Cleopatra: The new ninja

Chapter 12

"Help! I can't swim!" Cleo's head went under water. She was running out of air. Her head hit something, hard. Everything turned black. She fainted, in a way. All of her senses were still okay, except for her eyes. And her legs and arms went limp. It was funny, you'd think she would have fainted all the way. (There's a really long story about how she once fainted at the first ever taste of the gunk that she ate during her time at the KRAANG.) Maybe it had something to do with the mutagen in her.

She couldn't finish the thought because she heard another splash, and, after a few moments, felt arms around her, pulling her up. When her rescuer pulled her to the surface, she took a deep breath, still unable to fully move. Cleo then knew it was a guy, from his panting, but she couldn't tell who it was. He had to be one of the turtles because Cleo had only felt three fingers when they were headed to the surface.

Cleo felt herself land on the deck. Her rescuer felt for a pulse at her neck. He sighed in relief when he found it. His finger lingered on her neck and started to travel upward to her head. He soothingly caressed her head. His hand paused, to Cleo's disappointment. She found she had quite enjoyed it.

But what he did next was better. She felt lips on her own.

A pleasant, electrical shock went through her body. This dude was the one. As in, soul mate. She didn't know how she knew that, she just knew.

Her rescuer pulled back, ending the wonderful, life changing kiss. She knew it was a kiss and not mouth-to-mouth because she felt a bit of tongue.

Since she didn't know who he was, Cleo started to try and open her eyes to get a better look at him.

And that's when she fully fainted.

"Back up! Back up people! Give the turtle some air!"

Cleo sat up too fast, coughing roughly. She saw spots.

"Cleo! Are you okay?"

Mikey gave her a big hug, crushing her.

He was pushed roughly off. "I said back off! She needs some air!" yelled Raph. Mikey muttered something about the technicality 'people' while Cleo couldn't stop coughing.

Raph rubbed the back of her shell. "Easy. Take it slow." Everyone was below deck, checking on Cleo. Cleo was glad they were there, in case she had to say her will aloud.

When her coughs died down, Cleo explained what happened, blushing. "I went up on the deck last night. I must've fallen asleep for a second and I fell off the boat. I hit my head on something."

"Did you swim back to the boat? How would you hit your head if you just swam?" Asked April.

Cleo looked away, as red as a fire truck. "I...um...can't swim..."

At first, everyone laughed at the irony, but they stopped when they saw Cleo's red cheeks.

"It's okay Cleo." Mikey sat down on the bed with Cleo and gave her a gentle hug.

Donnie said," How'd you survive if you can't swim?"

Cleo detangled herself from Mikey to think. After strenuous thinking, she gave up and said," I'm not sure. Didn't any of you see what happened?"

April pointed at Raph. "Ask him. He's the one who saw you on the deck."

"Do you remember anything that happened?" Raph asked, slightly giving a begging puppy dog face.

Cleo strained her brain. "...I think that someone pulled me up." Cleo looked misty eyed into space. "And I remember a...nice feeling." For some reason, she touched her lips. Then she remembered that someone had pulled her up. And kissed her. And it was a bajillion times better than when Mikey kissed her. She kept it to herself, planning to tell April about it later.