Spaced Out
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to the turtles.
Or the references to various movie characters in this story.
Donetello leaped for joy – it was finished. After months of hard work and endless nights of working through the night, Don's creation was complete.
He wanted to run back to the lair and wake up his brothers, but knowing what they would be like if he woke them up at two in the morning would not go down well in turtle folklore. No he was best off going and catching a couple of hours of sleep before the rest of the world awoke to a brand new day. Then over breakfast he would tell his brothers of his new invention.
Raphael walked half asleep to the breakfast table, he was never fully awake until after breakfast.
"MIKEY!" He grumbled when his younger brother swiped the last toast from under his hand.
"I got to it first! Besides you wouldn't want to be responsible for stunting my growth now would you?" Mikey replied, no big brother was going to cramp his eating at a time like this.
"But you've already had four pieces, I haven't had one yet!" Raphael was not in the mood for putting up with Mike.
"Mikey, one piece of toast won't make much difference, besides you can't have much growing to do, your twenty! You should have stoped growing years ago," His oldest brother pointed out.
"Man, you sound so like Don this morning!" Mikey replied annoyed that Leo was now getting into the argument too.
"Look just give Raph the toast would you, get something else to eat if your still hungry!" Leonardo told his little brother.
Mikey looked at Leo, then at the toast, then back at Raphael. He looked at the toast and a wicked grin showed on his face.
"You still want it?" Mikey teased, just as he began to lick the toast. .
Raphael looked defeated he wasn't going to eat something with Mikey's slobber over it.
"I take that's a no. See Leo he doesn't want it." Mikey then spread a load of peanut butter on his toast and licked the knife as well.
"Michelangelo!" An elderly Rat entered the kitchen, "What have I told you about licking the knife?"
"Um, sorry Splinter I won't do it again," Mike quickly put on an innocent face to his father.
"That's what you've been saying since you were six years old!" Raphael muttered. He got up to put some more toast on. He also put the kettle on for Splinter.
"Thank you Raphael," Splinter said once Raphael presented him with a cup of steaming hot tea and some toast.
Raphael sat down after making a batch of toast though this time he put the batch away from Mikey. Just then everyone was caused to look up at the door way.
"Good Morning!" Don bounced into the kitchen in a pleasant mood.
"What you been drinking?" Mikey asked, he was going to enjoy this show. Never had Don been caught drunk before and Splinter hated it when any of them turned up to the rest of the family when drunk.
"No I think the computer's been frying his brain til 3 am again," Leonardo remembered hearing his brother retreating to his room early in the morning.
"What do you mean dear brother?" Donnie sat down next to Mikey and put an arm around his shoulder. He grabbed a piece of toast from under Raphael's nose and began to eat.
"What is this? Don't let Raph have breakfast day?!" His stomach growled as Don ate his toast. Master Splinter handed Raphael some of his toast.
"No this is Don has got a great surprise for you all day! So eat your breakfast guys!"
"Why can't we bring our breakfast with us?" Mikey wanted to know what Don had up his sleeve. Last time Don was this excited he had made a small plane.
"Because you're eating MY Breakfast – so it's not YOURS!" Raphael emphasised where he felt necessary.
Mike made sure Splinter was not looking and poked his tongue out.
"Gee Mike when you goner act your age? Your not two anymore!" Raphael shot at his brother, Splinter quickly interrupting to silence the two turtles.
"What is that suppose to be?" Leonardo looked at the large metal object before him.
"Spacecraft." Don stated as if it was nothing, but a hint of excitement was in his voice.
"What the hell for? We're not in space?" Raphael couldn't believe this was what cut his breakfast time short.
"Really?! Cool!" Mikey was as excited as his brother in purple. He itched forward, only to be stoped.
"Sorry Mikey – you will not be touching any and I mean ANY buttons or controls on this machine – DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" Donnie did not want Mike to wreck his twelve month project in a single second.
"Yeah, I understand." Mikey shrugged his shoulders, how come he was never aloud to play with Don's toys.
"How does it work my son?" Splinter stroked his goatee, as Don gave them the tour of his creation.
"So this will take us anywhere in the universe?" Leonardo asked.
"Precisely!"
"So when we goner fly this baby?" Raphael asked, he was willing for the chance to get out of the lair.
"Now, I you don't mind Master Splinter? I know we have training in an hour, but please could we just give it a go?" Donnie looked at his father.
Splinter knew better than to not allow his sons to test out a Don creation. Besides, he did not want to discourage Donetello's enthusiasm for creating machines.
"Off you go, just be careful my sons!" Splinter said, as all four ran into the spacecraft and found a set. Don quickly kicked Mikey out of the driver's seat. They all put on their seat belts and space helmets and Don was ready to put this machine of his into action.
He pressed some buttons, pulled some leavers and finally grasped the steering wheel and away they went. It was no time before they were in the pitch blackness that was outer space. They could see the earth sinking further away below them.
"Hey Don, you forgot to provide an in-flight movie!" Mikey cried, when earth was no more than the size of a pea.
Leonardo clipped him over the ear. "Ouch! What's that for?" Mikey cried in pain.
"So, where we going Don?" Raphael asked, "We're not just goner fly around up here and then go home are we?"
"No! We're going to explore a planet, don't you worry about that!"
"What about the moon?" Mikey asked as it floated past.
"No I got a better idea than the moon. Besides we have seen that on the television millions of times. I was thinking something more unique."
"Such as?" Leonardo questioned his brother.
"Well, Mars is out for NASSA currently have star bug there and well – Do you think Splinter would get a little narky if he happened to see us on the News – as the life forms of Mars!"
"Oh but we can find some girls! Girls come from Mars!" Mikey said.
His three brothers looked at him and laughed.
"It's true – there's a book about it! I saw it on Oprah! Men are from Venus and Women are from Mars. Maybe that's why they like chocolate so much!" Mikey told his brothers, how come they never believed him.
"Mikey, I think its "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus." You are one totally twisted turtle!" Raphael informed the orange turtle, as the other two couldn't stop laughing at their baby brother.
"No Its not! I know I am right this time!" Mikey protested like a six year old.
"Mikey, hate to tell you, but it is Men from Mars! When we get home I can get onto the internet and prove it to you," Donnie informed his brother.
Mikey began to pout and turned away from his brothers and looked out the window. He was twenty years old and a ninja and they still treated him like he was five!
"Wait til we get home and big brothers beware – Mikey will get you back for this."
"I was thinking Jupiter personally, because no one has seemed to explore it in great detail yet." Donnie told his brothers, "But if you guys got a better idea let me know."
"What about Uranus? But I think you'll find Mikey's already found his!" Raphael joked, which made Mikey even more upset.
"Raph!" Leonardo felt he had to stop his brother from making Mikey even more upset. He needed all four of them to stay calm and together in this adventure. When Mikey was like this, he was usually the one to wonder off. How could he explain to Master Splinter that they had lost their brother in space?
"I'm not going to Uranus!" Don informed his brothers. He didn't want to discover a planet with such a stupid name.
"Okay then go to Jupiter," Leonardo said, as they past Venus.
The rest of the journey was silent, as they turtles watched the galaxy float past them.
"Wow, there's life on this planet!" Donnie exclaimed when they landed in an area that looked populated. There was like what seemed some kind of city structure near where they landed.
"How do we know they're a welcoming population?" Leonardo asked, not sure if they were doing the right thing.
"Because maybe that sign says Welcome to Jupiter?" Raphael pointed to the big billboard, "Welcome to Jupina".
"They can't spell their name!" Mikey said.
"Mike ever thought that they might just speak another language to us and well they spell their name differently. I mean Rome is Roma to the Italians." Don told his brother.
"Well let's go check this place out, come on," Leonardo led the group so they were not seen. Even if it did say welcome, it may not be addressed to four mutant turtles.
"Hey check that dude out! Wasn't he like in Star Wars or something?"
"Hey yeah, that's one of those ewokes!" Raphael agreed with Mikey as they saw the small hooded creature.
"Ewokes? Come on, they don't exist. That was only a movie you two!" Leonardo rolled his eyes. Clearly his brother's really had watched too much television in their lives.
"Leo that really does look like one of the ewokes! Don't you remember them? Then there was a cartoon on them we used to watch! Remember Mikey asked Splinter to get him one for his birthday?" Donnie couldn't control his excitement. He loved Star Wars.
"No I never!" Mikey honestly couldn't remember that!
"Quit fooling around guys, lets go over there," Leonardo sneaked round to another well hidden spot for the four turtles to hide.
Just then a group of half bird and half horses flew past with people on them. It stops outside what looked like a bar.
"It's Buckbeak!" Mikey cried smiling at the creatures.
"Huh?" Raphael asked him.
"He's been watching Harry Potter again," Don informed his brother in red.
"Oh right."
"I hope we don't come across any dementors around!" Mikey looked worried at Don.
"No only Raph!" Don copped a blow from his brother.
"I know what they are!" Raphael said.
"This place is like all the fantasy creatures from the movies, only they're real!" Leo exclaimed, as he pointed out at the goblins that wobbled past.
"Such observance from the great leader," Raphael said rudely.
"Maybe this is like where they all go to retire?" Mikey said.
"Mikey they're not real in the movies! They're robots and actors and computer images!" Donnie burst out. Why was Mikey still aged six and not able to distinguish between fantasy and real life.
"Bet all those movie producers would chuck a spew if they found these guys here. I mean really they're save all their money!" Raphael said, just as a hobbit walked past.
"Hobbits? Seriously where are we? Middle Earth?" Leonardo was unlike the other three and did not enjoy any fantasy movies of the sorts. He was more into the true life kind of movies.
"I think this is Jupiter, it has to be! But no life forms have been recorded here!" Don exclaimed, as he saw a giant crocodile.
"That looks so familiar!" Raphael said, as he too saw what looked like Leatherhead. Leatherhead was this giant croc who they had occasionally come across in the sewers, usually they kept to themselves.
"Leatherhead?! Here?" Leo looked at his brothers confused. Now Leatherhead was real to him! He didn't have a clue what was going on.
"You guys get the feeling that we'd fit right in here?" Mikey put his finger up, as though he was the ultimate guru of knowledge. For once in his life, his brothers knew he was talking sense.
"Come on, what we waiting for – let's go visit the bar!" Raphael walked straight out and almost knocked over a Dwarf.
"Oh. sorry dude, didn't see you there," Raphael helped the dwarf collect his packages.
"Watch where you going next time, sonny," the dwarf wandered off.
The other three couldn't believe it. The dwarf didn't scream or faint at the first sighting of a giant talking turtle. They quickly ran to join their brother, who was now walking up to the door of the bar. As they all walked in, everyone stoped to see who had entered the tavern.
"Come on in gents!" Cried the bar operator, as he poured each turtle a drink. Everyone went back to their business. There were some hobbits and dwarfs gambling with some goblins. The giant croc was now talking to a frog and toad and a bunch of guys were surrounding two blokes who were guzzling down shot glasses in what looked like a competition.
The turtles grabbed their drinks and drank up the frothy liquid.
"This place is too awesome!" Raphael spoke first.
"I totally agree, dude!" Mikey said, in between guzzling his beer.
"Hey Mikey slow down!" Leonardo warned his baby brother. Mikey being the smallest was also the one which alcohol affected the most. Leo didn't want to have to be the one to explain the Splinter about Mikey getting drunk while on Jupiter.
"You know, no one is looking at us, as though we're out of place, are they?" Leo said to Don.
"That's because with hobbits, goblins, giant frogs and crocodiles – four turtles won't be anything out of the ordinary, now would it?" Raphael interrupted.
"I don't think that question was directed at you?" Mikey said.
"Too right it wasn't!" Leo yelled at his brother.
Everyone in the bar stoped what they were doing and looked at the giant turtle creatures.
"I think we'd look out of place if you two start bickering," Don whispers through clenched teeth.
"Hey how you dudes doing? You got pizza in this place?" Mikey waved his glass at the people in the bar.
"Mikey you just never know when to shut your stupid trap! You're nothing more than a stupid pain in the neck! You're a bad excuse for a little brother!" Leonardo stuck his head in Mikey's face.
"Now, I don't 'ave no arguments in my bar," The bar attendant came over.
"Sorry our big brother's a little over excited today." Mikey quickly smiled at the bar man.
"It is against our customs here to get angry at a brother, especially a younger brother. A younger brother is to be respected and the youngest of brother's the most noblest." The croc told the four reptiles.
Don and Raphael just cracked up laughing, they had never heard anything more stupid in their lives.
"Well, we can always leave him here," Raphael suggested to Don, nodding at Mike.
"Hey! I think these dudes have got a point – kind of like Master Splinter – you should listen to them Leo!" Mikey said to the turtle in his face.
"Mikey, noble of all brothers? You seriously haven't met our brother." Don repeated the words of the giant croc. He had never heard anything more ridiculous in his life.
"Roger! Seize these three turtle creatures! They come to our planet and laugh at our customs when they break them." The bar attendance ordered the hobbits. They got up and hand cuffed the three older turtles.
"Hey!" Raphael cried, as he saw himself being hand cuffed.
"Hobbits are supposed to be peaceful people! I saw Lord of the Rings and they don't hand cuff people!" Raphael said, as he looked at the one that guided him towards the door.
"Raph, I think that was just another misconception of the movies!" Don said, as he too was lead away.
Leonardo also struggled and refused to leave. "Mikey tell them to let us go!"
"Why? You think their customs are dumb. Besides, when was the last time you guys needed me to get you out of a tricky situation? I'm the youngest remember – I'm not by your standards worthy to do the fun jobs. That's the big brother's job, so why should I help you now?"
"Since you're the reason we're being taken to jail!" Don cried, as he exited the room.
"They really are going to jail?" Mikey asked the large croc.
"Yes, we can see that you have suffered long enough at the hands of those selfish brothers of yours, young turtle. May I buy you another round?"
"Sure Dude! See you dudes later, tell me how jail goes!" Mikey didn't seem concerned
By the fact his older brothers were being shipped off to jail on a planet where they were just visiting. He was now alone to enjoy the company of these movie stars alone, without his brothers making him look the fool.
Besides to Mikey – why could he be rude to a planet that deems him more superior to his brothers? He was even deemed the most honourable – now that would cheese Leo off, he thought. This was the first time in his life, indeed in the life of all little brothers everywhere – where he sat on the golden throne.