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Ch. 6 – Love

". . . so basically they're still after me and I can not let them get Michele. Splinter, is it alright if Michele stays here while I put a stop to them once and for all?" Brianna asked as she finished telling them the story of how the club and the house had burned down.

"Miss Michele is more than welcome to stay here," Splinter answered.

"Tomorrow I'll take you clothes shopping," April offered Michele.

"Okay, thanks," Michele replied.

"I'm coming with you, Brianna," Leo firmly stated.

"Leo, I can't risk you getting hurt for me,"

Oh geez. This is so sickening. An oversized turtle and a human! I have got to nail these turtles for that explosion! Kelly thought as she observed the way Brianna and Leo behaved around one another.

"And I can't allow you to do this by yourself. I love you. I want to be by your side no matter what the danger is,"

"I think it is wise that you allow my sons to help you in your quest, Miss Brianna. Only then can you truly succeed," Splinter wisely suggested as he made his way to his room.

"I can help too," Michele offered. I know she's only looking out for me, but I can't sit here and do nothing! I'm seventeen for crying out loud, I'm not a child! Michele thought.

"It's not safe with me. You'll be a lot safer here," Brianna said. She really wished her cousin could join her in the fight but Michele had not been trained as Brianna had been. And she did not have the powers that her older cousin had.

"Fine," Michele gloomily said. She was about to argue further, but realized she was fighting a losing battle. April left for work a couple minutes later. The turtles all thanked her for coming and soon everyone went their own ways. Mikey, Don, and Michele to the TV set, Donnie to his computer to play games, and Brianna and Leo to Leo's room. Leaving Kelly to gather the evidence she needed to make her case against the turtles.

So that Shredder thinks he can build himself a new body, huh? Well, I'll see to it that his plans are ruined. The commander guy who had had really been in charge of all the experiments that were done on Brianna. He had been Capt. Carter's superior. Of course, the government had no idea that he planned to create the perfect army of super humans to rule the world with. If only his plan to get rid of the aunt had succeeded. Out of nowhere, blue smoke filled one spot of the room and Michele's mom appeared.

"You!" The commander yelled when he realized who had materialized in his office.

"I will not you harm my niece any further!" She stated as her eyes narrowed at him.

"I'm afraid you have no choice,"

"Like hell I do! I won't stand by and watch you destroy my niece the same way you destroyed my sister!" She sneered as she did a roundhouse kick to his head. He flew back, startled by her sudden move. But quickly found his ground as he did a flip over her head and punched her. The fight had just begun.

Hours earlier, Michele had decided to wander through the lair. The turtles had promised that they would turn Mikey's room into hers and put Mikey in Raph's room. But for now, she was content to be in the infirmary as she started to sing "My Immortal" by Evanescence. Completely unaware that a certain brainy turtle was within hearing range.

Did Mikey leave his radio on again? Donnie thought as he could've sworn he heard Amy Lee of Evanescence singing. Realizing that Mikey wouldn't hear him over the TV, he got up to turn off the radio. When he entered the hall, he realized that the voice wasn't coming from the direction of Mikey's room, but the infirmary. Huh. That's odd. I don't recall ever putting a radio there. Slowly, he crept towards the room. Peering in, he saw who was singing.

"Please stay with me," Leo pleaded. He and Brianna had been talking for hours about what had been going in their lives over the past year. Now he wanted to be sure that she loved him just as much as he loved her and that she wasn't going to leave him again.

"If we can put an end to this madness. I'll stay with you," She replied as she tenderly kissed him. Leo put one hand on the back of her head as he kissed her more passionately. Moments later he pulled her closer to him and they both fell back onto the bed. They enjoyed more steamy kisses until Brianna broke them.

"Are you sure about this?" She asked.

"Yes, now come here," He answered as he tried to pull her back to him. She pulled away and asked again, "Why are you so sure? Aren't you worried that it won't work?"

"All I know is that I love you and I want to be with you. And that's enough for me. I don't need to know all the mumble jumble about how it would work between a turtle and a human," He stated as he lay back down. Leo had been waiting for this moment ever since he realized that he was in love with this beautiful woman. Naturally he didn't want to pressure her so if she wasn't ready then he would be more than happy to wait until she was.

I love Leo so much. I never knew how much until I left. The whole time I was there, all I could think about was him. I wanted to come back so many times, but it wouldn't have been right. I've longed for attention like this for years and now that the moment is finally here, am I ready to go through with it? Do I honestly want to do this? Brianna thought as she pondered what Leo had said to her. She sighed and said, "You're right. There's no sense in worrying over all the technical stuff," She leaned in and kissed him ever so passionately.

AN: Ok another chapter is up! Thanks to everyone for reading and reviewing! I really appreciate it.