What's that Stench?
Today was a not so normal kind of day in the sewers of New York City. The teen turtles and their sensei Master Splinter were not kicking Foot Ninja butt. Don was fixing up the Shell Cycle for Raphael, because he almost smashed it to pieces in Central Park. Leonardo and Master Splinter were practising for battle improving Leo's twin katanas. Raph and Mikey were watching Mikey's favourite DVDs on their stereo sound, maximized entertainment unit. You may think this would be normal but not for these guys.
"Boring...boring...boring...oh cool monkey wrestling!" Mikey shouted. Raph took the remote. "Hey! I wanted to see that Raph! Give it back!"
"I'm not going to be watching chimpanzees do fake fighting!" Raph blurted. Mikey took one of his nunchus and hurled it at Raph's head. Raphael scratched his head and took the nunchu and whacked it on top of Mikey's head.
"Michelangelo, Raphael! You two aren't supposed to use weapons on fellow allies and shut that televison off Michelangelo. We have certain matters to discuss." Splinter dictated. Mikey hung up his nunchus and walked into Master Splinter's room.
"Nice going Raph. Soon he'll make turtle soup out of one of us." Don agitated. Raph made a fist at Don but Leo put a hand on it.
"Wonder why sensei did this to Mikey. He does this all the time." Leo asked
"Maybe he's just tired of Mikey and his habits?" Don suggested. "Besides, sometimes Mikey gets too carried away swinging his nunchus around."
"I don't know..." Leo concluded and went back to his training. Raph became concerned and pressed his ear to the doorway to Master Splinter's part of the lair.
Inside Splinter's room Mikey and Splinter were talking. Splinter took his walking stick and prodded Mikey on the shoulder.
"Michelangelo? Do you know why I wanted to speak to you?" Splinter whispered.
"Not really sensei. I mean, don't you feel like hitting Raphael on the head sometimes?" Mikey notified.
"Ugh. My son...you haven't done well in your nijitzu training. You must focus on your lessons then you can mingle with your things."
"Okay...but I was doing practice with the nun.." Mikey was cut off by Master Splinter's cane.
"Using your weapons like that aren't allowed. You need to balance work and play. So you and I must take a walk together."
"Hand in hand?"
"Nice try...but no. We must talk of other things." Splinter sighed and then bowed. Mikey bowed back and then went out the door slapping Raph in the face. Mikey gave him a hand up.
"Thanks bro." Raph credited to Mikey, but Mikey did not say a word and then went up to his bedroom. Raphael was confused to see Mikey being so quiet. He told Leo about his behaviour.
"All he did was go into his room. No "your welcome" or some other Mikey comment. He wasn't really acting you know, normal."
" I'll try and find out what's into him today." Leo promised Raph and went up to Mikey's room. Leo sat on his bed. Mikey ignored him. "Hey Mikey. You okay? Raph says your not yourself lately. What happened Mikey?"
"You know bro. I don't know, I've been busted by Splinter, and I think it's right to punish me." Mikey moaned. Leo didn't see Mikey in the right state of mind. He went to Master Splinter. Leo told his sensei about Mikey's weird behaviour. Splinter just sighed, and put a paw on his son's shell.
"I cannot help you. Michelangelo is in another state of mind because of one thing." Splinter stopped and smelt his surroundings. He paused and lifted his finger. Leo sniffed the air too. It was vile and crude. " Radiation, come Leonardo. We must get Michelangelo and find this source of essence."
Leo couldn't get Mikey to come along with him. So he decided to go alone. Following the scent of the radiation Leo tracked down in the sewer pipes he couldn't help realizing a tantalizing smell from the radiation. He tried to pull back but couldn't help himself. He froze and then moments later he collapsed into the water.
Suddenly, Mikey woke up and found himself laying on his bed. He stared at his room, his drums were still in the corner, his comic books and CDs were still in a stack next to a dirty pile of odds and ends. Everything was normal but Mikey couldn't put his finger on the trick.
"Raph...Raphael." Mikey whispered into the livingroom. Silence, " Don? Leo? Sensei?"
Donatello shook his head as he woke up from a trance and heard Michelangelo. He got his bo staff and started toward the livingroom. Don found Mikey waving his nunchus around oddly.
"Mikey? You practising?" Don examined as Mikey put his nunchus away.
"No, Mr. Know-it-all...well yeah." Mikey turned around and found Raph on the floor next to the television.
"Hey Mikey, where's Leo?" Raph asked as he got his sais off the floor. "What was that smell?"
"Some type of radiation that fascinates all mutant life forms into suspended animation." Don inquired.
"Meaning..."
"Well, it's some sort of chemical that makes all turtles go into a trance."
"Where's Splinter and Leo?" Mikey asked Don. The three turtles found a moan of an old rat. Mikey and Don went to Splinter's room and found their sensei semi-conscious on the ground.
"He's still breathing guys..." Don checked as Splinter gained consciousness and wobbled onto his cane. Splinter stared at the turtles in a suspicious way.
"One...two...three..." Splinter counted " Where is Leonardo?"
" We don't know sensei, he could be anywhere."
"He must be in the sewers...come my sons, we need to find him."
They went forth to the entrance of the sewers and suddenly a figure appeared with the same smell as they found in the lair. They stared at the creature with long brownish gold hair and red gold fur with Leo unconscious in its' arms. The savage put Leo gently down on the floor and collapsed in the water.