Yay! We're back! :D


Who would have guessed that getting back to nature with my bro's would turn into a sci-fi marathon? There's nothing cooler than slimy, slippery space-creatures, giant alien blobs, cosmic rock creatures with a bad attitude, or intergalactic catfight! And here I thought our camping trip was going to be boring. Silly me!

-Michelangelo


About 3 miles from the farmhouse, a campfire made itself known to... absolutely no one. About 2 months after the incident with cousin Sid, the turtles were healing nicely, even Mikey, although it still pained him a bit to stand. But Don said that the best way for them to heal was to get some easy exercise with his legs, such as walking around the farmhouse and taking hikes sometimes (with a companion).

A little bit after the fire started, a purple-masked turtle stood up. "Just look at this place!" he smiled, stretching his arms. It felt good to have that kind of freedom again. "They don't build turn-of-the-century sawmills like this anymore!" he went on, gesturing toward the old mill a few hundred yards away from them.

Mikey stood up and grinned at Donatello. "Probably because it's not the turn-of-the-century anymore."

"Let's stow out stuff an' start explorin'," Raph suggested, already putting his stuff back in his bag.

His brothers followed him.

Except one, who was facing away from them sitting on his log. Mikey was the first to notice their missing brother and turned around. "You comin' Leo?" he asked.

The blue-clad turtle, who was the only one without at least any ACE bandages, stopped staring past his backpack and turned his head the smallest bit to look at his brother out of the corner of his eye. In all honesty, he hadn't been listening, but he doubted he wanted to say yes to whatever his brother wanted.

"Ah, leave him!" Raph chuckled. "He doesn't wanna play, he doesn't wanna play!"

Mikey glanced at his brother - or, the piece of his shell missing, more than anything - once more, then followed his brothers.

The three turtles went to the mill, which was pretty intact, judging on how many storms it had probably endured. Judging it safe, they walked in. "Cool!" Don exclaimed in awe.

"Race you guys to the top!" Mikey smiled.

"Yeah," Raph chuckled, "we'll give ya a head-start since ya just got yer legs busted!"

"Thanks, but I don't need it. See ya!" Mikey smiled, and jumped away.

'No pain, yay!'


"Such a beautiful night out, guys," April sighed in contentment at the farmhouse.

"Sure is, April," Casey answered, subtly scooting a bit closer to her on the bench-swing on the porch. He was on her left, Master Splinter on the right. "Um, hey, Masta Splinta, isn't it time for yer bedtime meditation or somethin'?" the blue-haired man then asked.

"No, I..." Splinter started, then looked at Casey, who had his hand on April's hips. The man subtly gestured to her with his head, something she didn't notice. "Oh, yes. I did not realize how late it was. Past my bedtime in fact!" he said as he started to stand up. He walked away from the couple, a sly smile on his face.

"Night, Sensei," April wished.

Casey pretended to yawn and stretched his arms upward, letting his right on land on April's shoulders.

April hummed in mock thought and looked at the arm, then at Casey.

Their faces approached each other quickly, and they kissed. April's eyes closed in joy as she wrapped her arms around his neck as if hanging on for dear life. His hands started exploring her, and neither noticed the unknown... thing flying above them.


Mikey climbed out of the hole in the top of the mill. "Ha! I win!" he smiled, letting his brothers out behind him.

"Look! A shooting star!" Don observed, pointing to a blue light flying across the sky.

It changed direction. Toward them.

"What? It turned? That would indicate it's not a shooting star but a piloted mechanism!" Don yelled.

"Who cares!" a new voice called from behind them. They looked and saw an angry yet worried Leonardo standing there. "Run!" he yelled at them.

The three turtles were frozen in shock. Leo growled and tackled them all out of the way, barely getting himself out of danger before the 'star' destroyed the entire mill and crashed into the lake a bit away.

A few seconds later, the turtles emerged from the water. "I'm alive!" Mikey exclaimed, then breathed out. As they climbed out of the water, Raph turned to his blue-banded brother, who crossed his arms and looked toward the unidentified flying object, itching for a fight.

"Looks like our silent partner decided to join us," he tested.

Leo snapped his head over to his brother's direction. "Yeah, lucky you! You should've been paying attention, not just standing there!" he retorted loudly. Raph approached, snarl on his face. Mikey pushed the two angry turtles away from each other.

"Enough, guys! What we should be thinking about is: what the shell was that?!" the orange-clad turtle exclaimed as they all turned to the lake.

"Well, Mr. Big-mouth," Raph started as they saw something approaching them under the water, "we're about ta find out."

They took out their weapons in preparation. A big, weird, giant robot thing came out of the water, sparks flying from the 'hip', which had part of it missing. It stomped to the land they were on, yelling something in another language.

"Leo, you studied a bunch of languages! Is that one familiar?!" Don asked his blue-banded brother quickly. Leo shook his head as he got his katanas into a defensive position. He may not have understood, but it sounded threatening.

"Hold it right there, Sparky!" Raph ordered, taking a brave step forward.

"Hey! Guys!" Don said, putting his arms out. "Maybe it's friendly!"

"Donnie may be right! Lemme try something!" Mikey smiled, walking up to the robot. "Watku barata niktu!" he exclaimed, waving his hand in a friendly way. Leo face-palmed.

The robot aimed a sonic cannon at him from its arm.

"So... not friendly," Mikey said. Leo growled in preparation of the inevitable fight to come.


WHY THE HELL DID THAT TAKE FOREVER. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON DEVIANTART GETTING POINTS. IF YOU'VE GOT AN ACCOUNT PLEASE DONATE BECAUSE I'M PRETTY MUCH BROKE AND I REALLY WANT A CORE MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE YYYAASSSS~ ANWAY, HOPE YOU LIKE THIS AND PLEASE REVIEW! :)

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