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When I woke up, I had a moment of panic. Where was I? How did I get here? Then, slowly, my memories returned. Kraang. Mutation. Turtles. Rat. April. I banged my head against the wall a few times. Why did this happen to me? Out of all the people in the city, it had to be me. Contrary to popular opinion, I did not feel better after banging my head against the wall. Now I had a headache.
I got out of bed and quietly left the room. After looking around a bit, I finally located the turtles in the kitchen, eating pizza. Again. They're addicted to the stuff or something.
"Hey, Emily," Leo said without looking up from his pizza.
"Hello. What time is it?" I rubbed my eyes sleepily.
"About...I don't know. Seven?" Leo said. Next to him, Donnie pulled out something that looked like a turtle shell.
"Seven thirty," he corrected.
"Ok then. I didn't sleep as long as I thought," I said, slightly relieved.
"In the evening," Donnie added. He and Mikey laughed a little at the look on my face.
"Here," Mikey said suddenly, thrusting a plate of pizza at me. I took it and settled down on a chair to eat.
"Um...do you think we could stop by my house and grab some of my stuff?" I asked uncertainly. My tail twitched a little.
"Probably. Will anyone be there?" Leo asked.
I shook my head. "I'm pretty sure it's Wednesday. My mom always goes to her 'book club' on Wednesdays." As far as I had been able to tell, book club just meant 'hang out at my friends' houses and talk about anything except books.' But it didn't matter now, as long as she was out of the house.
"We'll take you as soon as we eat our pizza," Mikey said.
"Excuse me?" Leo said, a slight smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. "Who says we'll finish the pizza?"
"Pleeeease, Leo? I'm hungry!" Mikey exclaimed immediately.
"Let's finish our pizza," Raph agreed. "Otherwise Mikey will never shut up." I noticed that for some reason he hadn't looked at me since I'd walked in. He must still think I work for this 'Shredder'. Whoever that was. Wait, why do I care? Stupid turtle.
We finished our pizza and headed out. There was a full moon tonight, and the city was beautiful from the rooftops. I managed to mostly keep up with the boys, although Leo helped me across a few of the largest gaps. I enjoyed the run, the wind on my face, the bright moon and the feeling if freedom. All to soon, we reached my old house. I watched the windows for a moment.
"She's out," I reported. It feels weird, having to hide from my own mother like this. Those Kraang will pay, I swear I will make them pay.
"Which window?" Leo asked. I directed him to a window on the second floor, and he and his brothers waited outside. I moved around my room in a kind of daze. Had I really been here only yesterday? It felt like so much longer. The familiar items and furniture looked strange for some reason. Changed.
They hadn't changed, though - I had. I felt my tail flick behind me, reminding me. Not human. Not human. You're not human. I shook my head to clear the thoughts, grabbed a bag from the closet and began to fill it, muttering to myself.
"Clothes - shirts, pants, shoes, hoodie, sweater. Yup. Laptop, where would I charge it? Meh, the turtles will find a way. Books, those are heavy. Which ones?" I listed each thing out loud as I grabbed it. Once the bag was full, I went over to the window. Immediately, the turtles appeared. I passed the bag over to Donnie, climbed through the window, and tried to grab it back.
"Nope! I'm carrying it for you now!" He said teasingly.
I frowned. "You can't do everything for me. Let me carry it." These turtles had already done so much for me. It felt wrong to let them do something I was perfectly capable of doing myself.
"Let him help, Em!" Mikey said. "That bag looks heavy."
"Em? Really?" I replied.
"I thought it sounded cool," he said.
"Um, I guess," I said uncertainly. My tone was lost on Mikey.
"I am a genius at naming stuff," he said confidently.
"Ok, time to head back guys," Leo said. He led us back across the rooftops.
"Thank you, Leo," I said.
"You're welcome," he replied calmly.
And then I just let myself go, enjoying the wind on my face.
Not totally sure about this chapter. Please review and tell me what you think. I don't mind you telling me what you think could be better, but please do it POLITELY. No flames.
