Trust in the Shadows

Invasion of the Squirrelanoids: Part 2

Alyssa's POV:

Leo, Raph, & I lug the unconscious man into the Shellraiser for Donnie to examine in his lab.

Mikey: "Dudes, this is a terrible idea. This is exactly how the alien got onto the ship in my comic book."

Raph drops the lower half of the man.

Raph: "Maybe Mikey's right."

Donnie, Leo, & I: "What?"

Raph: "I mean, the comic book thing is totally crazy, but I can think of a million other reasons it's a bad idea to take this guy back to the lair. Starting with Splinter."

Donnie: "Raph, that squirrel was clearly a mutant creature, which means this is our fault."

Leo: "And our responsibility to fix it. I'll deal with--"

{Time skip}

Leo: "Master Splinter, let me explain."

Splinter: "Indeed. Please explain the reason you have brought a complete stranger into our secret, hidden lair!"

Leo: "Oh, you'll laugh your whiskers off when you hear this one."

Leo explains our situation while we place the man on Donnie's table.

Donnie: "Careful with the specimen. I wanna run some tests on him."

Leo: *enters lab* "Ok, we're cool. But let's try to get this guy out of here before Master Splinter is done meditating. Where are we at, Donnie?"

Donnie: "Running an internal scan right now to see if --Yep, still in there."

We look to Donnie's computer screen for the X-ray, only to find that the squirrel has duplicated within the man's stomach.

Raph: "All right, guys, if you need me, I'll be beating Leo's high score in pinball."

The man jerks up and starts speaking gibberish.

Man: "Pink eye, red eye! The ham went flying! Woot-woot!"

Leo: "I think that freaky squirrel made him a little nutty."

Mikey: "Dudes, I got this. I can totally translate crazy. He's saying, 'The squirrel licked some ooze and transformed into a mutant. It's been chasing me for days now, but I'm totally ok'."

Raph: "If by 'ok', you mean 'totally insane'."

Leo: "Well, at least no one will believe a crazy guy if he talks about giant ninja turtles living in a sewer."

Suddenly, the man regurgitates both squirrels from his stomach.

Donnie: "This is unprecedented! The squirrels replicate inside a host. They divided like a single-celled organism."

Mikey: "That's exactly what happened in my comic! Well, not exactly. They exploded out of the dude's butt."

Man: "Aah, leprechauns!"

The man runs away, screaming in fear.

Raph: "I'll show our friend to the door."

Raph follows after the man while the rest of us watch as the squirrels eat Raph's leftover popcorn.