Total Turtle Transformation (TMNT Book 4)

Bonus Round

Again with the floor!? That’s all I wanted to ask Baxter right now as we fell. We landed on a floor again and Sophie cried out as her already broke arm hit the floor.

“Sophie…” I said, getting up and going to her. “You okay?”

“My arm just hurts…” she answered.

“You guys were supposed to kill each other!” I heard Baxter behind me. “Not work together!”

“We cherish our lives, dimwit…” Sophie snapped, getting up.

“Lives are precious,” another familiar voice said in a very familiar way. I turned around as the floor rose and revealed the familiar mind reader… “But are they really worth saving your enemies for?”

“Naomi!” Raph said, coming forward and touching Naomi’s shoulder, but going through.

The Naomi turned around, “Raph. Sorry about this, but I’m just a projection. I can see it all, but that’s all thanks to Baxter. I would be there currently, but I’m in the middle of helping Shredder.”

That last sentence took my breath away. Helping Shredder? Do what!?

It turned to me. “Mikito… Stop with that. Honestly. And yes, I can read your mind from where I’m at. I imagine you got my dream I sent the two of you last night?”

“You sent that nightmare?!” Sophie snapped, coming up to the projection.

“That’s no nightmare.” Naomi smirked. “It’s future truths. I send most of your dreams you all receive.”

“Naomi!” Baxter interrupted. She looked up calmly. “Would you mind turning that off? I need to destroy them…”

“Heh. Good luck. You’ll need it.” and with that, the projection flickered off, fizzing into the air.

Donnie looked at awe at the area she left and I looked a bit scared because the thing I saw behind Naomi before she turned it off was a large device being built.

“Now,” Baxter cleared his throat. “Welcome to--”

“The Bonus Round?” Mikey guessed happily.

“Yes… And my monster of--”

“Doom…” All of us finished for him disappointedly.

“Couldn’t you have thought of something more creative?” Sophie asked. “Seriously… Doom’s been taken one too many times.”

Glaring at Sophie, Baxter’s floating machine rose off the ground and made his Stockman Pod machine attack us.

“I hate this thing!” I shouted, avoiding the extending arms.

“You said it!” Raph agreed., stabbing at a Mouser. “And I didn’t miss these things at all!”

We all tried to get the monster of doom down, but it wasn’t working. Leo then had an idea, “Mikey, Mikito, Dogpound! Get the monster under Baxter! Raph, Fishface! Stop Baxter!”

Mikey and I took one another’s hands and ran to Baxter who floated up. Dogpound and Mikey started mocking the monster to them. It ran up to them and we bolted out of there.

Raph and Fishface were running then Fishface slid on his back and Raph jumped up on his feet and then jumped up on the monster, taking his Sais and jumping toward Baxter’s floating machine, cutting right through it.

“Now that’s the kind of weapon I need!” Natasha announced.

“Too bad,” Reiley came up. “I’ve got them.”

“So? You’re evil.”

“Not completely.” Reiley muttered, moving away.

As the levitating machine crashed, on the monster, we moved toward it, looking for Baxter

“Fools!” Baxter shouted from above us. “You haven’t heard the last of Baxfan--Baxter Stockman!” then with his helicopter helmet, flew away out of sight.

We left the building dead exhausted. And Dogpound and them actually wanted to continue fighting…

“Let’s finish this…” Dogpound whined.

“Booyaka--” Mikey started toward him with a nun chuck before falling to his knees in exhaustion.

We stared at each other for a second before Dogpound summed up, “Aw, forget it…”

Mikey got up and followed our group back to our lair while Dogpound, Fishface, and Reiley went back to theirs.

Coming up to Raph, Mikey said, “You and Fishface made a pretty good team back there, Raph.”

“He’s still the bad guy, Mikey…” Raph trailed off.

I heard a buzzing sound and Raph put a hand on my head, making me duck as one of his Sais jabbed at something mid-flight. I looked up and it was one of those Balls of Doom.

“Watch your back, and you’ll be alright.” Raph said, looking at Fishface as he smirked and walked off.

“Thanks, Raph…” Leo sighed. The ball was going to hit the back of Leo’s head, so he could’ve died. Then again, I was behind him, so I would’ve instead.

“Same here,” I said under his hand. “Now would you get up?”

“Nah,” Raph sighed, leaning his weight on me. “You’re gonna be my arm rest till Naomi gets back.”

“Naomi’ll kill you when she gets back if you do that, Raph…” Sophie said, coming up. “You know that, right?”

“Yeah…” Raph sighed, getting up. “But I’m already gonna be dead for what I did…”

He walked on ahead of us with his head lowered. It made me question what Reiley and Naomi had said to him.