Chapter Fifteen ~ Visions of You
A small hooded figure looked up at the evening sky as another bolt of lighting streaked across the city. The storm was upon her and she was no where near her destination after getting lost twice.The black cloak she wore over her shoulders flowed around her as she ran across a section of open grass. She thought she knew the city well - she had studied maps, but nothing could prepare her for what lay ahead. She knew the city was big - what she had seen, had blown her away. The rain had started and she decided to head for cover. She had not expected to be spending her first night in Manhattan like this. She snapped out of her daze as her highly tuned senses picked up on a presence close by. She scanned the area with her eyes, a feeling of dread filling her. She didn't like it... but worst of all, she was alone.
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Donatello quietly entered the subway and headed straight to Splinter's room. He bowed as he stepped foot into the room.
"Ahhh, Donatello. Please, come sit by me. Leonardo, Raphael, please leave us" Leo looked at his sensei, concerned.
"But semsei.. the vision..."
"I am fine my son, now I must speak with Donatello. The message is for him, and him alone"
"As you wish" Leonardo bowed as he stepped foot out of the room, Raphael had remained silent and had done as his sensei had asked, closing the door behind them.
"Come sit by me my son" Splinter motioned for him to sit near him.
"What is it master? The others sounded worried"
"Nothing for you to be concerned with. It was a strange message and caught me by surprise. Even now I am trying to work out its true meaning"
"But what has this got to do with me?" Splinter paused for a moment as he took a deep breath.
"I will tell you what I know. Soon, or very soon, you will meet up with a female. At this stage, all I know is that this is not a chance meeting. You are meant to meet her. She has something to do with your future. I do not know what it is, but I do know that it is imperative to your well being. Listen to her, respect her and most of all, trust her, for she will be your eyes and ears. Your path ahead will not be an easy one, this I am certain off. Trust your friends and listen to what they have to say" Splinter stopped, not able to go on. Donnie looked at his master, knowing he was holding something back.
"What is it master?" Splinter hesitated again. He did not want to ask this of one of his sons.
"Above all else, you are not to tell your brothers"
"Huh? Why not?" Donnie asked puzzled.
"That I do not know. Only time will tell"
"But... I don't hold anything back from them"
"I know my son, but in time, you will understand... that is all my son... now I understand that you are needed elsewhere" Donnie nodded.
"Sarah, April's cousin, her step sister is hurt and needs my help"
Splinter nodded. "Then you must go" Donnie stood, bowed to his sensei, then left the room. On the way out, Leo stopped him.
"What was that all about?" He asked as the phone rang, seeing he was the closest, he answered it.
"Yeah?" A female voice paused.
"Um, is Donnie there?" An Australian on the other end asked.
"Yeah, hold on" he handed the phone to his brother, giving him a suspicious look.
"Hello?"
"Donnie it's Sarah, do you have any spare bandages floating around? We had a bleeder on her leg and we're out"
"I don't know" he answered quietly, "I'll have to have a look. How many do you need?"
"Around five full length one's if possible. Any chance you could go to the shops and get some?" Donnie looked at the clock mounted to the wall. Midnight.
"Yeah, it's late enough. I'll be there soon and remember to apply pressure to the wound"
"Yep, it's done, Mikey's on top of things"
"Good, I'll see you soon" Donnie hung up and turned on his heel only to have Leo, his arms folded, frowning at him, blocking his way.
"Where do you think you're going?" He demanded.
"Well, I.. ahhh"
"Let him go" they turned to see Splinter standing by the carriage door. "He is needed. Leonardo, I suggest you get some rest. You have training with Raphael early in the morning" Leo mumbled under his breath as he moved to the side to let his brother past. Raphael, who was unusually quiet, said nothing as he stormed off to his sleeping quarters.
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The female figure ran for her life. She had been minding her own business when they had pounced. It was like they had been waiting for her. She had fought off a few of them when she decided that if she did not run, she would be in real trouble. She ran blindly into a alley, not knowing where she was going. She screamed as one of her pursuers caught up to her and tackled her to the ground. She rolled onto her back and lifted one leg into the lower abdomen of her attacker, he flew into the air as she kicked him off her. She scrambled to her feet and ran again.
"Get her and remember we want her unharmed!!!" She heard one of them yell to the others in japanese. As she turned her head to look behind her, she plowed into someone and the two hit the pavement hard. The hooded figured looked at the trenchcoat figure and the grocery bags sprawled on the floor.
"I'm really sorry" she said as she got to her feet and ran off down the alley. The trenchcoat figure watched as figures in all black passed him without even giving him a second glance. Something wasn't right. There was something about that voice. It seemed familar. The accent!! Wake up Donnie, that's the Foot chasing that girl and this alley comes to a dead end! His inner voice screamed. Donnie scrambled to his feet, looked at the bandages on the floor, then where the girl had run too, after a second he ran off after them. He knew they were needed, he also knew he had to help and could not explain why.
The girl skiddered on her heels as the wall stopped her in her tracks. She turned and faced her would-be-kidnappers and scanned the area as she did so. There was no way out. There was nothing for her to grab onto or to climb into. She took a deep breath as the group stopped. Ten. She knew she was badly outnumbered. She watched as they watched. They had seen her fight. They knew she was quick - very quick and very good.
Donnie watched as the girl readied herself pulling out a jo. Three attacked her simultaneously. She blocked their attacks, disarmed them and waited for them to attack her again, as they did so, the others joined in. Everything happening so quickly that she found herself falling to the ground after a few hits got through her defenses. She was swift and graceful, something he knew came with hours of training. He watched as they disarmed her and decided it was time to attack. Looking around the dimly lit alley he started with the closest ones to him.
Her shoulder ached as the sting from the hit had started to wear off. Finding herself disarmed, she pulled out a jutte with her right hand as one of them came at her with a sword. She sidestepped to her left, pivoted on her left foot and brought the jutte down onto his wrist, locking the prong onto the blade of the sword. She raised her elbow striking him hard in the windpipe, as he dropped the sword clutching his throat, she took possession with her left hand as she tucked the jutte into her belt. It was not her favourite weapon, though she had trained with it. As she prepared to defend herself, she noticed she was almost alone.
Donnie looked on amazed as the girl was now wielding a sword. With his help, they were now alone and he decided to approach her.
"Stay away from me, I'm warning you!" She yelled.
"Are you alright?" He asked. He heard her gasp as he sensed someone behind him. He spun on his foot bringing his leg around, kicking the person behind him. He raised his hands in defence as he scanned the alley.
"You helped me?" She asked. Donnie only nodded. She dropped the sword.
"I have to go" she said as she ran past him.
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Donnie limped as he quietly climbed the fire escape to Sarah's apartment. He had gotten a hard hit to his upper thigh and his bicep stung as it bled. The fight had been short and intense. He wondered about the girl he had helped. She was good - very good. It had amazed him that someone so petite could fight with such a ferious strength. She had taken out her attackers hard. He shook his head to clear his mind as he approached the kitchen window. After the fight, he had gone back only to find the grocery bags placed neatly to one side. As he opened the window, something Splinter said replayed itself in his mind.
"... respect her and most of all trust her... for she will be your eyes and ears..." as he glanced up to see Sarah's relieved face he knew. It has to be Sarah, it has to... he thought to himself.
Sarah picked up that something was wrong.
"It's getting late, what happened? You've been gone for hours. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah kind of...." he said softly as he looked down to the floor.
"And?" Sarah inquired. Donnie grimaced as he pulled off his trenchcoat. Sarah stood there for a moment.
"Oh shit!" She gasped. She ran over to the window seat and nudged Mikey awake.
"We gotta help Donnie" Mikey's eyes widened as he saw his brother.
"How did this happen?" Sarah asked as she grabbed a dampened cloth.
"I bumped into the Foot"
"Mmm" Sarah said as she reached for something on the counter. "This is gonna hurt" Sarah pointed out as she apply some disinfectant to the cloth, then the wound. Donnie hissed as it stung. "You bumped into them, at this hour?"
"Well kind of"
"Ok, spill it dude" Mikey said.
"Okay but... hey that hurt!"
"I told you so!" Sarah snapped "Hold still. We need to get this cleaned up"
"How is Jesse?" Donnie asked.
"The dudette is fine for the moment. She's sleeping. Will you quit changing the subject!"
"Oh that... well, I kind of bumped into her... literary. The Foot were chasing her" Sarah raised an eyebrow.
"Bit of a coincidence, don't you think?"
"I don't know, maybe wrong place, wrong time. I gotta tell you though, she was good. I've never seen anyone handle herself like that before"
"Like how?" Sarah asked raising an eyebrow..
"I mean, she kicked ass!" Sarah said nothing as she cleaned the wound. It was strange but she didn't like what she was hearing. Could be getting dangerous.
"And you just had to help her right?" Sarah asked.
"It's strange..." he finched as Sarah applied a gauze, followed by a bandage "I had this gut feeling you know, that if I didn't help her it was going to be really bad" Sarah said nothing.
"Or maybe you just have this thing with damsels in distress dude" Mikey winked as he cleaned the counter.
"I think this should hold. If the bleeding doesn't cease in the next half hour, we'll put some of that paste we used on Jesse onto it. The last thing you need is an infection"
"Yeah, okay... whatever" he said as he slowly got up and moved to the window seat. His mind was occupied on the thoughts of that girl. He could not explain how he knew - she was fine and he would see her again.
Mikey moved to Jesse and looked over her. He checked her pulse, breathing rate, temperture and pupils.
"She seems pretty stable now, I think we should move her somewhere a little more comfy. Is April home?"
"I'm not sure, actually I don't know where the two are..." Sarah paused as she heard the lock on the front door being unlocked.
Casey looked at the scene infront of him.
"Whoa" he managed to say as April moved into the room from behind him.
"Oh my god.. Sarah!" She exclaimed as she ran to her side. Sarah looked down at herself. Her hands were still a little bloody.
"It's not mine!" Both April and Casey stopped in their tracks as they saw an injured turtle staring out of the window and a bruised and battered girl on the floor.
"What happened?" Casey demanded.
"Long story Case. Jesse really needs to be moved." He looked at the girl.
"You were right" was all he said.
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The female figure paused to catch her breath. She was hurting and needed to rest. The fight had been short and she had been on the receiving end of some pretty nasty hits. If it were not for that guy... she shook her head. Time for that later... she though. She looked at the tiny piece of paper in her hand which had an address written down. She would be there soon, then she could rest.
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"Thanks April for your help" Sarah said looking at her sedated sister. She looked so peaceful.....
"I'm sure she'll come out of this Sarah" April paused as she sat on the coffee table next to her cousin.
"I hope so" she muttered as she excused herself and headed upstairs.
Sarah stood on the rooftop and took a deep breath. A lot had happened. She sat down and before she knew it, she had started to cry. No one deserved this... no one.... She looked up as she heard someone approaching her.
"Are you okay?" Casey asked.
Sarah did not answered. She took a deep breath.
"I will be, I guess it's probably shock" Casey wiped Sarah's tears with the back of his hand.
"She's in good hands Sarah, she's resting comfortably and Mike said she's stable. They're all good signs"
"Yeah I know, but c'mon man, noone deserved the hiding she got" He looked at her blankly.
"You know hiding, a beating" Casey understood.
He paused then said ."They'll pay Sarah, but not right now. Let things settle here, then we'll go bust some skulls" Sarah just had to smile. Casey changed the subject. "Donnie doesn't look too good, I think it's worse than what we thought."
"I was worried about this" they headed back down to the others.
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"I'm okay really" Donnie said in protest.
"Don't argue with me!" Sarah snapped "I'm not in the mood!" She unravelled the bandage. The blood had started to seep through. She looked at the bloody wound, wiping away excess blood as Donnie hissed in pain.
"It looks good, though deeper than I thought, stay here, I gotta get some of that paste" She rebandaged the wound. "Just stay put okay, you're probably a little woosy and the others are asleep" she peered over to Casey, who had dozed as soon as he hit the couch and Mikey was catching up on some sleep so he could take the next watch " the last thing I need is for you to collapse". Donnie said nothing. He was not use to this kind of treatment and even if he wanted to get up, he did not think his legs would hold.
"Just make it quick, it's throbbing like crazy" Sarah nodded then headed for the fridge.
"Here drink this until I get back" and she handed him a bottle of orange juice. He looked at Sarah, more certain than ever, that Splinter had been talking about her.
"Sarah?" She turned around.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks" Sarah smiled and headed to the door.
"No prob. I won't be long"
Sarah stopped short of the door to her apartment. Something was not right. She looked around the narrow hallway. She had a feeling that one of his sisters was nearby. She shook it off. It's not possible, they don't even know I'm here she thought. She opened the door and closed it behind her. She reached forward and crabbed the bowl on the counter as she was about to head back out, she backed up and slowly turned around. She had missed it the first time. By the window seat was a hooded figure. She watched as the figure turned around.
"Hello Sarah" she said. Sarah's jaw dropped. She knew the voice.
"Donna?"
~ Chapter Sixteen ~ Up Soon!
A small hooded figure looked up at the evening sky as another bolt of lighting streaked across the city. The storm was upon her and she was no where near her destination after getting lost twice.The black cloak she wore over her shoulders flowed around her as she ran across a section of open grass. She thought she knew the city well - she had studied maps, but nothing could prepare her for what lay ahead. She knew the city was big - what she had seen, had blown her away. The rain had started and she decided to head for cover. She had not expected to be spending her first night in Manhattan like this. She snapped out of her daze as her highly tuned senses picked up on a presence close by. She scanned the area with her eyes, a feeling of dread filling her. She didn't like it... but worst of all, she was alone.
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Donatello quietly entered the subway and headed straight to Splinter's room. He bowed as he stepped foot into the room.
"Ahhh, Donatello. Please, come sit by me. Leonardo, Raphael, please leave us" Leo looked at his sensei, concerned.
"But semsei.. the vision..."
"I am fine my son, now I must speak with Donatello. The message is for him, and him alone"
"As you wish" Leonardo bowed as he stepped foot out of the room, Raphael had remained silent and had done as his sensei had asked, closing the door behind them.
"Come sit by me my son" Splinter motioned for him to sit near him.
"What is it master? The others sounded worried"
"Nothing for you to be concerned with. It was a strange message and caught me by surprise. Even now I am trying to work out its true meaning"
"But what has this got to do with me?" Splinter paused for a moment as he took a deep breath.
"I will tell you what I know. Soon, or very soon, you will meet up with a female. At this stage, all I know is that this is not a chance meeting. You are meant to meet her. She has something to do with your future. I do not know what it is, but I do know that it is imperative to your well being. Listen to her, respect her and most of all, trust her, for she will be your eyes and ears. Your path ahead will not be an easy one, this I am certain off. Trust your friends and listen to what they have to say" Splinter stopped, not able to go on. Donnie looked at his master, knowing he was holding something back.
"What is it master?" Splinter hesitated again. He did not want to ask this of one of his sons.
"Above all else, you are not to tell your brothers"
"Huh? Why not?" Donnie asked puzzled.
"That I do not know. Only time will tell"
"But... I don't hold anything back from them"
"I know my son, but in time, you will understand... that is all my son... now I understand that you are needed elsewhere" Donnie nodded.
"Sarah, April's cousin, her step sister is hurt and needs my help"
Splinter nodded. "Then you must go" Donnie stood, bowed to his sensei, then left the room. On the way out, Leo stopped him.
"What was that all about?" He asked as the phone rang, seeing he was the closest, he answered it.
"Yeah?" A female voice paused.
"Um, is Donnie there?" An Australian on the other end asked.
"Yeah, hold on" he handed the phone to his brother, giving him a suspicious look.
"Hello?"
"Donnie it's Sarah, do you have any spare bandages floating around? We had a bleeder on her leg and we're out"
"I don't know" he answered quietly, "I'll have to have a look. How many do you need?"
"Around five full length one's if possible. Any chance you could go to the shops and get some?" Donnie looked at the clock mounted to the wall. Midnight.
"Yeah, it's late enough. I'll be there soon and remember to apply pressure to the wound"
"Yep, it's done, Mikey's on top of things"
"Good, I'll see you soon" Donnie hung up and turned on his heel only to have Leo, his arms folded, frowning at him, blocking his way.
"Where do you think you're going?" He demanded.
"Well, I.. ahhh"
"Let him go" they turned to see Splinter standing by the carriage door. "He is needed. Leonardo, I suggest you get some rest. You have training with Raphael early in the morning" Leo mumbled under his breath as he moved to the side to let his brother past. Raphael, who was unusually quiet, said nothing as he stormed off to his sleeping quarters.
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The female figure ran for her life. She had been minding her own business when they had pounced. It was like they had been waiting for her. She had fought off a few of them when she decided that if she did not run, she would be in real trouble. She ran blindly into a alley, not knowing where she was going. She screamed as one of her pursuers caught up to her and tackled her to the ground. She rolled onto her back and lifted one leg into the lower abdomen of her attacker, he flew into the air as she kicked him off her. She scrambled to her feet and ran again.
"Get her and remember we want her unharmed!!!" She heard one of them yell to the others in japanese. As she turned her head to look behind her, she plowed into someone and the two hit the pavement hard. The hooded figured looked at the trenchcoat figure and the grocery bags sprawled on the floor.
"I'm really sorry" she said as she got to her feet and ran off down the alley. The trenchcoat figure watched as figures in all black passed him without even giving him a second glance. Something wasn't right. There was something about that voice. It seemed familar. The accent!! Wake up Donnie, that's the Foot chasing that girl and this alley comes to a dead end! His inner voice screamed. Donnie scrambled to his feet, looked at the bandages on the floor, then where the girl had run too, after a second he ran off after them. He knew they were needed, he also knew he had to help and could not explain why.
The girl skiddered on her heels as the wall stopped her in her tracks. She turned and faced her would-be-kidnappers and scanned the area as she did so. There was no way out. There was nothing for her to grab onto or to climb into. She took a deep breath as the group stopped. Ten. She knew she was badly outnumbered. She watched as they watched. They had seen her fight. They knew she was quick - very quick and very good.
Donnie watched as the girl readied herself pulling out a jo. Three attacked her simultaneously. She blocked their attacks, disarmed them and waited for them to attack her again, as they did so, the others joined in. Everything happening so quickly that she found herself falling to the ground after a few hits got through her defenses. She was swift and graceful, something he knew came with hours of training. He watched as they disarmed her and decided it was time to attack. Looking around the dimly lit alley he started with the closest ones to him.
Her shoulder ached as the sting from the hit had started to wear off. Finding herself disarmed, she pulled out a jutte with her right hand as one of them came at her with a sword. She sidestepped to her left, pivoted on her left foot and brought the jutte down onto his wrist, locking the prong onto the blade of the sword. She raised her elbow striking him hard in the windpipe, as he dropped the sword clutching his throat, she took possession with her left hand as she tucked the jutte into her belt. It was not her favourite weapon, though she had trained with it. As she prepared to defend herself, she noticed she was almost alone.
Donnie looked on amazed as the girl was now wielding a sword. With his help, they were now alone and he decided to approach her.
"Stay away from me, I'm warning you!" She yelled.
"Are you alright?" He asked. He heard her gasp as he sensed someone behind him. He spun on his foot bringing his leg around, kicking the person behind him. He raised his hands in defence as he scanned the alley.
"You helped me?" She asked. Donnie only nodded. She dropped the sword.
"I have to go" she said as she ran past him.
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Donnie limped as he quietly climbed the fire escape to Sarah's apartment. He had gotten a hard hit to his upper thigh and his bicep stung as it bled. The fight had been short and intense. He wondered about the girl he had helped. She was good - very good. It had amazed him that someone so petite could fight with such a ferious strength. She had taken out her attackers hard. He shook his head to clear his mind as he approached the kitchen window. After the fight, he had gone back only to find the grocery bags placed neatly to one side. As he opened the window, something Splinter said replayed itself in his mind.
"... respect her and most of all trust her... for she will be your eyes and ears..." as he glanced up to see Sarah's relieved face he knew. It has to be Sarah, it has to... he thought to himself.
Sarah picked up that something was wrong.
"It's getting late, what happened? You've been gone for hours. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah kind of...." he said softly as he looked down to the floor.
"And?" Sarah inquired. Donnie grimaced as he pulled off his trenchcoat. Sarah stood there for a moment.
"Oh shit!" She gasped. She ran over to the window seat and nudged Mikey awake.
"We gotta help Donnie" Mikey's eyes widened as he saw his brother.
"How did this happen?" Sarah asked as she grabbed a dampened cloth.
"I bumped into the Foot"
"Mmm" Sarah said as she reached for something on the counter. "This is gonna hurt" Sarah pointed out as she apply some disinfectant to the cloth, then the wound. Donnie hissed as it stung. "You bumped into them, at this hour?"
"Well kind of"
"Ok, spill it dude" Mikey said.
"Okay but... hey that hurt!"
"I told you so!" Sarah snapped "Hold still. We need to get this cleaned up"
"How is Jesse?" Donnie asked.
"The dudette is fine for the moment. She's sleeping. Will you quit changing the subject!"
"Oh that... well, I kind of bumped into her... literary. The Foot were chasing her" Sarah raised an eyebrow.
"Bit of a coincidence, don't you think?"
"I don't know, maybe wrong place, wrong time. I gotta tell you though, she was good. I've never seen anyone handle herself like that before"
"Like how?" Sarah asked raising an eyebrow..
"I mean, she kicked ass!" Sarah said nothing as she cleaned the wound. It was strange but she didn't like what she was hearing. Could be getting dangerous.
"And you just had to help her right?" Sarah asked.
"It's strange..." he finched as Sarah applied a gauze, followed by a bandage "I had this gut feeling you know, that if I didn't help her it was going to be really bad" Sarah said nothing.
"Or maybe you just have this thing with damsels in distress dude" Mikey winked as he cleaned the counter.
"I think this should hold. If the bleeding doesn't cease in the next half hour, we'll put some of that paste we used on Jesse onto it. The last thing you need is an infection"
"Yeah, okay... whatever" he said as he slowly got up and moved to the window seat. His mind was occupied on the thoughts of that girl. He could not explain how he knew - she was fine and he would see her again.
Mikey moved to Jesse and looked over her. He checked her pulse, breathing rate, temperture and pupils.
"She seems pretty stable now, I think we should move her somewhere a little more comfy. Is April home?"
"I'm not sure, actually I don't know where the two are..." Sarah paused as she heard the lock on the front door being unlocked.
Casey looked at the scene infront of him.
"Whoa" he managed to say as April moved into the room from behind him.
"Oh my god.. Sarah!" She exclaimed as she ran to her side. Sarah looked down at herself. Her hands were still a little bloody.
"It's not mine!" Both April and Casey stopped in their tracks as they saw an injured turtle staring out of the window and a bruised and battered girl on the floor.
"What happened?" Casey demanded.
"Long story Case. Jesse really needs to be moved." He looked at the girl.
"You were right" was all he said.
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The female figure paused to catch her breath. She was hurting and needed to rest. The fight had been short and she had been on the receiving end of some pretty nasty hits. If it were not for that guy... she shook her head. Time for that later... she though. She looked at the tiny piece of paper in her hand which had an address written down. She would be there soon, then she could rest.
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"Thanks April for your help" Sarah said looking at her sedated sister. She looked so peaceful.....
"I'm sure she'll come out of this Sarah" April paused as she sat on the coffee table next to her cousin.
"I hope so" she muttered as she excused herself and headed upstairs.
Sarah stood on the rooftop and took a deep breath. A lot had happened. She sat down and before she knew it, she had started to cry. No one deserved this... no one.... She looked up as she heard someone approaching her.
"Are you okay?" Casey asked.
Sarah did not answered. She took a deep breath.
"I will be, I guess it's probably shock" Casey wiped Sarah's tears with the back of his hand.
"She's in good hands Sarah, she's resting comfortably and Mike said she's stable. They're all good signs"
"Yeah I know, but c'mon man, noone deserved the hiding she got" He looked at her blankly.
"You know hiding, a beating" Casey understood.
He paused then said ."They'll pay Sarah, but not right now. Let things settle here, then we'll go bust some skulls" Sarah just had to smile. Casey changed the subject. "Donnie doesn't look too good, I think it's worse than what we thought."
"I was worried about this" they headed back down to the others.
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"I'm okay really" Donnie said in protest.
"Don't argue with me!" Sarah snapped "I'm not in the mood!" She unravelled the bandage. The blood had started to seep through. She looked at the bloody wound, wiping away excess blood as Donnie hissed in pain.
"It looks good, though deeper than I thought, stay here, I gotta get some of that paste" She rebandaged the wound. "Just stay put okay, you're probably a little woosy and the others are asleep" she peered over to Casey, who had dozed as soon as he hit the couch and Mikey was catching up on some sleep so he could take the next watch " the last thing I need is for you to collapse". Donnie said nothing. He was not use to this kind of treatment and even if he wanted to get up, he did not think his legs would hold.
"Just make it quick, it's throbbing like crazy" Sarah nodded then headed for the fridge.
"Here drink this until I get back" and she handed him a bottle of orange juice. He looked at Sarah, more certain than ever, that Splinter had been talking about her.
"Sarah?" She turned around.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks" Sarah smiled and headed to the door.
"No prob. I won't be long"
Sarah stopped short of the door to her apartment. Something was not right. She looked around the narrow hallway. She had a feeling that one of his sisters was nearby. She shook it off. It's not possible, they don't even know I'm here she thought. She opened the door and closed it behind her. She reached forward and crabbed the bowl on the counter as she was about to head back out, she backed up and slowly turned around. She had missed it the first time. By the window seat was a hooded figure. She watched as the figure turned around.
"Hello Sarah" she said. Sarah's jaw dropped. She knew the voice.
"Donna?"
~ Chapter Sixteen ~ Up Soon!