Author's Notes: Two things, one, sorry about the change of the format. Some
of the things I use to use as bold are no longer doing that. I'm guessing
because I'm now using the (.doc) format. Two, this chapter is a little bit
longer then the other one.
Chapter Twelve: Human:
"AHHH!!!"
The sounds of Mikey's yelling caused everyone in the den to wake up, and go to him. However, it didn't take them too long to find out what he was yelling about. Splinter looked at his sons and noticed that something was very different about them. They were all human, including Venus. Splinter looked down at himself, and found that he was still a rat. When he looked back up, the brothers had covered themselves, and Venus had got a nearby blanket to cover her.
"Dudes! What in the shell is going on here?!" Mikey asked.
"We're human." answered Donnie.
"Give the guy a prize." Raph replied. "How in the world did this happen?" He turned to Venus.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked him.
"Because I don't think we could have turned into freakin' humans just like that." Raph said. "Did you do some of that Chinese Voo Doo on us?"
Venus looked at him angrily. "I did nothing of the sort thank you very much!"
"Raph, knock it off!" snapped Leo.
"Well, how else do you explain it?" Raph asked.
That's when all eyes turned to Donnie. "Don't look at me. I have no idea what's going on."
"We'll, you're no help." replied Raph.
"That is enough!"
All turned to Splinter. "Everyone calm down. We will call April and Casey and see if they can help us out on this."
"What about Buffy and Dawn?" Mikey asked.
"We can call them as well." added Splinter. "You all we need some human clothes."
"I'll call April." Raph told everyone and went to the phone.
"Then I'll call Buffy." replied Mikey.
"There should be a law that the phone shouldn't ring until noon." April said with a groan as she got out of bed.
She had the day off and when she was off she didn't want to do anything else but sleep. Casey was away at the bar. He wouldn't be back until night. So, she couldn't ask him to kill the phone. April got up and answered it.
"Hello." she said into the receiver. There was a pause or two before she continued. "Raph. What is it? It's early."
"You might want to come down here." Raph said on the other line.
"What? Why?"
"You have to see. I don't think you would believe me if I told you."
April sighed. "All right, all right. I'll be over in a few minutes." she was about to hang up but Raph stopped her.
"Hang on a sec." he said. "Do you think you could bring some clothes down?"
"What?" April asked. "Clothes? What for?"
"Just bring some down please." he then added. "Oh, and can you bring something of yours too?"
"I guess I can." said April. "Why won't you tell me what's going on? You're starting to scare me a bit."
"You'll see." Raph told her. "Well, I'll see you when you get here. Mikey needs to call Buffy."
"Okay. Bye." Click.
April had no idea what was going on, but she did what Raph asked. She grabbed some of Casey's clothes: some shirts, jeans, underwear, shoes, and socks. When that was done, she grabbed an old shirt of hers, undergarments, jeans, shoes, and socks. She put the clothes in a bag she owned. When that was taken care of, she quickly got dressed, and head out to see the turtles.
"I'll get it!" Dawn screamed as she raced to get the phone.
At her and Buffy's apartment, the two were getting ready to start the day. Buffy and Dawn were both dressed, and were about to eat some breakfast. "Don't stay on too long Dawn. Your food is going to get cold."
"Whatever." replied the teen as she then said into the receiver: "Hello." a pause or two before continuing. She turned to Buffy. "It's Mikey. He says that we have to come down to the den right away."
"Why?"
"I don't know. He won't say."
"Hand me the phone." Buffy went over to Dawn and took it from her. "Mikey, what's going?"
"Um... Well..."
"Well... What?"
"You just have to come and see."
Buffy sighed. She could tell something was up. Mikey sounded worried on the other end. "Okay, we'll be there in a few." Click.
"Well?" Dawn asked.
"We're going to see the turtles."
"Coolness." said Dawn.
"Come on."
Dawn followed Buffy at the door. She couldn't help but wonder if the spell worked. The teen would have to wait until she and her sister were back at the den.
"Oh... My... God..." was all April could say when she reached the den. "Who...? What...?" April almost dropped the bag that was filled with clothes when she saw five humans standing near Splinter. "Guys?"
April looked at the group of humans that stood before her. They all looked the same in weight and height. Another thing they had in common was they (when it came to the brothers) all had green eyes. Leo had brown hair, Raph had red hair, Donnie had black hair, and Mikey had blonde hair. Venus looked slightly different. She was Chinese. Venus had long black hair, and brown eyes. She looked to be around Buffy's size and weight. April then turned to Splinter, and noticed that he was still a rat.
"Okay, someone care to share with the class?" April asked.
"Wish we could." said Raph.
"Um... Can we please have the clothes?" Mikey asked.
"Oh... yeah... here." replied April as she handed him the bag. "Venus' clothes are in there too."
The guys had no problem putting on the clothes that April had brought. They had seen pretty of TV. Plus, Casey had answered a number of questions the turtles had to ask when came to male Humans. It was Venus who had some problems.
Venus held up the bra, and then turned to April. "April?"
"Do you want some help?" asked April.
Venus nodded. "Okay. We need a place where you can change."
Venus then led April to her and Leo's room. The two stayed there for awhile. Venus had problems when it came to putting on the bra. After a few times, she finally got it right, and April helped her with the rest of her clothes. While that was being taken care of, the guys talked outside.
"I want to know why Splinter is still a rat." Donnie said. Then he added: "No offense Master Splinter."
"None taken my son." assured Splinter.
Before another word could be spoken, Buffy and Dawn entered. "Hey guys, we're here. What's the problem?" Buffy asked as she and her sister came into the den. Then when she noticed that there were five humans standing before her. "Um... Okay..."
"Hey Buffy..."
Buffy turned to the one with the red hair. She walked close to him. "Raph?" He nodded. "Whoa..." The Slayer almost fell over with shock. The turtles were now human. She wondered how this could be...
As if Splinter was reading her mind, he replied: "We do not know how this happened."
"So, which one is Mikey...?" Dawn asked as she looked around. She was smiling on the inside because her spell had worked.
"Hiya dudette."
Dawn went up to Mikey. "This is so wicked cool!" Dawn said.
"No kidding." Mikey agreed with a smile.
"Wicked, I think is the better answer for all of this." said Splinter. "Whatever caused this must be something of the wicked nature."
"You don't think Shredder could be up to this do you?" Leo asked.
"I do not know." answered Splinter. "I do not think he has this kind of power, but he could have found someone or something to do this."
Buffy and Dawn found out who Shredder was. Buffy all ready know, but took the story in again when Splinter informed Dawn of the evil leader known as Shredder. When the story was done being told, April and Venus came out. Venus was now dressed.
"Wow, you look great." Leo told her when she came up next to him.
"Thank you." said Venus. "All though, I feel really silly."
"You'll get use to it." April said.
"So, what do we do now Master Splinter?" asked Donnie.
"We wait." he answered. "I have not seen the Shredder. He's been underground for too long."
"He must be planning something." Leo said. "We'll be ready for him."
"If this is part of his plan, then it worked." replied Splinter. "We'll have to train harder, and it seems a little more different now since you have to get use to your human bodies."
"I can get Casey to help them with that if you want." April suggested.
"That would be fine." agreed Splinter.
"Okay, before we have to do all this hard stuff," Mikey said. "Can we please have a little fun first?" He hesitated before adding: "Like, go topside?"
"Topside?" all the brothers said at once. Then they all turned to Splinter.
"For once, Mikey has a good idea." Raph said. "Can we Splinter?"
"I do not know." he told him.
"Please Splinter?" Mikey started to whine. "We could never go up top during the day before lets go while we have this change."
Splinter gave his statement some thought. It was true. The brothers and Venus could never have gone up-top during the day. The humans would not understand them, but now that the turtles were human, they could be part of something new. Something they always wanted to be apart of. That would make them happy, and Splinter could not turn it down. However, there were rules to follow.
"You have to have either April, Casey, or Buffy with you at all times." he began.
"What about me?" Dawn asked.
"You are still young. It would be safer if they were with an adult." Splinter said to her. Then he continued: "No staying up there all day and going into the night. You still need your rest. Are we clear?" All the brothers, and Venus shook their heads in a 'yes' motion. Then Splinter turned to April and Buffy: "Would it be all right if you watched them?"
"Not at all." April was the first to speak up, and then Buffy agreed as well.
"Can we go up now then?" asked Mikey. "Please?"
"Yes, but as I said do not stay up for too long."
"All right!!!" Mikey cheered and he took Dawn's hand and nearly dragged her out of the den.
"Mikey!" Donnie called. "Wait for us."
Leo and Venus then followed. April came up behind them. "Come on lets go see Casey, I'm sure he'll be surprised." Venus and Leo nodded and the three went out of the den.
Now, all who remained were: Splinter, Buffy, and Raph. Splinter felt the tension in the room and he excused himself. He had a feeling that the two needed to talk, and he was right.
"Well, what do you think?" Raph asked as he spun around.
Buffy couldn't help but laugh. "You look good."
"Looking good, and human..." Raph said.
Buffy sighed. She knew where this was going to lead to. "Raph, I can't..."
"You said if we were human..."
"I know but I didn't know this was going to happen." She paused. "Plus, Spike is gone, and I don't think I'm ready to start anything new with anyway."
Raph sighed. "That Spike guy again. At least he's gone..."
"Raph, would you stop?" Buffy told him. "That's not going to help anything." She got closer to him. "And," she continued. "You're still turtle, in here." The Slayer pointed to his heart. "I'm sorry." Buffy didn't say another word. She left, and followed the others.
"Dammnit." cursed Raph. "I can't win no matter what I do." Raph shook his head. Then he followed the others. Sure, it was a let down, but he was human, and he was going topside. He was determined that he was going to have fun. All though deep down, he had a feeling that wouldn't be happening anytime soon.
To Be Continued...
Chapter Twelve: Human:
"AHHH!!!"
The sounds of Mikey's yelling caused everyone in the den to wake up, and go to him. However, it didn't take them too long to find out what he was yelling about. Splinter looked at his sons and noticed that something was very different about them. They were all human, including Venus. Splinter looked down at himself, and found that he was still a rat. When he looked back up, the brothers had covered themselves, and Venus had got a nearby blanket to cover her.
"Dudes! What in the shell is going on here?!" Mikey asked.
"We're human." answered Donnie.
"Give the guy a prize." Raph replied. "How in the world did this happen?" He turned to Venus.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked him.
"Because I don't think we could have turned into freakin' humans just like that." Raph said. "Did you do some of that Chinese Voo Doo on us?"
Venus looked at him angrily. "I did nothing of the sort thank you very much!"
"Raph, knock it off!" snapped Leo.
"Well, how else do you explain it?" Raph asked.
That's when all eyes turned to Donnie. "Don't look at me. I have no idea what's going on."
"We'll, you're no help." replied Raph.
"That is enough!"
All turned to Splinter. "Everyone calm down. We will call April and Casey and see if they can help us out on this."
"What about Buffy and Dawn?" Mikey asked.
"We can call them as well." added Splinter. "You all we need some human clothes."
"I'll call April." Raph told everyone and went to the phone.
"Then I'll call Buffy." replied Mikey.
"There should be a law that the phone shouldn't ring until noon." April said with a groan as she got out of bed.
She had the day off and when she was off she didn't want to do anything else but sleep. Casey was away at the bar. He wouldn't be back until night. So, she couldn't ask him to kill the phone. April got up and answered it.
"Hello." she said into the receiver. There was a pause or two before she continued. "Raph. What is it? It's early."
"You might want to come down here." Raph said on the other line.
"What? Why?"
"You have to see. I don't think you would believe me if I told you."
April sighed. "All right, all right. I'll be over in a few minutes." she was about to hang up but Raph stopped her.
"Hang on a sec." he said. "Do you think you could bring some clothes down?"
"What?" April asked. "Clothes? What for?"
"Just bring some down please." he then added. "Oh, and can you bring something of yours too?"
"I guess I can." said April. "Why won't you tell me what's going on? You're starting to scare me a bit."
"You'll see." Raph told her. "Well, I'll see you when you get here. Mikey needs to call Buffy."
"Okay. Bye." Click.
April had no idea what was going on, but she did what Raph asked. She grabbed some of Casey's clothes: some shirts, jeans, underwear, shoes, and socks. When that was done, she grabbed an old shirt of hers, undergarments, jeans, shoes, and socks. She put the clothes in a bag she owned. When that was taken care of, she quickly got dressed, and head out to see the turtles.
"I'll get it!" Dawn screamed as she raced to get the phone.
At her and Buffy's apartment, the two were getting ready to start the day. Buffy and Dawn were both dressed, and were about to eat some breakfast. "Don't stay on too long Dawn. Your food is going to get cold."
"Whatever." replied the teen as she then said into the receiver: "Hello." a pause or two before continuing. She turned to Buffy. "It's Mikey. He says that we have to come down to the den right away."
"Why?"
"I don't know. He won't say."
"Hand me the phone." Buffy went over to Dawn and took it from her. "Mikey, what's going?"
"Um... Well..."
"Well... What?"
"You just have to come and see."
Buffy sighed. She could tell something was up. Mikey sounded worried on the other end. "Okay, we'll be there in a few." Click.
"Well?" Dawn asked.
"We're going to see the turtles."
"Coolness." said Dawn.
"Come on."
Dawn followed Buffy at the door. She couldn't help but wonder if the spell worked. The teen would have to wait until she and her sister were back at the den.
"Oh... My... God..." was all April could say when she reached the den. "Who...? What...?" April almost dropped the bag that was filled with clothes when she saw five humans standing near Splinter. "Guys?"
April looked at the group of humans that stood before her. They all looked the same in weight and height. Another thing they had in common was they (when it came to the brothers) all had green eyes. Leo had brown hair, Raph had red hair, Donnie had black hair, and Mikey had blonde hair. Venus looked slightly different. She was Chinese. Venus had long black hair, and brown eyes. She looked to be around Buffy's size and weight. April then turned to Splinter, and noticed that he was still a rat.
"Okay, someone care to share with the class?" April asked.
"Wish we could." said Raph.
"Um... Can we please have the clothes?" Mikey asked.
"Oh... yeah... here." replied April as she handed him the bag. "Venus' clothes are in there too."
The guys had no problem putting on the clothes that April had brought. They had seen pretty of TV. Plus, Casey had answered a number of questions the turtles had to ask when came to male Humans. It was Venus who had some problems.
Venus held up the bra, and then turned to April. "April?"
"Do you want some help?" asked April.
Venus nodded. "Okay. We need a place where you can change."
Venus then led April to her and Leo's room. The two stayed there for awhile. Venus had problems when it came to putting on the bra. After a few times, she finally got it right, and April helped her with the rest of her clothes. While that was being taken care of, the guys talked outside.
"I want to know why Splinter is still a rat." Donnie said. Then he added: "No offense Master Splinter."
"None taken my son." assured Splinter.
Before another word could be spoken, Buffy and Dawn entered. "Hey guys, we're here. What's the problem?" Buffy asked as she and her sister came into the den. Then when she noticed that there were five humans standing before her. "Um... Okay..."
"Hey Buffy..."
Buffy turned to the one with the red hair. She walked close to him. "Raph?" He nodded. "Whoa..." The Slayer almost fell over with shock. The turtles were now human. She wondered how this could be...
As if Splinter was reading her mind, he replied: "We do not know how this happened."
"So, which one is Mikey...?" Dawn asked as she looked around. She was smiling on the inside because her spell had worked.
"Hiya dudette."
Dawn went up to Mikey. "This is so wicked cool!" Dawn said.
"No kidding." Mikey agreed with a smile.
"Wicked, I think is the better answer for all of this." said Splinter. "Whatever caused this must be something of the wicked nature."
"You don't think Shredder could be up to this do you?" Leo asked.
"I do not know." answered Splinter. "I do not think he has this kind of power, but he could have found someone or something to do this."
Buffy and Dawn found out who Shredder was. Buffy all ready know, but took the story in again when Splinter informed Dawn of the evil leader known as Shredder. When the story was done being told, April and Venus came out. Venus was now dressed.
"Wow, you look great." Leo told her when she came up next to him.
"Thank you." said Venus. "All though, I feel really silly."
"You'll get use to it." April said.
"So, what do we do now Master Splinter?" asked Donnie.
"We wait." he answered. "I have not seen the Shredder. He's been underground for too long."
"He must be planning something." Leo said. "We'll be ready for him."
"If this is part of his plan, then it worked." replied Splinter. "We'll have to train harder, and it seems a little more different now since you have to get use to your human bodies."
"I can get Casey to help them with that if you want." April suggested.
"That would be fine." agreed Splinter.
"Okay, before we have to do all this hard stuff," Mikey said. "Can we please have a little fun first?" He hesitated before adding: "Like, go topside?"
"Topside?" all the brothers said at once. Then they all turned to Splinter.
"For once, Mikey has a good idea." Raph said. "Can we Splinter?"
"I do not know." he told him.
"Please Splinter?" Mikey started to whine. "We could never go up top during the day before lets go while we have this change."
Splinter gave his statement some thought. It was true. The brothers and Venus could never have gone up-top during the day. The humans would not understand them, but now that the turtles were human, they could be part of something new. Something they always wanted to be apart of. That would make them happy, and Splinter could not turn it down. However, there were rules to follow.
"You have to have either April, Casey, or Buffy with you at all times." he began.
"What about me?" Dawn asked.
"You are still young. It would be safer if they were with an adult." Splinter said to her. Then he continued: "No staying up there all day and going into the night. You still need your rest. Are we clear?" All the brothers, and Venus shook their heads in a 'yes' motion. Then Splinter turned to April and Buffy: "Would it be all right if you watched them?"
"Not at all." April was the first to speak up, and then Buffy agreed as well.
"Can we go up now then?" asked Mikey. "Please?"
"Yes, but as I said do not stay up for too long."
"All right!!!" Mikey cheered and he took Dawn's hand and nearly dragged her out of the den.
"Mikey!" Donnie called. "Wait for us."
Leo and Venus then followed. April came up behind them. "Come on lets go see Casey, I'm sure he'll be surprised." Venus and Leo nodded and the three went out of the den.
Now, all who remained were: Splinter, Buffy, and Raph. Splinter felt the tension in the room and he excused himself. He had a feeling that the two needed to talk, and he was right.
"Well, what do you think?" Raph asked as he spun around.
Buffy couldn't help but laugh. "You look good."
"Looking good, and human..." Raph said.
Buffy sighed. She knew where this was going to lead to. "Raph, I can't..."
"You said if we were human..."
"I know but I didn't know this was going to happen." She paused. "Plus, Spike is gone, and I don't think I'm ready to start anything new with anyway."
Raph sighed. "That Spike guy again. At least he's gone..."
"Raph, would you stop?" Buffy told him. "That's not going to help anything." She got closer to him. "And," she continued. "You're still turtle, in here." The Slayer pointed to his heart. "I'm sorry." Buffy didn't say another word. She left, and followed the others.
"Dammnit." cursed Raph. "I can't win no matter what I do." Raph shook his head. Then he followed the others. Sure, it was a let down, but he was human, and he was going topside. He was determined that he was going to have fun. All though deep down, he had a feeling that wouldn't be happening anytime soon.
To Be Continued...