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{❤️Victim and Savior❤️}

Trigger Warning for people who don't like human experimentation. The reader in this is Indigenous Algonquian. It was requested by someone and I took the opportunity to represent people of this ethnicity/group. I myself don't have direct connections to them as I am mainly Mexican, however I still find it important for them to be represented.

It had been a couple of days since the attempted invasion of the Kraang an the city was being rebuilt from the destruction that had occurred. After beginning to team up with the NYPD, the turtles were able to investigate any potential signs of mutagen that had occurred at TCRI. Of course, there had obviously been some. More specifically a mutant somewhere in _ at a facility secured by foot ninja members.

Donnie had been tapping into their security systems trying to find a weak spot when loud footsteps were heard. Turning slightly to his right putting his eyes on Raph who was pacing back and forth in his lab huffing and puffing.

"Did you fight with Leo again?" Donnie asked with annoyance, trying to concentrate fully on how the hell to get into the fire wall of the files this place had. Raph rolled his eyes at his nerdy brother and kept pacing back and forth.

"Nah, just bored and don't know what to do with the sun out." the aggressive brother expressed while throwing his head back in annoyance. Whilst listening, Donnie had typed in random codes into his hacking system. 1/20000 worked and it revealed a dozen files that showed pictures of Kenyans, Saudi Arabians, Mesoamericans, Vietnamese, and one Native American girl. Donnies' eyes widened in horror at the files.

"Holy shit-" he breathed out getting the attention of his brother who got a better look at the screen and stared in disgust. Getting closer he read the files alongside Donnie. Most of these people were proclaimed; Dead- Experiment gone wrong. Raphs' stomach twisted inside him as he pulled his eyes away from the screen.

"Guys get in here! Ya' gotta see this!" he called out to his other brothers who at the time were reading comics in their gaming area. As they came piling in, they were able to get a glimpse of what their other brother was looking at before trying to not look away. Donnie clicked on the Natives' file and read it over. Scanning it quickly, and coming to a quick and easy decision.

"Most of them are still alive, stationed by the Connecticut border. They're not that far from here, let's go!" he yelled as he geared up and grabbed the his equipment heading towards the garage were their 'Tartarugo Brothers' van. While it took getting onto backroads to avoid the sunsetting on the freeway they made it to a forest nearby Connecticut and stopped it about one mile away from the building.

Jumping from tree to tree, the turtles saw guards walking around with AR-15's and and enforced body armor. Donnie took out his pea shooter and replaced the peas with tranq-darts. Having accurate aim, he was able to make a clearing for him and his brothers. Breaking in and sneaking around, they found an elevator that would take them to the lower levels.

"Think they'll be down there?" Mikey asked. Leo looked at the elevator more and then looked down the hall. Donnie put a hacking device on the keypad for the elevator and opened it.

"Anyone else gettin' flashbacks?" Raph asked making the others smile from memories. 'Elevator Beat Box' was probably one of their most favorite moments.

Once getting to the level that indicated life forms in cells, the turtles braced themselves for whatever was waiting for them. What they got,... was definitely unexpected.

Blood splattered on the walls. Mutants and humans, some from the files Donnie had been able to see, we're laying around the corridors. Ahead, to the right, and to the left. At least 26 different piles of bodies.

"Jesus Christ-" Leo breathed out. Sheathing his twin katanas into their respective holders on his shell. His brothers moving around with less care, more en captivated by the sight in front of them. "What now D?"

The purple bandana'd brother didn't know what to do. He knew there would have probably been things down here they wouldn't want to willingly see, but this felt sickening. A few of the bodies were small, children to be simplistic.

"Some of these people are younger than 10." He informed no one in particular. As his brothers pretended not to hear the oh wonderful news.

Looking at his tablet again, he realized that the life forms he had seen were still ahead alive. The tablet hadn't been wrong. He nudged Leo and led them down the right.

After a bit of walking the turtles came across a giant door that opened to a code. Using the same device, Donnie was able to unlock the door and check to see if the people in there were safe.

Once the door opened the brothers stepped in, revealing another hallway. This one filled with pictures of some of the test subjects with there files. There was around 10 other beings there. Six of them were mutated, while the others looked human. The Native girl was there too. Raph studied her photograph more and saw how short her hair was.

Not that he was an expert by any means, but he was pretty sure most Natives had long hair and mainly braided together. Maybe that was racist, maybe it wasn't. Who knows, all he knew was that him and his brothers needed to get these guys out of here as soon as they could.

Once at the end of the hall, the turtles saw the girl with other people and mutants. All covered in blood from themselves or the guards who were laying around. One gecko mutant spotted them and nudged the Native girl who had her arm extended outwards. Paying closer attention, Raph and his brothers saw that she was making one of the guards float and spin around. She turned around and saw the brothers. No emotion evident except in here eyes. Brown eyes, the color of earth that held precious metals and life.

"Woah!" Mikey reacted to the girls power. She turned back to the guard, made him stop spinning and threw him at the wall. Pulling the small mutant boy next to her close and motioning to the others around her to get near. Looking at the turtles again and placed her focus on Raph. His red color palette drawing her attention.

"What floor did you come from?" she asked. Her voice soft yet sturdy. An accent evident in there as well. They couldn't place what kind of accent though. Trying to get over the initial shock of all the mutants, Raph gathered up thoughts to respond.

"We ain't from here, we're from da city. Who are you guys?" he asked wanting to pummel the people who did this to them. All of them had some type of scarring. Though it seemed that that was taken care of already. Donnie saw a blue heeler-pup mutant and went to check on them. They had a gash going across their arm so it needed to be patched up.

Leo looked around studying them all while Mikey tried to comfort the younger looking mutants and children. Including the gecko boy that didn't want to leave the girls' side. One of the humans, a Malian girl with a tattoo on her shoulder blade, stood in shock at her friend. Going up to her then looking at Raph. She tapped her and pulled her aside and started using sign language. The girl responded back and made the other girl sigh. She walked up to Leo and Raph and introduced herself.

"The name given to me is O-9, but the name given to me by my mother is Mathi." she said to which Leo nodded and Raph gave a small smile. He looked back to the girl from earlier and saw her crouching down next to small girl with red curly hair and green eyes. She wasn't saying anything but instead just made signs and gave a comforting hand to the girl to lean against on. He went up to her and began conversation with her. She replied happily though it wasn't that evident on her face. Mathi turned to them and gained a puzzled look. "She never speaks. Not with me or anyone she doesn't know. She must see something special in him." Leo listened and began to think. What could Raph have that allowed the presumably mute girl to talk with ease.

After getting the names of everyone, and the base of how each of them got there, the turtles found out none of them were adults. Only a few being eighteen, but even then, that's still considered a child in most cultures. So they called up the chief and asked for trucks big enough to carry anywhere from small mutant rodents to a large mutant crocodile. Within 40 minutes, coming from back roads, the chief stepped out with a few officers and some doctors to inspect the health of the injured. Other cops were arresting who they could and began interrogating.

"There's an abandoned manor near the city. It should be big enough to house them and it's connected with the sewers so you can check in on them whenever you want." she assured the turtles. Mathi and the girl overheard and went over to introduce themselves. "Ah, are you two the ones the turtles told me about?" they nodded and Vincent continued. "My wife's a fashion designer, she can make some clothes for your friends to be more comfortable." the girls nodded in appreciation.

"I'm Mathi, this is my friend Abooksigun. It means wildcat in her language." Vincent smiled and offered her hand for them to shake but put it down quickly when they flinched. The smile gone quickly. Then returned to cover up and faced the turtles.

Abook' was in thought. Deep thought. These turtles were mutants like her friends. Like her brothers and sisters. But not like them. They seemed more content. Sort of. It's was difficult to explain.

"Hey there! I'm Mikey, the cute one of my brothers. That's Donatello, brains with never ending sass," the turtle with tech gear struck a pose which gained a curious look from Mathi. "Leonardo, our fearless leader who is denial of feelings in general," the one with katanas on his shell rolled his eyes with a side smile. "and finally Raphael, the big brute with an even bigger heart." The red-bandana'd turtle looked down avoiding eye contact.

Abook' smiled and went closer to Raph. He looked up at her slightly and caught her hand coming up.

"Kwe." She said making him raise a brow muscle. Donnie typed something on his watch and translated.

"She's saying 'Hi' in her native language." He told his meat-headed brother who nodded and turned the attention back to her. He put his hand out and shook hers. The size difference was hilarious and also kind of endearing.

"Hey there. A-again," After that, the checkups of the other mutants and humans with powers went well, and Raph was able to get her to talk about herself more. Her powers were telekinesis. Controlling objects, and living beings with her mind. She could tear them apart if she was angry enough. Something they had in common, ironically.

Mathi had the ability of far-sight. Being able to know where people were at all times. She had to see the person first though. It helped to know if her friends were okay when they were still locked away.

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After a few months of visiting, bonding, sleeping over with the turtles. Abook' was able to form strong connections with them. Especially with Splinter and Raphael. Though she only ever talked to Raph, the friendship was strong. They even trained sometimes, with her powers or not.

He cared for her more than she knew. More than she could imagine. More than she wanted to imagine. Seems narcissistic, or dramatic, but from the eyes of someone who was only ever socialized with people who gained everything but gave nothing did that to you. He knew this. Hated this. But understood it.

So much that he made Donnie teach him her language. Seeing she was more comfortable speaking to him with it. The others tried talking to her, but only gained head movement or expressions that correlated to 'yes' or 'no'. Aside from that, they got along pretty well. It made for a comforting environment for her. Abook' was wandering the lair looking for Raph when suddenly the alarm went off. She ran to Donnies' lab and saw the turtles standing around him.

"It's the foot clan! They're attacking the markets down by the docks. We need to get down there." He informed, mainly Leo, but told all his brothers. Ordering them to gear up and hurry to that truck, Leo rushed by Abook' and gave her a nod of notice. Mikey ran by with Donnie following saying 'Hi,' while Raph stayed there looking at her. Knowing what she was going to say but would shut down immediately.

"Manininatakin!"('Take me with you,' in Algonquin most likely) Raph shook his head and tried to walk past him.

"Saraminoke, you're not ready for this."('No can do,')He explained trying to not make eye contact. Abook' grabbed his wrist and used her powers to make him stop.

"Please, I can help! Give me a chance to-"

"No! You go out there with us and they realize what you can do, it won't end well. I know you can take them, but I can't have you be taken and tortured again for the purpose of data." Breathing in again after that tangent, he turned to look at her and met a concerned expression on the girl. Like her spirit and will power, her hair had grown and had been braided by Raph. Having three fingers was an advantage sometimes. "I'm sorry Abook', you can't come. Mathi will come to stay with you, watch over Splinter for us."

That was what he said ten minutes ago. Now Abook' was walking back and forth in front of Mathi and Splinter, who kept looking at each other wondering what they should do.

"It's taking them too long," she said, with stress evident in her voice. "They've been gone for too long."

"Abs', they're probably kicking butt still, you've heard how persistent the Foot Clan can be. Also, it's been ten minutes." Mathi said trying to calm down her sister. Not that it would go away, but the sentiment was comforting to Abook'. She stopped pacing and looked down.

"I need to go help them. Splinter please let me go!" she asked her best friend's father. He ran his hand through his beard and contemplated. After 3 seconds he sighed and begrudgingly nodded his head in approval. "Thank you, I will bring them back. I promise!"

"Not without me!" Mathi said using her power to see where they were. Still at the docks fighting the Foot Clan and what appeared to be a giant dog mutant. "They're at the docks still, let's go!" she said grabbing her spear and ran off through the tunnels. Meanwhile Abook' grabbed her bow and arrows and ran after her.

Once running through the rooftops and shadows of the city night, they arrived at the edge of the docks to see Foot soldiers knocked out and the turtles with scrapes on them. Gashes big enough for blood to pour out slowly and panting heavily. Looking around, Abook' saw the mutant dog they were fighting. They had cream colored fur with a big bushy tail and giant front paws. Using her telekinesis, she lowered herself and Mathi down to the ground and lifted the turtles towards them before the dog could get to them again and, most likely, kill them.

The turtles looked up in shock, Raph with fear. He went to grab Abooks' arm but she and Mathi had already ran in to stall for them. Mathi ran up to the mutant and jumped in the air throwing the spear impaling their arm. Abook' used her power to rip the weapon out and gave it back to her friend. She steadied her arrows and fired them, directing them towards the canines chest.

Dodging but getting skimmed on the side causing more blood pour out. Using his ears, he realized Abook' was readying more arrows and Mathi was in fighting position. He ran off leaving a trail of blood and the turtles had come back from the alley and went up to the girls. Mikey and Donnie thanked them while Leo applauded them for their techniques.

Raph on the other hand was off to the side looking down at the floor holding his injured arm. Abook' noticed and walk over to his side, putting a hand on his other arm. He flinched slightly but calmed down when he saw it was her.

"I told you to stay put." he grumbled making the girl stare at him with a side smile. He sighed and patted her head. "Thank you, I'm glad you're here." she smiled and used her powers to levitate up to his level and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Raph froze and lifted his hand to his face and stood in shock. Hearing snickering, Abook' turned and saw the turtle brothers and Mathi taking the scene in wonderfully.

She smiled in content of her new life. Every dark beginning really does have a good ending eventually.

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