Chapter 13 Mona's Monstrous Mutation

After Mona heard Master Splinter's story of how suddenly the retro mutagen that he was given wore off she began to worry about if the retro mutagen was going to wear off for her as well. Then Mona made a decision on the spot and told her friends, "Guys I think it's time I finally get a hold of my friends and family. I need to let them know that I'm alive and well." "That's fine Mona and if you want we can help you track them down just in case if they moved" Raphael and the rest of the turtles offered. "Thanks guys I appreciate it" said Mona as she and her friends began the search for Mona's friends and relatives. "Ok let's began with your parents" said Donatello. "What are their names?" "I'm afraid my parents are long gone. They passed away when I was ten years old" Mona sadly told her friends. "I'm sorry to hear that" said Raphael. "It's ok after my parents passed away I lived with my aunt and uncle. I couldn't ask for better legal guardians. My aunt Ginger and my uncle Edward are the best. Both of them majored in Science like I did which I why I chose to follow in their footsteps instead of my parents" stated Mona. "What did you parents do for a living?" asked Michelangelo. "My parents were the famous chefs Katie and Kevin Lisa back in the early eighty's. They had their own cooking show called K and K can cook. It was very popular and one time I was even brought on the show for a family special. I did pick up some cooking skills from my parents but even they knew I didn't want to become a chef because they were times where I accidently almost burn what I was making. They saw that my passion was Science and my parents were ok with it which is why I was happy when my aunt and uncle moved to town. They always told me interesting stories about famous scientist including my favorite scientist Albert Einstein. When my aunt and uncle found out that I got into the same University as they did they couldn't be any prouder and told me that my parents would have been proud of me as well" answered Mona after she finished her story.

Donatello typed in a Ginger and Edward Lisa on a search engine for looking up people's names and addresses. "Bingo I found them and they live here in New York City" exclaimed Donatello. "Oh wow I didn't think they would be after such a long time" exclaimed Mona. "Why is that?" asked Splinter. "After I mutated I didn't keep in contact with them along with my friends because they think I'm dead" answered Mona. "Well it's time for a family reunion" said Leonardo which everyone agreed with him. Mona took a deep breath as she wrote down the address and decided to pay her aunt and uncle a long overdue visit. "Will you guys come with me? I don't think I can do this alone" Mona requested. "Anything for you Mona right guys?" replied Raphael as the other turtles agreed with him. Mona thanked her friends as she left the lair with the turtles. As soon as they got to Mona's aunt and uncle's place Mona nervously knocked on the door and a woman answered. "Mona is that you?" asked Mona's Aunt Ginger who was in shock to see her niece. "Yes it's me Aunt Ginger. I know that I should have called you and Uncle Edward but I couldn't" answered Mona as she too was crying. "Ginger what is going on?" asked a familiar male voice to Mona. "Hi Uncle Edward" Mona said as she greeted her uncle who ran up to his long lost niece and hugged her as if there was no tomorrow. "Oh Mona your aunt and I thought we lost you forever. Your friends Thomas and Richard told us about some crazy pirate that sunk your boat and that you were captured" Edward stated. "Well I escaped thanks to my new friends who rescued me and help me defeat the evil Captain Memo who kept me prisoner and forced me to do his evil bidding" Mona stated.

"Who are these friends that rescue you? We would like to thank them for bringing you back to us" said Ginger. "Well my friends are a bit different and I don't want you guys to freak out or anything" exclaimed Mona. "Let me guess your friends are those ninja turtles we heard stories about on the channel six news that famous reporter April O' Neil always talks about" Mona's uncle guessed as he and his wife Ginger smiled. "Actually that's exactly who my friends are come in guys" answered Mona. "Aunt Ginger Uncle Edward meet my friends Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael." Ginger and Edward were in shock to not only meet the people who rescued their niece but finding out that they were giant talking turtles. "I can't believe it. All of those stories we heard are true. You're real!" said Ginger. "Yes we are real and I hope we don't frighten you" said Leonardo. "Of course not. We're just shocked to find out that giant talking turtles exist. We both thank you for bringing our niece back to us. She is the only person we have left to remember my late brother and sister in law" stated Edward. "You're very welcome" said Raphael. "Now Mona mind telling us why you waited so many years to finally contact us? We've miss you so much and so have the rest of the family and your friends from School" said Ginger. "It's a long story that I'm not sure if you'll believe it" answered Mona. "Try us" both Ginger and Edward said.

"Well the reason why I didn't call you guys right away was because I wasn't exactly myself" said Mona. Mona's aunt and uncle weren't sure what she meant by not being herself. After that Mona began her story, "While I was being held prisoner I was doing some experiments and some of the chemicals I was working with got mixed together causing an explosion. There was this lizard that was in the Lab and because of the explosion both my DNA and the lizard's were crossed causing me to mutant into a lizard girl. I didn't want anyone to see me looking like the way I did which is why I didn't contact anyone for so long. I'm sorry I know it was wrong but I didn't want you to think of me as a monster." Mona then showed a picture of herself while she was still mutated. Mona's aunt and uncle understood why she didn't want to be seen but the next thing they both said was, "We love you no matter what and should have come to us. After all we're scientist as well." Mona had tears in her eyes and hugged her aunt and uncle. "By the way how were you cured?" Ginger asked. "That would the work of me" said Donatello as he stepped up and explained how he created a retro mutagen with Mona. "We must celebrate the return of our dear Mona. Let's order a pizza!" exclaimed Edward. "Honestly Edward you can't get enough of pizza. Maybe Mona and her friends would like something else" stated Ginger. "Actually we love pizza!" The turtles all said as Edward ordered a couple of pizza pies. When the pizzas arrived the turtles didn't waste any time and dug in right away. While everyone was eating Mona barely touched her food which worried the turtles and her aunt and uncle.

"Mona sweetie is everything ok? You barely touched your food" said Ginger. "I haven't been feeling well lately and my body hurts" Mona was saying when all of a sudden her skin started turning green and all of her features were changing rapidly. "Mona what is happening to you?!" they all wondered when Mona not only turned into a mutant but it was more of a monstrous form of what she looked like when she first mutated. Mona roared loudly and busted through the door to make her escape. After Mona ran off her Aunt Ginger and Uncle Edward were in shocked at what they just witnessed. "Why did our niece turn into a monster?" asked Ginger. "I don't know but I promise that we'll get her back we all swear on our honor as ninjas especially me" answered Raphael as he and his friends left to find Mona and find out what caused her to mutate into a monster lizard.

Author's Note: For chapter 13 of Finding a Cure for Mona I recalled that Mona Lisa had two friends that were able to escape. I made up names for them since names were never mentioned for them. I also created Mona's aunt and uncle who at the moment are Mona's only family. Now most of you are wondering what will happen next? Well you're going to have to wait until the next time I update my fanfiction so please stay tune. Peace out from Princesspeach102!