Of Turtles and Lizards

Turtlenapped

Turtlenapped?!

It was a long day in the turtle lair. Extra training along with increased Krang activity left the turtles exhausted. Well…maybe not all of the turtles.

“Look, Leo, I’m just going out for a little bit, couple of hours tops. Casey and I haven’t had time to hang out since I got brainswitched with the Krang.” Leonardo looked at his younger brother’s determined green eyes and sighed. There was no way he was going to win this argument. He could see it in Raphael’s eyes.

“Fine. I’ll let you go out if you tell me exactly what you’re going to do.”

“Aw, Leo, we were just gonna—”

Unlike his brothers, Leonardo could always tell when the red-banded turtle was lying. It was extremely difficult because Raph was such an accomplished liar he could tell a lie to Master Splinter and get away with it. And that took skill Leo knew, he himself failed miserably in the fibbing department, but none of his brothers could read Raph the way he could. “I want the truth Raphael.”

“Okay fine. Casey heard that the Krang have been nosing about at the docks for the last couple of days. We’re going to check it out.”

Leo stared at the emerald green turtle with his eyes narrowed.

“Leo, I promise we won’t go barging in. We’re just gonna find out what they’re up to. We’ll call if we run into trouble. And don’t worry I’ll keep an eye on the hothead.” With that Raphael was gone. But who’s going to keep an eye on you, little brother? The blue banded turtle thought with a sigh.

The emerald green turtle wandered through the allies, sticking to the shadows as he slowly made his way toward the rendezvous point where he was supposed to meet Casey. From there they would proceed on foot to the docks. Raphael tensed as he sensed someone come up from behind him. He whirled around, pointing his sai right in the offender’s face. Neon green eyes widened in surprise when he came face to face with none other than Mona Lisa herself. The lizard mutant glared at the sai, before waving it out of her face with one hand. Raph opened his mouth to speak but she pressed a finger to his lips, silencing him. One light green finger pointed toward the roof and Raphael followed her, begrudgingly up the fire escape.

Once both of them were completely on the rooftop she spoke. “Sorry about that. I don’t like talking in alleyways, you never know who’s listening.”

“Some people would say the same about rooftops.” The hothead replied dryly.

“Perhaps. Come on, let’s go.”

Raph’s eye-ridges furrowed and he stepped back slightly, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. I’m not going with you. I’m supposed to meet my friend we’re gonna-”

The lizard mutant cut him off, “Check out the Krang activity on the docks. Don’t worry about that, it’s not important. Follow me.”

Raphael took one last glance towards the meeting point, before going after Mona Lisa. He didn’t know where she was taking him, but he knew he had to find out. Better make this fast, if I stay out late because I met with her tonight, Leo is going to flip. Besides, it’s only a matter of time before Casey calls Leo and tells him I never showed. “He sounds nice.” Mona commented as they ran, jumping from rooftop to rooftop side by side and stride for stride.