Hey, I'm back! Well, I figure I've been too focused on YHNI lately and I need some ideas to get anywhere with WL at this point so I thought I'd come back and continue this. Don't worry, just because Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo have gone back home don't think that it means they're out of the story.
Ok, I'll start where I left off at the supposed ending. Apparently, I stopped this much too early.
I don't own TMNT.
"Whoa! Right hand on red!" Mikey shouted as he dodged a swinging blade aimed at his head.
"Opps, looks like I'm out," Leo said, springing away from the Twister mat and unsheathing his swords to catch a descending bo staff from a foot ninja.
"Looks like it's down to us Donny," Raph said, tossing up a sai with his left hand to knock away a shuriken.
Donny shifted to the right a bit, drawing out his weapon with his right hand to knock back another Foot ninja.
"Dudes what's that?" Mikey asked as a blur flew past them.
"Not sure," Donny said.
"I'll find out," Raph said as he jumped away from the game.
"Donny wins!" Mikey shouted turning to dodge a spear.
It was a few minutes later that the turtles put up their weapons and high-three-ed each other after successfully defeating the Foot invasion.
"What was the blur after?" Mikey asked as Raph kicked the body of an unconscious Foot soldier.
"He was picking up the pieces from your trans-dimensional portal device," Raph said to Donny.
"So, that's what the Shredder's after," Leo murmured.
"Well, what do we do now?" Mikey asked.
"Yeah, it's obviously not safe to remain here," Donny said.
They both turned to Leo.
The eldest turtle turned to his immediate younger brother, "What do you think? Should we head back to where we were or elsewhere?"
Raph mused on the options for a moment before answering, "They could have found a way to track Donny's device. I say we head to Hillside."
Leo nodded in agreement before turning to his younger brothers, "Gather anything you might need."
They nodded and hurried of to their rooms while Leo turned back to Raph, "Anything you need?"
Raph smiled and reached out to put an arm around Leo's shoulders, "Already got everything I need."
Leo smiled back and hugged Raph.
"What we're not invited to the hug?" Mikey complained as he walked out of his room with his pet snake, Angel, coiled around his neck.
Donny followed behind him and joined in on the complaints, "How dare you leave us out!"
With that they all shared a group hug before they took one glance around their lair.
"They never do last that long," Mikey commented as they headed to the door.
His brothers nodded.
Once at the door Leo asked, "Do we have everything?"
Mikey pet Angel's head as she sighed in her snake way. Donny placed a hand on the small device tucked into his belt. Leo shook his head, although he did have a technological side it still amazed him how his genius little brother managed to get 100 terabytes of memory into something as small as a slice of bread. With a last look at their 24th home in ruins they took the tunnels.
"Are the Shell-Cycles still near the warehouse?" Donny asked as they found a metal rung later to climb up.
"It's where we left them," Raph said as he started climbing up to the surface since he would likely pummel anyone who was around.
Leo called up, "Is it clear?"
"Yeah, come on up!" Raph called back.
Mikey climbed up first, knowing he would have to because although Donny was younger than Leo and Raph he was still Mikey's big brother and would make sure he made it up first. The orange masked turtle shook his head at that. Overprotective big brothers! Honestly! Donny climbed up next and as soon as he climbed to the surface he turned to help Leo only to find Raph was already helping him and that Mikey was watching the shadows surrounding them.
"Ok," Leo said once they had put the manhole cover back on, "Let's head to the warehouse and grab the Shell-Cycles. We can return in a few days to see what other vehicles we can recover."
They all nodded and leapt to the rooftops, Leo in the lead. They landed by the warehouse to find it didn't seem to have been touched but they wouldn't take chances. They ducked into an alleyway nearby and grabbed the Shell-Cycles where the two eldest had hidden them.
"I call riding with Leo!" Mikey shouted and bounded over to his eldest brother.
Donny held back his sigh and walked over to his immediate older brother.
"What wrong Donny?" Raph asked he tossed a purple helmet to his brother before slipping on his red one.
"Just pondering the elements that contribute factors to Einstein's theory of Relativity," he lied before climbing on the bike behind his brother.
"Ok," Raph said in an uneasy voice, obviously having no idea what his immediate younger brother had even just said.
Mikey laughed as he slipped on an orange helmet and climbed on the blue motorcycle behind his eldest brother.
"What's so funny?" Leo asked his baby brother while he slipped on his blue helmet.
"It's just rare that Donny and I ever get to ride on the Shell-Cycles," Mikey explained, "I'm sure Donny misses the Battle Shell though."
Leo turned his attention to his purple clad younger brother when he caught the conversation between Raph and Donny.
"Pondering the elements that contribute factors to Einstein's theory of Relativity?" Leo asked in his head, "Why in the world would Donny be thinking about that?"
Sure it was something the most intelligent turtles had discussed many times before but when the genius turtle focused on something so simple for such a long amount of time, it meant something was wrong. Ignoring the thoughts for now Leo revved the engine to life before taking off down the street, the red motorcycle a few feet behind.
Angel felt the wind and then let her tongue vibrate on Mikey's shoulder to get his attention. Mikey looked down at his pet.
"How come I don't have a helmet?" she asked through her stare.
"Sorry little Ang, but they just don't make helmets for snakes, they normally don't ride motorcycles," Mikey explained.
Angel sagged with her version of a groan.
"I'll take the idea to Donny later," Mikey promised.
After a short ten minute trip they found themselves at an abandoned apartment building. Hiding the bikes in an alleyway once again they discretely made their way into the building and into a secret room. It seemed as dark and as empty as the other rooms until Donny flipped a switch on the wall. The walls turned to reveal glowing screens and lab tables. In one corner of the room the floor pulled away and a small medical lab rose up from below.
"Good everything seems to be in order," Leo said as he glanced at all the screens.
They had video feeds to the homes of all their friends so they could keep a careful eye on them. It seemed the Foot had only found their lair.
"The refrigerator is stocked!" Mikey happily reported as he pulled out a container.
"Must you start eating already?" Raph asked as Mikey set down at a fold out table.
Raph finished turning on a few security systems around the building and then joined his baby brother at the table, "So what is it?"
"My favorite," Mikey said as he pulled away the top, "Broccoli!"
Raph shook his head, "You health nut."
"I am not a health not, I just like broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, turnips, beets, spinach-"
"Health nut," Raph muttered before getting to feet to check on his other brothers while Mikey continued on while drooling.
Leo was half buried in a large machine when Raph walked up to him, "Need any help bro?"
"Yeah, can you do me a favor and check on Donny. He's suddenly not acting like himself."
Raph raised an eye ridge at that but shrugged. He walked to the medical lab to find Donny there but he wasn't really doing anything technical, just staring at something inside a small box.
"Yo, Donny. What's wrong?" Raph inquired as he walked up to his purple clad little brother.
Donny slammed the lid of the box down quickly and glanced up at his immediate older brother hastily, "Oh, I'm fine."
"Well, Fearless Leader says different," Raph said sternly.
Donny gulped and shoved the box back on the shelf he had taken it from, leave it to his genetic brother to see everything.
"Well, ok. It is something," Donny admitted, "But I'll talk about it later with Leo. No need to worry Raph."
Raph looked skeptical at that answer but let it go. His older brother would handle it. He didn't feel it was right to just leave though so he stepped forward, pulling his little brother into a hug. Donny smiled and sighed as he let his head fall onto Raph's shoulder. The sensitive turtle always knew when comfort was needed. The older turtle smiled as well and turned his head slightly to slightly cuddle into his little brother's hold.
They broke apart when they heard Mikey shout, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT WAS ALL THE BROCOOLI WE HAD!?"
They both laughed before making their way to the miniature kitchen where Mikey was staring sadly at his last piece of broccoli while Leo shook his head where he was sitting beside Mikey. The fold out table and chair set was a gray square metal table with four folding metal chairs. Donny walked towards the open chair next to Leo when Raph stepped ahead of him and claimed it.
"Hey Leo, do you think we should pull the plug on the old lair, just in case the Foot find anything there useful?"
"I don't think there is much they could use," Leo said with some thought as he watched his purple masked brother sit down across from him, he had that look again.
Deciding to deal with later that night, Leo turned his full attention to Raph while Mikey bounded over to their fridge again and withdrew a bag of carrots. Donny sighed as he watched his two older brothers get up and make their way to some of the computers in the room.
"You should just say it, you know?" Mikey commented as he sat down with his orange vegetables.
"What?" Donny asked, surprised Mikey couldn't know about-
"I know about it Donny and heck, I don't know why you're even keeping it a secret anymore."
"How do you know about it?" Donny asked.
"I know," Mikey said around the crunch of a carrot, "Because I've seen you cuddle the thing."
Donny cheeks flared in embarrassment, "You can't tell them!"
"Alright," Mikey said, rolling his eyes, "You probably should though. You're not going to get better with just it around though."
"I know," Donny said with a sigh, "It's just that-"
"Donny you might want to come check this out!" Raph called from across the room.
Donny got up and Mikey followed, munching on more carrots as they walked.
"What is it?" Donny asked as he approached his older brother.
"Leo says something's off," Raph explained and pointed to where Leo was studying a video feed to their latest lair that had been trashed.
"What is it?" Donny asked.
"There," Leo said pointing to the corner of the screen where something was flashing.
Donny looked closer but couldn't make out what it was.
"Well whatever it is," Raph said as he and Mikey walked up behind them, "I want to know what it's doing in our living room."
"Maybe we should go check it out," Donny suggested.
"Ok, but we'll need to leave the Shell-Cycles here," Raph said.
"Let's grab our sports gear then," Leo said as they all headed out the door.
They made their way down the hallway and stopped at a closet. They opened it up and took out their sports gear. Each grinning when their hands landed on their favorites. They all got ready and turned to the window only to be blinded by a white light. Then, there was a lack of oxygen...
Dum, dum, dum………
I think you know where my TMNT will end up after this.
Well, I love reviews. READERS AND REVIEWS RULE!
I can't say thank you enough other than to say you all have made this my most popular story. I know I tried the whole sequel thing before but I feel simply continuing this story will help me stay on track. Anyways, sorry I can't stick around, a pizza is calling for me!
Review please? I'd like to know if this is staying true to the craziness of the original plot and still sickenly sweet.
Oh, and before I depart, I would like to know if you can guess what Donny's problem seems to be. Am I making it too obvious or too discrete?
~Moonsetta