"Who are you?" Eden demanded, shrugging off her friends, holding her knives at the ready.
"Michelangelo, but just call me Mikey." Mikey got to his feet, cautiously. Eden eyes studied him angrily. "I heard fighting going on and thought I should help." Eden made to retort angrily.
"Eden, male or not, without him, we wouldn't have gotten very far with that fight." Emeli pointed out.
"Have you three got something against dudes?" Eden glowered at him. "What? I'm just asking." The one that hadn't talked yet stepped towards Eden and muttered something in her ear.
"Remove your scarf." Mikey instantly thought Uh oh but something told him to do what she said- maybe it was because those knives looked wickedly sharp. "It appears, Anima, you were right." Anima's eyes bored into him. "One of us indeed."
"Wait, what'd you mean 'one of us'?" Emeli was the first to drop her hood. She had light green skin and long blonde hair, kind blue eyes and a warm smile. Mikey thought she was a turtle as well, but that feeling was back and it was telling him otherwise. Anima let her hood fall. She was definitely a turtle, her brown eyes studious and piercing. She wore a blackcurrant purple ninja mask that covered her head with the tails plaited. Her skin colour was slightly darker than Emeli's.
"Eden, he has seen us. Not you. He might know something that we need." Anima's tone was moody. Mikey noticed there was a glint of malicious pain in the dark brown depths of her eyes. Eden sighed miserably and her hood fell. She had dark, thick hair that hung in waves around her shoulders. Her dull green eyes were serious, but furious. Mikey had seen a look like that before- in Leo's eyes, but not for a while. It was when his elder brother had taken on the huge burden to protect the family. Was something similar going on with Eden?
Back at the lair, the guys nearly threw a fit. It had taken a lot of persuasion to get the girls to follow him, but eventually the agreed to venture into the sewers. Mikey took them down there for two reasons- one, he wanted them to be safe; two, he wanted to know who they were and where they had come from. Eden kept a tight grip on her knives, as if Mikey would turn round at any second and jump them. Mike still wasn't sure what she had against men, but he'd find out later. Probably.
"Mikey, what-? Who-? Michelangelo." Leo warned. Mikey grinned sheepishly before explaining what had happened.
"Damn, Mike, ya got yur shell jumped by a gurl." Raph chided, grinning menacingly, clearly not going to let Mikey live it down.
"I'm sure your bike would love a date with my sledgehammer, Raphie-boy." Raph's smirk vanished into a murderous glare. "Looks like I touched a nerve." Mikey smiled triumphantly.
"Michelangelo, stop tormenting your brother. Raphael, the same goes to you." Master Splinter walked forward, moving his staff with every other step. He came to a rest, both hands on top of his staff, smiling kindly up at the new comers. "We mean you no harm, as you witnessed when Michelangelo aided you in your fight earlier. I am Hamato Splinter, but you may call me Sensei." Emeli smiled, her eyes gleaming warmly.
"Hamato Splinter?" Anima mused. Master Splinter studied her for a few, tense seconds.
"Ah, Anima, I barely recognised you. A pleasure to see you again." Master Splinter bowed formally and Anima copied.
"Hold it!" Mikey said loudly, stepping forward, hands in the air to emphasise his last two words. "You two know each other?" Master Splinter chuckled, watching his son in a bemused way.
"Yes, Michelangelo. I am sure you recall our visit with the Ancient One all those years ago?" Mikey frowned confused. "Well, maybe not recall it as a memory, but perhaps of when we told you during the wait for battle with the original Shredder?" Mikey's expression relaxed. Raphael folded his arms.
"Dimwit." He muttered. Master Splinter eyed him with a steely gleam in his wise eyes. Raphael bit his lip and relaxed his tense shoulders.
"Carry on, Sensei." Leo encouraged respectfully, Mikey nodding eagerly in agreement.
"I left you in the care of the Ancient One to address a problem that had arisen outside. If I recall correctly, Haha O Aisuru was taking care of you three girls at the time?"
"Haha O Aisuru?" Mikey said stupidly.
"'Loving mother'." Leonardo translated. Master Splinter bowed his head.
"A wise, kind woman. Ever so patient and respectful. You were there, all four of you that night. I believe Emeli had run away that night, a mistaken game of tag, no doubt." Emeli smiled sheepishly. "It was you who saw me, Anima. Warned Ms Aisuru of my presence. You were very grown up for you age then, I must admit. No older than what my sons were at the time." The brothers looked at each other, clearly all thinking the same thing. It was Donatello who spoke up to ask what the boys were all pondering.
"But we never actually saw them ourselves?" Master Splinter shook his head.
"Guys, what's going on?" Mona wandered over to see who the boys and Master Splinter were talking to. She reached Mikey's side and saw the newbies. "Guys?" She looked round at them, expecting an answer. Mikey was smiling nervously. "Mikey, what did you do?"
"Heh heh," Mikey laughed nervously before briefing Mona. "So, yeah, looks like we have new house guests." At this Eden scowled.
"We will not be staying. We may have made your acquaintance, but that is all. We will not stay under the same roof as any male."
"I asked this before and I'll ask again- what have you got against dudes?" Eden glowered at him, her grip painfully tight on her weapons. Mona envisioned Eden attacking Mikey, but thankfully it didn't happen.
"That is of none of your concern." She looked at her friends. "We must leave. We need to find somewhere to set up camp." She turned and started to walk towards the exit, her friends in tow. Mona thought quickly before dashing forward and putting her hand on Eden's shoulder. Eden turned sharply, assuming one of the men had stopped her. When she saw that it was the girl, her body language softened.
"You don't have to camp outside. It's going to be real stormy tonight. Mikey helped you win that fight. Don't just walk away now, we can help you." Eden started to speak, but Mona cut across. "Just one night. The guys won't even try anything, promise." Eden looked infuriated, not used to people interrupting her.
"How can you promise on their behalf?!" Mona looked at the Turtles, silently asking them to promise what she had.
"We won't try anything." They said in unison.
"Turtle's honour." Mike added, holding his hands up in innocence. Eden scoffed, but finally sheathed her knives. Mikey looked the most relieved to see those weapons put away.
"If they try anything…" Eden started, trying to control her angry tone.
"You'll probably turn them in to mincemeat." Emeli said, smiling calmly. She put her hands on Eden's shoulders and steered her out.
"We'll be back soon. Eden has to calm down first." Anima told them before pulling her hood up and following her friends out.
"Well, that was fun." Mikey said as soon as their new 'friends' walked out of ear shot.
"Most certainly, Michelangelo. Now, kindly explain to me why your chores list is thrice as long as your brothers'." Mikey studied his sensei blankly before grinning sheepishly.
Mikey collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted. Who knew chores could be so tiring? Mona sat down next to him, trying hard not to smile. "Laugh it up, dudette."
"No, 'cos you'll get your own back." Mikey grinned evilly. "My point exactly- Black Ops, team-death match, hard-core?" Mikey's blue eyes studied her face for a short while.
"Five bucks if I win dudette."
"Deal." Mikey jumped to his feet and set the PS3 and game up. "And… loser has to do the winner's chores for a week." Mikey looked over his shoulder at him. He really thought he was going to win. The look in his eyes was adorable. "Deal?" Mikey nodded, grinning wickedly to himself.
"Wut ya bozos doin'?" Raph leant on the back of the couch, soda can in one hand. Mona held up her control, smiling sweetly.
"A match to the virtual death."
"Aw, shame that." Mikey grabbed Klunk's abandoned mouse toy and threw it at his brother's head.
"Thanks a lot bro!"
"She's got a better chance of winnin' than yu, shellforbrains." Mikey mimicked his brother in a high pitched voice. Raph smacked him on the head. "Ow!" Mikey protested, his hand going to his head. "Dude, why?"
"I'll do it again." Raph growled, his fists clenching.
"If you two fight, I'm not going to be playing nurse afterwards."
"Aw…" Mona shot Mikey the Look. His cheeks went a darker shade of green and his attention suddenly went back to his game. Raph walked over, calling Mikey a 'bum' under his breath. Mona shook her head, noticing Mikey had managed to get a sneaky kill in.
"Mikey, I could kill you."
"You just did!"
"In real life."
"Oh…" Mikey fell silent and did his best to get his own back on her every time she shot him down.
Sorry! This is all I've got so far. I'm hoping to get an idea on it soon, but I'll never know until I do.