S.O.S
Save Our Species
Part 2
Caged
Disclaimer – Same as chapter 1 – I only made up this story, not the concept of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Master Splinter, April or other related characters. You have been told. So please don't get narky at me. Plus do read and review, I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments.
PS. I'm an Aussie, so there may be Australian slang or spellings within my stories – those who have read my previous works will know – it comes up. If you don't like it well sorry, it's in here and it's staying.
"Scatting along on my skateboard baby," Michealangelo sang, as he skated down the sewer tunnel. Don and Raph were also skating along the same tunnel, ahead of their brother
"Wish Mikey would stop thinking he's the future winner of Star Struck," Raph said to Donnie, as he skated around his brother.
"I wish he'd find a real hobby, other than watching TV and eating," Don replied, as Raphael chuckled.
"Hey guys, my ninja skills are picking up something in the tunnel to the right," Mikey warned his brothers.
"Yeah it's probably just the bogy man heading home after a night of scaring the little children," Raph told his brother.
"No, really there's something down there," Mikey pointed.
"It's called sewerage. The sewers are full of it. Besides me and Raph can't sense anything," Don said to his baby brother.
"I'm telling you there's something fishy going on. Just take a look, can't hurt," Mikey said.
Raph and Don exchanged looks of "Maybe he'll have forgotten in five minutes what he's on about and we can continue playing."
"Guys, guys! Look down there!" Mikey squealed. Raph and Don rolled their eyes, jumped off their skate boards and went over to the tunnel where Mikey was.
"I don't see anything," Don said, looking where Mikey pointed.
Raph pushed past the two of them and walked down the tunnel, Mikey grabbed hold of Don's arm out of concern.
"Mikey, get off me," Donnie said.
Just then Raph let them know he had discovered something.
"What the shell?"
"See, I told you there was something down there," Mikey told Don. Both crept up to Raphael ready for anything, but not ready for what they saw.
"Now Mikey, tell me how on earth you could be scared of the humble pet shop turtle," Raphael pointed down to where in a small cage sat a turtle which was snapping at the wired cage.
"It looks like it's in a bad mood to me," Mikey said, "I've seen you in a bad mood, I know to stay clear."
"Mikey, Raph's a mutated turtle. Besides wouldn't you be cheesed off, trying to get out of the stupid trap?" Donnie bent down and pulled out his trusty pliers and cut open the cage and picked up the small turtle.
"There you go buddy. See Mikey, it's not upset now it's out of the cage," Don held up the turtle to his brother.
"Hey can we keep him?"
"Why would you want a pet turtle?" Raph asked, "I mean really do you see Splinter adopting the sewer rats?"
"Because then I'll have a baby brother, won't I?"
"Mikey if he's anything like you, then we don't need another little brother!" Raph warned his bro.
"Besides, he is a she and you really think Master Splinter will want another turtle?" Donnie said.
"Hey how do you know it's a girl?" Raph questioned his brother.
"I checked," Donnie said.
"Hey that's not very nice looking at her private parts; I'm telling Master Splinter that you're looking at girls bits!" Mikey said.
"Go and tell him and he'll tell you, that a girl turtle's plates are different to a males, here take a look," Donnie held the turtle up so that his brothers could see what he was talking about.
"Hey look, she doesn't like Raph, she's hiding!" Mikey said, as the female turtle hide her head inside her shell.
"Come on, let's at least take her home and give her some fresh food and water, then later we could maybe release her into Central Park," Donnie suggested.
"What have you let him bring home now?" Leo stood as he saw his brother's enter the lair. He also noticed that Mikey held something he's found home.
"We'd have thought you'd recognise your own relatives," Raphael teased.
"We got a baby sister, I've named her Shelly."
"Tell him it's not the most original name for a turtle," Donnie asked Leo.
Leo looked at the small turtle in Mikey's arms.
"How do you know it's a girl?" Leo took a closer look, until Mikey snatched her back.
"Splinter, Leo and Donnie are being rude to our sister!" Mikey cried out into the lair.
"Michealangelo, what have you got there?" Splinter said, as he walked into the room.
Mikey looked at his father, couldn't Splinter tell she was a turtle.
"We found a small turtle inside one of Baxter Stockman's traps," Donnie said.
"Yeah and Mikey wanted to bring her home to lunch," Raph said dryly.
"Hey that was Donnie's idea! Besides, she's been in that horrid cage, haven't you Shelly."
"I just want to make sure she's healthy before we take her to Central park." Don said.
"Why are you taking her back to the park?" Leo asked, "Isn't that where Stockman is also doing his trapping of turtles?"
"But where else do we put her?"
"She can stay in my room," Mikey said.
"We told you Mikey, we don't need another turtle! Besides she's a girl." Raph told his brother.
"Yeah look around, there is four of us," Donnie added in.
"But she's only a little turtle, she won't be much trouble, would she Master Splinter. We weren't much trouble; I mean you kept us four didn't you? What's one more turtle going to do?"
"Actually, he's got a point guys. I mean it's only a normal turtle and we can keep her here until Baxter's traps are gone. It's not fair to put her out and have Baxter catch her again," Leo said.
"Or maybe we could find some more ooze and pour it over her and train her in ninjitsu?" Raph sceptically remarked.
"Maybe we should and she could kick your butt!" Mikey said, "And you would be jealous because she will want to be my girlfriend, not yours."
"Thought you said she'd be our sister? You can't date your own sister," Raphael argued.
"She's not my real sister, like you're not my real brother."
"Oh please," Raphael began.
"My sons. I feel that Leonardo has the right mind in all of this. We can not let this turtle fall into the hands of Stockman. I feel that we should keep her and any other turtles we find in the traps Stockman have placed around, for I fear his plans for these turtles he catches could be deadly. I feel that we must help these creatures, for you four were once simple turtles lost in the sewers."
"That's true; Stockman will want to dissect the turtle he catches. Though the mystery here is why are the traps only small? If he's after us, we'd never fit into his traps, so this is what I do not understand," Donatello said.
"Donatello, I fear that Stockman most probably has another plan for capturing you. I think for now, we should concentrate on getting that little turtle comfortable. Leonardo and Raphael may help me set up the old fish tank for her. Donatello, I suggest you give her a check over for any cuts or bruises. Michealangelo, I will leave you in charge of feeding her. Now she needs a proper diet, so I do not want to see you bringing out pizza and cola for her."
"Yes, Master Splinter," Mikey went off to the kitchen, as each turtle did his job assigned to him.
