I'm back with another chapter!
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Splinters point of view.
Once Bella had laid down to rest, I turned towards April and Mr. Jones.
"I think it would be best, if we took our leave" I stated as I made myself comfortable in my previous seat, adjusting it just so that I could watch over my sleeping daughter.
"You got it Master Splinta" Mr. Jones said, turning on the engine and pulling onto the road.
It had been a long journey here, and my sons were eager to see their sister again.
All of them had a connection to her, a special bond that one another couldn't understand.
She calmed down my youngest son, Michelangelo. Causes him to focus and brings him to the best of his abilities. She plays games with him and encourages him to keep dreaming, even in the worst of situations.
She eases the rage inside Raphael. After a fight gone wrong or if he is just in a generally black mood, she talks him through it. On more than one occasion I have seen them meditate together.
With my second youngest son, Donatello, she just generally understands him. They discuss theories together, design new inventions. Bella understands how he thinks, which none of his brothers have been able to do on such a level.
The one I am most eager for her to return to though is my eldest son, Leonardo. He has been angry of late, acting without thought.
Bella has always been the one to practice with him late at night. Always been the one to sit down with him and talk, get him to let out the emotions he feels he is not allowed to feel as leader of our family.
She is an important part of this family. I regret sending her away, for our family had been hanging on by a thread. We had managed to hold on, function in a some what normal way. Her brothers had grown closer in her absence, but they has missed her greatly.
And so had I. I had missed her laugh, missed her gentle nature. I had missed her smile in the morning when she would bring me a cup of tea before any of her brothers had woken up.
I traced the scar she had recently received with a careful finger. She had been so brave during that battle, they all had.
Bella had fought on, even when the rest of us were fallen. A rage had taken hold of her, and a fear that her family might die for noting. She had sworn that the Shredder would fall that day, and that if we fell, we would be honourable to the last breath.
I had never been more proud of any of my children then I had been that day.
Though they are different, though they are shunned by the outside world, they were willing to give their lives so that others could survive.
I don't think any of them realise just how much the world would suffer if they were to finally fall.
Though my daughter is human, the world above shuns her. She is free to walk among humans, but she has never had a normal life.
She had been forced into the sewers, the reason I do not know, and I had found her, cowering in a corner. Discovering that she had no parents, I took her to my home, introducing her to my four sons. They quickly formed a bond, and eventually we decided that she should stay with us. She became my daughter, and became a sister, younger only to Leonardo.
Originally I had decided not to train her in the art of fighting, decided to only teach her self defence, but rather teach her in the field of healing.
But her brothers insisted that she train along side them, so I trained her to fight with both a Bow and Kakute. She also learned how to use her brothers weapons, along with how to heal.
In our final fight against the Shredder, when she was the only one standing, there was fear in her eyes. That is something that I had not seen in my daughter for a long time. Even though every time they go out to fight, they know there is a risk that one may not return home, I have never seen her fear death. But there was no mistaking the emotion. Bella, my only daughter, was terrified that her family would die in vain, that we would fail in our mission to stop our most hated enemy.
None of us have ever seen her fight like she did that day, none of us have ever seen so much hatred, fear and anger consume her. A piece of her died that day, but I think that with time, she can regain what she has lost.
So even though the shredder did not crumble that day, we did a great deed.
Michelangelo's point of view.
We all waited for them to return home.
All of us were restless, moving in some sort of way.
Master Splinter, April and Casey had gone to pick Bella up a while ago, don't ask me how long ago it was, and we had just got a phone call from April saying that they would be back in not too long.
I couldn't wait to see my big sis again, its been so long. I miss the late night feasts we used to have, or how she was the only one who could rival me in a video game competition. Or how we used to play pranks on the others!
While our bro's were great and all, don't get me wrong, I think their all awesome, there's something about Bella that just gets me, you know?
Like how she always knows when I'm worried, or when I need to sit and talk for a bit. Even Leo doesn't get it all the time.
Not to mention that she kicks but! I mean last time she saw Hun she showed him that she was not to be messed with. Unfortunately, Hun has an incredibly think head and didn't listen to her, which has caused him to walk away black and blue on more than one occasion.
Our family just needed her, to put it simply.
Looking at the clock, I see that its only been one minute since I last checked the time. Making a whining sound in the back of my throat, I look to see what my brothers are doing.
Donnie is typing on his laptop, doing what, I have no idea.
"Hey Don…what ya doing?" I would get up, but my broken legs prevent me from doing so.
"Just working on some projects that I need to finish when we return home" he says, looking up only briefly.
Looking over at Raph, I see that he's flicking through the channels on the tiny T.V that April had brought up for us to watch. Knowing that it was best not to get under his skin while he was agitated, I decided that I would for once leave him alone.
And then finally I laid eyes on my eldest brother, Leo. He was staring out the window again, glaring at anything that moved. He has been doing that a lot lately. Its almost like he's waiting for something to attack us. Or daring if that glare is anything to go by.
I was about to bother Don again, when I hear the battle shell pull up to the house. As much as I want to get up, and so do the rest of them, we all know that if we do Splinter will be mad.
So we wait impatiently while they enter the house, talking amongst them selves. After what felt like a lifetime we hear footstep coming up the stairs.
"Did you miss me?" Bella is standing at the top of the stairs, a small bag in her hand, smiling.
"Bella!" we all yell. She grinned again, dropping the bag and running towards us. As much as it hurts all of us, we pull ourselves up and meet her half way, all hugging her at once.
I think we were all laughing, even Leo. Do you now see the effect she has on us? She even made grumpy Leo laugh!
"Alright, alright! I missed you guys too!" she laughed, somehow managing to hug us all, which is quite impressive considering our shells and all.
"Of course we missed you. I mean, without you there was no one to whack Mikey upside the head for me" Raph grumbled. Had I not been on crutches, I would so have kicked him.
"Whatever Raph, your just jealous of my total awesomeness!" I grinned. Everyone just looked at me, looking at me as if I had grown two heads "what?" I shrug
Bella placed her hand on my shoulder "Keep telling yourself that Mike, keep telling yourself that" she shook her head sadly. Whatever, I'll just have to remind her how brilliant her little brother can be.
"Come on guys, April will go all mother hen in a minute if you don't get back into bed." she helps all of us back to our beds, all accept Leo, who goes back to the window.
Though she doesn't voice it, I know that she worried about us. It hasn't been that long since we defeated the shredder, and we're all still in bandages.
She still is too, I can see the bandages underneath her shirt. And the scar on her face is still faintly red. Looking at that scar makes me feel angry. My sister is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen, and now every time she looks in the mirror she will see the shredder, and what he has done to her.
I don't think she will ever admit it, but I think that scar causes her more pain than we will ever know.
"So! What movie we gonna watch?" I ask, clapping my hands together. I see Raph face- palm and Donnie shake his head.
"Don't know Mikey, you pick. But I need to check your bandages while its playing okay?" she looks around, seeing us nod in confirmation. All except Leo. Bella frowns at him, but quickly turns back to me.
We end up watching a horror movie, not the best but it was all that April and Casey could find. Just as Bella had said she would, she went round and checked everyone's bandages. Master Splinter had come upstairs after a while, so she checked him as well. She took her time while doing them, talking quietly to each on of us. After Bella had finished with each one she gave them a hug before moving on.
When it came to Leo's turn, Bella had trouble getting him to sit down and rest so she could check him over, bet eventually she managed it. My hat of to her, none of us had been able to get him to rest unless it was a direct order from Splinter.
I noticed that there wasn't much conversation between the two, but she still gave him a tight hug when she was finished, which he returned with just as much force.
Bella left me until last, by which time the movie had ended and Master Splinter had made everyone go to bed. The only light in the room was coming from to candles Bella had lit.
"Come on Mikey, I cant change your cast today, but I can check the rest of your wounds" She said quietly, dampening a cloth and dabbing it where ever there was a cut.
"How was Forks?"
"It was fine, up until Alice turned up. And Italy was fine, if not a bit nerve racking. I'm just glad to be back home with you guys, I was worried the whole time."
"Nah, don't worry 'bout us. Us turtles can take care of ourselves for a few days." I grin, earning a laugh.
"I doubt it Mikey. Without April and Master Splinter here to keep an eye on you, I dread to think what trouble you would get into"
"Sure, sure big sis. Like you haven't ever broken the rules without us telling you to"
"True, but how many times have I had to do 50 back flips just because you wanted to ride your skate board and dragged me off with you?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Alright, you got me." I hold me hands up in mock surrender. She just shakes her head at me again.
"You look to be healing just fine, a couple more weeks and you should be good as new" She puts the cloth back into the bowl, and places it onto a chest of draws behind her.
As she goes to get up, I catch her wrist in my hand, drawing her attention back to me.
"Can you…can you stay with me tonight? You've been gone such a long time and…" I look away, embarrassed.
Bella smiles at me, stroking my head. "Of course little brother, I can stay with you tonight. Budge up a bit"
I move over, and she slides in next to me, wrapping her arms around my arm and cuddling into to me. I had missed this, we haven't done this since we were kids.
"Goodnight Mikey…" She whispers, falling asleep.
"Goodnight Bella, big sis" I smile, moving down so my head was level with hers before finally falling asleep.
That was harder than I thought it would be, so please tell me what you think! Review!
Pingu xx
