Hey everyone. So overall, I now have a very dependable router in my house to provide me with fast internet. (I've been using dial-up for some time) The recent tragedies in my family have finally leveled out. (These include a discovery of a tumor in my aunt's brain, my mom's own cancer coming out of remission, my mother's friend falling down the stone steps and into our basement and my cousin nearly severing his arm off by accidenly shooting himself with a hunting rifle.)
Yeah, my life's pretty chaotic right now but hey, writing helps. ^_^
Anyways, enough of these sob stories. Let's get to the chapters!
Oh and I thought I would warn everyone, tomorrow, I'll be sending my computer off for a tune-up and new video and sound cards so if you want me to reply to any reviews you'll have a long wait before I'll recieve the message. This also means that i won't be able to update for awhile. Sorry! T_T
Well, let's get to the next chapter.
Oh and this is dedicated to my older half sister Angela. Love ya sis! Hope you're in a better place.
I don't own TMNT. But just today, I found two actions figures of Donatello at Goodwill and- can you believe it? A BattleShell vehicle for all my TMNT action figures! ^_^ (Which are now seven in total: three Donatellos, two Leonardo's, one Raphael and one Michelanglo) I also got a red eared slider turtle and I've named him after my OC in my story "MY Brother". So now i have two turtles, a red eared slider named, Thade, and an alligator snapper named, Willie. (Thier real names are Thaden and William)
Well enough babbling, to the chapter!
April paced across the porch of the Farmhouse, watching the horizon for…something, although she KNEW that nothing and no one was coming. She sighed and glanced up on the rooftop where Casey was gazing out at the same horizon, sitting perched precariously on the edge.
"Casey!" she called up to him, "It's already sunset, we should head in!"
Casey shook his head, his blue eyes continuing to gleam as he stared out at the horizon.
"Sitting there isn't going to help anyone!"
Casey ignored her, of course he would probably be at the end of the woman's heat vision later on, but he couldn't go inside. Leo would be there soon…so he had to wait. Ok, the guy admitted it, he was acting like a certain red banded teenage mutant ninja turtle he used to know. Casey always knew that Raph had cared deeply for his family. When they went skull bashing during the nights, Raph's problems would always trail after him. It was either, going too far when pounding Mikey, going too far when sparring and/or fighting with Leo, going too far at ordering Don around and/or going too far at disobeying Splinter.
Realizing she wouldn't get any response from Casey at the moment, April growled under her breath in annoyance before stomping through the front door and slamming it behind her. When she was inside, the anger vanished from within her heart as soon as she heard the familiar voices of the young turtles.
"I WANT ANIKI!"
"WHERE IS HE!"
"LEO!"
April's heart broke at the sobs and wails of the young children as they yelled and pleaded for their older brother. April frowned and made her way up the stairs to the attic where she found Leatherhead trying his best to calm the three tots down. The turtles were still weary of humans, including her and Casey so the job of caring for them was left to Leatherhead. His attempt at cooking earlier though had been a failure but quite hilarious. Casey had claimed that there was nothing funnier than the mutant crocodile in an apron.
"And a pink frilly one at that," April mentally added, trying to smile and frown at the same time.
Lost in her thoughts, April never noticed the young tot approaching her until a little green hand reached out and poked her in the leg. Shaking away her thoughts, April looked down and saw a long missed, olive green turtle.
"Yes Donny?"
The young turtle took a step back, his wide blue eyes looking at her but occasionally drifting away from time to time as he spoke, "What happened to Leo? Where's Aniki?"
April frowned and bent down, holding out a patient hand to the young turtle, "I don't know Donny, but I'm sure he'll be fine. He'll probably be here in the morning."
Donny's eyes grew wide, "Really?"
April hated raising false hopes but she nodded. Donatello watched her unmoving hand curiously until he reached out and placed his own hand in hers, "You won't hurt us right? Not hurt us like them?"
April sighed sadly, "I would never hurt you Donny, you're like my little brother."
"That's how it was before right?"
"Hmm?"
"Aniki told us all these stories about you and that Casey guy and our…father."
April's eyes filled with tears but she raised her hand to wipe them away before they could spill. She felt a pang in her heart as Donny let his hand slip from hers. The olive green turtle turned away from her and walked back over to his group of brothers. Raph was glaring defiantly down at something in his hands while Mikey was sniffing as Leatherhead tried to lull him to sleep.
"April says that Aniki will be here tomorrow morning," Donny said happily, never noticing the woman behind him turning her back towards them and descending the stairs once again.
False hopes…
That was all they had…
That night, one turtle remained awake, staring out at the dark night sky that was littered with many shining stars, more than he had ever seen. He had seen some when his older brother had taken him and his other brothers to the outskirts of the city, of course, at that time he could only see two or three. Out where there were no bright lights surrounding them from glowing neon signs and lit-up billboards, the young tot could see the stars for miles. It was so amazing, but at the same time, he felt the eeriness of being alone.
"Mikey, what are you doing out of bed?"
The orange banded turtle turned away from the window and stared back at the familiar voice for a long two seconds before muttering, "Nothing Raphie."
The red masked turtle tot walked up to his baby brother and stared out the window before them, watching as a line of light flew across the sky. Not knowing what it was he just stared curiously until Mikey caught the look and glanced back out the window, catching the tail of the falling object.
"That's a shooting star," a new voice said from the hallway.
The two turtle tots jumped and spun around to see their purple masked brother standing in the doorway to the living room.
"Why is it falling?" Mikey asked, his curious, innocent personality coming over his face.
"I'm not sure," Donny said, walking up to the window, standing on tiptoe to see the starlit sky more clearly.
"Can't you find out?"
"I have a book on the stars and planets."
"Great!" Mikey cheered.
Silence…
Raph glanced away from the stars to see that small droplets of water were dampening the low windowsill.
"Donny?" Raph asked uneasily, remembering the time his younger brother had broken down after his nightmare.
"It-it's b-ba-back at th-the lair… back home."
Silence…
"Aniki…" Mikey mumbled, staring down, suddenly finding the warm, brown, wooden floor more comforting than the dark, chilling, black night sky.
They all stared at each other before looking out the window once again, this time at the full moon in the center of the sky.
"Aniki will be here in the morning, right Donny?" Mikey asked, his eyes only momentarily leaving the scene of the full moon before darting right back to it.
"Yeah, April said so."
"But what if he isn't?" Mikey asked, "What if he's-"
"He'll be here Mikey," Donny insured, "He wouldn't leave us-uh-alone."
Raph, who had been quietly gazing at the moon while the younger turtles conversed, now caught the waver in the purple masked turtle's voice. He walked up to the purple clad turtle and wrapped an arm around Donny's shoulders, letting the younger turtle turn and rest his head on his shoulder. Mikey walked up to them, his eyes begging the same thing. Raph smiled softly and wrapped his other arm around his baby brother, smiling when the youngest rested his head in the crook of Raph's neck, sighing softly.
Mikey sniffed suddenly after a minute of serene silence, "What are we going to do if Aniki's-"
"Don't worry," Raph said quickly, not letting the youngest finish his sentence, "Your big brother's still gonna take care of you."
"But Aniki's-" Donny protested before Raph shushed him.
"You still have me. I'll take care of you. I promise," Raphael said, pulling his little brothers closer.
Mikey and Donny snuggled into the comfort they were being offered.
For the young turtles, for just a moment, everything was ok. They stood together, as they knew they would in the future.
Then, there came a crackling and then, the world was horizontal. The turtle tots gasped as needles flew into their bodies and gasped as three hands wrapped their throats.
"GET AWAY FROM THEM!" someone screamed as a baseball bat entered their visions.
*Whistles inconspicuously while walking away.*
"MOONSETTA!"
Exit, stage left. VERY QUICKLY!
*Dodges shrunken.*
I'll update next week!
BYE!
~Moonsetta