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The Mutant Slayer Turtles

Where are we? Do you know where we are?

Ch. 1 Part 2

By Raphangela

Running at top speed, Michelle sprinted across the ground, through the dirt and through the grass, from bolder to bolder, through and into the trees. She is getting closer, she could sense it. Energy emitted through the ground, through the air, and even in the water. She knew that before she saw what happened back there something was going to happen and it did. She sensed that someone, somebody, something, or possibly more had arrived into this world. However, she did not know it was good or not, at least not yet. She felt vibes off of the intruders, to where they are heading. Not much longer, she came to a freshly made pathway into The Sacred Forest, the forest filled with bamboo. Immediately, she stopped. She knew that no one was ever allowed into The Sacred Forest, only a select few were ever permitted and they were the ancient people that live within it. She had heard great legends about the people living within The Sacred Forest, many great and many great terrible things. However, she did not know if any of the stories were true or not. She never met any of them personally nor did she ever see any of them. She sighed to herself and sweat dropped, she knew she had no choice in this matter. If she were to find out who it was out there, she had to enter and go through the place that no outsider is allowed unless they wanted to be cursed. She took a deep breath, breathed out heavily and smiled. 'Sensei isn't going to like this, nor the others.' She thought to herself as she imagined the mad looks on their faces, especially Rafael's. Putting that thought away, she then made her way through the bamboo and traveled on the freshly made pathway. 'I'll just have to take the chance of being cursed and then facing the others.'

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"What?! She is doing what?!" Rafael yelled and then growled and clinched his fists tightly. "What the hell does she think she's doin'!? That idiot!! Why did ya let her go for!?" He accused Donna, which made her frown back at him with annoyance.

"Cool it, Raff!" Leo warned his comrade calmly, which in return, Rafael growled back. He sighed and shook his head. 'This is going to turn out to be a long day.' He thought. "It's not like you're any different." He said to himself. "In fact, you're much, much worse."

"What the hell was that?! Huh?! Speak up, Leo!" Rafael snarled viciously at their leader.

"Raff… Not now." Leo warned.

Rafael then snorted and scoffed, "I heard whatcha said! Why don't you say it to my face, ya coward! Or should I say, ya no good excuse of a leader!"

'Oh, great…' Donna thought to herself grimly. 'Here they go again.'

Leo, frustrated with the guy, then growled lowly back, "That's it, Rafael! I had it up" He took his right hand and brings it to the top of his forehead. "To 'HERE' with you!"

"Oh, yeah!?" Rafael snarled.

"Yeah!" Leo shot back.

"Well, I had it up to 'THERE', too, wit' you!" Rafael snarls and then punches Leo on the arm, who punches him back. The two then begin to punch each other back and forth, each time harder than the last.

Donna and Sliver look at each other and sigh. They shook their heads at the two who are fighting. 'Like they always seem to do,' Donna thought as she shook her head. 'Like no matter what!'

"Ahem!" Master Sliver cleared his throat to get their attention. They immediately stopped and felt shameful for what they were doing. Well, at least Leo did. Rafael on the other hand, grumbled, snorted and then crossed his arms crossly as he always does when involved with a fight. "You two shouldn't be fighting amongst one another. You are friends, teammates, like a family, and you all must work together. For if you don't your enemies will bring you apart and have you against one another. Plus, Michelle needs to be found." He looks more directly at Rafael when saying the last sentence with a smile. However, Rafael doesn't notice, because he's too busy grumbling about how dumb Leo is, which makes Sliver frown, sigh, and shake his head.

"Master Sliver is right!" Leo spoke up to the others. "We need to focus at the task at hand. We need to find Michelle and find out about this…this…spot…is about. Whatever it is, it can't be good. "

"Right!" Donna agreed determinedly. She then said before turning to Rafael, "Isn't that right, Raff? Rafael?" She saw that he was no where to be seen in the main room of the dojo.

"Where'd he go?" Leo asked, even though deep within himself, he knew the answer. He then sighed as they all turned to the direction of the only entrance and exit of the place and found it to be wide open. "He's gone." He heaved a sigh and frowned.

Outside, Rafael had already made it pass through the village and over the hills and into the forests. He ran as fast as his legs can carry him as he sniffs out for the girl's scent. Finally after a great deal of travel, he leaped to the spot where Donna said they were and he caught Michelle's scent.

'She went this way!' He thought then smirked to himself as he began to fallow the scents direction. 'I'm coming, Michelle!'

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"Guys! C'mon now!" Mikey sniveled to his brothers. "Please! Please! Can we rest already?"

The others sighed and their walking came to a halt. "Yes, Mikey." Leonardo said. "We can stop now." Mikey sighed happily at hearing this. "But only for a few minutes." Mikey groaned and surprisingly so did Raphael. He, too, is getting tired of this. Leo sighed at their reaction, he then said; "We have to keep on moving. Both of you know that. So, rest, catch up on the energy you can gather, because will be moving on in a few moments or so." Of course, this only made them groan more and Leo rolled his eyes at this and sat down beside Donatello on a huge bolder. Michelangelo and Raphael sat beside each other on the opposite side of Leonardo and Donatello on another bolder. Just then a loud roar was heard that seemed to startle them.

"Heheheheheh…" Mikey laughed nervously as he patted and holds his arguing stomach. "My bad!" The guys grumbled at him and his now very noisy stomach. "What? I'm hungry!"

"Heh. You're always hungry, Mikey." Raphael retorted and then flicked his brother on the head, causing Mike to yowl.

Poor Mikey pouted, "I can't help it! I'm SO hungry I'll eat anything!" The others looked at him closely. "Well, just about anything."

"Mikey," Donatello enlighten him with a smile. "Go look for something to eat then if you're that hungry. There's bound to be something to eat on this planet, like fruits or berries or something."

Mikey smiled brightly and stood up. "Excellent idea, bro! I'm gonna go check out what's out there to eat! Anyone wanna come with?" They just looked at him and shook their heads. He immediately frowned at this. "Aww, okay then. Have your way! I'm going, even if I am all alone in a huge, spooky…bamboo forest… I'm going!" Just as he was about to stomp off one of his brothers spoke.

"Hey, oddball!" Raphael jests at him. "Don't forget to bring me something back wit'chya! Don't eat all of the food, now. Everyone will starve to death if ya do!"

"Yeah!" Donatello quipped. "And while you're at it, bring me a double whopper and large sized fries!"

"Same with me," Leo joined in. "Except I want a diet cola with mine. I've got to stay fit you know." They all laughed at the same time, enjoying the facial expression of their "littlest" brother.

Mikey grumbled at his brothers' antics and the requests and smart remarks from his siblings. "Yes, hardy-har-har. Laugh it all up, will ya! I bet one of you guys would like to request a milkshake while you all are at it, huh?" They began to laugh harder. "Sheesh! That's it, I'm leaving! Some bros you guys are…making fun of a guy who's starving to death!" They quieted down.

"Yeah, Mikey." Raphael taunted at his brother as he patted his own belly. "Ya starvin' alright!" They all started to laugh again.

With that, Mikey began to stomp off away from them and went in search for something to eat. As he walked, he could hear his brothers still laughing about him. He sighed to himself. It was usually him that made the jokes and the wisecracks around them. He smiled to himself, though. At least he was making them laugh. And laughter does equal happiness, doesn't it? 'Anyway, on to better things, like food!' He thought with a smile. He continued to walk so as to find something, a bush, a tree, anything that could supply him with anything his brothers and him could eat. However, he came to no such luck. As he walked further on, he noticed he could no longer hear any of their voices. Had he walked that far? He frowned for a moment, but then his stomach growled louder than ever.

"Easy there, fella!" He said to it. "I know you're hungry, but I'm doing the best as I can."

He continued to walk on, in hope of finding at least something that could stop his tummy from rumbling. He kept on walking, and walking, and walking, and then ran some, and then kept walking. But to no avail, he couldn't find anything, just bamboo and more bamboo.

He sighed and groaned. "How in the world am I suppose to eat this stuff?! It's not even edible! Well, at least not for a turtle that is." Getting frustrated, he kicked some of the bamboo around him out of misery. However, instead of even putting a dent in them, he only hurt his once sore foot. "ARRRRG!! This is TORTURE!!" He yelled, but then he laughed to himself. "Man, I'm sounding just like Raph! He must be rubbing off on me."

He sighed to himself and smiled. "Well, I better best be getting back now. Won't the guys be surprise when they see me empty handed." He chucked, but then realized something. He looked all around him. He looked from left to right, front to back, and all around him. He noticed that everything looked all the same. "Oh, please don't tell me…" He gulped. He then shook his head and tried hard not to worry and then began to run. He went north, he went south, he went east, he went west, wherever directions they were, he did not know. He began to panic as he found himself going in circles, so he began to run even faster and faster. As he began to run, he also began to notice that none of the forest looked any familiar. He couldn't find the path that his brothers and he had made. He couldn't find a familiar path, bush, rock, stone, tree, anything. All he could see is bamboo and lots of it.

"Oh, no!" He said, exasperated and felt like he could cry. He knew it, although he wanted to deny it. He is now lost, and in the worst place imaginable, too. He then felt horrible feels begin to sink in as well as horrible thoughts and images. He mainly imagined images of him and his brothers finding him dead, or finding him alive and taunting him because of getting lost, or worst still, leaving him behind. He finally came to a halt as he remembered what his sensei told him about being lost, that when you are, you must remain still or at least in the same spot until someone finds you. He gulped to himself. But what if somebody doesn't find him? What if someone doesn't come looking for him? What if nobody cared? He shook his head and tried to forget such things. It wasn't easy being optimistic. It always comes with a price. A price that always seems to hurt, especially internally, if not physically hurt. He slumped down onto his knees on the soft, green, yet itching grass. He sat down and sighed as he collected his legs into his grasps. He gently rocked himself, trying not to cry, trying to be optimistic to the end. But this time, he couldn't help himself, as he buried his face into his hands and sobbed.

TO BE CONTINUED

Okay, this is the first chapter. Tell me how you like it! If you guys are wondering what happened to Splinter, don't worry. You'll see what happened in a few chapters or so. BTW, the characters that are mine aren't related to each other. Oh, and I know the chapters, which are actually different parts of the chapter, seems small. Well, I just wanted to make it easier for you guys to read (I've seen some terribly long chapters before and I've lost my place a couple of times. I had to keep searching. I can't read forever you know. sweat drops). There is more to come after this. So, please read and review for me.