Sorry about the few updates. No internet. *sigh* I don't own them. Blah.
I watched my brother work all night. Now he really looked tired, yet I don't think that he'll be going to bed anytime soon. Hmm, I guess I'll have to tell him to stop in a way without words. Heading over to his room, he didn't seem to notice me leaving. I jumped up onto his bed and grabbed his pillow, bringing it back to his lab. Meowing, I got Don to look over to me.
"What are you doing with that pillow?" Don asked, a smile crossing his face. I hadn't seen him so happy in many days now.
Leaping up onto his desk, I dropped the pillow in front of him. I think he got the message.
"I can't go to sleep yet," Don muttered. I just held my stare, and he sighed. Grumbling, he grabbed the pillow and started to put his things away.
"You better not get into any trouble while I'm gone," Don mumbled as he left the room, saying goodnight to me.
"It's me, Don. What kind of trouble could I get into?" I laughed, leaving Don's lab. If I stayed in there, I know that something bad might happen. Something bad always seemed to happen whenever I messed around in Donny's lab.
"Hey Klunk!" I called quietly, looking around for my ginger and white friend. Frowning, I didn't get a response from anyone. Where is he? I wonder... I walked around the lair, but Klunk didn't seem to be there at all. Weird, he was always there... except when he was doing his patrols. I looked over at the microwave, since it had a clock on it. Two thirty five. I thought to myself, thinking of when Klunk's 'patrols' were. I had learned his 'schedule' pretty well in the last few days. He usually didn't leave until five, unless he was late on his patrol that he had at two. He was usually back in fifteen minutes...
I decided that it was up to me to go and find him. I had to bring him back safe! Since the responsibility of protecting Klunk was always put on me, since he was my cat, I couldn't let him get hurt! Well, more hurt than normal. If he was picking fights with other cats, then I couldn't protect him from that... when I was a turtle at least. The way I was now, I could help him!
Many thoughts of where he was flashed through my head while I left the lair in search of him. Could he have been fighting off intruders? Could he have been... chased by a dog? Or gotten hit by a car? Or a truck? Or maybe Cisco was back again? My thoughts grew more and more worried as I didn't find him.
"Klunk?" I called for what felt like the millionth time this hour. I sighed, shaking my head. He was a tough cat to find when he didn't want to be found.
"Does he not want to be found?" I muttered to myself, looking around the dark and damp sewer.
As I turned the corner, I saw a flash of ginger and white. Klunk! I was about to turn the corner and shout over to him when I noticed someone else. There was another cat next to him, a cat with gray tabby and ginger tabby patches covering its snow white pelt. I watched for a moment to see if the cat was going to attack or not. When I saw the cat purring and rubbing against Klunk, I stopped, confused.
"A girlfriend?" I whispered, a huge grin crossing my face. Klunk was in love? Looking back over, I strained to listen to their conversation.
"Occile, why don't you come back home with me?" Klunk asked, admiration and love thick in his voice. His tongue rasped across her ear as he purred.
"Klunk..." This she cat, Occile, meowed back. "I... I don't know. You said that you... were a 'free' cat, but you've also talked about your 'master' and 'friend'..."
'Master'? An amused look crossed my face. Heh, I guess pets did look to their 'masters' sometimes... But I was glad to be his friend too!
"He won't care if you live there too!" Klunk insisted. I had to agree with him, I wouldn't. If my Klunk was happy, I would be happy. "Please, Occile! I love you, so much! Why won't you... come with me?"
"I don't know yet," Occile whispered, and I could barely hear her. Her eyes darted around, passing over where I was hiding. "It feels like we're being watched. Can you meet me here tomorrow? I... I can give you my answer then."
Klunk nodded, a little less happy than I thought he would be. As I watched the pretty calico she cat leave, I decided that I might as well confront Klunk.
"Hey Klunk," I called over, watching Klunk look like he was jumping out of his fur.
"You scared me!" Klunk hissed in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"Just walking around," I responded. "So, who's your friend?" I smirked at him.
"Oh!" Klunk meowed. If a cat could blush, I swear he would've been brighter than a cherry. "T-that was... Occile. She's... um..."
"Just a friend?" I asked, grinning.
"Yeah," Klunk answered quickly.
"You know," I meowed. "She can stay, if she wants to."
Klunk grinned. "Really?" Klunk had a thousand watt smile.
"Yeah, of course," I laughed. "Now come on home. You'll have to be ready to meet her again tomorrow."
Klunk nodded, excited. I couldn't help but grin. My little Klunk was growing up! We headed back to the lair, and time passed quickly from then on. Klunk left for his five AM patrol, and then again for his eight thirty patrol. By that time, everyone was waking up. Don had almost locked himself in his lab while working on that invention of his. Since it was the first time that Raph had been back in the lair for a while, Leo was getting him to do extra training for the time that he had missed. Or at least for some of it.
I pushed the door to Donny's lab open and walked in. My purple masked brother had tools in his hands and goggles on his face, making him look bug-eyed. I couldn't help but purr at that.
"How's it going?" I asked, looking at the machine. It looked almost how it had when it had worked for a few moments.
Don looked over towards me. "It's almost done." A wide smile crossed his face, and he looked like he was really happy that I was who he thought I was. And if he only knew that Moirai could- erm, would- fix this once everyone knew it was me...
After putting one more bolt in place, Don jumped up quickly, knocking his chair over. "It's done!"
I laughed. Don was so happy that his invention was working... Now all he needed to do was turn it on. I watched him press a few buttons and put the strange looking helmet on.
"I knew you could do it, Donny," I purred, grinning as Don's eyes widened.
"It does work!" Don screamed, running over and grabbing me off of the ground. He pulled me into a tight hug and whispered, "I've missed you so much, Mikey."
"You're... crushing... me..." I gasped, struggling to get out of his arms.
Don sniffled and loosened his grip. He still had a big grin on his face. "Sorry."
"Its fine," I laughed. I purred and nuzzled against his arms. "I've missed you too, Don."
"Hey wait," Don gasped. "Raph and Leo! They need to know it's you, and not just some cat!"
"Heh, some cat," I laughed, really glad that his invention worked. "Oh! Don, I have something important to tell you!"
"Hmm?" Don asked as he dragged me out of the room and over towards the dojo.
"Once everyone knows that I'm... well, me," I began. "Then the wacko dude who did this to me told me that he'd turn me back."
Don stopped in his tracks. "Wait... What guy would this be?"
"Well," I meowed. "He told me that his name was Moirai. He's, like, a ninja or something! Because he can just disappear into the shadows like we can."
"Interesting," Don murmured as he opened the door to the dojo.
We caught Raph and Leo in the middle of training, since they were both throwing punches and kicks at one another.
"Hey!" Don called, making both brothers stop their sparring.
"What da ya want, Donny?" Raph muttered,
"I've finished it!" Don grinned. "You've got to try this!"
Don took off the helmet and shoved it towards Leo, who was closest to him. Leo gave Don a nervous, slightly sad face. He probably thought that his purple masked brother was going a little insane.
"Uh, okay then," Leo murmured, trying on the helmet. Don pressed a few buttons on the helmet. Leo looked back over at Don, who reached down to where he had set me on the ground. Gosh, I felt like a doll right now! Just put him down, pick him up, and fling him around!
Don shoved me up into Leo's face.
I grinned. I knew that this was going to shock him. "Hiya Leo."
Leo jumped backwards, startled. His hands grabbed the helmet, and his eyes were wide with shock.
"H-how?" Leo choked out.
"How what?" Raph asked. "I didn't hear anything."
"You have to wear the helmet!" Don answered.
"Yeah," I replied, turning my gaze back to my oldest brother. "Right Leo?"
"M-Mikey?" Leo whispered.
"Okay Leo, now yer goin' crazy too!" Raph growled, grabbing the helmet and pulling it off of Leo's head.
Shoving it onto his head, Raph asked, "Okay, now how does this dumb thing work?"
"It's still on, Raphie," I purred, jumping over into Raph's arms and hoping that he wasn't just going to let me fall to the ground.
"W-what?" Raph gasped. "Donny, how? How does this make any sense at all?"
"Hey, don't talk like I'm not here!" I meowed. Don's and Leo's eyes were on me, both pairs were wide. I shifted in my red masked brothers arms. "Um, why is everyone watching me like that?"
"You can talk now?" Don gasped.
"Um... yes?" I answered. "What, everyone can understand me?"
"Yes!" Everyone replied. Raph grabbed the helmet with one hand he threw it to Don while still holding me with the other hand.
"Okay, Mikey, start talking," Raph growled, raising me up to be level with his gaze. "How'd this happen? Who did this to you? And why haven't you said anything before now?"
"Okay," I murmured, wiggling out of my brother's grip and jumping onto the couch. "This happened... when I was knocked unconscious. I think. Some dude named Moirai did it after..." I paused to think back. "After this giant shooting star blazed through the sky. I, um, you know, seeing a shooting star... well, made a wish."
"You wished... to be a cat?" Leo asked.
"No!" I answered quickly. "Far from it... And I haven't told anyone until now because Don was just able to fix his invention one."
"We're not using his invention, Mikey," Raph grumbled.
"I know," I answered. "But Moirai told me that once all three of my brothers know that I'm a cat, that I would turn back."
"So... Are ya plannin' on turnin' back anytime soon?" Raph asked.
I blinked. Well, yes, I was hoping that I would just turn back right away...
"Maybe it takes a while," I muttered. "I don't know how long I was unconscious."
"So, probably by, let's say, tomorrow at the latest?" Don asked.
I nodded. I was only out for a few hours... right? Maybe it was a whole day, but that wasn't that long! My brothers came and joined me at the couch.
"So," Raph began. "How much of everthin' did ya hear, Mikey?"
"All of it," I answered with a sly grin on my face.
"Great," Raph groaned. "I'll never hear the end of this..."
"Nah, you'll probably hear the end of it," I answered. "When I'm dead!" Yeah, I wouldn't forget this who thing too quickly. But little did I know, my words might just hold true the very next day...
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