Sequel to 'A Dangerous Collision'

Now with seven little kids running around, it's not always easy to notice the small things. But when said things start to grow, what might it mean for this large family? And when everyone starts disappearing...what can you do?

LeoOC RaphOC DonOC MikeyOC

P.S. First chapter is a NORMAL day in the lair...

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Cat sat at the kitchen table, rubbing her temples as she sipped at her tea.

"Cat…"

She looked up at Leo, and smiled slightly.

"Hey, bro. What's up?"

"Roselyn is throwing weights at Benjamin and Theodore…"

Cat groaned slightly, closing her eyes.

Roselyn, known mostly as Rose, was Cat's five year old daughter.

A feisty little turtle, no one liked to mess with her TOO bad.

Her skin was relatively dark, and she had red/purple eyes that shifted colors according to her mood, though the red usually dominated the purple.

Benjamin and Theodore were Mikey and Rach's twin boys, called Ben and Theo.

They were carefree, pranking klutz's with smokey grey/blue eyes and permanent grins on their faces.

Though only six years old, they'd gotten a reputation of pranking everything that moved, except the adults of course…at least, most of the time…

"Okay, here are two important questions: 'What did they do?' and 'Did she hit them?'."

"…Actually…they threw sewer sludge at her…and she DID hit them…"

Cat sighed, and looked at the door.

"ROSE!!!"

"WHAT!?!"

"STOP ATTACKING YOUR COUSINS!!!"

"NOT UNTIL THEY'RE BURNING IN THE DARKEST PITS OF HELL!!!"

Cat ran out to see her eldest daughter, Violet, trying to hold back her younger sister.

Though only eight, she had the warmth of a mother, and usually treated everyone with a warm respect that was usually hard to find.

Her eyes were a vibrant purple, with red in the background, but the colors shifted with her mood as well.

It took a lot to make her temper flare, but you never wanted to go that far.

Her temper was white hot, and both sisters had their father's knack for holding onto their bad moods for hours.

"ROSE!!!"

Said turtle cringed, and the two boys took the chance to run away like bats out of hell.

"Yes, mommy?" Rose asked innocently, and Cat glared.

"Go to the corner."

"But-!"

"Corner. Now!"

Rose pouted, glaring as she walked to the 'Time Out Corner'.

Violet got up from the ground, since she'd had to fall back to stop her younger sister from ripping the two boys apart, and smiled as her father walked in.

"Daddy!!"

She ran to him, and he lifted her up with a smile.

"Hey, sweetheart! What happened to Rose?"

"Ben and Theo threw something at her so she took your weights and threw them at 'em, and then I had to hold her back because she found the sai you'd lost last week and was gonna use it, then mommy came and told her to go to the corner."

"…How can you say so much in one breath?"

She smiled, giggling.

"Daddy, that's not the point!"

The giggling turned to laughter as he tickled the sensitive places on her plastron, making her squirm.

"Oh, really? And what was the point?"

Violet couldn't control her voice anymore, and hardly forced out her reply.

"I-I don't r-remember!!"

Cat smiled.

'Finally, SOME peace…'

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

'Well, THAT didn't last long…'

Laughter erupted from the lab, and a teary-eyed Jasmine ran out.

Jasmine, called Jazz by her cousins because she loved the music, was small for her age, and timid.

Though she was shy, she was the sweetest, gentlest soul you could find, with warm pink-tinted hazel eyes that now held back tears.

"Jazz?" Violet asked worriedly, and Raph put her down so she could comfort the seven year old genius turtle.

Don came out, looking angry as he pulled Ben and Theo behind him.

"You two should know better than to scare her like that!! Apologize!!"

The two looked to the other three adults for an escape, but none were available.

After all, Jazz wasn't an instigator, and only cried when pushed far enough.

"Sorry, Jazz…we didn't think you'd cry…" The two said in unison.

Cat smirked.

"Good…now go sit in the Time Out Corner with Rose."

Looks of pure terror fell over their faces, and they looked at a glaring Rose, seeing hardly any purple in her eyes.

"Are you CRAZY!?! She's gonna kill us!!!" Ben argued, frantic.

"Exactly, now scoot!!"

Instead, they bolted, and Cat growled.

"If I hadn't been up all night, I'd-!!!"

"Calm down, kitten!"

"DADDY!!!!"

Jocelyn, Leo and Gio's eight year old daughter, ran in, holding her three year old little sister, Jacqueline.

Jocelyn, called Joss by her cousins, was older than Violet by a few months, and was unnaturally serious for a child.

She took responsibility for her more rambunctious cousins, usually pleading their case unless she started arguing directly at an adult.

She was a nearly normal shade of green, her younger sister a few shades lighter, and had green-tinted brown eyes.

Jacqueline, Jackie for short, had green eyes tinted a strange brown/gold, and was strangely silent and cooperative for a three year old.

(Cat thanked the lord for that, since she couldn't think of dealing with another food-thrower…)

"What is it?" Leo asked, kneeling down in front of the worried eight year old.

"Ben and Theo woke Jackie up…"

Gio took said toddler from her older sister, who looked at the floor.

"…Now they're in the bathroom…"

No one wanted to ask, but…

"What are they doing?" Elisa asked, having come in after Don.

"…Throwing poop around…"

Silence…

"Leo…"

"I'm on it…"

Cat sighed.

'This is the third time this week…'

"IT'S UNCLE LEO!!!! SCATTER!!!!"

So two little turtles ran across the lair, covering everything in their tracks with brown poop…

"…I'm not cleaning that up again…"