Lost In the Woods

Part 4

Disclaimer: Go read the ones in previous chapters – if you have been reading this you should know what I am goner say. I don't own the rights to M&Ms.

Raph waited for his brother, tapping his impatient foot.

"Wait here, I'm goner go get him," Raph told Molly.

Just then, Mikey walked out to them carrying a bag, which he did not have before.

"Mikey this is not the souvenir shop for crying out loud, what's in the bag?" Raph demanded.

"I found some food and water, thought it'll carry us over til we get home, look I found you some M & M's, I know you love M & M's, Raph." Mikey held up the package.

"Right, but explain to me this? What you goners do eat it?" Raph pulled out from under Mikey's arm a battered old game boy.

"I found it."

"I can see that, but why do you have it?"

"I'm taking it home with me, alright," Mikey said.

"You don't need it."
"What would you know about why I need a game boy?" Mikey inquired.

"Because you own one at home, stupid!" Raph flicked his brother on the head.

"Correction, I owned one that you broke!"

"Don said he'd fix it, didn't he?"

"Yeah, but see I got this game boy to play while your throwing the other one at me, which you will do when it's fixed," Mikey informed his brother.

"I wouldn't throw it at you if you didn't hide the damn remote when I want to watch TV!" Raph bellowed.

"I didn't hide it, you just couldn't find it."

"No you hide it, like you hide the batteries to it in another place, so that by the time I found it, my show would be almost over!"

"Well you know what I do when I can't find the remote?" Mikey asked.

"Do I look like I care?" Raph shoot back.

"That's where Donnie comes in, he'll get the channel for you without the remote, clever guy our brother Donnie," Mikey told Molly who was laughing at the two humanoid turtles fighting over a Game Boy.

"What's so funny?" Raph demanded.

"You guys," Molly shrugged, she had to be honest with the guys.

"Yeah, I'm unbelievable," Mikey, said.

"You're under my nose," Raph told Mikey.

"You don't have a nose, it's a beak! He didn't listen to the lesson we had on body parts back in Turtle school," Mikey told Molly.

"There's a turtle school?" Molly looked surprise.

"How do you think we became so educated?" Mikey asked.

Raph laughed, "You educated, and that has to be the understatement of the centenary! Wait til I tell the others at home!"

Molly was also laughing, she tried to imagine Mikey sitting through an algebra lesson and throwing spit balls every time the teacher turned their back to the class.

"We had school!" Mikey put his hands on his hips.

"Yeah in the sewers of New York – taught by Splinter and then later Donnie," Raph informed his brother.

"Your brother taught you?" Molly looked surprised, "Is he a lot older than you guys, I got the impression he was your age?"

"He is our age, only he knows a hell of a lot more about science and maths than Splinter does, so Splinter gave him the task," Raph told her.

"Only thing was, we weren't too interested in knowing Pythagoras' theory or any of that mambo jumbo that Donnie's know since he was ten," Mikey put in.

"Yeah poor Donnie, we gave him a hard time over those lessons, he was only trying to do the right thing. Mind you, it was hard for him to be teaching Leo than us," Raph said.

"Really how come?"

"Leo's the oldest and well Don's always had a problem with telling Leo what to do, what with Leo always being the oldest turtle. Donnie tends to stick to the rules that way," Mikey said.

"Come on Leo, it's time you had a rest from driving. You can keep an eye on the computer for me," Donnie said.

Leo's eyes were irritable and so when his brother offered him a break he took it. He pulled over and the two swapped places and Donnie took over the wheel.

"You just have to keep an eye on those two dots, let me know if they change direction. Currently Mikey and Raph have not moved much in the last hour, which is very strange for them at this time of the day. I hope they haven't been recaptured or anything," Donnie said.

"I think your brothers are arguing, my son," Splinter said from the back of the turtle van.

"Great, just great," Leo muttered.

"Wonder what they're arguing about," Donnie chuckled, knowing them it was probably over nothing important.

"Something about Mikey being educated, "Master Splinter told his sons. They both cracked up laughing.

"I side with Raph on that one!" Leo put his hand up.

"I am trying to communicate with your brothers; both seem to be preoccupied with trying to remember Pythagoras' theory."

"What have they come across, Triangles?" Donnie laughed, "I should be the one doing that, not them. I do not think they ever listened when I taught it. On the test paper, Mikey wrote, "Is that a flower or something?"

"I'm on my way, from misery to happiness today, ah aha ah" Mikey sang as he walked along behind Molly following Raph. Raph felt he was going in the right direction, he was sure that he was getting closer to New York with each step, only he was moving west of the north country as he moved.

"Mikey you know I hate it when you sing!" Raph called back.

"I'm not singing for you, I'm singing for Molly," Mikey winked at their female companion.

"It's very nice," Molly said, smiling at the turtle in orange.

Raph just growled and continued.

"We missed them Master," Hun said into his communication devise.

"What do you mean, missed them?" Shredder yelled, smacking down a nearby ninja, as he walked through the foot country headquarters.

"They have moved on, no sign of them at this burnt out building, hang on Master," Hun disappeared, there was a shuffling noise, Shredder was about to throw the devise into his swimming pool.

"Master, it looks like we beat them to it, they have just arrived….."

"Excellent…"