Hey guys! I am contining with another chapter ! I hope you like it! I gotta get back in the swing of things but I have to move within the next month and I have no internet if I'm not at my family's house.
Anyways, I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years! Happy reading!
Raphael's Point of View:
"You were almost attacked today?!" Slash yelled fiercely. I winced and pushed my cell phone away from my ear for a moment with a flat expression, "What the hell, man? Who did you say they were again?"
Raph grinned slightly at his best friend's malicious tone. He couldn't help himself. It was always nice ta know that his friend was there for him and felt tha same way he did. He felt like Slash understood him in some ways even his brothers didn't, "Mikey says one of 'em called tha other 'Kraang'."
"Well that's not weird at all. Anyways, I'll investigate it for ya if you promise me you won't go investigatin' it by yourself," Slash said, and I could feel the slight grin in his voice. I frowned and rolled my eyes.
"I already heard that talk from Leo not five minutes ago, dude," I replied in a deadpan voice as he laughed heartily. I fought off a smile, "But thanks for lookin' into it for me."
"Oh, no problem. It actually bothers me more because I have a bad feeling ever since ya described what happened," Slash hummed with a low growl that almost seemed natural in his voice. I blinked. Mikey and Leo both had mentioned tha same thing when we came home over two hours ago.
"I wonder why?" I asked, confused.
"I don't know how to explain it. It feels like that group is dangerous," Slash sighed heavily and before I could reply I heard some voices in tha background. I startled when Slash started yellin', "Hey! Oliver! Cut tha shit!"
I began laughin' when I heard them laughin' even though I didn't know what was goin' on. Slash began cursin' more at them and I shook my head when I heard them tauntin' him.
"I better let ya go, Raph. I'll call ya when I find out somethin'," Slash grunted, "Hey, Oliver, get offa me!"
I laughed loudly as I bid him goodbye and then hung up. It's been awhile since I heard Slash in what seemed like an almost normal settin'. He'd been stressed for a while tryin' ta protect his newfound family as well as get the rest of tha Purple Dragons in line. It wasn't an easy thing ta do because they weren't all loyal ta him.
There was a knock on my bedroom door and I glanced at it in surprise, "C'mon in."
The door flung open and immediately after that someone jumped leaped across the room, landin' on my bed so fast that tha bedsprings made me bounce. A pearl of laughter erupted from tha room and I scowled darkly when I noticed Miwa there, laughin' her head off at my reaction.
"What tha hell are ya doin'?" I growled swipin' at her shoulder. She skillfully dodged and laid upside down on my mattress, "When did ya get home?"
"Around 15 minutes ago. Mikey and Leo are getting everything prepared for a movie night you know," Miwa grinned up at me and I nodded, still scowlin', "You were the only one not in there, so I wanted to come bother you for a bit."
"Gee, thanks," I rolled my eyes and she just smirked, "I was on tha phone with Slash. You try bein' on tha phone with yer friend around those guys."
Miwa laughed loudly, "That's true!"
"So, is April here too?" I asked curiously, and Miwa nodded at me, flippin' backwards off my bed ta stand on tha floor, "What did ya guys do over at her house?"
I blinked in surprise when she blushed a little, lookin' embarrassed. I was much more intrigued now. I smirked as she glared at me, "None of your business! We just listened to music and stuff."
"And talked about my brothers, perhaps?" I grinned evilly when she looked ready ta start sweatin'. I laughed, "No worries. Who doesn't like gossipin' about Leo and Donnie?"
"The real question is why does everyone like to do it?"
We both glanced up at tha door to see Leo standin' there with his arms crossed, lookin' slightly put off, "I was wondering what was goin' on in here."
"Oh, I was just bothering Raph," Miwa smiled slightly as she put a hand on her hip. She changed tha subject, "So did you and Mikey decide on any movies?"
"Yeah, we're gonna just settle for watching the first couple movies of the Fast and Furious series," Leo grinned when I perked up some. Mikey and I loved that series after all, "Donnie doesn't really care for them, but April was interested."
"He'll put up with anything for April," Miwa laughed as we joined her. When tha laughter died down we all shared a slightly awkward silence.
"So, this gossiping about Donnie and I-"
"Leo! I need help! Where is the first Fast and Furious?!" Mikey called louder than necessary, soundin' almost panicked. I chuckled at that and tha look of relief on Miwa's face and tha look of annoyance on Leo's.
"It's where we keep all the movies!" Leo shouted back, stompin' his way out of my bedroom. Miwa sighed in relief.
"Saved by Mikey," I grinned at her as I stood and stretched.
"Remind me to hug him or something," She said in returned, smiling as I chuckled. After a moment her expression morphed into a serious one. I blinked at tha change, "Hey, Raph?"
"Yeah?" I asked curiously, tiltin' my head as I analyzed her. She seemed almost worried or wary about somethin'. I frowned.
"Leo told me about the group you guys ran into today," She started, and I groaned. I knew that there was no way not ta tell her though, "Can you promise me something?"
"Depends," I huffed, lookin' away from her stare.
"Can you just make sure Leo doesn't try anything solo?" She asked quietly, soundin' hesitant as she asked this. I stared at her, my eyes widenin'. She blushed, "I'm worried because…you know how he is! I just think that if you guys somehow see this group again…that he'll try to solve the problem himself."
"He would do that," I rolled my eyes, rubbin' my hair, "I promise he won't do anythin' solo. We don't want him ta do that either. Even if I have ta knock him out and carry him home on my shoulder, I'll make sure he stays on track."
Miwa looked a bit startled at that last before she brightened and laughed. I smiled as I slapped her back, "Now let's get out there for movie night!"
We both practically raced each other out ta tha main room and I laughed when I skidded into tha room first. She scowled darkly at me and I just kept laughin'. Someone joined in on tha laughter and I looked over ta see Leo and Mikey sittin' on tha couch together. Leo was just smilin' like tha weirdo he was.
"Where's Don and April?" I asked, ignorin' their stares as I looked around.
"Finishing making the popcorn," Leo replied easily, and I blinked in surprise. Miwa and I looked at each other before joinin' tha two on tha couch. I sat by Mikey so that Miwa could sit by Leo's other side, "So how was Slash when you called?"
I glanced at Leo before starin' at tha floor. Leo still didn't really trust Slash and didn't like his way of livin'. We'd usually have arguments whenever he's brought up. Leo doesn't like tha idea of me hangin' out with Slash if they're doin' 'bad things'. He's way too overbearin'!
"He was upset for a moment but promised ta look into that group for us," I told him honestly, shruggin' one shoulder.
"He won't get into trouble doing that will he?" Mikey asked uncertainly, and I looked over at him with a smirk.
"He's not gonna go after them if that's what ya are worried about. He just wants ta investigate them," I reassured in amusement, watchin' his shoulders slump in relief. Unlike tha distrust from my others two brothers, Mikey didn't have any problems with Slash.
"Well I hope not," Leo said in a tone that annoyed me a little, "Something wasn't right about them."
"Yup!" Mikey agreed, noddin' his head more than needed. I rose an eyebrow at them but stayed silent.
Miwa opened her mouth to say somethin' but was interrupted by Donnie and April finally joinin' us. They had three large bowls of popcorn in their arms. They passed one ta Leo and me as Donnie grinned, "We all have to share with someone."
"And I hafta share with Mikey?" I scowled.
"Hey!" Mikey protested, eyein' tha bowl in my hands. I gave him a look and he frowned at me.
"Sure. The rest of us have someone to share with," Donnie replied, his cheeks turnin' a bit pink as he looked at April. I groaned and decided it wasn't worth fightin' it. Mikey grinned devilishly at me and I glared at him.
When everyone was finally settled in their seats Leo, who somehow always has tha remote, pressed play from tha root menu of tha movie. For tha first few minutes, I had ta fight Mikey ta not take so much popcorn each time and after a few slaps ta his hands he finally got it.
Eventually we got so into tha movie that we almost forgot tha popcorn. Mikey and I both got overly excited at tha car chase and race scenes which made Donnie and Leo laugh at us. I swear at one point I thought Miwa took a picture of us.
I startled when Miwa began throwin' popcorn at Leo for a comment he must have made. Some of tha popcorn landed in my hair, which April found hilarious beyond belief apparently. Donnie and Mikey were dyin' laughin' just because of April's reaction and soon we were all just laughin' for no reason. It was tha most unexplained ridiculous round of laugher I've ever seen.
Tha rest of tha movie went by quickly as were all livelier and just bein' stupid with each other. Once it was over Mikey gave tha loudest cheer and I slapped him in tha head for causin' me a headache.
"I take it the movie is over?"
We all turned ta see Master Splinter standin' there watchin' us all fondly. I blushed at bein' caught hittin' Mikey, but he didn't say anythin' about it. He turned ta April, "Your father is on his way, April."
"Cool! Thanks Sensei," April beamed before turnin' ta Miwa, "You still wanted to stay the week with me, right Miwa?"
"Sure," Miwa replied, blushin' a little as Sensei glanced at her, "That's still okay, right? I'll come over of course!"
"Yeah, we'll be hanging out here a lot during the day! It's just nice to not be alone at night if dad has late nights at work," April said bluntly, without even thinkin' about it. My brothers and I shared a look before Donnie frowned, starin' at April intently. April may not always show it, but she does seem ta get lonely a lot. Tha only female friend she has is Miwa, so it makes sense that in her loneliest moments she clings ta her.
"That is just fine, April," Sensei reassured her and Miwa, who beamed soon after. Despite how hard she acts on tha outside, she seems ta really like bein' depended on by April. In that way, we are a lot alike. I'd never tell anyone that though.
"I'll help you pack!" April grinned mischievously as she raced off towards Miwa's room. Miwa's eyes grew big.
"Uh, no!" She shouted, runnin' after her, "You always try to make me dress pretty!"
We all shared a quick laugh as they disappeared into her room and shuttin' her door. I wonder if April would manage ta get Miwa ta actually dress in somethin' other than black or red?
"I will retire to my room for the rest of the night. Come get me if you need anything at all," Sensei addressed us warmly before walkin' off towards his own bedroom.
My brothers and I turned ta look at each other silently. Mikey barely lasted a second before he spoke, "Now what?"
"I don't know. Donnie, has April been okay?" Leo asked our genius brother, who blinked at him in surprise.
"Yeah. Or well…she was telling me how much happier she is to be able to talk to Miwa about things," Donnie shrugged, lookin' a tad troubled, "She told me nothing was seriously wrong, but she did freak out when I told her about what almost happened to us earlier today."
"Well she has nothin' ta worry about," I mused as I crossed my arms, scowlin'.
"Yeah, you're right," Donnie smiled a little and I nodded.
"Hey, why don't we watch the second Fast and Furious now?!" Mikey interjected excitedly. Donnie laughed.
"No way! You guys can watch it. I'm gonna go work in my lab now," Donnie grinned as he fled. Mikey rolled his eyes at Donnie's dramatic exit.
"The movies are good! How can you not like them?" Mikey pouted, and I grinned, puttin' my hand on his head.
"I'll watch it with ya," I promised and chuckled when his baby blue eyes lit up happily. Leo smiled at us.
"I'll pass. I want to work on that new kata Sensei showed us yesterday morning," He explained while Mikey shrugged, grabbin' onto my arm.
"Then it's just us, bro!" He grinned, and I nodded as we jumped back into our places on tha couch. Leo shook his head fondly before walkin 'away.
Donatello's Point of View:
It'd been a couple of hours since April and Miwa were picked up by April's dad, Mr. O'Neil. April was beaming with happiness when her dad walked through the door and although I smiled, I felt confused as well as a bit hurt that she wouldn't really tell me what was going on with her. It probably wasn't anything major, but I know that her sudden changes in mood had something to do with her dad. I tried not to worry but that was practically impossible.
I grunted as I worked on the circuit board I'd found at the junkyard before slowing to a stop as I frowned heavily. The events at the junkyard also weighed heavily on my mind. Who were those creeps that chased us? Mikey said they called each other 'Kraang', but what does that mean exactly? Sensei was right, why were we the ones that always found trouble?
The doors to my lab slid open and I didn't have to look up to know who was there, "Donnie?"
"What is it, Mikey?" I replied smoothly, resuming work on the circuit board. A minute of silence past and I put my work back down to look up at him. His eyebrows were drawn together, and his baby blue eyes were pinned to the floor in front of him. He appeared very flustered. My tone changed dramatically, "Mikey! What is it?"
Mikey glanced up at me once before staring at the ground again. He slid the doors closed behind him, but I was firing off concerned questions in my mind. Finally, Mikey answered me, "I looked them up."
Confused, I rose an eyebrow feeling more panicked at his unusual behavior as the seconds ticked by, "What? Who?"
"The Kraang," He answered immediately, looking up to meet my eyes for the first time since entering my lab. He seemed to be very disturbed. My eyes widened but my heart calmed that nothing was immediately wrong with him.
"What do you mean? What popped up exactly?" I interrogated, and he seemed relieved somehow as he came closer with his phone in hand. I hadn't noticed that before.
"Well, everything that pops up talks about how the Kraang is the name of an illegal organization that steals animals and sometimes sells them," Mikey explained but I could tell there was something much more disturbing he was about to say.
The door to the labs slid open so quickly that it thudded hard against the walls with a loud smack that almost had Mikey and I falling into the floor with fear. We relaxed at the sight of Leo and Raph. Raph had been the one to brutally rip open my poor lab doors.
"What's the big idea-" I didn't get to finish my complaint as they all but teleported across the room.
"Ya found out somethin' about those lowlifes?!" Raph barked as he locked his intense gaze on us both.
"I was worried when I saw you pass by the dojo looking like someone got murdered," Leo spoke softly which didn't mask the panicked look in his eyes as he stared at Mikey.
"I…was just really curious and couldn't stop thinking about what happened at the junkyard so I looked them up," Mikey explained, looking at them before looking back at the ground with a haunted look, "But now I wish I never did."
The look on his face nearly sent the rest of us into hysterics as I squeaked, "What did you see that's so bad?!"
Mikey sighed heavily before looking at us all, "I read some things about how the Kraang organization doesn't just steal animals to sell them. They experiment on them though no one knows why."
I reeled back in shock as Raph and Leo's eyes widened. No wonder Mikey looked so depressed. Mikey and Raph loved animals but no one could hold a candle to how much Mikey loved animals, especially cats. Raph pretended to not care about animals as much as he actually did.
Mikey sensed where our thoughts were going, and his frown deepened, "That's not all."
"What else popped up when ya searched their name?" Raph asked in an eerily calm tone.
The haunted look came back in Mikey's eyes tenfold as he looked at us, "Apparently…they abduct and experiment on people too."
It was deathly silent for a moment. My heart skipped a beat in horror as Raph's mouth fell open and Leo paled drastically as he breathed out, "W…hat?"
Mikey nodded as he gulped, "Authorities having been tracking down members of this organization but haven't located any of the missing persons that have been linked to their organization's work."
I felt like I was going to be sick. We could have been captured by those people with the electric rods. That could be us right now. Apparently, that was what had been bugging my little brother and was now bugging us.
"I couldn't keep this to myself and I couldn't stop…. looking at information about them…" Mikey stared at the ground, his hands shaking, "What they do…who they are…it's absolutely…"
"Disgustin'" Raph finished for him as Mikey nodded heavily. Raph placed a hand on his head and ground his teeth, "We probably should have told tha police."
"We still can," Leo spoke up and we all looked at him in surprise, "At least, we can tell Officer Sandy where we saw them."
Officer Sandy was one of the police officers that had helped out our family and friends when we all went to rescue Mikey from Shredder's office building where he had been held against his will last year. I shook my head to clear my thoughts.
"They may be smart enough to stay clear of that area now," I protested, and Leo paused before nodding in agreement.
"Right…but we can still let them know where we last saw them. I'll go tell Sensei," Leo said quickly as he jogged out of the room. I looked at Raph and Mikey. After seeing Mikey's face again, I couldn't help but feel guilty.
"I'm sorry," I said thickly, feeling like I could be crushed under all these sudden emotions. Raph and Mikey looked at me with wide eyes, "If we didn't go to that junkyard because of me right now we wouldn't be-"
"It's okay, Donnie!" Mikey smiled, a real sincere smile, "I don't blame you. Nobody does! I just got real spooked but it's my own fault for looking them up."
I nodded but couldn't make myself feel better. I grunted in shock when Raph came forth, place a hand behind my head, and proceeded to slam my head into his chest and hold me there in his rare sign of affection.
Mikey laughed as I complained, "You couldn't have done that a little easier, Raph?"
Raph grinned down at me, "Nope!"
"Why are you the worst?" I groaned in a joking manner, fighting off a smile. It wasn't the first time I'd said this to him and he knew I wasn't being cruel. Raph's grin only increased as he squeezed me hard enough to make me cough before releasing me. That jerk.
Suddenly Leo returned with Sensei at his side. Both looked calm, like whatever else was thrown our way could be swatted away like a bug. Seeing their calm demeanor already made me feel almost weightless with relief. Sensei smiled at me because he was the best at reading people.
"Let's go to the police station, my sons," He commanded lightly, looking proud of us. I briefly wondered how much Leo told him, "I want to put this situation behind us so that none of you feel scared again."
Even from the side, I could see Mikey visibly deflate and then realized how tense he actually had been. Raph and Leo immediately began to get ready to leave but I placed a hand on Mikey's head because I was a good four inches taller than him.
Mikey turned up to look at me, his baby blue eyes no longer darkened by fear and the terrible things he had read about, "Guess from now on I should leave the research to you, huh?"
I laughed loudly, pulling him into a quick side hug, "Guess so."
Master Splinter was beside himself with worry when we told him everything we had discovered about the men we encountered at the junkyard. He was proud of us for wanting to do the right thing and contact the police.
Now we were all waiting at the police station for Officer Sandy, whom Sensei had contacted from the number she had given Mikey last year during his kidnapping case.
"What if they don't believe us?" I asked quietly, unable to stand the dreary silence anymore.
"I was just wonderin' tha same," Raph ground out from my right. We were all sitting in a row of chairs, practically pushed in close to each other and Sensei. I glanced at him and felt saddened to see his tense shoulders, crossed arms, and dark narrowed glance. Raph had trouble trusting authority figures that weren't Sensei. He even still had trouble trusting Nakano, our biological father.
"Raph…" Leo trailed off, looking put off by our brother's hostile demeanor.
"Officer Sandy will believe us," Mikey said seriously, earning our attention. My eyes widened a little to see such seriousness from him. Mikey knew when to be serious and when he felt this strong about somebody or something then he was usually 100% right. He was unusual in that way.
I smiled slightly as Leo huffed with a small smile of his own. Raph glanced down and seemed to be thinking seriously about what Mikey said. Sensei placed one of his hands on Mikey's shoulders.
"Boys!"
The sudden shout had everyone whirling around towards the entrance where a very disheveled looking Nakano stood, breathing hard as if he had just run all the way from his job here. We all blinked at him before it registered that he was actually here.
"Huh?!" "Nakano!" "Nakano-Otosan!" My brothers and I all gasped loudly, drawing even more attention from officers and others in the police station. Sensei, however, remained calm.
"Nakano-san, I am glad you could come," He smiled as he stood to greet our other father. Nakano seemed a bit calmer after having stared at us. Probably checking us over to see if we were okay. God, Leo was just like him.
"S-Sorry," Nakano apologized as he shook Sensei's hand with a nervous smile, "I didn't mean to make a scene. I know you said they weren't hurt but I guess I just…"
"I understand where you are coming from," Sensei smiled kindly as he placed a hand on Nakano's shoulder as they join us at the chairs.
"Nakano-Otosan! You heard about what happened at the junkyard?" Mikey questioned with a knowing smile, "Sorry you had come all the way here!"
"It's okay Mikey," Nakano laughed softly. Sometimes it felt weird, but Nakano called us by our nicknames unlike Sensei. Since they seemed to be co-parenting us it just felt silly somehow, "You're all okay, right?"
"Yes, we're fine," Leo grinned at him as Raph huffed and ran a hand through his sun-blond hair, "Did you leave your work early?"
"Well I actually had the day off," Nakano replied nervously as we all blinked at him in shock. Usually Nakano came over to see us on his off-days, "I went shopping for some stuff when Hamato-san contacted me to let me know what was going on."
"He deserved to know," Sensei spoke calmly with a smile when we all turned to look at him. I wasn't really mad or anything like that but there really was no reason for Nakano to come all the way here.
"Where is Miwa?" Nakano asked as he glanced around before settling his glance on Leo.
"She's going to be at April's for a week," Leo answered with a charming smile as he looked at the floor, "We have a date tomorrow night though."
"Oh really?" Nakano smiled while I exchanged smirks with Raph and Mikey. Sensei laughed when Leo turned red.
"Y-Yeah, we're going to see Aquaman and then going to eat Mr. Murakami's," Leo replied still smiling happily. I felt a pang of envy. Maybe I should ask April out again soon.
"You really want ta watch her goin' gaga over Aquaman?" Raph teased and Leo frowned at him blankly. Raph laughed.
"Now that you put it that way, no! Who's to say she'll stare at Aquaman?" Leo asked quizzically, "Maybe he's not her type."
"He's definitely her type. She likes heroes after all," I teased, unable to help myself. Leo turned a new type of red. 'Hero' was Karai's nickname for him sometimes and Mikey also frequently calls Leo a hero. He pretends he hates that, but he really loves it. Everyone knows it.
"Well even from my perspective Jason Momoa looks good," Mikey admitted a loud, smirking. We all looked at him with wide eyes.
"That's the name of the guy who plays Aquaman, right?" Nakano asked uncertainly, and Mikey nodded.
"I can't believe ya just said that!" Raph laughed, almost to the point of tears.
"What?" Mikey grinned largely, "He is good-looking."
Leo and I just shook our heads as Sensei laughed along with Raph. Amusingly enough there were a few officers behind the counter barely concealing their chuckles at my bouncy blond-haired brother.
The sound of a door clicking open defused the laughter in the room and Mikey beamed when Officer Sandy came out with a clipboard and files. Officer Sandy beamed right back, and I let out a chuckle. Officer Sandy was definitely a character.
Officer Sandy was very kind but also a bit silly. She was serious about her job and talking about justice was the thing that changed the expression on her face. She had her mousey brown hair in a high bun, but a few strands were loose around her face and ears. She had light brown eyes and always wore a silver cross necklace around her neck.
"Hey guys!" Officer Sandy boomed before calming a bit. We all gave her a look except Mikey and Nakano because she looked on the verge of calming herself from hugging us. She was strange in a very Mikey-way. I nearly laughed again.
"Hey Officer Sandy!" Mikey greeted excitedly before he calmed down when Raph nudged him with an elbow.
"Unfortunately, I am not supposed to take all of you together into questioning," She began explaining and I felt my shoulders tense as Mikey and Leo slumped a bit in disappointment, "But I don't care! So, let's go!"
Dead silence. I broke it again with a stupid jack-slackened, "Hah?"
"This way guys!" She repeated with a little laugh at my expression. The officers behind were shaking their heads at her antics but didn't stop her. We all exchanged a glance before following her into a door that lead into a hall of doors. She took us to the third on the right.
When she opened the door for us and told to go inside I immediately noticed the brown table and foldable chairs. There was exactly enough for each of us. I glanced over my shoulder at Officer Sandy who chatted away animatedly with Sensei. She must have done that for us.
"Just sit however you want to!" She told us as she walked around to sit at the other side. My brothers and I exchanged another glance, but Mikey was already pushing our chairs closer together with a grin on his face. Raph rolled his eyes but sat in the middle of Leo and Mikey while I took Mikey's other side. Nakano and Sensei sat off to the side to face the whole room.
"Okay. I'm glad to see you all doing so well," Officer Sandy began with a small smile that we returned but then her expression changed slightly into a slightly darkened one. My heart skipped a beat in surprise, "But I was shocked when my colleague told me what you had told them about the Kraang."
I glanced and noticed that my brothers looked just as shocked at this side of Officer Sandy we hadn't seen before. Granted, we've only seen Officer Sandy three times over the span of what happened last year.
"Can you tell me everything you guys were doing up until you spotted the Kraang?" Officer Sandy asked seriously as she finally gazed at us.
"To be completely honest with you, we didn't know that's who they were when we stumbled upon them," Leo started looking grim, "We were at the junkyard just to look for stuff for Donnie but then…"
"What junkyard would that be exactly?" She asked softly, opening a file with a clean notepad and a pencil.
"Johnson's Junkyard," Leo answered again.
"Oh, JJ's?" Officer Sandy hummed with surprise before resuming her writing, "And what happened when you saw the Kraang? How many were there?"
"I was the one who saw them!" Mikey exclaimed already going into his story-telling mode, "I was just looking at something cool I had found in a pile of junk when I saw this purplish light and I got curious, so I followed it to see what it was."
Mikey's tone changed to a nervous one as he gulped, "W-Well, I saw three men with black hair all styled the same and they were all wearing black suits. They were trying to stuff a poor dog into a cage thing, but it resisted so they…used these metal rods in their hand to shock them with that purple light I had seen."
"What happened after that?" Officer Sandy questioned, not looking up from her notepad. The aura in the room went down a couple of degrees and I felt like I was sweating with both shock and fear. She obviously didn't like the Kraang or something…not that anyone would.
Raph and Leo were staring at her with wide eyes, but Mikey didn't seem to mind the change as he frowned angrily, "I got upset and when I moved something in the pile I was hiding behind hit the ground and they caught me staring at them. I had heard them calling each Kraang as they talked about selling the animal."
"That's when Mikey came runnin' towards us. Then we saw those three guys chasin' after us holdin' those rods that could electrocute us," Raph added in roughly, looking angry himself now as Leo and Mikey nodded, "We met up with Don and ran outta tha junkyard but realized we had nowhere ta run to."
"So, I figured that if we hurried they wouldn't see us go up a fire escape. We managed to get away and called Sensei to come get us," Leo finished as he shot a grateful look at Sensei, who was smiling at us.
"A very smart choice! Thank you for all the helpful information" Officer Sandy smiled at us as she put her pencil down, "How much do you know about the Kraang?"
"I searched them up and…we learned they experiment on animals as well as people," I answered since I hadn't spoken much, and I placed a hand on Mikey's arm. He blinked over at me before smiling.
"It's truly despicable," She commented as she looked at her notebook with a severe frown on her usually happy face, "To be honest with you all, I actually requested to be put on this."
"What do you mean?" Sensei asked as he gazed at her with slight worry.
"I've had personal experience with the Kraang and I'm more motivated than anyone to capture them and shut down their organization," She answered seriously, her eyes so serious that no one in the world could doubt what she said. I felt shocked.
"Personal experience? You had a run in with them just like my boys?" Nakano asked quietly, looking sorry and upset for her already.
"Something like that," She said, her eyes dulling into sadness, "Anyways, I am very sorry you boys had to deal with that. Just can't stay away from trouble, huh?"
"I guess not," Leo laughed a little as Raph rolled his eyes.
"Do you know why they do what they do?" Mikey asked innocently, frowning at the table. At the sudden question all eyes went to him.
"They're composed of mostly scientists and we know that they experiment with what they create on animals and…humans," She winced as she said this, that sad look returning to her eyes.
We all looked horrified but I'm sure I was horrified in a much different way than the rest. A lump formed in my throat that was prominent I wasn't sure I could speak around it. My eyes filled with frustrated tears, "Scientists?"
My brothers looked even more horrified when they looked at me. The rest looked just shocked.
"Yes, either some that earned degrees or those that are self-proclaimed scientists. Mainly chemists," She answered as she frowned. Upon seeing my reaction, she frowned worriedly, "Perhaps we are done for the day. Is that all that happened?"
"Yes," Leo said quietly, not taking his eyes off me. I tried to gulp down the lump in my throat, but it felt too tight, the tears almost spilling over. Officer Sandy must have understood but I felt my emotions were drowning out the noises around me.
Eventually Officer Sandy shook hands with Sensei and Nakano as I walked out of the room with my brothers. We didn't even wait for Sensei or Nakano as we pushed our way out the doors and climbed into Sensei's car. I looked out window in the back seat to avoid their stares.
"Donnie…" Raph trailed off, sounding almost frustrated in a way, "Are…you okay?"
Frowning hard to discourage the tears, I shook my head, "No…"
"You can talk to us Donnie," Mikey urged in an almost pleading way. I gulped again and looked over at him. He looked very upset himself, "Are you sad because of what Officer Sandy said about the scientists?"
My eyes widened a little as Leo and Raph blinked at our brother, "How-"
"I'm just amazing like that, dude," Mikey winked, and I laughed a little, feeling that lump in my throat get slightly better. I wiped my eyes and blinked a couple of times.
"I just got really frustrated…Baxter Blastman was a bad scientist and now these scumbags are scientists…it's like I keep getting let down," I explained, unsure that they would actually understand. They stared at me with their full attention though. At least they were trying.
"I love science, chemistry especially…and I really…I really want to be a scientist when I get older," I gulped feeling frustrated again, "But those people…. those people are taking what I love and using it to do unspeakable things to living beings."
"Oh, Donnie," Mikey frowned, trembling. I looked over at him and his eyes looked misty too, "But you love science and you use it for all the right reasons!"
He hugged me tight as Raph reached his arm around both of us to place his hand on my shoulder. Leo leaned in from the front seat to place a hand on my knee. I nodded at Mikey's comment but didn't feel too much better.
"Those fuckers will pay for what they're doin', Don," Raph claimed as Leo shot him a look, "And when ya get older and are more of genius than ya are now, you can show people like that that you were better than they are with tha stuff you create!"
"Raph…" I smiled gratefully, wiping my eyes again as I felt somewhat better. Raph smirked back at me but then we froze when Mikey sneezed loudly.
"Ack! Mikey! Ya sneezed all ova me!" Raph growled pushing Mikey away as he laughed and apologized. I laughed as Leo groaned and rolled his eyes, turning back around in the front seat.
Suspiciously after all that, Sensei finally came into the car as if he were waiting for our moment to end and smiled at us, "How about we order some pizza and meet Nakano at the house?"
"YES!" Mikey cheered, throwing himself back in his seat. I laughed harder.
"Just make sure Mikey doesn't get anythin' weird this time," Raph grinned toothily.
"Hey! It's not weird!"
We all laughed at his mutinous look. I immediately felt the last bit of my frustrated sadness leave me and was just glad to be in this moment now with my family. That's all I need.
I honestly have so much planned for this story and not enough time to write it all! There's a lot that'd going to happen and I hope you guys are still into the story! I look forward to reading what everyone says and I promise soon I'll start answering reviews again!
Stay awesome! Also, I am currently also working on an update for Reincarnation!
