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Samantha Allan Park Ch. #28

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Chapter #28

*Monday, February 2nd, 2015. 8:00p.m.* *Including the month of September, 6 months after the fall of the Foot*

As soon as he heard footsteps, Mikey sat up some from his laid down position on the couch, He was surprised and a huge smile grew on his face as he saw Sam walk through the entry way. “Hey!” he called out to her. His smile soon faded as he realized what day it was. “Heyyy!” he said in a somewhat stricter tone. “Why are you here?” “Ahhh your welcomes are always so unique and pleasant” she teased in reply. Donnie had been sitting at his desk. He was just tinkering with some appliances that needed fixing, so the background noise throughout the lair had been quite comforting. He now swiveled his chair around and stood up to then walk over towards the girl.

“What’s in the bags?” he asked, titling his head to the side. Sam closed her eyes as she shot him a huge teeth filled smiled. “Why don’t you look and find out?” “Why are you here?! Go home!” Raph shouted as he left the dojo and passed by the kitchen to now enter the living room. “Dauntless! Perfect timing! Heads up!” Sam called out as she launched one of the four bags at the largest brother. He looked down at the bag that was now in his hands, and then looked up at Sam with a perplexed expression. “What’s in it?” “I dunno, I found yours in the dumpster” she said with a shrug. “HA!...oh wait were you joking?” Mikey asked, switching from ‘in your face’ to an expression of realization. Sam laughed. “Yes I’m joking! And where’s the oldest?” “Back in his room” Mikey said, trying to look into the last two bags that were being held by Sam. She brought her hand to her mouth and shouted “LEO!” Donnie had taken a seat on the couch, curious as to what was in the bag. Raph shook his head as he sat to the right of Donnie, pushing a laughing Michelangelo out of the way in the process. Leo began making his way across the lair to join the rest of the group. Of course the first thing he did was start ridiculing Sam. “What are you doing here? You said you had mock AP exams tomorrow morning!” “Ugh! Just take your birthday present already. Don’t take the fun out of this happy moment” she said as she held one of the bags in front of him until he finally took it. He looked at her with a serious look before he walked to sit down. “You better do well on those mock exams or else I’ll personally kick your ass” he said with a grin as he pat her shoulder as he walked by and took a seat to the left of Donatello on the couch. “Does that mean the last one is for me?” Mikey said, jumping from foot to foot in place and holding his hands together in front of him in excitement. Sam had to fight to maintain her nonchalant look. “Was I supposed to get something for you?” The turtle pouted. “Dude, so not cool” he said as he crossed his arms and looked away. When he turned his head back a couple seconds later, a smiling Sam was holding the final bag in front of him. “*gasp* thank you Sam!” he said as he embraced her for a literal quick second and then sat in the free chair next to the couch. Sam laughed. “How can you thank me when you don’t even know what it is?” He looked up at her as he plopped down in his seat. “Because you know me well enough to know I’ll love it.” “Guess you’ll have to open it to find out” she said as she sat criss cross on the coffee table in front of them.

Each of the turtles took out their first gift and were shocked to see that Sam had bought each of them a new piece of clothing. “You bought us pants?” Leo asked, grateful but still confused. Sam nodded her head in excitement. “Yes. Yes I did. You guys need new clothes.” “Because that’s not insulting” Raph mumbled with a smirk, though he’d be a liar if he said he didn’t like the dark gray color. Sam put her hands on her knees. “Say Raph, how old were you guys when you started wearing the main clothes you wear now?” she asked with wide questioning eyes. Raph squinted his eyes at her. “You’ve made your point.” Sam returned to her relaxed position, but now so in a triumphant manner. Leo looked at the tags on the inside of the black sweat pants. “How did you know what sizes to buy?” “Lucky guess.” “Really?” “Yes. It’s definitely not because I measured your waists while you were sleeping on the couch the past few months.” “Pfft” Donnie quickly covered his mouth and turned his head. He’d never told anyone (and he still never would) that one time he woke up by sensing someone nearby and could tell that it was Sam, but he had kept his eyes closed since he assumed she was trying to plan a prank. He had a hunch now that this is what she was doing. “If you guys like them then let me know so I can get more. I know you guys only have so many pairs of the shorts you wear now, so I can get you extras of these if you like them.” The boys looked at the pants they all received and were shocked at how well Sam had picked pants that each of them was actually interested in wearing. Leo had received a pair of black sweatpants that were decently baggy but still somewhat formfitting. Raph had received a pair of loose dark gray shorts that were of a relatively soft material, and for him this was perfect since he had the largest muscles of his brothers, so the loose and softer shorts actually seemed like a perfect build for him. Donnie had received a pair of cargo pants with plenty of pockets for him to store extra gadgets in. And Mikey had received a pair of black basketball shorts with a bright orange stripe down the sides of each leg.

The boys all moved on to the next gift that was in each of their bags. Leo pulled out a pair of shoes that would seem huge to a normal human being, but to him they seemed to be a perfect size. They were a pair of ninja tabi shoes with the split toe in the front but with a more modern look since they were Adidas brand. They would still have to be altered some, but they looked incredible. The colors were plain and simple with black on top and an orange strap, but to Leo they were more than perfect. “Where did you find these?” he asked as he looked up at her in shock. “Amazon. That site has literally everything” Sam replied with a nod. Raph had begun pulling items out of his bag and was happily surprised at all the protective gear he had received. The turtles usually wore pads and guards on their arms or legs or wherever there was an area where the muscle was overused and could cause damage if something wasn’t protecting that area, so Raph had received a left shoulder and left arm guard, knee pads, and a red shin guard. “Sorry, I could only get the one in red. The other ones in your size only came in gray. Everything your size seems to favor gray.” “I’m surprised you were able to find my size” he said as he held the pieces up to where they would go on his body and was shocked that they seemed they would all actually fit. Donnie was now gawking at the new tech belt he had just unwrapped. “Now you don’t have to wear everything all the time.” Donnie couldn’t keep himself from smiling. He felt that at times his endless amounts of gear covering his body kept him back from attacking tougher opponents, and now this belt PLUS all the pockets on the new cargo pants would definitely help him organize where he placed all his gear. “No way…” Mikey mumbled. Sam turned towards him, and now it was she who couldn’t keep herself from smiling as she saw her friend hold up a brand new jacket that was an exact replica of the one that was already around his waist. “How did you find this?” he asked in awe. “Internet” she said as she pointed her finger at him. “Tis a beautiful thing. I was able to track it down to a store in the mall.” Mikey was the most fashionable one of his brothers (at least he thought so) which was why he had never followed the samurai styled dress that his brothers had and instead had worn his shorts the way he wanted to and this was also why he wore his jacket around his waist. He had seen people dress like this on t.v. and had become more interested in following this trend that the style his brothers had chosen. When choosing this style, he just wore whichever sweatshirt he could fine that was in decent condition at the time and then continued to wear that sweatshirt for as long as he could. He never imagined that someone would notice how weathered and torn it had become and would then buy him a brand new one with every stitch in place. “Wow…thanks Sam” he said as his awed expression soon switched over to an excited smile.

Next, all the boys began opening the next gift in their piles. Donnie and Mikey had pulled out purple and orange colored bandage wraps, and Leo had pulled out a silver colored pack or bandage wraps. Sam clapped her hands together. “Sorry, I was trying to find a tougher more durable material, and the brand that got the best reviews didn’t have blue. But! I tried to pick the color I thought you’d like best of what was available.” Leo chuckled. “Silver is fine. It goes well with the blue.” “Well I see how it is” Raph teased since he could tell by the wrapping that he had not received bandage wraps just like all his brothers. “Oh shut up and open your gift you big baby” Sam teased in return as she moved her leg so that she could poke Raph’s knee with her foot. Raph chuckled as he opened his gift. He then revealed a red glove that was used when practicing throwing punches. He slipped the glove over his right hand and was amazed at how well it fit. Leo had continued opening his final gift and discovered he had also received knee pads that were his size (the four had begun outgrowing the multiple pads and guards they had been using, so these gifts were literally perfect for those who got them). Raph had unwrapped a box with seatbelt belts. To a normal person this might be an odd gift to gain a surplus of, but because of Raph’s size it was difficult to find tougher rope like materials to wrap around his shell and plastron when trying to store weapons to carry, and the material of the belts was plenty tough and sturdy enough. Mikey had unpackaged a new backpack that was large enough for him to store his skateboard and other materials in, again so that he was better able to carry weapons and other materials with him when he left the lair. Donnie was the last to open his final gift. He opened up a tech kit with rechargeable batteries, jumper cables, a handheld jump box, and multiple portable chargers and charging chords. “Sam…” he said as he looked through the kit in shock at all the materials inside of it. “I knew you’d like that one. I’m not going to lie, that one was a little more last minute since you had just started setting up the new vacuum you were going to use as your main battery. So now if you need to charge it you can use all of this instead of having to literally wear solar panels all the time and-” “How did you afford all of this?” Donnie asked in a concerned tone. “Please tell me you didn’t pay full price for all of this” Leo said as he looked back at his name brand shoes. “Okay one, everything I did buy I bought at awesome sale prices, and I’m insulted that you think I’d be dumb enough to buy name brand things at expensive prices. Like who do you think I am?” she playfully said and acted to be taken aback. “And two, I technically wasn’t the only one to buy all this.” “What does that mean?” Raph asked. “Well, I pitched in like 40 bucks because I guess I love you guys” she teased as she rolled her eyes, “but some other people helped pitched in as well. But they each pitched in like 5 bucks.” “Who are these other people?” Donnie asked. “My human friends who were in the Foot clan with me, which is all my human friends except for three. They’re all really grateful that you guys helped save all their lives and reunite them with their families, so they pitched in a little. They also helped in getting donations for the devices in your tech kit. Oh but Jay and Brenda pitched in 20 total. Because Jay loves you like you’re his brothers. And now that Brenda has met you as his fiancé she also loves you guys, though she saw you as heroes and cared for your safety before that anyway.” “And they are all-” Leo started. “Yes they are all keeping your existence a secret” Sam interrupted. “They hate that they don’t get to see you anymore, but they understand and respect that it could be risky to do so.” Leo smiled and nodded. “Well when you see them all again then you can thank them for us. And adding to that” he said as he put his belongings back in the bag and stood up and walked over towards the girl, “thank you Sam” he said as he hugged the girl. The other three brothers followed in pursuit as Donnie then came over and hugged Sam, then Raph, and then Mikey.

“Alright, time to go topside!” Sam announced. “Where’s Sensei?” “Wait, what? You have exams tomorrow!” Raph bellowed. “Yes I know I have exams tomorrow, but I’m not going to miss April’s surprise! Now go get Splinter!” Sam announced. The oldest three took the lead in heading out of the lair, but before Mikey could follow them he felt a sharp tug on his bandana just as he was about to exit the lair. “Owwww” he groaned as he was pulled backwards. “Hold on” Sam said. She looked over his shoulder to make sure that the other three had continued walking on and were no longer within sight. “What’s wrong?” Mikey asked. Sam then reached her hand behind her and pulled out one final package that she had been hiding away in the backpack on her back. Mikey looked at her with worry. “Is it something bad? Why can’t the others see?” Sam chuckled as she shook her head. “Just open it before they come back. Then I’ll explain.” Mikey cautiously opened the package and his jaw dropped as he held up a gold chain. “Sam, where did you-” “I found a store awhile back that had a good sale. Ever since your necklace broke I’ve been trying to find something perfect to replace it, and you cannot tell me that THAT is not perfect” she said with a beaming smile. “How much?” She paused. “How much what?” “Cost! Price!” “Dude, you never ask someone how much-” “I won’t wear it unless you tell me” Mikey demanded. Sam sighed in defeat. “I bought it for 50 dollars.” “Sam! I can’t wear this! That means you spent…5 plus 4 is 8, so 50 plus 40 means 80 dollars! You should be saving up!” “Hey, I’ve been working overtime so that I could buy that! So I’d be insulted if you didn’t wear it! Plus I bought it a while ago so I’ve saved up plenty since then. If you’re really my best friend then you’ll keep and wear it...and lie to your brothers and say I got it at a pawn shop for 20 dollars” she said timidly towards the end. Mikey sighed in defeat. “You’re lucky it’s PERFECT!” he said, quickly switching from his serious tone to one of excitement. He’d always wanted something like this, and he still couldn’t believe that a gold chain was actually resting along his neck and chest. “So you like it?” Sam asked. “Are you kidding me? This is amazing! Like I want to be upset you wasted money on this but I can’t because I love it!” “Hey, spending money on you isn’t a waste. It’s my first job, spending money on family is the best way to spend it. Especially when your family is also your best friend.” Mikey couldn’t help but smile at his friends words. He threw his arm around Sam’s shoulder. “Alright, lead the way to wherever this next surprise is.” And with that the two left the lair and eventually met up with the others before heading to the surface.

*About 12 minutes later*

“Where are we?” Leo asked. “Follow me and you will find out” Sam state as she began climbing up the ladder to the surface. “Well, last time we were in this position we were lead to the inside of the Jumbo Tron, so why not” Donnie said as he began following Mikey (who hadn’t questioned what Sam was doing at all and just instantly followed) and then Splinter, Leo, and then Raph climbed the ladder to the surface as well. Their spot on the surface was in an alley way. Sam then lead the group out of the alley way as they stood in front of a noodle shop named “24/7” that was at the end of a street filled with other small shops and restaurants that were family owned businesses. Sam walked right up to the front door and the turtles heard her be welcomed by April. The two women then peeked their heads around the corner once they realized they were no longer being followed. “Well? Are you going to join us? Or stand there all night?” April joked as she waved for them to walk forward. The following 5 moved with caution as they followed the two females into the small restaurant. They recognized the faces of Jay and Brenda sitting at the table and assumed that if all their friends were here then hopefully they were safe…at least until a stranger walked out from the kitchen, then the guys froze and began to mentally panic. The man stopped and paused before he spoke. “…Ahh Sam! You finally arrived! These three have been waiting for you and your friends. What took so long?” the older Asian man asked. “Sorry Murakami-san, I forgot to give one of my friends one of their gifts, so I accidentally held the rest of the group up hehe” she replied as she rubbed the back of her head. The turtles continued to stand frozen in fear, but Splinter sensed something and decided to take a seat. “So, what is your reasoning for accepting my sons and I like this my friend?” Splinter asked calmly. “Ahh these are your sons? You must be Splinter then. Nice to meet you, my name is Murakami. Your sons helped stop the Foot clan, which means that your sons helped free my daughter” the man said with a smile. Leo and Donnie were the next to catch on and realize that the man was wearing his dark black glasses for a reason as they sat down next to their father. “What’s her name? We might have met her” Leo said. “Her name is Lindsey. Her last name is different from mine though. My wife Sana and I changed both of our daughter’s last names years ago for various safety reasons.” “She was the girl you guys heard through the walkie talkies that night” Sam stated as she pulled on Mikey and Raph’s arms to get them to finally sit down. “Umm….so, he’s not going to tell anyone what we look like, right?” Mikey whispered into Sam’s ear. “Well he can’t.” “Why not?” Raph whispered. “Because he’s blind. You both whisper really loud” Jay ‘whispered’ from across the table. “How’s the wedding planning going?” Leo asked the couple sitting further down at the table while his two brothers were processing what they were just told as they watched the older man get to work and start cooking even though he was blind and couldn’t see anything. “The wedding party has officially been decided, the church and the hall for the reception have been booked, and all the main guests have been decided. We’ve also made plans to meet with a catering company to get prices on the dishes they can prepare. Everything else still needs to be called to book a visiting date or we haven’t even gotten to it yet” Brenda replied. “At least you have until the summer to have everything ready” Raph said as a drink was placed in front of him and everyone else all along the table. “Yeah, but that wedding date will be here sooner than you think” April teased. Jay squinted his eyes. “Thanks April, because that’s what we want to hear” Jay teased. “Anytime!” she said as she raised her glass up.

Just then, a square plate was placed in front of everyone sitting at the table. “Ohhh yeah! Pizza gyoza! Thanks boss!” Sam said as she took her chopsticks. “Oh, so this is where you work?” Mikey asked. Sam nodded her head. “Mhmm, and this is the boss I told you about where I said I had friends who loved pizza more than anything which then inspired the heavenly dish in front of you.” The four turtles and their father looked at the food in front of them, not sure whether to try it or not. “Well go on now!” Murakami exclaimed. “I can’t thank you for saving my daughter if you don’t try the food” he chuckled. Each of them picked up their chopsticks, picked up one of the dumplings on their plate, and then slowly took bites of their dumplings. It was obvious that each of them instantly fell in love with the dish, even Splinter who liked pizza but wasn’t the biggest fan of it, and quickly they began eating the rest of the dumplings on their plates. “Heh, I knew they’d love it” April said as she continued to eat her dish as well. “So Brenda, do you have a dress picked out yet?” Brenda shook her head. “I’m trying to find a day where all the women in the bridal party can get together and we can put the order in for my dress and their dresses at the same time, but SOMEONE is always busy with something!” she said as she then turned towards Sam. “I don’t know who you’re talking about” Sam said nonchalantly. “Oh? So you don’t have soccer, and dance, and a million other clubs and school activities to tend to? Speaking of which, don’t you have mock exams tomorrow?” “Ughhhhhh why does everyone remember that? It’s not even 10p.m. yet like get off my back” Sam groaned. “Get used to it. Once summer hits you’re going to have a sister who nags as much as your brother” Brenda teased as she leaned onto Jay, who then smiled as he stared at the woman sitting next to him. “Ugh, I have two sister figures, six brothers between Jay, these dorks, and Kris, and now I have a father figure *tilts head towards Splinter* and now Irma is more of a mother figure than ever. Somehow my family continues to grow larger and larger.” “Jeez Sam, you sound so happy” Raph teased as he ate his third round of pizza gyoza along with the rest of his brothers. “Eh, I guess so” she teased, receiving playful nudges from Raph and Donnie.

The group continued to talk for a while longer before Leonardo mentioned that he was going to go and walk off the huge meal he had just ate and that he would be back soon. As soon as the turtle left, Splinter began to stare at Sam who was drinking the broth from a small bowl of soup. Sam finished the bowl and placed it on the table as she stood. “Don’t worry Sensei I’m going. But I wasn’t going to waste good food either, that would be an insult to the chef.” “Hehe, very true my child” he said with a smile as he watched the girl leave the small shop.

Sam walked around to the side of the building where no one could see her, and then faced her palms down as the white part of her eyes turned black and air slowly came out from her palms. She then floated up to the roof of the building. Once she landed, her eyes returned to their normal color as she walked over and took a seat next to Leo. “What’s going on in your mind fearless?” she asked calmly. “*sigh* just thinking.” “Well stop doing that! Because then you think of negative things from the past, and today should be a happy day!” “But it almost wasn’t.” “But it is. I know you’re not like normal teenagers, but you should still be excited that it’s your 16th birthday. What’s there to be so upset about?” “That if we hadn’t acted when we did then you might not be here to celebrate with us.” Sam paused for a few minutes. It had been about 6 months since the fall of the Foot clan, yet all four of the turtles still had their moments where they got caught up in thoughts of the past and went into a depressive state. “Leo. You know that we all were going through a tough time then. You guys and myself made decisions that we weren’t proud of. But if I’ve learned anything in this life, then it would be that if you don’t keep trying to move on and make the future better than what has happened in the past, then what’s the point in living? If I continued to get upset about my past, then I never would have moved on and started getting out of the house, and then I never would have met you guys.” Leo looked over at her and smiled. “Yeah I know. I just, I just hate thinking that everything all of us have now, that was almost ripped away from all of us. And it kills me to think of what could have happened to you, how much worse it could have gotten…” “But what you keep forgetting is that you guys DID come after me. Even when I pushed you away you still came after me. That’s why I’m here. Every time something went wrong, I was able to make it through to see the next day because you four were there for me when I needed you the most. I also would have made regretful choices if you guys weren’t there to protect me.” “Heh, thank god for Jay as well for helping the three of us open our eyes. I hate to admit that we needed that push, but that push made all of us realize what we were truly feeling and what we wanted to do.” “He really cares about the four of you guys, and Sensei. He’s even more grateful that he was able to reach you that night. You guys help complete his life the same way you helped complete mine. In a weird twisted way, maybe you needed to wait that long to come after me, because that meant Jay had to meet you and talk to you, and then that lead to you all getting to know each other after the fight that night as you were waiting for me to wake up in the hospital.” “Well, everything has been weird and twisted for all of us, so you might be onto something there” he said with a smile. “So, are you ready to go back and celebrate what should be a joyous day now? Since you know, you four being born kind of plays a part in the whole bringing joy to my life and making me happy thing” Sam teased as she put a hand on Leo’s shoulder. “Yeah, let’s go.” The two stood up and walked over towards the side of the building. There were no ladders or anything to help get back down (Leo had used climbing claws to climb up) so Sam helped him get back down. Her eyes turned black while the iris and pupil or her eyes turned blue as Leo wrapped an arm around her shoulders, the strength power from the mutagen aiding her in holding onto him, as she placed her palms so that they faced the ground as her wind powers allowed her to float back down to the ground. The two then entered the shop where they saw April arguing with Murakami. “But Murakami-san, it’s not my part of the birthday gift if you don’t let me pay you for the food.” “It’s my treat! You can tip 5 dollars, that’s all!” “You just fed 9 people! That costs way more than 5 dollars!” Sam got her phone out and started rapidly texting someone. Leo leaned over her shoulder to look at her phone, and then he quickly realized what he was doing and quickly looked away with pursed lips as Sam playfully shot him a questioning look and turned away. After she received a response, she handed her phone to April who then read the conversation and decided to let Murakami win their verbal battle.

Everyone thanked Murakami who then told everyone they were allowed back at any time, and the group made their way outside. “What got you to give up?” Raph asked April. “Sam texted Lindsey who said I could pay her the money tomorrow and then she would move that to her father’s safe in secret” she said with a beaming smile, feeling triumphant that she would be able to pay the man back for his generous services. “You sure are persistent” Jay teased. “That’s how things get done! It’s one of the reasons I got my promotion at work and now cover some of the most major news stories now” she said with pride. “What an honor, to know thee April O’Neil. Can I have your autograph?” Sam teased. “Nah, you’re going to have to earn it.” “But I’m too lazy” Sam groaned. “I don’t know whether to laugh or be scared that the laziest person I know is also the strongest person I know” Donnie chuckled. “You should be worried, because you never know when I’ll go rogue” Sam said as her eyes changed colors. “Or when I’ll do this!” she said as she turned and went to slap Raph in the face, but dodged last second. This still freaked the largest turtle out, which then lead him to chase Sam. “Aghh, Sam get back here so I can kick your ass!” “Um hey! No!” Jay intervened. “She has mock exams tomorrow morning!” “Oh, right…so how about tomorrow night then?” “Beat her up, do whatever.” “JAY!” Sam shouted. “You were dumb enough to fake slap a 6’5 mutant turtle. If you were going to do that then you must be ready for the consequences.” “I like your thinking” Raph said as he threw an arm around Jay’s shoulder. “My brothers are ganging up on me. Best friend!” Mikey then playfully jumped in front of Sam and performed awkward ninja kicks. “No one hurts my friend!” “Yeah, yeah. Kick her butt and save her and whatever else tomorrow. She needs to go home and sleep so she can be ready for her tests early tomorrow morning” Jay said in a more serious tone.

The group of nine all said their goodbyes to each other and parted ways, knowing they would all meet up again soon.

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