Two days later, things were back to normal. They had taken a break from going topside after what happened on Halloween.
On this evening, Master Splinter knew his family was going to be expecting visitors. What had happened had been explained to him as well and was willing to let his family rest up for a few days following the fight with the giant statue. Leo was the only one who hadn't stopped training.
Casey came by April's house that night, and as she was busy doing some girl things out with some other friends tonight, he went downstairs to see what Randall was doing. The lizard had been watching a movie on regular programming when he heard a knock.
"Yo, Randall, what's up?" Casey greeted him.
Randall rolled his eyes. "Not much. Why?"
"I was going to visit April, but she's busy and all. So, I thought we could visit our friends, the turtles. What do you say?" Casey suggested.
"I don't know. Leo's behavior is just getting to be beyond tolerable anymore." Randall said.
"Almost everyone keeps saying that about him. I want to see this for myself." Casey said.
Randall looked at the man like he was some kind of dope to have not noticed anything. "Alright, fine. But I'm staying away from him." Randall said and shut off his TV. He went with Casey through the sewers to the lair.
After some hanging out, Casey, Randall, and Leo's brothers watched Leo have another special kata going on.
Some swinging three pieced candles were set up and Leo had a blindfold put over his head. His challenge was to see if he could find these targets without his eyesight. This was one kind of test he was good at.
Splinter stood observing Leonardo. He knew his son was a good fighter, but his behavior just couldn't go on much longer. Something had to be done, and that's why he had called in Usagi to come. Splinter could sense they were going to come shortly.
Randall and Raph stood with their arms crossed, watching Leo. Casey was sitting on the floor behind the couch, eating some chips. "I'm telling ya. Leo's going mental." Raph said.
"I don't see what the big deal is. You guys are always training. So Leo's training more. So what." Casey said.
Raph looked down at his friend like he was some idiot. Anyone could see and knew Leo knew that he wasn't himself anymore. His body was there, but the mentality wasn't.
"You have no idea what you're talking about." Randall added.
"I'd be training too, but you know. Free comic book day." Mikey said. His two bros and friends looked at him like he was weird. In this, he was just a comic book nerd. "What?" Mikey asked.
"Raph and Randall are right, Casey. Leo's gotten real intense. Ever since his incident with the rogue ninjas, he just seems so… angry." Don explained. He leaned on his bo.
"I'm just saying that somethin's got to be done, or I'm gonna give Leo some therapy. Butt kickin' therapy!" Raph waved his right fist in the air.
"Aww! I think maybe Raph's just a little jealous." Casey teased the red masked turtle. "Leo's stealing your thunder."
"I think you need your butt kicked too, bonehead." Raph said.
"Wouldn't hurt." Randall chuckled.
"I think all you guys should just lay off the poor guy." Mikey spoke up. "I mean, it can't be fun, always being the responsible one, and we're the ones who really benefit. Raph's free to think, because Leo does all the thinking for him. Don and Randall are free to dream. And I'm free to take it easy, all because Leonardo is busy being responsible enough for all of us." Mikey explained. He could be insightful at times. That was one of those sayings. It made sense.
But then, Leo threw one of his swords and it landed right in Raph's punching bag. It made the others gasp. The sword had three candles on it.
"My… my bag!" Raph muttered. The puncture in the bag made it split open and release the sand inside it. "That is it! You've had it, Psycho Boy! You hear me?!" Raph yelled over at Leo.
"Take it easy, Raph." Mikey said. Casey, Randall, and Mikey had to stop Raph from trying to go over and pound Leo.
Leo just ignored Raph. He went over to get his sword out of the bag.
"Raphael, enough! Calm yourself. We are expecting visitors." Splinter ordered. He got up from where he had been observing Leo.
Leo got the katana out of the bag, then he blew the candles out. He and Splinter then looked to the water.
A portal was appearing now. It went from the water to the bridge. Out stepped a white samurai rabbit. "My friends." he greeted them warmly.
"Usagi!" Mikey and Don said in surprise, then went down to greet him. Raph, Randall, and Casey stayed where they were.
"Welcome, Friend." Splinter replied back. Leo also smiled and put his sword away. "Usagi." he said, happy to see his old friend.
A rhino appeared next to Usagi. "Greetings, Turtles." he said.
"And, Gen." Raph crossed his arms.
"Great." Randall muttered grumpily.
"You're in luck. I have considered letting you impress me with this world of yours." Gen went on as he and Usagi walked off the bridge and stood by Leo and Splinter.
"You honor us with your presence, Usagi." Splinter said, bowing in respect.
"Thank you, Sensei. After witnessing your holiday festivities, I too would like to see more of your world." Usagi said.
"You traveled through the Battle Nexus?" Leo asked in amazement.
"No, Leonardo-san. An old friend aided me in the ritual so we could come straight here." Usagi explained.
Gen walked away to explore their lair some more. Then he came across Casey. "Good to see you, Zaru-clan. Let's find something to eat." The rhino rubbed his hands together and walked away, looking for the kitchen.
Randall had been close by, but he stayed clear of Gen.
"Wha'd he call me?" Casey asked Don.
"Uh…" Don looked behind himself before replying, "A monkey."
That made Casey mad.
Randall heard that too. That made him smile and giggle.
"Okay. I think I'll catch up with you guys later." Casey said and stormed out of the lair.
The others were okay with that, literally.
Randall came over to see Usagi, hesitantly.
"So, Randall-san, good to see you too. How are you doing?" Usagi greeted him.
It was unusual for his name to be said that way, but Randall responded, "I'm fine. Your friend, Leo here, has taught me many awesome things since we last met." Randall smiled at the rabbit and at Leo.
Leo smiled back at him for once. "Yes, he has learned a lot." The turtle in blue added on.
"So how about we get this show on the road?" Raph suggested.
They were ready.
Shortly after, Usagi and Gen found themselves out in a city at night that they had never seen before, up on the rooftops. They both had some sunglasses because it could get quite bright, even at night. They had been shown around the city by the turtles and Randall.
On a rooftop near the Brooklyn Bridge, Gen and Usagi were gazing at the tall buildings.
"So, what do you think of the Tortugas Brothers Big Apple Tour so far?" Mikey asked.
"Your city is quite… impressive." Usagi replied.
"It's so big, so shiny, and those buildings. That's a lot of torches." Gen said, not knowing what really powered them, other than thinking of fire, like in their own world. They didn't have quite the technology that the turtles' dimension had, or Randall's.
"Psht. Tourists." Raph scoffed.
Mikey then stepped forward. "You guys haven't seen nothing yet. If you really want to experience New York, I have two words for you. Hot Dogs!" Mikey said, looking down for a cart that sold hot dogs. There was one down below.
Using a rope with a gathering device, there were seven hot dogs scooped up off the cart below, and dropping a few bucks to equal up to ten.
Usagi and Gen got their first tastes of Earth's hot dogs. Gen loved it, but Usagi was a little more uncertain. "I'm sorry, Michelangelo. Tell me what this is made of…"
That was probably better off not being said.
They moved on and showed them the Statue of Libery and talked about it. Leo kept on lookout, but was also a bit dismayed that he wasn't able to talk to Usagi much while his brothers were hogging his attention.
Mikey had also brought along a comic book and showed them about what the Silver Sentry could do. His flying ability fascinated them, as he was able to do it without wings. But he was a hero all the same.
Then they moved on to the Yankee Stadium. Raph loved his sports. He mimicked a baseball player about to hit the ball. Gen didn't get it. He took out his sword, which made Don and Mikey have to go and stop him.
And later, when they moved back down to the sewers, Don and Randall took them to go see a train go by. They were impressed by it.
And the last part was the Times Square. It was beautiful with all the screens and pictures. Even Randall hadn't seen the city like this quite before. The turtles sure knew their way around. It did make this one entertaining night.
They soon moved away from the entertainment. They moved back closer to April's building. Leo was on the building first with the others following close behind.
"Truly amazing." Usagi said.
"Now this is a city!" Gen proclaimed. "So much life! So much food! So much money." He lowered his voice on the last one.
"Not too shabby, right? That's why they call it the 'greatest city on Earth.'" Mikey pointed out.
"Really?" Usagi asked.
"Well, our Earth anyway." Don replied.
"As wondrous as your world is, it makes me long for the open fields and simple pleasures of our world. Heh, Genisuki? Gen?" Usagi questioned his friend.
It would be understandable to long for those ways. Things were probably a lot less complicated, and yet, could be too when people didn't take some time to truly understand certain matters and places.
Genisuki was questioning himself, what he really wanted to do. He wanted to practically live here, it was so incredible. It had way more to offer him than his own world did, he felt.
Some streets over, in an alley, a new portal opened up, and out walked a warthog assassin in a cape to cover up his looks. Then he opened up a magical scroll.
In it, a talking image of Hebi the snake from Usagi's world appeared. Usagi, Gen, and Leo had defeated him one other time a long time ago, long before Randall had come along.
This assassin's name was Kojima. He and Hebi discussed what he was doing, tracking Usagi and Gen through the wizard's portal that had sent them there. And they would lead him to Leonardo. Hebi just wanted them to suffer the worst. Kojima would find them and make sure to carry out those orders.
….
The turtles and their friends went back to the lair. Randall stayed down in the lair this time too. Last night had been more fun than he thought it would be.
Gen had stayed in Mikey's room. Randall on his own mattress. Usagi in the living room.
They had all stayed up a good portion of the night, but got some sleep. But in the morning, Leonardo was up early, as usual.
He came out of his room, ready for training. He jumped down and got a hold of a rope before landing and taking out his katanas. Then a voice surprised him from behind.
"The sharpest blades in all the lands is useless in untrained hands." Leo turned. There was Usagi sitting there in front of him. "But I wonder what they say of overtrained hands?"
"Usagi." Leo put his katanas away. "I didn't think anyone would be awake after last night." He walked over to his friend.
"I wanted to speak with you alone, Leonardo-san. Your eyes betray you. They show a burden that you have chosen to shoulder." Usagi explained what he saw, and thus, when Splinter had come to him, he wasn't kidding.
"Someone has to carry it." Leo said.
Usagi wasn't so sure about that, at least not in the way Leonardo was carrying it.
"Up for some sparring?" Leo asked.
Usagi got up and took out one of his swords. He and Leo began sparring with their swords.
"Leonardo, what happened to make you feel this way?" Usagi asked awhile after going at it.
The feelings were overwhelming for Leo, but he started to explain.
"It was an incident with some Foot ninjas many months ago. They cut my stomach open and they raped me. It felt like they took my dignity and my honor away. They took an innocence away from me. I felt useless, that I couldn't fight back against them. In that condition, I would have been useless to protect my family if they had come along, and they did, but I couldn't protect them. I'm grateful they did find me. It just feels like that I don't want to be taken advantage of like that again." Leo explained his feelings on what happened so long ago. "And I don't want my family to get hurt."
Randall, having been in the living room, had been woken up from the swords clashing. He had heard every word Leo had said.
"I understand your fear and anger in this, Leonardo-san." Usagi met Leo's sword just as he said, "My own master was cut down in battle," Then he relaxed and went on, "right by my side. It was my duty to protect him. I too, failed." Usagi closed his eyes sadly.
Leo relaxed his sword. "Usagi, I'm sorry. I didn't know."
Randall also heard what Usagi had said.
"Failure. Fear. In the lives we lead, these things are inevitable. How we deal with them, that is the true test of our character." Usagi said, putting his right hand on Leo's left shoulder.
Leo knew what he was saying. "I know, it's just that-" He started to say, then was interrupted by Mikey.
"Hey!" Leo and Usagi, and Randall looked up. "Gen's gone!"
The two sword wielders looked at each other worriedly. This was trouble.
The others were all awoken so they could go looking for the missing rhino. There would be no telling how long he would last out there in this city against dangerous humans. He had no idea what the humans were really like.
…..
Gen had wanted to see what the city looked like in daylight, as well as from street level. He had gotten up before Leo did and had snuck out. He had made his way through the sewers and found his way up and was walking the streets at street level.
After sunrise, humans were passing him on the streets and were freaking out. This was not something they saw every day: a rhino who was bipedal, and who could talk like one of them.
While the others tried to organize where they were going to search, Randall spoke up, "The fastest way to find him would be for me to track him, or Splinter."
"I am not leaving the lair. Someone has to stay should he come back." Splinter said. "But good luck. If you can track down Leonardo, I know you can track Gen too, Randall." The rat gave him his blessing.
Usagi wondered how Randall could track Gen down?
Randall started using his tongue and got a whiff of the rhino, even through all the other odors in the sewer. They followed it up to the top.
Randall led them. "Who knows how far he's gotten. It might take some time." he said.
"It doesn't matter how long it takes. We have to find him." Leo said.
They all climbed to the rooftops via a fire escape. Randall could still pick up Gen's scent particles in the air.
Randall hadn't been outside on the rooftops for quite some time during the day, as hadn't the turtles, at least not since Bishop's kidnapping of the President. Gen would be lucky if he hadn't been taken captive by Bishop by now, or the military.
They had searched for a long time and still followed Randall. There had been times when he had to get closer to the street to make sure he still had Gen's scent. He was keeping to it pretty good.
"I'm stumped. We've searched the whole city. Where could Gen be?" Raph asked.
"He could be in trouble." Mikey pointed out.
"Genisuki has his… flaws," Usagi said, "but I'm confident he can take care of himself should he run into trouble."
"Gen can't just go wandering the streets. Especially in broad daylight. This is why we showed you the city at night." Don explained.
"You see, creatures like us, we're not the norm in this world." Leo said.
Raph looked over the side of the building. "Well, for a six foot tall rhino, he sure ain't easy to find." he said.
"Yeah. And even when we find him, how are we going to pull him out without us being seen?" Don asked.
"Alright, time to call in reinforcements. Don, we need Casey down here now." Leo declared.
"You know he's asleep." Don took out his shell cell. He didn't like disturbing Casey when he was tired. "Raph, you call." He gave his phone to Raph and he dialed.
"How do you track anything in this city of stone?" Usagi asked.
"Oh, well, we should know pretty soon, you know, from the screams, the sirens." Mikey teased.
Kojima was hot on Gen's trail too.
Randall was currently closer to the streets on a building. The scent was very strong now. Then there was a scream coming from across the street. Gen came out of a building, dressed in new garb, like one of New York's punk men he had seen earlier.
Gen had tried to pay for the clothes and the woman had run away screaming when she realized what he really was. "Hey! I said I had plenty of gold." he said.
Randall smiled. Paydirt! He went back up to the rooftop. "Found him." he said.
The others had heard the scream too. "Just follow the screams." Mikey added.
They went over to see what the ruckus was. Gen was in the new clothes and he had gotten the attention of passersby. One was even taking pictures. There was a police officer close by too, and wanted to see what was scaring people and getting so much attention.
"Hey, buddy! You in the costume! Freeze!" The cop ordered.
Raph quickly told Casey where to go to pick up Gen and hung up. He had been on the phone with him to tell they had been tracking him down and were going to let him know when they found Gen otherwise, but now he was needed.
"Hands in the air!" The cop ordered.
Gen thought this man was just playing around. "What are you supposed to be, Little One? One of the Shogun's little soldiers?" he laughed.
"I said, hands in the air! Do it now!" The cop ordered again. He now had a gun aimed on the rhino.
"Sorry, I don't feel like playing these games." Gen said.
"Aw, shell!" Don complained.
"Should we intervene?" Usagi asked Don.
"Hang on. There's Casey." Leo said as they saw Casey pull up on his motorcycle.
Casey saw the dilemma the rhino was in. "Oh, crud."
The others knew they had to do something, and quick, before Gen was arrested, or worse, shot. He had no idea what he was dealing with. They didn't have guns in their world. Usagi and Gen came from a world where they lived like humans had lived in medieval times, when swords were used instead of guns.
Mikey had an idea to draw attention away from Gen. He had Raph join him on the fire escape.
The cop still had his gun aimed on Gen. "Last chance. Get down on the ground!"
Gen had had just about enough of this upstart trying to order him around. He started going for his sword where there was a feminine like scream from an alley nearby.
"Help! Help! There's really short guy attacking me! And he's really ugly too! Help!" Mikey was using a fake woman's voice. Raph threw a garbage can lid to make it sound like there was trouble. The two of them had gotten across the street.
"You are such… a mutant." Raph grumped at him.
Mikey laughed and they both climbed back up the fire escape. Mikey called out some more and the officer ran back to help the 'lady.' That was when Casey saw his chance to get in and get Gen while the going was good.
"Hey ya, Gen. Or we'll be late for that costume party we're goin' to, in your costume." Casey said.
"Listen fella, I don't know what you're prattling on about, but…" Gen walked up to the man and smelled him. "Oh, Zaru, it's you. I'm not done here. Go away." He tried to wave him away.
"Hey! I am not a monkey! Now get on!" Casey ordered and fast put a helmet on Gen's head.
Gen took the hint and got on finally. Casey got him out of there before he caused anymore trouble.
While they were driving away, Kojima was on another rooftop under a water tower. "Yes, I have your scent now, and your allies' as well."
"At least Casey has him." Randall said.
"He'll meet us back at the lair. That was close." Don pointed out.
"Disaster averted." Mikey said as he got to the top. He and Raph had gotten back across the street. "Now, how about we get the shell out of here?"
"Come on, Mikey. I'm not exactly enjoying the view down here." Raph reminded his bro.
"Oh, sorry." Then some sharp pointed objects flew and slammed into the wall next to the fire escape next to Mikey's right arm. It disconnected the ladder from the wall.
"Hey!" Mikey cried out.
"What the-?" Raph questioned.
They both almost fell, but Mikey grabbed on to a balcony. "Gotcha!" Raph said. They both had a hold of the other's arm. Then they began climbing the balcony.
Kojima jumped onto the rooftop where Don, Leo, Randall, and Usagi were. The three with the weapons pulled them out.
"Who are you, stranger?" Usagi demanded.
"Surely, my reputation preceeds me, Ronin." The being under the cape said.
Usagi gasped. "Kojima! It can't be!"
"Miyomoto Usagi, and the kame ninja, Leonardo, I presume?" Kojima stated. "I look forward to testing myself against you."
Raph and Mikey had made their way back up. "Don't even think about it, piggy." Raph warned him, taking out his sais. Mikey took his nunchukus too.
Kojima turned and threw three bombs at Raph and Mikey.
"No!" Leo cried out in fear for his brothers.
Raph and Mike were thrown back, and the roof was starting to crack under their weight.
"Guys! The roof!" Leo called at them.
"Run!" Randall added. He hoped they wouldn't be hurt like he had been once in an explosion.
The roof collapsed on them and they fell down. Kojima came over to where they fell. "This will easier than I expected." he said smugly. "And I was so looking forward to a challenge."
The other four were in shock, but Don didn't want to listen to him. He tried to kick out at him, but Kojima grabbed his leg and picked him up, twisted around and threw him into the wall's edge.
"Don!" Leo cried out and ran over to help him up. Don was okay and got to his feet.
Leo walked over to face the warthog. Usagi was on the other side.
"Now, just the three of us. Don't worry. I'll find the bounty hunter, later. He is on Lord Hebi's list, as well as Lord Noriyuki." Kojima proclaimed.
"Hebi! He's hired the assassin's guild?" Usagi asked.
"None other. You and your comrades have no chance against me." Kojima mocked.
Randall decided he didn't like this guy either. He backed off, but went to go check on Raph and Mikey. He had to know they were alright.
"Leonardo, tread carefully. Kojima is a legend in my world." Usagi warned Leo. "He's an assassin and weapon's master without equal."
"In your world maybe! But not in mine!" Leo yelled angrily and charged. Kojima used a smoke bomb and vanished before their eyes. Usagi had tried to charge in too.
Then he appeared again, and he got the two swords fighters to follow him around the roof.
Back at the lair, Master Splinter was pacing, wondering what was keeping the others.
"I don't get it. They should have been back by now." Casey said.
"Heh! Ninja hospitality. With any luck, they'll return with food." Gen said, obviously hungry again.
…
Back on the rooftop, Leo and Usagi were fighting on the edge of the building now.
Randall had made it down to where Mikey and Raph were. "Are you alright?" Randall pried a piece of debris off of Raph's plastron.
"Yeah, peachy." Raph got up. "Thanks." Then he went over and got a piece of debris of Mikey's head. "Alright, Mikey. Rise and shine."
Mikey rubbed his head and then did a stretch. Randall heard some ribs pop back into place.
"I love… being… ow… 'snap'… a turtle… ow!" Mikey said as another bone snapped back in place.
"You're lucky your head's as thick as your shell." Raph said.
Randall was glad that they weren't hurt worse for wear like he had been once before. "Come on, we have to get back up there." he pointed out. They could hear sword sounds coming from up above.
Raph helped Mikey to his feet. He was in a little pain from the fall and the bones that had been out of place. But they weren't about to abandon their brother and friend.
Leo and Usagi were fighting their hardest against Kojima. The pig even pulled a trick and blew some dust into Leo's eyes.
"Usagi! I can't see!" Leo called out to his friend. Then he felt a rope on his right arm and he was pulled down onto the roof on his carapace.
Kojima pulled out a stick with a blade on it, ready to stab the turtle, but Usagi cut the rope and blocked him. "You may not have him, Assassin!"
Leo fell forward onto his plastron and rubbed his eyes, trying to get his vision back.
Kojima put some other weapons aside and he took out his own sword. Then he fought Usagi.
Leo could hear the swords and were trying to sense where they were, though they were right in front of him.
Usagi wasn't all that strong against the bigger warthog, but he was doing his best to keep him from harming Leonardo in his blind state. Then he was pushed down and his sword got thrown out of his grasp, away from him. Usagi was now at the mercy of his enemy.
Leo finally opened his eyes and his vision came back. He saw his friend was in danger.
Kojima was standing over Usagi. "Kojima will remember you, Ronin. Take comfort in that."
Leo glared at the evil pig. He wasn't going to let this happen.
Just as Kojima was ready to strike, the blue masked turtle jumped at him. "NO!" He knocked him over for a second, but he was ready to strike again. Leo grabbed his wrists. "You will leave my friends, and my family alone!" He yelled and spun on his shell and got on his hands and then, kicked the pig in the face.
Kojima went flying onto his back.
Then the door to the walk up shed was kicked out. Raph, Mikey, and Randall walked out. Don also got on the other side.
Kojima could see they were all surrounding him. He knew he was outnumbered, but he could still fight his way out of them, he thought.
Randall bared his teeth and while the pig was looking towards Don, he vanished.
Kojima was almost at the wall. He took out a sai and the blade stick again. "Come! Come! I am Kojima, greatest of all the assassins! I am…" Then there was a big weight on his back and he fell forward, having been hit hard on the head. "Kojima." He fell unconscious.
The turtles knew it had been Randall's work. Usagi was surprised. Randall appeared off to where Don was. "Asshole." The lizard said.
"Good work, Randall." Don complimented.
"He deserved it." Randall replied, glaring at the fallen warthog.
Leo took out some ropes and he tied the warthog's hands behind his back. There was no way this maniac was going to be running loose again, being a threat to his family.
They took the assassin back to the lair.
They did decide to have one last meal before it was time to go. Gen had wanted in on the action of the fight when he had heard about it, but then, he was more pleased to realize that there must have been surely a bounty on Kojima's head that he could cash in on.
"Perhaps I'll come back and see more of your world. I heard of a city called Las Vegas. I would very much like to see it." Gen said.
Don leaned back and whispered to Raph next to him, "How about in a hundred or so years?" he joked. Then they walked away.
Randall watched from the couch as the portal was summoned from the water and was now awaiting its travelers to go through. Splinter was down below him, just waiting to bid farewell.
Leo and Usagi came out of the kitchen.
"Thank you for coming, Usagi. It's always good to see you." Leo said.
"Leonardo-san, you must let these feelings go of guilt that you carry. A true Bushido warrior accepts what he cannot change." Usagi tried to give him some comfort.
Leo walked away, closing his eyes sadly for a moment, but looked back and replied, "I am grateful for your concern, Usagi, but I will decide what I can and cannot change. I wish you a good journey, my friend." he said. He bowed respectively and walked away.
Usagi had bowed back. Splinter came up to him. "Thank you, Miyomoto Usagi. When I asked you to come, I hoped you could reach him. But I fear my son is now traveling down a difficult path. A path that he must travel, alone."
They walked over to the portal, ready to take them back home. "I wish you good luck, Master Splinter." He bowed to the wise rat too.
Usagi also looked up at Randall too. "And thanks for your help, too, Randall-san."
Randall smiled and bowed his head in respect for a moment.
Usagi took Kojima back through the portal. "Farewell, my friends."
Gen laughed, "So long, boys." Then he followed and the portal vanished.
Mikey had gone up to his room to look for his comics, but he freaked out. "Aagh! Stop him! Don't let him go!" He came running out of his room. The others looked up at him.
"Mikey?" Don asked.
"What now, Shell-for-Brains?" Raph added.
"My Silver Sentry comics! Gen! He took 'em, all of 'em! NOOO!" Mikey cried out.
This was going to drive Mikey crazy, and perhaps all of them.
"Can't he just get more?" Randall asked.
"I'm sure he can with time." Don said.
"He could probably get some more up in Northampton." Raph said.
"Another time." Splinter said. "For now, he will just have to be without them."
"Don't you have other comics to look at too?" Randall asked Mikey.
"Yeah, but they are about my best bud on the Justice Force." Mikey said. "They were my favorites."
"Just try to find something else to do, Mikey." Don said.
Leo had gone into his room to meditate. He had heard the complaint too, but didn't want to get involved.
"I'm going to go home and get some rest." Randall said.
"Thanks for being here, Randall." Don said.
"Yeah, you did save us a lot of trouble finding Gen." Raph complimented. "That's one fabulous talent."
"Thanks. I was born with it." Randall replied happily. He was glad he was having a bond with all the brothers. This was the family he should have had a long time ago.
Randall went home to rest himself and without worry of being woken up quite so much.
After the lizard had gone home, Master Splinter went back to his room to meditate. He got relaxed and went looking for a certain someone in the astral plane that he hadn't seen in years. He found him and they talked. If things didn't improve shortly, Splinter would have to take drastic measures.
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