And now...Rocky meets the turtles for the second time!


Chapter 4: Back in the Sewer

After school, Rocky followed Casey and April towards parts of New York City to meet the turtles again and although Rocky's very fond of their new friends, there's a part of him that is a little nervous about how his parents will know about it, but he knows that he never tells his parents anything anyways, so that might work on his advantage. April checks in to see if they coast is clear and there were several people just walking around and cars going by and they thought it's bets to wait until everything's clear, so they sat in the bench and just waited. Rocky pulled out his iPod and started playing some music while they wait awhile and shuffled through every song and then he played a punk cover of a popular song and just taps his feet to the beat.

April notices Rocky listening to something on his iPod and she asked, "What are you listening to?"

"Fiery Rebel Slayer. They're doing a really amazing cover of a pop song that I completely cannot stand the most." Rocky answered.

"Really? Let me hear it." Casey said, suddenly interested.

Rocky gives one part of the earbuds to Casey and as Casey puts it on his ear, he hears the thrashing sounds of guitars and drums all around this one cover song and it immediately makes him want to rock out and he said, "Hey...isn't that the song that was done by that teenage dude who sings like a girl?"

"Yep, the band took a very punk-rock approach towards a bubblegum pop song." Rocky added.

"I wish every band could do that to other pop songs because the original ones get so annoying and stupid at the same time." Casey added.

Rocky chuckles in response and said, "You and me both."

April looks through her iPod as she plays a rock song while Casey reads some comics and Rocky picks up his phone and texts some of his friends from Malibu while also replying some texts from some of the students at Roosevelt High about the dance at the pizzeria. As excited as he is about it, he's also very nervous because with Lukas' envy still on his brain, he has to keep his guard up.

"So...did you tell anyone about the turtles?" asked April, looking at Rocky.

"Nope. Never told them, never mentioned a word about them. I don't always tell my parents everything, you know. Besides, if they do find out eventually...who knows what would happen?" Rocky stated.

"Parents always do find out, don't they?" asked Casey.

"Yep, it's their job." Rocky responded, checking out his Spacehook on his phone.

Several minutes go by and they see that the coast is officially clear and everyone heads to the sewer as April opens the lid and goes down first, then Rocky goes next and Casey goes last as he closes the lid and climbs all the way down until they reached the ground. The smell is getting a little hard getting used to for Rocky and he groans in response and said, "How does the smell not infuriate you?"

"You get used to it. There are a lot of strange things around New York." April answered.

All three of them walked all the way towards the sewer until they reached the lair where mostly everything was empty and Rocky looks around and just sees a huge room with no one there and he asked, "Where are they?"

"Must be training." April answered.

Rocky looks around and sees a huge amount of arcade games there and that made him completely amazed to know that there are a few arcade games around and he said, "Oh my gosh...this here is awesome! Arcade games are the stuff-nut!"

"Stuff-nut?" asked Casey, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"This is what happens when you're born and bred in the South. It don't make sense, but you get the idea." Rocky replied.

Casey nodded his head in disagreement over that and said, "Not really."


Several minutes later, Rocky plays a few things on his iPod and soon enough, he sees Mikey, Leo and Donnie wlaking by and they were surprised to see Rocky there and Donnie said, "Hey, Rocky!"

Rocky looks up and sees Donnie, Mikey and Leo there and he was happy to see them again and said, "What's up, guys? How goes?"

"Pretty great. Wanted to see us again?" asked Leo.

"Yep. Where's Raph?" asked Rocky.

Donnie rolled his eyes after that question and responded, "Raph's in another one of his moods again. He got too upset that he lost to Leo after they sparred and took it out on him, just beating him up. His anger always gets himself in trouble."

Rocky was surprised to hear that and said, "Somebody must have some anger issues."

"Yep...and Raph definitely has those. He says that doesn't have a temper problem, but he always denies it and gets angry anyway." Leo responded.

Rocky nods his head at this and said, "I think it's either just a phase or if this is a longtime thing."

"It's no phase. Raph does have some issues, but that doesn't make him any less of a person. He just needs some time to cool off." April stated.

Mikey spots Rocky holding something in his hand and he said, "Dude, what ya got?"

Rocky looks down and sees his iPod and he responded, "I got my iPod. Why?"

"What sorts of music you got there?" asked Mikey, looking very interested.


Answer...will come shortly!