Hello everyone!!! I am not exactly new to fanfiction, but this is my first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fic. I have been a fan of the turtles ever since I learned about them. (I was three.) I used to rush home to watch Next Mutation, even though now I probably wouldn't like that one as much. My favorite by far is the brand new 2003 one. My grandma even changed dinnertime so I could watch it. It is also the universe in which this story is set. You can flame if you want, but please don't be too harsh. At least give reasons so I can try to be better. Okay. Enough said, time for story!
In New York City, the storm started out as a normal rain shower, but soon grew into a treacherous electrical storm. In the heart of the NYC sewers, four turtles were getting restless.
"I...HATE...rainy...days!" Raphael shouted, slamming his fist into a punching bag. Leonardo, the leader of the group and the oldest, opened one eye behind his blue mask at the sound of his brother's voice, then closed it again. Leo liked rainy days. He could catch up on his meditation.
The other two brothers, Donatello and Michelangelo, sat on the couch. Mikey was sitting upside-down with his feet on the top of the couch reading a comic book. Donatello sat next to him, working on one of his inventions with a screwdriver. Raphael, not getting any pleasure in the punching bag, roundhouse-kicked the back of the couch, causing Don's screwdriver to go into the wrong hole and the invention to come apart.
"Raph!" Don groaned in frustration, "I almost had that finished!"
Leonardo sighed and got up to help his brother pick up the pieces. He wasn't going to get any meditation done today. Raph looked guilty. "Sorry Don...I just had to kick something."
Don nodded his head to let his brother know that his apology was accepted.
"Besides, you can just build it again, right?" Raph asked.
Mikey laughed from behind his comic. "Yeah, probably, Don was born with a screwdriver in his hand!" Mikey thought this was so funny he fell backwards off the couch.
"Actually," Donatello said, looking thoughtful, "I wasn't always interested in all this techno-geek stuff."
Leonardo looked surprised. "But you were always tinkering with something."
"No," Don said, "Not until I was five." All three of his brothers felt a story coming on. Mikey sat right side up next to Don, and Leo sat next to him. Raph leaned against the arm of the couch, twirling his sais as he listened. "It was the first time Master Splinter left us alone," Don began.
A young Mikey clung to his surrogate father's leg as he tried to make it out the door. "Sensei, you can't leave us alone!"
"And why not?" Splinter said, "You are always trying to prove how brave you are." Mikey let go of Splinter's leg.
"Yeah...but..."
"Leonardo is here to protect you, Michelangelo. So are Donatello and Raphael. Nothing will happen." Splinter looked to his other three sons. "Right?"
"Hai, Sensei," They said in unison. Splinter looked down at his youngest son. "Right?"
"Hai, Sensei," Mikey said quietly.
Splinter was satisfied. "Good. I won't be more than a few hours."
As soon as he was gone, Leo put his hands on his hips. "So. What do you guys want to do?"
"Spar?" Raphael suggested. His brothers said no to that, even Leo.
"We just had three hours of training." Leo pointed out.
Finally they decided on tag. Raph was 'It.' He immediately started to chase after Mikey. Donatello, feeling sorry for his little brother, got Raph's attention and got Raph to chase after him instead. Don was caught instantly. He began to chase after Raph. Not paying attention to where he was going, he let Raph lead him out of the lair and into the sewers.
Suddenly Raphael turned a corner and disappeared. Don looked around and realized he had no idea where he was.
"Raph! Raph, where are you?" The purple-clad turtle yelled. He was most definitely lost. "Oh shell," he muttered to himself. "Where am I?"
To be continued....don't worry it will be really soon, but I'm getting tired. I know this story is supposed to be about Don getting his interest in inventing, and it is, in the next chapter is where he finds out about this stuff. This is just....background I guess. I look forward to your comments.
In New York City, the storm started out as a normal rain shower, but soon grew into a treacherous electrical storm. In the heart of the NYC sewers, four turtles were getting restless.
"I...HATE...rainy...days!" Raphael shouted, slamming his fist into a punching bag. Leonardo, the leader of the group and the oldest, opened one eye behind his blue mask at the sound of his brother's voice, then closed it again. Leo liked rainy days. He could catch up on his meditation.
The other two brothers, Donatello and Michelangelo, sat on the couch. Mikey was sitting upside-down with his feet on the top of the couch reading a comic book. Donatello sat next to him, working on one of his inventions with a screwdriver. Raphael, not getting any pleasure in the punching bag, roundhouse-kicked the back of the couch, causing Don's screwdriver to go into the wrong hole and the invention to come apart.
"Raph!" Don groaned in frustration, "I almost had that finished!"
Leonardo sighed and got up to help his brother pick up the pieces. He wasn't going to get any meditation done today. Raph looked guilty. "Sorry Don...I just had to kick something."
Don nodded his head to let his brother know that his apology was accepted.
"Besides, you can just build it again, right?" Raph asked.
Mikey laughed from behind his comic. "Yeah, probably, Don was born with a screwdriver in his hand!" Mikey thought this was so funny he fell backwards off the couch.
"Actually," Donatello said, looking thoughtful, "I wasn't always interested in all this techno-geek stuff."
Leonardo looked surprised. "But you were always tinkering with something."
"No," Don said, "Not until I was five." All three of his brothers felt a story coming on. Mikey sat right side up next to Don, and Leo sat next to him. Raph leaned against the arm of the couch, twirling his sais as he listened. "It was the first time Master Splinter left us alone," Don began.
A young Mikey clung to his surrogate father's leg as he tried to make it out the door. "Sensei, you can't leave us alone!"
"And why not?" Splinter said, "You are always trying to prove how brave you are." Mikey let go of Splinter's leg.
"Yeah...but..."
"Leonardo is here to protect you, Michelangelo. So are Donatello and Raphael. Nothing will happen." Splinter looked to his other three sons. "Right?"
"Hai, Sensei," They said in unison. Splinter looked down at his youngest son. "Right?"
"Hai, Sensei," Mikey said quietly.
Splinter was satisfied. "Good. I won't be more than a few hours."
As soon as he was gone, Leo put his hands on his hips. "So. What do you guys want to do?"
"Spar?" Raphael suggested. His brothers said no to that, even Leo.
"We just had three hours of training." Leo pointed out.
Finally they decided on tag. Raph was 'It.' He immediately started to chase after Mikey. Donatello, feeling sorry for his little brother, got Raph's attention and got Raph to chase after him instead. Don was caught instantly. He began to chase after Raph. Not paying attention to where he was going, he let Raph lead him out of the lair and into the sewers.
Suddenly Raphael turned a corner and disappeared. Don looked around and realized he had no idea where he was.
"Raph! Raph, where are you?" The purple-clad turtle yelled. He was most definitely lost. "Oh shell," he muttered to himself. "Where am I?"
To be continued....don't worry it will be really soon, but I'm getting tired. I know this story is supposed to be about Don getting his interest in inventing, and it is, in the next chapter is where he finds out about this stuff. This is just....background I guess. I look forward to your comments.