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Chapter 7
"Guys! We need to save April!" Leo burst into Donnie's lab, making the heavy doors slam loudly behind him. The purple clad turtle jumped up immediately at the word 'April' and grabbed his Bo.
"What happened? Is she okay?" Donnie exclaimed, ripping off his glasses and throwing them on his desk. "MIKEY! Get in here!"
Mikey strolled in casually, chomping on a piece of jalapeño and jellybean pizza, "Donnie, chill out, bro. Isn't Raph with her?" He mumbled around a mouthful of smushed of jellybeans and peppers.
"Actually, Raph's gone apparently. Looking for a girl or something," Leo wrinkled up his beak. "Because that definitely sounds like something Raph would do."
Mikey choked on his bite of pizza and dropped it on the ground. "Wait, so we gotta save RAPH now, too?" He giggled. "I never thought I'd hear myself say that!" His grin stretched across his entire face. "And he's after a GIRL! Ooh, this just keeps getting better and better!" He picked the pizza up off the floor and took another huge chomp, making Leo and Donnie cringe.
"How are we supposed to get to them?" Leo said, still eyeing Mikey's floor-pizza with disgust out of the corner of his eye.
Donnie beamed. "I may have an idea!"
"Are you sure you'll be able to do this?" Raph asked, somewhat nervously. Mona looked up from preparing herself to go try and destroy Filch's sub. Her lips twitched at how nervous her newfound friend looked, and she giggled slightly.
"Oh, don't worry, Raph! This'll be easy!" She slapped at his arm gently, rolling her eyes. "Why? You scared?" She teased slightly.
"I just... don't want you to get hurt." He muttered softly, cheeks flaring a bright pink. Her cheeks went pink, too, and she patted his hand quickly and winked, grabbing the end of her tail and diving off the edge of the boat.
Okay, you can do this. If Mona can blow up a submarine, you can take out Filch's slimy suckers! Raph sneered and twirled his Sai, taking a deep breath and taking a running start towards the deck. This is gonna be easy! He smirked to himself.
He paused at the corner of the hallway, peering around carefully to scope out the area. Most of the teens were still freaking out in the middle of the room, and Filch was now pacing in front of everyone, giving his mutant army orders and sneering. April, tied up and gagged, was sitting indignantly at his feet.
Raph growled. "Nobody's gonna hurt April on my watch!" He twirled his Sai again. "Get ready to kick some shell!"
Mona entered the water with a flawless dive. "I guess being a lizard really does have it's perks!" Effortlessly, she swam to the sub, legs and tail kicking and propelling her faster than she could ever swim as a human. Once she got to the submarine, she pulled herself up the ladder leading to the hatch Filch had left open when he had come out and seized the other boat and jumped inside.
She shook herself off, sending water droplets flying everywhere; grabbing her tail, she squeezed and twisted it, sending a stream of water soaking the floor. Mona looked up and shuddered; she remembered this place, and it was NOT good. She knelt into a crouch and crawled down the hallway, using her past knowledge of the layout to make her way to the control room.
Mona slipped inside and dashed for the control panel. Two of the slimy mutants, decked out in captains' uniforms and hats, were guarding it; when they saw her, they slithered across the floor to try and seize her.
Mona flipped backwards, and using one of the anemone's squishy heads, bounced up and grabbed one of the overhead pipes. "Losers! Try and get me now!" She stuck her tongue out mockingly.
One of the guards used his tentacles to grab a chair and launched it at her; she used her tail to bat it away in the directions if the force field panel. "I didn't mean it literally!"
The chair seemed to fly in slow motion, with the two guards and one lizard watching it with wide eyes. It smashed against the panels, breaking into several pieces that scattered across the floor. The panels flickered with sparks and electric jolts, and the power in the room, and Mona assumed the ship, went out. Using her chance while the guards were distracted, Mona bolted out of the room.
Now all she had to do was make it out... Alive.
"Argh!" Raph charged, running out onto the deck. The teens and guards swiveled towards him, and Filch barked an order for his mutants to attack. Raph changed his direction and ran at the anenomes, slashing wildly; the anemones howled and collapsed, trying to slither overboard or away from Raph.
The costumed teens started screaming and cheering, and April's eyes lit up. "Turtle! Turtle! Turtle!" The teens chanted.
The army of sea anemones, angered at seeing their friends and colleagues fall, circled up and surrounded Raph.
"Oh, sewer bunnies!" He cursed, green eyes growing wide. "This can't be good!"
"BOOYAKASHA!" Raph looked up to see three familiar turtles zoomed overhead on glowing hover boards.
"Am I glad to see you guys!" Raph grinned as Mikey and Leo flipped down and landed on both of his flanks.
"Awww, I always knew you cared!" Mikey cooed, batting his eyes at his older brother. Raph leaned over and smacked the back of his head before leaping into the fight of taking down more of Filch's guards; Mikey and Leo followed his lead.
Donnie swooped down and snatched up April, using a shruiken to slash the binding ropes. "Hold on!" April wrapped her arms around the turtle's shell in terror as he zoomed down.
"My... My force field! It's gone!" Filch cried out in disbelief. Mac's guards, taking advantage of the immobilized anemones, ran over and tied him up, slamming him to the ground and handcuffing him.
"Mona did it!" Raph exclaimed. Mikey leaned over and Raph used his shell to run and flip over, kicking down two anemones.
"Mona?" Leo said, frowning. He and Mikey exchanged confused glances.
"You guys missed the flashback. I'll explain later... Maybe." Raph smirked over his Sai. "But where is she?"
As if to answer hia questions, the sub beside them exploded, sending shrapnel and metal bits everywhere.
"Take cover!" Leo barked out towards the teens. No one dared disobey.
"Mona..." He whispered, his eyes going wide. "MONA!" He ran to the railing and halfway hung over.
Donnie and April zoomed down to the yacht next to Leo and Mikey. "Mona? Who's Mona?" Donnie asked in confusion, scratching his head.
"There used to be a girl named Mona at my school. Popular, cheerleader, you know, the works." April frowned slightly. "But she went missing a few months ago." April gasped. "Do you think it's the same girl?"
Leo shrugged. "I don't know; but what are the chances of having two girls named Mona?" He stepped up behind Raph and laid a hand on his brother's shell. "Raph?"
His brother swiveled around. "I don't see her! Where could she be?" His green eyes were wide with conflict.
Leo and Donnie exchanged knowing, sad looks. "Raph, I-"
"Hey! Party crashers! Get off of my yacht!" Mac yelled at the turtles, interrupting the moment much to Leo's relief.
"Oi! We saved your hide! Is that anyway you thank us?!" Donnie retorted, irritated. Leo placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Let's go." Everyone got on the hover board except for:
"Raph? You coming?"
Raph looked at the flaming remains of Filch's submarine. "Yeah. I'm coming." He trudged on board, and Donnie immediately flew off, giving Mac dirty looks once they were far enough away so he wouldn't see. The red clad turtle looked over the edge, eyes still scanning the water.
Donnie looked at Mikey pointedly, and Mikey rolled his eyes. "Cheer up, dude!" He nudged his older brother's shoulder. "We defeated the bad guy!" Raph didn't look up from scanning the water.
April laid a hand on Raph's. "Oh, don't worry, Raph. You'll see her again!" This time, he flickered his gaze up and nodded before looking back down.
The ride was awkwardly silent, except for the occasional cough or shuffle. Until...
"MONA!" Raph bolted up and dived right off the hover board.
"No! RAPH!"
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