Disclaimer: I do not own the TMNT, although I really wish I did. Maybe then I could have some fun.

"Donnie?" I whispered. The Movie/Library room was dark and a couple of mutants were watching Jurassic Park. The floor trembled every time a Dino stomped, which was cool, but kind of annoying when you're trying to find someone in the darkness. One, you can't hear, and Two, your walk gets messed up. "Donnie, you in here? Leo said you might be…" I trailed off as I spied a familiar looking shadow sitting on a couch. I tapped said shadow.

"IYAH!" It shrieked, whirling, Bo in hand. I grabbed the Bo and clamped a hand over his mouth, laughing softly.

"Oi, damn Donnie!" I chuckled, pulling the hand away and letting go. "Never thought you'd be the scary movie type! You seem more like a documentary person."

"Mikaela," Donnie gasped, hand clutched to his chest. "Good god, don't DO that!" He shook himself, probably to get rid of the chills. "What do you need?"

"I was just trying to find you." I said, leading him out of the room. We immediately were hit by a blast of Salsa. "I wanted to introduce you to my best friend, Ana." I waved indifferently, "And a couple others, but I want you to meet her first."

I led Donatello back to the archway to the bar/dancehall/restaurant. Sure enough, Ana had Leo out on the wooden floor, showing him the proper way to lead through that particular Salsa. Donnie and I giggled, made out way to a table and watched the two dance.

"Ana's a great dancer." I said, deeply envious of her amazing talent. Donnie seemed to notice.

"You don't dance?" I shook my head.

"Can't." I said shortly. "Tried, but never was really able to grasp classic dancing." I laughed. "Hip Hop is a completely different story, though."

Donnie smiled. Not much else was said before the song ended.

"WOO!" I cheered, making Leo flush darkly- aw, he was so cute when he was embarrassed!

"Good job, bro!" Donnie congratulated, clapping him on the back.

Ow, my feet. Ana muttered, then grinned sheepishly. Should'a expected that from a total novice. You did good Leonardo. She sat down next to me at the table, beaming.

"Hey, I'll go make us a few drinks!" I jumped up, going over to the bar. Lessee, Ana always has a coconut margarita, I don't know what the boys like… I'll make them daiquiri's, and for ME I exulted I'm gonna have my mango twister special… hehehe, nummy! Taking out the proper ingredients, I worked my magic.

When I got back to the table, Leo and Donnie looked to be deep in discussion with Ana. Too bad I couldn't hear any of it. I was pretty sure what she was saying though, as I set the drinks in front of their respective customers.

Thanks Mikaela! Ana sipped daintily at hers while I slurped half of mine down. All or nothing people, work with me! Leo and Don stared at theirs.

"Mikaela, what is this?" Leonardo inquired, looking up from the bright pink mixture, confused.

"It's a daiquiri, honey." I said, between slurps. "I made it light for y'all, okay? Don't worry, there's hardly any bite."

Both turtles looked flabbergasted. "You mean there's alcohol in this drink!" Donnie squeaked, astonished.

I smiled, a little frown dancing across my forehead. "Of course, Don- what did you think there was going to be in it?" I laughed. "Wait, lemme guess, you don't drink do you?" I smiled as they nodded defensively. "Kudos to you, you've got guts! I don't know many people who've never drank before, especially not here."

"MIKAELA!"

I groaned. "Shit, I forgot about Lua." I smacked my forehead. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!"

"MIKAELA, WHERE ARE YOU!"

I looked around frantically, "Ana, hide me!"

Too late.

"MIKAELA SPADE! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" A blue, feathery creature stalked towards us. The boys looked nervous, and I did NOT blame them. "Do you know how WORRIED you made us! What's WRONG with you!"

"Hi Lua." I said meekly, staring at the floor. Lua tapped her clawed foot against the wooden floor, obviously expecting more.

"Got any explaining to do?" She hissed, hands on hips. I could practically see her feathers ruffling. Mind you, I'm still staring at the floor!

"...yeah." I inhaled deeply.

"IwaswalkingtotheclubandgotjumpedandtheseguyssavedmeandtookcareofmeanddroppedmeoffbackhereandIinvitedtheminsideinthanks." All in one breath, woo!

Lua sighed. "Honey… why didn't you just CALL and let us know where you were? You had us scared witless!" She squatted and tilted my chin up. "Sweetie, please don't do this again. You're like my own daughter- don't scare your mama okay?" I smiled weakly. Yeah, she had practically adopted me, which made me feel all the worse about the situation. Lua turned to the Turtles.

"Gents, I would like to thank you for taking care of mah baby girl." She gave them both big hugs. "If you ever need anything, and I mean anything, just ask. You've earned it a thousand times over." Looking at us girls she smiled, "Don't wear them out too much okay?"

LUA! Ana thought-spoke, shocked and embarrassed. During that, I was trying to make myself invisible- Great. The all-powerful mother's ability to embarrass. You know how it goes. Besides, I don't even LIKE them like that! I just MET them for Chrissakes!

"What?" Lua shrugged innocently, strolling off, tail swishing against the ground.

"Well…" I said, trying to break the really awkward silence that fell. "That was Lua, our surrogate mother figure." I gave a small grin at the boys. Leo stood.

"Well Mikaela, Anastasia, it was wonderful to come here and… dance…" Here Donnie snickered. "…As I was saying, it was a pleasure, but we must be going back. Our Sensei is probably wondering what is taking us so long, and I'm afraid he might send Raph or Mikey to look for us." The rest of us rose, myself and Ana escorting them to the exit.

"You can find your way back?" I asked, steering them through the crowd. I think they still weren't over the whole 'other mutants' thing.

"We're sure." Donnie said.

We came up on Frankie, who opened the door for us.

"See yous next time, Toitle-bois!" Frankie said, roughly hugging each.

Don't choke 'em Frankie! Squeezing them to death won't bring them back! Ana giggled, girlishly covering her mouth. I rolled my eyes.

"Jeeze, lay off the charm already!" I pried Frankie off the boys and ushered them out the door. "See y'all, tell Mikey and Raph I say hi, ok? Oh! Hang on!" I dashed away to grab something. "Here ya go. It's passes, and this is a token of our appreciation for Master Splinter, ok?"

"Thank you," The breathed, maybe in awe? Have these guys never been treated with kindness from others? Guess not, but that's gonna change!

Bye Leo, bye Donnie! Ana cooed, hugging each. Again, I rolled my eyes.

"Ana…." I sighed, then we shook hands. "Hey, like I said, you are welcome here ANY time you like, those passes will see to it," I said, pointing. "That, and Frankie knows ya, so there shouldn't be problems." I thought a little more. "If there are, just give me a call at this number," I said, fishing around the reception desk for paper and pen. Quickly scratching it out, I gave them the number and wished them well.

They departed.

Where'd you find them, Mika? Ana asked, curious. I didn't blame her.

"Actually, Ana- they found me." I said, turning back to the bar area. "Donnie is the one that saved me, and Leo helped me recover, as well did their other brothers."

There's more of them! Cool! Ana exulted, twirling. More friends to add to our collection! She stopped twirling. Isn't it strange that there's more of us showing up lately?

My brow furrowed. "Yeah. Strange, but we've brought in at least six in the past month. That's a bit steep to be normal." I leaned back against the bar, chewing a straw in thought. "I wonder if our good friends in the D.C area are up to something again…" I gave a dark glance to Ana. "Think we should take a look?"

That doesn't sound like a bad idea.

I pushed off the bar. "I'm gonna go do some research. Be ready in three?"

No prob. I've never passed up a chance to see what they're up to. Ana grinned evilly Why would I start now?

But that's a totally different story!