A/N: This chapter will most likely be the most absurd as some writing techniques have been based off the absurdist play, 'The Bald Prima Donna'. I'd also like to thank Arista Niara and Red Turtle with providing me with some extra information concerning the Shredder :)
Chapter Two: What a Coincidence!
Once Leonardo had politely woken up Master Splinter, the entire clan gathered around Mary in awe. Silence entered the room as only quieted stares were being shared. After a certain amount of time, Mary gave everyone a smile, already knowing what their unspoken question was. Taking in a breath, she begin to tell the other turtles about her creation. The males leaned in, completely enthralled in whatever she had to say.
"Years ago, I used to be a normal pet shop turtle," Mary Sue quietly began with bright eyes. Donatello keenly studied her gaze, noticing that her iris' were of an exotic colour, yet he decided to ask her about it once she had finished her exciting tale.
"Really?" Michelangelo blurted out in astonishment.
"We used to be normal turtles too!" Raphael spoke out uncontrollably as well.
"Goodness gracious! How very extraordinary!" Leo, Don, Mike, Raph and Splinter all said simultaneously. Venus simply stood to one side and crossed her arms.
"Yes, and one day, while I was being carried in a glass jar, an accident occurred and I fell into a puddle of glowing ooze," Mary Sue continued her tale.
"How very extraordinary!" All the males said in unison once again.
"We fell into some ooze as well!" Donatello replied, becoming excited.
"I looked at the canister the ooze originated from and read the company abbreviation, TCRI," Mary Sue stated.
"How very extraordinary! What an amazing coincidence. We too were mutated by some ooze from TCRI," the male turtles spoke unanimously.
"Then there must have been a sixth turtle in the jar with us!" Leonardo added on excitedly.
"I simply must not have seen you. Just like how I didn't see Venus," Master Splinter spoke with an apologetic tone.
"You're not very observant, are you?" Venus muttered under her breath while rolling her eyes.
"I was then washed through the storm drains until I was found by none other than a Japanese man called Oroku Saki. I was then taught ninjitsu," Mary continued. The turtles looked at each other and gasped.
"How very extraordinary! How very amazing! And what a strange coincidence!" The males said in unison again.
"You see, Oroku Saki was our greatest enemy," Splinter informed her.
"We also know ninjitsu," Leonardo added proudly.
"Really? How very extraordinary!" Mary Sue stated.
"What a strange coincidence!" Michelangelo said out of habit.
"I'm actually a Shinobi," Venus piped up.
"That's nice Venus," Raphael said monotonously, quickly dismissing her presence. Venus frowned.
"If you don't mind me asking, what Oroku Saki are you referring to?" Donatello wondered.
"Well, I was held hostage by the brother of the Shredder who got decapitated by Leonardo, who in turn was the father of the Saki who was pulled into Dimension X, who was the uncle of the man who was crushed by a garbage truck because of Casey, and the sister of the Shredder who exploded due to combing the Zarnovameter and Eye. I soon found out that she was the niece of the Oroku Saki who was mutated and crushed at the wharves, while his son was spiritually defeated by Venus, who in turn had a grandson also called Oroku Saki, who later died by being decapitated by Leonardo, while his uncle was killed in an explosion on the Foot's ship. Though, naturally, his great, great uncle was the Oroku Saki who was blown up inside the TCRI building, while his great uncle fell off a building and was crushed by a water tower, whose lover was the Shredder who was zapped of energy and thrown in Dimension X , while his nephew was the Oroku Saki who disappeared on the Technodrone, meaning that I'm the daughter of the Oroku Saki who looked remarkably similar to Raphael," Mary Sue summarised without hesitation.
"Who? Not Oroku Saki!?" Michelangelo gasped.
"To which Oroku Saki are you referring?" Mary questioned.
"Why, to Oroku Saki, the son of old Oroku Saki, the other uncle of the Oroku Saki who's just died," Michelangelo stated.
"No, it's not that one. It's another one. It's the Oroku Saki who's the son of old Oroku Saki, the aunt of the Oroku Saki who's just died," Mary Sue corrected.
"Oh! The Oroku Saki who's enemies with us?" Donatello asked, wanting confirmation.
"Yes! That one," Mary said with a beautiful smile.
"Wait, but I thought the Oroku Saki who was blown up on a ship, the Oroku Saki who was crushed by a water tower, the Oroku Saki who was blown up inside TCRI and the Oroku Saki that was decapitated by Leonardo, was the one and the same Oroku Saki," Raphael pondered thoughtfully.
"No… I thought it was the Oroku Saki who was decapitated by Leo and the Oroku Saki who was decapitated by Leo, was the one and the same Oroku Saki," Michelangelo assumed.
"Ah, but Leo decapitated Oroku Saki in the 1980s and in 2003, hence they weren't the one and the same," Donatello corrected.
"Oh yeah… my mistake," Mike admitted.
"So what happened while you were in Oroku Saki's care?" Leonardo asked.
"Oh! It was horrible! I was raped, abused, bashed, molested, slapped, tortured, raped, mutilated, raped, electrocuted, decapitated, drowned, raped, distilled, fertilised, harassed, burned, stalked, scarred, quartered… and raped," Mary Sue stated, trying her best not to cry.
"That's terrible!" the males in the room exclaimed in sympathy. By this time Venus had rolled her eyes so many times that they were close to rolling straight out of her head.
"You're surprisingly mentally stable though…" Don added somewhat as a compliment. Mary Sue nodded while she composed herself, causing Don to notice her right eye's change of colour. "You have very… unique eyes," Donatello tried to compliment again.
"Oh… thank you," Mary Sue said sweetly with another one of her smiles.
"What colour are they?" Raphael asked the question that Donatello was wondering all along.
"Well, my left eye is ruby-sapphire while my right changes colour according to my mood," Mary Sue said while her right eye changed from blue to yellow.
"What colour is ruby-sapphire?" Daontello asked while raising an eye-ridge.
"This colour, silly," Mary Sue answered while pointing to her left eye.
"…Oh…" Donatello uttered after observing the newly invented colour.
"Mary Sue," Splinter addressed her as he stepped forward. "I am sorry to hear about your misfortunes in life and I'll be more than glad to accept you into our home. For now I propose that you share a room with Venus. I am certain she will be more than a good host," Splinter said. Venus opened her mouth to complain but thought against it when she saw the pleading looks from the boys. With that said, Splinter slowly returned to his room in order to rest further. Venus sighed and looked at Mary.
"This way," Venus ordered softly, showing the new female turtle to her room.
"How quaint," Mary Sue commented sweetly when she observed the shelves of scrolls and the small mattress on the floor.
"I'll see if I can find some extra blankets for you," Venus said, trying her best to be polite. She was just about to search through the chest of drawers in her room when the light bulb suddenly died. Venus groaned at her misfortune. "Donny!" Venus called out. In an instant, Donatello appeared at the carriage's door. "Can you get a new bulb please?" Venus asked.
"Oh, don't worry about that. I can fix it," Mary Sue offered kindly. With a click of her fingers, light returned to the room; the bulb shone brighter than ever before. Venus and Donatello stood flabbergasted.
"Um… Do you want to check out my lab?" Donatello finally broke the stunned silence, innocently wanting to know the girl better. Venus could clearly see that he was nervous.
"Why, yes. I'd love to," was Mary's reply. With a large grin on his face, Donatello excitedly led the way. Venus sighed and slid the door shut when the pair had left, wanting some sort of privacy. She didn't know what to feel; having another female around was a new experience for her.
Only five minutes had passed when Venus heard a knock on the door. She opened it and was surprised to see a depressed-looking Donatello. "What happened?!" Venus asked worriedly, allowing him into the room and shutting the door afterwards.
"I no longer have a purpose in life," Donatello said catatonically. Concerned, Venus guided him to the mattress and sat down beside him.
"What do you mean?" Venus asked out of worry.
"She… Mary… She fixed every broken thing in my lab!" Donatello said, dangerously close to tears. "And, and that's not the worst of it! As if fixing everything wasn't enough, she then created all the devices I was thinking of inventing! I have no goals or aims in life anymore!… I don't know what to do with myself," Donatello confessed with a sad tone. Venus wrapped a comforting arm around his shoulder.
"If it makes you feel any better, I must admit that I'm a bit wary of her," Venus said softly. Donatello looked into her eyes to see if she was serious or not.
"Oh no! I'm sure she did it with the best intentions," Donatello said, already sounding more positive. When Venus observed his drastic change in mood, she knew that she was simply thinking too pessimistically.
"You're right. I shouldn't judge Mary when I don't really know her yet," Venus said with a small smile. Donatello nodded slowly before standing up and heading for the door. "Are you going to be alright?" Venus asked.
"Yeah… I just need to rethink a few things… That's all," Donatello said softly while wiping away the tears that were forming in his eyes. With nothing more to say, Don left the room, allowing Venus to ponder in the silence that followed.
To be continued…