Rayn felt herself tumbling through the air, and as she fell, visions crept into her mind like something hit the play button.

A younger Rayn was sitting on the edge of a boat, peering down into the water. The vision blurred for a second and then suddenly she was in the water, screaming and crying as she drifted into the watery trap.

And then, the vision changed.

Rayn was watching as a woman stood smiling at the edge of the boat. Then, with a scream, she was overboard - and Rayn stood screaming and crying as she watched her fall into the depths.

Rayn's vision blurred as she looked downwards towards the water, and went into its murky depths.

She rolled under the water and felt its suffocating weight crush her, as she struggled to break free of her newfound bonds. But even now she wasn't strong enough, and her vision started to fade to blankness as she saw another figure enter the water.

Don followed his brothers into the water with a splash. Bubbles surrounded him and he swam to the surface.

"Does anyone see Rayn?" Leo asked, searching the surface.

"Wait." Don interrupted, realization hitting him with a jolt. "Rayn.. I don't think she can swim!"

With that, he disappeared under the water.

Soon after the splashes of his brothers were heard as they followed him underneath the surface.

The water wasn't as clear as it could be, so searching was difficult, but eventually Donatello spotted the unmoving form of Rayn, her hair flowing around her.

The turtle grabbed her gently and pulled her to the surface, motioning to his brothers to follow.

Together, they pulled the girl onto the shore.

"Is she—?" Mikey asked Don.

"No, I think she's just unconscious." Don, checking her vitals, replied.

"Ugh." Rayn groaned as she started to come around.

"Hey, you okay, Rayn?" Don gently asked her.

"I.. Hate water." She whispered, sitting up and coughing.

"Come on, let's go." Leo and Mikey helped her up, and together they all hurried back to the Battle Shell.

Rayn sat on the turtle's couch, drying her hair with a towel. She felt the past day's events wear down on her, and her thoughts became a swirling whirlpool.

What was she supposed to do now? She couldn't go back to her apartment. She had no place to go, she was a.. Monster now. And what of Wylan? If he's been.. Evil all this time, then would she have been secretly contributing to his work?

Where was she supposed to stay? She couldn't go home. The turtles.. She was still a stranger to them. For all she knew, they'd kick her out in a few days time.

If she could get her things from her apartment, then she could go and try to find somewhere else to live.

"Hey." A voice said from behind her. Rayn turned, expecting Don, Leo, or even Mikey. But she found Raphael instead, the hothead's voice low. "You, uh, doin' okay?"

"Yeah." Rayn was surprised by the turtle's act of kindness, checking up on her. She felt Raph had a secret gentle side he hid from his brothers. "I really just want to punch Wylan in the face again."

"I don't blame ya." Raph came and sat by her. "It must suck to lose your home and job like that. Our friend April had something similar happen to her, maybe she can help ya out."

Before Rayn could say anything, Don approached, holding her robot omni in his hands. "I grabbed this before we left the other day." The genius explained. "Thought you'd want it."

Rayn took the robot gently and turned it over in her hands. "Thanks."

"Hey, Rayn!" Leo and Mikey came from the direction of Splinter's room. "Leo talked to Master Splinter, you can stay with us for a while." Mikey exclaimed, jumping over the couch to stand next to her.

She looked at her new friends, and finally felt like, just maybe, things would be alright. "Thanks, guys." She whispered.

Rayn was sitting on the ledge of the upstairs area of the turtle's lair, legs dangling, doodling absently on a notebook page.

Below her, Leo was practice sparring with Raph, the sound of metal clashing rising towards her.

Mikey was sitting on the couch watching their large televisions, and Don was somewhere in his lab, probably working up some new creation.

It had been a few days since the battle at Wylan's, and Rayn had managed to sneak a few of her things from her old room at their apartment. She also installed a lock on the door of her room and bolted it shut, just in case Wylan tried to get a hold of any of her things.

She had installed a hidden camera, with the intentions of keeping an eye on Wylan. As much as she hated his guts, he had still became like family to her.

Rayn quietly set down her notebook and stood up, heading towards the ladder that led to the lower floor. Despite everything that happened, everything that changed, she still was a huge coffee addict. And it turns out the turtles had a working coffee maker, which was cool.

"Yo, Rayn." Mikey called out towards her as he headed over. "Something's been bugging me recently."

"Hmm?" She looked at the turtle as she poured her cup of coffee.

"You had superhero figurines back at that guy's place, right?"

"Yeah.." She replied.

"Well.. That means you're a comic fan." Mikey held up a copy of one of the Justice Force's comicbooks. "I have a whole collection, wanna see?"

Rayn's tail twitched behind her absently as she took the comic. "Is this issue 16?" She asked, paging through it. "That's really cool, Mikey."

The orange clad turtle beamed, and the two started to casually talk about comics.

Sipping her coffee, Rayn figured she'd fit in just find with these four brothers. She hoped, anyway.

It was night - well, night in the turtle's world anyway - and all of them had gone to bed.

Rayn, having claimed the couch as her bed, tossed and turned in her blankets.

Something was bothering her, and she wasn't sure what.

The whole situation with Wylan.. If her technology had gotten into the wrong hands, what would have happened?

But what other dangerous things could Wylan be working on, with the help of his new.. Partners?

Partners, who had changed her into what she was now. There'd always be that looming fear over her that Wylan would invent something that would jeopardizes them all. And what of this.. Hun character? What could he be coming up with?

She sat up, holding her phone out and using it as a flashlight in the dim lair. She couldn't sleep, she knew that. So she had to go and do something.

Rayn hopped over the couch and headed towards Don's lab.

If she was going to stand her own against Wylan's forces, she had to have a way to defend herself. She didn't know ninjistu like the guys, but she did have her robot.

When Don woke up and headed towards the kitchen area for coffee, he realized the light for his lab was on.

"Mikey, there's nothing in there for you." The genius called out, going into the room.

But he didn't see his annoying sibling; instead, he saw Rayn, sitting on a chair at his workstation.

"Hey, Don." She greeted him, looking up. "I hope you don't mind me using your space. I didn't touch any of your equipment, I just needed a table."

"Oh, don't worry. At least you're not Mikey." Don came over and peered over her shoulder. "Whatcha working on?"

"I'm upgrading my robot." She replied, screwing a part into place. "Well, finishing it anyway."

Rayn's hair fell over her face as she reached over and grabbed something off the desk. It was small and had a tiny rectangular screen, almost like a watch except not displaying the time.

"If anyone besides me or anyone I've allowed access tries to take apart, modify, or control any of my robots, they'll be denied because they weren't wearing this band." She explained, pulling her hair back into place behind her shoulders absently. "It's hooked up to your own personal aura, using some of the things I was studying over the past few years."

"Aura?" The purple-banded turtle asked her curiously.

"The energy field around any type of living being, basically. Each person or thing has their own unique aura, and if done right it can be detected for advanced security protection. You can't even attempt to replicate or clone a person's aura since it's so unique to them." She explained.

"Sounds kinda like what Master Splinter talks about chi." Before they could talk anymore, Mikey and Leo entered the room.

"Hey, there was a party and nobody invited me? No fair!" Mikey called out, hopping over the bench and landing in between Don and Rayn.

The girl yelped and nearly dropped her robot. "Dude!" She swatted at Mikey with a hand and set her robot gently on the table, while Don hit him on the head.

"Ow!" Mikey yelped, and looked at the table with the robot. "Wait, that's your robot thingy isn't it? You should let me try it!" The curious turtle reached to grab the robot before she could stop him.

"Mikey, wait—" Rayn called out, trying to snatch it away from him.

But Mikey yelped as he touched the robot as they heard a crackle come from it. "Ow!"

"It shocks you unless I give you access and you're wearing one of these." She explained, pointing to her band. "You can test one of the other prototypes once I get far enough to create more, for now I'm sticking with this one."

"Come on Mikey," Leo put a hand on the youngest turtle's shoulder. "We can go make breakfast and let them work."

Rayn pushed the robot gently over so it wasn't on the edge of the table and paused, looking at them. "I'm finished for now, actually." She walked towards the door, with Don following. "Breakfast seems good to me for now. Hey, Mikey, you still gotta show me the rest of your comic books!"

At the mention of his comics, the turtle beamed and raced back towards her, falling into step. "Oh yeah, you've got to see these! I have the rarest copy of Justice Force issue 19 because it was—"

Don and Leo exchanged glances as the two went towards the kitchen, Don pausing as if to ask his brother something.

"Hey, Leo, do you think this Wylan guy is a threat?" Don asked in a low voice so neither in the kitchen could hear.

"I don't know. He seems to have a lot of surprises going on.. I think we need to keep an eye on this guy." The eldest turtle frowned. It wouldn't be good at all if they somehow managed to get this guy's technology to the Shredder, because from what they've seen this Wylan guy might be as good as Stockman. Well, Rayn might. Wylan hasn't really done anything yet.

Either way, they needed to keep an eye on him. Having Rayn living here, if only temporarily, would be good so she couldn't get into any trouble. Despite her good intentions, she was still an outsider here - and they had to be careful around her as well.

Just in case.