Tmnt

Where my life began

I hung from the wall, my feet barely reaching the floor. The woman I loved, and who I thought loved me, left me here to rot. This whole thing started about a month ago. I met a beautiful woman, we got along well, and soon became more. Her dark hair was like silk in my hand when we cuddled and made love. Her brown eyes sparkled magnificently in the dim light. I was an idiot to be fooled by beauty... Now, here I hang.

CRASH!

I jumped a bit, and looked around, "The fuck?" I whispered to myself. I continued to look around, squinting to see in the darkness.

"Hey!" A tall, muscular man exclaimed, landing in front of me, "We're here to get you out of here."

With that, another appeared and began cutting me from my restraints. One kneeled down, "Get on!" He ordered, in a gruff voice. With the possibility of escape, I followed his orders. He ran through the guards quickly, and handed me off to another person.

"Don't worry, Angelcakes, we'll get you out of here!"

I held on tightly to his... shell? 'Thinking about it, that other guy had a shell too.. What..? And, who are these guys?' I thought, however that thought was cut short due to adrenaline and gun shots behind us. I shivered, and squeezed onto the man's shoulders.

"Everything will be okay!" He proclaimed, "You're with Mikey after all." He chuckled a bit.

Suddenly, we stopped. There in front of us, was her. The girl I had loved. "Hand her over!" She said, "we have more experiments to conduct." She smirked. My heart fell.

"Donnie!" Mikey exclaimed, "Catch!" Soon as Mikey called the other man's name, I was shot through the air like a cannon ball. The other caught me without too much difficulty.

He swung me to his back, and began running once more. He zoomed to the exit. A car was waiting. "Hey." A woman with a warm smile greeted me. Her dark curls bounced on her shoulders. "We can take her from here."

The turtle..? Only nodded and ran back into the building. The woman quickly opened the car door, "I'm April." She said, practically pushing me into the car, "The driver is Casey."

"Hey." Casey said.

"We're friends." She said as she closed the door. She then ran to the passenger seat and quickly got situated.

My brain was a scrambled mess, I leaned forward, holding onto the back of their seats "What's going on? I-" I trailed off.

"I'm sure it's confusing but we'll be going to the lair soon, and all will be explained." April confirmed.

My hands still shaking, I began to lean back. I looked up at the rear view mirror. I screamed, making Casey jerk the car a bit. My heart raced. "What did..."

"It's okay." April said, "Everything will be okay now." Her dark, caring eyes reassuring me, only slightly however. "Just lean back, and relax.. Okay?" She patted my knee.

I nodded, and leaned back slowly in shock. 'I'm... a monster.. What did they do?'

I looked into my new eyes in the rear view mirror. Shiny, brown eyes, golden fur covering my face. As we turned into a dark alley, I got a good look at myself in one of the store windows. Pointed ears, pink nose, whiskers.. I looked down at my hands, which was covered in gold fur.  I had pink paw pads. Had I turned into a cat? My lip quivered as April exclaimed, "We're here!  Come on sweetie."

Casey removed the manhole cover, "Ladies first."

April started going down first, "Follow me." She said, sweetly.

I looked at Casey, and hesitantly followed behind April. It felt like we were climbing down that metal ladder forever. Casey followed behind us. It was uncomfortable and quiet. I wanted to hide, not only for the silence, but because of my now fur covered body. In just a few moments, I had discovered a new form of body anxiety that I had never felt before.

Soon, we had arrived. It was a bit messy. Pizza boxes, and other things scattered the floor. A man, just a bit taller than myself, stood before me. I relaxed a bit. Another fuzzy person? I opened my mouth to say something, but he quickly silenced me. "Follow me." He said, and took us to what looked to be a kitchen. He pulled out a chair with his tail, and invited me to sit down. His nose twitching a bit. He went to the fridge and pulled out some food. He placed the plate in front of me. "Go ahead." He said.

"Do you know who your captors are?" He suddenly asked.

In slight shock, I said, "M-my girlfriend... and-"

"Mmmm." He mumbled, "Do you know what they did to you?"

"They we're giving me shots..?  Like..  once I was tied up, that's when it happened.."

Before I could speak again, the rat-man nodded, "I see.."

He walked over to Casey and April and they began whispering. I was too far away to hear what they were saying. This bothered me. What do they know? What did they inject me with?

"Wooo!" I heard a voice calling from down the hall. A collective of voices excitedly exclaimed about their battle. Then, there was silence. My heart raced. My nervousness escalated.

I heard the tap of a wooden stick.  I looked over my shoulder. "How cute!" One of the turtles said.  He wore an orange mask, and excitedly raced over to me, "Can we keep her?"

The rat chuckled, "That's for her to decide. First, however, we should introduce ourselves."

"Well, she already knows April and me." Casey said.

"I am Splinter." The rat began, "These are my sons: Leonardo,"
"Everyone just calls me Leo." The turtle with the blue bandana said.

"Donatello," Donnie waved and smiled.

"Raphael," Raph crossed his arms and nodded.

"and Michelangelo."

"But you can call me Mikey." Mikey said, a chipper smile across his face. "Who are you?"

"I.. I'm..." I stuttered out.

"It's alright." Leo said, walking towards me, "Must be a lot to take in-." He patted my shoulder.

"For now," Mikey interrupted, "We'll call you Sawako!"

Raph rolled his eyes, and walked away. Leo watched as he walked away, and just shook his head, "He's not a bad guy." Mikey silently agreed.

Splinter stepped forward, "You may live with us." He said, "Leo, show her to the back room."

Leo nodded, "Hai sensei." Leo took my hand and walked me to my new room.

He opened the door and turned on the light. He moved to the side to let me get through. "It may not be much, but I hope you like it here."

I nodded. As he began to walk away, I turned towards him, "Thanks for letting me stay here.."

Leo smiles, "No problem."

"I always wanted a sister!" Mikey exclaimed, from behind Leo.

I couldn't help but giggle a bit. Leo only shook his head as he closed the door behind them.

This is when my life with the turtles officially began. Although I was happy to be there, I was afraid of over staying my welcome. 'I need to find another place.' I thought, 'I'll start looking tomorrow.'