Heya people!
I know it's been a while since I posted anything, but with my job taking up most of my time, it's been rather difficult to write, yet I still try and find time to think up new ideas, and I believe I've now thought of something new! I think I have anyway.
Hope you enjoy this new story! For those who have seen the 2003 episode 'Darkness Within' it's a future sequel to that episode!
Return of the Darkness Within
Chapter One
"Mmmm….mmmm, delicious…"
A soft moan came from the kitchen in the turtles lair, lit only by a candle and the light from the fridge freezer.
Standing by the tall freezer was the young humanoid turtle with an orange mask, Michelangelo piling some ice cream into a bowl. He licked his lips as he placed the bowl on the counter then began to cover it with sauce and sprinkles.
"Perfect midnight snack…" he said to himself as he searched for a spoon "Or midday snack if you're nocturnal!" he added with a slight chuckle.
As he was preparing to eat it, his ninja senses told him there was a presence in the room.
Michelangelo's stomach lurched as he thought it was either one of his brothers, adopted sister or even his sensei come to reprimand him for being out of bed and raiding the fridge.
He slowly turned around ready to babble out excuses, but to his surprise, there was no-one there.
Michelangelo was puzzled, he looked around the kitchen and over the side of the table, but the kitchen was empty.
"Must have been my imagination…" Michelangelo thought, almost relieved as he sat down to eat his prize.
He had not long started eating, when he felt that presence again, Michelangelo sat bolt upright and looked around, he then felt that twinge in his stomach again thinking that his first intuition was right, but maybe he was being watched.
"Hello?" he called out softly "Anyone there?"
Silence
He sat still for a while, waiting for the tiniest sound, but again, there was nothing, yet the feeling that there was someone else there still lingered.
"Okay guys…" he said "The game is up, I know you're watching me! Show yourselves!"
He then expected his sensei, or his siblings to reveal themselves, but still, no-one made an appearance.
The lair was still quiet as a mouse except for the slight noises coming from the fridge/freezer.
Michelangelo grunted and he looked towards the door, as he did, he yelped in shock as he saw a tiny figure standing there, a small green hybrid girl with long dark brown hair and wearing pink pyjamas as well as holding a brown ninja bear.
"Pandora?" Michelangelo squeaked before taking a breath "Oh thank goodness…I thought you were someone else…." He placed his fingers to his lips stifling a quiet chuckle "You won't tell mummy and daddy Uncle Mikey's been up will you?"
Pandora stood there watching her Uncle, yet she said nothing.
"Listen." Said Michelangelo "If you don't tell Mummy and daddy, you can have some ice cream too! I won't tell anyone!"
But still Pandora said nothing.
Michelangelo narrowed his eyes, normally Pandora would be all excited about getting a sneaky ice cream from her Uncle Mikey, but there was something odd about the child, her eyes were open, she was sweating and her eyes were open and almost glazed over, as if she was in a trance.
"Pandora?" Michelangelo said "Pandora? Are you okay?"
But again, Pandora said nothing, she stared at her Uncle Mikey then turned and began to walk away.
"Pandora!"
Abandoning his ice cream, Michelangelo ran outside and he saw Pandora walking on down the side of the lair in a trance, clutching her teddy and sweating.
Michelangelo ran outside and watched her, his heart pounded at the sight of his little niece, the way she was walking, it was like she was possessed, and each time he called her name, she wouldn't respond.
As he stood there unsure of what to do, he suddenly heard a voice behind him.
"Mikey?"
Michelangelo practically jumped out of his shell and he turned to see Donatello standing outside his room.
"Don!" he cried "You almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Mikey?" asked Donatello "What are you doing up?"
Michelangelo soon recovered from his shock and he remembered Pandora to which he pointed at the young mutant who was walking to the exit of the lair!
As soon as Donatello saw her, his eyes widened.
"Pandora!" he cried "What is she doing!?" he ran over to Pandora just as she was getting closer to leaving the lair.
"She's sleepwalking I think!" said Michelangelo as he ran with his brother "I don't know how to wake her in this state!"
"Don't…" said Donatello "It's not safe! Let's just try and guide her back to bed!"
"Okay!" said Michelangelo "Sounds like a good plan!"
The two turtles quickly walked behind Pandora and Donatello stood before Pandora and lowered down to gently turn her around to which the young mutant did so and started walking towards Michelangelo.
"Come to your Uncle Mikey sweetheart!" said Michelangelo holding out his hands "We'll get you back to bed!"
The young mutant was still walking with glazed over eyes and still looked scared, but if sensing her Uncle nearby it seemed to cease slightly, Michelangelo then placed a hand on Pandora's back and began to guide her back to her room, Donatello following to make sure Pandora went with him.
Before long they made it to Pandora's room and Michelangelo helped Pandora climb into bed and tucked her in under the covers with her teddy bear.
"There we go." Said Donatello with a smile "Safe as houses!"
"Yeah…" said Michelangelo as he stroked Pandora's hair, she had closed her eyes and now had her thumb in her mouth as she slept peacefully, he then looked up at Donatello "I'll stay with her tonight, make sure she doesn't get out of bed."
"Okay Mikey." Said Donatello "Let's just make sure Mona and Raphael don't have a heart attack when they see you there!"
"It'll be okay Don!" said Michelangelo "They'll thank me when they realise I'm in here to stop our little Geisha from wondering off in the middle of the night."
Donatello chuckled and nodded.
"So true!" he said before stretching "Well…I'm going back to bed, night Mikey." He then turned and walked out of the room.
"Night Don!" said Michelangelo before laying his head on Pandora's pillow next to his niece "Night, night little Niece." He whispered softly "Sweet dreams."
Donatello looked over his shoulder and smiled at the cute sight, then he walked to the kitchen to get a glass of water before going back to bed.
As he walked in, he saw the bowl of half melted ice cream left by Michelangelo and he shook his head.
"Looks like you've been up having midnight snacks!" he tutted before picking up the bowl to wash it up "But I think I can say we're grateful you were awake otherwise we wouldn't have noticed our Little Geisha had gone on a little walk in her sleep."
He washed up the bowl and got a glass before filling it with water.
"I am going to look into what happened though…" he thought "Pandora has never sleepwalked before…"
So Pandora's started sleepwalking, this is worrying, and knowing Donatello, he's gonna want to know the cause of it...
