Chapter 4: New Friends or New Enemies?
Raph was able to get them both underground before anything happened. He knew he could have taken those guys. However, with this girl passed out and the Footbots attacking and grabbing her he had to choice but to fall back. He walked the sewers in silence as he held the girl bridal style against his chest. She was alive. He could see her chest raise and fall with small breaths. She was still pale and weak looking. Whatever that mind trick was must have taken a lot of energy.
The turtle stared at the girl. She looked a bit peaceful. If it wasn't from the dried up blood under her nose and if she didn't steal he would have thought of her a pretty. However, the moment he saw her take that apple he labeled her as a thief and he could never think of a thief as anything more than ugly. The sewer was quiet and the only sounds were the splashing of the water under his feet. The coat she wore felt bulky and weird under his arm as he made his way to the lair. He felt her move and he looked down at her again. She squinted her eyes shut and groaned then slowly opened them. Raphael's breath caught as he saw her blue eyes look up at him dazed and trying to focus.
The girl blinked and blinked again and saw the red masked turtle looking down at her. She jumped to realize he was holding her. Not only that it was dark and it smelled like sewer water. She looked around to see the walls around her.
"Put me down!" she demanded. Her voice echoed around her. She gasped when he practically dropped her.
She was underground. It was dark and she didn't have no way out. She was terrified. She tried to control her breathing. It didn't help that her head was spinning and it felt like her skull was being used as a bongo. She wiped at her nose with the back of her sleeve. The turtle gave her a disgusted look. Then put her down she looked down at the water then looked around. Yup this was the sewer.
"Where is the exit?" she demanded.
"Is that any way to treat someone who saved you from the Footbots?" he said his tone showed he was annoyed.
"The what? You mean the Kraang's ninja robots?" she asked wrinkling her nose.
"You know about the Kraang?" he asked surprised
She ignored the question. "Where is the exit?" she said in a calmer still trying to control her breathing.
She refused to let him know how uneasy she was being underground. She straightened her back and looked him in the eye. He raised his eyebrows at her. At least she thought so if he did the mask covered them. She looked at him his green eyes stared back at her as he said nothing. She was about to ask him again in a nastier tone. Then he spoke.
"The Footbots might still be out there and it is clear you can't fight your better off staying low for a few days. I don't think the Footbots like your singing do you?"
The girl was taken back. Then she remembered he threw the orange at her face. She touched her cheek were it felt tender. Oh yeah that was going to leave a bruised. She saw the turtle frown. She looked up and he gave her a blank look.
"So I'm a prisoner or something?" she snarled.
"You can leave now but I am not helping you if the Footbots decide to take you." He held up his hands and kept walking. "Exit is down there take a left then two rights and there is a ladder the will get you to the surface."
She relaxed a bit and looked at the turtle then back at the path that he said. "How do I know you are not worse than the Kraang or you will lock me up somewhere?"
He turned. "That could be true. Guess you will have to follow me and see…how is your face by the way?"
The girl could tell he was concerned when he frowned and looked at her cheek. She thought about what she should do. Her gut told her to go with him. And her gut most of the time was right. Her gut was how she was able to survive of the streets after all. She walked toward him.
"I'll live. Try any funny business and I swear turtle I will make you into turtle soup." She walked beside him.
He smiled at that.
When Raph reached the lair with his…guest she let out a low whistle.
"Nice digs." she said looking around. The place was full of pizza boxes and was a wide space with a concrete looking sofa that circled around a TV. In the center of the room was a spiral looking walkway that lead up to somewhere. Three turtles sat around it and looked at her and Raphael. To her right were a room was a paper walled room and in front was sewer water with a tire like swing a small sit of stairs lead up to the paper walled room. To her left was a tunnel with doors that must lead to different rooms and behind were was a big metal door.
The three turtles were on their feet ready to fight.
"Raph what is wrong with you? Have you lost your mind?! What is she doing here?!" The blue masked turtle said.
"Are these your brothers?" she asked looking up at Raphael.
He didn't notice how short she was to him she was at least a good seven inches taller than her.
"Yeah." He turned his attention to his blue masked brother "Leo the Footbots were attacking us and she passed out they started to drag her away and I took her down here."
"She is a thief maybe she stole something from them!" Leo shouted.
"Hey! Let me get something clear!" she snapped "I don't steal money, I don't rob jewelry stores and I don't get involved with the Kraang you got me three toes!"
The nerve of this turtle! She should-no she needed to relax. She gave him a glare. She never stole from the innocent. And only took things she needed. Of course she wasn't any Robin Hood either.
"Wow Raph she got a temper that is almost as bad as yours" the purple masked turtle chuckled.
"Then you won't mind taking off your coat and having me look though your pockets" Leo stepped forward. She took a step back. "You got something to hide?"
She tightened her jaw.
"Then hand over the coat you can get it back when I look through it." Leo held out his hand.
She didn't want to give him the coat. She wore it everywhere since she found it in the donations box her first day out on the streets as well as her other clothes and shoes. She touched her shoulder and looked at the turtle named Leo.
"Come on we seen just about everything?" The orange masked turtle smiled.
She didn't answer as she slowly took off her coat and handed it to Leo. She wore a long sleeve dark blue shirt under her coat.
The turtles gasped at her. But it wasn't because of the shirt she wore. They couldn't believe their eyes. This was the last thing any of them saw coming.