The Professor in the '03 series was never actually "named" so I decided to just use the name of his voice actor. Nether of whom I own; because copy right and slavery is bad.

Lol

Enjoy

Chapter 3: The Professor

The kids didn't stop running until it was nearly dark and they found themselves at the junk yard which seemed to be the only place they could hide where people were not likely to be hanging out.

"Dudes, I know I always said I wanted to be a super hero, but this was not what I had in mind." Mikey admitted sourly as they took shelter in a den of rusted cars and assorted metal parts just before the sound of thunder caught their attention causing them all to look up at the sky in realization that a storm was blowing in.

"Figures." Raph complained angrily. "As if we didn't have enough problems." He muttered before movement from his other two brothers had him looking toward the back of the den.

"Donnie, stop moving." Leo ordered as his smarter sibling tried to rub his injured arm in an attempt to sooth the pain he was experiencing, now that his adrenalin had returned to normal levels he realized just how badly he was really hurt. "I think she dislocated his shoulder." Leo complained angrily causing Raph to move over and hold onto Donnie's other side, so they could attempt to right it.

"No, no, no, no." Donnie chanted shooing them away forcefully. "Look, I love you guys, but you have no idea what you're doing." He informed them truthfully.

"Well what do ya want us ta do, take ya to a hospital and tell 'em a robot attacked ya?" Raph countered causing Donnie to wince as he realized he had a point there.

"It's only gonna get worse Donnie, we need to correct it." Leo put in kindly.

"I know, I know, but –" Donnie began again only to be interrupted.

"Well – what have we here?" A new voice suddenly asked causing them all to whip around in a panic to find a homeless man smiling at them from outside, but his grin slowly vanished as he took them in. "You four look as though you've had a pretty rough day."

"Yeah, ya could say that." Raph agreed as he took a step forward to put himself between this stranger and his family. "Now go away." He ordered causing the man to adopt a look of true sadness in his eyes.

"I'd love ta boys, but you're in my home." He announced causing the teens to start a bit before looking around at the den. Now that he mentioned it; it did in fact look as though someone was living there.

"Oh." Mikey answered simply leaving the man to smile again as he slowly made his way inside with them, just as the rain started to fall.

"Don't worry yourself none." He announced calmly as he reached back outside to pull down several tarps in an attempt to keep the warmth in. "I am Professor Dan Green." He introduced with a polite bow. "And there's plenty of room for all of us." He added kindly before moving to set his pack in the corner causing the four teenagers to crowd into the one opposite him, trying to stay as far away from the man as they could as he moved to sit on something that looked suspiciously like a bed.

"Now – did I hear you say someone was hurt?" The professor requested gently as he took them in again with a small smile. "I'm no doctor, but I once taught a medical class, perhaps I can help."

This caused the brothers to look at each other before turning to Donnie; who was clearly not very happy about any of this, but was in so much pain by this point that he was willing to try anything.

So before Raph and Leo could get overprotective again he stood up and walked over to the man; making sure to hold his arm immobile so it didn't cause him any more discomfort.

"You were lucky." The man spoke up again after taking a few minutes to check him over. "There's no serious damage, but your shoulder will need to be straightened."

"Can you do it?" Donnie responded causing the man to frown at him.

"You know the hospital will take you in, even if you do not have money." He informed them kindly.

"I don't think we can go to the hospital." Leo answered leaving the man to look at him before letting out a soft sigh and nodded in understanding.

"I don't know what kind of trouble you've gotten yourselves into, but I can see you are good kids." The professor informed them before gently reaching out to touch Donnie's shoulder again. "Take a breath for me." He instructed and Don did as he was told. "Now try to relax, let the weight go." He continued as he carefully began to move to the arm while simultaneously turning the joint.

"Easy." The man stated kindly when Donnie began to whine slightly. "We're almost there." He added as he continued to gently rotate his arm before a sickening pop announced that it had fallen back into the place, which was quickly drowned out by Donnie's scream of pain.

Raph was quickly by his side again; letting his younger brother to lean into him as he struggled to move past the agony and allow the man to carefully wrap his arm up close to his chest, making it immobile once more. Though this time in a more comfortable position.

"There, that should do it." He proclaimed. "Try not to move it for a few days and you should be fine."

"Thank you." Donnie offered even though he was still in clear discomfort, but he could feel it starting to dissipate now that the damage had been corrected.

"If you don't mind me asking." The professor continued worriedly. "Who did this to you?" He finished causing the four to look at each other again which had the man adopting another sad expression. "Was it your parents?" He asked then, clearly they would not be the first kids he had met who had suffered under the hand of their so-called guardians.

"No." Leo spoke up, figuring that he had at the very least earned an explanation. "We're orphans." He explained. "We were just transferred here a few months ago; everything was fine until – until it started going crazy." He admitted sourly

"I see." The professor stated in understanding before beginning again. "In that case, you are welcome in my home."

"Okay, you're cool." Mikey informed him after a moment of pause, causing the man to smile.

Well… I'm sorry to say this, but it looks like I might have jumped the gun with this story. I thought I had found a way of continuing it but in the end it didn't work, so after this I'm going to need a little time to get it back on track.

I'm hoping to have it fixed by next Thursday but unfortunately it may take a few weeks before you see a new chapter.

But I promise to continue working on it.

Chapter 4: Safe House {Coming soon}