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Dirty smoke surrounded the piece of tower, hiding the four turtles from human eyes. Much to their surprise, they survived the fall without injuries, only shaken up a little.

"Are you crying?" Donnie asked after the speech Raph spilled when they thought these were their last minutes living.

"No Ding-Dong. It's just a little dusty out here." The tough turtle turned his gaze away, preventing his brothers from seeing he actually does have tears at the corners of his eyes. But as he looked elsewhere, something caught his attention.

"Y/n!" Eyes widened to size of plates, he ran towards the black wings, a thought how come she has her wings back crossing his mind for split second. His brothers followed and they crouched down around the form, Donnie carefully moving one wing aside to show their passed out sister. She looks at peace, but then they remember the pain she went through. 

"Oh no."

"Is she-?" 

"No. She's still alive, only passed out." Donnie checked her pulse, feeling her heart beating and his answer made everyone let out a breath in relief, glad their sister that has only just returned to them won't be leaving them again.

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"Okay, the Mutagen is now entering bloodstream." Standing around their father, Donnie informed about the process of saving their rat father. 

"Master Splinter." 

"Nothing's happening." Raph grumpled, letting a little of his worries to be visible on his features.

"Why isn't it working yet?" Splinter started slowly opening his eyes, still weak to open them fully.

"Mikey. Mikey, come closer." Splinter whispered something to Mikey's ear when Mikey leaned to Splinter.

"What did he say? What did he say?" Eagerly Leo asked their second youngest, curious what their father said.

"He said 'Please get your knee off my chest'." Smile crossed all of their lips, relief washing them like hot shower. If they came any later, there might be chance Splinter wouldn't make it out.

"Sensei."

"You're alive!"

"It worked!"

"I'm sorry. This was all my fault." Others nodded, feeling the same guilt like their eldest.

"You were right. We weren't ready." 

"No. It was I who wasn't ready to let you go. All you needed was to discover that your true power lies in believing in one another. I was also afraid of making the same mistake by letting you go, in the fear of losing another of my children. But when Y/n returned, I realized just like her, you are strong and responsible enough to take care." 

Splinter scanned his children faces, however, when a face of his youngest child, his only daughter is nowhere to be seen, concern fills him.

"My sons, where's my daughter?" It only like now clicked in their heads that their sister lays in Donnie's laboratory like room. They helped their father onto his feet and to the lab, surrounding the unconscious body covered with giant, black wings either like shield or blanket. 

"What happened?" Their father urged, needing to know in what condition his daughter is as the wing was moved, uncovering the paceful face of Y/n.

"Sacks cut her wings." 

"And after we defeated Shredder, she fell off the tower." Leo and Raph began the short explanation and Donnie finished.

"How she got her wings back is what we don't know, but she used them to protect herself from instant death. Luckily she made it out with only broken wrist, bruises and few scratches, but she will be alright. The rest of Mutagen should be enough." He swirled the little of Mutagen in tube and got to work, running back and forth in his half destroyed lab, using everything that isn't broked or shattered.

Sighing, Splinter feel his shoulders relax, trusting his smart son to take good care of their beloved sister. He placed palm on his daughter's forehead, wishing no complications will follow and their family can be as one again. 

They left Donnie be, giving him free room to work while they went to clean their home from Shredder's and Foot Clan's attack.

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Hours passed, the brothers with their father still having full hands. This time Donnie has joined them after getting Mutagen into Y/n's system, cleaning her wounds, bandaging her broken wrist into cast and checking for anything else that could have be done to her between everything. 

Unbeknownst to them, a groan sounded in the lab room, followed with curses. E/c eyes flutter open, looking around her surroundings once her eyes adjusted and opened enough to see. 

Finding this place unfamiliar, in panic Y/n sprung into sitting position, hissing in pain when she pressed on her bandaged wrist in cast. Confusion filled her, also fear Sacks has gotten away from police and took her back, ready to torture her with experiments she hated every day. 

Hurriedly she got off the table by falling, due to her weak legs giving under her weight. But the fear pushed her forward, quickly scrambling up and running towards the only entrance that seems to be here, in the process knocking over some things with her wings on accident. 

Right as she was about to walk out the room, someone else walked in, causing her to slam into their hard chest. Before she could fall flat on her butt, big hands grabbed her.

"Y/n?" She looked up, meeting very well known eyes of her brother. Breathing out, she visibly relaxed and threw her arms around his neck.

"It's only you. It's only you." By the tone of her shaky voice and her strong grip only tightening around Donnie's neck, he assume she got spooked by something. With one hand he held her up while using the other to rub her back, avoiding making contact with her wings, in case she's still sensitive about the area. 

"Shh, shh. It's okay. You're safe now." Slowly but surely she calmed down and he placed her back on the table. 

"I thought Sacks got me again." Donnie pressed his lips in line, with sympathy rubbing his sister's shoulders in comfort. 

"Don't worry about that. Police arrested both him and Shredder. They won't hurt you again." The only Y/n managed to do is nod her head, not really feeling like talking. He got her water to drink before calling for others and checking her vitals. And soon others walked in, Splinter being the first one to walk in and to his daughter.

"My child." Seeing her father almost healthy and on feet erupted tears of joy into the corners of her eyes, one even spilling over. 

"Dad!" The next thing she know she's enveloped into embrance of her father, something she missed for many years. "Your alive."

"Of course I am, dear child. And I'm glad to see all of my children under one roof." Pulling away, he moved off the way to show her other brothers in the entrance. Smiles crawled on their faces once their eyes landed on their sister. 

"She's alive!" And like first time when she came back, Mikey threw his arms around her, lifting her off the table to spin them around. And also hitting everyone in faces with her wings.

"Hey. Hey! Guys! Knock it off! You're doing mess." Both the youngest giggled, Y/n moving her wings to wrap around Mikey instead. 

"There was already mess, Don." The geek threw glare his sister's way.

"Don't you start." Giggling, Y/n felt two more pairs of arms around them, and she grinned at Raph and Leo. She don't remember a time when they would share group hug, at least one included with Raph. But she's more than happy to share one, having her family with her once again.

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"There she is. New York's secret weapon." Bike by her side, April walked up towards smiling Vern.

"Did you get a new car?" Even from afar she noticed the new vehicle Vern's leaning against. 

"Yeah. You're looking at the new Fenwick Express. Pretty sweet, huh? Kind of an upgrade. I figured I'd need new wheels after my old work vehicle went boom. Yeah, Channel 6 gave it to me. They said don't put a scratch on it, but, like, lightning's going to strike twice?" 

Despite being slightly annoyed for having to come all the way here only because of stupid car, April laughed. "So, is that why you called me here, to talk about your new car?"

"I know that you're not exactly a fancy restaurant kind of girl, so I figured a creepy underpass in an abandoned neighborhood in the middle of the night was more your speed. I wanted you to be comfortable." But then something behind Vern caught April's attention and he followed her gaze when he noticed she's ignoring him.

A green van stopped some distance away from them, Mikey poking out from the side of van while Leo sat in passenger seat with Donnie next to him, Raph most probably in the back. 

"DJ Mikey in the house!" They all smiled at April, and she returned toothy one, jogging towards them.

"What are you guys doing here?" 

"We figured we owed you a thanks for keeping our secret." Leo said and April looked inside, seeing Raph sitting there behind Mikey. 

"You had a lot to gain from telling people about us, but you had our back." 

"Yeah, because that's what family's for, Raph." April grinned at the tough turtle wearing red bandana. A comment would be long thrown through air from how much April know her best friend, yet she seem to fail at spotting her anywhere around. 

"Wait. Where's Y/n?" Upon hearing the mention of their sister, most of the brothers rolled their eyes or shook head. 

"Did you know she's one hell of stubborn girl?" Even though she threw confused look at Leo, April, however, does know Y/n can be good pain in the ass when she wants to be. 

It was then when the sound of wings flapping through air interrupt, their gaze turning to left. It was hard to spot but once the figure grew closer, April picked up on the features and wings of her dear best friend. 

April's face cringed when Y/n landed clumsily on the ground just in front of the van, her knees having given up under the weight of both her body and wings from not being able to do much past this week, hence her brothers didn't let her. 

"Oh gosh. Y/n!" Worried, April hurried to her younger friend to help, much to Y/n grinning out of happiness seeing April is great and healthy, no injuries. Unlike her. Helping her back on shaky legs, the woman enveloped the girl in crushing hug.

"Your arm." April did knew what happened at the tower when Y/n ran off, Donnie managing to heck into her pc again and communicate with her easily. Y/n looked at her hand in cast, shrugging unbothered.

"It's fine." 

"God. And are you alright? You look pale." Pressing the back of her hand against Y/n's forehead, it switched to rest on her cheek. There are dark circles under her e/c eyes, h/c hair messy from the wind when she flew her way to here and that unstoppable grin on her lips makes her look like pacient that escaped sanitarium. "When was the last time you slept?" 

"Ehm? Monday? Tuesday, I guess?" April blinked at her, dumbfounded. It's friday. 

"She's been having nightmares lately and refuse to blink an eye." Explained further Donnie, the one that's been checking Y/n over and making sure she's healing up and not doing something that would do more harm than use. April looked at the youngest with 'that' look.

"Y/n, you need to sleep." On instant, Y/n shook her head in protest, ignoring her heavy eyelids wanting to fall. 

"I can't. He's haunting me even in sleep." It wasn't hard to guess who exactly Y/n means, the man being like Devil himself in her eyes: cruel and evil. Even though he's in jail along with Shredder, she's still jumpy because of it. 

"I know it's hard, but you can't keep awake forever." Y/n still shook her head stubbornly.

"We tried telling her that, but she stands for herself." Leo brought up, his head sticked out the window to have better look at them. 

"In the first place she shouldn't be even flying, seeing the contition she's in." Added Donnie, giving his sister look at which the smile she held on her face disappeared, huffing annoyed instead and sticking her tongue at them. 

"Yeah! She just won't listen." The other three nodded in agreement with Mikey, a thing that's been crawling their mind. Smiling amused, April draped an arm around Y/n's shoulders, however, keeping her gaze on turtles.

"You got a lot of catching up, guys." The guys groaned, getting the hint there's more than meets the eye and they either will be okay with it, or annoyed.

"So, you guys are driving now?" After a long time being quiet and inspecting everything around, Vern finally spoke.

"Yeah, man. I pimped this bad boy out. Got a 42-inch plasme with the NBA package, shave ice machine, 7.1 digital rsurround sound." Donnie counted on his fingers what everything he created in the van, proud of his work.

"Check the bass, bra." Mikey pushed wrong button which pulled out a bomb, everyone's eyes widening when it went exactly at Vern's car, flipping it over into flames. The place laid in silence, except for the youngest that cackled from laughter.

"My bad. I'm still figuring out the buttons." Apologized Mikey, sirens not long later calling from distance, most probably seeing the fire here.

"That was my new Fenwick Express! I just...I just got that." Vern held his chest, like he were stabbed right now. It did feel like that for him.

"We better get out of here. Want a ride home?" April touched Vern's shoulder and with unsure smile assured the brothers.

"You know what? I think we're gonna take the subway. We're going to take the subway." She declared. She's not gonna say out loud she don't give slighest shit about the car, but still feel sorry for Vern.

"You sure? I got a real nice song that's all cued up. It's special, girl. For us." Mikey pointed at himself and April. Raph, Donnie and Leo groan in annoyance, telling him not to do it. Y/n, being the crazy sister of theirs, did the opposite.

"Do it, Mikey!" She cheered for Mikey, who grinned at her.

"No!""Shut up!""Don't encourage him!" "Mikey don't!" The three protested, at one point feeling embarrassed of their brother wanting to do such a thing in front of their friend.

"~Imagine me and you. I do. I think about you day and night. It's only right. To think about..." Mikey began to sing, only to get pulled inside while Leo quickly shot from his place to snatch his sister.

"No! I wanna fly!" Despite her protest, he overpowered her easily and pulled her inside (her wings hidden as tattoo), right as Donnie started the van and began driving away.

Mikey dragged Y/n from their brother to his side, grinning.

"Ready?" Once she got the hint, she nodded her head. On three, the back door slammed open with the two sticking out and singing to April heartly, Raph holding them from falling out.

"~I can't see me loving nobody but you

For all my life

When you're with me, baby

The skies'll be blue

For all my life!~"

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Hey, guys! I hope you like it better, leave comment and vote if you want and tell me if you want second book. I'll gladly do it. <3