Ok, note to self. People do NOT like dead turtle tots.
Ok now this going to be very short. I'm sorry but I can't make this chapter much longer since there's so little that actually happens. I guess that's why I'm updating it now.
*Draws on map of NYC sewer with compass and protractor*
Where are they! -_-
*Blade slides in front of neck*
"Hello Moonsetta."
*Gulp* Hi Leo…BYE LEO!
*Runs off*
"COME BACK HERE YOU BETTER GET THAT GUN AWAY FROM MY BROTHER OR I'M GOING TO SLICE YOU IN TO RIBBONS!"
Leo's hand automatically went to the communicator he was wearing.
"Static pulse ray," Stockman's voice said from the ceiling when Leo's expression turned to one of puzzlement.
"Uh, what's the plan Leo?" Casey asked..
"We-"
That's when the shot went off and echoed around the room, causing the eldest turtle and hockey masked human to freeze. Their eyes searched out frantically to find the orange turtle toddler curled up at the robot's feet.
"NO! MIKEY!"
Casey growled like some kind of bear and leapt towards the robot with the smoking gun. This performance would've probably had someone questioning that old saying that the bark is worse than the bite. Leo would've run to his baby brother but it was at this moment that gunfire exploded in the room, ricocheting off of the walls, floor and ceiling as Leo and Casey weaved their way through the shots, taking out the robots where they stood. When nothing but the smoking metal surrounded the pair, the blue masked turtle sheathed his swords and tripped his way to the turtle tot's side, where he fell to his knees and raised his hand towards his little brother. He didn't want to check for a pulse because he knew-
"They gone Aniki?"
Leo's eyes widened as Mikey sat up and smiled at him before the orange masked toddler ran into his arms, which closed instinctively around the youngster. The eldest turtle just held his baby brother close, muttering words under his breath. Sentences like, 'Don't you EVER scare me like that again' and 'It was foolish to follow me here.'
"Sorry Aniki," Mikey muttered, snuggling into his big brother's plastron and smiling in such a cute manner, that all rage vanished in an instant.
There was, of course, the possibility that said anger might resurface again, but the eldest was just too relieved at the moment. Of course, this was still…
Too easy.
It wasn't but after three seconds of holding his baby brother in his arms that a lone robot rose from the floor, it's arms, stretching and striking out to grab the tot from Leo's arms.
"HEY LET GO OF HIM!" Casey yelled, only to get knocked back by the robot's blaster, which was a second later then pointed at the top of Mikey's skull.
Leo growled and unsheathed his katanas again. He fell into a familiar stance, and for a second, tried the communicator again.
Nothing but static.
"Just hand over the serum Leonardo," Stockman's voice said from the ceiling again.
Leo gritted his teeth, weighing his options until he was able to make a decision. Once again, this was a moment that where, if the younger toddlers had been their old-selves once again, they would have noticed a certain gleam in Leo's eyes but alas, the spark remained a mystery to the frightened, orange banded turtle tot, gulping and crying silently at the pressure of the gun against his skull. He had heard about guns on TV, they killed you. He didn't want to die. He had ever bit of confidence in his older brother, but he didn't want to die.
He didn't want to die…
Leo took the vial from his belt and held it out towards the robot. The said robot, who's leg was sparking from a bash from Casey's hockey stick sparked a few times as the robot set Mikey on the floor, using one hand to press the barrel of the gun into his skull while the other was free to stretch out and take the vial of liquid. Leo grimaced and held the vial tightly as the robot reached for it.
The communicator was dead, Casey was down with an injury to the abdomen, Stockman had his eyes around the room, and the robot standing in his way had a gun to his baby brother's head. If there was one thing that was clear at this moment to Leo, it was that he had two options that ended with them getting out alive.
But only one assured that Stockman would be ruined.
Then, making the most regretful decision of his life. Leo glanced at Mikey and-
Threw the vial to the ground, the glass shattering, the liquid decapitating into the air as a gas. The robot faltered, giving Casey enough time to tackle it while Leo ran to scoop up Mikey.
"YOU INSOLENT TURTLE! MY FORMULA IS GONE!" Stockman's voice shouted.
Leo said nothing to the overhead voice, he simply ran from the room, Casey right behind him. Of course, before they closed the door behind them, they both glanced back, to see a flash of blue light.
Leo stared back curiously, that blue light seemed f
amiliar.
Hours later, the group all sat in an abandoned alleyway as Casey at least, attempted to retell the story of what had happened. Late into the night, everyone was sleeping soundly. The BattleShell lacking only Leatherhead, who had gone ahead to his own home to scout for possible danger. After all, the Foot had found the turtles' home.
It was exactly 11:56:07 that April woke up. She glanced sideways from where she was laying back in the driver's seat and saw Leo wide awake as ever, staring up at the night sky, though there wasn't much to see.
"You didn't have to do that," April said.
Leo glanced down at the orange masked turtle tot that was curled up in his lap, "Yes I did."
Yes, he had done it. That was his only chance to regain them but he would give it up again. If he hadn't, Mikey would've paid the ultimate price.
"So what are you going to do now?" April asked, watching humorously as Raph and Donny shuffled to the front of the BattleShell, still half asleep, and climbed into Leo's lap, each of them throwing a protective arm around Mikey.
Leo lowered his eyes and ran a soothing hand down each of the toddler's shells before looking through the window and up towards the sky once again, "I guess we just move forward and see where the wind takes us."
THE END!
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See ya!
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Oh, I'm kidding. ^_^ There's 25 chapters to this story. We're no where near the end. ^_^
Ha! I had you going didn't I?
Well, please review so I can continue like, ASAP.
Oh and I wanted to warn you about the next chapter. We're going to get a break from all this tension. The title for the next chapter will be:
Me and You and A Duck Named Roo (Yes it's relevant to what happens in the chapter ^_^)
Again, please review!
~Moonsetta