TMNT 2012 Fanfic: April O'Neil Gets Salmonella and Dies
April stared at the purple-clad turtle named Donatello from across the roof. He stared back. He put that stupid foot obsessed clan in their place by WHACKING them with a stick. Ha, should've seen it COMING
His useless brothers were knocked out cold by the Shredder, but April and Donnie didn't seem to care. And Shredder couldn't give a rip either, as Donnie smacked him in the eyes with his giant stick.
The world stopped for the two of them. Donnie could feel his turtle heart nearly beating out of his chest. April's eyes watered as she stared at her mutant. Forget the other turtles—Donnie threw his life on the line to save April from imminent danger. The other turtles were WEAKLINGS to get knocked out by the foot fanatics.
Donatello walked towards April, who was still shaken up by her encounter with the foot clan. She was cowered in a corner with her hands on her head. He dropped his stick and kneeled down in front of her.
"April?" the purple turtle muttered. "You okay?"
April's eyes glistened as she let out a shaky breath, "Y-yeah, I'm okay…thank you…"
Donnie held his hand out in front of her. April took his hand and he pulled her to her feet.
April kept holding onto Donnie's hand. She took his other hand and looked him straight in the eyes.
She whispered, "You're my mutant, Donnie…I'll always be with you…"
Donnie whispered, "Awww! You're my human, April…and I'll never leave your side!"
Without a moment's notice, April leapt into Donnie and he wrapped his arms around her. They looked at each other once more and locked lips.
Donnie was cold blooded, but April didn't care. April was so warm and they melted into each other's touch. They kissed for what felt like hours. They held the beautiful chemistry of a human and mutant relationship. Donnie stroked April's hair as the two continued to makeout. April giggled into Donnie's lips and he gasped. They had loved each other for a long time, but this was the first time they kissed on the lips. The moment was purely magical. Their lips were wet but they didn't care.
They also didn't care about the three other turtle brothers slumped against the wall across from them.
The three turtles began to wake up as their eyes slowly opened. All of them were groggy but conscious enough to process things. Michelangelo was the first to see the sweet but deadly scene.
He gasped, "AHHHHHHH OMG DONNIE HAS A GIRLFRIEND IT'S APRIL O'NEIL OMG WHAT"
Leonardo questioned, "Wha-what…? What are you…"
He looked up and saw what Mikey was talking about.
"Excuse me?" Raphael said as his head shot up.
Donnie and April pulled away from each other's lips and remained in each other's arms. They were gasping for breath as their heads turned a ninety degree angle to see the loud orange clad turtle, the confused blue clad turtle, and the angry red clad turtle.
"Donnie…" Raphael took a deep breath. "Do you have any idea what you've just done?"
"Uh…I got a girlfriend!" Donnie replied swiftly. "April O'Neil, my beloved!"
The three turtles stared in shock.
"Um, what's wrong?" April asked. "All I did was kiss a mutant turtle. You got something against that?"
"First off…why did you ignore us?" Raphael shouted. "We were likely out for a long time! And secondly, Donnie, you killed April!"
The world froze for everyone. What? What did Raph just say?
"K-killed?" Donnie questioned. "All we did was kiss! You're acting as if I just gave her the plague!"
"That's because you did, dingus!" Raph interrupted. "Salmonella, dude!"
Salmonella?
"Salmonella?" Mikey looked at Raph. "Does that have salmon in it?"
"No, idiot," Raph stammered.
"It's a bacterial infection," Leo interjected. "Everyone knows that when a human kisses a turtle, the human gets infected. And since you two had a makeout session instead of helping us get our butts off the ground, you very well may have infected April!"
April let go of Donnie and stared at the three turtles. Her face went from shock to anger in a second. Donnie picked his stick up from the ground and raised it up.
"How…how DARE you speak such nonsense?!" Donnie screeched.
April yelled, "Well, have you ever considered getting good? Why did you let those foot soldiers beat you up like that?! Only Donnie was there to save me in the end! I almost died because of you—!"
She let out a sudden breath as she collapsed to the ground. Her pupils rolled to the back of her head and drool poured from her mouth.
Donnie dropped to her side and yelped, "APRIL!"
The three other turtles rushed to her aid and kneeled next to her. Donnie grabbed her shoulders and shook them to no avail.
She wasn't waking up.
…
The turtles rushed her to a nearby hospital. She laid unconscious on a hospital bed in an emergency room…but the bed would ultimately become her deathbed.
But no one could've prepared for her untimely demise.
Tears welled up in the eyes of the turtles. They wanted her to be okay…but would she be? She was hooked up to a machine that showed her vitals, and they increasingly got worse with each passing second.
Yup. This is definitely how salmonella works in this world.
April slowly opened her eyes and looked at the four forlorn turtles.
Donnie gasped, "April! You're awake!"
"Wha…" April caught her breath.
"How are you feeling?" Leo asked her.
"Leo…" April gasped. "I…I think I'm dying–"
"Shhh, shhhh…" Raph shushed her, but he was obviously holding back tears. "It's okay. You're okay…"
"You're with us…you're gonna be fine!" Leo choked out. "You'll recover and then we can all hang out again!"
But April was having none of their sugar coated lies. She kept gasping in pain and grabbing her head.
"Hey hey hey, easy, easy…" Donnie whispered and grabbed her hand.
"But…how could I be getting better?" April questioned. "I feel…awful…"
"Please, you HAVE to get better…" Leo cried.
"But doesn't April have salmonella?" Raph questioned.
"I…guess?" April said. "I didn't…want it to end this way…but it's time for me to say goodbye and go see my mom again…"
"Huh–what–" Donnie stammered in disbelief.
"In that case, I'll sing you a relaxing lullaby!" Mikey cheered.
'The Nick Sibling Lullaby' Sing-Along ft. TMNT, The Thundermans & More
Mikey barely got through the song when April interrupted, "Mikey shut up right now, I want to kiss my one true love before I DIEEEEEE"
And with that, April locked lips with Donnie before she fell back onto the bed. The heart monitor beeped for what felt like eternity and she freaking DEAD.
Donnie wept and fell to his knees. The other turtles went waaaa waaaaaaa as well
Splinter busted down the door and shouted, "MY BOYS WHAT HAPPENED"
Mikey cried, "DONNIE GAVE HER THE SALMONELLA WITH HIS LIPS, COWABUNGA!"
Then a doctor finally showed up and walked over the broken door. It was Baxter Stockman.
"Indeed, April had the salmonella!" he cheered.
THE END DON'T KISS TURTLES KIDS
