Chapter 3

Katie groaned when her alarm clock went off. She hit the snooze button and got up. She walked over to her suitcases and pulled out a pink dress that went to her knees and a little jean jacket that stopped at the top of her ribs. She put this outfit over her shoulder and grabbed her shampoo and body soap, then made her way to the bathroom. There were already towels in there. She undressed and got into the shower.

When she was done, Katie got dressed and walked back to her room. She put her pj's in the hamper, along with the towel. She put her shampoo and body soap back in its container and grabbed her hair dryer and curler. She went back into the bathroom to blow dry her hair. Once she was done, Katie brushed it out. It must have grown 2 inches because it was now to her shoulders. She grabbed the curler and began curling her red hair. When she was done with her hair, she put it and the dryer back.

She went back into the bathroom to clean the rest of it up. She took a paper towel and wiped the mirror. Then she wiped the counter and threw the paper towel away. Once she was satisfied with her work, she turned off the light and went into the kitchen to get something to eat. When she walked in and stopped dead. Raph was there, in the kitchen, with April. She slowly turned around and tip toed to her door.

But April saw her and ran to get her. Katie heard running feet and yanked open the door. She had closed it just in time. April knocked, "Katie, come out."

Katie leaned against the door. "I refuse to come out under the circumstances of he's out there!" She yelled at her cousin.

"He's only here to tell me that Mikey wants you to come back to the Lair," April said.

"Oh. Well, in that case," She walked over to her suitcases, put on some socks and pulled on her cowgirl boots. She opened her make-up bag and applied some Wet n Wild lip gel. She put it away and walked back to the door. Katie opened it and put on a fake smile.

"And there's the girl everybody's been waiting for!" April exclaimed, walking back to the kitchen. Katie solemnly followed her into the kitchen. When she saw Raph she scowled. He just glared.

April tried to keep it friendly. "So, Katie, you're going with Raph to the Lair so Mikey can shut-up," April smiled and said like it wasn't problem.

Katie looked stunned, "Y-y-you expect me to go somewhere, with him?" She pointed at him with her thumb.

April nodded. "And where will you be?" Katie asked.

"Umm, I'll be at the school, getting our school list and enrolling you in," She smiled. Katie thought that she seemed really happy.

Katie put her hands on her hips, "Don't you need me for that?"

April shook her head. "All I need to know is what your gender is, if you're allergic to anything, stuff like that," She continued to clean.

"Well, I'm allergic to him, so I can't go," She shrugged and started backing out of the kitchen.

April whirled around to face her. She had a wooden spoon in her hand. "You are not! Now tell me what you're allergic to and leave,"

"Strawberries, peanut butter, and nuts," Katie turned to Rap. "Let's go,"

She started walking towards the door, but Raph grabbed her by the shoulders and lead her to the fire escape. He opened the door and pushed her through first, then, he came out and shut the door behind him. They walked up the fire escape to the roof.

He turned around, "Follow me."

He took a running start and jumped to the roof next door. She did the same. It was still morning. The sun was starting to come up. They jumped along the roofs until they reached an abandoned alley. They jumped down the fire escape to reach the manhole. Raph lifted it up so Katie could climb down.

Katie jumped in and waited for Raph to come down. Once he was down, they walked to the Lair. They walked in silence, and that's the way Raph liked it. Katie kept glancing up at him. After what he did yesterday, she knew he had some anger issues. When she did stop glancing at him, she felt as if someone was looking at her. This was a trait you develop when you become famous. She glanced at Raph and caught him looking down at her. She looked back at the front and smiled to herself.

Soon, they reached the entrance of the Lair. It seemed lie a ghost town. Nobody was in the living area or the kitchen.

"Dojo," Katie heard Raph mutter.

"What?" She asked him.

He rolled his eyes, "They're in the dojo."

"Sorry," She whispered. He walked down a hallway and motioned for her to follow. She came up behind him. He opened the door to the dojo. Donnie and Mikey were going at each other. When they heard the door open, they all stopped. Mikey saw Katie and ran up to her to give a hug.

She hugged him back. "Hello, Mikey," She greeted.

He smiled, "Hi,"

"Mikey, let go of her," Leo ordered. Mikey let go and went next to Donnie. "SO, what brings you down here?"

"I was told that Mikey wanted to see me," She said.

They all looked at each other, then at Raph. Eh shook his head. "That's what Katie told her, Donnie told me to go get her."

A light bulb went off in Katie and Raph's heads. "Hey!" They said at the same time.

They turned to each other. "They planned this, didn't they?" Katie asked him.

"I believe so, Donnie and April are really good at this," He told her.

She smirked. "Revenge?" She whispered to him.

"Revenge," He confirmed.

They turned back to the others and Donnie was missing. They looked at each other and nodded. Raph left to find Donnie and Katie stayed with Leo and Mikey. She was so going to get April back.

Mikey grabbed her hand and brought her into the living area. The screams and yelling of Donnie filled the whole Lair. He tried to tell Raph he was sorry, but Raph got to his face.

Katie sat on the couch and mike sat in front of her, on the floor. Leo went right to the TV to watch Space Heroes.

"So, what do you want to know?" She asked Mikey.

He just starred. She waved her hand in front his face. He just sighed. "MIKEY!" She yelled.

He jumped. "What?"

"What do you want to hear?" She asked.

"Could you sing?" He asked dreamily.

"Umm, sure?" She said, uneasily.

He jumped up and grabbed Donnie's laptop. He gave to her and she looked up the instrumental for Hannah Montana's I Got Nerve. Once she found it, she hit play.

We haven't met

And that's OK

'cause you will be asking for me one day

don't want to wait in line

They could still hear Donnie getting beaten up by Raph. He must be really angry if it was taking this long.

The moment is mine believe me

Don't close your eyes

'cause it's a chance worth takin'

And I think that I can shake you

I know where I stand

I know who I am

I would never run away when life gets bad, it's

Everything I see

Every part of me

Gonna get what I deserve

I got nerve (I got I got I got)

The fighting seemed to stop, then, a blood-curdling scream came out of Donnie's room. Then, the fighting started again. Obviously, somebody was getting hurt. Badly.

Electrified, I'm on a wire

Getting together we're on fire

What I said you heard

Now I got you spinning

Don't close your mind

The words I use are open

And I think that I can show you

I know where I stand

I know who I am

I would never run away when life gets bad, it's

Everything I see

Every part of me

I know I can change the world, yeah, yeah, yeah

I know what you like

I know what you think

Not afraid to stare you down until you blink, it's

Everything I see

Every part of me

Gonna get what I deserve

I got nerve

You, you need to discover

Who can make you feel free

And I, I need to uncover

The part of you that's reaching out for me, hey

I know where I stand, I know who I am

I would never run away when life gets bad

It's everything I see, every part of me

I know I can change the world yeah yeah yeah

I know what you like, I know what you think

Not afraid to stare you down until you blink

It's everything I see, every part of me

Gonna get what I deserve, I got nerve

(I'm what you want, I'm what you need)

Yeah yeah yeah, I got nerve

(I'm what you want, I'm what you need)

I know what you like, I know what you think

Not afraid to stare you down until you blink

It's everything I see, every part of me

Gonna get what I deserve

I got, I got nerve

Katie looked down at Mikey. He sighed and said, "You're much better in person."

She patted his head, "Thanks, now lets go see if Donnie is still breathing," They got up and Mikey lead the way to Donnie's lab. They opened the door and the room was a complete mess. They looked around and saw that both boys were passed out from fighting each other. Katie bent down next to Raph.

She gently shook him, "Hey, wake up."

He groaned and his eyes fluttered open, "What happened?"

She smiled, "You got mad at Donnie for tricking you and I found you like this," She helped him up. "And this," She gestured around the room, "is completely destroyed."

Raph rubbed the back of his neck. "Funny, I don't remember any of it."

"Well, I do," Donnie sat up. "You really can get mad. I swear, I'll never do anything like that again,"

"Good," Raph and Katie said together.

They walked back to the living area. Katie almost fainted. There was a giant rat. She assumed it was the Turtles father. They walked towards the rat. He saw them and bowed to Katie. She did the same.

"This is Katie Bracket, sensei," Raph said.

"Yes, I know who she is," He circled her. Then, out of the blue, he threw his staff at her. She caught it, inches away from her face. The next thing Master Splinter tried to do was attacked her. He came at her from behind and she quickly dodged it. He came at her again, this time trying to knock the staff out of her hands. She used it to block his attacks. When he stopped, he circled her again. She tossed him his staff. He thanked her and left muttering, "Good, very good."

Katie wondered what he meant by "Good." Turned back to the Turtles. They were starring at her with astonishment.

"What?" She asked.

"You just fought master Splinter and didn't get knocked down or even touched!" Le exclaimed.

"Yeah, so?" She questioned further.

"We can't even do that!" Mikey said.

"Well, if you can beat Raph, I don't see why she can't beat Splinter," Leo thought.

"Well, somebody make sense," Mikey said.

"That doesn't make sense!" Raph yelled at his little brother.

Katie put her hands on her hips, "Is somebody jealous?"

He glared at her, "No."

She laughed, "Sounds like you are,"

"Am not!" He yelled at her.

"Are too," She sang.

"Am not!" This time, he drew his Sai. Katie knew if she did anymore, she'd end up as a very hurt. But she didn't stop.

"Are too," His eyes went white and he came at her. She dodged him 3 times until he got her. He got stomach, it was a pretty deep cut and it hurt, horribly. She sat down on the couch, holding her stomach. Donnie sat next to her and examined the cut.

"It's going to get infected if you don't put something on it," He informed her.

She grimaced. "You don't think I don't know that?" She said through gritted teeth. "Well, I better be off," She got up and started walking towards the entrance. She held her stomach as if it was a bomb. She made it beyond the entrance before her knees gave way. Katie tried to get up, but she couldn't. It would mean she'd have to turn and risk further injury. She scooted over to the wall and pushed herself up. She continued to walk, leaning against the wall.

When Katie reached the ladder, her energy was almost completely drained. But she managed to get up the ladder. When she reached the surface, she started to panic. She couldn't go out into public (For the fear of paparazzi) and she couldn't jump along the rooftops. She sighed and started climbing the fire escape. When she reached the top, Katie took a running jump. When she landed on the other rooftop, she felt dizzy. Loss of blood, she said. If she can only make it a couple more blocks.

Her eyes rolled and her eyelids shut. She didn't hit the ground because Raph caught her. He shook her and told her to wake up, but she didn't. Panic flashed in his eyes. He picked her up bridle style and started jumping across the rooftops. When he reached April's building, Raph tried waking Katie up again, but like the first time, it didn't work. He knocked on April's back door, but she didn't answer. He knocked a bit harder.

There was some shuffling and the door opened, revealing April. She took one look at him and shook her head. "Come in," She moved out of the way.

He came in and motioned for where to put Katie.

"On the couch and please tell me what happened," She looked closer at her and noticed that she had a deep cut in her stomach. "Oh my God! What did you do?"

She ran into the bathroom and brought out some gauze and some cream that would help fight the infection. She went back into the living room and applied some to the cut, then, she put the gauze on it with some medial tape to keep it on.

April turned to Raph, "What did you do?"

He started backing towards the door. April caught on to this really quickly. So she ran and locked the door. She folded her arms over her chest. "What did you do, Raphael?"

"I may have, accidently, cut her," He looked at the ground.

"May have? May have? I think you did! Look at how deep it is!" She yelled at him, pointing over to Katie. Who was sitting up.

"April? What happened?" Katie asked.

"This idiot," She pointed over her shoulder, "Cut you."

"What!?" She exclaimed. She tried to stand, but failed too. She sat back on the couch. She looked at the cut. "So you caused this,"

"Unfortunately," Raph muttered.

"Unfortunately? My cousin could've died!" April snapped.

"But she didn't," Raph answered back.

"Get out," She unlocked the door. He gave Katie one last look and left.

April went and sat next to Katie. "You know, you didn't need to be that hard on him," Katie said.

"But, he hurt you," April said.

"But, it was my fault. I made him angry and he did this," She pointed to her stomach. "And, honestly, I don't think he remembers anything,"

Katie got up, this time, without falling. "I'm going to see if he's up on the roof," She walked over to the door and opened it. "I'll tell him you're sorry,"

Katie walked out onto the fire escape. She started jumping up to the roof. It didn't hurt as much as it did early. It was more like a sting. When she reached the roof, Katie looked around. She didn't see any green mutant turtles. She turned around to back inside when she heard a sound, something similar to the sound of a robot when it moves. She turned around and saw, what looked like a robot with a brain in its stomach.

It held up its gun, "The Kraang are here for the one called April O'Neil. Tell Kraang where we can find the one called April O'Neil,"

"Not a chance," Katie growled.

"Then, Kraang will have to take you then," It started walking towards her. She backed away as far as she could go. When it cornered her, it was close enough to pick her up.

"Let go of me! Help!" She kicked and hit it, nut nothing seemed to work.

A couple of buildings away, Raph heard the screams of Katie. He turned and peered across the rooftops. Is eyes widened at the scene that was unfolding. Katie was struggling against a Kraang bot. he ran as fast as he could to get to her.

When he reached the rooftop that Katie was on, the Kraang bot had her almost down the fire escape to a white van. Raph jumped down and kicked the Kraang bot in the head. He then took out his Sai and cut its head off. The Kraang that was in it, jumped out, took one look at Katie and Raph, then, took off.

He turned to Katie and grabbed her by the shoulders, "Are you ok?"

She nodded, "What was that thing?"

He sighed, "It's a long story," He offered her his hand. "I'll explain it,"

She took it and he took off across the rooftops. She thought he was being extremely nice. Almost like a gentleman, she thought that, maybe, she was right, maybe he did like her. She blushed at the thought. But she knew it couldn't happen, he was a mutant and she was a human.

A/N; Hey, everybody! Like it so far? It gets more interesting. BTW, I might be starting a Harry Potter fanfic, so feel free to check that one out once I get it posted. I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can!