Next chapter! :)
Here's where it starts to deviate from the movie, though a lot of the movie parts are still in there. The middle part and the ending are a little different, and then next chapter is where everything stops following the movie :)
But for now, I'll let you read.
Disclaimer: The TMNT still have yet to come into my possession...
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Mikey's "Cowabunga Carl" van sped down the street, turning sharply and almost running into the building on the other side, before it turned sharply again, repeating what had almost happened a few second before.
"Can't this piece of junk go any faster?!" Casey asked from the passenger seat.
"You wanna drive?" April asked, annoyed. She made another sharp turn.
"I would, as a matter of fact," Casey replied, nearly thrown on top of April as she took a turn to fast and skidded before straightening the van out.
Casey spared a glance behind them and quickly turned forward again, reaching over and grabbing the steering wheel to right the vehicle's path as the monster behind them slammed into the building on their right. It was a large, dinosaur-like creature, with a large, bony hump on it's back, and it kept tripping as it chased after the van in front of it.
"Come on, come on," Casey chanted quietly, pushing on the invisible gas pedal underneath the dashboard on the passenger side. He could only imagine what would happen if they didn't get there in time; both to him and April, as well as the turtles.
"Be okay…" he whispered, glancing at his girlfriend besides him and seeing the worry etched on her face as well, and he knew that she was feeling the same way he was.
They had to get there in time…
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As Master Splinter hit another creature back into the vertex, he looked over his shoulder at his fighting sons and Karai.
"Boys! We must finish this now!" he cried.
The turtles and Karai worked the stone generals to the edge of the vortex, where they landed one last blow to them before standing back a few feet. They glanced at each other and with a quick nod from Raph, jumped and kicked the generals backwards, where they fell into the vortex. They all landed gracefully.
But a sudden burst of energy from the vortex sent them flying backwards. They all landed on their backs a few yards away. They stood up quickly and cautiously approached the vortex, trying to peer over the edge without getting to close.
"So, did we win?" Mikey asked, craning his neck to look inside the vortex.
There was nothing for a moment, but then Aguila's arm, sword in hand, shot up, causing the three turtles and Karai to step back, startled.
Aguila walked out of the vortex, laughing, his siblings following him. "Foolish creatures," he chuckled. "We are immortals made of stone! Without the final monster to break our curse, we will never be stopped!"
Mikey and Don narrowed their eyes, and Raph growled in anger. Karai spun her sword menacingly.
But a sudden beeping sound drew the attention of all the creatures in the building to the door behind them.
The van that Mikey drove for his job burst through them.
"Special delivery!" Casey yelled out the window. He pulled down his mask as he did so.
The monster followed quickly behind, practically tearing the door off its hinges as it did so. But as April turned the van sharply, the monster didn't have enough grip on the hard, marble floor, and it slid into a glass case, heading right toward the turtles and Karai.
"My sons!" Master Splinter yelled, eyes wide with worry. He could only watch in horror as the monster slid quickly towards his sons, who seemed frozen by shock. Even Karai seemed immobilized. There was no way he could get to them.
Right as the monster was about to hit them, something rammed into the three turtles and Foot leader, pushing them out of the way. The monster hit the stone generals instead, pushing them into the vortex, along with the monster itself. The vortex swallowed them up, and everyone could hear the generals scream as their stone bodies were turned to flesh, and then as the curse placed upon them was lifted. The ground shook, and everyone turned to stare upwards, as the screams disappeared, along with the vortex itself, as the stars sucked up the light and trapped it within them for the next three thousand years. A few loose rocks fell from the ceiling, and then all was silent.
"So… do we win now?" Mikey asked, approaching the stone base of the former vortex that was now shattered, it's pieces like a puzzle before it's put together.
"Yeah I… I think we did…" Don said, running an expert eye over the ruins. "We won!"
"Alright!" Raph cheered. Mikey whooped, and him and Don body slammed each other, putting an arm around each other's shoulders when they were done. "That's what I'm talking about!"
Across the room, Casey pushed open the door to the van, where it was lying on its side after crashing into a pillar.
"Nice parallel parking," he grunted. "Next time," he pushed against the door, "I'm driving!" With one last push, the door came open. He slid down, helping April out when he was finally standing. When she was on her own two feet, he brought her into a passionate kiss.
"Typical. We do all the work, he gets all the thanks," Raph complained.
"Aw," Mikey cooed, standing in the background, hands on hips, and smiling. Casey and April broke away, blushing.
Karai hobbled over, one of her ninjas helping her to stand.
"You are every bit the warriors I was informed you were. You have passed. Savior your victory tonight. For soon, we will have further business together… the kinda that involves familiar faces from your past…"
"She doesn't mean…" Raph asked, letting that statement hang in there air. His brothers looked at him, then turned back to the woman in front of him.
Karai smiled, and then raised her arm up, throwing a smoke pellet down and disappearing behind it. Everyone coughed, swatting the smoke away from their faces.
"What is it with ninjas and smoke pellets?!" Casey complained.
Raph looked down, suddenly curious as to how they had gotten out of the way of the monster in time, The only thing he remembered was that he had felt something push him into his brothers and out of the way. As his eyes scanned the floor, they came across the form of his elder brother, struggling to raise himself from the cold, marble floor.
"Leo!" he exclaimed, claiming the attention of his family and friends. They all rushed forward, clamoring to help the eldest turtle up. Raph shooed them away.
"Let him breathe!" he growled, hoisting the blue-banded turtle up by the armpits. He turned a concerned eye to Leo. "Hey, bro. How you feeling?"
Leo coughed once, and then was able to stand up on his own, though his legs shook a bit. Raph stood close, ready to help him of he should fall.
"I'm okay," Leo said, standing up straight. He looked Raph in the eye. "Are you guys okay?"
Raph nodded and opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted as a loud laugh came from nearby. Everyone whipped around… well, everyone except for Leo, who Raph helped to turn around. Making sure he was able to stand without falling, Raph left his elder brother's side and approached Winters, who was sitting off to the side, laughing to himself.
"Winters?" he asked, walking cautiously up behind him.
"I'm never usually that happy to be in pain," Mikey said.
"He's happy because he's mortal again, Mikey," Don exclaimed.
"April, I've had my eye on you for a long time," Winters said, standing and looking at the red-haired woman.
"I knew it!" Casey cried, and April elbowed him in the side, turning her attention back to her former employee.
"I've always known that you'd be the one to help me find my way home." He turned to the turtles and their father. "And thank you, brothers. You've made a very old man, very, very happy."
Mikey took his hand and scratched the back of his neck. "So… uh… What happens now?"
Winters turned toward the open door, where the morning light was just coming up over the horizon. Then, he turned his face to the sky, and he was engulfed in a bright light, which lifted him off the ground. Soon, his entire body was filled with the light, and his armor and body became a golden dust, which floated down from a bright orb, which disappeared quickly, leaving the golden dust behind.
"Okay… Just a little but creepy…" Mikey said, flicking some dust off his shoulder. Then he sneezed. "Oh, gross! I think he's in my… my nos… my nos… ACHOO!"
Everyone backed away from the youngest turtle. "Gross. Can someone give me a hankie? Ulh! Now he's in my mouth! Ulh! He tastes awful!"
Don laughed and rummaged through his duffel bag, looking for something to give Mikey. Raph turned to Leo, who still looked a little unsteady on his feet, but was still managing to stay standing up. He walked over, grabbing a pair of swords out if Casey's golf bag as he did so. Leo looked up as he approached.
"Hey, Raph…" he said, looking his younger brother in the eyes. "Thanks for saving me…"
Raph smiled. "You wouldn't need saving if it wasn't for me in the first place." He handed the swords to Leo, who looked at the briefly before taking it. "Ready to be our leader?"
Leo smiled. "Sure."
Master Splinter came up behind Raph then, clapping a hand on his shoulder. "Let us go home," he said, all eyes turning to him. "It is time to rest, and savior our victory."
Everyone smiled. April and Casey turned to their friends. "We'll see you guys soon!" April said, and she and Casey left the building, hand in hand.
"Come, my sons," Splinter said. "Let us retreat to our lair. We need not be here when the police come by."
His sons nodded, and headed to the nearest manhole, Raph and Don helping Leo, who had begun to teeter on his feet. Eventually, Raph ended up picking up his older brother, who was soon asleep in arms.
By the time they made it home, they were all exhausted, the adrenaline from earlier having worn off. Mikey stumbled to his room, and Don sluggishly made his way to his own room next to Mikey's. Raph climbed the steps after wishing his father a "good night" and went to Leo's room, where he gently deposited the sleeping turtle on the neatly made bed in the corner. He pulled the sheets up around him, and looked down at Leo fondly, before retreating and closing the door, then heading to his own room, where he fell into his hammock. He was asleep before his head hit the pillow.
All was well, and for the first time in a long time, the Lair was silent, and its occupants were able to sleep soundlessly.
Everything was where it should be.
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I'm thinking of getting rid of the whole, "Nightwatcher helmet" thing at the end of the movie...
Guess you'll have to wait to find out!! :) *evil laugh*
In the meantime... reviews make happy authors!