A/N: Ok I guess one review is better than none at all so I'll continue the story. But I really do appreciate reviews even if its just good chapter or something like that. Anywho Ch 8 coming at ya and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer.
Ch 8 Have A Little Faith
Meanwhile Mona, Mondo, April and Casey had untied Karai and were deciding how they could help their turtle friends. "I just wish I knew where they had gone," April muttered, staring at her silent T-com.
"If it helps I'm pretty sure the road they were on lead to Upstate New York," Karai informed the group.
"Upstate?" Casey said, scratching his head in confusion. "What the heck is Upstate?" Suddenly April's eyes got wide and a smile formed on her face.
"I know where they are!" the red head cried out.
"You do?" Mondo asked with confusion. "Where?"
"My family's old farmhouse," April said with a smile. "I told Donnie about it a while ago and I remember he programmed the directions in his GPS just in case they needed it. No one has been there in years and its in the middle of nowhere so there won't be anyone around. That has to be where they went."
"Well what are we waitin' for?" Mona cried out, her blue eyes lighting up. "Lets go!"
"How?" Mondo asked, looking at his sister. "We don't have a car to get there Mona." Mona's face fell as she realized her brother was right.
"Don't worry," April said, putting her hand on her lizard friend's shoulder. "We'll find a way to get to them." Just then Mondo's eyes lit up.
"I've got it!" he cried out. "Mona Ma and Pop have a car right?"
"Yeah," Mona said slowly, giving her brother a strange look. "They have a van. Why?"
"Well maybe we can get 'em to let us use it," Mondo suggested.
"Alex you may as well forget that idea," Mona said, crossing her arms. "The way Ma reacted when she saw us there's no way that's gonna happen."
"Well I'm gonna at least try," Mondo declared.
"Hold on there Mondo," April said, standing in front of her gecko friend. "I think you should wait until tomorrow to do that. Its already 2 am."
"I didn't even realize it was that late," Mondo said with a sigh. "Ok fine I'll wait 'til tomorrow."
"We should all try and sleep," Karai declared with a sigh of her own. "I have a feeling tomorrow's gonna be very eventful."
"Y'all can crash at our place if you wanna," Mondo offered.
"Good thing its summer vacation," Casey declared. "Otherwise my old man would never let me stay out all night." With that the group headed to Mona and Mondo's home to get some much needed rest.
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The next day Splinter was up before sunrise. The wise old rat was anxious to check on his children. But first he decided to do some house cleaning. After a few hours the downstairs was clean and the sun was up. Suddenly he heard someone behind him. Turning around Splinter saw Leo there. "Morning Master Splinter," the blue masked turtle said with a smile.
"Good morning Leonardo," Splinter said with a smile of his own. "I trust you slept well?"
"As well as I could considering," Leonardo said with a shrug. Then he looked around and noticed the place was clean. "Wow this place looks totally different from last night."
"Yes I felt this place needed a good cleaning," Splinter said with a smile. "Now we need to find a way to get food up here."
"Already thought of that," a voice said. Leo and Splinter looked over and to their surprise they saw Donnie there. The purple masked turtle had some fruit in his hands as well as a net of fish. "There's a stream right down the hill out back," the genius turtle said with a gap toothed grin. "I set up the nets earlier this morning and sure enough there was plenty of fish in it. There also berry bushes. I made sure they weren't poisonous and picked them. Figured we could love off of berries and fish until we figure something else out."
"I will cook these right now," Splinter said, taking the fish from his brown eyed son. "I am sure once these are cooked Raphael and Michelangelo will be awake." With these words Splinter headed to the kitchen to cook.
"Speaking of Raph and Mikey," Donatello said. "I think I'm going to check on them." With that the purple masked turtle took a step. But he stopped and closed his eyes tight. "Whoa," Donnie muttered as he swayed a little.
"You ok Donnie?" Leonardo asked, going over to his brother's side.
"Yeah," Donatello said with a groan as a wave of pain went through his head. "Just a little dizzy."
"Why don't you rest?" Leo said, helping Donnie into a chair. "I'll check on Mikey and Raph."
"Thanks Leo," Donatello said as he layed his head back and closed his eyes once again. With that Leonardo went upstairs to check on his other two brothers.
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Meanwhile Raphael was awake. The red masked turtle had been awake most of the night in fact. His legs kept cramping up on him and when they weren't hurting him he was checking on Michelangelo, who was still sleeping beside him. At the current moment Raph was debating on rather he should wake his sleeping brother. However the decision was taken out of his hands when he heard Mikey's voice say, "I'm a-already a-awake R-Raph so you can s-stop s-staring at me."
"Sorry Mikey," Raphael said. "I was just..."
"Y-Yeah I k-know," Michelangelo said, sounding annoyed as he sat up and stretched. "You w-were j-just w-worried a-about me. B-Blah b-blah b-blah." Mikey rolled his blue eyes when he said this last part.
"Is it a crime to be worried 'bout my kid brother?" Raph asked, a hint of anger creeping into his voice.
"I r-really d-don't w-wanna a-argue R-Raph," Michelangelo said with a sigh. "And I'm not t-trying to be a p-pain. I'm j-just t-tired and my h-head h-hurts and th-this d-damn s-st-studdering is b-back in f-full f-force. Its j-just f-fr-frustrating."
"Yeah I feel your pain," Raphael said, wincing as he rubbed his legs, which at the current moment were having muscle spasms. Suddenly Raph's calf muscle seized up, causing Raphael a great amount of pain and he groaned and shut his eyes tight despite his best efforts not to.
"You ok R-Raph?" Mikey asked, his blue eyes wide with concern.
"Yeah just a spasm," Raph groaned. "Ah son of bitch that hurts!" Just then Leo entered the room.
"Raph what's wrong?" the oldest turtle cried out, running over to his brother's side.
"Damn leg spasm," Raphael grunted. "Hurts like Hell."
"I'll get Master Splinter," Leonardo said, running out of the room before Raph could protest. Minutes later Leo came back into the room with Splinter and Donnie right behind him.
"Raphael are you alright my son?" Splinter asked, going over and sitting beside his son.
"Just a leg spasm," Raph said, trying to make it sound like nothing. "Its gone now."
"Here take these," Donatello said, handing Raphael some pills and a glass of water. "These should make your muscles more relaxed."
"Thanks Donnie," Raphael said taking the pills and swallowing them. "I feel better already."
"Mikey how are you feeling?" Donnie asked, looking at his younger brother.
"My h-head h-hurts a l-little," Michelangelo admitted. "But o-other th-than th-that I'm g-good."
"Always come prepared," Donatello said, handing Mikey some different pills and water. Michelangelo took the pills and swallowed them, knowing it would be pointless to argue.
"I think we could all use some food," Splinter said. "Leonardo will you help me bring the plates up to your brothers?"
"Sure Sensei," Leonardo said with a smile. With that the father and son were gone, bringing back some much needed food.
"Man this sucks," Raph said, crossing his arms in frustration.
"Raph it'll be ok," Donnie said, trying to sound as convincing as possible. "You just gotta have a little faith. I know its hard under these circumstances but we've all gotta try."
"Yeah I know," Raphael said with a sigh. "But faith is a hard thing to come by these days." Donatello and Mikey nodded in agreement and the three brothers sat in silence waiting for Leo and Splinter to return.
A/N Hope you all enjoyed ch 8 and as always review please.
