The four turtles returned about twenty minutes later, each of them with a few things that they had found amidst the trash and sewage. Splinter rose to greet his sons and Renée padded over to them, curious about the things they had brought in.
Raph was the first to greet the child, crouching down so that he was eye level with her. He pulled a nearly new stuffed rabbit out if his bags and held it out to her. "Here you go, Rennie. It's a rabbit. Usagi. " the lizard took the rabbit toy in her hands and blinked at it, then turned her gaze back to the red banded turtle. "U...usi.." She squeezed her eyes shut as she tried to work out how to said the word. "Usugi... Usagi!" Her sea blue eyes snapped open, filled with joy as she managed the word. Raphael chuckled and patted her blue head as she hugged the rabbit you close. "Good job, Squirt. Your a quick learner." Mikey, who had been leaning over his older brothers shoulder grin joyously. "Master Splinter, did you head that? Renée can speak!" The rat looked up from his spot on the couch were he was watching Donnie fix a small windup toy he had found. The young girl ran over to Splinter, the rabbit toy held out in front of her. "Usagi! Usagi!" She cried happily as she neared him. He chuckled slightly and couched down next to her. "Indeed, Renée. Usagi. Rabbit." She grinned happily and darted over to show the other two boys in the room. Splinter smiled and watched her, amused at how such simple things could bring joy to children. Leo appeared at his side. "It's amazing how easy children are to please. She has a stuffed rabbit and a word and she's beaming." He said, unknowingly voicing his masters thoughts. The sensei nodded. "Children are probably the most amazing hung on this planet. Joyed at such simple things and seeing so much more than we adults do." A smile crept over his face. "You and Raphael were never much like that, even when you were younger than she. Your brothers however." He turned to look at Donnie and Mikey, who were gathered around the table watching the windup bob its way across. Donnie had a extremely satisfied look as he watched, Renée and Mikey were just fascinated at the moving object. "They were very childish."
Leo chuckled slightly. "I'm not sure Mikey ever outgrew his childishness." He said as he watched his youngest brother, who dished forwards and caught the toy as it toppled off the side of the table, then wound it back up and set it down to watch. Splinter nodded as he watched the two youngest of the family. "Michelangelo most certainly hasn't lost the childlike view in this world." He murmured in agreement with his eldest.
Renée, having the attention span of the child she was, only watched the toy for a minute or so before age padded off in search of something new. She dropped down on her hands and knees and started crawling around, the rabbit toy, who would never be called anything other than Usagi, held, with one hand, tightly to her chest. She crawled about until she located a small bug, which she easily caught. Splinter, having watched he and knowing what was about to happen, raced forwards in time to keep the bug from entering his new daughters mouth. "Michelangelo." The orange clad turtle jumped and whipped around as he heard his name. "Yes, Master Splinter?" He asked, completely confused as to what his father might want from him.
Splinter scooped Renée into his arms and she started chewing on Usagi's head. "Renée is hungry, why don't you go get done pizza for supper." The word 'pizza' instantly perked Mikey up and he darted off with a quick "Yes, Sensei."
It didn't even take Mikey twenty minutes to get the pizza and soon they were all gathered around the box, grabbing for a piece before Mikey stole it all. Splinter had Leo cut a slice up into bite sized pieces for Renée and put it in one of the few plates they had. She was obviously confused at first as to what to do, but they Leo held a piece up to her mouth and she eagerly ate it, then swiftly devoured the rest. She picked up the plate in one hand and Usagi in the other, then walked over to Leo and held up her plate, asking for more. He chuckled slightly and sagged Mikey's fifth slice away from him, then, after cutting it up, handed the now full plate back to Renée for her to eat.
Once everyone had eaten and the mess was mostly cleaned up, the boys all went off to do their own thing. Mikey was playing a game on his T-Phone, Leo and Raph had disappeared with Splinter into the dojo to spar, and Donnie slipped off into his lab to tinker with one of the new gadgets he was working on. Renée, instantly bored, padded after Donnie, Usagi clutched tightly in her arms. The purple banded turtle looked up as she padded into the room. "Hey there, Ren. What're you doing in here?" He asked, spinning around to face her. She glanced around the room, her eyes widened with fascination as the many machines, most of which were only half finished, that were scattered around the room caught her eye. She placed a hand on his laptop, which was closed and sitting next to his most recent project. She turned her gaze to him, her eyes asking the question she couldn't word. He chuckled slightly and knelt next to her. "Laptop. Here." He picked her up with one arm and the computer up with his other, then returned to his chair. He turned it on and smiled as wonder filled her blue eyes. He showed her the many functions of the electronic, which she was more than happy to sit and watch, then turned on a movie for her. He set her at his desk with the movie, and went over to finish the project he had been working on, a new Stealth Bike, Raph had nearly destroyed the old one last week, so he had decided to put on a few improvements as he fixed it.
Not even a hour later, Renée had fallen asleep, curled up like a cat in his chair, and Donnie was putting the finishing touches on the Stealth Bike as Raph, Leo, and Mikey stuck their head in. "Hey, Donnie, are you going to come patrolling with us or should we leave you to your tinkering." Leo called out, knowing that there were a few nights that Donnie stayed behind to finish a project of two. Don looked up, flipping his goggles off of his eyes so that he could see his brothers properly. "I'm coming. Just let me finish the Stealth Bike real quick." He glanced over at the lizard as she slept. "Why don't you guys get Renée in bed, I should be finished by then." He suggested as he flipped his goggles back down and set to work of the bike. Leo nodded and pulled the child into his arms, then set off toward her room. Five minutes later, she was snuggled in bed and Donnie had put the Stealth Bike back in its spot in the ShellRaser and they set off for their nightly patrol of the city.