(Leo's POV)
I kneel next to Lisa (I'm pretty sure that's her name), trying to get her to look at me so I can ask her some more questions. Raph is holding his tough guy look, but it was getting me no where so I dropped it. Personally, I like results.
She's taking this pretty hard, and is extremely embarrassed at her actions. She won't say anything but 'Sorry', and even though her intention is good, it's not getting us anywhere. I try to comfort her. It's what I would want if I was in her position.
"It's fine." I say, laughing a little. "I understand. We all make mistakes."
I know; why would I do this? After all, she was going to kill me. I should hate her; that's what a normal teenager would do, right? So…why am I trying to comfort her? Why am I treating her like I would myself?
Well, first, I'm not a normal teen, anyone can tell you. Second, she's confused, not sure what's going on. She thought we mutated her and her sister, and now that she, hopefully, knows it's not true, she doesn't know what to believe. And third, in order for either of us to get answers, she needs to be calm. Solution? Calm her down so she can get on with her life.
"Yeah! Like that one time when Leo tried to fix the toaster? I think there are still burn marks on the wall!" Mikey laughs before Lisa can apologize again.
"What? You told me that it over-heated!" Donnie complains.
"That was a year ago! Does it matter?" I complain back.
"Yes." Donnie scoffs.
"Oh, come on! Mikey breaks way more stuff than I do! He mutated himself, remember?" Getting up, I face my brothers.
Mikey continues laughing.
"Oh, remember the time he tripped himself with Donnie's staff? Good thing we were training!"
"Excuse me, but didn't you almost stab yourself with my swords?" I retort, crossing my arms.
"And remember when you thought you were saving Karai and it turned out to be a bomb? Shredder had you totally fooled!"
"You were the one to announce that we had Karai!"
"But who's the leader? I was misled!" Mikey laughs again. I face-palm.
"You know what? Forget it." I turn back to Lisa, who's looking at me quizzically, and sit back down.
"Brothers. They never leave me alone about that toaster." I smile at her, and she finally smiles back a little.
I hear soft footsteps on the other side of the roof. I turn my head and find three more feminine ninja turtles and a slightly tired April.
"Lisa!" One of the shorter girls runs over to Lisa and wraps her in a hug. She's wearing an orange mask and has nunchucku strapped to her sides. I stand up and join my brothers.
"Hey, Liz." Lisa replies.
"Don't ever do that again. Ever." Liz unwraps and looks at Lisa.
"I won't, trust me."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
"Good." Liz stands and turns to us. "Sorry about that. My name's Elizabeth, but most people call me Liz." Lisa stands with her sister.
"This is Catherine and Mary. You already know who I am." Lisa says, motioning to the others.
Catherine is tall, almost as tall as Donnie, and wears a scarlet mask. Mary is shorter, about as tall as me and wears a violet mask. And they all wear the same gear as…us. What?
"I'm Leonardo. This is Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello." I introduce the team, disregarding my questions for now. There will be time for that later. I glance at April, who had been oddly quiet. Donnie follows my gaze.
"Hey April. Is something wrong?" Donnie asks. He sounds concerned about her being quiet, but hey, this is Donnie we're talking about.
"No. I'm fine. But there is something you guys need to see." She pulls out her T-Phone. After a minute of searching, she finds whatever she was looking for. Walking over to us, she says,
"Let me introduce you to the Turtles from Foot HQ."
"Please tell me that you made this up!" I demand, of course being answered with a small shake of her head. Really?! My shell looks like it got shrunk in the dryer or something!
"I am not that tall! But maybe a staff with knots wouldn't break as often…" Donnie muses.
"Remind me to lay off the weights." Raph says, unable to look away from the too strong version of him.
"Hm…I look kinda like a sumo wrestler!" Mikey laughs. Again.
"Glad your happy Mikey." I mutter. I look back at the girls, shaking my head at the memory of me slouching next to Master Splinter.
"What's the story?" I ask.
They glance at one another, silently debating on who will spill. Catherine pushes Liz forward.
"Why," Liz pouts, "Does it always have to be me?"
"Because you're good at keeping people light." Cathy glances at us. "Err, no offense."
"None taken." I reply. After a minute, Catherine nudges Liz.
"Right. Well, it started one night about six months ago. We all had been invited to the tournament that year. Me and Lisa on one team, Mary and another boy, and Cathy with another girl made up three of the teams. The other was two boys. After the senseis finished their speeches, we started to bow, and then we were tackled by one person or another. All of the senseis and other students were in on it. They tied us up, threw us in a van, dragged us to a lab and mutated us. The Foot then 'saved' us and told us of the supposed guilty party. That would be the…other Turtles that April showed you. That's all I got." Liz finished-and started- rather quickly. I think for a minute. About six months ago we tried to sabotage a Foot operation, but the van slipped away during the fight. I wonder…
"Where did this happen?" Raph asks, apparently coming to the same conclusion.
"The lab? That would be-"
"No, the dojo." Raph cuts Lisa off.
"Uh…The Ninjutsu Dragon." Lisa amends. "My old dojo." I look at my brothers.
"What's going on?" I hear Cathy ask suspiciously.
"How do I explain this?" I wonder aloud.
"We were there that night." Mikey blurts.
"That works, I guess." I mutter.
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Sorry for the long wait, I'm having a hard time with this fic. And sorry about the less-than-perfect writing. I'm better writing in the perspective of my OCs. Anyway, please review!