Radical Transformation
Getting Splinter out of the sewers and up to April's apartment wasn't easy or quick. They had to wait for the other cops to pass in the tunnels, then they had to check if the coast was clear up top. Luckily Casey was waiting for them in the street they came into. There were a few people wandering around, but they soon shifted when Casey loudly announced that there was free pizza around the corner. Then they had to stop Mikey from falling for it, blinded by his stomach! After a few cold moments (it was cold that night) of checking again, they helped Splinter up through the hole, where he was lifted and cloaked by Casey, who had one of April's warmer coats for him. The group quickly replaced the manhole lid after they had climbed out, and rushed off to April's apartment.
As they climbed the stairs to April's building, one of the doors opened and an old woman stood in the doorway. She glanced up, saw a long rat nose poking out of a hood, shook her head and closed the door again.
April dropped her apartment keys as she hurriedly tried to find the right one, and a few seconds later she had unlocked the door, let Splinter, the guys and Casey in, checked again to see if anyone was looking, and followed them in, locking the door behind her.
Leo sighed, smiling. "You're safe," he said to Splinter, who was having his coat taken off by Mikey, who then hugged him.
"Ah, thank you, my sons," Splinter smiled. "I think a good rest will do me well, I am feeling very drained. Forgive me, but you may tell me of your situation when I wake."
The guys agreed, feeling bad for their Master, as he had most likely been up all the time while he was trapped down there. It now felt like a massive boulder had been taken off their backs: Their Sensei was now safe, and with them.
Splinter was guided to the guestroom by April, and had he not been so tired, he would have remembered to tell his sons never to use their whole names in school, and for Mikey to choose a different one. But the tired rat lay down on the bed and was asleep within seconds.
April closed the door softly so it wouldn't click; smiling and happy he was safe and well. She walked back into the room, to find Casey had taken up the couch with Mikey. Leo, Donnie and Raph were still stood. From the looks on their faces they were lost in thought.
"Hey guys," April said to them. "It's alright now, he's safe. You can stop worrying."
The three looked up and smiled, and Leo uncrossed his arms.
"C'mon, I'll make you some food. I bet you guys are starving." April made her way to the kitchen.
"I'll help!" Mikey jumped to his feet and followed her.
"Wow, guess this rescue really lifted your spirits!" April laughed.
Casey, who had been quiet, stared at them all, as he had been doing since he saw them.
"Erm guys," he drew their attention. "Wanna tell me, you know, what happened . . . why the hell you're all like that?"
"Nah, let him guess," Donnie grinned.
Casey raised his eyebrows. Donnie sighed.
"Okay, we'll tell ya, but don't ask us WHY it happened . . ." And Donnie went into detail about that night three days ago, when they chose a new pizza shop to go to, and how a couple of idiot men were arguing. Donnie didn't miss one detail, and his brothers knew why. They knew that if Donnie told Casey about everything, then he might notice one little detail that they missed, which could help them explain their problem a little better.
A few minutes later April and Mikey brought in the dinners, and it was then that Mikey said he didn't need proper food, but pizza. The others actually shouted at him not to buy another one.
"We don't wanna end up being whales, Mikey." Raph said, then shoved the spoon in his mouth.
"But Donnie said that it was just that ONE," Mikey whined. He was craving for pizza.
"Er, just to be sure, Mikey," Donnie said. "Don't."
Mikey's shoulders fell, but he ate his dinner in quiet, trying to forget about pizza, and cheese, and ham, and - He bit his lip.
"So you guys have to go to school?" Casey said, swallowing his spoonful, smiling evilly.
"Yes," Donnie said sullenly.
Casey laughed at them, while they stared at him with faces saying 'you carry on, you're gunna get it'.
"So has Raph got any detentions yet?" Casey asked, grinning.
"Shut it, Gak face," Raph said, taking Donnie's word. His brother looked at him and he shrugged. Raph noticed how the others were looking at him. He frowned. "What?"
You . . . don't HAVE . . . any detentions," Leo asked, eyeing him. "Do you?"
"No!"
"Yeah, I forgot, how'd school go today?" April asked.
"Unusual," Donnie said, then started to talk about what they learned (or what he learned alone) in Maths and Biology. A few minutes later he said, "it's really quite interesting, and they explain some of it differently to how I learned it in the lair. I mean, half the kids didn't get any of it because they don't explain enough, and when the teacher asks a question, I'm the only one with my hand up . . . the kids are a bit dim."
They all stared at him.
"What?" Donnie was not bragging, but what was wrong with all of that he just said?
"Don, zip it," Raph said.
Donnie shrugged and finished his food, which he had put on hold while he spoke. While he was silent and his brothers talked with April and Casey, his mind went back to that night when they walked into the new pizza shop three days ago. There had been a few customers, well, a lot considering the size of the place; and there had been those two men who struck up the fight, and they were with that woman. But they couldn't have had anything to do with their situation as they weren't near the anchovy-free pizza, except when they fell into that man in the trench coat . . . the man in the trench coat; he seemed very secretive to Donnie. His mind whirled as he focused on that man in his mind. Yes, he had so many pockets it was unbelievable, but something told Donnie that he had something to do with their strange transformation into human. His brothers hadn't even mentioned him while they had been discussing it so many times. Now there was a new lead, and Donnie knew he had to go back to that shop.
"Donnie?"
Donnie was wrenched from his thoughts by someone calling his name. He looked up to see his brothers, April and Casey staring at him.
"Hey, you alright?" April asked. "You've been quiet for ages."
"Ages?" Donnie frowned.
"You've been quiet for at least an hour."
"An hour?"
"Whoa, what are you, some kind of crazy parrot," Raph joked.
"I think you're just tired," April said. "I know I am. I think we should hit the hay."
They all agreed, and Donnie fell back into his thoughts again. An hour? It took him that long to realise the man had to be part of their problem.
Since Splinter took the guest room, Leo said that he and Donnie would sleep on the couch and the floor. Then Leo whispered to April that he'd let Donnie take the couch as his brother seemed too distant, and they thought all this might have been getting a little too much for him.
Donnie didn't hear this, and didn't hear the soft tone in Leo's voice when his brother offered him the couch a few minutes later.
"Night guys," April said, hugging Leo. She walked up to Donnie and lifted his chin with her finger. "Hey, you with us in there?" She joked.
"Sorry, I guess I'm just tired." Which was true, he suddenly felt like a tonne of bricks that wanted to collapse.
"Hey, it's okay. I can understand that," April smiled and hugged him. Then she left with Mikey and Raph to go upstairs, and she could be heard arguing with Raph to let her hug him.
Leo watched his brother as he settled himself down on the couch with the blankets April had given them.
"Night, Don," Leo said, making himself comfortable on the floor, but looking at his brother.
Donnie only made a small noise out of his throat that would have been a 'goodnight' if his mouth hadn't have been closed. A few seconds later he was asleep, his thoughts were too heavy for him and pulled him down.
Leo watched his brother for a few seconds, then laid down on the carpet next to the couch. He wasn't really looking forward to his second day of school; and something still nagged at him. Prida, Raph's friend. She had heard them talk about Splinter. Just how much she might have pieced together wasn't known, but hopefully she should have dropped it and forgotten. But Leo couldn't worry for much longer. His brain told him to shut down, and Leo couldn't disagree. Within a few seconds he was asleep soundlessly.
Okay, sorry about there not being much action in here, but somehow I thought this should go in somewhere. Thanks for the reviews, you're too kind people! SFAM, and more to come, and more action in about chapter 50, joke, but I want this to be long, but not boring . . . I'll try . . . Thanks! (thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, and thanks . . . Does that beat the 'thanks' count?
Getting Splinter out of the sewers and up to April's apartment wasn't easy or quick. They had to wait for the other cops to pass in the tunnels, then they had to check if the coast was clear up top. Luckily Casey was waiting for them in the street they came into. There were a few people wandering around, but they soon shifted when Casey loudly announced that there was free pizza around the corner. Then they had to stop Mikey from falling for it, blinded by his stomach! After a few cold moments (it was cold that night) of checking again, they helped Splinter up through the hole, where he was lifted and cloaked by Casey, who had one of April's warmer coats for him. The group quickly replaced the manhole lid after they had climbed out, and rushed off to April's apartment.
As they climbed the stairs to April's building, one of the doors opened and an old woman stood in the doorway. She glanced up, saw a long rat nose poking out of a hood, shook her head and closed the door again.
April dropped her apartment keys as she hurriedly tried to find the right one, and a few seconds later she had unlocked the door, let Splinter, the guys and Casey in, checked again to see if anyone was looking, and followed them in, locking the door behind her.
Leo sighed, smiling. "You're safe," he said to Splinter, who was having his coat taken off by Mikey, who then hugged him.
"Ah, thank you, my sons," Splinter smiled. "I think a good rest will do me well, I am feeling very drained. Forgive me, but you may tell me of your situation when I wake."
The guys agreed, feeling bad for their Master, as he had most likely been up all the time while he was trapped down there. It now felt like a massive boulder had been taken off their backs: Their Sensei was now safe, and with them.
Splinter was guided to the guestroom by April, and had he not been so tired, he would have remembered to tell his sons never to use their whole names in school, and for Mikey to choose a different one. But the tired rat lay down on the bed and was asleep within seconds.
April closed the door softly so it wouldn't click; smiling and happy he was safe and well. She walked back into the room, to find Casey had taken up the couch with Mikey. Leo, Donnie and Raph were still stood. From the looks on their faces they were lost in thought.
"Hey guys," April said to them. "It's alright now, he's safe. You can stop worrying."
The three looked up and smiled, and Leo uncrossed his arms.
"C'mon, I'll make you some food. I bet you guys are starving." April made her way to the kitchen.
"I'll help!" Mikey jumped to his feet and followed her.
"Wow, guess this rescue really lifted your spirits!" April laughed.
Casey, who had been quiet, stared at them all, as he had been doing since he saw them.
"Erm guys," he drew their attention. "Wanna tell me, you know, what happened . . . why the hell you're all like that?"
"Nah, let him guess," Donnie grinned.
Casey raised his eyebrows. Donnie sighed.
"Okay, we'll tell ya, but don't ask us WHY it happened . . ." And Donnie went into detail about that night three days ago, when they chose a new pizza shop to go to, and how a couple of idiot men were arguing. Donnie didn't miss one detail, and his brothers knew why. They knew that if Donnie told Casey about everything, then he might notice one little detail that they missed, which could help them explain their problem a little better.
A few minutes later April and Mikey brought in the dinners, and it was then that Mikey said he didn't need proper food, but pizza. The others actually shouted at him not to buy another one.
"We don't wanna end up being whales, Mikey." Raph said, then shoved the spoon in his mouth.
"But Donnie said that it was just that ONE," Mikey whined. He was craving for pizza.
"Er, just to be sure, Mikey," Donnie said. "Don't."
Mikey's shoulders fell, but he ate his dinner in quiet, trying to forget about pizza, and cheese, and ham, and - He bit his lip.
"So you guys have to go to school?" Casey said, swallowing his spoonful, smiling evilly.
"Yes," Donnie said sullenly.
Casey laughed at them, while they stared at him with faces saying 'you carry on, you're gunna get it'.
"So has Raph got any detentions yet?" Casey asked, grinning.
"Shut it, Gak face," Raph said, taking Donnie's word. His brother looked at him and he shrugged. Raph noticed how the others were looking at him. He frowned. "What?"
You . . . don't HAVE . . . any detentions," Leo asked, eyeing him. "Do you?"
"No!"
"Yeah, I forgot, how'd school go today?" April asked.
"Unusual," Donnie said, then started to talk about what they learned (or what he learned alone) in Maths and Biology. A few minutes later he said, "it's really quite interesting, and they explain some of it differently to how I learned it in the lair. I mean, half the kids didn't get any of it because they don't explain enough, and when the teacher asks a question, I'm the only one with my hand up . . . the kids are a bit dim."
They all stared at him.
"What?" Donnie was not bragging, but what was wrong with all of that he just said?
"Don, zip it," Raph said.
Donnie shrugged and finished his food, which he had put on hold while he spoke. While he was silent and his brothers talked with April and Casey, his mind went back to that night when they walked into the new pizza shop three days ago. There had been a few customers, well, a lot considering the size of the place; and there had been those two men who struck up the fight, and they were with that woman. But they couldn't have had anything to do with their situation as they weren't near the anchovy-free pizza, except when they fell into that man in the trench coat . . . the man in the trench coat; he seemed very secretive to Donnie. His mind whirled as he focused on that man in his mind. Yes, he had so many pockets it was unbelievable, but something told Donnie that he had something to do with their strange transformation into human. His brothers hadn't even mentioned him while they had been discussing it so many times. Now there was a new lead, and Donnie knew he had to go back to that shop.
"Donnie?"
Donnie was wrenched from his thoughts by someone calling his name. He looked up to see his brothers, April and Casey staring at him.
"Hey, you alright?" April asked. "You've been quiet for ages."
"Ages?" Donnie frowned.
"You've been quiet for at least an hour."
"An hour?"
"Whoa, what are you, some kind of crazy parrot," Raph joked.
"I think you're just tired," April said. "I know I am. I think we should hit the hay."
They all agreed, and Donnie fell back into his thoughts again. An hour? It took him that long to realise the man had to be part of their problem.
Since Splinter took the guest room, Leo said that he and Donnie would sleep on the couch and the floor. Then Leo whispered to April that he'd let Donnie take the couch as his brother seemed too distant, and they thought all this might have been getting a little too much for him.
Donnie didn't hear this, and didn't hear the soft tone in Leo's voice when his brother offered him the couch a few minutes later.
"Night guys," April said, hugging Leo. She walked up to Donnie and lifted his chin with her finger. "Hey, you with us in there?" She joked.
"Sorry, I guess I'm just tired." Which was true, he suddenly felt like a tonne of bricks that wanted to collapse.
"Hey, it's okay. I can understand that," April smiled and hugged him. Then she left with Mikey and Raph to go upstairs, and she could be heard arguing with Raph to let her hug him.
Leo watched his brother as he settled himself down on the couch with the blankets April had given them.
"Night, Don," Leo said, making himself comfortable on the floor, but looking at his brother.
Donnie only made a small noise out of his throat that would have been a 'goodnight' if his mouth hadn't have been closed. A few seconds later he was asleep, his thoughts were too heavy for him and pulled him down.
Leo watched his brother for a few seconds, then laid down on the carpet next to the couch. He wasn't really looking forward to his second day of school; and something still nagged at him. Prida, Raph's friend. She had heard them talk about Splinter. Just how much she might have pieced together wasn't known, but hopefully she should have dropped it and forgotten. But Leo couldn't worry for much longer. His brain told him to shut down, and Leo couldn't disagree. Within a few seconds he was asleep soundlessly.
Okay, sorry about there not being much action in here, but somehow I thought this should go in somewhere. Thanks for the reviews, you're too kind people! SFAM, and more to come, and more action in about chapter 50, joke, but I want this to be long, but not boring . . . I'll try . . . Thanks! (thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, and thanks . . . Does that beat the 'thanks' count?