Zidern

Peace for now

Zidern spent several hours chatting with the turtles about their past adventures and mikey mentioned leather head several times but was very sad about it since they lost him as he sacrificed himself so they could all live, Mikey went to a corner and sobbed a bit and Zidern walked over "Hey man.... I'm sure leather head wouldn't want you to be crying, he'd want you to be proud of what's been accomplished since his sacrifice" Mikey stopped and faced him "You're right, leather head would be proud of us right now" Zidern looked around at the others as they had all left to go sleep for the night "I'm goin to bed" Mikey yawned and walked to his room, Zidern got up lazily and went to his room, he slowly entered so he wouldn't wake up Neon who was fast asleep on a rug since she'd been used to sleeping on floors and the train car so much beds were foreign to her and this had also rubbed off on Zidern as well since he hadn't used a bed since he was human.
[She looks a bit cold....] He noticed her shivering a bit even with her fur and scarf on it was still pretty cold in the sewers especially around the winter [I'm sure she wouldn't mind the extra warmth from me] He got down on the floor and curled up next to her this time instead of at her feet, it took him awhile to fall asleep mainly because a minor case of insomnia prevented good rest on some days, Neon shifted a bit closer to him making belly contact with his back, he shifted a bit as well still being curled up in a cat ball like state as his vertebrae became more limber allowing for more stretching as of he were a contortionist, he looked at her scarf and then his own [wonder how she got hers....] Zidern put his scarf around her so she would have more warmth than him [I've had that scarf since I was 13, a gift from my uncle when he took me to go to Japan for a week] He recalled the previous events of his past life.
He rembered the trip to Japan with his uncle Theo who was more American than his Japanese brother who was Ziderns father, he sighed [if only I was born in Japan... Than I might've understood our language better instead of being more american....] Zidern frowned accepting that what happened in the past couldn't be changed just like his transformation into a mutant being so sudden that he never knew this would happen to him, he then thought to himself that maybe becoming a mutant actually helped his life become better as he recalled most of his childhood only being fun when uncle Theo was around to play with him and wisk him away from his very strict parents [I wonder where uncle is....] He shook off the thought and went back to recalling how much better life as a mutant was
Murakami accepted him even after he became a mutant which made him happy and then running into Neon becoming her friend comforted him even more knowing that he truly wasn't a monster, then meeting April and Casey who also accepted him even though his first run in with them wasn't the best way to meet since Casey almost beat him with a hockey stick, then there were the turtles and splinter, they made him feel happy like being in a family with brothers that cared and looked out for each other despite raphs frequent put downs that he later would apologize for, Zidern had truly never been happier in his life like this, he had forgotten his parents and even dropped his last name Yindsaw seeing how his parents rejecting him meant he was no longer part of the Yindsaw family
He looked over at a small wall mounted clock [11:37..... I need to get to sleep] he then took a moment to just lay there besides Neon in silence listening to the sound of the analog clock ticking, tick tock tick tock, the clock repeated, then Zidern took note of another sound as his ears perked up, he then turned around and faced Neon who looked peaceful in her sleep, the unidentified sound continued. Thump thump, went the sound. Zidern realized how stupid he was as this sound was Neons own beating heart as by the time he remembered what a heartbeat sounded like his ear was already pressed onto her chest listening to the slow calm beat of her heart [such a soothing peaceful sound.... ] he thought as he let her heartbeat lull him to sleep
He dreamt about peaceful things and wondered how his life would turn out now that he was happy despite having the Kraang and Footclan potentially hunting them and was sure that things would be peaceful so long as they stayed with the turtles and splinter.
He woke up, his ear still pressed on neons chest as he looked at the clock [2AM....] He thought [I need to get some natural sleep supplements for my insomnia...] He layed there for several minutes before pressing his ear onto Neons chest again comforted by her heartbeat as he was finally lulled into sleep again and would stay asleep long enough to satisfy his need for rest