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Klunk watched worriedly as Shelldon zipped around the room she kept low to the floor to avoid being hit. "Shelldon! Donnie has said not to Drone race in the lair!" she whined. "I'm gonna tell them if you don't stop!"
"You can take your threat and shove it Klunk!" Shelldon sneered zipping right over her head as she growled after him.
"BAD!" she hissed in frustration. She was about to change into bug to find Mikey when she heard a crash. Then another crash. It came from the Kitchen where Donnie was. "Finally!" she hissed cathartically.
"SHELLLLLLLLDOOOONNN!" Donnie screamed as the small Drone came to a stop and turned with a quick eyeroll. "I told you no Drone racing in the lair!"
"Tch!" Shelldon growled before pointing one of his rotors behind him. "You guys have a giant Skate Ramp in the house, and I can't race!"
"No, you can't!" Donnie ordered firmly with his arms crossed glaring at Shelldon.
"Why!?" Shelldon snapped.
"Because I said so!" Donnie snapped before pulling out devices with the spider arms from his Battle Shell. "Emailed So and Texted so!" he snapped counting off the ways on his fingers.
"That's so unfair!" Shelldon snapped throwing his front rotors up and down as much as he could. "I'm sick of this Shell-Pression!" he snarled flying off.
"Problem Donnie?" Mikey asked with Klunk on his shoulders as he ate some of the cheese off his headset.
Donnie sighed, "It's Shelldon I just upgraded his operating system to version thirteen." Donnie said as they all watched Shelldon. He was flying around the upper levels of the lair. "I remember it like it was yesterday when he was a twinkle in my Toolbox and now, he is a pain in my shell!" he groaned. "He charges until noon! He's always coding back to me! And now he's Drone racing all over the house. I don't know what to do!"
"Well, it could be you guys have communication problems. Carol says the foundation of a good relationship is communication. That and many problems could've been solved with clear communication. Think of all the movies where the plot could've been avoided if they had talked things out." Mikey replied.
"I communicate." Donnie grunted.
"Because I said so is not an answer Donnie," Mikey replied.
"Also, you could stand to be a bit clearer. And maybe express your feelings a bit better." Klunk added gingerly.
"Yes, feelings hot, cold, hunger, sleep- "Donnie listed before Mikey cut him off.
"No feelings like anger and fear." Mikey said. "In fact," he said pulling up a picture to go with the one from Yesterday on the phone. "Remind you of anyone?" he asked showing a picture of an exasperated Shelldon being yelled at by Donnie who was shaking his fist.
"NNNOPE!" Donnie replied to them a bit defiantly.
Mikey and Klunk gave him the same judgmental look as Mikey swiped between the two pictures which had Splinter and Donnie in the same position although Donnie was the exasperated one. They had the same expressions between both pictures. As Mikey flipped back and forth Donnie gasped in shock as he saw him and Splinter syncing up as one.
"NO ANYTHING BUT THAT!" he yelped in horror begore jumping to his knees. "Help me, Micheal! Help me!" he begged.
"Okay, Carol says to use X and Y statements." Mikey declared.
"What does that mean?" Donnie asked.
"Basically, 'when you do X It makes me feel Y.'" Mikey replied as they heard a crash and rushed to see that Klunk had crashed in the lab into one of Donnie's new inventions.
"My Black Hole generator! SHELLLDON!" Donnie screamed again when Mikey gripped his shoulders as Donnie gritted his teeth.
"Donnie remember, your X And Y statements!" Mikey coached as Donnie stomped forward.
"Shelldon!" he said through gritted teeth. "When you destroy my priceless inventions, I feel Angry!" he growled through gritted teeth.
"Eye Roll." Shelldon muttered in annoyance as he did just that.
"You did not just- "Donnie began with a slight snarl.
"Donnie," Mikey remined as he shook his head at him.
"Ohkaaaay," Donnie said growling as he tried again. "Shelldon when you eye roll at me! I feel very, very (that's two verys) Annoyed- "he saw that Shelldon had basically flown off to look at an iPad. "Oh, that is it!" Donnie snapped grabbing a nearby ring with a chain on the end. "You are grounded young man!" he growled before snapping it on his back left rotor. "Literally!"
"Hey!" Shelldon yelped.
"Shelldon!" Klunk cried.
"Donnie!" Mikey said in shock as they both jumped down to catch Shelldon as he fell. He ended up on top of Klunk and in the arms of Mikey as they all looked at Donnie two sadden the other glaring with rage.
"That is a restraining bolt!" Donnie said pointing to the tech Ball and chain. "From now on you do not go anywhere or do anything without my say so!" he growled.
"Zero-one-zero-zero-one you!" Shelldon screamed as he struggled to move pulling the ball and chain with him as Donnie's jaw dropped in shock.
"You watch your mouth young man!" he spat. "Sorry you two but I needed a solution that actually does things!" Donnie defended.
X X X
Klunk's ears twitched as she suddenly heard grunting and groaning and the sound of something heavy being dragged as a couple of doors shut. "Shelldon?" she asked rushing out to see the door to the lair entrance open when she went outside the manhole that went to the surface was open with light pouring into the sewers below. "Oh no!" she gasped climbing up the ladder and looking around hoping to find Shelldon as she was able to find slight drag marks she could follow.
As she ran as fast as she could to find she felt relief when she heard Shelldon's engine and the ball dragging on the ground in central park nearby and rushed over. She stopped when she heard a new voice but one, she recognized.
"Us? Ahaheh No, we're just misunderstood teens who don't play by the rules."
"Kendra!" Klunk gasped as she rushed forward just in time to see Kendra remove the restraining bolt. She was being too nice. Last time she had hacked Shelldon and used him as a projector.
"Shelldon no!" Klunk hissed as they all watched Shelldon zip around the area in joy.
"Whoo hoo! Booyakasha!" he declared happily.
"Whoo hoo hoo nice moves." Kendra declared as Shelldon paused to grin as much as he could. The Dragons were about to leave when Kendra turned back to Shelldon.
"Hey we were gonna have some unsupervised fun maybe join the Drone races….you can come if you want." Kendra offered.
"Really?!" Shelldon asked happily.
"Shelldon no!" Klunk jumped out. "You can't go with them they're bad guys."
"They're only bad guys because Donnie said so!" Shelldon snapped at Klunk getting right in her face. "And he only cares about himself. The Dragons get me! You and him don't! You're always taking Donnie's side."
"I….." Klunk muttered unsure of what to say, "But Shelldon it's only that-" he wasn't listening he was already behind the Dragons to go with them.
"I'm up for it it's cool, sorry you had to see that." Shelldon replied trying to keep up an image.
"Oh no I get it," Kendra said with a slight sneer as Klunk curled up a bit getting low as the girl got right in her face. "Some people think of nothing but themselves. But I hope you heard him loud and clear kitty kat he's made his choice. And you've lost him." She sneered as Klunk shivered turning into a Rock and watching as they left. Once they were gone, she began to tear up.
"MIKEY, DONNIE!" she sobbed, running back towards the lair.
X X X
"Ahh yes!" Donnie said as he began to gather ingredients for his ultimate breakfast sandwich, "finally. You see Mikey with Shelldon grounded I can make and enjoy my toasted avocado baco-bagel-rito in peace!" he said as he began preparing it.
"Don't you think it's time to take off that restraining bolt?" Mikey asked with yawn keeping his half-lidded look.
"GUYS!" Klunk shouted jumping into Mikey's arms.
"Klunk what's wrong?" Mikey asked worriedly.
"Shelldon ran away! And he won't come back!" Klunk sobbed.
"What but that's, he-"Donnie yelped as he rushed to the lab where Shelldon was seemingly apologizing and needing to charge as he ripped of the sheet revealing a Boom box with a cassette playing over and over again with balls tapped to it. Donnie immediately smashed it and he took off from one of the doors in his lab. Klunk was flying after him as fast as she could as Mikey called after them.
"Shelldon!?" Donnie asked looking around City Hall.
"Shelldon!?" he shouted in the Mystic Library only to get snatched by the Hush bats still in the same pose. "Shelldon?!" he asked in the kiddie room.
"Shelldon!?" he called from a toilet. Then again from the Surface Pillar ruins. Again, in Albearto land in a bumper car.
"SHELLLDOOOONNN!" he shouted from the ocean near the sunset. Then in the Scrap yard. "SHEEEELLLLDOOOOOONNN!" he cried loudly as Klunk landed beside him a bit exhausted as she let out a tired huff.
"This is some top-notch scrap." They heard Repo say, and looked over to see he was talking with a bald man with a bluish-grey goatee. "Where'd you get all this?"
"Whoa, whoa, Loose Lips Malinowski don't talk about sources…." He said as Klunk and Donnie got in closer they looked fortunately there was no Shelldon allowing them to sigh in relief. "I'm not just gonna tell you I got it from the Drone races, where wayward Drone Teens go when they run after a nasty argument with their misguided Parental Figure that they'll regret for the rest of their lives. There that's where I got it."
"Ah, Shame," Repo sighed picking up the remains of the Drone. "All this senseless carnage could be avoided if people just learned to communicate."
Donnie looked at the pile of drones and imagined a bunch of broken Shelldon his heart squeezing in pain. "You can be harsh with him." Klunk muttered hanging her head with her ears drooping.
"Do you know where he is now?" Shelldon asked.
"The Purple Dragons," Klunk said.
"What?!" Donnie yelped. "Why didn't you tell me sooner!?" he asked.
"I tried! But you wouldn't listen!" Klunk protested as Donnie sighed.
"We have to get him back!" Donnie cried. "They're just using him, Klunk can you tell me what you know."
"Okay, they were going towards a car. So it might not be in New York." Klunk replied. "Kendra also worded it like it was gonna happen soon."
"So we only have an imminent amount of time. Go get Mikey, I'll figure out where the nearest Drone Races." Donnie replied as Klunk nodded and flew back off to the lair.
X X X
Shelldon flew along side the car excitedly as they headed to the laser drome where he helped them win a game against some punk kids defending Jayce when he got cornered the two-fist bumped. The next thing they did in a reshowing of Avengers Endgame was target practice someone had fallen asleep. And they were currently trying to throw food into his mouth. Shelldon used Laser guidance to allow Jeremy to throw a chocolate bar in there which made him cough and wake up. The four cheered getting shushed by the other movie goers as they quietly chuckled.
Soon they were watching the Sunrise at the shore near Jersey Beach. "So now that you're a Dragon how'd you like to race for us in the Drone Races?" Kendra asked with a smile. Shelldon thought for a moment.
"Yeah!" He said happily as the two-fist bumped.
"Dragon's till the end." She said as they made their way to a Warf with a very tall warehouse with all the lights on.
"Here we are Dragons!" Kendra said leaning up against the door and opening it. "The World of Underground Drone racing." She said as Shelldon beheld a massive obstacle course and zips of color and light zipping around he didn't pay much attention to one that exploded after crashing into a support pillar. He had to force himself not to look to keep up with the Dragons as they made their way to the starting point.
Kendra turned to him with a smug look. As they looked around at various tech wizards working on their Drones. "Heh these Drones got nothing on you." Kendra said as they went to their spot. "You're gonna win us that prize." She said looking up at it while putting her hand on Shelldon's back.
"The Shadow Transmitter!" Jayce said in awe for seeing it in person. "It's so powerful! And blinky!" Jayce said mesmerized. Shelldon got a bit mesmerized too as the Dragons headed into an elevator leaving him behind to race.
"See you at the finish line Shell." Kendra called as the doors shut. Shelldon had even noticed Baxter Stockboi with a few bandages on him probably from a couple days ago. He was in his Albearto Mech Suit that seemed to be talking with him inside. But had some patch work on him too.
"Welcome Warriors of the Sky to the Thunder Drone!" shouted a voice that had the crowd roaring in excitement Shelldon looked up to see who it was but didn't leave his position. A yellow car on cables came down with a guy in his early twenties with a Neon blue shirt with white rims and cherry red hair Gold glasses similar to Splinter's and blue jeans coming down and revving up the crowd. "I'm your host Billionaire Guy Eccentric! Billionaire is my first name and not a reference to my financial situation," He added nervously. He then tapped on his ear bud. "Really two last minute entries? Introducing, Klunktron and Drone-atello!" He cheered as the audience roared in excitement.
"Klunktron, Drone-atello!?" Shelldon yelped recognizing the names and looked over to his left. Donnie was wearing a hat and had his goggles over his eyes and had shoved himself in a cardboard box and was holding himself up by gripping two small propellers that had some anti-gravity tech in them.
Then there was Klunk who was in the shape of a cat crouched on all fours with a crescent shaped mechanical tail and rotor wings on her back. Her eyes were like Shelldon's but yellow. She had turned herself into a Drone built like him but orange and shaped like a cat. They both looked nervously at him. "GUYS?!" he yelped. "What are you guys doing here?!" he growled.
"We've come to take you home! This place is bad Drones get killed here!" Klunk begged.
"She's right! I Know you're mad at me but don't do this!" Donnie added. "it's too dangerous!"
"Well, my friends don't think so!" Shelldon argued his eyes narrowing. "They think I can win!"
"But they're using you! They don't care if you get hurt!" Klunk cried.
"Racers! Start your rotors!" Billionaire called as a flag waved. A set of lights came down.
"Listen to Klunk! Those, jerks are not your friends!" Donnie said firmly but was trying to keep calm he knew anger wouldn't help right now.
"You're wrong! They don't have any rules and let me do whatever I want!" Shelldon snapped.
The horn rang as the lights went green. "Dragons to the end!" Shelldon shouted rushing off.
"Shelldon!" Klunk cried.
"Shelldon wait!" Donnie cried as they chased after him. The two zipped down the path. The red Drone had gotten into a fight with Baxter's the two crashed as they tried to knock each other off the track as they went through the hologram gates. Klunk and Donnie pulled apart as Baxter's now broken Micro-Drone was sent flying onto the track destroyed.
"SHELLDON!" the two cried out in worry as they rushed to keep up. Another Drone was sent flying at them. Klunk yelped as she spun out of the way.
"That isn't good!" Donnie muttered worriedly.
Mikey had lost track of the two as they made their way here. He was wearing his gold hoodie and pants as he looked around and saw them. He gasped. "THEY ENTERED THE RACES!?" he screeched in horror hands on his hooded head. He then cried out in horror as the two raced towards a set of hanging taxis crashing back and forth against each other.
"Oh, definitely not good!" Donnie yelped as Shelldon was about to get caught between two however Klunk managed to get above him and slice the chains of the taxis that almost crushed him as the rest spread apart.
"Shelldon, Shelldon I'm sorry!" Donnie cried catching up to him with Klunk not too far behind as the surviving drones raced up a tunnel towards the top of the course structure.
"Shelldon please come home!" Donnie called.
"Home is where your family is! And I'm a Purple Dragon now!" Shelldon spat back.
"We're your family not them!" Klunk cried.
"The Dragons don't care about you!" Donnie warned. "If you lose this race, they're gonna kick you to the curb!"
The two yelped as they dodged out of the way of the sawblades in the small trailer Klunk instantly regretting her decision when they barely made it past.
"You're just saying that to get me to do what you want!" Shelldon accused as Donnie saw he wasn't paying attention and was about to be shredded.
"Look out!" Donnie yelped in tears as he pushed Shelldon out of the way. "Saw, saw!" he cried desperately as the two tumbled past them Klunk getting trap but getting through quickly first chance she got just in time to see Donnie tumble and crash all through the Drop.
"Looks like one of our late entries is finished!" Billionaire called as Klunk tried to keep up with Shelldon while Donnie was in the mud and looked up sadly hearing Klunk desperately call Shelldon's name again. She was ignored as only she the red Drone and Shelldon remained.
"I'm sorry Shelldon," Donnie muttered standing up "But winning this race is the only way to make you understand what they're really like." he said resolutely as he pressed the button on his phone brace. Nothing happened, he tapped it rapidly out of worry.
"Come on come o-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Donnie screeched as he suddenly rocketed forward.
"Oh-ho, ho ho! In an unprecedented move Drone-atello is crashing straight through the obstacle course it's a good thing Drones can't feel pain!" Billionaire declared as Donnie was making him shaped holes through everything while Mikey watched in horror.
"Oh dear," he muttered flatly.
Back with Shelldon and Klunk the Red Drone with a beard like shape began attacking Shelldon and crashing against him hard as he hit back. "Leave him alone!" Klunk called trying to catch up and attack the Red Drone to save Shelldon but she wasn't fast enough. However…..
"AAHHHHHHHHHH!" Donnie screamed as he whizzed past Klunk making her spin wildly before she drunkedly flew after them a bit slowly.
"Uh oh Klunktron's not looking too hot." Said the misnomed host as Donnie zipped right past them and flew right over the finish line taking out the Red Drone as he did so. He then crashed past the finish line into the wall as Shelldon looked at him in annoyance and huffed going away.
"Holly Smokes! Drone-atello wins!" Billionaire cheered as the crowd roared in response. Donnie peeled off the wall and fell on his back with a groan of pain. A Small droid dropped the Shadow Transmitter on Donnie's head where it bounced off. Mikey rushed to his side.
"Donnie? Donnie!" he cried worriedly shaking him a little worried for his brother as the host continued "Hope everyone had a great time remember to tip your host! Because I'm in horrible future crippling depression causing debt and my apartment is two by four!" Billionaire called as Klunk landed at the finish line and changed back stars spinning around her head.
"Mistakes were made," she muttered before seeing where Shelldon was going and raced after him. She saw him rub his head.
"Awww sorry guys we'll get them next time," Shelldon said before Kendra whipped around on him with a vicious glare.
"Useless drone! There won't be a next time!" she snapped.
"But….but we're friends…" Shelldon timidly pointed out.
"Are you kidding we were never friends you scrapheap! I needed you to get the Shadow Transmitter and you couldn't even do that!"
Klunk jumped between them hissing. "Don't you talk to him like that!" Klunk snarled. In response Kendra used a device that zapped her she yelped in pain.
"What are you gonna do about it flea bag!?" Kendra growled.
"Leave her alone!" Shelldon growled at Kendra. Before Kendra could speak again Donnie with a black eye several now developing bruises and Mikey appeared.
"Don't you touch them Kendra!" Donnie growled.
"Oh yeah! Jayce get them!" Kendra called as Jayce smiled using his remote to bring in a large purple Dragon Drone that unsheathed several large guns it's rotors roaring as it went to attack. But suddenly the drone sparked as the engines gave out and it crashed straight into the ground and suddenly went up in fire.
"I Wish my Dad never married your mom!" she hissed hatefully at Jayce who winced in response and shrunk down. Mikey's heart went out to him. He began to wonder if Kendra was abusive towards him like Draxum had been to him.
"I Wish you were different,"
Draxum never said something like that directly but Mikey always knew he thought things along those lines. "Okay so we won't be getting the Shadow Transmitter today! But once we make some minor upgrades you're all toast!" Kendra shouted before laughing when she ran off however she tripped over the remains of the Red Drone and went flying off the platform and into the mud below with an audible splash. The two boys looked nervously at each other and rushed to go down after her. Donnie turned to his dejected Drone.
"Shelldon," He muttered sadly.
"You were right okay!" Shelldon snapped sounding like he choked back a sob. "I never should've run away and joined the Dragons." He sighed sadly.
"Hey, we all make mistakes bud," Donnie said putting a hand on his shoulder. "Including me I shouldn't have been so harsh." Donnie comforted. "I'm really, really, sorry. Two reallys."
Shelldon had turned around to look up at him and let out a small laugh. "I'm really, really sorry too Dee." He said sheepishly as Donnie glanced over to Mikey who hugged Klunk while mouthing.
"Hug it out…."
Donnie showed slight nervousness but immediately pulled the Drone into a hug. Shelldon hugged back melting into it it was on the screen as everyone touched began to cry even Baxter and Albearto.
"I Love you Baxter!" Albearto sobbed.
"I love you too Albearto!" Baxter sobbed trying not to get his tears on his control pannel. Klunk looked up at Mikey.
"Nice Job Doctor feelings!" Klunk said happily as they high fived.
X X X
"Shadow Fiend has recently returned with the Repo Mantis and his cat." Frieda told Big Mama in her office.
"And the remaining Mutants?" Big Mama asked.
"I have files on all of the ones in New York and one that's been coming from outside." Frieda said placing several files on the table as Big Mama looked them over. She saw files on Rocksteady, Bebop, Stinkbomb, and even a couple of others. She laughed.
"I love it when things proceed with scrumptious efficiency." Big Mama whispered with venomous joy.
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