Tamed by Kindness
"Talking"
'Talking in thought'
"YELLING"
'YELLING IN THOUGHT'
*Flashback*
The Act of Kindness
Kindness does not seek rewards, doing the right thing and see the other is happy is the best kind of reward you receive…by Pen-Woman.
Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT 2012, Nickelodeon owns them.
Michelangela was so sure that she will be grounded till she dies for doing something when she was told not to.
She kept on walking the creepy tunnel, and for a while now, she didn't hear the ears deafening roar since she entered the tunnel. She is worried that something wrong has happened to the creature she was supposed to save, she hoped she was not too late she'll never forgive herself if something happened to whoever is in trouble. But, she won't stop now after getting this far.
Then, she spotted something on the ground and her eyes grew wider than a pizza, large trails of footprints and they are three times bigger than her hand. She bent down, remembering her Ninja training, touched the footprint, she feels the faint warmth. It's been here for long while, but the real question.
"Whoa! Who made these footprints?" She muttered to herself and quietly follow the trail.
She followed the trail silently and with aching worry hurting in her chest when all of the sudden, she heard a powerful roar and it's nearby, she can't help but to feel relive that's still alive. However, her relief is short lived when she saw a huge shadow and more shadows attacking the big one, and the sound of laser guns with purple light coming from the end of the tunnel, she recognized those laser guns and a flash of purple all too well. The Kraang are here and they are hurting the one she intends to rescue, she was about to rush in to help but she swiftly remembers what Leo said and it's to see and observe before an attack like a ninja does.
She silently moves like a silent mouse, keeping her feet light so she won't make a sound. She peeked and she is paralyzed at unbelievable sight. A giant mutant Alligator is fighting savagely against the Kraangs, those aliens slime balls stood no chance whatsoever against the mutant for he is way too strong, big, and fast to be put down. His strength is amazing just using his bare hand, his tail swat the Kraang like flies, and his massive jaw clutched one Kraang and he swings it around and throws it…at her direction. She yelped as she ducked as the robot Kraang collided at the wall, she turns around in time to see the alien brain runs away like a yellow-belly coward with a squeal.
"I never thought I feel sorry for the Kraang." She muttered before she looks back at the ferocious battle.
The battle rage on and the mutant Alligator is winning his battle and the Kraang are losing but, alas, the Kraang used one of their dirty and dishonorable tricks. One of them shock him with electric stun batons; Mikey covered her mouth to keep her from gasping in horror to see him got hurt like that as she continued to hear the mutant painful howl. The poor mutant fell after the Kraang stopped shocking him and then it starts to interrogate him.
"Tell Kraang in what place can be found the Power Cell that Kraang wishes to find the place of?" said one Kraang in not so proper English language. Anyway, the mutant snarls at the fiend.
"Never!" he refused to tell those wretched fiends anything and five Kraangs zap him repeatedly.
Mikey feel sick twisting in her stomach as she watched this poor guy getting tortured by the Kraang, it's awful. She can't stand and watch it anymore, with solid determination to rescue him as she yells her signature catchphrase.
"BOOYAKASHA!" Her battle cry had alerted the Kraang, in which they are distracted and then took one of the Kraang with zappy stick by activating her Nunchucks to unveil her Kusarigama, she threw her blade to catch the zappy stick, jerk it from his metal cold hand, and stabbed him in the head as a result of her pull.
One destroyed seven more to whack them like piñatas. The Kraang with zappy sticks charge her to stun her while the rest begin to shoot her, but they can't get any hit for she's too fast to get her as one by one they fall in defeat via punch, kick, and swinging her Hot Nunchucks Fury.
The gator gets to watch with the gawking discovery that there's another mutant like him, he never would've considered the possibility he can find another mutant, or to be more precise to be found by a mutant, a mutant girl for sure.
As he continues to watch the mutant turtle girl fight with agility and grace he never seen before when he saw one Kraang holding the electric stun baton in his cold hand, he is advancing on the back of her shell too busy whacking the Kraang to sense the upcoming danger lurking from behind her. The gator gasp as horrifying images invading his head, the images of Kraang placing him in the cell, torturing him, doing gruesome things to him is disgusting and dismaying.
The gator's eyes shift into the color of white, a white of burning agony that turns into a rage as he let it seep in through him. The gator roar and attacks with his maw wide open.
Mikey had finished wiping all the Kraang when a monstrous roar made her jumped, turned around, and found her face is three inches closer to the last Kraang and about to strike her. Before she can grasp the Kraang with zappy stick got half of his robotic body clamped by the creature's jaw.
Michelangela watches in awe and horror as the mutant gator mercilessly and ruthlessly beating his trapped Kraang into submission. Metal parts are flying everywhere and the shrieking cry of pitiful agony from the Kraang that almost sounded like a screeching tire.
The mutant gator then throws what is remains of the robot to a wall, and the little brainy Kraang popped out of his robot like a bottle cap and run away while crying for mommy.
Wow, now she really feels sorry for the Kraang…Nah, she felt no remorse for the slimeball. He got just he deserves.
But, as much as she needed to laugh at the cowardly Kraang when a soft and hot breath tickling at the back of her neck, she shudders and shockingly gasps at the dread filling her inside. The mutant croc is right behind her and he is growling viciously.
Should she turn around? But her rational mind is screaming at her to never, and stay perfectly still but the growl is getting much deafening. She wracks her mind to calm down in a situation like this, just like how her Sensei taught her if she's in the grim setting. She must calm her mind and body with slow and steady breathes through her nose, in and out. Once she calms down and then she turns around very slowly and without fear.
But as soon as she faces the mutant gator, she let out a silent gasp at the sight before her. The giant mutant's eyes are as white as bone, and flashing with unstable rage she felt from him. His rage is far worse than Raph's temper, the mutant's stance is solid and much tensed, his hands keep clenching and un-clenching, he keeps puffing fast frenziedly, and his large and thick tail is swishing reacting by his anger.
But, nothing is more shocking or painful than anything she has seen when she saw the look in his eyes full of pain, full of fear, and full of misery. Mikey's heart scrunches awfully to see this mutant, this poor mutant has undergone unspeakable torment, and most assuredly by the Kraang. She can't stand to see him like this, she steps one foot and the gator flinch and growl at her in warning but she didn't let him faze her as she held out both hands in surrender and spoke to him softly.
"It's okay, it's okay I'm not going to hurt you. I'm a friend." She tries to sooth the savaged beast and makes him see and believe in her words. The mutant is still growling but not as vicious as before, which mean she managed to calm him down just a little bit, but he still very wary of her. He doesn't trust her.
Mikey saw in him that he still shows signs of doubt and distrust toward her even though she saved his life. She wrecks her brain to find a way to get the mutant to trust him or else she'll be chopped by his massive jaw, and he is hurt pretty bad when she saw the scar on his chest. She needs to take him to her big brother Donnie, but she needs to approach him first, and that when she has an idea. An idea of hers is reckless, out of her mind that will make an insane person wise.
Slowly and very carefully, draw her hands in and to her weapon. But her hands had never made it there when the mutant croc saw it and begin to draw out his claws and roars angrily.
"No! It's okay! Look." She uttered hastily, as she grabbed her precious Nun-Chucks and throws it away…very far away.
Once again, the mutant was shocked and startled by her choice of action. She had tossed away the only means to protect herself from him, why does she keep doing this? Isn't she terrified of him…she should be afraid of a monster like him?
This is all too confusing for him. This smaller mutant being didn't pose a threat to him; she shows no trace of fear and no whiff of malevolence. Perhaps he is used to seeing in them…those dreadful creatures, but, then again, she is nothing like them.
She smiles to him so gently made him feel not a monster, her calming voice soothed him as his anger is melting little by little as if she's a warm ember of sunshine, and it's warming him through his body.
For the very first time after a long, long time of suffering and loneliness. He feels…calmer and safer. The warm and safer feelings he feels, it is beyond anything imaginable.
And because of it, the white things that covered his eyes are going away, a sign of calmness.
Mikey who have been watching over him as he's struggling, like confusion and unsureness. Then, eventually and surely, the large mutant has calmed down. He drops his shoulders, as well as his tail, got sagged on the floor, unmoving and relaxed. He continues to stare at her but with awe-like expression, and at the same time, he is unsure of what to do.
"Come with me," her gentle voice is still using for him to keep the level of calmness. She is holding out her opened hand to him to take her hand but the large mutant is fearful of the unknown that awaits him, and mostly, he cannot dare to leave this place unguarded.
The object he had obtained is safe in his secret vault, filled with booby traps he constructed for those monsters to cut off their cold hands from ever reaching the object of power. Even though it is safely protected from traps and tucked inside the vault he cannot leave here, and it's all that happened today and the days before that.
Those evil metal monstrosities are getting relentless in numbers and weaponry, he successfully kept them at bay but he doesn't know how long he will last, and today had come too close, way too close. But then again, his body took a lot of injuries and it needs to be tended to.
"Don't be scared." The girl mutant spoke to him again as he is staring at her with still smile.
"You are hurt; let me take you to my lair. It's like a home but you will feel much safer, I bet you're hungry too. I got my stew hot on the oven; does that sound better for you?" The definition of the 'better' could not comprehend the delight and warmness the large mutant feel.
A place of warmth and comfort food it's sounds really good, his body begged him for rest and his injury need to look at. His stomach is growling viciously the mention of food and in need of food.
"Just come with me, and everything will be okay." The mutant could only describe it's the most beautiful thing to say.
Without another thought, he reaches out his hand bit by bit, and Mikey remains to wait and not to rush him as she lets him pick his own pace. Michelangela felt proud of herself of able to get the big guy's trust and now, she can able to help him and take him to his brothers.
Everything is going smoothly.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" But it was totally ruined when her three brothers jumped over from behind, they stood before her in a protective circle, and they are snarling at the large mutant.
"No! Wait for bros!" But her words were unheard as her brothers' launch into action.
Leo draws out his swords and starts to attack the mutant, but the mutant roared in shock and anger that his eyes turn white again, and for a good reason. They are a threat to the mutant girl he just saved him.
He roars and begins to attack Leonardo first, by trying to slice him but Leo evades his slice attack very easily. Raph jump, suddenly, on the mutant's back and grabbed him by the neck. Well, he barely wrapped around, since it's so wide. The mutant roars loudly as he tries to shake off or grab Raph.
"If someAAAone haAAAs a plan WHOA it better be NOOWWWWWW!?" Raph screams while holding on the mutant, and he's slipping.
"Hang on, Raph. I'm coming." Donnie exclaimed with his Bo twirling ready.
"WHAT DO YAAAAAA THINK I WAAAAAASS DOOOOING?!" Donatello ignored his brother's stinky comeback and rush in to save him.
But his effort turns effortless because the mutant grabbed Donnie by the face, shake him like a rag doll, and scream like a girl.
"WORST AHHH SAVE WHOA EVER AHHHH!" Raph comment and scream.
The mutant's anger is increasing as these mutant turtles continue to anger him more like raging inferno, and he MUST get rid of them.
Leonardo had had enough of this craziness.
"RAPH, LET GO!" For once, Raph did what he told, thankfully. Leonardo, then, leaps onto the mutant's wrist where it still has Donnie's face.
"Get him off of me! Get him off of me!" Donnie is muffling and panicking all at once while hitting the mutant's hand.
Leo sensed the mutant going to strike from behind but he avoided it by jumping and spinning backward, and landed right on his shoulders with his legs wrapped securely around the mutant's neck and concealed his eyesight with his hands, blinding the mutant.
The mutant was startled and angry that someone is on top of him and trying to restrain him. It immediately let go Donnie and using his claws to grab the turtle on his shoulders while shaking him off.
Leo is holding onto the beast strongly, but he can't hold onto it forever for he has one plan that will subdue the large mutant just by using one move.
He hooks the mutant's jaw with one arm snapping his jaw closed, and then using his available hand to make his move.
"Nighty night, Crocy," Leo exclaimed as he jabs his finger in the mutant's neck, pressing him hard. In instant, the mutant just froze as if something zapped him, no longer feeling anything in his body, and he starts to feel really woozy.
Leo jumped off the mutant as soon as he felt the mutant gone limp and fell flat on his stomach, completely out of it.
Leo smirked in victory for conquering over the beast, but his victory didn't last very long because his baby sister that he saved her from the giant vicious monster had pushed him off of the mutant and glaring at him with anger crinkled her eyes.
"How could you DO THIS to the poor guy!?" she yelled in high-pitched with her fist are shaking in fury. At first, Leo and the others stood shocked and stunned and then Raph is the first to break out of the shock and stare at his sister like she's the weirdest thing than a Kraang.
"POOR THING!? Look around you, he whacked the Kraang into pieces like piñatas, and he was going to do the same thing to you, but you snapped at us because we hurt the POOR THING?!" His ringing yell has echoed through the tunnel of the sewer but Raph didn't care if somebody heard him, he is staring at his sister with cow eyes of disbelief and feeling irritation is rising from the pit of his stomach looking ready to explode.
"I barely held on to that thing and he grabbed Donnie by the face and he starts shaking him like crazy. Why are you mad at us after saving your shell?" he added.
Mikey stood her anger and placed her hands on her lips with her eyes flared with still fury. Her brother has no idea what had happened before they show up, the mutant was furious but he was scared the most and her brothers made it worse.
"He wasn't going to hurt me! The Kraang was hurting him and I could stand by and watch, I attacked the Kraang to save him, then one Kraang had laser gun pointed at me and…" She, suddenly, got interrupted by all three brothers with scared cow eyes.
"What!?" Raph.
"Are you hurt? Did he hurt you anywhere?" Donnie is quickly checking for any sign of wounds.
"How did this happen?" Leo's eyes filled with worry as panic slowly filling him from the inside as he is delicately gripping his sister's cheeks with his hands.
"Why are you even here when you should be running back to us, but, instead, you charged ahead against that, that MONSTER all on your own?!" He shook her for doing something so reckless and stupid. Mikey wrench away from Leo and she is fuming.
"He was no monster, and I wasn't fighting him. He was fighting the Kraang and they were hurting him with their zap sticks and I had to help him." After she said that, the boys now noticed the remains of the Kraang littering all over the place.
"Sheesh, never thought I feel sorry for the Kraang," said Donnie, after he finished examining his sister and he is relieved to see no visible wounds whatsoever.
"Whoa!" Mikey looks at him with a surprised look on her face.
"That's exactly what I just said in my head from before, are you psychic, too, Donnie?" She is getting side-tracked again, in which got her fiery-temper brother Raph, very livid. She was in mortal danger and this was neither the time nor place to be stupid.
"Would ya focus! Look around you. That mutant obliterated them good." Then Leo spoke after Raph ended.
"That is why we need to get out of here before more Kraang droid shows up or that mutant wakes up." That made Mikey gasps in shock. They're going to leave the poor creature behind who she saved his life and then he saved her in return. She can't allow them to desert him this, he doesn't deserve it. She rushes toward the downed mutant as she placed her arm over his head and caresses it in a way to assure him and herself that everything will be an alright while, at the same time, looking up at them with beseech in her baby blues.
"We can't just leave him here. We need to help him!" She dissents the idea of leaving him behind, for all she knows that Kraang will take him to someplace awful and hurt him with something worse than the zappy sticks.
Leo frowned at his sister's stubbornness from not seeing the obvious. The mutant is, clearly, dangerous with capital D. Not to mention, if they stay any longer the Kraang will, surely, find them and their lair will be discovered, and he can't let it happen.
"What do you want us to do? Take him back to our lair!" It was supposed to be a light joke, sarcasm even. But, that's exactly what Mikey is thinking since her baby blues eyes became wide, full with puppy tears, and her lower lip trembling.
It's the irresistible power of her big puppy eyes, which will make her big brothers do her bidding without a further compliment. Heck, even Master Splinter couldn't resist her baby blue eyes.
When Leo saw her puppy eyes he knew he's in trouble the longer he stares at them. He, quickly, shake his head and swinging his arms across his chest, completely refusing her idea.
"No way! Look what he had done to those Kraang. We are not bringing that thing to our liar, and, not to mention, he could've hurt you if we hadn't got to you in nick of time!" Leo countered. However, Mikey countered his counter-attack when she stood up.
"He didn't try to hurt me! He saved my life!"
"Huh?" She finally got them to listen as she continues of the event that occurred.
"Those Kraang were hurting him to make him talk, something about 'um' Power thingy. But he refused then they start hurting him again with those zappy thingies." She's making sound effects.
"I couldn't stand and watch so I leaped in, beat dozen of Kraang, and I saved the guy. But one Kranng tries to zap me when the guy took the Kraang in his jaw and he just smashed him into pieces. It was awesome, dudes!" After, she finally explains to her brothers about her awesome tale and her brothers' reaction are stunned, to say the least. But, she can see the uncertainty in their eyes. Because they know nothing about the mutant's real motive. For all, they know the mutant could be up to no good. Mikey needs to help the poor mutant before the Kraang comes back.
"Look, I'm not asking you to trust him but we gotta help him. He's hurt. We can't just leave him with the Kraang. C'mon, bros. We're supposed to be heroes and if there's something I learned from the manga is to help those in need." Leo looked at his baby sister and he knew from experience that whatever she sets her mind into it nothing will change her mind. Then, he looks down at the mutant. The size and his body structure are something to be intimidated by, and his strength and power are uncoordinated but dangerous. But, the mutant saved his sister's life so he sorts of owe him.
With an irritated sigh. He said.
"Alright, we'll take him." It got both of his brothers to protest and groan while Mikey is whooping and let out a sigh of relief.
Leo shuts Raph and Donnie with a glare and he made them look at their sister as she tries to pick, really tries to pick him up since he's so heavy.
Their sister has a compassionate heart to those in need, no matter how small or massive. They guessed that there nothing they can do but to go along with, and, hopefully, things will be okay.
Wow! I finished chapter 2. This is awesome.
Tune in next time on Tamed by Kindness.