Bonsoir! Well in the current time I'm in right now. (10:20 pm)

But forget about the time, lets focus on the epic pet snake our friend Rachael just caught. Okay so I may have stretched the truth a little about this ENTIRE chapter being about him...But...he is the center of this whole train ride so it wasn't a total lie XD

So onward and upward!


Doku

It was another late night in the sewers, and the turtles had long since been home from their patrol. Four mutants were already sound asleep in the comforts of their own rooms, however a certain scientist stayed up late working on his latest project.

Donatello had only moments ago passed out at his desk, when a light dinging sound filled the lab. The mutant jolted in his seat and whipped around to face the far side if his lab.

Nearly falling out of his chair, Donnie reached a small analyzing machine, holding four test tubes with different colored labels.

Donnie picked up the tube with a purple label on it and raised it up to eye level examining its contents.

He shrugged and searched the desk for a Petri dish and pipet. Using the pipet, he extracted some of the test tube's liquids and placed the chemical in the dish.

Carefully, Donnie placed the dish under a microscope and examined the tiny micro organisms in the extraction.

Donnie's eyes widened in horror. "Oh my...this is...unusual...even for a mutant." He focused the lens so he could get a more clear vision of the sample.

Donatello looked at the other test tubes; he grabbed the blue labeled one next. His expression worsened as he examined the blue labeled test tubes contents. The last two, orange and red, sat ominously in the test tube holder.

Donatello shakily reached for the orange one; his heart began to pound in his chest in extreme horror. "I don't know who's in more trouble..." He muttered to himself. "The girls...or us..."


A light brown reptile wrapped itself lazily around the female mutant's shoulder. "So I was thinking, Doku, if you're going to live here. I gotta lay down some ground rules. One you have to stay away from Gwen until she gets used to you. She's petrified of snakes and I don't want her to faint every time she sees you. Another thing, the rattling thing, dude that will definitely scare Lisa and Michel out of their shells. Michel gets paranoid and Lis' gets edgy, especially if we haven't been on missions for a while."

The snake flicked its tongue acknowledging Rachael's words.

As Rachael continued her conversation with the snake, the sound of devious vermin scuttling along throughout the junk yard.

"Hey you raccoons!" The youngest of the turtles dashed after the thieves nearly knocking Rachael off her feet.

Deciding it was best to ignore the little nuisance, Rachael continued to back track to their sleeping area.

Lisa and Gwen were filing through piles of garbage by the time Rachael approached.

"I could rewire this simple Taser and add a- WHAT THE- Rachael! Th-there's a s-s-s-snake around-"

"Gwen. Lisa. This is my new friend, Doku." Rachael purred.

Gwen shook violently from fear and almost fainted. Lisa sighed, annoyed mainly by Rachael's boldness to bring a snake to their campsite.

The red dressed she-turtle smiled darkly. "Is there a problem, Lisa?"

Doku rattled his tail with laughter, but Lisa was far from amused.

"Rachael, put the snake back where you found it."

Rachael rolled her eyes. "No way I'm putting Doku back. You said we need to make this place our home, and I found a perfect way to do so. Owning a pet."

If snakes could grin, Doku would be doing so.

Lisa turned to Gwen. "You can go searching for a place for us to make living arrangements if you like."

Gwen nodded. "Gladly..."She muttered backing away quickly.

Lisa watched as her sister left, then rounded on the other. "What is freaking wrong with you!?" She hissed.

Rachael looked confused. " I don't know what you meant, sister darling..."

Lisa narrowed her eyes. "Don't play that crap with me Rachael, it may work of Michel, but it won't work on me! Now you know very good and well that, Gwen has a phobia of snakes! And it is very cruel, and narrow-minded of you to bring back a snake to our home."

Doku hissed dangerously in Rachael's defense, enabling Rachael to calm him down.

"See look what you've done! You've made Doku upset!"

Lisa shut her eyes, obviously aggravated. "Rachael...Get rid of the snake. That is my final word on this."

The older sister turned back to her searching.

"What if I don't?" Rachael challenged.

The elder sister didn't answer.

Rachael growled angrily and stormed away. Doku looked at his carrier concern deep in his amber eyes.

Rachael sighed. "I'm not going to give you up, I hope you know that."

Doku's eyes shined as it slithered off of Rachael's shoulders and to the ground.

Rachael smiled and kneeled down to pet his head. "I'm going to find a way, Doku, don't worry."

A heart stopping shriek filled the morning air, startling the two from their friendly trance. "That's Michel..." Rachael murmured, then she turned back to her snake. "Stay here Doku, I'm trained for this." With that the kunoichi sprang to her feet, and sprinted towards the sound of the screech.

"Michel, for the thousandth time, do not scream unless its something important. And by important that means that you are in a situation that is life-threatening and you can't handle it alone." Lisa lectured with her arms folded.

"But Lisa, this is super mega important! And it could mean life or death for us! And I definitely couldn't handle it on my own..." She purred, turning her attention towards a run down abandoned house.

Lisa sighed. "We can continue this conversation later...right now we need to do a full inspection on this house. I don't want another raccoon attack..."

Rachael approached the group, completely aware of Lisa's suspicious look.

"Well, it's not exactly a castle, but we could live here."

Gwen was still edgy from the earlier events and snapped her head around at every moving object. "Oh calm down Gwen." Michel giggled. "The raccoons aren't that bad of a threat if you think about it."

Gwen shook her head and turned to her red banded elder sister. "I hope you do take the right safety precautions in ridding of that...reptilian menace. That particular reptile happens to be a Crotalus Horridus...a venomous viper...that you've named appropriately..."

"Doku is not a menace...he's just...lonely..." Like me, Rachael thought sadly.

Gwen shrugged half-heartedly. "As long as you get rid of it."

The four drew their weapons ready for an attack by raccoons before they entered the house. Lisa was first to enter, followed closely by Michel, Rachael, and lastly Gwen.

Michel's round, blue eyes widened. "This. Is. AWESOME!" She squealed.

Lisa lowered her katana carefully checking out the housing.

"Wow..." Rachael commented. "Who builds a house in a junkyard? And leave it furnished at that..." She prodded at an old sofa curiously.

Gwen adjusted her glasses. "Well some junkyards have guards to keep out unwanted guests, but nowadays there are electric fences to guard the trash havens. I guess this is just an old guard house no one bothered to tear down."

Michel raised an eye ridge. "Why does anyone need to protect a junkyard...there's nothing here but piles of trash..."

Gwen nodded as she wandered to what seemed like a kitchen area. "Exactly. There are countless thieves who have desires to steal metal from scrap yards like this one, and sell to auto part dealers, or recycling companies. It's sad really, but desperation can turn the kindest of hearts to a disloyal criminal in a matter of seconds."

Rachael smiled and whipped out one of her Tessen. "Yeah, and we'll be waiting here for them if they try to steal from this yard."

Lisa sighed and leaned against a blue armchair that was covered in dust. "That's the spirit, Rachael. Now uh...where's Micheline?"

"Right here!" The youngest answered singing happily. "I totally love this house!" She mewled. "It's got places for us to sleep! The last owner really must love us to leave us a nice bed."

The elder sister groaned.

"What?" Michel asked.

"You possibly couldn't have thought that all four us could sleep in one bed, did you?" Gwen asked, but she already knew the answer was yes.

"Besides. I'm tired of having to wake up and see stupid face over there every morning." Rachael growled.

Lisa narrowed her eyes at her younger sibling, but decided it was best not to argue with Rachael. "Gwen has a point, Michel. We're going to have to find more space if we're going to live here...four turtles one living space...you do the math."

The cheerful sibling shrugged. "Well there's always the extra rooms."

Lisa and Gwen exchanged looks and supreme annoyance. "What other rooms?" Rachael inquired.

Michel giggled. "I don't know but there are two more rooms. I guess the guy who lived here, had kids or something. Anyway there's like-"

Out of no where, Gwen shrieked in pure terror. "Crotalus Horridus!" She screamed.

Rachael rolled her eyes and picked up her scaly friend. Doku's eyes were wide and urgent. "Woah...something's totally wrong..."

"Yeah! That snake is still here!" Gwen hissed.

Lisa peered out of the window cautiously, but as quickly as she peeked, she ducked away. "Kraang!" She hissed. The younger sisters turned their attention towards their leader.

"What? Why? Where?" Gwen asked hurriedly.

Lisa shook her head. "No time to answer. There are way too many out there to be fighting, especially since we aren't quite trained up to fight alien robots..."

"So you're suggesting we run away from a fight?" Rachael snarled.

Lisa huffed indignantly. "Unfortunately...and besides, I don't want those aliens to know where we're living. Do you want more encounters like this?"

Michel's eyes widened. "Those Kraang things are getting closer Lisa, what do we do?"

Lisa looked around for an escape route. "Uh...There's a hole in the roof, it looks big enough for us to escape from. We'll see what happens from there."

The girls nodded and helped each other to the rooftop. From there the she-turtles and snake, quietly made their decent from the rooftop. Hiding in the shadow of the house, Lisa checked for signs of the Kraang. After giving the girls the all clear, the leader in blue swiftly darted to the cover of a trash heap.

Wrong move. An armed, lone Kraang droid aimed its weapon at the four.

Rachael skillfully tossed her Tessen at the Kraang, easily destroying the brainy alien's robot chamber.

"Great now what, great and all powerful leader?" Rachael hissed.

The rattler that rested on her shoulders slipped down to ground level and made a mad dash into the open. "Wait Doku!" Rachael whispered/shouted.

The snake paused, and tilted his head towards the direction he was slithering.

"I think he wants us to follow him..." Michel whispered.

"No way we're following a snake! Are you crazy?!" Lisa growled quietly.

"What other choice do we have, Lisa? Remember this was Doku's home long before we came along!" Rachael retaliated. "He might know a secret exit!"

Michel squeaked. "Lisa you're gonna have to hurry on that decision...The Kraang are totally getting closer!"

Lisa sighed. "Alright! Follow that snake!"

Slithering fast, Doku slipped through the twist and turns of the trash labyrinth. Finally, the Crotalus Horridus stopped.

Four she-turtles skidded to a halt in the very center of the junkyard, exposed on all sides.

"Kraang has found creations of Kraang in what is known as the junkyard!"

Lisa whipped her head around at Rachael. "Nice going Rach'!"

Michel shielded her eyes from the sun. "Look! A manhole. Doku led us to the sewers!"

Rachael smiled smugly as she lifted the manhole cover.

Just as Kraang covered the entire area, four turtles and a friendly snake were no where to be seen.


"So, what do you say?" Rachael smirked.

Lisa sighed heavily. "I'm sorry Gwen, but...since the snake did help us out..."

Gwen shrugged. "I knew the snake was gonna stay whether I wanted it to or not...but it stays OUT of MY room!"

The other she-turtles giggled at Gwen's rare rage.

"I'm serious!" Gwen muttered.

Doku flicked his tongue affectionately at Gwen.


Aww our little serpent is staying! Poor Gwen, it's definitely gonna be a looooooong stay at the junk yard. And a discovery was made! A manhole cover! Now there's a passage from the junkyard to the sewers! Woohoo! But let's not forget those Kraang! Why can't they leave the girls away? -_-"

I would like to thank everyone who reads Saved By The Turtles! You guys (and gals) are episcopal beyond proportion! And a little something I learned from a reviewer: rileyraph'sgirl.

Jane ne!

~Raphadelia