Chapter Three
Ring! Ring!
"Hello?" Donny flipped open his shell cell.
"Hey, Don! It's me." April said.
"What took you so long?"
"I didn't realize that you wanted me to get them at the moment. So, when I got bored, I got 'em."
"Did you not hear me when I said that we are in jail?"
"Oops."
"Yeah, oops!"
"Sorry."
"Whatever, it's fine. You have Casey and Master Splinter, right?" Donny asked.
"And?" April replied.
"Yes, and."
"I thought you said or..."
"April?"
"Yes?"
"Whenever I talk to you over the phone, never ever eat!"
"You have no control over me! I can eat whenever I want!"
"Alright, fine! I'm sorry, just who do you have right now?"
"Casey."
"Casey?"
"Yep."
"You thought that I said get Master Splinter or Casey, so you choose Casey?"
"What's wrong with Casey?"
"He's a little light-headed, don't you think?"
"And April's not?" Mikey asked.
"Shut up!" Donny glared at him.
"I didn't say anything." April stated.
"Oh, no! I wasn't talking to you! I was talking to Mikey." Donny said.
"Oh. Ok then. Now what?"
"Go get Master Splinter!"
"You don't have to yell! My poor little eardrums..."
"I'm sorry?"
"It's ok. I'll call you back when I get him."
"Ok, and April?"
"Yes?"
"Get him now. Not when you get bored."
"Ok."
"And April?"
"Yes?"
"I want Master Splinter and Casey."
"I know."
"And April?"
"What?" April yelled.
"Um, n-nothing." Donny stammered.
"Ok." April hung up.
"So? What's going on? Are we getting out of here?" Raph asked.
"She has to get Master Splinter." Donny answered.
"Didn't she already get him?" Leo asked.
"Apparently not." Mikey replied.
"She thought I told her to get Master Splinter or Casey. So she just got Casey." Donny explained.
"She chose Casey over Master Splinter?" Raph asked.
"You heard him over the phone." Leo said.
"Oh, like you couldn't hear him when he said that she didn't get Master Splinter!" Raph argued.
"Guys, stop! April will get Master Splinter and then she'll call us back soon!" Donny stopped the fight.
"She better." Raph said.
"How long is she going to take?" Mikey asked.
"How should I know?" Leo replied.
"I wasn't asking you. I was asking Donny!"
"Whatever..."
"I don't know how long she'll take." Donny admitted.
"She better hurry. I hate this place!" Mikey yelled.
"We all do." Leo agreed.
"How long does it take to go down to the sewers and find a giant rat?" Raph asked.
Ring! Ring!
"April? Do you have everyone?" Donny picked up his shellcell.
"What?" a voice, that wasn't April, asked.
"Um, who is this?"
"Who do you think it is?"
"Um..."
"Oh, for crying out loud, Child! You can not recall my voice?"
"Master Splinter?"
"Yes."
"What are you doing?"
"I am--Beep!"
"Hang on, Master Splinter!"
"What--"
"I have another call."
"All right."
Donny hit the flash button. "Hello?"
"Donny? It's April." April said.
"Oh, hi."
"I can't find--"
"I thought you were supposed to find Master Splinter? I'm on the other line--who?"
"What?"
"Who can't you find?"
"Who do you think? Master Splinter! Who are you talking to on the other line?"
"Master Splinter."
"Where is he?"
"Hold on," Donny hit the flash button again. "Master Splinter?"
"Yes?" Master Splinter replied.
"Where are you? I asked April to find you, but she can't find you."
"Who is on the other line?"
"April."
"That explains a lot..."
"Where are you?"
"Why did you want her to find me?"
"I told her to find Casey and you. I'll explain in a minute, but right now, April is still on the other line on hold, and she wants to know where you are! Where are you?"
"I can not say."
"Why not?"
"Where is April?"
"Hold on," Donny went back to April. "April, where are you? Master Splinter wants to know."
"April?"
"HeLlO? Are you there?"
"...Hello?" April asked.
"April? Hi." Donny said.
"How long were you on here?"
"About a minute. Where are--"
"Sorry, I was on the other line."
"With who?"
"Who knows? It was some dumb recording about some car insurence. I told it to kiss my $$, then hung up."
"I did not need to know that...but all right...whatever works..."
"Anyway, where's Master Splinter?"
"He won't tell me. But he wants to know where you are."
"I'm in your lair."
"Ok. One minute," Donny came back to Master Splinter. "Master Splinter?"
"Yes?" Master Splinter answered.
"April's in our lair. Can you tell me where you are now?"
"What is going on?"
"We're--um, we're in jail."
"All of you?"
"Who are you talking about?"
"You, Leonardo, Raphael, Michalangelo, April, and Casey?"
"Yes. Everyone. Except April and Casey."
"Then it is not everyone."
"Fine! Leo, Raph, Mikey, and I are in jail, ok?"
"You do not have to yell."
"Sorry, but we need you, April and Casey to help us get out of here, but you have to be with April and Casey, and you can't be with them if they don't know where you are!"
"I will go to them."
"All right. Hurry up, though."
"I will." Master Splinter hung up his phone.
Donny hit the flash button to talk with April again. "April?"
"Yeah?" April said while eating.
"Are you eating again?"
"Sue me."
"I will! We'll go home and they'll be nothing left!"
"I don't have to get you out of jail, you know."
"Sorry."
"What were you going to say before?"
"Master Splinter is coming to the lair, ok?"
"Once he gets here, do you want me to call you back?"
"How else are you going to know that plan?"
"You tell me over the phone right here right now."
"...Good-bye, April."
"Good-bye." April laughed and hung up.
Donny hung up.
"That took ya long enough!" Raph said.
"I was talking to April and Master Splinter at the same time! What do you expect?" Donny asked.
"What's going on, Donny?" Leo asked.
"April and Casey are in our lair and Master Splinter wouldn't tell me where he is. But he's on his way to our lair to meet April and Casey. When he gets there, April will call."
"Please! By the time Master Splinter gets down to our lair, we'll all be dead by the police!" Mikey said.
Ring! Ring!
"April?" Donny asked.
"What are you doing at the pizza place?" April asked.
"I'm not at the pizza place! I'm in jail! This is Donny! You just called my shellcell!"
"Really?"
"Yes!"
"Sorry. I must have dialed your number out of habit."
"That's all right. Is Master Splinter there?"
"Donny, please! By the time Master Splinter gets down to your lair, you'll all be dead by the police!"