Okay, chapter two! And this one has turtles in it!! Yay!! *Blink* Anyway, I just realized that this would probably count as a crossover, because there are Irkens in it! (That would be ZaiFae and Reno.) Yeah…just read it please…
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"Mikey, where are we going?" Donatello asked, slight overtones of a whine in his voice. "And more importantly, why?" The turtle picking his way through the sewer in front of him paused and rolled his eyes.
"This is going to sound so cliché," Michelangelo explained. "But I got a feeling. Not the kind that hot blond babes in movies get right before their murdered by an ax-wielding maniac, but the kind hot blond babes in movies get right before their dead brother's ghost shows up and helps them solve the mystery of his murder and bring the murderer to justice." Donatello stared blankly at him.
"Just how much soda exactly did you have tonight?" he asked.
"Hah hah," Michelangelo replied. "Funny. But for once I'm serious. I really feel like something's going to happen. Something important. It's really weird."
"Okay, Mr. Psychic, where should we go?"
"I dunno," Michelangelo said with a shrug. "Up. To the surface. To the rooftops, so we can see better without being seen."
"Fine, but if we get in trouble with Splinter," Donatello said with a glare, "it's your fault."
"Yeah, whatever." The two turtles stealthily climbed up out of the sewer when they got tired of walking in it. In no time, they had scaled to the roof of a building overlooking a bustling Chinatown street. They could see, across the street, a relatively large Chinese restaurant. After a few moments of watching people go in and out of the restaurant, Donatello turned to Michelangelo.
"Okay, why here?" he asked. "What are we looking for?"
"Not looking," Michelangelo replied. "Waiting." He shook his head. "I don't know. Let's just wait a couple more minutes, and see if anything happens. If not, I'll take you out for pizza. My treat." Donatello opened his mouth to reply. It was then the restaurant blew.
"Wait, where are we going again?" Janella whispered to Reno as his mother attempted to maneuver through traffic in New York.
"I'm not sure," he replied, keeping his voice as quiet as hers. "I heard Chinese food mentioned, so I'm guessing a Chinese place."
"Works for me," Janella said with a shrug. "I like Chinese seafood. It's so good." She sighed and sat back.
Twenty minutes later, Janella, Reno, ZaiFae, and Lightwing were seated at a table near the doors of a spacious Chinese restaurant. They had just placed their orders, and were sipping at their drinks. ZaiFae looked around.
"Nothing like a crowded city restaurant to bring out the best and worst in these apes," she said with a sigh.
""Yeah," Lightwing agreed. Suddenly, the restaurants door swung open, and half a dozen men came in. They had ski masks and large guns. One of them waved his gun in the air.
"Nobody move!" he shouted, firing a shot for emphasis. A bit of plaster filtered down into Lightwing's soup. She sighed. ZaiFae scooched her chair away.
"This isn't going to be good," she said to her son. He nodded. The thieves moved farther into the restaurant.
"We want all of your money!" the same guy shouted to the cashier. He seemed to be the group's spokesperson. "And if anyone tries calling for help, we'll blow their brains out!!" The other gunmen nodded enthusiastically. He fired another shot into the air for emphasis. ZaiFae winched as she heard it ting off a pipe.
"Lightwing," she murmured to the Dae-uial. "If they're not careful, they could hit a gas pipe…or worse, a water pipe." She shuddered, eyes wide. "We've gotta get the kids out!"
"I know," Lightwing replied. "You get them out of here. I'll try to stall these punks, keep them from hurting anybody." ZaiFae nodded, and got up slowly, telling Janella and Reno to mock her movements. They too rose, slowly and fluently, and she shepherded them towards the door. She looked back. Lightwing had already risen and was headed towards the gunmen. ZaiFae told the two teens to go outside and wait for her, and turned back in time to see the spokesmen confronting Lightwing. He swung his gun around crazily, and it went off. ZaiFae darted forward.
"Light-!" Her cry was cut off as a blossom of fire erupted from the ceiling. She could only duck down, cover her head, and hope the kids had made it out okay.
The explosion blew Reno and Janella off their feet and across the street. They soared through the air so quickly that Reno did not even have time to activate the mechanical legs in his back-pod and stop the impact. He hit the wall of the building and slid down to the street, crumpled in a heap. He didn't stay conscious long, but his last remembered sight was the flames billowing out of the building his mother was still inside.
As one, Michelangelo and Donatello scaled the side of the building and dropped lightly to the ground. They stood in the shadows of the alleyway, watching the fire burn. There was nothing they could do. They weren't equipped to fight fires. It wasn't their thing! Besides, both could already hear the wail of fire engine sirens coming to keep the fire from spreading.
"See?" Michelangelo said, almost sullenly. "I told something would happen."
"Let's just go," Donatello said, turning away. He didn't like being unable to help those inside the building.
"Wait!"
"What is it, Mikey?"
"Look…" Michelangelo pointed to the two still forms crumpled against the wall. Quick as a flash, he and Donatello were at their sides.
"We should leave them," Donatello said softly. "They'd be better off in the hands of the paramedics.
"But look," Michelangelo said again. He gestured to the male form. Even in the flickering light, both turtles could tell that he was different. He was green. Michelangelo looked his brother in the eyes.
"I don't think we should leave them," he said. The wailing of the sirens drew closer. Donatello took a deep breath.
"Okay," he said, bending down to pick up the slight form of the girl. Michelangelo picked up the green boy, and when the first fire engine pulled around the corner, there was no trace that any of them had been there.
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Okay. That was it. If you guys want me to continue this, you have to leave reviews or I won't know. So review. Pleeeeaaasssseeee!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own the TMNT or Irkens. However, Reno and ZaiFae I do own, as well as Lightwing and Janella. They're mine! They're me. I'm them. I'm theirs…so get over it!!