hiraeth ||tmntxreader||

|| chapter 5 ||

    Its been a few days and you're off bed rest, finally. You almost went insane since Fugitoid didn't allow any tinkering or programming only rest. Now you sat in the common area when the turtle brothers exited the holo-trainer. "It was incredible, April! Solid holograms? Ingenious." Donnie gushed but Raph quickly killed his excitement, "Eh, it was a little soft." He bragged while rolling his shoulder "Maybe you can dial it up next time." Fugitoid was quick to speak, "I can program a rematch where your opponents actually [BLEEP] break bones, if you'd like, Raphael." Raph froze for a moment before playing it off, "Eh, next time." he suggested while scurrying away.

     Mikey and Casey sat at the Think-a-Food machine eating and talking while Leo sat next to you on the couch. You were finally fixing Casey's jetpack since you hadn't gotten around to it yet. Raph sat behind you both on a stool with his arms thrown over the back of the couch. Fugitoid walked to Leo and you, "And were you satisfied with the holo-training session, Leonardo?" he asked while tucking his arms behind his back. "Yeah Fugitoid, it was cool and all. It's just, we have six months to find the pieces of the black hole device before the Triceratons find them." Leo explained while Raph and you turned to listen to their conversation. You were done anyways. "Are we still tracking the mother ship?" Fugitoid stood looking at Leo for a second before bursting out, "Okay, Okay! Big oops. I may have possibly lost the Triceratons." he admitted and everyones faces dropped. 

     "What?! What kind of a cyborg are you?" Casey yelled in anger and you sighed, "This is why I don't take breaks." You grumbled before walking to the bridge. "Yes, but you should." Fugitoid pointed out meekly, you growled in frustration while throwing your hands up. As you got to the bridge an alarm started blaring and not a moment later Fugitoid and the others ran in. Everyone gathered around Fugitoid's station as he honed in on the source of the distress signal. "Is it the Triceratons?" April asked. The ship's monitor displayed a ship, torn and shredded amidst a field of crumbled asteroids. "The distress call is coming from this ship." Fugitoid zoomed into the wreckage of the ship all the while Leonardo stood, hands behind his back, studying the monitor. "Are there any survivors?" he asked with a cool facade but you could hear hope in his voice. "Hard to tell, Captain. Getting lots of strange interference." Donatello explained while trying to fiddle with the scanners.

     While everyone worked diligently, you saw Casey slide across the floor to get a better look at the monitor, "Space rescue mission? That is so heavy metal!" he cheered while mock strumming a guitar to emphasize his point. You just groaned quietly while rolling your eyes. 'Why do I have a feeling this is going to turn out horrible.' you whined internally. With the sensors still bugging out, everyone got geared up and headed to the abandoned ship. "Look at the size of this!" Leonardo marveled, "Asteroid damage?" Donatello shook his head," I don't think so." everyone landed on board the broken ship "The hole was blasted from the inside out." He finished while scanning the wreckage to confirm what he said. "Your brows furrowed, "Strange" you uttered while everyone continued looking around. Raphael suggested, "Maybe they were attacked from the inside. Or maybe the crew did it--" he cut himself off with a scream upon seeing one of the very crew mates themselves hanging upside down tangled in cords. Through the glass you could see his decomposed body, only leaving a thin layer of flesh around its skull.

     Raphael sat on the floor in shock while gaping at the corpse, Leonardo and Donatello coming to stand behind him and examine what Raphael saw. "Sadly, there is no one left. My sensors indicate nothing alive aboard that ship." Fugitoid concurred as you switch on a flashlight equipped in your suit to see the rest of the crew tangled up in wires just as the first one was. "Thats sick." you mumbled to yourself in dismay as the others continued on talking. You tuned in as April talked, "I don't have to be psychic to get a bad feeling about this place." She had barely finished talking when Casey pushes his friends out of the way as he floats by. "I got a bad feeling too. Like this is totally boring! I wish something not boring would happen." he whines.