Chapter 3! ive been so excited to put this up! i don't own TMNT.
"Um…what do you mean finally meet?" Donatello asked. I looked at his brothers, all with equal looks of confusion. I sighed.
"Now might be a good time to tell you all our story," I said. I saw Amber freeze.
"Harley," Jade warned looking at her sister. I sighed again.
"They have a right to know," I replied. The boys watched us with confusion and interest.
"Come then, let us sit and hear your story," Master Splinter invited us and we all kneeled on the mat, me in front with Jade and Amber behind me. Master Splinter sat with the turtles behind him. I looked at Jade and she gave me an uneasy look. Amber stared at her hands. I turned to Master Splinter.
"It is a hard story for us to tell, so forgive us, we are still dealing with traumas," I said.
"Do not apologize, we understand," Master Splinter replied. I looked at my hands folded in my lap and started our story.
"There were originally five of us, we were bought and brought to a genetics lab. They wanted to learn more about mutations to DNA and how they affected living creatures. We were exposed to a mutagen and then tested on how it changed us. When we were five a panda in with us helped us break out. She was our fourth and later became our sensei," Amber started shaking still looking at her hands. "We moved to the forest outside the New York city limits,"
"Sorry but you said there were five of you, what happened to the fifth?" Mikey interrupted. Jade visibly tensed and I took a deep breath.
"I do not wish to speak of the fifth," I said tightly. There was a long silence.
"Please continue," Master Splinter encouraged. I hesitated but then continued.
"We started training ninjitzu there and built our home. We had to hide from the man who ordered these experiments," Amber started to whimper.
"Who was this guy?" Raphael asked.
"h-his name is Oroku Saki" I looked up.
"SHREDDER!" the turtles and Master Splinter gasped. I nodded.
"Anyways while we were training our master told us many stories about her past. Most of these stories featured a brave and well-trained rat, named Master Splinter. You soon became our hero," I told Master Splinter who once again looked shocked.
"What is your master's name?" Master Splinter asked. I looked down again before whispering.
"Koma," Master Splinter nodded and Amber started sobbing. She leaned into Jade who looked uncomfortable trying to comfort her.
"We completed most of our training but earlier today," I took a deep breath "I went for a run when I saw smoke. I ran back to our shelter to find it in ruins surrounded by flames. I found Jade and Amber and, Koma. Turns out Oroku Saki found us and set the forest on fire. We fled to the city and were followed by foot. The only escape was the sewers," I finished.
"And Koma?" Master Splinter asked, almost afraid of the answer.
"sh-she didn't make it," I choked out. Amber cried harder, Jade didn't know what to do. Master Splinter bowed his head. I put a hand on his shoulder.
"She was an amazing person and she always told us her one regret was not telling you, she loved you," I said gently. Master Splinter looked at me.
"She has raised you well, I thank you for telling me," he said. I nodded. Leonardo then stood up.
"So you led foot ninja down here?! I knew you couldn't be trusted!" he yelled. I looked at him incredulously.
"Of course not! We would have not come if we knew we were being followed!" I hissed at him.
He looked very taken aback. His brothers all smacked him on the head. I turned and took Amber into my arms. Jade looked at me relieved and thankful. She was never good with this kind of thing. Amber's sobs slowly quieted. Master Splinter left for his room, but not before telling us we could stay as long as we wanted. Leonardo showed us to our room on the main floor. Amber couldn't walk so I carried her bridal style. Jade thanked Leo but I just stalked past him. I placed Amber down on the large bed we had to share. Jade followed us inside.
"Yea a relationship with him would be good for me," I whispered sarcastically. Jade shrugged.
"I have been wrong before," She commented.
"We should just stay the one night, if the foot are in fact following us I don't want to lead them here," I said. Jade frowned.
"We can't just go into hiding forever," she said.
"I know but we can't fight him in the condition we are in," I looked at Amber who had fallen asleep "I should have stayed home, I could've saved her," I said tears starting to fall down my cheeks.
"It's not your fault we never would have seen this coming," Jade said.
"Then why do I feel so guilty?" I looked into Jades amber eyes. She just shook her head.
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