Trust in the Shadows

Cockroach Terminator: Part 1

Alyssa's POV:

Tonight, Donnie's off working in his lab while Raph, Mikey, Leo, & I are having a ramen dinner in the kitchen, with Leo preparing the ramen.

Mikey: "Let's go, Leo. I'm starving."

Leo then dishes and serves each of us a bowl of ramen.

Mikey: "Yeah, boy! Ramen!"

As we eat, a cockroach with a camera on its head crawls along the table, stopping to look at each of us. When it gets to Raph, he shrieks and leaps away from the table.

Raph: "Roach! Roach!"

Raph slowly reaches for his sai and repeatedly to kill the cockroach with it until Donnie walks in with his laptop.

Donnie: "Stop! Stop! You'll smash him!"

Raph: "That's the idea!"

Donnie picks the roach up from the ground and holds him in the air, away from Raph.

Donnie: "You can't smash this roach, ok? He's special. Really special."

I walk over to the two, placing a hand on Raph's shoulder to help calm him while Leo speaks to Donnie.

Leo: "Ok, I'm gonna regret this, but why is he special, Donnie?"

Donnie: "Because I outfitted him with a remote-controlled camera helmet."

Me: "Well, that explains why you're special."

Donnie places his laptop on the counter and replays the cockroach camera's footage to show us.

Donnie: "We can send him into TCRI and spy on the Kraang. The camera allows us to see whatever the cockroach sees."

Mikey laughs as the image of Raph's face as he screamed appears onscreen.

Mikey: "That is awesome! Big, tough Raph is scared of cockroaches."

Raph: "I am not."

Mikey: "Oh, really? Let's go to the video.-*plays video*-This is my favorite part right here.-*pauses video*-Donnie, can I get this on a T-shirt?"

Raph: "Wanna see my favorite part?"

I lift the laptop off the counter just before Raph flips Mikey over and across it.

Donnie: "We're gonna spy on the Kraang with a cockroach!"

{Time skip}

The Turtles & I are  in the Shellraiser watching the roach spy on The Kraang via Donnie's computer.

Donnie: "Come on, roach number one. Make papa proud."

Kraang: *onscreen* "Kraang has been on the diet known as gluten-free. Kraan has already lost 13 Kraang units of weight."

Ignoring that, the cockroach moves further into the room, and something onscreen catches Leo's interest.

Leo: "Wait, what are those guys talking about? Can you get closer?"

Donnie uses his controller for the camera to zoom in on two conversing Kraang-droids.

Kraang: *onscreen* "That which as known as the next phase of the Kraang invasion to the planet known as Earth will soon begin?"

Me: "Next phase? That doesn't sound good."

Kraang: *onscreen* "That which is the laser drill will drill a hole in the planet known as Earth that is a hole that is 13 miles deep in the earth."