The little turtle:
Loneliness is a fatal disease ; Loneliness is a sickness that leads to death (Holo, Spice and Wolf)
4) The rules.
"Father, what is wrong?" Theng Sjen asked. She had seen master Splinter pacing around.
"Nothing is wrong my daughter, will you promise me something." Master Splinter got down to her level and looked her straight in the eye. She nodded eagerly.
"You have to remain here, just watch tv and do not go outside." confusion and fear spread through her and the toddler clutched her stuffed bear closer.
"You leaving?" she asked with a tremble in her voice.
"I promise I will come back, I just have to go search for your brothers." master splinter assured her, she thought about that for a while.
"Trouble?"
"They will be." He sighed heavily "Now you remember your rules don't you?"
"Yes, no touching weapons, no running and no going outside alone." she recited perfectly, master Splinter smiled at her anticts. If only his other children had memorized the rules as good as she had.
"Very good, now go off and watch tv" she nodded and crawled onto the couch and watched the cartoons that were already on.
Master Splinter smiled at his innocent daughter. I told them many times not to go topside, I warned them of the dangers that it held and of the punishment that would await them should they do so. But perhaps the only thing I did was spike their curiosity. Well at least I hope it is just a case of boys testing their boundaries.
They have been going a couple of times, not all at the same time, not until now. But I smelled that they had ventured out of their perimeter.
I tracked them towards were I last sensed them and carefully slipped into the shadows when I reached the world above. They were not in danger, just arguing about something and watching some children on the street.
When I appeared in front of them they were quite shocked that I had discovered their little secret, apparently they had been going up here to help some child with bully problems. I was actually proud of them, they were just doing what they thought was right, they were only doing it the wrong way.
I pressed their training harder from then on and kept a closer eye on them. When we returned home that night Theng Sjen had obviously been lonely, yet honored my rules and stayed in the lair. She was hugging her bear while she kept a close eye on the door.
"Brothers, father !" she yelled happily and jumped of the coach to ran towards her siblings, ignoring rule number two.
"Hey there little turtle" Donatello ruffled her hair when she reached him first. She giggled and grabbed his hand, "come play" she demanded.
"I'm sorry Theng Sjen but you will have to wait, your brothers are going to be busy for a while" they all groaned simultaneously and willingly went into the dojo. I mentally went over all the different types of excercises that I would punish them with.
"In trouble?" Theng Sjen asked me.
"Yes they are. Come on I'll give you a cookie for behaving" she was happy with that and followed me to the kitchen to get her treat.
"You boys can start with doing your kata's"
"Yes master" they chorused.
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