How are we all doing on this marvellous (yet still very cold) Monday afternoon? Personally, I'm doing fantastic, considering I watched the latest episode yesterday. Enough about me, enjoy the 5th chapter!

Chapter 5

We entered the house, and looked around. It. looked. marvelous. There were ninja weapons on the wall, rugs with the clan symbol on it, and a little bonsai tree growing in a pot. There were also other things I couldn't identify.

I nudged Mikey. "Nice place they got here."

"Totally!"

I took my right shoe off while Mikey looked around.

"Whoah." He breathed.

"Hey, Camryn!"

"What's up?"

"Come check this out!"

"Hold on, bro. I've still got my shoe on!"

I took my right sock off and sat down on the floor. I was in the process of taking my left shoe off when I felt a tap on the shoulder. I looked up, and saw Hamato Yoshi.

"I see you have picked up some Japanese customs, young one."

I was a little shocked that he spoke English, but responded anyway.

"I used to take karate when I was little. That's where I picked this one up."

"Hmm, I see. What caused you to retire?"

"Illness. I've been wanting to get back to it ever since."

I finally managed to take my shoe and sock off. I was about to feel the floor to see if it was cold, but being a grand ninjutsu master, Yoshi saw this beforehand. He grabbed my hand.

"The floor is fine."

"Alright, then."

I stood up, and began walking to Mikey.

"So, what did you want to show me?"

Mikey turned around, holding something.

"This."

It was a lucky cat.

"Seen 'em before. They're said to bring good luck."

"Correct, my darling. How do you know so much about Japanese figurines?"

We looked to the kitchen. The voice had belonged to Tang Shen, who took the figurine from Mikey, and replaced it on the shelf.

"I actually totally forgot where I learned that."

"Hey, Camryn, wanna look around?"

I had never seen a Japanese house before. Besides the turtle's lair, but then again, the dojo was the only Japanese part of their lair.

"Sure!" I responded.

We walked around the house. We saw a bedroom with a queen sized bed, and down the hall, a nursery along with a dojo.

I was debating whether or not to check the nursery out. One look from Mikey told me not to. I agreed, and we continued on our tour.

MEANWHILE, BACK HOME

Everyone was going about their business. Splinter was having tea, Leo was watching Space Heroes, Raph was working out in the dojo, and April was doing her homework. However, in the lab, something was puzzling Donnie.

"They should have returned hours ago. What could possibly have happened?"

Donnie thought about it. His rocket was only a prototype, which meant there was still room for failure. He wracked his brain, thinking of every possible mishap. Then, it hit him like a punch in the face.

He had built a time machine.

He rushed out of his lab and called everyone into the kitchen.

Once they were all seated, Donnie stood up and prepared to tell everyone what he had discovered.

"Guys, and Sensei, you know how I made a spaceship that can accommodate mutants?"

"Yeah, how'd the experiment go, Donnie?" April asked.

Donnie wheeled in a white board with his calculations, and a visual that he drew.

"You see, April, according to my calculations, I could have instead of sending Camryn and Mikey to the moon as planned, sent them 15 years in the past!"

"So you're saying that you screwed this up? Why am I not surprised?"

Leo elbowed Raph in anger.

"I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that. Anyway, I've put together a very intricate plan for finding them. I'll contact both of them asking them how it feels to be the 1st mutant and 13th human on the moon. Then, I'll use the tracker, that, as you know, is in all the T-Phones and specially designed for times like this. I'll use its coordinates to pinpoint their exact location, and go from there." Donnie concluded.

Leo stood up and walked over to his third youngest brother.

"Donnie, this has to work. If not, Camryn and Mikey could be stuck in the past forever."

"And how, may I ask, do you know this?"

"Space Heroes season 1 episode 26."

Donnie facepalmed.

"Of course." He said. 'Hey, Camryn and Mikey were accidentally sent 15 years in the past! Let's use theories that have no scientific backup WHATSOEVER!'

Splinter walked up to Donnie, who was seething with rage, and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Perhaps you should meditate on this to find the best way to save your brother, and friend."

Donnie nodded, and Sensei escorted him to the dojo, rubbing his shell every so often to calm him down.

So will Donnie use his carefully planned rescue method to save us, or trust Leo on this one? Wait and see!