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Me: (inside a cliffhanger hater-proof dome) I don't own the Ninja Turtles. NOW GET ME OUT OF HERE SO I CAN END THE CLIFFHANGER!
Everyone who threatened to kill me: YAY!
Words could not describe what the Turtles saw the perverted, pirate-descended maniac, Matthias D. Sorel shot their sensei and father. It actually looked like as if when shot, that smoke and light erupted from his body. The gun was meant for Leonardo, who was willing to sacrifice himself to save another, but Matthias changed the shot to his elderly master. When the deadly blast of the gun ended, and when silence fell, the four brothers and the friends rushed to his side. They couldn't bare to look at him, so it surprised them all when Donatello told them the news as he took his pulse: he was still alive.
"My…my sons…"
They turned to their master to see he was okay, but he had turned back to his true form. Believe it or not, the customers at the restaurant were more shocked of Matthias's actions than finding out that Splinter was a giant mutated rat.
"Master Splinter, are you alright?" Leo gasped.
"I'm…fine, Leonardo." He gasped. "Just…trying to catch my breath from…the shock of the shot. Donatello, I am thankful that you created these cloaking devices. It was the one you gave me that blocked the bullet."
Leo sighed in relief. "Then it's a good thing we have these."
Matthias was looking at them in shock. "Wait a minute…"
When the Turtles saw Matthias aim the gun at them, they pushed Splinter out of the way, keeping him away from the path of four bullets from Matthias's gun that shot right at the four brothers.
Splinter's heart felt like it stopped. "MY SONS!"
They experienced the same thing their master did: surrounded in light and in an explosion. When it was gone, their turtle forms were revealed. The girls gasped as the shooting occurred, but Tori and Kelly were the only ones who didn't yet know of Leonardo and Donatello's true forms, so they were in even more shock.
"So, these inhuman fiends were hiding themselves this whole time." Matthias mocked. "Look, good people, and gaze at these freaks in fear and hatred, the emotion in one's eyes they truly deserve."
"Oh, we're giving someone the evil eye all right," a passenger, said. " But we aren't going to give it to them! I'm talking to an even bigger freak right now!"
Everyone was cheering in agreement with him, standing up for the Turtles and their master and oppressing Matthias's thoughts and actions. Then, as if they'd start an angry mob, he pulled out a remote with a big red button.
"I wouldn't start a riot if I were you." Matthias said. "You see, this button activates a bomb I planted onto the ship, big enough to take out the whole thing with everyone on it. If you don't give in to my demands, I will detonate it."
Everyone began to scream in horror and even tried to run for their lives, but the pirates blocked their path and threatened to shoot everyone in the room if they didn't stop. Luckily, there was something the Turtles never left without: their weapons. As they drew them, they told everyone to get down and began to strike. The pirates tried just to shoot them, but Leonardo just blocked them with his katana and sliced them away. Donatello used his Bo staff to get away from the bullets and used it to trip the brute pirates and took away their guns. Raphael only had two objectives: take down the pirates whatever way he could, and dodge the bullets. With his skills, he completed it and the pirates didn't stand a chance. Michelangelo used stealth to dodge the bullets and used his nunchaku to knock them out.
"Honestly," Mikey said, "Do you guys fight with anything besides guns?"
While all of the pirates were being taken out, Matthias used the chance to escape, but not before ordering one of his men to take a hostage. He decided to pick the girl with the knack for singing—something that irritated him quite a lot.
"Quick, get that girl, now!" he commanded his remaining pirates.
They rushed up to Kelly and took her in their grasp, covering her mouth so no one would hear her. Since Tori was trying to fight back for her best friend, they had to grab her, too. Leonardo and Donatello tried to save them, but the pirates escaped before they could reach them.
"Shoot!" Leo cried as he slammed his fist into the wall.
"This doesn't look good." Don said. "We have to find the girls, but we have to get everyone off of this cruise ship if Matthias detonates that bomb."
"Any ideas, Don?"
Don began to think for a minute. "Matthias does own the ship, but it doesn't seem like he's the captain. I've seen the real one at that dance who looked nothing like a pirate. He must have been an innocent pawn that Matthias hired for his game, as well thousands of employees."
Leo began to formulate his plan. "Okay, I have a plan. Don and I will search for Matthias and save the girls and see if we can stop that bomb. Raph and Mikey, you go up and see if you can find the captain and evacuate. Once that's done, the rest of you get off of this ship!"
With one mistake in the plan, Casey had to step in. "Hang on a second, Leo," he said, "Matthias has gotten on my last nerve for what he's done to April. I'm going with you and Don."
April agreed with the plan, but she wasn't going to let Casey get hurt hunting down Matthias. "No way, Casey, if you have to fight him, then I'm going with you!"
"Not a chance, April," Casey said sharply. "You could get seriously hurt especially since you're a pregnant woman. You've got to stay with the others."
April loved Casey, but that didn't mean she'd let him boss her around. "Casey, we're engaged now, so we're in this together and—"
"And it's because of the reason we're engaged that I do not want to lose you!" Quickly, he tightly embraced April like a young child with a teddy bear. "If only one of us has to stay alive, I want it to be you."
Nobody minded the least bit about Casey and April's love for each other, but there was no time to waste. "Casey, let's go!" Raph shouted annoyed.
Finally giving in to him, April kissed him lightly on the lips. "Okay, I'll stay. But you have to promise me you'll come back alive."
Casey knew he couldn't exactly keep a promise like that, but that wasn't going to stop him from trying. He nodded his head and took off with the others.
April waved as he took off. "Be careful…" With that, she left with Splinter, Mari, and Lily to the emergency lifeboats.
Following the plan, Michelangelo and Raphael took out the pirates that guarded the captain's deck. When they reached it, they saw the real captain tied up. Raphael used his sai to cut the rope and untied his mouth-cloth. He was a little shocked to see the turtles, but he was more worried about his life and the pirates.
"Oh, thank you so much!" the captain said. "I never should have trusted that Matthias man."
"That's not important right now!" said. Raph. "He says there's a bomb on the ship and we've got to get to these people off of here!"
Shocked about the situation, he turned on a microphone that was attached to speakers all over ship. Following that, he turned on an alarm that would too be heard all over the ship.
"Attention all passengers," he said into the mike. "Please remain calm. There is something on the ship that requires a total evacuation. Please only take what's needed and make your way for the emergency lifeboats.
Michelangelo looked out the window and saw everyone was on the deck, leaving for the lifeboats.
"Okay everybody," Mikey said into the mike. "That's it, just make your way off of the cruise ship and take only what's most important to you so you don't have to worry about the bomb on the ship."
Raphael was only going to smack Mikey over the head one final time as a great panic erupted on the deck. "This is getting really old, Mikey." Raph growled.
Luckily, that conk on the head made Mikey remember something he had just forgot. "Oh, no," he said, "I forgot about Klunk!"
Racing down the stairs, Raphael and the captain followed him down back to his room. Passing through the screaming people, he rushed to the first-class rooms and found Klunk lying on the couch. Taking him in his arms--and a couple of comics and video games in his bag—they rushed back to the lifeboats. Many people were trying to reach them, but it needed some patience, and that something the people on board. Getting through the crowd, the captain reached a high place to make a speech.
"Everyone, listen," he said, "I know what you just heard is quite shocking, but I can assure you this will not be another Titanic."
"Yeah," Raph said, "They never had to worry about pirates or a bomb, juts a giant iceberg."
"All I ask is that you calmly wait for the lifeboats to be ready for evacuation." The captain said. "We are almost back in New York, so you'll all be home safe before you know it."
"On one condition:" Everyone turned to the voice to find Leonardo, and Donatello running to the crowd and Leo reaching for the platform. "Some of you may have seen us in the restaurant when the pirates first showed up, and now more of you know now about us. We'll only let you go if you swear on your lives not to reveal us back home."
"They did it for Spiderman," Mikey said, "And now you've got to do it for us!"
Everyone murmured in agreement, meaning they would keep the promise. All they really wanted to do was get back home than squeal about any mutant creatures. Seeing this, Leo said it was okay to begin the evacuation. With life jackets on, everyone went into the boats until they reached their maximum weight/occupancy. Before Lily went on with her family, Mikey called out to her.
"Lily, wait!"
She turned around and found Mikey with his stuff and Klunk on his shoulder. He handed his stuff to Lily along with Klunk, who cuddled up in her arms.
"Mikey, why are you giving me Klunk and all of your stuff?" Lily asked.
"Well," Mikey sighed. "I decided to go with my bros to find Matthias and the girls. If I don't make it back, I…I want you to keep Klunk and all of my favourite stuff."
"Mikey…" After making up her mind, she nodded and kissed him on the cheek. Then, she headed off with her family on the lifeboat and waved good-bye. "See you later, Mikey! I love you!"
"I love you too, Lily!"
After Raphael finally made him get a move-on, Leonardo told them they came back because they had lost track of Matthias. Casey, however, didn't give up and continued searching without them. They had to find him and the girls before it was too late.
Meanwhile, Casey was trying to chase down Matthias all over the ship. He came upon a room for younger kids, with toys and even a bounce house.
"Matthias, where are you!" Casey shouted. He looked all over, but to no avail. "C'mon out and show yourself, you bas—
Suddenly, as he saw a gun pointed at him from a fun-house mirror, he ducked as a bullet nearly missed him and shattered the glass. Matthias stepped out from a giant duck-shaped slide, still aiming his gun.
"Looks like I have you now, Mr. Jones." He said wickedly.
Casey closed his eyes as he awaited the shot. The only regret he had was not keeping his promise. Just thinking about her made his heart ache. As Matthias pulled the trigger in waiting for the lead to go through his nemeses body…nothing happened. Matthias tried again, but still nothing happened.
"Ha!" Casey mocked, but also sighing in relief. "Looks like you're all out of ammo." He laughed at the idea of Matthias getting blown up if he looked inside the pistol and a last bullet went off automatically. It was lucky he paid enough attention to dodge the actual gun being thrown at him.
"You won't win so easily." Matthias growled. He picked up a baseball bat he found on the ground and readied it like a weapon. Casey did the same and was excited since it would be like hunting down Purple Dragons. Running off into the bounce house, they decided to finish it once and for all.
Meanwhile, the Turtles lost sight of Casey, but finally found some more pirates guarding the door to the basement. After taking out the pirates and heading downstairs, they found some more pirates to finish off and something else: Kelly and Tori. Leonardo and Donatello rushed to the free the girls and embrace them in their arms.
"Kelly, I was so worried about you!" Don said.
"I'm really glad you're okay, Tori." Leo cried.
The girls were still in shock about their true forms, but they were still so happy they were okay.
Tori embraced Leo as she began to sob softly. "Leo, I thought seeing you like this would change the way I felt about you, but it doesn't change a thing. I love you."
Leonardo was usually afraid at rare times; this was one of them. But after happiness filled his heart, he kissed Tori on the lips with joy. When it was over, he was as red as Raphael's headband and began to speak gibberish.
As for Donatello and Kelly, he began to stroke her hair while holding her in his arms. "You know Kelly," he said, "I didn't understand why I felt this way about you so fast, but I think this is what they call 'love at first sight' because I…really do…love you. I mean, you have such a lovely voice and a beautiful figure and—
Before he could finish, Kelly pressed her lips against his. "I felt the same way about you, Donnie. I was really confused about it, too."
"She's never really had a crush on somebody until now." Tori interrupted.
"Shut up! Anyway, I really liked you because you're not like one of those stupid guys at our school. You're smart. I kind of also thought your glasses made you look cute and I… have a thing for turtles."
Don blushed fiercely. "So…I guess you're into the brainy ones, huh.". Finally mustering up the courage, he kissed Kelly one more time before Raph interrupted.
"I hate you interrupt you two pairs of lovebirds, I really do, but if we don't get a move-on, then we'll lose Casey!"
Finally ending the moments, the Turtles, Kelly, and Tori began to leave to find their friend. They searched all over the ship, but didn't have any luck. Then, they finally found him in the kids' room, battling Matthias to the death with baseball bat in a bounce house. As Matthias tried to hit Casey with the bat, but Casey managed to bounce away and counter-attack. Unfortunately, Matthias was ably to knock him out of the bounce house, leaving quite a nasty bruise. Both of the were covered in bruises from the bats from the battle, but now, Matthias was ready to knock him out for good. Casey managed to find the gun and aimed it at him, but Matthias took it away from him and threw it away from him. Casey had forgotten that the gun was out bullets due to the whacks on the head he took, but miraculously, the gun ricocheted off of the wall, the pistol now aiming at Matthias and with surprisingly one more bullet left, it blasted at Matthias's heart. He screamed as it went through his body and clutched his heart where blood was now leaking out. Then, with his last ounce of strength, he pulled out the remote for the bomb.
"If I'm going down…" he gasped softly. "…then I'm taking you with me!"
While he stumbled out of the room, he slipped and fell over the railing, but not before pressing the button before he sank into the sea. Feeling extreme explosions below their feet, the Turtles, Casey, Tori, and Kelly rushed a way out as they heard the explosions coming closer. As they were a foot away from them, their only way out was to dive into the sea.
Meanwhile, everyone else was able to get off of the ship just in time and in at a good reach to see it explode before their eyes. April watched as the S.S. Nenet was engulfed by the destruction by the bomb, as well as her hopes of Casey making it out alive. She could already hear the Titanic song in her head, but her heart could not go on if he was gone. She loved him more than anything, but he was taken away from her. She cried with her hands buried in her hands. Her aunt patted her on the back, crying with her at the thought of Tori being dead. Kelly's parents, Splinter, Lily, and even Mari were even getting heartache with them. Then, a miraculous thing happened to them. They began to see bubbles rising to the surface of the water, and then, the Turtles, Casey, Tori, and Kelly popped their heads out of the water, taking a deep breath from holding it underwater. Everyone began to cheer as they were helped climbed aboard and into the arms of the ones they loved. Casey embraced April softly, despite him being soaked.
"Oh, Casey," April cried. "I thought you were dead."
"Well, I guess I kept my promise, after all." Casey said softly as he caressed his fingers though her hair. "I'm sorry I made you worry like that."
"It's okay…"
The song that played during their dance together was playing through their minds as they locked lips with each other like they did so many times before since this trip began. As everyone cheered, the romance bloomed between Leonardo and Tori; Donatello and Kelly; Michelangelo and Lily; and Raphael and Mari. The night became more beautiful with the five couples together again as they traveled back to New York, safe and sound.
(sniff) I can't believe the story is done already and it's a hit!( blows nose into Kleenex). I'd just like to thank Jesus, and everybody who reviewed. You are all great and I wish I could give you all a BIG hug if I didn't know I'd blow the air out of your lungs!…Oh, what the heck!(gives everyone a big hug, but accidentally makes them run out of air)…Uh…medic! Well, it's not quite over yet. There's still the epilogue.