Sorry…I haven't updated in awhile…I STILL don't have my own computer….and I just moved….and all that good stuff…..But now its summerrrr! So I SHOULD be able to update lots more! :D

Chapter 2: Decisions

Donatello frowned as the girl's eyes closed. She fainted, and he wasn't sure if it was from pain, or shock of everything that had just happened, or both. He decided to conclude it was both. There was more important things to worry about now anyway. He looked back down at the girls wound, and saw that it was still bleeding. That wasn't good. That was never good.

"Donatello….Is she….okay?" Leonardo, or as Don and the others called him, Leo, asked uncertainly.

Donny's face was consorted, deep in thought as he wearily shook his green head.

"She wont be if this bleeding keeps up….I'm trying to figure out what I can use to stop it, aside from bandages...At least for now until I can stitch it up…"

Mikey walked up and knelt down next to the girl, lightly poking her face."So….do we,like,take her back to the lair? I mean she already saw us I think so…."

Leo shook his head before Mikey could finish talking. "No. We cant have more people knowing about us….especially a kid. It could be….dangerous…."

Raph sauntered over then and stood in front of Leo, arms crossed angrily, and in frustration. "So what do ya suggest we do then, fearless leader? Leave a girl on the verge of death who was just attacked for unknown reasons in the back of a freaking alley way?"

Leo grimaced, "No….but…" he growled, frustrated, and crossed his arms in thought. He was at a loss of what to do. Everyone stood for a second, minds all deep in thought. The alleyway's deep smell of old garbage had long since bothered them, they were used to that type of smell, and the honks of car horns and flashing lights hadn't, and most likely would never, cease. This was New York after all. It was a chilly night, but it didn't bother the turtles. The wind was still until suddenly Mikey sprung to his feet, standing on his toes excitedly,

"Ooh! Ooh! Why don't we take her to Aprils? She can help patch this girl up, and then take care of her until the girl gets up! Then when she mentions getting attacked my the foot, and getting saved by us, April can just tell her it was just a dream, and she really just fell on some ice and onto a sharp rock or something!"

Everyone stopped to listen to Mikey, then looked at him, a bit surprised by the youngest brother.

"That's,,,not bad I suppose. Though the 'Falling on ice and onto a sharp rock' part will need some work." Donny said slowly, "But bothering April with such a heavy task…"

"Do we look like we have much of a choice?" Raph stated," 'Sides, April wont mind. Shes a big girl now she can handle it."

Leo nodded, "Alright then, I guess that'll have to do. We have to hurry anyway, the girl could go into some sort of coma or something any minute from losing all that blood."

"Leo, she wouldn't go into a coma." Don stated dryly, "The amount of blood she's lost right now is one of the causes of her passing out, and if her wound continues to bleed, she could go into Hypovolemic shock…from my calculations, and this could be wrong, it looks like she's lost at least a pint of blood. That shouldn't affect her to much, and if we can stop the bleeding, her body will regenerate the red blood cells. If she lost 2-3 pints, it wouldn't affect her to much, though shed be pretty weak for awhile.3-4 pints of blood loss will produce severe symptoms and blood transfusion will likely be necessary. We have to try and prevent that…"

"Yeah. Thanks for correcting me Don." Leo said sarcastically, "Anyway, for now try and stop the bleeding as much as you can, at least until we get to Aprils."

Donny opened his bag, got out more bandages, mumbled an, "on it" and started wrapping the wound on the girls arm. He put on quit a few layers of bandages, wrapping them tightly, and as the turtles leaped from rooftop to rooftop, he could only think one thing, 'Please make it little girl….don't die…'

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April dozed off on the couch, the TV was quietly blaring away, the remote somewhere lost in the depths of the couch's cushions. Her eyes were drooping, and she could feel the bliss of sleep coming on. It had been a long day at the antique shop, and frankly, she had dealt with one to many cranky customers for today. Though as to what kind of customers tomorrow would bring, she could only fathom.

And just as she was about to fall asleep, a loud 'tap tap' sounded on her window. Her eyes groggily opened, and she sat up slowly. Only one thing usually tapped on her windows, the turtles. Sometimes they even barged right in like it was no problem when her windows were open. The nerve.

She slowly got up and stretched, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, and walked to the window, a bit angry that her sleep was interrupted. She opened the window and stuck her head out, bewildered when nothing was there. She stuck her head out some more, looking around. Could she have simply imagined the tapping?

A green head popped out in front of her just then, and she screamed bloody murder. Mikey hopped down from where he had perched himself, and put his hands over April's mouth, muffling her screams. April pried Mikey's hands off her face and huffed angrily.

"Michelangelo Hamato, you freaking scared me!" Mikey just doubled over laughing his shell off. Raph jumped down to, making April flinch, and hit Mikey on the head.

"What the hell are ya doing? Is NOW really the time ta be making jokes ya idiot?"

April cocked her head to the side. "What do you mean, 'is now the time to be making joked' Raph? Did something happen? Cause I don't know why else you'd be at my house in the dead of night." She folded her arms and looked expectantly at Raph, who opened his mouth to speak, when Leo and Don jumped down.

One look told April all.

"Oh my god." She whispered in shock, her hands covering her mouth, eyes wide. In front of her stood a tired looking Leo and Don, and on Don's back, was a girl who had dirt and blood smeared on her face, tangled long brown hair, and bloody bandages covering all over one of her arms. She was unconscious. Leo pressed more bandages against the girls wound.

April jumped out through the window and ran over and stood next to Don, facing the girl on his back. She reached her hand out, then drew back. Her wide eyes drifted from the girl to Don.

"Don…how did this…what happened…I mean….oh never mind! Hurry up and get into the house so we can try and help this girl, but you turtles have some explaining to do later!"

No one waited one more second, and jumped through the window and into April's house.

Inside, Don laid the girl on the couch, which April had covered with old sheets so no blood would get on it. Don and April stayed, after shooing everyone else away, and got right to work. Don wasn't a professional, but he treated enough wounds within his family in his days to know how to take care of this one. April would be the most helpful out of everyone here, and she knew some stuff about fixing wounds too, to his relief.

Don had long since grown used to the sight of blood, and worked diligently, but April, though not to bad, seemed to have a bit of a problem with it, and had to look away every now and then. Other than that, they both worked good together, Don playing the role of the Doctor, while April filled in the role of the nurse.

While working, April had decided to speak, "So…what happened to this girl? Why do you guys have her?"

Donny gave a frustrated look, "Well…she was attacked by the foot ninja's, well, one in particular, but I don't know why. Last I checked, the foot didn't go around attacking little girls…it doesn't make any sense!"

April was shocked, "A Foot ninja attacked her? But…she's just a helpless little girl…" The red head looked at the unconscious girl. She had dirt caked all over her, and blood was just everywhere. And she only looked to be like, 10 years old. April was starting to feel woozy, but she tried to remain strong. April just didn't understand. "Her parents must be worried sick…" She mumbled. Donny slowly nodded his head, deep in concentration as he stitched the girls wound up.

"I can only imagine what they must be feeling right now…"

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After the, "desperate operation" as Mikey called it, Don and April flopped down in wooden chairs, exhausted and stressed. Fixing up the girls wound wasn't easy, the girl had lost so much blood, almost 2 and a half pints altogether, which was a lot for her small body, and April was seriously debating whether or not to take the girl to the hospital for a blood transfusion. But how could she? How would she explain what happened without giving to much away?

"You could say she got mauled by a bear! Or a rabid dog!" suggested Mikey eagerly when April brought up the idea of heading to the hospital.

Everyone just pretended they didn't hear the orange banded turtle's idea.

"Maybe you should just wait until she gets up, then see what she wants to do from there. It should be her choice I suppose." Leo tried to explain. April bit her lip.

"I…suppose so…"

"Yeah just wait 'till the kid gets up." Raph voted.

"But April we cant be here when she wakes up. She already saw us once, but when she wakes up, we need you to explain to her when she brings it up, that seeing us was just a dream, same thing with the foot ninja." Don said, rubbing his head and getting up. "I want to figure out why the Foot attacked her..."

April looked at them for a second, then sighed. "Got it."

"Thank you April, we owe you one." Leo smiled.

"You bet you do!" She grinned.

The turtles each waved goodbye and jumped out the window, but Don hesitated. "Um…April?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks a lot. If there's any news on her condition, can you tell us?"

"Sure Don. No problem."

Don smiled again and hopped out into the chilly night air.

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Hi! Um sorry if this chapter was boring! I just wanted to explain the details in between Riri's getting attacked, and how she was taken care of, and how losing a lot of blood, unlike in other fanfictions apparently, is a BIG deal! Not just put some bandages on and BAM the characters fine. :/ Sorry it just irks me how some writers skip over that... But ill try and make the next chapter, longer if you guys want, and better! Riri will wake up! Please continue reading! Ill try and update faster! Thanks you guys!

-Midnightsilverchan