Busted!
Next morning
At the HQ
"Rise and shine boys! Wake up!" Skipper yelled making his team awake. He observed their looks.
"No bloodshot eyes on Private, nor on Rico. Kowalski, I said no red eyes!"
"I did!" the lieutenant protested.
"Then, why is it there and tears at your face? Did you miss Doris?"
"That's not important. I'm just thinking."
"About Rico destroying your game?"
".. Uhh... If you need me, I'm taking a bath!" he went out of the HQ and dive into the pool.
"What happened to Kowalski, Skippah?" Private asked.
"No idea. He never act like this before."
"Maybe it's the game that changed him."
"You're right. Rico, get that DVD out of your digestive system!" Rico spits it out.
At the sewer
"Morning dudes and master!" Mike greeted as he sat down with Leo, Raph, Splinter and a tired Don.
"Morning." Leo replied.
"Whatever." Raph muttered.
"Good morning Michelangelo and Raphael, be nice to your brother next time!" Splinter warned.
"Mor...zzzzzzzz..." Don went back to sleep.
"Donatello!" Splinter shouted making his son waking up.
"Huh? What happened? Did I miss training?" Don asked. Mike and Raph tried not to laugh.
"You did something disrespectful in front of your brothers and I."
"I'm sorry. It's just that I... trained on my own last night."
"Is this about your game?" he looked at Leo.
"Mike, do you have something to say to him?" he asked the orange bandana turtle.
"Don, I'm sorry that I broke your game." Mike apologized as he gave the DVD which covered in pizza sauce to Don and flashed a smile.
HQ
As the penguins began training, Kowalski did not concentrate properly when the name 'Don' was repeating in his mind.
"Oh and if were done training perfectly, we will go outside the zoo." Skipper reminded. Marlene appeared.
"Hey guys!" she greeted.
"Hi Marlene!" Private replied. Rico waved at her since he can't talk.
"What is it now?" Skipper asked.
"Well I heard Alice screaming in front of her computer for no reason." Kowalski forgot to switch it off last night. Avoiding faceflipper again, he drew a face of himself and Don in a sock with black marker.
"Don." he spoke in his deep voice while doing movements from the first sock puppet.
"Smarty." he mimicked with his high pitched voice on the other puppet.
"We meet again."
"If it wasn't for you, Mickey would've gave it to me which covered in pizza sauce!"
"And if it ain't for you, Rico could've spat out from his mouth." he realized that everyone saw him.
"Umm... One, two, one, two!" he blushed in embarrassment but continued training.
Sewer
"If you didn't liked it, I might buy a new one for you." Mike added. Don was about to tell him to get a new one but he remembered about Splinter saying, 'You should be thankful to what your brother has given to you. Although it's been ruined or covered in web dust.'
"I liked it." he lied. He hated it!
"But I wanted to give the new one for someone. I have this 'friend', his name is..." he tried not to say Smarty or Kowalski.
"Ko."
"Ko? As in Coco?" Mike laughed.
"No! Just Ko. Would you mind buying it for him?"
"Outside? What if there's kids coming to beat me?"
"They won't. Unless if they do."
"Okay. But what disguise am I wearing?"
New York
"Seriously?" Mike asked in his Bluetooth as he drove outside while wearing a cowboy hat, black mustache, clown shoes and a green ballerina tutu without his bandana.
"Sorry. That's all I got." Don answered in his Bluetooth since he's watching him on the traffic cam while listening to one of Rihanna's album, Rated R.
"I could've be a clown instead."
"You're in clown shoes."
"Where am I going again?"
"Just get the game!"
"Okay dokay! Say, I didn't know that you liked Rihanna." he got embarrassed as he changed the CD into Christina Perri Lovestrong album.
"Don't tell anyone!"
Meanwhile
"You're taking us to Game Champion, K'walski?" Private asked. The penguins wore disguised as nerds so they don't blow their covers.
"Uh yes! Look! There's the Lunacorns!" the smart penguin points to the girls section.
"Yay!" he ran to that section. Rico was playing the Just Dance Game while Skipper is still trying to choose between Halo and Call of Duty. As Kowalski approaches to the Brand New section, some turtle blocked his way.
"Excuse me!" he exclaimed. Mike looked at him.
"Sorry. Are you Ko?" he asked. Since he's using the hands free gadget, Don can hear their conversation.
"Yes I am but my real name is Kowalski."
"Cool! Donny said that you're his friend."
"Donny? As in Don?"
"You know him?"
"I'm just getting a gift for him."
"He told me to give you one too. Are you Mickey?"
"It's Michelangelo but you can call me Mike or Mikey. I'm Donny's brother."
"Brother? Anyway, I'm getting this for him."
"But he already has one. I accidentally broke his but I gave it to him."
"Oh. Just in case if he changed his mind."
"I had to go. Bye Koko!" Mike walked out and grabbed the game.
"Attention shoppers! There will be a contest for those who played Shirtless Ninjas in both computer and video game. If their levels are 50, they will enter the championship and compete with each other. Winner gets $176 000." the speaker announced. This made Kowalski and Don got their attention with their game face on.
"Oh look! I'm buying this for him." Mike grabs the magazine with his favorite artist on the cover.
At Don's lair
"Ah Mike!" Don facepalmed.
"Would you like to explain this?" he saw Leo holding his game that he bought last night.
"Uh.. Where did you get that?"
"I was looking for you in your room until I found that in your posters filled with your favorite artist."
"No one should be in that room! It's supposed to be a secret. And where's Master Splinter?"
"He's gone out for a week so I'm in charge. From now on," Leo was interrupted by Mike who's holding a present and a note.
"Ko gave it to me." he handed it to his younger brother.
"And who is that Ko?"
"He's a... friend."
"From now on, you're not allowed to play video games until Master Splinter comes back!" This made Don upset, mad and disappointed.
"But.. But..." Raph saw Mike in disguise so he starts laughing.
HQ
Private was listening to I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift on the radio while Skipper got out of his lieutenant's lab.
"He is so in trouble big time." Skipper grunted as he holds two DVD games.
"What is it?" Private asked.
"What's that song you're listening to?"
"Taylor Swift's new song. I miss her old country ones." Skipper grabs the radio and put it at his ear although penguins does not have one. As he focused on the lyrics, Kowalski appeared with a present. Skipper looked at him.
"I knew you were trouble when you walked in!" he sang/shouted making the smart penguin nervous.
"Shame on me."
"Is he okay?" Private just shrug at Kowalski's question.
"Okay? Does this look okay?!" the leader penguin shouted.
"If you need me, I'll be outside with Rico." Private walked out. He was afraid that Skipper will throw a fit or explode.
"What do you mean?" Kowalski lied.
"Did you sneak out last night?" Skipper questioned.
"...No.."
"Then why is this at Alice's office?"
"I have no idea."
"Are you sure? No soldier would ever lie in front of my face."
"You got me! I did sneak out to buy one until I met my frenemy."
"I knew i... What frenemy?"
"A turtle."
"The one in the ballerina tutu?"
"That's his brother." Julien appeared at the HQ and wanted to tell them that there will be an awesome party in his habitat tonight but Skipper refused.
"No Ringtail. And Kowalski, for lying to me, you're grounded from playing video games for 5 days and do 50 push-ups starting today!"
"Bu..bu...But!"
"NOW SOLDIER!" the lieutenant ran to his lab trying not to cry.
"No soldiers should cry. Breathe Kowalski breathe." he told himself. He remembers the gift that Mike gave that has a note on top of it. He opened it and start reading quietly. Just a congratulation greeting, phone number and accounts on social sites.
"Oh and that means, no more having fun, no more dancing, writing poem for Doris and no more Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Myspace and all that except AnimalBook (A/N: I owned this)." Skipper reminded. Kowalski didn't listen to his cautions. Instead, he took out a phone and call the numbers.
Sewer
"And the winner of the 2012 elections is... Barrack Obama!" the turtles are watching the elections on television. Mike was excited that his favorite president won and so does Leo. Raph is not into politics and president related while Don, he's not in the mood. There's a phone ringing.
"I need to go." Don excused as he went to his room and took out his shell phone.
"Hello. This is Donny. Your friendly IT Tech Support. How can I help you?" he called.
"It's just me." he recognized that voice.
"You again?"
"Well you did wrote your phone number. Got busted?"
"Leo found out about the game that I stole and he tells me that I'm not allowed to play until Master Splinter comes back from his trip. You?"
"Big time. I lied to Skipper and he told me that I'm grounded for 5 days and had to do 50 push-ups. And is this Splinter your father?"
"Lucky you! And yes he is. What about Skipper?"
"He acts like one and a leader but sometime loses his temper."
"That sounds more like Leo and Raph."
"Well I had to go. I hate you Donatello Hamato."
"No one calls my real name except Splinter! I hate you too Kowalski." they ended the call.
"Anything else that you want to say?" they looked at their leaders who overheard their conversations.
"Don, training now. Raph will be your new partner." Leo reminded and points to Raph who grins and wave.
HQ
"Push-ups now!" Skipper ordered. Kowalski went out of the HQ and starts to do it.
"1...2...3...4.." he counted.
Author's note: Poor Kowalski and Don! On the next chapter, the penguins and the turtles will meet each other on an unexpected mission. I laughed during Skipper singing. Rate and review!