NOTE: Credit to Chip903 for his ideas.
Chapter Twenty
Building the Bedroom
The next day, Monalisa stood with Splinter in the training room next to his quarters. Mona was dressed in a black ninja suit and was standing before Splinter who stood leaning on his cane.
"You have told me that you had knowledge in different Martial arts" he said, "Can you show me the moves you know?" Mona nodded "I can indeed" she said, she faced Splinter and bowed to him. Splinter bowed back then Mona stood in a stance ready to show her moves.
Meanwhile, the turtles stood in the doorway of the room filled with junk and stared at it, the whole room was filled with cardboard boxes and broken furniture "OO...Kay" said Donatello "Looks like we're gonna have to dig deep and find new places for this junk or just get rid of it"
"This'll take hours!" groaned Michelangelo staring at the mess. "Well then we better get started!" said Donatello "if we wanna make sure Mona gets a bedroom we better work at it" "So where do we start?" asked Raphael, "well, first let's get these boxes out of the room, then the furniture, I might be able to fix up some of that broken furniture to make a bed and other things"
"Ok" said Leonardo, "let's get moving" "Right" agreed the other turtles in unison. They began to move some of the boxes out of the room; they took the boxes outside and kept taking them out until the room was cleared. As soon as the boxes were moved, they began to look at some of the broken furniture.
They soon found amongst the broken furniture, a dressing table, a desk, a wardrobe and a bed rack, Donatello's eyes lit up. "Perfect!" he said "I can fix up this furniture for Mona!" he began to run out of the room towards his room, "I wonder if there's anything in those boxes that could be useful" he said.
"There's only one way to find out" said Leonardo, "let's search them" he said, "ok" said Donatello "I'll find my tools" he ran to his room whilst the other three turtles began to look in the boxes and sort through the contents.
Meanwhile, Mona started to show her martial arts moves to Splinter, she started off by showing her Karate moves, then she moved on to Kung Fu, then Bushido, then Ladies Self Defence and many more.
She executed different kicks, punches and leaps as Splinter watched nodding his head and analysing her moves. As she moved, she got into the mood and yelled as she executed her moves. After a while she did a finishing move by leaping into the air and doing the splits, then slashing her tail between her legs then behind her like a whip.
She landed on the ground then turned to Splinter, she then bowed to him. "These are my moves Splinter" she said. Splinter bowed back to her, "I am impressed" he said "You sure know how to fight and defend yourself" Mona smiled. "Like I said" she said "I have been doing all this since I was five years old"
Splinter nodded "I can tell you have been dedicated in your fighting" he then knelt down and motioned for Mona to sit opposite him. "Now I have seen your moves, I believe teaching you Ninjtsu will be easy" "My masters in my classes told me I was a fast learner" said Mona.
"As well as teach you Ninjtsu, I will also teach you the art of meditation, I know your mind is filled with anger and pain" Mona nodded "I have nightmares" she said "They never leave me" Splinter looked sympathetic "even though I cannot destroy the memories of what happened" said the old rat "I can help you block them, through meditation I can help you find peace again"
"You can do that?" asked Mona, Splinter nodded, "We can help you find peace again" he said "You will find the light in your darkness, and heal what has been hurt" Mona smiled at Splinter "thank you Splinter" she whispered. Splinter smiled back at her then stood up, "now let us start your Ninjtsu training" he said.
Meanwhile, the turtles were still working on the bedroom. Whilst Donatello was in the room working on the broken furniture he had found, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo were searching in the different boxes and were amazed what was in there.
"Hey look at this!" cried Michelangelo as he pulled out a small TV "I didn't know this was in here!" The other two turtles looked impressed "Nice find Mikey!" said Leonardo "I wonder if it still works!" said Michelangelo excitedly "Mona can then watch movies in her new bedroom!"
"Hey look what I found!" said Raphael pulling out a pair of weights and started lifting them, "I didn't know I had a spare pair of these!" "No wonder that box was so bloody heavy!" commented Michelangelo, "Mona will find these useful" continued Raphael ignoring Michelangelo's comment.
Leonardo then gasped in delight when he pulled out a Japanese painting of a Pink Lotus Flower with three Japanese Symbols next to it and a pile of books."Hey brothers!" he said "I think I hit a Jackpot here!"
"What?" asked Raphael and Michelangelo together, Leonardo held up the picture of the Lotus Flower and the books. "I found these!" he said "I have no doubt Mona will love these!" Raphael studied the painting and read the Japanese Symbols.
"Peace, Beauty and Love" he said "It's beautiful" Leonardo looked pleased with himself, "And what are the books?" asked Michelangelo. Leonardo looked at them and read them out. "The Three Musketeers, Oliver Twist, Moby Dick, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Animal Farm, The Catcher in the Rye, and the Complete Works of Edger Allan Poe" he said.
"I read all these books a long time ago and I still remember them!" said Leonardo, "the bookworm you were Leo" said Michelangelo "Still are" commented Raphael. "Hey!" cried Leonardo "there's more!" he then pulled out another load of books in a case "The complete works of Shakespeare"
"Shakespeare eh?" said Michelangelo "I can never understand the guy!" "That guy was a genius Mikey!" said Leonardo "if you got your head out of comic books and started reading something really good like Shakespeare then you'll learn a lot more!" Raphael laughed evilly as Michelangelo looked annoyed.
As Raphael looked at the Japanese Picture Leonardo had leaned against the wall he remembered when he and Mona talked last night and she had spoken about pink roses and how they were her favourite flowers. It gave him an idea.
He touched the side of his belt his twin sai were tucked in, and felt the leather pouch filled with cash he had swiped from the wallet of a dead Purple Dragon member. He knew there was a florist near one of the manholes they climbed out of when they went topside.
"I've got an idea" he said standing up and pushing the box of stuff he was sorting through aside. "What?" asked Leonardo and Michelangelo "I know what Mona would love" he stood up and jumped off the upper level of the lair and did a few somersaults before he landed on the ground.
"Where are you going Raph?" demanded Leonardo "Topside" said Raph running to the doors near the kitchen where the exit to the surface was. "What? And leave us to do all the hard work!" yelled Michelangelo "I won't be long!" yelled Raphael as he ran through the doors and through the doors to head to the surface.
As soon as he vanished, the other two turtles looked at each other, "I wonder what hot-head's up to?" asked Michelangelo "I dunno" said Leonardo "I guess we'll find out when he gets back, he better not be too long!" he looked back into the bedroom where Donatello was still hammering and nailing and sawing as he fixed up the broken furniture.
Raphael ran through the sewers and looked around for the rugs to lead him to the surface, he soon came across some rugs leading up to a manhole. Confident that he was at the right one, he climbed up the rugs and up to the lid.
He pushed the lid off and stuck his head out, looking around to see if the coast was clear, the manhole was in a dark alleyway but he was still cautious. As soon as he was satisfied, Raphael climbed out and looked around. He soon found what he was looking for. Opposite the manhole he had crawled out of was a Florist 'The Enchanted Florist'.
"Perfect!" he thought, he crept out of the alleyway and looked around to see if there was anyone around, the street looked quiet, the only sounds were traffic in the centre of the city and people talking or music playing in the apartments in the streets. Raphael hopped over to the florist and hid in the shadows.
The shop was closed but he could clearly see through the darkness in the shop window many flowers. He then came across what he was looking for: A Pink Rose Tree near the door. Raphael opened the leather pouch and pulled out some cash, he then used his Sai and quickly picked at the lock opening the door, then swiping the plant before leaving the cash in its place.
Raphael then shut the door and used his Sai to lock the door again; he then ran back to the manhole, lifted the lid and jumped down into the sewers being careful not to damage the plant in the process. He then ran down the sewers and back to the lair where he found Michelangelo and Leonardo still sorting through the boxes.
When Leonardo saw him, his eyes widened when he saw rose tree in his hands, but Michelangelo narrowed his eyes and put a silly smile on his face. "Ooohhh Raphie boy! Being romantic are you?"
"Shut up Mikey!" growled Raphael leaping onto the upper level and placing the plant with a pile of stuff they had arranged to put in the bedroom when Donatello had finished in there. Amongst the stuff they had put there was the weights, the TV Michelangelo had found, the flower painting, the books and some white bed sheets.
"I just thought she might like something pretty in her new bedroom" said Raphael walking over to the boxes again so he could sort through them, "and how did you seem to know she would like pink roses?" demanded Leonardo narrowing his eyes.
"Because I spoke to her" said Raphael "and before you ask, I picked the lock with my sai, grabbed it and left some cash in its place" "Ok" said Leonardo nodding his head understanding.
"Anyway I couldn't sleep last night so I went to the kitchen to grab a hot chocolate" continued Raphael "I was sitting at the table when Mona came in for a glass of water, she told me she was having nightmares so we talked for a little bit, that's how I knew" "I see" said Leonardo as he sorted through more stuff.
Michelangelo was still giving Raphael then knowing look, until the red masked turtle glared at him. Michelangelo looked back at his box of stuff and continued sorting it. As he did he found a games console and a couple of video games which he placed in the pile for Mona's bedroom.
Looks like the turtles have found some interesting things whilst doing up the bedroom!
I wonder how Mona will react to her new room! Tune into the next chapter!