Bye Stranger

Oh my gosh I am so sorry this took forever! And updates will be very very slow. I hate it as much as you do.

Slowly. Ever so slowly, two months passed. The boys never stopped, in fact, they became even more determined to find the girls with each day.  

Leo hunted the streets at night, and he barely slept. Sometimes he began to lose hope, then he'd get a small glimpse of L/g's hair, or spot her in the street before losing her in the dark.

Donnie searched abandoned buildings, places D/g might camp out at. When he was in the Lair (which wasn't often), he'd work on things that could track D/g using her DNA. Or something that could cancel out the serum. So far, no good results. 

I barely sleep, thanks to the Void. It lets me rest once in a while, taking over my body and doing things while I sleep mentally. Yeah, it's kinda weird. And the other reason why I can't sleep: guilt. When the boys started getting low, I pulled the girls to them, for them to see before the girls broke out of my trance and ran off. And yes, I tried to bring them back, but the serum is too strong for me, only the boys can break it. I feel terrible, playing the them like cat and mouse, but the Void has never been wrong. I have to trust it. 

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I walk to the secret entrance, looking behind my shoulder more often than I should. I feel like something's trailing me, but I'm not sure if that's my nerves or not. To calm myself, I listen to music while sneaking in, falling into the shadows and slipping past guards with ease. If the situation wasn't so serious and upsetting, I might be fangirling that I have superpowers, sorta. 
I enter the room again, and look at the container of baby turtles, that might've gotten smaller, swimming around, not knowing what's happening. Then I study the beds, which have been redesigned, wider, and longer, and look like they've been used. I think I might know what's going on, and I might be panicking. 

"Gypsy!" Raph grabs my forearm roughly, pulling me nose to nose with him. I can see he's mad, there's fire in his eyes, and I'm a smidge worried. 

"R-Raph, I-I can explain." 

"Yeah you better! Because I've been scouring the streets for my girlfriend for two months, and here you are, in a secret room, no, a secret torture room with containers of baby turtles and mutagen! Are you even on our side!? For all we know, you could be working for Shredder, prepping this room for the girls! I never trusted you, you always seemed edgy, quiet. Always suspect the quiet ones-!"

"Raph!" I cut off his ranting, and he gives me the stink eye. "Please, let me explain. I needed to be sure this was what I thought it was. And I'm still not sure what this place is, or how it's even here. I've been edgy and quiet because the stupid Void always chatters away inside my head. I yell at it when I'm alone." 

Raph looks surprised, and lets go of my arms, shuffling back.
"S-sorry."

"It's fine, we're all on edge." 

We slip out out the secret base to find the others waiting at the entrance. I scoff and roll my eyes, when the Void says the one thing I've been dreading since my visions.

'Now.'

'N-now?'

'Yes, now.'

"U-uh, why don't we explore the place, since we're here and all." I suggest, mentally beating myself up for the heart break I might cause them in mere moments. 

The boys look at me, then shrug and agree. We walk back in and go separate ways, to cover more ground. I just hope that.. nothing happens.

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Leo turns a corner, and hears faint music from another room. He finds the room, which looks like a prison cell, and kicks in the door. Looking around the dusty room, he sees a figure sitting in the corner, listening to slow soothing music. Who Leo gathers is a she, opens her eyes, revealing the brightest/darkest l/g/e/c eyes Leo has ever seen, coming too close to L/g's eyes. her hair falls off her right shoulder as she stands, reaching the back of her knees, and resembling L/g's hair, just longer. Leo can't see clearly and takes a step forward. The girl leaps up in the air and lands behind Leo, in the light, with her shell to him. Leo sees it. The scars. The five long scars L/g has, going diagonally across her almost firm shell, then her hair shields it again. She clenches her large, green, three fingered fists, seeming as if she isn't yet used to her body. Leo opens and closes his mouth, trying to remember how to speak. Finally, he's able to release one word:

"Sugar?!" 

The girl spins on her heel, facing him. Her round green face is emotionless, but her eyes show conflict, confusion, pain, and heartache. Leo doesn't move as he acknowledges her swollen belly. He can only think: who? Who's child is it. Even if it isn't Shredders, Leo knows he will give him the worst beating Shredder will ever receive. Dark L/g draws out her katana, highlighted with a vibrant and deep dark blue light around the blades. Her attire is like Leo's, but darker, gloomier. Her bandanna is black, with a blue ragged one over it. Leo watches in horror as she drops her stance, ready to fight. Leo shakes his head violently and runs out the door.
Just before he's out of earshot, Leo hears her say:

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Donnie followed a familiar voice, singing, her voice bouncing in the many halls. After a while, and a few wrong turns, Donnie found himself on a balcony, with the voices distributor nowhere. Then he heard it again, but up, and he leaps to the roof. The setting sun blinds Donnie, and he can barely make out the silhouette of.. something, practicing with a bo staff and singing at the same time. They stopped and looked to Donnie, standing in the way of the sun. Donnie couldn't believe his eyes. It was a female, a mutated female turtle, with long d/g/h/c hair, reaching to her tail. Her eyes seemed unreal, almost unearthly, an enhanced d/g/e/c. Her green skin was like Donnies, she was tall and slender, besides her swelled up stomach. Her belt hung loosely around her waist, and she wore a battered purple bandanna, with a black one underneath.

"B-Baby Doll?" Donnie stuttered, eyes widening. "W-what did Shredder do to you!?"

Her eyes narrowed as she gripped her staff tighter.
"He helped me. Opened my eyes to a better world, introduced me to my true form, and I will serve Master Shredder loyally, to the very end."

"N-No.. th-this isn't right... it can't be." Donnie scrambles off the roof, hearing Dark D/g's laughter echo, and what she says stays etched in his brain:

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Raph follows the sound of grunting and punching, hoping it's Foot ninja to beat on. Sadly, no such luck for him. He comes to a door, heavy and wooden. He enters quietly and is shocked at what he sees. A female mutant, training on poles, jumping up and landing on another, being very careful not to disturb the other poles surrounding her. Her smooth green skin in dark like Raphs, and her hair, much like R/g's, is long, brushing her mid-thighs. Raphs throat feels dry as he croaks out the word he longs to speak, just not in this way.

"Sweetheart.." His sais, which he had held in his large green three fingered hands clatter to the floor. "What.. what.. what happened?"

She twirls and flips, landing in front of him. Her r/g/e/c eyes are soul piercing, enhanced to a hair raising color. Raph glances at her stomach, which is swelled up so, even a total idiot could understand she was expecting. She flicked her four bandanna straps off her shoulder, sporting both red and black.

"I'll kill him. I'll kill Shredder, if Leo doesn't beat me to it." Raph mutters, frowning as he locks eyes with R/g. She looks down at him emotionless, and it begins to creep him out. 

"You'll have to go through me first." She growls, and Raph stumbles back, his emerald orbs growing to the size of platters. He trips, and scrambles up, grabbing his said and running. Dark R/g calls after him, and his heart nearly stops when he hears what she spoke:

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Mikey wanders the many halls before a door catches his eye, with a big brass handle, thick dark wood, and iron bolts. He pushes it open and looks in, jaw dropping at the sight. Almost a blur, a Female Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle is training, flipping, kicking, punching, at an incredible speed. Her long m/g/h/c hair is braided, and in the split second moments she stops, it reaches her hips. Mikey leans on the door, watching in awe, when the door moves with his weight, and he falls, taking several poles down with him. The FTMNT stops and glares at Mikey with cold hard m/g/e/c eyes, which could scare the life out of a person. Mikey brushes himself off, and looks at her. His eyes light up with realization, and he runs over, wrapping his arms around her in a tight turtle hug. 

"Gumdrop!! You're ok! And different. Still beautiful, but different. And why is your tummy so big?" Mikey gasps before continuing, "Did Shredder use you as a balloon! Don't worry M/g, I'll avenge you, my sweet. C'mon! Lets get back! Are the others here?"

Dark M/g pushes Mikey back, still glaring at him under her orange and black bandanna. She pulls her nunchucks from her belt, glowing also orange and black as she drops her stance. 

"M/g, what're you doing? You can show me some of your moves when we get to the Lair, but right now we-" 

"You dare challenge Master Shredder?! I will tear you apart and burn what is left!" She charges forward, and Mikey leaps out of the way, heading for the exit. 

"Wh-what's wrong M/g? You're not mad at me are you?" He stops and opens his arms to her, "It's me, your Gummy Bear." 

Her eyes flicker to a softer color, and with a low and menacing voice, she gives him mercy.
"Leave now, or you will suffer." 

Mikey swallows the lump in his throat as he answers, inching closer to the door.
"I will be back, and next time, I'm not leaving without you." 
Mikey then runs out, and with a dark yet sad voice, M/g calls out:

"Bye Stranger."

I collapse to my knees, tears streaming down my cheeks. The turtles arrive, stopping in front of me. 

"You-you saw?" Leo croaks with a shaky voice. I nod numbly, letting my tears flow.

"I-I'm so s-sorry.. I couldn't save them.. I wasn't strong enough to stop Shredder from- from.." 

"It's ok. I don't think any of us could stop fate." Donnie replies sadly, helping me up. Mikey gives me a short hug, his own tears wetting his cheeks. All the boys have met the girls for the third time. The third stage of their transformation. I need to do more. I will do more.