The Thing Part 21
Donnie and Mikey finished sparring after a little more than half an hour. They put their weapons back and joined Raph on the couch.
"Hey Raph, where's Leo?" Mikey asked, wiping sweat from his beak.
"Med'tating, I can hear him." Raph muttered. He was watching a film on TV.
"You can HEAR him . . . Meditating?" Mikey frowned at his brother.
"Hey, Mikey," Donnie got his brothers attention and tossed him a coke from the fridge. "Want one, Raph?"
"Nah."
Donnie shut the fridge and ran up to Splinter's armchair, performing a running handstand into the seat. He landed perfectly in the centre. He grinned and crossed his legs, opening the can.
"So happy, Donnie!" Mikey observed.
"Yeah well, I should be . . . We're a four again."
Raph glanced at his brother, who was still grinning. Raph turned back to the TV, hoping they wouldn't see his smile. ¦These guys have got to be doing it on purpose¦
Splinter chose that moment to reappear from him room. Mikey and Donnie looked up at him, Raph continued to watch the TV, he had heard him anyway. ¦Heard him? But Master Splinter's always so quiet . . .¦
"Where is Leonardo?" Splinter asked.
"Here," Leo said as he came from his room as well.
"Ah, good," Splinter sat down in his armchair. "I think now is a good time to explain what happened to Professor Frakly and his pet M'reagro."
Leo looked at the others then sat down on the floor next to Splinter. Donnie joined him. Raph and Mikey stayed on the couch.
"The Professor and M'reagro didn't disappear into thin air, I will say now before you think otherwise," Splinter looked at them all. "They chose to leave. They had to. It was when M'reagro made the decision to risk his own life to save Raphael that Frakly realised that if he did survive, they would have to leave. And that would be all of his favours to us repaid. He told me all about M'reagro, and he told me what would happen if M'reagro ever did anything like that. M'reagro is a mythical creature, which is why he had the ability to do such a thing. He can take life, and he can give life. In a way he did both yesterday. He risked taking his own life, to give it to Raphael. But now that he has, there is something more than just M'reagro's strength running through you, my son,"
Raph frowned. Leo, Donnie and Mikey glanced at him but then Splinter continued.
"You and M'reagro have, somewhat, a connection between you now. Frakly thought it was best to take M'reagro so he could recover. Now that he has drained himself and put it into you, you now possess some of the abilities he had managed to do. . ."
Leo, Donnie and Mikey stared at their other brother. Raph was staring at Splinter wide eyed. It was quite funny, but Mikey resisted the urge to laugh.
"The main reason Frakly took him away is because, now, if you two come within a certain distance with each other, one mind will stop working, one body. But do not get the wrong idea, my sons; the body that stops will only go into a dormant state until the other moves away. Frakly was afraid something else might happen, something serious, and he believed it would happen to Raphael. Last night when M'reagro did this, Frakly took him away straight after. That is why so were so tired my son. But it isn't just you who holds a connection through body with the beast; Frakly also shares minds with him. He told me when he created him, the embryo needed a certain item to live. Frakly used a special equipment to give M'reagro a bit of his own strength and mind. I have meditated today, and found them making their way away from here. It is for the best, but M'reagro is getting better.
Splinter paused and looked at them all. They were staring at him, non-blinking.
"I think we can say M'reagro saved Raphael more times than he thought, and also all of you, April, Casey . . . And myself."
"How?" Donnie asked, head in his hand.
"By saving Raphael, he saved out mental souls. If your brother died, so would our hearts . . ."
Everyone was quiet. Many thoughts ran through each of their heads.
"Mikey," Raph snapped, irritated.
"What?" Mikey was surprised.
"You were thinking what would happen if I ACTED like that beast, and you were laughing." He realised what he had said and lifted his eyes from the floor to his brothers and Master, who were watching him.
"You heard my thoughts?" Mikey said.
Raph hesitated. "Only a few . . ."
Leo and Donnie looked at Splinter, who was smiling. "Frakly explained things like this," he said. "Do not worry, it may soon wear off, but until then, keep your thoughts nice, my sons."
"Cool!" Mikey exclaimed. "Can he see who's coming way off?" Mikey laughed.
Raph got up suddenly from the couch and strode over to the door. He exited and the others were left to wonder why he hadn't taken his hat and coat.
"Erm, was that me?" Mikey asked timidly.
Leo and Donnie glared at him.
"He needs time, my sons. Give him time." Splinter picked up the remote and flicked through the channels.
Mikey ran into his room and fiddled with something. A second later they heard the beeps and sounds of a game boy.
Donnie sighed. "Well, computer's calling," he went into his own shared room. A few seconds later the hum of the computer mixed in with the sounds of the game boy.
Leo remained sat where he was, eyes on the TV but not actually watching it. He wondered if he should go out and look for Raph. Maybe just talk. But that was one thing they rarely did properly. They mostly shout at each other. Leo sighed and got up. He would try anyway.
Splinter watched his son leave. He knew what Leo was thinking. Splinter smiled and flicked through to the news channel. April was on, giving a report of damage and the number of bodies fount at the Laboratory building.
//
Raph parked his shell down on a large pipe sticking out of the sewer walls. He looked up to the big sewer grate. It was the place where Mikey waits for the pizza man. The day was muggy and dull. A few seconds later raindrops started to patter above and drip down through the grate. Raph was showered but he didn't move. He only realise it was raining when his bandanna was soaked and started to dampen his eyes. He ignored it and thought about what Splinter had said. It didn't seem real, yet he had heard Mikey's thoughts. An evil grin rose in his mind, but not on his features. The imaginary grin disappeared when he heard something. He couldn't exactly HEAR them, just listen as they ran through his mind, and it wasn't him talking to himself. He knew who it was and didn't turn around. When they came close enough Raph spoke.
"Come to talk to your freak brother?"
Leo stopped a few meters away and made a face. "Don't be stupid, you're not a-
"Freak? We all are Leo . . . We were born freaks. And I've just been made even more a freak."
Leo walked closer. "Hey, listen, I know Mikey would love to be in your place right now, and it doesn't matter what we are, or what we can do . . . It's who we are."
"That was so touching, Leo."
Leo sighed. The sarcasm in those words was enough to blow Shredder off a cliff.
Leo tried a different approach. "Hey, well, you gotta live with it now so I suggest you make the most of it. You can't change anything."
Raph said nothing. He hadn't even looked at Leo yet.
Leo sat down next to him. He didn't move. "Well, the way I see it, you have an ability others could only wish for. And there's no use moping about it. Splinter said it wears off." Leo looked up at the dull sky through the grate. " To me, I say we're unique. I don't care what other humans think, being a turtle is much better than being one of them." Leo stood up, ready to leave. He looked at Raph as if waiting for a response.
Raph looked at the floor. "You happy now?"
"What?"
"You wanted to talk, now you had me talking. Happy?"
"Not really. But I know how to make us both happy . . ."
Raph looked at his brother. In the shady sewers he could see a very rare mischievous grin on his face. Raph waited, Leo told him.
//
Mikey put down his game boy an hour later. He had finished it long ago and was now board. He grabbed his packet of sweets and chewed a couple thoughtfully. He had heard Leo and Raph come back together, though that was a bit strange seeing Leo bring Raph back. Mikey walked out of his room to where Splinter was still watching the TV. The turtle then walked to find Donnie taping furiously at the keyboard.
"Hey, Don-Don, wanna Bon-Bon, heh?" Mikey offered the packet.
Donnie stopped typing and looked in the bag. "Lemon?"
Mikey nodded and shoved another in his mouth.
"Nah, thanks Mikey. I think I'll grab a coke or something." Donnie got up form the computer and he and Mikey made their way to the kitchen.
Leo and Raph were in there, grinning about something. Mikey and Donnie were about to ask what they were grinning at, but April and Casey walk in.
"Hey, April, Casey," Leo said. "Thought we wouldn't see you so soon."
"Yeah, well, my boss let me off as the Feds are looking into the building and don't want it disturbed." April hung her jacket on the stand.
"Raph, still hanging in there?" Casey pointed his hockey stick and Raph and hung his mask up, taking it from off his head.
"Still standing," Raph said.
April walked p and hugged them all, saying it felt like it was back to normal now.
"Almost," Leo grinned.
"Not quite back to normal . . ." Raph smirked.
April looked at them. "What?" She was about to ask them what they had been doing but Casey interrupted.
"Hey, do we get to hear what happened to Frakly and M'reagro?"
Splinter turned the TV off. "Ah, yes. Of course. Sit down and I will tell you."
Casey pulled April to the couch and Splinter started to tell them the similar story he told the turtles. While he was explaining, the turtles all stood in the kitchen.
"Man, these sweets are making me thirsty," Mikey said. He opened the fridge and took out the last coke can. "Anyone else want a drink? There's bottles?"
Leo and Raph grinned and said no. Donnie also shook his head.
While Mikey was sorting the bottles he had just knocked over, Donnie said, "so, is everything back to normal around here, d'ya think?"
"Almost," Leo grinned. He and Raph moved slightly away from Mikey.
Beside them Mikey shut the fridge and opened the coke - which exploded as soon as he pulled at the lid! The whole can split and Mikey was drenched in coke. He was still froze in the position where he was opening the coke. He had one hand where the lid should have been, and the bottom half of the can was still in his other hand.
Raph and Leo howled with laughter and Splinter, April and Casey looked up at the noise. Casey burst out laughing and April tried hard to keep a straight face.
Mikey unfroze and dropped the half can on the floor. He turned angrily to his three brothers. Donnie had a hand on his mouth, the other holding himself up leaning on the counter; Leo was clutching his stomach and doubled over and Raph was banging his hands on the counter.
"You did this!" Mikey pointed at Leo and Raph. "That was horrible!" Mikey grabbed a towel and wiped his face on it. When he pulled the towel away he had pink smudges over his checks and face. He didn't realise but even Splinter laughed. He angrily pushed Leo out the way and grabbed another drink from the fridge, a bottle. He slammed the fridge and they could see a smile forming on his face. He thought it was funny too, but when he opened the bottle that one exploded too! He was coved in coke, pink dye from the towel and Dandelion and Burdock. He growled humorously and turned to Leo and Raph.
Leo and Raph slapped each other high threes and continued to laugh at Mikey, who just stood there glaring.
Leo hobbled over to Donnie. "Yeah, defiantly back to normal!"
THE END!!!!!!!!!
(Man, I never thought this would end! Thank you all who have reviewed and to all who have read it. Some one requested a sequel, but I'm not too sure at the mo . . . I had fun writing the end of this one ( !!!! Thank you!! Maybe now I can get on with my other stories! Don't lose hope, there MAY be a sequel!!!!! * mysterious music *)
Donnie and Mikey finished sparring after a little more than half an hour. They put their weapons back and joined Raph on the couch.
"Hey Raph, where's Leo?" Mikey asked, wiping sweat from his beak.
"Med'tating, I can hear him." Raph muttered. He was watching a film on TV.
"You can HEAR him . . . Meditating?" Mikey frowned at his brother.
"Hey, Mikey," Donnie got his brothers attention and tossed him a coke from the fridge. "Want one, Raph?"
"Nah."
Donnie shut the fridge and ran up to Splinter's armchair, performing a running handstand into the seat. He landed perfectly in the centre. He grinned and crossed his legs, opening the can.
"So happy, Donnie!" Mikey observed.
"Yeah well, I should be . . . We're a four again."
Raph glanced at his brother, who was still grinning. Raph turned back to the TV, hoping they wouldn't see his smile. ¦These guys have got to be doing it on purpose¦
Splinter chose that moment to reappear from him room. Mikey and Donnie looked up at him, Raph continued to watch the TV, he had heard him anyway. ¦Heard him? But Master Splinter's always so quiet . . .¦
"Where is Leonardo?" Splinter asked.
"Here," Leo said as he came from his room as well.
"Ah, good," Splinter sat down in his armchair. "I think now is a good time to explain what happened to Professor Frakly and his pet M'reagro."
Leo looked at the others then sat down on the floor next to Splinter. Donnie joined him. Raph and Mikey stayed on the couch.
"The Professor and M'reagro didn't disappear into thin air, I will say now before you think otherwise," Splinter looked at them all. "They chose to leave. They had to. It was when M'reagro made the decision to risk his own life to save Raphael that Frakly realised that if he did survive, they would have to leave. And that would be all of his favours to us repaid. He told me all about M'reagro, and he told me what would happen if M'reagro ever did anything like that. M'reagro is a mythical creature, which is why he had the ability to do such a thing. He can take life, and he can give life. In a way he did both yesterday. He risked taking his own life, to give it to Raphael. But now that he has, there is something more than just M'reagro's strength running through you, my son,"
Raph frowned. Leo, Donnie and Mikey glanced at him but then Splinter continued.
"You and M'reagro have, somewhat, a connection between you now. Frakly thought it was best to take M'reagro so he could recover. Now that he has drained himself and put it into you, you now possess some of the abilities he had managed to do. . ."
Leo, Donnie and Mikey stared at their other brother. Raph was staring at Splinter wide eyed. It was quite funny, but Mikey resisted the urge to laugh.
"The main reason Frakly took him away is because, now, if you two come within a certain distance with each other, one mind will stop working, one body. But do not get the wrong idea, my sons; the body that stops will only go into a dormant state until the other moves away. Frakly was afraid something else might happen, something serious, and he believed it would happen to Raphael. Last night when M'reagro did this, Frakly took him away straight after. That is why so were so tired my son. But it isn't just you who holds a connection through body with the beast; Frakly also shares minds with him. He told me when he created him, the embryo needed a certain item to live. Frakly used a special equipment to give M'reagro a bit of his own strength and mind. I have meditated today, and found them making their way away from here. It is for the best, but M'reagro is getting better.
Splinter paused and looked at them all. They were staring at him, non-blinking.
"I think we can say M'reagro saved Raphael more times than he thought, and also all of you, April, Casey . . . And myself."
"How?" Donnie asked, head in his hand.
"By saving Raphael, he saved out mental souls. If your brother died, so would our hearts . . ."
Everyone was quiet. Many thoughts ran through each of their heads.
"Mikey," Raph snapped, irritated.
"What?" Mikey was surprised.
"You were thinking what would happen if I ACTED like that beast, and you were laughing." He realised what he had said and lifted his eyes from the floor to his brothers and Master, who were watching him.
"You heard my thoughts?" Mikey said.
Raph hesitated. "Only a few . . ."
Leo and Donnie looked at Splinter, who was smiling. "Frakly explained things like this," he said. "Do not worry, it may soon wear off, but until then, keep your thoughts nice, my sons."
"Cool!" Mikey exclaimed. "Can he see who's coming way off?" Mikey laughed.
Raph got up suddenly from the couch and strode over to the door. He exited and the others were left to wonder why he hadn't taken his hat and coat.
"Erm, was that me?" Mikey asked timidly.
Leo and Donnie glared at him.
"He needs time, my sons. Give him time." Splinter picked up the remote and flicked through the channels.
Mikey ran into his room and fiddled with something. A second later they heard the beeps and sounds of a game boy.
Donnie sighed. "Well, computer's calling," he went into his own shared room. A few seconds later the hum of the computer mixed in with the sounds of the game boy.
Leo remained sat where he was, eyes on the TV but not actually watching it. He wondered if he should go out and look for Raph. Maybe just talk. But that was one thing they rarely did properly. They mostly shout at each other. Leo sighed and got up. He would try anyway.
Splinter watched his son leave. He knew what Leo was thinking. Splinter smiled and flicked through to the news channel. April was on, giving a report of damage and the number of bodies fount at the Laboratory building.
//
Raph parked his shell down on a large pipe sticking out of the sewer walls. He looked up to the big sewer grate. It was the place where Mikey waits for the pizza man. The day was muggy and dull. A few seconds later raindrops started to patter above and drip down through the grate. Raph was showered but he didn't move. He only realise it was raining when his bandanna was soaked and started to dampen his eyes. He ignored it and thought about what Splinter had said. It didn't seem real, yet he had heard Mikey's thoughts. An evil grin rose in his mind, but not on his features. The imaginary grin disappeared when he heard something. He couldn't exactly HEAR them, just listen as they ran through his mind, and it wasn't him talking to himself. He knew who it was and didn't turn around. When they came close enough Raph spoke.
"Come to talk to your freak brother?"
Leo stopped a few meters away and made a face. "Don't be stupid, you're not a-
"Freak? We all are Leo . . . We were born freaks. And I've just been made even more a freak."
Leo walked closer. "Hey, listen, I know Mikey would love to be in your place right now, and it doesn't matter what we are, or what we can do . . . It's who we are."
"That was so touching, Leo."
Leo sighed. The sarcasm in those words was enough to blow Shredder off a cliff.
Leo tried a different approach. "Hey, well, you gotta live with it now so I suggest you make the most of it. You can't change anything."
Raph said nothing. He hadn't even looked at Leo yet.
Leo sat down next to him. He didn't move. "Well, the way I see it, you have an ability others could only wish for. And there's no use moping about it. Splinter said it wears off." Leo looked up at the dull sky through the grate. " To me, I say we're unique. I don't care what other humans think, being a turtle is much better than being one of them." Leo stood up, ready to leave. He looked at Raph as if waiting for a response.
Raph looked at the floor. "You happy now?"
"What?"
"You wanted to talk, now you had me talking. Happy?"
"Not really. But I know how to make us both happy . . ."
Raph looked at his brother. In the shady sewers he could see a very rare mischievous grin on his face. Raph waited, Leo told him.
//
Mikey put down his game boy an hour later. He had finished it long ago and was now board. He grabbed his packet of sweets and chewed a couple thoughtfully. He had heard Leo and Raph come back together, though that was a bit strange seeing Leo bring Raph back. Mikey walked out of his room to where Splinter was still watching the TV. The turtle then walked to find Donnie taping furiously at the keyboard.
"Hey, Don-Don, wanna Bon-Bon, heh?" Mikey offered the packet.
Donnie stopped typing and looked in the bag. "Lemon?"
Mikey nodded and shoved another in his mouth.
"Nah, thanks Mikey. I think I'll grab a coke or something." Donnie got up form the computer and he and Mikey made their way to the kitchen.
Leo and Raph were in there, grinning about something. Mikey and Donnie were about to ask what they were grinning at, but April and Casey walk in.
"Hey, April, Casey," Leo said. "Thought we wouldn't see you so soon."
"Yeah, well, my boss let me off as the Feds are looking into the building and don't want it disturbed." April hung her jacket on the stand.
"Raph, still hanging in there?" Casey pointed his hockey stick and Raph and hung his mask up, taking it from off his head.
"Still standing," Raph said.
April walked p and hugged them all, saying it felt like it was back to normal now.
"Almost," Leo grinned.
"Not quite back to normal . . ." Raph smirked.
April looked at them. "What?" She was about to ask them what they had been doing but Casey interrupted.
"Hey, do we get to hear what happened to Frakly and M'reagro?"
Splinter turned the TV off. "Ah, yes. Of course. Sit down and I will tell you."
Casey pulled April to the couch and Splinter started to tell them the similar story he told the turtles. While he was explaining, the turtles all stood in the kitchen.
"Man, these sweets are making me thirsty," Mikey said. He opened the fridge and took out the last coke can. "Anyone else want a drink? There's bottles?"
Leo and Raph grinned and said no. Donnie also shook his head.
While Mikey was sorting the bottles he had just knocked over, Donnie said, "so, is everything back to normal around here, d'ya think?"
"Almost," Leo grinned. He and Raph moved slightly away from Mikey.
Beside them Mikey shut the fridge and opened the coke - which exploded as soon as he pulled at the lid! The whole can split and Mikey was drenched in coke. He was still froze in the position where he was opening the coke. He had one hand where the lid should have been, and the bottom half of the can was still in his other hand.
Raph and Leo howled with laughter and Splinter, April and Casey looked up at the noise. Casey burst out laughing and April tried hard to keep a straight face.
Mikey unfroze and dropped the half can on the floor. He turned angrily to his three brothers. Donnie had a hand on his mouth, the other holding himself up leaning on the counter; Leo was clutching his stomach and doubled over and Raph was banging his hands on the counter.
"You did this!" Mikey pointed at Leo and Raph. "That was horrible!" Mikey grabbed a towel and wiped his face on it. When he pulled the towel away he had pink smudges over his checks and face. He didn't realise but even Splinter laughed. He angrily pushed Leo out the way and grabbed another drink from the fridge, a bottle. He slammed the fridge and they could see a smile forming on his face. He thought it was funny too, but when he opened the bottle that one exploded too! He was coved in coke, pink dye from the towel and Dandelion and Burdock. He growled humorously and turned to Leo and Raph.
Leo and Raph slapped each other high threes and continued to laugh at Mikey, who just stood there glaring.
Leo hobbled over to Donnie. "Yeah, defiantly back to normal!"
THE END!!!!!!!!!
(Man, I never thought this would end! Thank you all who have reviewed and to all who have read it. Some one requested a sequel, but I'm not too sure at the mo . . . I had fun writing the end of this one ( !!!! Thank you!! Maybe now I can get on with my other stories! Don't lose hope, there MAY be a sequel!!!!! * mysterious music *)