I Am Not a Wounded Soul

by Turtlegirl13

Part Four of the Bailey Stark series is here! Join Bailey on her road to recovery after the attack on New York City. Bailey builds up the new "Avengers" Tower with her Reptilian partner, Donatello, as a coping mechanism. All is well for some time, but what will happen when the Mandarin makes an appearance?

7. Chapter 7

A/N: One more chapter after this : (

Chapter 7

I was laying down in the van with Donnie, Leo, and Mikey surrounding me. Tiredly, I looked out the window to see all of the suits exploding. My brows furrowed at the display, and the van's phone rang through the radio.

"Yo." Raph answered.

'Is she okay?' Dad asked.

"Daddy." I called out.

'Bailey, honey, are you okay?'

I started crying. "What am I going to do?"

Donnie held me to him.

'I'll fix this. I always do.'

I nodded. "Daddy?"

'Yeah.'

"I love you."

I heard him sigh. 'I love you too, baby girl. I'll see you in a few hours. We're going back to the city for a while.'

"Okay." I sighed.

With that he was gone again. Donnie insisted on me resting and I wasn't going to argue. So I shut my eyes and relaxed against Donnie. It felt like moments later, we were stopped at an airport. Donnie lifted me into the plane and I felt the plane take off. Hours later, we were home and just as dad said. He was waiting with Pepper in the Turtle's suite. With a blanket around me, I ran to him and hugged him. Again, I was in hysterics. He kissed the top of my head as I clutched onto him.

"I thought you were dead." I said through me tears.

"I'm not that easy to get rid of. I'm gonna fix this, I promise."

I nodded trusting him. It took months and months, but nothing was working for me. Pepper was all sorted out and back to normal. I, however, was learning how to control this. It wasn't as bad as it first was, though, still it wasn't something I was happy about.

Pepper and I weren't the only ones being fixed, dad went into surgery. He had the arc reactor removed and as he insisted "he was a new man". Dad was able to sleep and his panic attacks lessened. The progress didn't stop there.

Walking into the Turtles' suite, Donnie had a surprise waiting for me. He didn't give any hints other than me not being able to stay home for a few days. No big deal, I just stole his room in the Lair. Finally though, I was allowed up. Full of excitement, I walked into the suite, word had it that Happy was out of his coma, but nothing could've prepared me for who I saw.

"Elek?"