*TEN SONG CHALLENGE!*
Rules: Put your ipod on shuffle (Don't have an ipod right now, used Spotify with my local files (A) xD). Use the song it lands on for inspiration for a drabble, including at least two lines from the song in the story. Do this ten times. Make sure to give the title of the song and the artist before the story.
I got tagged by my wonderful wife; Imatotalfreaksowat… She wanted to see my Swedish music and I told her that I would love to do this, but I don't have much Swedish songs in my computer, 'cause I seriously thinks most Swedish songs sucks badly. The only thing I can listen to is Swedish Disney songs x'D (And of course the first song that pops up when I started this thing was made by a Swedish band. Well, at least it isn't Swedish)… Sorry for my weird taste in music (A) xD
I'll admit it, I used internet to search for the lyrics for most songs… I'm not a music nerd who can most lyrics in my head x'D
I won't tag any, 'cause I don't know much people… Lovely bastard… xD Well, all of you who read this, DO IT! *Throws Stock-Pop Popcorn at you*
Begin!
Song: Absolutely no Decorum
Artist: The Ark
Mikey sat completely still in the sofa, his eyes fixed on the TV-screen that was completely black. He tried to keep the noises from the infirmary out, but it was impossible. Impossible to not listen to the ragged breath of Leo, impossible to not hear the small cursing from Donnie when something didn't go as it should, impossible to not think about the possible outcome of this day.
"Hey…" A low voice still managed to get the youngest's attention as he slowly looked up, glancing to his right side. Raph, his older brother, his protector, sat next to him, staring at him with concern filling every corner of his eyes. "Mikey, are you okay, anything I can get for you? Anything I can do?" So protective, as always, it was heartbreaking for the youngest to see that. He took a deep breath, looking down on the ground, furrowing his brows in concentration. Then he looked up and back to Raph, with his eyes wide and frightful, frightful for the possible outcome for Leo.
"Tell me a joke…" He said, his voice low and slow, as every word was a pain for him to speak.
"What?"
"Tell me a joke and make me smile."
"Aw Mikey, that's your job, to tell jokes and make people smile." Raph said and tried a smile, but it didn't reach his eyes.
"Play me the part, be the star for a while…" Mikey couldn't hold it together, his voice cracked and tears streamed down his face. Raph immediately held his brother tight in his arms, comforting him with his embrace and encouraging words.
(Okay, that was emo… Sorry! xD)
Song: G-Get up and Dance
Artist: Faber Driver
Raph glanced over the edge of the building, his eyes taking in the scene within seconds. A lonely woman, four men in black, yes a normal scenario on late Friday nights like this. He could feel the presence of his brothers close to him, but he didn't give them a glance. No this was more important.
"And when they start the beat…" He whispered to himself, glancing closer as one man suddenly took the last steps forward to the woman, grabbing her arms with his strong hands. A big smile landed on the red-masked turtle's face and he pulled out his weapons within seconds.
"We'll take it to the street!"
With one leap he jumped over the building, down to the action below.
Song: Accidentally in Love
Artist: Counting Crows
The four turtles sat upon the roof of one of the buildings in Manhattan, glancing out over the city that was their home, their business to protect. The life that flooded through the city you could view best from this point. All the noise, the light, the people… It was what made Manhattan Manhattan.
"So many lights! Just look, it's like a line of lightning over there, dudes!" Mikey said, pointed out over the city. Don smiled before he tilted his head to the left.
"These lines of lightning mean we're never alone…"
"Never alone?" Mikey repeated, looking at his older brother. Don nodded and sighed, with a small smile on his lips.
"Never alone, no, no…"
All the brothers said quietly the rest of the evening, just listening and watching all that noise and lightning, feeling closer to the people in the city than ever before.
Song: A Day Late
Artist: Anberlin
"So let me get this straight!"
Casey nervously jumped when April's sharp voice reached him. It had been four months now, four months since they had married each other and he hadn't been happier than this ever. But April could still surprise him, like this.
"Baby?" He asked when he noticed her, standing in the doorway to the kitchen.
"You say now you loved me all along? All the way back to the time around we first met?" Argh, Casey knew he shouldn't have said it. Of course April would be surprised and even irritated about it, especially if he thought about how he had treated her back then.
"What made you hesitate, to tell me with words what you really feel?" She took the last steps and came up in front of him, looking up at him with those beautiful, green eyes that he loved. Casey Jones took a deep breath, released it with a small sigh and then smiled at her, placing his hand at her cheek.
"You made me hesitate, with your beautiful eyes."
Song: Love Today
Artist: Mika
"Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today, gonna love today. Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today…"
"Grah Mikey! Can't ya just shut up? Ya've been sinin' that the whole mornin'!" Raph sighed loudly has his frustration grew in his chest. He had been patient with Mikey the whole day, but right now his patience had been running out.
"But Raphie, it's Valentine's day! Everybody's gonna love today!"
"I'll show you love! The love of my right foot!"
"Not the face!"
Song: My heart will go on
Artist: Celine Dion
"Leo!" Raph's voice grabbed the leader's attention. He threw a look over his left shoulder to see how his younger brother, his hot-headed brother, jumping down towards him.
"I see you, I feel you…" Leo whispered. His power was almost drained, his arms didn't have enough strength to even raise his swords to defend himself and it still were over fifteen more Foot ninjas to defeat. When his brother reached his side his legs gave in, brought him down to his knees, but Raph managed to catch him before his face hit the ground.
"Easy now, fearless leader. Lay down here and rest, the others are on their way, and leave the rest to Raph. Don't need to be scared!" His brother laughed.
"You're here… there's nothing I fear…" Leo smiled, slowly closing his eyes, trusting his younger brother to take care of all.
(OMG! THAT SO SOUNDS LIKE T-CEST! Sorry for it, it should be brotherly love! xD)
Song: Toy Soldiers
Artist: Eminem
I'm supposed to be the soldier who never blows his composure
Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders
I am never supposed to show it, my crew ain't supposed to know it…
Even if it means goin' toe to toe with a Benzino it don't matter
I'd never drag them in battles that I can't handle unless
I absolutely have to
I'm supposed to set an example
I need to be the leader, my crew looks for me to guide 'em
If some shit ever just pop off, I'm supposed to be beside 'em
Leo sighed deeply and erased the last two lines; journals could be such as pain to write sometimes, especially when you have these emotions inside of you. Today had been such a failure, everyone had ended up begin hurt and they had to run away not to lose their life. And it was his fault, he just knew it, he was the leader and if they lose the fight, he had done something wrong. He just had done something wrong; he just couldn't figure it out!
Leo bit the end of the pen thoughtfully as he tried to figure out the right words for him to describe the feeling inside of him. Lost in thoughts he didn't notice the danger lurking up behind.
"You know Leo, you write pretty badly!" Quickly Leo closed the journal before he looked over his shoulder's at the youngest brother behind him.
"Mikey! You're not supposed to read other journals, they are personal!" The leader scolded him.
"Sorry, but I got curious. And you know, you sound like Raph when you're writing like that!"
"I know, but I'm just so frustrated, this is a better way of writing when you're feeling like this." Leo sighed and scratched the back of his head. Mikey was silence behind him, but only for a couple of seconds.
"You know Leo… We all fall down like toy soldiers. But we get back up 'cause… the battle wages on for toy soldiers."
And with that he left the room, leaving Leo lost in new thoughts. But soon a smile crept on the leader's face as he opened up the journal, erased all he had been writing and starting over again, with a new determination.
(I'm so happy I got this song! It's like the perfect Leo song, so damn perfect! Some of the parts is so written by Leo x'D)
Song: This is War
Artist: 30 Seconds to Mars
"Leo, why do we keep doing this?" Leo looked over at his brother at the other end of the sofa, his eyes were fixed on the TV-screen where the news was playing, but they showed nothing else than pain. Pain for all the sadness and distortion of the world, a broken world.
"What do you mean?" The leader asked.
"Why do we keep saving all these people, more and more crimes are being committed every day? It's not like we're doing something that will change it."
"Well… I guess we're doing it with different opinions. Raph just wants to beat the crap out of the evil guys, Mikey's doing it because he thinks it's fun and I…" He quieted down, biting his lower lip.
"And you?" Don pushed him to answer the question.
"I believe that people can change." Leo nodded, satisfied with the answer. Don smiled a bit before he looked back to the screen, but Leo called once more for his attention. "Don… I do believe in the light… But that doesn't mean that it has to be true. This is war… And maybe it always will be."
(Why can I only write serious stuff ._. x'D)
Song: There's a Class for This
Artist: Cute is what we aim for
"Oh my god, it hurts so much!" Mikey screamed loudly as he grabbed his foot, jumping on the other to keep himself up.
"Come on Mikey, it's only splinter! Sit down here and I will take it out for you!" Don patted the chair next to him and soon Mikey was sitting down on it, holding up the injured foot towards Don, who was ready with a tweezers in his right hand.
"OW!"
"Come on now, that didn't hurt!" The genius turtle sighed as he threw away the splinter in the trashcan. "You're such a dram queen Mikey! Everywhere we go the drama always follows."
"Hey!" Mikey objected. "Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back!"
"Yeah right, sorry!" Don rolled his eyes with a loud and clear sigh. "And this is a party without the people! So get out so I can continue!"
"The party?"
"No! My work!"
Song: The One I love
Artist: The Rasmus
"Hey Donnie! How are you?" Mikey loudly cheered for his sick brother, who still – after a week down in a cold – still hadn't gotten better. Drawing up a chair next to the sick turtle's bed Mikey dropped himself on it with a bag of chips in his hands. The genius, sick turtles in the bed sighed before he coughed.
"Haven't slept in a week." He started, his voice hoarse and weak. "My bed has become my coffin, cannot breath, cannot speak. My head's like a bomb, still waiting…"
"Uhuh… Well, my PlayStation has broken. Can you fix it?"
The end!
God, this was funnier than I expected! Try it out you, you will love it! 8D