Metallaxis
Chapter 2
April's POV:
The night seemed to be endless. There were so many things that had occurred in only a few hours. And there were more to come. I didn't know what to expect anymore. While searching for my father I was in deep thoughts.
What am I gonna do now? Am I going to live with the guys? Am I ever going back to school? More importantly, do they accept me as I am now? Will my father accept me? I had so many questions and no one to answer them. I could only count on the famous saying "Only time will tell" and hope that I could find the answers to my questions soon.
Raph and Mikey did their usual trick to attract my father. All the rest of us could do was wait to see if he would show up. After a couple of moments full of agony he finally did. He chased Mikey as if he was his food. The guys had gotten used to capturing my father, (something that sounds pretty weird) so it only took them some seconds to tie him up.
I wanted to calm my father down so I approached him. But what was I thinking? He wasn't able to recognize me. Not even my smell. Only my voice seemed to remind him of something but that wasn't helpful enough. So I had to compromise and let the others handle it the way they thought would be better.
Donnie took the small canister in his hands and carefully removed the top of it. The rest of his brothers had placed their hands on top of my father so that he wouldn't be able to move and ruin everything. Donnie spilled the little drop on my father's forehead. The others quickly covered him with a cloth and then we waited.
The following seconds seemed like an eternity to me. None of us were sure about the outcome, if there was to be any. My father tossed and turned under the sheets, making occasional sounds. Then he slowly started to calm down. I saw a human hand peep out and then his head followed.
Finally, after all this time I was able to see my father's face again. He was there, he was with me and after a long amount of time I felt a feeling of relaxation take over me. I was filled with pleasant emotions and without a second thought I rushed to his place and gave him a bone-crushing hug.
"I missed you so much dad!" I exclaimed and let go of some tear drops I was holding back.
"April? Is that you? Wh- What happened?" he asked me with an obvious look of confusion on his face.
"It's me dad. I'm here for you. I can explain you everything later but now we have to go." I answered him while letting him go of my arms.
We both stood up slowly and headed to the others who were watching happily the reunion.
"It's good to have you back Mr. O'Neil!" Leonardo said and everyone agreed with a smile.
"It's good to be back you guys!" My father said in return.
"I think we should go home. Splinter must be worried for us." The leader suggested and we all followed his order knowing he was absolutely right. We had a lot of explaining to do.
On our way to the sewer I had a lot of time to explain my dad how he turned into what he had turned. For some reason he couldn't remember much from the time he was mutated. Maybe because he wasn't able to think clearly.
I also explained to him about my mutation. That was the difficult part. "…and here I am now…" I finished my narration of the earlier events.
"I don't know what to say April, I missed you so much. I appreciate all you did for me while I was mutated and I want you to know I am here for you as well. I will always love you no matter what you are or what decisions you make. You are my one and only daughter and nothing can change that." he told me. I was so relieved to hear these words from him.
"Thank you! I love you so much!" I told him and once again hugged him tight with flowing tears.
"I love you too." he said.
Before we even knew it, we were standing at the entrance of the boys' home. My new home.
A/N: Tada! Here's the second chapter! Don't forget to tell me your opinion, corrections and ideas! Anything would be really helpful...
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