TMNG (Book 1)

Reptile Brains

In the dojo, Donna and Ellie were training each other in the art of Seoe Nage as Saldana was watching them near the large tree. Ellie stretched confidently as Donna set herself up in her offensive stance and ready to come at her younger sister. But this time, they are training each other without using their powers. As soon as Ellie was done stretching, Donna charged forward and swung her leg at her younger sister. But Ellie dodged swiftly with a backflip. Donna delivered several rapid kicks at Ellie,who kept backflipping on each kick that her older sister had provided. With a few neat flips, Ellie landed on the floor with a smirk.

"Uh, what do you think you're doing?" Donna said with an exasperating scowl. "You can't defend Seoe Nage with backflips!"

"And why not?" Ellie grinned. "They are very defensive."

"Because you're supposed to follow Seoe Nage the exact same instruction of how to do it." Donna explained with a stern look on her face. She turned to Saldana for support. "Mother, what would you do if someone tried to throw you with Seoe Nage?"

"With the training you two did, I don't know." Saldana said simply. "But if you think too much of what it's coming, then you will lose focus to your sight. You must learn how to fight without thinking."

"And why would I do that?" Donna questioned.

"You'll see." Saldana replied. "Just remember when you are in a hard battle, fight without thinking. Because you thought someone makes their move, try not to think of it as possible."

As Saldana walked into her room, Donna felt deeply confused as Ellie stood next to her with a cocky grin.

"Hey, do you know what would've worked there?" Ellie told Donna. "Backflip!"

Donna sighed as she rolled her eyes in annoyance.

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Inside the lab, Donna was mapping her lilac touchscreen with her fingers. She stopped typing on the touchscreen when shockwaves were traveling up her body towards her brain that were moving out from Lee, Ellie, and Ella's walking steps.

"Hey, girls." Donna greeted as she continued typing on the touchscreen.

"How do you know we were walking in?" Ellie asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Because of my seismic scenes." Donna replied.

"Oh, yeah." Ella said in a low tone.

Lee, Ellie, and Ella looked over Donna's shoulders to see that she was making a flowchart of multiple plans and ideas on the touchscreen.

"So, what'cha up to, Donna?" Lee asked.

"Just finishing my master plan." Donna answered as she continued typing on the touchscreen.

"For what?" Ella said.

"To get Casey to hang out with me." Donna replied. "But, as you can see, it's not that simple. That's why I'm making an elaborate flow chart plan to maximize my every possible responses for success."

Donna expanded her touchscreen into a large size as Lee, Ella, and Ellie stared at the flowchart with collective laughs.

Suddenly, Casey came walking in the lab with his hands in his pocket.

"Sup, ladies!" Casey called out.

Donna quickly shrank her touchscreen to normal size and hid her flowchart away from the screen.

"Hey, Casey." Donna greeted with a casual grin.

"Donna, let me borrow your touchscreen." Casey said. He held Donna's touchscreen and pressed play on a news report video clip. "You girls have got to check this video out."