Can you believe it? Today it was 7 degrees Celsius (44,6 degrees Fahrenheit) outside! Wow, summer really is on its way. I could ditch my mittens and cap when I went out for a walk. That's so cool!

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Chapter 5: Electric Wires and Purple Dragons

Splinter and Mikey had spent a good 20 minutes trying to get the hardened candle-grease off of Raphael's body. (Mikey had tried to cheer his big brother up by saying: "Look at it from the bright side, Raph – at least your skin has gone very smooth and soft!" It didn't work.) Donatello had found the whole thing pretty hilarious, but by now he had learned that the turtles had quite a temper so he retired to his room before letting out his giggles. He didn't leave his room until 17 minutes and 35 seconds later, when he thought it was safe. He set off for his workspace…

Meanwhile, the rest of the family were gathered around the kitchen table, trying to come up with a plan (Casey had left after Master Splinter gave hima Look). Apparently the ninjitsu thing didn't work.

"This is your entire fault, Mikey," mumbled Raph.

"What?" Mike leaned forward. "I can't hear you for that pounding sound. What is it, anyway?"

Leonardo looked out through the door. "Don's using a hammer and a nail to put up that picture on the wall."

"Yeah, the one he painted with my watercolours," grumbled Mike. "Anyway, what did you say, Raph?"

"I said 'this is your entire fault'! If ya hadn't put those wires against each othah, none o' this would've happened!"

"Hey, how should I know that that would happen? A little electric sho–"

Leo snapped his fingers. "An electric shock! He got electrocuted and went mad! Maybe he'll go back to normal if we give him another shock! What do you think, Master Splinter? Can we?"

The three turtles looked expectantly at their Sensei, who until now had been quiet. He frowned before answering.

"A true ninja never uses the same tactic twice…"

In that moment, a roar of pain was heard from the living area. "AJ! Jädrar!" (1)

Leo looked out through the kitchen door again. "He hit his own thumb with the hammer."

Splinter sighed. "… but in this case, I am ready to make an exception."

They rose and walked out of the kitchen. Michelangelo had a hard time controlling his laughter when he saw his older brother jumping around with his right thumb in his mouth, moaning in pain. Splinter rushed to his son's aid with some bandage. "Here, let me help you."

"Tack, det var snällt," (2) Don said when his thumb was all bandaged up. He gave Splinter a grateful smile.

Mikey cleared his throat. "Do–" he started, but caught himself when he remembered that Donatello had gotten their names a bit wrong. "I mean, Master Splinter?"

Both Donny and the 'real' Master Splinter looked up. The furry one noticed pretty quickly, though, that he wasn't the one spoken to. He looked to the purple-clad turtle instead.

"Ja?" (3)

"Eh… television?" Mikey hoped that this word meant the same inboth languages. (AN: In fact, it does, although we pronounce it a little differently.)

Don lit up. "Visst, varför inte?" (4)

Leo pointed to the broken entertainment device. "There it is."

Donny came up to it and pressed the 'on'-button. He frowned. "Den funkar inte." (5)

Raph gesticulated for him to go round to the backside of the tv – his movement was a bit stiff, since there still was a thin layer of stearine left on his body. Don raised an eyebrow and did what Raph wanted him to do. He frowned again when he discovered the loose wires, the tools and the dirty rag he had used the day before. "Vad är det här?" (6) He picked up a couple of wires and stared at them, confused.

"NOW, MIKEY!" roared Leo and Raph. Mikey dived forward, took the two Wires of Doom and put them together.

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

Just as the day before, they could see blue and white electricity bolts flashing through Don's body. Splinter winced.

Leo, Raph and Mikey rushed to their brother, who groaned and opened his eyes.

"Don? Are you yourself again?" Mike asked hopefully.

Donatello glared at him. "Varför gjorde du sådär? Jag har väl inte gjort dig nånting! Det gjorde faktiskt ont! Sånt där kan man dö av!" (7) he spat out.

Splinter sighed, Leo slapped his own forehead, Raph slammed his right fist into his left palm, and Mike banged his head against the wall – for real this time, not only mentally.

"So, that didn't work," Leo said. They had gathered in the kitchen again, to work out a new strategy.

"No shit," mumbled Raph.

"Maybe we should make him do something that can get him to remember," Mikey suggested. "Something that he used to do often."

"We've already tried that," Leo sighed. "We tried with ninjitsu, remember? Nothing happened, except for him flipping out and taking my katanas."

Michelangelo wasn't ready to let go of his idea just yet. "Let's try with something else. Like, taking him topside on a patrol duty or so. What do you think, Master?"

Splinter thought about it. "I do not think you should go on an actual patrol, since he obviously does not remember how to fight, but it might be a good idea to take him to the surface. Maybe some memories might come up. You better go at once, so that you can be back before dinner."

The three reptiles rose, bowed and went to get their brother.

It took more than seven minutes to make Donatello leave his room – he was still pretty pissed for being electrocuted. But when Mikey went down to his knees and begged, Don gave in (as we all know, Mikey was much better than Leo when it came to using the Michelangelo Method!), and they all left the lair.

"När man tänker på det, så kan det ju inte vara särskilt hygieniskt att bo i kloakerna," (8) Don said as they splashed through the sewers. "Har ni nånsin tänkt på det?" (9)

His brothers didn't get it, but smiled and nodded anyway. Don raised an eyebrow, since their face expressions didn't seem to fit with their answer, but made no further comments concerning the subject. They reached a ladder that led up to a manhole.

"Let's go up here," Leo decided. He climbed the ladder, followed by Raph, Don and Mike.

Donatello looked around in the deserted alley. "Trevligt ställe." (10)

"I think we should go up to the rooftops," Leo said. "It's safer." Raph and Mike nodded in agreement, and the blue-masked turtle made some kind of super high ninja jump and landed on the fire escape. He beckoned for Don to join him, but the brainy turtle stared at him with eyes as wide asfrying pans.

"Är du inte klok! Det där kan inte jag göra!" (11)

His brothers got the message. "Great," grumbled Raph. "We have to help 'im get up."

Before Don knew it, his younger brothers grabbed him and threw him up in the air, where Leonardo got a hold of his wrist and dragged him up on the fire escape. The second oldest turtle looked around, discovered where he was and gulped. Raph and Mikey joined them, and they started their way up to the rooftop. Don hesitated at first, but Raph glared at him and he decided to follow. He gave a nervous smile. "Öh, visst vet ni om att brandtrappor bara ska användas när det brinner?" (12) He was ignored.

The four ninja turtles reached the rooftop. "So, what now, fearless leader?" Raph asked ironically.

Leo scratched the back of his head. "Well, I guess we just run around for a bit and see if something clicks in his head."

"Oh yeah? And how exactly shall we make 'im jump between the rooftops?"

Leo's eyes widened. "Shell, I didn't think of that."

"Maybe –" Mikey started, but he was interrupted by the sound of footsteps and someone screaming for help. They all gazed down into the alley which they'd just left.

Nine Purple Dragons were surrounding two little boys. "Okay, just give us your cash and no one gets hurt," their leader said – a guy in his mid twenties with dyed hair that was full of styling gel – it looked as if he had a beaver on his head. The boys shivered in fear.

The turtles' eyes narrowed.

"I know that Splinter told us not to go on a patrol, but we cannot just let those Purple Goons get away with this," Mikey said.

"Of course not," Leo agreed. "And maybe we can hit two birds with one stone – Don might get his memory back when he sees us fight. Let's go!"

Three of the ninjas dropped down in the alley, quiet as mice. They sneaked up on the Purple Dragons.

Raph tapped the leader on the shoulder. "Hey, is that yer blue little pet on yer head?" Before the human could answer, he was knocked out.

(I guess you all know how it looks when the TMNT kick people's butts and the crime victims use the commotion to get away, so I won't bore you with details. You know what's happening anyway.)

At first, Donatello had studied the scene below him with great interest, but then he discovered something on the other side of the street that caught his interest. "Vad är det där?" he asked himself. (13) "Jag måste undersöka det!" (14)

No one noticed when he slowly climbed down the fire escape, let himself fall the last seven feet and landed on the ground clumsily. He sneaked out of the alley, carefully so as not to be in the way for any of the other turtles, and crossed the street.

A couple of minutes later, the fight was over. Of course, the ninja turtles had gained victory once again. They climbed the fire escape once again, only to discover that their purple-clad brother wasn't on the rooftop any more.

"Master Splinter?"

"Splinter!"

"Where are you?"

After looking behind every chimney, they had to accept that they'd lost their brother.

"Great," Mikey groaned. "We've got a crazy turtle on the loose."

A reader questioned my decision to put the translations at the end of the chapters. I'll now tell you why I didn't put them directly after the actual speech text. As a matter of fact, I wrote it in that way from the beginning, but when I looked at the text it seemed so… well… messy. And another reason, which might be even more important – when I don't give you the translations right away, I get to confuse you as well as Raph, Leo, Mikey and Splinter. It kind of puts you in their situation – no offence. ;) So, now you know.

1. OUCH! Darn!

2. Thank you, that's kind.

3. Yes?

4. Sure, why not?

5. It doesn't work.

6. What is this?

7. What was that for? I've done nothing to you! It actually hurt! You can die from that!

8. Come to think of it, it cannot be very hygienic to live in the sewers.

9. Have you ever thought about that?

10. Nice place.

11. Are you insane! I cannot do that!

12. Eh, you do know that fire escapes only should be used in case of fire?

13. What is that?

14. I must investigate!

Sincerely,

Idun