Shen looked to the one that had its hand on her shoulder.
It had emerald skin and sea blue eyes that were actually kinda pretty.
"Y-y-you o-okay?" It struggled to say.
Shen was surprised that it spoke. How did it know how to speak so quickly?
And was it actually concerned for her? What is going on?
"Yes.." Shen replied quietly. She smiled.
"Um...w-w-what do we do n-now?" Another one struggled to ask. It had darker green skin and golden eyes.
Shen thought to herself. What were they gonna do?
Shen couldn't take them back to her apartment, it was too small. And now that she looked the way she did, she couldn't make any money.
She looked down at the ground and saw a manhole.
The sewers? It was gross but she didn't really have a choice.
She crawled down the manhole and told the turtles to jump down and she would catch them.
She told all them to hold each other's hands and they did so.
They walked through the sewers for about twenty minutes until they came across an abandoned subway station.
They all sat on the dusty steps and nobody said a word.
Shen then realized that she was still naked. She needed some clothes.
"I'll be right back. Look after them while I'm gone." She said to the emerald one.
It looked at here with worried oceans.
"I'll be back soon. I promise." Shen said before running off into the darkness.
She was running across the roof tops of the city.
Good thing she still had her ninjitsu skills.
She was even more thankful when she saw that she left her window unlocked.
Easy access.
She went through her closet and found a kimono that was always too big for her when she was human. But in this form, it fit perfectly.
She was about to leave again but thought she needed some more stuff to take down.
She grabbed a fruit basket, some water, some fabric she kept in the closet, a small rug. She saw her book that she left laying on the bed and grabbed that too.
She ran across the roof tops and back into the sewers.
As she got closer, she heard someone crying.
She put down the supplies and ran towards the crying.
When she finally got back to the subway station, she saw they were all huddled together trying to stop one of them from crying.
"What happened?" Shen asked frantically. She picked up the one that was crying and gave it a hug.
"She m-m-missed you. W-we missed you too." said one with olive skin and brown eyes.
"Mommy no more leave without us." Said the one she was holding as it stopped crying. It was the smallest. It had round cheeks each with its own set of freckles, big sky blue eyes, and lime green skin.
She was adorable.
Shen wiped the tears off the freckled cheeks and smiled.
"Okay, I promise." She said.
The turtles helped her carry in the supplies she left on the tracks into the station.
Shen put the rug down on the dirty and dusty concrete floor.
"Goodnight." She said as she put the fabric over them as a blanket.
"Goodnight, Mommy." They all said before they easily and quickly fell asleep.
There's that word again... Shen thought to herself.
She hadn't been called that word in a long time.
Actually, she never got be called that word.
Miwa never got a chance to say her first word...
Is this the world's way of giving me a second chance?
Shen thought.
Shen looked at the sleeping reptiles.
Not one but four new daughters, at least, they all sounded like girls...
Even if they were walking and talking turtles on the outside, they still kinda seemed like little humans on the inside.
Tang Shen smiled and accepted the new name.
Goodnight my daughters... She said and continued reading her book.