RAPHAEL"S POV
Well, this was just swell. I'm in a stranger's house, filled with people I don't know, and can't seem to remember anything of my past.
Besides that I live in the sewers, know Taijitsu and am 15.
None of those things really gave me anything to work off of though.
Anyway, besides my amnesia, leg, and side, I wasn't doing that bad.
I met these two girls, Sky and Reika, and their neighbor, Ed.
They seemed like okay people, though Sky annoyed the shell out of me. She had this big obsession over her couch for some reason and wouldn't let it go that I was laying on it.
No to mention she just had a bad attitude around me.
Unlike Reika, who seemed to really like hanging around me. She was always smiling too, and had a funny accent. There was one thing I wanted to ask about her too, but I thought I might sound dumb if I said it.
Reika, since the moment I met her, has been wearing the bright red scarf around her neck. It isn't one of those big fuzzy scarfs, just a long thin one. One you would wear if it were slightly chilly outside. It was around 85 degrees right now though, so what was up with it? Maybe Reika was cold?
She also had these big, round, baby blue eyes that shinned, even when the room was sort of dark.
I sort of sound creepy, but I like to stare at them.
Sky has the same eyes as Reika, which shouldn't surprise me since they are siblings, but it does. Sky just doesn't seem to be one of those girls who should have bright shinning eyes, unlike Reika.
Whatever though, it doesn't matter what kind of eyes they have.
All I know is that I spent that night at this place, and was placed on the extra air mattress they owned. It was pretty soft, and Reika let me borrow one of her pillows, which was like sleeping on clouds.
Every few hours Ed would come wake me up to see how my head was, to make sure my concussion didn't get worse. Each time it hurt like Shell, and there was ringing in my ears. He told me that would keep happening since I took such a large blow to my skull. It would eventually go away though with rest.
Ed was a weird sort of guy. He was smart, that was for sure, but kind of awkward too. Like he was worried he was going to trip or say something stupid.
I could tell he really cared about Reika and Sky though, like a big brother sort of person. And he didn't seem like such a bad guy either, so I trusted him enough to care for me.
At the same time… he reminded me of someone. I couldn't really put a name to them, but I kept getting this weird flash of purple.
It wasn't very helpful to me remembering, but a color was at least a start.
There was a soft sound of clicking metal to my right, but I ignored it. I was stuck in that, half awake half asleep stage, and wanted to fall right back into a deep sleep.
After a few seconds, the whiff of breakfast forced me to wake up, and I opened my eyes groggily.
"Mawrnin' sunshine!" As soon as I opened my eyes, I was met with bright baby blue eyes.
Spazzing for a few seconds at how close my host was, I gawked at her.
"W-What?" I stammered.
Reika leaned over my, her face probably only inches from my own. It also screamed in shock, but forced my self to stay still. From this close, I could see Reika had very smooth skin around her face, but had a slight beauty spot right on the side of her forehead.
You wouldn't have noticed it from a distance, but this close I could.
"Breahkfahst is reahdy!" she grinned.
"…Okay…" I blinked.
"Jeez Reika." Sky grumbled from the kitchen. We both looked at her. "Scare the poor guy out of his shell why don't ya?"
"Oh!" Reika gasped. "Did I scahre yah?" she frowned, worried.
"Nah." I said quickly, waving her off. "Ya just… caught me off guard is all." I shrugged honestly.
Grinning, she chuckled. "Sahrry. Didn't mean ta." Getting to her feet, she rushed off to the kitchen. "We mahde Breahkfahst! Wahnt sawm?" she inquired.
"Sure."
Reika grinned, beginning to put some food on a plate for me. Looking around the room, I could finally get a good look at this place.
It was a simple apartment with a kitchen, little living room, and two side bedrooms. There was also some stairs leading down, so I'm assuming they had a basement since we were on the bottom floor.
"…Where is Ed?' I asked, seeing that he wasn't around.
"He had to head to work to find some body to work his shift. He'll be gone for at least an hour since that is the earliest someone can come in for him." Sky explained.
I nodded, my stomach grumbling when Reika finished placing my food on the plate.
I was starving. When was the last time I hate?
As Reika approached me with a silver tray, she placed it on the ground besides the bed and helped me sit up. My side stung painfully for a second, but quickly subsided.
"Haw ahre ya feelin' todah?" Reika inquired as she placed the tray on my lap.
At the sight of freshly made egg and bacon, I smiled. "Great.' I stuffed a piece of bacon in my mouth.
Reika watched curiously, as if she were expecting to eat the food in some weird way. I tried to ignore her stares as I ate, but her large baby blue eyes were hard to ignore.
I started to feel embarrassed for some stupid reason I wasn't even sure off, and my face felt hot as I hate, staring intensely at my eggs.
"Reika, don't be a creeper." Sky suddenly scolded.
"I'm naht." Reika argued with a pout, finally looking away from me.
"You are too. Let the turtle eat his eggs in peace." Sky motioned for Reika to go to the kitchen. With a huff, the red head got to her feet and went to the kitchen to clean up the mess she had made from making breakfast.
From the corner of my eye I watched as she placed the dishes in the sink and began to use large amounts of soap to clean them.
Towers of bubbles began to appear from how much soap she was using, but Reika didn't really seem to notice and continued to scrub the pans happily.
"Hey, Turtle guy." Sky tapped my shoulder, snapping me out of my daze. I narrowed my eyes at her; hating the name she called me.
"Raphael." I corrected.
Since the had placed the air mattress right besides the couch Sky could easily lay across it and speak to me, keeping eye contact
"Whatever." She scoffed. "You remember anything yet?" she asked bluntly, sprawled across the couch like a cat.
"No. Nothing." I looked at my plate with a frown.
She sighed. "Great." She paused to look at the TV. "You wanna watch some toons?"
"Some what?" I blinked. What were Toons? Like, songs? No wait, those were Tunes. So then, what were Toons?
Sky's eyes widened in disbelief. "You never heard of Toons?" She questioned. "You know like, Cartoons?"
I rubbed my head. "No."
Grabbing the remote, she shook her head. "You poor, poor, deprived Turtle. You have much to learn."
Turning my head slightly to glare at her, un-amused, I finally got a good look at her face.
I could definitely see the resemblance between Sky and Reika. They both had bright red hair and bright blue eyes. However, Sky had a slightly narrower face then Reika's, whose face was more rounded.
Sky also had this sort of, unwelcoming, sort of look to her. She always had this blank expression on her face, unless she was mocking someone.
One of the main things I noticed about her though were the freckles that covered her face. Her cheeks were covered with them.
The longer I stared at them, the more comfortable I felt for some reason. It was weird, as if I knew somebody with freckles.
Who though?
The back of my head hurt a bit from trying to force myself to remember, so I stopped as rubbed my skull.
"Head ache?" Sky tilted her head.
"Yeah." I mumbled.
"We gawt sawme medicin' if ya need sawme." Reika called from the kitchen, lifting up about a billions bottles she already had laid out.
"I'm good." I said quickly, holding up my hand.
"Yeah. Ed said we shouldn't give him anything too, since we don't know how he will react to medicine." Sky added. "Since… you know, he is a turtle, and turtles are different from humans." With a huff, she rolled onto her back, lazily held out her hand with the remote, and turned on the TV.
Moving my eyes to the box, I tilted my head as she skimmed through the channels. At some point she paused at this show called "Sponge Bob".
It was an okay show, and it wasn't too childish or cheesy, so I was fine watching it. Definitely would have referred watching something with a little more action. Like… boxing or something, but this was fine too.
Half way through the show, Reika came to join us. Since Sky was completely covering the couch, Reika scooted over to the extra little section of my bed.
Pulling her knees up to her chest, she smiled at me, before looking back at the TV.
I didn't really mind, but kept glancing over to her for some reason. I wasn't sure which was funnier. The cartoon, or Reika's reactions to the cartoon.
She had such a happy grin as she watched the Toon and would gasp and scream whenever the characters did, as if she was scared or shocked with them.
Towards the end of the episode, Sky began to skim through the channels again till she came across a really old looking cartoon with terrible graphics.
I wasn't sure what it was called, but I knew instantly that I didn't like it.
Behind me, Sky suddenly squealed with delight, bolting up right to watch. Stunned, I gawked at her.
"You like this show?"
"Space Heroes?" Sky glanced at me, surprised that I seemed to know it.
So that was what it was called? I know I had watched it at some point, or at least seen a few minutes of it, but I had never liked it. That was all I could remember of it.
Wait… no… There was something else about this show? What was it?
Yeah of course I like this." Sky answered, grinning widely.
She had Reika's grin. Or is it, since Sky is older, Reika has Sky's grin?
"But it is so lame!" I said.
"It is not!" Sky snapped, turning to me in anger and shock. "This show is amazing! It shows how good always triumphs over evil."
"It is so cheesy." I argued.
"It is not, you stupid turtle." Sky glared at me. "You just have no taste. Isn't that right Reika?"
Reika sighed a bit next to me. "I'm naht really… thaht big of ah fahn."
Horrified in her sister's betrayal, Sky huffed. "Fine, be that way. See what I care, you haters." She turned away and turned up the volume. "None of you could be as awesome as Captain Ryan anyway."
I blinked at the name. "You such a baby." I folded my arms.
Sky side glanced at me. "At least I'm not a turtle."
We paused when one of the characters on the screen began to panic. "I'll tell you the status!' he yelled. "We're going to blow up in three seconds!"
Suddenly a hand reached out and slapped the man. Stunned, he held his cheek, which seemed to calm him down.
"Thank you Captain."
The angle zoomed out a bit, showing a man in a yellow outfit with neat smoother back hair. "Gentleman, I have a bold and caring plan. There is no time for hesitation-"
I wasn't sure what was about that sentence, but the words of it made me gag in disgust.
Sky ignored my reaction and held up a finger, quoting with the man. "My orders must be carried out, without question."
"Nerd." I heard Reika chuckle under her breath. When Sky jumped to her feet to stare dramatically at the ceiling, I almost barfed.
"Jeez." I winced. "You are just like him."
The two sisters looked at me, their eyes wide.
"Just like… who?" Reika tilted her head.
I froze, my eyes growing wide. …Who…?
I had said that sentence without thinking, so I wasn't sure who in the world I was talking about. Yet, the whole Space Heroes garbage definitely reminded me of someone. Someone important. Like family or something.
"I don't know." I admitted.
Yeah! New chapter! Sorry this one took so long to get out. I've been super busy lately, but hopefully after Friday everything will begin to slow down and I can work a little bit more on my fanfics :D
Also, I tried my best to give you descriptions of Reika and Sky. I've never been good at describing characters so I hope I did okay!