Falling For Red

Chapter 5

Darby's POV

Geez, field hockey really helped April learn to run fast. She's sprinting away from me and the only reason I've been able to keep up with her is because of her bright red hair. She's about 2 blocks ahead of me, and man am I tired.

As I'm running after April, I notice she runs into an alley. Wait, an alley? I cautiously follow her and peek my head around one of the walls that creates the alley. But to my surprise, April is...gone?

"What the heck? Where did she go?" I ask myself as I walk into the alley. But as I stand there thinking, I hear footsteps sprinting, just like April's. But they're coming from...the sewers. I reach down and pull the manhole cover to the side. Once I get a whiff of what's below me, though, it's almost enough to make me lose my lunch.

"There's no way she went down here." I say, but then, to my misfortune, I hear April's footsteps from the sewer.

"Oh my gosh, April. The things I do for our friendship." I cover my nose with my shirt and put both hands onto the ground, lowering myself down the manhole.

I listen carefully every so often to make sure I'm following April the right way, and before I know it, I see her jump over a turnsdial and run into an abandoned subway station. I quickly hide behind one of the turnsdials and eavesdrop-I mean curiously listen-to what April says.

"You guys were seen! On the news! Are you guys trying to get captured and experimented on?!" I hear April yell at someone. I curiously peek my head over the turnsdial and almost scream. It's those...creatures! The ones I saw on the news! But now that I can see them closer, they look like...giant turtles? I study them for a minute before one of them, in a blue mask, turns in my direction.

"Ok, guys, tonight on patrol, we've gotta be super careful not to be seen." the blue masked turtle commands the others.

"Yes sir, Leo." another turtle in a red mask says. I hear footsteps walking towards me and I quickly duck back down behind the turnsdial, hoping they didn't see me. I hear the turtles jumping over the turnsdials when something falls down and hits me on the head-a pair of nunchucks.

"Aw, shiz! That hurt!" I cry out before covering my mouth, but I know it's too late. I'm quickly picked up and thrown over the turnsdials onto the floor.

"Ow!" I scream at the creatures and notice the one in the red mask has his weapons pointed at my throat.

"Wow, there, put the salad forks down." I hiss at him and he scowls.

"Salad forks?! These are sais, you-" he's cut off by the one in the blue mask, Leo, I think.

"Easy, Raphael. Here, miss, sorry if we hurt you." Leo says and holds a three fingered hand out to me. I don't take his hand and get up on my own. Then I do something totally stupid-I try to make a run for it. But another pair of nunchucks wraps around my waist and prevents me from escaping. I turn around and see four mutant turtles and April, one of my best friends, staring at me.

"D-Darby?" April asks in disbelief.

"That's me." I reply and unwrap the nunchucks from my waist. I then cross my arms and glare at April.

"So, Neilly, what are you doing in the filthy sewers?" I ask and April looks at the ground and clears her throat.

"Um, Darby, I've been keeping a secret from you." she says and I scoff.

"Ya think?! I mean most of my friends don't hang out in the sewers with four turtle...freaks!" I exclaim and the mutants all frown at me.

"Hey. You're the one who came sneaking into our sewer! What makes you think you have the right to call us freaks?!" Raphael, I think, yelled at me. I shrunk back a little, since he was yelling directly in my face.

"I mean, have you seen what you look like?" I mumbled under my breath, but apparently Raphael heard me. He pushed me hard and I stumbled back. He then got right in my face and poked my chest with one of his fingers.

"Listen here, you little grunge. If you don't like us, then just shut the heck up and leave. No one invited you here and we'd be more than happy to escort you out." he hisses and I roll my eyes.

"Ok, Mr. Big-Scary-Turtle. Calm down." I say and Raph tries to lunge at me, but he's held back by two other turtles, one with a purple mask and one with a orange mask.

"Ok, maybe it's time I start introductions. Darby, this is Raphael, or Raph, Leonardo, or Leo, Michelangelo, or Mikey, and Donatello, or Donnie. Guys, this is Darby Manchester, one of my best friends." April says and I give her a sad look.

"If we're 'best friends', why couldn't you trust me with this? You know I can keep secrets." I say and April sighs and runs a hand through her hair.

"Darbs, they're my friends. I couldn't just go around spilling their secret to everyone." she says, and I glare at her as I hear the last word of her sentence.

"Since when did I become 'everyone'?" I growl out at her.

And with that, I walk out. And I don't look back. Not even when I hear April and the turtles following me.

A/N wow! Like three chapters in one night! What a great birthday gift that I gave you guys...on my birthday...however that works. Anyway, next chapters(s) will be up tomorrow! Till next time! ~Marissa