Cindy woke up six hours later, she sat up and yawned. She slowly pulled the covers off her body and stood up, she stretched her arms in the air then walked out of the room. She saw Leo, Splinter, Don and Raph sat at a table eating their breakfast, Cindy slowly walked over to them and pulled out a chair and sat next to Don.

" Hey, what's with the light blue bandanna?" Raph asked.

" I saw you lot were wearing them so I thought I might as well, I saw the material on the floor."

" But your not a ninja?"

" I seem to be able to fight so.." Cindy replied and looked at their food, Leo had rice, Don and Raph had cereal and Splinter had sushi.

Leo noticed that she was looking at all their food " Want some food?" Leo asked.

" Yes please." Cindy replied, so Leo got up and made her a bowl of cereal. " Where's Michelangelo?"

" Still in bed." Don replied.

" If he don't get up soon, we'll have to start training late again." Splinter complained.

Cindy giggled.

" Allow me!" Raph said and stood up, and gently punched his hand then walked off towards Mikey's room.

" Here." Leo and said and put a bowl and spoon in front of he.

" Thank you, and um is it safe to let his go and get Michelangelo?" she asked putting the spoon in her bowl then picking up some cereal and eating it.

" Yeah, he does it all the time." Don replied and carried on eating.

" Right..!" Cindy replied and began to eat.

Five minutes later Mikey came running out of his room with Raph close behind,

" Raphael! Michelangelo!" Splinter hissed, they both stopped running and bowed at Splinter then caught their breath.

" Time for training." Splinter said.

" But I haven't had my breakfast." Mikey complained, Splinter just gave him a look as he got off his chair and walked towards the middle of the lair.

" Yes sensei." Mikey grumbled and followed Splinter with his brothers close behind.

Cindy turned her chair and watched them as Master Splinter began to shout out names of moves in Japanese and funnily enough Cindy understood every move.

She watched for ages not moving, she was amazed by how much they knew, she wondered if she knew as much. It was the end of their training and they had to pair up and fight, Splinter choose the partners then allowed them to fight, she saw Leo block a punch from Don then sweep his feet away then Don kicked Leo in the face and jumped on him. Cindy turned her head and saw Mikey jumping over Raph then kicking him, So Raph grabbed Mikey and spun him around and put him in a arm lock. Cindy really wanted to join in so she got up her courage and walked over to Splinter who was helping them out by giving them tips.

" Could I by any chance fight one of them, I don't know why but I want to." she asked.

Splinter looked at her then nodded " Yes, Leonardo!" Splinter shouted, Don and Leo stopped fighting as Splinter called out Leo's name.

" Yes sensei?"

" You may rest my son, Donatello. You will fight Cindy."

" Master Splinter I-" Don began but Splinter interrupted him.

" You will fight her!"

" Yes sensei." he replied, so Leo walked off and sat next to Splinter and Raph and Mikey done the same while Don and Cindy circled each other.

" So, can you fight?" Don asked.

" I dunno." Cindy replied, then Don went to punch her in the face when she grabbed his arm, twisted it then gently threw him over her shoulder so he landed on the floor in front of her. Don spun around and swept her feet away then stood up, Cindy gently kicked him up the face so he went back a couple of spaces then jumped on top of him, she had her arm against his throat.

" Ok." Don said waving his arms, So Cindy gently got off him and helped him up, as the others ran over to them.

" That was amazing." Mikey said and smiled.

" Where did you learn that?" Raph asked.

" Well I dunno, I just know how to I guess… Uh sorry Donatello." she said and rubbed his arm.

" No it's ok." he replied.

" You fight like Bishop." Leo said, Cindy quickly turned to face him,

" You mean I can fight like him?"

" Yes." Leo replied and nodded.

" But I don't want to fight like him." she said and stepped back.

" It's ok, he chose to fight without honour but you fight with true honour, the way of the ninja." Splinter replied.

" But it's like him, I - I.."

" You will find your own fighting style but for now you will fight like him." Splinter replied, Cindy nodded in understanding.

" Don, I'm really sorry." she said and wrapped her arms around his neck, he stood there for a few seconds before he cuddled her back.

" I wonder if you can beat Raph in fight?" Mikey joked, then Raph hit him on he head.

" Ow!" Mikey complained.

" No, I don't want to fight anymore." Cindy said and let go of Don.

" Why, your so good at it?" Raph asked.

" I know." Cindy said.

" It could help you, it's helped us on many occasions." Leo replied.

" I guess." Cindy said and nodded.

" Would you like to train with us?" Splinter asked.

Cindy looked at him then at the turtles " I guess." she said.

" Ok, we will continue our training in the morning." Splinter said and walked off into his room.

" Good, now we got the rest of the day to ourselves." Mikey said and rubbed his hands together, he walked off into the kitchen and grabbed a couple of bags of munches then headed off towards the big TV set and turned it on.

" Ok, while bone head is over there enjoys himself I'm gonna go and see Casey." Raph said and walked towards a big door which opened automatically then once Raph was inside it moved upwards towards the surface.

" Ok, I'm going to meditate, Don would you like to supply Cindy with a few things?" Leo asked as he sat down on the floor ready to meditate.

" Yeah, this way." Don said to Cindy, she nodded and followed him into his work shop. He supplied her with elbow pads and knee pads, and a belt similar to what he had and some other stuff.

" Thank you." Cindy said and walked out of his workshop as he began to work on a new invention, Cindy slowly slipped on her the pads and tied the belt around her waist, but it was to long, she looked around then saw a knife on a table. She walked over to the table and grabbed the knife, she slowly ripped the belt ends till they were the right size and were even, then she put on some brown wrists bands Don had given her.

She looked around with nothing to do when Mikey grabbed her and pulled her over to the TV area,

" Looks like you can do with some good old fashioned TV." he said and sat down next to her, then picked up a box of DVD's and handed it to her,

" Pick one." he said, she slowly took hold of the box and began to look through it,

" How about this one?" Cindy asked and showed Mikey the ' Die hard'

Mikey smiled " Great choice!" he said and put it in the DVD player and sat back down on the sofa next to Cindy, they both watched the movie without making a sound, their eyes were wide open and they were smiling.

" That was great!" Cindy said and smiled as the movie ended.

" I know, see I said all you needed was a bit of TV." he replied.

" I do see." she replied then her stomach rumbled.

" Hungry?" Mikey asked.

" Yes." Cindy replied.

" Follow me." he said and walked off to a pay phone so Cindy followed, Mikey picked up the phone and rang a pizza service, he ordered a whole pizza for himself and two pizzas for Don, Leo, Raph and Cindy to share.

When the pizza arrived Cindy set the table with plates while everyone else made there way to the table, Cindy sat crossed legged on the floor next to Raph, Mikey ate his own pizza while everyone else shared out the other pizza, there were a few pieces left for Splinter at the end. After everyone had eaten they all went to bed, Cindy went back to the spare room and everyone else went to their own rooms. Cindy didn't know what would happen now, had the turtles excepted her as family or just a friend? They didn't seem to mind her being around and this seemed to be her own room now, she decided that she was going to ask the guys at breakfast tomorrow what they thought about her.

Cindy was sat at the table the next morning, Mikey was serving scrambled eggs while everyone else waited patiently. Cindy looked up at everyone then spoke,

" Guys, what do you think about me?" she asked, everyone just starred at her not knowing how to answer.

" Well.." Raph began, that when she realized what they thought she meant.

" No, no, no, no. I mean… what am I to you?.. Family?" she asked.

" Yes." Splinter replied.

" So is this my home now?" she asked.

Leo nodded in reply,

" So the spare room will now be my room?" she asked.

" Yeah, no one else uses it." Raph replied, Cindy smiled at all of them.

" We can help you fix it up later on if you want." Don said as Mikey put the plates of food down in front of them then sat down next to Leo.

" You don't have to, I can do it my self." Cindy replied and smiled at him, she was about to pick up her spoon and eat when she saw how Mikey and Raph were eating, disgusting! She thought.

" You ok?" Leo asked.

" Ewww… do they always eat like that?" she asked.

" Yeah." Don replied, then she looked at Splinter who was shaking his head as he eat, Cindy slowly picked up her spoon and began to eat.

After a few hours of training, the Don took Cindy to the junkyard place with a shopping cart so she could pick stuff she wanted for her new room. She really wanted to go to her own house but didn't want the guys to go with her.

They walked around picking up stuff they both needed or wanted, when they finished she swore that Don had more stuff then her. All she picked up was a little TV, a few books, a bedside table, and parts of a bed, Don picked up, loads of parts of machines and a few things for his own room.

When they got back to the lair Cindy picked up some of her stuff and put it in her room while Don took some of his stuff and put it in his workshop then went back and picked up some more. He said he'd fix the TV so it would work and give her a few things she could use to fix up her room. First she cleared all the rubbish and put it a bag but kept the knife, then she put the lamp on the bedside table, put the books next to it then began work on putting the bed back together. It was the bottom part of the bed so her bed would be off the ground.

It took one hour for her to put it together, she put her mattress on it then set her bed up so it was a perfect bed. She stood in her bedroom looking at all the free space, she didn't notice how big the room was until she got rid all of the junk. Leo had given her a desk and a chair he didn't want and Mikey had given her a few of his comics so she wasn't that bored as he put it. She liked her new room and liked it how the guys had welcomed her with warm arms, but she needed to go up to her apartment to get some important stuff.

She walked out of her room and saw Leo practising his moves, Don was fixing her TV, Mikey was reading one of his comics and Raph was punching a punch bag. She slowly walked past Leo and head to the lift thing she saw Raph go in a day ago,

" Hey Cind, where you going?" Raph asked, Cindy turned around and saw Raph walking up to her,

" I need to get out to clear my head." she explained, Raph just looked at her obviously not believing her, she just shrugged and walked off.

" Hey Raph, where is she going?" Leo asked.

" To get some fresh air." Raph replied.

" Do you think she's up to something?" Mikey asked.

" I dunno?" Raph replied " But I'm gonna find out." he said and followed her out of the lair.

" Why does he always have to do this?" Leo asked with his hands by his side.

" Cause that's Raph." Don replied.

" Should we follow?" Mikey asked.

" No." Leo said and carried on training.

Cindy was jumping from roof top to roof, doing flips as she went. Then she stopped at an apartment, she slowly walked over to the edge then jumped down onto the floor, she looked at the locked door, she bent down and pulled out a set of keys from under the door mat. She slowly put the keys in the lock and unlocked the door then walked in.

Raph jumped onto the ground and saw that she had left the door open, what was she doing? He thought but slowly walked in and followed her.

Cindy was in her bedroom picking up pictures of her friends and families putting the pictures in a bag then picked up a photo album and also put that in the bag. She then went around her apartment picking up stuff she needed and wanted, she picked up her mobile and her charger, she also picked up her purse and her laptop. Raph was hiding on the ceiling watching every move she made, Cindy went over to her apartment phone and picked it up, she dialled a number to hear her messages:

One was from her sister:

Cindy, haven't seen you in a while. Please ring me.

One was from her landlord:

Where's my rent, I've been trying to phone you for ages, if I don't get my rent in three days your out!

Cindy sighed then did one last walk around her apartment this time picking up stuff her landlord would sell for money, she went over to her big TV and ripped the cable out of it then pulled the back off it so no one could fix it. She then began to smash up her apartment making it look that someone had robbed it, as she was smashing everything up Raph jumped on top of her pining her down.

" What the-" she shouted and began to struggle.

" What the hell are you doing?" he asked holding her down.

" Raphael!" she shouted

" It's Raph!" he replied.

" What are you doing here?" she asked then kicked up her legs making him fall off her, she slowly stood up and looked at him as he stood up.

" To see what you were doing." he replied.

" Well this is my apartment and I can't live here anymore so I had to come here." she said then headed for the window but Raph grabbed her hand and pulled her back.

" And why didn't you tell us?" he asked.

" Why should I? This aint your problem it's mine." She replied then snatched her hand back and ran out of the window, she grabbed hold of the top and thrown her self in the air so she landed on the roof top on her feet. She still had hold of her bag and began to run when she saw that Raph had followed her, she jumped from roof top to roof with Raph on her tale. All she wanted was to go to her apartment and then come back without all this, as she was running Raph jumped on top of her again but was in a different position so she couldn't kick him off.

" Raph!" she shouted.

" If you can't trust us then we can't trust you!" he said and held her hard on the ground.

" I do trust you, but I don't want anyone knowing about where my apartment is!" she replied and tried to sit up but Raph was a lot stronger and heavier then her and she didn't want to hurt him.

" Why?" he asked.

" Because it's none of your business." she replied but then Raph put more weight on her , but she didn't answer. Then he saw the bag, with one hand he snatched it away from her, with his leg holding her down.

" No Raph, please!" she begged and began to struggle violently.

" What's in it?" he asked and began to pull the zip open.

" Raph!" she shouted then a tear rolled down her cheek, but he ignored her and opened the bag. He saw pictures of her and her family, then her phone rang. He picked it up and answered it,

" Hello?" he said.

" Hi, is Cindy there?" asked a girl. Raph looked at Cindy then shook his head.

" No." he replied.

" Raph!" Cindy snapped.

" Ok, then just tell her I called"

" Sure." Raph said then hung up.

" What did you do that for?" she asked.

" Why didn't you tell us?" he asked.

" Because it's none of your business!" Cindy snapped then turned her body around and punched Raph in the face, he fell off her and landed on his back. Cindy stood up then saw what she had done, " Raph, I'm sorry." Cindy said and walked over to him.

Raph stood up, he dropped the phone on the floor then pushed past her. He just gave her a look then headed back to the lair. Cindy bent down and picked up the phone, she looked at the direction Raph went then sighed. She picked up her bag then headed back to the lair.