The front door opened to the farmhouse and April helped Splinter inside. "Just a little bit further, Master Splinter." April said as she led Splinter over to the chair.
"Finally, now someone get me a fork or something. You have no idea how bad my legs itch!" Mikey complained. Donnie was helping him walk, as Mikey leaned against him.
"Yeah, we do, Mikey. We've heard about it the whole trip." Donnie replied. Alopex helped Venus inside, while Yuuki leaned against Mona as they walked in together. Casey helped Leo and Raph. D was carrying Elizabeth, who was sleeping in her arms as she walked inside and closed the door behind her. She hand the baby over to Mona who was sitting on the couch, and she took Elizabeth from her.
"Ow." Raph hissed, feeling his rib cracked. Casey and Leo helped him onto the couch and Raph laid down, laying his head on Mona's lap. She set Elizabeth, gently, on Raph's plastron.
"Thank you, April. I am not as young as I once was. Wounds take longer to heal." Splinter said.
"I'm still as young as I once was, and I don't feel like I'm ever gonna heal!" Mikey shouted.
"Too bad you didn't break your jaw. Maybe we can finally get a little peace and quiet around here. Ow." Raph said.
"Ah, that's better?" Mikey smiled as he sat down in the chair, Alopex sat down next to him on the arm rest of the chair. Then Mikey paused when he smelled something. "Ew! What's that smell? It smells like burnt-" Splinter narrowed his eyes at the turtle giving him a silent glare. Mikey made a sheepish laugh. "Oh right. Sorry, Sensei."
Yuuki was sitting on the steps, leaning against the wall. She looked over at Leo who had been silent the entire time in worry.
"Alright, who's hungry?" April asked everyone.
"Me." Donnie said as he and Venus were sitting by the fireplace.
"I am!" Mikey added.
"Over here." Raph said.
"I could go for a bite." Alopex replied.
"I'm hungry as well." Venus said.
"Me too." Mona added.
"I'm starving." Yuuki replied before looking over at Leo, who still hadn't said anything. "Leo?"
"Leonardo?" Splinter asked as well in concern.
"I'm fine." Leo answered.
While April was fixing everyone something to eat, the group moved up stairs to the attic to get more comfortable as they laid down on the beds. Splinter was sitting down in the center of the room, meditating, with a cup of tea steaming next to him. Mikey was scratching his leg with a makeshift scratcher. Elizabeth had finally woken up and crawling back and forth to Mona and D, can't deciding on who to go to.
"Hey, you're not going to believe what Lizzy did while you guys were gone." D asked.
"What?" Mona replied.
"What'd she do?" Raph asked.
D got up and motioned Mona to follow her and sat down next to Splinter. Then she went back over to Elizabeth, standing behind her. "Call Elizabeth over."
Everyone, besides Leo, looked at D confused. Mona turned to Elizabeth and called out to her. Elizabeth squealed happily and pushed herself up until she was standing, wobbling a little. Everyone's eyes widened as they saw Elizabeth slowly take her first steps.
"No way. S-She's walking!' Raph sputtered in shock and amazement as well. Leo turned and glanced over, hearing everyone gasp, seeing Elizabeth stumbling over to Mona and Splinter before she fell into Splinter's lap. She giggled as Splinter picked her up, holding in his lap. Mona teared up and patted Elizabeth on her head before looking over at Raph.
"Raphie, her first steps! She took her first steps! Can you believe it?!" She exclaimed, happily.
"Yes, I can. She's a tough girl." Raph said, happily with pride. Mikey started to scratch his leg with a makeshift scratch that he made.
"Don't scratch, Mikey." April scolded Mikey as she was carrying some chips and other snacks in her arms.
"What did I miss?" She asked.
"Elizabeth took her first steps!" Mona shouted. "I can't believe we've got to see it." April smiled.
"That's wonderful! I'm happy for you two!"
"April, did you bring your laptop? You think we can get a wireless signal out here?" Donnie asked her.
"Hey April, can you run out and get some comics for me?" Mikey asked as well.
"Hey, April, April! Can you whack Mikey upside the head for me? I can't reach." Raph told her.
"My sons, enough. Our bodies need rest to heal and that includes your mouths." Splinter said.
"No scratching." April told Mikey again. She took his scratcher away from him then looked over at Leo who was standing by the window. She looked over at Splinter. "Uh, Master Splinter?"
"Leonardo, you need rest as well." Splinter told him.
"I've rest plenty. I'll rest later." Leo replied. Suddenly, Splinter's ears perked up as he heard something.
"Someone is outside." He warned.
"Stay up here. I'll check it out." April told everyone. She walked down the stairs and saw Casey staring at the wall where a hole once was that had been plastered over.
"Hey April, check this out. You can still see where they plastered up the wall I punched through when I was seven!" He smiled.
"Casey, Splinter heard someone outside!" April told him.
"Out here? Don't worry, there's no one around for miles! Huh?" Casey and April heard the front door rattling, the door knob jiggling, as someone tried to get in. "Then again..." Casey slowly walked over to the door.
"Casey!" April called out to him in worry. Casey stood to the side and unlocked the door and someone stumbled inside. Casey grabbed them and slammed the person against the wall, holding them up by their coat. Casey's eyes widened as he recognized him.
"Well, what do ya know. You're not welcomed here."
"Last time I've checked this was my grandma's house, too." The man replied to Casey.
"Casey?" April questioned, confused.
"Put me down, you psycho!" The man shouted as he struggled to get out of Casey's hold on him. Casey placed him back down on the floor.
"April, this is my gambling, thieving, good for nothing Cousin Sid." He told April as he introduced his cousin to her.
"Wow, and I thought Casey was the black sheep of the Jones family." April joked.
"What do you want, Sid? You always want something!" Casey demanded.
"I just want what's mine. You get the house, you get the girls. Well, I want MY share. I want the money!" Sid shouted. Casey and April looked at each other confused before looking back at Sid.
"What are you talking about, Sid?" Casey asked.
"Don't give me that! You know what I'm talking about. THE loot! Everyone knows that grandpa robbed that train. I want grandpa's share of the Hoover Tunnel train job!" Sid exclaimed. Hidden at the top of the stairs, Donnie was listening in on the conversation and turned to Leo who was standing behind him.
"Casey's cousin says that Casey's granddad was a train robber." Donnie informed everyone.
"Cool!" Mikey said.
"We should have known Casey would come from a long line of boneheads." Raph murmured.
"You're crazy, Sid. You no one ever believe that old story!" Casey dismissed.
"I believed it! He said he buried the loot. "Spot marks the x" he was always saying, the crazy old coot. I dug holes out here for years looking for it. For anything that looks like an x, it's gotta be here!" Sid insisted.
"Spot marks the x? That's not right." April frowned, as she thought to herself.
"Get outta here, Sid!" Casey told his cousin, opening the front door, holding it open.
"I need that money, Casey! You've got it, don't you? You got the money!" Sid shouted becoming more desperate now.
"Sid, there is no money!" Casey told him again. April stepped over to the two, stopping Casey.
"Casey, wait. Sid, are you in trouble?" She asked Sid as she turned to him. Sid went silent before stepping away from the two. Casey and April saw Sid reach into his coat for something. Sid pulled out a Federation blaster and pointed it at the two. Casey and April's eyes widened as they backed away from him.
"Spot marks the x, Casey. You're a liar!" Sid shouted at Casey. "Now give me that money or things are going to get ugly!"
Casey and April backed away, standing near the bottom of the stairs. "I'm not going to ask you again, Casey. Now give me that money."
Leo pulled Donnie back as he helped his brother back up the stairs. "Well, so much for that family reunion. Cousin Sid brought a Federation blaster to the party." Donnie told everyone.
"We should have known Casey's lack of smarts would run in the family." Raph commented.
"What should we do?" Donnie asked.
"We aren't in any shape to fight." Venus replied.
"Hey, I've got it!" Mikey smiled as he shifted to the side of the bed, minding his broken legs. He grabbed a pig skinned blanket, putting it on. "We disguise ourselves in old animal skins, get close enough to Sid, then spring on him!"
"Oh, Mikey, if only I could reach you, right now! BAM!" Raph growled as he threw a punch in the air. He hissed, painfully, feeling his ribs crack. "Ow. Ow."
"You must take this seriously. Sid is obviously distressed. We need to-" Splinter spoke before Leo walked past him, heading towards the window, opening it.
"I'll take care of Sid."
"Leo?" Yuuki called out to him.
"Leonardo? Leonardo!" Splinter shouted. Leo stopped when he saw headlights within the distance and a car pulled up in front of the barn house.
"Uh oh, that can't be good." Mikey murmured.
"Hey ya, Sid, long time no see. Looks like you're having quite the party here." The purple dragon leader smirked as he and three other members stepped inside the house.
"Spuds, what are you doing here? I told you I'd get you the money!" Sid exclaimed.
"Sid, Sid, Sid, I'm not some two-bit cookie anymore. We're purple dragons, now." Spuds told him. Casey laughed.
"Ha! Purple dragons! What're you the North Hampton chapter? Look April, they got matching jackets! Oooh!"
"Shut up, Casey!" Sid hissed at him.
"The dragons have a new agenda. We're going places and all markers are being called here. That means yours, too, Sid." Spud explained.
"Purple dragons. I hate purple dragons." Leo growled. He and Donnie were listening to the conversation.
"I told you I would get you the money, Spuds, and I will, tonight." Sid assured him, nervously.
"Oh, I know you will, Sid. We're just here to make sure your little treasure hunt goes smooth." He gestured the other members. "Boys, help Sid look." The gang started to trash and wreck the living room and looking. Casey growled as he glared angrily at them.
"Why you no good-" April tried to hold him back. Spud pointed his blaster at them, stopping Casey.
"Ah, ah, ah!" He smirked. While the goons were searching around, one of the dragons accidentally fired a crossbow gun and the arrow shot straight through the ceiling, near the group.
"I sure picked the wrong time to have broken legs." Mikey groaned.
"Speak for yourself, Mikey. I can take seven purple dragons lying on my back." Raph said.
"Our injuries do have us at a disadvantage." Splinter replied.
"Enough talk, let's take them down." Leo growled.
"Leo, you're stealing Raph's line!" Mikey said, surprised. Raph laughed a little.
"Hey, I don't mind. I love it when Leo talks tough. We should get Karai to stab him more often!" He joked. Leo growled, clenching his fists, turning around to face him.
"Raph!" Mona hissed. Mikey held his crutch in front of Leo, stopping him.
"Easy, Leo. Leave Raph to me. Raph needs a hiding place don't you, Raphie boy? And I've got just the spot!" Mikey smirked.
"Hiding spot?" Raph questioned. The next thing, Donnie and Leo began carrying Raph over to a closet as Mikey opened the door and placed the turtle inside of it.
"Don't even! No way am I missing this action!" Raph shouted, angrily.
"Don't worry, Raph. We'll come back for you, maybe." Mikey giggled, shutting the door.
"Mikey, you better hope that I never heal! I'll-" Raph growled before he felt his arm crack as well as his ribs. "Ow. Ow."
"Yuuki, I want you to stay here." Leo told her.
"Are you kidding me? No way!" Yuuki argued, starting to get up. She instantly regretted it and felt a sharp pain on her chest, from Shredder's slash that he gave her.
"Don't argue with me. You can't fight, right now." Leo stated. Yuuki stared at him, quietly.
"I think Leo's right on this one. We're not in any shape to fight, I mean, look at me." Venus replied.
"And I have to stay with Elizabeth. Hopefully she can be quiet long enough." Mona replied.
"D, you and Alopex stay here as well. Help the others, in case they need it." Donnie told her. D nodded.
"We'll be back." Leo replied. Splinter, Mikey, Donnie, Leo, all climbed through the window going outside.
"I'm not seeing any of this treasure, Sid. You know what happens if we don't get that money." Spud warned, looking at Sid.
"I-I, Casey has the money! He found it!" Sid quickly answered, pointing at Casey. Casey's eyes widened in shock.
"What?! Sid, you weasel! There is no money!"
"Well, I guess we're just gonna have to beat the truth out of yous, boys?" Spud gestured the members before they stopped when they heard honks coming from the Purple dragon leader's car as someone was honking it.
"What the-That's my car! No one messes with my car! Ever!" Spud shouted angrily before looking at one of the members and ordered them. "Max, you and the others find out whoever's out there and take care of them."
The group purple dragons walked outside with their blasters, while Spuds and Sid stayed inside the farmhouse with Casey and April. "All right, search the place! A ghost didn't honk that horn!" Max told them and the three began to spread out, searching around. A goon was slowly approaching Mikey who was hiding behind a stocked pile of wood. Mikey tried to move before his foot hit against a piece of the wood.
"Ow!" He fell back and accidentally knocked over some of the chopped wood. The purple dragon heard the noise and started to come closer. "Aw, shell. I wonder if it's too late to switch places with Raph?" Mikey groaned as he tried to sit up. He looked in front of him to see his crutch leaning against the silo. Mikey struggled to crawl over to it until he managed to reach it and tried to pry and pull the crutch free.
"Come on. Come to, Mikey. Yes!" Mikey smiled as caught the other crutch in his hand. However, the wood began to topple and weave. "Uh oh." It fell right on top of the purple dragon, knocking him out. Mikey stood up. "Two busted legs, flat on my shell and I'm still all that in the bag of chips! Mm, chips."
The second purple dragon was searching around in the barn. A shadow darted in front of him, as Donnie quickly hid. Suddenly, a bright light blinded the goon, coming from the truck, in the barn, as it came on. "Okay, buddy, game's-" The purple dragon ran over to the truck, opening the door. He aimed his gun only to find nothing. "Over?"
Donnie flipped over on top of the rafters slowly moved over to a wheel. He stopped himself from crying out in pain when he accidently bumped his injured arm on it. Then Donnie pushed the wheel, making it roll across, distracting the purple dragon. "Who's there!?"
The purple dragon began to climb up the ladder and Donnie quickly ran over grabbing the top of the ladder and pushed it over. The purple fell back with the ladder, falling into a pile of hay. The goon crawled as he stumbled out of the hay. He saw his gun that he dropped and quickly ran over to it. Donnie sprang his trap as he threw the rope catching the dragon's foot, dragging him away from his weapon. Donnie hopped down from the rafters, pulling the purple dragon up, now hanging upside down.
"Gotcha!" Donnie shouted.
"Help! Help! Get me down from here! Spuds! Guys! Help!" The purple dragon cried out. Donnie stuffed some hay into the dragon's mouth, gagging him.
"Nighty night, dragon boy!" Donnie smirked and punched the man in the face, knocking him out.
The third purple dragon was patrolling the corn fields. Splinter looked down as he was hiding, disguised as a scarecrow, seeing the goon passed him. The ninja master hopped down, slowly sneaking up behind the purple dragon. The dragon stopped. "Ew, what's that smell? It's like burnt-" Splinter threw a punch, punching the dragon below the belt. The man groaned, as he voice squeaked in a high-pitched tone. "Hair." He fell over like a stack of dominoes on the ground.
"I may indeed smell, but at least I am still conscious." Splinter replied, looking down at the knocked-out dragon.
The last purple dragons were searching at the front of the house, near the car. He noticed that it had gone deadly silent. "Guys? Guys! What's going on here? Guys!" He called out to the others. No answer. "This ain't funny, fellas."
Max wandered over near the car when the door suddenly opened. Leo grabbed him and pulled him inside, punching, and knocked the dragon out cold. The other purple dragon ran over when he heard the commotion. Max?" He questioned. "Max! You in there?" He heard a thud on the hood of the car and shrieked as he saw Max knocked out. "Max! Oh mama."
Leo slammed the door open right into the man's face as the purple dragon back up. He fell down to the ground, out cold.
Leo, Mikey, Donnie and Splinter, stood over him as they looked down. "Good job, Leo!" Mikey cheered.
Back in the house, the purple dragon leader noticed that the others had not reported back to him. "Come on, come on! What is taking them so long?"
"Sid, it doesn't have to be like this. We can talk things out." April called out to Casey's cousin. Sid pointed his gun at her and Casey.
"Talking ain't gonna find that money, talking isn't gonna get Spuds off my back!"
"It's all about you, ain't it Sid? Nothing changes." Casey said.
"I've heard enough out of you two-one more word and I'm gonna-huh?" Something darting across the window, catching the man's attention. Spud smirked as he walked over to the door and opened it, pointing his blaster. "Hold it right-! Huh?" His eyes widened and his mouth opened, dropping his cigarette in shock. "Max?" Max toppled over as he fell inside the house onto the floor, unconscious. Spuds flipped him over to find a note, that Mikey had drawn, attached to the man's chest. It was smiley face of a turtle in a ninja mask with it's tongue sticking out. "What the-"
"Here we go..." Casey whispered to April, smirking.
"Guys? Sam? Jake? Anyone!?" The purple dragon leader called out. Sid stepped away getting even more nervous until he bumped into Casey. Casey smirked.
"Hey ya, cuz." He threw a punch, knocking the gun out of his cousin's hands, sending him flying towards Spuds, crashing into the wall. April ran over to Casey.
"Look out!" Casey quickly pushed her out of the way as Spuds fired at them. Casey rushed to his golf bag to grab his hockey stick weapon Spuds shot it out of Casey's hands.
"Should have stayed out of this. Now, I'm gonna teach you a lesson you ain't never gonna forget." Spuds said, now aiming the blaster at Casey. A plate flew, knocking the gun out of his hand. Casey and the purple dragon looked over to April. "Little girl, you're gonna wish you never did that."
"That's funny, I was gonna say the same thing to you." April smirked as she got into a fighting stance. The purple dragon charged at her.
"April!" Casey cried out to her, worried. April grabbed the leader and flipped him over her, sending him crashing into a shelf. Casey tried to run over to her.
"I'm coming, babe!" But Sid stopped him, as he jumped in front of Casey.
"Casey, I gotta have that money! I'm sorry."
April narrowed her eyes at Spuds as he started to sit up. Her eyes widen, seeing Sid's blaster lying next to him. The purple dragon smirked and picked up. He stood up and walked over to April, pointing the blaster at her. April held her hands up. "Now, about that lesson."
"See where that smart mouth gotcha? Now we'll see how tough your boyfriend is with my blaster stuck in your ribs."
Casey and Sid stopped fighting each other, seeing Spuds threatening April. April smirked and quickly grabbed the purple dragon's wrist twisting it, hard, making him drop the gun.
"Back off, Casey!" Sid shouted as tried to hit Casey with his Casey's hockey stick. Casey dodged out of the way and grabbed it and slapped Sid on the back of his head.
"Get real, Sid. You knew better than to tousle with me when we were kids! Did you get dumber or something?" He said smugly. Sid swung the stick again at Casey. "Alright, you asked for it!"
"That's it, girlie!" Casey looked over at April and the other purple dragon. He picked Sid up and tossed him over to them. The purple dragon ducked as Sid flew over him, crashing into the wall. April tried to throw a punch at Spuds, while he was distracted but he blocked it. She ducked down as he tried to punch her then spinned kicked him, sending Spud's flying into the wall, lying next to Sid.
"Looks like all that training paid off!" Casey smiled as he walked over to April. She smiled back.
"This isn't over." Spuds glared up at the two. April looked over at the gun lying next to Sid and quickly picked it up.
"Don't get any bright ideas." Sid smiled sheepishly at her. Casey grabbed Spuds, lifting him up.
"You don't know who you're messing with. The purple dragons will-" The dragon sputtered out before Casey interrupted him.
"Whatever Sid owes, it's paid up as of right now."
"Or what?" The purple dragon questioned. Casey and April lead the two outside and April aimed the gun at the leader's car. "Okay, Okay! Sure! Don't shoot! I'll find a way to cover his marker and square it with the purple dragons. Y-You don't owe us anything, Sid! We're square! Just-Just please don't hurt the car, okay? Deal?" Spuds smiled nervously at the two. He grabbed his other knocked out goons and quickly hopped back into his car and drove off.
"Good riddance to bad rubbish." Casey replied.
Leo, Mikey, Donnie and Splinter, were on the roof, seeing the car drive away. Mikey opened the window as he struggled to crawl inside. "Ow, ow, ow, ow! Okay, that pain's worth it. Just so I can razz Raph for missing out on all the action." Raph's hand grabbed Mikey's crutch, knocking Mikey over as he fell on the floor.
"Not all the action, Mikey." Raph smirked, sitting as he leaned himself against the wall.
"Ow." Mikey groaned.
"Why'd you do it, Casey? Why'd you help me out with Spuds after all I've did?" Sid asked.
"Sid, you're a whackbag. But you're still family." Casey told him.
"Everybody deserves a new start, even you, Sid. Just make sure that you don't blow it, right Casey?" April told him before she looked over at Casey, noticing he didn't answer. The two saw him lost in thought. "Casey?"
"Spot marks the x..." Spot marks the x, it couldn't be but that's gotta be it. Spot!" Casey said. "Don't you remember, Sid? Spot, the stray dog that grandpa took in. He loved that old dog." He stood up and walked over to the barn, April and Sid followed behind him. "Old Spot got pretty sick one summer and passed away. I remember there was this one big stone in the foundation of the barn that grandpa used to mark Spot's grave with." He looked around until he spotted a strange rounded and curved stone that looked like a grave.
"What're we waiting for?! Pry that sucker loose!" Sid exclaimed, rubbing his hands together excitedly. Casey pulled the stone out and reached inside, pulling out a suitcase. "We found it. The money! Finally, it's mine!" Sid shouted, grabbing the case from Casey and started to walk away with it until he stopped. He turned back to Casey, handing the case back to him. "You gave me a second chance, Case. I'm not going to blow it. Come on, cousin, we'll share it."
The two opened it. They were surprised to find, not money but slips of paper inside instead. "Huh?"
"What the-!" April took one of them, reading it.
"They're receipts, to charities." She explained.
"Grandma Jones never did approve of grandpa's train robbing past. Looks like she made up for it." Casey smiled and a gust of wind blew the paper away.
"I've been digging holes here for years and I find out that she donated it all to charity? She gave it away!" Sid shouted, disappointed.
"Well, guess that makes her about the only white sheep in your family." April joked as she laughed. Casey and Sid joined, laughing with with her.
"They're laughing. That's nice. I can't move and they're laughing." Mikey whined.
"We'll heal. Then we'll beat the shell of Casey for having such a whackbag family. But you're first, Mikey." Raph smirked and punched Mikey on the back of his head.
"Ow!"