Day three : What are they up too?
Donnie sat in his lab thinking to himself. Their 30th anniversary was coming up, and Mikey was planing their party. Every one of Mikey's parties ended up in a disaster, why would this one be any different? Donatello must admit, he was a little scared.
" C'mon Donnie, focus." He told himself. Donnie was working on a new invention and really wanted to get it done. The purple masked turtle sat at his desk, working on a new design for the stealth bike that Raph loved riding so much. He wanted to upgrade it with modern technology, but he didn't know what the new design would look like.
It was hard for Donatello to focus with all the noise Mikey was making. He was testing all the noise makers while Taylor was out getting more supplies for the party. Donnie's lab door was currently broken, it wouldn't shut all the way, so his usual noise cancelling door, were letting in an awful lot of racket.
Being who he is, Donnie's curiosity spiked when he heard Taylor walking back in the lair announcing that she got 'the stuff.'
What kind of stuff? Party stuff? What did she buy? What where they planing? What kind of party where Mikey and Taylor going to throw?
Question after question circled in the young inventor's mind. Donnie was getting antsy in his seat and decided he couldn't stand it any longer. Switching to ninja mode, Donnie silently crept forward and peeked through the rather large crack between his doors. Both Mikey and Taylor had their backs to him, so he couldn't see anything.
" Oh come on." Donnie whispered angrily to himself and strained his neck to try and peek over their shoulders.
" I can see you dudes ya 'know!" Mikey called out. Apparently Leo and Raph got the same idea as Donnie because, looking around the living room, Donnie spotted Raph peeking around the corner of the hallway leading to their rooms, and Leo up on the ceiling pipes. Leaning over to try and sneak a look of what Mikey and Taylor were up too.
" Dang." Donnie cursed beneath his breath and returned to his lab. His 'find out what the party planners are up to' mission, was a fail.
" Darn it." Raph muttered and returned to his room. He really wanted to know what those two were doing in the living room. What were their party plans? Raph had to know, but when he tried to spy on Mikey and Taylor, he had been spotted.
So Raph walked into his room and flopped on his bed. His room was darkly lit, with a drum set in he corner. He had posters on his walls, and clutter all of the floor. His room was starting to get a weird smell, like old pizza mixed with the sent of stale chips.
" Man, I'm getting worse then Mikey." Raph talked out loud to himself as he gazed around his room. He then turned his head to the side and on his bedside table sat Roger. Raph got a knew pet turtle for Christmas after Spike was mutated into Slash. He was a bit iffy about Roger before, not wanting to replace Spike, but now the little turtle had made his way into Raph's heart and the big tough turtle grew rather fond of him.
" Come on Roger. Let's go see what Leo and Donnie are up too." Raph announced and picked up Roger, placing him gently on his shoulder. Raph couldn't bare to be in his room, just thinking about Mikey's party, so he figured that his nerdy brother might be up to something that'll get his mind off of the party.
As Raph made his way into Donnie's lab, he found no luck with what he was searching for. Leo was already with Donnie and was sitting upon his desk. Donnie was in his chair, with elbows on his desk and they both looked miserable.
" Can't stop thinking about the party?" Raph wondered and made his way over to his brothers.
" Yup." They replied simultaneously.
" Man, what are we gonna do? We need to find out what their planning." Raph grunted and hopped up on Donnie's desk beside Leo.
" I know! I hate not knowing what they're doing." Donnie agreed.
" You know, it wouldn't be totally ruining the surprise if we accidently walked in on them planning. Right?" Leo said with a mischievous tone and an evil grin.
" Riiight, and we were just concerned that Mikey was going to blow up the lair, so we had to make sure of what they were planning. For our own safety." Donnie went along with Leo's plan to figure out what they were planing.
" Let's do this!" Raph agreed and jumped off of Donnie's desk, pounding his fist together.
" We're not beating them to death Raph." Leo warned his younger brother and jumped off as well, " We're just going to, 'accidently' eavesdrop on them."
" Fine. But if Mikey does something stupid, I'm smacking him." Raph insisted.
" So, let operation 'Party Peekers' being!" Leo announced.
" Party Peekers? Really?" Donnie doubted flatly. Leo did come up with the worst names for missions.
" Well I don't see you coming up with anything." Leo spat back at Donnie, who had just took his triumphancy away from him.
Raph just chuckled at his brothers bickering. Usually it was he who fought with Leo, so it was nice for a little change. Even though it wasn't really a fight going on between Donnie and Leo, it was kinda funny to see them disagree. But anyway, they were going to go try a second attempt at trying to figure out what Mikey's party was going to be, and this time, they will find out!
Leo began to map out a plan for he and his brothers to follow. He drew out the living room on a piece of paper and a pencil Donnie had got for him. All of his brothers wanted to know what their little brother and human friend was up too. They were planing a party, and knowing Mikey, it was going to be big.
" Okay, so what if Donnie went out and distracted Mikey and Taylor-" Leo began and drew a small circle on their map to represent Donnie.
" Wait. Why am I a circle?" Donnie questioned and pointed to the circle.
" Because that's the first shape I drew." Leo replied, trying to keep in annoyance under control, " Raph will be a square and I'll be a star."
" Why do you get to be the star?" Raph asked and decided to get into this pointless argument that all started with a simple circle.
Leo sighed, was it really that big of deal of which shape represented who? Apparently it was because both Donnie and Raph awaited an answer.
" Because I'm the leader." Leo thought of the first reason that came to mind, " Plus stars are cool." He added but not loud enough for his brothers to hear, " Anyway." Leo continued, " If Donnie goes out and distracts Mikey and Taylor, then Raph will casually walk out and see what their plan is. He'll report back to me then I'll sneak out and grab their plan."
" Why doesn't Raph just grab their plan while he's out there?" Donnie questioned. Of course, he always had to asked questions. Leo's brothers never just silently agreed with his plans and wet along with it.
" Because I'm more stealthy then Raph and we want to be as causal as possible. So they won't suspect anything."
" How do we know that they even written their party plans out?" Raph challenged, but this time Donnie answered for Leo.
" Cause knowing Taylor, they'll have something written out. She writes down everything."
" You would know." Raph muttered.
" What's that suppose to mean?" Donnie countered back.
" I'm just saying your her boyfriends and-" Raph began but shut his mouth when Leo gave them both a hard stare.
" Can we please concentrate!?" Leo nearly shouted.
" Sorry." The two younger brothers mumble at the same time.
" Right then." Leo continued, " Ready to go?" Raph and Donnie nodded, " Alright, Donnie you up."
And with those last words from their leader. Donnie headed out to distracted Mikey and Taylor. Operation Party Peekers was officially a go!
Leo and Raph watched nervously as Donnie walked out of his lab and towards Taylor and Mikey.
" What ya guys doing?" He asked from behind their backs. Taylor and Mikey turned their heads and Mikey jumped up from the couch. He stood in front of their party plans, and blocked off Donnie's view.
" Party planning. Why?" Mikey asked suspiciously. Narrowing his eyes.
" I-I was just wondering." Donnie stuttered, realizing that he hadn't come up with something else to say, " So-uh, how's it going?"
" Good. We're just finishing the details for-" Taylor began but got silenced by Mikey.
" It's a surprise. So uh...how do I put this nicely...go away!" Mikey raised his young voice a little. But not enough to scare off Donnie.
" Can I help?" Donnie wondered and stood on his tiptoes to try and peek over Mikey's shoulder. But Mikey copied everyone of Donnie's moves, " C'mon Mikey! I just wanna have a peek."
" Why the sudden interest, hmm Donnie?" Mikey challenged and stared Donnie right in the eyes.
As Donnie stuttered his answer, Leo nodded to Raph that it was his turn. So Raph casually walked out of the lab. Praying that he'll just fade into the background, Raph passed by Taylor and Mikey. He pretended to make his way to the bathroom.
Thankfully, no one seemed to notice he was there and he was able to take a peek at the papers on the living room table. He didn't manage to see what the wording said, but he did see, right in the middle of the table, was a piece of paper labelled 'Party plans.'
He walked into the bathroom and stayed there for a minute or two before walking back out. Donnie was still busy talking to Mikey, and Taylor was watching the two brothers bicker. So Raph made a run for it and dashed back into the lab.
" It's right in the middle of the table." Raph whispered, out of breath.
" Right, thanks Raph." Leo nodded and prepared himself for his turn. Leo took a step out of the lab and began to silently creep towards the living room. He managed to get pass Mikey and Taylor unnoticed, so now their backs were facing him. Feeling a little glow of pride, Leo tiptoed towards the paper. He was almost there, just a few more steps, Leo reached out his hand to grab the paper. He couldn't wait, he was about to see their party plans, until, Taylor snatched the paper off the table before Leo could reach it.
" Oh come on!" Leo shouted, defeated. Yet another plan had failed.
" Nice try guys." Taylor congratulated them with false victory, " But we heard you discussing your plans all the way from in here."
" Yeah, the crack in Donnie's door doesn't make his lab sound prof anymore you know." Mikey pointed out and face Leo.
" Wait. You guys knew? Then why did you play along?" Donnie questioned.
" Cause it was fun." Mikey laughed.
" Can't you just tell us what the party's going to be about?" Raph's voice called from inside Donnie's lab as he poked his head out.
" No way dudes. You guys had your chance to help. But you didn't. So now you have to wait until March 30th."
" Look at the bright side." Taylor began, " It's only in like, four days. You guys can wait that long. Can't you?"
" No, we can't! We need to know! The suspense it killing us!" Raph shouted.
" C'mon Taylor. Let's go finish party planning in my room. Where we can have some peace." Mikey declared and picked up all of the party planing stuff, leaving no trace of what it could be behind.
Taylor agreed and followed Mikey, leaving the three older brothers in question. When Mikey and Taylor went into Mikey's room. Raph came out of Donnie's lab and sat down on the couch. Leo and Donnie did so as well.
" Well that failed." Donnie noted out loud.
" Yeah, we got that." Raph replied bitterly.
Leo just sat there in silence. He desperately wanted to know what the party theme was. He hated not knowing, but now he had to wait four days till he found out. Four days would feel like forever! Why couldn't he just know? Leo hated surprises, especially surprises planned by Mikey. So as he sat there on the couch, Leo couldn't help but think, will he ever find out what Mikey and Taylor are planning?
Yay! Another chapter done! This one is the longest chapter so far, so I hoped you liked it! Please review and tell me what you think! I might post another chapter today, since I didn't post one yesterday! Anyway, keep watch for the next chapter! :)