The Thing Part 14
The morning light came quicker than they would have wanted. It seeped in through the gaps in the curtains and down into the room where Leo, Donnie, Raph and Mikey were sleeping. (Frakly fell asleep in the bathroom with M'reagro, Casey had taken up April's spare room). The sun shone straight onto Donnie's face and he squinted. The turtle in purple grunted as the slightly eased pain greeted him. He realised why his vision was so bright, even with his eyes closed, and he moved into a sitting position and opened them. He looked down at his brothers, Mikey, who was sat against the wall next to Leo, who was on the floor; then at Raph who was on the couch. ¦Can't remember seeing him when we came in¦ He thought. ¦But I was pretty out of it¦ Donnie got up and stretched, but quickly pulled back his limbs as they were still sore.
"Hey Donnie."
A soft voice from behind him made him turn around. He faced April, who was grinning at him.
"April . . ."
She held her arms out and walked to wards him, wrapping them around him.
"I'm glad you're up and okay," she said. She broke apart and looked at his wounds. "I think they need redressing."
Donnie followed her to the kitchen, where she pulled out a plastic ice cream tub with plasters, bandages and cream in it.
"How long have I been out?" Donnie asked, looking at the clock on the wall, hoping it wasn't more than a day. It was only twenty to six.
"Oh, only the night," April replied and sat Donnie down on a stool. She pulled one up next to him and began to unwrap the oldest bandages, his leg and arm, and redressed them.
"Good. I didn't want to be out too long. Did I miss anything?"
"Well, Raph woke up and Casey came over. About all the major news that happened."
"Raph woke?"
"Yeah, no one was there when he did, but he scared Leo and Mikey, from what Mikey told me."
"Is he alright?"
"Well, almost. He threw up all over my kitchen floor and can't eat anything until the professor says; also he can't even sit up. Has to lie down. Stomach problems."
Donnie frowned, not knowing the whole story made this confusing.
April smiled and told him what had happened yesterday when she woke and saw Mikey. She continued to dress his wounds and had finished a few minutes later. Still no one else was up and when she had finished explaining last night, she and Donnie were STILL the only ones up.
"Are they all alright?" Donnie asked, looking at his brothers.
"Yeah, they're probably just tired. It was a long night last night." April got up and moved over to the kettle to make tea. "You want tea?"
"Sure, thanks."
"Donatello."
Donnie turned around to see Splinter at the foot of the stairs.
"Master Splinter!" Donnie hugged his Sensei, but retracted because of his wounds. Splinter winced in his head, but smiled on the outside.
"It is good to see you up and well, my son."
"Thank you, Master." Donnie bowed his head shortly in respect.
Splinter smiled happily and sat in the armchair. He was brought tea a second later by April. He thanked her and she went back to hand Donnie his; then she brought in her own and sat down at Raph's feet.
"Oh, Splinter, um, did you hear what we were saying yesterday?" April looked up from her cup.
"Yes, my child. I did hear. I trust my sons to make the decision. And they made the right one."
April nodded and looked up at Leo, who groaned from the floor and the pillows April had given him last night. He looked at them all, Donnie last.
"Donnie!" Leo smiled and sat up, stretching. "Good to see ya up, Don. How ya feelin'?"
"Great thanks Leo."
"Hey Leo, want some tea?" April asked.
Leo looked at her and rubbed his eyes. "Yeah, please, Ape." He yawned and sat on the sofa where Donnie had been laying all night. "Morning Master Splinter."
"Good morning, Leonardo."
"Oh, and before ya ask me, Leo, I've already been filled in about last night." Donnie pointed out.
Leo nodded. "Good."
April walked in from the kitchen and handed Leo a cup of tea. He took it gratefully and drank.
"So when are we gunna get moving?" April sat back down next to Raph's feet. (It was the best seat seen as how it faced the sofa, the armchair and the TV).
Leo lowered the cup. "I think in about an hour, or when everyone's up and ready." He looked at the clock.
"Should be interesting." Donnie suddenly said.
They all looked at him. "What?"
"Going into a real laboratory, where real things went off. I mean, M'reagro was created there. It should be interesting."
They stared a second longer then dropped their gaze, shaking their heads.
"Not for Mikey. He hates things like that. Gives him the creeps. Same with Raph, though he won't admit it." Leo shuddered. He wasn't too keen on going into something like that as well. Laboratories are where experiments are performed, sometimes on the unwilling victims.
A groan from the floor brought Leo from his shuddering thoughts. He and the others looked as Mikey woke from his slumber to join them. He turned around on his side and stared at them all, blinking, waiting for his eyes to focus.
"Am I missing a party?" He said.
"No, Mikey." Leo smiled.
Mikey sat up and stretched. "Man, that feels good. Don ma man! How you feelin'?"
"Fine thanks, Mikey." Donnie smiled.
"Tea Mikey?" April asked, standing up.
"Yeah please,"
"I think I should make tea for everyone," April said and went into the kitchen to boil another kettle full.
"And I think I should wake Frakly and Casey," Leo said. "We should get moving as soon as everyone's up and ready, really." He got up and disappeared into the downstairs bathroom where Frakly fell asleep.
Mikey looked at Donnie. "Did the doc give Raph his stuff? He still does, don't he, even though he's awake?"
Donnie nodded. "Yeah, he should do. I dunno, I wasn't awake in the night. And anyway, he's not awake now."
Leo walked out the bathroom and up the stairs. Frakly emerged a few seconds later, blinking. They heard a growl from behind him and M'reagro limped out.
"Quite comfortable in the bathroom," the professor said, smiling. He sat down next to Leo on the sofa.
"Hey doc," Mikey said. "Did you give Raph that stuff?"
Frakly nodded. "Yeah, only three hours ago."
April came in with tea for Mikey and another she gave to Frakly. The both said thanks.
"Good morning, Donatello." Frakly noticed Donnie.
"Morning, but, it's Donnie." Donnie said politely.
Frakly nodded and drank his tea. He put the empty cup on the floor, the same as Donnie and Leo who had finished. Mikey was still slurping noisily.
Leo came down the stair just then, with Casey. He sat down on the floor next to the couch
"Thank you," Splinter said, smiling as April gave him more tea.
"Okay, as soon as everyone's ready and wide awake, we move." Leo announced. He looked over to the couch and sighed. ¦Great, now I gotta wake Raph up. Even without any of that stuff he's hard to wake¦.
Mikey finished slurping then and looked at April. "Can I make another tea, please?"
"Sure Mikey. Help yourself."
Mikey walked into the kitchen, while he was making tea, Leo was bent over Raph, hands on his brother's shoulders, shaking him.
"Raph! Wake up!" Leo said, slightly louder than normal. His brother remained asleep.
"Leo, you know Raph hardly ever wakes up if you force him," Donnie said wisely. "You'll have to wait till HE wakes himself up."
Leo sighed and sat down at Raph's head. Mikey walked back into the room with another steaming mug. He sat down on the floor.
Leo got up and peered out the curtains to the streets below. He could see nothing moving, except an old car, probably on its way to an early work.
Leo turned back to the others. "I think we should get moving now, in a minute when everyone's finished their tea." Since there was nothing moving outside, he wanted to move quickly so that they would have gone before any Foot have a chance to see them.
They all looked at him and Mikey hurriedly drank his tea. Everyone was soon up and moving. Splinter had gone to help Donnie pack things away, they had asked April if they could take a few bandages but Frakly had said there would be plenty at the building. Mikey and April were washing and drying the pots and Frakly was packing his suitcases. Leo walked over and tried again to wake his only sleeping brother.
Mikey came out of the kitchen.
"Nah, Leo. He won't wake like that," Mikey said. The turtle in orange grabbed a pillow. "This is how I did it when it was time for practise when we were little." He jammed the pillow over Raph's head and held it there.
"Mikey!" Leo shouted.
"No wait, wait, wait! It does work, I promise! If it didn't we would only be a three by now!"
Indeed Mikey was right. A second later Raph jumped to life and grabbed the pillow smothering his face. He shot up angrily into a sitting position and was about to explode but lucky for Mikey Raph gasped in pain and flopped back down, clutching his stomach.
Mikey shrugged and looked at Leo. "At least it worked!" Then he ran back into the kitchen.
"What the hell!" Raph gasped, catching his breath. "My own brother trying to kill me . . . Again!"
"Yeah, whatever Raph, he was just trying to wake you. Listen, we gotta go. We're moving in a minute."
"Great, walking. Just what I need, more pain."
Leo blinked. He hadn't thought about that. ¦Damn!¦ Raph couldn't walk. Leo shrugged mentally in his head. ¦He'll have to¦.
April walked out from the kitchen, drying her hands on a towel.
"Morning Raph. You okay?"
Raph grumbled and slowly sat himself up. It looked painful.
April shrugged and walked back into the kitchen. A second later she walked out with a cup of tea in hand. She handed it to Raph.
He looked at it first, narrowed his eyes and took it, but didn't drink.
April was offended. "I haven't drugged it!"
Raph stared at it, the downed it and handed the empty cup back. April took it and went back into the kitchen again.
Donnie and Splinter came down the stairs; Donnie was carrying a large bag. His injured arm free of any weight.
"Hey Raph," he said, and dumped the bag on the floor.
The morning light came quicker than they would have wanted. It seeped in through the gaps in the curtains and down into the room where Leo, Donnie, Raph and Mikey were sleeping. (Frakly fell asleep in the bathroom with M'reagro, Casey had taken up April's spare room). The sun shone straight onto Donnie's face and he squinted. The turtle in purple grunted as the slightly eased pain greeted him. He realised why his vision was so bright, even with his eyes closed, and he moved into a sitting position and opened them. He looked down at his brothers, Mikey, who was sat against the wall next to Leo, who was on the floor; then at Raph who was on the couch. ¦Can't remember seeing him when we came in¦ He thought. ¦But I was pretty out of it¦ Donnie got up and stretched, but quickly pulled back his limbs as they were still sore.
"Hey Donnie."
A soft voice from behind him made him turn around. He faced April, who was grinning at him.
"April . . ."
She held her arms out and walked to wards him, wrapping them around him.
"I'm glad you're up and okay," she said. She broke apart and looked at his wounds. "I think they need redressing."
Donnie followed her to the kitchen, where she pulled out a plastic ice cream tub with plasters, bandages and cream in it.
"How long have I been out?" Donnie asked, looking at the clock on the wall, hoping it wasn't more than a day. It was only twenty to six.
"Oh, only the night," April replied and sat Donnie down on a stool. She pulled one up next to him and began to unwrap the oldest bandages, his leg and arm, and redressed them.
"Good. I didn't want to be out too long. Did I miss anything?"
"Well, Raph woke up and Casey came over. About all the major news that happened."
"Raph woke?"
"Yeah, no one was there when he did, but he scared Leo and Mikey, from what Mikey told me."
"Is he alright?"
"Well, almost. He threw up all over my kitchen floor and can't eat anything until the professor says; also he can't even sit up. Has to lie down. Stomach problems."
Donnie frowned, not knowing the whole story made this confusing.
April smiled and told him what had happened yesterday when she woke and saw Mikey. She continued to dress his wounds and had finished a few minutes later. Still no one else was up and when she had finished explaining last night, she and Donnie were STILL the only ones up.
"Are they all alright?" Donnie asked, looking at his brothers.
"Yeah, they're probably just tired. It was a long night last night." April got up and moved over to the kettle to make tea. "You want tea?"
"Sure, thanks."
"Donatello."
Donnie turned around to see Splinter at the foot of the stairs.
"Master Splinter!" Donnie hugged his Sensei, but retracted because of his wounds. Splinter winced in his head, but smiled on the outside.
"It is good to see you up and well, my son."
"Thank you, Master." Donnie bowed his head shortly in respect.
Splinter smiled happily and sat in the armchair. He was brought tea a second later by April. He thanked her and she went back to hand Donnie his; then she brought in her own and sat down at Raph's feet.
"Oh, Splinter, um, did you hear what we were saying yesterday?" April looked up from her cup.
"Yes, my child. I did hear. I trust my sons to make the decision. And they made the right one."
April nodded and looked up at Leo, who groaned from the floor and the pillows April had given him last night. He looked at them all, Donnie last.
"Donnie!" Leo smiled and sat up, stretching. "Good to see ya up, Don. How ya feelin'?"
"Great thanks Leo."
"Hey Leo, want some tea?" April asked.
Leo looked at her and rubbed his eyes. "Yeah, please, Ape." He yawned and sat on the sofa where Donnie had been laying all night. "Morning Master Splinter."
"Good morning, Leonardo."
"Oh, and before ya ask me, Leo, I've already been filled in about last night." Donnie pointed out.
Leo nodded. "Good."
April walked in from the kitchen and handed Leo a cup of tea. He took it gratefully and drank.
"So when are we gunna get moving?" April sat back down next to Raph's feet. (It was the best seat seen as how it faced the sofa, the armchair and the TV).
Leo lowered the cup. "I think in about an hour, or when everyone's up and ready." He looked at the clock.
"Should be interesting." Donnie suddenly said.
They all looked at him. "What?"
"Going into a real laboratory, where real things went off. I mean, M'reagro was created there. It should be interesting."
They stared a second longer then dropped their gaze, shaking their heads.
"Not for Mikey. He hates things like that. Gives him the creeps. Same with Raph, though he won't admit it." Leo shuddered. He wasn't too keen on going into something like that as well. Laboratories are where experiments are performed, sometimes on the unwilling victims.
A groan from the floor brought Leo from his shuddering thoughts. He and the others looked as Mikey woke from his slumber to join them. He turned around on his side and stared at them all, blinking, waiting for his eyes to focus.
"Am I missing a party?" He said.
"No, Mikey." Leo smiled.
Mikey sat up and stretched. "Man, that feels good. Don ma man! How you feelin'?"
"Fine thanks, Mikey." Donnie smiled.
"Tea Mikey?" April asked, standing up.
"Yeah please,"
"I think I should make tea for everyone," April said and went into the kitchen to boil another kettle full.
"And I think I should wake Frakly and Casey," Leo said. "We should get moving as soon as everyone's up and ready, really." He got up and disappeared into the downstairs bathroom where Frakly fell asleep.
Mikey looked at Donnie. "Did the doc give Raph his stuff? He still does, don't he, even though he's awake?"
Donnie nodded. "Yeah, he should do. I dunno, I wasn't awake in the night. And anyway, he's not awake now."
Leo walked out the bathroom and up the stairs. Frakly emerged a few seconds later, blinking. They heard a growl from behind him and M'reagro limped out.
"Quite comfortable in the bathroom," the professor said, smiling. He sat down next to Leo on the sofa.
"Hey doc," Mikey said. "Did you give Raph that stuff?"
Frakly nodded. "Yeah, only three hours ago."
April came in with tea for Mikey and another she gave to Frakly. The both said thanks.
"Good morning, Donatello." Frakly noticed Donnie.
"Morning, but, it's Donnie." Donnie said politely.
Frakly nodded and drank his tea. He put the empty cup on the floor, the same as Donnie and Leo who had finished. Mikey was still slurping noisily.
Leo came down the stair just then, with Casey. He sat down on the floor next to the couch
"Thank you," Splinter said, smiling as April gave him more tea.
"Okay, as soon as everyone's ready and wide awake, we move." Leo announced. He looked over to the couch and sighed. ¦Great, now I gotta wake Raph up. Even without any of that stuff he's hard to wake¦.
Mikey finished slurping then and looked at April. "Can I make another tea, please?"
"Sure Mikey. Help yourself."
Mikey walked into the kitchen, while he was making tea, Leo was bent over Raph, hands on his brother's shoulders, shaking him.
"Raph! Wake up!" Leo said, slightly louder than normal. His brother remained asleep.
"Leo, you know Raph hardly ever wakes up if you force him," Donnie said wisely. "You'll have to wait till HE wakes himself up."
Leo sighed and sat down at Raph's head. Mikey walked back into the room with another steaming mug. He sat down on the floor.
Leo got up and peered out the curtains to the streets below. He could see nothing moving, except an old car, probably on its way to an early work.
Leo turned back to the others. "I think we should get moving now, in a minute when everyone's finished their tea." Since there was nothing moving outside, he wanted to move quickly so that they would have gone before any Foot have a chance to see them.
They all looked at him and Mikey hurriedly drank his tea. Everyone was soon up and moving. Splinter had gone to help Donnie pack things away, they had asked April if they could take a few bandages but Frakly had said there would be plenty at the building. Mikey and April were washing and drying the pots and Frakly was packing his suitcases. Leo walked over and tried again to wake his only sleeping brother.
Mikey came out of the kitchen.
"Nah, Leo. He won't wake like that," Mikey said. The turtle in orange grabbed a pillow. "This is how I did it when it was time for practise when we were little." He jammed the pillow over Raph's head and held it there.
"Mikey!" Leo shouted.
"No wait, wait, wait! It does work, I promise! If it didn't we would only be a three by now!"
Indeed Mikey was right. A second later Raph jumped to life and grabbed the pillow smothering his face. He shot up angrily into a sitting position and was about to explode but lucky for Mikey Raph gasped in pain and flopped back down, clutching his stomach.
Mikey shrugged and looked at Leo. "At least it worked!" Then he ran back into the kitchen.
"What the hell!" Raph gasped, catching his breath. "My own brother trying to kill me . . . Again!"
"Yeah, whatever Raph, he was just trying to wake you. Listen, we gotta go. We're moving in a minute."
"Great, walking. Just what I need, more pain."
Leo blinked. He hadn't thought about that. ¦Damn!¦ Raph couldn't walk. Leo shrugged mentally in his head. ¦He'll have to¦.
April walked out from the kitchen, drying her hands on a towel.
"Morning Raph. You okay?"
Raph grumbled and slowly sat himself up. It looked painful.
April shrugged and walked back into the kitchen. A second later she walked out with a cup of tea in hand. She handed it to Raph.
He looked at it first, narrowed his eyes and took it, but didn't drink.
April was offended. "I haven't drugged it!"
Raph stared at it, the downed it and handed the empty cup back. April took it and went back into the kitchen again.
Donnie and Splinter came down the stairs; Donnie was carrying a large bag. His injured arm free of any weight.
"Hey Raph," he said, and dumped the bag on the floor.