Chapter 3

Thank you to the people who took the time to review, you made me very happy! I'm sorry if the chapters are short but I am on my phone. So, enjoy! This is where she meets the turtles!

I was on the roof again. This was now my favorite place in New York City. No one could see me up here. Also, with my new catlike agility, I could easily jump between the buildings. I'd seen the four figures again several times, but they never bothered me.

I watched them jump across the roofs again and wondered who they were. I decided to follow them. I set out across the rooftops. They disappeared from view, and I panicked for a moment. Where had they gone? Then I heard the sounds of fighting from an alley below me and realized they'd simply left the roofs. I peeked over the edge and gasped at what I saw. Four giant mutant turtles were fighting some robot things! One fought with two katana blades and had a blue mask. The second wielded sais and was wore a red mask. The third had a purple mask and a long staff. The last was in orange with a pair of nunchucks, and laughed excitedly as he fought.

I waited until all the robots were defeated. Then I jumped off the roof, landed on a balcony, and dropped to the ground. I landed on my feet, of course - I'm a cat, remember? They imediately pointed their weapons at me.

"Who are you?" The blue masked one asked. His voice suggested that he might be the leader.

I pushed back the hood of the coat I was wearing, exposing my mutant features. "I'm Emily Clark. I'm a mutant like you guys. Who are you, by the way?"

They stared at me for a moment until my tail started to swish nervously. Then the orange one said, "Hey dudes it's a friendly mutant! Can we keep her?"

The red masked one smacked his head and the blue one sighed. "Mikey, she is a person. We have to ask her opinion about these kind of things."

The purple one said, "We don't even know if she's friendly. She could be working for the Shredder."

"She also happens to be standing right here," I snapped. "Who's the Shredder?"

"Sorry. He's the leader of the Foot clan and our mortal enemy." Purple said.

"You've told us your name, now I guess we'll tell you ours. I'm Leonardo, but you can call me Leo." Bluw said.

"Michelangelo - but you can call me Mikey." Orange.

"Donatello, or Donnie." Purple.

"Raphael, but they call me Raph," Red growled. I notice that his eyes were a brilliant green. They were the pretiest eyes I'd ever seen.

Embaresingly, my stomach rumbled. I hadn't eaten since the night after my mutation. I was very hungry, and I guess the turtles heard it. "Want to come over for some pizza?" Mikey asked excitedly.

Raph glared at me. "We can't let her into the lair! We don't know if we can even trust her!"

Leo frowned. "She's hungry and confused Raph. We can't leave her here on her own. Come on." He showed me how to go into the manhole. And that's how I met my new family, though I didn't know it then.

Thank you for reading! I'm quite happy with how this story is turning out. Less so with my spellcheck, which is determined to make my writing life miserable. Until next time!