Alex: Part 2
Even though Alex knew that this wasn't the smartest thing she had ever done, she also knew it wasn't the dumbest. ' What are you doing?' Alex thought, 'Following a group of giant turtles down a sewer. Great.' She wanted to beat herself up but there was no turning back now. She had made her decision. Now she would have to live with the consequences.
As they twisted and turned down through the sewer, Donnatello noticed the girl was getting nervous. But he didn't know what to say. He followed her in silence. As they got closer to home however, Donnatello began to get nervous. 'What if this was a setup? What if she works for Shredder? It doesn't make a lot of sense that he would decide to kidnap her out of an entire city.' Donnatello thought to himself. But at that moment, Michelangelo led her into their home.
"Welcome to our humble abode, dudette," Michelangelo stated.
"This is it. I gave up foster care for this," Alex said looking around the messy "apartment".
"Hey, feel free to go back up," Rafael declared with pain, his head still pounding.
"No thanks, I will take my chances down here."
Suddenly, a giant rat was standing behind Alex, she was about to scream when Leonardo put a hand over her mouth and said " Chill, it is just Splinter."
"You mean a giant rat."
"No, he is our sensei," defended Leonardo.
"Okay, whatever listen can someone please tell me what is going on?" Alex pleaded.
"How are we suppose to know?" asked Mickey.
"Hey you saved me. You must have something figured out." stated Alex.
"Hardly," replied Mickey.
"What seems to be the trouble, my sons," asked the ancient rat like a grandfather.
"Shredder and his men tried to kidnap this girl. We have no idea why." Donatello broke down for the sensei.
"Look I know you think I should know but I don't. I mean, I have been in foster care ever since I was a baby, so unless my real parents were aliens or something I don't know what he wants." Alex reasoned, "the only thing I have of my parents is this charm."
Alex pulled out a green gem formed into a teardrop. Splinter's mouth fell open when he realized what it was.
"Sensei, what is wrong?" asked a concerned Donatello.
"Nothing, I know what Shredder wants. Come with me, all of you."
The group followed Splinter into a back room.
"What are those?" asked Micheangelo.
"They are my charms only blue and red." stated Alex.
"Yes, once long ago, before my time, there was a terrible war," began Splinter. " Brother against brother, son against father, no one could trust anyone. One day, a powerful magician grew tired of all the fighting and took away some of the problems that were making everyone fight, not all the problems but some."
"So what did he do with them?" asked Rafael.
"There were three main problems. Rebellion, challenge, and hate were the names." Splinter continued.
"But we still have those." stated Donatello.
"But not as horrible if he had not taken them away and put them in these jewels to be protected. If ever released, the world would destroy itself."
"So that is it Shredder wants total chaos," reasoned Leonardo.
"Well he wants everyone to begin fighting and then he intends to take over during the chaos. Therefore, my sons we must protect these gems and girl from him."
"What do I have to do with this?" asked Alex.
"You are the only one that knows how to release them." replied Splinter.