Angel: I'm currently trying to work on more chapters as we speak so I can get this done and out of the way. So you might be seeing more frequent updates from me. Therefore, I will get no more complaining about waiting around.
I'm reading a Space Heroes comic book in the dojo, sitting in front of the tree. Mikey and Donnie are doing some sparring. Mikey's stretching his legs and he stretches his arms with a big grin. Donnie gets into position and goes in to kick Mikey, who moves out of the way. He spins around to block arms with Donnie, who grabs his arm and Mikey flips. Donnie throws Mikey over his shoulder and he backflips safely onto the ground, laughing.
"Dude, what are you doing?" Donnie facepalms. "You don't defend against Seoi Nage with...backflips!"
"Why not?" Mikey asks in disbelief. "Backflips are where it's at!"
"Backflips can prove effective too, Donnie," I call out, raising an eyebrow.
"The best defense is to roll along my back, then take me to the ground and put me in an armlock. Unless of course I counter with a-"
"Hey man," Mikey interrupts with a smile. "You can't take the fire out of-" He yells as he backflips, wiggling his fingers near his head. "Dr. Flippenstein."
"I don't even know what that means," Donnie states in confusion as I shrug.
"Donnie, just because you know the best defense doesn't mean there aren't others. You can't just predict everything. Everyone has a different style of fighting," I explain and he ponders that, glancing at Splinter who just exited his room.
"Master Splinter," Donnie walks up to him, "What would you do if someone tried to throw you with Seoi Nage?"
"I don't know," Splinter answers truthfully.
"Come on, you must've planned a response for every attack!" Donnie argues, as Splinter is a ninja master.
"If you think too much about what is coming, you lose sight of what is. You must be fully in the moment so you can fight without thinking."
"Why would I wanna fight without thinking?" Donnie wonders and I sigh, facepalming as he's not getting the point.
"Allow Amelia to demonstrate," Splinter winks at me and I nod. "Prepare to defend against Seoi Nage!"
Instead of doing that, I knock Donnie down and hold his arm in a hold, planting my foot on his shell. "Ow! That wasn't Seoi Nage!" Donnie protests, Splinter chuckling as I grin.
"No, but you thought it would be," Splinter nods at me and I release Donnie, who sits up. "Now, would you like to defend against a spinning back kick?"
"No, I'm good," Donnie winces and Splinter walks away.
"Sorry, Donnie," I cringe at him and he waves it off.
"He asked you to, so I'm not angry at you."
Mikey laughs as he stands behind Donnie. "Know what would've worked there? Backflip!"
Donnie sighs at him.
I'm walking into the lab with the others and Donnie seems to be drawing something. "What you up to, Donnie?" Leo wonders and the turtle yelps in surprise as we're all looking over his paper. It's got pictures and connected lines like a subway map.
He sighs slowly, going back to lining up some things. "Just putting the finishing touches on my master plan."
"Master plan?" Raph asks in confusion as Donnie said that in a weird way.
"Yeah, to get April to hang out with me."
The other turtles all laugh and I don't, because I think it's adorable. Weird, but adorable. Personally, I'm curious to see what this plan is.
"Try this: April, do you want to hang out with me?" Leo replies and Donnie waves his marker.
"If anything, you could use one too! Watch when you ask me to make one for you-know-who!" Donnie retorts and I see Leo blushing for some reason. Who's he talking about? I don't think I know any other girls besides April and I already know Leo likes her as a friend. Besides, he wouldn't do that to Donnie. This...this is kinda bothering me now since I don't have a clue who it is, and...I thought Leo and I were getting close... "See, it's not that simple. I have to prepare for every possible response to maximize my chances of success." He makes it seem like it's an experiment rather than a definitive plan.
"Aw, that's so romantic," Mikey comments.
"Donnie, I commend your dedication. Really, I do. But all of this," I gesture to the plan. "Just to get a teenage girl to hang out with you? Why not just simply ask her?"
"Hm, maybe I should put in Amy as a factor since they're friends," Donnie murmurs as he draws another box. I look at the others in disbelief, a vein on my forehead. Donnie pushes his plan to us so that we can see. I think that was a movie poster from behind it. He clears his throat.
"For instance, if April says she can't because she has homework, then I will suggest an informal study session and serve healthy, brain-stimulating snacks," He gestures to the bottom of the board and I pinch my nose at him not getting the point. Donnie may be smart, but sometimes he can be a little oblivious to the truth. One of these days that's gonna be his downfall.
"I'm sorry, Donnie," I hold up my hands, "But there is no way that you thought of every single solution on this chart. It's just not possible."
"What if she says she can't because you're a total nerd?" Raph wonders and I elbow him in the arm. He grunts, glaring at me as he rubs his arm. "Dang, Amy, you hit hard."
"I'll take that as a compliment," I reply, crossing my arms.
"Ah, that's this thread here. I'll list my many non-nerdy qualities and suggest activities that will highlight my coolness, such as skateboarding or shark wrestling."
When did he go shark wrestling?
"Guys!" April suddenly comes into the room with her laptop handy. Donnie yelps and quickly moves his plan back to the movie poster, which is for Space Heroes 3.
"H-H-Hey Ap-April," He stammers, and she walks right past him.
"You guys gotta check this out," She opens her laptop and we gather around as she types away. Donnie smiles slightly at April, but she doesn't notice. We're watching a news interview.
"Renowned neuro-chemist Dr. Tyler Rockwell has been reported missing. I spoke with Rockwell's colleague, Dr. Victor Falco."
A man with a white lab coat, with gray hair that has white markings, brown shirt and pants, and a tie is speaking. "I hadn't heard from him in days, so I stopped by his lab. The place was a mess. He was gone. I...fear the worst."
"Police say they have-" April closes the laptop, ending the video there.
"So?" Raph asks expectantly, as this seems unrelated to finding her dad and my mom. My mom's not even involved with that type of work, so I don't see what her angle is here.
"So, if the Kraang have been kidnapping scientists from all over the city, including our parents!" April glances at me. "Maybe that's what happened to this Rockwell guy."
"Or they may not be connected at all," Leo places a hand on his chin.
"What if they're not even related?" I ask, "Something seems off about that Falco guy, though..."
"What do you mean?" Mikey wonders and I lean against Donnie's desk in thought.
"I don't know...his whole attitude sounds different than his words. I don't like it," I frown at them.
"Well, there's only one way to find out. We should go to that lab and look around," April suggests, which is Donnie's opportunity to 'hang out' with her.
"April's right," He speaks up, "We should go check it out. What's that? You guys are busy? Guess it's just the two of us, April," Donnie grins as he leads April away. He winks at us when April's not looking and Leo scoffs.
"I bet that wasn't on his flowchart," He turns the movie poster around, eyes widening. "Whoa, it is! That...is spooky." I see the drawing of him walking away with April who has a lollipop while the others are staring after them.
"I'm seriously questioning my morals now," I murmur.
Leo shakes his head, turning to me. "Let's go play pinball."
"Yay!" I cheer as I love that thing. "Get ready for me to kick your shell!"
"Oh snap, I wanna get in on this action now," Mikey comments as Raph is smirking.
"Yeah, it'll be nice to see Lameonardo lose for myself."
Leo scoffs at him. "I can beat her."
"We'll see," I smirk, turning to Raph and Mikey. "Get some popcorn, boys," I crack my hands. "This is gonna be good."
I stand in front of the pinball machine, as Leo insisted on me going first. I like that he still keeps his chivalry. You don't find most gentlemen like that nowadays. I smile as I look at the machine, Mikey munching on popcorn behind me.
"You two know the rules," Raph glances at the both of us. "Whoever gets the highest score wins."
"How about we make this more interesting?" I look up at Leo. "If I win...you have to tell me about you-know-who."
Leo's eyes widen in horror as Raph chuckles. "I like that idea."
"Um, w-well..." Leo stammers, rubbing his neck. "I-I don't know what you're talking about."
"Stop lying, Donnie mentioned her, and I wanna know," I deadpan, but I also wanna know why he likes her...and why he never told me about her. I feel kinda hurt that he kept this from me, it's like he betrayed me...
"Okay, fair enough. But if I win...you have to answer any personal question that I want."
"Ha! Good luck with that, Leo. She lives with us," Mikey points out.
"Even roommates have their secrets," Leo looks at him. Personally, I didn't care. There's nothing I can't answer, so even if I lose, it's a win-win for me. But then again, I wouldn't get to know who Leo supposedly has a thing for...
I start up the game and pull the lever, watching the ball soar. Mikey's cheering for me as I have a focused look on my face, my eyes bouncing around on the ball. I'm in the zone, you don't understand. I'm getting bonus points left and right here! The next thing I know, I've lost all of the balls and I'm left with 50,000 points.
"That was pretty good," Raph nods as I high three Mikey.
"Yes, but you forget that I'm the major Space Heroes fan here," Leo teases and I roll my eyes. He cracks his hands before he gets to playing. I lean against the machine as I can hear the noises.
"You're not gonna get that far you know," I tell him to try and break his concentration. "Eventually I'm gonna know who it is and then-"
"Done," Leo smirks, "Get ready to answer my question."
"What?" I look at the score to see he got 10 thousand more points than me. I pout at him. "This is gonna be awesome," Mikey grins and Leo looks at them like they're crazy.
"No. It has to be private, so we're going into her room," Leo points to the hallway. "Since I won, it's my rules."
"What? Fine," Raph grunts as we walk past them and I am sweating so hard, I can't even tell if Leo has noticed. I don't know what exactly is going to happen and whether or not it'll be embarrassing for me. But he wouldn't do that...would he? After all, he did win...
Leo lets me go through first and I sit down on my bed, biting my lip nervously. Leo turns around and chuckles at me. "Don't worry, I'll be nice."
"Ah ha...just go ahead and ask," I laugh nervously. Leo thinks about it for a few seconds and I rub my neck. I wish he would just get it over with already. He looks at me, as if he's trying to figure something out. I can't tell what, but he obviously wants to see something from me.
"...What do you look for in a man?"
"Huh?!" A blush is on my face. I was definitely not expecting that... "You're...basically asking me what I look for in a relationship."
"N-No, not really," Leo stammers, "I'm just...curious."
"Into my dating life?" I ask, a little skeptical. I know he said a personal question, but I don't see what any of that has to do with anything...still, I have to answer. I let out a sigh. "Well...he has to be into Space Heroes obviously. Strong...mature...and dedicated. Respectful. Protective. Courageous. When he holds me in his arms, I want to feel safe in them. I wouldn't really care what he looks like because it matters what's on the inside...I want...I want someone who will understand. Someone who wants to protect other people. Someone...who will like me for who I am."
I look up at Leo, who looks shocked at my description. Did I throw him off? He doesn't look too bothered by it at all.
"Leo?" I ask in concern and he snaps out of it.
"Y-Yeah?" He murmurs, making me worried now.
"Are you okay?"
"Huh? Yeah! Yeah, uh," He clears his throat. "G-Good answer."
"Okay..." I say slowly, standing up. "I'm gonna go get you an ice pack."
"No, wait, I don't need-!" I close the door before he can argue with me. He was acting weird after I just explained all that...I hope he's okay.
As we're all hanging out in the living room except for Donnie and April, we hear grunting. We look up and see Donnie with bruises over him. He's also got scratches on his shell. April is helping him walk.
"Whoa, what happened?" Raph asks in concern.
"Donnie got beat up by a lab monkey," April explains and the rest of us glance at each other, unsure of what we just heard. Beat up...by a monkey? Donnie, beat up by a monkey? Donatello, the smart one, beat up by a monkey? I have my doubts.
Leo grabs Donnie's arm and puts it around his shoulder. "April, can you get an ice pack?" He asks her and she leaves to go get it. I help Leo get Donnie to the couch and we lay him down. "Donnie, you gonna be okay?"
"Eh, yeah, yeah, I'll be fine," Donnie groans and I pat him on the head.
"In that case..." The other turtles suddenly start laughing at him, Donnie blushing in embarrassment. I glare at them.
"You got beaten up by a monkey? In front of your girlfriend?" Raph asks, smiling widely.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Donnie denies, "And that monkey was a vicious mutant!"
"Yeah, I'm sure he went bananas!" Leo states, the others laughing again. I roll my eyes. "No, no, no, no, no," Leo holds out his hands. "He went ape!"
"Monkey!" Mikey exclaims while on the ground.
"Gee, thanks for caring about your brother. Yeah, real supportive," I deadpan at them.
"Oh, we care. We care a lot," Raph chuckles, "How do you not find that funny?"
"Because you're his brothers," I give them a look, "So being beaten up by a monkey is not something you can just laugh at."
"Thank you, Amy," Donnie says in relief.
"Shame on you. Just shameful," I scold and Leo looks a little guilty. I see April coming into the room and Raph signals for Mikey to stop laughing.
"No more monkey puns," He says and they keep a straight face, humming. April inspects them, sensing their blank looks. She places Donnie's head on her lap and he laughs at the closeness. Also because his brothers could stop laughing at him.
"Are you laughing at him because he's hurt?" April asks in disbelief.
"Amy wasn't laughing," Leo explains as Mikey bends down to us.
"No, we were laughing at him because he was hurt by a...monkey!" Mikey bursts into laughter, falling onto the ground. Leo and Raph join in and I roll my eyes, standing up.
"Forget you three," I wave them off as I walk over to my room. "Call me when they're not acting insane."
Later, Donnie is sulking in front of the pool. I know this because I had just stepped out for some tea and he's just sitting there. "I just don't get it. I mean, I'm a highly trained martial artist. How could I lose to something so...mindless," He throws a rock in the water and I place my hand on his shoulder. The contact makes him look up and Splinter joins my side.
"You are very intelligent," he says and I smile sympathetically at Donnie. "But in a fight, you cannot be up here," Splinter points to his head. Donnie stands up, shaking his head.
"But I just don't understand how you can fight without thinking," Donnie states and we all hear music. Turning our heads, we see Mikey dancing while listening to music. He's not even looking up, he's in his own world.
"Observe," Splinter simply replies and when Mikey gets to him, Splinter tries to punch him, but Mikey ducks underneath it. He backflips as Splinter tries to smack him, then he catches Splinter's incoming fist. Donnie gives a look of shock, as if he's never seen Mikey like this before. Well, Mikey is still a ninja, despite his personality and his absentmindedness at times, so I'm not that surprised...okay, maybe a little.
"See?" Splinter gestures to Mikey, who removes one of his headpieces from the headphones. "Mikey does not think."
"Thank you," Mikey points to Splinter and continues doing what he was doing.
"You're welcome." Splinter then trips Mikey with his tail.
"Ow!" He lands backwards onto a beanbag, his headphones falling off his ears.
"You must find the space between your thoughts and learn to live there. That's what Michelangelo does," Splinter gestures to Mikey.
"No offense, Sensei, but this is Donnie we're talking about," I lean in to whisper.
"True, and I heard that, but Mikey's got a lot more space between his thoughts than I do," We look at the turtle. Mikey sniffs something in his hand.
"Mm, pepperoni!" He eats it and I roll my eyes at him.
"Yes...well, Michelangelo has his challenges too."
"Unfortunately," I murmur as I walk past them and suddenly, I feel a puff of air from my mouth. I glance back at Splinter and Donnie, but they seem fine. I turn back around sharply and blow onto my hand. Ice comes from it...weird...
April is typing on her laptop when she suddenly looks up. "Guys, I think I found something." We all join her as Raph looks away from his magazine. "These notes are hard to follow, but it looks like Rockwell was able to modify the mutagen."
"Why would he do that?" Leo wonders.
"Wasn't he only paid to experiment with it?" I ask, looking at April. "Why modify something that was already simple to figure out?"
"He thought he could use it to create a neurochemical that would temporarily give someone psychic abilities," April explains as we look at the diagrams.
"You mean that monkey was psychic?" Raph asks in confusion.
"Now I've heard everything," I glance at Leo and Donnie.
"It's more like he was reading our emotions. After all, he was only hostile when Donnie was hostile."
"Yeah well next time I'll be sure to think friendly thoughts while I'm beating a little sunshine into him," Donnie punches his fists. I'm guessing he wants payback for the beat-down that monkey gave him. To be fair, it was a little embarrassing for him since April was there...
"Okay, we need to track him down before he attacks someone else," Leo looks at us seriously, holding up a dinger. "Let's go up to the surface, spread out, and search." Except just one thing, though...
"How are we gonna stay in contact?" Raph asks, as we don't have a way to warn each other. Donnie grins knowingly as he stands up, hands on his belt.
"I have a little something that might help," He stands in front of us. "Gentlemen, and ladies," He gestures to April and I. "I give you...the T-Phone!" He holds out a shell-shaped phone that rings. Mikey pouts, standing up.
"Dude, I'm in charge of naming stuff. I would've called it...the T-Phone," He waves a hand in bliss.
"I did call it the T-Phone," Donnie glances at it.
"Yeah, but I would've called it the T-Phone," Mikey sags and Raph punches him from behind. "Ow!"
"You'll get 'em next time, Mikey," I smile down at him as I hold out a hand. He takes it and I help him up.
"And April," Donnie stands in front of the girl. She glances up at him, Raph having this look on his face that says 'don't do it.' "If you give me your cell number, I can patch you into our network."
"Sweet!" April takes the phone without a second thought and Donnie pumps his fist as she's doing that.
"Ha! See that? I got her number."
"Her number's on the fridge, you dork," Raph informs him and I facepalm with a sigh.
"Dude, even Leo doesn't try that hard to get A-"
Leo pushes Mikey away, laughing nervously at me. "Acupuncture! He means acupuncture!" I raise an eyebrow at them weirdly and so does April.
"Acupuncture. O...kay then."
Raph and Donnie facepalm while Mikey shakes his head slowly. I glance at the photo on the website, narrowing my eyes. Something about this doesn't sit right...I don't know exactly what, but I feel that this whole 'psychic' thing is a total wash.
"Hm," I murmur to myself and everyone looks at me.
"Something wrong?" Leo asks me.
"I'm wondering if Rockwell even had a monkey in his lab...why even have one if the experiment was to give someone temporary psychic abilities? Why not experiment it on himself? You think he would since he's a scientist. I'm calling bull on it because I don't see a single piece of physical evidence that a monkey was in that lab."
"Mm," Donnie places a hand underneath his chin. "You do make a good point..."
April is running down the street as we try to keep an eye on the monkey. "Guys, someone just spotted the monkey on Bleeker."
"I think I'm on his trail," Raph reports and I'm running on the rooftops, looking around for anything suspicious.
"Mikey, the monkey is headed your way!" Leo warns, but Mikey does not respond. I jump across to the next rooftop.
"I've got eyes on him. He's headed south on Delancey!" Raph informs from his T-Phone.
"I'm on Houston!" Donnie exclaims, "I'll cut him off!"
"I'm close-by, we'll surround him!" I say to Donnie as I see the monkey up front. Donnie slides to a stop and I lose sight of him.
"Where'd he go?" He looks up at me and I shrug helplessly. I have a feeling he knows that we're trying to track him, so he may be trying to lose us on purpose.
"He changed direction," Leo says and I jump down to the alley.
"He knows we're after him," I reply into the phone.
"Mikey, the monkey is headed your way!" Leo repeats, with Mikey probably not focusing since, you know...it's Mikey. I look up as I pass the fortune cookie factory to see him, and my assumptions are correct as he was playing on his phone.
"I'm on it!" He throws his skateboard onto the street and I jump on behind him, following after the monkey. He spins his nunchucks and throws the chain, but it wraps around a pole as the monkey turned a corner. Mikey screams and I jump off just in time as Mikey slams his cheek against the pole. I bend down to him.
"Mikey, you okay?"
He gives me a weak thumbs up in response. I take off into a run and I see Raph jumping down the fire escape. He uses a nearby lamp post to land onto the streets and we both follow the monkey. It jumps over a fence and Raph cups his hands. I plant my feet on them and he launches me over the fence. Leo joins us and we all meet up at an intersection.
"Anybody see where we went?" Leo asks.
"I thought he headed off in that direction," Donnie points to the left.
"I thought it was that way," Raph points right. Leo, Donnie, and Raph start arguing wihle Mikey calls out for the monkey.
"Here monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey!"
April starts walking away and I raise an eyebrow, following after her. She opens a dumpster door and I peek in to see the monkey covering his head in fear. He turns to see us and April holds out a hand to him. I smile and do the same. He just wants to be left alone...
He seems to understand that we want to help him, because he holds out his hands toward us. We help him out of there and April smiles at him. Suddenly, Mikey's chain flies past us, capturing the monkey, who gets irritated.
"Ha, got ya that time!"
"Great. We got the monkey," Raph states as April approaches the monkey. I think she's seeing something that I'm not. "But we're not any closer to finding Dr. Rockwell." The monkey screeches and April inspects him.
"Actually, we're a lot closer than you think," April finally speaks, turning to us.
"What? How?" Donnie asks curiously.
"I think this IS Dr. Rockwell," April gestures to the monkey.
We're in Rockwell's lab, where he's going crazy. He must hate being restrained. Dr. Falco inserts a sedative into him. "There. That should calm him down a little. Poor Rockwell."
"Is there any way to get him back to normal?" April wonders as we stare at them.
"I wouldn't even know where to begin," Dr. Falco states uncertainly. "But I'll see if there's a way to give him some semblance of a normal life." He caresses Rockwell's face and we glance at each other due to his tone. We need to keep a close eye on him...
Donnie is on his laptop while Mikey is playing a game on his T-Phone. Raph is out getting us some dinner. I'm sipping on some tea that Leo recommended to me. I suddenly feel a chill, shuddering. Leo glances at me. "You okay, Amy?"
"Yeah, I just felt...cold all of a sudden," I murmur in confusion.
"I didn't feel anything," April states, shrugging.
"Huh," Leo murmurs to himself.
"Man, this asteroid level is tough. I just can't beat it."
Raph arrives with the pizza box. "Pizza's here!" He announces and places down the box, opening it. Leo and Donnie take a slice. The smell of it gets to Mikey's nose and his eyes widen.
"Must eat pizza," He leans down and eyes the pepperoni pizza. "But can't stop playing. But must eat pizza. But can't stop playing. But must eat pizza!" He lets out a scream before he grabs a slice with his mouth, swallowing it.
Leo, April, and I were staring at him the whole time and Leo turns to us. "Sorry we didn't get any closer to finding your parents, girls."
"It's okay," April waves it off. "Everything we learn about the Kraang is another piece of the puzzle."
"Besides, we know we'll rescue them...it'll just take time," I tell Leo and he smiles in relief, closing his eyes. April glances at me with a smirk and I give her a look that says 'Shut up.'
"Yeah, but psychic research? This is one weird puzzle," Leo comments as Splinter walks up to April, holding a plate that has a slice of pizza.
"I am curious, April. How did you know the monkey was really a human? And why is it that Amelia did not have the same assumption?" he asks. April and I glance at each other, with April shrugging.
"I dunno. Sometimes I just...get a feeling about things," She explains, placing a hand on her cheek.
"I don't really know why I didn't sense anything. I guess I don't get a feeling about things like this," I shrug cluelessly.
"A feeling? Hm. Interesting." Splinter looks down and gasps. "Amelia...your hand."
"What about my-" I look at my hand and gasp. My hand...is glowing blue. Everyone stares at it as I do nothing, not knowing what to do. There's nothing in the books about how to deal with glowing, blue hands!
Suddenly it fades, leaving us all confused. "What was that?" Raph asks in shock.
"I...don't know..." I murmur, inspecting my hand.
Leo notices that Donnie hasn't said a word and he has not touched the pizza. He's doing something on his laptop, and it must be important given his face.
"Hey Donnie, how come you're not eating?" Leo wonders as I take a bite out of my slice.
"What? Uh, I'm not hungry," Donnie waves it off. "Something that Amy said earlier bothers me."
"I beg your pardon?" I ask in defense, looking at him. When did I ever say anything to him that would make him all rattled? I'm not Raph.
"No, not like that," Donnie denies, a finger underneath his chin. "Falco said that Rockwell was experimenting on a monkey, and Amy wondered if he had one."
"And?" Leo asks expectantly, wanting to know where Donnie's going with this.
"Well, according to these notes, he never had a monkey in his lab," Donnie explains and I look over to his laptop. "He was just using samples of monkey DNA."
"We're still not following you," Leo informs him.
"If he never had a monkey like Amy suspected, what broke out of that cage?" Donnie points out.
"It must've been Rockwell!" Raph confirms.
"Which means Falco put him there and he's been lying this whole time!" Donnie says, Raph, Leo, and I glancing at each other. We have to put a stop to this and confront him, before he does something to seriously injure Rockwell.
"Can I just say..." I stand up, pointing at them. "I was right, I was right, I was-"
"Okay, fine, we get it," Raph interrupts in annoyance.
We arrive to see Dr. Falco standing in front of Rockwell. Judging by the amount of liquid left in that syringe, he's already used it to give himself psychic powers.
"Alright, Falco! We've had enough of your-"
"Do not say 'monkeying around'," Raph warns him.
"I wasn't going to!" Leo denies and I chuckle slightly.
"Yes, you were," Dr. Falco states, walking up to us.
"It's over, Falco. We know it was you who mutated Rockwell!" Donnie accuses, pointing a finger at him.
Falco glances at Rockwell, who is unconscious. "I used him as a guinea pig," He grins evilly.
"Well it didn't work. You turned him into a monkey." Donnie and Leo glance at Mikey, grimacing.
"Mikey. Mikey, no," I place a hand on his shoulder. "I'll explain it to you later."
"The psychic neurochemical I extracted from his mutant brain is changing me. Your minds are opening up to me!"
"So this was your plan all along," Donnie says.
"Of course. No man can defeat you when you know his every thought," Falco answers confidently, clenching his fist. That's a little too creepy for my liking.
"Oh really? Then you must know I'm gonna smack-"
"Smack the white off my lab coat? How humorous!" Falco interrupts Raph, chuckling.
"Lucky guess!" Raph charges at the man with a yell, about to kick him, but Falco moves out of the way like it was nothing. "What?" Falco eggs him on by curling a finger and Raph tries attacking again, but Falco dodges every single time. Eventually, Raph gets tired and Falco laughs, wiggling his finger as he clicks his teeth. Raph swings his leg for another kick, but Falco grabs one of his sais and uses the hilt to hit Raph on the head with it. He then kicks Raph, who crashes into us.
He hears a shing and dodges Leo's swords. Mikey, Donnie, and I stand up.
"Whoa, it's like he's psychic," Mikey says in awe and I facepalm.
"He is psychic, shell-brain. That's what he just said!" Donnie gestures to Falco.
"Oh, yeah. I kinda tuned out when he did his whole 'I'm evil, blah blah blah' thing," Mikey chuckles slightly.
Leo swings his swords back and forth at the scientist, but Falco captures his sword with Raph's sai. He throws the swords towards us three and we jump out of the way. Leo glances at me, gritting his teeth before he looks up, Falco knocking him out with Raph's sai.
"Leo!" I exclaim in fear for his state.
"How are we going to defeat him if he can read our minds?" Donnie asks Mikey and I.
"No prob," Mikey shrugs at him, "I'm good at this. I just have to fight without thinking!" Mikey's eyes shrink. "Wait a minute, how do I fight without thinking? Oh no! Now I'm thinking about not thinking!" Suddenly, he gets hit from behind by Falco, who grins at us. I gulp and pull out my sword. If I attack using my normal techniques, he'll see that coming, so what can I do to get us out of this?
Falco raises his fist and punches me, knocking me towards the wall and I fall onto the cold floor, unconscious.
I wasn't sure how long I was out when I heard a voice. "Amy. Amy, wake up."
"Hmm," I slowly open my eyes to see the turtles looking down at me. They all look concerned. "What happened?"
"You got knocked out, but you should be fine," Donnie smiles softly at me. "Thank you, Amy."
"For what?" I ask in confusion as the others help me sit up.
"Your advice. There really are different ways of fighting," He shows his gap tooth and I chuckle, standing up. I dust the dirt off of me.
"Nice work, Donnie," Raph grins at him.
"Ha," Mikey's holding a canister of mutagen. "What did I tell you about those backflips, huh? Pretty cool."
Donnie rolls his eyes. "Now that we have the ooze, let's see what Falco knows about the Kraang," We turn to the cage, our mouths opening in shock as there's no one there. I'm assuming that's where Donnie put Falco. "Falco's gone!"
We hear struggling and turn to the monkey. "What do we do about him?" Mikey wonders, turning to us.
Donnie and I set him free. "There. You're free now," I smile down at him and he goes over to the window, but not before he looks at us.
"I'm no psychic, but I think he's trying to thank us," Donnie smiles slightly. The monkey then leaves, but Raph still looks a little skeptical.
"Um, if he reacts to angry thoughts, is New York City really the best place for him?"
We suddenly hear a car and screaming outside. "Hey, monkey! Get out of the street!" Then there's a crash and another one as someone is screaming.
"I'm sure he'll be okay," Leo says slowly.
"You sure about that?" I glance at him as we can hear more screaming. I just hope he knows what's he doing...
April and I are sitting with Splinter in the dojo, to talk about what happened earlier with the monkey. I'm sitting next to him. "April, it seems you have a rare gift, a sensitivity I have trained my entire life to develop."
"Don't worry. You'll get it," April says in sympathy.
"I did, it just took me a long time!" He elaborates and I laugh.
"That's nothing to be ashamed of," April replies and I cover my hand, snorting. Splinter sighs slowly.
"What I am trying to say, is that I would like to train you to be a kunoichi, a female ninja like Amelia." My eyes widen in delight. Finally, I won't be the only kunoichi anymore! Sometimes Raph likes to brag that because I'm a kunoichi in training, I'm not as skilled as them. And then I would punch him or knock him down.
"Wow! That's quite an honor!" April exclaims in shock, smiling at me. "If I do this, does that mean I can kick everybody's butt?"
"We don't believe in using our abilities that way," Splinter tells her.
"It's more like self-defense," I whisper to her. But sometimes there is some butt-kicking involved, patent pended.
"Oh, oh yeah! Me neither," April looks away, slightly embarrassed. "But I could, right?"
"Yes," Splinter chuckles and I wink at her. "But I warn you, it will be the hardest thing you've ever done. It will drain you mentally, physically, and spiritually."
"Well, can't be worse than high school," April shrugs, smiling slightly. "And if Amy can do it, so can I. I'll catch up to her in no time!"
"Erm...I'm almost at the turtles' progress," I murmur sheepishly, her eyes widening.
"What? But at last time I remember, you were still learning the basics!"
"Amelia is very gifted and driven in her training. Just like..." Splinter pauses and I raise an eyebrow. "Nevermind. But yes, Amelia has made outstanding progress and I wish her the best in keeping up with my sons."
Just like who? Do I remind him of someone? By the tone in his voice, it seems like I know this person...I wonder why he decided not to say anything.
Deciding not to pry, I stand up and I walk out of the dojo with April. Donnie leans against the door of his lab. "Hey April. You, uh, wanna hang out tonight?"
I glance at April, trying to hide my grin. "Uh, that sounds great, Donnie, but I can't. I'm training with Splinter to become a kunoichi like Amy!" She hugs me and I smile sheepishly at Donnie, urging him to go on.
"Oh," He then glances away, looking at something, probably his flowchart. "If training with Splinter," he murmurs to himself before going back to her. "Ah." He clears his throat. "Well then, maybe we can train together sometime."
I wink at him, giving him a thumbs up.
"Sounds great!" April agrees and walks away. I high three Donnie. While I still don't believe he had every solution on that chart, I also support him in his relationship with April.
"You see?" Donnie laughs at Raph, who's reading a magazine. "My flowchart is awesome! Ow!"
Raph rolls his eyes while Donnie is cheering. Truly a big step in getting April to like him.