Authoress stares at the story before cursing.

Damn. Forgot the disclaimer again!!!!!!!!

DISCLAIMER: do not own the turtles, only the story plot line.

WARNING: maybe a bit out-of-character for the turtles, but once again, this is how I imagine them to be. Also, there may be some blood, torture, angst, etc...but hey, it's my story!

Have fun reading it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and the guy's name is Bruck not Bruce. Sorry. Typo.

Italics: flashback to when the turtles were 5.

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Everyone was inside, sitting around the table. Bruck was there, sitting beside Leo. Fang was sitting in between them, wagging her tail furiously, while Leo gently stroked her head.

"So," Bruck said, looking at Casey and April, before looking at the turtles again, "Y'all still 'aven't learned?" He chuckled gently.

Raph snorted. "We learned plenty."

Bruck roared with laughter. "Don't seem so."

Splinter sighed, but his eyes were glinting with humor. "My sons get into trouble even if they don't search for it."

Bruck laughed again, before looking at April and Casey. "Name's Bruck. Bruck Draven."

Casey nodded. "Casey Jones."

"April O'Niel."

Bruck nodded. "Pleasure."

April put down her mug of coffee. "So, how do you guys know each other?"

Bruck laughed. "Should ask the same of you, lassie."

April blushed, but answered. "I guess it was an accident..."

Casey cut in. "All of them were accidents. Don't think you bozos mean to meet humans."

Mikey giggled. "Well, we didn't mean to, except Raph..."

Raph growled. "It was an accident and you know it!"

Mikey rolled his eyes. "Right."

"I'd better be right, or you're looking at a accident right here!" Raph growled, waving his fist in Mikey's face.

"Raphael..." Splinter murmered in a low warning tone.

Raph dropped his fist and growled. Don laughed. "Oooh...Busted!"

Leo rolled his eyes.

April chuckled before turning to Bruck. "You still haven't answered."

Bruck chuckled. "Damn right I 'aven't. But of 'course, lassie, my story ain't what you'd call pretty."

Casey scoffed. "None of ours was pretty. So go ahead."

Bruck laughed. "Don't reckon ya'll's story was even near to mine! But if ya'll are so eager..."

:Flashback:

It was dark for early morning. The skies were cloudy with small flakes of snow drifting lazily down.

Leo sighed. Splinter had told them NOT to stay too far away from their current hiding place. But did his brothers listen? Oh, no.

Of course, being the elder brother meant watching over your younger siblings. So that meant Leo went after them. Now, they were successfully lost.

"Guys! I think we shouldn't go that way!" Leo called out after them, as they passed the same rock for the fifth time.

Donny looked back. "Why's that Leo?"

Leo rolled his eyes and put his hands on his hips. "In case ANYONE but ME has noticed, we've been CIRCLING around this place for the FIFTH time!!!!!"

Donny looked around the place. He frowned. "You're right."

Mikey groaned and plopped down into the snow. "I'm tired. I wanna go home."

Raph rolled his eyes. "That's what we're trying to do, Idiot!"

Mikey glared. "Don't call me an idiot!"

"Why not? You're an idiot."

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

Leo sighed. "SHUT UP YOU TWO!!!!" He yelled. Both turtles quieted. But only for a few seconds. Then,

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not."

Leo sighed again. He walked over to Donny who was still surveying the place.

"Any clue where we are?"

Donny shrugged. "Nope."

Leo looked around him, but saw nothing but trees. "Splinter's gonna kill us..." He groaned.

Raph scoffed. "Nuh uh! He's gonna kill YOU!"

Leo looked at him. "Why me? I'm not the one who decided to stray!"

Raph huffed. "But you were the one who let us stray!"

Leo rolled his eyes. "Raph. That's stupid! I TOLD you over and over again that this wasn't a good idea!"

Raph stuck his tongue out at Leo. "Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did—wait. Why am I in a childish argument with you?"

Raph stuck his tongue out at Leo. "Ha ha! I won!"

"Did not."

"Did too!"

"Did—urgh!" Leo growled throwing his hands up in the air. "I give up!"

Raph looked triumphantly before adding. "Did too!"

Suddenly Mikey piped up. "Leo, am I an idiot?"

Raph cut in. "Yep!"

Leo hit Raph over the head. "Raph! That's enough. No, Mikey, you're not an idiot. The idiot is this right here." He said, pointing to Raph.

Mikey laughed. Raph growled.

Leo rolled his eyes before looking at Donny. Donny shrugged, indicating he still had no clue which way to go.

Leo sighed. "Come on." He finally said, looking down at his two brothers who were now fighting.

Donny looked at Leo in surprise. "Why? Wouldn't Splinter find us faster if we stay put?"

Leo looked at him. "Because if we stay here, yes, Splinter would find us faster, but at the same time, we'd freeze to death out here if we don't keep moving. In case anyone's noticed, we're cold-blooded. We need to keep moving!"

Raph groaned. "But I'm tired!!!!"

Mikey nodded. "Me too!!!!! My feet hurt, my legs hurt, my arms hurt, and my head hurts!"

Leo sighed before looking down at them. Raph seemed fine, but Mikey's feet were a bit blue. Mikey was smaller then them, and thus got tired more easily and more colder.

Leo crouched down. "Climb on, Mikey. I'll carry you."

"YAY!!!!!" Mikey yelled, scrambling over to Leo.

Raph growled. "That's not fair!"

Leo stood up with a bit of a difficulty because of the extra weight, before turning to Raph. "You can walk a bit. Then, I'll carry you and Mikey'll have to walk."

Raph nodded, while Mikey groaned. "But I don't wanna walk!"

Leo sighed. "Mikey..."

Mikey huffed but stayed quiet.

Leo looked at Donny. "You okay?"

Donny nodded. "Yeah. Lead the way."

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Ten minutes later, they were still lost. Lost, but warm. Leo reminded himself. He shifted Mikey into a more comfortable position, before trudging on. The snow was falling harder now. If they didn't get out of the snow soon, they'd most likely be frozen soon. Leo frowned as he looked behind him. His brothers were trudging after him slowly. Too slowly. They were tired.

Leo sighed before making a risky decision. "Okay guys. We'll stop here for a few minutes." He said, letting Mikey get off of him.

Raph and Donny cheered.

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Donny had finally talked Leo into having them stay here. Leo had finally agreed when he realized just how tired they really were.

Ordering them to stay put, Leo trudged off to find a few sticks to light a fire with.

Donny sighed and stretched. It was cold, but the fire would do some good for them.

Mikey and Raph were too tired to fight, so they both just sat beside each other and blinked sleepily.

Suddenly, Mikey spoke up. "Hey guys, do you smell that?"

Both turtles looked at him. "Smell what?" Donny asked.

Mikey sniffed before saying, "Chicken! I smell chicken!"

Raph paused before sniffing as well. "Yeah! I smell it too!"

Mikey jumped up. "I'm hungry! I'm going!"

Raph jumped up as well. "Come on Donny!"

Donny shook his head. "But Leo said to stay!"

Raph rolled his eyes. "We'll go check it out and come back here with some food before Leo get's back."

Donny sighed. This was a BAD idea. But the thought of food was too much. "Fine. But we'd better get back before Leo discovers we're gone!"

Raph giggled. "Don't be such a worrywart!"

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It didn't take them long to find were the smell was coming from. It was coming from a clearing with three tents pitched up in it. Near the tents, there was a small campfire and a pan with fried chicken cooking in it.

Donny hesitated. "Guys. I think we'd better get outta here..."

Raph rolled his eyes. "And leave the chicken? No way. Dude, why'd ya think Splinter teaches us Ninjitsu?"

Donny bit his lip. "But..."


Mikey laughed. "Come on! What's the worst that could happen?"

With that, all three turtles crept down towards the campfire.

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Meanwhile, a bit further away:

"Oh for god's sake Jake! I told you not to leave the goddamn chicken fryin' like that!"

Growled a thin, but muscular man, tossing his gun over his shoulder while trudging through the snow back to camp.

"Well how was I supposed to know that you'll were fryin' chicken, Jamie??? What am I, a psychic?"

Snapped a big fat man.

Another just trudged after them, carrying his gun silently.

"Great! Now instead of hunting deer, we gotta—"

The thin man stopped in his tracks. The fat man looked back at him. "What's up Jamie? Cat got your tongue?"

Jamie quickly shushed him. "Look over there..." He whispered, pointing towards the camp.

The other two looked over and saw why Jamie was whispering.

"Holy Shit!" Jake whispered, staring.

There, three little turtles, walking upright like humans, were near the campfire.

"They're huge!" Jamie whispered excitedly.

Suddenly, all three of them went quiet as they watched one of the bigger turtles open its mouth and SPEAK.

"Holy Cow..." Jamie whispered. "They can SPEAK."

Jake turned to the silent man beside them. "What'd you think, Bruck?"

The other guy grinned. "Think we hit the jackpot here boys."

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'Kay. Gotta go. Update later.

R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!