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Chapter 2

Feelings That Don't Apply

As the four escapees raced away, Leo asked, "So, what happened?"

"Trust me, you don't want to know." Raphael growled.

"Tell me about it." Andromeda growled softly.

Leo didn't push it.

"Don told us to meet them at the Lair."

"My sisters! Are they-"

"They all got out." Leo assured Andromeda, who breathed a sigh of relief.

As they drew closer to the Lair, Daphne shouted," Caly!"

She raced to the croc girl and hugged her about the waist like a little girl.

Calypso smiled wryly.

"Yes, I'm alive, you can breathe again."

Daphne smirked at Andromeda.

"So, Andro, anything…interesting happen?" she wriggled her eye-ridges and Andromeda flushed.

"Other then being held in a cage, busting outta the cage and running into a guy of my species? Nope, it was an ordinary day in the life of Andromeda Monroe."

The red head replied flatly.

Daphne looked from Raphael to Andromeda and asked," So, did he give you any tongue?"

Raphael choked and Andromeda closed her eyes.

"Daphne, run, before I open my eyes and rip your throat out."

Daphne rolled her eyes.

"Try it, tramp-o-line."

Andromeda's eyes snapped and she leapt onto her sister, pounding her down, wrestling her down into a painful position.

"OW! Ow, ow, ow, ow! OUCH!"

Daphne squealed as Nerissa and Eos grabbed Andromeda and pulled her off.

"Damn you, Daphne!!!" Andromeda roared," So help me, if I ever get my hands on you, I'll-"

"Aw, come on, Andromeda, you know you love your little sister!" Daphne smirked.

Andromeda roared and struggled even harder.

At this moment, there was an even louder roar," WHAT'S GOIN ON?!?!"

Eos jumped, shrieking just a little, and Andromeda roared," What the Hell?!" as a huge mutant crocodile charged into their path.

Calypso growled and rushed protectively in front of the four female turtles, her lips pulled over her fangs in a warning snarl.

Nerissa hissed," Mother of Gaia!"

But both crocs stopped short as they saw each other clearly.

The two stared at each other in amazement and uncertainty, warily eyeing the other.

Calypso shuddered as a low, warning growl tore from her throat, her eyes dilating as she stared him down, daring him to make the first move.

Donatello cleared his throat," Ah, hi, Leatherhead, um, it's just us."

Leatherhead shifted his gaze to Donatello.

"May I ask who your friends are?" the mutant croc rumbled, as he relaxed, backing off slightly.

Calypso was still tensed as she eyed him, ready to defend her 'sisters'.

"Yeah, this is Nerissa, Eos, Andromeda, Daphne and Calypso. We just rescued them from the Zoo." Raphael responded.

Leatherhead looked at them again.

"My apologies…I heard the bickering, and I was worried…that maybe you were humans…I hoped to scare you off…"

"Um, sorry, LH, I didn't realize how close we were to your place." Don apologized.

The mutant croc shook his head.

"No apologies needed, Donatello," Leatherhead intoned. He cleared his throat, "I will let you continue on your way."

"Bye, LH!" Daphne chirruped in a friendly manner.

He looked at her with a half amused, half puzzled expression.

"We'll, uh, see you later, LH." Raphael grinned as they continued.

Calypso never looked back.

Leatherhead turned back to return to his Lair, feeling very odd. He looked back, and swallowed hard as he saw the slowly disappearing form of the female mutant croc. Her tail was swishing behind her. It was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen.

He swallowed hard.

She was so beautiful…

He tried to shake his head clear of it, but it was nearly impossible. The whole thing was impossible…

***

Donatello took a deep breath.

"Well, that went better then expected."

"Then your expectations were whacked!" Andromeda snarled sourly.

Calypso rumbled," Where did he come from? The Mutant crocodile." She added.

"He was mutated about twenty-three years ago from a canister of mutagen." Donatello responded," We met him about four years ago."

Calypso nodded softly, but made no comment as she walked alongside them.

***

Splinter looked up as his sons returned, five female mutant reptiles behind them.

He looked at Calypso in surprise and swallowed hard.

"Uh-oh…"

"Master Splinter, this is Nerissa, Andromeda, Eos, Daphne and Calypso. Girls, this is our father, Master Splinter." Leo introduced them.

Nerissa smiled respectfully and Daphne chirped" Hi!"

"Greetings, young ones." Splinter said softly as he stood up.

Andromeda sighed softly and inaudibly as she looked at the rat, her eyes searching him.

She choked just a little, reminded of her foster father in his eyes and his expression.

"Sir, thank you, for taking us into your home…I'm so sorry, that we've caused you trouble-"

"It's no trouble, my dear." Splinter told Nerissa gently," But I believe some rest for you and your sisters is in order. You may shower, if you wish, while we prepare a room for you to sleep in."

Calypso shuffled her feet and asked," When do you want us to leave?"

Splinter looked at them with consideration.

"Do you not have a home?"

They all looked at each other and Andromeda answered," No…We don't."

Nerissa clarified," We are outlaws, if you will, escaped experiments of a kind."

Calypso added," I met these, my sisters, about a year ago. We did not always exist together."

"Where did you come from?" Leo asked quietly.

Nerissa looked at her sisters, who nodded.

Turning back to her audience, Nerissa began,

"My first memories are of the ocean. I see light, filtering through the sea. It is beautiful. But I hardly consider this, because my belly is empty. I see my sisters, rising to the surface. We climb aboard a passing ship, and we steal our food. I have never been so hungry as I was then. It was a gnawing sensation in my belly. We did not speak, but we understood each other. We remained unseen, because somehow…we knew it would be terrible for us to be found.

This is how we lived. We swam in the ocean, finding places to rest and sleep, catching fish, eating what we could find that was edible…and escaping sharks, octopus, killer whales, and other creatures that we had never seen and never found what they were.

As we became more accustomed to the speech of the sailors, we began to learn to speak. I think we were about seven years old, when we first came to Crete. A fisherman caught us in his nets. Andromeda was hurt. Her leg had a deep cut from a shark attack. The man pulled us aboard, and, though we reacted very violently to him, hitting, kicking and biting, he tended Andromeda's wound, stitched it up, and gave us bread and fresh water. Then, after we were done eating, he let us go.

It was then, that we trusted him.

We came back to him, and he spoke kindly to us, feeding us, and caring for us. We adopted him as our father and our guardian. Not only that, but he had already adopted us as his daughters. He had no wife, and no children, and no family.

From him, we learned everything worth knowing. How to fish, to fight, to navigate through a storm on a boat. He taught us Greek myths, to read and to write. He taught us English and Latin, Italian and Spanish. We learned so much from him…His name was Horatio Nikki Munroe. We were his beloved daughters for six years. He was everything to us."

Nerissa paused and sighed deeply as Eos continued harshly,

"But those six, sweet years did not last. It was not long before some European scientists knew our presence. Our father tried to save us, he tried. We fled from Crete and we lived in the Sahara desert for one year, and from there, we learned to speak different dialects of Arabic and we learned to ride on horse back, how to survive in a desert place, …and after a year of hiding and surviving in a desert, they found us.

They gunned down the caravan we lived with, killed our father, and they took us alive. There…they tortured us. We may as well have been friggin insects. The extent of their experimenting ranged from exposing us to radiation and mutilating us and injecting all sorts of chemicals into our system…I even suspect that some of us have repressed memories of our time there."

Andromeda continued from here, her eyes glittering darkly with the memory.

"We were there for a whole year. At least, it seems that way. From what we were able to tell, we were there for a year. But at last, we could take no more. We busted out, and that was the first time I had ever killed more then one man in a single night." She added with a grim scowl as she continued," We've been on the run ever since. We escaped Europe, stowed away to South America. We've made our way here, somehow or other. That was almost a year ago."

"WAIT!"

Daphne yelled out, grinning, " Before we came here, in New York, we were in New Mexico, and that's when we met Calypso. She was also an escaped experiment, and we saved her life from some hunters who had captured her and were going to sell her. So, we got another sister!" Daphne giggled, hugging Calypso's arm.

Calypso chuckled softly," Yes, I too, was an escaped experiment."

"Where did you come from?" Donatello asked.

Calypso fell silent, her face expressionless.

Eos said sharply," We agreed that we would not ask Calypso about her past. She was in very bad shape when we met her…took a while for her to even talk to us." Eos added quietly.

Calypso sighed.

"My past is my own, if you don't mind. I am curious, however, to know where Leatherhead came from. He appears to be older then I, and I do not remember ever hearing of a male mutant croc. Meeting my four sisters was shock enough."

"He was changed just like us. Mutagen changed us from ordinary turtles into what we are." Donatello explained as briefly as he could.

Andromeda raised an eye ridge.

"So…how long have you been a mutant?"

"Eighteen years."

Raphael responded to her question.

She actually blushed and snapped," I didn't ask you!"

He snorted," What's wrong with me talking?"

She growled," You know damn well!"

Leo sharply cut in," That's enough, you two!"

Nerissa rolled her eyes.

"Andromeda, save your breath, please."

Andromeda whirled around and snapped," Don't talk down to me!"

Daphne sighed," There's one in every family."

Mikey grinned," Tell me about it!"

Splinter now cut in," You are welcome, then, to stay here. If you wish to leave, we will do what we can to help you find a place to live, but you are welcome to call this your home."

Nerissa, Andromeda, Eos, Daphne and Calypso looked at the elderly rat and Nerissa spoke out, "Thank you, Master Splinter. You are very kind, and we'll do what we can to repay you for your kindness. It has been too long since we had a place to call home."

Splinter smiled graciously and responded," To turn you away would have been beyond evil. Leonardo, Raphael, go and start cleaning out the storage room, Michelangelo, I believe some dinner would be good for our guests to have before they sleep, and Donatello, please show them the bathroom, and give them some towels."

The four ninjas nodded and Donatello looked at the five females.

"Alright, this way, ladies."

He led them down the hallway, and gave them a basic tour on the way.

"Alright, here's the bathroom. The towels are in that basket there. They should be clean, I did laundry yesterday."

"Laundry?" Nerissa asked.

"Yeah, we do laundry…sometimes, anyways. You know where the kitchen is, so, you can come eat, when you're done here."

He turned to leave, but Eos called out," Thank you, Donatello."

He turned and smiled, just a little, and replied," you can just call me Don."

Eos grinned shyly and replied," well, thank you, Don."

He nodded and left, blushing a little as he heard giggles and Daphne's teasing," Eos, you're such a flirt!"

"I was NOT flirting!"

"Oh you were so."

"Was not!"

"Was so."

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"WAS NOT!!!!" Eos fairly shrieked this time. She blushed as she heard her own echo and covered her face with her hands.

"Okay, I'm going to shower first." Andromeda said flatly as she entered the bathroom, closing the door on their faces.

Nerissa sighed and put a hand to her forehead.

"I wish father was here to see this." she murmured with a sad smile.

Daphne giggled.

"He always told us that somewhere, there were four special young men, waiting for us!"

Eos suddenly began to laugh," Oh my stars!!! He was right!"

The three turtle girls began to laugh, uncontrollably.

Even Calypso had to grin, chuckling as she watched her sisters laugh til they cried.

Five minutes later, Andromeda came out, drying her hair.

"Your turn."

She tossed the towel to Nerissa.

***

Mikey nearly jumped out of his shell when two golden-green hands went over his eyes and a sweet voice sang out," Guess who!"

"Um…Daffy?" he guessed, trying to remember her name.

"Actually, that's Daph-Nee, but you're close enough! Actually, you can call me Daffy if you want." she giggled as she released him, coyly looking into his face.

He grinned a little as he said," I hope you girls like pizza!"

"Oh, I adore pizza!" Daphne cooed sweetly.

He grinned.

"Really?"

She nodded," My absolute favorite!"

He smiled even wider.

"Daphne, you're a girl after my own heart!"

She smirked.

"I try."

He blushed a little and swallowed, "So, um, how old are you again?"

"Seventeen, I believe…almost eighteen." She replied with the same, sweet, flirty expression.

He grinned.

"Cool…so, it's possible, then, that you could've been with me and my bros when we were mutated…cause we just turned eighteen, and you said you're almost eighteen, cause you don't quite know how old you are."

She thought about it and nodded.

"Yeah, that's possible."

As she finished speaking, Donatello came in, his expression dazed.

"Yo, Donnie, what's wrong?" Mikey asked.

The purple-clad turtle looked up and swallowed.

"I just found out from a blood sample that Nerissa gave me that she and Raphael are biologically related…."

Daphne stared, and Mikey's jaw dropped.

"Well, um, I guess they won't be getting involved, uh, romantically, then." Mikey grinned evilly.

Daphne made a face," Eeeeeeew! Mikey that's totally gross!"

Donatello added," Also, I found out that Nerissa, at least, was mutated roughly about the same time we were. So…you four were probably in the same jar with us. And maybe you crawled away before Splinter could get to us…Thus, the way you ended up in the ocean in the first place was through the sewer."

Daphne shrugged," Makes sense."

"There's a newsflash. Donnie usually doesn't make sense to anyone…except maybe to April and Leatherhead," Mikey grinned.

Daphne giggled.

"That's Eos. She's a special breed."

Donatello rolled his eyes.

"Whatever."

***

Nerissa pounced as soon as she and Andromeda were alone in the room they had been given to sleep in. Calypso and Eos were talking with Donatello about the blood sample Nerissa had given. Daphne was flirting in the kitchen with Michelangelo.

They were by themselves and Nerissa wasn't about to let a big fish slip away.

"K, Andro, give. What happened at the Zoo?"

Andromeda sighed in frustration.

"If I talk about it, I'll only get mad."

"Tell me. I'll risk your anger. If you don't tell me, I WILL ask Raphael." Nerissa growled.

***

At this same time, Leo was interrogating Raphael.

"Raph, what happened at the Zoo? You and Andromeda have just been fighting and fighting! It must have been bad, you're not saying anything."

"Well I ain't telling you!" Raphael growled.

Leo looked at him, "Did they do something to you and Andromeda?"

"Like I said, you're not going to know. I mean, nothing happened, but it was bad."

And Raphael turned away.

***

Andromeda finally gave in, partly because they were alone, and partly because she felt a need to spill her guts.

"Look, they injected me and Raphael with some sort of hormonal enhancers, to make us…well, I think they wanted to observe the mating rituals of the mutant turtle."

Nerissa's eyes widened with horror.

"I was feeling weak…I think they must have put sedatives in me, so that he could do it easier, since I'm known to be resistant. But… he almost did it. He almost gave in. I was so scared…all I could do was plead with him. I…I managed to slap him and I screamed for father. And I think that must have snapped something in him cause he went berserk, broke out of the room and kicked butt. Then, he picked me up and took me out of there, and then we both found Calypso. All that time, I wanted him, but at the same time, I was horrified by what was happening. I didn't want to…you know… with the guy after just knowing him a few minutes…but at the same time, I did. His gorgeous golden eyes, deep voice and great physique didn't help whatsoever."

Nerissa shook her head.

"No wonder you overreacted when Daphne called you a tramp."

"Yeah, well…I'm a little confused as to what to do now. I mean…the guy is hot, okay? I saw him in action, and he's good. He didn't rape me, even though he could've. That has to say something about his heart. And besides that…you know what a guy with a really deep voice does to me."

Nerissa rolled her eyes.

"Oh yes, I know."

Andromeda shrugged.

"Now what? I don't want to like him, but I do! Geez, what is it with men and their muscles? It must be the female in me."

Nerissa responded gently," Take it easy."

Andromeda sighed heavily.

"Okay. But geez, what if I blush when he says something to me? What if I do something stupid?!"

"PIZZA'S READY!!!"

Mikey and Daphne's yell reverberated from the kitchen.

"That's your turf, dear sister." Nerissa grinned as she left to go get something to eat from the kitchen.

Andromeda nodded softly as she leaned against the doorway, her green eyes musing. She saw Raphael, jabbing at his punching bag, obviously frustrated by something.

"Geez…why do I like him so much?" she muttered in anger to herself.

He gave one final punch to the bag and then stalked off to the kitchen.

Grimacing, Andromeda muttered," Here goes nothing…" and followed behind him.

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