Chapter Nine
Nothing to Fear
Before long, the Mutopian Halloween party was in full swing. Louie with the help of Patch and Hacker was serving food to everyone as well as taking time to enjoy the party.
The buffet he had prepared was indeed the perfect Halloween Feast.
There were sandwiches with different fillings and he had been clever enough to shape them like pumpkins and ghosts.
There were cocktail sausages, pork pies, mini pizzas, prawn cocktails, and there were crisps and other snack foods for people to help themselves to.
He had also prepared a sweets table with jellies and puddings and cakes and biscuits decorated with Halloween themes. There was even a chocolate fountain with fruits and marshmallows to dip in it and a large bowl of candy.
The children were especially interested in the sweets table, but the grown ups said to them they had to have some savoury food as well.
Standing away from the crowds so they could talk together, George the turtle and Splinter watched everyone having fun.
They hadn't joined in with the Halloween Surprise for the children but they had been watching and had felt proud of the younger mutants for that final treat for the children.
Cam and Barry were spinning the decks on the Boom Box with Donatello assisting and everyone else stood around or danced to the music.
Michelangelo was on the dance floor with Pandora and he was spinning her around and flipping her onto his shoulders and dancing with her with Kate watching and clapping.
"Whee!" Pandora squealed as she was flung around and Michelangelo placed her on his shoulders and did a few bounces and kicks.
"You enjoying yourself little Geisha?" Michelangelo asked.
"Yeah!" Pandora squealed as she squeezed Michelangelo's shoulders with her knees and waved her arms.
"Those two have such a strong bond don't they?" Amber said to Kate as they watched the youngest turtle and Pandora dance together.
"Yeah!" Kate smiled dreamily "It's so cute! He's such a natural with children!"
"He could make a great dad himself I bet!" Amber hinted nudging Kate's arm.
Kate chuckled with a deep blush
"I don't know." she said "I'm not sure I'm ready, but we'll see! Give it a few years."
Amber just smiled back.
After a few seconds the song finished and Michelangelo stopped dancing with Pandora and placed her on the ground.
Pandora grinned.
"That was fun!" she said "Can we do it again? Please Uncle Mikey?" she pleaded batting her eyes cutely.
Michelangelo wiped his sweaty forehead and smiled at Pandora.
"Sure thing Princess!" he said "But I'm going to dance with Kate now if that's alright?"
Kate smiled yet Pandora looked a little crestfallen seeing how her favourite uncle wanted to dance with Kate.
"Okay." she said giving her approval.
Kate walked over to Michelangelo skipping a little and stroked Pandora's head as she past her.
"Don't worry kiddo." she said "He still loves you!"
Pandora watched as Michelangelo and Kate began to dance, still looking a little envious but Michelangelo winked at her.
"You're still my best girl Pandora!" he smiled to which Pandora smiled back and Michelangelo began to dance with Kate.
Sighing a little, knowing she would have to wait till Michelangelo was finished dancing with Kate, Pandora decided to go and get some more food from the buffet as she couldn't see her parents, Sonia, Kemeko or the Geckolings at first.
As the turtle lizard Hybrid girl approached the table she reached for some sausage rolls until she saw a white gloved hand also reaching for the same dish.
She looked over and her eyes widened as she saw Rattletrap grinning down at her still in his scary clown make-up.
"Hello little girl!" Rattletrap said in a high voice baring his teeth which made him look even more creepy and sinister.
Pandora swallowed hard and stepped back a little.
"Enjoying the party?" Rattletrap asked as he stepped towards her and held up a red balloon that had been a prop "Would you want a balloon?"
Pandora stood frozen as she stared at Rattletrap then the Rat stepped towards her and held up his gloved hand suddenly and Pandora felt a scream of terror erupt from her mouth and she turned and ran!
Some Mutopians standing nearby stopped what they were doing as they saw the little Mutant run away from Rattletrap, who looked rather surprised!
"Mummy! Daddy!" Pandora screamed as tears streamed from her eyes "Mummy! Daddy! Help me!"
"Now what did you do Rattletrap?" Patch who was standing nearby with Leona sipping some punch.
"Nothing!" Rattletrap shrugged "Just asked her if she wanted a balloon."
"You scared the living daylights out of that kid!" Hacker glowered "Rattletrap, don't you ever stop to think you might have come across as a little so scary for the kids?"
"Look whose talking Spider man!" Rattletrap retorted as he looked over to see Pandora run into the arms of her mother who instantly scooped her up and held her close.
"Looks like you're for it, you moron!" Hacker said as he saw Mona get Raphael's attention and the two angry looking parents strode over to Rattletrap, Pandora still clinging to her mother and had her head buried in her neck.
"Rattletrap!" Raphael glared as he grabbed the rat by the collar "You idiot!You scared my daughter to death!"
"Hey I didn't mean to!" Rattletrap protested "I didn't know she'd be scared of clowns!"
"Well she was!" Raphael snapped "And no-one, but no-one upsets my little girl!" he snarled as he stepped towards Rattletrap and before the bewildered rat could move Raphael grabbed Rattletrap by the back of the head and ducked his face in the bowl of Punch!
"Raphael!" Louie shouted with wide shocked eyes "I spent all afternoon on that!"
But the hot headed turtle wasn't listening and kept Rattletrap's head in the punch as the rat tried to fight out of his grasp.
As that happened, almost everyone turned to watch and many were in glee at the Tickering Disaster Rat was getting drowned in the Punch Bowl!
"Man! I never thought I'd see this!" Cam said to Barry.
"See it as payback for what he did to the Boom Box!" the Warthog replied.
Donatello shook his head with a sigh.
"What a hot head!" he said referring to Raphael.
"At least it's not me on the end of his wrath this time!" Michelangelo commented.
Raphael then pulled Rattletrap's head out of the Punch bowl showing his make up had run and was dripping off his brown fur.
But the red masked turtle wasn't through yet as he picked up the punch bowl and poured the contents over Rattletrap's head soaking him through!
At once everyone roared with laughter, even Pandora who had stopped crying and pointed at the soaked rat!
But Louie yelled into the air.
"NOOO!" he cried "That punch was my masterpiece!"
"Don't worry Louie!" Patch comforted "I'll get some more you made earlier!"
Rattletrap stared at Raphael and blinked.
"Touchy much?" he asked then turned to the other Mutopians "See what he did to me?"
"Serves you right!" Leona said "Not just for scaring Pandora but also for blowing up the Boom box earlier!"
The others agreed then the disgruntled rat glowered and stomped off to get himself cleaned up with punch dripping off his fur and costume and making puddles on the floor.
Leonardo shook his head at Raphael in disapproval despite the fact that his hot headed brother was being congratulated by the other residents of Mutopia for dunking the accident prone and dim witted Rat in the punch.
"Hot head." he muttered then turned to Kemeko who was sitting at one of the tables quietly eating some snacks and drinking some Blackcurrent juice.
Looking at his adopted daughter, he could see there was something not right with her due to the dreamy yet sad look on her face and he decided to go over to talk to her.
"Heya sweetie." he said walking over and sitting next to her, "You feeling okay?"
Kemeko looked up at Leonardo, she was halfway through eating a cupcake that was decorated to look like a zombie face and she had some icing around her mouth.
Leonardo chuckled and took a napkin to wipe her face to which she held up her face and let him do so.
"I'm okay daddy." Kemeko said, yet she looked down at her plate again.
Leonardo frowned knowingly.
"Something's wrong Lotus." he said "I can tell..."
Kemeko looked up at her father in question.
"How?" she asked.
"I can just tell." Leonardo said holding out his arms and Kemeko climbed onto his lap.
Leonardo then placed his finger under Kemeko's chin and pushed it up a little.
"So what's on your mind little Lotus?" he asked.
Kemeko looked down then up at her father.
"When we were trick or treating." she said "We came to a Haunted House."
"A Haunted House?" Leonardo asked "Really?"
Kemeko nodded.
"Pandora, Sonia, Freya and Loki went in." she said "But I didn't, I was too scared."
Leonardo stared at his adopted daughter and Kemeko looked down again.
"I was too scared." she said "I wanted to go in and find the candy, but I didn't, but the others did."
Leonardo smiled sympathetically as he saw how crestfallen Kemeko looked.
"Awww sweetheart." he said "There's nothing to be ashamed of, you were a little nervous about going in this time, but there is always next year!"
Kemeko sighed and rested her head against Leonardo's plastron and the blue masked turtle held her close.
"Listen Lotus Blossom." he said "There's nothing wrong with being afraid, I get scared too sometimes you know."
Hearing that, Kemeko looked up.
"You do?" she asked "But I thought grown ups weren't afraid of anything, Pandora told me so."
Leonardo chuckled.
"Quite the contrary Lotus." he replied "Even grown ups get scared too, and I had fears as a child as well, I was afraid of my own shadow as a turtle tot, and I used to have a crippling fear of heights before your grandfather Splinter helped me get over my fear."
"Really?" asked Kemeko looking at Leonardo curiously.
"True!" Leonardo said "Listen Lotus, just because you didn't go into the Haunted House, it doesn't make you a wuss or a coward, you're a brave little girl, and you're going to grow up to be fearless and strong, I promise! And I'll help you along the way!"
Kemeko's eyes lit up and she snuggled against her adopted father.
"Thank you!" she smiled "I love you daddy!"
"I love you too Kemeko!" Leonardo replied as he stroked Kemeko's soft black hair "My Brave Turtle Child."
So the party has gone off without a hitch! Well apart from Rattletrap scared Pandora and getting dunked in the punch by a furious Raphael! lol! Served him right though!
And Kemeko opened up to Leonardo about how she was scared to go into the Haunted house, but Leonardo was able to console her, and make her feel better! Such sweet moments!
And that's the end of Mutopian Halloween Fun! I hope you enjoyed it and it was a good read for Halloween!
Not sure what my next fics gonna be and I still got 'Falling Inside the Black' to finish along with my Danny Phantom fic 'Ultimate Darkness'
Keep checking back for more updates coming soon! Stay safe ya'll!
