Well guys I'm back! Author's note at the end of the chapter! :)

Turtle Tot Trouble - Ch. 1

*clang*clatter*crash*

"Mikey!" Raph snarled, green eyes flashing over to the fallen form of his little brother. "Shut UP!" Mikey, sprawled out amid several shiny silver boxes of Kraang God-knows-what, looked up at his brothers with a sheepish smile.

Donnie rolled his eyes and held out a hand, pulling Mikey back up on his feet. "We don't know what could be in these crates, Mikey," Donnie warned, looking down to see if anything was broken. "There could be special Kraang mutagen for more experiments or something in there. Be careful!"

"Well, maybe you should make Raph stop pushing me!" Mikey exclaimed, huffing and crossing his arms. He stuck his tongue out at his brother over Donnie's shoulder. Raph sneered.

"The whole purpose of being a ninja is to be quiet," Leo said, putting a finger over his mouth. "Likewise, breaking into the Kraang's headquarters also requires you to be t!" He narrowed his eyes and turned back around, sticking his head around the corner and looking to see if anyone had heard Mikey's fall.

Mikey stuck his tongue out at Leo again. Raph smacked the back of his head. "Ow!" Leo swiveled around to tackle Raph, but a small group of Kraang marched by.

"Kraang must use Kraang-technology to mutate Kraang's mutagen ooze to help Kraang trap the enemies known as 'The Turtles.'" A Kraang bot with just a mask on reported at the front of the group. "The ones known as 'The Turtles' will first be captured due to effects of Kraang's mutated mutagen and captured."

"The mutated mutagen has not yet been tested to see if the effects are to Kraang's liking." Another robot carrying a large vial of shimmering golden ooze interrupted. "'The Turtles' will be the Kraang's first, as the humans call it, 'lab rats.'" Several waves of robotic evil laughter echoed the halls as the Kraang continued marching. Mikey gulped and ducked down a little behind Donnie's shell.

"Guys, we need to get that ooze!" Leo said, biting his lip and slowly drawing one of his katana. Raph pulled out and twirled his sai.

"I'm on it, Fearless!" He smirked and started to run after the aliens to attack, but Leo grabbed his shoulder and jerked him back.

"Raph, hold on. We need a plan, not for you to blow our cover!" Leo hissed. Raph rolled his eyes and growled something under his breath, but held his sai down loosely at his sides. "Thank you. Okay, so first we need to-"

Leo slid his hand off, and Raph, taking advantage of the opportunity given, took off, sprinting after the Kraang. "Raph! No!" Leo yelled. "Get back here!" He unsheathed his other sword, and his brothers both groaned and did the same.

Raph, ignoring his brother, let out a cry as he jumped on the back of one of the robots and stabbed through the side of its head. The others let out shocked beeping noises and lifted their guns as the light died from the Kraang.

"Alright," Raph said, twirling his sai. "Who's hungry?" Two Kraang immediately started firing, and he leaped up and flipped over their heads, landing in between them and slashing. He whipped around and looked up in horror as the Kraang behind him opened the vial and began to pour it on him.

"RAPH!" Leo and Donnie yelled, skidding to a stop halfway down the hallway. Mikey absently noted that the ooze was sparkly. Raph gazed down with wide eyes as the ooze slid slowly down his shell and plastron, coating his upper body. He froze, waiting to see what the ooze would do. The remaining Kraang tilted their heads to the side and chattered back and forth in their tongue excitedly, eagerly awaiting the results.

He shut his eyes and waited for the worst.

10 seconds…

20 seconds…

30 seconds…

He peeked open one eye and looked down.

Nothing happened.

Raph laughed and wiped some of the ooze off with the back of his hand, flinging it onto the surrounding Kraang. Charging, he took off, slicing and dicing, Kraang every which way. His brothers joined him, Leo and Donnie exchanging concerned looks before jumping next to Raph. The remaining Kraang babbled to each other and tried to recover, but they were no match for the almighty Raphael. With a final jab, he stabbed the last robot and kicked it into the growing pile.

"Yay!" Mikey cheered. "Go Raph!" He went to go glomp his older brother, but Donnie grabbed and stopped him.

"Hold on, Mikey. We don't need you getting the ooze on you, either." Donnie shot Raph a glare, which he evenly returned. "We don't even know what it is! For all we know you could wake up to be an orange pile of goo!" Mikey froze with his arms outstretched around Raph and slowly took a step back.

"Raph, if you become a pile of goo, can I have your room?" Raph growled in response. "I take it as a no then?" Leo pushed his way past Mikey and Donnie and crossed his arms in front of Raph.

"That was stupid, Raphael," Leo growled, blue eyes growing darker with every word. "That goo could've really done something to you, and then where would be? Can you not just listen to what I have to say for one minute?"

"Yeah? Well, you know what, I'm fine! In fact, I feel great!" Raph snarled back, holding his arms out. "And you also know what else? It didn't do anything! You need to stop filling Airhead with ideas!" He narrowed his eyes at Donnie and jerked his head in Mikey's direction, who looked behind him for the Airhead.

"We don't know any Airhea- HEY!"

Donnie sighed as Mikey stamped his foot in indignation. "Look, maybe it's not doing anything we can see. Or maybe it's not doing anything yet at all! Just… go rinse yourself off outside before we go home and you ruin the entire sewer, okay?"

Raph crossed his arms and sneered at his brother. "You're not my mother."

"Alright, well, you'll have to wear a huge yellow hazmat suit and won't be able to take it off," Donnie mused. "I think I still have mine from when Leo burned dinner a year ago." Raph frowned. "Plus, I'll have to pin and poke you like a specimen until all the goo wears off. And who knows how long that'll be!"

Raph widened his eyes. "You wouldn't dare, Donatello."

"Try me, Raphael," Donnie smirked. Raph sighed and went to go find a hose on the side of the building. Mikey winced when they heard the start of the water and yowling screeches of "That's cold as SHELL!" and "I'm gonna get you for this, Donatello!"

Leo pinched the bridge of his beak in frustration. "Let's go. Are you ready?" Mikey dashed forward, but Donnie held up a finger.

"Actually, I do want to get a sample of the mutagen. After all, who knows what this actually could lead to doing? Give me a moment." From his messenger bag, he pulled out a Popsicle stick and an empty container. He scooped some off of the leg piece of a Kraang and ran to catch up with his brothers, who were already with a very cold, very wet Raphael. Raph glared at Donnie, teeth chattering and shivering up a storm. He muttered something under his breath, which Donnie ignored.

Leo crept up the side of the building using the fire escape (fire safety is important to humans and Kraang alike) and flipped up onto the roof. His brothers followed his example and did the same, and from there, they ran across the rooftops back to the nearest manhole cover. Mikey ran up first, sliding down a pole and landing next to the cover. Leo and Donnie landed down gracefully, but Raph jumped down, falling onto Mikey and knocking him flat. The poor turtle was completely unexpecting and squashed out flat like a pancake, eyes bulging.

"Raph," he wheezed. "I think you cracked my shell." Raph snickered and rolled off Mikey following Leo and Donnie down and dragging Mikey behind him. Donnie moved the cover back down into its rightful place, and the boys began their short trip home.

When they ran into the lair, they all jumped into their living room pit and settled down. Mikey picked up a half-eaten box of pizza and shoved a crust into his mouth. He threw it to Raph, who grabbed his and Donnie's pizza and handed the box to Leo. Leo grabbed it without looking up. Space Heroes was on, and it was Leo's favorite episode.

It was like every other night. Leo was watching (and quoting) his show, Mikey was flipped upside down and reading a comic book, Donnie was typing up a storm on his laptop, and Raph was feeding Spike his dinner. Every now and then, Mikey would throw a crust at the back of Raph's head and laugh when he'd tense up.

Raph got so fed up with Leo's quoting, Mikey's crusts, and Donnie's clacking that he stood straight up. "That's it! I'm going to bed." He threw the crusts at Mikey, who yelped and covered his face and gently picked up Spike. He stormed off into his room and slammed the door.

Mikey yawned. "Donnie, what time is it?" Donnie glanced down at the time on his computer.

"Holy shell, it's already 1:30!" Donnie exclaimed, eyes wide. Leo turned around in disbelief. "I didn't realize."

"Go to bed, Mikey. You too, Donnie. I will once I finish this episode." Leo ordered.

"Gladly. Night, bros." He yawned again and shuffled into his room. His snores sounded as soon as he hit the pillow.

"I will. I'm trying to hook up the ooze to see the chemical makeup and effect of an individual with each chemical." Donnie typed something else. "It should be finished tomorrow afternoon or the morning after or so?" He shut the laptop, bid his brother a good night, and headed for his lab.

Leo shut off the TV and stood up. Turning around, he snorted, seeing the mess his brothers left for him to clean up. He straightened up the cushions and threw the pizza box and crusts away, wrinkling his nose when he stepped in something that looked a lot like moldy sauce. When he was finished, he headed to his room, gently shutting the door behind him and collapsing in exhaustion on his bed. He was out like a light within moments.

Meanwhile, outside, a bright golden light gleamed throughout the lair, emanating from Raph's room.

Well, I guess I should start off by saying hi, everybody! It's been... A year since I've posted anything TMNT. However, I may be back for a bit. The other day I got an email saying that one of my stories - Do You Want To Do Snow Angels? - was nominated for the 2014 TMNT Stealthy Stories competition, more specifically the 'Best Chibi' category. That's HUGE! I am super excited!

Since I used to follow the competition blog on Tumblr, but when nobody took over I figured they weren't doing it. And since I hadn't written anything in forever, I never expected to be nominated!

Well, since I don't know who nominated me, but I wanted to write them something and thank them! And since they liked my chibi story, I wanted to give them another! However, I'm a little (okay a lot) rusty on my TMNT knowledge and on writing too, and I've had this completed story in a notebook since I finished writing it on 3/30/13. So I decided I'd publish it to thank them!

So to whoever nominated me, I love you! And I hope you enjoy this story. In fact, I hope all of you enjoy this story! :)

Since this is completed and all I have to do is type up the chapters and edit them a little, I should update fairly quickly for each chapter. Also, I know from researching a little the other day that there are a lot of people with turtle tot fics nowadays, so I hope I'm not copying anyone's ideas.

I think that's all I have to say. Besides that I (even after a year) still don't own the turtles! Hope y'all enjoy... And thanks again!