The Forgotten - Chapter Two
By Red Turtle
Well, the masses demanded it, so I continued. Thank you all, but especially Daydream who was most passionate in her desire to be a mass. I'll just make this an ongoing story.
I'm glad everyone seems to like Simon. He's my favorite of my own characters too. But this chapter gets into his brothers and sister a little more than him.
And, just to eliminate confusion, I do not own the original ninja turtles, and I created the others but other people can use them if they wish. And each story I write has a different version of the other turtle family, so don't mix this story up with other ones. Its all explained in my Bio if your interested
And, one last thing, its not that Donatello didn't get the girl, its that the girl didn't get him. He wasn't really interested at the time. Maybe later.
So, anyway, on to Chapter two now:
At a lost for how to help or what to do, Simon, Splinter and the Ninja Turtles watched from the nearby building as the other building slowly incinerated from the inside out. They saw a few people jump out from the windows, a vision which made Donatello turn away. He felt responsible for unleashing this death and destruction since he had established contact with Molly and led them here. They had no basis for this rescue other than that they were turtles. For all they knew, Simon and his siblings could be some evil they had unwittingly freed from the forces of good.
Simon, for his part, continued watching, trying to remember if he or his siblings had ever done something like this before. It wasn't what he was expecting to happen when he came here, he thought they would just get them out of the cells and bring them back home, to his home, which must be in Turkey. His sister seemed nice when he had talked to her, not the murderous type. Maybe being locked up had changed them. But he wouldn't know, since he couldn't remember how they had been before.
After a few minutes, the fire department and police responded to the fireball that used to be the building. The heat was so intense it drove the ninja turtles off the roof of the building they were on, which the humans were evacuating too. Donatello revealed what Molly had told him, about meeting in the sewers, and that was a good place to be right now anyway so they went.
Leo wasn't so sure about this now. He decided to follow Splinters lead on how to handle this situation. Splinter had the advantage of not being a turtle and thus not being blinded by loyalty to their blood, plus he was more an expert on what type of revenge assassinations were okay and which weren't.
They found the other turtles at the appointed location. They didn't appear hurt at all.
"What did you guys do? How'd you get out?", Simon asked, astonished at their ability. He was starting to gather that there was something unusual about all of them, between Molly's dream contacting and his own teleportation through the light.
Nikki, Darin, Jory and Tory didn't know about Simon's amnesia, so they were quite confused about the question.
"He doesn't remember us", Molly explained to them sadly.
"Doesn't remember us? What do you mean?", Nikki inquired.
"Your brother is suffering from the affects of drugs your enemies used on him to prevent his escape", Splinter stepped in, "Perhaps now that you are reunited we can help him."
"What...you really don't remember us?", Darin asked.
Simon shook his head.
"I kind of know Molly, but that's cause she talked to me last night. You guys, I don't...I'm sorry..."
He trailed away at the shocked look on his brothers' faces.
"Maybe we can work this out back home", Leo interrupted. The noises of the city above were increasing, and he didn't even feel safe down here.
This time the other turtles followed them, all the way to New York. Getting back home was easier since they knew the route better now. They talked little along the way, just general acquaintances. The other turtles had been through a lot in a very short time, and were still in some shock, from the loss of their father and apparently Simon, since he wasn't quite their brother right now.
At the lair, Mike immediately set about making them all dinner. Leo gave them a tour of everything and set up beds in their practice room. Raph hadn't said anything to them besides his name. Their incredible act of revenge had really gotten to him, and he went to his room. Don sat with Simon on the couch, and Splinter went to the bathroom (I couldn't think of anything else to do with him for the moment, he's just not part of the story for a little bit).
"Are you okay?", Don asked Simon, who had been even sadder than the others.
"No", he choked, hugged Don and cried. This is a little more than Don was expecting, he had actually started talking because he wanted to try and find out from Simon what he had thought of the act of vengeance from his siblings. Well, that conversation was going to have to wait a while, he thought as he comforted Simon.
"I thought when I saw them I would know them but I don't. I don't know anything about them. I didn't even remember their names. Don, I know you guys more than I know them right now!"
Meanwhile, Leo talked to the others as he showed them the practice room and some of the weapons he could use, and the extra bedding.
"How did you find Simon?", Nikki inquired. It was the first any of them had said in a while.
"My brothers found him in the sewers. I guess he teleported there. He was knocked out."
Nikki nodded. That sounded about right. At the docks, he and Darin had managed to overcome their captures enough that they almost all escaped. Darin had started some fires, but they couldn't break free of their bonds. They created enough of a diversion for Simon to teleport away. They were subdued before they could find out if he succeeded.
"I appreciate your help. We all do.", Nikki told him. The others nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, well, we were glad to help. Can I know, what did you guys do in there?"
Leo wasn't sure if this was a taboo subject, but he wanted to know. They exchanged glances, and finally Nikki answered.
"We killed them. I have the power to kill, Darin started the fires and explosions, the twins teleported us out of there when we were done and...Molly, what did you do, anyway?"
"I killed a couple of people", she answered ambiguously.
"Why? I mean, they captured you and we rescued you. Why did you have to kill them all?", Leo pressed.
There was a sad pause.
"Simon really doesn't remember anything, does he", Nikki sighed.
"No, I don't think so", Leo told him.
"These people, we don't even know who they were, they murdered our father. They destroyed our home in Turkey. They took us here, they locked us up in the dark, they...they ruined our brothers' mind...I think that warrants death", Nikki explained darkly.
"They killed your father?", Leo gasped, imagining what he would do if someone ever killed Master Splinter. Now their rage seemed honorable.
"Yes. His name was Akira. He was our father like, I guess Splinter is to you. Not biological, you know."
Leo nodded.
"Did he have...powers like you?"
"No."
"That's really impressive, what you guys can do."
"Not really", Darin replied finally, even as he flicked a flame on his finger and played with it.
"Are you kidding?! You guys just destroyed a whole building and-"
"-It didn't do us any good. We couldn't save Akira, we couldn't help Simon. We couldn't get free with out you guys.", Nikki pointed out.
"Yeah, that ninja shit, that's really awesome", Jory and Tory agreed. Unlike Simon, they had made a point to learn all kinds of swear words early on in life.
"We can train you, if you want. But we could never learn what you can do."
There was a moment of silence.
"Can we...stay here a while?", Molly finally asked since none of the brothers could bring themselves to. They had no home to go back to, even if they knew how to get back, which they didn't.
"Yes", Leo answered enthusiastically, "Of Course. As long as you want."
Relieved with this confirmation, all the brothers and sister started settling into their beds.
"It funny", Nikki told Leo, "This was the last country I ever wanted to live in."
"What? America? Why?"
"Well, we learn a lot from the radio. We listen to radio broadcasts from all the other countries, that's where we learned how to speak Turkish and English. Most of our English is from the UK, but there was a couple from America, or they would play what Americans said on their news, and it was always like this", (he changed his voice, pretended to hold a microphone, and said), "Today in the United States of America, fifty two children under the age of sixteen were murdered by gun fire, we are very concerned that people aren't buying enough cars, and as I say this fifteen woman have been raped. Also, we've decided to bomb another country."
Leo smiled at Nikki's forced American accent.
"Its not that bad here, really", Leo assured them.
"We heard other stuff from America", Jory piped up.
"Like The Shadow. Remember?", Tory chimed in, and together with Jory recited, "Who knows what secrets lurk in darkness? The Shadow knows! HA- HA-HA!"
They leered over Molly and attempted to scare her with their interpretation.
"That's not how it goes", she mumbled, pushing them away.
Leo was glad to see them act more normal and playful.
"I like the Lone Ranger", Darin said, "I like that he wears a mask, even though he's human and he doesn't have to."
"Yeah, and Buzz Lightyear!", Jory yelled, "Up, Up and Away!"
"That's Superman", Darin told him, rolling his eyes.
"Oh, right. I mean, To Infinity, and beyond!", Jory corrected himself, striking a pose.
"We haven't actually seen Buzz, because we don't have a TV", Tory admitted, "But he sounds cool, doesn't he? From the commercial?"
"Have you seen him, Leo?"
Leo shook his head. He didn't watch much TV.
"What about the Power Rangers? Have you seen them?"
Leo shook his head. Now all of them were practically jumping up and down with excitement.
"They would play parts of it on the radio! They sounded awesome!", Darin told him.
"Yeah, like Ninja-Thunder-Time-force Power UP!", the twins yelled.
"There were enough characters for all of us, except too many girls", Nikki explained to Leo.
"I liked the girl rangers", Molly insisted. The twins rolled their eyes.
"We were the bad guys. We always beat them up", Jory said.
"Yeah, and we always kidnapped Molly, cause she was the girl", Tory continued.
"Did not", Molly snapped.
"I was the Green Ranger, because he was so cool", Nikki interjected proudly.
"And I was Red. That's my favorite color", Darin said, "And Red was the real leader. The green guy wasn't even in all the episodes."
"That's cause he was too cool", Nikki retorted.
"Simon was the blue ranger", Jory announced, kind of putting a damper on their excitement.
"Cause he was smart. And he didn't like to fight", Tory continued.
"Sometimes we would capture him too", Jory sighed sadly.
"Do you think if we played power rangers he'd remember that?", they asked.
"I don't know", Leo answered sadly.
Another sad moment of silence.
"Let's go to sleep now, right?", Nikki ordered. It was very late, and they had been through a lot. And the only thing that would really help ease the pain was time, which was best spent asleep.
Leo turned the light out for them, and told Mike to hold off on dinner until tomorrow, since no one was hungry right now. Raph had gone to bed, and eventually Simon had fallen asleep watching the TV that he loved. Donnie had left after he was asleep. Leo talked to Splinter for a while about the whole vengeance thing, and concluded that it was okay, the new turtles were not evil.
By Red Turtle
Well, the masses demanded it, so I continued. Thank you all, but especially Daydream who was most passionate in her desire to be a mass. I'll just make this an ongoing story.
I'm glad everyone seems to like Simon. He's my favorite of my own characters too. But this chapter gets into his brothers and sister a little more than him.
And, just to eliminate confusion, I do not own the original ninja turtles, and I created the others but other people can use them if they wish. And each story I write has a different version of the other turtle family, so don't mix this story up with other ones. Its all explained in my Bio if your interested
And, one last thing, its not that Donatello didn't get the girl, its that the girl didn't get him. He wasn't really interested at the time. Maybe later.
So, anyway, on to Chapter two now:
At a lost for how to help or what to do, Simon, Splinter and the Ninja Turtles watched from the nearby building as the other building slowly incinerated from the inside out. They saw a few people jump out from the windows, a vision which made Donatello turn away. He felt responsible for unleashing this death and destruction since he had established contact with Molly and led them here. They had no basis for this rescue other than that they were turtles. For all they knew, Simon and his siblings could be some evil they had unwittingly freed from the forces of good.
Simon, for his part, continued watching, trying to remember if he or his siblings had ever done something like this before. It wasn't what he was expecting to happen when he came here, he thought they would just get them out of the cells and bring them back home, to his home, which must be in Turkey. His sister seemed nice when he had talked to her, not the murderous type. Maybe being locked up had changed them. But he wouldn't know, since he couldn't remember how they had been before.
After a few minutes, the fire department and police responded to the fireball that used to be the building. The heat was so intense it drove the ninja turtles off the roof of the building they were on, which the humans were evacuating too. Donatello revealed what Molly had told him, about meeting in the sewers, and that was a good place to be right now anyway so they went.
Leo wasn't so sure about this now. He decided to follow Splinters lead on how to handle this situation. Splinter had the advantage of not being a turtle and thus not being blinded by loyalty to their blood, plus he was more an expert on what type of revenge assassinations were okay and which weren't.
They found the other turtles at the appointed location. They didn't appear hurt at all.
"What did you guys do? How'd you get out?", Simon asked, astonished at their ability. He was starting to gather that there was something unusual about all of them, between Molly's dream contacting and his own teleportation through the light.
Nikki, Darin, Jory and Tory didn't know about Simon's amnesia, so they were quite confused about the question.
"He doesn't remember us", Molly explained to them sadly.
"Doesn't remember us? What do you mean?", Nikki inquired.
"Your brother is suffering from the affects of drugs your enemies used on him to prevent his escape", Splinter stepped in, "Perhaps now that you are reunited we can help him."
"What...you really don't remember us?", Darin asked.
Simon shook his head.
"I kind of know Molly, but that's cause she talked to me last night. You guys, I don't...I'm sorry..."
He trailed away at the shocked look on his brothers' faces.
"Maybe we can work this out back home", Leo interrupted. The noises of the city above were increasing, and he didn't even feel safe down here.
This time the other turtles followed them, all the way to New York. Getting back home was easier since they knew the route better now. They talked little along the way, just general acquaintances. The other turtles had been through a lot in a very short time, and were still in some shock, from the loss of their father and apparently Simon, since he wasn't quite their brother right now.
At the lair, Mike immediately set about making them all dinner. Leo gave them a tour of everything and set up beds in their practice room. Raph hadn't said anything to them besides his name. Their incredible act of revenge had really gotten to him, and he went to his room. Don sat with Simon on the couch, and Splinter went to the bathroom (I couldn't think of anything else to do with him for the moment, he's just not part of the story for a little bit).
"Are you okay?", Don asked Simon, who had been even sadder than the others.
"No", he choked, hugged Don and cried. This is a little more than Don was expecting, he had actually started talking because he wanted to try and find out from Simon what he had thought of the act of vengeance from his siblings. Well, that conversation was going to have to wait a while, he thought as he comforted Simon.
"I thought when I saw them I would know them but I don't. I don't know anything about them. I didn't even remember their names. Don, I know you guys more than I know them right now!"
Meanwhile, Leo talked to the others as he showed them the practice room and some of the weapons he could use, and the extra bedding.
"How did you find Simon?", Nikki inquired. It was the first any of them had said in a while.
"My brothers found him in the sewers. I guess he teleported there. He was knocked out."
Nikki nodded. That sounded about right. At the docks, he and Darin had managed to overcome their captures enough that they almost all escaped. Darin had started some fires, but they couldn't break free of their bonds. They created enough of a diversion for Simon to teleport away. They were subdued before they could find out if he succeeded.
"I appreciate your help. We all do.", Nikki told him. The others nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, well, we were glad to help. Can I know, what did you guys do in there?"
Leo wasn't sure if this was a taboo subject, but he wanted to know. They exchanged glances, and finally Nikki answered.
"We killed them. I have the power to kill, Darin started the fires and explosions, the twins teleported us out of there when we were done and...Molly, what did you do, anyway?"
"I killed a couple of people", she answered ambiguously.
"Why? I mean, they captured you and we rescued you. Why did you have to kill them all?", Leo pressed.
There was a sad pause.
"Simon really doesn't remember anything, does he", Nikki sighed.
"No, I don't think so", Leo told him.
"These people, we don't even know who they were, they murdered our father. They destroyed our home in Turkey. They took us here, they locked us up in the dark, they...they ruined our brothers' mind...I think that warrants death", Nikki explained darkly.
"They killed your father?", Leo gasped, imagining what he would do if someone ever killed Master Splinter. Now their rage seemed honorable.
"Yes. His name was Akira. He was our father like, I guess Splinter is to you. Not biological, you know."
Leo nodded.
"Did he have...powers like you?"
"No."
"That's really impressive, what you guys can do."
"Not really", Darin replied finally, even as he flicked a flame on his finger and played with it.
"Are you kidding?! You guys just destroyed a whole building and-"
"-It didn't do us any good. We couldn't save Akira, we couldn't help Simon. We couldn't get free with out you guys.", Nikki pointed out.
"Yeah, that ninja shit, that's really awesome", Jory and Tory agreed. Unlike Simon, they had made a point to learn all kinds of swear words early on in life.
"We can train you, if you want. But we could never learn what you can do."
There was a moment of silence.
"Can we...stay here a while?", Molly finally asked since none of the brothers could bring themselves to. They had no home to go back to, even if they knew how to get back, which they didn't.
"Yes", Leo answered enthusiastically, "Of Course. As long as you want."
Relieved with this confirmation, all the brothers and sister started settling into their beds.
"It funny", Nikki told Leo, "This was the last country I ever wanted to live in."
"What? America? Why?"
"Well, we learn a lot from the radio. We listen to radio broadcasts from all the other countries, that's where we learned how to speak Turkish and English. Most of our English is from the UK, but there was a couple from America, or they would play what Americans said on their news, and it was always like this", (he changed his voice, pretended to hold a microphone, and said), "Today in the United States of America, fifty two children under the age of sixteen were murdered by gun fire, we are very concerned that people aren't buying enough cars, and as I say this fifteen woman have been raped. Also, we've decided to bomb another country."
Leo smiled at Nikki's forced American accent.
"Its not that bad here, really", Leo assured them.
"We heard other stuff from America", Jory piped up.
"Like The Shadow. Remember?", Tory chimed in, and together with Jory recited, "Who knows what secrets lurk in darkness? The Shadow knows! HA- HA-HA!"
They leered over Molly and attempted to scare her with their interpretation.
"That's not how it goes", she mumbled, pushing them away.
Leo was glad to see them act more normal and playful.
"I like the Lone Ranger", Darin said, "I like that he wears a mask, even though he's human and he doesn't have to."
"Yeah, and Buzz Lightyear!", Jory yelled, "Up, Up and Away!"
"That's Superman", Darin told him, rolling his eyes.
"Oh, right. I mean, To Infinity, and beyond!", Jory corrected himself, striking a pose.
"We haven't actually seen Buzz, because we don't have a TV", Tory admitted, "But he sounds cool, doesn't he? From the commercial?"
"Have you seen him, Leo?"
Leo shook his head. He didn't watch much TV.
"What about the Power Rangers? Have you seen them?"
Leo shook his head. Now all of them were practically jumping up and down with excitement.
"They would play parts of it on the radio! They sounded awesome!", Darin told him.
"Yeah, like Ninja-Thunder-Time-force Power UP!", the twins yelled.
"There were enough characters for all of us, except too many girls", Nikki explained to Leo.
"I liked the girl rangers", Molly insisted. The twins rolled their eyes.
"We were the bad guys. We always beat them up", Jory said.
"Yeah, and we always kidnapped Molly, cause she was the girl", Tory continued.
"Did not", Molly snapped.
"I was the Green Ranger, because he was so cool", Nikki interjected proudly.
"And I was Red. That's my favorite color", Darin said, "And Red was the real leader. The green guy wasn't even in all the episodes."
"That's cause he was too cool", Nikki retorted.
"Simon was the blue ranger", Jory announced, kind of putting a damper on their excitement.
"Cause he was smart. And he didn't like to fight", Tory continued.
"Sometimes we would capture him too", Jory sighed sadly.
"Do you think if we played power rangers he'd remember that?", they asked.
"I don't know", Leo answered sadly.
Another sad moment of silence.
"Let's go to sleep now, right?", Nikki ordered. It was very late, and they had been through a lot. And the only thing that would really help ease the pain was time, which was best spent asleep.
Leo turned the light out for them, and told Mike to hold off on dinner until tomorrow, since no one was hungry right now. Raph had gone to bed, and eventually Simon had fallen asleep watching the TV that he loved. Donnie had left after he was asleep. Leo talked to Splinter for a while about the whole vengeance thing, and concluded that it was okay, the new turtles were not evil.