I wrote this story on my phone, so in a way it felt like I was texting. That's what it looked like to any bystanders who walk by anyway. Plus...also this story has reached over 50 reviews! :D Actually...a lot of the reviews are from the same people. SO it's not that much of an achievement. But thank you for the support anyway! It means a lot! Without it, this story would be DONE. Actually...maybe I'd continue..(because these take hardly any effort).

Texting for the First Time PART 7

Leo: We need a form of silent communication while out on patrols. Got any ideas?

Mikey: What about sign language? Deaf people use it all the time.

Donnie: Sit back and count the number of fingers on your hand Mikey.

Mikey: Six

Donnie: ONE hand

Mikey: three... oh. Well, we can just make up our own three-finger sign language then.

Raph: or how about we can the idea all together?

Donnie: there are some lazy individuals among us (not naming names) who'd have a hard time learning the language in a short amount of time.

Mikey: Jeez Raph, why do you have to be so lazy and ruin my idea?!

Donnie: I didn't even mention Raph's name!

Mikey: but you were thinking it. I KNOW things Donnie.

Raph: Gasp! Mikey KNOWS things! Alert the press!

Leo: I agree with Donnie and Mr. Heartless over here, we can't make up a new sign language. It'll get too complicated.

Mikey: oh hecks no! You did not just dispose of my idea! :(

Raph: your idea just got stabbed, mutilated, incinerated and ran over by a Mack truck.

Mikey: R.I.P. Michelangelo's Idea :(

Leo: okay, we need a form of communication that's well executed, quiet, AND easy to understand.

Donnie: Bad memories of the Morse code fiasco.

Mikey: We could READ EACHOTHERS' MINDS.

Donnie: you mean Telepathy right?

Mikey: yeah that. But why use complicated words when you don't have to?

Raph: Mikey's words of wisdom.

Leo: That has just has "bad idea" written all over it.

Raph: it's never a bad idea until you've tried it.

Leo: Raph's words of wisdom.

Raph: actually Leo's right... I know we're family and all. But having you all reading my EVERY thought is creepy.

Mikey: What, do you have some deep dark secrets that you'd like to share?! Hmmmmm?

Raph: yes, me clobbering you to the next dimension.

Mikey: maybe this will bring the family together. No secrets, no doubt, pure trust. :)

Leo: i'm fine with us being close, but NOT that close. Privacy. We need it. Plus It'll get distracting.

Donnie: telepathy is within the field of parapsychology. And parapsychology studies a lot of ostensibly paranormal phenomena. It's most likely pseudoscience and won't work.

Raph: Donnie, see Mikey's words of wisdom above.

Mikey: i see some Greek, some Egyptian phrases, hmmmm and occasionally a couple of English words.

Donnie: it's all English.

Mikey: if that's English? Then what are we speaking?! :o

Leo: read only the first and the last two words of Donnie's confusing text.

Raph: oh

Mikey: oh!

Leo: Do we really want to read complicated thoughts like that?

Mikey: I see your point.

Mikey: Why don't we just text each other then?

Donnie: because it would be inconvenient.

Mikey: Is this because we only have three fingers on one hand. Last I checked, we only really need our thumbs.

Donnie:no, it'd take too long.

Mikey: come on...I text like a pro.

Raph: professional texter huh? They have a doctrate for that?

Mikey: come on dude, when I text you...YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HIT YOU.

Raph: you're a demon

Mikey: texting like a ninja :)

Leo: I'm positive they don't have texting in ninjutsu.

Raph: Does Master Splinter have a phone?

Donnie: he does, it's a joke to him.

Mikey: Times are changing...it's only a matter of time before texting becomes part of being a ninja.

Donnie: in a martial art that's centuries old? Good luck with that.

Leo: okay... My guess is we don't have any better ideas. Texting will get the job done. It's quiet and simple, and speed won't be too much of an issue. We've got speed demon Mikey afterall.

Raph: what if we get no signal?

Leo: Did you forget that we live in New York and some rock in the middle of the ocean?

Raph: glowing screen!

Leo: that was not a problem during the morse code fiasco.

Raph: there are still flaws in this method

Leo: we're not looking for a flawless method, we're just looking for a method that gets the job done. Plus everything has flaws.

Raph: I'm sure that's what you keep on telling yourself.

Leo: Whatever, it's temporary. Besides, what are we doing right now?

Donnie: Debating at the tips of our fingers fairly effectively. You're right Leo, we can pull this off.

Mikey: Michelangelo's idea number 3 has survived! :)

Mikey: We did it! We did it! Yay! Lo hicimos! We did it! *dance dance*

Raph: *facepalm*