Hey everyone. I know it's been a while since I updated anything. Life's been rather busy for me, so I haven't had so much time for this, but I have still done some when I've gotten the chance, and here is the result. Hope you enjoy.
Dragoness
Chapter 1
Trial and Error
Tyroth and Sephie were visiting Monalisa and the turtles, and arrived at a very good time as Casey and April had already planned a bit of a movie night together with the five ninja, and adding two more friends only made it more enjoyable for all of them.
However, as the time drew near, Donatello hadn't been seen for quite some time. Offering to look for him while the other prepared snacks and movies, April had a good hunch of where the brainy turtle might be, which was why she headed to his lab first.
Just like she thought, he was there, working on something while wearing a lab-coat and protective gloves and goggles. She coughed softly to carefully gain his attention, as she knew that many of his projects were delicate. Hearing this, Donatello turned around and saw April standing in the doorway.
"Oh, April. I didn't hear you." he said.
"Sorry for disturbing you, Donnie, but we're about to start the first movie."
"Is it that time already? Darn, I got so caught up in this that I forgot the time. But I can't leave this now, all work might be for nothing if I do."
"What are you working on anyway? Is it something I can help with?"
"Well, I wouldn't mind some extra help, April, but don't you want to watch the movie?"
"Casey picked the first one, and it's one that I don't like that much, one of the Mad Max films. Not my style at all."
"I can agree on that. But if you'd rather be here, then grab a coat, some gloves and a pair of goggles and we can get to work."
"So, what are you working on?" April asked again, while putting on protective gear.
"You remember when Tyroth was captured by the Foot."
"I do, that was horrible." April said, her stomach turning at the memory, and again when she saw the test tube with red liquid that Donatello was working on.
"Be glad you didn't see what we saw. Anyway, when we escaped, he had grabbed a whole bag filled with Arden's new serums. Dragon strength, dragon healing, fear serum, all of which I've been studying, but there was one more that we weren't even aware of that we brought with us."
"What kind of monstrous serum was that?"
"The very mutagen he created from Tyroth's dragon DNA to turn humans into clones of him."
"What?! Are you serious? That's dangerous, Donnie, what do you hope to achieve with this?"
"I want to know how it works, so maybe I can make an anti-mutagen to use against whatever more monsters Arden might cook up. If I can find the very agents that trigger the mutation, it is possible to create something that works in reverse, turning mutants into humans."
"But what if it was used against any of you guys? You'd be helpless."
"I don't think so. We were not mutated the same way as the clones and crossbreeds were, so it shouldn't affect us, at least not in the same way. But that's further in the future, right now, I want to examine this and runs some more tests on it."
"Just be careful, Donnie."
"I will be, I promise." the turtle said, taking a small sample of the mutagen with a pipette and placing it on a microscope slide.
Placing that under a microscope connected to a computer, they could see the chemicals on the screen. After having examined the visuals and taken notes on it, Donatello fetched a couple of bottles with various chemicals to test on the mutagen.
"Okay, April, if you could add one micro-litre of the dimethyl chlorinide to the sample, while I zoom in some more for an even closer look, we should be able to see any potential reactions clearly."
"Sure thing, Donnie." April said, preparing a small pipette with the chemical. "Ready?"
"Just one second, need to adjust the scope and… there. Okay, I'm ready."
With a gentle squeeze of the pipette, a nearly microscopical drop was added to the mutagen sample, and Donatello instantly saw the chemicals react, taking notes, both on paper and mental, of how the different particles moved.
"Interesting. If this reaction is what it seems like, then that compound could possibly work as a catalyst for the mutagen, accelerating the mutation or increasing its potency. But, if it is reacting not to the actual mutagenic components, but rather those for the transmission..."
"Then we might be able gain the same effect for an anti-mutagen. But what if Arden used it in his mutagen? We wouldn't get this reaction if that was the case, would we?"
"Hmm, no, you're right. He must have used another chemical, or combination of them, to achieve the same results. Let's add another five micro-litres of the dimethyl chlorinide and see what happens."
Said and done, April applied another dose of the chemical to the sample, and looked back at the screen, and the results were not subtle. Like earlier, the chemicals reacted to each other by a far more active movements of the nearly microscopical particles, but they kept picking up speed far beyond the last test. Very far.
As the two watched the event on the screen, the sample got even more agitated until it finally exploded.
But, given the small size of the sample, the so called explosion was nothing more than a small pop, leaving a very small area of the microscope covered with splattered mutagen, but it was enough to make April fall off her chair in shock.
"April! Are you alright!?" Donatello asked concerned, hurrying over to help her.
"Yeah, I was just caught by surprise, that's all." she then looked at the remains of the sample. "I think that was a bit too much dimethyl chlorinide. What do you think it reacted to?"
"Hard to say at this point, could be any number of possible components of the mutagen. Makes me think that Arden might have had something to stabilise the mixture."
"Guess we'll have to run more tests then."
"Without a doubt, however, I think we might need a break from this, it has been a long day for us all, and we'll miss the rest of the movies that we planned to watch."
"That's true. So just clean up then?"
"Most definitely, and we need to be thorough too. Don't want to miss any traces of the mutagen. You're sure you didn't get anything on you?"
"I'm sure, Donnie."
After roughly thirty minutes of carefully sanitizing the lab after the minor accident, the duo were ready to join the others for the next movie, and hoped that there were still some snacks left.
But, unbeknownst to them, a few stray droplets of the mutagen had been launched with enough force to reach April, getting caught in her hair. And as she sat down in the couch next to Monalisa, those droplets fell from the strands of hair and onto her skin.
And there you have it, a bit on the short side, but I think you know where it's going. Future chapters may also be on the short side, depending on where it feels like a good place to stop.
Note: Dimethyl chlorinide is a reference to the second live action movie, Secret of the Ooze. The professor asks Mikey for it in one scene. Also, all sources that I have found spell it like that, even though it feels wrong to me. But what's one gonna do, eh?