TMNT: Secrets of the Sewers

Aliens Among Us

The doors to Galactic Enterprises let out a pneumatic hiss as they opened up, revealing Mr. Mortu to April. He gave a smile and offered her his hand.

"Miss O'Neil." He greeted. "I'm Mr. Mortu. Welcome to Galactic Enterprises."

"Thanks for meeting with me on such short notice." April replied, taking his hand to shake. "Whoa... That's quite a grip you got."

Mortu coughed, releasing April's hand.

"Sorry." he told her. "I sometimes forget my own strength."

"It's alright." April assured him.

"Shall we go on inside?" He asked.

April nodded, following Mortu into the building. From an adjacent rooftop, the turtles watched her go in, Mikey smiling widely.

"The clam is on the escalator." Mikey whispered. "I repeat, the clam is on the escalator."

His brothers all glared at him in a mixture of annoyance and confusion.

"What the shell is that supposed to mean?" Leo demanded.

"April's in the building." Mikey explained.

"Then why didn't you just say that?" Donny asked.

"Because code words are way cooler." Mikey explained.

The other three turtles looked at each other, then shook their heads. Mikey sighed.

"Fine. April's in the building." he groaned. "Party poopers."

...

Inside, Mortu and April made their way deeper into the building. As they walked, April noted a few bandages on Mortu's face, as well as his hands.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

Mortu glanced at her in confusion, then seemed to remember his bandages.

"Oh, these." He said softly, coughing a bit. "There was a bit of an accident earlier this morning."

April had a feeling what the 'accident' really was, but didn't feel the need to comment. Instead, she simply let out a cough of her own.

"I see." she muttered. "Umm, I hate to ask this so soon into the interview, but where's your little girl's room?"

Mortu pointed down an adjoining hallway.

"Down that hallway, third door on the right."

April smiled, giving a small bow of thanks before making her way down the hall. Once she was out of sight of Mortu, she quickly leaned up against the wall, fishing for the small little shell Donny had given her.

"Okay, what do I do with this, Don?" she asked.

"Just place it on the floor, and I'll handle the rest." Don answered through the earpiece.

April gently placed the small shell on the ground, then made her way back to Mortu, trusting the guys to know what they were doing.

...

Donny fished into his pockets, pulling out what looked like an old handheld Nintendo. However, it was covered in duct tape and there was clear evidence of tampering on the purple turtle's part.

"Don, is this really the time to be playing video games?" Mikey questioned.

"This isn't a video game, Mikey." Don told him, powering it on. "It's the controller for the new and improved turtle hacker."

The screen came alive, showing the inside of the building from a worm's eye point of view. Pressing a few buttons, the camera began to shift as the turtle hacker sprouted legs and a small camera head as it skittered across the floor.