"Holy shit!" My eyes flew open and I sat up. The lab was dark. The only other living creature in here was Leo, and he was asleep in a chair across the room. "Why did I yell that?" I whispered to myself.
Leo stirred. "What?" He asked, rubbing sleep from his eyes.
"Oh you heard that, but not me yelling." I said.
"You yelled?"
"Yup."
"Why?"
"Not a clue." I popped my neck. I realized I was breathing heavily. I felt my blood boil underneath my skin. A painful burning sensation flooded my skin. I fell off the table and started yelling in pain.
Leo was by my side in a flash. "What's wrong?"
"Pain…everywhere…burning!" I grunted. "Help!"
"Shit." Leo didn't know what to do.
"Where's…Donnie?" I asked.
"On patrol. It was my turn to watch over you. They'll be back soon." Leo said. He put his hand on my shoulder. "Everything's going to be okay."
All of my muscles were contracting. I could feel them flex beyond they're limit, then shrink back down again. I yelled even louder, the pain was unbearable. Tears were streaming down my face.
Leo was sitting down, and he pulled me into his lap. He held me tight. "It's going to be okay."
I could feel my heart rate slow down. It was slowing down too fast. The pain started to go away. I was starting to slip away. I could feel my eyes flickering.
"Charlie, Charlie stay with me. I know you can. You're tough. Fight through it." Leo's voice was comforting.
I closed my eyes and stopped breathing. I felt my heart stop but I was still alive.
I heard Leo's voice, in the softest tone. "No…"
My heart beat once. Then twice. Then it started to beat normally and I was able to take in a huge breath. I opened my eyes and stood up, pushing my self out of Leo's arms.
He looked at me with wonder. "Charlie, your eyes. They're completely silver. Even the whites and pupils. And you're levitating a few feet off the ground."
I blinked and realized he was right. Because I fell and hit the ground with a large thud. "Ow."
Leo helped me up. "Damn." He smiled.
"Oh. So you do smile." I smiled back.
"Who says I never smile?" He asked.
I laughed. "I just assumed it. From when I met you…how ever long that was."
"It was only two hours ago." Leo said. "It's like 4am right now, I think."
"Shit! Really? I need to get home! Then leave for school!" I was freaking out.
"Calm down." Leo put his hand on my shoulder once more. "It's Saturday."
"But dad is still going to throw a fit if he doesn't know where I am!"
"April took care of it. He thinks you're with her." He said.
I took a deep breath. "Oh thank God."
Donnie walked into the lab. "Hey! You're awake! Did I miss anything?"
"Only-" Leo started but I cut him off.
"Nope. All I did was wake up."
"Yo! It's my sister from another mister!" Mikey walked in an hugged me.
Raph came in as well, with a big smile on his face. "Hey." He nodded.
April and Casey followed. "Charlie, how are you feeling?" April asked.
"Better than before." I smiled. "Thanks, for saving me." I thought came to me. "Hey, why were all the Purple Dragon's around me dead?"
"I don't know." April answered. "They all had a little blood on their neck, from a needle or something. You did too. But you were the only one breathing, and you were barely breathing. You were completely unconscious. We tried to wake you but you didn't open your eyes. I didn't know what to do, so we brought you here."
I touched my neck, were I felt the needle prick. "I remember feeling a needle go into my neck. Then I saw the guys wearing all black, and they had these weird bug eyes for lenses."
"The Foot." Raph muttered. "They did this."
"But why?" Mikey asked.
Donnie's T-phone rang. "Hello? What?! Hold on." Donnie put it on speakerphone. "Say that again."
"So you know how you found a cure for the mutagen, cured me, and set me free so I could be normal again?" A male voice asked excitedly.
"Yes, Timothy, continue." Donnie said.
"Well I rejoined the Foot Clan. And you'll never guess what they have!" Timothy was really enthusiastic. It was getting on my nerves.
"What do they have?" Donnie asked.
"A new kind of mutagen. Well it's not mutagen, it just gives people supernatural powers. And that's only if you survive. Shredder didn't want to test it on any of us, so he sent his ninjas out to find a test subject, including me, I went. And we found a group of people in the street! They were Purple Dragons! And some innocent girl who they were attacking. Anyway, this stuff that gives people supernatural powers has to be injected, so we smoke bombed the place and injected them all. We waited for the smoke to clear out and they were all dead. So we left." Timothy was enthusiastic about everything. "When we went back about an hour ago. The police had come, but they hadn't touched any of the bodies yet. An get this, one of them was missing! It was the innocent girl! I think she's alive!"
Everyone looked at me. "Timothy, that's great. I have to go." Donnie hung up.
Mikey grabbed my face. "Do you have superpowers?!"
"Mikey!" Raph pulled him away.
"Well that was…weird…and a coincidence. A very weird coincidence that happened to answer most of our questions." Donnie said.
Leo looked at me. Then to Donnie. "Yeah Donnie, you missed something a little big."
Donnie's eyes locked on mine. "What happened?"
"Well…" I began. "I woke up, then Leo woke up, then I felt al lot of pain and fell on the ground. Then I sort of died, but I was still alive at the same time. Then my eyes glowed silver and I was levitating. Then I fell. Then I stood up. Then Leo and I chatted for a minute, then y'all walked in. Yup. That's it."
"Leo?" Donnie looked to him.
"That's it. Nothing else happened." Leo said.
"Hey guys. I'm floating again." I said.
Everyone looked at me with astonishment. "I'm an MMA fighter, not a superhero. I would like to not be floating, but I really don't know how I'm doing. Can somebody pull me down?"
Leo grabbed one of my feet and Raph grabbed the other. They gently pulled me down until I touched the ground. They both held on to me so I wouldn't float away. I felt like a balloon.
They slowly took they're hands off of me, and gravity had its grasp on me once more.
"Shit, well. I'm tired." I said.
"I think we all are." Mikey said.
"I'm going to take April home." Casey said as they walked out the door.
Donnie looked at the table. "I'm guessing you don't want to sleep on a cold, metal table anymore."
"I'm guessing you're right." I said. "Do you have a couch?"
"Yeah, in the other room." Mikey said.
We all walked out of the lab. The couch was easy to find, and it was very comfortable.
We exchanges goodnights and I was asleep before I knew it.
I woke to see Raph poking my shoulder. "Hey." He whispered. "Are you awake?"
"I am now." I grunted, my eyes still half closed.
"I want to play a prank on Mikey. Can you record it?" he asked.
"Sure." I sat up.
He handed me a video camera and I followed him up to Mikey's room. I pressed the 'record' button and watched Raph. Raph did the classic prank of putting whipped cream on Mikey's hand and tickle his nose with a feather. Mikey slapped his face. Raph then poured water all over Mikey. There was something in the whipped cream alright. Mikey's face and hand were bright yellow. Me and Raph burst into laughter. It's amazing how Mikey didn't wake up.
We left his room. "That was a trick Don taught me." Raph laughed.
"That was epic!" I laughed back.
I flopped back on the couch. Raph then put a blanket over me. He winked at me as he turned off the light. "Night, cutie."
Did he just call me cutie? I thought to myself. He's a turtle, and I'm obviously human. Weird.
