce themselves; he'd even get Casey and April to come down. But he knew Splinter would think it was still too early to have this much excitement. But she'd have to find out sooner or later who she was actually living with.

Mikey figured he'd better ask Splinter because the last time he planned something without telling anyone he was doing flips for weeks. His back still ached from it a little.

"Master?" he said standing just outside the old rat's chamber.

"Yes my son, what is it?" Splinter had been sitting in the Lotus blossom position but he moved to on his knees when Mikey entered who sat in a similar fashion.

"Well, it's just that… we obviously need to tell Raine what we really are and I'm afraid that… she won't want to stay here." He admitted, a worried expression lined his face as he said this. "Maybe… maybe she'd like it better with April…"

"Michelangelo, you can't be ashamed of what you are, what we are. You never know what reaction you might get from this girl but you can't always assume it will be one of potential woe."

"Well, should I get April and Casey to come down? She might feel better if more humans are there."

"I think not, we shall see if she accepts our family first. In my mind, we are no different from the humans. She should be able to see it that way too."

"I see, thank you Master Splinter." He got up and prepared to leave. "Oh, come on out later, I'm sure she'd love to meet you."

Raine did indeed meet all of them, It was a bit shocking at first. She could barely believe her ears but her first instinct was not to run away. After all, these people saved her and are taking care of her. She could somehow feel she wasn't in any danger with them.

"And your name is, my child?" Splinter asked gently.

"Raine, I just moved here from Secaucus, obviously that wasn't a very good idea…"

"And you know no one else who lives here?"

"No… I don't." she said, suddenly feeling a twinge of homesickness.

"You are welcome to stay with us as long as you need to, however, I must tell you something that you might find to be unbelievable." He then told her their origin like he had so many times before, Mikey always wondered if he ever got sick of it. "I gave them all names from a book I found in one of the drainpipes, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo."

Raine was shocked at first to hear she was amongst beings that were not fully human but half turtle and one half rat. It didn't scare her all that much but now she was extremely interested to find out what they looked like. Also the fact they were all extremely skilled in the martial arts just fascinated her. "Wow…" was the only thing she could say at the moment.

"So the question remains, will you stay with us?" Splinter asked, while Mikey crossed his fingers.

'Oh please, oh please…" he anxiously thought.

"Huh?" Raine's attention snapped back towards the senior of the household. "Well, I might not do so well up above and I guess I'd be safer in the company of ninjas…" she paused a moment. "Yes, I will if you'll have me."

A/N End Chapter 2! I hope you all enjoyed this one too, sorry for the long wait, but I had my family vacation to go to. Please review:)