My Favorite Blues - TMNT 2014/2016 Leonardo story

Chapter 7

"Listen closely April, I don't remember a time........" I hear Splinter start to explain the turtles backstory but I stop listening as Leo crouches down and looks at April and then at me. His eyes are a lighter shade of blue but still pretty dark. I squirm under his piercing gaze and try to focus on Splinter but I keep thinking of his body pressed against mine, how I felt his muscles ripple against my skin, how he whispered into my ear roughly and oh his voice. But what did he mean exactly?

I stare at Leo from my spot beside April completely baffled, my scent? What does he mean by that? I try to listen to what Splinter is telling April but I keep zoning out, what Leo told me keeps bothering me, why does he keep having this affect on me.

"I was just a little girl..." I snap back to reality as I hear April excusing her actions beside me.

"And you gave us freedom, where others would have kept us in cages-" Splinter softly finishes April's sentence but gets cut off by Leo.

"Wait a minute dad, all these years you told us we were rescued from the fire by a great guardian spirit, a hogo-sha" Leo states as he crouches down and looks at his father in confusion.

Splinter nods in agreement, "That's right, and this IS the hogosha!" he gestures towards April and I finally look at my friend. She furrows her eyebrows and thinks for a second. "What....?" she breathes out in disbelief, I nudge her with my elbow and she looks towards me slowly, still trying to digest all the information, I give her a smile and chuckle. "You saved there lives April! You're practically a valkyrja!" April looks around in confusion as in trying to get an explanation to what I just called her, the others look just as equally confused, she finally turns to me and asks; "What does that mean?" I look down at my hands and start to fiddle with my fingers as I feel everybody stare at me. "Valkyrja means valkyrie, in norse mythology a valkyrie is one of the host of female figures who choose those who die in battle and those who may live, a powerful choice to make and you, April, chose to put yourself in danger for their lives." She looks at me in shock and has tears welling up in her eyes and I smile softly at her. I look towards the turtles and observe their reactions as well, they all look shell shocked. Splinter however chuckles at my statement and slowly nods as he runs his finger through his mustache, "I wouldn't have put in any other way my child" I chuckle at him. The four brothers stand and look at April, their gazes are intense and they puff out their chests and they bow to her in gratitude for saving their lives.

"Why did you bring me here?" April asks Splinter "We all know why you brought Bláey here but what about me, surely not just by thanking me after all these years?" 

I look at Splinter, also curious regarding the reason why they brought April here.

"To find out who you told of our existence." Splinter states and looks seriously at April, me knowing that she has been trying to get her story going about the vigilantes, I was quite excited to know who took her word for it.

April looked hesitant but slowly said; "Nobody that believed me, except for.....Eric Sacks"

I rose from my seat in anger and shouted "HA!?"(what) Everybody looked at me in shock from my outburst but I didn't care, this is where I was going to speak my mind. "April, I know that the people you work with are assholes and that this country has a toxic work environment and as well as the mentality, you went to old creepy guy when you could have come to ME, the one who 'accidentally' helped you find these guys, the one who nearly fell to her death mind you, the one who got thrown around like a rag doll by Red here-" I angrily point at Raph and he looks offended by my statement and opens his mouth to say something, "-you better not utter a fucking word or I will incinerate you, I'm the one who's holding the baton right now and it isn't your fucking turn!" Raph puts his hand up in surrender and I hear a 'HAH' leave Mikeys mouth. I look back at April with a glare and sit back down facing her and take her hands in mine, she looks at me with a guilty look on her face and I try to calm myself down. "I know Vern isn't much help either, he's basically a walking toaster and follows you around like a puppy dog waiting for you to toss him a bone" I try to lighten the mood by mentioning Vern and it works, April  chuckles softly and I keep going. "So next time you're in doubt, come to me. I'll be here for a while" I give her a small smile.