Ok so I decided that I liked first person POV! But I like third person too but I will only narrate with Austria because she's my OC. So I will change back and forth as needed. Plus I think it makes it more interesting when you can read in someone else's perspective once and awhile! Hehe. Thanks for your opinions on the matter!
: Chapter 8:
The rest of the day was spent with Leo making me sit in the dojo and watch him and his brother's train. Apparently there some kind of samurai warriors or something I don't know. As they trained he filled me in on everything including how they came to be. I'll save you the details and give you my lazy ass version.
Truck carrying bad ooze, crash, turtles in glass bowl, crash, weird mysterious mutation ooze, crash into sewers, turtles fall into sewer, ooze falls on turtles, rat finds turtles, rat gets oozed on, turtles mutate, rat mutates, rat is some kind of kung-foo freak, rat teachers turtles cool moves, turtles defeat cheese shredder. The end, I'm the next Stephenie Myer.
Turns out…these guys are really good at what they do. I mean like REALLY good. They each have their own special weapon that they train with but Leo told me they all were taught how to use each weapon in case of an emergency. I was surprised Raphael didn't have Leo's swords because they were sharp and violent. I forgot the technical name for them…Katrina…kafana…something like that. I wasn't really paying attention because I was fixated on Donatello. I never knew a stick could impress me so much…shut up. But in all seriousness he was wicked with that thing…shut up. I've seen him use it before when he was fighting those thugs in the alley but not like he was using it now. He blocked attack after attack and he spun it so fast I thought he was ganna levitate right into the air.
Mikey's weapon was a little on the odd side. He let me hold his "Nun-Chuks"…shut up, before practice started and even though they look like a child's toy…those things were really hard and really heavy. I was really tempted to swing them on the chain they were attached to but I was afraid I would clock myself right in the head. I really didn't want to pass out for the third time this week.
Raphael had the most frightening weapon. I felt bad for any enemy he had once they got skewered by his salad forks. They had a technically name too…don't ask me what it was I can't remember. He had two of these things and they each had three sharp to the edge points and the one in the middle was longer than the others. I hope Raph doesn't take a liking for Austria shish kabob.
I sat there most of the day with my knees tucked to my chest and just watched them. It actually was very entertaining, especially when Donatello beat the crap out of his brothers which actually wasn't that often. I can't believe I'm saying this but, Raph was probably the best fighter there. Even Leo didn't stand a chance against him. If you look up "Brutal" in the dictionary there's a picture of Raphael next to it. I know…worst dictionary in the world.
Michelangelo went flying across the room and landed smack against the wall where I was sitting. Leo had kicked him right in the stomach/plastron area.
"Holy crap! Are you ok?!" I jumped up and ran to his side.
"Oh yeah…just peachy. Every turtle loves getting a round off right to the…sensitive area" He moaned
Oh…I thought Leo hit his stomach…guess not…now this is awkward.
"Umm…what can I do?!" I stood there helplessly. Well what was I supposed to do?! Kiss it and make it feel better! HELL NO
"Aus he's a man he can handle it" Raph called out
"He's hardly a man" Don chuckled
"Aus….I see a bright light" Mikey reached up into the air with one hand and pretending to grab something. "This is the end…goodbye. You were a good friend"
"Oh Mikey…" I slapped his face lightly and helped him up off the ground. "Now get back in there" I gave him a little shove and not five seconds later did Raph smack him again right in the same spot. Now he was down for good.
"Raph what the hell!" Once he finished knocking Donnie flat on his shell I walked up to him with my arms open. And no I didn't want a hug.
"Get out of the battle zone Aus" He held his Sais…hey I remembered! He held his Sais firmly in his hands. If I didn't know any better I would think he was threatening me.
"Why did you hit Mikey!? Look he's hurt now!" I pointed over to the orange clad turtle curled up against the wall. Leo walked up behind Raph and sheathed his swords.
"Aus, in the real world our enemies wouldn't even be half as generous to him as Raph just was" he said. They are brothers so I can understand it why Leo would defend him.
"But…" I tried to speak out against Leo but I just couldn't find the words to. I found it harder and harder to argue with him as the day dragged on. Whenever he spoke to me and I didn't agree I just couldn't seem to get the argument in me, out. There was something about him that made me coward inside myself. I haven't decided yet if that's good or bad but let's just go with bad for now.
"You guys are mean!" That's all I had. I stormed off out of the dojo but as it turns out, what I thought was the "out" was actually an entrance to their sensei's meditation room thingy.
"Oh crap…" He was sitting on a bamboo mat with his legs crossed awkwardly. In front of him was a single lit candle and he looked like he was praying to it or something. He opened his eyes and stared at me.
"Yes?" he said in an irritated tone.
"Um…I thought this was the exit to the dojo…" I felt so bad…what if he was praying spirits to rest?! Oh no what have I done! I'm ganna be haunted forever!
"You mean the exit "out of" the dojo" He corrected my terrible grammar which I appreciated very much. I wonder if he came in travel size.
"Right sorry…I'm just ganna...let you resume praying to the spirits…" I slowly tried to step out of the room but he held up a hand as for me to stop, so I did.
"I am not praying to the spirits" He shut his eyes again and took a deep breath. "I am meditating. Regenerating my body with calm and ease"
The way he said that sent chills up my spine. "OH…so is that required of every person or…" I questioned
"It is required for the warrior so he may have a sound mind. It calms our bodies so we may put everything we have into our fighting, both physical and spiritual" He said all mysterious like. I didn't really understand what he meant but I had a feeling I would eventually. I nodded to him and slowly backed out of the room. When I turned around I had a mutant turtle welcoming committee. They all were laughing except for Leo who had a huge grin on his face.
"So what I don't know my way around this place! Big deal!" I pouted
"I remember when I walked in on sensei for the first time" Don stated "He made me have a two hour long meditation session. I'm surprised he let you slip out"
"Well you know…It's a girl thing" I flipped my hair for effect
"That's funny…cuz Mikey walked in there and didn't come out once for 4 hours straight…how do you explain that?" Raph looked at his little brother and laughed
"Oh HA HA pick on the little guy" he said.
Later that evening, we all sat down and had a wonder five-star pizza buffet in the kitchen after their training. By then it was at least 7:00pm and I was exhausted. You would think the guys who were jumping and smacking each other around all day would be tired too right? Wrong. Leo even got up after dinner and went back to the dojo for more! He wanted Dojo seconds! Mikey went to the TV and started playing a really loud video game with Raphael. Donnie…disappeared. Well I wasn't going to bed yet so I decided I would try and search for him since I was bored anyway…ok and maybe I actually kinda WANTED to find him.
I looked in the dojo, making sure Leo didn't see me and didn't find him. I walked the whole surface area of the lair looking for hallways or a secret door but nothing. So I checked upstairs in each of the rooms including mine but still nothing. I walked back onto the breezeway and looked out over the place. I can't believe I failed to notice the giant computer/machine/whatever it was, in the back of the main section to the lair. Long behold there was Donatello at the base of it typing away at a huge keyboard with what looked like buttons and smaller computer screens and separate tables etc. I started to question my theory on him being a doctor.
I ran down the stairs and stopped at the end of the living room. I never noticed that there was a huge pool in here and Donnie's computer thing was on an Island in the center of it. He had small metal bridge that led from the "mainland" to his island.
"Donnie what the hell is this?" I was smiling with curiosity
He turned around from whatever he was doing and smiled back.
"This is my working station. I thought you would have noticed it by now" He chuckled
"Um yeah I kind of JUST noticed it while I was looking for you" I said
"You were looking for me?" His cheeks flushed with color. Aw he's so cute when he's embarrassed. Actually, he was so damn cute that I felt my cheeks start to get warm signaling that I was probably blushing too.
"Umm…yeah I guess I was" I tried to laugh it off but failed miserably. "Can I…cross this thing? Or is it ganna…" I tapped the bridge with my foot to make sure it was stable.
"Oh…No you can cross it. It's sturdy" He nodded
"Well what I meant to say was, do you mind me entering your personal space you got here?" That just didn't sound right at all.
"This…this isn't personal space…it's just my uh…work…area" he waved for me to come on over so I did. I ran across that bridge like my feet were on fire. Between you and me, I can't swim and that was the worst millisecond of my life.
"So…nice place you got here" I looked around at all the gadgets he had everywhere. There were blueprints pinned against chalkboards, chemistry equipment, maps of what appeared to be the city, tools, machines, you name it.
"So what kind of doctor are you?" I couldn't help it. I was too curious. He looked at me and laughed like I was some kind of crazy person.
"I'm not a doctor" He said, still laughing.
"You're not?! But you fixed my leg!" I leaned against a table and stared at him
"Well I can perform "doctor like" operations but that's not what I do" He smiled
"Well…" I pointed to everything around us. "I can see that"
He laughed again but it was softer this time. "I'm an engineer I guess you could say"
I was really confused. A turtle engineer? How in the world did he get the resources to teach himself all this?
"So you just…build stuff?" I asked dumbfounded. I probably looked like a kindergartener compared to him.
"Well…" he scratched behind his head
"Yeah he does" Raphael jumped over the bridge and landed on the platform. He swung his arm over his brother's shoulder and looked at me.
"He's the smartest geek in the world Aus, you see this here doohickey?" Raph pointed to the huge computer that reached to the top of the ceiling.
"He built it"
"Are you serious!?" I yelled
"Yeah and see that thing-a-mabob" he pointed to something. Over in the corner of the "island" was a weird looking circular platform that had tons of wires attached to it and another circular platform overhead.
"Yeah?" I said wondering what the hell it was
"It's a cyber-portal. Built by this amazing dude right here" Raph rubbed the top of his brothers head, messing up his mask.
"Oh knock it off" Don looked flattered as he moved his bandana back into place.
I could not even begin to describe the levels of awe my brain was reaching. I had no idea a cyber-portal could even be built let alone by a Ninja Turtle. I stuttered as I tried to speak.
"Wh-at…H-ow…" I was shaking my head in denial
"Yeah he's one of a kind" Raph said. Don looked so happy right then. His smile was huge and proud and if he really did build all that stuff, he deserved to be. I couldn't even build a paper airplane in my aero physics class and he can do all this? Mind blown. His IQ is probably like, infinity.
The more I learned about Donatello the more I got a liking for him. He was definitely different alright, compared to his brothers I mean. He must have all the girls hanging on his arms, even that April chick.
Raph winked at me then leaped back over the little bridge. Don was standing stiff looking at the floor.
"You alright?" I laughed
"Yeah…" He looked up at me and did one of those adorable half smiles.
"Well he has a reason to! What else did you do besides all that?" I was so interested in all this. It was absolutely breathtaking.
"I really hate to brag…" he hesitated. I had a feeling he would be like that considering how shy he was.
"I don't care. It's not bragging. I really wanna know" I sat down on a stool next to a table and crossed my legs.
"Well…I refurnished this place…" he looked around the lair
"Really!?" I had a bad habit of cutting people off. Probably not attractive either.
"It's nothing really. I just installed all the wiring so we could have plumbing and electricity"
"For free?" I tilted my head
"Free for us but not for the building across the park. I wired it so all our power usage comes from their reservations. So I guess it means their bill spiked a couple hundred dollars or so. But all our light is compact fluorescent so it's not that bad" He smiled
"Compact huh?" I knew what he was talking about but I wanted him to tell me. I'm sneaky like that
"Energy efficient" He grabbed a light bulb from his desk and showed it to me. It was like a spiral shape. Oh, so he was smart and "go green" Get it? Go green…cuz hes…never mind
"Wow…that's really cool" I said
He probably thought I had no interest in any of this technical stuff. I did have a liking for it though. I thought it was really cool how he could do the impossible and create all these machines being what he is and everything. Take away the shell and green skin, he was practically human. I was interested in this and I knew I was…but was it in the tech stuff…or him?
Can you feel the love tonight? Hope you enjoyed Chapta 8! I can't wait to see what happens next! I think I'm going to time myself for the next chapter I write and see how long it takes me. Sounds fun!