Chapter 2
Mari looked on as Don and Mikey argued about what they were going to call their new home.
"Turtle Cave? That is so lame" Don said
"What would you call our new digs? The Shell- ter"
"Ew, that's worse than The Turtle Cave Mikey" Mari said
"Uh… how about The Sewer of Solitude?"
"Terrapin Station"
"The School for Gifted Reptiles"
"The Hall of Ninjustice"
Mari kept looking back and forth like she was at a tennis match until Master Splinter cleared his throat stopping them "We will call this place home"
"That'll work" Mari said
"Yeah it's… catchy"
"Now, what is keeping Leonardo, Raphael and Elisabetta?"
"They just went to get the rest of our stuff from the old lair" Mikey said
"And the way the new sewer slider is performing, they should be back any minute now" Don explained while he started to tamper with the remains of one of the robots… and it ended up shorting out
At the old lair
Leo brought a canister over to the sewer slider "Our home for fifteen years" he tied down all the items "And this is all that's left"
"I'm gonna miss this place" Elisa said from the passenger seat of the sewer slider
"Me too and when I found out who built those home wrecking robo roaches…" he threatened then punched a stone pillar cracking it making the whole place shake
"Raph… come on let's not trash this place anymore than it already is" Leo ran back to the sewer slider hopping into the back while Raph took the driver's seat
They sped down the sewer tunnel "Now remember Raph, me and Donnie haven't calibrated the accelerator yet" Elisa started
"So take it nice and…" Raph had already pulled the accelerator lever and was speeding even faster through the sewer "Slow"
"YEE-HAW!" Raph shouted
"What part of slow didn't you understand?" Elisa said
"Oh come on, I'd call this a successful field test, wouldn't you"
Elisa smiled up at Leo and they both joined in with Raph's cheering as they headed home.
The new lair
Don stared at the robot he was working on, Master Splinter stood beside him "Even though it is inactive, that thing still makes me uneasy Donatello"
"This is state of the art robotics sensei, brilliant work I just gotta know what makes it tick. Elisa needs to get here soon"
"Why?" Mari asked
"She'll kill me if I figure something out, without her… she hates that"
Elisa, Raph and Leo finally arrived landing the sewer slider right in the middle of the lair. Leo climbed out first holding a box "Hey good news Mikey, your DVD collection survived" he tossed the box over to Mikey "And Mari, I found this in your room" he held out a tin
"Sweet, my stash of reese's peanut butter cups" she ran to him and hugged him "You are my favorite, don't tell Mikey"
"I can hear you, ya know" Mikey said from in front of the TVs
She giggled innocently and hopped back onto the couch "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" she asked eyeing the box of DVDs
"Light on story…" Mikey started
"Heavy on gory" Mari finished and turned the TVs on which happened to be on the news already. The report was on something about Stocktronics, Mari kind of blanked out and got bored really quick "Jeez, this is boring. Mikey can you change it" she whined
He raised the remote to change it, but Don stopped him "Wait, I want to see this"
"But…"
"Mikey, you change that channel and I'll break your hand" Elisa threatened
He quickly threw the remote onto Mari's lap and silently watched the news. Mari opened up her first piece of candy and popped it into her mouth. When she heard gasps she looked up to see that robot that destroyed the old lair "You have got to kidding me" she nearly choked
"I can't believe that the famous Baxter Stockman would try to pass off these killer robots as a good thing" Don said
"I can" Elisa shrugged and Don gave her a strange look "What? Didn't I tell you he was nuts"
Raph growled, pulled out his sai and busted one of the TVs with it "I say we head over to Stocktronics and kick some serious shell" he headed toward the exit and Master Splinter blocked him "Absolutely not" he then hit him over the head with his walking stick "Your last venture to the surface was a disaster. You can ill afford to be seen by more humans" they turned their attention back to the news just as one of the rats got eaten by the mouser robot
"Ew" Mari squealed
"That's just nasty" Elisa exclaimed
"I'd sure hate to be a rat in this town" Mikey said then remembered something "Oh sorry sensei"
Later on they soon found themselves getting a serious beat down by their rat father. Raph was the last to attack, but it looked like he wasn't even trying. He was disarmed and pinned up against a wall "You are distracted Raphael, you must learn to focus your attacks"
"I'd like to focus my attacks on that Stockman guy. Why can't we just go topside and show 'em a little mean and green?"
"Because I forbid it" with that answer he left for his room "We will resume your training in the morning"
"We will resume your training in the morning" Mikey mocked
"I heard that"
"Busted" Don, Leo, Elisa and Mari all laughed at him
"I'd like to bust a few heads" Raph said
"Would you relax Raph" Elisa tried to calm her hot headed brother "I want some payback just as much as you do"
"And besides we don't need no stinking surface world" Mikey chimed in "We got late movies, top ten video countdown, BMX vert highlights… some really weird Korean language soap opera"
"Oooo, the video countdown, let's watch that" Mari sat down next to Mikey on the couch
"Or… you could give me and Elisa a hand with these mouser parts"
"If we can get one working we can trace it back to his source and find out what Stockman's trying to use them for" Elisa said
Raph suddenly changed his mind and decided to go to bed which was… weird
Later
"I can't believe I let you talk me into this" Elisa complained as she followed Raph toward the exit
"Hey, do you want payback or not?" Raph asked
Elisa thought for a second then continued after him only to be stopped by Leo and Mari
"Going somewhere?" Mari asked
"Midnight stroll perhaps" Leo continued
"Out of our way you two"
"Master Splinter said we stay put"
"Look I'll go through you if I have to"
"I'd like to see you try hothead"
Elisa and Mari rolled their eyes at their brothers and stepped off to the side
"Careful what you wish for Splinter Jr." and he tackled Leo to the ground
"Tch boys" Mari muttered "Why aren't you trying to get away?"
"Even though I'm ticked off about the whole mouser robot thing and finding out who built them, I know how to keep myself out of a fight unlike my hotheaded brother here" Elisa pointed to the ground where her brothers were still fighting
"So there's no need for me to wrestle you to the ground is there?" Mari asked making sure
"Nope"
"Sweet, I love that you're a smart hothead"
"Me too"
They turned when they heard a little pitter patter noise. It was a mouser and Mikey and Don were already following it "Hey guys I got one working" Don called
"Come on, he's faster then he looks"
Elisa and Mari followed. Leo and Raph could soon be heard behind them. They followed it out onto a pipe "Watch your step here guys, don't wanna end up as turtle soup"
It started to climb the wall on the other side "Not cool" Mari said
"Resourceful little critter"
"So what do we do now?" Raph asked
"Like Master Splinter always says" Leo said pulling out his shuko spikes "A ninja is always prepared"
"I thought that was the boy scouts"
"It applies to ninjas too" Elisa said "Now climb"
Half way through their climb Mikey started complaining "Next time let's leave the wall crawling to the dude in the blue and red tights"
"You read way too many comic books"
"That's not a terrible thing Leonardo" Mari said
They made it to the top and crawled through a pipe "Just curious Don, what's gonna stop ol' turbo jaws from munching another 6.2 on the Richter scale" Mikey asked as they continued chasing after the mouser
"I shut down its jaw servos" Don answered "It couldn't even chew through a stick of gum"
The mouser stopped and chewed through a pipe on the wall "You were saying" Raph said
"But I… I'm sure I shut it down"
"Don's finally lost his techno mojo" Mikey patted him on the shoulder "Sad really"
"Aw poor Donnie" Elisa cooed "It's okay, just think it over"
"Hm… It must have some kind of security override routine"
"It's a possibility" she said looking up "But I don't think that's our main problem right now"
Don followed her gaze "Oh no"
"What is it?" Leo asked
"If I'm not mistaken, that's a serious water main hanging right over our heads"
"So" Raph said
"So?" Elisa continued "Guess who just ate through the pipes support"
There was a loud creak and then the pipe burst open. The water swept all six turtles off their feet and away from their original target. They were swept back through the tunnel they came in from and they were hurdling toward a giant whirlpool. Thinking fast Don pulled out his bo and hooked onto one of the pipes "Grab on" he yelled
Leo grabbed onto his ankles, then Mari then Elisa followed by Raph and Mikey
"Oh man this is so not cool" Mari squealed as she looked down at the swirling water
"Hey, be happy Don has a high quality bo staff that can hold six turtles" Elisa said
"Ow" they heard Raph yell "Watch where you point those shuko spikes Mike"
"Oh keep your shell on Raph, I got an idea" he said as he started swinging back and forth
'Oh jeez, why is he swinging?' Mari thought
"Wait, what are you…?"
He swung forward then let go causing the others to let go too. They fell through a waterfall and landed on the other side on the wall.
"Guys, you okay?" Don asked
Raph spit out some water "Peachy"
"Mikey, we're never doing that again" Mari said
They climbed back to the top and took off their shuko spikes
"Now how do we find that little bugger?" Elisa asked
"I think it left us few clues" Leo pointed to the giant hole in the wall
The hole led to subway tracks "There he is" Don pointed
Raph ran to catch it not hearing the train coming
"Look out" Leo shouted and pulled Raph out of the way of the oncoming train
"Jeez, haven't you heard of look both ways before crossing" Elisa scolded
When the train passed the mouser wasn't there
"Whoa robo Houdini" Mikey said
"Wrong, robo hitch hiker" Leo corrected when he spotted the mouser hanging off the back of the train car
"Oh great, we'll never catch him now"
"Two can play that game" Raph and Elisa waited for the next train and hopped on as it passed by
"They are maniacs" Leo exclaimed
"So true" Mari called "Wait for us"
The others followed waiting for the mouser to get off his train. It let go and continued on its merry way, munching another hole in the wall. The turtles followed it and on the other side were two mousers
"Who invited him?" Mikey asked
"I got it" Raph said throwing a shuriken slicing through its head. He high threed Mikey, but then it stood up again and on top of that there was more of them… a lot more of them "Great just great"
Elisa bashed the head in of one of them with her tonfas. She turned when she heard another behind her, but a sai flew through it before she could do anything "Thanks bro" she picked up his sai and tossed it back to him. He caught it and continued his assault on the mouser robots in front of him "Guys, the only way to stop them is to slice their heads off" Leo said
"Well ain't that great news, for the turtles with the blades" Mikey said right back
Mari just settled for smashing them with the weight of her manriki or wrapping it around one of them and throwing them at Raph or Leo so they could slice them up. As the number of mousers thinned Don said "Great job guys, just be sure to leave one…" he paused when Raph stabbed the last and only one in the head and stomped on it multiple times "Intact" he finished
"Way to go Raphie" Elisa said
"So much for tracing one back to the source" Leo put his swords away
"Now what do we do?" Mari asked right before they heard a scream
"Follow that scream" Elisa answered taking off in that direction the others followed behind her. She soon saw mousers and was quick to smash one to pieces, Raph was next stabbing another through the head. Mari, Mikey, Don and Leo took care of the others.
Staying in the shadows they put their weapons away "Oh, thank you…Thank you so much…you saved my..." The woman seemed to be eternally grateful until Mikey stepped out of the shadows "Hey, how you doing?" he asked innocently, but that innocent question caused her to faint. He walked up to her and picked her up "Hey… so… can I keep her?"
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To be continued
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