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Cally:
My heart dropped straight into my stomach. I felt more guilt than I ever had before in my life. The one thing Don had mainly wanted me not to do, I had done. He had been kind enough-even though kind was part of his natural personality- to hide me in his room to keep me safe and I had ruined it all. And it just happened to be the night before he snuck me out and over to April's where he would find himself safer as well as me. At this point, I would have done anything to not have done what I had done.
I didn't look at Donnie. I didn't want to, even though he was looking at me. Leo simply look rather intrigued.
"You know her?" Leo asked casually, but I could tell from my dad that his curiosity was sitting on a dangerous edge. He didn't seem much like Lysander.
Don nodded, he seemed half afraid to talk. He was probably still thinking of what to say.
"How?" Leo inquired again. From what I saw, it looked like he was seeing right through poor Donnie.
Donatello bit his lip, looking unsure of himself. So I spoke up, "He rescued me from that Shredder man, sooo…yeah…" my voice faded out as Leo stared at me like a child who had spoken out of turn.
Leo turned back to Don, "So you rescued her from Shredder? On your own?" His frown was deep and his eye brow ridges scowled into his eyes in frustration. When Donnie nodded, Leo appeared even more upset. "Are you crazy?" He hissed. "You could have been killed!"
Donnie looked away. "I know," he said softly, "but Cally had already escaped herself."
Leo's eyes flashed. "What do you mean escaped on her own?" He gave me a menacing glance that made me want to shrink back behind Don. I stood ground though, I didn't quite want to hid behind Donnie, but Leo made be feel vulnerable just standing here.
"I don't quite know what happened," Donatello admitted, "but before I could do anything, she was on top of the building, waving at me."
"And that didn't look the least bit suspicious?" Leo demanded. "Unless you already knew who you were looking for."
Don's face suddenly lost a good number of shades of green again. I knew why. He didn't see any way to get around spilling Raph's secret. He didn't really tell me how he figured out the secret either, but the point was that he knew it. Though Donnie didn't know our full story either.
"Donatello," Leo's voice was grave, "how do you know Cally? Do not lie to me." Softness passed across his face, "Donnie, it's not like you to lie like this." But it passed like a cloud on a windy day and once the sentence had been spoken, the dangerous expression returned to his face.
Then the first thing that I could think of to possibly help the situation I spoke out so fast it was almost a slur. I didn't like this situation one bit and I was ready to get out of it. "If I leave will you forget this?" It wasn't likely that Leo would forget. He wasn't much like Lysander at all. Neither did I know where I would go. I suppose I could go find somewhere to stay till the next day and go to April's. But if anyone that knew who I was found me, I would be taken to the police. That would be the news would want to publish my finding as soon as it was out and that would let Shredder know where I was. And he would probably send out people for me.
"Not likely," Leo spat with fierceness, "and neither are you going anywhere until I find your connection with out family." He scowled. Before anyone could do anything else, a loud crash came from the garage. We all turned to see Mikey tearing out of the old warehouse.
"Leeeooo!" He wailed, running to his eldest brother and throwing his arms around him. I noticed that he was rather muscular, like his brothers; but it didn't quite match his innocent and little boy-like features on his face. "Save me…" He whimpered.
"From what?" Leo frowned in concern awkwardly trying to shove the attatched turtle off of himself. He graced me another penetrating glare.
"Raphy," Mikey hid his face in Leo's under-shell of a chest despite his attempts to pry his little brother off. "He's super mad, dude."
Loe's face lost most the hostility that had been there. "What did you do this time?" Leo sighed making it sound like an angry Raphael after his little brother was pretty common.
"Well," Mikey started, sounding less scared as he straightened himself out and off of his brother, "Raphy was having a nightmare and talking in his sleep. But the only word I heard was 'Cally.' So I woke him up and asked who Cally was. He just exploded and now he chasing after me and is going to kill me!" He cried out "kill me" like a whining two year old. But I didn't really care, my ears had pricked at my name and so did Leo's. His eyebrow ridges went up, waiting for Mikey to continue. But he failed to, because he saw me. "Dude!" He grinned, "Who's the dudette? She your girlfriend?" Mikey looked at Donnie.
"No!" Don frowned, "Cally is not my girlfriend. Just a friend." Despite his frown, an embarrassed look passed over his face.
"Cally?" Mikey grinned again, "So she's Raph's girlfriend." He laughed. "Dudette, why?"
"Because I'm not that's why," I frowned. "And just for the record, I'm not dating anyone."
"That's what they all say, dudette," Mikey laughed. His smiled immediately vanished as a voice echoed from the garage.
"Miiikeey!" A loud growl tore out. I looked at Mikey. Was what he said he did all he did? Raph sounded mad.
Mikey shrunk back behind Leo. Donnie looked a bit concerned as he watched for Raph, but Leo simply crossed his arms over his chest and held an impatient look. The same look my dad gave me when he found me beside a broken version of Mom's favorite lamp. Leo wanted answers I realized. Mikey had spilled that Raph knew me and Leo was going to get the answers he wanted out of Raph one way or another.
"Mike, I swear," Raph stalked out of the garage. His eyes glinted with anger and every foot step looked like it came off of the death path. Then, he saw me. Raphael blinked, as if in astonishment. His usually narrowed eyes grew round. "C-Cally?" He blinked again.
I gave him a gentle smile, but before I could say anything, Leo butted in. "So you do know her." The facial expression stayed the same.
"And why would dat be any of yer concern, Leo?" Raph spat back in a snarl. He shot me a quick smile in return.
"Because," Leo scowled back, sparks of anger flew between the two, "your friend here was in our home."
A look of surprise caught on Raphael's face. He glanced at me, then Don who could give nothing but a sorry smile. "I-I don't get it," He said after a while.
"Why not?" Leo frowned. His face softened just a bit, but it was hard to tell.
"How'd ya get away?" Raph asked me, his scarred northern accent soft.
"You can thank Donnie for that," I looked over at Don who flushed.
"I didn't do that much," Donnie murmured softly.
That's when Leo spoke up again, "I think Master Splinter should hear about this." His arms were still crossed over his chest. He looked at the three of us, obviously waiting for expressions or replies. My heart dropped at the words. I knew that this meant trouble. Whenever a parent had to hear about a bad situation, it usually almost always meant trouble.
No objections came around, but Raph and Don looked like their hearts where in their stomachs as well. Raph's eyes narrowed and he looked away out into the city. Worry flashed in his eyes. Donnie simply looked at the ground with his shoulders slumped. I could tell he felt guilty and it made me feel guilty too. Mikey eye's grew and he looked between the youngest of his older brothers.
What now? Would Master Splinter kick me out? I doubted it. Donnie made him sound very understanding and more like a father character for them than anything, but some dad's tended to be a bit overprotective of his children when he felt they were endangered. And I could already tell that my story as of coming from Shredder wasn't entirely adding up. That's what send wild options up my already chilled spine.
