Author's Note: As promised, here is tha next update. Fair warnin', this part contains some nudity. So if ya don't like it, don't read, if ya don't care, then by all means, read on. Feel free ta review. Long chapter ahead. And Merry Christmas ta all TMNT lovers out there!
Chapter 25: A Mile in a Human's Shoes
Raph's POV:
Eva since we got back from our road trip yesterday, Renee's been hulled up in her room. She hasn't left it since yesterday and if she has, I sure as heck didn't see her.
I know she was still upset about not bein' able see her parents again. Who can blame her? Anyone would be down in tha dumps if for some unexplainable reason they were not able ta see their friends and family again. I just wish that I could do somethin' ta make her feel better.
"Hey, guys, come here for a second," yelled Donatello from his lab. Me and my bros stopped whateva tha heck we were doin' and went ta see what tha brainiac wanted.
"What's up, Donmister," said Mikey.
"I've just created the invention of a lifetime," said Donny obviously proud with himself.
"Yeah, so, what else is new," I asked with sarcasm in my voice. Donny gave me a disapproving glare, not that I care.
"You don't understand," he began. "I was hangin' out with Renee not too long ago to run some tests on her superpowers. When I applied what I learned from her magic into science and technology, I came with an invention that will allow us ta be human." We were all shocked by this news.
"Is it permanent," asked Leo with a worried look on his face.
"Unfortunately, it will only last for twelve hours," said Donny.
"Who cares, dude," said Mikey with a huge grin on his face. "We can be humans for a day. We should be partyin' like rockstars."
"We should do this for Renee," said Leo in a serious tone. "She has given up everything to help us and it's the least we can do for her." I nodded my head in agreement. I wasn't so jealous of Leo anymore. He treated Renee like a sister and I knew that he really loved Melody. What he sees in her, I'll neva understand.
"Plus, this will allow us to be with the girls in public," said Donny.
"Then what are we waitin' for," I said. "Let's do this." Donny gave me tha potion and I quietly snuck upstairs into the girl's room.
They were all fast asleep, so, that meant that I had ta be really quiet if I wanted ta get ta Renee. This might be a problem. I tip-toed ova tha girls as they slept. When I thought I was home free, tha old turtle luck came ta bite me in tha shell when I hit my foot on tha nightstand. I quickly covered my mouth tryin' ta keep my scream of pain from comin' out. I looked around tha room ta make sure that I didn't wake anyone up. No one moved a muscle. Phew...that was too close.
I turned around ta face Renee. She looked so peaceful in her sleep. I took tha potion out of my belt and slightly opened Renee's mouth. I poured tha purple liquid down her throat. She quickly sat up and began ta cough. Luckily, I was able ta hide under tha bed before she saw me. Within two minutes, I could hear Renee lie back down and go ta sleep. As I made my way from under tha bed, I once again hit my foot on tha nightstand. Holy crap, that hurt. I quickly, yet quietly got outta tha room and let out loud OW!
I made my way downstairs while limpin' on my left foot.
"What happened to you," asked Leo.
"Don't ask," I replied.
"Hey, Raph, nice walk," said Mikey.
"Nice face," I hissed back.
"Okay, guys, cool it," said Donny as he poured tha rest of tha potion into four glasses.
"Are you sure about this, Donny," asked Leo starin' at tha purple liquid.
"I am one hundered percent sure that this will work," said Donny while takin' up a glass. We all did tha same.
"Cheers," said Mikey as we toasted our drinks. We all drunk our potions at tha same time. "God, Donny, what tha shell did you put in this stuff," asked Mikey as he hacked up his brains, wait a sec, he has no brain.
"Nothing you need to concern yourself about, Mikey," said Donny.
"So, why aren't we human yet," asked Leo.
"I don't know," said Donny as looked around ta see that we were still turtles. "The potion should have worked."
"YOU POISONED US," yelled Mikey. "I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die." I slapped Mikey at tha back of tha head. Man, he's annoyin'.
"We are not going to die, Mikey," said an annoyed Donatello. "The potion just didn't work."
"Great, just great, another failed experiment brought to us by our friendly neighborhood genius, Donatello," I said.
Before Donny could come at me with a sarcastic remark, he let out a huge yawn. Soon, tha rest of us were yawnin' too.
"Dudes, is it just me or are you guys startin' ta feel...yawn...drowsy," said Mikey.
"It's not just you, Mikey," said Leo as he plopped down on tha couch. We all fell in our chairs and in about two seconds, we all fell asleep.
My POV:
I woke up tha next morinin' feelin' a little off. First of all, I had a bad taste in my mouth from somethin. And second, I felt lighter than usual. Hmm...I must be catchin' some sort of bug or somethin.
I walked downstairs and headed straight for tha bathroom. I turned on tha light and ran some water in tha sink. When I placed my hands under tha water ta wash my face, I was shocked to see that I had five fingers on my hands and that they weren't green anymore, but my natural skin tone. I quickly looked up into tha mirror ta see that I had my old face back. "What tha hell," I yelled. "Is this a dream?" I pinched myself about ten times, but I still wouldn't wake up. That could only mean one thing. "Leo, Raph, Don, Mike," I yelled at tha top of my lungs as I ran out of tha bathroom.
I was shocked by what I saw next in tha sittin' area. Four boys were standin' around butt naked. "Who tha hell are you," I yelled. They all turned their attention towards me.
"Whoa, dudette," said tha guy who had tan lookin' skin and blue eyes.
"Mikey," I asked in a confused tone.
"Uh...Renee," said a guy who had long jet black hair and dark skin. I had a feeling that this was Raph. I noticed that tha guys were starin' at me, with huge grins on their faces, for some weird reason. Suddenly, I realized what that reason was...I was naked too.
"Stop starin' at me," I yelled.
"It's hard not to," said Mikey with tha same huge grin on his face. I had ta admit, tha guys weren't so hard on tha eyes themselves. A pale skinned boy with curly brown hair, who I knew was Donny, slapped Mikey at tha back of tha head. "Ow, even when I'm human, that still hurts," Mikey said while rubbin' tha back of his head.
"I would sure hope so," said tha guy with long brown hair, in other words, Leo.
"What the heck is all the commotion ab...," yelled a groggy Myrah, but she wasn't even able ta finish her sentence when she realized what was goin' on.
"Oh my gosh," said Rose as she covered her eyes.
"What the heck happened to you guys," asked a confused Melody.
"The potion...it worked," said Donny with a smile on his face. "We're humans."
"Yeah, pink, butt naked, humans," said Leo with an angry look on his face as he looked ova towards Donny.
"Look, I know this is all fine and dandy, but could you all please get some clothes on," yelled Melody.
"What's wrong, afraid if ya look at tha sun that you'll get burned," said Mikey as he posed in front of Melody. She kicked him in tha gut and sent him flyin' backwards on tha couch. Rose and Myrah grabbed me and dragged me upstairs ta get some clothes on while Melody went ta call Casey and ask for some...uh...help.
About a half an hour later, all of us were dressed. The guys wore their colors so that we could tell em' apart. It was kind of cool ta see that they all had their own different style. Leo wore a blue short sleeved shirt and some blue jeans. Raph wore a dark red biker jacket ova a ripped black shirt and some old ripped up jeans. Donny wore a purple t-shirt and some black cargo pants. And Mikey wore a orange sleeveless shirt and some beige cargo shorts. I had ta admit, tha guys looked really sharp right now.
Tha time was now 7:35 and from what Donny told me about his invention we only had 11 and a half hours of bein' human.
"So, what do we do now," asked Mikey, who was sittin' on tha couch. Master Splinter, who was meditatin' in tha dojo at tha time, put in his two cents on our dilemma.
"Why don't you all go out and have a day on the town," he suggested. "For you all have been given the opportunity to spend the day as normal teenagers. Do not let it go to waste."
With Master Splinter's words in mind, all of us decided ta split up. We had ten hours to live among tha humans before our carriage were to turn back into a pumpkin and we were intendin' on enjoy every last minute of it.
Mikey's POV:
Me and Rose went to a carnival down by tha docks. I thought that this would be a good places ta bring Rose outta her shell.
"Cowabunga, this is gonna be fun," I said with a smile on my face.
"Well, what are we waiting for," said Rose. "Let's go!" I grabbed her hand and we ran into tha park.
I found out a lot about Rose today. She loves sweets as much as I do. We shared some elephant ears and cotton candy with each other. We probably ate more sweets than actual food, but, hey, that's tha point of a carnival, right?
Afterwards, we went to tha midway ta play some games. I was kind of disappointed ta see that there were no videogames here, but there were games none-the-less. I think I can handle em'...I hope.
"Okay, so what's tha point of this game," I asked.
"You throw tha ball and try to knock down all of tha bottles," said Rose as she chuckled at my cluelessness. "If you win, you get a prize."
I tried to pick up tha ball, but I had issues tryin' ta work my hands. "Man, how do you live with these extra fingers on your hands," I asked. "There are like ten of em'."
"Here let me show you how it's done," said Rose as she picked up a ball and threw it at the bottles. She knocked all of em' down.
"You did that on purpose ta show me up, didn't you," I asked with a suspicious smile on my face.
"No, I would never...okay, maybe a little," she said with a smile on her face.
"Well, Miss show-off, let's see you do this," I said as I turned around, closed my eyes and threw tha ball at tha bottles. All of em' fell ova.
"We have a winner," said tha Carny dude in charge of the station.
"Congratulations, Mikey," said Rose as she clapped for me.
The carny handed me a huge oversized and overstuffed teddy bear. I knew exactly what to do with my prize. "Here, Rose, I won this for you," I said as I handed her tha bear. She took tha bear, flashed a sweet smile at me, and kissed me on the cheek.
"Thank you, Mikey," she said sweetly. I could feel myself blushin' a bright red as I took Rose's hand and we walked around tha carnival.
Leo's POV:
Melody and I decided to take a walk around Central Park. It was a nice, warm day, so, I thought a walk would give us the chance to talk and catch up.
"So, how has life been since I left," said Melody not looking at my face.
"Good, it was kind of lonely when you were gone, but other than that good," I said shyly.
"Oh, that's great," she said in an awkward tone. We both walked for a while in silence. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to ask her the question that has been burnin' in my mind for the past year.
"Why did you leave," I finally asked. Melody's small smile suddenly disappeared from her face. We both decided to stop on the bridge we were walking across and talk.
"I needed to find myself," she said as she looked into the lake below. "I wasn't sure if I was ready to open up my heart to anyone and I knew that if I stuck around, you would complicate my feelings even more."
"Sorry," I said as I leaned forward on the railing of the bridge. I really care about Melody, last thing I would want to do is complicate things for her.
I felt Melody put her hand on my arm. "But, I came back because I decided that I could open my heart and that I wanted to...let you in." I looked up into Melody's light brown eyes.
"I love you," I unconsciously said. Suddenly, she leaned in forward and kissed me on the cheek.
"Leo, I've always loved you," she replied with a small smile on her face.
Next thing I knew, we slowly began to lean forward until our lips made contact. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she had her hands around my neck. I could feel her tongue in my mouth as we both fought for dominance. In the end, I won. After our kiss, I wrapped my arm around Melody as we continued our walk through the park.
Raph's POV:
"Can I take it off, now," Renee asked as she squeezed her arms around my waist.
"Not, yet, you'll spoil tha surprise," I said with a chuckle in my voice. Before we left tha lair, I had Renee put a blindfold over her eyes. I had a surprise for her and I didn't want her ta spoil it.
"Okay, could ya at least give me a clue ta where we're goin'," she asked.
"We're goin' someplace," I said sarcastically.
"That's not tha kind of clue I was lookin' for," Renee replied with sarcasm in her voice.
Afta a few minutes of drivin' through tha city, we finally made it to our destination. "Okay, take off tha blindfold," I said. Renee took it off ta see that we were in a dump.
"In tha words of my boyfriend, Raphael, 'Ya wanted ta show me some garbage'," she said with a slight smile on her face.
"No," I said as I gave her a noogie. I walked behind a pile of junk and pulled out my surprise for her. Her eyes widened when she saw her old motorcycle still in one piece. It was a little messed up, but still in one piece.
"Oh my God, when did you find this," she asked as she ran ova to examine her long lost ride.
"I found it here on one of tha nights that I was playin' tha Nightwatcher," I said.
"It's still in good condition," said Renee. "I can't believe ya did this." She reached up and hugged me. I picked her up and swung her around.
"See, I knew ya would like it," I said. I sat Renee down and she rustled my hair.
"Thanks," she said with tha brightest smile on her face that I eva saw.
"Don't thank me yet," I said as I grabbed some tools from my backpack. "We still gotta fix your baby up."
"Let's get ta work then," said Renee as she grabbed a wrench from my hands. We immediately got ta work on her ride.
Afta a while of workin' on tha bike, Renee took off her leather jacket. She was wearin' a black tank top that shown a little bit of cleavage as she breathed heavily while leanin' on tha bike. I was...uh...really attracted ta this. "You are such a pervert," she said as she hit me with her bandana.
"You love it and ya know it," I said with a slick grin on my face.
"Yeah, when I'm not thinkin' bout' killin' ya for it," she said. I put my arm around Renee as she leaned her head on my shoulder. "Do you like me better this way," I heard her ask. I looked down at her.
"I like ya no matter how ya look. I even find ya sexy when your hair is a hot mess." She let out a small smile.
"Ta tell ya tha truth, I like tha way ya look now, but I really miss my green, strong, tough guy right now," said Renee as she looked up ta me. I leaned forward and kissed her forehead. "Well, we better get back ta work," she said as she stood up. I nodded and got back ta work as well.
Donny's POV:
Myrah had a hard time getting me away from the lab. What can I say, I'm the brainy turtle...er...human. I'm always looking to expand my knowledge. With that in mind, Myrah and I decided to go to the History Museum. We walked arm in arm through the many exhibits.
One of my favorite exhibits to visit is the dinosaur exhibit. I think it's because I'm, in a way, related to the dinosaurs.
"I see why you like this exhibit," said Myrah. I turned my attention towards her. "This is incredible. The structure of the dinosaurs, the shape of their bones. This is truly a work of art."
"What do you mean," I asked.
"Tell me, what do you see when you look at this dinosaur," Myrah asked.
"Uh...I see bones and lots of em'," I shyly replied.
"Well, I see a work of art. To me, this dinosaur is not just a big heap of bones, but it is also a work of art because of how it stands and how it's body structure is shaped, if you know what I mean," she said. I would have never thought of that. That's what I like about Myrah, she's smart in more than one field of study. She could make anything insignificant seem like a big life changing experience. I often envied her for that.
As we continued walking through the museum, Myrah and I decided to stop at the gift shop for a second. We looked around at the many do-it-yourself kits and history books. Suddenly, something caught my eye. It was a beautiful necklace with a jade turtle pendant on it. The necklace would look great on Myrah. I quickly went up to the cashier and paid for the item.
"Ready to go," I heard Myrah ask from behind me.
"Yeah, let's go," I said.
On our way back to the lair, Myrah finally noticed the bag in my hand.
"What did you get," she asked. I smiled as I took the necklace out of the bag. "Oh my God, Donny, it's beautiful," she said with a bright smile on her face.
"I thought you'd like it," I said as I put the necklace around her neck. Myrah studied the craftsmanship of the jade turtle. She leaned in and kissed me on the lips. I hesitantly wrapped my arms around her waist.
"Thank you, so much, Donny," she said as we released from our kiss.
"Thank you, for showing me how to look beyond science," I replied as we continued our way to the lair.
Later that night...
My POV:
We all met back at the lair at right around tha same time. Me and the guys began turnin' back into turtles. I have ta admit, I kind of missed havin' a shell on my back. Me and tha girls decided ta have a slumber party upstairs ta talk about our day with tha guys. We all pretty much decided that this was tha best day of our lives with our favorite boys.
Suddenly, I heard a sound outside of tha door. "Hey, guys, keep it down," I said. "I think we got some visitors." Me and tha girls shared in a evil smile and quietly crept towards tha door. Melody swung tha door open and tha guys fell into tha room. "Ladies, I think these party crashers need ta be punished," I said with a slick smile on my face. Raph, Leo, and Donny immediately got away, but Mikey wasn't so lucky. Me and tha girls dragged him in to tha room.
"No, no, guys, help," screamed Mikey at tha top of his lungs, but it was too late.
"Sorry, Mikey, you made your grave, now lie in it," hissed Melody as all of us laughed.
TMNT boys (or what's left of em') POV:
Raph, Leo, and Don were deep in the sewer.
"We...left...Mikey," said Leo gasping for air.
"Every...man...fer himself," said Raph.
"I have a feeling like we forgot someone, besides Mikey," said Donny. All the boys looked at one another with terrified expressions on their faces. "MASTER SPLINTER," they yelled in unison.
The boys quickly ran back to the lair. When they arrived, everything was quiet.
"Master Splinter," said Leo.
"Mikey," said Donny. There was no answer.
Suddenly, the lights in the lair went off. The guys didn't have time to react. The girls got em'. About a half an hour later, Splinter turned on the lights to reveal his sons tied together on the floor. Their nails were painted the same color as their bandanas, they had lipstick and eye shadow on, and they had pink bows on their bandanas.
"What happened, my sons," Splinter asked.
"You don't wanna know, sensai," said Leo.
"Hmm...the girls didn't do that to me," said Splinter as he untied his sons. "All they did was shampoo and condition my fur. My hair has never been so silky soft and tangle free." The guys just stared at their sensai as he retired to his room.
"This calls for revenge," said Raph as he snatched the bow from his bandana.
"For once, I agree with you," said Leo. They guys huddled in a circle and began making plans to prank the girls.
My POV:
Me and tha girls were havin' a good laugh about what we did to tha guys. "Man, tha looks on their faces, priceless," I said.
"I got some good pictures too," said Myrah as she held up her camera.
All of a sudden there was a knock on tha door. I stood up and answered it. Leo and Raph walked into tha room.
"Wow, don't you two look beautiful," said Melody with an evil grin on her face. Leo had ta hold Raph back from killin' Melody.
"What's up, guys," I began. "Come back for more or did you not learn your lesson yet."
"No, we came to offer you ladies some snacks as an apology for spying on you earlier," said Leo.
"Why are we doin' this? We should make em' pay fer' what they did ta us, Leo, not servin' them like little slave boys," said Raph.
"Cool it, Raph, we did something wrong and it's the least we could do for interrupting their party."
"He's right, Raphael," said Melody as she took tha tray of food away from Leo. "You need to learn some manners like Leo over here."
"Bite me," Raph hissed.
"Okay, we'll be on our way," said Leo as he pushed Raph out of tha room.
Me and tha girls dug into our snacks. Tha food was pretty good...except for one thing...
"RENEE," shrieked Myrah.
"What," I replied in shock.
"YOU'RE PINK," she shrieked. I looked down at my hands and sure enough, they were pink.
"Oh my God, you look so...beautiful," said Melody. We all looked at her in shock.
"Uh,...Melody, you just said somethin'...nice," I replied.
"I know. I can't believe it. Those...angels...must have done something to the...,"
Before Melody could finish her statement, Rose let out a terrified scream. We looked ta see bugs crawlin' out of her sandwich. "Ew, ew, gross, gross," she shrieked as she hopped on my bed.
"This has...uh...uh...the purple dudes' hands all over it," said Myrah.
"The purple dude," I asked. "Don't ya mean, Donny."
"Yeah, that's right, Donny," said Myrah. "Oh no, I'm starting to forget things."
I could hear tha guys laughin' up a storm downstairs. "They are gonna pay for turnin' me pink. They will pay," I hissed. Me and the girls marched downstairs to confront tha guys.
"Hey, Renee, pink really is your color," said Raph.
"You are so dead, ya drag queen," I yelled.
"I am gonna...k...k...kill...kiss you...Leo," said Melody. Leo hunched ova from laughing too much at Melody's statement.
"Look, I may be pink, I can still kick you all in tha shell," I yelled.
"Later, Leo and Raph," said Mikey as he and Donny were about ta leave tha lair.
"Oh, you two aren't going anywhere," said Rose as she blocked their exit.
"I may not remember who you are, but I do know that I have to kick your butt," said Myrah.
We tackled our guys to tha ground and began ta wrestle. The sittin' area turned into a war zone. Afta about an hour and a half of fightin', we all konked out.
Master Splinter's POV:
I woke up the next morning to find that the sitting area in disarray and my children passed out all over the place. "Kids," I said under my breath as I returned to my room.