Sorry this took so long, lots of project and I'm in a play at school, easily the worst week of my freshmen year so far at least it's almost Christmas :). Enough talk let's begin.
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Everyone just stared at the terrified rodent with wide eyes and blinked at how fast everything was going.
"Oh my..." gasped Rockwell
"Guys.. I think he's got amnesia" whispered Leo
"Well what are we supposed to do?" asked Raph bluntly
"April, he's scared of us" whispered Donnie "you need to calm him down. He'll listen to you"
"Me? but-"
"Please, A, just try it." whispered Mikey as he lightly pushed her over. She cautiously walked over the hyperventilating rodent. She then calmly got on her knees and calmly took his hands away from his face.
"Hey... don't be afraid.." she have him a caring smile "We're not gonna hurt you.. it's okay" her slow talking helped Splinter to calm down, but only a little
"I'm.. I'm sorry" he breathed heavily "I was scared."
"It's fine, we understand. Now start over slowly... what's wrong?"
"(pant, pant) (sigh) alright. What happened to me?" he looked over his four-fingered hands. Apparently,he even forgot he was a mutant "Why don't I remember anything?" April turned around with the turtles and Rockwell still in shock about all of this
April spoke up "You um..."
"You hit your head" Leo interrupted her "you fell off a small ledge and landed on your head."
"(groan) that would explain this headache. Wait.. who or what are you.. turtles and ape?"
"I um.." Donnie felt awkward "I know this'll sound weird but-"
"We're your family" Mikey spoke up
"What?"
"Uh um yeah we're your adopted sons." Leo explained finally processing what was going on"Your name is Splinter, and I'm the oldest of us, Leonardo and this is Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo. And these our friends April and Dr. Rockwell." he gestured to everyone as he spoke while Splinter tried to pay close attention to their names
"You know what? This is probably a lot for to take in. Would you like to leave you alone to clear your thoughts?" Rockwell asked with a doctor-like voice
"I..I supposed that could help. Is this my room?" he referred to the dojo
"Yeah" said Raph with a surprising gentle voice" Just try to relax."
"We'll be right outside if you need us. Call us if you need anything" said Mikey as they all walked out of the dojo
"I will" he said to this young stranger he felt like he should know, but just didn't. The boys and April walked into the living room and just stood there
Raph just smiled "(calmly) now.. WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!?"
"Raph, calm down. We don't wanna scare Sensei anymore than he already is." urged Leo
"It's like Leo said, the Rat King must have used his powers to erase Splinter's memory." Donnie analyzed out loud
"but what good would Sensei be to him with an empty head?" pondered April
"...Maybe he wants to trick Splinter into working with him." Mikey said thoughtlessly. Everyone went wide eyed the horrifying idea Mikey just gave them
"Oh my gosh.. Mikey's right." Donnie realized
"The Rat King's planning to erase your Sensei's memory and replace them with fake ones to convert him into his willing servant." said Rockwell "He wouldn't even have to resort to mind control if he accomplishes this"
"I get it. The T-shield must have stopped him before he managed to change anything" said Leo
"But obviously not before he erased everything" added Donnie
"But how do we know that the Rat King didn't change anything?" asked the second oldest turtle
"The first time we fought the Rat King Splinter attacked me" stated April "if he did create new memories I'm sure Master Splinter would've turned on us by now"
"So that's good at least we know the T-shields work" smiled Mikey
"Yes. However, we still have a I would like to point out is that when amnesia's caused by telepathy, the only way one can be cured it is by another telepath to enter their mind find and the lost memories." explained Rockwell
"What do you mean?" asked Leo
"You see no memory can be fully erased from our minds. The Rat King can't take the memories out to Splinter's mind, all he could do was remove them from their proper places so that he would forget them. He's essentially disrupted the process of memories and forgetting them, which is how general amnesia usually works." the primate genius explained
"Where are you going with this, Doc?" asked the purple masked turtle
"Only April and I have the power to restore his memories but we can't do that with the telepathy shield over his mind" "And if we take it off we're pretty much gift wrapping Sensei and handing him over to the Rat King." stated Raph
"So what are we gonna do?" April struggled her shoulders "We can't just leave him in there with an empty head" she gestured towards the dojo
"We're not going to" Leo went into leader mode "Alright guys, here's the plan; Rockwell, call the rest of the Mutanimals. April, call Casey." he ordered. They both nodded and walked off to call their teammates. "Mikey you'll stay with Splinter"
"You want to leave a guy with amnesia... alone with Mikey?" asked Raph with an 'are you that stupid?' tone. The blue masked leader went wide-eyed that idea (points to Donnie) "... Donnie you'll stay with Splinter"
"Hey!" Mikey wined
Leo ignored it and continued explaining his plan "You'll stay here along with April and Rockwell and try to jog his memory a little bit. The rest of us including Casey and the other Mutanimals will go after the Rat King to finish him once and for all. Once he's down we'll call ahead to give you guys a head's up to deactivate the T-shield leave to the rest to Rockwell and April."
"But wait, Rockwell said we can't restore his memory without telepathy" Donnie was confused
"I know but just try to make him feel safe until we can use telepathy." stated Leo "and whatever you do, don't mention the Rat King."
"Why?" asked Mikey tilting his head
"He's already freaked out as it is. What we supposed to tell him 'there's a mind reading stalker who wants to enslave you by giving you fake memories?" Leo replied
"Is that why you told him he hit his head?" asked Raph "Yeah, he doesn't need to know about the Rat King, got it Don?"
"Got it." Just then April and Rockwell walked back over to the couch where the turtles were sitting
"OK said that they would meet you halfway there in the sewer line under Rye boulevard" said Rockwell
"Same with Casey." said April
"Okay, you two heard the plan, right?" asked Leo
"Yep, stay here and guard Splinter." the red head nodded. The turtles noticed Rockwell looking away seemingly upset
"Something wrong, Doc?" asked Mikey
"..(sigh)" he hesitated "I would much prefer to come with you to fight off Falco, I'd like give that pre-evolved traitor a piece of my mind" he made an angry fist
"I understand, Rockwell." Leo said calmly "but April's only now learning to control her psychic powers. We need you here more than ever."
"Let us handle the Rat King" Raph stood up from sitting "We'll hit him extra hard for ya"
Rockwell thought about this and sighed "very well I will put my vendetta aside to help your master, but do make sure he's gone once and for all" he smiled
Leo gave him a thumbs up "We will. Alright turtles, let's move" Leo led the way as the A team followed him. Leaving the B team alone to take care of Master Splinter
TO BE CONTINUED
Ok I know amnesia probably doesn't work the way I explained it but just roll with it and I'll give you a good story. Also about the memories, just think of the ones from Inside Out. I love that movie. Alright please leave a review, see you guys next with chapter 6 of Alternatively, God bless
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