See Prologue for Disclaimer.

Italics are characters thoughts.


Chapter 2

"Yeah, kick that lizard dude's butt!" Mikey screeched at the T.V. screen. Popcorn began spilling over the bowl in his lap like a waterfall as he began whooping and pumping his fists in time to the dueling monsters on the screen.

"Pipe down, spaz," Raph grumbled as he threw a throw pillow at his over-excited brother. "It's jus' a stupid movie."

Mikey swatted the pillow away and huffed unapprovingly at his brother but Casey came to his defense, "Meh, you're just mad cuz your hero lizard is getting his butt served to him on a platter, Raph."

Raph rolled his eyes and was about to reply but was interrupted by sound. Almost too muffled to detect, Raph strained to listen and realized he wasn't imagining it. There was a slight pause, and then he heard it again. And again.

And again, a bit louder than the last.

Confused, he looked around to see if the others had heard it. Glancing over at Casey and Mikey, it was obvious that they were oblivious to everything but the movie. Hearing the noise again, he looked at Leo and was met with a similar curious stare. Raph's brow furrowed in thought as he glanced at Splinter to see if he had noticed.

Splinter's eyes began to glaze over in boredom as it became apparent that the duel between the monsters on the screen wasn't going to be coming to an end anytime soon. He lifted his cup of tea to take a sip, but paused as the unfamiliar sound finally reached his ears. He raised his head in the direction of Donnie's room, strained to listen briefly, but shrugged his shoulders as he dismissed it. Taking a sip of tea, he reclined farther into his chair, clearly unconcerned as to what the noise was about.

Unsatisfied with Splinter's lack of curiosity, Leo strained to listen to the unfamiliar sounds. At first it sounded like April, but then it sounded like Donnie. Then back to April and then to Donnie again. Their voices sounded strange, April's voice was a bit higher and Donnie's voice was a bit lower. Not understanding what they were doing that would cause their voices to deviate from their normal tones, he could only listen and hope that he would be able to understand what they were saying.

Resting his tea cup on the saucer in his lap, Leo turned to look at Raph who surprised him with eyes full of recognition. Before he could question Raph on his sudden revelation, they were interrupted by the loudest sound yet. It was a bit muffled, but the words were unmistakable.

"OH DONNIE! YES!"

Leo's legs twitched in shock, causing his tea to spill all over his legs and drip onto the chair and floor. Raph, caught in mid-swallow of his drink, sent a plume of fine mist as he spewed his mouthful of liquid across the room. Splinter stiffened in his chair and his whiskers began twitching in annoyance at the disturbance.

Casey turned his head briefly towards Donnie's room and rolled his eyes.

"Man, I'll never understand how April finds fixing computers to be THAT exciting. Geez, it's just a stupid machine."

Mikey chuckled, "Yeah, Donnie's the same way. When he fixes something around here, he acts like he just discovered a new planet or something."

Without a word to anyone, Splinter rose from his chair and made his way to the stairs as Leo and Raph exchanged all-knowing glances. If Donnie and April are doing what they think they are doing, they're going to be in big trouble.

Noting the continued obliviousness of Mikey and Casey, Raph scooted to the end of the couch to converse with Leo in private.

"They're gonna get in so much trouble, and there ain't no way we can warn them that Splinter's coming," Raph said.

Leo frowned, "Well, there's nothing we can do from here. They're both adults, they'll have to face the consequences of their actions." Leo shook his head in disbelief as he continued, "I just can't believe they would do this, and here….with a house full of people."

Raph shrugged, "Well, I do believe they would do this. Donnie and April have had this silent vibe between 'em for awhile now. But yeah, it's kinda ballsy of them to be doing that sort 'a thing here."

Leo stared at Raph and said, "What vibe? April and Casey are a couple, Raph. Even if they had some kind of crush on each other, I refuse to believe that they would do something like this. It's …..irresponsible."

Raph smirked, "Well, that maybe true Leo, but the vibe between the two is very strong. I'm just wondering if this is their first time at it."

"Raph!" Leo gasped in embarrassment.

Mikey looked up to fuss at Leo when he noticed Splinter was gone.

"Hey dudes, where'd Splinter go? Don't tell me he's crashing the party already!"

Raph and Leo exchanged nervous looks. "Uh no, Mikey, he's uh….he just went to check up on uh, Donnie and April," Leo said as he passed a shaking hand over his head.

Mikey grinned, "Good, they've been playing long enough. They need to hurry up and finish so they can get their butts down here to watch the next movie!"

Raph gasped and covered his mouth to stifle a laugh and Leo simply shook his head at the innocent irony of what Mikey said.

Leo looked upstairs in time to see Splinter standing silently in front of Donnie's door. He held his breath as he saw Splinter reach for the doorknob. Leo ribbed Raph in the arm and motioned towards Splinter.

"This is it," he whispered, "the beginning of the end."


Chapter 3 coming soon! Thanks for reading!