Part IV

(Venus pov)

The next day….

The young queen awoke with a stinging pain on her ankle. When she opened her eyes, seeing that she was in a different cave, Venus glanced down at her ankle, surprised to see a bright red ring encircling her green ankle.

Venus got up, ignoring the throbbing pain in her head, she saw Master Splinter sitting in a meditative position with his back to her. As silently as she could she made her away carefully around the mediating sensei, hoping to sneak out and find some sort of clue as to where exactly they were. But she didn't did get far when the former ninjutsu master stopped her with his tail.

"AAAAAAHHHHH!" She screamed as she fell down on her face.

"And where do you think you are going?" he asked his amber eyes still closed. Venus racked her brain to think of an excuse

"Uh, going to get breakfast?" She said not very believably. Master Splinter opened his eyes and the eldest female turtle saw that there were bags under his eyes, cleverly concealed by his dark brown fur. He got up from his meditative position; stretching and Venus winced when she heard joints popping from the sudden movement as if he was sitting there all night.

"What you did last night, sneaking out, was unwise, Venus," he said. Venus looked down in shame and embarrassment. However ashamed of herself Venus may be, she still didn't have any idea what happened. It was all one big blur, like when you come back from the bar and had no idea what you did while you were drunk the night before.

"You went somewhere for some unknown reason," he answered her unasked question. "When I found you, you were hanging by your ankle, literally, in a trap of some sort. Luckily I got you out before the people arrived, but we had to move in case they tried to follow us and I was up all night watching for them, making sure they didn't ambush us."

Venus felt absolutely horrible, not because of her injured ankle, which now made more sense, but because her adoptive father had little sleep all because she decided to go off on her own. She felt so stupid, like Mikey stupid. Getting up, she sat down beside her friend's father and the two sat there in complete silence, listening to the exotic sounds of the island. Finally, Venus, unable to bear the uncomfortable silence any longer, looked at her new teacher with apologetic eyes.

"How about we go get some breakfast, then look some way of finding get out of here?" she suggested. Master Splinter peered down his nose at her, making her feel something move in her stomach. He sighed, and stood, grabbing his green cane and walked out with Venus close on his heels.

It took them awhile to get breakfast, seeing how they had to look up trees, climb the trees, and make sure that the fruit wasn't bad, which half the fruit they had found was. They pushed their luck at not getting caught, and they crossed into the territory of the seven strangers. Splinter was on watch while Venus scaled the trees and dropped several big coconuts down to the ground, careful to make sure she didn't hit her master.

While up there in the treetops feeling the warmth of the sun, Venus heard a voice heading her way. Not knowing whom the voice belonged to, the young queen crouched low to get out of sight and when the voices were near she launched herself in the directing of the sounds. Venus's body connected with another, and they fell from the top most branches, the only thing breaking their fall was the occasional palm branch.

They landed hard on impact, enough to knock the breath out of the young woman and the figure underneath her. Looking down, her glacier blue eyes widened when she saw whom she tackled like Drew Brees. Raph lay underneath her, gasping from taking most of the fall.

"Oh my goodness, Raph!" she shouted as she got off the hotheaded turtled and checked to see if there were any sustaining injuries that she had caused him. Other than the normal crack on his plastron, Venus couldn't see any thing out of the ordinary. A bush rattled next to her and out came Master Splinter who probably heard her scream, and his eyes immediately fell on his second eldest who was finally breathing a little normally.

"Raphael!" The father of four said kneeling down. "Are you alright? How did you get here? Are your brothers alright?"

"I'm fine Sensei," he said coughing while trying to sit up. "We got here through the Donnie's portal. As far as I know Mikey, Donnie, Larota, Amoly and Tanlena are fine."

"Wait, who are 'we'?" Venus asked confused.

Raph looked up at her with those glowing green eyes. "Leo's here with me. We separated to find you and we planned to rendezvous at the beach on the west side of the island."

"Well I am glad your safe my son," Master Splinter said puling him into a hug. "Come, we need to find Leonardo."

(Leo pov)
The leader of the "New York Ninjas" (as they were dubbed by the media) was out of breath by the time he circled around and went to check out the small community he and his brother landed near the other night.

The two had basically slept in trees, so they were both stiff and sore, and wouldn't do very well in a fight if they came across some hostile natives, but that was beside the point.

After jumping from palm tree to palm tree, Leonardo landed right on what looked like a communal table made out of bamboo, before scurrying over to the safety of the shadows of the bamboo huts. He heard someone humming a tune quietly as well as water splashing. Taking a deep breath in, the eldest of the four lifted his head up, and peeked into the window.

There, standing with her back to him, stood a young woman maybe late teens or early twenties, with chocolate brown hair, which was tied into pigtails, and tanned skin. From what he could see, she wore a pink and white plaid dress, with no shoes and by the way her hands were moving, Leo could probably guess she was doing the dishes.

As Leo continued to watch, the bamboo door on the far right side opened to reveal a tall, slender pale woman with bright red hair and grey green eyes. She wore a dress that looked to be made from a knapsack that she got a hold of that had SS MINNOW stamped on the side in black lettering. The woman was holding something in her hand, and by the way she was waving it with a palm fond and the smell that drifted over to Leo's nostrils, Leo could tell that it was a coconut crème pie. The oldest ninja had to make a conscious effort to not drool and tried to keep his stomach from growling loudly.

"Gee Ginger that pie sure smells good," the brunette said to the red head. The red head-Ginger- just smiled, her stark white teeth glinting like pearls.

"Thanks Mary Anne," Ginger said to the brunette, or Mary Anne, as she placed the pie on the table. Leo's breathe was now close to hyperventilating now, and he felt lightheaded and dizzy due to the fact that he hadn't had a real meal since Venus and Master Splinter went through the portal. "But I doubt Gilligan will like it as much as he likes yours."

The brunette- Mary Anne- just giggled and the two girls left. Leo took this opportunity to secure him and Raph breakfast, and quietly snuck into the house through the window and grabbed the pie.

"Maybe one slice," he whispered to himself as he searched the house for a pie slicer. Not seeing one, he took out his sword and sliced the pie in fours, grabbing one piece with his hands and stuffing it in his mouth, savoring the creamy rich taste of coconut. He unsuccessfully wiped the whipped cream from his mouth with his arm, when the girls walked carrying basket of clothes. Their eyes widened and they dropped their probably now cleaned clothes into the sand, their mouths wide in fear.

The girls screamed, running out the door their hands waving in the air like they were trying to take off. Leo took that as his cue to leave, jumping out the window still clutching the pie. He continued to run even as the sound of gun rang out through the jungle. Frozen in place, the tree right next to him splintered as the bullet that was fired was drilled.

RUN RUN RUN RUN! His mind thought as he was frozen in place. Leo couldn't get his feet to move, but after a second he started to move, angry shouts echoing from behind him. He ran until he couldn't run any more and stopped at a beautiful lagoon, his breathing still as ragged as it could be. Then it suddenly hit him: he didn't have the pie! Oh well.

He started to sob, all the thoughts about the pie gone and the realization of almost being killed again was hitting him like an ocean wave. Sure, he almost died when the Kraang invaded New York, but he was unconscious during it all and was so in pain. But here he almost died via hatchet and gun shot, and he came extremely close both times.

Leo calmed down, his breathing returning to an even pace, and sat down, fully realizing that the rendezvous time with Raph was slowly approaching. The eldest male turtle closed his eyes in mediation his heart still banging against his rib cage. His ears picked up something in the lagoon; splashing that he dismissed as fish. Finally his heart slowed down enough for him to open his eyes only to find that he was face to face with a young man who was dripping wet. This man wore a bright red long sleeved t-shirt and blue jean bell-bottoms both of which were soaking wet. The man had baby blue eyes, with dark locks poking out from his white sailor hat, which was tilted precariously on his head.

The ninja turtle and the first mate just stare at each other, baby and river eyes widened in fear, with a small hint of curiosity, and both their mouths hung open. After what seemed like forever, the shock finally wore off and the young first mate started to scream his lungs off in fear, which made Leo scrambled back from the lagoon, clumsily reaching for a smoke bomb on his belt.

The eldest threw it on the ground, creating a sulfuric smelling cloud, which concealed his retreat towards the beach. As the sound of the boy's scream faded behind him, he felt his foot get snagged on something and he was suddenly flipped upside down, hanging by his foot.

"Well," he muttered to himself as his swords slid down on the ground where he couldn't reach them. "This is a predicament."

Just then a scholarly type man came, wearing a button down white shirt, with the sleeves rolled up, khakis and dress shoes. He had sandy blonde hair, and his face was extremely tanned. In his hand, the stranger was holding a book, and he was so engrossed in what he was reading, barely noticed how he almost tripped and skewered himself. When he did notice it, the man looked up and Leo felt his heart plummet into his stomach. The stranger unslung what looked like a conch shell attached to a string and blew into it, a sound like a deep trumpet escaping it. More trumpet like sounds erupted from a certain point on the island, probably where he just was.

Leo started to try to untie his feet but was unable to do so, with the pointing a sharp stick at him ever so often. It wasn't until he pulled something out that looked like a dart gun that really made him freak out. As the man put the dart gun to his lips, the last thing that entered the eldest mind was why in the world did they have to get sucked into this world. Then his world went black.

(Professor pov)

As the strange creature went limp from the knock out drug he administered via dart gun, the professor couldn't help but be fascinated by his discovery. An approximately six-foot tall turtle, with what looked like sheaths hanging from his back and a dark blue cloth over his eyes.

Now keep in mind that over the past few years on their little island home, the Professor had seen a lot of things: Japanese sailors who still believed the war was still going on, an actor pretending to be an ape man, a deranged hunter trying to kill a human (Roy Hinkley wished that he could forget about that, he was still having nightmares!), and a mad scientists who switched the castaways' brains. But never in all his life would the former science teacher ever think that he would encounter a humanoid turtle that probably believed that it was an actual human.

Of course the self appointed inventor had no idea how intelligent it actually was or if it was hostile or not, but unfortunately he won't know that until he got this thing back to camp. Pretty soon, the Skipper and Gilligan, who was dripping wet came, their conch shells in their hand.

"Are you alright Professor?" the skipper asked worried.

"Yeah we heard your conch she…" Gilligan trailed off when he saw the creature hanging upside down, still unconscious. The professor immediately went to work on trying to get the poor thing down from there before there were any damages to its mind.

"Say, that's the thing I saw at the lagoon," Gilligan said hiding behind the Skipper.

"What do you mean by that Gilligan?" the professor asked as he tied the things hands behind its back. He was shocked to see that it was clad in mainly cloth, which was wrapped around both its feet and fingers, and knee and arm guards. Also after searching the creature for any more weapons, the Skipper, carrying his arms, and Gilligan, who got his legs, brought the thing back to camp where they laid it down in the makeshift jail. The Howells who had seen all of this transpires walked up to the scholar as he locked the cell.

"I say professor what on earth is that?" asked Mr. Howell who had peered into the cage where the creature was sleeping peacefully on its side.

"I have no idea Mr. Howell," The professor admitted, which got shocked faces from the others. "We might need to wait until it wakes up before we get answers."

(Splinter pov)

As Venus paced the beach, Hamato Yoshi felt his stomach do a slow roll. He didn't know if it was just the Leo wasn't here and they had no way of getting in contact with him or if there were people here with almost excellent aim that had weapons. Either that or it was just parental worrying.

"He's missed the meet up time," Raph said getting up from his position near the surf. "We need to go find him. Something's wrong." Splinter closed his eyes, trying to concentrate on where his son was but couldn't seem to find where he was. Sighing he opened his eyes and nodded in agreement. Something was wrong and they needed to find out what happened.

"I agree Raphael," Splinter said getting up from his meditative position. "Unfortunately your brother could be any where by now, or on the other side of the island." Then Venus snapped her fingers in thought which for some reason made both sensei and student jump. She had been quiet since they arrived at the beach, listening intently as Raph and Splinter talked quietly.

"What's your plan?" Raph asked, breaking Splinter's train of thought. Venus sat down and wiped her footprints away and started to draw a small clutter of little x's and three more by some waves.

"Okay this is us," she said pointed to the three x's, and then pointing to the larger clutter. "And this is the people we encountered. Now assuming that they are ship wrecked here, which is more likely, then they would be more trusting to another person who also was shipwrecked."

"But they might be a little suspicious Venus," Raph warned, causing Venus to roll her eyes. "I mean think about it: three people arrive after mysterious sightings of the turtle people?"

"Perhaps if you hadn't been so careless then they might've not see you," Splinter subtly chastised, causing Raph to be down casted. The rat master sighed and shook his head, before patting his son on the back. "My apologizes Raphael. I am lacking the substance necessary to keep my anger in check. Venus would you please continue."

"Sure thing," Venus said as she continued. "Any way, I wasn't even suggesting that we have all of us disguise ourselves. I was suggesting that I was going to be the one that goes over to them."

"Okay then I suppose that Splinter and I will be watching you closely?" Venus nodded, then standing up and dusting the sand off her knees. She trotted behind a large rock and a flash of light emanated from behind it told the two waiting by the surf that the transformation complete. Venus walked out, wearing a light blue tee shirt with a teal snowflake on it and tight but not too-tight jeans, and black leather boots. Her short teakwood hair, still stripped with light blue highlights, was pulled back into a short ponytail. Then she did something completely crazy in the old rat's eyes: she ran into the surf, even ducking beneath the waves getting her perfect clothes wet. Trudging back onto the beach she removed a boot, then she threw back to the ocean. Venus then proceeded to mess up her hair, and then she start to tear up her jeans and shirts until she pretty much looked like a shipwreck victim.

"Well how do I look?" Venus asked walking like she was wearing a contour dress down the runway.

"Looks like you've been to hell and back," Raph answered crossing his arms. The oldest female shrugged, and smiled, then she got a far away look in her eyes. Venus started to hyperventilate, a crazy yet wistful expression plastered on her face, but apparently the two mutants didn't get it as Venus turned her head, twitching towards the jungle. That meant she was ready for her them to leave.

(Venus pov)

Venus watched her step brother and father leave, disappeared in the shadows of the jungle. Sighing, the queen got up and trekked through the jungle, in hopes of 'stumbling' onto the camp, or possibly into one of the members of the shipwreck. The sun was climbing in the sky, and Venus suddenly felt like she was in a stew, her sweat mixing with the saltwater of the ocean.

Finally she came to the lagoon, where two people were standing with their back turned to her, a big man in a blue shirt and a skinny guy in a bright red shirt. Venus took a breath, and then plunged into the fray. The young queen stumbled out into view, but her foot accidentally got caught on a rock, which was something that she didn't plan in the slightest. Venus fell face first into the sand, and when she got up and coughed up sand, the young and old man quickly picked her up.

"Are you alright miss?" the older man asked, setting her down on a rock. Venus nodded and rubbed the spot where the man had roughly picked her up, but she supposed that she needed to get back into shape.

"Boy you sure don't look good miss," the young boy stated, leaning closely in her face. Venus made a face and the boy backed up, his cheeks blushing.

"That's probably because Gilligan she just survived a shipwreck," the elder man, ripping the younger one back. He turned back to Venus with worry and maybe even hope. "Are you injured, miss…"

"Venus," she answered, rubbing her arms as a chill overcame her all of the sudden. "And no, I'm alright, thank you." She coughed, her throat getting tickled by the left over sand that was still in her throat.

The big man handed her a water flask, Venus taking a grateful swig as the cold water ran down her throat. Handing back, the big man knelt down and picked her up, catching the young queen off guard for a second there. "Where are we going?"

"We're heading back to our camp, Miss Venus," Gilligan said as he ran ahead of them. "And we're going to help you get better then you can get us off this island."

"Why are you here anyway?" Venus asked, clutching the older man's neck, as he took bigger steps.

"We were shipwrecked about three years ago," the blue shirted man said; as he set the young woman down to take a break. "Unfortunately we haven't had any luck with getting contact anyone who will get us off the island."

"Oh, I'm sorry about that," Venus said. The big man tried to pick her back up, the queen just refused knowing full well that she could walk on her own. "Please I can walk on my own."

"Are you sure?" the big man asked, not really believing her. Venus nodded and stood up, acting like she was a little wobbly on her legs. Finally after a few tries, Venus started to walk normally, ignoring the snickers she got from Gilligan. The trio walked a little ways up a hill, with the man and Gilligan in the lead. The queen of the universe glanced up, watching the shadows for Splinter and Raph, who had promised to follow her in case something happen. Spotting the shadow move two times, the young queen sighed inwardly in relief as that meant they were keeping a close eye on her.

"So where are you from?" the man who had introduced himself as the just the Skipper.

"Uh New York but my father is from Japan," She said trying not to give anything away immediately. That got a look from the Skipper, but Venus decided to brush that off due to the fact that she didn't say anything else about where she was from or if she had any other siblings.

"That's cool," Gilligan exclaimed as they continued to hike. "I've always wanted to visit New York. But I hear that there's a lot of gang activity so my mom kind of forbids me to go."

"I understand that, because New York at night is horrible." Venus explained, remembering the nights when nightly patrols would turn sour in a minute. "You have to carry a can of pepper spray with you at all time."

The three continued to walk until they came to the small community, where at the table sat five people, each with different complexions, skin tones and hair color, all of them conversing quietly. When the man with the sandy blonde hair stood up and greeted them, surprise flashing across his face when he spotted the queen. Venus bowed, like he was Master Splinter, to show that she meant no harm, and to show respect to the older gentleman. The man just looked at the other castaways, and Venus looked around at her new surroundings and took a mental note of everything in case something happened.

Okay surrounded by jungle on all sides, six huts, at least two of them must be for sleeping in, the queen noted, looking around, and acting like she was looking at the tree. One table in the middle of it, another sort of outhouse looking thing near the edge, and torches on the perimeter probably to discourage any predators from wandering into the community.

Pulling her attention back to the man in front of her, she walked towards the table where the younger women who sat there got up and went to get Venus food as they said she looked like she was showing rib. The queen gratefully nodded as the brunette placed a big plate of cooked lobster, seasoned with a little bit of butter. How they got butter all the way out of here, Venus didn't know nor did she care; she was just absolutely starving and the way it practically called her name. The queen reminded herself that she needed to leave some food for her adoptive father and brother.

"So the Skipper informs me that you are a victim of a shipwreck?" the sandy haired man asked raising an eyebrow. Venus nodded as she stuffed her face, not really wanting to answer for fear of slipping up. "What ship were you apart of?"

Venus swallowed slowly, quickly thinking a story that would be simple and believable. "A small, unimportant fishing vessel. It was in my family for generations and my father, due to my love of fishing, gave it to me. I called it the SS Splinter. Unfortunately it is splinters now."

"How old are you Miss Venus?" The man asked raising his eyebrows in suspicion. It wasn't every day that a girl as this one right in front of him becomes a bone-a-fied captain of a small fishing vessel.

"Sixteen," Venus answered without hesitation and lie. She smiled and added, "Seventeen in three months."

"Oh happy birthday," Gilligan said, but wilted under the glare the Skipper. The man was silent for a few minutes as he seemed to try to sort out the lies in Venus's story but finding none, he smiled and welcomed her to their little community. They each took turns introducing themselves with glee, so much glee Venus wondered if they were apart of a Saturday morning television show. (Not a successful break of the fourth wall but I wanted to fit one into at least one of my stories. )

There was Mary Anne Summers, a kind young woman with chocolate brown hair and tanned skin and large brown eyes. She said that she was a farm girl from Kansas and worked at the general store there, saving up her savings just in case there was a drought that dragged on. The second young woman there was a very successful movie star named Ginger Grant, a sassy woman with milky white skin, fiery red hair and bright blue eyes. The movie star stated that she was the best actress on the island since they put on shows from time to time so she could keep up her acting skills. Then there was the elderly couple known as the Howells, who were quite wealthy. They were so wealthy; in fact that when their stocks supposedly crashed and they believed they were broke they threatened to throw themselves off their suitcases. And lastly, there was Professor Roy Hinkley, or just the professor. He was a buff schoolteacher with sandy blonde hair and tanned face.

After the introductions were over, Venus faked a yawn, and told the seven castaways that she was exhausted form the day's events. Mary Ann and Ginger led her to what Venus suspected was the girl's hut, and the two women told the younger girl to sleep and they would get her for supper. Venus nodded, feeling exhausted for real all of the sudden, picked the bed far from the door, promptly falling on the bed, asleep before her head hit the pillow.

(Gilligan pov)

As the first mate watched the strange girl walk into the hut with Mary Ann and Ginger, he overheard something that sounded like a moan come from the makeshift jail. The young man walked over to the jail, leaving the older men to talk about the young girl that could possibly get them off this island.

Gilligan poked his head around the corner of the bamboo prison, seeing the turtle creature stretch before settling back down in a peaceful sleep. The young man was worried about this thing. It didn't seem dangerous when he saw it at the lagoon, just scared and confused, and it didn't try to hurt Gilligan in anyway. The young first mate winced at the sight of the bandaged ankle, which the creature got from hanging upside down by a rope. Sighing, Gilligan walked away, as he planned to bring this creature some food after dinner.

(Leo pov)

Leo was awoken by the smell of cooking fish and lobster, which made his stomach growl like a hungry lion. Slowly opening his eyes, he quickly shut them due to the pounding headache he suddenly got when the last rays of the sun shone his eyes. The eldest son of Hamato Yoshi grabbed his head and curled into a tight fetal position; in hopes that the migraine would soon disappear, but it was then that he realized something. He didn't have his earpiece. The leader's eyes opened suddenly, making the headache all that much worse, and started to search for his earpiece, just now realizing that he was in a prison, made up of bamboo and palm fronds. One would think that something like a prison made out of bamboo wouldn't be very sturdy but someone must've taken extreme measures to make sure that no one could escape this.

Leo calmed himself, listening for some type of sound, some type that he wasn't alone, and left to die. He heard some hearty laughter, and voices of different genders. Unfortunately Leo couldn't stick his head through the bars so all he was left to do was sit on the bench and sulk, his legs pulled up close to his chest. Throughout the dinner, Leo fought tears that threatened to fall, and fought to not bang his head against the wall as the migraine continued to make his head pound like a drum. Soon the eldest heard footsteps across the sand and when Leo looked up he saw the young man from the lagoon with a plate of food in his hand.

For years, the family of mutants lived in fear of humans capturing them and experiment them, and so many times their worst fear almost came true. Now, at the mercy of these strangers, Leo could only imagine what they would do to him. Cowering in the corner, and eyes as wide as quarters, the young man gently slid the plate under the bars, slowly. On the plate, there was a medium sized lobster with a slice of coconut crème pie, and a slice of watermelon. Carefully the oldest turtle slowly reaches for the plate, but reels back as he saw the young man take a seat just outside the cage.

"It's okay," he said quietly as if he was talking to a shy puppy that wouldn't come out of its kennel. Leo looked down at the plate of food, then back up at the young man, before snatching the food and eating it, his headache slowly going away. The leader of the "New York Ninjas" took his time on the pie, savoring the creamy texture.

Pushing the plate back, Leo returned to the bench, sitting in the corner, sniffling as he remembered his sensei, brother and love were still here and hoped they hadn't abandoned him. Leo watched with weary eyes as the young man just sat there, looking at the creature before him with fascination.

"Gilligan!" a voice shouted making both Leo and the young first mate jump. Soon a large man in a blue shirt appeared, and Leo felt fear rise up in him, as he glared at the turtle mutant with hatred. "What are you doing here? The professor needs you to help him with some experiment."

"Sure thing Skipper," the young man said before getting up, brushing the sand off his pants legs. He smiled at Leo and waved goodbye like they were good friends at the mall. "See ya later." And with that Gilligan ran off somewhere, leaving the young ninja and the older seaman to stare at each other in a tense silence. Suddenly a bolt of pain shot through Leo's head, making it feel like a hot spike was being impaled behind his eye. The mutant cradled his head as the man walked away, confused at the creature's behavior and a little worried.

As the settlement quieted down and the moon rose over the tree line, Leo finally wept as the pain became unbearable and worry over took him. Where was Master Splinter? Where was Raph or Venus? Surely his hotheaded brother noticed that he didn't make the rendezvous? What if something happened to them? What if they were trapped in some sort of cave in, or hurt?

Unable to bear those thoughts, Leo curled up, and practically sobbed himself to sleep, a nightmare taking hold of them.

Nightmare…

Leo was on the roof of New York, the Kraang mother ship hovering over the city as the purplish portal continued to swirl, the wind making his bandana tails flap in the wind. Below him, millions of people fled for their lives as more and more dimensional aliens shot mutagen out of modified blasters, turning the humans into monsters. As more and more New Yorks succumbed to the mutagen, a shadow passed of over the eldest turtle. Turning around, Leo shook with fear as he saw that it was the Shredder, the mutant family's mortal enemy who would stop at nothing to see them all dead and mounted on his wall as trophies.

The evil ninja stared down at the young turtle, his scarred eye making the mutant back up, almost slipping off the ledge of the roof. The Shredder raised his gauntlet, two extremely sharp blades shooting out, and if the twisted man didn't have his kuro kabuto on, Leo was sure that his face would be twisted in a sick, sadistic smile on his face as he plunged the blades into his plastron. Leo screamed as the memory of the pain suddenly engulfed his memory, the nightmarish scene fading to black.

Back at the camp….

Leo's fearful screams pierced the quiet night, wakening the castaways as they frantically tried to find who was screaming. The mutant ninja didn't feel right as he coughed uncontrollably, spilling off the bench. The modern day ninja felt like his head was going to explode, making him nauseated and disoriented. He got up, with difficulty and uses the door to hoist himself on his feet. But he didn't stay on them very long; he fell over clutching his head as it continued to pound.

Groaning loudly, Leo saw through his blurry vision he saw that Gilligan was at the door accompanied by a man in a button downed shirt and brown khakis. His hand balled up, picking up a fistful of sand, and curling himself up in a tight ball before passing out as the pain continued to intensify.

(Professor pov)

"Okay now hold that test tube steady Gilligan," the professor instructed as he dropped three drops of saltwater into the scientific instrument. The young first mate smiled with amazement as the saltwater reacted with the chemicals the brainiac had made. The mixture bubbled then turned different colors, turning blue, pink and orange.

"Whoa," the young first mate exclaimed, staring at it with childlike amazement. "That's so cool."

"Yes it is cool," the professor agreed taking the tube and pouring out the contents. Then he remembered something the skipper told him not too long ago. "The Skipper told me that you gave the creature something to eat?" Gilligan nodded, as he continued to look around the Professor's hut. "What did you give it?"

"Him," the young first mate said as he opened a textbook.

"I beg your pardon?" the professor asked confused.

"The creature's a him," Gilligan answered as he frowned. The words were probably too complicated for him to understand so he placed the book down and looked at the professor. "I gave him a medium sized lobster, a slice of pie and watermelon."

"And?"

"He ate it until the Skipper came along and scared him." The professor was silent as he tried to figure out how to get the creature out of the jail. He could use Gilligan, since the young man was so good with animals, but there was a danger of the creature attacking the young first mate. The scholar could let the creature go and follow it to its home but then the professor was faced with the possibility of the creature setting a trap.

Suddenly a scream interrupted the professor's train of thought and both the men ran out of the supply's hut and quickly ran towards the makeshift jail, only to see the creature groaning and curled up in pain. The creature soon went limp, so carefully to make sure the creature wasn't pulling any tricks on them, but when the scholar placed his hand on the strange creature's forehead he was surprised that it was burning.

"He has a fever," the professor said, as he and Gilligan picked up the creature and brought him to the supply hut. The two men set down the creature on a cot in the hut, with Venus looking in curiously. Her eyes suddenly got wide when he saw the turtle mutant that was being set on the table unconscious, sweating.

"What happened?" Venus asked, sounding so surprised and worried that it made the Professor do a double take. No one answered her, as they were too busy trying to find the herbs to bring down the fever.

"Blast I can't find any of the herbs!" The professor exclaimed as he rushed around, while Venus took a bowl full of water and started to dab the creature's forehead. "Gilligan and I will have to go find some more in order to bring his fever down. Come Gilligan."

(Venus pov)

As the professor and the young first mate left the hut, Venus returned to trying to bring down Leo's fever. It was unmistakably high for the mutant ninja, and Venus knew that if she didn't get the fever down Leo wouldn't make it. Venus sat there, praying with all her might that Leo would make it out of this, surprised when her love opened his river blue eyes a crack.

"H-hey, h-honey," he said, his voice raw from screaming. "How…a-are you?"

"Shut up you crazy mutant," Venus joked as tears flowed from happiness and fear. "You need to stop giving Raph ideas." He just laughed before sinking into a coughing fit, which worried Venus to no end. The queen chocked back the tears that threatened to flow. After the fit had passed, Leo suddenly looked exhausted, which Venus noticed immediately.

"Please go back to sleep," she urged, stroking his head gently with the washcloth. "It's the only way your strength will return." The eldest male turtle nodded, his eyelids already closing.

"Stay with me?" he asked before falling asleep. Venus nodded although her friend and crush was already under the influence of the dream world.

"Always," and with that Venus made herself comfortable and stayed with Leo all night.

And with that I leave you on homage to THE HUNGER GAMES. I don't own Gilligan's Island or TMNT (2012) or any version and I certainly don't own THE HUNGER GAMES. Just to let ya'll know that I'll be taking a break from fanfiction writing for a few weeks to catch up on my studies and spend time with my family. See you later and happy New Year.