I'm getting better at uploading I'm so happy! I'm sorry if this is a crappy chapter but I tried REALLY hard! I wrote the first half while listening to Bonnie McKee's "American Girl" and that's where the slurpees came from lol. I don't own TMNT, The Monster (song), or American Girl!
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"Save me from all this conflict 'cuz the very thing that I love is killing me and I can't conquer it."
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The Monster
Chapter 5: Early Dismissal
"I don't get why Mr. Mussler gives us homework on the first day of school. It's ridiculous. I mean give us some time to breath here! Science sucks..." Rambled April O'Neil's best friend, Abigail Perri.
The girls had just had their second class of the new school year and nobody was more upset about school than April, no matter how whiny Abigail was.
Summer was the only time that April could be 100% completely free. Her Aunt Leslie was always out on business and expected April to take care of herself and as long as she met up with Abigail and Casey every once and awhile there was no suspicions and she could spend all her time with the turtles. Now that school had started she had to worry about studying with Abigail, tutoring Casey, remembering her work, and staying away from all the people she didn't like.
Fun.
"At least it's lunch. We could probably get permission to run over to the MiniMart across the street and grab slurpees." April said.
"Do you think they'll have red raspberry?"
"They always have red raspberry. It's like their most popular flavor considering you literally get two jumbo cups every other day. You run that place, Abby." The blue eyed girl joked.
Abigail was about April's height with long pure fiery red, and possibly dyed hair that was always up in a bun with a few strands hanging down, rich green eyes, a pure face that covered up her rougher nature, and pale skin. She always wore a purple hockey jersey for a local team and skinny jeans. Abigail loved red raspberry slurpees.
"Do you think we should pick up one for Casey?" Abigail asked.
"Yeah, why not."
The two girls squeezed past many screaming high schoolers into the cafeteria. April asked the lunch monitor for permission to go to the store across the street while Abigail flashed their money to jealous kids at their lunch tables.
"Do y'know where Casey is? We can take him as well." April asked as she walked up to her friend as she taunted Rubin McLaughlin with a ten dollar bill.
"Probably changing out of his hockey gear, he had gym. Who cares lets go without him!"
"Alright." Casey's tutor sighed.
Going out the lunchroom's back doors, no matter how many times the two girls had done it, was never a pleasant experience. It always reeked of trash from the many dumpsters from past lunches and classes and sometimes the weirdo janitor was out there and tried to make conversation with them. This time, the two sprinted to the MiniMart to avoid both these things.
"I hope Nancy's working her shift now. She always gives us a discount." Abigail smiled as she rubbed her hands together in anticipation.
"I hope so as well because I'm recounting my money and it seems I've miscalculated...I only have enough for one slurpee." April held her money nervously.
The two redheads looked around the familiar convenience store as the bell jingled, not alerting the gum smacking clerk behind the desk that they were there. She looked about their age, probably a few years older, and they wondered why she was at work instead of school.
Her long blond hair was pulled into a side ponytail and a red streak that looked fresh from Abigail's head ran right through the strands in the middle. The name "Ingrid" was written in sloppily in cursive on a checker bordered name tag. She was staring down at a tabloid that she'd taken from the slots they have in line.
April and Abigail shared a shrew glance and then proceeded to creep to the slurpee machines in the back of the store unnoticed by Ingrid.
"Yes! Red raspberry!"
April subtly rolled her eyes as she observed the three flavors: Red raspberry, orange, and root beer. The lighter red head turned the root beer nozzle and stopped once the large cup was halfway full, and then turned the nozzle on the orange machine and filled up the rest of the cup.
Some things that don't seem like they go together actually make a great couple.
Once Abigail had finished nearly flooding her jumbo cup with red raspberry fluids, the girls went to see if they could negotiate with the teenage clerk to see if they could get a discount of their drinks. Something told them this wasn't going to be as easy as pushing a discount out of Nancy, who was old enough to be each of their mothers.
Setting down their cups, the two dug out the little amount of money that they had and presented it to Ingrid. The girl pushed the two cups to opposite sides of her so she could clearly see April and Abigail and with a snobbish attitude, looked down at the cash and grimaced.
"That's all?"
"Yeah..." April gulped.
Ingrid raised an eyebrow.
"But if it makes any difference my friend Abigail and I are frequent goers of this fine establishment and often get discounts on our orders from your lovely fellow clerks!" The blue eyed beauty smiled as beads of sweat formed on her forehead.
Ingrid didn't look impressed.
"This isn't gonna cover it."
"C'mon Ingrid, old pal! We need a little freeziness to help us get through the rest of our school day!" Abigail chimed in.
"OMG be quiet! Your not getting a discount now dump out these cups and SCRAM!" Ingrid scoffed.
"Whoah sweetie it's okay! They're with me, see? Got their money right here." A familiar voice came into earshot behind them as more money landed on the counter.
"Casey!" Both redheads exclaimed in joy, he was also holding a slurpee.
"That'll be three slurpees, Madame." The hockey player said smoothly.
Ingrid scowled as she slammed the money into the register and slapped the receipt on the counter.
"Keep the change." Casey said coolly as he plucked the receipt from it's spot and picked up the frozen drink.
All three laughed as they left a enraged clerk behind the desk and walked out, heading back to the school to drink their icy treats.
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A ruckus erupted in the streets of New York as roars echoed through alleys and cars lay overturned in the middle of the streets. People fled for their lives as a rampaging beast made it's way down the streets, demolishing nearly everything in it's path.
Mothers and fathers scrambled to save their children and cars turned in the opposite direction once their drivers laid eyes on the monster.
Nobody knew quite where he was going but nobody cared as his menacing claws threatened to slash the victims of crashed cars. The police were alerted but it's not like they could do a thing to stop Monster-Donnie from reaching Roosevelt High.
His brothers wouldn't come tearing after him until they fixed the lair and alerted Splinter, he knew it. Knowing Leo, they would also inspect his lair and find out the reason why and how this all happened.
"This just gives me more time to get April and get far away." Donatello thought with a fanged smirk appearing across his face.
Currently the monstrosity was running down a main road on all fours, he was faster that way, and looking every which way for any sign of Roosevelt High. Any previous memories of it's location had been wiped away during his mutation so finding the school was the biggest of Donnie's problems.
Upon arriving he would beat down anything and anyone that he had to in order to reach April, whatever the costs. He would then take her far from the area, maybe in a deep and dark sewer tunnel or an abandoned barn in the countryside, and then keep her all for himself.
Simple.
In the distance, a wide tan building could be made out by keen eyes and Donatello's red ones narrowed in concentration as he sped up. He didn't want to wait any longer than he must to see April.
Beautiful April.
Sweet April.
His April.
All for him...
With these final thoughts, the monster rocketed through the glass front doors, breaking them, and soon to be the lives of many Roosevelt High School students.
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"Casey you really saved our butts back there. Thanks man." Abigail blushed slightly.
"No problem! I had a feeling you two would be there." The boy said.
The three took seats at the back lunch table and took the straws to their mouths.
"How'd you get there so fast?" April asked, releasing the straw.
"Yeah we thought you had hockey practice in gym." Abigail added.
"I did! I just speeded up the process a little to meet up with you guys considering I thought you'd be there on the first day."
Casey spun around in his seat as he said the last words:
"And you were!"
The girls laughed as they took countless sips of their drinks.
The loud comfort of the joyous kids in the cafeteria made April feel a certain warm, fuzzy like feeling despite the cold liquids in her stomach. All the kids, even the popular ones, seemed to be happy and April felt that nothing could ruin this mood.
Casey and Abigail talked about the latest hockey news, a topic she didn't have much interest in, so April gazed off into the courtyard where the sun shone through. Everything was so beautiful outside...except for the glass that was shattering on the visible upper floor.
"Guys!" The auburn hair girl cried as she whipped around in her seat.
"What is it, Red?" Casey asked.
"I just saw a bunch of glass shattering on the upper floors and I think-"
April was cut off by a series of alarms and loud screams as somewhere in the building, someone or something had set off the now crazy fire alarm. Students were running down the hallways by the cafeteria screaming in panic, some even had blood on them. Then the lunchroom erupted into chaos as kids everywhere stared to scramble for refuge that was nowhere in particular. The trio of friends had no idea what to do or what was even happening, they just stood there pressed against an air conditioner trying to avoid being trampled by the many students around them.
"What even is this?!" Casey screamed over the crowd.
Loud, hulking footsteps were heard from down the hall along with terrifying roars that shook the room causing countless lunches to spill everywhere. Screaming got louder and blood became more prominent by the minuet. Was there a shooting massacre going on or something?
"Guys we gotta get out of here!" Abigail said, her voice shaking.
The three had just darted around to leave when a noise completely washed out the screaming of the fire alarm and the screaming of the many teens fleeing for their life or fleeing from their ended lives.
A earth-shattering roar shattered all remaining glass and knocked April, Casey, and Abigail over like a house of cards in a windstorm.
They pushed themselves up and turned to see one of the most horrifying things imaginable:
A giant monster crying out with countless bloody teens laying dead or injured as he mercilessly pushed pass them, flipping lunch tables and throwing random objects.
The girls screamed, but Casey took a leading role and grabbed both of their arms.
"We gotta run!"
April and Abigail nodded in agreement and stumbled over the messy cafeteria that smelled of fresh blood and trash.
Beastly Donatello flipped another table and it came crashing down on Abigail's leg and she screamed out in horror along with her two best friends who desperately began to tug at her arms.
April yanked viciously and looked up at the beast to see how much time she had left only to see something much different and it made her rethink everything...
A bloody purple mask wrapped around the large turtle monster's head.
A sick feeling churned in her stomach as she had tried to swallow everything that had recently been put on her plate but soon, Donnie made eye contact with her. She could almost feel the burn of his red eyes piercing into her calm blue orbs that threatened to burst with tears at any moment.
"APRIL!" The monster screeched in an unearthly voice but hidden underneath, April and anyone else who knew Donatello could clearly hear his normal, angelic voice. It was just tucked away a bit.
"C'mon Red, PULL!" Casey hollered.
"April!" Abigail gave a tortured cry.
Donnie decided to solve the problem himself. He lifted up the table, Casey yanked Abigail free and balanced her in his arms, then the table was thrown against a wall and both items broke violently upon impact.
"RUN!" The black haired boy screamed to his two female friends.
The high schoolers turned quickly but with a lunge from the beast behind them, a bloodstained claw encircled April and plucked her into the air where she screamed for her two friends below who cowered on the ground in front of the same air conditioner from a couple minuets ago.
"APRIL!" Abigail and Casey called in unison.
They couldn't hear her returning screams through yet another monstrous sound that emerged from the deadly creatures throat. Donatello clawed at the teens crumpled on the floor but Casey blocked Abigail and himself with a discarded lunch tray.
With the bearing of fangs and a low voiced growl, Donatello turned around and ran on his hind legs and left hand out of the destroyed cafeteria with April prisoner in his right fist.
The remaining survivors didn't bother to get up, even after the monster and his captive had clearly left the building.
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There's April and Monstertello's first encounter! That was such a thrill to write and don't worry, Abigail is a minor character because I know most people don't like OC's I just need a female friend of or April. To clarify, Monster-Donnie isn't like King Kong's height, he's like as tall as two Leo's on top of each other standing straight with insane strength and all that. I'm so excited for the next chapter, PLEASE REVIEW! ~PurpleKittyFangirl