"Mikey this is a girl turtle." Donnie informs me.

"Oh… wait, how do you know?"

"Well you see girl turtles ha-" I cut him off

"But this time, please, simplify it."

"Girl turtles have really short tails."

"Ok then." I ponder this for a moment as I try to think of a new name, a small smile forms on Donnie's face and he says

"Why don't you name it Francesca?"

"Yah that sounds nice. And we can call her Frances."

"And her middle name should be Neri." he adds

"Why?" i ask.

"Oh. well, it... um... just sounds good after Francesca."

"Ok," I say then leo joins in.

"But Mikey where are you going to keep her?"

"Can't i just put her in the pool?"

"Mikey if you want to keep her splinter can't know."

"Well then I'll just have to dig a new pool in the secret room I have."

"What secret room?" Leo asks me so I lean in really close and whisper

"It's a secret." as I walk away donnie stops me by saying

"This pool is going to have to be salt water and just the right size for her to swim around."

"Ok then it will be." and I leave with Frances to build the pool. I go to a door then open it. The entire thing is empty and the floor it dirt. I walk in and close the door behind me and hear Raph shout,

"That's your secret room? It's just an empty room of dirt."

So maybe it's not a secret but we don't use it for anything. And no one comes in here but me. So now it will be Frances's room.

I step back and admire my work. Ok Donnie helped a little. Ok a lot. But the pool was done. It was only one foot deep on one end but gradually got deeper until it was three and one half feet deep. I carry Frances to the shallows and set her in the salt water. Instantly she is happy she smiles at me then swims in circles then comes back and rubs her head on my leg. I come in everyday two times once in the morning to bring her food, live fish, and once around lunch time just to hang out. When we hang out I talk to her about my brothers and the missions we go on.

It's been two months since I rescued her and the stitches have come out but she still has a scar. This morning I'm bringing her goldfish. When I dump them in they all swim away from the edge and away from Frances who is chasing them around I sit down and dangle my feet over the edge. Frances catches one of the fish swallows it then comes over to me. The look she is giving me is so adorable I have to pick her up, so I do, and hug her then suddenly I hear Donnie yell,

"Guys come quick!"

I set France's down next to me and run to Donnies lab. Raph and Leo are already there. And Donnie is looking through a microscope with a jar of mutigen next to him.

"What is it Donnie? Did you discover that a new race of aliens is going to invade our world. Are they going to capture us all and turn us into energy sources and eat our brains? Some one save the baby! FRANCES I'M COMING!!" i turn to run to Frances but am stopped by Donnie's voice,

"Mikey!"

"Yes Donnie?" I turn to him.

"Where did you come up with that?"

"Um, my comic book?"

"Ok. Well I just wanted you all to know something I discovered about the mutigen. I-" Donnie is cut of by April bursting through the doors

"Guys! Casey's been captured!" first Raph runs out the door followed by Donnie then Leo and I'm in the back of the line to get to the surface and April elaborates

"We were spying on the purple dragons and he wouldn't listen to me."

"Big surprise." Raph comments and April continues

"They said they would kill him if we didn't give them what they want."

"What do they want?" leo asks

"Money, and lots of it." a tear escapes her eye

"We don't HAVE to give them money." donnies says

"DONNIE!" we all yell at him

"No i mean we can get him back without paying them."

"Right. ok, Let's do this." leo says as we stop in front of the hideout april led us to.

"One, two, THREE!" We burst through the doors weapons blazing.