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Chapter 4: Not A Dream!
"Nooo! Please don't" Mr. Collins screamed as the sharp, steel, blade cut through his torso. Leaving him coughing up blood as he struggled for air.
"Nooooo!" screamed Megan as she ran to her father. Sobing, she begged him to hold on a little longer. Just a little more and help would be here. But it was no use. He died in her arms. This only caused the poor girl to cry out even more. She continued to sob until her father sat up and pointed an accusing finger at her. Megan, startled, jumped back.
"Your... fault..." He slowly spat out.
"I know. I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Megan cried as she started to shake from all her crying.
"Your... fault..." He repeated.
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"Hey! Megan! Wake up!" Donnie called out to the girl as he took her by the shoulders and shook her.
"Mmm," Megan mumbled as her eyes opened and saw Donnie sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Um yea," She lied. How could she be okay? Her parents were dead. And it was all her fault!
"You sure? You were screaming pretty loud," Donnie pointed out. He could tell she was in shock over something. Just what it was, he had been unable to determine.
"Just a bad dream is all," She replied.
"Must have been pretty terrifying. What was it about?" He asked, trying to figure out why a dream would cause her to scream out like she had.
"N... Nothing.." She said as her eyes watered up.
"Hey, um, it's okay. Don't cry," Donnie said as he attempted to comfort her. What's going on with her? She seemed okay last night, though she was a bit distant. And now she's very upset and frightened over some dream that's about nothing? No. That's not it. There's something going on inside of that head of hers. Donnie thought.
"I..." She started to say. She looked down at the bed sheet as she allowed the tears to softly fall.
"We won't let anything bad happen to you," Donnie tried to assure her that everything would be fine.
"No! It's not okay! They're dead!" She cried out as she looked up into Donnie's face. Her head went back down as she sobbed once more. Donnie froze for a moment. He hadn't been expecting that outburst. He didn't think he would ever forget that look in her eyes. It was a look of pain and sorrow. Deep pain and sorrow. He silently vowed to himself that he would find out what or who had caused that much pain to be found in such beautiful emerald green eyes.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know," Donnie finally managed to say as he held the sobbing girl. He held her until they both had fallen asleep.
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(the next morning)
"Have either of you seen Donnie?" Leo asked Raph and Mikey. It was almost time for their morning practice to begin. Leo had somehow managed to drag Raph out of his bed and Mikey off the couch and into the dojo to warm up for practice. But when he had gone into Donnie's room, he had found his bed empty. Normally, he had no trouble getting his purple-clad brother into the dojo early in the morning. Heck, often he didn't even need to get his brother. Donnie was pretty good about making sure he got up in time for their daily morning practice.
"Not since last night," Raph answered.
"Is he still sleeping?" Mikey asked.
"No, I don't think so. He's not in his bed," Leo replied. Where could his brother have gone?
"Is he in the workshop?" Mikey asked again.
"No. I checked there already,"
"Maybe he went to check up on that chick," Raph suggested.
"You know, I didn't think to look in Mikey's room!" Leo said as he hurridly went to go check on Megan. Raph and Mikey followed their eldest brother to the room. What they saw upon entering surprised them all. Mikey thought it was pretty funny. Raph thought it was disgusting. And Leo was just plain annoyed. Donnie was asleep alright. And so was Megan. She was under the sheets with her head resting on his shoulder, while Donnie was semi-lying down next to her on top of the sheets with his arms around her and his head on her shoulder.
"Ahem!" Leo called out, in an attempt to wake Donnie. Neither one moved.
"Wooo! Way to go Donnie!" Mikey whistled. He never would've thought that his brainac brother would ever try to get into a bed with a girl!
"Yo, Donnie!" Raph yelled. Donnie's head came up as he slowly opened his eyes. He turned to find that he had fallen asleep while he had been trying to comfort Megan and his brothers had just walked into the room to see him with her! Even though nothing had taken place between the two, he knew his brothers wouldn't soon let him forget this! Especially Mikey!
"It's not what you think," Donnie said as he got up from the bed. The movement caused Megan to awake as well and find three turtles staring at her. One seemed to be in disblief, the red one just glared at her, and the one in orange only smiled and winked at her.
"Then what do I think? I came to get you up for practice and you're not in your bed, nor in the workshop, or anywhere else around. Then I come in here to find you snuggling up to our guest?" Leo replied. This was not how Splinter had taught them to behave with their guests. Especially the female ones! Never in a million years, had Leo thought that Donnie would be the one to try break those set of rules.
"Geez Donnie, if ya wanted to get laid, you could've done it with someone who's not involved with da foot!" Raph commented. He had no proof that she was in cohoots with their enemy, but it made sense to Raph that she might not be as innocent as everyone else thought.
"We didn't sleep together!" Donnie and Megan called out at the same time.
"Well, technicaly, we did find you two --" Mikey started to point out but was cut off when Leo smacked his bald head and Raph told him shut it.
"Okay fine. You did find us sleeping, but nothing happened! And I am not involved with the foot or whatever!" Megan said, defending herself.
"She's right. I heard her screaming last night and came in here to find that she had had a nightmare. I stayed and tried to comfort her to help her go back to sleep. I just didn't realize how tired I was myself until I woke up here," Donnie explained.
"My sons, what is going on? And why are you not in the dojo ready for practice?" Splinter asked as he came upon the scene. Quickly Leo told him what had taken place earlier and Donnie had to again explain his actions to his mentor. Sensing that both Donnie and Megan were telling the truth, he merely told Donnie to be a little more careful next time. He then headed his sons off to the dojo.
"Would you care to watch, Miss Collins?" Splinter asked. He could also feel that there was something more to her story, but he realized that he would get no way if he tried to pressure it out of her. No, instead he would show her kindness and patience and hope that in time she would feel comfortable enough to tell them the whole story.
"Do you think it would be possible to take a shower?" She asked.
"Yes, of course. It's right down there," Splinter said as pointed down the hall.
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(later that evening)
After the incident and the turtles' morning session was over, Donnie retreated into his room. They could all hear him tikering away at his computer but no one had the slightest idea what he was up to. Mikey, had to spend the day with Splinter, meditating. Leo had chosen to spend the day reading and Raph had decided to go hang out with Casey Jones. This left Megan to herself. She still wasn't sure what to make of these turtles and the rat. The rat was quite old and pretty wise, but at the same time he had been awfuly polite to her. Which was a lot more than she could say for the red-clad turtle, who was called Raphael or Raph. He was quite rude to her, plus she didn't really care for his attitude. The one in orange, called Michealangelo or Mikey, seemed to be the goofball in the bunch. As for Donnie, well she thought he was pretty nice like the rat, and he seemed to be pretty smart. She felt sorry for the way the others had treated him earlier. Leonardo or Leo, the one in blue, was apparently the leader out of the four. She thought he had high morals and admired him for that. Though she couldn't help but suspect that his reaction earlier was partially due to jealousy. True she was developing a mild crush on him. After all he was the one who had saved her from those monsters.
As Megan sat on the couch, thinking about each turtle, Leo walked into the room. Saying hello, he proceeded to turn the tv to channel 6 where a reporter named, April O'Neil, was giving the evening news.
"A guesome murder. At least that's what the police are saying about this. Late last night, a prominant scientist and his wife were killed in their own home," She was saying. Megan looked up at the screen as she froze in panic.
"The victims were identified as a Dr. Mark Collins and a Mrs. Jeanette Collins. The police are not saying much at this point, but have said that they are trying to track down their only daughter, Megan Collins, who has not been seen since," April continued before they went to commercial.
"Do they mean you?" Leo asked as he turned to face Megan. What he saw, however scared him. Megan had pulled her knees to her chest, rocking herself back and forth as she mumbled something. She appeared to be in complete shock. Leo stood up and went in front of her, making himself at eye-level with the girl.
"Megan?" Leo asked as he tried to bring the girl out of it. His attempts were futile. She wasn't acknowledging him. Unsure of what to do, Leo ran to get Donnie. He quickly told him what had happened. Donnie wasted no time, and followed Leo back out to the living room where he too saw Megan. He grabbed her arms and forced her to look at him. Looking into her eyes, it appeared as if no one was there. As if she was a million miles away from herself.
"Megan! Snap out of it! It's me, Donnie! You're a guest in our home, remember? You're safe," He called out to her, trying to get her to come back to them as Leo watched helplessly. She stopped rocking for a moment before the screams started. Donnie continued to try to assure that she was safe, but her screams continued. Splinter wasted no time in coming upon the scene followed by Mikey. He approached the girl and put one thumb on her forehead and the other on her neck. Within seconds, she slumped over into Donnie's arms, unconcious.
