OK, I'm back. sorry for the delay. There's going to be quite a bit of delay between updates coz now I'm back at school and loaded with work and don't have alot of time. Thanks to everyone that read and liked my story. Hope you like this chapter.
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"She's been out for quite a while"
"Raph, how hard did you hit her?"
"Hey! I didn't hit her. It's her own fault she's like this!"
"I can't believe you guys actually knocked her out"
"Raph did it."
"I did not!"
"Maybe we should wake her up"
"trust me, you don't wanna do that. April let her stay at our place once and she almost knocked me out when I tried to wake her up. The chick is crazy."
"Mona is not crazy"
"She's Pretty.."
"Not the time, Mikey"
"Can you guys keep it down? We don't want to wake her up."
Mona groaned. Her head was throbbing and her body ached all over. Voices were all around and Mona wished they would just shut up for 5 minutes so she could figure out what was going on. She could feel the couch cushions underneath her so she knew she wasn't still lying the alley. At least, she thought she wasn't. The place itself felt a lot warmer than the streets but Mona could still hear the hustle of the city and smell the streets of new york, so she couldn't be too far away from the city. The voices around her were bickering away and Mona had finally had enough of it.
"Can you guys please just shut up?" She managed to mumble.
Silence fell over the room and Mona could feel them all staring at her. She forced herself to sit up and open her eyes. The sudden intake of light hurt her eyes but she managed to keep them open till they adjusted to the change. As her vision cleared her eyes focused on the face in front of her. She screamed.
Standing in front of her was a wide eyed giant turtle wearing a bright orange bandanna. It grinned broadly at her and she scrambled to the other end of the couch trying to get away from him. A shadow cast over her and Mona looked up to see yet another giant turtle looking down at her, the look on his face showed his concern but she was too busy trying to get away from him to realize it. She jumped of the couch and banged her shins on the coffee table. Mona tried to run but she felt a hand wrap around her arm to prevent her from doing so.
"Mona. Mona Lisa, calm down. It's alright. They're not going to hurt you." She turned around to face the familiar voice and saw April standing there holding her back.
"APRIL!" Mona wrapped her arms around April's neck, so happy to she someone she knew was here to rescue her. "April, what's going on? where am I? Who are these guys?" She said looking around at the four giant turtles standing by the couch.
April laughed the panic in Mona's voice. "I told you to calm down. We'll explain everything to you."
She led Mona back to the couch, where she sat in a state of shock for the longest time before gaining the courage to speak. "...So, you wanna explain any of this to me?"
"Please, allow me." Mona jumped as she finally noticed the large rat sitting in the arm chair beside her. "I am Hamato Splinter. It is an honor to meet you Miss Gherardini."
"How does he know my name?" she whispered to April.
"I told them your name." She whispered back.
"You see Miss Gherardini.." The big rat called 'Splinter' continued. "This all started many years ago...."
And with that Splinter started their origin story. By the way he told it, Mona could tell that it had been very well rehearsed. 'They probably have to tell this story quite a bit' she thought. She sat there and listened, noting the detail the rat went into while telling his story. It all seemed so crazy, so hard to believe, but it had to be true. Didn't it? Otherwise why would she be sitting here with her boss, her boss's 'man whore' (as Mona called him), four giant turtles and a rat. Splinter went into immense detail explaining their origins, even telling her how they met April and Casey. When it was all over they went around in a circle and introduced themselves. Mona made a mental note of what color went with what name.
"Leonardo" Blue
"Donatello" Purple
"Michelangelo" Orange
"Raphael" The one that hit me.
"I'm Mona Lisa." She told them. They already knew but she figured it was polite to tell them herself.
"I know this must be very hard for you to take in." Splinter said.
"Well scientifically, yes." Mona told him truthfully "But I guess the theory is...plausible. Plus when I was a kid I always wondered if there were mutants living in the sewers. Now I have my answer."
"We prefer the term 'Scientifically Enhanced'." Michelangelo stated.
"No we don't" The purple one-Donatello?-told her.
Leonardo leaned over the back of the couch to talk to her. "Now that you you know about us, you can't tell a soul. You know that right?"
"Don't worry, all I want to do is go home and pretend none of this ever happened."
"I'm afraid we can't let you do that." Michelangelo said in a toneless voice.
Mona started panicking as Donatello tried to explain to her what his brother meant. "We just have to keep you here for a while. You hit your head pretty hard and there's a chance you could have a concussion so we have to keep you awake for a little while."
"Well how long do I have to stay here then?" She already knew the answer though. If there was even a chance you had a concussion then you had to stay awake for at least-
"24 hours."
"24 hours? Can't I please go home? I promise I'll stay awake."
"Sorry but we can't take that chance." He said apolegetically.
"Then I'll stay with April and Casey."
"Oh no you won't." Casey said, grabbing April's hand and standing to leave. "We got plans and I'm not canceling them to babysit you."
"Jerk" She muttered.
"Sorry Mona." April called as Casey pulled her towards the exit. "It won't be that bad I promise. You can trust these guys. Have fun."
"Way to abandon me April!" Mona yelled after her.
Mona turned and faced the quartet of turtles standing behind her.
"so.." She said "What happens now?"
"I think my sons are going to take you on a tour of our home." Splinter informed her. The turtles all nodded in agreement - well, all except Raphael. "If you need me, I'll be in the dojo meditating." he said as he hobbled off.
"So how 'bout that tour?" Leonardo asked her. She nodded and Michelangelo jumped and squealed like a child.
"C'mon Mona, I'll show you my room first!" He ran up the stairs and the other two turtles slowly trailed him.
She was about to follow them up when she noticed the red one was going off in the opposite direction. "You coming?" She asked.
"To hang around with you losers? no thanks." He grunted at her. He stormed off and out of the lair before she could say anything else.
"I don't like that turtle."
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So? what did ya think of my new chapter? Hope you all liked it. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonlerland comes out in a few more days! Sooooo Excited!!!!! Looks awesome doesn't it? Anyway hope you like my story. If you did or you didn't, or you just wanna talk about Alice in Wonderland then review. I'm happy to hear your opinion. Xx