It's almost Christmas and I'm soo excited! Here's my gift to you for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever holiday you celebrate! I don't own The Monster (Song) it is by Eminem and Rihanna or TMNT (unfortunately).
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"Wanted to recieve attention for my music, wanted to be left alone in public. Excuse me."
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The Monster
Chapter 2: Solution For the Problem
It was finished.
After months of research, searching for mutagen containers, April's boyfriend, and unrequited love, the retro-mutagen was finally finished.
Donatello fell back in a swivel chair with pure relief.
Mr O'Neil, Timothy, Dr. Rockwell, maybe even Xever and Bradford would be able to walk the earth as humans again and it was all thanks to him an all his hard work.
Donnie couldn't say that his bothers didn't help though. Even though half the time the three other turtles would mess things up for him, they had helped a great deal as well. Their brotherly love had been tested over friends, fights, love for others, and much more but they stood through it all.
"It's all paid off..." The turtle thought as he glanced warmly over at Pulverizer who was still frozen.
"How about we test it out first, before I put your life in even more danger, eh Tim?" He chuckled as he grabbed a can of mutagen.
Donnie took an apple he'd snatched from a windowsill on patrol a couple evenings ago and set it down on a small table underneath the emergency science shower and the large fluorescent lamps. Carefully, he took a small amount of mutagen in a spoon lathered in on to the fruit like he was painting pottery.
Soon the apple grew in size and tentacles burst from it's core. Donatello reared backwards as the newest mutant in the world turned and bared a nice set of shiny fangs and pointy red eyes at him.
An unearthly sound erupted from the lair as the team scientist attempted to get his crazy creation to calm down. The retro-mutagen was the real reason he'd even done this so Donnie dodged a tentacle and ran for his solution on the now opposite side of the lair.
"What is Donnie doing in there?!" Raph growled from the main living area.
"Whatever it is it's sure getting annoying!" Leo clenched his jaw as he paused Space Heroes so he wouldn't miss it while chewing out one of his younger brothers.
"Dudes! I was trying to read my comics and then this freaky tentacle thing busted my door down!" Michelangelo cried, running into the lair.
"It's Donnie! We gotta see what's up!" Raph announced.
The three brothers drew their weapons and cautiously slipped into the lab where they found the other turtle attempting to grab a vile of icy blue liquid that the fruity enemy was holding. Every tool and beaker in the room was either spilled or broken on the concrete floor and the monster was advancing on the smartest turtle who was now hunched in the corner worriedly pointing his Bō at his creation.
"Donnie hold on!" The blue clad turtle called from the other end of the room as he attempted to slash one of the tentacles off the creature with his katanas.
"What is this thing?!" Raphael screamed.
"It's a result of the first phase of my retro-mutagen test! I was gonna change him back with it but now he has it!"
"Maybe he'll drink it!" Mikey smiled.
"He may spill it and that's the only batch I have!" Donnie continued.
"Okay I have a plan. Raph, Donnie, the three of us will take care of the apple while Mikey grabs the retro-mutagen. Got it?"
Leonardo plotted with extreme ease, just like any good leader would.
The three older boys sprung into action while little Mikey literally bounced off the walls while trying to think of a name for his new "friend".
"Mikey! The retro-mutagen PLEASE!" Donatello hissed as he stabbed at a tentacle.
"You got it, dude!"
Michelangelo positioned himself atop a large machine and hunched down so he couldn't be seen by his foe. With his nunchuks clenched tightly in his hands, he launched himself forward.
"BOOYAKASHA!" The youngest turtle hollered as he knocked out the front row of the mutated apple's fangs.
"GAAAH!" Raph cried as he jumped backwards continuously to avoid being skewered by the spearlike teeth that were flying around the lab.
While the monster was distracted by his teeth or lack of, Michelangelo had successfully flown through the air and snagged the retro-mutagen. He landed with a thud and held his prize up proudly so his brother's could see what a great job he'd done. What the young turtle got, wasn't exactly praise, a rage filled swing of a tentacle came and knocked Mikey right over.
Donnie dove forward and caught his retro-mutagen, cradling it like a baby as Leo and Raph helped Mikey up off the cold ground.
"We have to destroy this thing!" Leonardo declared.
"Really? Thanks captain obvious!" Raph rolled his eyes.
"He's getting away!" Donnie cried as the apple mutant busted down the lab's door and emerged in the main living area, putting Splinter and April in danger if they crossed it.
The boys pursued the mutant into the next room, trying all they could to slow him down and dump the antidote on him so things would go back to normal.
"Guys what's going on?" A tired voice said from down a hallway.
"April! Don't come in here!" The brainiest turtle ordered.'
"What?" The girl mumbled as she appeared in a doorway.
April's eyes widened at the sight in front of her and she slowly drew her tessen, careful not to startle the new mutant.
"Good...apple?" She soothed.
"Is she calming it down?" Raph asked with a puzzled tone.
"Apparently. Sensei did say she had a gift..." Leo answered.
The four watched carefully as April pet the beast gently and with every stroke, it became calmer.
"There you go, nice boy." The auburn haired beauty sighed. "He's friendly, guys. I think you were just scaring him."
"WE were scaring HIM? He attacked us!" Raphael exclaimed.
"Dude calm down! April's a chill girl and she's got awesome monster calming powers!" The orange masked turtle smiled.
"That was great, April. Good job." Leo wrapped up.
"Now for the moment we've all been waiting for, the unveiling test of my retro-mutagen!"
"Aww Donnie does he have to go?" April frowned as she pet the monster again.
"I'm afraid so. I have to know if the formula works because then we can change Timothy and your dad back!" Donatello explained.
"My dad?! Okay, go for it!"
Mr. O'Neil's daughter clapper excitedly.
The smartest turtle approached the mutant that his crush kept calm and ordered his brother's to distance themselves in case something went wrong. Measuring the liquid's level of reverse mutagenicity, Donatello poured the smallest amount possible for the experiment to work onto the stem of the fruit and waited for a reaction.
A wail came from the creature and it's tentacles shriveled up like raisins until the point where they were that size. The eyes seemingly seeped into the skin and disappeared as the fruit shrunk back down to normal size and the mouth gap came back together to leave just a normal apple, like the one the scientist had started with before.
"It worked...my retro-mutagen worked...it WORKED!" Donnie screamed as he scooped the apple up into his large hands.
"You did it, bro!" Mikey laughed.
"Good work, Don." Leo smiled.
"This means...Spike..." Raph muttered to himself, lost in thoughts.
"This is great! Now we can rid of harmful mutants that threaten New York like Snakeweed and Spider Bytes!" April laughed as she hugged a extremely excited Donnie.
"I have the recipe for it in my lab, I also have the ingredients so first thing tomorrow morning we can all make a new batch and un-mutate anyone we want!" Donatello explained.
"We should find April's dad first." Mikey said as the human girl smiled at him.
"C'mon team, we have a mutant bat to find." Leo ordered.
April took a small vial and poured the retro-mutagen inside for Donnie to carry with him during the mission. After sealing it up tightly, she strapped it onto his Bō Staff so he wouldn't lose it while running around the roofs of the city.
"Good luck guys! And thank you!" She called as they left the lair and vanished into the dark sewers.
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"If I was a middle aged bat mutant where would I be..." Michelangelo asked himself as he and his brother's searched every nook and cranny on the rooftop they were on for any trace of Mr. O'Neil.
"Figures the one time we want to find an enemy they're all nowhere to be seen." Raphael huffed.
"Raph, April's dad isn't an enemy. His mutation was an accident and he really doesn't mean any harm to us or April." His older brother scolded.
"Guys I'm picking up a canister of mutagen nearby." Donatello interrupted, looking over his tracker.
"We'll handle the mutagen, then Mr. O'Neil." Leo decided.
Donnie's brothers followed him, since he had the tracker, to the location of the mutagen canister which was halfway across town near where April's friend named Abigail lived. As they jumped, their feet became louder because not many people traversed this area of New York.
"What was that?" Don stopped dead in his tracks, halting his brothers as well.
"What was what?" Raph said with a ticked tone.
"A noise, I heard a noise."
"Well your not hard of hearing, I'd be worried if you didn't hear a noise!"
"Dudes!" Mikey whispered.
His brothers turned to see him pointing towards a glowing light and a large silhouette around a corner. It appeared to be eating something and based on the sounds it was making, it wasn't the daintiest of creatures.
"Is it a bear?" The orange clad turtle asked lightly.
"Yes, Mikey. Because bears roam around the New York rooftops." Raph hissed quietly.
"Both of you hush, this is definitely a mutant." Leonardo said.
"It seems to be right next to the mutagen. I guess someone just got mutated." The inventor frowned.
"Good thing you have the retro-mutagen, let's go bag him." The leader pressed.
The four stealthily rounded the corner and were shocked at what they found. There, in the blue glow of the mutagen, was a large bat mutant who was staring at them and seemingly trying to open the canister. All of the turtles knew who this particular batty monstrosity was.
"Mr. O'Neil!" They all said in unison.
The mutant in questions looked up with a startled look in his large greenish blue eyes. His gaze locked on the boys who stood as still as statues so Mr. O'Neil wouldn't feel obliged to wildly attack them.
"You guys try and keep him still, I'll handle the rest." Donatello whispered.
Leo, Raph, and Mikey jumped into the air and swiftly landed behind the bat. The littlest turtle wrapped the chain of his nunchaku around the creature quickly and the other two used their weapons to pin him down to the ground as he screamed and reared upwards in fear and pain.
"So much for keeping him still guys!" Don grumbled.
"We're trying!" Leonardo shot back.
Donnie rolled his eyes and darted over to the spastic bat, ready with the retro-mutagen clenched tightly in between his fingers as he used his other hand to subtly open the vial.
"This may sting a little, Mr. O'Neil, but it'll be over before you know it."
Without another word, the scientist dumped the rest of the contents in the vial on the restrained "man" in front of him. He then quickly stepped back to watch the transformation take place.
Kirby bellowed and shrieked as his wings contracted into his back and his skin turned to normal color and his head shrunk back down. Soon the screams were replaced by heavy breathing and curled up on the ground was none other than a fully cured Mr. Kirby O'Neil. The turtles rejoiced and hugged each other, the retro-mutagen REALLY worked!
"What the...oh my head." The man grumbled as he stood up, rubbing his temple.
"Mr. O'Neil! Your ok!" Donnie cried.
"Is, is April ok?" He stuttered.
"Right as rain, dude!" Mikey giggled.
"Can I see her?"
"Of course! She's back at the lair." Leo smiled.
"I'm a little weak."
"Here, I gotcha." Donatello offered as he carried a weakened Kirby like he did April with his Bō Staff.
With this matter settled, the boys quickly made their way back to the lair deep in the sewers.
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"April! We've got a surprise for you!" Michelangelo cried upon bouncing into the lair.
The girl instantly ran into the living room with Splinter from the dojo an sat down like a seven year old eager to open a Christmas present.
The turtles paraded inside, smiles ablaze on their faces as Donnie presented the healed Mr. O'Neil to his ecstatic daughter.
"DAD!" She cried as she ran over and nearly tackled him in a hug.
"Oh your back!"
"April..." The man whispered into his daughter's hair, it was all he could muster.
After she broke away from her joyous father, April made her way over to Donnie to thank him.
"I can't explain how grateful I am, thank you so much Donnie!" She laughed as she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him on the cheek once more causing him to giggle uncontrollably for a few seconds.
"You have done well, my sons. I expect that you will be treating more of our mutated friends in the morning?" Splinter said.
"Hai, Sensei!" Every turtle answered.
"Well then I shall bid you all a congratulations, and a good nights rest." With that, Master Splinter retreated to his room, away from the festivities.
After a lively party like the dancing party they held after they defeated the Kraang Overlord, all the lair patrons were tuckered out and in the midst of all the ending, Donatello disappeared into his lab.
"Well Tim if I'm gonna change you back in the morning I best get to work on the next batch of retro-mutagen." The turtle talked to the blob as he rummaged through the drawers in his lab to find his recipe and beakers.
"Where are those blasted beakers. I have the recipe right here!" Don glanced at Pulverizer.
"Oh Timothy...any mutant can be transformed into a human and live a normal life now."
The purple clad creature looked at his reflection in Tim's encasement. Hideous green skin, an ugly oval bald head, a large hulking appearance, he was utterly disgusting. April would never love him...
"ANY mutant..." He started as he stared at the creature in his reflection.
"Can be human..."
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DONNIE YOUR BEAUTIFUL I LOVE YOU. Sorry had to let that Please lease excuse any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors, I'm really rushed lately and I hope you all have a happy and safe holiday season! You all rock! Don't forget to review! ~PurpleKittyFangirl