Ch 7 An Ending with a Twist
The next day, Leo, Raph and Mikey sat on the couch feeling very irritated as their purple banded brother hummed happily while setting the table for a romantic meal for two.
"You were right Raph," Mikey said as he looked back to see Donnie place a bottle of wine in an ice bucket, "There would be worse days."
"I still can't believe we gave her to him," Raph moaned, "I still say we should do two outta three," He and Mikey again attempted to get up and run to the kitchen but once again, was quickly stopped by Leo.
"Knock it off you two," Leo told them wryly as he kept them in their spots on the couch, "Don't ruin his happy moment."
"It'll be okay guys," Donnie said as he placed a vase with yellow flowers in the middle of the table, "You can be like brothers to her," His brothers groaned and muttered indistinct words as he finished lighting candles and looked back at his brothers thoughtfully, "Still, I do hate to think she came to me on the rebound," He shrugged and continued setting the table, "But I'll learn to live with it," He walked over to the kitchen and came back with a piping hot pan filled with hamburger macaroni and cheese casserole, "Thanks again for making the dinner Mikey, I'll make sure to keep some set aside for you guys to have later."
Mikey shook his head in disbelief, "I wanted to put some poison in it but I didn't want to accidentally hurt April," He muttered.
"Mikey!" Leo whispered harshly at him.
"It wouldn't have killed him," Mikey insisted, "It would just put him out of commission for a short time."
"Yeah sure," Raph sneered at him, "Long enough for you to try to make it with April?"
Mikey shrugged innocently and looked up as Splinter walked into the room, "I hope you don't mind Donatello, but I would like to get a look at the young lady that has had my sons in such an unruly state for these past several days."
"No problem Sensei," Donnie responded with a wide smile, "It'll be my pleasure to…."
A knock at the door interrupted him and he eagerly made his way over, opened the door and stared dreamily at the pretty young red head looking back at him.
"April, you're right on time," he said as he stood to the side and took her hand, "Please come in."
"Oh no Donnie, I can't stay," April responded, "I only came over to tell you what happened today," She smiled excitedly at him, "And that I have some wonderful news."
"What do you mean you can't stay?" Donnie asked bewildered, "Why, what happened, what news?"
"I've had the most incredible day," She told him excitedly, "I was attacked by some purple dragons and they attempted to mug me."
"Are you okay?" Leo asked as he and the others stood and looked at her with concern.
"Oh I'm fine," She responded as a tall dark haired young man in his mid-twenties came over to her, "This wonderful man jumped in and rescued me before they could do any harm and he beat the living crap out of them!" She looked up at him with sparkling dreamy eyes.
"What?" Donnie looked at the other human in shock as he put his arm around April's shoulders.
"This is Casey Jones," She told them and held up her left hand, "And look!" Donnie's jaw dropped as he noticed a beautiful diamond ring adorning her finger, "We're engaged!" She grinned up at Casey excitedly as he nodded at her.
"Please to meet cha," He responded as he pulled April in close, "Yeah, I have to say it was love at first sight;" He started to coax April away from the door, "Right red?"
"Isn't he awesome," April squealed, "He has all these wonderful gadgets, plays hockey and…" She looked at the turtles with a wide grin, "He's a fighter!" The two leaned toward each other and kissed heatedly, "I've never met anyone like him before!" She told them as they turned away.
"And I've never met a girl like her before!" Casey responded, "Come on April, let's split and go make wedding plans!"
The four turtles looked at each other in disbelief as the two started walking away, "I'll send you a wedding invite!" April called back as they walked into an elevator.
With very slow and tired movements, Donnie closed the door and in a zombie like state, slowly walked over to the couch. He sat down with the rest of his brothers and put his head in his hands, sobbing lightly.
"It'll be okay Donnie," Mikey told him sympathetically as he rubbed his brother's shell.
"April is the cruelest month," Leo muttered as he put his chin in his hand and shook his head.
"And now you understand what Shakespeare was trying to say," Splinter told them, "This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow…."
"Please Sensei!" Raph cried out in exasperation, "No morals!"
"It's not fair!" Donnie cried out, "We all loved her and now of us will ever find happiness."
With a light chuckle, Splinter walked over to the table and grabbed one of the plates which he filled up with the cheesy dinner, "Do not be silly my son," Splinter told him as he sat down to eat, "You four are still young and will meet many young women throughout you're young lives."
His sons moaned and muttered a response but nothing Splinter said could lift their melancholy mood.
"Enough of this my sons," Splinter told them, "I am expecting new students to arrive shortly and I want you to stop this mopping around and assist me in showing them the dojo."
Leo looked at his Sensei in surprise, "But Master Splinter, why are we showing them the dojo now?" He pointed toward the clock, "It's after six in the evening, the dojo is closed and the last thing we want to do is deal…."
"With any snot nose brats!" Raph yelled out angrily.
Splinter shook his head at his son's attitude, "First of all my sons," He began, "These new students just moved into the building and when they saw the dojo they asked if they could have a special tour after my classes were over," He finished eating and stood up to put his plate in the sink, "And I was more than happy to grant their request," He walked over to the couch and stood in front of them, "And second of all," He pointed his finger at them expectantly, "Since you are familiar with my dojo and the expectations of my students, I expect you to assist me in showing them around and answer any questions they may have."
"Awww Sensei," Mikey groaned into his hands, "Do we have to?"
"Yes!"
"I am so not in the mood to deal with this," Donnie muttered as tears still ran down his cheeks.
A knock on the door interrupted Splinter before he could continue to admonish his sons, he adjusted his kimono and started toward the door, before he opened it, he looked back at the turtles and frowned, "Compose yourselves my sons and please stand up," He demanded in a harsh whisper, he was just about to turn toward the door but gave his sons another quick once over, "And try to look enthusiastic."
Donnie wiped his eyes as the four turtles stood and turned toward Splinter as he opened the door, "Ahh good evening and welcome to my home, please come in," They heard him say as he bowed and made a sweeping motion with his hand, gesturing for whoever was out in the hallway to come in.
Splinter straightened and watched in amusement as the turtles faces went from looking tired and disinterested to wide eyed and eager as four young ladies walked into their apartment.
"Hi," Leo smiled as a young girl with dark hair dyed blond underneath and black and dark red eye liner along her eyes walked in and smiled at him, "I'm Karai."
"Hi," He said in a small voice as he waved his hand slightly.
Followed by Karai was a tall Salamandrian female with blueish green skin and black eyes that stared straight at Raph, "Hello," She said in a very sultry voice, "I'm Mona Lisa."
"You sure are," Raph responded as he felt his heart skip a beat.
As Mona Lisa nodded in respect to Splinter, another young girl walked in behind her and Donatello was immediately taken in by the purple streaks that ran through her dark hair and the t-shirt with the symbol of 'PI' that draped loosely around her body, "Hi!" She greeted as she shook Splinter's hand, "Did you know that the moon is approximately 238,900 miles from the Earth and is the Earth's only natural satellite as well as…."
"Knock it off Angel," Another girl with blond hair and brown eyes walked in behind her and nudged her with her elbow, "No one wants to hear about that."
'Angel,' Donnie thought to himself as he watched the young girl blush, 'The name fits her beautifully.'
The blond girl giggled lightly and Mikey found he couldn't stop smiling at the sound of her voice, "I swear you are such a nerd," She told Angel as she turned to Splinter and bowed, "My name is Renet and we're all looking forward to the tour of your dojo Mr. Hamato."
"Thank you," Splinter said as he returned the bow, "And if you would, please call me Splinter." He gestured toward the turtles, "These are my sons, they sometimes assist me with my classes and normally I would ask them to take you to the dojo and assist you in any questions you may have but I'm afraid they are not feeling up to it at the moment."
"Oh no Master Splinter," Leo jumped in and quickly walked over to Karai, "We'd be happy to assist," he looked at his brothers as they walked up behind him, "Right guys?"
"Oh yeah," "Sure," "Wouldn't be right if we didn't," They responded as they each took a girl's hand and escorted them to the elevator, talking excitedly while introducing themselves along the way.
Splinter watched in bemusement as the four couples walked into the elevator, laughing and getting to know each other, he shook his head as he turned off the lights and closed the door behind him with one thought going through his mind, "Humph, kids."
~End~