A/N: Hey guys! I am so sorry for the lateness of this, I was on oliday and no wifi! :L
Anyway hatnks for the reviews already given, they really do drive me to carry on :)
Enjoy... I don't own TMNT :(
Fern
Fern shook her head as she listened to her two 'sisters' argue, but decided to stay out of it as whenever more got involved, the longer it took for Erika to apologise. She went to the room where the medical kit was, and noticed it doubled as Donnie's tinkering place. She greeted him with a smile as she entered the very messy work shop. "Hey Fern." He said as he took off his protective goggles. "What's up?" He asked.
"My wing is giving me a bit of grief, I came here looking for some pain killers." She said.
"Ah." He said before getting up and getting a couple of pills from a cupboard along with a glass of water. "Here."
Fern took the medication from him and sat down as she drink the water. But as she did, she couldn't fail to notice Donnie's inquisitive stare. However, she thought the look meant something else. "You think I'm weird don't you?" She asked as she gestured to herself. Due to the nature of her mutation, normal clothes didn't accommodate to her feathered arms and abnormally large feet due to the claws. Instead she managed to get into a black leotard with a long wispy dark purple skirt that went to the floor.
Donnie held his hands up. "I am really not one to judge on looks… I mean look at me." He said with a smile.
"For the record, I don't think you look that bad." She said with a smile in return.
"I wasn't looking at you because I thought you looked different, it's because I am just curious." He shrugged. "It's my nature."
She giggled slightly. "I have to admit, I'm pretty much the same. I used to be a journalist see… so it was my job to be nosy." They both laughed at her comment. "Were you always like this? Or did you have a family?"
Donnie shook his head. "No, I started as an ordinary turtle, and then this happened."
"Lucky for you then, you haven't lost anyone." She said as her face saddened.
"You've lost someone." He said more as a statement then a question before sitting down opposite her.
"We all have. Me, I lost my best friend. We went out on a camping trip, we bot loved the nature and we really needed the week off work." She laughed but there was no humour. "As we set up camp, just as we were about to start a fire, everything went black." She gazed into a spot but she wasn't really looking at it. "As we woke up, we were in a laboratory. We were the first the scientist said." She looked at Donnie as tears rolled down her eyes. "They tortured her. Mutilated her in the name of 'progress'." She said through gritted teeth.
"You don't need to tell me this if you don't want to." He said calmly.
"I do though. I survived. I owe it to her to find this guy who did this to all of us. I know I don't know you very long at all but…." She looked at him. "I get the feeling you won't hurt me."
He got off his chair and kneeled in front of her. "I guarantee that I won't." He smiled slightly. "That is certainly not in my nature."
"Thanks Donnie." She got up to leave but turned before she closed the door. "Can I come by again to help with whatever it is that you do?"
He smiled and nodded. "I doubt I could keep a curious mind away if I tired."