Hey guys, sorry about the long delay, I had lots of homework over the summer and couldn't find time to write. Happy Late Mutation Day!
Anyway here is chapter 12!
I do not own TMNT, Jade is my OC.
Chapter 12- Phase 2 (Part 1)
Jade POV
I woke up to the alarm on my phone. Without opening my eyes, I rolled over and turned the buzzing off. The long search yesterday was causing almost every muscle in my body to ache as I pulled myself off the sofa I slept on last night. I stretched trying to rid my body of the soreness.
"April, breakfast is ready." A female voice shouted from the kitchen followed by the smell of eggs and bacon. Within seconds a blur of yellow and orange dashed through the living room into the kitchen. I followed at a slower pace.
The instant I opened the door, the humid air hit my exposed skin. Sitting at the table was a half-asleep scientist and a wide-awake April. Standing next to the table (and serving breakfast) was Mrs O'Neil. Her blonde hair neatly brushed.
"Morning everyone!"
"Morning Jade!" The small family replied.
Mrs O'Neil slid a plate of bacon and eggs in front of me and I started to eat. The woman sat on the seat next to me while she ate her own breakfast, "Jade, I just wanted to apologise for the way I acted yesterday. It was rude. I'm just not all that good with new people so I try to ignore them."
"It's ok Mrs O'Neil, truthfully if two strangers just appeared in my house I would be a little freaked out as well." We shared a friendly smile and returned to eating in silence occasionally listening to April telling us about her dream last night.
"April, do you want to go wake up Leo. We can't have him missing breakfast now can we." I asked when the 5-year-old finished her tale.
The child just gave me a confused look, "But he's already up."
Now it was my turn to be confused, "What do you mean? You were the first to come out of your room, I was watching."
"He was not in bed when I woke up." That sent dead through my body. I dashed from the table to the girl's room. True to her word, the bed was empty.
Mikey POV
They left us here all night. The meanies. They strapped me down to this metal table and left. Donnie's strapped to a chair near me and Raphie's on a wooden table on the other side of the room. There is a see-through tube near him but I don't know what it's for.
Raphie spent all night try to get free but fell asleep not long ago. I think it was from exhaustion. Donnie was sad about us being taken and cried himself to sleep. I don't like my family being sad. At least I think it's the morning, there are no windows in this room, only white walls and floors. One good thing about living in the sewers is that you develop cool natural clocks.
Ok it must be morning those people in white coats are back and… they're doing something with that tube. This is scary. GiGi said that what they're doing with us could… um… kill us. Now I'm really scared!
The quiet is horrible, I'm the talkative kid, I love to talk but right now I can't bring myself to make a joke or to tease Raphie. This place to cruel and all I want to do is leave and return to the sewers with all of my family, "I wish Leo was here…" I whisper to myself.
"Bring it in." One of the meanies shouted out the open door, "Place him over in that corner."
In came two ninjas carrying something between them. LEO! They have my brother! "LEO! LEO! LEO! LEO! LE-" Someone shoved a mask over my beak and held it there tight. I tried to shake it off by moving my head as much as I could but another meanie got a grip on my head and held me still as I breathed in the gas now entering the mask. I felt a strap being slipped over my head, the meanies finally releasing their hold on me.
My eyes started to get heavy. Drowsily I let my eyes follow my oldest brother as they dragged him across the room before I got too sleepy to stay awake.
Jade POV
We searched every room of the apartment and every hide-hole April knew of. When our search came to nothing, we checked the antic shop below. Nothing.
"Jade, you're my friend and I would love to help you search but I have to get April to school. You know how important education is." Mr O'Neil told me after we searched the whole building twice. "We can keep an eye out for him while we're gone if that makes you feel better."
"But daddy, I wanna stay and look for Leo. He's my new friend."
"I know he is honey but school is more important."
"Thanks for the help you two and I do wish you could stay to help but I understand." I told the child and Kirby, "I found Leonardo and brought him here, he's my responsibility. At least until we find his family."
I gave them both a quick hug before we went different directions: April and Kirby headed to school and I headed the direction we went yesterday to see if Leo went back to that church. Mrs O'Neil had left for work straight after breakfast.
It was like looking for a needle in a hay stack. It took me double the amount of time to get arrive at the church then it did yesterday. All the people made it hard to spot the small 4-year-old, who was also being trained as a ninja.
When I finally arrived, I still had not found the young mutant. However, I did recognise a familiar face in the crowd.
Mikey POV
STOP! STOP! THAT TICKLES!
I can still feel the mask secured over my beak but it no longer has any sleeping gas in. There is something cold moving my plastron, it tickles! My laughter is stopped by the mask which limits my mouth movement. Through the laughter I force my eyes open so that I could see what's tickling me.
The first thing I see are those meanies in the white coat. They seem to be doing something on my plastron. I have to lift my head to see past the mask. On my plastron there are several black lines, markings and some words that I can't read. I continue to watch as they do more lines with a black marker and just like that this situation is no longer funny even with the marker tickling my front.
The meanies must have heard me whimper because they both looked at me. I tried to retract my head into my shell but found it impossible with the mask on.
"Dr Stockman, experiment T412 has awoken, do you want use to start phase 2?" One of the men talked in to a black rectangle, I think Donnie called it a walkie talkie.
"No, let me talk to them first." The voice on the other end replied, "Master Shredder wishes to watch the freaks suffer."
Now I'm SUPER scared!
I cannot help the tears falling from my eyes as they search the room. I spot Leo now slumped inside of the see-through tube, eyes still closed but I am relieved to see his chest rising and falling at a steady pace. Raph and Donnie are still in the exact same position of earlier but at least they are both awake now and both look just as afraid as I feel. The Scientists left, closing the door behind them.
The first noise in the silent room was Raphael shouting, "Leo you idiot, WAKE UP!"Leo stirred but didn't fully wake up, "WAKE UP!"
"Raphie calm down."
"Raphie, from the looks of it Leo was drugged with something before they brought him back." Donnie tried to reason with Raph, "Shouting might just make the scientist came back sooner."
"I'm scared bros." I whimpered, my words barely audible with the mask.
"Don't worry Mikey, daddy will save us." Donnie attempted to comfort me. It didn't work.
"Issss … k… ikey…" A slurred voice came from inside the tube. Looking over, I saw a pair of cobalt blue eyes watching us through the glass.
I wanted to call out to my oldest brother but before I could, someone else spoke and had us all shrinking away, "It is fitting that the fourth has awoke to watch your suffering. All you will demise slow and painfully. Stockman, start phase 2."
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