Disclaimer: Why people believe this disclaimer is necessary after 7 previous statements is beyond my understanding, but here it is again; alas, no turtles for me. :(


Don looked up from his computer screen, confusion etched into his face. He tapped a few more times on the keyboard to no avail, the screen remained utterly blank. Sighing at this rather annoying interruption to his latest project, the brainy turtle bent down to re-plug the cord that was obviously the cause of all this. For the past few weeks the plugs had been coming loose, he was going to have to get a new power bar or-

He stopped mid thought as he realized all the plugs were firmly in place. He gave them a good push to be on the safe side but when he looked up at the screen it was still blank. He shrugged calmly; it could be a number of other things…

It had been 30 minutes and the computer was still down and Donatello was in a fever pitch of hyper activity bordering on panic.

"It's not the plugs, the jack, the cable up-link, my hardware's not damage, water or otherwise…" He fell silent as he realized that not only was his project behind schedule but the Lair's security system was down because of this too. Anything could come in and not be detected. Anything!

Panicked now he started pulling at wires to try and make it work. He bent over the tower and reached for a cable when something soft and furry touched his hand. He pulled back in surprise. Then, annoyed with himself, he peered over the side of the tower. There, to his utter amazement, was Mikey's cat Klunk. How she had gotten into that mess of wires was beyond him and apparently her. She looked up with big pleading eyes and mewed softly. Carefully, Donatello extracted her from the cables and set her down on the ground where she quickly sashayed to the door. With a slight chuckle, Don looked to where Klunk had been and smacked his forehead. He'd solved his problem with the computer and he'd never live it down if the guys found out. He bent down, simply, calmly, and plugged in the power bar.


A/N: I'm so mean to Donny, and, well Klunk too. I guess she'd be thirsty…