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Chapter 4: The Training Begins

From where we last left off…

Raine sat nervously in front of Splinter she wore more comfortable clothes, a tip from Mikey. She heard Splinter shift on the floor and get up and speak, his voice echoing throughout the entire dojo making her shiver.

"Now," He said. "I'm going to ask you to concentrate very hard, close your eyes clear your mind of all things. Open up your other senses, your ears, your sense of smell, touch."

Raine did as she was told, she figured this must me like meditating except he talked her through it. The clearing of her mind was the hardest thing to do, there were so many things she wondered about. Instead she concentrated on her breathing, in and out, in and out.

"All right, now if someone were to attack you and you were unable to see them how would you react?"

"I guess I'd try to hear him… and have quick reflexes." She answered, still trying to concentrate.

"Excellent answer, now have you had any prior martial arts training?"

She thought for a moment. "Yes, when I was younger but I really didn't do it for too long, I barely remember anything."

"That is not a problem, now stand up please, I will teach you a simple kata."

Raine got to her feet and was surprised that she could follow the instructions he gave her without the use of her sight. She punched, blocked and kicked and bowed when she finished.

"Very good, I think that's enough for tonight, feel free to go join Michelangelo and the others for the rest of the night. I'll lead you out."

Mikey was sitting near the door of the dojo, he'd figured there was nothing better to do and he really didn't mind waiting. 'Maybe a nice surprise' he thought.

Raine exited the room to hear someone else getting up off the floor. "Um, hello?"

Mikey smiled. "Don't worry it's just me, how did your lesson go?"

"Were you… waiting for me?" She smiled coyly.

He blushed a little bit. "I had nothing better to do, really, everyone else is busy with they're own stuff. Leo's meditating or something, Raph is well… being Raph…"

They both heard a yell come from the other room as if on cue.

"Whatdya mean my shows been cancelled!"

"It says right here in the TV guide, Raph."

"This is crap!"

The next thing they saw was Raph angrily enter the dojo and start attacking the punching bag.

"See?" Mikey said and smiled again when Raine couldn't help but laugh at the spectacle.

"It must be pretty nice living in a house where everyone's happy to be here." She said.

Mikey decided not to pry on that subject either. 'Maybe she came from a broken home or something' he wondered and suddenly felt very sorry for her. He then got an idea that could cheer her up more. "Hey, how about you come with me and we can go meet some friends of mine."

Raine looked surprised at this. "Really? We can get to go up above?"

"Sure if that's what you want, I can take you up there."

"Wait…" she said getting a worried expression. "Will anything attack us like before?"

Mikey shook his head. "No, besides I can protect you and it really isn't that far away anyway. I just need to ask permission first…" He said walking up to his sensei as he was leaving the dojo.

Splinter stopped walking when he saw Mikey's earnest expression meet his calm one. "Yes, Michelangelo, what is it?

"Can I take Raine up above to go meet Casey and April? Oh, please? The fresh air might be good for her." He asked putting his hands together as if in prayer.

"I think that would be a better thing to do tomorrow and only if she wishes to go. Also, please use utmost caution to not be attacked."

"Not tonight…?" his face fell, then immediately brightened up again. Aw, that's ok, tomorrow's probably better to do it anyway, you're probably really tired Raine."

"Actually I am… but I think we have a problem on where I'm supposed to sleep tonight…" She could still hear Raph and Don watching the television and she really wanted to leave them alone.

Mikey heard it too. "I see what you mean… I think we have a spare room you could use." He grabbed her hand this time. "Come with me."

When they stopped Raine could smell the dust from this room, it had obviously been forgotten about for a long time. She sneezed and Mikey coughed as he waved his arm through the dust trying to clear it out.

"Well… it's not much but it will be once I move my Silver Sentry comic books outta here, plus some of the other guy's stuff… and we could dust it all off… and…"

"It's great." Raine said simply, she couldn't remember the last time she'd had her own room. "Thank you." she smiled.

This surprised him a little. "You really like it? I mean, awesome! Let me just go find a bed."

While he had gone, Raine carefully stepped in the room, this time, minding what was at her feet. The room seemed spacious enough and once everything was cleared out it would be a good place to sleep and spend time to herself. She was going to need that if she was staying with these guys for a while. The last thing she checked was to see if the lock on the door worked and it did.

Mikey returned carrying a mattress and some blankets. Raine heard him shove some stuff out of the way and lay it on the floor shooting more dust up.

"Sorry," he coughed. "Tomorrow we can clean it out." He then handed her bag to her. "I brought this too."

Raine took her things and sat down on the mattress. "Thanks so much, really, for doing all of this for me." 'I mean, I'm not that special…' she thought to herself.

"Aw, you're welcome…" he blushed. "Well, I'll let you go to sleep now, call me if you need anything."

"Ok…" She heard him shut the door behind him, leaving her by herself. "Thanks again…" She said quietly to herself before getting into her pyjamas and curling up in the bed. That night she slept better than she ever had in a long time.

(A.N This next part is improv because I never did see ep 76 where Bishop came backso I kind of made up what I thought happened.)

"Damn!" Stockman cursed when he saw the latest results of his experiments. "I can't believe this, Agent Bishop was so close in creating his genetically enhanced super-soldiers but I am no closer than he!"

He walked over to his desk to sit down in frustration and look over the results one more time. "He thought he could use the rat's DNA but the turtles never gave him the chance to try it…"

A knock on his door snapped his attention elsewhere and to his nervous assistant. "Sir…? Another one died…"

"I'm not surprised… my experiments aren't working for some reason and I need to find out why." He turned back to his desk. "Just go home now Sandra… I need to work on this alone."

"Yes Sir… I'll see you tomorrow…" She gently closed the door to collect her things. She was beginning to feel like taking this job was a mistake, was her boss really all right to be working with?

Stockman mused for hours trying to figure out what he could be missing and then it hit him, all this time he'd been trying to test it on animals, he needed humans and he knew just where to find one.

Raine woke up the next day to the sound of soft meows and purring. It seems a cat had snuck in during the night and was currently curled up on top of her legs slightly immobilizing her.

She smiled and petted it. "Hello… what's your name I wonder…?" The cat just mewed and purred in response.

Mikey had been walking by and saw her petting the cat. 'Might as well answer her.' He thought and stepped in the doorway. "Her name is Bonk."

Raine looked upwards toward the door first giving him a weird look and then smiling again at the cat. "Bonk? Well that's a strange name…"

"Nah, the first one's name was Klunk, can you tell I picked the names?" He chuckled.

"Yeah, that's obvious enough, what colour is she?" The cat had now gotten up and was curling herself around Mikey's legs.

He gently picked her up scratching her under her neck. "Black and white, nothing too exciting I know."

"Nah, it's fine, but why didn't I see her before?" She paused at her choice of words. "I mean... hear,"

"Well sometimes she likes to leave and wander around the city a bit, I'd like her to stay in and out of trouble…that's how the last one…" He trailed off, not wanting to remember that painful memory.

Raine got the idea and quickly changed the subject. "So, what's for breakfast?"

His enthusiasm renewed he let the cat jump out of his arms. "Oh, you're gonna love it! I'm making waffles today."

She smiled widely. "Great! I love waffles, I'll come have some after a shower all right?"

"Sure, I think you can find your way to the kitchen now right?"

They could both hear voices coming from the kitchen calling on Mikey.

"Mikey! You have to come here and make sure they don't burn!" Leo said, coming up to grab him and drag him back to the kitchen.

"Yeah! And hurry it up! I'm starved!" Raph said sitting in his chair feeling annoyed with the whole idea.

"I'll just follow the noise." She laughed and grabbed her bag before going off to the washroom.

"Ok!" Mikey said, running off to the kitchen to resume his post.

Later on in the evening Mikey was ready to take Raine up to the surface to go meet Casey and April. She was still getting ready herself when Mikey came to collect her.

"Hey, how goes it?" He asked standing in her doorway. "You ready?"

She grabbed her purse and walked up to him. "Yeah, now I am, let's go."

"Awesome, you're gonna have fun I promise." He walked up to the elevator in their lair and pressed the button. "This is easier than going through the sewers, I thought you'd like it better."

Raine stepped in somehow feeling the elevator was surprisingly large. "This isn't a normal elevator is it?" she said, feeling them swiftly start to go up.

"Nope, we're not sure what kind it is." The doors slid open and they both stepped out.

Raine breathed in the night air. "It must be a nice night out." She said smiling.

"You got that right, the moons out and everything but we can't be spotted so we'll be sticking to the shadows all right?"

"Fine with me… not like it'd matter anyway…" She felt him lift her up and yelped in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"Oh, it'll be way quicker if I just carry you the whole way, believe me." He walked forward and jumped onto a metal staircase.

"Whoa!" She said when she felt him jump up. "Are you sure? I'm not too heavy am I?" It would be pointless to say 'I can walk' she figured. But she had to make sure.

"Oh yeah, you're really light actually, now I hope this doesn't scare you, but I'm going to be jumping over buildings in a sec ok?" He jumped onto the top of the building.

"Just don't drop me, and I'll be fine!" She said and soon felt the wind whooshing past her face and through her hair until Mikey touched down on the building. It wasn't really that scary she thought as he did this a few more times before putting her on the ground again.

"We're here," he gently tugged her over to one side where the stairs were. "Come on, their apartment is on the third floor so we gotta go down a bit."

"Ok," Raine began climbing downwards until Mikey told her to stop and she heard him tap on a window.

Casey heard the tapping and said to himself. "Must be Mikey…" He went over and opened it, surprised to see not just him but a girl there with him. "Hey, Mike, who's your friend?"

Mikey gently pushed her forward. "This," he said, smiling, "is Raine."

A/N There! This one certainly took me a while, sorry everyone, I just had to get myself to sit down and type it.