hey um i didnt change much i just updated this chapter so the younger sisters name is Bobbi instead of crystal cause it went better with the theme of the names (plus i think it sounds cooler)

anyway enjoy!

"Oh my god!" gasped nikki in fear, the small gray cat in her arms mewing with pain as her arms tightened of their own accord.

She quickly dropped the cat before she did any more damage and ran over to Raph.

"What happened?" she took in his bruised and bloody face, his broken arm, the cuts on his arms and legs and the fresh scars on his shell.

"Chill out nikki its not that bad" Raph tried to smile but ended up grimacing in pain instead

"not that bad?" she said semi-hysterically "how is that not bad?"

"I've had worst" he shrugged.

Nikki whirled around to glare at his brothers "how could you let this happen?" she demanded furiously

"uh its always a little worse when we tangle with Hun" said mikey "he's like seriously strong. Its almost inhuman"

"the damage really isn't that bad nikki. I mean considering it was Hun. Im more worried about Raph being bored while he waits for that arm to heal. We're lucky that because of our unique d.n.a we heal a great deal faster than humans but Raph and mikey still go crazy whenever a broken bone forces them to be inactive for a couple weeks"

"at least its not his leg this time" said leo "he went stircrazy last time he got confined to his room"

"actually id prefer he stay in bed for a couple days" said don

Raph groaned

"sorry Raph but you sprained your ankle pretty bad and I want to make sure it heals properly"

nikki glanced around the room. Now that she had calmed down a little bit she could see that the others hadn't emerged from the fight unscathed either. Mikey was limping, donnie had a large cut on his arm and leo looked like he had hit his head just a little too hard

"I'm ok" he assured her as she glanced at him with concern "Hun. threw me through a wall and now I'm a little dizzy thats all"

thats all? Nikki couldn't believe it! Sure she knew the guys went out at night to fight people and she sometimes saw their minor injuries during the day but she had never really thought about how much danger they were in every single night. she guessed It was mostly because like don said they healed quickly and besides they were used to it. But she was still angry at herself for not noticing all this sooner.

"Hey whats with the cat?" asked mikey noticing klunk going over to greet it

"oh her? I found her by my house half dead I nursed her back to life but my aunts allergic to cats so I was wondering if she could stay here?"

"Sure" said leo "but we have to draw the line at two cats master splinter doesn't like them very much" he nodded towards the old rat who was eyeing the cats with distaste

"does she have a name?" asked Raph as the cat climbed into his bed and started purring

"yeah I named her treasure" nikki giggled as treasure licked her hand

"um would you guys mind if I talked to Raph in private for a minute?" she asked testily

"sure" leo nodded understandingly as he herded mikey and don out of Raph's room and shut the door.

"So..." said Raph "what didja wanta talk ta me about?"

nikki ran forward and hugged him bursting into tears

"why did you hafta go get yourself hurt?" she asked sobbing "I don't want you fighting anymore. You're too important to me. I don't want to lose somebody else..."

Raph looked her right in the eye "I cant do that" he said softly "ya know I cant" and she knew he was right.

fighting was a part of him. he needed to know his family was safe and that he was protecting them. He needed a way to get out his frustrations. And fighting was one of his favourite ways to do it. She lost count months ago of how many times she had wished he'd spend more time with her and less with bernice (which was what she had named his punching bag. She often complained that he spent more time with "bernice" than with her but that had been changing) when he needed to calm down. Now however it was her who needed help calming down

she snuggled against him "sing to me?" she whispered pleadingly

"aw nikki ya know I don't like singing"

"please" she begged

he sighed "oh alright" he relented "ONE song" he cleared his throat and sang to her.

Nikki closed her eyes and let herself sink into his wonderful deep voice, full of so much emotion. He was such a great singer. It was a shame the only one he was willingly to sing for was her. (If that) as he finished singing he seemed to think of something else

"hey nikki what didja mean when ya said ya didn't wanta lose any one else?"

she sighed and rubbed her temple "I geuss you deserve to know" a sadness that was rarely present in her beautiful face entered her eyes "when I told you I moved here because of my scholarship that wasn't the whole truth" Raph stayed silent. He had guessed a long time ago that there was more to her past than she was telling them. As much as he hated to admit it she spent way too much time with them at the lair than any responsible adult should be letting her. Considering her aunt had never even met the people her niece spent hours with every day.

"I used to be in a family of six going on seven people. I had my three siblings Billi, Toni and Bobbi. I had my mom and my dad. My mom was pregnant and we were all excited cause we were finally going to get a brother-"

"wait I thought ya already had three brothers" said Raph with confusion

"no I had three sisters. Billi was sixteen, Toni was fifteen, I was almost fourteen and Bobbi was twelve."

"Say wha?" Raph asked even more confused

"my dad had three older bothers named tony, bobby and billy. they died in a plane crash when they were young adults. My mom had two siblings as well. a twin sister and a little brother named nicky who died of cancer when he was six. Toni, Billi, Bobbi and I are all named after my parents deceased brothers. Apparently they decided to do that when they found out my mom was pregnant with billi and saw no reason to change their minds when their kids all turned out to be girls" Raph gaped at her astonished.

she tried to laugh "oh come on Raph you never noticed that I had a guys name?"

Raph shook his head "its so pretty especially the way you spell it I never really thought about it"

Nikki started to continue "Anyway it was summer and I had just got the scholarship to the N.Y.A.A.G My parents werent sure if they were gonna let me go or not considering all the bad stuff they had heard about New York. I was at a summer art camp when I got a phone call.

It was the hospital.

They said there had been an accident. My family was driving to the movies when a drunk driver swerved into them. They told me everyone died instantly. I lost my whole family. I-I never even got to see my baby brother. They sent me here to live with my aunt. Its been over two years and I still miss them so much."

"Shhhh. Its ok" said Raph rubbing her back as she sobbed into his plastron "at least ya got your aunt"

nikki made a disgusted noise "as if!" she exclaimed "ever since my mom died she doesn't care about anything! She goes to work, comes home, gets drunk and cries. Thats it! She barely even knows I exist! Maybe its cause she and my mom were twins but she can barely function now. I do most of the shopping and stuff and truthfully if I didn't get money from my inheritance every month and if I didn't make money selling my artwork I don't know what id do"

Raph had known there was something nikki wasn't telling him but he hadn't expected anything like this

"shell I'm so sorry nikki I wish there was something I could do"

"you've done plenty" said nikki "meeting you was the best thing that ever happened to me. Losing my family taught me to make the most of life cause you could lose it in an instant but I still felt really lonely until I found you guys. I'll never forget my sisters or my parents or my little brother though"

"theres nothing wrong with that" said Raph hugging as well as he could with his arm in a sling "but we're your family now. And don't ya eva forget dat"

"I know Raph" said nikki getting up "I think thats why I was so upset when I saw you hurt like that" Raph nodded thoughtfully "well if it makes ya feel better I'll try ta be more careful"

"thanks sweetie" nikki kissed him lightly.

Just then treasure came back in the room followed closely by klunk

"awwwwwwww! Look they like each other!" she cooed.

Raph smirked as the two cats licked each other before his gaze darkened "no more secrets 'k nikki?"

"No more secrets" she agreed kissing him. The kiss deepened "I promise"

hey so this chapter is dedicated to my cat treasure who died in spring 2013

also waaaaah! poor nikki! im so mean!

and last but not least i did NOT make up toni and billi's names

i actually knew two girls who were named after their grandfathers and their names were spelled like that

if you guys are reading this sorry for stealing your names! but they are just so cool!

oh yeah and i stole bobbi's name from clint barton (hawkeyes) ex-wife who kix butt even with no powers

(and she was captured by skrulls, cool rite?)