A.N.: *sighs* Okie. Here we go again. Glad y'all liked the first chapter! Please note that 'Splinter' is the author, & Master Splinter is, obviously, Master Splinter. K? Thanx! Daydream: You ARE the youngest outta ALL of us, but when I dreamt this I was the youngest. That's why I'm the baby in the story & not you. I'm not goin' by reality, I'm goin' by what was in my dream, k? *Hugs* Also, if this one seems kinda . ah . odd . in anyway, it's 'cause I found out last night that BSB might actually not be making another album, even though they promised us one. *Tears* Oh, and I gave y'all bandanas. If I haven't stated what colour your bandana is, or even if I have, it's in brackets after your name at the end of your part. Well, 'cept Daydream, Splinter, & Machias. Theirs are stated earlier, and are only mentioned once during your part. They're all mentioned again near the very end of the chapter. Hope this lil' paragraph made sense. *sheepish grin* If it don't, sorry. I think I confused myself with it anyway. Lol. *Shrugs* Meh. Plus, Ziptango, Daydream, Raphiella, TygeroftheWynd, & I are all eight. While, Danceingfae, Machias, Splinter, HexAdecimal, TMNTPunker are all nine. The guys are fourteen.

"Please Mikey?" Lenore begged. "Pretty puh-lease!"

"Lenore, you know what Sensei said," Michaelangelo answered. "You're not allowed out. A), you're grounded, and B), the Foot's back again."

"But Mikey!" Lenore protested. "You promised!"

Michaelangelo groaned. Why'd he have to promise to take her to the boardwalk? Why?

"Fine, but don't go telling the others," Michaelangelo said giving in finally. She'd only been driving him crazy for the past ten minutes. "Now, get you're coat and we'll go."

"Thank-you!" Lenore cried, giving him a quick hug before darting off to get her coat.

Michaelangelo rolled his eyes slightly and shook his head. "Why'd she have to be the cutest whiner ever?" He wondered aloud.

"Hey Mikey!" Daydream called. "You wanna play Twister?"

"Maybe later Daydream," Michaelangelo answered. "I'm busy right now."

Daydream came over and climbed into his lap. "You're going out, aren't you?" She asked. "You're gonna be like Raph, and go out against Sensei's orders."

Michaelangelo patted her head and tweaked her light orange and white polka dotted bandana. "Day, you pay too much attention to your surroundings sometimes," he told her. "And don't tell anybody, k? I'll be in trouble if I get caught."

"Okie," Daydream shrugged, then queried, "Can I come?"

"No. Sorry Kiddo," he said ruffling her hair.

"Ready Mikey!" Lenore exclaimed, coming back holding onto her coat.

"Hey! If I can't go, how come she gets to?" Daydream wanted to know. "That's NOT fair!"

"Day, I promised her long ago I'd take her out, alright?"

"Can't I tag along?"

"No!" Lenore answered quickly. "It's just me and Mikey!"

"But." Daydream tried.

"Sorry. But I did promise."

"Meanie!" Daydream cried, before running off to find her other sisters.

Michaelangelo sighed and stood up. If he could've taken her and known for a fact she wouldn't wander off on him, he would've taken her. Heck. He would've taken anyone who'd wanted to go. But, as it was, he wasn't even supposed to be taking Lenore out, for the reasons he'd told her earlier. Especially the second one.

"C'mon Munchkin," he sighed, taking her hand in his. "Let's go before I change my mind."

Lenore grinned up at him as they left the lair together. She loved going places with Michaelangelo. Out of her four brothers, she found him to be the coolest. The nicest too. Though, Donatello could be just as cool as Michaelangelo when he wanted to be.

"Hey! Where's Mikey going?" Ziptango asked Daydream. "I thought we weren't allowed leaving the lair."

Daydream looked thoughtful for a moment. Michaelangelo had told her not to tell anybody. But, surely he hadn't meant Ziptango was included as well. Like, c'mon. It was Ziptango. They told each other EVERYTHING.

"Out," Daydream responded quietly. "He's taking Lenore out 'cause he promised."

"Where they going?" Ziptango questioned in a whisper, fixing her dark purple bandana.

"The boardwalk," Daydream whispered back.

"Mikey's going to the boardwalk?!?" Machias, who'd been eavesdropping, cried.

"What?" Daydream said stunned. "No!"

"Then where's he going?" Splinter, with a rustic brown bandana, interrogated. "Hmm?"

"Where's who going?" Arista asked as she came up to the group. "What are yah talking 'bout?"

"Mikey took off and Daydream's trying to cover for him," Machias stated.

"MIKEY?" Danceingfae said, disbelief in her voice. "No way! I thought only Raph did that!"

"Yes way," Splinter nodded. "And, apparently not."

"Oh, great," Raphiella piped up rolling her eyes. "Splinter's been studying her vocab words."

"How can yah tell?" TygeroftheWynd queried.

"She's using bigger words than usual," Raphiella shrugged. "We don't usually say 'apparently'."

"Ahh," TygeroftheWynd acknowledged, nodding slightly, the ends of her black and orange bandana bobbing. "I see."

"SENSEI!" Machias screamed suddenly.

"What it is Machias?" Master Splinter asked, coming out of his study. "Why are you yelling?"

"Mikey left without telling anybody!" Machias exclaimed.

"And, how do you know this?"

"I heard Daydream telling Ziptango!" Machias answered.

"Me too!" Splinter put in. "I heard her tell Ziptango too!"

Master Splinter eyed his second youngest daughter. "Daydream, do you know something that I do not?"

Daydream looked at her feet, and felt her face go hot. She knew she was blushing. She'd promised Michaelangelo she wouldn't tell a soul, and now EVERYONE knew that he'd gone out.

"Daydream?"

"Hai," Daydream whispered.

She felt everyone's eyes on her, and hung her head even lower. She felt worse for breaking her promise to Michaelangelo, than she did for keeping the information from Master Splinter.

"Where has he gone, my child?" Master Splinter interrogated.

"The boardwalk," Daydream mumbled.

Master Splinter eyed the girls, noting one was missing, as always. "Did he happen to take Lenore with him?"

Daydream shuffled her feet.

"Daydream, you shall look at me when spoken too," Master Splinter admonished. "Now, answer. Did he take Lenore with him?"

"Hai, Sensei," Daydream said softly. "He promised her long ago."

"Thank-you," Master Splinter replied. "Daydream, go to your room. You are grounded for the rest of the day for trying to cover for Michaelangelo."

Daydream sighed, but went to her room without so much as a single word. She didn't feel like getting in any more trouble. It was bad enough knowing that Michaelangelo was going to be mad at her now.

Master Splinter turned to the others. "Machias, Splinter, you two shall do ten flips for eavesdropping and tattling," he informed them. "Then you two are to go to your rooms, as you are grounded for today as well."

"Hey!" Machias exclaimed. "How come Daydream don't have to do ten flips?"

"Uh-oh," Arista whispered to Danceingfae. "She's arguing with Sensei."

Danceingfae, whose eyes had gone wide, nodded. "Uh-huh."

Splinter quickly took off for the dojo after a stern look from their father. She did not wish to share the same consequences as Machias anymore. No way hosée.

"Machias, do not question me," Master Splinter stated. "You know I do not like to be questioned."

"But it's NOT fair!" Machias protested.

"Hey, wanna go play Twister?" Ziptango asked her sisters. "TMNTPunker and HexAdecimal are hunting down the game right now."

"Yeah," everyone agreed. "Let's find Punker and Hex."

Danceingfae (orange with white stripe), Arista (light blue), Raphiella (reddish orange), TygeroftheWynd (black & orange), and Ziptango (dark purple) all took off to find TMNTPunker (navy blue) and HexAdecimal (bright red with black stripe) then.

Machias remained where she was, trying to stare down her father, as she was in a stubborn mood right then. She just hoped the consequences of her actions wouldn't be too severe.

Meanwhile, Michaelangelo and Lenore were wandering around on the boardwalk. They'd played a couple games, and had gotten cotton candy and snow cones.

"Here yah go Lenni," Michaelangelo smiled, passing her a teddy bear. "Now you've got company for yah old Teddy."

"Thanks Mikey," Lenore grinned, taking the bear then hugging her brother tight. "I love him already, and I know Teddy will too."

She dragged him over to another game then, and insisted on winning him a prize now, since he'd already won her one. She took the money he gave her, then prepared her water gun, for the bulls-eye game she loved ever so much. The bell rang, and she automatically squirted the water from her gun to the center point of the bulls-eye, under the number 5. soon she heard the bells going off again, and the announcer saying that player number 5 had won. She beamed up at Michaelangelo as she passed him the stuffed dinosaur she'd just won for him.

"Here yah go Mikey," she said. "His name's . ah . Dippy."

"Dippy?" Michaelangelo checked, as she nodded. "Why Dippy?"

"Um . yah love chip dip?" She shrugged. "I dunno. It was the first name I could think of."

Michaelangelo laughed and took her hand in his again. "You're crazy, yah know that Lenni?"

"No crazier than you," she joked. "Zip says I've been hanging with you so much that I'm starting to act like you. Daydream too."

"I think Zip's right," Michaelangelo chuckled. "You and Day are pretty crazy."

Lenore playfully shoved him, then let go of his hand, and ran off ahead to the fun house. "C'mon Mikey!" She called. "Hurry up! I wanna go in!"

Michaelangelo hurried up and followed her in. they had a blast in the fun house. Once they came back out, they went and each got another snow cone. He got an orange one, while Lenore got a blue one.

Lenore was licking her blue snow cone, highly enjoying her alone time with Michaelangelo. She HATED sharing him with her sisters. She'd never admit it, but she got jealous of them quite easily. She felt as though they were loved more than her, and got way more attention too.

She was still eating her snow cone, when she happened to look over by the road. What she saw made her wish she'd never begged Michaelangelo to take her out. She watched silently, as the Foot looked around every which way, as though they were looking for something . or someone.

Without thinking she quickly turned, clutched her teddy, and jumped off the boardwalk, into the water below. She surfaced, then waited for Michaelangelo to look her way.

Michaelangelo heard a splash and looked down, only to find Lenore waving frantically for him to join her down in the water. He shrugged, stuff his dinosaur into his inside coat pocket, and jumped in.

Once he'd surfaced he looked at his sister, and both of them spoke at once. "Man, I love being a turtle."

He eyed her then, noticing she looked worried. "What's wrong, Kiddo?"

"The Foot's here!" She hissed. "They're on the road. I think they spotted me, 'cause I stared straight at one."

They heard rapid footsteps getting closer then, and shared a look.

Michaelangelo remained calm, as not to freak his baby sister out. "Quick!" He ordered. "Hide under the bridge!"

He ducked under the bottom of it, then watched as Lenore ducked under just in time. He signaled for her to be quiet, even though she was trying to get her breath. He pulled her close and held her as the waves tried to knock them under and shove them out of their hiding spot. Their hoods had fallen off, but right then, all he cared about was keeping her safe.

"Shh," he whispered in her ear, as he heard voices right above them. He knew it was the Foot wondering just where they had gone.

Lenore nodded, too scared to do anything else, other than hold onto him and try not to swallow the water.

They waited quietly, and once they were sure no one was there, Michaelangelo peeked out. Once he was sure it was safe, he signaled for her to come out.

"C'mon," he said. "We gotta get outta here and home before they come back. They'll be bringing reinforcements too."

Lenore let her shoulders sag sadly, and then swam after him. She swam as best and as fast as she could; she knew he was going much slower than he actually could, as to wait for her. She hated herself for slowing him down. She began to grow tired, thus slowing her down even more. Michaelangelo seemed to sense this, as he turned to look at her then.

"You okay Kiddo?" He asked, eyeing her suspiciously.

She nodded slightly. "Y-yeah."

He eyed her another moment, before pulling her over to him, and placing her arms around his neck. "Hold on. I'll swim for both of us now, k?"

"Th-thanks," Lenore managed, as she choked on a bit of water.

Michaelangelo then swam until he reached shore. Once he reached shore, he shoved her out, and then climbed out himself. He laid down next to her, panting, as he was exhausted from the long swim he'd just had. And having her on his back hadn't helped him much either.

Lenore smiled to herself, glad that she'd gone out with Michaelangelo and not anyone else. He always seemed to know what she was thinking. He could read her like a book, like no one else could. Sure, Ziptango and Daydream could read her some days, but nowhere near as good as Michaelangelo. He knew EVERYTHING thing. Everything from her moods, to her secrets, to her favourite things. He knew it all by heart.

(A.N. Lol. I'm listening to "Get Down (You're The One For Me)" & when I heard Brian singing, for some odd reason I thought it was Mikey. Whoopsie! *looks sheepish* Sorry Daydream! I got BSB on the brain! Lol. Okie. Back to story now . )

While they were lying there, they heard what sounded like someone coming closer. Michaelangelo quickly sat up and pulled Lenore over to him, and hid her behind his back. He was NOT about to let her get hurt. Especially not after he'd swam all that way. No way Dude!

He was slightly relieved to see that it was only Master Splinter. He then realized that they'd been caught and were probably in more trouble that ever.

"Michaelangelo, you are to take your sister, and return home immediately!" Master Splinter ordered. "You know better than to disobey orders!"

"Hai, Sensei," Michaelangelo nodded. He stood up just as the Foot immerged from the trees. "Ack!"

He grabbed Lenore's hand and began to run after Master Splinter. They reached a street, and dove into a car. Lenore had slipped out of his hand, and was too slow, so she jumped onto the back of it, just as Master Splinter hit the shift stick to get it going. He watched fearfully as she tried to hang onto the back of the car, while it careened all over the place, as Master Splinter had no idea as how to drive.

Lenore glanced back over her shoulder, only to see the Foot gaining on them. Oh, how she wanted to be in Michaelangelo's arms and able to cry. As it was, she was stuck holding on for dear life, as their father attempted his best to drive them to safety.

"Out of all the cars on the road, he just had to grab the oldest looking one there, didn't he?" She thought. "Him and his antiques."

She cried out as she almost flew off, after speeding around a hairpin turn. It was then she realized she'd best try to get into the car, or wind up severely hurt. She slowly, yet carefully, maneuvered herself so that she was now at the side door of the car. She banged on the window to get Master Splinter's attention. He leaned over and opened the door, grabbing her just as her hands slipped off the car, and she started to fall.

Master Splinter yanked his youngest into the car, and shoved her towards Michaelangelo, who immediately embraced her and held her close. He could hear his son talking to her, and trying to calm her down.

"Shh," Michaelangelo soothed. "It's alright, Lenni. We're almost home. I swear I won't let them get you."

They were finally able to lose the Foot, and very quickly fled from the car. Master Splinter led Michaelangelo, who was carrying Lenore, back to the lair in silence. Once in the lair, he turned to face them.

"What were you thinking go out there, after I said not to?" He demanded angrily. "Michaelangelo, I thought you knew better than that!"

"I didn't think they'd be at the boardwalk," Michaelangelo admitted sheepishly. "I wasn't gonna go, but I promised her the other day I'd take her."

"And it could not have waited a few more days, until I had given the go ahead?"

Michaelangelo looked down. "I'm sorry Master Splinter," he apologized.

An orange and white polka dot bandana, along with a rustic brown one, an orange with white stripe one, a light blue one, a reddish orange one, a black and orange one, a dark purple one, a navy blue one, a bright red with black stripe one, a blue one, and a red one all appeared in different doorways then. Everyone else wanted to witness what was going on, and make sure that the two guilty parties weren't punished any less than they were when they'd done wrong.

"Lenore, what do you have to say for yourself?" Master Splinter interrogated. "Are you happy knowing that because you talked Michaelangelo into taking you out, you just about got both of you killed?"

"N-No," Lenore answered, looking down at the floor, her arms still wrapped around her brother's neck. "I-I'm sorry Sensei."

"Michaelangelo, you are grounded for two weeks, and owe me thirty ten flips," Master Splinter began. "Lenore, you are grounded for a month. This is the second time that the Foot, have found us because of you. I will not stand for it any longer."

"Hai," Lenore whispered, her eyes beginning to water.

Everyone was silent. They hadn't known that Master Splinter too, like some of them, still blamed Lenore for their sudden discovery and move.

Lenore squirmed until Michaelangelo finally put her down. Once she was free of him, she glanced around the room, her tears starting to fall, then very quickly darted off to her room.

HexAdecimal and TMNTPunker waited until everyone else had gone about their business, before going to visit their sister. They knocked once, then hurriedly entered her room. They tried not to laugh, as all the could see coming out from under the bed, was the tail ends of a bright blue and yellow bandana that had been carelessly left out.

"Lenni, come out from there," HexAdecimal said softly. "Master Splinter ain't here. Neither are Raph and Leo."

Lenore slowly re-emerged from under the bed. She got up and sat between them on the bed. "Is everyone mad at me again?" She asked softly, not daring to look at either of them.

"No," HexAdecimal answered.

"No?" Lenore repeated, looking up at them shocked.

"No," TMNTPunker laughed. "We wish we had've gone instead."

"Really?"

"Yeah," TMNTPunker nodded. "I mean, you may be grounded and all, but hey, you still gotta brand new teddy bear out of it."

Lenore smiled then. "You're right," she said. "I did." She pulled her teddy bear out of her coat. "Mikey won him for me."

"Yep, we envy you," HexAdecimal replied. "Now, where are yah gonna put him?"

"I dunno," Lenore shrugged. "He's gotta dry before I can sleep with him."

"Hey! Let's make it a game!" TMNTPunker exclaimed softly. "We can see who can find him the best spot."

"Okay," Lenore and HexAdecimal agreed.

"By the way, what's his name?" HexAdecimal queried.

"Chippy," Lenore giggled.

"Chippy?" TMNTPunker repeated. "Why?"

"Because Mikey's dinosaur is named Dippy."

"Oh," the two girls laughed.

The three of them then set out to find the best spot for Chippy to reside, until he was dry again.

While the girls were all off doing their own thing, and his brother did their thing, Michaelangelo was standing in his room holding a purple dinosaur. "Hmm . Where shall I put you, Dippy?" He wondered aloud. "Ah . wait. I know." He set the dinosaur on top of the bookshelf, which held all his prized comic books. "There, now you'll be where I can always see and find yah." He smiled contently, then plopped down onto his bed to lie there and think.

A.N.: Hope y'all liked this chapter as much as yah liked the last! Long enough? Lol. Plz R & R! Thanx! *Hugs* Adios! KTBSPA & KTNTPA & KTACPA & KTJTPA & KTKCPA & KTCPA & KTJTTPA!!!!!