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Chapter #54
*Wednedsay April 27th, 2016. Sam's apartment. 9:00p.m.*
Donnie had received a text message from Sam. He was now in the alleyway outside her apartment complex as he did what he needed to in ordered to undo her alarm systems. A couple minutes later he was crawling through her open window and was standing in her room.
"Hey, what's up? You said it was important" he said as he now shut and locked the window behind him.
Sam was sitting in her swivel chair at the desk in her room. She now spun the chair around so that she was facing Donnie.
"Thank god you're here! I need a break!" she exclaimed as she stretched her arms and twisted her arms to then crack and stretch her back.
"Wait, what?" Donnie asked, obviously extremely confused.
"Don't worry, I didn't mean important like I was in danger, but I needed a homework break dude. I had a test today, I just submitted a ridiculously long paper like 20 minutes ago. I need to relax my mind before everything that I need to tackle tomorrow. My face has literally been in front of either a computer or a text book for solid hour long periods of time now" Sam said as she slouched back in her desk chair.
Donnie chuckled. "Well you could have said that in the message" he said as he plopped down and sat on her bed, making sure to kick his shoes off and place them along the wall. Everyone knew Sam DID NOT like people's shoes on her bed.
"So what assignments have you been working on that your face has been in front of your computer for so long?" Donnie asked, removing his equipment and also lining devices along the wall.
"Ohhhhhh, you know. I have this math class where I needed to research how to solve some of the more complicated formulas that the textbook sucks at explaining, I had a paper to write about local politicians for a debate in my one class, looking up information about how Karai has been spotted in Japan along with Hun" Sam said and then purposefully paused.
She saw that Donnie had paused awkwardly from placing his belongings along the wall.
"Oh you heard me correctly" Sam said in a rather nasty tone.
Donnie stood up and turned towards her.
"So, is that why you called me to join you?" he asked somberly.
"No, I called you because Raph walked me home yesterday so tonight would be your turn to see me. That means you're the one who gets to hear me get pissed off" she said as she crossed her arms and also crossed one leg over the other.
"Sam-" Donnie said as he ran his hand over top his head.
"I knew you guys would keep me in the dark, even Mikey did. Leo said on Monday that you guys would keep me posted-"
"IF it put your life in danger" Donnie snapped back (shocking Sam a bit). "But right now no one's life is in danger. We're trying to make sense of what we're learning as well. So far everything is just articles and hacking cameras to gain visuals and then piece things together from there. I don't know your definition of being in danger but to me looking at words and videos isn't putting you in harm's way" he said rather sternly.
Sam pouted. "Still…"
"Why are you looking this up anyway? You have all these assignments to worry about, so when are you even finding time for this?" he asked, more so curious than upset.
"We took a bus trip down to Maryland for our game today. I told myself if I could get enough homework done then I could do some research. Best motivation tactic I have ever used on myself. I must say it was most effective."
Donnie nodded. "So what did you find?"
Sam scoffed. "Well for you it's probably a repeat of information now. But, since you asked, I read that Karai has been spotted in Japan. I'd assume she's gathering loyal Foot soldiers to bring with her hear to New York. I've hacked into a variety of different establishment's video feeds and spotted Hun with her on numerous occasions. Also, for the hell of it, I looked into Sachs's bank accounts. He's in jail so nothing should be happening with his money, yet there have been purchases made for materials, where but of course, Japan! Although there were also some purchases made in Russia, so I don't know if that means they have connections there as well. But then there's also the fact that Bebop and Rocksteady have now been allowed to roam freely during recreational hours in their prison and are no longer sentenced to just sitting in the same cell for hours and hours-"
"Wait, what?" Donnie asked, genuine shock displayed on his face.
"Yeah, the files state that they were given permission…today…" Sam paused. She leaned forward and placed her hands on her knees. "You didn't know that yet, did you?" she asked softly.
"No I didn't. Show me where you discovered this now" he said as he walked up behind her as she swung her chair around and placed her second laptop in front of her (because of course she had one for school work and one filled with programs that helped make the device un-trackable).
Sam typed in some codes when accessing files from the prison's database and pulled up multiple files regarding the mutant criminals.
Donnie read over each file quickly but carefully.
"I can't believe it. They're in the same prison as Sachs AND Tatsu and yet they now can roam around freely?!" Donnie exclaimed. "What the hell, how were they given permission for this?"
"Apparently the corrections officers stated that if the two were able to behave then they would gain one chance, and only one chance, to 'blend in' with the other prisoners. This way they're not locked up and doing nothing. In a sense I get it. The two never did anything serious besides for petty crimes and some minor robberies before they worked for Shredder. I know they didn't exactly have a choice in that, and honestly they're too stupid to truly harm anyone. They carry weapons on them but they usually don't harm people as long as they do what the two say. Basically they're the crappiest excuses for bad guys out there. However, they still chose to be bad guys. They deserve to be in jail but, as much as I hate to say it, they technically don't deserve solitary confinement. ADDING TO THAT, they now have the chances to communicate with Sachs and Tatsu, which is terrifying" Sam said as she pursed her lips.
"Have you checked all four of their schedules to see if and when they can meet in person?" Donnie asked.
"Already checked. None of them actually meet face to face, besides the mutant duo who also somehow gained permission to stay together at all times, but they don't meet up with the other two. And then Sachs and Tatsu don't even meet up ever."
Donnie stood up straight and crossed his arms, his chin resting on his knuckle.
"Something's not right. Knowing those two morons, they would be fine if they were stuck in a crammed room with nothing but each other for the rest of their lives. They wouldn't even know what to ask for in regards to fair treatment unless someone coaxed them."
"That means someone had to convince them to even ask for things like movement during recreational periods."
The two then paused and faced each other. Donnie looked down at Sam, and she looked up at him.
"Research time?" Sam asked, her lips beginning to form a small smile.
Donnie nodded. "You're lucky I'm invested in this" he said as he walked over and retrieved his own tech that was lined along the wall.
For the next couple of hours the two continued to research as much as they could about how the hell the two mutant dweebs received the privileges that they had, and then tried to link this to any other information they had already gained about Hun and Karai.
"It's been 2 hours, it's now 11:00p.m. What information have we gathered so far D?" Sam asked.
"Well, not including the United States, Sachs has supposedly purchased tickets to visit Tokyo in Japan, Seoul in South Korea, Shanghai and Beijing in China, Manila in the Philippines, Mumbai in India, Moscow in Russia, Sydney in Australia, Lagos in Nigeria, Rio de Janiero in Brazil, Barcelona in Spain, Mexico City in Mexico, Toronto in Canada, London in the United Kingdom, Berlin in Germany, Paris in France, and Rome in Italy."
"Alright, what have we gathered about 'Sach's' visits, aka Karai and Hun's world travels?" she asked, spinning her chair around with her laptop in her lap so that she could face Donnie who was pacing back and forth on the floor behind her.
"We've seen multiple camera angles that display where they went, but it's extremely difficult to make any connections. I was hoping to see what their objective was, if there was any connection between their visits from country to country. Unfortunately many of these countries provide little to no access to the two at all due to lack of tech to film and follow them. Also, none of the people from the few camera angles we've been able to see look familiar from video to video."
"So basically-" Sam groaned in frustration.
"We've still got nothing…but…" he said as he froze in his place.
"Watcha thinking?" Sam asked, sitting up straight in excitement for a lead on their hacking journeys.
Donnie turned around and pointed at her, nodding the entire time as if agreeing with his own thoughts.
"We've been trying to make connections from video to video, but what if the people they met are here?"
Sam paused for a second to comprehend what was just said.
"Those people could have traveled. We've been following Hun and Karai, but we don't know anything about the people they've been visiting. Those people could be somewhere here in the U.S. now!" Sam announced.
"Write down all of this! We need to get this to Casey. This information is going to be way to huge for just the two of us to handle."
Sam nodded her head and grabbed a notepad and wrote down what Donnie said as fast as her hand would allow.
"So far we know that Karai and Hun have traveled to 16 countries and 17 cities. We know that they visited different people in each country, although we don't know exactly how many people were visited in each country. Some videos show the two in more isolated streets, others show them in crowded areas. At any time they could be communicating with groups of people or with individuals. The races of people in each country has been very diverse. For example, even in countries like Japan, China, South Korea, countries where almost all of the population is one race, they still met in areas where there was a diverse number of people with different racial backgrounds in those areas-"
"Meaning it would be ten times more difficult to pin point just exactly who their target person or people were to meet. It makes it more difficult to come to conclusions as to what their motives are. They could be rounding up worldwide Foot soldiers from the Tokyo branch where the most loyal soldiers lie, they could be meeting high school friends. We have no idea because there's no pattern. It would be different if it were always, for example, Asian citizens they were meeting. But it seems they were meeting people of all different backgrounds" Sam added aloud.
"Exactly. They knew someone might be watching, and they knew things like Sachs money being used would eventually get out IF someone took the time to even check a man in prison's financial records…hold on."
Donnie then walked back over to the bed and picked up his tablet.
"What are you doing? Sam asked.
"Get as many safe devices that you have and pull up as many different videos from the different countries where they visited. Look for what they're doing and not just who they're with this time" Donnie stated.
Sam nodded. She grabbed a few more devices, used some more complex coding languages to protect herself from being hacked, and pulled up as many videos as she could.
40 minutes later, she understood what Donnie meant.
"They've been handing out flyers. Like, they literally look like entrepreneurs. The question now is what information is being distributed on those papers?" Sam questioned.
Donnie shook his head.
"That's the thing. They could be rounding up new recruits, they could be giving out coordinates, and they could be distributing instructions for a plan that's already been put into place. It could all of the above!" he said as he ran his hand over his head.
"Got it. Wrote it all down" Sam added. "We need to get this to someone higher than the police. People NEED to be on the lookout not only for Hun and Karai, but for everyone in all of these videos. We need to know who these hosts from each country visited after these conversations were held, what they do afterwards, are they even still in the countries where they met? Hell, they could all be in the U.S. by now."
The two deadpanned and stared at each other with wide eyes.
"CORRECTIONS!" they both announced. They then quickly pulled up documents and began researching information about the corrections officers who allowed Bebop and Rocksteady permission to mingle about with the other prisoners.
"Hmmm so far these guys all check out. We defeated Kraang on June 8th, 2015. All these officers had been working at the prison way before then. Thorough background checks would need to be conducted to determine if they have any secret ties with the Foot" Donnie said, cracking his knuckles after typing so long.
"Oh shit" Sam said, her jaw dropped slightly open.
"What's up?" Donnie asked with caution.
She waved him to come over, so he walked over and stood over her shoulder.
"So you had the idea to look into the corrections officers backgrounds, but I thought about when Kraang left on June 8th. That's given Karai and Hun…basically 10 months to put whatever plan they had going into action. The first plane ticket purchased was for Madrid, Spain, the second for New Delhi India. All of this happened in early July. However, based on the dates, the few videos we have of the two in these countries shows them literally going to their hotels and then heading to their next flight. The first video we see them actually meeting with others is in Sydney Australia."
Sam made sure to pull up whatever videos she was talking about in order to make her transitions easier for Donnie to follow, and also just to prove her points.
"That means anyone they met from Sydney had 9 months to travel to the United States to follow whatever directions Karai and Hun could have possibly given them. Now look closely at this man here" Sam said as she paused a video.
She then pointed to a man in the background of the video. The white man was a bus boy and cleared the table where Karai and Hun were seen having a meal with a group of young females of various races.
Sam then switched over to a hacked video feed from the prison.
"Now this video was recorded today in the court yard. Now tell me that these two men are not the same person."
Donnie's eyes went wide. She was right. The man's hair was obviously different, but his body stature, his height, it was definitely the same guy. His arms had gotten a bit buffer, but when examining the clips side by side, this was definitely the same guy.
"They've been recruiting. Follow the video dates. Where did they go after Sydney?" Donnie asked.
"Ummmm, give me a second, I typed them up."
Sam then pulled up a Word document where she had typed the order and dates from each video that they had discovered (Donnie was low-key proud of her organization skills).
"Alright, now-"
"I already have maps up for coordinates" Donnie said, catching on to what Sam was thinking as he now had a program up and running where a world map was now glowing in front of him as he typed on the devices on his wrist.
"After Australia they went to the Philippines, then Japan, then South Korea, China, India, Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Nigeria, Brazil, Mexico City, and currently they are in Canada."
"So they went in order. They went to the countries that were furthest away so that anyone they recruit from those countries would have a longer period of time to do whatever they needed to in order to travel over towards the U.S." he said as he closed down the images and covered his wrist device.
"Son of a bitch" Sam said as she ran her hands through her hair. "They've been planning this all along. They know exactly what they're doing. And we have no idea just what it is they're planning either."
"And we don't know how many of the people they've met are already here. Hell the guy now currently in prison never actually met them face to face, at least not from what we can see anyway, yet here he is in the United States. Who knows how many people are even here that aren't here with good intentions" Donnie said with a huff as he sat down on the bed.
"That or they could have traveled to other countries and god knows what they're doing elsewhere" Sam said, not realizing she was now nervously tapping her fingers on the side of her desk chair.
"And that could play a role in Bebop and Rocksteady's granted permission. That man was in the court yard with them. What if…" Donnie trailed off.
"Shit, don't say it" Sam said covering her eyes with her hands.
"He's there for a reason, same with them. They could be conversing and who knows who else they're conversing with. Plus, this information could be traveling around the prison to Sachs and Tatsu. Security guards could be in on it depending on who is pretending to be whom" Donnie announced in hysteric excitement.
"He said it" Sam said slumping in her chair. "This is unbelievable" she said. "How have we been allowing this to happen for all this time?"
"Because Shredder disappeared, so everyone thought that meant the Foot would disappear. But we were wrong. Something is being planned and we need to figure out what. Call Casey right now!"
Sam nodded as she called Casey's cell…and got his voicemail.
"Hey man, meet with Donnie and the guys the first free second you get, it's an emergency and Vincent needs to know so higher ups can be involved. This is serious business on a global scale, and I mean that literally. Like I said, get in contact with Donnie the first second you get."
Sam hung up the phone and flopped back onto her bed. She looked over at her clock and was shocked to see that it was already 1:30a.m.
"Ugh, now we gotta download everything so that-"
"Already done" Donnie said as he shut down his device. "I have copied everything so that I can relay everything we now know to Casey."
"Thank god!" Sam said, extending her arms out to her sides. "I did not want to have to sit there and take the time to do all that."
Donnie chuckled. "Guess that's my cue to leave then, huh?" he said with a smile.
Sam sat up, a little too quickly since her head was now a bit dizzy.
"What? Why? We just got all our work done. We can actually relax now" she said with a beaming smile.
"Um, you have classes tomorrow" Donnie stated matter-of-factly.
"Not until later in the afternoon. My first couple of classes got canceled and I have no practices or rehearsals tomorrow. SO STAY" Sam said, waving her arms to her side as a sign for her friend to sit down next to her.
"How do you still have energy after doing all that for hours, and that's after you had completed a bunch of other college assignments" he said as he playfully shook his head.
"Pshh you have no right to talk you hypocrite!" Sam exclaimed. While Donnie had been cleaning up his tech which had been scattered all throughout the room, he didn't realize that as Sam was talking she was removing her black and green Adidas hoodie, and in doing so, got stuck and had toppled into the wall.
He turned around to check on her, just to see that her arms were raised above her head due to still being stuck in the arms of the hoodie (she had tried to pull the hoodie up and over her head) and that the majority of the hoodie was covering her face and was now revealing her chest, which meant that her bra was revealed as well.
Donnie quickly looked away as a means to be courteous and not stare at his sister in this state.
"Um, help. Please?" Sam asked. "I'm wearing a sports bra so you're safe."
Donnie then slowly turned around and saw that Sam's chest was covered thanks to the stretched material of her sports bra. He sighed in relief and walked over to help her stand up.
Sam then successfully removed the hoodie. She ruffled a hand through her now slightly messed up hair as she looked up at Donnie and smiled a wide teeth filled smile.
"Thanks man!" she said aloud.
Donnie laughed.
"Okay one, it's early in the morning so lower your voice. And two, just be happy it was me and not a stranger or anything."
"Man, that's two brothers in two days. I gotta get better at removing hoodies" Sam said as she lay on her stomach on her bed so that her chin was hanging over the edge.
"Wait, two?" Donnie chuckled. "Who's the other brother?"
Sam then sat up and pursed her lips.
"I guess Raph kept his mouth shut. I have even more respect for him now" she said with a smile as she nodded her head.
"Okay I need explanations" Donnie said as he now took a seat in Sam's desk chair.
"So, I may have been a little drunk-"
"You were wasted" Donnie said with a smirk.
"I see he made sure to tell you that part" Sam groaned.
"Oh yes" Donnie said with a playfully delirious smile.
"ANYWAY. Apparently I had a similar situation where I couldn't get my hoodie off, and I may have flashed him my bra yesterday" she said, twiddling her fingers.
"Oh my god that's great!" Donnie said, laughing aloud.
"Excuse me?" Sam said, taken aback by this unexpected response.
"Raph is so incredibly awkward, I can't imagine what he was thinking when that happened.
"Interesting" Sam said. She jumped up and then lay sideways on her bed, her head resting in one hand while one leg was kicked up. This had now become her questioning pose for the night.
"Please explain Donatello, how you reacted when I was topless" she stated in a direct manner.
He shrugged. "You're a good friend, so I knew it would only be weird if I made it weird. I mean I would never want you to feel uncomfortable or embarrassed, so I made sure to look away so that you wouldn't feel that way. Heh, but knowing Raph he would be freaking out as he tried to decided where to look and how to react."
Sam smiled at Donnie's first comment. She appreciated what he said about not wanting to make her feel uncomfortable. She then rolled her eyes as she listened to Donnie talk about Raph's reaction.
"For the nerdy brother you sure pick on your brothers a lot."
"It's only fair. Being the second youngest they pick on me almost just as much as Mikey. They just don't pick on me as much because I'm smart and they know I have the best comebacks."
"Ohhh they HATE when they don't understand your comebacks either! Mikey will laugh it off, but the older two get so frustrated that I can't help but laugh" she said, laughing herself.
"What can I say?" he stated as he threw his hands up beside him. "Being the smartest includes quick smartass comments."
"Nerdy but sassy" Sam said as she pointed at him, while now also sitting up in her bed. "That's one of my favorite things about you" she said with the cringiest wink Donnie had ever seen.
He threw his hand over his mouth, but it didn't prevent him from laughing out loud.
Sam began to pout as she crossed her arms.
"Wow, I just complimented you to" she said as she shook her head. "And to think, I was going to watch Deadpool with you. OH WELL."
Sam turned her head but peeked to see Donnie gasp with a smile on his face.
"Ahhhh I haven't seen it yet! Do you have a copy?!" he exclaimed.
"I don't know. I might have one. But maybe I returned it to the library already" she said with a smirk.
"I will fight you for that movie" he said as he began to stand up, his arms at his sides as if he was a cowboy reaching for his handguns on the sides of his waist.
Sam looked at him and scoffed.
"You think I'm afraid of you?" she asked, looking the turtle up and down.
"You should be" he said as he lunged.
He expected Sam to react in some way, but it was obvious that the girl was laughing way too much to think straight.
Donnie threw the girl over his shoulder.
"Oh man you're so heavy, I think I'm gonna fall" he said with a snicker. Of course he would never drop her, and to him, Sam was as light as a feather. But hearing her freak out and laugh-scream about being dropped was just too damn funny, so he faked his stumbles as if he was actually going to drop her.
"Alright! I have the film! I'll show you!" she said, tears forming in her eyes from laughing so much.
"That's what I thought" he said as he carefully put her back down.
Sam squinted her eyes at him. "I got my eyes on you."
Donnie spun her around so that she was now facing the doorway.
"Great, that's awesome. Now lead me to the DVD!" he said as he gently pushed her forward.
Sam smiled as she dashed out of the room and into the living room.
Donnie walked into the room as well…and Sam was gone.
"Ughhh I wanna watch the movie Sam!" he announced.
He looked around and didn't sense any movement, so he decided to make things more fun and turned off all the lights.
"Alright. If you wanna play ninja, let's play ninja" Donnie said in a serious tone.
He made sure each step was taken with extreme caution. He didn't want to give Sam any hints that he was heading her way. He crept all throughout the living room, making sure not to make a sound as he carefully moved furniture to see if he could find her. After a few minutes it was evident that she wasn't in the living room or the kitchen, so he made his way back towards her room. He stopped and turned to his left so that he was now standing in front of the entrance to the bathroom on that floor.
A smirk grew on his face as he slowly opened the door, making a slight creaking sound whilst doing so.
He knew that there was only one place she could hide if she was hiding in this room, and that was obviously behind the shower curtain.
He gently got a grip on the curtain and then yanked it open, only to be sprayed in the face with the shower head that was being held in Sam's hand.
The girl laughed hysterically as she then leapt out of the tub and dashed out of the room. Of course, Donnie being the speed demon that he was dashed after the girl in the still pitch black room. He heard her footsteps near the couch and literally lunged, not realizing how close he actually was to her.
In lunging, he had dragged Sam down onto the floor with him. Somehow she was able to wriggle her way out, but her laughter made it obvious where she was located, so once again Donnie lunged onto the couch where he brought Sam down with him.
"Welp time to get comfy" he said as he quickly adjusted himself so that he was literally sitting on Sam's stomach.
He turned to see her eyes turn blue, her powers kicking in and making her stomach strong enough to hold Donatello's weight.
"No! Donnay!" she announced through her laughs.
"Where's the movie Sam?" he asked, putting his hands behind his head and leaning back further.
"It's already in the DVD player! Remote's on the arm of the couch!"
Donnie stood up and reached for the remote and turned on the t.v. He was shocked to see that the screen was already displaying the menu to start the movie. Now that the television was on, there was light that allowed him to properly see things around the room, including the girl that was now sitting behind him as she was still laying down and catching her breath while he was sitting on the edge of the couch.
"This is what our original plans were, right? Before we started sleuthing?" he asked with a smile.
"Yes" Sam said as she finally caught her breath. "Can you go get the snacks from the fridge and on the counter? I would but I've been squished so that the air has been released from my lungs" she stated in a loud and direct tone.
Donnie rolled his eyes and smirked. "If I must" he said as he stood up from the couch.
He walked over and retrieved the mix of Asian and American based chips, gummies, crackers and cookies that Sam had spread out across the table, only taking a few snacks at a time or else the two would get sick from eating every single snack that was currently on the kitchen table.
He then walked over towards the fridge where he knew the variety of different drinks were kept.
He scanned his eyes over all the different drinks. An "oooh" escaped his lips as his attention was directed towards a bottle of Jepun chocolate mint milk tea.
"Sam, what drink do you want?" he called out as he snatched the milk tea from the fridge.
"Ramune. Coconut flavored" Sam called out.
Donnie located the soda and grabbed the bottle. He then gathered the two drinks and the few snacks (for now he decided to stick to the chips) and headed back over towards the couch.
He plopped down on the right side of the couch (when facing the television) and kicked his feet up. He was laying on the long part of the couch that extended further outward as if forming an L. Sam was currently on the left side of the couch and had her legs kicked up so that they were laying down the middle of the couch. This meant that while she was lying on the left side of the couch, her feet were closer to where Donnie was laying.
"Heads up" he said as he first tossed her the soda and then tossed her a smaller bag of chips.
"Thanks fam" she said as she practically tore into the bag. "You ready?" she asked.
"Of course!" he announced.
With that, the movie started.
The two watched and laughed their asses of throughout the entire film. They literally had to keep shushing each other because one of the two was always laughing way too loud for it being 2 to 3 in the morning.
Donnie assumed he would be helping Sam get to bed afterwards since he assumed she would be dead tired once the movie had ended, yet here Sam was talking animatedly about her favorite scenes from the film as she cleaned up the endless wrappers, bags, and juice boxes and bottles on the floor in front of the couch.
Donnie stared as her in astonishment. "How are you still awake?" he asked in shock.
"Again, you're a total hypocrite" she scoffed.
"Seriously Sam, how are you still wired? You should be dead tired by now" he said, concern evident in his tone.
"Ummm, it's all the snacks we've been eating" she said nodding her head and scurrying over towards the trash can in the kitchen.
"That makes sense" Donnie replied, lying through his teeth. He then carefully walked over and peeked inside the trash can.
"Ahhh there's the real reason" he said as he peeked inside.
"What?" Sam asked as she turned around from putting back the uneaten snacks, only to see Donnie holding up two large Starbucks cups, both with 2 hits of espresso checked off along the sides of the cup.
"Seriously?" he asked.
"HYPOCRITE!" she announced aloud as she aggressively pointed towards him.
"Okay but I'm locked up in a sewer where I can sleep all day if I've been up all night working on a project. You have classes and practices and other various responsibilities. I mean you do way too much for one person to handle so you need to sleep" he said, his tone growing rather cross.
"Yeah well I have what feels like a million assignments to complete each day along with practices and rehearsals that prevent me from completing the course work and studying for tests. And then I need to work different events for different university organizations in order to keep my scholarships-"
"Wait, I thought you were getting grants from organizations secretly supporting fallen Foot members?" Donnie questioned.
"Well yeah I got some, but that barely covers the cost of 3 classes. I still needed money for the other two, plus the cost of books was all out of pocket. And of course each class required the newest editions of the textbooks so I couldn't purchase used copies of previous editions. Luckily I was able to rent everything but it was still pricey as hell. Thank god for Amazon and prime memberships for lowering the prices slightly" Sam groaned.
"So what university organizations are you working for?" he asked, growing slightly irritated that Sam was now carrying more stress on her shoulders than he and his brothers realized.
"SGA" she stated, as if he had any idea what that meant.
"I'm assuming that's the 'student government association?" he asked.
"Yes" Sam said. She was trying to display a poker face that hid what was on her mind, but Donnie was able to read her better than that.
He straightened his back and scoffed. "You're in more groups than that, aren't you?" he asked sternly.
Sam slumped backwards against the counter and started turning her body away from him, as if she was about to run out of the room.
"SAM!" Donnie exclaimed.
Sam stopped moving and sighed. When Donnie talked like that, he was serious, and trying to play things off like she was about to would really piss him off, and she cared about her brother too much to allow that. She turned around, but she stared at his feet as she spoke.
"4 groups" she mumbled.
"4 GROUPS?!" he exclaimed as he threw his hands up at his sides. "What the hell, why?!"
"Cause I need the scholarship money! Each group gives out scholarships to members who participate enough throughout each semester, some larger than others. Any type of scholarship is helpful at this point. I mean Jay paid so much money straight out of pocket for me to attend this year alone, there's no way we can do that for 3 more years!" Sam said defensively.
"What are the groups?" Donnie asked, crossing his arms and leaning back against the fridge.
"SGA, ISA or International Students Association, SCC or sports club council, and Helping Hands. The last one is a volunteer organization where students work with businesses off of campus, so like soup kitchens, elderly homes, helping the homeless, saving the planet kind of stuff. The other three are pretty self-explanatory. We handle finances of campus activities and groups, we plan and organize campus events, help students get adjusted to campus life. I don't do much for any of them to be honest, but every so many weeks I have to work different events. SGA and ISA each will write me a check for 200 dollars, and SCC and Helping Hands will write me checks for 100. That's 600 dollars' worth of free money towards each upcoming semester!" Sam announced, stressing how important all these groups were towards herself.
"Okay, now tell me what else you do on campus" Donnie stated.
Sam was silent once more.
"Come on" Donnie said. His stance made it clear that he wasn't leaving until she 'spilled the beans.'
"…I have two on-campus jobs" Sam whispered as she twiddled her fingers.
"Why?" Donnie groaned.
"Because the tech job is usually right before or after my dance rehearsals so it's easy money where I can study and complete other assignments simultaneously, and the tutoring job is available whenever I am" she mumbled.
"Jesus what else are you doing?" Donnie asked, because he was too smart for his own good and could tell that she was STILL keeping information from him.
"…I've entered a writing contest…8 times" Sam said. "THAT'S OFFICIALLY IT NOTHING ELSE!"
"How?" he asked, rubbing his fingers against the sides of his temples. "Like when are you eating? When are you sleeping?"
"Well, I'm eating caffeine filled foods and beverages, and I sleep…10 minutes before and after classes end" she replied nervously.
"Sam-"
"Dude you don't get how expensive college is. I would start at community college first, but you gain such a high rep if you make the dance and soccer teams here as a freshman. Like I already have scouts eyeing me up! That's huge! All because I'm on this team as a freshy! I need to be here, which means I need money to be here!"
"Okay, hold up. I get the clubs and jobs, but why the writing contests? How is that helping you financially?" he genuinely asked.
"You get prizes if you win. I now have three 20 dollar gift cards to the campus book store. That's 60 dollars towards books for next semester, money I'm not wasting after not being able to fully afford the fall semester" she stated.
Donnie sighed.
"Sam, you're literally one of the toughest people I know, but this is insane. How can you possibly handle all that by yourself?" he asked. At this point he wasn't angry, but more so seriously concerned for the girl's health. "God and then you're spending hours looking up information about Karai and Hun? You should be asleep right now."
"Look, I can do this. It's only for 3 years and then I never have to work to that point of exhaustion ever again. Please Donnie you can't tell Jay or anyone about all of this" Sam begged.
"And what happens when you collapse because you haven't eaten enough? Or because you're hallucinating from lack of sleep?" he asked in a worried tone.
"Okay I get enough sleep to prevent myself from hallucinating, and I'm still eating, I promise. I eat all throughout the day, I just don't sit down for official meals. But dude I'm still healthy. I wouldn't be allowed to play soccer and dance if I wasn't" she reassured.
Donnie sighed.
"Please just promise me something" he said.
"Yeah. Anything" Sam said as she rapidly nodded her head.
"The second things go too far, the very first second you feeling dizzy, or, or the first time you start seeing clowns standing behind people because of lack of food and sleep, or the first second you have a mental breakdown from stress, you start eliminating these extra groups from your schedule. I mean you're taking 5 classes plus constantly attending rehearsals and practices. You need to take care of yourself" he said as he now placed his hands on her shoulders.
"We NEED you to be okay. Okay?"
Sam couldn't help but smile. "Deal" she said, lifting her arm up and holding her pinky out in front of her.
The turtle chuckled as he completed the pinky promise.
"I'm proud of your grit, but you and your safety, heh and your sanity, are so much more important" he reassured.
He then looked over at the clock are realized it was 3a.m.
"And on that note, you're heading to bed. NOW" he said with raised brows to emphasize how serious he was.
"Okay mom" the girl replied as she rolled her eyes.
"Why am I always mom? Everyone else is dad, but I'm mom" he said as he laughed.
"Because you're stern but you're nice" she said, making doe eyes as she stared up at the taller turtle.
"Flattery will get you nowhere. GO" he said as he gently nudged her so that she would turn around and head towards her bedroom.
"You're also stubborn" she said snidely, yet playfully.
Sam quickly changed into more comfortable clothes in her bedroom while Donnie waited outside in the living room. He would have left after that…but he didn't trust that she would actually go to bed afterwards. So he talked to her a little longer. Luckily, he could sense that she was getting more and more drowsy.
Sam walked over towards her desk, but that fast was pulled away as Donnie hooked his arms around hers.
"Ha, nice try. BED" he stated as he tried to gently walk her back towards her bed.
"Ughhhhh mom I'm not sleepy yet!" Sam whined as she made her body go limp and collapsed, almost dragging Donnie down with her.
"Unfortunately for you I've dealt with two children who are masters at this, so handling you is nothing" he said as he swiftly pulled her back up and over his shoulder.
'Damn, I keep forgetting how freaking strong he is!' Sam thought to herself. There were multiple times where she underestimated the turtle's strength since he was so much thinner than his brothers. But being thin had nothing to do with the power built up within the muscle of this mutant, which was being proven right now as Donnie then tossed Sam onto the bed and within a split second of doing so had collapsed onto the bed himself.
His left arm lay across her chest (more-so his elbow) as his hand held onto her left arm, and his left leg was laid across her legs so that they were pinned to the bed.
However, while Sam was laughing, she was still able to move around some while trying to break free.
"Hmmm" Donnie hummed, wondering how he could trap the girl and force her to fall asleep.
He then devised a plan which Sam fell right into (she wasn't thinking straight due to her laughing so much from failing at trying to break free).
Donnie lifted his left side up for a split second, to which Sam tried to get up, allowing just enough space for Donnie to slide his right arm and leg under her so that his right arm and leg were between her and the bed. He then clamped his left arm and leg down as Sam was in the middle of turning when trying to escape, so now she was trapped as Donatello tightly held onto her, his arms and legs wrapped around her tightly while in what ended up being a typical cuddle position, although now it was being used to hold Sam captive.
"Awwww man! I fell right into your trap!" Sam pouted, but Donnie could tell she was still smiling.
"Perfect!" he said with a wide smile as his chin lay on top of her head, "now you're trapped and will have to fall asleep!"
"NEVER!" Sam said, still wiggling and trying to break free (girl didn't stand a chance, but she tried).
Every few seconds Sam would try wriggling again, but Donnie wasn't going to budge.
"You done yet?" he asked.
Sam could just hear the smirk forming on his face.
"Yes. But because I chose to surrender and because I am comfortable. Your muscular power has nothing to do with it" she stated firmly.
"Mhm" Donnie said with a nod. "Why are you so against sleeping anyway?"
"Hypocrite" Sam mumbled.
"Fine. I get it. There's a million things that need to get done and when everyone else is sleeping is the perfect time to get things accomplished. But you have to live during the day. If I stay up all day then I can just call it off one night on patrol and that's it. You're going to collapse from exhaustion during one of your classes" he said in what had switched over to a more worried tone.
"Leo told us what happened earlier this week by the way."
Sam groaned.
Donnie continued to talk. "That means I know you fell asleep on the bench outside the library, and I know you almost fell down the steps, and I know you were calling out to Leo when you thought he was in one place and really he was nowhere close to that spot."
"That happened one time" Sam said, rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, three things, at one time. Luckily Leo was there to walk you home" he said, holding onto Sam just a little tighter.
Obviously Sam sensed this and curled up some, physically stating that she wasn't playfully going to try and escape anymore.
"You worry too much" she whispered.
"Can you blame me?" he scoffed. "With your track record it's hard not to."
Sam sighed with a smile. "Fair, point taken. But you guys know I'll call you if something happens-"
"If you can get to the phone in time" Donnie cut in.
"You're referring to that night, huh?" Sam asked, referring to the night the jocks jumped her.
Donnie nodded, his chin still resting on top of the girl's head.
"Do you have any idea how scared we were? Both in general since a woman could have had the worst most traumatizing experience of her life that night, but then how much worse it got when we realized it was you?" he asked in a whisper, not wanting to sound weak and have his voice crack.
"I have an idea, but no. I've seen Shredder and Kraang fight you guys and it scared the shit out of me, but obviously you've never been put in that type of traumatizing situation…do you guys ever get frustrated having to deal with me?" Sam asked softly.
Donnie released his arms and jumped up.
"Come again?"
"Nothing" Sam stated quickly, making sure not to move because she knew that Donnie probably looked shocked and hurt and pissed all in one look right now.
"What did you just ask me?" Donnie stated sternly, now demonstrating that he was hurt and pissed.
Sam slowly turned over. "Just, I'm always doing things that scare you guys. I mean, you guys already have so much to worry about, especially now that we figured out what Karai and Hun's motives are" she said as her face was turned inwards towards her pillow.
Donnie sighed as he reached over and gently, using just the right amount of force, pulled on Sam's arm and made her turn over so that she had to look at him.
"Sam, are you that clueless to realize that you've brought ten times as many happy moments into our lives compared to the scary moments?" Donnie asked. "You've taken us places we could only imagine visiting, you've connected with each of us in ways we never thought we'd be able to connect with anyone, ever. You've introduced us to enough trustworthy people that our family has grown larger than we ever thought it would. You can't seriously think that we're caught up on the moments where things went wrong."
"Yeah, but-"
"Sam," Donnie cut in, "there are things that have happened to you that sadly could also happen to anyone at any time, like what those dickless jocks tried to do to you" he said as he balled his hand into a fist, grabbing onto the sheets below him without realizing he was doing so. He sighed. "It's not just you, sadly bad things happen in life. But that's why family needs to stay close, to be there when they need each other. That's why all of us are still here regardless of everything that has happened, because we all care about and support and protect each other. You're worth our time and worry Sam" he said as he looked down at his friend who was still laying down on the bed.
Sam sat up and leaned her head onto her friends shoulder.
"I guess I feel the same way about you four" she teased in a dull voice.
"You guess huh?" Donnie smirked, throwing his arm around the girl's shoulder. "You've only risked your life for us, I don't even know how many times now, and you guess?"
"Well then I guess that proves that you guys are also worth my time and worry" she said matter of factly."
The two continued to talk and tease each other as they reflected on times where they both kicked ass and saved the other, or others in their family group. This conversation gradually switched back and forth from them talking about different topics relating to their family. Eventually, Sam became drowsy and fell asleep while still leaning on Donnie's shoulder.
As the girl lay against his shoulder, he stared down at her for a few minutes.
Man she terrified him. He never thought anyone could have such a huge impact on his life, yet earlier he had been raising his voice because the girl wasn't taking care of herself properly. Didn't she realize how much of a panic he and his brothers would go into if anything happened to her? Because that's all they needed, was to get a phone call that Sam had walked out into traffic being only semi-conscious because of exhaustion, or who knows what else. His mind then flashed to the night where they literally were in the right place at the right time.
Kris had sent a message that Sam wasn't home, so the guys decided to swing by the university to see if they could spot Sam, and what did they find? A blacked out Sam with 7 guys surrounding her.
The turtle felt chills run through his body as he remembered the sight. He had to fight his mind from even thinking about what could have happened to her if they hadn't shown up when they did, and that occasion had nothing to do with Sam being tired and malnourished!
He sighed as he slowly moved so that he could gently lay Sam down on her bed. He covered her up, turned off the lights, and then quietly and swiftly gathered all his tech. He opened her window, but he stood there for a minute and stared back at his friend before making his leave.
Terrified, that's the feeling she left him with. When he first met her, he never would have thought that a year later he would constantly be worried sick about her health and well-being, like a true brother and sister. And yet that's what life now consisted of. 'It's crazy how quickly life changes' he thought to himself. He knew Sam was strong, but she was still human. She wasn't perfect, no one was, and it scared him that she wouldn't be able to handle the millions of things she needed to deal with every day.
But he knew he had to have faith that his sister would recognize when she was pushing her limits, and he had to believe that she would contact one of them, or someone if she began to break in any way.
He sighed for what had to have been the millionth time that night, and he quietly made his leave.
*Friday April 29th, 2016. 1:00a.m. at the Blair University library*
Sam was being as patient as she possibly could be. Thanks to not having two of her classes that day, she was able to get pretty far ahead when completing her assignments and studying for tests. She was now ahead on some projects and had even completed some preparations for upcoming campus events and meetings related to the organizations she was working for. She even had time to visit Renet for a few minutes to wish her a happy 5th birthday earlier that afternoon. She had basically been on a homework binge and had had an extremely productive day strictly because she could and not because she was just about to miss deadlines. Because of this, she had been either in a café or at the library for more than half of the day. She was on a roll to the point that she had never left.
She could have left earlier with friends, but she was just so in the zone that she decided to stay. Now that it was so late, she was able to contact Mikey and ask him to walk her home since it would have been his turn to meet up with her.
Sam was excited, it was Thursday and she didn't have anything planned until later in the afternoon the next day, so Mikey could actually hangout with her for a while rather than just drop her off.
It had been a pretty good week. Stressful as usual, but somehow she had actually been able to see almost all her turtle brothers. It was rare for her to even be able to hold a decently long conversation with one brother per week because of how busy her schedule always was, but somehow she had been able to meet with 3 out of the 4 brothers this week.
At this point she was just waiting for Mikey to send her a message that he had arrived. She had movies they could watch, games for them to play, new snacks for him to try (some she knew he would love and others she knew he would hate, which would make the experience hilarious as hell), but now she just needed him to show up.
"Sam."
Sam turned around and saw Kris walk up behind her.
"Oh, hey" she said with a smile. "I thought you went home hours ago?" she asked with genuine curiosity.
"Yeah, I did. And yet you're still here. Geez, how much work do you have to get done?" he whispered with a chuckle.
"Oh the workload never ends" she groaned as she leaned her cheek against her arm that was laying on the table. "Right now I'm just waiting on a friend to show up and walk me home."
"Mikey right?" Kris asked.
Sam scrunched her brow and turned her head towards her friend.
"How did you know that?"
"Umm, hate to break it to you, but I got a message from Leo that the guys had to stop a robbery outside of Manhattan. He's not gonna be able to make it. That's actually why I'm here, hehe" he said awkwardly.
"Oh" Sam said as she slowly nodded her head.
"Is that okay?" Kris asked, sensing that Sam was upset even though the girl would do everything in her power so that he never knew that.
"Oh my gosh of course. You think I'd say no to my childhood best friend walking me home?" she said with a genuine smile.
She was fine. This was no big deal. Kris was her friend and she barely got to see him even though they lived together. Why wouldn't this be okay? They were friends, so she was fine…but she was really looking forward to Mikey walking her home. She had been planning that night out in her head all day, but this was fine. I mean, someone had to take care of the city, right? And that was pretty much the only occupation the turtles had. Like technically they could get real jobs depending on the type of job and what was needed to complete it, but this was their main gig. Like, she had to have known that something like this would eventually come up. You know, the one day that she was free and could actually hangout being the day that some idiot robbers had to distract her best friend-
*BAM!*
Sam had walked into a wall. Like, literally walked into a damn wall.
She stood there, her eyes closed from the impact and then slowly opening, just staring at the wall she had walked into. She was too embarrassed to walk away and play it off as if she meant for all of that to happen.
"Um, you good?" Kris asked.
Sam pursed her lips. "How many people saw that?" she asked.
"A group of 10 dudes" he said with an awkward smile, wishing he had the guts to lie and say 'no one.'
"Super." She then turned towards him with an awkward smile of her own. "Let's go" she said, nodding her head towards the exit.
"Yeahhhh" Kris said, holding his friend so that he could help prevent her from walking into a wall again.
Of course, two beautiful girls from one of Kris's classes were nearby and saw that Kris (the guy that both girls thought was the most gorgeous thing on earth) was holding onto another female.
"Kris!" the first girl exclaimed.
'Thank god we're outside of the library now' Kris thought as the girl ran over towards him as he and Sam exited the building and were now standing outside the front doors.
Sam looked over and saw a blonde girl with tan skin walk over. She was wearing very tight leggings and a tank top that was flowy towards her mid-section, revealing her stomach as she walked. The second girl was an Asian girl who was wearing the same outfit, but her tank top was much tighter and completely revealed her stomach. Both had sandaled shoes that revealed their perfectly smooth skinned feet and pedicured toes, both had perfectly straight hair, both had make-up that made their faces look smooth and blemish free.
And then there was Sam. Wearing a Vans t-shirt that comfortably covered everything, and her black jeggings, and her black Vans high tops. She thought she looked dope, but of course guys would always go straight for the belly revealing, make-up covered, sandal wearing girls.
'Man I'm already in a bad mood, I don't need to deal with chicks like these' Sam thought to herself. 'Wait, I'm in a bad mood?' Sam thought to herself. When did that happen? Maybe it was because she walked into a wall, that would usually upset people.
"Um, what are you doing?" the one girl asked. That's when Sam realized that she was moving her shoulders and head as she nodded to herself…because she was thinking to herself…so basically she was talking to herself while people were around. Awesome.
Sam stared straight at the two girls. "I'm incredibly tired" she said bluntly.
"Oh. Okay" the girl said with an awkward nod before directing her attention right back to Kris.
Sam rolled her eyes. Obviously Kris was an extremely attractive dude, but she really didn't feel like waiting while he 'got his flirt on' tonight. If Mikey had been here then she would happily be walking home with him. He wouldn't be flirting with other women, he would be talking to her. No one but her. That was because he couldn't flirt with other women. He would arrive to walk her home and the two would be focused on each other.
Sam then paused and made, yet again, a weird face.
'What the hell am I thinking? That was such a weird way to put that' she said as she closed her eyes and scrunched her face. She was thinking genuinely about the quality time her and her best friend would be spending together, but she was thinking about it in such a weird way. Like, why was she emphasizing that the two would be alone? And that his attention would be on her?
"Um, is your girlfriend okay?" the blonde girl asked in a rather annoyed tone.
Kris quickly turned around. "Sam?" he asked with concern.
"Hmm?" Sam said as she quickly spun around and faced him with an awkward expression.
"You good?" Kris asked, genuinely concerned about whether or not his friend was feeling alright.
Sam nodded. "Yes. I'm just, definitely very tired" she said, hoping that was the actual reason for her thinking these weird thoughts.
"So she is your girlfriend then?" the blonde asked.
"No he's all yours honey" Sam said with an annoyed smile.
"Oh, okay" the girl said, a smile returning to her face.
'Jesus get me out of here' Sam thought to herself as she stared off towards a nearby alley way.
'I would have probably met him over there' she thought, not realizing that her shoulder's had slumped down.
"My friend is very tired, so I'm going to walk her home. Where are the two of you staying?" Kris asked.
"Oh our apartment is few blocks from here."
"Oh! Why don't we all head home together then? It's safer to travel in groups anyway" Kris said with sincerity.
The two girls looked at each other and smiled.
"That's fine with us. Lead the way" the Asian girl stated.
Sam rolled her eyes when the others couldn't see.
'Awesome. Now I have to listen to them talk the entire way home.'
As the group walked, Sam continued to look upwards towards the top of buildings and off in the distance towards alley ways.
'Come on man. The robbery couldn't have lasted all night, right?'
She waited, and waited, and continued to hope that maybe Mikey would show up so that she could walk home with him.
She pursed her lips as she felt a few tears creeping up.
'DAFUQ IS THIS?!' she thought to herself as she rubbed her eyes. She faked a sneeze so that if anyone turned around, then it would just look like her eyes had become a bit watery from the sneeze.
Sam was growing irritated in her own thoughts and behaviors. What was she getting all worked up for?! Her best friend wasn't able to walk her home this one time. She had barely been able to talk to him in months! Why was she getting so worked up because of one night? She was so disappointed in herself. Like, really? Because she couldn't watch some movies? And because she couldn't play some video games? And try some snacks? Was it really worth getting this upset about it? It was childish! Just because one night didn't go according to plan? THAT WAS NO REASON TO GET UPSET!
*BAM!*
And now Sam had walked into a pile of parked bikes, and that lead her to tumble off the curb and into a parked car. Man this was not her night.
"Jesus Sam!" Kris said. He was dashing back towards her, not realizing that she was walking nowhere near the rest of them.
Sam's thoughts had distracted her so much that she not only wasn't paying attention to where she was walking, but also didn't realize how slow her pace had become.
"He had nothing to do with this" she said, trying to make light of the situation. But apparently Kris was taking these blunders much more seriously.
"Man, I'm sorry Sam. I didn't realize how tired you really were. Here, Jay and Brenda's house is close by. I'm gonna drop you off there for now. That okay?" he asked, not wanting to sound rude but also wanting the girl to lay down and sleep somewhere safe as soon as possible.
Sam nodded. "Yeah, that's fine."
At this point she just wanted to lay down in general. Saying today sucked was over exaggerating, but between things not going her way and her thoughts distracting her, and then not even having anything to keep her occupied as the two girls up ahead flirted with Kris the entire walk home, Sam was just done with today.
Luckily they arrived at her brother's apartment building quickly.
"I'll walk you up" Kris insisted, but Sam made it clear that she wanted to head up by herself.
She was emotionally tired and honestly pretty confused as to why she was so upset, so she just wanted to be alone.
She stood outside her brother's door and got her key from her backpack. Sam sighed.
'At least I'll have the kids to distract me from my confusing thoughts' she thought to herself, a small but still saddened smile on her face.
She opened the door and was shocked at the sight in front of her.
*Friday April 29th, 2016. 1:00a.m.*
'Shit, shit, shit!' Mikey thought to himself as he leapt and then swung onto a pole from one building so it would launch him with his rocket board over towards the top of a building across the street.
Of all nights some robbers had to commit petty thefts tonight, and then they were thefts from different locations. The guys traveled in groups of two since Donnie thought it was suspicious and wouldn't let them split off into individual groups in case this was some type of trap. He believed it was just coincidence that there were so many groups in different locations from different gangs and groups, but the guys wanted to play it safe. Mikey just wished they had known all this beforehand so that they could have split off individually and completed their mission ten times faster. Now there was a good chance that he wouldn't get to hang out with his best friend since Leo had apparently contacted Kris to walker her home.
Mikey loved Kris like a brother and the two were now great friends, but Mikey also knew (or at least assumed) that Sam and Kris had a thing going on. He would never do anything to get in the way of that, but he still wanted to hang out with his best friend and he knew that if Kris arrived first then the two humans would probably want to spend the rest of the night together.
And low and behold, Mikey finally arrived at a building across the street from the universities library just in time to see Sam with Kris's arm around hers.
"Damn" Mikey sighed as he slumped down over the ledge of the building. He had been beat, and now his best friend would want nothing to do with him for the rest of the night.
That's when Mikey saw the two girls run over towards where Sam and Kris were standing.
'Bitches better back off, or my best friend is gonna kick your ass for getting near her man!' Mikey thought to himself with a smirk as he waited for Sam to release her wrath on the two girls…yet Sam just continued to stare off into space and move her shoulders as if she was talking to someone.
Mikey chuckled. 'She must be so tired that she's talking to herself' he thought to himself with a chuckle.
Then, to his amazement, the two girls started walking home with Sam and Kris!
"Oh come on man! Are you that stupid?!" Mikey accidentally said aloud, covering his mouth immediately so that no one would hear him while he was supposed to be in hiding.
He continued to watch the group walk down the street from where he was hiding and was just mind blown as to what the hell Kris was thinking. He was alone with Sam! Sam was a catch of a woman! She was beautiful, she was funny, she was strong yet could be so kind and gentle, her taste in music was as incredible as her dancing, she could handle any and all physical activities, the woman had no flaws!
'Whoa, watch it Mikey. That's your best friend you're thinking about!' the turtle thought to himself, realizing he was getting a bit carried away. Thank god he hadn't said any of that out loud for anyone to hear.
The point being, Kris had the time to be alone with an incredible woman and yet he was now walking with two women and leaving Sam behind, which was also beginning to piss Mikey off right now Kris wasn't even paying attention to the fact that Sam was walking much slower than the rest of the group.
That's when Mikey caught a glimpse of Sam's face. His heart sunk as he watched the girl rub her eyes. Was she crying? DID THAT BOY IGNORING HER FOR OTHER WOMEN MAKE HER CRY?! Now Mikey was genuinely pissed and reached for his phone, ready to contact Sam and remove her from the crazy situation Kris had put her in.
Within the split second Mikey had reached for his phone and had texted a message and was just about to hit send, he looked up and saw Kris holding onto Sam (he had completely missed Sam topple over bikes and into a car). That's when he froze, his finger hovering over the send button. Even though Kris had been walking with those other girls, he came back for Sam. He was now walking with her so that they were side by side. Mikey sighed, what was he thinking? He had no right to intervene with their date, or maybe what was supposed to be a date. Now that he thought about it, Kris was probably walking with those girls so that they wouldn't walk home alone. He wasn't ignoring Sam, he was just being a gentleman, and right now he was probably reassuring Sam that even though he was walking these other girls home that he hadn't forgotten about her.
Mikey sighed once more and ran his hands down his face from exhaustion. He had rushed over here in hopes of hanging out with Sam and instead was getting all worked up while his best friend was on her date. He shook his head, realizing that he needed something to distract himself from everything that was going on.
"Children, I need to see children" Mikey thought to himself.
He knew that Donnie was babysitting the kids since they didn't have school the next day, something about a day where there's no school so the parents could meet and have conferences with the teachers. Knowing Renet, she was probably still awake while Donnie was babysitting (Brenda had a late night at the office with April, and Jay was doing some stunt double stuff (dude did a lot of different jobs on the side for extra cash) for a television show that was filming in a further out part of the city).
Mikey quickly made his way over towards the apartment and just like he suspected, everyone was still awake.
Donnie smiled as he held a smiling baby Keno in his hands.
"Hey, what's up?" he asked. He heard a ding and carefully placed Keno into his swing as Donnie then made his way over towards the kitchen to get the babies bottle.
"Not much, just in the mood to see some kiddos" Mikey said as he crouched down in front of the babies swing, making funny faces to get the baby to smile (worked every time).
"Guess you couldn't catch up to Sam then, huh?" Donnie asked, testing the formula on his arm to make sure it wasn't too hot.
He noticed the long pause before his brother spoke.
"Uh, sort of. I got to the library, but she was already heading out with Kris, so I just headed over here since I was already out" Mikey replied, making sure to keep his back to his brother (which Donnie also took note of).
"And you're okay with that?" Donnie asked as he made his way over to the couch. He placed the bottle on a nearby table and then carefully picked the baby up out of his swing and then got the bottle and got comfy on the couch so that he could feed the baby.
"What do you mean?" Mikey asked, sitting criss cross on the floor in front of the couch.
"Uncle Mikey!" Renet called out, dropping everything in her hands and running over towards her youngest mutant uncle.
"Hey kiddo!" he said, extending his arms so that the girl could run over and jump into his grasp.
'Way to avoid the question' Donnie thought as he rolled his eyes.
"I thought it was Uncle Donnie's turn to watch us tonight?" Renet asked.
"It is, I just thought I would stop by and say hi" he said.
Renet squinted her eyes.
"You're upset about something" she stated bluntly.
"Whaaaaaa?" Mikey asked in attempts to avoid the question with his silliness, but Renet only crossed her arms.
"You're hiding something. You wouldn't lie to me, would you?" she asked, pouting her lips and making doe eyes at him.
"You child, are too smart and conniving for your own good" Mikey said with a grin as he started tickling the child, resulting in the child bursting into a bundle of giggles.
"Answer the question!" Renet said, tears in her eyes from laughing so much.
All of a sudden, the door opened.
Mikey looked up and was shocked to see none other than Sam standing in the doorway.
Mikey and Sam both started smiling as they realized that they were truly seeing the other one now in front of them.
"Hey" she said with a small wave.
"Hey" he replied, a small chuckle escaping him.
"Hi Aunt Sam!" Renet said, now running over and hugging her aunt.
"Hey kiddo! Did you have a good rest of the day today? How does it feel to be five?" Sam asked as she crouched down and hugged her niece.
"It's been awesome! I got a new tea set and I'm….oh no! My animals! Sorry Aunt Sam, I have business to take care of!" Renet said. She then scurried over towards her wagon of stuffed animals that she forgot about when she saw Mikey and now gathered them all back together. She then pulled the wagon over towards a small kids sized table that was located behind the couch.
Donnie was carefully switching back and forth between looking down at Keno and also looking behind him to watch Renet while she played, however, he was also listening in to the conversation that Sam and Mikey were now holding.
'There's a seat next to me on the couch, but I bet she'll sit on the floor next to Mikey' Donnie thought as he watched Renet.
In the corner of his eye he caught Sam place her backpack on the breakfast bar and then walk over and sit down next to Mikey on the floor.
'Knew it' Donnie thought to himself.
"What are you doing here?" Sam asked. "I thought you had to stop a robbery?"
"We did, and we got all of them, but I wasn't able to make it back in time" Mikey said with an apologetic expression.
"Then how did you get here?" Sam asked.
"Well I saw you walking with Kris and-"
"Wait, you saw me? Where the heck were you?" Sam asked with wide eyes.
"I was across the street from the library and I stayed in that spot."
"So why didn't you contact me?"
Mikey was confused. "Because you were with Kris" Mikey said, his face scrunched in confusion. He then looked behind him to make sure Renet couldn't hear him. Mikey faced Sam and with an infuriated expression whispered "and if he ever does that again to you I'll kick his ass."
Now Sam was the one with the confused expression. "If he does what?"
"Ignore you for other women. He was totally ignoring you while he walked with those other girls" he whispered sternly.
"It's not his job to babysit me" Sam chuckled, "I mean anyone can get distracted and walk into a line of bikes"
"What?!" Mikey screamed into a whisper.
"Nothing" Sam said as she jumped back so that her back was straight and she was pretending to actual natural.
"When did that happen?!" Mikey asked, continuing to angrily whisper to show that he was very upset.
"I don't know. I was just thinking about stuff at one point and I accidentally walked into a line of bikes…and then into a parked car."
"Pfft!" Donnie stifled as he quickly covered his mouth and looked away, trying not to laugh at the image of Sam acting so ditzy.
Mikey and Sam both laughed at Donnie's reaction which helped calm Mikey down as well.
"Well if he ever ignores you like that again let me know and I'll come help you out. Like knowing him he was just being nice and making sure those girls didn't walk home alone, but still he totally acted like you weren't even there. And I saw how that made you feel" Mikey said, lowering his voice as he stated the last part.
Sam's face began to turn red a bit. "What do you mean?" she asked.
"You know…" Mikey said as he then rubbed his eyes, displaying what he saw Sam doing earlier that day.
'Oh crap he knows about that?!' Sam thought to herself. She was too embarrassed to look Mikey in the eyes now that she knew he caught her crying because he didn't walk her home.
She did look up when she felt a hand resting on her knee.
She looked up to see Mikey display a gentle smile on his face.
"It's okay, I don't blame you for feeling that way when your friend ignores you" Mikey reassured.
Sam pursed her lips. "It's just, things didn't go the way I thought they were going to, you know?" she said as she rubbed her hand behind her head.
"Oh I know, but that still doesn't justify his behaviors" Mikey said as he crossed his arms.
Sam paused and then looked her friend in the face. "Behavior?"
"Yeah. He can still be a gentleman but can show respect and attention towards you as well. In my opinion he acted like a fool tonight" Mikey said as he shook his head.
The wheels in Sam's head began to turn as she realized Mikey wasn't talking him not being able to walk her home and how that had upset her, she realized that Mikey thought she had begun to cry because Kris was ignoring her.
She was going to correct him…but something prevented her from doing so.
"Yeah, but like you said, he's a nice guy. I mean hey, that's why he brought me here. He thought it would be safer to leave me somewhere where I could rest as soon as possible. Heh, he thought was the reason why I walked into the bikes. But really I was just distracted and I didn't want to walk near those girls that were drooling all over him anyway" Sam said as she rolled her eyes and turned so that she was facing the television (Donnie had just turned it on so Renet could have a dance party).
Mikey smiled as he also turned and faced the television, watching the music videos that were displayed on the screen.
"Don't worry about them, they have nothing on you. All they care about is materials and make-up. You style and personality alone out-beautify what those two girls have."
Sam chuckled. "Thanks fam" she said, putting he hand out for a fist bump. She didn't turn to actually face him however because she didn't want him to get the wrong idea from the small blush that had formed on her face.
'Ha, very funny. But thanks for being a sweet brother and trying to make me feel better' Sam thought to herself. She didn't believe that Mikey actually meant what he had said. She knew that the two girls she saw today would be Mikey's ideal types if he could actually go on dates, which meant she also knew that everything he just said was a total lie. But she would be a liar if it didn't feel nice to hear such compliments since no one ever said things like that to her without a reason (such as her feeling down about her appearance and then someone complimented her because that's how that protocol worked) but Mikey would just randomly compliment her like that without there being a reason why he needed to, he just complimented her on his own.
The two continued to talk and eventually joined Renet in her dance party until all three of them eventually collapsed on the couch later that night.
Donnie continued to watch over everyone (he was the designated babysitter for that night) and just listed and watched carefully, finding the conversations he had heard that night veryyyyyyyyyyyyy interesting. Interesting indeed.
*Saturday April 30th, 2016. 1:00a.m. A hotel room in Toronto Canada*
Hun exited the bathroom of the small room. He looked over to see Karai meditating.
"Don't worry, you don't need to be silent" she stated as she continued to face forward, refraining from moving from her position.
"I just got off the phone with operatives in Tokyo. It sounds like Stockman is continuing to follow our orders. They tested the placebo mutagens on him and he was freaking out to the point that he was bleeding from his ears."
"Has he located a place for us to use?" Karai asked as she stayed in her position.
"Yes. He has located a destination where he can retrieve materials that can build what we need him to. Then maybe we can once again locate our master" Hun said as he folded clothes into his suit case.
"We will. Have faith. Not only must we focus on bringing him back, but we must greet him with a Foot clan worth returning to. So far our travels have been successful. We've recruited enough soldiers to join both the clan and also the Purple Dragons."
"Heh, I was shocked at how many people we found that were willing to participate. I guess if we advertise that we'll provide them with safety for their families in the U.S. then people will do whatever they need to in order to survive. The tests each ran very well, and we even contacted retired clan members that were able to get into the prison both as guards and as inmates."
Karai sighed.
Hun looked over at her, sensing her distress.
"Don't worry Karai. We got Bebop and Rocksteady in the court yard so they should have been informed of the plans already, same with Tatsu and Sachs. All of them will be freed before you know it. I promised you that Tatsu would be first so that you two can complete the mission together" Hun said with a smirk.
This got the woman to turn around.
"Do not tease me" she said sternly.
Hun put his hands up in defense. "Relax, I just know the two of you grew up together and what not. If I had a woman like that I'd be worried about her to" he said with a genuine smile.
Karai smirked. "Such an ass" she said as she turned back around towards her meditative position.
"Everything will fall into place soon" she stated, "we will free Tatsu first once we return to New York. He and I will follow Stockman's order using the machine we located and will enter the location, steal what we need, and will then return so that Stockman can build a new portal. Once we have our team reassembled, we can locate Master Shredder. Make sure to work with Sachs while I'm gone. He's never received training to fight besides for general self-defense. From now on he's going to need to defend himself better since he'll be a prison escapee."
Karai then turned and faced Hun.
"You're checking-"
"I've checked everything, 5 times. No one can hear or see what we're doing in this room. I've been trying to track down as many cameras near places we've been, but you know I'm not the best at this. Unfortunately most of our tech guys got locked up in both the clan and the dragons."
"Alright. I'll contact the few remaining members in New York. I'll let them know that we head home in a few more hours. I'll make sure the members in Tokyo meet us there with Stockman as well. Get ready, because the real fun is going to begin soon" she stated with a sinister smile as she reached for her phone, ready to set the next part of the plan into action.
OH MY GOSH I'VE FINALLY WRITTEN THIS CHAPTER! Like I don't know why it took me so long to finally update! BUT, it's a long chapter so hopefully that helps make up for me taking so long to submit something new .
As you can see, something insane is brewing and is about to happen. Can you handle what's to come? Cause some interesting things are about to happen and I can't wait to finally write about it!
Anyway, hope you're continuing to enjoy the story :3
Also, thank you to those who have been sending me messages of support and encouragement. Hearing that you're enjoying the twists and turns of the series means everything to me since that was one of my goals going into this story and hearing that they're making the story exciting to read warms my heart…that sounds cheesy, I know, but it's the honest truth. I was even deemed as a 'misdiretion goddess' and that made my day.
Thank you again to all who read and/or leave comments and/or those who leave likes/kudos/etc. Any type of support is incredible and extremely appreciated.
And Happy New Years everyone! :D
(in this realm the turtles will meet Timothy, a man who lost his mother years ago due to illness and wants to act like a super hero. Him learning that Sam is a mutant makes him think that mutagen can make him a hero, but it turns him into a blob, and the mutagen that hits Tatsu will turn him into Tiger Claw). (IN FUTURE CHAPTERS WHEN THE GIRLS RECEIVE THEIR POWERS, THE TURTLES WILL INTRODUCE THEM TO TIMOTHY SO THAT THEY CAN SEE HOW HORRIBLY WRONG THEIR MUTATIONS COULD HAVE GONE. TIMOTHY is brought back in a canister like in the show and is left in the lab as an experiment for people to work on and try to save him).