Wo new story! Except it's not new at all! This is actually my very first practice story. Like ever. And it's completely finished and more of a comedy sort of thing I guess. Not really logical or realistic. But it was a practice so I didn't really want to have a high bar to begin with. This thing is actually up on Ao3 for anyone who uses that site, but I figured I'd post it here too. Also because getting the chapters for Two wheels are better than none are going really slow due to school and commitments, and if anyone wanna read this in the meantime, well here you go. (Have an art table, gotta make stuff to sell, stressful shit, I didn't prepare enough for this and it's my first time halp.)
So... yea. School has been going well though, even if it has taken up way more time than I'd like. I hope you guys are enjoying summer! :D
Oh yea, I also wrote these chapers on a 1000 word basis, so it's really short. Chapter 1/13.
Donnie sighted as he worked on another batch of mutagen. He didn't have a lot left and it wasn't like they stumbled upon the goo every other day. He had to complete the retromutagen, there was no question about it and he was determined to succeed. He grabbed his coffee mug only to realise it had already gone cold, he wrinkled his nose and put it back. He would have to get some more after he was done fixing this last bit..
"?!" Suddenly he heard a sound, surprising him as he dropped his tool he was holding, he looked up only to find the lab door was open. He was sure he closed it.. He got up and went to close it again.
"Maybe I should get that coffee.. and check the door isn't broken." He mumbled to himself, stopping for a moment.
"I'll just fix this one thing and then go for that coffee.." He closed the door and got back to his desk to sit down, for a moment looking around for the tool he had dropped, it had rolled under the desk of all places.
Donnie grumbled and bent down to get it, not noticing something had entered his lab.
He looked up in surprise when he heard a sound, only to discover there was a cat on his desk. Probably something Mikey brought in. He sometimes did that when he found animals that he wanted to help.
".. What? MIKEY!" *He quickly grabbed the cat and walked out of his lab, only to find Mikey looking around for something, probably the cat.
"Lost something?" He stated and held the cat up.
"Oh there you are~!" He exclaimed happily. "Thanks D! I thought she had run off somewhere!" Mikey took the cat and hugged it. He paused when he realised his brother did not look amused.
"Well she did, into my LAB! I TOLD you to keep track of the things you bring in! Also, Sensei is not too fond of cats.." He pointed out.
"But she was cold and needed food!" He protested. "It's only for a while anyway until I find her a home, isn't that right~?" He pouted at Donnie only to moments later cuddle with the cat again.
"I am not gonna argue with you on that point, but could you at least TRY not to lose her again?" Donnie sighted and went back to his lab to keep working. His younger brother called something behind him but he didn't really bother to listen and only waved his hand in response. He didn't mind Mikey helping stray animals, but he did mind when he let them wander off into his lab.
Mikey saw his brother leave, not bothering to answer his call, he sighted a little. But he knew better than to bother Donnie too much when he was caught up in his work, well, not that that would usually stop him, but he didn't bother him ALL the time, only when he was bored or wanted company. Besides he didn't need more scolding today.
He had enough for the day when Raph found him kind of sneaking into his room without permission.. It wasn't on purpose he swore! But he had thought the cat had sneaked in there and he HAD to check.. Unfortunately she wasn't there and Raph came just in time to discover what he was doing, earning him a good chase around the lair and a massive scolding from the angry turtle.
"Alright buddy! Let's get something to eat for you!" He gingerly headed off into the kitchen with the cat, pondering a bit about what he should name her. He couldn't keep calling her 'the cat' after all.
"One drop should do it.." *He hovered over the jar, carefully dripping down the recently mixed liquid into the mutagen.
"…" He carefully looked at it, waiting for something to happen. When nothing did he sighted in disappointment.
"Another failure!" He hit the desk angrily, what he didn't realise was that the cat had done more than just walk around on the desk, it had toppled over his holder for all his pencils and smaller tools, he slammed his hand down right on top of something sharp.
"Ow!" He jerked back in surprise and hit something with his elbow. He grumbled at how clumsy that was. Probably a sign he should take a break, how many hours had he been working for anyway? He sighted heavily and started to clean up the mess, then something from his desk started to drip down over the edge.
"Aah!" He yelped in surprise as the cold liquid hit his arm, suddenly he felt intense pain. He gasped in surprise, what was going on? What had hit him? He had to get it off! He scrambled for a towel to try and wipe it off. But before he could he was lost in a haze, not being able to tell up from down, or what it was that was hurting so badly.
When the pain faded and he came to, he realised something seemed very off, the first thing he noticed was that he could barely see any colours, the second thing that it all seemed a bit.. too big. He realised his gear was lying all around him on the floor, which seemed very peculiar and odd.
"Eh? What's going on here? What was I-" He stared at the mutagen splotch in front of him in horror. The liquid slowly dripping down from the desk. No! This couldn't be happening! .. Could it? He struggled to stand only to realise his balance was off, it was easier to move forward on all four legs. So he slowly made his way to a shiny piece of metal he had lying around in his lab, those he had no shortage of and it worked well enough as a mirror. He stared at the contorted form on the shiny surface.
".. I'm.. a cat?" He just stared at the image, feeling the panic surge forward. No, he had to calm down, he had to fix this somehow and there probably was a way.. he hoped.
