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Chapter 5 – News

So my four guys in costumes as the responsible party for that explosion turned into four large turtles. Mutant turtles to be exact. How in the world am I going to prove that they exist so everyone will stop thinking that I'm crazy? Kelly was suddenly bought out of her thoughts when she heard a strangely familiar female voice call out, "Hey guys! I brought a few friends over," A mad rush of feet could be heard as the turtles ran to go greet them.

"Hey Ape!" Mikey greeted when he saw them.

"Hi Mikey," April replied. Leo was the next one to run over and stopped when he saw Brianna.

"You're okay! Oh, I've been so worried about you!" Leo exclaimed as he embraced her.

"Oh, how sickening," Raph commented when he saw Leo and Brianna.

"Welcome back, Miss Brianna. It is good to see you again," Splinter said.

"Thank you," She replied. Donnie and Kelly were the last ones to see what all the commotion was about. Both stopped when they saw who it was, but for entirely different reasons. Is she Brianna's sister? No, wait. Brianna doesn't have any sisters. She must be that cousin of hers. Man oh man. She is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. Donnie thought when he noticed Michele standing off to the side. Isn't that April Jones? The TV news reporter? Oh I hope she doesn't recognize me with my hair down! She could blow my cover! Kelly thought as she recognized April Jones (formerly April O'Neil) as one of the many people she had questioned on her most recent investigation.

"Everyone, this is my cousin, Michele," Brianna introduced.

"Nice to meet you, Michele. I'm Leonardo. But you can call me Leo," Leo greeted as he shook her hand.

"So you're the one my cousin is in love with," Michele said with a French accent as she winked at him, causing Leo to blush. If such a thing was possible.

"Welcome Michele," Splinter said.

"Yea welcome babe!" Mikey exclaimed. Raph just leaned against the wall with his arms folded. Apparently refusing to welcome Brianna and Michele.

"Who are you? Do I know you? You look really familiar to me," April said to Kelly.

"Oh, my name's Kelly. Kelly Smith," Okay so it's not my real name. But I can't afford to have my cover blown.

"Hmm. Maybe not then," April said.

"We saved her from a few thugs last night. By the way, I'm Donatello. You can call me Don or Donnie," Donnie explained as he greeted Michele. After he had finally found the courage to start talking again.

"I have something to share with you guys before Brianna tells you why she's here. But first, you have to promise that you won't tell Casey," April pleaded.

"Sir, it appears that a group called the foot, led by someone named, Shredder, has been behind the most of the robberies and theft over the past year," A young male officer said over the speakerphone.

"The one who made us pay to get subject 23X back?" A gruff sounding voice, belonging to the same middle-aged man, who earlier had talked to a Mr. Tucker in Paris.

"Yes, sir,"

"Do you know what he's after?"

"Not yet, sir. We're working on it,"

"Well, keep working on it. And don't report back until you can tell me what they're after!" He yelled over phone and hung up. He sighed as he sat back down in his chair. Opening the top drawer in his office desk, he pulled out a cigar and lit it. After a few moments of smoking on that, he picked up the phone and dialed.

"Mr. Tucker?" He asked.

"Yes, sir," The man replied in his thick French accent.

"Did you complete the job?"

"Yes, sir,"

"And where is subject 23X?"

"She is somewhere in New York. We tried to capture her for you but she proved to be a rather difficult person to capture,"

"Fool! I need to get subject 23X back! You'd better inform your contacts in New York that they had better find her and fast!" He yelled as he slammed the phone down. Damn it! He thought as he angrily slammed his fist on his desk. Why must I work with all these fools? If I'm going to succeed in taking over the world, I need an army. An army of witches and mutants is more like it!

Ok let's see, I need to check Ms. Romans' vitals yet again. Poor thing, she's sleeping the good years away. Oh I hope they punish whoever caused that explosion and put the poor girl in a coma. Nurse Hendricks thought as she flipped through the chart and down to Dana Romans hospital room. It had been just over a year ago when Dana was first brought in. She had black filth on her everywhere from the smoke. Not to mention some 3rd degree burns, broken bones, bruises, and cuts. And to top it all off, her left arm had been almost completely blown away. The doctors had to amputate it half an inch above the elbow. Whenever, if, she woke up, the doctors would have to fit her for a prostate arm. However her chance of waking up was only a 7 chance. Her doctors had credited her massive head injuries to her coma and the reason why she would probably never wake up on her own.

"Thomas!" Shredder called out as he wheeled himself over to his top scientist. Thomas, who had been on his way back to the lab, stopped and turned to face his master.

"I have come to a decision," Shredder announced.

"Yes?"

"I need an indestructible body that I can use to destroy those turtles, regain confidence of some foot, and take over the world!"

"So you've finally decided to get a mechanical body instead of trying to get your old one back?"

"Did you not hear what I just said? I want an indestructible mechanical body! And I want it within three days!" Shredder ordered.

"Three days! But sir! There's no possible way, our engineers could construct something like that within three days!"

"And that is why; you are going to help them,"

"But sir!"

"No buts! I want that new body ready for me in a few days or so help me I'll pull the skin right off of your bones while you still breathe," Shredder sneered.

"Okay April, we all promise. Now what is it?" Leo asked. April had been holding them all in suspense as she made them all promise not to tell her husband what she was about to tell them.

"Okay, well. I, took a test earlier. Well actually, a few tests, to be exact. And I,"

"Lemme guess, you don't want Casey to know you failed your tests. Got it babe. Hey when did you go back to school?"

"Mikey," Donnie scolded.

"I didn't go back to school. It's not that kind of a test. It was a home pregnancy test. I'm pregnant!" April finally let out. The turtles stared at her in shock. Could their April really be with child? Was she actually going to have a baby?

"Ahk! I'm soo exicited for you! April! That's great news!" Brianna exclaimed as she congrulated April. Soon everyone was telling April congrulations.

"Thanks guys. I'm going to tell Casey as soon as he gets back from work. I think Brianna should tell you why she came back now,"

"We, uh, actually came back, because I need your help,"

"We're willing to help in any way that we can," Leo assured her.

"Thanks. I need you to protect Michele for me,"

"Okay, but why can't you do it? You're strong enough," Leo questioned.

"Because I can't protect her and find the people who did this at the same time,"

"What did they do?" Mikey asked.

"They killed my aunt, Michele's mom,"

"What? That's terrible!" Donnie exclaimed. Poor girl. No wonder she looks so distressed. Her mother was just killed.

"Why would someone do that?" Leo asked.

"I believe that they were after me,"

"What? Why do you think that?" Leo asked again.

"I think that perhaps, Miss Brianna should start at the beginning and explain what took place in Paris," Splinter suggested.

AN: Ok this is probably going to be the last update for awhile. When I am feeling better after getting my wisdom teeth pulled out of me, I'll have another chapter up. So how am I doing so far with the sequel? Please review and let me know. Thanks to all of you for reading and reviewing!