A.N.: I'm ba-ack. sings Oh my god I'm back again! Dun, dun. Brothers, sisters, all turtles sing. Gonna bring the flavour, show yah now. Got a new chapter for yah, yah better read it right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everybody; Yeah. Read the chapter. Yeah. Everybody; read the chapter right now. The turtles are back, alright! Lol. Yes, I'm obviously still a BSB fan. Hehe. Enjoy!


It was a rainy day in New York City. One of those rainy days, where you could curl up with a good book and get lost in it forever, seeing as the television was out because of the storm. One where you could play make-believe and not have anybody make fun of you for it. One where anything could happen at the most least expected moment.

The turtle clan was all strewn about the lair, everyone caught up in doing something fun – to try and keep their minds of the storm above, and the fact that the television had gone out long ago.

Pretty much, all was going quite well on this rainy day in New York, in the turtle lair. This was rare, but not as rare as one might think. Sure the siblings bickered plenty, but they still got along pretty well and they all loved one another well enough. But they were all different, so there was always reason for an argument to ensure eventually, even on their good days. But, luckily, none had broken out thus far, making everyone in the household rather grateful.

Master Splinter of course, was in his study, mediating like always. He was trying to keep calm, knowing today was probably going to be a good day for mischief and arguments, considering the storm above – and the fact that during storms, the girls were restricted to the lair.

Leonardo was in the dojo, as per usual. He was helping Arista and TMNTPunker hone their ninjitsu skills, as they had requested his help, of course. They would do just about anything to spend more time with Leonardo, their favourite brother.

"Now, girls, hold your stances," Leonardo instructed. "The longer you can hold them, the better. A ninja must have balance, otherwise they'll fall over and it could be deadly if they were in the midst of battle."

"Deadly?" TMNTPunker choked out. "We don't wanna die in battle, Leo!"

Leonardo rolled his eyes. "I never said you would, Punker. I said a ninja. You're not a full-fledged ninja."

"Yet," Arista muttered. "You're s'pose to make us feel better, not worse, Leo!"

"Well, then hold your stances better, and I won't be forced to scare yah into doing it."

"You're bein' mean!" Both girls whined, while trying to keep their stances.

"I'm being honest," Leonardo defended.

"Well, don't be so honest!" TMNTPunker told him. "Sensei told yah not to scare us, and you're scarin' us!"

"Alright, alright. Sorry," Leonardo apologized. "Let's just practice for the fun of it, alright?"

Both girls nodded eagerly, glad he decided to just let this practice they had requested be fun.

Donatello was busy at work as always in his lab. Machias and Splinter joining him like they usually did on days like today. They loved to help him, and knew he'd grant them that, so long as they didn't touch anything they weren't supposed to and abided by his rules. And so far, they were doing a pretty good job of it. Mostly, they were his gofers, but they enjoyed it nonetheless.

"Careful Machias! Don't drop that!" Donatello called.

"I'm not gonna, Donnie!" Machias argued, carrying a computer monitor over to him. "I'm not a weakling!"

Splinter snickered. "Donnie thinks we're all weaklings when it comes to his stuff, Machias. He don't trust nobody to carry it but Leo and himself. And he only trusts Leo, 'cause he's the fearless leader."

Machias rolled her eyes, just as the fearless leader had, though neither knew it. "Well, we're ninjas. We're s'pose to be strong."

"Strong 'nough to fight! Whoot! We c'n kick shell!" Splinter cheered.

Donatello sighed. Sometimes his sister's just didn't understand the seriousness of being a ninja. "Girls, there's more to it than that. And Sensei will probably teach yah that soon enough."

"Aww, man," both groaned. "We like the sparring! It's fun!"

Donatello shook his head. "I need you girls to help me fix Raph's stereo. It seems it got broke, and won't play the stations he wants."

"Yah mean, Raph smashed it 'cause he had a temper-tantrum!" Machias countered, as Splinter laughed.

"Now that we all know what I mean, let's get to work," Donatello smiled. He knew today would be less dull than usual. Seemed the girls were in quite the playful mood.

Raphael was being his usual ornery self, and was off working on his bike. He'd gotten permission to let Raphiella and HexAdecimal to tag along. The girls had been bored and wanted something to do, so he suggested they come help him tune up his bike. Of course, they had jumped at the chance! Wasn't every day Raphael offered to let anybody go with him – even if he was ornery.

"Hurry it up an' bring me that can of oil, Ella!" Raphael snapped.

"Sorry!" Raphiella apologized, hurrying over to him with what he had requested.

"About damned time!" Raphael growled, grabbing it from her.

"Don't you yell at her!" HexAdecimal told him angrily. "We're just tryin' to help 'cause you asked us too, an' you're bein' mean!"

"I'm always mean, kid. Yet, yah seem to love me anyway," Raphael snorted, greasing up his bike.

"You don't usually snap at us over stupid things," Raphiella commented softly. "You do that to Leo. We're not Leo!"

"Alright, alright. Yeesh!" Raphael exclaimed exasperatedly. "Just – grab me some more tools, alright? Then I'll show yah how to change a wheel."

"Sweet!" The girls exclaimed. Wasn't every day Raphael offered to show them something – even if it was only how to change a wheel.

Michaelangelo was in the kitchen baking with his usual crew. Danceingfae, Daydream, and Mily. They were determined to make the cake that was supposed to be the result of the new recipe they had found – even if it took them all day to do so.

"Mikey? Is it s'pose to look like this?" Daydream asked softly, covered head-to-toe in flower. "It don't look yummy."

Michaelangelo laughed when he looked into her bowl. "Did yah add eggs, Day?"

"Ack! Eggs! I forgot the eggs!" Daydream cried, running over to the counter that they had set the eggs upon. She attempted to break a couple, dropping them on the floor instead.

Michaelangelo quickly went over and cracked two into her bowl for her. "There yah go. Just clean up the goop yah got on the floor, alright?"

"Kay Mikey!" Daydream smiled, quickly grabbing up some paper towel.

Moments later, a shriek was heard. "Daydream! Look what you did!"

Michaelangelo looked over and tried not to laugh. Danceingfae stood with hands on her hips, and Daydream was covered completely in the cake mix. "What happened?"

"She bumped me when I went to put it in the oven!" Danceingfae exclaimed.

Mily giggled behind her hand. "She c'n be a cake goo monster."

"Rawr!" Daydream yelled, starting to chase Mily around the kitchen.

Michaelangelo caught them both. "Ladies, no running about the kitchen while we're trying to bake. We've had enough accidents for one morning."

"Kay, Mikey," both girls replied sheepishly.

"Day, go get cleaned up, then come back and I'll find yah somethin' to do, okay?"

Daydream nodded and ran off to get cleaned up, while Michaelangelo got the ingredients down once more for Danceingfae so she could start over, with Mily's help.

Lenore, who would've usually been with Michaelangelo, pretty much glued to his hip, was actually off playing with Ziptango and TygeroftheWynd. The three girls had decided to play an odd game of hide and seek. The game rules they'd made up for it, were the ones hiding had to hide something else as well, and couldn't be counted as fully caught until both them and the object had been found. It wasn't traditional, but it did make for a pretty interesting game – especially if they forgot to tell one another what their object was, before hiding it and themselves.

"I'm not it!" Lenore cried, stamping her foot. "You didn't find my object!"

"Lenni, you hid the remote for the T.V.," TygeroftheWynd reminded her. "I found it 'fore I found Ziptango's bandana, so now you're it."

"That's not fair!" Lenore argued.

"It is so!" Ziptango told her. "I hid my bandana better, than you did the remote! Not our fault!"

Lenore angrily shoved Ziptango, sending her flying into the coffee table. "Liar!"

"Ow!" Ziptango yelped, landing upon the floor with a thud.

"Lenni! That was mean!" TygeroftheWynd stated. "If you keep shovin' people, you c'n play by yourself!"

"You c'n play by yerself if yah gonna cheat!" Lenore growled, shoving TygeroftheWynd this time.

TygeroftheWynd went flying backwards, landing upon her rump. "Hey!"

Glares were shared, which seemed to be all that was needed for the three to start wrestling about on the floor like crazy, forgetting their game of hide 'n' seek – and the rule of no sparring outside of the dojo.

Master Splinter heard the scuffle from where he sat in his study. He frowned and went out to investigate as his whiskers twitched, he was shocked to find the three girls wrestling about on the floor – and he knew it wasn't playful wresting either, as they were all shouting mean things at one another.

"ENOUGH!" He shouted, trying to get them to silence, but to no avail. He moved over to them and separated them, holding Lenore up in front of him. "What is the meaning of this?"

"They started it!" Lenore accused.

"We did not!" TygeroftheWynd and Ziptango argued. "You did!"

Master Splinter set Lenore down next to her sisters, eyeing them all sternly. "Ziptango, please tell me what happened."

"Lenni didn't wanna be it," Ziptango answered. "We was playin' hide 'n' seek, but she got mad when Tyger told her she was it. Then she shoved me an' Tyger."

"Yeah," TygeroftheWynd nodded her agreement.

"That is no reason to fight back," Master Splinter scolded. "That is reason to come find someone to help get things back under control. You three know better than to spar outside of dojo!"

The girls all hung their heads, staring down at their feet. "Sorry Sensei."

"You shall all be punished," Master Splinter told them. "Now, turn."

They all turned reluctantly, knowing what was coming, though still yelping when his cane hit their bottoms, though with not all that much force.

"Now, corners!" Master Splinter ordered. "And no more fighting!"

Ziptango and TygeroftheWynd each ran for a corner in the den in tears. They hadn't been spanked all that hard, but the fact that they'd had to be spanked had hurt more than the actual spanking had.

Lenore on the other hand, took off running full force for the hallway leading to her room.

Master Splinter very quickly caught up to her, grabbing her about her waist and carrying the squirming and kicking young turtle over to a corner, where he whacked her with his cane once more. "Enough, child! Anymore of this nonsense and you shall spend the day in my study."

Lenore sniffled and hiccupped through her tears, as she rubbed her bottom. "I'm sorry, Master Splinter."

Master Splinter nodded and kissed her head. "Half an hour," he told her, before going over and kissing the heads of Ziptango and TygeroftheWynd.

The three girls stood in their respective corners, not daring to do anything more than cry softly. Master Splinter never spanked all that hard, with or without his cane, but it still hurt knowing that they had disappointed him enough for him to have to do that.

Master Splinter returned to his study, meditating once more. He was also keeping an ear out for the three in the den, knowing they didn't always stay in their corners during a punishment – especially the youngest one.

A short while later the storm above got worse than it had been before. Unknowingly to anyone up top, the sewers had begun to flood because of the rain water. The first to notice it was flooding, where the three young turtles still standing in corners in the den on the turtle lair.

"Hey! Whose sprayin' water!" TygeroftheWynd demanded. "My feet are gettin' wet!"

Ziptango turned to look and gasped. "There's water comin' in!"

Lenore whirled about, her jaw dropping to the floor when she saw that indeed there was water entering their home.

Just as the girls had noticed, Master Splinter had came scurrying out of his study having had sensed the danger. He placed his fingers in his mouth and let out three shrill whistles, which signaled for everybody to come immediately.

Michaelangelo and his crew emerged from the kitchen, as did Donatello and his crew but only from his lab instead. Leonardo and his crew came out of the dojo, just as Raphael entered carrying HexAdecimal and Raphiella.

"Yanno the sewers are floodin'?" Raphael asked, setting the two young turtle girls down. "I had to nab 'em 'fore they got swept away."

"My sons, we must get to higher ground! Immediately!" Master Splinter ordered. "The waters are going to be here soon and will reach much higher levels than the girls are used to with a very strong current."

Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michaelangelo all nodded. They all very quickly reached for the closest three girls near them, then hurried out of the lair after Master Splinter. They had a safe spot to go for an occasion like this, but this was the first time Master Splinter had ever looked worried about it.

Lenore squirmed like crazy as Raphael carried her. He had grabbed her, while Leonardo had grabbed Ziptango and Donatello TygeroftheWynd. "Lemme go!" She cried. "I hafta get Teddy!"

"Kid, I wouldn't be worryin' about Teddy if I were you," Raphael told her. "These waters get high an' fast 'nough, an' you'll be swept away so fast yah won't know what hit yah."

Lenore's eyes filled with tears, as she desperately tried to squirm down and away. She just couldn't leave her Teddy to drown! She couldn't! He was much too special to her!

The turtle clan finally reached their destination, the guys letting the girls down cautiously. It was then that one male turtle noticed he'd lost a little sister.

"Dammit!" Raphael growled. "I told her to forget that bear!"

Michaelangelo's head snapped up faster than usual. "Lenni!" He exclaimed, knowing just who Raphael had been referring to. He knew Lenore would never leave her Teddy bear behind – ever.

Master Splinter's ears flattened and his whispers twitched as his tail swished back and forth on the ground apprehensively. "My son, go to her. But quickly!"

Raphael nodded, as did Michaelangelo – though, only Raphael was permitted to go. Michaelangelo instead grabbed HexAdecimal as Donatello grabbed Raphiella. They knew they each now had an extra girl to look after, but what choice did they have?

Lenore had finally reached the lair once more, and had had to tread through knee high water to get to her room. She quickly found her Teddy Bear and Backstreet Boys shirt she loved so much. She put her shirt on quickly, and tucked a CD into her shell, as she hugged her Teddy tightly to her chest.

"Don't worry Teddy, I'ma save you," she whispered to her beloved friend. She turned then to leave and screamed when a huge wave hit her, causing her to go flying backwards further down the hall. "AHHHHH!"

Raphael had seen the wave go into their lair just as he'd reached it, and quickly swung from one pipe to the next to get to his littlest sister. He reached her just as she and her Teddy went under, getting tossed around violently.

Without a moment's hesitation, he jumped down into the water and yanked Lenore up above water once more. Then, by sheer luck, he managed to grab hold of a pipe and lift them both up and out of the deadly waters. He swiftly stuck her on his back, making sure she held tight, then ran and hopped about for all that he was worth.

Lenore held tightly to Raphael, as she buried her face into him. She'd a death grip on him and her Teddy both – terrified to lose hold of either one.

Meanwhile, back where the others were, they all stood watching the water get higher and higher – much higher than usual. All were worried about the two siblings that had yet to return to safety.

Master Splinter strained his ears to listen for them, and gave a sigh of relief after a few moments of nothing but silence and the rush of water. "They are almost here," he informed his students.

"Look! Raph got her!" Daydream cried, pointing to where Raphael sat perched on a pipe with Lenore on his back.

Everyone cheered as Raphael reached them and swung Lenore down off his back to check her over for injuries of any kind.

Lenore was in tears, as she squirmed, just wanting to be held. She'd been terrified when she'd been knocked underwater and unable to come back up.

"Don't yah ever do that again!" Raphael growled somewhat, shaking her slightly. "Yah scared me half to death!"

"I-I'm s-sorry!" Lenore choked out, tears streaming down her face.

"All this for a stupid Teddy Bear!" Raphael spat. "I coulda just got yah a new one!"

"No!" Lenore wailed. "Teddy's not stupid! He's not!"

Raphael rolled his eyes and picked her up, hugging her close to his plastron. His actions spoke louder than words, letting everybody know something had happened to her that had scared him immensely.

"I thought I was gonna lose, yah Lenni," he whispered in her ear softly. "Don't do that to me, alright?"

Lenore nodded silently into his plastron, unable to say anything anyway without hiccupping.

"WATER!" Danceingfae shrieked suddenly, as she was the first to realize that the water was about to reach them – and not just by a little either.

Donatello quickly grabbed Machias, Splinter, and TygeroftheWynd as he hopped up onto a much higher pipe. There was no way he was losing a sister – not today.

Michaelangelo followed Donatello's actions, grabbing hold of Danceingfae, Mily, and Daydream once more, plus Arista we well.

Raphael helped Raphiella and HexAdecimal onto his back once more, also stealing Ziptango from Leonardo, knowing he would probably have to grab hold of Master Splinter eventually.

Leonardo clung tight to TMNTPunker as Master Splinter hopped onto his back so that they wouldn't lose one another. He too, quickly made his way up to where his brothers and sisters all dangled.

TMNTPunker clung tightly to Leonardo, burying her face into his plastron as he hopped up to where everyone else was. She had felt safe on his back, as it was easier to hold onto – but didn't feel as scared as before, now that she could bury her face into his plastron.

The turtle clan all hung there for quite some time, the girls often screaming and whining about how they couldn't hold on anymore. Some even going as far to almost fall into the water, when they really couldn't hold on any longer. The brothers were quite the sight, trying to catch whoever was falling without falling themselves or knocking anybody else off into the deadly water below.

Finally they were all able to return home to the lair once more. Nobody was prepared for the water damage they found. Their chairs and couch and mats were all over the place, all soaking wet. Toys had been swept out into the den or out into the sewer to be lost forever. The dojo was the only thing still in tact, surprisingly. Their bedrooms had all been tossed upside down, and some of the doors had been smashed in.

The girls walked around cautiously, making sure to stick close to their brothers and Sensei. They couldn't believe just what had happened to their home. Though, they were relieved to discover that all the secret hiding places they'd found to hide their most prized possessions were the way that they had been left perfectly fine.

Lenore clung tighter to Raphael as they walked closer to the room she shared with Mily. She'd refused to let him put her down, not that he had fought her about it or anything. She buried her face into his plastron and her Teddy Bear as they reached where she had gone under.

Raphael kissed her head softly. "Shh. You're safe, Kid. I swear."

Lenore relaxed slightly, but not by much. She was still scared that the water was going to come back and sweep her away like it had almost succeeded in doing earlier that day.

The rest of the day was spent cleaning up the lair and salvaging what they could. No one said a word really, unless they had a question to ask. All were too lost in thoughts about what could have happened, had they not evacuated as quickly as they had. But as it was, all were grateful to still be safe, sound, and alive.


A.N.: Well….whatcha think? Was it long enough? Lol. Plz R&R! Thank-you!