Chapter 1: The night shift that changed it all

I tossed in bed and opened one eye. 8:45. I groaned. Night shift. I got up quickly and began to get dressed. I work at the Lianteate Animal Study Lab. I mostly deal with the two poison dart frogs, but sometimes I would get lucky. After kissing my wife, Odeny(I call her Odenny just to get on her nerves), hugging my five year old daughter, Alexandra, and seeing how Casey and Jenny were doing on their frog science project, I left. "Richard Benson!" my boss, Mr. Lianteate, bellowed in his usual booming voice. I turned around, a tub of poison dart frog blood in one hand. "How would you like a promotion?" Stunned by such an odd question, I just nodded. Mr. Lianteate was well known for his flair with business. This short and pudgy man with light brown sideburns could sweet talk you into getting something you don't need until it's too late. "We've got a new animal. If you can pull it off taking care of him, I'll give it to you. Strange thing is we gave him the noxx formal to knock him out like we usually do. But it's not working very well on him. He's been asleep for 27 hours and his test scores are showing up saying that he is very weak." "But that's not possible. The noxx formal works on all animals except humans." "Well, it sure ain't here,'' Mr. Lianteate said, motioning towards the fairly large cage in the middle of the lab. I walked towards it for a better look. To my surprise, I found a knocked out cold as big as a man in his early forties, wearing clothes, rat near the wall closest to me. His left arm was being used to get all the tests from. From one look, I could tell, this was no easy case. I turned towards Mr. Lianteate. "Where did you find him?" "In the sewers asleep. After a heated argument with the All You can Eat of Snakes, toads and their legs, and rats and their tails restaurant, we managed to save him." I nodded. "I'll do it." Mr. Lianteate smiled at me and patted me on the back before walking off. I quietly walked into the cage. Inside was a real redwood tree, grass, leaves, and two bowls. There were blinds that were used when the animal wanted aloneness. I walked over to the animal's papers. I filed them out.

Name: Alezander

Date: 2/2/2012

Animal(Type): Rat

Test Score( above 40 well, under 40 weak): 22


"Master Splinter?" "Sensai?" "Sensai?" "Forget it guys. He's long gone," Donnie said, placing the needle inside the DNA scanner. "Donnie, you're the smart one. What do we do?" Ralph asked. " Well, this hair is from a man named Max Berones. He works at the All you Can Eat: Snakes, Toads and their legs Rats d their tails." Ingoring Mickey's gasps, Donnie contied on. Pulling out the needle. "Or , the most likely thing, he could be at the Lianteate Animal Study Lab. He showed everyone Splinter's DNA. Ralph and Leo seemed more releaxed, but April still looked terrified. "What is it April?" Donnie asked. "The Lianteate Animal Study is as bad(if not worse) than the All you Can Eat: Rats and Toads and their tails, or however it goes!" "You mean the All you Can Eat: Snakes, Toads and their legs, and Rats and their tails?" "Is it time to get puncture?"