The Thing Part 13
Mikey brought the teas out of the kitchen and handed one to April and then Frakly. They thanked him and he rushed off to grab his and Leo's. April was sat at the end of the couch, next to Raph's feet, who was laid down, hands behind his head, awake. Frakly had told him he should lay down and allow his body to settle before he moves around. He was not allowed to eat at all for the time being.
Frakly was sat in an armchair; M'reagro curled around it, having been mopped up. His wound was stitched and bandaged.
Leo was seated on the sofa at Donnie's feet.
Once Raph's stomach had settled down they had told him what had happened in the time he was asleep. Splinter had joined them after he heard the throwing up incident. He had his tea first and had finished it. He was sat in another armchair. He was very happy to find Leo, Donnie and Mikey back safe and well, and even happier to find Raph awake and . . . throwing. But now it was like Donnie replaced Raph: Donnie's asleep, now Raph's awake.
"I still don't know how he woke up," Frakly said. "I gave him the same dose as always."
April sipped her tea. She hadn't said much apart from what happened to her in the sewers.
"Hey, buddy! I'm in the room ya know!" Raph growled angrily from the couch. He coughed and choked. Something he had been doing since he threw up.
Frakly said nothing. He downed his tea and put the empty cup on the floor.
"Raphael." Splinter warned his son. He had told him two things while he was at April's: Don't be rude to guests while at other people's places. And don't over do it or, as Frakly had said would happen, he would throw up again and get very sharp stomach cramps.
Mikey came back in from the kitchen and gave Leo his tea. Mikey sat down next to Leo with his own drink. He pulled out from behind his back a bag of potato chips he had just sat on. He shrugged and dug in, offering everyone else one. They all said no.
"So now what are we gunna do?" Mikey asked between mouthfuls.
"Well, I think we should wait a day or two," Leo said, "keep an eye on the lair, and if the Foot don't come back I think we should be safe. They didn't actually find the lair so they don't know where it is."
"I wanna know who's behind it all," Mikey said, pulling a chip from the bag and waving it around while talking. "Could it be Tatsu?"
"Yeah, the 'Grow some hair' dude! Heh!" Raph laughed, but stopped as it was painful.
Mikey laughed. "Yeah, the guy with a face that he should make up for with a personality!"
Raph and Mikey laughed again. Raph started to choke and Mikey got a warning face from Splinter about making his brother laugh.
Leo turned from them to splinter. "It can't be the Shredder. He was killed underneath all that jetty wood he destroyed."
"Yeah, but bad guys mostly always come back for round three." Mikey looked around. "Everything thing like that has three. Jurassic Park, Star wars, though that's up to five now, but the original trilogy was; Free Willy - I think you can call that one; Beverly Hills Cop, Austin Powers, Scream -"
"Mikey, I think you've said enough already," Leo said. He shook his head and turned back to Splinter. "If we keep an eye on the lair, we might see some Foot members walking around. If we're lucky, we might be able to follow them back to their base or whatnot and find out who's in charge."
"I think that is our best option, my son." Splinter nodded to Leo.
April's apartment fell silent. The only noise was Mikey's loud crunching. Then M'reagro growled. He sounded weak.
"Wass wrong with him?" Mikey asked, stuffing another chip in his mouth.
"He is weak and hungry after that battle," Frakly said. He turned to April. "May he be allowed to use your bathroom?"
April stared. "What? The bathroom?"
Frakly nodded. "Yes. To fill the tub and allow him to drink?"
"Oh, right! Yeah, sure."
Frakly got up and disappeared to the downstairs bathroom, M'reagro in tow.
When he went Raph laughed.
"You thought he meant USE the bathroom?"
April laughed and admitted it. "Yeah I did." She slapped Raph's feet. "You did too!"
Mikey laughed and scrunched up his empty bag. He got up and chucked it in the bin. While he was up he collected the cups and dumped them in the sink. He came back out.
"Hey Raph, wanna drink?" Mikey asked, a clean cup in his hand.
"Nah."
Mikey imitated a nurse who he had seen on TV.
"But the doctor recommends that you drink plenty of fluids!" He put on a high voice. Then he laughed. Leo laughed as well.
"I said no."
"Raphael," Splinter said in a tone that said you should listen to the doc.
"Fine, gimme a coke."
"Raphael!"
"Tea's fine thanks!"
Splinter sat back, satisfied now.
April laughed and got up, heading to the kitchen. She started to run the water while Mikey made another pot of tea.
"Anybody want more tea?" Mikey called as the water boiled. April shook her head and continued with the washing up. Mikey waited for the other answers.
"Nah thanks, Mikey."
"No thank you, Michelangelo."
"None for me thanks."
"Raphael!"
//
After a good nights sleep, in which they all (except Donnie) got only half of, they were awakened by a knock at the door.
April shot up in bed. She was in her own room because when she offered every one refused to take it from her.
Raph was still on the couch, where he had fallen asleep after the cup of tea, which she suspected was probably drugged; Mikey had taken up the floor next to him, cuddling his teddy which he remembered to pack; Leo was also on the floor next to Donnie, who was still asleep on the sofa. Frakly was sat in the old armchair with M'reagro curled around it, and Splinter was in the guest room.
Only April, Leo, Mikey and M'reagro woke up; but, after a few nudges and growls from the beast, Frakly was soon awake, too.
April rushed out of her room quietly and motioned for everyone to be still.
"Who is it?" She called.
"Yo, it's Casey." Came the reply.
April sighed and everyone except Frakly and M'reagro relaxed. April went to open the door while Leo reassured Frakly that Casey was a friend.
"Casey, hi." April opened the door and let him in, then she shut the door quickly.
Casey entered looking at the floor and then at April.
"Hey, sorry about the lateness, but something has hap - Whoa!" Casey turned around to see everyone else staring at him. Then he saw M'reagro, who growled. " . . . Um, April? Do you realise there's a monster in your apartment?"
April sighed again and took him by the hand. She sat him down on the sofa, next to Donnie's feet and she and the others told him what had happened in the past few days. He had been told what happened when they were all last at April's house and Raph wasn't with them, so he found it easy to listen to a carry-on from that. After they had finished they all looked at him. He shrugged and raised his eyebrows.
"Um. Unusual. So where's Splinter?" Casey finally said after a few seconds silence.
"Guest room," Leo said. "He probably knew you were coming so he didn't bother getting up. He needs his nights anyway."
Casey just nodded shortly.
"What brings you here so late?" Leo asked.
"Oh, yeah, 'cause I bin seeing a lot of Foot activity. I just got back from some serious scull bashing but then I was outnumbered by at least eighty-to-one. Then I lost 'em and saw more around this area. I thought I'd oughtta check up here just I case. There are a lot of these guys and I was just passing to make sure you were . . . Okay. Plus these guys had guns and everything. I thought those guys didn't approve of guns?"
"Yeah, well, they're getting desperate." Leo looked worried. He looked at April. "They might know we're here. I don't know how but they could be keeping an eye on this place . . . I think we should find somewhere else to hide. It's not safe here any more and we don't wanna get you into a mess because of us."
April shook her head. "Where are you gunna go? You can't go back to the sewers."
Leo shook his head, uncertain where they could go.
"I know . . ."
They all looked up at Frakly.
"The laboratory I used to create M'reagro is still standing and is empty. No one has bothered it for years. It's old but very big. There is plenty protection there."
Mikey looked at Leo, waiting to see his reaction. Leo was nodding.
"Where is it?" Leo asked.
"It's not too far away from here. And it does overlook certain places, which would be good for lookout. It's around a deserted area of New York. Only the punk kids and drug dealers hang around the area there now."
"Great, provides asses to kick," Casey said, smiling. "Sounds good."
"I think that's our only choice. We should hide out there." Leo said. "We can scout in night patrols and still keep an eye on the lair. But we'll do it in twos or threes, as it's still dangerous."
"When are we gunna go?" Mikey asked from the couch, next to Raph's head.
"I think we should stay here for the night," Leo said, "as they're still out there. Probably watching or searching around. If we moved tonight they would most likely see us, follow us and attack, and everyone's still tired. Not safe for that. We'll move early in the morning."
"April, are you coming? It might not be safe for you around here." Mikey looked at her.
"Sure. I'm not leaving you guys."
"Casey?"
"I'm in. Got some druggies to batter with Raph . . . Wassup with him?"
Mikey looked down at his side to Raph, who was sleeping.
"Ah, I punched him out 'cause he was annoying me!"
"Mikey!" Leo laughed. "Raph's tired, that's all."
Casey nodded and sat back against Donnie's feet. Donnie hadn't moved or made any sigh of normal sleep. But he was exhausted so no one thought any thing was horribly wrong with him. They hoped not anyway.
Casey stayed at April's that night. They all got back to sleep, but Mikey insisted he should stay up and watch for a while. Leo wanted to but his brother told him to go to bed, other wise he would do what he did to Raph and drug him. Leo quickly went to bed.
Mikey sat against the wall and watched as his brothers, his friends and that thing slept. M'reagro was the noisy one and it surprised Mikey that he didn't wake all of them up. Mikey thought about the Foot. Who could their leader be now . . .?
(I always think of them in this day and age so that's explains the movies Mikey says, hehe)
Mikey brought the teas out of the kitchen and handed one to April and then Frakly. They thanked him and he rushed off to grab his and Leo's. April was sat at the end of the couch, next to Raph's feet, who was laid down, hands behind his head, awake. Frakly had told him he should lay down and allow his body to settle before he moves around. He was not allowed to eat at all for the time being.
Frakly was sat in an armchair; M'reagro curled around it, having been mopped up. His wound was stitched and bandaged.
Leo was seated on the sofa at Donnie's feet.
Once Raph's stomach had settled down they had told him what had happened in the time he was asleep. Splinter had joined them after he heard the throwing up incident. He had his tea first and had finished it. He was sat in another armchair. He was very happy to find Leo, Donnie and Mikey back safe and well, and even happier to find Raph awake and . . . throwing. But now it was like Donnie replaced Raph: Donnie's asleep, now Raph's awake.
"I still don't know how he woke up," Frakly said. "I gave him the same dose as always."
April sipped her tea. She hadn't said much apart from what happened to her in the sewers.
"Hey, buddy! I'm in the room ya know!" Raph growled angrily from the couch. He coughed and choked. Something he had been doing since he threw up.
Frakly said nothing. He downed his tea and put the empty cup on the floor.
"Raphael." Splinter warned his son. He had told him two things while he was at April's: Don't be rude to guests while at other people's places. And don't over do it or, as Frakly had said would happen, he would throw up again and get very sharp stomach cramps.
Mikey came back in from the kitchen and gave Leo his tea. Mikey sat down next to Leo with his own drink. He pulled out from behind his back a bag of potato chips he had just sat on. He shrugged and dug in, offering everyone else one. They all said no.
"So now what are we gunna do?" Mikey asked between mouthfuls.
"Well, I think we should wait a day or two," Leo said, "keep an eye on the lair, and if the Foot don't come back I think we should be safe. They didn't actually find the lair so they don't know where it is."
"I wanna know who's behind it all," Mikey said, pulling a chip from the bag and waving it around while talking. "Could it be Tatsu?"
"Yeah, the 'Grow some hair' dude! Heh!" Raph laughed, but stopped as it was painful.
Mikey laughed. "Yeah, the guy with a face that he should make up for with a personality!"
Raph and Mikey laughed again. Raph started to choke and Mikey got a warning face from Splinter about making his brother laugh.
Leo turned from them to splinter. "It can't be the Shredder. He was killed underneath all that jetty wood he destroyed."
"Yeah, but bad guys mostly always come back for round three." Mikey looked around. "Everything thing like that has three. Jurassic Park, Star wars, though that's up to five now, but the original trilogy was; Free Willy - I think you can call that one; Beverly Hills Cop, Austin Powers, Scream -"
"Mikey, I think you've said enough already," Leo said. He shook his head and turned back to Splinter. "If we keep an eye on the lair, we might see some Foot members walking around. If we're lucky, we might be able to follow them back to their base or whatnot and find out who's in charge."
"I think that is our best option, my son." Splinter nodded to Leo.
April's apartment fell silent. The only noise was Mikey's loud crunching. Then M'reagro growled. He sounded weak.
"Wass wrong with him?" Mikey asked, stuffing another chip in his mouth.
"He is weak and hungry after that battle," Frakly said. He turned to April. "May he be allowed to use your bathroom?"
April stared. "What? The bathroom?"
Frakly nodded. "Yes. To fill the tub and allow him to drink?"
"Oh, right! Yeah, sure."
Frakly got up and disappeared to the downstairs bathroom, M'reagro in tow.
When he went Raph laughed.
"You thought he meant USE the bathroom?"
April laughed and admitted it. "Yeah I did." She slapped Raph's feet. "You did too!"
Mikey laughed and scrunched up his empty bag. He got up and chucked it in the bin. While he was up he collected the cups and dumped them in the sink. He came back out.
"Hey Raph, wanna drink?" Mikey asked, a clean cup in his hand.
"Nah."
Mikey imitated a nurse who he had seen on TV.
"But the doctor recommends that you drink plenty of fluids!" He put on a high voice. Then he laughed. Leo laughed as well.
"I said no."
"Raphael," Splinter said in a tone that said you should listen to the doc.
"Fine, gimme a coke."
"Raphael!"
"Tea's fine thanks!"
Splinter sat back, satisfied now.
April laughed and got up, heading to the kitchen. She started to run the water while Mikey made another pot of tea.
"Anybody want more tea?" Mikey called as the water boiled. April shook her head and continued with the washing up. Mikey waited for the other answers.
"Nah thanks, Mikey."
"No thank you, Michelangelo."
"None for me thanks."
"Raphael!"
//
After a good nights sleep, in which they all (except Donnie) got only half of, they were awakened by a knock at the door.
April shot up in bed. She was in her own room because when she offered every one refused to take it from her.
Raph was still on the couch, where he had fallen asleep after the cup of tea, which she suspected was probably drugged; Mikey had taken up the floor next to him, cuddling his teddy which he remembered to pack; Leo was also on the floor next to Donnie, who was still asleep on the sofa. Frakly was sat in the old armchair with M'reagro curled around it, and Splinter was in the guest room.
Only April, Leo, Mikey and M'reagro woke up; but, after a few nudges and growls from the beast, Frakly was soon awake, too.
April rushed out of her room quietly and motioned for everyone to be still.
"Who is it?" She called.
"Yo, it's Casey." Came the reply.
April sighed and everyone except Frakly and M'reagro relaxed. April went to open the door while Leo reassured Frakly that Casey was a friend.
"Casey, hi." April opened the door and let him in, then she shut the door quickly.
Casey entered looking at the floor and then at April.
"Hey, sorry about the lateness, but something has hap - Whoa!" Casey turned around to see everyone else staring at him. Then he saw M'reagro, who growled. " . . . Um, April? Do you realise there's a monster in your apartment?"
April sighed again and took him by the hand. She sat him down on the sofa, next to Donnie's feet and she and the others told him what had happened in the past few days. He had been told what happened when they were all last at April's house and Raph wasn't with them, so he found it easy to listen to a carry-on from that. After they had finished they all looked at him. He shrugged and raised his eyebrows.
"Um. Unusual. So where's Splinter?" Casey finally said after a few seconds silence.
"Guest room," Leo said. "He probably knew you were coming so he didn't bother getting up. He needs his nights anyway."
Casey just nodded shortly.
"What brings you here so late?" Leo asked.
"Oh, yeah, 'cause I bin seeing a lot of Foot activity. I just got back from some serious scull bashing but then I was outnumbered by at least eighty-to-one. Then I lost 'em and saw more around this area. I thought I'd oughtta check up here just I case. There are a lot of these guys and I was just passing to make sure you were . . . Okay. Plus these guys had guns and everything. I thought those guys didn't approve of guns?"
"Yeah, well, they're getting desperate." Leo looked worried. He looked at April. "They might know we're here. I don't know how but they could be keeping an eye on this place . . . I think we should find somewhere else to hide. It's not safe here any more and we don't wanna get you into a mess because of us."
April shook her head. "Where are you gunna go? You can't go back to the sewers."
Leo shook his head, uncertain where they could go.
"I know . . ."
They all looked up at Frakly.
"The laboratory I used to create M'reagro is still standing and is empty. No one has bothered it for years. It's old but very big. There is plenty protection there."
Mikey looked at Leo, waiting to see his reaction. Leo was nodding.
"Where is it?" Leo asked.
"It's not too far away from here. And it does overlook certain places, which would be good for lookout. It's around a deserted area of New York. Only the punk kids and drug dealers hang around the area there now."
"Great, provides asses to kick," Casey said, smiling. "Sounds good."
"I think that's our only choice. We should hide out there." Leo said. "We can scout in night patrols and still keep an eye on the lair. But we'll do it in twos or threes, as it's still dangerous."
"When are we gunna go?" Mikey asked from the couch, next to Raph's head.
"I think we should stay here for the night," Leo said, "as they're still out there. Probably watching or searching around. If we moved tonight they would most likely see us, follow us and attack, and everyone's still tired. Not safe for that. We'll move early in the morning."
"April, are you coming? It might not be safe for you around here." Mikey looked at her.
"Sure. I'm not leaving you guys."
"Casey?"
"I'm in. Got some druggies to batter with Raph . . . Wassup with him?"
Mikey looked down at his side to Raph, who was sleeping.
"Ah, I punched him out 'cause he was annoying me!"
"Mikey!" Leo laughed. "Raph's tired, that's all."
Casey nodded and sat back against Donnie's feet. Donnie hadn't moved or made any sigh of normal sleep. But he was exhausted so no one thought any thing was horribly wrong with him. They hoped not anyway.
Casey stayed at April's that night. They all got back to sleep, but Mikey insisted he should stay up and watch for a while. Leo wanted to but his brother told him to go to bed, other wise he would do what he did to Raph and drug him. Leo quickly went to bed.
Mikey sat against the wall and watched as his brothers, his friends and that thing slept. M'reagro was the noisy one and it surprised Mikey that he didn't wake all of them up. Mikey thought about the Foot. Who could their leader be now . . .?
(I always think of them in this day and age so that's explains the movies Mikey says, hehe)