Turtle II Secret of the Ooze

Chapter 2

Turtle waited at the bottom of the stairs. She knew she'd be called up by Leo to discuss punishment.

Splinter thought giving Leo charge over Turtle would teach him patience and responsibility. Unfortunately for Turtle, sometimes Leo took his job too seriously.

"Psst! Turtle."

Turtle looked up to see Mikey.

"Hey Mike."

Mikey sat next to her on the stairs.

"Personally, I thought your fighting was most excellent. Don't take the whole bed time thing too personally, they're just looking out for you."

"I know.. I'm just used to staying up late with you guys. I saw you guys go into the place across the street, I was just curious.."

"I believe you sis, and if it were up to me, I would have rewarded you."

Turtle smiled and hugged Mikey. He was always there for her.

"Turtle." Leo called from upstairs.

"Uh oh.."

Mikey pulled Turtle close, and whispered in her ear. "A word to the wise, if things get to bad, use your little girl cuteness."

"Turtle!"

"Comin' Leo!"

Mikey nodded and patted Turtle's back, then she ran up the stairs.

Turtle went to the last door down the hall and-hesitantly-knocked on it.

"Come in Turtle."

She opened the door and peaked in. Leo was sitting in a chair, reading a book on swords and other ancient weaponry.

"Come here."

She slowly walked up to him, and stood there with her hands behind her back, looking away.

"You do know why your in here don't you?"

"Yea.."

"Why's that?" He said, putting his book down.

"I'm in trouble for skipping out on my bed time, and fighting with you guys."

"Actually, we promote you fight with us to better your skills. It was the fact that you disobeyed a direct order."

"Oh..."

Leo sighed, and picked Turtle up to place her on his lap.

"Listen Turtle, you can never become a good ninja if you don't learn to follow orders."

"Well what if someone orders me to jump off of a bridge!?"

"I meant, orders from your superior. Also, some orders you have to disobey for your own safety, or the safety of others."

"Oh...Ok.."

"April and dad made a bed time for you because sleep is crucial to your daily life, especially at your age. When you're older, you won't need as much sleep, however it's still very important. You see, when you sleep, your body is healing itself and recharging for the challenges ahead the next day. Without sleep, you could become disoriented and unable to defend yourself, or worse, you could become seriously ill and not be able to fight at all. Do you understand Turtle?"

Turtle nodded, she did understand.

"Good, now lets talk about your punishment."

Turtle thought of Mikey's words, and looked up at Leo with the cutest face ever. It could melt even the meanest man's heart.

"Would it help if I said I was really really REALLY sowwy?"

Leo looked at her like he was contemplating.

"...Weeeeell...It is a first offense. I suppose I could let you off with a warning."

Turtle smiled and hugged her brother tightly.

"ah- Ok ok!"

Turtle jumped off his lap and stood in front of him.

"What are your orders?"

Leo smiled and picked up his book.

"I order you to go bug Raphael."

Turtle giggled and saluted. "Yes sir!" Then she ran off.

Leo opened his book and read on. He felt he learned a valuable lesson on being a leader, and a big brother.