Chapter 2
"No More Fan Fiction"
~One week after Shredder used the device~
It was a quiet day in the lair. Raph and Leo were at it again, trying to pound each other to a pulp. Mikey was making a mess of the kitchen again trying out new pizza recipes. Master Splinter was trying to meditate in his study. Don was in his lab, pretending to do work when he was actually surfing a site called fanfiction.net.
Don loved reading about them especially when they were about him not being as shy as he really was. He found a lot of theories and conceptions that authors had about him and his family interesting. His interest soon turned into boredom as he realized that he had read all of these fics already.
He began to look at each of the dates of the updates. None of them had been updated for a week. 'Peculiar,' thought Don as he went to the 'just in' section of fanfiction.net. He noticed that no one had updated for the last week. Fanfiction.net had been working well and hadn't gone down for a long time so it wasn't the site again. It had to have been a collective problem to have thousands of authors not to update.
He slowly walked out to the TV and turned on the news. He wasn't sure if anything was really wrong other than some computer problems but how could thousands of authors not update. Soundlessly, he plopped down on the couch and watched the news as the smell of burnt foods filled his nose.
"Mikey, the pizza is burning," Don said calmly, not moving from his seat.
"I smell it," yelled Mikey as he zoomed past Don, trying to get to the pizza.
Mikey ran into the kitchen, grabbed an oven mitt before taking the now burned pizza out of the oven. He looked at it before making a face.
This was the third pizza he had burned that day, while trying out new pizza recipes. He banged the pizza on the counter only to find it was hard as a rock. He sighed as he Frisbee threw it into the dojo where Leo and Raph were fighting. The pizza hit Raph in the back of the head as Mikey went back to making another pizza.
"What the shell?" asked Raph as he rubbed the back of his head.
Raph left the fight, grabbed the burnt pizza, and stormed over to Mikey with an annoyed look on his face. He whipped Mikey around and shoved him up against the wall.
"Raph, what's up?" asked Mikey, nervously.
"You loose this?" asked Raph as he held up the burnt, rock hard pizza with one hand while holding Mikey against the wall with the other hand.
"Umm...no?" said Mikey, trying to get out of trouble.
"Raph, leave Mikey alone," demanded Leo as he put a hand on Raph's shoulder.
"Not this time, Leo, this is the third time in three hours," growled Raph.
Don listened to the fight coming from the kitchen before returning his attention to the TV. He noticed that the news just happened to be talking about fanfiction.net.
"Guys! Shut up! This could be important," yelled Don, out of character.
The other three turtles stopped fighting and looked over at Don and the TV. Master Splinter also came in to see what the commotion was about.
"Writers across the world are not writing. Show creators, authors of books, fan fiction and newspapers are all stuck with a major strand of writer's block. John Smith has details, Jon," said the reporter.
"Thank you, Lucy! Writer's across the world have stopped writing. Ideas are not coming to their heads. Only stories about some maniac named 'The Shredder' and his accomplice, 'Krang' are being written. Earlier today, a note came in to the station, addressed to the Turtles. It reads, 'Turtles and Splinter, your time of being glorified has come to an end. It is now our turn to be glorified. The device you seek for writers to write again is in another fandom. Find it if you dare. Ha ha. Ha ha ha. And oh yes, Ha.' It is signed 'The Shredder.' Whoever these heroes are, please get our writers writing again. Back to you Lucy," said the other reporter.
"This is serious, my sons," said Master Splinter.
"No more fan fiction? But I wanna know if Cybabe123 lets me get the girl," whined Mikey.
"In your dreams! Everyone knows I get the girl," said Raph.
"Well, we're not going to find out unless we find that device!" declared Leo.
"Okay Fearless Leader, where do we start looking and what the shell is a fandom?" asked Raph.
"A fandom is another book, movie, game, or what ever people want to write about that the characters are borrowed from someone and they're only doing it for fun, kinda like how we're a fandom and something like Superman is a completely different fandom," explained Don.
"Oh," replied Mikey.
"That's all well and good but how do we find it and what fandom is it in?" asked Raph.
"Coincidence that you should ask those questions. I made a machine to let us travel between fandoms and maybe I can modify something to find something from Dimension X," said Don.
"Dude, that's convenient," said Mikey.
Raph suddenly smacked Mikey up side the head, causing Mikey to whip around glare at Raph.
"What was that for?" asked Mikey.
"We talked about that, remember?" asked Raph.
"Oh yeah," sighed Mikey.
"My son, hurry and get that device ready, we must set out immediately," said Master Splinter.
Don ran to his lab to start on the machine to find the device Shredder hid from them. After fixing that up and saying a few prayers that it would work, he dug out his fandom transporter.
Once Don ran out of his lab with the two machines, he started the fandom transporter and he created a portal. He looked at his brothers and Master Splinter.
"I don't know where this will bring us. I just hope it's no where too dangerous," said Don.
"Let us go, my sons," said Master Splinter as he looked at the four turtles.
Together, they all walked into the portal, wondering what would be there to greet them on the other end.
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What will be the fandom they enter? Will Shredder and Krang's device be there? Will Don's gadgets break? I ain't telling you! You've gotta read to find out!
"No More Fan Fiction"
~One week after Shredder used the device~
It was a quiet day in the lair. Raph and Leo were at it again, trying to pound each other to a pulp. Mikey was making a mess of the kitchen again trying out new pizza recipes. Master Splinter was trying to meditate in his study. Don was in his lab, pretending to do work when he was actually surfing a site called fanfiction.net.
Don loved reading about them especially when they were about him not being as shy as he really was. He found a lot of theories and conceptions that authors had about him and his family interesting. His interest soon turned into boredom as he realized that he had read all of these fics already.
He began to look at each of the dates of the updates. None of them had been updated for a week. 'Peculiar,' thought Don as he went to the 'just in' section of fanfiction.net. He noticed that no one had updated for the last week. Fanfiction.net had been working well and hadn't gone down for a long time so it wasn't the site again. It had to have been a collective problem to have thousands of authors not to update.
He slowly walked out to the TV and turned on the news. He wasn't sure if anything was really wrong other than some computer problems but how could thousands of authors not update. Soundlessly, he plopped down on the couch and watched the news as the smell of burnt foods filled his nose.
"Mikey, the pizza is burning," Don said calmly, not moving from his seat.
"I smell it," yelled Mikey as he zoomed past Don, trying to get to the pizza.
Mikey ran into the kitchen, grabbed an oven mitt before taking the now burned pizza out of the oven. He looked at it before making a face.
This was the third pizza he had burned that day, while trying out new pizza recipes. He banged the pizza on the counter only to find it was hard as a rock. He sighed as he Frisbee threw it into the dojo where Leo and Raph were fighting. The pizza hit Raph in the back of the head as Mikey went back to making another pizza.
"What the shell?" asked Raph as he rubbed the back of his head.
Raph left the fight, grabbed the burnt pizza, and stormed over to Mikey with an annoyed look on his face. He whipped Mikey around and shoved him up against the wall.
"Raph, what's up?" asked Mikey, nervously.
"You loose this?" asked Raph as he held up the burnt, rock hard pizza with one hand while holding Mikey against the wall with the other hand.
"Umm...no?" said Mikey, trying to get out of trouble.
"Raph, leave Mikey alone," demanded Leo as he put a hand on Raph's shoulder.
"Not this time, Leo, this is the third time in three hours," growled Raph.
Don listened to the fight coming from the kitchen before returning his attention to the TV. He noticed that the news just happened to be talking about fanfiction.net.
"Guys! Shut up! This could be important," yelled Don, out of character.
The other three turtles stopped fighting and looked over at Don and the TV. Master Splinter also came in to see what the commotion was about.
"Writers across the world are not writing. Show creators, authors of books, fan fiction and newspapers are all stuck with a major strand of writer's block. John Smith has details, Jon," said the reporter.
"Thank you, Lucy! Writer's across the world have stopped writing. Ideas are not coming to their heads. Only stories about some maniac named 'The Shredder' and his accomplice, 'Krang' are being written. Earlier today, a note came in to the station, addressed to the Turtles. It reads, 'Turtles and Splinter, your time of being glorified has come to an end. It is now our turn to be glorified. The device you seek for writers to write again is in another fandom. Find it if you dare. Ha ha. Ha ha ha. And oh yes, Ha.' It is signed 'The Shredder.' Whoever these heroes are, please get our writers writing again. Back to you Lucy," said the other reporter.
"This is serious, my sons," said Master Splinter.
"No more fan fiction? But I wanna know if Cybabe123 lets me get the girl," whined Mikey.
"In your dreams! Everyone knows I get the girl," said Raph.
"Well, we're not going to find out unless we find that device!" declared Leo.
"Okay Fearless Leader, where do we start looking and what the shell is a fandom?" asked Raph.
"A fandom is another book, movie, game, or what ever people want to write about that the characters are borrowed from someone and they're only doing it for fun, kinda like how we're a fandom and something like Superman is a completely different fandom," explained Don.
"Oh," replied Mikey.
"That's all well and good but how do we find it and what fandom is it in?" asked Raph.
"Coincidence that you should ask those questions. I made a machine to let us travel between fandoms and maybe I can modify something to find something from Dimension X," said Don.
"Dude, that's convenient," said Mikey.
Raph suddenly smacked Mikey up side the head, causing Mikey to whip around glare at Raph.
"What was that for?" asked Mikey.
"We talked about that, remember?" asked Raph.
"Oh yeah," sighed Mikey.
"My son, hurry and get that device ready, we must set out immediately," said Master Splinter.
Don ran to his lab to start on the machine to find the device Shredder hid from them. After fixing that up and saying a few prayers that it would work, he dug out his fandom transporter.
Once Don ran out of his lab with the two machines, he started the fandom transporter and he created a portal. He looked at his brothers and Master Splinter.
"I don't know where this will bring us. I just hope it's no where too dangerous," said Don.
"Let us go, my sons," said Master Splinter as he looked at the four turtles.
Together, they all walked into the portal, wondering what would be there to greet them on the other end.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
What will be the fandom they enter? Will Shredder and Krang's device be there? Will Don's gadgets break? I ain't telling you! You've gotta read to find out!