TMNT- The Lost Danger

Burned

Liz trembled in Ash's arms as she spoke of what had occurred. 

*Fla-moosh back*

Liz smiled as she watched Donnie stick his tongue out while he focused on fixing Mikey's T-Phone. The poor orange-masked mutant had handled it a little too ruffly. Then again, Mikey was just being Mikey. Suddenly, Donnie looked up, and his warm gaze met hers. She blushed, and looked down quickly at the scanner in her small hands. She'd decided to help Donnie in repairing it, so he could concentrate on fixing the T-Phone. 

Donnie smiled, and moved over to her. Leaning forward, he peered down at the bare mechanics of the scanner on the desk. Liz jumped, and recoiled from him. "D-Donnie, what are you doing?" Donnie grinned, revealing his adorable gap tooth. "Just checking to see how my favorite assistant  is doing..." Liz giggled, and subcosnciouly brushed a stray strand of golden hair behind her ear. She returned her golden gaze to her work, and shivered. 'Darn it, why is so cold?'  She wondered briefly, before the relization that there probably weren't enough heaters for all the rooms in the lair crossed her mind. Then it was promptly drowned in the torrent of numerous thoughts rushing through her mind. 

Donnie looked at her in concern, before he pulled off his lab coat moved behind her, and gently draped across her green shoulders. Liz jumped, and turned her head to look at him in utter confusion. "What are you doing?" Donnie grinned again. "You seemed cold." Liz smiled slightly, before she frowned. "But what about you?" Donnie shrugged. I won't get cold as fast as you..." Liz laughed. "Well, thank you..." "Anytime..." Unconsciously, she snuggled into the coat, and breathed in its soft scent. 

Footsteps alerted her to the presence of April. She looked up, and saw April smile at Donnie. "Hey Donnie!" Donnie jumped and hit his head on the shelf  above him. Rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly, he turned and grinned at the red head/ "O-Oh! Hey April, what's up?" Liz frowned at the faint blush that crept across Donnie's cheeks. April shrugged. "Nothing much, just wanted to see what you were doing." As she spoke, she turned her head, and her sharp gaze pierced Liz. Liz flinched slightly under the human's sharp gaze. 

Donnie stood suddenly. "Well, I um, I'll be right there April, I just need to grab something." And with that, Donnie had gone off to some part of his lab. Liz smiled brightly as April turned and looked at her again. "So, April right?"

April glared. Liz frowned. "Is something wro-" "YOU...." April seethed, jabbing a finger at her aggressivily. Liz jumped, taken aback by the teen's aggressive behavior. "W-What?" April rolled her eyes. "You need to stay away from Donnie!" "Huh?" Baffled, Liz took a few steps back. Hurt washed over her, and then a fierce wave of indignation. Who was she to tell her what to do?  "You think that you can just waltz on in here and take him from me? I've seen how you look at him. Well, he's mine. He likes me. Not you. You can not get in the way of this. I want him to like me, but I can't have taking him from me. So-" Then April's attention had been snagged on Liz's coat. 

"Now Where," her voice was low, and dangerous, "did you get that?" Liz trembled, and attempted to move back a few steps, but April seezed her by the coat, and practically ripped it off of her. "This is Donnie's lab coat! You don't have any right to wear it!" Liz wimperd softly. "But he gave it to me..." April scoffed. "Well, that doesn't mean anything." 

Then April had stepped back, a look of utter loathing clear on her face, before she turned and smiled innocently at Donnie who had just returned with several tools in his hands. 

Liz felt tears pricking the corners of her eyes as April eased Donnie away from her, and over to one of the work tables, where Donnie began to chatter away about some new updates for the T-Phones. Liz waited until Donnie had gotten up to show April O'Neil something else, before she's approached him quickly. "Donnie!" She breathed. Donnie blinked before he'd turned and grinned a gap-toothed grin. "Hm?" "April, she-April just told me to stay away from you....She said that I-" Donnie held up a three fingered hand. "Ok, hold up Liz. I'm sorry, but April would never say anything of the sort. She's way to sweet for that. And, no, before you say anything, I've known April longer...So...Yeah..." Liz's eyes began to water.