Cori woke up around noon. Her stomach grumbled from the lack of food. She walked down the hall and into the main room. She noticed that no one was there. "Raph you got it into my eyes," shouted Donnie. Suddenly Cori's eyes felt like they were on fire. Donnie must have gotten orange juice in his eyes. She walked into the kitchen all blurry-eyed. "Donnie, please try not to hurt yourself. You're going to kill me sometime. My eyes are burning." "You never told me that," Donatello said. "Told you what?" "That you can feel my pain." "I, I forgot," she said with a yawn.
"Eeewww," said Mikey. "Leo you burned the toast." "Well I'm sorry, I'm not good with cooking," Leo responded. "Why did we even let you cook at all," asked Raphael. Leo just shrugged. Cori sat down on the bar stool. "Shouldn't you guys be eating lunch," she asked. "Ninjas gotta sleep," Raph said. "Don't worry bros. I got a back-up plan," Mikey said as he moved towards the fridge. He opened the door and pulled out dome leftover pizza. "Alright," Raph shouted. Cori looked in disgust. "Do you want some Crow," asked Donnie. "First of all it's Cori and second of all cold pizza is gross. Do you guys own a microwave or something?"
Leo pointed behind him as he handed her a plate. She took it and put two slices of pizza on it. She looked at it with even more disgust than before. There was pepperoni smothered with ketchup and mayonnaise. "Never mind," she said trying not to puke. She got up and walked over to the couch. She started to rub her temples. "Ugh… It's like I got shot or something," she joked to herself. She heard someone chuckling behind her. She looked and it was Raph. "Is this seat taken?" She shook her head. "How do you feel?" "Okay I guess. I can walk but it's not my favorite hobby right now."
She turned to look at him. "I have a question. Could we go to my apartment to get some clothes since Donnie tore mine up?" "Uh, sure. We could go now." "Great let's go," she said as she stood up. "You know, you're a lot stronger than you look," Raphael said. "What makes you say that," Cori asked. "Well you just got shot and now you're walking like nothing happened." Cori smirked and started walking to the exit dressed only in her tank top.
"Whoa, where are you going," Leo said as he noticed Cori leaving. "To get clothing," she replied. "Not in that you aren't," said Donnie. He got up from his chair and went to his room. "No, not that ugly thing," said Cori as he walked into his room. He returned with a black windbreaker. "Just because you can walk doesn't mean you can't get sick." Cori unwillingly put it on and followed the turtles out of the sewers. Once they got on the surface the turtles followed her on the rooftops while she was on the street. Eventually they reached a small apartment building. She turned into an alley way to meet the turtles.
"Do you think you can climb up," Leo gestured at the fire escape. "No," she said. "I can walk but I don't think I could do anything that extreme." "Here, I'll carry you," Raph offered. She nodded. Raphael picked her up and began to climb up the fire escape. At the third floor they stopped and opened a window. Cori climbed in and started to go through her room. She got out a blue duffel bag and filled it with clothing. While her mom was sleeping she took her toiletries from the bathroom. She walked back into her and sat down on her bed. There was a loud crackling sound. She pulled out her phone from her back pocket. She broke the screen completely.
She swore quietly. "Hey, are you ready," whispered Mikey. "Yeah, hold on." She picked up her duffel bag and climbed through the window. Raph helped her down and soon they were back in the lair. "Hey, do you know where the bathroom is," Cori asked. "It's the last door in the hallway with the bedrooms in it," Leo said. "Thanks." She walked down the hallway and into the bathroom. There she brushed her teeth and her hair. She sighed as she looked into the mirror. Her black eye was no longer swollen but it was still a dark shade of purple. She also had a bruise on the side of her face. She went into her bedroom and got changed.
She decided to put on something nice. Whenever she was down, she would always wear something pretty. She put one a new tank top and a blue short-sleeve shirt with an intricate pattern on it. She walked over to the trash can and threw away the ruined tank top from yesterday. There was a knocking on the door. "Yes Donnie." "Uh, I'd like to change your bandages." "Sure just give me a minute." She looked at her phone. The screen was so badly damaged she could hardly read anything on it. She put the phone on the dresser and left for the lab.