HAPPY VETERANS DAY! Okay sorry this took so long. Speaking of long, this is my long chapter to date with 1,825 words hope this was worth the wait please review and enjoy
I DO NOT OWN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!
It had been an hour since the Mighty Mutanimals barged in with the poor frozen Everyone was sitting in the main room of the lair. Slash, Pete, and Leatherhead were standing up behind the couch. Pete and Casey sat on the floor, and April, Splinter and Rockwell sat on the couch while Rockwell told them everything that happened on that very night
"Once we realized the chips had been short-circuited, we raced to your lair as quickly as we could to save them"
Rockwell finished the story. He looked up to see Splinter just staring into his teacup. His face expressed fear and loss as April put a hand on his shoulder "I know this is hard for you, Sensei." the red-head said gently "but it's okay. The guys are alive and they'll be okay, right?"
"We're really sorry about this. I wish we could do more to help them." Pete said sadly
"No, Pete. It's...(sign) it's alright. You've everything you could to help my sons." he stood up, turned around to the Mutanimals and bowed to them "Mutanimals. Thank you so much for your bravery. I own you the life of my family."
"No thanks needed, Splinter. The turtles help us a lot in the past, we owned to them." said Slash
"Great Splinter, I could never show your sons the amount of care you have for them." spoke Leatherhead with a caring voice "but I promise that you shall have my full support in this time tragedy."
"We all will" Casey stood up with a determined voice
"My thanks to all of you, but shouldn't you two get home before your families begin to worry about you?" he asked April and Casey
"No, it's fine." Casey insisted " My dad took my sister out of town for the blizzard and let me stay here with April. I wanted to stay in case of some kind of emergency..." he turned towards the dojo "but I never imagined it being an emergency like this..."
"Yeah, I already talked to my dad about it. The snow's too deep for us to get to the surface anyway." said April
"So I guess we're all bunking out here then." said Slash
"Very well my friends. I will take just a few blankets from the boys."
"No Splinter, you really shouldn't."said Rockwell as he rubbed his arms "They're still so cold-"
"I know but I don't want them to be too warm." Splinter insisted "The winter attire and large blankets should be enough for them to stay warm. Also I have hot tea prepared for them. If anyone needs me, I'll be with my sons." with that Splinter walked into the kitchen, picked up the tray of hot teacups and entered the dojo where his poor sons were resting. They weren't shaking as much as before, and they were getting some color back but their skin was still a light shade of blue.
In the dojo, the blue clad leader was sitting up on the wall covered in winter clothes
"How are you feeling, my son?" asked Splinter as he put their teacups down and handed one to Leonardo
"A lot better, but eve-everything s-still feels numb." he sneezed "I..I'm still w-w-worried about the guys though." he said sadly
Splinter kneeled on the floor next to his sons and frowned. "(sigh) I know Leonardo, but don't worry. We shall have you boys nursed back to health in no time, so long as you keep your coats, gloves and socks on."
"Hai Sensei" Leo sneezed again
The rodent father gently moved Mikey's head to smoothen out his pillow, when all of a sudden, his head started moving and his baby blue eyes slowly began to open.
"Sen-sensei?" he spoke with a very weak tone as he looked up to his worried father
"Mikey?" Leo crawled over to him in delight and relief
Splinter smiled "(light gasp) Michelangelo! My son. Thank goodness you are alright." he hugged his son awkwardly since he was still laying down
"We're..we're home?" he was still light headed as he tried to sit up on his knees
"Yes, Michelangelo. You boys are safe now." Splinter pulled a small fleece over the orange turtle's coated body "Is this better?"
He simply nodded "T-t-thanks Sensei" He looked over to see Leo "Leo!" he smiled and gave him a hug
"Awww I'm glad you're alright, Mikey." Leo grinned as he hugged his little brother back
"(groan)" they all turned to see Raph sitting up and still shivering a little bit even with a heavy coat, mittens and blanket over him
"Raph! You're okay!" Mikey leaped to him and hugged him tightly.
Raphael just smiled and hugged his younger brother back "H-h-how ya feelin lit-little brother?"
"N-n-nice and cozy. You?"
"I feel like a turtle-sicle, even under all this fur." he said rubbing his arms for warmth
"Your bodies shall be warm again soon, my sons. You've all been through something that was beyond the limitations of your bodies, it will take a little while for you all to heal." said Splinter
"Sensei," said Raph "I thought Karai pretended to Leo and told you we were fine. How did you know to save us?" he asked
"It wan't I who save you, my sons"
Leatherhead walked in with the other Mutanimals behind him and exclaimed modestly "It was us who came to your rescue, my friends."
"Leatherhead!" Mikey smiled and tried to stand up but his legs were too numb to carry him. The big alligator walked over to his young friend and gently pulled him into a hug.
"Wait, the Mutanimals? You guys saved us?" asked Leo with a surprised tone
"But how did you guys know where we were, or even that we were in trouble?" asked Raph
"We didn't" Rockwell replied "We were just sparring in our home, when I received a telepathic SOS from your brother who gave me your location and pleaded for help"
"Whoa... you can hear our thoughts?" asked Mikey in amazement "Coool, You're like some kind of Power Primate!"
"Wait a minute, who called you for help?" asked Leo
"Wasn't me." said Raph
"Me neither" Mikey shook his head. "Hold up, are you saying..." the boys looked at Donnie's still extremely weak and laid limp in his cot
"Whoa whoa whoa, you're saying Donnie's the one who called you for help?" Raph pointed to his still unconscious little brother
"Yes. He was, however, in a very feeble condition when he contacted me" the scientist explained
"Why is that so surprising?" asked Slash "We've told you before that you can Rockwell for help if you ever needed to"
"He was the first of us to go down. It didn't long for the cold in that tube to make him so weak." Leo explained as he sadly looked over Donnie's blue cold body.
"Yeah..." Mikey signed "We were really worried about him, but ended up saving the day" he said as he sat down next to Donnie "by calling you guys to.. save.. the day- okay now I'm confused
"I know what you guys mean" said Pete "I saw the whole thing when we came to rescue you (shutter) It was horrible"
"It was...It was so bad." Mikey shutter, out of coldness or fear he didn't know
"Sensei... do you think Donnie'll be alright?" Raph asked in a child-like fear in his voice Splinter knelled down to check Donnie's pulse with two fingers.
"(sigh) only time will tell, my sons. Your brother does not the body to endure such harsh temperatures." he said as he put an extra blanket over his most intelligent child. "It will take longer for his body to heal than usual. All we can do is wait for him to awaken before I can confirm his condition."
"but didn't you use the healing mantras on him like the rest of us?" Leo asked standing up with shaking legs
"Yes but they cannot prevent him from suffering a relapse. It was a miracle they worked on your frost bite. There is nothing else I can do for now. It is up to Donatello to fight the rest of this battle on his own. We shall have to wait until morning."
Mikey started to blush "Sensei, can we umm..."
"Stay with Donnie in the dojo tonight?" Raph finished Mikey's question
Splinter smiled "Of course, Raphael. You may stay in here together so long as you keep yourselves warm." Splinter said as he rubbed Mikey's head
"Hai Sensei." they all bowed, grabbed their blankets and laid down next to Donnie. With that they all fell asleep rather quickly. Splinter simply smiled and kissed all four of them on the forehead. The Mutanimals just watched and looked at each other, expect Pete who sobbed into Rockwell's shoulder.
"Come, my friends.." Splinter said as he handed each of them extra blankets and gestured them out of the dojo "I'll set you four up with a place."
"Our thanks, Splinter." Leatherhead smiled as the rest of them walked out the lair, except Slash who just started at the boys' little blanket fort.
"I admire your fear for my sons, Slash."
"He to think I wouldn't be saving lives if it wasn't for your boys." he said with a voice that sounded like it was lost in regrets of his past
"(sigh), I know" Splinter looked to see everyone else in the living room setting up cots and mingling. "With all the enemies my sons have hunting them, it's truly a breath of fresh air to know we have allies to turn to in times of crisis."
"You've got a good family, Splinter. Don't ever forget that. They're strong kind and look out for each other. They truly are brothers."
"Indeed, and I couldn't more proud of them anymore than I am now."
Alright one more chapter after this guys hope this was wroth the wait i know this chapter sucks and I need to work on my pacing but i do wanna finish this story to move on to other ones. Hope u enjoyed please leave a review. Hope u all caught my SRMTHFG reference. See u guys next time and may Jesus bless our Veterans.
I DO NOT OWN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!