TMNT 2k12: It came from the Depths

December 15, 2013
Charlotte was home, watching the news when she saw this report which she was sure to talk to the turtles about. It was really convincing that the turtles had something to do with it. “I’m Joan Grody with a sewer shocker. City workers attacked...by mutants?!” Charlotte spit out her strawberry soda when she heard that. The news people interviewed the worker that got attacked.
“It was like part man/part reptile. All monster. It came out of nowhere & attacked me.”  ‘Sounds like something that Raph would do.’ Then, she went out & was on her way to the lair to get some answers.
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“Oh my God! It wasn’t me!” Raph said angrily.
“It was a mutant WAY bigger than him. It was like, 7 ft. tall.” Don said.
“Oh. I left right when the worker was interviewed. Sorry, Raph.” He sighed & crossed his arms.
“I’m only forgiving you ‘cause your my friend.” Charlotte was so glad that Raph was her friend right now.
“So, none of you guys had anything to do with this?”
“No. We just found out what happened.” Leo said.
“Yeah. Let’s go find it!” Mikey said.
“What’s that smell?” She asked disgustingly.
“Well, since we all love pizza & milkshakes-”
“You combined them.”
“Exactly.”
“What’d you call it, a P-Shake?” She laughed for a few seconds & finally caught her breath.
“No.” He said quietly & walked away with an empty pitcher.
“He called it a P-Shake, didn’t he?” All of them nodded & she put her hands on her face. “Oh good God. I feel so bad now.”
“Why? He’s the one who came up with it.”
“Raph”
“What?” Mikey came out & sat on the couch with Charlotte.
“Anyway. We’ve gotta track this guy down, & stop him ourselves.” Leo said.
“Wait. Let’s rewind this. Look at this tunnel number.” Don rewinded the broadcast & saw a tunnel number where the guy got attacked. “There, tunnel 281.”
“Let’s go. You coming, Charlotte?”
“Well, my foot’s healed. So, I don’t see why not.” She threw a smoke bomb. When the gas wore off, she was in her ninja gear.
“Whoa.” Mikey blushed & walked towards her. “That was sweet! Totally epic!”
“Thanks. Now, let’s go.” They followed the other three to the tunnel.
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When they were at tunnel 281, Don removed the boards, so they can get in. When they got in, Leo saw something. “Whoa. Check this out.” Leo put his hand on a huge, three-toed footprint. “What the hell made these footprints?” He rubbed his fingers together. They all walked to another tunnel, & heard a roar. They went in, & saw Kraang droids fighting a huge mutant. At least there were shadows of it. Leo stopped them & looked at the scene. They went to the other side, & saw a huge, well, mutant Crocodile beating up Kraang. He threw one of them in the ninja’s direction & when one of the kraang got out of it’s droid, it looked scared.
“Never thought I’d feel sorry for the Kraang.” Don said. One of the Kraang tased the Crocodile multiple times until he tells them where the ‘power cell’ is. Suddenly, Mikey felt sorry for him.
“C’mon, we gotta help ‘im.” He pulled Raph’s arm, but he pulled away.
“I think gotta’s a strong word.” He replied.
“Mikey, we don’t know anything about that guy. He could be way more dangerous than the Kraang.” Leo said.
“That gator dude needs our help. I can’t wait around for you cowards.” Mikey walked away.
“Do you know WHAT your getting into?” Don asked.
“Booyakasha!!!” Mikey threw his kusarigama at the Kraang’s Taser & it went into it’s head. Then, Charlotte sliced another one in half.
“Well, I guess that settles it.” Raph said, pulling out his sais. “Let’s go whack some piñatas.” They ran into the fight. A few seconds later, 2 of the Kraang was starting to pull the Croc away. Mikey saw what was happening & he knocked them both down.
“So, what do we do now?” Don asked.
“We get out of here, before any Kraang Droids show up.” Leo said. Mikey went to the mutant crocodile.
“We can’t just leave ‘im here. What if the Kraang find ‘im?” He asked.
“Well, what do you wanna do? Take him back to the lair?” Mikey gave him puppy-dog eyes. “Oh no. Oh no! Di-Did you see what he did to those Kraang droids?! We are NOT bringing that monster home with us!”
“He’s not a monster! He’s a Kraang crushing, Alligator monster!...I just said monster didn’t I?”
“Yeah”
“Sure did.”
“Uh-huh.”
“Pretty much.”
“You know what I meant.”
“I thought you meant monster.” Raph said.
“Raph” Charlotte warned.
“What?”
“Fine, I’ll bring ‘im back myself.”
“I’ll help.” Charlotte said.
“Seriously, Charlotte, you’re gonna help him bring a mutant crocodile to the lair?!” Leo shouted.
“Yes, Leo. I am. It’s gonna be hard, but let’s give it a try.” She added. They only moved him by 3 feet in 3 minutes.
“Uh, Donnie? You don’t happen to have a fork lift do ya?” Mikey asked. Don & Leo just looked at each other. “No? Ok.” Charlotte was panting.
“Let’s try pulling his tail again.” She said.
“Ok.” They pulled the croc by his tail, & seemed to be working faster.
“Mikey?”
“Yeah?”
“Why are we going faster?”
“Because, we’re helping.” She opened her eyes, & saw Leo pulling his arm. She smiled, & kept on pulling.
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Everyone was back at the lair, & the crocodile was sleeping on the floor. “I can’t BELIEVE he talked us into this.” Raph complained.
“Aww. Look at him.” Mikey put a teddy bear next to his arm. “He’s so peaceful.”
“That’s because he’s out cold.” Leo stated. Don came with chains.
“Whoa. What are those for?” Mikey asked.
“We can’t keep him here, unless he’s chained to something really thick.”
“Relax, Mikey. He won’t make it too tight.” Charlotte said who was sitting on the couch.
“That is so wrong! He’s not gonna hurt us, we’re the one’s who saved him.” He protested. The mutant opened his eyes. “See? He’s totally calm. I bet the first thing he’s gonna do is thank-” He pushed Mikey off of him & ripped the teddy bear in half. “Or, maybe the second thing.”
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The croc grabbed Don by the face & lifted him up. “Get ‘im off me! Get ‘im off me!” He was pounding on his hand.
“I’ll help you, Donnie!” Mikey used the chain & it wrapped around his waist. Everyone else helped him by pulling.
“Not like that! Not like that!” The crocodile fought back & Leo, Charlotte & Raph hit the wall, while Mikey went on top of a pipe. He pulled on the chain, playing tug-o-war with the croc. Don was screaming in pain, his head was about to fall off. Raph jumped on it & Leo tased the croc. He went out cold & Raph fell off.
“What is all this commotion?” Master Splinter entered the room.
“Sensei, Mikey made us bring a mutant back to the lair & it attacked us!” Mikey got up from the floor in a stalker-ish way.
“It needs our help!”
“It’s a dangerous monster!”
“Raphael! There is no monster more dangerous than a lack of compassion.” Splinter said. He looked down at the croc. He growled deeply. “My mistake.”
“We’re doing to him, what everyone else does to us. Judging him by his looks.” Mikey said.
“He has a good point.” Charlotte said. Everyone looked at her. “What? Oh, c’mon guys.” Don moved the Croc’s arm off him.
“Charlotte, not only am I judging him by his looks, but I’m also judging him by the fact that he had me BY THE FACE, GUYS!!!” He pointed at his face in anger.
“But, he’s fighting the Kraang, Master Splinter. It’s like you always say, ‘The Enemy of my Enemy is my bro’ He said in a crappy Splinter imitation.
“That is not exactly what I said.” He said quirking his eyebrow. “But, what’s this about the Kraang?”
“They were trying to force him to tell them where to find some, ‘Power Cell’”
“And he refused to tell.”
“Yeah. They were all like, ‘zap zap zap’, & he was all like, ‘Roar! Never!”
“Hmm...I see. You made a wise decision, Michelangelo.”
“Huh?” Everyone was dumbfounded.
“Yes, I never thought I’d hear myself say that either.” He went towards the crocodile, & felt the scar he got from the Kraang fight. “Hmm...His scars run deep. But, they protect a genuine heart. When he awakens, Michelangelo, you must find a way to befriend him.” Mikey gave him a thumbs up.
“No problemo.”
“We need to know what he knows about the Kraang. In the meantime, you 3 try to find this power cell before the Kraang can. Charlotte, stay with Michelangelo in case anything goes wrong.” She nodded in agreement.
“But, we’re still chaining him up, right?” Don asked, scared.
“Of course. I am compassionate, not insane.” A roar echoed the sewers. Everyone jumped in fear but, someone else was laughing their ass off.
“CHARLOTTE!!!”
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Charlotte was sleeping on the couch when she heard a sudden roar. She woke up flat on the floor & took out her double-bladed sword, thinking that the croc got out of his chains, then she saw that everything was fine. She sighed of relief. “Thank God. You’re still in your chains.” He roared again, but it didn’t scare her this time. “Nice try. Doesn’t scare me the second time.” Mikey comes in with a pot.
“Well, look who’s both awake.”
“You! Set me free!” He roared again.
“Oh yeah. Sorry about the chains. The guys said I have to keep you locked up or you might attack me.”
“He was about to.” Charlotte walked next to Mikey.
“Who are you? What am I doing here?”
“This is Charlotte & I’m Michelangelo.” He held out his hand for him to shake it, but he tried to bite it instead. “We & my brothers saved you from the Kraang.”
“KRAANG!!!” He roared multiple times, pulling to get out of the chains. He caught himself from falling face first on the floor.
“Whoa! Whoa! It’s ok. You’re safe. We brought you here to get better & nothing will heal you faster than my world famous pizza noodle soup. He put a spoon in front of his nose. He smelt it & tried some. Mikey was prepared for him to roar again.
“This is the best thing I’ve ever tasted.”
“Really?” Mikey asked happily.
“Really?” Charlotte asked in shock.
“Alright. Somebody finally likes my cooking.” They both sat down & Mikey fed him some more soup. After a minute, Mikey gave him the pot. “So, what’s your name, anyway?”
“I do not have a name.”
“You don’t have a name?”
“Here we go again.” Charlotte said.
“What?”
“Nothing.” He gave her a stern look & looked at the mutant in front of him.
“Well, today’s your lucky day, because I am a genius at namin’ stuff. SHE just doesn’t understand!” He pointed at Charlotte behind him. While Mikey was figuring out what to name the mutant Crocodile, tears came out of Charlotte’s eyes & she walked away. She jumped off the gates, went on the skateboard & rode away. Mikey turned around & saw that she was gone. He sighed & went back to the croc. While Charlotte was riding away, Charlotte heard Mikey’s decision. ‘Leatherhead!’ It was faint, but she understood it.
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15 minutes later
Charlotte goes to a Dead End tunnel when she wants to be alone. Even before she met the turtles & Splinter. She was playing Sonic Colors on her dsi when she heard yelling that sounded familiar. ‘Raph?’ “Leatherhead! Get away from Mikey, or, we’ll turn you into the World’s Ugliest Suitcase!” ‘Yep.’ She looked out of the tunnel, & looked at a train with the turtles inside. She walked towards them.
“Please! I mean him no harm. It was the Kraang that made me this way.” Leatherhead said.
“The Kraang?” Everyone turned & saw Charlotte standing behind them. “How?”
“Charlotte! Where were you?” Mikey asked. She put her hands on her hips.
“Why would you care?” He sighed.
“I really am sorry, Char. I-”
“We can talk about this later. But, now I want to know everything that happened, Leatherhead.” She went in the cart.
“Very well. I was raised by a kind, human boy, until his parents discovered me & dumped me in the sewer. The Kraang found me & took me to their dimension. They mutated me & subjected me to horrifying experiments. But they could not break my spirit. 6 months ago, I escaped through the portal that the Kraang uses to travel to earth & I stole this.” He held the power cell in front of them.
“THAT’S the power cell?” Charlotte asked.
“Yes.”
“What do they use it for?” Don asked.
“It powers the portal. Without it, no Kraang can enter or leave this dimension. I swore to keep it from them & spare this world from their evil. Even at the cost of my own life.” They all heard a ‘banging’ sound for a few seconds & Leatherhead roared.
“Give to Kraang the power cell that Kraang has come to demand that you give to Kraang.”
“It’s the Kraang!” Mikey yelled. Charlotte was about to say, ‘Yeah, no shit!’ But, she decided to keep her mouth shut. The Kraang started shooting & some of them started coming in the doors.
“Quick! Barricade the doors!” They tried prying the doors shut, but they got in. Charlotte threw down her smoke bomb & she had her gear on in 2 seconds. One of the Kraang was wrestling Leatherhead for a power cell, then Leo sliced its arms off. Once they handled with the Kraang inside, Mikey & Raph closed the door. They were banging on the cart to force their way in. Suddenly, they stopped. Mikey sighed of relief, then chainsaws was right by his head. Both him & Raph screamed. 3 more chainsaws were cutting through the cart & the arm of the Kraang droid that Leo cut off started crawling. It crawled up Don’s Bo Staff & it, ironically, grabbed his face. The, the other one grabbed Leo’s. Leatherhead knocked its head off & it landed in Mikey’s hands, who had Charlotte sitting right next to him. They both looked at it for a second. Then, it lit up & spoke.
“Kraang” They both screamed & the body started walking towards them.
“Why’s he walking  towards us?!” Charlotte yelled. She jumped out of the way but, Mikey wasn’t so lucky. The Kraang droid pushed him against the wall & others had their arms in the cart. She sliced the droids arms & legs off.
“We’re surrounded!” Raph said
“We’ll never hold them off!” Mikey yelled.
“What do we do?!” Charlotte pleaded.
“We need to get outta here! Donnie, can you get this cart running?” Leo asked.
“This track is dead. There’s no electricity!”
“What about the power cell, can you use that?”
“I might be able to hook it up to the router. But, I’ll need time.”
“I will buy you time.” Leatherhead stood up & walked to Mikey. “My friend, you have trusted me now, I am trusting you. ” He handed Mikey the power cell. “I will deal with the Kraang.” He went out & got all mad on the Kraang. He let out a strong roar & attacked them. However, some of them were still at the cart.
“Donnie, we’re running out of time!” Leo said.
“Move your shell!” Charlotte added.
“I’m working as fast as I can!” Don retorted. Everyone was trying to keep the Kraang away from the power cell. But, more were coming in by the second.
“Donnie! Will you hurry up-”
“I got it!” He got the cell in the motor. The cart went about twice as fast as a roller coaster. All of the (Well, most) of the Kraang were incinerated. They were all screaming in horror. Charlotte was holding Mikey’s arm for comfort but, it was only a little bit helping. He grabbed her waist & pulled her closer to him. They both knew this was happening, but, at the same time, they didn’t know this wasn’t a dream. They started to see illusions. When they saw an eye, Donnie finally pulled the break. They twirled for a second & when they stopped, Charlotte was leaning against Mikey on the ground. They both blushed when they saw their position & Charlotte got up. Then, she helped him get up.
“Uhh, sorry.” Charlotte apologized, shaking.
“Y-Y-Yeah, me too.” They both coughed.
“M-M-Mikey”
“Ch-Char?”
“I-” The door opened & everyone got out.
“Where the hell are we?” Charlotte asked.
“According to my calculations-” He sniffed the air for a second. “Sewage Plant?”
“Whoa. It’s as beautiful as they say.” Mikey said.
“Seriously?” Charlotte asked disgustingly. “Let’s just go home.”
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When Charlotte was about to leave, she heard Mikey. “Charlotte, wait!” She turned around & saw Mikey right behind her.
“Mikey? What’s up, man?”
“I need to tell you something.”
“What is it?” After a few seconds he used sign language. He pointed at himself, then put his ‘thumb’ & ‘middle finger’ on his chest, then pulled away, then he put his ‘middle’ & ‘pinkie’ finger together. Then, he smiled & walked away. She was shocked of what he said, but she just smiled & went home. It was 10:00 when she got home & Tomoe was doing Yoga in the living room. She paused the program & gave her daughter a hug & started talking to her, again, in sign language. “Hi Mama.”
“Welcome home, Akachan. How was patrol? Anything crazy happen today?”
“Well, besides-”
“Don’t answer that. I honestly don’t want to know.” She giggled & poured some tea. She handed a cup to Charlotte.
“Arigato.” She politely bowed at her mother. “Mama?”
“Yes, dear?”
“Why do we have to practice asl again? I mean, I already know asl & jsl fluently.”
“Let’s just say it has something to do with a very special day.” She thought about it for a few seconds, then a light bulb went on in her head.
“My birthday?”
“Hai.”
“But, what-?”
“You will know in the future. Trust me.” She couldn’t help, but think, ‘Are my parents deaf?’