Here is chapter three! I'm surprised to be getting such great comments on it! And here I was thinking it wasn't as great as some of the other ones out there…
Well sorry this one took so long, I was trying to get my license and I did! I still can't believe it omg…
Cho Xunou: Well, I haven't really decided that yet, we'll see,
Jessiy Landroz: Lol, well she does need a room... can't sleep on the couch forever, that problem will probably be taken care of in this chapter. And I'm sure Raph'll tease him lots D
Mac: Will do, I just have to keep myself interested in writing it.
Chibi Rose Angel: Lol really? I have read some… but yeah everyone forgets about poor Mikey.
Amberli Raven: I don't know what I'd do, I'm pretty good at sensing stuff though so I'd know they were good people, plus the ninja thing would be awesome!
Dona Tello625: Well YAY! I'm so glad!
kerrbear: Lol, maybe… you'll just have to wait and see.
KrazieShadowNinja: Aw sounds like an awesome idea! My character doesn't really have any special abilities… or does she? Oo Lol,
NemesisMuse: Thank you: ) And I really am trying with my other hobby which is putting stuff on DA.
Dark Rose:Ack!Ok here it is!
Chapter 3: Splinter's Suggestion
Day 2 in the turtle's household brought new surprises, Raine had attempted to have a shower and first thing she had no idea what she washed her hair with, or what kind of soap was in there. She also was almost to the point of freaking out when the water stopped for no reason and she hadn't rinsed her hair out yet.
"Oh no… damn it!" she cried and mentally cursed the shower, she hoped no one heard her. Thankfully after a minute or so, it started up again, but she was more paranoid this time and hurried to finish up.
Mikey however, had heard her curse and laughed to himself knowing the water would turn on any minute. Later on he'd have to pester Don about fixing it again.
Turning off the shower Raine dried herself off and wondered if she could braid her hair without actually seeing it. Her injury was becoming more apparent to her and she realized she might be living the rest of her life like this. After brushing her long auburn hair out she carefully separated it out into what felt like three equal strands and braided it. She left the washroom feeling quite proud of herself but the feeling was soon whisked away as she stubbed her toe on something.
"Ouch! Ow, ow, ow!" she cried and fell to the ground holding her poor toe. "Why can't I…" she said to herself and stopped in frustration.
Mikey saw the whole thing happen and felt sorry for her but he couldn't help but admit the whole thing was a little funny. He went over to help her get up from off the floor. "Hey… you ok? Sorry, we got odds and ends sticking out all over the place."
She allowed him to help her up and smiled. "Well it was stupid, I should have walked more carefully."
"Well, I'd say it was my brother Don's fault, see the thing you ran into was one of his inventions." He leaned down to pick up the large squarish object. "Here," he said lightly dropping it into her hand.
The weight of it made her hands drop slightly as she turned it around feeling what it could be. "Why is it so heavy? Feels like it's metal all over…"
The inventor in question just happened to walk by and answer her questions. "It's a robot actually, but right now it's in storage mode."
"Really?" Raine asked, turning around to where the new voice came from. "What exactly does it do?"
"Well…" Don scratched his head. "I haven't actually thought of a use for it yet, so far all it does is walk around and occasionally move stuff."
Mikey took the object and handed it over to him. "Well, Raine stubbed her toe on it so maybe it would do better if it wasn't lying around."
"Sorry about that, Raine." Don apologized. "Come into my lab sometime, I can show you lots of a different things."
She smiled a little at his offer. "Ok, I might do that." She said and then turned around to where she thought Mikey was still standing. "um, Mikey?"
He was leaning against the wall currently and answered with a "Yo! What's up, babe?"
She giggled at his remark. "I'm not your babe," she said between the laughs. "Can you help me find my bag? I kinda need to change out of my clothes into new ones."
Mike thought for a moment. "Where did I… OH yeah!" he snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Just wait here, I'll get it."
Raine heard him run off in some direction and felt for the wall so she could sink down into a sitting position. She hated being so helpless, she wished there was a way she could get around by herself. A cane, a seeing eye dog, anything! She had no idea someone here was thinking of exactly how to solve her problem.
Mikey came running back, holding her bag, he even picked up a purse she had also brought with her. "Here it is! Hope you can find everything ok."
"Thank you!" She said and hugged her bag for a second. "Yeah don't worry about that, I just might not be able to match anything." She laughed at this.
"Well I could help you with that." Mikey said this as if it was obvious.
"Okay." She dug into the bag and yanked out a shirt. "What colour is this? And what's on it?
"It's kinda a light pink, it has some Japanese writing on it I think it says 'Hope.'" Mikey said trying to remember his kanji.
"Good, I like that shirt." She pulled out a skirt. "And this?"
"A tan skirt, it's really cool-looking." The bottom of the skirt had a drawstring to make it shorter and it had big wide pockets in it. "Actually the two match really well." He said.
She took back the two items and smiled. "Thanks again, is there someplace I can change?" she now asked.
He thought for a moment, his room was a total disaster and she'd step on something for sure. Leo's room however would be spotless and she'd be able to change there. "Uh, yeah! Come on this way."
She held onto his arm and was led to a doorway where she walked in and heard the door close behind her. She tried her best to change quickly before anyone decided to walk in, somehow she had a feeling this wasn't Mikey's room.
While he waited Mikey got a bit side-tracked and started watching the television which had something about the news. Leonardo was watching as well and Mike barely noticed him get up and go off towards his room. A split second later he jumped up to try and stop him before he opened the door.
"Leo wait! You can't go in there!" he said but Leo had already turned the doorknob and opened the door.
"What? Why? Is there-"he looked forward and saw Raine pulling the shirt over her head. "Mikey…" he said in a warning tone.
"What? I couldn't put her in my room, it's way too messy." He said, watching Leo's expression become more annoyed.
Raine had absolutely no idea what was going on other than that her hunch had been right and this was someone else's room. She quickly got herself out of there and felt a little sorry for Mike who was still being yelled at.
"Don't do it again! Maybe you should try cleaning up once in a while!" Leo then shut his door leaving the two of them standing in the hallway.
The silence was uncomfortable so Raine decided to apologize. "I'm sorry I'm so much trouble…"
Mikey smiled at her. "Don't be, it's my fault and we'll just have to find you your own room. This place is big enough, I'm sure we can think of something."
"Okay," she gave him a small smile and heard someone walk into the room.
It was Master Splinter he walked up to Mikey and addressed him as he always did with his sons. "Michelangelo, I wish to speak with you and Miss Raine. If you would follow me."
"Uh sure!" Mikey said, wondering what this could possibly be about, maybe the incident that just happened? He gently led Raine forward who was also feeling nervous.
The three of them reached Splinter's room and Mikey went in first. This left Raine to wonder what could be talking about but she patiently waited, listening to the comings and goings around her.
Mikey kneeled in front of the table across from his Master, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, though there was no reason to be.
"Uh, Master? If this is about the thing with Leo's room, I didn't mean to, I'll find Raine her own room."
"What are you talking about Michelangelo? I wish to speak upon a different matter, this one being about how our guest is having trouble doing the things she normally does on her own. I have an idea in mind that might be of some help to her."
Now Mikey was extremely interested. "Oh, really? What is it?"
"Please let me finish. I could offer her some training that would open up her other senses so she would be able to see things without the use of her eye-sight. I gave all of you similar training when you were younger. Now she might not want to do it, and that would be fine but it would be to her benefit that she accepted."
"That's a great idea! I'm sure I can get her to say yes, want me to bring her in here?"
The old rat nodded. "If you would."
Mikey got up and in a second later he had them both sitting at the table.
"Raine," Mikey said. "My Master's got this great idea, for you. Wanna hear it?"
This completely baffled her and idea for what? "Um, yes, sure." She said.
Splinter cleared his throat before speaking. "Miss Raine, would you accept training from me that would help you use your other senses to help you adjust more to your loss of eyesight?"
"I'm not sure…" she said. "Would it be difficult, or complicated?"
"Not if you're willing to learn, in time you would see that it would help you greatly. You'd be able to get around much easier than others who have lost their eyesight and more quickly."
This actually sounded like a good idea and she believed he was telling the truth. "I think… yes, that might be good, though I don't understand what I'd be doing."
"We can make your sessions nightly, come meet me in the dojo after dinner." Splinter said, sounding pleased at her response.
"Okay." She said feeling Mikey help her get up. "Thank you." she said before leaving.
Mikey bowed and said thank you as well. He shut the door behind them and walked Raine to the couch.
"Well, I gotta go make us something to eat so just sit tight okay?" he said.
"Okay, yes that's fine." She said and began listening to what was on the television at the moment.
Currently at Stockman's lab there was a crisis causing his assistant Sandra to practically run into his office.
"Sir! They're having another bad reaction to your serum! You must come immediately!" she cried.
The doctor was hunched over a microscope looking at something and making notes. "What, now Sandra can't you see I'm busy?" he said with annoyance but the look on her face eased him out of his chair. "All right, I'm coming."
"Thank you sir…" she turned and walked quickly to the experimentation room.
When they arrived he could now see why she rushed to his office so fast. His latest experiment was roaring and banging against the cage doors in a frenzy.
"Sandra, we must sedate him for now! Get the tranquilizers!" he commanded.
She handed him the gun and he shot the thing in the shoulder where it slumped over, asleep.
"I don't understand it, the Shredder was able to create a mutagen that wouldn't cause something like this to happen." He said, feeling frustrated at this setback.
"Sir… I may be out of line for saying this… but maybe we should just go back to what we used to do… and—"
"No!" he said, cutting her off and causing her to step back in surprise. "We must keep going with this, I just have to perfect it and I may have my revenge… Now, tend to the other experiments!" He left in a huff leaving her standing there once again holding her clipboard.
"But revenge never stops the pain…" she said to herself once he had shut the door behind him.
Later on that night at the turtle's lair Raine was nervously being led to the dojo. Mikey was confident she'd do well but she wasn't so sure now.
"What if I mess this up?" she asked him.
"You'll do fine!" he assured her, "Master Splinter is very patient and fair, believe me he is because he raised me. I'm not the easiest pupil you know…" He reached down to her hand and lightly squeezed it. "Don't you worry now."
Raine smiled at his gesture, though his hand was not a human one and felt a little strange, the thought was there. She squeezed back and entered the dojo where she heard the voice of his master.
"Ah, Miss Raine, please follow my voice and come in and sit down. Do not worry; there is nothing for you to bump into."
A/N: There you go! This should keep you happy for a little while yet…
