It was a definite given in my family that if anyone, and I mean anyone, talks down about Donny, I would not be happy. It was in my nature to not stand for nonsense like that, especially when it's about my own husband. Donny had been through so much, even before I met him, and when I did, he was a wreck..he saw himself only as a misfire of creation..a monster..and it saddened me to see such a beautiful person look so deeply down upon themselves. He was everything to me, from the moment he saved me from Shredder's foot when I first came to Earth, and to now.

I folded my arms tightly, holding both my elbows in my palms. I was almost afraid to look up at them after the chaos that had just unfolded from my mouth. I could just feel them staring at me, waiting for my next move, almost as if it were inevitable that I would do something crazy again. I just wished I had someone to talk to who would understand what I was going through..someone who wouldn't crack jokes or make fun of what I had to say..someone like..

"Master Splinter!" I popped my head up as the realization occurred to me, "I need to see Master Splinter!" Raph started to say something, but Leo gestured him to be silent, "Please. I need to speak with him. He's the only chance I have at figuring this all out.."

Leo nodded, "Of course. He is mediating right now, but I will get him for you."

I sat awkwardly in a pit of unbearable silence as Leo stood and walked to Splinter's chamber. For a moment, I looked up, catching the glance of Donny just before he shied his eyes away, turning red once again. My heart ached at the sight, knowing that he wasn't the man that I married, even if he, well, was.

Finally, I heard the 'click-clack' of Master Splinter's cane against the hard, concrete floor of the lair, standing as he approached. He didn't speak a word once he was in front of me, yet, studied me with patient eyes, seeming to stare into my very soul. Though, that was how Splinter was, so calm, rational, so spiritual all the time. He was more wise than I could have ever dreamed to be, and I hoped he could somehow find a way to get me back home.

I took a deep breath before speaking, "Master Splinter, I-"

He raised his paw calmly, then proceeded to place it on my forearm, "Please, sit, my child."

Slowly, I sat myself back on the worn, blue couch, now, eye level with Splinter.

He placed both his hands upon the top of his wooden cane, "You..have had a long day, haven't you?"

I felt relaxed as he smiled, shaking his head, "You have no idea."

He shrugged, "Well, I might have a little bit of an idea. You know what they say, old people just know things."

I chuckled lightly at his remark about his age, "I'm glad to see someone around here is lightening up the mood."

He sighed shortly, "Once you are a father long enough, it just seems to come to you in these times." he paused, "Now, let's see what we have to work with, here. I want you to listen to me very carefully and close your eyes. I'm going to try and see into your mind."

I nodded, slowly shutting my eyes as everyone else's stayed peeled on me.

I felt Splinter's warm paw touch my forehead, "I want you to think back to the last memory you can recall before now. Push all other distractions out of your mind and in-vision only what you remember before you came here."

My brows pushed together as I concentrated hard on the memories which were repressed in my mind. I took another breath, "I-it all happened so fast..that night..I'm afraid I might not be able to see anything..something.. I think something might be blocking the memories.."

"I will help you remember, just keep concentrating, my child."

Softly, Splinter began to chant, using his thumb to draw an invisible symbol on my forehead. Suddenly, everything came flowing back to me, all the images, all the people, every movement and word.

"I-I see it!"

"Tell me what you see."

I let out a deep breath, "I-I see Shredder's lair..it's dark, but there is something glowing in the middle of the room. Stockman is there, running around frantically as Karai shouts at him. Now I'm being shoved.. I think I'm unconscious.. or close to it. Now..I'm in some sort of glass containment, shaped like a cylinder. There are machine noises and Stockman is pulling levers and pushing buttons..I..I.." I stopped for a moment, my mind beginning to grow tired, "I'm losing it..It's going blurry now...I can't see anything...just darkness..."

My eyes fluttered back open in choppy blinks as Splinter removed his hand from my forehead. He thought for a long moment, stroking his beard between his pointer and thumb.

I leaned forward, "Master Splinter..?"

He sighed, taking another moment to collect his thoughts, "I know that you are ready for answers, but even I have questions of my own." he placed his paw on my shoulder, "I am sorry, but I cannot yet find a way to get you home. I must meditate and clear my mind so I may deal with this matter." he turned, looking at all of his sons, "In the mean time, I hope my sons will behave themselves in your company." he shot Raph and Mikey a glance and they put their hands up in a silent defence.

I looked down to my lap as he walked back to his chamber, the 'click-clack' of his cane slowly disappearing into the distance. I was so sure he was going to have even some kind of explanation as to what the hell was going on with me..but my hopes were at a fail.

Mikey scratched his head, "Ohhkay..this is all too weird for comfort..soooo, let's talk about who I'm married to! If I may ask?"

Raph gave him a dumb glance, "Oh, and that's gunna make this any better?"

Mikey snickered, "Oh, come on, you know I'm young and good looking. Who wouldn't want this?" he jumped up on a chair and struck a macho pose, trying to act like one of those muscle head body builders.

Leo folded his arms, "Mikey, shouldn't you ask Anocari if she's comfortable talking about all of this, first?" he gave Mikey a look.

Mikey put his finger in the air, "Of course! How rude of me!"

Suddenly, he jumped down from the chair, landing right in front of my feet, collapsing to his knees, "Anocari...can we pleaseplease please please please please please please pleeeeeeaaaaassseeee talk about who I'm married to? Pleeeeeaaaaaaaaasssseeee!?"

He made a pouty face, shaking his clasped hands at me, almost seeming like he was begging me for mercy to spare his life. I stared at him for a long moment, but finally cracked, unable to hide a smile at the pathetic show he was putting on for me.

I let out a giggle, "Oh, alright.."

He made a leap into the air as I granted him permission to ask me all the questions he wished, "Alright! Okhay, so, you gotta tell me every little detail!Who is she? Is she cute..? No! Is she smokin' hot? Oh, oh! Is she like an alien, too? And is she-"

I put my hands up, "Woah there partner, slow down for a minute and breathe, would you? Why don't you just let me do the talking, okay?"

He nodded, the most serious, determined look on his face I'd ever seen since he reached the final boss attack level on Space Creature Invasion:Attack on Homeworld.

I cleared my throat, "Well, her name is Zeema. She is from the Planet Gurgltron in realm 96. You two met through me and Volla, whom I will get to later, and you have been married for about two years now. She looks a bit like me, having silver skin, but she has orange eyes instead of blue and her hair is cut short above her shoulders, unlike my long hair."

He looked at me in awe, "Orange eyes..? She...she... she's perfect!"

I gave him a dull look, "Out of all of that all you heard was orange eyes?"

He fell back on his shell, sighing, "What else is there to know? Perfect eyes, perfect girl!"

I shook my head, "I hope that's not the only reason you liked her in my world." Laughing, I rubbed my hands together, "Okay, who's next?" Raph put his hands up, shaking his head slightly, wanting nothing to do with me after what just happened. I simply rolled my eyes at him and looked to Leo, "Well, guess you're next then."

He folded his arms and cleared his throat nervously, "Alright.. go ahead, then.."

"Well," I began, "Your wife's name is Avolla, whom we all call Volla. She's really the reason we all even know each other. She met you way before anyone else met any of your brothers. Let's see..I've known you for about six years, which means Volla has probably known you for about..twelve? Yeah, I think that's about right. Anyway, she comes from the planet Utrania and has green skin and long black hair." I chuckled, "kind of the typical martian, but she'd kill me if I told her that. But, yeah, she was the one who introduced me to Donny, Zeema to Mikey, and, well, tried to get a girl to stay with Raph."

Raph grunted and turned his head to the side, a scowl on his face. He didn't want to admit it, but I could tell he was a little upset by being the loner in the family in my world. In truth, no one wants to be alone, even if you may act like it.

Leo scratched his head, "Wow..this is all so.. weird.. I'm still having a little trouble believing all of this."

I nodded, "I understand. I'm pretty sure if you guys showed up on my front porch and told me you were my family I'd think you were crazy, too."

Raph stepped towards me, anger in his expression, "Oh yeah, well at least we wouldn't go spoutin our mouths at complete strangers."

"Stop it, Raph." Leo shot him a look.

Raph shook his head, a grimacing smirk on his face, "No, you know what, Leo, I'm tired of this-this stranger tellin us about our lives like we're supposed to just deal with it and accept it as our own lives! This aint us! It doesn't matter if it's the life she comes from or not! We shouldn't have to deal with this shit!" he pointed a finger at me, "Yeah, so go on, tell me how much my life sucks in your world! Tell me! Because it aint my life! Never has been, never will be!"

He stared at me with intensity as I sat, peering into his eyes, ready to strike him down once again from his throne of arrogance, "Okay. Fine. You really want the cold hard truth? I'll give it to you. There was a time when you, in fact, had a wife of your own. You were so in love with her that it basically killed you to be away from her for even a moment. All the time you told her how much you cared for her and how you would never let her go, and it was all true. You never did let her go. She cheated on you, Raph. She found another man. She liked him better and left you after cheating on you for a whole year. You were absolutely heartbroken."

He scoffed, "Okay and what part of that makes me the asshole?"

I looked down for a moment, "Raph, you two argued all the time. When she would leave without notice, you erupted with rage when she would return, accusing her of things even before she actually started doing them. You were so jealous all the time that she couldn't see the love you had for her. You.." I stopped for a moment, wondering if I should go on, "I don't know any other way to put this lightly, but...Raph you were violent towards her..."

I watched his face drop as he took a step back, placing a hand on the arm of the chair next to him. I almost felt bad for telling him so bluntly, but I knew it was what he needed to hear.

"Raph.." Leo started, "are you okay?"

Leo tried to put a hand on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off, turning, "Whatever...not my life."

I sighed as he walked across the room to the kitchen area, taking a seat at the table with his shell facing us, "Do you think I went too far..?"

Leo shook his head, "Raph was being a jerk to you. He deserved to hear it. Just, try to be a little more careful from now on. No matter how tough he may act, he takes a lot of things to heart."

I nodded slowly, "He really was in love with her, though. He just showed it the wrong way.."

Suddenly, Mikey jumped up, clearing his throat, "Well then, time to end this snooze fest of feely-feels! Donny, you've been quiet, why don't you ask Anocari here some questions?"

Donny leaned back, "I-I.."

I smiled, clasping my hands together on my lap, "It's alright, you don't have to talk to me if it makes you uncomfortable."

He sat awkwardly for a moment, then sighed, scratching his head, "I..I guess I'm a little curious..." his voice was shy and soft, just like the first night I met him.

Mikey applauded, "All right! Tell us everything!"

I shook my head playfully at him, "Mikey, I'm not going to tell you guys every little detail about our relationship."

He pouted, "Aw...alriiiiight."

I rubbed my face for a moment, thinking, "Wow..where to begin? I guess your own story is always the hardest to tell?" I paused, "Well, When I first came to Earth, Shredder mistook my ship for an Utram ship and quickly sent his foot soldiers to attack me. They had me cornered in an alley when Donny showed up to help me. I remember it was dark that night, so I couldn't really see what he looked like until after we had gotten away. Seeing him for the first time..I could see all of the hurt he had kept inside for so long..he was so..beautiful to me..yet he only saw himself as a monster..." I looked up for a moment to see Donny's eyes locked on mine. He was staring at me with such question, yet understanding in his eyes, waiting for my next words. I cleared my throat nervously, distracted by his stare, "But..um..yeah, that was about nine years ago. Three years later he proposed to me and I accepted willingly."

The room was quiet as I looked back to Donny. He looked at me for a moment, then dropped his eyes, blushing again. I felt an ache in my heart as I looked back to my hands, which were still folded in my lap. Why did I have to be in a world where my own husband didn't know me? Why did I have to look him in the face to see the man I love, but know he didn't love me back? Most of all, why did it have to hurt so damn much?