Spaced Out

Part 2

Skater Who?

Disclaimer: No I haven't invented the Ninja Turtles. I am borrowing them purely for the fun of fan fiction. Thanks.

In a warm room sat two turtles; the third one was pacing up and down, ranting on about how they were stuck.

"When we get out here – I'm goner kill 'him!" Raphael stopped in front of his oldest brother, as Raph blow his top off in his face.

"No when we get home – then we can kill him!" Donnie sighed, how could Michelangelo let them go rot in jail like this? Their baby brother was the reason behind all this. The four of them had spent years saving each other's neck not just from the foot and purple dragons – but also from Splinter if they'd gotten in trouble when they were little.

Sure Mikey was the family punching bag, but he was also the one the other three got protective over. There was nothing the three older brothers could do now if Mikey was in trouble on this strange planet – the strange planet Donetello had brought them to.

"I'm sorry," Don sighed. His brothers looked at him puzzled.

"Mike's the one who should be sorry, not you." Leonardo told his brother.

"No it was my idea to come here. It was my idea to build that stupid machine and my idea to get you guys to help me try it out." Donnie looked down at the floor ashamed.

"Don it's not your fault. You weren't to know this place would lock us away simply for picking on Mike. I mean who's ever heard of that dumb rule anyways? Look I am sure we'll be out of here soon," Leo tried to reassure his brother.

Just then a guard walked by.

"Hey bozo, come here!" Raphael called to him through the bars. The guard walked over to the cell.

"Do you require refreshments?" The guard asked.

"No, I want an answer. Look we're suppose to be in here because of your law about picking on little brothers – right?"

"Yes, a very wrong thing to do. A younger brother is s blessing," The guard said.

"Ours isn't", Leo whispered to Don.

"So would it be against your law to lock up one who is a little brother?" Raphael asked.

"Oh yes, most definitely."

"Really? Well you know, those two there are my big brothers and well, that makes me a little brother. According to your laws, me and Donnie here shouldn't really be in here – because we're younger than Leo." Raphael talked to this guard like he was talking to someone in the pub.

"Raph!" Leo couldn't believe it, now Raphael was turning against him.

"I will go talk to my superiors Mr Turtle," The guard left.

"Raph what the hell do you think you're doing?!" Don couldn't believe what Raph just did – to save his own shell.

"Just respecting their customs! I'm younger than you two – so really that makes me a younger brother. If they think so highly of this dumb crap – then they'll let me and Don go. We get Mike take him home, beat the crap out of him and then come back with Master Splinter and free you. See I don't need you two to do all the thinking around here!"

"Raph I am not going without Leo! How could you even think of going back home without Leo! What you goners tell Master Splinter? Oh sorry Sensei, but we left him to rot in jail on the planet Jupiter for picking on Mikey?!" Don yelled at his younger brother, just as the guard returned.

"Excuse me, Sir have you not learnt from your current situation?" The guard looked at Donetello who was all hot from yelling at his brother. The guard turned to Raphael,

"Mr Turtle, you are free to go. I am sorry for this misunderstanding. It is a shame that this young man here has yet to have learnt to accept our customs and is now belittling you."

"Gee, thanks pal. Hey, can I just have a moment to say good bye to these two – I know they might not like it, but you know," Raph shrugged at the guard.

"I will go get their lunch," The guard walked off again.

"RAPHEAL!" Leonardo was now up and yelling and ready to strangle his brother.

"Chill Leo, I'm goner get you two out of here – just give me time."

"How do you suppose to do THAT?" Don emphasized the last word.

"Wait and see, brainiac, I'm not giving away my plan to anyone and that includes you two."

"You'll just go back to that bar and get pissed with Mikey! Splinter would be ashamed to be associated with you two, let allow call you his sons!"

"Splinter ain't here if you haven't noticed, so get over it. Besides, I'll be too busy trying to get your butts out of here to be getting pissed. Though, come to think of it – you two could think about the large slab you're going to buy me when we get back to New York – for saving your stupid necks!"

"Go – we don't need ya – do we Don. We'll get ourselves out of here and go back to earth without you two and I'll explain to Master Splinter how he failed at raising you!" Leonardo spat back.

"Leo, that guards coming back, shut up and sit down or we'll never get out," Don pulled his older brother away from his younger one.

"See ya Don, keep an eye on Leo for me – feel free to dump him if you get the chance, see ewes later," Raphael said, just as the guard returned with the key and some food.

"Must you leave without us?" Donnie tried, at least with three of them there – it would only require finding Mikey when they got out.

Leonardo just gave Raphael a death stare and turned away. He couldn't believe his selfish little brothers were doing this. He wished Splinter was here to come down on them.

When Raphael left the two turtles looked at the food in front of them and screwed their faces up – bread and dripping.

"Thought it was illegal to starve prisoners," Donnie muted, as they both took the stale bread and ate half each.

"Least they provide us with plenty of water," Leo said, as he found a two litre bottle in the basket for them.

Raphael walked around the built up area, exploring as he went. He was at ease as he walked around with the other strange looking creatures on this planet. He also kept his mind on what he was doing – heaven knows – with a stupid rule as respecting little brothers – who knows what other bazaar things would land you in jail.

He made his way slowly back towards the place he had been arrested, looking for a turtle of about the same hight and build as himself. Though looking for Mikey among all these weirdos was like looking for a needle in a hay stack.

"Hey you turtle, over here," Came a voice. Raphael looked to see something that made his eyes pop out of his head. Had all his dreams come true? There stood a five-foot tall female equivalent of himself.

"Hey sugar, what about you come over to my place for lunch," The female turtle blinked her eyes at the male before her. He couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe it. It really was, yes it was – a real female turtle about the same height as himself.

"Well, you going to stop staring at me and come over for some lunch?" The female asked him.

"Um... yeah. I'm Raphael by the way, what's your name?"

"Whammy, nice to meet you Raphael," The female took hold of his hand and pulled him into a nearby food palace. They walked around looking at various food stalls, until the female asked, "What do you like to eat?"

"You got pizza around here?" Raphael asked the question that any sain Ninja Turtle would ask in a strange place.

"Pizza? You're not from around here are you, hot stuff? I recommend the sushi - that is very popular in our town. Have you heard of sushi where you come from?"

"Yeah, me Dad eats the stuff, he's Japanese you know," Raphael said. He couldn't believe it – he finds a female turtle and she eats the same as a mutated old rat!

Michelangelo laughed and joked with his new friends in the down town pub.

He was sharing with them his favourite lines from Shrek. When Mikey soon realised that these people didn't have a clue that there was such a movie about a big green ogre – Mikey took up the opportunity to steal the jokes and make them his own.

"Then the turtle said to the purple dragon, "Man you definitely need tic-tacs or something – cos you're breath STINKS!" Mikey got a roar of laughter from his companions.

"I didn't know turtles could be so funny," The crocodile said to his friends.

"What did the turtle say to the foot solider?" Mikey asked is fellow drinkers.

"I don't know?" The female frog said.

"You dudes wanter play too?" Mikey said, and then went on to tell his companions about kicking the foot clan back in New York.

"I say how do you know how to fight so well?" A goblin asked Mikey.

"Splinter dude taught us," Mikey said, "Bottoms up to SPLINTER!"

"Who is Splinter?" The male frog asked.

"He's like our father, he raised us. He's a giant rat with a walking stick," Mikey stated like it was nothing out of the ordinary. To Mikey a giant talking rat would be normal, but to anyone else – it was not.

"A giant rat?!" Squeaked the female frog, which jumped up on the stool.

The hobbits came over, "What seems to be the problem?"

"He's linked to Skater – says Skater is his father!" The croc pointed to Mikey as if he was diseased.

"You dudes can't really talk, your all mutants yourselves, let Splinter alone!" Mikey felt hurt. He wished his brothers were there – they'd stick up for Splinter too.

"Seize him!" A hobbit cried and without any further ado, Mikey was hand cuffed and being lead to the door.

"What – hey you can't do this to me? You need to say that I have the right to remain silent!" Mikey cried.

"He is linked to the evil one! Throw him in jail with the other three," The giant croc called.

"29?" Leo said.

"Higher," Don said, as Leo was trying to guess the number he had in his head. They were trying to amuse themselves.

"50?"

"Lower."

"35?"

"Yap. Want another round or want to play hangman?"

"We have no paper…. Okay we do," Leo said as Don pulled a pencil and notebook out of his belt.

"Just as well they don't check prisoners and confiscate things here hey?"

"Well what you expect, they have stup….id ideas," Leonardo was interrupted by the sounds of someone coming down to their cell. Someone was complaining, sounded like a new prisoner – a prisoner that sounded so familiar.

"I have the right to a decent lawyer, I want you to get Judge Judy for me, and she's my personal lawyer."

"Quiet turtle," The guard said, as he pulled Mikey into the cell and locked it.

"You won't get away with this. I don't know any Skater dude, I swear – ask anyone. They'll tell you. His name is Splinter, not skater! Man – he's too old to skateboard!"

Mikey held onto the bars, he hadn't noticed his brothers staring at him.

"Have fun with your new cell mates," The guard walked away.

"What? You can't lock me in with strange beasts and things! You come back here and let me have me own cell! Turtle soup is not on the menu! You can't leave me here to be eaten alive!" Mikey yelled.

"Mikey you know we don't eat family members," Came Donnie's voice.

"Donnie? Hey you already feed my brothers to the beasts without a trial! I'm goner tell Lonely Planet not to recommend this place in their next edition of places to travel before you die!"

"Can it Michelangelo!" Leonardo said sharply.

"Leo?" Mikey turned around to see his oldest brothers siting on a bench.

"You didn't get eaten to the beasts?"

"What beasts?" Don asked, "I think you have been watching too many of Raph's horror movies again."

"Raph! They ate Raph!" Mikey squealed like a girl.

"No they let him out," Leo rolled his eyes. Now Raph was the only one on the loose.

"Why?"

"Good behaviour and cos he's a little brother and they can't keep him in here," Donnie said.

"Then how come I'm in here?" Mikey put his hands on his hips.

"Mikey what's all that about Splinter and skateboards?" Leonardo asked.

"Oh they think Splinter's some dude called Skater who's out to destroy their planet. They locked me in here because they think I am linked to him and he thinks you dudes are too. They locking us up as bait for this skater dude to come get us, so they can catch him."

"This place is too weird." Leo said.

"Some how I don't think we'll meet this Skater guy, I mean why'd he bother to come for us – we don't even know him." Donnie said, as he put his note book away.

"You know what that means?" Leo looked to Donnie.

"Raph's freedom won't last long before he joins us again," Donnie said, as Leo nodded.