Under Ground

The three turtles, ninja turtles to be exact; All had the same question as to why the men who they knew as Kraangs, were bothering an innocent. So far they knew that the Kraangs only were stealing scientists. Not school girls off the streets, especially were others could see. The exact reason why the red bandanna turtle- Raphael, has broken the light with his sai. And now, it was him and the smaller turtle-Michelangelo, were now loudly bickering over. All the while the tallest turtle-Donatello, filled his arms with the rest of machine parts, and the eldest- Leonardo, was shaking his head trying to calm his brother. Yet all of them turned when the girl who was once latched to the tree suddenly lost her balance and started to fall.

Leonardo, being the closest and fastest, caught her in his large arms. She was barely conscious, and all the turtles could clearly see the goop on her mouth had ridden up to her nose.

"Sticky glop!" Michelangelo said with horrid excitement in his voice. He named it after, of course its features, when the Kraangs sprayed them in it. The goop loved the CO2 created by the bodies, and was spreading from her mouth to her nose. Not at the speed of light, but fast enough to be a problem. Standing up straight with the girl in his arms, he nodded to his brothers. Who in turn gave determined faces before all four leap off and into the darkened streets, to where they once emerged from. Donatello carelessly opened the man hole cover to the sewers, then one by one the turtles went in. Raphael going in last, checking for any watchers before closing the cover and leaping down.

The girl gave a slight cough, making the brother turtles look down in worry, then back up to each other before sprinting down the sewer lines. Leonardo kept glancing at the girls face, most of it was covered by goop, but he could still make it out on her tiny figure. She had curly hair of some brown color, and every so often when she opened her eyes in a dizzy daze, all he saw was black. Almost like the color of her eye was the color of her pupil, the eye itself was a little big as well. And all the while studying the girl, he saw her helpless movements and coughs as the goop closed her air passage ways. His body made him run faster than all three of his brother, it was a strange feeling really, he wanted to help her, but more than he knew he could. It was a truly foreign feeling that coursed through his muscular green body. His shell seemed to shake in anticipation to get to their lair.

Fresh air. That was all Adelia could really remember as her limp body was carried underground, mainly in the sewer, and over to what seemed to be an abandoned subway tunnel. But yet, that was all she recalled before the oxygen in her body ran low and she passed out. Or at least she was passed out, now she was slowly slipping back into the reality that challenged her belief in everything. The light pierced through the dark and she fluttered her eyelids open. There was a few moments of vision being blurry and manipulated before she finally adjusted, groaning lightly to herself as she held her sore head. Only to groan again when her sore arms couldn't hold up.

Taking in a deep breath, she opened her eyes more, immediately noticing this was not her room. Shooting up, she only winced in pain at her muscles. Adelia's left eye closed as she gritted her teeth, glancing at her wrapped hands when she moved them. Some blood had soaked through them, but not enough to be changed. Although something itched at Adelia's figure, removing the covers from herself, she froze to see her entire torso and chest was covered in white wrapping. She was thankful to whomever did this, but she was utterly afraid of who removed her clothes and did this. Just thinking of being exposed, even without being awake, gave her shivers and a light blush to appear on her face.

The sudden knock on the flimsy door to her right got her attention back, she looked to her feet where she had thrown her blanket. Grabbing it and pulling it to her, exhaling a high pitched squeak. The door eventually opened, Adelia was expecting a person, or even one of the creatures she had seen before. But instead she saw a fairly tall, rat, step in. His Japanese style robe hanging just before his feet, his wrists were wrapped and one hands was stroking what seemed to be a long thin beard. Yet again- Any normal and sensible person would have screamed. Yet Adelia remained quiet, and instead looked up into the large rat's eyes once they opened. The feeling of trust immediately flourished though her followed with a sense of being safe. There was a secure silence before the rat spoke softly.

"It seems you are awake, please do not fret, my family and I mean no harm" Walking closer her brought both hands behind his back, holding them together by his hands. He looked down on her and gave a small smile. His voice was accented and Adelia could immediately notice he was from Japan. She nodded slightly, amazed at all of this, there was another silence before Adelia spoke.

"I-im Adelia...Colette" She said, she forced a smile onto her face, which eventually turned into a real one. The tall being smiled and replied to her.

"I am known by my sons as Master Splinter, come you must walk out on your wounds" He said holding a hand towards the door before bringing it over to her. She was hesitant for only a few seconds before she grabbed onto his surprisingly soft hand, getting pulled up gently. Grabbing her shirt that was resting on the side of her bed with her, quickly putting it on. He then lead the way out of the room, his room to be exact. Looking at the back of him, Adelia just then noticed how small she was compared to him, she wasn't ever really tall, but with him, she seemed like a tiny bug.

Master Splinter led her out of the room and into a bigger space. It was gray and seemed like it was rusting, yet the air was fresh and their wasn't a hint of unwanted dirt. It was in fact an abandoned subway station which was connected to the sewer. It was clear of that when she walked down the steps and saw the grate against the wall reveal clean blue water. And just above that was a tire swing, with a large green being with a orange bandana on it. Who looked up from his video game and watched as she backed up behind Splinter.

"Hey!" The voice echoed loudly throughout the whole room, causing three other heads turn and look. Master Splinter chuckled and reassured Adelia.

"These are my sons, and it seemed Michelangelo has frightened you." Adelia watched as all four came over, the one in orange known as Michelangelo retorted back with a long stretched out 'hey!' Only for the green being in red replied back swiftly.

"Mickey you would scare her." The one wearing the blue mask hit him in the arm while the one wearing purple just patted Michelangelo's shoulder. Adelia looked at all of them from behind Splinter before stepping out to listen to them introduce themselves.

"Im Leonardo, Leo" The one wearing the blue bandana said reassuringly, he looked at her injured body and forced a kind smile before getting pushed out of the way by his brother. Giving him an annoyed glare with a pulse mark on his head.

"Im Raphael, Just call me Raph got it" He said as more of a command then a question. The orange being took in a breath to speak before his brother covered his mouth and spoke.

"Im Donne, Donatello really, and this is Michelangelo!" He said as his orange brother gave an annoyed face. Splinter then stepped out of the way more, giving her a chance to speak.

"A-Adelia Colette..." She said unsure before smiling, remembering how they came to her aid when she was yelling. She then added before any of them could speak.

"Thank you~"