Subway

Chapter One – The Track

Michelangelo rolled onto his side as yet another monstrous rumble echoed overhead, making his bed shake and causing some of his comics to flop off the shelves and onto the floor. He opened his eyes and sighed dramatically,

"When will this torture end?"

He said it loud enough to wake his roommate from a very nice dream involving computers. Donnie and Mikey had been sharing a room ever since Raph had accidentally knocked down a wall in Donnie's room. The wall was also one of Raph's and so he had been forced to share with Leo, not something they were enjoying. Donnie opened his eyes and yawned, he looked up at Mikey from his spot on the floor amongst Mikey's comics and squinted through sleep-deprived eyes,

"What is it?"

Mikey looked at his brother, wonder in his young eyes, "Don't you hear it?"

"Hear what?"

The youngest turtle gestured to the ceiling where another low rumble was causing dust to float down onto them. Donnie rolled his eyes and turned over, away from Mikey,

"It's just the subway Mikey. You hear it all the time."

"But how do you know that's what it is?" Mikey jumped to his feet and stood with his shell against the wall, commando style, "Maybe it's a giant monster trying to burrow down here or an alien race wanting to dissect us and eat our brains or-"

"-Or maybe it's the subway," Donnie mumbled to himself.

Mikey was suddenly at Donnie's side, his head bent low so that he could look into his brother's eyes,

"Can we go and see it?"

Donnie frowned, "See what?"

"The subway, dude! I wanna see it for myself!"

Donatello sighed, "There's a reason Master Splinter only ever took Leo to go and see it Mikey. We'd just end up in some sort of trouble."

Mikey stood up straight and folded his arms, "Come on Donnie! It'll be fun!" Mikey smiled mischievously, "Just imagine the technology! I bet there are all sorts of gadgets and gizmos on the subway that would interest certain turtles!"

Donnie sat up a little, "Yeah, actually I've been wondering how the overhead cables coexist with the electronic rails and the-"

"-Yes!" Mikey ran to the door and turned back to his brother before leaving, "I'll go tell Raph and Leo that we're off to slay the subway!"

And with that he ran out of the room, leaving Donnie shocked and, if he admitted it, a little excited.

When Mikey burst into Leo's room the other two turtles were already awake; Raph had Leo pinned against the wall with one of his sai. Leo was trying to reach for his swords (they'd each started wearing their weapons to bed since Raph had been forced to share Leo's room) but he couldn't quite reach them. Raph turned to look at Mikey, giving Leo a chance to squirm out of his brother's grasp and knock him on his shell.

"Ow!" Raph rubbed his shell as he scrambled to his feet and sheathed his weapon. He looked at Mikey, "Whaddya want shell-for-brains?"

Mikey smiled, "We're going to see the subway!"

Leo stepped forward, "We are?"

Mikey nodded vigorously, "Yeah! Come on dudes, let's go!"

And with that he ran out of the room, leaving Raph and Leo a little dazed. Raph turned to Leo,

"Are we really goin'?"

Leo shrugged, "Well we can't let Mikey go by himself, who knows what kind of trouble he's get into."

~ o o O o o ~

Mikey practically skipped ahead of the group as they walked sleepily though the sewer tunnel. He turned to his brothers, gesturing wildly with his arms,

"Come on guys! Hurry up!"

Raph turned to Leo, "Does he know what time it is? Even the bats are asleep."

Before Don could comment on Raph's absurd ramblings Mikey suddenly stopped. He was looking up at something.

The other turtles soon caught up with their youngest sibling and each followed Mikey's gaze. Above them was an exposed bit of track, obviously what the trains ran on. It was like a miniature bridge that allowed the subway to pass over the tunnel they were standing in.

"Whoa, dude!" Mikey's jaw dropped.

"Fascinating!" Donnie began some calculations in his head.

"Seen it," Leo said, a little smugly.

"Are we done? Can I go back to bed now?" Raph turned to leave but Mikey was already starting to climb the structure.

"Mikey…" Leo's shoulders sagged in defeat as his brother climbed out of reach, "Come on Mikey, you've seen it. Let's go."

Mikey looked down at his brothers and rolled his eyes, "Dude I wanna see a train!"

He flipped onto the track and started to walk along it like a tightrope walker. That's when the ground began to shake.

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