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Chapter 8

Chris had been gone abotu 2 months when the first letter came in the mail. Angel knew that the guys would want to read the letter so she decided to go with April and Casey, to the turtles's lair. When they arrived they found everyone alrady gathered in the livingroom watching a movie. Donny looked up and saw that they had visitors and got up to greet them.

"Hey guys" April and Casey both said.

"Hey, what you got there Angel" Mikey asked.

"Its a letter from Chris, it came from the war department since all letters must go threw them to be scanned before being sent" Angel said

"Well what you waiting for, open it up and let hear what he has to say" Raph said.

Everyone gathered around as Angel sat on the sofa with Casey and April. She ripped open the envelope and pulled out a letter with two pictures as well. One picture was Chris sitting in the gunner's catch in a humvee. The other picture was of him standing beside a building in full battle gear and holding his M16. Angel looked at the pictures and then passed them to the others. After everyone looked at the picture she saw that in the envelope was also a cd. She sat the CD to the side and began reading the letter.

Dear Angel(and everyone else because I know she is reading this in front of you),

I know its been two months but I already miss you. I have a little down time so I wanted to write you a letter to let you know what was going on over here. Well, where do I start? I have already been on 35 different missions, anything from convoy security to house searches looking for insurgents. I have been lucky in that I have only been involved in 2 fire fights. I hope you all know that we are making a difference over here, even though what you hear on the news tells you otherwise. I do beleive that I am doing my duty as an american citizen and I hope that what I am doing brings honor to our family. Tell Mikey that we played a few pranks on some of the guys in my unit the other day. While on patrol we ran over a snake and I got out and got the snake and then took it back to base. When we got to the barracks I snuck over to the shower rooms and threw the snake in there with them, Mikey, you should have heard everyone screaming, it was so funny. We don't get much sleep over here, we are constantly mortor attacked or have someone trying to run though our defences but they never make it. Anyway I wanted to write you while I had some time but I have to be going soon. Angel have you picked out a name for the baby yet? If not, don't take any advise from Raph, he sucks when it comes to giving advise on children. Well i have to go now but I miss you all and I will be home soon. O, one more thing I hope you like the pictures and I had this song downloaded and I want you to play it for the guys and maybe everyone will understand what I am going through, even Leo. I hope to get some letters from you soon.

Love,

Chris

After reading the letter Angel picked up the Cd and walked over to the player and put it in and pressed play. When the song started playing it surprised everyone, it was a country song and what was so surprising was that Chris hardly ever listen to country music. The song was Letters From Home by John Micheal Montgomery

My Dear Son, it is almost June,
I hope this letter catches up to you, and finds you well
Its been dry but they're calling for rain,
And everything's the same ol' same in Johnsonville
Your stubborn 'ol Daddy ain't said too much,
But I'm sure you know he sends his love,
And she goes on,
In a letter from home

I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, and they all laugh,
Like there's something funny bout' the way I talk,
When I say: "Mama sends her best y'all"
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work
An' it keeps me driving me on,
Waiting on letters from home

My Dearest Love, its almost dawn
I've been lying here all night long wondering where you might be
I saw your Mama and I showed her the ring
Man on the television said something so I couldn't sleep
But I'll be all right, I'm just missing you
An' this is me kissing you
XX's and OO's,
In a letter from home

I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, and they all laugh,
'Cause she calls me "Honey", but they take it hard,
'Cause I don't read the good parts
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work
An' it keeps me driving me on,
Waiting on letters from home

Dear Son, I know I ain't written,
But sittin' here tonight, alone in the kitchen, it occurs to me,
I might not have said, so I'll say it now
Son, you make me proud

I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy, but no one laughs,
'Cause there ain't nothing funny when a soldier cries
An' I just wipe me eyes
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work
An' it keeps me driving me on,
Waiting on letters from home

After the song was over Angel put the Cd back in the case that Donny went and got for her and sat back down on the sofa.

"Man that was a good song" Mikey said.

"Yea, I never really even thought about what goes on in the minds of the guys over there" Donny agreed

"You know I think it would be a good idea if we all wrote him a letter" Casey said

"I agree, I will write one when we get home" April told Casey.

"Well its getting late, I think we should head on back home" Angel said

"Ok, well make sure next time you get a letter to bring it by here so we can read it to" MIkey said as he walked up and hugged Angel goodbye.

"Will do, Bye guys" Angel said as she and April and Casey walked to the door.

"My sons, I think it would be a good thing for all of you to write Chris a letter to show them that we all support him, and that means everyone" Splinter said looking at one of his son's in particular.

'Yes Sensi" they all said and then went back to what they were doing for the rest of the night.

Later on that night one of the turtles could not sleep and decided to go to the kitchen and try and sneak a couple of cookies out of the cabinet without waking anyone. When he walked in he saw a pen and paper on the table, walking by them he went to the cabinet and got himself a few cookies and walked back by the table. He looked at the pen and paper and sighed, sat down and picked up the pen and began writing,

Dear Chris,

the song was Letters From Home. If you have not heard the song listen to it, it will touch you