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Chapter 2
Ugh…my head… I thought as I felt a painful throb in the back of my head. What the hell happened? I don't remember… I was walking with the twins...then…OH! Those creeps! They cornered us and one hit Ethan and me! But how did I get away? Voices, I remember voices…something about a 'Master Splinter'. What the heck was that?
"Kai"
The voice was distant, warbled, like an echo in a long tunnel.
"Kai, can you hear me?"
I didn't want to answer. My mind had shut down when it could no longer take the pain; I feared it would all return if I allowed myself back into consciousness.
"Kai, it's me Nathan. Are you okay? Please don't die, sis."
Groaning I forced my eyes open, squinting at first. Nathan's small face was there, starring with frighten eyes. But then they lit up and a smile spread across his face.
"You're awake!" The boy yelled to no one in particular."Kai is awake!"
The booming sound of his voice made me wince; I shut my eyes again. "Nathan, do you have to scream? I don't feel so good." I rasped out.
"Sorry- I'm just glad you're okay. Oh, I should go get Donnie! He told me to get you when you woke up. Be right back."
I heard him leave and I take what moment of silence I have before Nathan and- wait, who's Donnie? I take a deep breath, but it turns into a harsh cough.
"Hey, easy there." I heard a voice say to me.
"Maybe we should phone April." Another voice said.
"She's not answerin' Mikey, I told ya that." A rough voice said.
After my coughing fit settles, I try sitting up but was pushed back down against the bed I was on.
"You need to stay down until your ribs heal." I was told.
Opening my eyes slowly I was relieved that my vision was now clear. The first thing I saw was a high cinder block ceiling. I could hear the whirring of electronics and a beeping noise. I looked around and saw the towers of monitors in the corner with a computer chair in front of it, there were cupboards on the other side full of pill bottles and other medical things. I'm in a medical room? More like a lab with medical junk around it.
Weird.
Hadn't I heard voices?
I furrowed my brow in confusion and decided to go check things out. I swung my legs around and stood, only to feel extreme pain. I hunch over and reach out for the edge of the bed, but my hands slip and I fall.
But before I could hit floor, I was caught by my arm. I cried out at the sudden stop. I was looking at a foot…a green foot. What the hell?! I was being carefully lifted back onto the bed and greeted with four worried faces.
Except they weren't your normal human faces.
The worried expressions were on green faces. Green. Four very large green…Turtles? Each had a different color bandana around their eyes; blue, purple, orange, and red. They had wrappings on their legs and arms and a thick cloth belt around their waist. They were shifting uncomfortably, and starring at me. Okay this is either a really wired dream or I'm going crazy. I took a deep shaky breath and leaned my head against the pillows, closing my eyes.
"Uh…hey, you okay lady?" A voice said.
I kept my eyes close. "Where am I?"
"Um, you're in our home." A cautious voice answered.
I wasn't ready to open my eyes, but my choices were limited. I slowly opened my eyes yet again. There were still four giant turtles starring at me.
Yup, I've gone crazy.
"And home is, where exactly?" I asked.
"Down in the sewers." The orange banded turtle answered.
"Course it is. I'm down in the sewers, talking with giant turtles. Guess it was bound to happen sooner or later." I said looking at them; they all had a confused look on their faces. Then a thought occurred to me.
"Where are my brothers?"
"Oh, one of them is on the couch watching TV and the other one is still sleeping. I don't really know which one his who though." The purple banded turtle said. "Are you feeling alright?"
I sighed. "Ask me in a few weeks, I'm pretty sure my doctor would give you an answer."
One of them laughed followed by another smacking him in the back of his head. "What? That was funny!" Orange said.
"You're…reacting strangely." Blue said carefully.
I snorted. "You're a man sized talking turtle, and you're called me strange.
Orange laughed again and the red banded turtle couldn't hide his smirk. The blue one narrowed his eyes at me.
"What were ya doin' out late last night anyway?" The red one demanded suddenly.
"Don't get an attitude with me buster! I was-" I stopped and controlled my breathing. I can't tell these guys. If I do they would probably take us to the police and take us back. "We were heading home when those three jerks started to chase us."
"Oh really? Ya jus' happen' ta be walkin' home with ya little brothers, then run inta some Purple Dragons?"
"Raph, ease up." Blue said.
"Jus' tyrin' ta figure ot what this chick was thinkin'." He replied with a shrug.
"Well I'm sorry you had to come in and save me, but I was doing fine without you." I snapped.
"Oh, yeah, you getting knocked around sure proved that."
"It's nothing I'm not used to." I shot back but regretted. They each gave me a shocked expression. Crap! I didn't mean to say that!
"What do you-"
Red was cut off when a flash of brown zipped past him. "Kai I missed you so much, even though you never went anywhere it was still weird. So you like the guys yet? I do! Raph has this really cool wrestling match his TV and the guys were punching each other and one of them was bleeding through his nose!" As to add more effect he acted out getting punched in the face with an over dramatic expression.
"That's very cool Nathan." I say pretending to be interested not wanting to shatter his spirits.
"Yeah it is! Aren't these guys the coolest?" He points to each turtle. "Donnie is really smart, he can build anything. He probably built a whole space station and a rocket to the moon! Raph is really strong. Like real strong, he almost lost against me in out arm wrestling match." I cast a quick glance at 'Raph' and see him shake his head. "Mikey makes the best ice cream Sundays in the whole entire world!"
He says spreading his arms out wide. "And Leo is like the strong boring silent type."
Everyone laughs but Mr. Silent himself who looks all but annoyed.
Changing the subject I asked, "How long was I out?"
"About a day. Speaking of which, may I check your head out?" Donnie asks kindly.
I give an apprehensive nod. The purple turtle smiled at me and grabbed a flashlight and shined it into my eyes. I wince at its brightness, but tried to stay still as he continued. He then moved to my head. I jumped once we touched the back of it.
"Sorry." He apologized. "Well you don't have a concussion, which is good. But you're going to have a killer headache for a few days. Some ibuprofen should work though. As for your ribs, they were just badly bruised, so they'll heal on their own with lots of rest."
"You some kinda doctor?" I asked.
He shook his head. "Not really."
"So what know?"
"Well I think it's time you guys got home." Leo said.
"You're just letting me go? Just like that?"
Raph snorted. "Whadja think was gonna happen'?"
Shrugging I say "I don't know." I honestly didn't.
"We aren't gonna hurt you dudette." Mikey spoke. "There's no reason to hurt you."
"Some people don't need a reason." I said quietly not meaning for the guys to hear me. The room got strangely quiet, Nathan whispers to me that he'll go get Ethan and meet us at the door.
"So where do you live?" Mikey asked.
"I live…in an apartment building not far from Central Park." I told them.
"Alright, let's get going! I'm sure your parents are worried out of their shells." He said enthusiastically.
Smiling at his remake I stand to my feet to crimple in pain. Howdo I keep forget about my ribs. Donnie grasped my elbow and helped steady me. I blush deeply.
"Please, humor me." He told me with a smile.
I opened my mouth to argue, but decided not to say anything against it. "Alright, fine."
"So what's your name?" Mikey asked as they walked.
"I'm Kai McMiller."
"Interesting, that's ocean in Chinese right?" Donnie curiously asks.
"Japanese." Leo and I both say.
In Chinese it means 'triumph' and in Burmese its 'strong' or 'unbreakable'."
"Well someone's done their research haven't they?" Raph says.
"You could say that." I smile. "When I was little I asked my mom what my name meant, so we looked it up and it turns out that it has quite a lot of meanings in different languages. But what about y'all? Your names mean something?"
"Well we're named after the famous renaissance artists." Leo points to all his brothers, "me being Leonardo, then Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo."
"Wow that's pretty cool and unique."
"Just like you." I hear Mikey say. I blush deeply again.
When we get to the ladder, Mikey goes up first then Ethan and Nathan, followed by Leo and with Raph and Donnie helping me get up the ladder with as little movement as possible. We continued down the road, turning every once in awhile until we were finally in front of the apartment building. Luckily it was super late so not many people were on the streets.
"Welp, this is us." I told them.
"Nice place." Michelangelo said with a low whistle.
"…thanks."
Donnie is replaced by Nathan who offered to help take me up the stairs. Ethan walks behind us. "Thanks for everything guys. I… really appreciate it."
"It was no trouble really. Remember to take some ibuprofen." Donatello reminded me.
I nodded. "I will."
"Well, see you later!" Mikey said with a wave.
"Wait!" I called out. They stopped and turned to look at me. "Will I ever see y'all again?"
"Not unless you plan to get into another fight with the Purple Dragons." Raph replied.
I was going to say something when they all just vanished.
"Wow." I said to no one in particular. I sighed and we walked into the building. Sleep was looking pretty good at the moment. I look at my brother's face and know he's thinking the same thing I am.
"Where are we going to sleep tonight, Kai?"
I sighed not answering him.
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