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Daydream woke up as a single ray of sunlight hit her face. The young mutant turtle sat up, looking around frantically since she had forgotten where she had fallen asleep at. In her panic, Dream flung her teddy-bear, which hit Ziptango in the head. Ziptango sat up, glanced at Daydream, and flopped back down onto her sleeping bag. Arista woke up when Daydream finally realized where she was and began giggling at herself. "What are you doing?" she asked calmly. Daydream looked up at her and kept giggling. "I-I don't k- k-know!" laughed Dream, covering her mouth with her hands. Ziptango looked up again and once again ignored the younger girl. Hexadecimal had yet to wake up. Arista rolled her dark brown eyes. "Sorry I asked." She muttered and covered her head with a pillow. Daydream, after finishing her giggling spell, walked over to Hex, baffled at the fact she hadn't woken up. Dream put out one of her large toes and nudged Hex. "Hex? Are you alive?" she whispered. Hex didn't wake up. Daydream stared in confusion. "Hex?" she repeated in a slightly louder voice. "He-ex, wake up!" she demanded. After no response, Daydream bent down right beside the older girl's head. "HEXADECIMAL!!!!!!!" she screamed. Hexadecimal's arm flew upwards and connected with the side of Daydream's head as she sat up. "DAY!!! DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT?!?!?!" she roared at the younger girl who was rubbing the side of her head. "You're alive!" she exclaimed with a grin. "I'm going to KILL you!!!" Hex stated. Hexadecimal hauled her arm back, ready to punch Daydream's lights out when Arista leapt forward, grabbing the black bandanna'd turtle's arm. Dream jumped backwards, tripping and landing on Ziptango who let out a yell. "DAYDREAM, YOU LITTLE IDIOT!!!" Zip blew up also.
Daydream jumped up and hid behind Arista who was trying to calm the other two turtle girls who were out for blood. "Zip, calm down, she was just trying to get away from Hex." Arista turned to Hexadecimal who was fuming. "Hex, Dream was just scared that you were dead." She stated, but Hex wouldn't have it. "Yeah right, she KNEW I was trying to sleep!!!" Hex accused. Daydream's orange, yellow, and white tie-dyed bandanna poked out from behind Arista's shell. Zip grabbed it and yanked. Immediately the fifteen-year-old came forward, trying to grab the end back. "Zip, let go!" she yelped, acting as if someone had grabbed her now non-existent hair. Ziptango shook her head. "No, and if you don't apologize to me and Hex, I'll toss Mr. Teddy-bear out the window!" Zip reached down and grabbed the teddy-bear. Arista sighed and rolled her eyes. It would be useless to get in their way now and anyways, it was slightly funny, Zip's maniacal face as she held the bear, ready to punt it out the window, Daydream's look of fear as her bear was about to be punted out the window and Hex's grin at Zip's sudden evilness of punting Day's stuffed animal out the window. "No, please don't kill Melon! He didn't do anything!!" Dream wailed, reaching frantically for the teddy bear. Hex took the bear from Zip and headed over to the window. "Poor Mr. Teddy bear, I don't think he would like it very much if he fell three stories DOWN!" Hex laughed. Dream's eyes went wide. "NNOOO!! I'm SORRY!! I'M SOORRYYY!!!" she shrieked, begging Arista for help with her eyes. Arista shook her head. "You got yourself into this mess, you can get yourself out." Her eyes told Dream back. Zip gave Hex a look. "She said 'I'm sorry', what should we do?" Zip asked Hexadecimal who had stuck the teddy bear through a hole in the window and was waving it around like a banner at a football game. Hex smirked. "Toss the bear out the window!" Upon hearing that her teddy bear might be in actual danger, Daydream ripped her bandanna from Ziptango's hands and hurled herself at Hex. Hex, on a mean streak from being woken up so early, dropped the bear and then caught it before it fell. Dream let out a horrified squeak. "Take another step and Mr. Teddy gets it!" she threatened, holding the bear precariously by its ear. Daydream stood stock still. "Please can I have Melon back?" Dream pleaded, hands clasped. Hexadecimal rolled her eyes, pulled the bear back inside and tossed it to Daydream. "Here, oh ruler of all pathetic faces." She growled and then added in a lighter tone, "Why didja name the stupid bear Melon?" Daydream was now hugging the teddy bear tightly. Arista and Zip walked over, wanting to hear this definition too. Dream smiled. "Melon means 'Friend' in Elvish!" she exclaimed in a perky voice. The other three turtles groaned in response.
A stomach suddenly rumbled. Actually, four stomachs rumbled. "That reminds me, I'm star-ving!" Ziptango moaned, clutching her stomach. Three green heads nodded in agreement. Arista smiled. "Good thing I've got fruit in my backpack!" she said happily, walking over to the large pack that was sitting beside her sleeping bag. To the amazement of Zip, Hex, and Dream, Arista produced bananas, apples, peaches, nectarines, and a couple of oranges. Grabbing the food, the girls thanked Arista and then fell to devouring everything in sight. Zip suddenly stopped half-way through with eating an apple. "Hey, shouldn't we save some for later? Like tomorrow?" she asked, cocking her head. Three bandannas whipped around in unison. "No way, I haven't eaten since yesterday!" complained Daydream. "All I had was a microwavable burrito at a gas station on the boarder." Hex supplied for an excuse. Arista grinned. "I'm hungry, I am going to eat." Zip rolled her eyes and continued with the apple. When the four turtles were stuffed, they began to discuss what could have happened to them again. "I think we just accidentally got thrust into the TMNT dimension." Ziptango stated, sitting another apple core down beside three other ones just like it on the floor next to her. Daydream grinned. "I'm sticking by the 'We made a wish and now we're stuck with it' idea." She stated, taking a last bite out of a tasty nectarine. Arista stretched and went digging into her backpack again. As she dug, she talked to the other girls. "I want you three to see something." Arista extricated herself from her backpack and held out a photo. "This was taken four weeks ago at a party I went to." Arista said, handing the picture to Hex. Zip and Dream peered over the other turtle's shoulder. It was a picture of a bunch of college kids sitting on a couch. Some of the people were laughing, some were making goofy faces, but one thing stood out. There was a boy with his arm draped across a mutant turtle's shoulder, namely Arista's. "Nice picture." Daydream commented with a grin. "Who's the guy?" Zip asked, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "And where can I get his number?" Hex added since the guy in question was pretty cute. Arista rolled her eyes. "He's just a friend, but you are missing the point." Arista took the picture and flipped it onto its back. "Wait, but we weren't turtles four weeks ago!" Ziptango exclaimed, staring in amazement at the date. Arista nodded. "Yeah, but in this dimension, I think we were." Arista stated her conclusion. The remaining three turtle girls stared blankly.
"So, did we take over the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles job?" asked Daydream, fiddling with the ends of her bandanna. Arista shrugged. "I don't know." She replied. Hexadecimal smiled. "Well, if we take over the turtle's job, I'm Raph!" she declared happily, getting off the floor. "And I'm Donatello, master of all machinery!" Ziptango stood up, striking a heroine pose. Daydream jumped up from the floor and did a become-the-praying-mantis kinda thing. "Who-WAH! I am Michelangelo, prevailer of good and mondo funny things, dudettes!" she laughed. Arista stood up. "I guess that leaves me with Leo." She said with fake sorrow. Hex rolled her eyes. "Yeah, you look really upset Rista!" she joked. Daydream suddenly let out a shout. "WAIT! We can't be the guys, we're GIRLS, so I'm Michelle!" Dream grinned as wide as possibly and then pointed at Zip. "And you are Donna!" Daydream bestowed the name upon the older girl who laughed. Dream then pointed at Hex. "And you are Rachel!" Hex rolled her eyes and looked at Arista who shrugged. Daydream whirled around and pointed her finger accusingly at Arista. "And you, you are Leah!" Arista sighed. "As if I didn't know THAT was coming." Sitting back down, the four turtle girls decided to turn the discussion away from the turtle guys and to what they were going to do with their new home. "We can each have our own room to do what we want with." Arista stated and then told them about the problems ahead. "But, there's no electricity, heating, conditioning. We do have plumbing, thankfully." The turtle girls grinned. "Yeah, but we do need electricity." Ziptango put in, thinking about TV, a computer, and how to cook things. "It shouldn't be too hard; all we have to do is borrow some from the houses around us." Hexadecimal came up with a solution. "But what about beds, and couches, and chairs?" Daydream asked, twirling the ends of her bandanna. Arista snapped her fingers, remembering something. "Oh yes, I remember now. There's furniture in the basement!" "What?! Really?! No way!!" Three answers came back to her. Arista nodded. "Yeah, there's like five beds, a couch, and a few armchairs down there, plus stools, tables, and table end." Arista informed the now happy fanfiction writers.
"I'll get to work on the electricity!" Ziptango bubbled, happy to be doing something. Hexadecimal nodded. "Then I guess we should all head off to the basement." She stated, walking towards the steps. Arista, Daydream, and Zip fell into step behind her. After reaching the bottom floor, Hex turned to Arista. "Maybe you should lead now, I'm not sure where the basement is." Hex said, letting Arista take the lead. The nineteen-year-old opened a door and revealed a flight of steps which the four turtles quickly descended. When in the basement, Zip went to find the circuit board while the other three headed off in search of the furniture. "Why'd the people leave all their stuff behind?" asked Daydream, blowing the dust off of an old record. Hex and Arista both shrugged. "Maybe they were so rich that they didn't need this old junk anymore." Hex supplied, pulling open a chest of drawers. A flock of moths flew out at her. "Or, maybe the landlord tossed all these people out, making them leave their stuff here." Arista put in her share as she lightly brushed off a stack of old magazines. "Or maybe," Zip's voice yelled from the other side of the basement, "this is an old timey hardware store like the sign says outside!" "That would make since." Arista said, leafing through one of the magazines. The basement was very dimly lit since the only light giving source was a couple of ground windows.
Old wardrobes, mirrors, chests, and miscellaneous objects were sitting around. Other furniture was placed around sporadically. Hex pointed at a huge couch that was in a corner. "We could use that." She stated. The three mutants walked over to it and began to examine it for defects. The couch was dark blue cloth and only semi-lumpy. It was also a fold-out as Daydream had found out. "Coolies!" she exclaimed, lying out on the mattress. Arista rolled her eyes and pushed the younger turtle off the bed. "Get off; we have to get it upstairs." She ordered. Daydream propped herself up on her elbows and gave Arista an annoyed look. "You could've said pa-lease!" she exclaimed, but got up anyway, ready to help. Hex was about to bend down to grab the bottom of the couch when she remembered Zip. "Hey Zip, ya gonna help?" Hex yelled. "Ya want the lights on before Christmas?!" an irritated, distant voice replied. Hex rolled her eyes and bent down to grab the bottom of the couch again. Arista began a count down. "Lift on three. One, two, THREE!" she groaned the last number as the three turtles lifted the couch. Hex backed up the stairs, arms aching at the strain of carrying the couch. Arista and Day tried to lift up more so that it wouldn't hurt Hex so much. "If Ms. We-NEED-electricity was helping, this would go a lot faster!" Hex growled. "I won't fix it Hex, I swear I won't!" Zip yelled from the basement. Hex ignored her, but shut up. When the three girls got to the top of the stairs, or the first floor, they stopped to take a breather. Daydream flung herself onto the couch while Hex and Arista sat on the armrests. "This. Is. Hard!" Dream panted. Arista and Hex nodded. "Yeah and we have two more flights of stairs to go up." Hex stated in a tired tone. Arista glared at the stairwell entrance. And they had to do this with four beds, a couple of armchairs, and a bunch of other furniture. Ugh. After a few minutes, the three turtles picked the couch back up and started up the stairs.
In a few hours, at the top of the stairs on the third floor, there was a pile of furniture consisting of beds, the couch, stools, armchairs, a couple of tables, end tables, a couple of bean-bag chairs, a few shaggy rugs and an oak coffee table. Arista, Hex, and Daydream were laying in the middle of the floor, half-asleep when the whirl of a ceiling fan made them sit up. An exuberant yell filled the entire building, coming from the basement. "IIIIIII DID IT!!!! " Ziptango was screeching. The other three gave each other looks and then glanced at the stairs where it sounded as if a herd of elephants were coming. Zip burst into the room, looking as happy as was turtley possible. Daydream let lose a yell. "ORC!!" She pointed at Zip and held up her SpongeBob pillow as a shield. Ziptango gave a roguish grin. She was covered in black soot, like she had been crawling around in a fireplace. At the questioning looks of Arista and Hex, Zip shrugged. "The stupid thing kept exploding." She explained. "Nice one Zip." Arista said, rolling her eyes. Daydream's head poked out from behind the pillow with a silly grin on her face. "Oh." "So, should I go get my TV and VCR out of the car?" Hex asked smugly, looking at the shocked and happy faces of her turtle companions. "YES!!!" three voices screamed at the same time. Hex rolled her eyes, jumped up, and ran down the stairs, her ragged black bandanna flowing behind her. Daydream pulled a Gameboy out of a pocket in her backpack. Ziptango was running around, flipping on every single electric thing in the room. Arista pilfered through her own bag, smiling when she pulled out one of her comic books. "Hhmm, I've already read this one like five times, but the heck, why don't I just read it again!" Arista muttered, burying her beak into the offending comic.
For a while, all you could hear was the stupid music on Dream's Gameboy, Zip's extremely happy exclamation as she turned the oven on, and Arista flipping pages. Then a loud buzzing sound was heard. Zip grinned and ran over to the wall where an intercom was mounted on the wall. Zip, with the air of superiority, pressed the talk button. "Yeah?" Hex's annoyed voice began yelling in a crackly static way. "HELLO?!! I NEED SOME HELP DOWN HERE, YOU SLACKERS!!" Daydream looked up from her Gameboy. "I'm not a slacker, I'm a turtle!" she exclaimed happily. Arista rolled her comic book up like a newspaper. "You're a couch potato, now come on Daydream." Arista said, bopping the girl with the comic book on the way by. "But the couch is underneath the armchair!" The young turtle stated, rubbed her head and followed Arista and Zip out the door, down the stairs, and out into the alley. Hex was sitting on the back bumper of her car, now giving the girls a thank-you look. "Hello, nice of you to stop by!" she said in a sarcastic tone and picked up a semi-large TV, pushing it into Arista's arms. Arista stumbled slightly under the weight, but Zip rushed over and grabbed the bottom of it on the other side. "Hey Rista, I know you don't need the help, but I'm gonna help you anyway!" she exclaimed. Arista rolled her eyes and the two began to walk towards the door. Hex bent back down into the car trunk and pulled a huge bag filled to the brim with movies out. She shoved it into the unsuspecting arms of Daydream who sunk under the weight. "Ugh, thanks Hex, I'll send you the bill for the future chiropractor bills." She mumbled, stumbling towards the building door. Hexadecimal rolled her eyes and picked up the VCR, closed the trunk, and walked through the door. She grinned, seeing Day climbing up the stairs, every so often crashing against the side of the wall for support. "Do you need some help, Day?" she asked quickly as Daydream almost fell backwards, but regained her balance. Daydream shook her head, making the bandanna tails swing back and forth and almost tossing her off-balance again. "Okay, your funeral." Hex muttered.
"Let's watch Lord Of The Rings!!" Daydream exclaimed happily, bouncing up and down on the couch. The four mutant turtle girls had spent the rest of the afternoon arranging the furniture the way they liked it. Let's take a tour. When you first stepped into the third floor, you noticed the large blue couch sitting farther in and to the left side. A big black leather armchair was sitting near it, another armchair, this one was also black, was symmetrical to this one, and a couple of dark green bean-bag chairs were close by. Beside the armchairs and the couch, there were a few small end-tables. Lamps sat on the end-tables. In front of the couch, the oak coffee table sat, plastic cups already littering its surface. These furniture pieces were all sitting on top of a furry dark blue rug with gold embroidery, which covered up the hardwood floor. On the other side of the room, past the white pole in the middle of the room, there was the kitchen. An island bar sat in the middle, a few white and light brown stools sitting around it on the black and white tile floor. The light brown cabinets were full of any silverware and glasses the girls could find. A now running refrigerator was mostly empty; the mutant turtles would be going to the grocery store the next night. Going back into the center of the room, you would notice that there were four bedrooms, small, but comfortable. They were located at the corners of the main room. Near the poll, there was a red punching bag hanging from the ceiling, a lovely set of weights sitting on the ground, and a mat that looked perfect for acrobatics. Hex had found all of these in the basement to the enjoyment of the others. The rooms were lit up by ceiling fan lights and a few sporadic lamps. "No! I wanna watch Star Wars!" Ziptango said, brandishing the movie with her favorite human guy on it. Daydream nodded. "Kay! She exclaimed, snatched the movie from Zip and pushed it into Hex's precious VCR. Arista smiled. "Wow Dream, you're actually agreeing with someone else." She laughed, reclining the armchair she was sitting in backwards. Daydream shot her a hurt look. Arista laughed again. "Oh come on, I was just joking!" she exclaimed. Daydream turned back around to focus her attention on the VCR. Ziptango sat on the couch, munching on some popcorn Arista had produced from her backpack. Zip looked at Arista with a smirk on her face. "Wha-at?" Arista asked, slightly annoyed at Zip. "I have decided to name your backpack Arista's Abyss!" the turtle in purple notified Arista whose mouth hung open. Hex and Day burst into peals of laughter. "HAHAHA ARISTA'S ABYSS!! HAHAHA!!" Hex roared, pounding the armrest of the couch. Daydream giggled endlessly till Arista flung a dark blue pillow at her. Still laughing silently, Daydream pressed the 'play' button on the VCR. The four turtle girls fell silent to watch the sci-fi movie.
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Daydream woke up as a single ray of sunlight hit her face. The young mutant turtle sat up, looking around frantically since she had forgotten where she had fallen asleep at. In her panic, Dream flung her teddy-bear, which hit Ziptango in the head. Ziptango sat up, glanced at Daydream, and flopped back down onto her sleeping bag. Arista woke up when Daydream finally realized where she was and began giggling at herself. "What are you doing?" she asked calmly. Daydream looked up at her and kept giggling. "I-I don't k- k-know!" laughed Dream, covering her mouth with her hands. Ziptango looked up again and once again ignored the younger girl. Hexadecimal had yet to wake up. Arista rolled her dark brown eyes. "Sorry I asked." She muttered and covered her head with a pillow. Daydream, after finishing her giggling spell, walked over to Hex, baffled at the fact she hadn't woken up. Dream put out one of her large toes and nudged Hex. "Hex? Are you alive?" she whispered. Hex didn't wake up. Daydream stared in confusion. "Hex?" she repeated in a slightly louder voice. "He-ex, wake up!" she demanded. After no response, Daydream bent down right beside the older girl's head. "HEXADECIMAL!!!!!!!" she screamed. Hexadecimal's arm flew upwards and connected with the side of Daydream's head as she sat up. "DAY!!! DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT?!?!?!" she roared at the younger girl who was rubbing the side of her head. "You're alive!" she exclaimed with a grin. "I'm going to KILL you!!!" Hex stated. Hexadecimal hauled her arm back, ready to punch Daydream's lights out when Arista leapt forward, grabbing the black bandanna'd turtle's arm. Dream jumped backwards, tripping and landing on Ziptango who let out a yell. "DAYDREAM, YOU LITTLE IDIOT!!!" Zip blew up also.
Daydream jumped up and hid behind Arista who was trying to calm the other two turtle girls who were out for blood. "Zip, calm down, she was just trying to get away from Hex." Arista turned to Hexadecimal who was fuming. "Hex, Dream was just scared that you were dead." She stated, but Hex wouldn't have it. "Yeah right, she KNEW I was trying to sleep!!!" Hex accused. Daydream's orange, yellow, and white tie-dyed bandanna poked out from behind Arista's shell. Zip grabbed it and yanked. Immediately the fifteen-year-old came forward, trying to grab the end back. "Zip, let go!" she yelped, acting as if someone had grabbed her now non-existent hair. Ziptango shook her head. "No, and if you don't apologize to me and Hex, I'll toss Mr. Teddy-bear out the window!" Zip reached down and grabbed the teddy-bear. Arista sighed and rolled her eyes. It would be useless to get in their way now and anyways, it was slightly funny, Zip's maniacal face as she held the bear, ready to punt it out the window, Daydream's look of fear as her bear was about to be punted out the window and Hex's grin at Zip's sudden evilness of punting Day's stuffed animal out the window. "No, please don't kill Melon! He didn't do anything!!" Dream wailed, reaching frantically for the teddy bear. Hex took the bear from Zip and headed over to the window. "Poor Mr. Teddy bear, I don't think he would like it very much if he fell three stories DOWN!" Hex laughed. Dream's eyes went wide. "NNOOO!! I'm SORRY!! I'M SOORRYYY!!!" she shrieked, begging Arista for help with her eyes. Arista shook her head. "You got yourself into this mess, you can get yourself out." Her eyes told Dream back. Zip gave Hex a look. "She said 'I'm sorry', what should we do?" Zip asked Hexadecimal who had stuck the teddy bear through a hole in the window and was waving it around like a banner at a football game. Hex smirked. "Toss the bear out the window!" Upon hearing that her teddy bear might be in actual danger, Daydream ripped her bandanna from Ziptango's hands and hurled herself at Hex. Hex, on a mean streak from being woken up so early, dropped the bear and then caught it before it fell. Dream let out a horrified squeak. "Take another step and Mr. Teddy gets it!" she threatened, holding the bear precariously by its ear. Daydream stood stock still. "Please can I have Melon back?" Dream pleaded, hands clasped. Hexadecimal rolled her eyes, pulled the bear back inside and tossed it to Daydream. "Here, oh ruler of all pathetic faces." She growled and then added in a lighter tone, "Why didja name the stupid bear Melon?" Daydream was now hugging the teddy bear tightly. Arista and Zip walked over, wanting to hear this definition too. Dream smiled. "Melon means 'Friend' in Elvish!" she exclaimed in a perky voice. The other three turtles groaned in response.
A stomach suddenly rumbled. Actually, four stomachs rumbled. "That reminds me, I'm star-ving!" Ziptango moaned, clutching her stomach. Three green heads nodded in agreement. Arista smiled. "Good thing I've got fruit in my backpack!" she said happily, walking over to the large pack that was sitting beside her sleeping bag. To the amazement of Zip, Hex, and Dream, Arista produced bananas, apples, peaches, nectarines, and a couple of oranges. Grabbing the food, the girls thanked Arista and then fell to devouring everything in sight. Zip suddenly stopped half-way through with eating an apple. "Hey, shouldn't we save some for later? Like tomorrow?" she asked, cocking her head. Three bandannas whipped around in unison. "No way, I haven't eaten since yesterday!" complained Daydream. "All I had was a microwavable burrito at a gas station on the boarder." Hex supplied for an excuse. Arista grinned. "I'm hungry, I am going to eat." Zip rolled her eyes and continued with the apple. When the four turtles were stuffed, they began to discuss what could have happened to them again. "I think we just accidentally got thrust into the TMNT dimension." Ziptango stated, sitting another apple core down beside three other ones just like it on the floor next to her. Daydream grinned. "I'm sticking by the 'We made a wish and now we're stuck with it' idea." She stated, taking a last bite out of a tasty nectarine. Arista stretched and went digging into her backpack again. As she dug, she talked to the other girls. "I want you three to see something." Arista extricated herself from her backpack and held out a photo. "This was taken four weeks ago at a party I went to." Arista said, handing the picture to Hex. Zip and Dream peered over the other turtle's shoulder. It was a picture of a bunch of college kids sitting on a couch. Some of the people were laughing, some were making goofy faces, but one thing stood out. There was a boy with his arm draped across a mutant turtle's shoulder, namely Arista's. "Nice picture." Daydream commented with a grin. "Who's the guy?" Zip asked, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "And where can I get his number?" Hex added since the guy in question was pretty cute. Arista rolled her eyes. "He's just a friend, but you are missing the point." Arista took the picture and flipped it onto its back. "Wait, but we weren't turtles four weeks ago!" Ziptango exclaimed, staring in amazement at the date. Arista nodded. "Yeah, but in this dimension, I think we were." Arista stated her conclusion. The remaining three turtle girls stared blankly.
"So, did we take over the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles job?" asked Daydream, fiddling with the ends of her bandanna. Arista shrugged. "I don't know." She replied. Hexadecimal smiled. "Well, if we take over the turtle's job, I'm Raph!" she declared happily, getting off the floor. "And I'm Donatello, master of all machinery!" Ziptango stood up, striking a heroine pose. Daydream jumped up from the floor and did a become-the-praying-mantis kinda thing. "Who-WAH! I am Michelangelo, prevailer of good and mondo funny things, dudettes!" she laughed. Arista stood up. "I guess that leaves me with Leo." She said with fake sorrow. Hex rolled her eyes. "Yeah, you look really upset Rista!" she joked. Daydream suddenly let out a shout. "WAIT! We can't be the guys, we're GIRLS, so I'm Michelle!" Dream grinned as wide as possibly and then pointed at Zip. "And you are Donna!" Daydream bestowed the name upon the older girl who laughed. Dream then pointed at Hex. "And you are Rachel!" Hex rolled her eyes and looked at Arista who shrugged. Daydream whirled around and pointed her finger accusingly at Arista. "And you, you are Leah!" Arista sighed. "As if I didn't know THAT was coming." Sitting back down, the four turtle girls decided to turn the discussion away from the turtle guys and to what they were going to do with their new home. "We can each have our own room to do what we want with." Arista stated and then told them about the problems ahead. "But, there's no electricity, heating, conditioning. We do have plumbing, thankfully." The turtle girls grinned. "Yeah, but we do need electricity." Ziptango put in, thinking about TV, a computer, and how to cook things. "It shouldn't be too hard; all we have to do is borrow some from the houses around us." Hexadecimal came up with a solution. "But what about beds, and couches, and chairs?" Daydream asked, twirling the ends of her bandanna. Arista snapped her fingers, remembering something. "Oh yes, I remember now. There's furniture in the basement!" "What?! Really?! No way!!" Three answers came back to her. Arista nodded. "Yeah, there's like five beds, a couch, and a few armchairs down there, plus stools, tables, and table end." Arista informed the now happy fanfiction writers.
"I'll get to work on the electricity!" Ziptango bubbled, happy to be doing something. Hexadecimal nodded. "Then I guess we should all head off to the basement." She stated, walking towards the steps. Arista, Daydream, and Zip fell into step behind her. After reaching the bottom floor, Hex turned to Arista. "Maybe you should lead now, I'm not sure where the basement is." Hex said, letting Arista take the lead. The nineteen-year-old opened a door and revealed a flight of steps which the four turtles quickly descended. When in the basement, Zip went to find the circuit board while the other three headed off in search of the furniture. "Why'd the people leave all their stuff behind?" asked Daydream, blowing the dust off of an old record. Hex and Arista both shrugged. "Maybe they were so rich that they didn't need this old junk anymore." Hex supplied, pulling open a chest of drawers. A flock of moths flew out at her. "Or, maybe the landlord tossed all these people out, making them leave their stuff here." Arista put in her share as she lightly brushed off a stack of old magazines. "Or maybe," Zip's voice yelled from the other side of the basement, "this is an old timey hardware store like the sign says outside!" "That would make since." Arista said, leafing through one of the magazines. The basement was very dimly lit since the only light giving source was a couple of ground windows.
Old wardrobes, mirrors, chests, and miscellaneous objects were sitting around. Other furniture was placed around sporadically. Hex pointed at a huge couch that was in a corner. "We could use that." She stated. The three mutants walked over to it and began to examine it for defects. The couch was dark blue cloth and only semi-lumpy. It was also a fold-out as Daydream had found out. "Coolies!" she exclaimed, lying out on the mattress. Arista rolled her eyes and pushed the younger turtle off the bed. "Get off; we have to get it upstairs." She ordered. Daydream propped herself up on her elbows and gave Arista an annoyed look. "You could've said pa-lease!" she exclaimed, but got up anyway, ready to help. Hex was about to bend down to grab the bottom of the couch when she remembered Zip. "Hey Zip, ya gonna help?" Hex yelled. "Ya want the lights on before Christmas?!" an irritated, distant voice replied. Hex rolled her eyes and bent down to grab the bottom of the couch again. Arista began a count down. "Lift on three. One, two, THREE!" she groaned the last number as the three turtles lifted the couch. Hex backed up the stairs, arms aching at the strain of carrying the couch. Arista and Day tried to lift up more so that it wouldn't hurt Hex so much. "If Ms. We-NEED-electricity was helping, this would go a lot faster!" Hex growled. "I won't fix it Hex, I swear I won't!" Zip yelled from the basement. Hex ignored her, but shut up. When the three girls got to the top of the stairs, or the first floor, they stopped to take a breather. Daydream flung herself onto the couch while Hex and Arista sat on the armrests. "This. Is. Hard!" Dream panted. Arista and Hex nodded. "Yeah and we have two more flights of stairs to go up." Hex stated in a tired tone. Arista glared at the stairwell entrance. And they had to do this with four beds, a couple of armchairs, and a bunch of other furniture. Ugh. After a few minutes, the three turtles picked the couch back up and started up the stairs.
In a few hours, at the top of the stairs on the third floor, there was a pile of furniture consisting of beds, the couch, stools, armchairs, a couple of tables, end tables, a couple of bean-bag chairs, a few shaggy rugs and an oak coffee table. Arista, Hex, and Daydream were laying in the middle of the floor, half-asleep when the whirl of a ceiling fan made them sit up. An exuberant yell filled the entire building, coming from the basement. "IIIIIII DID IT!!!! " Ziptango was screeching. The other three gave each other looks and then glanced at the stairs where it sounded as if a herd of elephants were coming. Zip burst into the room, looking as happy as was turtley possible. Daydream let lose a yell. "ORC!!" She pointed at Zip and held up her SpongeBob pillow as a shield. Ziptango gave a roguish grin. She was covered in black soot, like she had been crawling around in a fireplace. At the questioning looks of Arista and Hex, Zip shrugged. "The stupid thing kept exploding." She explained. "Nice one Zip." Arista said, rolling her eyes. Daydream's head poked out from behind the pillow with a silly grin on her face. "Oh." "So, should I go get my TV and VCR out of the car?" Hex asked smugly, looking at the shocked and happy faces of her turtle companions. "YES!!!" three voices screamed at the same time. Hex rolled her eyes, jumped up, and ran down the stairs, her ragged black bandanna flowing behind her. Daydream pulled a Gameboy out of a pocket in her backpack. Ziptango was running around, flipping on every single electric thing in the room. Arista pilfered through her own bag, smiling when she pulled out one of her comic books. "Hhmm, I've already read this one like five times, but the heck, why don't I just read it again!" Arista muttered, burying her beak into the offending comic.
For a while, all you could hear was the stupid music on Dream's Gameboy, Zip's extremely happy exclamation as she turned the oven on, and Arista flipping pages. Then a loud buzzing sound was heard. Zip grinned and ran over to the wall where an intercom was mounted on the wall. Zip, with the air of superiority, pressed the talk button. "Yeah?" Hex's annoyed voice began yelling in a crackly static way. "HELLO?!! I NEED SOME HELP DOWN HERE, YOU SLACKERS!!" Daydream looked up from her Gameboy. "I'm not a slacker, I'm a turtle!" she exclaimed happily. Arista rolled her comic book up like a newspaper. "You're a couch potato, now come on Daydream." Arista said, bopping the girl with the comic book on the way by. "But the couch is underneath the armchair!" The young turtle stated, rubbed her head and followed Arista and Zip out the door, down the stairs, and out into the alley. Hex was sitting on the back bumper of her car, now giving the girls a thank-you look. "Hello, nice of you to stop by!" she said in a sarcastic tone and picked up a semi-large TV, pushing it into Arista's arms. Arista stumbled slightly under the weight, but Zip rushed over and grabbed the bottom of it on the other side. "Hey Rista, I know you don't need the help, but I'm gonna help you anyway!" she exclaimed. Arista rolled her eyes and the two began to walk towards the door. Hex bent back down into the car trunk and pulled a huge bag filled to the brim with movies out. She shoved it into the unsuspecting arms of Daydream who sunk under the weight. "Ugh, thanks Hex, I'll send you the bill for the future chiropractor bills." She mumbled, stumbling towards the building door. Hexadecimal rolled her eyes and picked up the VCR, closed the trunk, and walked through the door. She grinned, seeing Day climbing up the stairs, every so often crashing against the side of the wall for support. "Do you need some help, Day?" she asked quickly as Daydream almost fell backwards, but regained her balance. Daydream shook her head, making the bandanna tails swing back and forth and almost tossing her off-balance again. "Okay, your funeral." Hex muttered.
"Let's watch Lord Of The Rings!!" Daydream exclaimed happily, bouncing up and down on the couch. The four mutant turtle girls had spent the rest of the afternoon arranging the furniture the way they liked it. Let's take a tour. When you first stepped into the third floor, you noticed the large blue couch sitting farther in and to the left side. A big black leather armchair was sitting near it, another armchair, this one was also black, was symmetrical to this one, and a couple of dark green bean-bag chairs were close by. Beside the armchairs and the couch, there were a few small end-tables. Lamps sat on the end-tables. In front of the couch, the oak coffee table sat, plastic cups already littering its surface. These furniture pieces were all sitting on top of a furry dark blue rug with gold embroidery, which covered up the hardwood floor. On the other side of the room, past the white pole in the middle of the room, there was the kitchen. An island bar sat in the middle, a few white and light brown stools sitting around it on the black and white tile floor. The light brown cabinets were full of any silverware and glasses the girls could find. A now running refrigerator was mostly empty; the mutant turtles would be going to the grocery store the next night. Going back into the center of the room, you would notice that there were four bedrooms, small, but comfortable. They were located at the corners of the main room. Near the poll, there was a red punching bag hanging from the ceiling, a lovely set of weights sitting on the ground, and a mat that looked perfect for acrobatics. Hex had found all of these in the basement to the enjoyment of the others. The rooms were lit up by ceiling fan lights and a few sporadic lamps. "No! I wanna watch Star Wars!" Ziptango said, brandishing the movie with her favorite human guy on it. Daydream nodded. "Kay! She exclaimed, snatched the movie from Zip and pushed it into Hex's precious VCR. Arista smiled. "Wow Dream, you're actually agreeing with someone else." She laughed, reclining the armchair she was sitting in backwards. Daydream shot her a hurt look. Arista laughed again. "Oh come on, I was just joking!" she exclaimed. Daydream turned back around to focus her attention on the VCR. Ziptango sat on the couch, munching on some popcorn Arista had produced from her backpack. Zip looked at Arista with a smirk on her face. "Wha-at?" Arista asked, slightly annoyed at Zip. "I have decided to name your backpack Arista's Abyss!" the turtle in purple notified Arista whose mouth hung open. Hex and Day burst into peals of laughter. "HAHAHA ARISTA'S ABYSS!! HAHAHA!!" Hex roared, pounding the armrest of the couch. Daydream giggled endlessly till Arista flung a dark blue pillow at her. Still laughing silently, Daydream pressed the 'play' button on the VCR. The four turtle girls fell silent to watch the sci-fi movie.
MUHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAA!! ANOTHER CHAPTER!!! YAY!!! BE HAPPY!! JOIN ME IN MY HAPPINESS!!! *everybody, even you, yes YOU, does Daydream's happy dance* YAY!!!! SO HAPPY!!! YAY!!! ^_^ Please review!! I looooooooove reviews!! ^_^