Radical Transformation
"Is this a double class?" Mikey asked, as he and his brothers filed out of the school Sports Centre onto the field, having gotten changed in the changing rooms and having the register taken. They were wearing their coloured T-shirts, with grey, cotton trousers.
"Yeah, so break's straight after." Donnie answered, walking in-between Mikey and Leo.
They had been told that the first class they would be doing Baseball. Second class they would be inside doing either Badminton, rowing, or ping-pong ball ("What the hell kinda school is this?" Raph moaned). Jo Tooks and his gang were also doing those with them.
The four bros, and Donnie's friend, Tyson Zera (after catching up with them), walked up to the Baseball part of the field, where it was lined with white paint on the grass. They were following the rest of the class, and Tooks and his friends kept sniggering and looking behind at them.
"How immature," Leo said, eyes narrowed at Tooks.
"What? You think?" Raph said, faking his gasp.
Leo ignored him while Raph smirked at him.
They all reached the Baseball area, and waited for the teacher to arrive. The stood and talked, while Mikey and Raph shared their glares with Tooks.
Tooks and his gang were glaring murderous at them, and the bozo only took his eyes from them to lay them on the class walking past them. It was the girls' class, and Prida was avoiding his eyes, walking on her own. Ci Ci Harrington was in her group, and she glanced at Raph before turning and talking again. Prida smiled at them, then their attention was drawn by their teacher.
She was a young, athletic woman, wearing navy shorts and a light grey T-shirt. Her name was Miss Stevens, and she was much nicer than Mr Johnson, who Leo and Raph had for PE Theory. She had soon split the class up into two groups. Tooks was on the opposite group from Leo, Raph, Mikey and Tyson but on the same as Donnie. But then, the teacher thought they should have two on either side, and moved Leo to Donnie's group.
The game started, and next to theirs was the girls group, who were also doing Baseball.
"This side bats first!" Miss Stevens called over, pointing to Leo and Donnie's group.
Raph and Mike's group took up field and base positions, although Mikey gave Raph a face that said he was the mite bit nervous about playing a game he had never played with humans before, but had seen plenty on TV.
Tooks, being the bully of the group, batted first after pushing to the front. He held the bat, a sick grin on his face as though he knew this was going to be easy.
But Miss Stevens had made Mikey the bowler, and Mikey wasn't going to let Tooks wear that grin for long. (He was feeling like Raph did when he spotted an annoying fly and wanted to swat it).
The teacher called for the game to begin, and Mikey tossed the ball up next to him and caught it, testing its weight. Then he judged the amount of power he would lob the ball with, and lobbed it.
Tooks only just brought the bat around in time, and the ball flew straight across Mikey, and to the feild behind him - right into Raph's waiting hands. He caught the ball, diving for it and hitting the ground with it tight in his hand. He grinned and flashed Tooks a glare.
"Well done, R . . . Raph!" The teacher caught herself before she could say 'Ralph'. She clapped her hands once, and called for continue play.
Tooks stared for a second, then slammed the bat down on the ground, and stormed out of the circle of paint to lean against the tree behind the backstop.
Raph tossed the ball to a grinning Mikey, then jogged backwards to his fielding position.
Mikey had bowled four times before he came to Donnie, who picked up the bat and grinned at his brother. He held the bat steady, waiting for Mikey to throw.
Mikey smiled, knowing this was going to be a hit, and brought back his arm. He threw it.
There was a WHACK and the next thing something in purple was running around the field at full speed.
The ball had flown to Tyson, who jumped as it thudded on the ground next to him. Then he ran and picked it up, then threw it across to third base where Donnie was just reaching.
The person on third base was one of Tooks' gang, and he threw himself for the ball, catching it and bringing it back to the base - just as Donnie passed and was in!
His group cheered (except Tooks) and Donnie grinned. Tooks' friend wasn't happy, and threw the ball back to Mikey, lazily. The teacher was saying 'good run' to Donnie.
Prida, who had been watching, smiled as she watched Tooks curse Donnie as he walked by to Leo in the line. She turned back to her game. She was in the group that was batting first, and Roxanne was with her. Her friend had just had her turn and had run the way around, dropping to the ground near the end of the line. Now it was Prida's turn. She walked up to face the bowler, picking the bat up off the ground. She held it ready, and sneaked a glance at the boys' game, but then pulled her eyes back in time to whack the ball, and send it flying around the field. She dropped the bat and ran; the wind blew her hair up as it whipped her face, and it whistled in her ears. She knew that eyes were on her, not just from her team, but from the boys as well. She made it back to the line, panting, and the ball had only just been chucked, not very accurately and flew past the bowler.
A few minutes later it was time for the boys' groups to swap, so Leo and Donnie's group got to field and stand at the bases; Raph and Mikey's group got to bat.
Mikey got to bat first, and stood facing Tooks, who was bowling. He flashed him a glare, and held the bat ready.
Tooks gripped the ball tightly, and tossed it once, catching it.
"Okay, play!" Miss Stevens called.
Tooks threw the ball so fast no one but the four bros followed it through the air.
Mikey pulled the bat back and swung, making a loud THACK as it connected with the ball. Then he ran.
Tooks leapt into the air as it sailed above his head, just brushing past his out-stretched fingers. It went over him, then over Mikey, who was already half way. He ducked and one of the fielders ran to catch it, but missed and it fell to the ground. The boy picked it up and lobbed it to last base where Mikey was now, but he got past to home plate and scored. His team cheered.
Tooks growled, and slammed the ball into his fist when he caught it from the fielder.
"Well done Mikey," the teacher said, smiling. "No growling Tooks, that was fair and square."
Tooks worked his face into a loathing glare at Mikey, and watched as Tyson moved into place to bat. Tooks brought back his arm and lobbed the ball so hard the air around it burnt up.
Tyson felt incredible pain and the next thing he knew his eyesight had blacked out and he was on the floor, people gathering over him.
"Tyson, you alright?" Donnie asked, sounding concerned. He was bent next to his friend.
"Ouch!" Tyson said, suddenly feeling the sharp, throbbing pain in his head. "What hap-" He didn't really need to ask, he knew the ball had gone straight into his head and knocked him down.
"Okay, Tyson, I think you'll need to go to the nurse and have that checked out," Miss Stevens said, helping him up gently.
"Thanks - ouch!" Tyson held a hand to his forehead.
"You okay?" Miss Stevens looked at him. "Le - No, Donnie, can you take him to the nurse?"
"Sure," Donnie helped his friend get his balance, putting one of his arms around his own shoulders. They walked off slowly.
"Okay, let's carry on." The teacher clapped her hands, and everyone went back to their places. "Raph you bat."
Raph picked up the bat that had fallen when Tyson had, and held it ready for Tooks to get in place as bowler.
Jo Tooks took his time, slowly making his way to the box and tossing the ball in the air until the teacher had to shout for him to throw. He brought his arm back and threw it as hard as he could.
Raph whacked it good, and dropped the bat. He legged it as fast as he could.
Tooks watched as the ball flew over to the field behind him. He turned to watch Raph as he ran past first base.
But just as Raph went past second base, his leg seized up in pain and he tripped and fell to the floor, rolling before stopping, lifting his front body up on his elbow, the other hand on his shin.
Leo, Donnie and Mikey ran over to him, as well as the teacher and a few other kids.
"Raph!" Leo shouted, dropping to his knees when he reached his brother. "You okay?"
"I'm fine, Leo," Raph said in an annoyed tone. Annoyed with his leg and annoyed that Leo had to ask.
"Whoa, are we having some injuries today," Miss Stevens said, bending down next to them both. Mikey and Donnie behind her. "What's wrong?"
"Noffin'!" Raph said, and got up, shrugging off Leo's help. He lent some weight on his leg, and it buckled. The teacher caught him.
"I think you should get to the nurse as well, you must have pulled a muscle." The teacher looked at him.
"It's his shin, Miss," Donnie spoke up. "He ripped it apart four days ago."
"Yowch," Stevens winced. "Go to the nurse, let her check it out."
"No, I'm fine!" Raph said. "I'll just sit out." He limped over to the trees, and leant against one.
The teacher shrugged. "Okay. Right, carry on."
Everyone went back to their positions, again, and the game continued. Mikey batted third time around, and made a complete lap. The ball hadn't even been picked up when he made it back, so he ran around again, with laughs from his group. Even Raph had to smile a bit. Soon it was time for first class to finish, and second to begin. They all packed up and moved back towards the Sports Centre.
"Yo! Didja see me make those two laps?!" Mikey said when he walked next to Leo and Donnie, talking to Raph.
"Yeah, very good," Raph said dismissively. He limped alongside his brothers as they made their way back.
"Hey! Raph!"
They all turned around to see Prida running towards them, leaving her group behind.
"Hey Prida," Leo greeted.
"Hi Leo," she said, then turned to Raph. "I saw you trip, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"What's wrong with your leg?" Prida noticed him limping.
"Ripped the tissue and the first muscle -" Donnie began, but Raph held his forefinger up right in front of his face.
"Thanks for the diagnosis, Doc." He said. "Shut it, okay?" He turned away from them and walked on his own.
"What's up with him?" Prida asked, as she began to walk with Leo, Donnie and Mikey.
"What's up with him?" Mikey repeated her. "He's always like that, you just haven't seen that side before!"
"Mikey," Leo moaned.
Prida laughed at the face Mikey pulled.
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Inside the Sports Centre, in the hall that was massive, Mikey pulled Raph in to do badminton, while Donnie and Leo had fun with ping-pong. Since the girls group was mixed with the boys, Prida watched them all.
"Ah Mikey!" Raph cried as he whacked the shuttlecock; just hitting it as he limped to the side, arm out.
"Heehee!" Mikey hit it easily.
Raph limped to meet it, jumping in the air. Mikey was pleased to see this was a game that Raph had got into because he wanted to beat his brother. He was actually having fun!
Prida laughed as the two competed. She was sat against the wall, watching from the side of the net.
"Hey Prida, wanna go?" Mikey asked, grunting as he whacked a close one that he nearly missed.
"Hey, no getting out of it!" Raph yelled. "You know I'm gunna beat ya!" He ran up to the net to hit the shuttlecock, and Mikey laughed as he saw his advantage now Raph was near the net. He whacked it hard, so it flew over Raph, who had no time to run back and hit it. Instead the hotheaded teenager stumbled as he followed it backwards, and landed on his butt.
Thinking he was gunna get hell, Mikey quickly held his bat, protectively, in front of him.
But Raph just grinned. "That was a one off, Mikey!"
Mikey wiped his brow, and smiled as Prida laughed at him. He held the bat out for her.
"Here." He said.
"You sure?" She asked, hand out but not taking it.
"Yeah!"
"So I don't get to say anything about this change in opponents?" Raph asked, head cocked to one side.
"You don't wanna play with me?" Prida grinned, injecting a hurt tone in her voice.
Raph just grinned, and Mikey leaned over to Prida.
"Go easy on him, he IS a beginner!" He muttered, loud enough for his brother to hear.
"Am I gunna whoop your hide soon, Mikey!" Raph called.
Mikey grinned and dashed over to Leo and Donnie, as Raph and Prida played.
"Yo Mikey," Donnie said, not looking up from the Ping-Pong that he had just flicked over the net to Leo.
"Who's winning?" Mikey asked, standing with his arms folded at the side of the table.
"It's a tie," Leo said, eyes not leaving the ball.
Since they were so engrossed in their battle of ninja ping- pong, Mikey left them to it, and walked back to Prida and Raph's game.
It was unusual to see Raph getting on well with a girl, so seeing him playing a game and grinning happily was a little shocking to Mikey. He watched as they both dived for the shuttlecock. Prida was doing a tad bit better at hitting her target than Raph, who was limping everywhere, but didn't care.
"Who's winning?" Mikey called, standing back behind Prida.
"I am!" She called, neck craned to follow the shuttlecock.
"Ah, I'm just going easy on ya!" Raph called, whacking it with a lot of power. It sailed over Prida's head, and out of her reach, but it was in and that was a point to Raph.
She grinned and took it off Mikey, who had picked it up.
"Thanks," she said. "This is the last point. Whoever gets this one wins!"
Mikey watched as Raph served (he had his own shuttlecock), and Prida followed it like a hawk watches its prey. Her neck was aching!
A shout from back over near the ping-pong tables made Mikey turn around. Leo and Donnie had finished, and it looked as though Donnie had won because he was smiling triumphantly, and spinning the bat in his hand, while Leo folded his arms, grinning.
Another shout from in front of him made Mikey turn back again to Prida and Raph, as he watched the end of the game. Prida had just whacked the shuttlecock, and it sailed over the net at to Raph's left. He pulled the racket back, but not far enough and missed. He ended up on the floor again.
"HA! I win!" Prida threw her hands straight in the air, and grinned at her opponent, who was still on the floor, arms folded and looking exactly like Leo.
"Whoohoo Prida!" Mikey exclaimed. "High Three dudette!" He held his hand out.
She slapped it. "Don't you mean high five?" She smiled, frowning slightly.
Mikey's grin wavered. "That's what I said, heh."
Prida smiled, but still frowned. She shook her head, and ran over to Raph. Leo and Donnie were joining them.
"Hey, who won?" Leo asked.
"Moi!" Prida smiled, hand on Raph's shoulder. "He was tough, but not tough enough!"
"I think it was ME who went easy on YOU," He grinned.
The teacher was walking over to them from another little group.
"Time to pack up and get changed," she said, then went to tell everyone else.
Raph wiped the sweat off his brow, and started to help untie the net from the posts with Prida. Donnie and Leo went off to pack the ping-pong table away, and Mikey picked up Raph and Prida's rackets and shuttlecocks and took them back to the store cupboard. He walked in and dumped the rackets in the basket, and the shuttlecocks in the tube. Then he turned to go back out. But just as he got to the door, Tooks appeared, and as he stepped into the doorway, the bozo slammed the sliding, heavy door shut. Mikey jumped out the way, but his foot got caught and he yelled in pain as it sliced into him. He hopped back, clutching his foot, which was bleeding through his trainers. The door bounced back open, and Tooks backed off, grinning evilly, but unsure of the damage of what he had just done.
The teacher and everyone else ran to him. Leo, Donnie, Raph and Prida stopped packing away to see who yelled, then saw their brother and dropped their things, and ran to him.
"Mikey, what happened?" Donnie asked, dropping to the floor next to Miss Stevens.
"Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow," Mikey chanted, still clutching his foot, which was dripping with blood.
"Let's get him to the hospital quickly," the teacher said, clearing people away and helping Mikey up. "That looks very bad."
"Mikey, geeze what happened?!" Raph demanded, seeing the blood everywhere.
"Tooks," Mikey muttered through a mask of pain on his face. Then he was lead off, hopping, by the teacher and Donnie.
Raph's face changed from slightly shock of seeing blood come from his best bud, to dark anger. He spun around to find Tooks through the mass of people. He spotted him standing away form the crowd, next to his crazy gang, smirking. Raph growled and stormed through the mass of people.
Leo, looking from Mikey, didn't have to wonder why Raph just suddenly growled. He knew his brother wasn't going to tolerate this. He rushed after him, hoping he could stop Raph before Tooks became a flattened human pancake.
Prida turned and found them both gone. She looked for them, and spotted them making their way to Tooks. She hung back nervously, watching.
Raph stormed up to Tooks, appearing suddenly out of the crowd that Tooks didn't know what had picked him up by his front clothes until he saw the face.
"What the hell did he do to you, eh?!" Raph bellowed. "What the hell are you playing at?!"
Tooks tried to free himself, but couldn't. "You're all weirdos!" He shouted, and kids stared. "Why don't you go back where you came from?! You-re just -"
But Raph growled and brought his fist back, a good aim to Tooks' head. But Leo grabbed his arm from behind.
"Raph don't!" He warned.
"No! Go on! Let him!" Tooks said, eyes glinting evilly. "Yeah, and when he does, my dad can arrest his sorry ass -" He was jerked forcefully by Raph, who's teeth were barred. Leo's firm grip was still on his balled fist.
"You're not worth it," He growled dangerously, and threw Tooks back. Then he turned and strode off, Leo flashing Tooks a glare before following.
"They really need to be taught a lesson," Tooks muttered darkly. His gang nodded.
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"Miss Stevens! Miss - where's Mikey?" Leo asked, catching up with her from her office, where she was about to phone the hospital.
She looked up from the phone. "He's in the staff room, with . . . Donnie. His foot looks pretty bad, and he shakes his head every time I ask him what happened."
Leo nodded and dashed out of the Sports Centre's office. He touched Raph on the arm and motioned with his head for them to go to the staff room. They jogged down the hall, until they came to a room holding Mikey, Donnie and, who could only be, the nurse. She was easing his trainer off, and Mikey was wincing in pain. Blood dripped to the floor.
Donnie looked up as they came in and knelt by Mikey.
"Ow," the nurse muttered to herself. "Sliced through the skin to the bone . . ." She looked at the damage through the sock. "Not good . . ." She was a pretty lady, wearing a long, white T-shirt and teal leggings. Her shoulder-length blonde hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail.
"Will it be okay once the stitches are in, and it heals?" Donnie asked her.
She shrugged. "I'm not sure. I don't want to touch it, so I won't take the sock off."
"Mikey what happened exactly?" Leo asked, leaning forward on his knees.
"That Tooks dude slammed the door on my foot, I thought that was obvious since there might still be part of my foot plastered on the edge of it," Mikey managed a painful smile.
Miss Stevens came in. "Ambulance will be here in a minute." She announced.
"Oh no," Mikey moaned quietly. "I thought I'd seen enough of the hospital for a lifetime."
"Hey, you ain't got no complaints," Donnie grinned. "You got on quite well with the doctors."
Have-to-end-it-there! My fingers - where are they! I've worn them down! Et hem, so here this chapter, I wanna say thanks to Splinter for explaining the rules of Baseball (I still might have got them wrong, lol) Yes! I know! I'm crazy! I have never played Baseball! And thanks to tmnt_luver for a few confusing words too, lol. Sorry this was late, but its here and be happy! My back is now bent for life, and my fingers will never grow back! Thanks for the reviews, SFAM! Thanks! (more coming . . . That wasn't then end of the day btw, rest of the classes are to come!)
"Is this a double class?" Mikey asked, as he and his brothers filed out of the school Sports Centre onto the field, having gotten changed in the changing rooms and having the register taken. They were wearing their coloured T-shirts, with grey, cotton trousers.
"Yeah, so break's straight after." Donnie answered, walking in-between Mikey and Leo.
They had been told that the first class they would be doing Baseball. Second class they would be inside doing either Badminton, rowing, or ping-pong ball ("What the hell kinda school is this?" Raph moaned). Jo Tooks and his gang were also doing those with them.
The four bros, and Donnie's friend, Tyson Zera (after catching up with them), walked up to the Baseball part of the field, where it was lined with white paint on the grass. They were following the rest of the class, and Tooks and his friends kept sniggering and looking behind at them.
"How immature," Leo said, eyes narrowed at Tooks.
"What? You think?" Raph said, faking his gasp.
Leo ignored him while Raph smirked at him.
They all reached the Baseball area, and waited for the teacher to arrive. The stood and talked, while Mikey and Raph shared their glares with Tooks.
Tooks and his gang were glaring murderous at them, and the bozo only took his eyes from them to lay them on the class walking past them. It was the girls' class, and Prida was avoiding his eyes, walking on her own. Ci Ci Harrington was in her group, and she glanced at Raph before turning and talking again. Prida smiled at them, then their attention was drawn by their teacher.
She was a young, athletic woman, wearing navy shorts and a light grey T-shirt. Her name was Miss Stevens, and she was much nicer than Mr Johnson, who Leo and Raph had for PE Theory. She had soon split the class up into two groups. Tooks was on the opposite group from Leo, Raph, Mikey and Tyson but on the same as Donnie. But then, the teacher thought they should have two on either side, and moved Leo to Donnie's group.
The game started, and next to theirs was the girls group, who were also doing Baseball.
"This side bats first!" Miss Stevens called over, pointing to Leo and Donnie's group.
Raph and Mike's group took up field and base positions, although Mikey gave Raph a face that said he was the mite bit nervous about playing a game he had never played with humans before, but had seen plenty on TV.
Tooks, being the bully of the group, batted first after pushing to the front. He held the bat, a sick grin on his face as though he knew this was going to be easy.
But Miss Stevens had made Mikey the bowler, and Mikey wasn't going to let Tooks wear that grin for long. (He was feeling like Raph did when he spotted an annoying fly and wanted to swat it).
The teacher called for the game to begin, and Mikey tossed the ball up next to him and caught it, testing its weight. Then he judged the amount of power he would lob the ball with, and lobbed it.
Tooks only just brought the bat around in time, and the ball flew straight across Mikey, and to the feild behind him - right into Raph's waiting hands. He caught the ball, diving for it and hitting the ground with it tight in his hand. He grinned and flashed Tooks a glare.
"Well done, R . . . Raph!" The teacher caught herself before she could say 'Ralph'. She clapped her hands once, and called for continue play.
Tooks stared for a second, then slammed the bat down on the ground, and stormed out of the circle of paint to lean against the tree behind the backstop.
Raph tossed the ball to a grinning Mikey, then jogged backwards to his fielding position.
Mikey had bowled four times before he came to Donnie, who picked up the bat and grinned at his brother. He held the bat steady, waiting for Mikey to throw.
Mikey smiled, knowing this was going to be a hit, and brought back his arm. He threw it.
There was a WHACK and the next thing something in purple was running around the field at full speed.
The ball had flown to Tyson, who jumped as it thudded on the ground next to him. Then he ran and picked it up, then threw it across to third base where Donnie was just reaching.
The person on third base was one of Tooks' gang, and he threw himself for the ball, catching it and bringing it back to the base - just as Donnie passed and was in!
His group cheered (except Tooks) and Donnie grinned. Tooks' friend wasn't happy, and threw the ball back to Mikey, lazily. The teacher was saying 'good run' to Donnie.
Prida, who had been watching, smiled as she watched Tooks curse Donnie as he walked by to Leo in the line. She turned back to her game. She was in the group that was batting first, and Roxanne was with her. Her friend had just had her turn and had run the way around, dropping to the ground near the end of the line. Now it was Prida's turn. She walked up to face the bowler, picking the bat up off the ground. She held it ready, and sneaked a glance at the boys' game, but then pulled her eyes back in time to whack the ball, and send it flying around the field. She dropped the bat and ran; the wind blew her hair up as it whipped her face, and it whistled in her ears. She knew that eyes were on her, not just from her team, but from the boys as well. She made it back to the line, panting, and the ball had only just been chucked, not very accurately and flew past the bowler.
A few minutes later it was time for the boys' groups to swap, so Leo and Donnie's group got to field and stand at the bases; Raph and Mikey's group got to bat.
Mikey got to bat first, and stood facing Tooks, who was bowling. He flashed him a glare, and held the bat ready.
Tooks gripped the ball tightly, and tossed it once, catching it.
"Okay, play!" Miss Stevens called.
Tooks threw the ball so fast no one but the four bros followed it through the air.
Mikey pulled the bat back and swung, making a loud THACK as it connected with the ball. Then he ran.
Tooks leapt into the air as it sailed above his head, just brushing past his out-stretched fingers. It went over him, then over Mikey, who was already half way. He ducked and one of the fielders ran to catch it, but missed and it fell to the ground. The boy picked it up and lobbed it to last base where Mikey was now, but he got past to home plate and scored. His team cheered.
Tooks growled, and slammed the ball into his fist when he caught it from the fielder.
"Well done Mikey," the teacher said, smiling. "No growling Tooks, that was fair and square."
Tooks worked his face into a loathing glare at Mikey, and watched as Tyson moved into place to bat. Tooks brought back his arm and lobbed the ball so hard the air around it burnt up.
Tyson felt incredible pain and the next thing he knew his eyesight had blacked out and he was on the floor, people gathering over him.
"Tyson, you alright?" Donnie asked, sounding concerned. He was bent next to his friend.
"Ouch!" Tyson said, suddenly feeling the sharp, throbbing pain in his head. "What hap-" He didn't really need to ask, he knew the ball had gone straight into his head and knocked him down.
"Okay, Tyson, I think you'll need to go to the nurse and have that checked out," Miss Stevens said, helping him up gently.
"Thanks - ouch!" Tyson held a hand to his forehead.
"You okay?" Miss Stevens looked at him. "Le - No, Donnie, can you take him to the nurse?"
"Sure," Donnie helped his friend get his balance, putting one of his arms around his own shoulders. They walked off slowly.
"Okay, let's carry on." The teacher clapped her hands, and everyone went back to their places. "Raph you bat."
Raph picked up the bat that had fallen when Tyson had, and held it ready for Tooks to get in place as bowler.
Jo Tooks took his time, slowly making his way to the box and tossing the ball in the air until the teacher had to shout for him to throw. He brought his arm back and threw it as hard as he could.
Raph whacked it good, and dropped the bat. He legged it as fast as he could.
Tooks watched as the ball flew over to the field behind him. He turned to watch Raph as he ran past first base.
But just as Raph went past second base, his leg seized up in pain and he tripped and fell to the floor, rolling before stopping, lifting his front body up on his elbow, the other hand on his shin.
Leo, Donnie and Mikey ran over to him, as well as the teacher and a few other kids.
"Raph!" Leo shouted, dropping to his knees when he reached his brother. "You okay?"
"I'm fine, Leo," Raph said in an annoyed tone. Annoyed with his leg and annoyed that Leo had to ask.
"Whoa, are we having some injuries today," Miss Stevens said, bending down next to them both. Mikey and Donnie behind her. "What's wrong?"
"Noffin'!" Raph said, and got up, shrugging off Leo's help. He lent some weight on his leg, and it buckled. The teacher caught him.
"I think you should get to the nurse as well, you must have pulled a muscle." The teacher looked at him.
"It's his shin, Miss," Donnie spoke up. "He ripped it apart four days ago."
"Yowch," Stevens winced. "Go to the nurse, let her check it out."
"No, I'm fine!" Raph said. "I'll just sit out." He limped over to the trees, and leant against one.
The teacher shrugged. "Okay. Right, carry on."
Everyone went back to their positions, again, and the game continued. Mikey batted third time around, and made a complete lap. The ball hadn't even been picked up when he made it back, so he ran around again, with laughs from his group. Even Raph had to smile a bit. Soon it was time for first class to finish, and second to begin. They all packed up and moved back towards the Sports Centre.
"Yo! Didja see me make those two laps?!" Mikey said when he walked next to Leo and Donnie, talking to Raph.
"Yeah, very good," Raph said dismissively. He limped alongside his brothers as they made their way back.
"Hey! Raph!"
They all turned around to see Prida running towards them, leaving her group behind.
"Hey Prida," Leo greeted.
"Hi Leo," she said, then turned to Raph. "I saw you trip, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"What's wrong with your leg?" Prida noticed him limping.
"Ripped the tissue and the first muscle -" Donnie began, but Raph held his forefinger up right in front of his face.
"Thanks for the diagnosis, Doc." He said. "Shut it, okay?" He turned away from them and walked on his own.
"What's up with him?" Prida asked, as she began to walk with Leo, Donnie and Mikey.
"What's up with him?" Mikey repeated her. "He's always like that, you just haven't seen that side before!"
"Mikey," Leo moaned.
Prida laughed at the face Mikey pulled.
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Inside the Sports Centre, in the hall that was massive, Mikey pulled Raph in to do badminton, while Donnie and Leo had fun with ping-pong. Since the girls group was mixed with the boys, Prida watched them all.
"Ah Mikey!" Raph cried as he whacked the shuttlecock; just hitting it as he limped to the side, arm out.
"Heehee!" Mikey hit it easily.
Raph limped to meet it, jumping in the air. Mikey was pleased to see this was a game that Raph had got into because he wanted to beat his brother. He was actually having fun!
Prida laughed as the two competed. She was sat against the wall, watching from the side of the net.
"Hey Prida, wanna go?" Mikey asked, grunting as he whacked a close one that he nearly missed.
"Hey, no getting out of it!" Raph yelled. "You know I'm gunna beat ya!" He ran up to the net to hit the shuttlecock, and Mikey laughed as he saw his advantage now Raph was near the net. He whacked it hard, so it flew over Raph, who had no time to run back and hit it. Instead the hotheaded teenager stumbled as he followed it backwards, and landed on his butt.
Thinking he was gunna get hell, Mikey quickly held his bat, protectively, in front of him.
But Raph just grinned. "That was a one off, Mikey!"
Mikey wiped his brow, and smiled as Prida laughed at him. He held the bat out for her.
"Here." He said.
"You sure?" She asked, hand out but not taking it.
"Yeah!"
"So I don't get to say anything about this change in opponents?" Raph asked, head cocked to one side.
"You don't wanna play with me?" Prida grinned, injecting a hurt tone in her voice.
Raph just grinned, and Mikey leaned over to Prida.
"Go easy on him, he IS a beginner!" He muttered, loud enough for his brother to hear.
"Am I gunna whoop your hide soon, Mikey!" Raph called.
Mikey grinned and dashed over to Leo and Donnie, as Raph and Prida played.
"Yo Mikey," Donnie said, not looking up from the Ping-Pong that he had just flicked over the net to Leo.
"Who's winning?" Mikey asked, standing with his arms folded at the side of the table.
"It's a tie," Leo said, eyes not leaving the ball.
Since they were so engrossed in their battle of ninja ping- pong, Mikey left them to it, and walked back to Prida and Raph's game.
It was unusual to see Raph getting on well with a girl, so seeing him playing a game and grinning happily was a little shocking to Mikey. He watched as they both dived for the shuttlecock. Prida was doing a tad bit better at hitting her target than Raph, who was limping everywhere, but didn't care.
"Who's winning?" Mikey called, standing back behind Prida.
"I am!" She called, neck craned to follow the shuttlecock.
"Ah, I'm just going easy on ya!" Raph called, whacking it with a lot of power. It sailed over Prida's head, and out of her reach, but it was in and that was a point to Raph.
She grinned and took it off Mikey, who had picked it up.
"Thanks," she said. "This is the last point. Whoever gets this one wins!"
Mikey watched as Raph served (he had his own shuttlecock), and Prida followed it like a hawk watches its prey. Her neck was aching!
A shout from back over near the ping-pong tables made Mikey turn around. Leo and Donnie had finished, and it looked as though Donnie had won because he was smiling triumphantly, and spinning the bat in his hand, while Leo folded his arms, grinning.
Another shout from in front of him made Mikey turn back again to Prida and Raph, as he watched the end of the game. Prida had just whacked the shuttlecock, and it sailed over the net at to Raph's left. He pulled the racket back, but not far enough and missed. He ended up on the floor again.
"HA! I win!" Prida threw her hands straight in the air, and grinned at her opponent, who was still on the floor, arms folded and looking exactly like Leo.
"Whoohoo Prida!" Mikey exclaimed. "High Three dudette!" He held his hand out.
She slapped it. "Don't you mean high five?" She smiled, frowning slightly.
Mikey's grin wavered. "That's what I said, heh."
Prida smiled, but still frowned. She shook her head, and ran over to Raph. Leo and Donnie were joining them.
"Hey, who won?" Leo asked.
"Moi!" Prida smiled, hand on Raph's shoulder. "He was tough, but not tough enough!"
"I think it was ME who went easy on YOU," He grinned.
The teacher was walking over to them from another little group.
"Time to pack up and get changed," she said, then went to tell everyone else.
Raph wiped the sweat off his brow, and started to help untie the net from the posts with Prida. Donnie and Leo went off to pack the ping-pong table away, and Mikey picked up Raph and Prida's rackets and shuttlecocks and took them back to the store cupboard. He walked in and dumped the rackets in the basket, and the shuttlecocks in the tube. Then he turned to go back out. But just as he got to the door, Tooks appeared, and as he stepped into the doorway, the bozo slammed the sliding, heavy door shut. Mikey jumped out the way, but his foot got caught and he yelled in pain as it sliced into him. He hopped back, clutching his foot, which was bleeding through his trainers. The door bounced back open, and Tooks backed off, grinning evilly, but unsure of the damage of what he had just done.
The teacher and everyone else ran to him. Leo, Donnie, Raph and Prida stopped packing away to see who yelled, then saw their brother and dropped their things, and ran to him.
"Mikey, what happened?" Donnie asked, dropping to the floor next to Miss Stevens.
"Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow," Mikey chanted, still clutching his foot, which was dripping with blood.
"Let's get him to the hospital quickly," the teacher said, clearing people away and helping Mikey up. "That looks very bad."
"Mikey, geeze what happened?!" Raph demanded, seeing the blood everywhere.
"Tooks," Mikey muttered through a mask of pain on his face. Then he was lead off, hopping, by the teacher and Donnie.
Raph's face changed from slightly shock of seeing blood come from his best bud, to dark anger. He spun around to find Tooks through the mass of people. He spotted him standing away form the crowd, next to his crazy gang, smirking. Raph growled and stormed through the mass of people.
Leo, looking from Mikey, didn't have to wonder why Raph just suddenly growled. He knew his brother wasn't going to tolerate this. He rushed after him, hoping he could stop Raph before Tooks became a flattened human pancake.
Prida turned and found them both gone. She looked for them, and spotted them making their way to Tooks. She hung back nervously, watching.
Raph stormed up to Tooks, appearing suddenly out of the crowd that Tooks didn't know what had picked him up by his front clothes until he saw the face.
"What the hell did he do to you, eh?!" Raph bellowed. "What the hell are you playing at?!"
Tooks tried to free himself, but couldn't. "You're all weirdos!" He shouted, and kids stared. "Why don't you go back where you came from?! You-re just -"
But Raph growled and brought his fist back, a good aim to Tooks' head. But Leo grabbed his arm from behind.
"Raph don't!" He warned.
"No! Go on! Let him!" Tooks said, eyes glinting evilly. "Yeah, and when he does, my dad can arrest his sorry ass -" He was jerked forcefully by Raph, who's teeth were barred. Leo's firm grip was still on his balled fist.
"You're not worth it," He growled dangerously, and threw Tooks back. Then he turned and strode off, Leo flashing Tooks a glare before following.
"They really need to be taught a lesson," Tooks muttered darkly. His gang nodded.
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"Miss Stevens! Miss - where's Mikey?" Leo asked, catching up with her from her office, where she was about to phone the hospital.
She looked up from the phone. "He's in the staff room, with . . . Donnie. His foot looks pretty bad, and he shakes his head every time I ask him what happened."
Leo nodded and dashed out of the Sports Centre's office. He touched Raph on the arm and motioned with his head for them to go to the staff room. They jogged down the hall, until they came to a room holding Mikey, Donnie and, who could only be, the nurse. She was easing his trainer off, and Mikey was wincing in pain. Blood dripped to the floor.
Donnie looked up as they came in and knelt by Mikey.
"Ow," the nurse muttered to herself. "Sliced through the skin to the bone . . ." She looked at the damage through the sock. "Not good . . ." She was a pretty lady, wearing a long, white T-shirt and teal leggings. Her shoulder-length blonde hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail.
"Will it be okay once the stitches are in, and it heals?" Donnie asked her.
She shrugged. "I'm not sure. I don't want to touch it, so I won't take the sock off."
"Mikey what happened exactly?" Leo asked, leaning forward on his knees.
"That Tooks dude slammed the door on my foot, I thought that was obvious since there might still be part of my foot plastered on the edge of it," Mikey managed a painful smile.
Miss Stevens came in. "Ambulance will be here in a minute." She announced.
"Oh no," Mikey moaned quietly. "I thought I'd seen enough of the hospital for a lifetime."
"Hey, you ain't got no complaints," Donnie grinned. "You got on quite well with the doctors."
Have-to-end-it-there! My fingers - where are they! I've worn them down! Et hem, so here this chapter, I wanna say thanks to Splinter for explaining the rules of Baseball (I still might have got them wrong, lol) Yes! I know! I'm crazy! I have never played Baseball! And thanks to tmnt_luver for a few confusing words too, lol. Sorry this was late, but its here and be happy! My back is now bent for life, and my fingers will never grow back! Thanks for the reviews, SFAM! Thanks! (more coming . . . That wasn't then end of the day btw, rest of the classes are to come!)