Chapter 25

In the mid afternoon on the farm cleaning up their living quarters since it needs some serious cleaning, Ron and the others did their fair share of house work to pass the time instead laying around all day and chill.

It had been almost two days after Donnie and Mikey told Ron about their former guest, in which was the female Bigfoot who left through the woods with a crazy man hunter who was responsible for hurting the poor creature but didn't finish the job so what Donnie have told him. He said that the lunatic couldn't hurt a lady and cried like a little baby, making the female creature have pity and took him in her care and disappeared in the night. For Ron, he was glad that he didn't see it play out in front of him and just leave it at that. Currently now, he was vacuuming the floor and let Zoey do the sweeping up stairs while the others did the cleaning the windows, dusting furniture, and even washing the ceiling.

While getting on the rug vacuuming the dirt and trash off, for some crazy feeling in Rons stomach that he felt that the old country rug mat was hiding something underneath it. This idea had been on his mind since they arrived to Aprils old family barn and it never left him. He talked to Shinigami about it one time before when she called him two nights ago, to see how emotional he is doing as the main subject was about his wife Karai. Shinigami told him to go and flip the rug over and see what's underneath it, and put his worry and suspicion to rest as this was eating her too as much how Ron gave detail on his thoughts about the hidden floor.

Having his mind made up he turn off the vacuum cleaner and moved off the rug, and then bent down and slightly lifted the rug up to see his suspicion was at rest. "Is something wrong Ron?." asked April setting her mop down in the bucket, making everyone stopped their cleaning and came down to where Ron was at as he looked at everyone. "April...does this house has a secret underground bunker?." Ron asked of his best friend. Confused as to what he just asked, April known everything about her family's barn and house but a hidden underground bunker however was a surprise to her.

"The last time I remembered was that my family doesn't have a bunker...why do you ask?." April said wanting to know what Ron was getting at.

"Well it looks like you've didn't notice this." Ron told her and flipped the whole rug over and revealing a door making April, Casey, Zoey, and the Turtles dropped dead shock to see a mysterious door right under their noises. "W... W... W... What do you think is down there?." Zoey asked one of them as this caught her interest about the secret door. Leo who was still a bit injured had the one and only answer to the question as he crutched over and looked hard at the door feeling that this could be trouble and dangerous. "I don't know but we're about to find out." He said looking at Ron and nodded at him.

Having the same page of agreement, Ron grab the handle and pulled up making the door floor open right up. Then Raph grabbed some flashlights and gave each one and lead let Ron lead the way down the stairs of the dark bunker. They sticked together as they didn't have a clue as to what they might encounter, as they got closer to where the walking became to a complete stop. Right in front of them was a familiar ship that shocked everyone as they saw in front of them, was a Kraang ship all dusty and from the looks of it the ship haven't been moved in years.

"A Kraang ship?. Here?. Underneath the farm house?." Donnie said confuse and curious.

"This thing been under my family's farm for years?!." April shocked in surprise as Mikey walked up to the thing and see how old it was.

"Dude, this is so crazy and scary." Mikey said putting his hand on the thing.

Next thing, he knew was the ship open up its door thinking that Mikey punched the code to unlock the door. Curious and less afraid of the ship, Zoey walked towards the entrance making Ron speed up close as he and the brothers took out their weapons in case if theirs any Kraang's in the ship and be ready to clash with one of them. They all stepped in and see the place was completely empty as their was not one single alien on board the ship, making them ease back from worry but kelp their guard up strong.

"Hmmmmmm, I wonder if the computers still works?." Donnie asked making his way to the computer and went to typing and see what the ship was carrying. He checked through each file and found what he was looking for and see there was something on the ship that was locked up in the chamber. "That's what I figured. There is something on this ship...and it's right in that chamber." Donnie pointed and quickly jumped after seeing Mikey messing around with the thing and somehow open the chamber door making everyone jump back ready to fight. Mikey jumped back and rejoined the group ready to fight on whatever it's inside.

"You just had be curious...don't you?." said Raph now mad at his baby brother.

"I didn't know that's going to happen!." Mikey panic seeing the door of the chamber open up slowly, releasing the air that was trapped in.

"But you mess with it anyway Mikey." Ron said pulling Zoey behind him to protect her.

Waiting for the attacker to come out of the pod and ready to brawl with it, suddenly the figure through the glass looked none Kraang nor mutant, but instead it was a form of a human being. The pod door opened wide open as the mysterious figure who was a woman probably about in her forties, stepped out wearing a light yellow skirt with a necklace around her neck as she had her hand on head indicating she had a little headache. When she completely stepped out none of them haven't had a clue who she was, but one person know who she was and haven't seen her in her whole life.

"M... M... M... Mom?. Is that you?." April spoked out making Ron and others lower their weapons down, in shock as Zoey popped her head out to see the woman.

"A... A... A... April?." The woman asked looking at April like she haven't seen in years "Is that you darling?." April stepped out from the group and ran over to her long lost mother and gave her the biggest hug that she ever had.

The others were shock to find out that this woman was April's lost mother and she has been down here for years, but they can't be sure about it unless she start telling her side of the story. And so, they bright her up back into the living room and close the floor door down, then they gathered around her as she was a tab bit shaky and uncomfortable due to the fact that she was surrounded by four Mutant Turtles, and little conformable with Ron and the normal people. That's what Ron see on her face. Mikey came in with a cup of freshly brewed tea and handed to Mrs. O'Neil to have, as she shacking to grab it from him thinking he might bite her.

"So, huh, tell us Mrs. O'Neil. How did you round up in that chamber pod from the beginning?." Casey broke the silence and wanted to know himself.

"Well kid I tell you everyone in this room." Mrs. O'Neil started setting her tea down on the table and begin telling the story. She told them that it all started when way before the farm was even built, the Kraangs crash landed right in the mid center of where they're standing. Then when the house was built, April's grandpa investigated underneath the house and discovered the ship and went in was greeted by a big tube of Kraangs, that were in hyper sleep and was awoken when April's grandpa accidently jump start the ship. They broke free and thanked the man by doing evil and awful experiments on him and the whole family, leading to their finally experiment in which April at the time she was only five don't remember very much about the thing. What Mrs. O'Neil said next was that her and Mr. O'Neil made the attempt to escape from their captives, until they captured her and pull her back in as Mr. O'Neil and little April make it home free.

"Oh, mom I have no idea about it." April said feeling sad and hugged her mother "But now you're here with me and that's what matters the most." Ms. O'Neill smiled and couldn't agree more as she hugged her real tight as Leo smiled and was happy that his best friend was reunited with her mother. Then he looked up and see Ron not so happy about the whole thing and that concerned him and wanted to know why. Ron walked out of the living room and the house, and stepped outside to breath in the fresh air. Leo crutched out of the house and join his brother to what's troubling him. "What's eating Ron?. How come you're not happy for April that she's reunited with her mother?." Leo asked seating down on the steps so his injured knee can rest from weight pressure.

Ron turn around to see his injured turtle brother and not showing any happiness except suspicion, and unconvinced face expression. "Leo something isn't adding up to what she said and to me her words is ass." Shock to hear that from Ron, Leo then asked why as this was getting very concerning to him. "What's not adding up Ron?." Ron sighed and scratching his head to give his best explanation that he ever had and since he presented his science fair project in front of a professional judge. "If what she said is true then how come Mr. O'Neil didn't mention this to either one of us?." That right there was true to what Ron just said, as Leo had to think about it as he never remembered Mr. O'Neil ever mentioning about his wife nor what happened to her, and that was the big explanation that Ron had said and made complete sense.

"Well...maybe he didn't want to talk about it, I mean...it was a tragic thing for him." Leo said making up an excuse to why Mr. O'Neil never talk about his wife, and Ron can see it.

"Leo, I talk to the man every time I come over to his apartment to have study session with April for math, and I always have a conversation with the man and he tells me about almost everything...including his college years." Ron told him still not convince what Mrs. O'Neil told them.

Before Leo could speak again, Zoey came out and said "Hey, Leo and Ron, can you two come in and help me and April prepare dinner tonight?." Smiling at his baby sister, Ron helped Leo up from the steps and walked in the house to go help out. "Will discuss this later." Leo told Ron crutching pass him as the former top Foot soldier stopped and agreed to it and helped in the kitchen. The word mom made Ron think about Karai and her mom. She told him she would do anything to see her but that wish can't come true, and both her and Ron knows it too. He remembered one time when he and Karai was in his room laying down together on his bed, and just looking up at the ceiling and eventually fall asleep from getting board and think about their future together. And Karai got it all planned out.

Flashback...

"Ron... I know exactly what our life should be when we finally get married." Karai said snuggling close to him.

"Oh, really?. Then tell me Ms. Visionary." Ron asked squeezing her rear making Karai giggle and sat on top of him, to have his full attention and begin.

"I wanted to live in a nice house...not too fancy, and not too bad. I wanted a nice pond in the backyard so we can swim or ride in our boat." Karai said not holding back her smile on the dream home she wanted for herself and Rons future.

Ron smiled and put both hands on her full rear as it was nice and big. Just how a guy would like in a women or in his case, a girlfriend. He listen on to her plan of what she want in the house and what color wall she wanted to paint, but one thing she said made this teen shock back was when she wanted something very big and precious.

"And then I want to have...a baby." Karai told him as she didn't stutter and kelp her happiness in place.

"W... W... W.. What?." Ron moved Karai her off his body and straightened up to breath, as the word baby made him worry and concern. Karai crawled right back and gently pushed him down and resume back to her seat in which was Ron's stomach, and had her lips puckered up in a pouted way seeing her boyfriend wasn't on board with the idea of making a child of their own. "I said a baby. Come on Ron don't want to have a child to call you're own?. Because I want to be a mommy and be a damn good one too." Karai told him as Ron didn't mind about have a child of his own but they're too young and thinking too far.

"Karai, I...I... I... I don't know if I could be a dad. I mean we're too young and we're not even married." Karai put her finger on his lips to be quite and then took her other finger and put on her lips. "Shhhhhhhhh. Correction we're not married...yet, and I know the reason why you're not on board with it is because you don't know how to be a daddy." Karai got his full undivided attention once more as to what she told him was in fact true. She played with his hair as she loved to do it and then bent down to give him the biggest kiss that he ever had and then broke it off to breath as the air was dying fast when they made out. "I know how you feel Ninja Dumpling. I too don't know how to be a mom cause my mom is not around to teach me...the sane thing is your dad not around to teach you how to be a good father."

Next thing Ron knew was his hand was being hold by Karais hand, and put it on her right cheek and rub it softly and smoothly. She closed her eyes loving it herself as Ron smiled to see the beauty of his beloved girlfriend and how wonderful she was to him, and gave it a thought on putting the idea of having a child later on in the future.

"Will learn how to be good parents when we have our own child." Karai said opening her eyes "You and I are going to be great mom and dad when you knock me up one day, and when that day happens I want to celebrate our sweet baby by you and me telling our family about it." Ron reach up and kissed his lover and trusted her words on what she said and waited to the time comes when it's time to truly settle down and raise their own family.

"Kit Kat you're right...we will be great mom and dad one day." He told her as she smiled to see him on board on the idea.

"Great...and when that time comes I Shinigami to host the baby shower." Karai said grinning for joy.

Ron shook his head and said "Oh, hell that will be the day when a boy marries her and knock her up the next day." Karai busted out laughing as she heard that hugged her lover tight.

"Now...can you give me a foot rub please?. Ninja Dumpling?."

End of Flashback...

Ron enjoyed that memory and the part he remembered rubbing her feet even though her feet was smelly, but like she said before he did love it and that was the truth.

He got done cleaning the fish in the sink for April and done chopping some onions and peppers for Zoey, and carry on to his own business and go meditate his mind and prevent stress. Time flown by and things didn't go smooth like anyone wanted due to Mikey. Why is that issue became a problem is that believe it or not, Mikey had his suspicion about Mrs. O'Neil as well as he began noticing some weird things about her that made his shell tingle. Leo and the others didn't believe what he said about April's mom and instead think he was making things up or get attention. Zoey slightly believed in her brother in law on the down low, while Ron believed in what Mikey was claiming was true and got his full support.

Currently in the kitchen after dinner, Ron was seating down at table talking to Mikey who had his mutated ice cream cat in her ice cooler and take a little nibble of her goodness with a hint of caned whip cream. "What else did you discover about Mrs. O'Neil?." Ron asked of Mikey drinking some water. Mikey stopped whip creaming the poor ice cream cat to death and sat the can down. "For starters Ron, I follow her in the woods and saw a familiar canister in her hands." Mikey said getting Ron to seat up straight when he mention the word canister. It only mean one thing and this was not good news to hear if the object was a canister of mutagen.

"Mutagen?. Please tell me you know where she put it right?." He asked with hope.

"Uhhhhh, actually um...I got her scared when I jumped out from my hiding spot and I uh...forgot where the spilled canister went to." Mikey rubbed the back of his head in shame as how he forgot where the mutagen was located.

"Damn it Mikey now we got two things to worry about. One is April's mom and two the missing whereabouts of spilled mutagen." Ron spoked seriously getting up and walked out of the kitchen and headed outside to make a attempt to finding the canister. The last thing that they needed was dealing a bunch of mutated creatures and trying to handle the issue and find the solution to it as well. He made a stop as he saw April with her mom on the bench swing talking about something, and got a feeling about doing something that he might regret it tonight.

Ron walked over to where they were as April look at him wanting to know what's up. "Oh, hi, Ron what can I do for you?." She asked not noticing her mom was giving Ron the threaten look at him, giving Ron the official confirmation on his suspension. "April." Ron pull out his sword and finish his sentence. "I won't you to get away from her because that's not your real mother." Ron put both hands on the handle tightly as Mrs. O'Neil shot daggers at him real good as April got up off the bench even more confused and can't believe Ron too was acting up just like Mikey.

"Whhhhhhhaaaaat?. Ron what are talking about?. This is my mother you're talking about!." April said getting grab and pulled by the neck by her so called mom as she had a good grip on her neck as she dropped her innocence and show her true colors. "Your friend is right you know, I am not your real mother. I'm a copy that the Kraangs have made to look like your mother." Mrs. O'Neil spilled the information to both teens as walked away from Ron and walked her way slowly back to the house. "Me and Mikey knew their was something fishy about you and we were right. If I were you I'll let go of my best friend before you loose your arm." Ron warned her while lowing his weapon to the side to be ready to strike her.

"You can't touch me!. Not as long I have April in my arms in which I will later on soon call my creators, and let them know that I have April O'Neil in my procession." She told him making Ron tighten his grip on the handle.

"Think again." A hook like axe swung on Mrs. O'Neils shoulder that was connected to the arm that had April, got pulled off releasing April from her capture. "Booyakasha son!." Mikey said responsible for taking her whole arm off. What came out from the host was clear smelly liquid fluid as the false Mrs. O'Neil covered her room and screamed out in a alien like voice. "Why do I get the feeling this is not going to be pretty?." Ron asked as his hunch was correct. What came to a shocked horror surprise was that Aprils so called mom, morphed into a bug like creature as the thing was about eight feet tall with light purple eyes. It had its eyes set on either April or Ron and didn't hesitate on making a decision and charged right at April.

"Big mistake ugly!." Ron told the thing running right at it and then jumped sky high, and chopped down its head clean off with one big swoop. The head came right off its neck as the body fell down flat while Ron dropped down and looked at the blade of his sword that was clean from any liquid except the smell. "Great cut skill bro." Mikey told Ron as suddenly the body of the thing started to swell up and blew up, splatting its slime and parts everywhere including on them. April wiped the goo off her clothes as it was stained pretty good in a bad way. "Gross!. What were the odds of that even happening?." She asked them covering her noise from the horrible smell. Both boys chuckled while ignoring the awful smell hitting their noises, Ron went to go check the barn and was darn right on his suspension. Inside was their family all in some what a bug like egg sakes in which the three started breaking them loose and cleaned up the mess, and the clean job was pretty messy.

After finding out that the creature who took the form of Aprils mom had took each down one by one, while disguised as them and hold them captive in her egg sakes. "God, that's just plain disgusting. And you guys need baths immediately...as in now." Ron said grabbing Zoey by the arm and leading the way to the house and headed straight to the bathroom. Next thing he did was making his baby sister a nice warm bath with good amounts of soap bubbles for her, while she got undressed for her wash. Checking to see the water was good to seat in, he told her to get in and closed the door behind him to give her privacy and while talk about the crazy day they just had.

"That creep tricked me to think that thing was Casey and then it spat on me, with some weird stinky goo and then everything went dark." Zoey said playing with the soap bubbles in the tub.

"Really now, that's pretty much creepy Zoey and I'm glad that I took care of that ugly thing." Ron sat down on the floor and rested his head up against the door "But that's the least of our problem in which I made a solution for it." He said having his mind wrapped around about the mutagen that Mikey told him about as it was bad news for him and the others. The one question that was in his head was what or who is going to make contact with that out of this world ooze. After Zoey finished with her bath and got to get ready for bed, Ron did a quick shower as his time in the bathroom was limited as he had to share with everyone. He got out wearing his Panthers pajamas and went in to say his prayers with his sister and went to bed but can't sleep.

"I wish I could have saved you Kit Kat." Ron said in his mind remembering back when Karai fell into the pool of mutagen and became a human sized mindless serpent. Karai had little control of her new mutation as she walked...I mean slitter her way back to their apartment and waited for him to get home. "Better yet I should habehave stopped you when you told me that you wanted to get revenge on Shredder for what he done." Ron then said shifting to the side with his head on the pillow. He grab his phone off the charger so he can look at his home screen as it was a picture of Karai wearing his Cam Newton Panther jersey and had on blue lipstick and black eye makeup instead of her original red, as she got into her team spirit mood that day when the Panthers were battling the New Orleans Saints in the regular season in their hometown.

Every time he looked at the cute smile that she had on made him smile back, and could almost taste his wifes sweet lips against his. He checked on the time as it read 11:50pm, realizing he needed to sleep and take on the next day that Ron thought might be crazy. Turning the phone off to prevent any calls from reaching him, he then set the phone back into the charger and closed his eyes and went to sleep. During the night he got out of the bed since he can't sleep for long as the time was after twelve and needed some water to kill his thirst. He came down the stairs and into the kitchen and see seating at the table was April up as well having a cup in hand.

"Can't sleep?." She asked of Ron who took a cup out from the cabinet and fill it up with cold water.

"Yeah...and you?." Ron asked her drinking his cup.

April nodded and went to drinking her water as well. they sat around talking about silly things and think about New York, and how to save it from the Kraangs and what to do next after that and such. The kelped talking for about two hours until one of them started yawning as the yawn belonged to April as she got up and bid Ron goodnight and sweet dreams, as he told her the same and stayed a little bit longer as he felt the tiredness growing on him but not too much. He looked through the window to see the full moon light hitting the kitchen like a normal light bulb or sun light, and liked the moon as he dreamed of going to space someday and felt it might come true one day.

"Let me just officially call it a night...before I regret not going to bed." Ron told himself leaving the kitchen right before putting the empty cup in the sink and made his way up the steps. Zoey was stretched all over the bed making Ron smile as he moved her back on her side of the bed, and rejoined his side and close his eyes and dreamt sweet dreams because tomorrow and some days are going to be a pain in the head and rear, for not only for him but the rest of them.

"If only if you were here with us...Big sister. Ron misses you and so do I." Zoey said still sleep as she was dreaming about her big sister.

Ron caught that comment as soon he was completely knocked out for the whole morning up until the rooster was croaking.