Brooke's POV:
Thankfully, Sensei's in a deep meditative trance and doesn't notice the squirrel staring at him.
Me: *whispers* "Full ninja mode."
We carefully surround the squirrel, but it leaps into the tree. We position ourselves at the tree trunk as Donnie and Leo lift me. I grab the squirrel and quietly land just a few inches away from Splinter, who awakens as the squirrel shrieks loudly.
Splinter: "What is going on in here?! I was in a deep meditative trance trying to block out your constant noise and-Is that a chipmunk?"
Me: "More like a dangerous, mutant squirrel that reproduces inside stomachs."
Splinter: "I should've been in a deeper trance."
The squirrel wriggles out of my grasp, and we all chase it around the room. Splinter leaps forward, knocks a plastic crate over the squirrel, and holds it down to keep it inside.
Splinter: "You will be safe here for a sort time, my distant cousin. Until we can find out more about you."
I walk off to see how Mikey & Raph are doing.
Me: "Ok, boys. One squirrel down, one to-"
I open the door, much to my horror, as the squirrel crawls into Raph's mouth and down his throat.
Mikey & I: "Raph!"
{Time skip}
After we place Raph onto Donnie's desk and restrain him so he doesn't fall off, Donnie tries to use a stethoscope to listen for the squirrel. Unfortunately, Raph's anxiety makes it difficult for that to work.
Raph: "It's in my guts! I can feel it in there munching on that popcorn I ate. It's freaking me out, man!"
Donnie: "Ok, you gotta stop with the this-*moves his fingers to imitate talking*-because I can't here what's going on inside your intestines."
Mikey: "Oh, I'll tell you what's going on in there. Right now, the mutant squirrel is probably secreting a mucus into your stomach lining. So that, when it multiplies-"
Donnie: "Mikey-"
Donnie & I: "Not helping."
Donnie: "Though, probably 98% accurate."
Raph: "Get him out! Get him out! Get him out!"
I gently lower Raph onto his back.
Me: "Easy, soldier. Deep breath. You'll pull through, we'll eliminate the squirrel, and nothing worse will happen. Do you trust me?"
Raph nods and starts taking deep breaths until Donnie speaks up.
Donnie: "Just as I thought, we need to perform surgery. Stat.-*to Mikey*-Nurse!"
Mikey pulls out a buzzsaw and revs it up.
Raph: "Let me out of here!"
Mikey shut it off as he & Donnie start laughing. Raph stands up with an angry look.
Raph: "Why you, you-"
Raph falls to his knees with a groan.
Me: "Raph, you ok?"
Mikey: "Guys, brace for grossness!"
Raph regurgitates the squirrels, but due to their host being a fellow mutant, their energy levels and physical properties are unique to the original.
Leo: "Brooke, Donnie, some science-y stuff would be a big help right now!"
The squirrels rise to stand on two paws as they begin glowing green, and the power goes out.
Mikey: "Glowing. Glowing's bad. Glowing is real bad!"
Splinter pries the lab doors open.
Splinter: "I see it's happening here as well."
Donnie: "These things are putting out a crazy energy signature. It's messing with my analyzer."
Mikey: "We're doomed. Doomed, I tell you!"
Once again, the squirrels run off to separate sections of the lair.
Splinter: "Split up and search each room."
Mikey: "Split up? Clearly you don't read comics either, Sensei. 'Cause splitting up is the-"
Splinter: "Silence! You are trained warriors. We will find these creatures. Now!"
Raph: "Split up to search in the dark for multiplying mutants. Could we pick a more cliche way to get eaten?"
Donnie: "One of us could twist our ankle, or our T-Phones could die, or-"
Raph: "Ok. Move!"
Raph & I walk off to check the bedrooms. We're halfway through when Raph bumps into Mikey behind with a scream.
Me: "Mikey, I told you Raph & I would check the bedrooms."
Mikey: "I thought you'd need backup."
Suddenly, we hear a distant hissing from the shadows.
Mikey: "There was a sound just like that in my comic when the baby aliens transformed into giant alienoids."
Raph: "Wait. You read it in a comic. How can it sound the same? Sweet mother of mutations!"
Mikey and I follow Raph's gaze to find that the squirrels' mutations have leveled up in a creepy, horrifying way.
Mikey: "They've turned into squirrelanoids!"
We run off to meet up with Donnie & Leo.
Mikey: "They're gonna brain-suck us!"
Splinter appears before us and whacks the squirrelanoids away with his staff. They both rush off deep into the sewers.
Leo: "The sewers lead to surface! If those things get out-"
Splinter: "Go then. Quickly. I will stay to defend the lair in case the beasts double back."
Me: "Hai, Sensei."
Mikey: "Which means we have to go after them alone? In the dark sewer? Without you?"
Splinter: "Who among you wants to prove you are the bravest? The strongest of will? The worthiest of ninjas?"
TO BE CONTINUED
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Love Never Lost
FanfictionBrooke has trained with the turtles since they were five years old. Lost and alone, she needed a good home & friends she could trust. When she ran into Splinter, she was given both of these things & more. Now the turtles have become her brothers, wi...