XXX: So here is the second revised chapter. Hope you like it. XXX:
Leo didn't even argue about taking Ann Marie home when he saw the scene. Mikey's brothers had been worried when they received the text and used the battle-shell to rush over here. Leo and the others had though Michelangelo was in danger. So they were quite shocked to see Mikey rocking a sleeping child in his arms. Mikey picks up the little girl and puts her in the van, using the spare blankets and pillows they had in there to make her comfortable. He does this without saying a word. His brothers just watching in shock at the mature-like Mikey. They wait for an explanation as Mikey walks over to the two corpse that had lain a few feet away from where Mikey had just sat. Mikey tries to look for clues as to what happened and why. But the minute he saw the gun wounds and blood, he ran to the dumpster and threw up. The pizzas on the lid forgotten and cold long ago. Mikey's brothers took the visibly shaken Mikey as their que to help. Leo and Raph checking the surroundings for clues as Donny checks the bodies.
"Find anything?" Leo asks his purple-masked brother, not finding anything of importance in his search. Mikey was still retching in the background. Don examines the bodies, putting on a pair of gloves so not to contaminate the crime scene. No point in making the cops' job harder.
"Both died due to multiple bullets in the head and heart. Looks like they really upset whoever killed them." Donny comments, disturbed by the pieces of brain littered around the bodies. He even notices pieces of skull lying on the ground. Parts of the faces were gone, the bones, muscles, and tendons in their face showing plain as day. Don can't take it anymore and looks away from the face, trying to find anything that gives answers to their questions. He sees some sorta tattoo peaking from underneath the woman's sleeve, so he pushes it up carefully with his gloved hands. He sucks in air quickly when he sees what the tattoo was. Leo looks over his brother's shoulder to see what caused him to react like that, blocking the bile rising in his throat at the site of the two corpses and is somewhat shocked at what he sees.
A purple dragon tattoo, stretched and somewhat faded with age stared back at him from the woman's arm.
" Purple dragons." Leo whispers to no one in particular.
"Explains the multiple bullet holes." Don comments as he checks the man and sees he also had a purple dragon tattoo on his arm but also a police badge in his wallet. He also notices that both were wearing wedding bands. Upon further inspection of the man's wallet, he finds a picture of the man, woman, and the little girl in the van, all smiling.
"Leo... They're the little girl's parents." Donny says softly. Fist hitting metal is heard behind them. Leo turns around expecting to see Raphael punching something but is surprised to see that it was Michelangelo. Raph puts a hand on the orange-masked turtle in an almost comforting manner.
"Find anything else Don?" Donnie begins to shake his head but stops halfway. There was something abnormal about the watches on the couple's wrists. He reaches over and finds a strange clasp on his watch. Donatello carefully pries it open and a small SD card falls out. Don becomes curious and tries the same thing with the woman's watch and another SD card falls further inspection, on both Sd cards was a turtle engraved on the front. He puts both items in a pouch on his belt along with his gloves after shutting the watches. He couldn't take looking at the bodies anymore. He nods at Leo, signalling that he was done as he stands up. Leo returns the nod and speaks up.
"Alright guys, lets get this girl somewhere safe. There might be Purple Dragons coming back to finish the job. " The others nod and enter the battle-shell, with Donnie driving. Mikey sits beside the girl, completely silent. The others didn't say a thing on the way home either... The dead bodies got to everyone.
[Back at the Lair]
Donatello's POV
We get home relatively fast and I head straight to my lab space as Leo and Mikey tell Master Splinter we had a guest. I did not want to be a part of THAT conversation. Honestly I was curious about what was on the sd cards. But I would wait till the others were ready. Till then, I decided to keep an eye on the police reports to see when the police would come across the bodies. Maybe they will have more information about the little girl's parents. About an hour passes, so I go out to the main room to find my brothers. Mikey was pacing the floor, the little girl lying on the couch that was in front of him. Raph and Leo just watched their brother, very concerned. I motion for them to join me at my computers as I place the Sd cards I found on the parents into it.
"I found these sd cards hidden on her parents." I tell them as I power up my computer. "I took them cuz they had a weird engraving on the front." I put in my security codes and my home screen appears. "It was a turtle of all things." I quickly open up the Sd card folder for the one I found on the dad. On it is a lot of documents and what not. I pull a few up and am shocked about what is on them.
"It's all about the purple dragons, a list of their drop off sites, dock meetings, everything!" I whisper in shock. I remember the badge I found in the husband's wallet. "I think the man was an undercover detective trying to break up the dragons." I tell my brothers as I continue to look through the files. Towards the end I find a folder marked 'mutants'. My curiosity peeked, I open it. Me and my brothers are speechless when we see the contents.
"It's...us..." Mikey whispers in awe. Picture after picture popped up showing us fighting, maps of sightings where we had been seen, our names and personalities. Pretty much everything but where we lived and very little on our father. The most was about Mikey though. There was a another folder marked "To the turtles". I clicked it to see what it held. It was filled with videos of the father, when he was alive. I look back at Leo to see if I should proceed. Leonardo nods in consent. So I click the first video in the folder. It date stamp was from many months ago, titled "For all turtles". I press play and the man's deep baritone could be heard as his face appeared on the screen.
"Leonardo. Raphael. Donatello. Michelangelo... If you are watching this, that means that I was found out and killed. I know my cover can be blown at anytime and you are the only ones who I can trust with this information. " A sad look passes over his eyes. "And the only ones I trust to take care of our daughter Ann Marie." All of us are silent as he talks. This man had blonde hair like his daughter, with chocolate brown eyes that showed kindness.
"I have infiltrated the gang know as the Purple Dragons, and would have brought them down years ago, but thing... changed." He runs a hand through his hair. " I fell in love with one, and soon we were married and expecting a child." A bitter-sweet smile graces his face. "A little girl." He is silent a moment before he begins to speak again.
"My wife was about 3 months pregnant when she was taken from our home. I didn't see her again till about a month before the baby was born. It wasn't till later that I found out that Bishop had taken her. My wife didn't remember much those 5 months she was held captive. She only remembered being fed strange tasting food and having tubes that she assumed were IV's in her arm." He sighs sadly.
"When Marie was born, it was obvious that she wasn't exactly normal. She healed a little quicker than a normal when she got hurt. I know Bishop was experimenting on her when she was in the womb. But I had hoped that he was finished with our little girl... I was wrong." Anger consumes the man, his fist clenching. "When she was two years old he took her again... It was an entire year before we saw her again. Me and my wife had come home... and there she was... unconscious on our doorstep. When she awoke, things were different. She had...changed..." The man's eyes got misty, tears threatening to fall that he blinks back, taking a deep breath.
" She was no longer a normal child...So many changes..." He sighs, taking a deep breath before speaking again.
"I have been following your family closely. If you are seeing this then my plan worked and Ann Marie is safe. That is all I can hope for."
"Daddy?" A little girl's voice calls out from off screen. The man looks over towards the voice with and his face immediately softens. "Coming Akemi (Her nickname, Japanese for bright beauty) ". He looks back at the screen. "Please take care of my little girl. I'm entrusting her with you all." The little girl climbs into her dad's lap and waves at the camera, unaware of what the man was preparing it for.
"Who you talwking to Daddy?" she asks him, putting her small arms around his neck. Her father looks at the little girl with a fond smile.
"I'm making a video for the turtles."
"WEALLY?!" The little girl shouts happily. Her father laughs at her enthusiasm.
"That's right." He says. Ann Marie grins happily and turns to the camera, waving viguriously.
"HALLO TERTWLES!" (NO it's not mis-spelling on my part. Ann Marie is a child, this is how she talks). A huge grin spread across her face. The father tickles the little girl and she laughs, the sound of it not unlike the melody of twinkling bells.
"How about you go snuggle up in your bed and I'll come tell you a story." He tells her, turning her in his arms so they were face-face.
"A tertwle stowy?" She asks him hopefully. He nods his head and grins as she gives him a great big kiss on the cheek before flying out his lap and outta the camera's view. He looks where she disappeared before looking back at the screen, tears building in his eyes.
"We're counting on you. This is Roger Trayton. Over and out." And then the video ends, frozen on the man reaching towards the screen, a single tear falling.
XXX: This scene was a lot shorter originally. I added more details and my writing is better...I hope lol! XD I hope you guys like this chapter. Its a little heavy, but I promise the whole story isn't this down. It has its up moments. But you were warned that this had angst and tragedy. XP Please tell me what you guys think or feel when reading this. And if i make an mistakes, please let me know. Love you guys SO MUCH! Next chapter coming soon. This is where the story changes from my first attempt writing. See you soon! :D XXX: