For those of you who haven't read this before I redid it, this story started as a one-shot drabble that wouldn't leave me alone and became a story. I have thought it over and I think I'm gonna make it into a sequel. I wanna focus more on mikey and raph's development in this story, so this one will be more of a family one, and the sequel will be the romance on. And no, its not a mikey/ raph story. There will be oc for that . Thanks for the support those who read this before. Hope you like the new version of it. Love you guys! :)

3RD PERSON POV

Mikey was walking home with a large armful of pizzas when he had heard crying in the alley he was in. It sounded like a little girl and was slightly stifled. He was worried if he investigated, his appearance would cause more issues than solve them. But the sobs he heard made his compassion override his caution and wrenched his heart. He puts the pizzas on the dumpster near the spot where he had heard the crying. He peers around the corner and sees this little girl crying. He walks closer cautiously, hoping he wouldn't scare the little girl too badly.

She seemed to be 5, maybe 6 years of age with bright blond hair that could be seen peeping out from underneath the blood, grime, and trash matted in it. She doesn't even look at Mikey as he approaches her. She had her knees drawn up to her chest, arms wrapped around them, and her head buried in the crooks of her arms, sobbing. Her clothes tattered and bloody, smeared with dirt like her hair. Mikey continues to scoot closer very slowly, not wanting to scare her.

Suddenly the little girl looks up at him, her crystal blue, tear-filled eyes was meeting his forest green. Despair and pain filled the depths of these little eyes, though surprisingly not showing a lot of fear at seeing a huge mutant turtle in front of her. Mikey feels his heart reach out to this little girl.

"Hey" he whispers softly so not to startle her. "What's wrong?"

The little girl's eyes fill with more tears as she casts her eyes toward the ground, silent for a moment. Finally she speaks up, tears streaming down her face, leaving more tracks in the muck and blood caked on her face. With a shaky voice the girl answers his question.

"Mommy and Daddy are dead". She hiccups, burying her head into her arms again.

MIKEY'S POV

I look at the little girl crying and I feel tears welling up in my own eyes. Its such a sad sight. I can tell she was living on the street with her parents due to the amount of dirt and gunk on her skin. I had this overwhelming need to just grab her in my arms and hold her tight, not letting the world hurt this little, innocent soul again...

So...

I did...

LITTLE GIRL'S POV

I feel arms wrap themselves around me and being drawn against someone. I knew it was the turtle, and this meant that he was more than just a part of my imagination. But instead of feeling scared, I felt safe. I miss my mommy and daddy, and knew that they were dead. Being six, I understand that when I saw them getting shot in the chest meant that they weren't alive anymore. That they wouldn't be able to hold me at night anymore when I got scared or had a nightmare. They wouldn't be able tell me a bedtime story so i would go to sleep or sing me the lullaby my mommy and daddy made up just for me. They wouldn't be saving up the little money they got just to buy me something special as a surprise anymore.

The memories are so strong that I can't hold back anymore. So I bury myself against the big turtle man with the orange thing around his eyes and cried my heart out. Mourning that my mama and papa were in heaven now.

3RD PERSON POV

Mikey feels the little girl's tears on his chest and only holds her closer, tighter, comforting her. While doing so he sees two bodies not far from where he had found this little girl.

"Her parents" Mikey thinks to himself. He sees the bullet holes in their chests and the blood spilling from their wounds, making a red pool around the two. Obviously they had been killed not to long ago for the blood was still wet, but long enough for flies to start swarming around their bodies. He finally smells the stench of blood and death, and his heart breaks, knowing that this little girl had probably watched her own parents being killed. While the little girl cries against him, Mikey pulls out his shell phone and send a text to his brothers to come meet him in the alley not far from the pizza place, that it was an emergency. After finishing the text, he just curls his body around the little girl, as if to absorb her pain and shield her from the world.

He mutters comforting words to her, using one hand to smooth her hair in a soothing manner. When her sobs finally calm down, Mikey asks her what her name was in a soft and gentle voice.

"Marie," she answers, her voice strained from all the crying.

"My name is Ann Marie."

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Writting this again after so long made me almost cry again. Its so sad. For those who didnt read this when i first wrote this story, I was re watching the 2003 tmnt and was at the episode where Mikey saves klunk and all the toys for that orphanage and I got to thinking, "what is Mikey really did find a little girl with no home, no parents, and people who would probably want her dead since she was a witness?" I saw mikey as the most compassionate in the 2003 version, you know, all heart. So here it is. Hope you enjoyed this story. Love you guys.