inter-LUDE: Paths of the Warriors
By THE Xenomorph (aka Xenomorph666)
Disclaimer: I own only Perfection and Wraith.
DigitalMan and K2 are © My close friend.
Everything else is copyrighted to their correct owner.
Universe: Spliced-Verse (Misfit-Verse, Evil Dead, The Mask, TMNT, Captain Planet, Beast Wars, Jurassic Park)
Gawking Glory
"It's big..." Donatello said as he stared forward. A few weeks after the Planeteers got their powers back and almost a week after the Maximals got their act back together the turtles were bum rushed from the sewers by the expanding ranks of the Morlocks. The GI Joes knew the turtles would need a safe and secure place to stay and quickly offered their base. Three days after that they rebuilt the Brotherhood Boarding house and gave it to the turtles complete with a brand new security system.
"This is just what we can see mind you." Raphael smiled proudly. He had helped with the building of the actual house.
"Wow..." Michaelangelo smiled. "I like it."
"They got a HALF-PIPE!" Gecko called from the backyard.
"He's going to break his neck back there..." Leonardo groaned.
"Don't worry I'll keep an eye on him Leo." Mikey smiled as he grabbed his own board and ran to the back.
"That's not even the half of what we got." Raph pulled out a digital pad as did Donatello. "Check this stuff out Leo; six different training sections, a traditional dojo, a small brig and my personal favorite, private soundproof rooms!"
"That's..." Leonardo was actually impressed. "That's pretty neat. Can I see?"
"Here ya go." Raph handed him the digital pad. "Take a look a the bathrooms we all got..."
"They've got jaccuzies..." Leonardo blinked. "Why are two simulated hot springs?"
"Figured you'd want something like that." Raph smiled again.
"Raph..." Leonardo hugged his brother. "I love you!"
"Ah, hey, offa me Leo, people are watchin'." Raph blushed as only a turtle could.
"Sensei, look at this..." Leonardo handed Splinter the pad. Splinter merely arched an eyebrow. "Sorry sensei, but this house is wonderful!"
"Indeed it is my sons..." Splinter nodded. "But it would be equally as wonderful it were a simple house. Would it not?"
"Eh..." Donatello and Raph gave a wavering look.
"It would Splinter, but think about it. Now we have the room to train and not accidentally swing into each other. We can finally all relax in non-destructive ways." Leonardo glanced at Raphael.
"To be fair, I go to Xavier's for that." Raph countered with a superior sniff.
Splinter merely sighed. "I shall go to my room."
"Let me help you sensei." Leonardo took his Sensei's heaviest bag.
"Thank you Leonardo." Splinter smiled.
The turtles then made their paths weaving into and out of the house as they moved all their stuff into the house and the rooms. Around noon however, a crowd of people began to make noise by the fences. They were protesting the turtles moving into the area. Soon after that the X-Men showed up to help the turtles finish customizing their rooms. Pietro and Toad joined them along with Ma-ti and the Key bearers.
"Jeez..." Riku looked out the window at the angry mob. "You'd think they'd be preparing..."
"They don't know." Jean said as she used her telekinesis to spread the paint evenly across the walls.
Riku gave the X-Man a questioning look but shrugged, a slight understanding crossed his face. "They would probably just blame mutants anyway."
"Yeah..." Roxas sneered. "Buncha jerks." He accidentally painted over Sora's hand. "Ooops."
"Huh?" Sora looked at his hands and gave goofy smile. "Don't worry Roxas, we're supposed to get messy while painting.
"Hey!" Pietro came zooming in to the front room. "Anyone seen Gecko?"
"He's in his room..." Sora said.
"Where's Betsy?" Jean asked immediately after hearing that.
A shrill scream filled house as Kitty came running down the stairs, her face was paler than Rogue's.
"Kitty?" Jean asked.
"Gecko... Betsy... Making out..." Kitty shuddered. "Almost more..."
"Blackmail the friend time!" Pietro smiled as he zoomed up the stairs.
"Ever notice how most questions answer themselves around here?" Sora asked as he playfully painted over Roxas' hand.
"Yup, kinda handy really." Roxas smiled as he retaliated with a paintbrush to the side of Sora's face.
Meanwhile in the kitchen Mikey was busy making lunch with Naminé and Kairi helping. He was busy measuring the temperature of the seven different pizzas and eight different entrees that everyone ordered when Kitty came in shaking. Mikey quickly rushed to defend his food but was quickly pushed aside by Jean.
"What was that scream?" Scott came rushing in.
"Kitty walked in on Gecko and Betsy making out..." Jean sighed.
"Oh..." Scott knew better. "There's more isn't there?"
"I think there might be another Sex-Ed class." Jean groaned as she remembered the last one.
Scott merely froze in horror. "I think we should have a private talk with them instead." He suggested as opposed to the horrifying alternative. "Then we never speak of this to anyone."
"I shall speak with Gecko." Splinter appeared from what seemed like nowhere.
"Aye!" Mikey and Scott both jumped in surprise.
"Then it is agreed." Splinter said as he made his way to the stairs.
"You know all this room lets him do that way too often..." Mikey gasped.
"I'd think you'd be used to it." Scott said.
"In the sewers there wasn't a lot of room for him to hide and do that in. Now it's like he's always testing us." Mikey tasted his soup carefully. "Could you tell everyone the soup's done if they want any."
"Ok..." Scott said as he and Jean walked out of the kitchen.
"Don't make a move." Mikey said, his back was turned to Kitty, but his innate ninja senses told him that his cinnamon rolls were in danger and he quickly turned around to recover them. "You are a lethal threat to this kitchen and I will guard it with my life. That is my ninja way."
"What?" Kitty asked, slightly confused.
"He's been watching Naruto." Raph said as he walked in and grabbed a roll.
"Those are for dinner!" Mikey shouted.
"Now it's my snack." Raph smiled as he bit into it. "Seriously though, we have an alarm system just for you in our kitchen."
"Hey that's not fair I'm still learning." Kitty pouted.
"Well here's a tip even I know." Raph smiled an pointed to the smoke alarm. "That's not a timer."
"You're a jerk." Kitty blew Raph a raspberry. "I don't know what Lisa sees in you." She said as she stamped out in a huff.
"Wait... what?" Raph choked on his roll and then followed Kitty out begging her for more info.
"It's a mad house." Naminé said in awe.
"Ma-ti did say it'd get a bit weird here." Kairi said.
"At least we actually remembered to make snacks..." Naminé sighed. "For the place that has a restaurant built into it."
"Awww, don't worry Squirt." Mikey smiled. "At least you thought ahead." He sat two salads next to the girls. "Enjoy."
"Thanks Mikey." The girls said in unison.
"No Problem." Mikey smiled. "Get away from there!" Mikey turned to see Kurt just about to grab a roll.
"But Raph..." Kurt whimpered.
"At dinner..." Mikey shot Kurt a glance.
"I need foood..." Kurt tried to give Mikey a puppy-eyed look.
"My ninja way..." Mikey growled.
"Well mine is to feed me when I'm hungry!" Kurt grabbed two rolls and vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Hey!" Mikey shouted. "Why do my rolls keep getting roll-napped?"
"Because they're good." Pietro zoomed in and grabbed the entire plate and then zoomed back out.
"Roll thief!" Mikey shouted as he waved his spatula in anger.
In Donatello's room things were a bit different as Arcade had shown up to help Forge and Donny set up a massive computer lab. Don's room didn't even resemble a traditional room after ten minutes. Wires were tapped and scattered to walls, doors and the ceiling. The only high point of untangling, re-tangling and reorganizing the the entire mass of wires and plugs was when Pietro zoomed in and gave everyone a roll and some juice despite Mikey's extreme kitchen lock down.
"You know..." Donny said as he held up a tangled set of wires that actually looked as if someone had played Cat's Cradle with it. "I think I should just get new wires."
"Oh come on!" Forge snickered. "Wire hunting is the best part of moving."
"He's right..." Arcade took a chunk out of his roll. "It is."
"Right, well, I'd rather just get back online..." Donny said.
"Why? Not enough porn on your computer as is?" Arcade cracked.
"No, I have a raid tonight." Donny growled. "And what kind of porn am I supposed to look at any way?"
Arcade and Forge both froze.
"The internet is for porn." Arcade said assuredly. "But mainly it's for massive amounts of data storage."
"He's right." Forge nodded.
"You two are such idiots." Donatello groaned.
"Not really..." Arcade said. "Rule 34."
"Not that again..." Forge groaned.
"What it's real!" Arcade said.
"There is not porn for every conceivable subject, without fail." Forge groaned.
"There is too!" Arcade said.
"There is not." Forge scoffed.
"You know my question is not whether or not it's a real universal law, but rather how is it you two can have such a heated argument about it every time you're in my prescience." Donatello sighed as he finished hooking up his computer's monitors. "All right hit the power switch."
As soon as Forge turned the power switch on every light in the house momentarily dimmed and then came back to life.
"Hey we're here!" April O'Neil shouted as she and Casey Jones came in through the garage entrance. Raphael was bust painting the hall nearby and poked his head out with a smile.
"Yo! April! Where ya been?" Raph gave April a hug and even gave Casey a friendly hug. "Man this place is great!"
"I'll say it's better than our place." Case smiled.
"Ah? Ey, I knew you'd two end up together. But seriously where have you two been?" Raphael asked.
"Mostly doing some scout work for SHIELD." April said. "You wouldn't believe how busy I've been since Logan introduced me to Mr. Fury."
"Yeah, she scouts out places I watch her back. She busts technological wonders and I get to bring them down beforehand." Casey laughed.
"You guys are SHIELD?" Raph gulped as he looked back towards the hall. He heard a familiar "Snikt" sound and gulped in fear. "Crap... run..."
"What?" April asked.
Then Rina came out from around the corner with Jubilee and Mona Lisa trying to hold her back.
"Oh jeez, her!" Casey jumped back. "Hey kid, we aren't here for you, you got your deal. We're just friends with the turtles."
Rina shot a glare towards Raph, he simply nodded. Rina then retracted her claws. "Do not come near me." She snarled it and went back to the hall.
"Oh jeez..." Raph let out the breath he had been holding. "You were nearly shish kabobs." Raph laughed and then showed his friends to the kitchen.
Up in his room Gecko was leaning against his wall while Splinter sat at the edge of his bed. He had just finished a long uncomfortable talk with his guardian and was not in any moods to talk to anyone, but Splinter was no where near done talking to him.
"Master Splinter, I know it's not allowed, I know. Ok, it's just... " Gecko shifted. "We get lost in it sometimes, most of the time we barely realize what we're doing. And now we haven't gone that far she doesn't want to."
Splinter merely nodded as Gecko continued his small rant. He nodded and understood as the young man admitted to his dislike of martial arts and preferred to learn what he wanted to learn. He also nodded and understood when Gecko said he did not want to be a ninja.
Splinter put his hand up and like everyone did when he did so, Gecko quieted himself. "I have said many times before that I cannot and will not force you to be a ninja. What you wish to study is up to you. All I ask is that you keep your honor and her honor intact."
"I do." Gecko sighed. "God it's just so frustrating..." Gecko snapped. "I still hate him." Splinter whapped Gecko's knee with his walking stick.
"Ow, right no using that word." Gecko hopped up and down as he grabbed his knee in an attempt to subdue the stinging sensation.
"Hate is what turns us into monsters." Splinter sighed. "And your anger is so great right now, but you can't escape it with this relationship."
"You think I don't know that?" Gecko sighed, "I'm not trying to escape anything. Betsy just makes everything worth fighting for."
"You are her knight then?" Splinter smiled.
"I like to think so." Gecko smiled.
"Yes..." Splinter frowned. "It seems all my sons have come to find their own way and not all are they way of the ninja."
"Huh?" Gecko raised one of his eyes to look at Master Splinter.
"They have learned so much from me..." Splinter sighed. "It pains me that I have nothing left to teach, except to those who will put forward the effort. To teach what remains of the path of a ninja."
"Splinter, you're scaring your ward here." Gecko said.
"I apologize, but you will understand later tonight." Splinter sighed.