Hey Readers!
I do apologise taking a while to post another chapter for this fic! Even though I did upload some chapters for 'United by Fate' I had a slight block with this one.
So far, all's going well with my house, my spare room is looking great as I went shopping for some cool items for it and I'll be able to ave a place for my guests to sleep in! Yay!
Anyway, enough about me, hope this chapter was worth the wait!
Chapter Ten
Back at the lair, the turtles and Mona watched the clock, seeing it was almost five to five.
"Cutting it close again huh?" Michelangelo asked.
"They'll be back soon I'm sure." Donatello said "They'd never dare try to push it."
"If they did, they'd be subjected to tough punishment." Raphael said.
"Well, hard exercise for sure!" Leonardo said "Remember what Master Splinter put us through if we were naughty?"
"Still does sometimes!" Mona smirked making Raphael blush and the other turtles look at each other in fake confusion.
"Mum! Daddy!" the turtles and Mona soon heard the voices of the girls return and they smiled.
"There they are!" Michelangelo beamed as he looked to the entrance of the lair and saw Pandora and Kemeko walking back in looking rather sweaty and excited.
"Hey girls!" Leonardo said "Did you have fun?"
"You bet Uncle Leo!" Pandora grinned "We had a few races in the Sewers!"
"Races eh?" Raphael smirked "And did you win Pandora?"
"I won a lot of them daddy!" Pandora said "But I let Kemeko win a few times!"
Kemeko frowned at Pandora.
"I beat you fair and square a few times!" she argued "And I'll win all the races next time!"
"Wanna bet?" Pandora teased.
"Alright girls, that's enough." Mona interrupted "Get yourselves cleaned up okay, it's dinnertime in ten minutes."
"Yes mum." Pandora agreed.
"Yes Aunt Mona." Kemeko added to which they went to their rooms to get out of their dirty clothes.
Kemeko walked to her room and opened the door, revealing it to be an average young girls room, the walls were painted a pale pink with some lotus blossom trees painted, as well as the odd poster of some bands and singers she listened to along with some shelves of books, games and ornaments.
Walking up to a chest of drawers near her bed, Kemeko was feeling guilty within as she threw off her dirty clothes and got into some clean ones, as much as she had loved the adventure of going topside without an adult, she couldn't help but feel she had gone behind her father's back, especially since she wanted to make Leonardo proud of her.
She admired her father being the leader of the Ninja Turtles and how he had brought her up on his own, unlike Pandora who had a mother and father, she only had Leonardo, for as far as she could remember, she couldn't remember her mother, yet there were times she had been shown pictures of Karai by Leonardo and she often asked about happened to her, since Leonardo had told her she was dead, but the blue masked turtle refused to speak about and when often say he would tell her when she was older which often annoyed Kemeko.
She was soon pulled from her thoughts when the door opened and she jumped up to cover herself.
"Hey!" she soon saw Pandora poke her head around the door.
"Jeepers sis!" Kemeko snapped "Can't you knock?"
"Sorry." Pandora said "I did knock, but you didn't hear it!"
Kemeko frowned, she knew very well Pandora hadn't knocked, but she didn't want to argue with the stubborn mutant so she sat on her bed and Pandora stood in the middle of the room.
"So, what did you think of our adventure?" she asked.
"We're not doing it again!" Kemeko said firmly.
Pandora cocked her head on one side.
"Oh?" she asked.
Kemeko nodded.
"We were lucky not to get spotted!" she said "It's only a matter of time before we're seen!"
Pandora folded her arms.
"Not being a scaredy cat are you?" she asked.
"No!" Kemeko remarked Just being sensible! We're being deceitful Pandora! Going behind our parents backs! They keep telling us not to go topside, and what do we do? We go topside! Risk exposure and completely disrespect the rules that were put in place! And they don't know about it! I feel guilty!"
"So?" Pandora asked "We're not hurting anyone!"
"It doesn't matter!" Kemeko said "What we're doing is wrong! If we're seen by the public, or worse our enemies, we're doomed!"
"Well as long as we stay out of sight, we'll be okay!" Pandora said "We did great tonight! And admit it! You said it yourself you had a good time!"
"Yeah!" Kemeko said "I admit it was fun! But what if that night guard had spotted us? Or worse?"
"What if? What if?" Pandora rolled her eyes "It didn't happen! And anyway we both agreed we'd return to the sewers if things got too tricky or risky!"
Kemeko was about to speak again when they heard a shout.
"Girls!" it was Mona "Dinner's ready! Come and get it!"
Kemeko swallowed her words and looked to the door wondering how far Mona was or if anyone had been listening to their conversation.
"We'll talk about this later okay?" she said getting up from the bed before shouting "Coming Aunt Mona!"
Pandora scoffed and followed Kemeko to the kitchen area.
"You worry too much!" she said.
"I don't!" Kemeko growled.
Luckily when they opened the door there was no-one outside and Mona had been at the entrance to the kitchen area when she called them.
Both girls sauntered into the kitchen area, both acting causal though Kemeko swallowed hard as she looked at her father and forced a smile.
At dinner, Splinter, the turtles and Mona spoke amongst each other, totally oblivious to the fact that Pandora and Kemeko were keeping a secret between them.
"It's been rather quiet topside again." Leonardo said.
"Agreed." Donatello added "Well quiet when it comes to the Foot, they haven't shown their faces for a couple of weeks."
"Hate times like this." Raphael growled "They're often plotting something when they're quiet."
"Yet what?" Michelangelo asked in fear "Are they planning another attack? Or a scheme?"
"No idea." Mona said as she stirred some spaghetti she had on her plate.
Hearing her family talk about the dangers above made Kemeko feel nervous and she glanced at Pandora who took a sip of blackcurrant juice.
"Pandora, Kemeko."
Both girls jumped slightly when they heard Master Splinter's voice.
"Yes grandpa?" they said together.
"Before you have your baths and get ready for bed, are you willing to do some more training?" the old rat asked.
Pandora's face lit up.
"Yes please grandpa!" she grinned and Kemeko just nodded.
"There is never a bad time for training." Splinter said in a wise voice as he sipped his jasmine tea "You girls need to learn more about your skills, and using your weapons."
Pandora smirked and looked at Michelangelo who looked a little sheepish.
"You ready to own you again Uncle Mike?" she asked "I'll get you to hit yourself over and over again!"
Raphael chortled.
"I love it when you own your Uncle Mike!" he laughed "You sure show him his place!"
"Shut up Raph!" Michelangelo sighed and looked at Pandora.
"You know I always let you win right?"
"Yeah! I know!" Pandora smirked rolling her eyes.
Kemeko shook her head then turned to her father.
"You make me so proud Lotus!" he said as he flicked her chin "You're going to be a strong Ninja warrior one day! Even thought you're showing to be one now!"
Kemeko forced another smile as she looked at her father.
"Man." she thought "If only you knew what I did earlier with Pandora, I didn't want to disobey but I wanted to look out for Pandora, not deceive you!"
Oh dear! Kemeko's feeling rather remorseful for her actions, yet Pandora still thinks it's no big deal as long as they stay out of sight.
Once again, I bet you can tell Kemeko's the mature one, like Leo and Don, whilst Pandora's picked up Raphael and Michelangelo's personalities!