Trapped Abroad
a/n: I know I officially have a pure cheek to call this Trapped Abroad. But now we are getting to the good stuff. The word for this chapter is Strength. Enjoy!:)
Chapter 3
Now back home and with their father, the turtles could concentrate on making sure that they were all right. The doctors in New York quickly figured out that they had paralysed vocal chords and gave them something that helped them to speak again. It turned out that Sam was sick because her stomach muscles at that point were weak. This also meant that she had to build the muscles in her stomach back up. Donatello regained the feeling in his legs, but he couldn't walk properly. He insisted that he would be fine using crutches. But even with them he couldn't walk for very long. Other than a lot of weight loss the other three were fine. It was like only the twins had really suffered from their un-planned year long vacation to the Galapagos.
Sam had managed to get a date with a boy she met in the hospital cafeteria. They went for dinner and a movie. It was a good night that had ended with them in an alleyway doing more than just saying goodbye before Sam opened the manhole cover and slipped in without thinking twice about it. Before walking home.
Now all of that was behind them and they could communicate once more the mayor had apologised for making such a hasty decision. He had even cleared it so that the turtles and Splinter had full citizenship in America, and that the promise no government official could harm them at any point. They were free of Bishop. The best part was that he even gave them the right to go to school. And that is where we must begin.
It had been about a week since the turtles had started school and so far they were completely bemused by all of the cliques and extra curricular activities at their disposal. It was lunch time and four of the five were sitting just outside the cafeteria waiting for Donnie to return, so that they could grab something to eat. Apart from Sam who really needed to speak to them about something and couldn't actually eat anyway she was to nauseous. Before any of them knew it their friend Angel came running up to them. "Guys its Donatello. He seen a group of guys picking on someone and went to stop it and the took his crutches and pushed him over." Leo looked horrified.
"Even if he wasn't my younger brother, it would still be pretty sick, we better go help him." The others nodded and collected their bags before heading outside.
Angel pointed them in the right direction before walking over to them. "Heard that ya stole somethin' from ma bro." Raph said.
"Would your 'bro' be that green loser on the ground over there." Said the first whose name was Robbie Dowan. "I have no idea what your talking about." He lied, and it was super obvious that he was lying as he was still holding the crutches.
"You do know that we can see the name Don scratched into the enamel of the crutches." Sam pointed out. His friends. Dylan and Ryan lunged at the two girls. Angel simply moved to the side, Sam didn't have that luxury. So instead she raised her hand and hit his chest with it when Dylan got to close. Raph stood in front of his sister and girlfriend.
"Do ya get your jollies from makin' your cronies here pick on ladies such as ma sis or even people who can't defend themselves like the girl Don tried to stand up for?" He yelled at Robbie. Robbie dropped the crutches and ran for Raph which was his second mistake, his first being that he tried to get one over on the turtles. "No I get my jollies from making up nicknames, like Donasmello." He argued back, before he could react Raph had jumped the poor boy who's reactions weren't as quick as the ninja in training.
Soon they were actually trying to pull the others head off and Don was back on his feet clinging on to the crutches like his life depended on it. It appeared that the entire school had come to watch and were chanting 'fight, fight, fight' over and over again. This only encouraged to two to go at it. Raphael rolled away as Robbie failed to kick him. As Raph was close to the ground he did a sweeping leg kick before standing up right. Next he did a backflip away from him and jumped forward kicking Robbie back the way into the crowd. Everyone was cheering, until principle Dowan came out.
"What the devil is going on out here?" he asked. Looking at a panic stricken Raphael and a blood-covered Robbie.
"This lame brain here decided to take somethin' dat doesn't belong ta him, so I was just gettin' it back for ma bro." Raph explained.
"Well then I guess both of you can go and wait outside my office. After you take mister Dowan here to the nurses office." Raph sighed and went to get Robbie and helped him up with more force than was necessary. Leo shook his head as Raph helped the boy that he had hurt to the nurse.
"Are you okay Donatello?" Asked Leo. Don nodded.
"I guess I'm lucky that I have three protective brothers and one protective sister, and friends that would do anything to help." Mikey pulled him in and gave him a massive noogie.
"Why don't we go and get some food." He suggested
A girl with long blonde hair and big blue eyes walked over to Donnie before they could go anywhere. "Hi, I just wanted to say thank you, and sorry. I caused you more trouble than it was worth." She said to him.
"It's okay I was raised to always do the right thing and stand up for people who cannot defend themselves."
"My name is Ashley. I'm guessing yours is Donatello."
"Yeah, hey would you like to go for a pizza sometime?" He asked. "We could go and see a movie as well if you would like." Ashley smiled.
"I would like that, this Saturday say three o'clock outside the playhouse movie theatre. Then we can go for pizza after."
"I know a great pizza place on Third, its where we always order. We could go there."
"Its a date Donnie." She said. Mikey wolf whistled from behind them and Ashley laughed.
"This is my brother Michelangelo, my sister Samantha and other brother Leonardo and our friend Angel. Oh, and Raphael was sent to the principal." Ashley smiled again.
"If I don't see you before then, see you on Saturday." Ashley walked away happily.
The principle had told Don to go and wait outside his office while he called their father. And as you can guess he wasn't very happy to get a call telling him that his sons had been sent to the principle. "Raphael, Donatello would you like to tell me what happened?" He asked them. Don sighed.
"May as well tell you the truth sensei." He said. "What happened was I seen a boy picking on a girl and went over to stop it, and he ended up with my crutches taken off of me and being kicked to the ground. Next thing I know I'm being helped to my feet by Sam and Leo and Mikey is handing me the crutches. And then Raph and the boy who started all of this mess are fighting and we are all sent here. But not before I set up a date with the girl I defended." Splinter shook his head. Even in all of this mess he was quite proud that his son managed to get a date. "I don't think that you deserve to be punished Donatello, and Raphael I think that using your training is okay if you are defending someone but not in anger. You are grounded."
"I think you are quite right to punish your son Mr Hamato, but I would like to give him a weeks detention as well."
"What a week?" Asked Raph. "Like a full Monday to Friday? I'll be late home for training won't I sensei." Raph tried when he found out about his sentence.
"I can assure you Raphael there will be plenty of time for that while you are grounded." Master Splinter told him.
"Robbie as for you. You are also in detention, not just for a week but for three. One for fighting, one for taking Donatello's crutches and another for picking on Ashley. And son, I am very disappointed in you." Said Principle Dowan.
Later on the turtles all had study hall at the same time and Sam finally got the chance to talk to them. "Do you four remember the guy I went out with a couple of weeks ago, Max." She began. Don, Leo and Raph had a feeling they knew where this was going. "Well we slept together when we were out. And it was only like five minutes, but I'm pregnant."
"I am gonna find him and I am gonna make sure he is hurtin'." Raph said punching his fist into his other hand.
"What are you going to tell master Splinter? what if this effects you badly? Are you gonna keep it? And most importantly are you and the baby healthy?" Leo was firing questions too fast for there to be an answer.
"If you shut up now I will answer all of your questions at home where there isn't a chance of cheerleaders overhearing us speak."
"I guess that makes sense." Mikey finally added to the conversation. The others looked at him. "Because you don't want people to know yet right." The others face palmed as Mikey finished speaking.
"Maybe you should stop talking."
"Hold on a minute, that would have been the guy that you met in the hospital if it was two weeks ago. And when did you find out?" Don interrupted.
"When I went to the doctor two days ago, with Master Splinter for a check up."
"It was him, I knew he was bad news the second he started talking to you. And now look at what's happened." Leo was now really pissed off. Sam was his little sister and no boy was going to make her unhappy. "He better stand up for his responsibilities." Samie rolled her eyes.
"Will you just listen to me for more than five seconds at a time please." Sam asked her brothers. They looked at each other and then at the ground doubtful that they were going to let her talk.
"I will explain the rest to you when Raph gets out of his extra training." They looked at her, confused. And she laughed before going to find the book she needed. The brothers chased after her begging her to tell them more.
a/n: That concludes this chapter for today. I hope to see you all in the next chapter. BYE! :)
