Disclaimer: I don't own Ninja Turtles, just Samoa

Slowly Donatello became aware of the world, along with the volcano of pain in his head. He had no concept of time at the moment so he had no idea if it was hours or mear minutes before he could roll his head to the side with a groan. He saw a familiar figure in the chair across from him.

"Oh, so you're finally awake." Angel breathed a sigh of releif

"Angel-wha?" Donny croaked so softly he couldn't tell if he'd spoken or not

"Coincidence was with you and Mikey because I'd been walking by that library when it collapsed and thought I saw you in there." Angel explained, obviously pleased at her accomplishment of saving his life.

"And Mikey?" This time it wasn't Donny's current condition that made him sound so nervous

Angel bit her bottom lip and suddenly became very interested in the wall. Her reaction was answer enough.

Donny stared at the ceiling and let a tear roll down his face.

"Why?" Donny thought "I need them. I wonder, is this what Samoa spent her whole life feeling like?" Then curiousity took hold "Hey, Angel. Did you see anyone else in that building?"

"No."

Donny began to worry and wondered if Angel had missed something

"But," she continued "They did pull some girl out of the rubble. Poor girl was apparently claustrophobic."

Donny was a little surprised at the news that Samoa was claustrophobic, yet it did make sense. If Master Splinter had kept him in his room away from his brothers and not allowed to go up top when he got older he'd of probably become claustrophobic, too. Even thinking Splinter's name hurt too much.

"Did you know her?" Angel asked

"Sort of. She wasn't exactly what you'd call sane. Thing is, even though she did terrible things I somehow got the impression that her way of reasoning was still just that of a little girl."

"That's pretty disturbing." Angel commented and Donny had to agree

Donny got an idea which he planned on putting in action just as soon as he was well enough to work.

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Samoa stood with her backpack flung over one shoulder and her teddy bear tucked under one arm.

"You sure you want to take that thing to school with you, kid? I mean, you are getting a little old to still be carrying it around." Raph pointed out as Samoa was saying her good-byes before heading off

She hugged her teddy tighter and pouted.

"Corderoy is my teddy, so I can take him wherever I want."

Raph sighed. He'd learned quite some time ago how fruitless it was to argue with the stubborn little girl and he wasn't going to get into it with her over a stuffed animal

Across the room Donny allowed himself a smile. He defineatly didn't regret his descision to go back in time before Samoa had taken them down. Before they'd even met her, in fact, all the way back to 1883 where he'd brought Samoa back with him and adopted her into their family. Thanks to that she'd technically never died and then tried to bring herself back to life by sucking the soul juice out of them. Donny was the only one among them who had any recollection of the incident.

Now Samoa was starting her first day of second grade and while she was away they were planning on putting together a surprise birthday party for her. She waved good-bye once again before climbing out of the man-hole and rushing off so she wouldn't be late.