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sara-the-wizard · 23 days ago

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:Turtle Trouble:

Get ready for a story filled with Action, Danger, Tragic "loss", Heroism, an actual Vilane, Dry Humor, and Family Bonding, as three of the turtle brothers get captured by their arch nemesis, Baron Draxum. It is up to the remaining turtle and their friends to bail them out and show Draxum he never messes with the 'Mad Dogs'!

Story under the cut! ⬇️

Act 1:

The four brothers were at the hidden pizza place. They just finished having their food.

"That was good!" Mikey said as they exited the pizza place. As they were heading home, Raph just remembered something.

"Shoot, guys! We forgot to pay!" Raph said, slapping his forehead. "Just stay here, Raph will be back in a sec."

Raph ran back to the pizza place. Just as he was paying for the pizzas, something crashed through the wall. It looked like a bunch of purple tenticals grabbing at everything it could.

"What the!?" Raph jumped back.

The tenticals whipped around, slashing at Raph. Raph punched a few, but then one grabbed his leg and pulled him off the ground. It dragged him through the broken hole.

...

Out in an ally, The others were still waiting for Raph.

"C'mon Raph! What's taking so long?" Mikey said as he tapped his foot.

"Surely it wouldn't take this long to pay a tab. Do you think he ran into trouble?" Donnie suggested.

"I don't know, but we better find out." Leo said as he swung his sword, making a portal to the hidden pizza places entrance. They hopped through the secret wall, but was shocked to see what was on the other side. The pizza place was in shambles.

"Who destroyed my favorite hidden mystic pizza place!?" Mikey questioned.

"Mikey, this is the only hidden mystic pizza place you know." Donnie raised an eyebrow.

"Did Raph do this?" Leo asked.

"No, no no no. This place would be way worse if Raph was responsible." Donnie exaggerated with his hands.

Leo looked over to see someone still in the ruined pizza parlor.

"*Gasp!* Sinior Huaso!" Leo said as he rushed over to him.

"My restaurant. My beautiful restaurant!" Huaso cried.

"Huaso, Bone dude, what happened here?" Leo asked.

"It happened so fast! You're brother was paying for the pizzas, then suddenly these purple tentical things crashed through my wall and destroyed my restaurant!" Huaso continued to complain.

"That confirms it definitely wasn't Raph." Donnie nodded his head.

"Purple tenticals? Don't tell me..." Mikey trailed off.

"Barron Draxum." Leo clenched his fist.

"Draxum must have taken Raph captive!" Mikey exclaimed.

"Or Raph chased after him, like he normally does." Donnie mumbled.

"Either way, we gotta go help him!" Leo said, determined, but worried. "Huaso, which way did the tenticals leave?"

"That way, through there." Huaso pointed to the large hole in the wall.

"I should have guessed." Donnie mumbled.

"When you find this, Baron Draxum guy, make sure to tell him he's responsible for the repair costs to my restaurant!" Huaso called out as the turtles jumped through the hole in the wall.

Act 2:

Raph blinked his eyes open when a blinding light flashed on.

"Where am I? What's the big idea?" Raph said, clenching his fists, ready to fight.

What Raph didn't realize was he was tied to a chair. He hopped around, trying to get free.

"It's no use to struggle, just give me what I want and you won't get hurt, too badly." Draxum said as he walked out from the shadows.

"Sheep Man!?" Raph exclaimed. "What would you want from Raph?" He said, shuffling in his seat.

"The day my Mystic crystal went missing, was the same day you medlsome turtles broke into my lab and stole my weapons! You must have it!" Draxum raised a fist infront of Raph.

"Mystic what now?" Raphs face was blank. "Hey, this must be some big misunderstanding! Raph doesn't know what you're talking about. Besides, didn't that place get blown up? Maybe whatever you're looking for is still there?"

"Do not play me for a fool, turtle. I have already searched and it is not there!" Draxum grumbled.

Draxum leaned closer. Raph buttoned his lip when he did.

"Fine, if you won't tell me where it is, then maybe one of your loathsome brothers will!" Draxum swiftly turned, letting his cape flow behind him. "Gargoyles, bring him to the dungeon."

"Uhhh... Yes sir!" "Y-You got it boss!" They replied, scratching their heads trying to figure out how to get this big of a turtle to the dungeon and not get pounded in the process.

...

Leo, Donnie and Mikey followed the trail where the tenticals led, but got to a dead end brick wall.

"What the, the trail just ends?" Leo questioned.

"I'm picking up strange energy signatures. This must be one of those mystic doors!" Donnie concluded as he did calculations on his device.

"Don't worry, Michaelangelo's got this covered." Mikey said as he approached the wall.

He held out his hand with the taped up do-hiky. But then something snatched it away from him.

"Hey, wha-?" Mikey looked at his now empty hand.

"Hey, give that back!" Leo tried to grab it as the thing was taken away by a purple tentical.

"Baron Draxum!" They all said in unison.

"Good! You know my name." Draxum smirked.

"First of, you've got a major repair bill coming your way, second, Where's Raph? We know you took him!" Leo demanded an answer, holding his sword out.

"Indead, I did. And you all are about to join him!" Draxum stretched out his hand, making tenticals break out of the ground to grab the turtles.

They jumped out of the way. One tentical grabbed Mikey and lifted him up. Leo jumped up to help Mikey, but ended up getting grabbed too.

"Where is my mystic crystal!?" Draxum bellowed. His hold tightening.

"Well that's vague. Which one? There's probably hundreds of magical rocks in the hidden city- OW-OW-OW-OOW!" Leo squeaked as Draxums grip got tighter.

"Fibonacci!" Donnie yelled his battle cry.

Donnie leaped up to attack, but his efforts were futile as he was grabbed and thrown into a wall. Leo slashed at the tentical, but nothing was working. Suddenly, a rumbling sound could be heard. Leo and Mikey looked up to see the wall Donnie flew into was starting to crumble. Donnie was barley getting himself off the ground.

"Donnie! Get out of there!" Leo yelled.

But it was too late, Donnie looked up to see the wall falling, right ontop of him. Leo's eyes widened. The dust settled and the bricks found there resting spots. The only thing you could see was Donnie's hand sticking out beneath the rubble.

"NOOO!" Leo screamed.

He kicked and flailled his arms, trying to get free to help Donnie.

"Oops, what an unfortunate accident." Draxum snickered, taking his two hostages away with him.

Draxum opened the Mystic door and carried Leo and Mikey though. The door closed behind them. Just as they left, the rubble started to shift. Metal claws broke through the brick pile and dragged Donnie out of the rubble, clearing any rocks that were in the way. Donnie coughed a few times while lifting his head off the ground.

"Their gone...! Draxum must have taken them." Donnie said worried.

Donnie fiddled with his tech, but it sparked and fizzled out. "And theirs no way to track them either." Donnie stood up with the help of his metal arms.

"Ow! Ow!" Donnie exclaimed, holding his leg. "...I'm gonna need help." Donnie mumbled.

Donnie proceeded to slowly walk out of that bulldozed part of town.

Act 3:

Raph sat alone in his cell, rubbing his arms. Sweat bullets started to drip down his face. He was getting anxious, being alone, away from his brothers for this long. He's surprised he hasn't gone savage already. Just then, the door creaked open. In flew Leo and Mikey.

"If you don't tell me where that crystal is, then you'll be spending the rest of your miserable lives in that cell!" Draxum shouted as he slammed the door.

"Leo! Mikey! Man, Raph missed you guys!" Raph said, much happier now that he wasn't alone.

But the others seamed very quiet. They avoided making eye contacted with Raph, looking distant and nervous.

"What's wrong, guys?" Raph asked, but got no answer. "Look guys, it's not all that bad! Sure we got captured and now we're stuck in a cell. But it looks like Donnie didn't get captured! So we'll just wait for him to come and-"

"He's gone." Leo said, his back turned towards Raph.

Raph paused for a moment. "Gone? ...What do you mean?" Raph asked hesitantly.

"He's gone, Raph! Donnie is dead!" Leo scowled, like it was somehow Raphs fault.

Raphs jaw dropped as his eyes grew wide.

"I couldn't do anything. I couldn't save him!" Leo began to weep.

Raph came closer and wrapped his arms around Leo. Leo sunk his head into Raphs chest. Mikey had come over too. They sat in a corner of the cell, weeping over a brother they presumed dead.

Act 4:

In April's apartment. April is doing the dishes when she hears a clatter and a thud in The living room. She was alone that night, so alarm bells in April's head were raised.

"Mayhem? Was that you again?" April called out. She took off her apron and dish gloves. "I swear, if you knocked over another flower vace-" April stopped in her tracks when she saw-

"Donnie!" April yelled as she rushed over to him.

Donnie was laying on the carpet with his metal arms sprawled all over the floor. The window was open behind him, he must have came in that way.

"Are you okay?!" April said as she knelt down.

"Who? Oh, oh, Yeah, I'm just fine. I definitely didn't just lose a fight to a brick wall...!" Donnie's voice slurred.

Donnie plopped his head back down; His face squished against the carpet. He was ready to pass out then and there. April took him under the arm and helped him up.

"C'mon, Donnie. Let's get you to the couch." April said as she hobbled Donnie over to lay down.

Donnie practically fell onto the couch; stomach down with his arm hanging off the edge. April inspected Donnie to find many cuts and bruises all over his body.

"Boy, what happened? Did a building fall on you?" April said as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Give the girl a prize." Donnie said as he pointed up to the sky, but quickly dropping his arm down afterwards.

"Hang on, I'll get some stuff to patch you up!" April said as she dashed off.

"Be my guest." Donnie's face squished even more into the couch as he finally passed out.

...

After a little work, Donnie was patched up as good as he could be with bandages and wraps all over him. April managed to throw a cast onto Donnie's right arm after he hissed when she touched it. Donnie laid there, just trying to stay still for a little with his eyes closed.

"I wonder if the others know about Donnie's condition? I wonder if the others are in some sort of trouble?! I better check on the them and make sure their alright!" April said to herself as she dug out her phone.

She called and texted each of the turtles, but she got no response from any of them. Something was definitely wrong.

"It's no use, April. They were captured by Draxum." Donnie mumbled as April was still trying to reach them.

"Draxum? You mean, Baron Draxum!? Ooh, I hate that guy!" April grumbled.

"We gotta find out where he took them and bail them out...!" Donnie began to sit up.

"Oh no you don't, Donnie. You're gonna lay down and rest!" April said as she pulled Donnie back down onto the couch.

"Scoff! I came here to get your help! Not to be tied down to a couch!" Donnie struggled a bit.

"Do you really think only the two of us can bail them out, when all three of them got captured? Nah-ah! We're gonna need more help! And I know just who to call!" April said, as she dug out her phone.

Act 5:

"Okay, the plan is this. Todd will distract the enemy with a bitallion of puppies, while Bullhop breaks into the building the others are being held in. Their probably held in some sort of dungeon, going off of Draxums weird primitive style. April will find the key and free the others while Papa and I keep Draxum busy!" Donnie explained.

"Wait, are you sure you should be fighting Draxum, Purple? You are already hurt!" Splinter questioned.

"I'm fine, Dad. Besides I'm far more trained to fight Baron Draxum than these two guys. I'm also a gentlturtle, I would never force a lady to fight." Donnie leaned on his bow staff, placing a hand on his chest.

"Oh come on! I could SO woop that Barons butt!" April said as she smacked her baseball bat onto her hand.

"Sounds like a good plan! I just have one question." Bullhop said. "Where are they being held?"

The room was silent for a moment.

"I have a hunch I know where Draxum is keeping them." Splinter spoke up.

...

The B team stood outside an odd shaped building in the hidden city. It was a tall tower that looked like a bunch of boxes unevenly stacked on each other, shaded in a dark grey with small windows speckled about. There were large red letters on the building that said, 'Baron Draxems Draxums super secret hideout.' Spray panted on.

"Well, that's super obvious. Who lables their hideout in big red letters?!" April questioned as she held her hands out. I'm surprised the hidden city police hasn't found him and arrested him yet!"

"It would help if the hidden city police could read." Splinter added.

"Okay, do we all remember the plan?" Donnie turned to face all of them.

"Uhh, I could use a recap, what was I supposed to do again?" Bullhop said as he scratched the back of his head.

"You. Smash things. Got it?!" Donnie said, his temper rising slightly.

"Oh, okay!" Bullhop gave a thumbs up.

"Okay, Todd, you're up first!" Donnie yelled-whispered from behind some sort of mystical bush thingy.

"You got it!" Todd said as he opened the door to his RV.

The puppies practically came flying out. They scattered around the campus of the building, barking very loudly.

"Good, that should draw their attention!" Donnie said. "Come on, this way!" Donnie continued to whisper. --- "What is going on out there? Gargoyles! Go see what is making all that racket!" Draxum commanded.

"Okay, boss!" They replied.

They flew out a window to see a scatter of puppies all over the place.

"Aw, look at them, their all so cute!" Muninn cooed as he squished his cheeks.

"Hey, isn't that the guy that makes lemonade?" Huginn said.

"Oh yeah! But isn't he in line with those turtle mutants?" Muninn replied.

"Hey! Look over there!" Huginn pointed towards a small group of people on the ground to their left.

"Uh oh, it's those mutant turtle's friends!" Muninn said, watching the group break off a vent and hop inside. "Hey, we better go tell the boss!" --- "Okay, best case sinario, we do not bump into Baron Draxom till we have the others free!" Donnie told the others. "So try to lay low!"

But before they could get far...

"I wasn't expecting company." Draxum said, standing tall behind them.

The group Gasp from being startled.

"Well, there goes the Idea of laying low!" April said, drawing her bat out.

"No April, remember the plan!" Donnie turned to her.

"Uuugghh! You guys get all the fun!" April said as she stomped away, very quickly at that.

"So, the purple turtle lives. You're tougher than you look." Draxum huffed.

"Are you implying that look weak?" Donnie questioned.

"You will pay for hurting purple and kidnapping my sons!" Splinter said as he pointed with a sharp nail towards Draxum.

"None of this would have happened, old man, if they had just given me back my mystic crystal that they stole from my armory!" Draxum thundered.

"Mystic crystal?" Donnie mumbled to himself.

"My sons are honorable! They would never steal anything!" Splinter argued. "At least, I would think they wouldn't..." Splinter gave a slight side eye to Donnie.

"They stole some of my Mystic weapons too." Draxum added.

"Huh. I always wondered where my sons got those mystic weapons from." Splinter scratched his chin.

"Let's just get the fight that's obviously going to happen started already!" Donnie groaned.

"Heh, if you insist." Draxum chuckled as he drew out his claws.

...

"Oohh, leaving me out of a fight, I'd finally have the chance to get even with that creep!" April grumbled.

She ran down some halls, but she ended up running into Huginn and Muninn.

"Not you two flying bats again!" April rolled her eyes.

"Actually, we're Gargoyles." Muninn pointed out.

"The boss told us to stop anyone from getting these keys!" Huginn said to Muninn as he held up the keyring.

"That's gonna be harder than we thought!" Muninns teeth chattered.

April stood there, tapping her bat on her hand, ready to make mince meat out of these two flying stone sculptures.

"*gulp!* uh oh...!" The gargoyles looked at each other.

...

Draxum tosses Bullhop out a window, landing somewhere in a pile of puppies. Donnie leapt up and smacked Draxum in the head. Draxum stumbled, stunned for the moment.

"I've grown tired of you!" Draxum growled.

He whipped his tentical around to grab Donnie but missed. Donnie jumped out of the way, landing on his feet. The landing sent a Shockwave through him, making his injured leg hurt. Donnie looked up to see Draxum about to strike him. Donnie squeezed his eyes shut and prepared for the blow, but Splinter got in between them, blocking Draxums attack.

"Striking my son when he is down, that is a new low for you, Draxum." Splinter grumbled.

Draxum growled and pushed harder.

...

"Thanks for the key, fellas!" April said as she tossed the key up and down in her hand. She ran off to find the cells. The two gargoyles were sprawled all over the floor.

The brothers were sitting in the cell. Suddenly, a clunking sound is heard. The door opens to reveal April behind it! Raph super quickly wiped his face to get rid of any tear streaks.

"April! How did you get here?" Raph asked.

"I had some help from our friends!" April smiled.

"April, theirs something we gotta tell you..." Mikey said quiet.

"We don't have the time to chat, the others are fighting Baron Draxum right now!" April informed.

The brothers looked at each other, nodding their heads.

"Then let's give Baron Draxum what he deserves!" Raph pounded his fists.

They all rushed out of the cell to head on to the fight. They arive at the battle scene. They see Splinter attacking Draxum, avoiding attacks from him.

"Watch out!" Raph said as a tentical smashed the doorway above them. They all jumped out of the way.

"Alright, guys. Let's pound this guy's face in!" Raph said as he got ready to fight.

"I like that plan!" Leo said as he scowled at Draxum.

Leo charged first, his eye flashed red. He slashed his sword down, cutting a tentical. Mikey entangled some tenticals with his rope. Raph ripped some apart with his bare hands.

"What the- no! You medlsome turtles! I will crack your shells open!" Draxum thundered.

Draxum slashed at each of them, but the ninja jumped away. Raph landed next to Splinter.

"It is good to see you are okay, Rad!" Splinter said, still focused on the fight.

"Yeah, but we're not out of trouble yet!" Raph replied.

Raph powered his ninpo and charged Draxum. He landed a few hits, but was kicked off his feet. Raph looked up to see Draxums tenticals approaching fast. Suddenly, a missile exploded the tenticals. Raph looked behind him to see who shot it. There, Donnie was standing, holding his bow staff over his shoulder that was shaped like a rocket launcher.

"Donnie! You're- you're alive!" Raph said as he stood up.

"Oh, please! You can't kill me that easily." Donnie said, heavily aware of the injuries he was hobbling around with.

A tentical smashed down in between them, cracking the floor. The two flinched. A tentical wrapped around Donnie and lifted him up.

"Not agaaAAAAAIINNN!" Donnie screamed as he was tossed across the room. He ran into April and Splinter, then slid against the floor.

"Oh, you're gonna pay for doing that!" Raph said as he growled at Draxum.

Raph attacked Draxum. April got up and scrambled to Donnie's side. Splinter got up to defend April and his Son. The others were still attacking Draxum. Baron Draxum then picked everyone up with his tenticals. Donnie was just getting up when April was ripped away from him. Draxum held them high. Each one struggled to get free.

"Stop! I have what you want!" Donnie yelled.

Draxum stopped for a moment when he heard those words. Mikey and Leo were shocked to see Donnie alive. Donnie stood up and took his goggles off. He opened the side and took out a purple mystic crystal. He held it high to show.

"My Crystal! Give it to me!" Draxum demanded.

"Release my family first!" Donnie demanded in return.

"Hmm, how about no." Draxum swiped his tentical to grab the crystal from him.

Donnie dodged the first attempt, but was swept off his feet at the second attempt. The crystal went flying behind him; his one bargaining chip.

"Finally!" Draxum said as he reached for the crystal.

Just then the doors bursted open. In came a flood of puppies.

"What the!?!" Draxum was baffled. "Where is the crystal!?" He looked around in the sudden confusion.

"I figured you guys could use some help!" Todd laughed.

"You're timing is great, Todd!" Donnie said, sitting in a huddle of puppies.

"Get away from me you insufferable beasts!" Draxum raised his arms as the puppies surrounded him.

While Draxum was distracted, the others managed to escape his grasp. Leo caught April as she fell. They landed on their feet. Leo set April down. Mikey and Leo looked over at Donnie and bolted towards him.

"Donnie, you're alive!" Leo and Mikey squealed and laughed in relief.

They jumped onto Donnie, wrapping him in a tight hug.

"OW OW OW! I didn't miraculously heal in four hours!" Donnie kicked and squirmed.

"Guys, listen up. Raphs got a plan!" Raph said as he turned to them.

One brief plan-dump later:

"Gargoyles! ...Where are they when you need them?" Draxum grumbled.

"Yoo hoo! Oh Draxum! Come and get me!" Leo taunted.

Draxum huffed and attacked Leo. Leo dodged as a tentical went crashing through a pillar.

"Hey, Sheep Man! Come and fight!" Raph yelled.

Draxum growled and attacked Raph, only for him to dodge too and make another pillar get smashed. This happened over and over again. Donnie and Splinter stood in front of the last pillar. the place was already starting to crumble.

"Baron Draxum! I bet you are too slow to catch me!" Splinter taunted him.

"Enough with the silly games!!" Draxum bellowed.

Donnie suddenly cringed. He hunched over and leaned on his bow staff. Splinter looked up at him, concerned.

"Purple?" Splinter said quietly, indicating his worry about Donnie's sudden change in stance.

Splinter looked back to see Draxum was already charging at them. Splinter moved fast and as light as a feather, pulling Donnie out of harms way. The last pillar smashed into pieces.

"Ooh boy...!" Leo looked around to see pieces of the roof starting to fall.

"We gotta get out of here! This place is coming down weither we're in here or not!" Raph called out.

The puppies were the first to flee. Raph ran past Splinter and snatched Donnie up into his arms. Leo grabbed April's wrist and pulled her with him. Mikey and Splinter weren't too far behind.

"No, no! Not again!" Draxum shouted.

The whole building collapsed into a pile of rubble. The turtles and their friends ran. They made some distance from the building and ducked into an allyway.

"Whoo, yeah!" "We did it!" "We kicked that goat dudes butt!" "That'll show him not to mess with the Mad Dogs!" The group cheered.

"Thank you both very much for helping us." Splinter said to Todd and Bullhop.

"Aw, it was nothing!" Bullhop said.

"No problem! Haha!" Todd jiggled.

"Donnie, we're so glad you're okay!" Raph smiled.

"...Well, mostly okay." Leo added.

"Don't worry about me, brothers. I'll be fine... Right after I pass out real quick..." Donnie's voice trailed off as his knees buckled.

Raph acted fast and caught Donnie as he fell over. The others huddled around him.

"Donnie!?" Someone said as everything faded to black.

Act 6:

A beeping sound is heard. Muffled voices filled the air.

"Hey, I think he's waking up!" Someone said.

Donnie slowly opened his eyes. His vision slowly began to focus again. He blinked a few times to see that he was in the medbay.

"How do you feel, Dee?" Leo asked.

Donnie took a breath in. "I feel fine." Donnie answered.

"*Phew!* That's a relief!" April said, holding her hips and smiling. "Oh, here! Todd told me to give this back to you." April reached into her hammerspace and pulled out a familiar crystal.

"Gasp! The mystic crystal! I thought it was destroyed!" Donnie quickly sat up and cupped the crystal in his hands.

"In that case, I bet Draxum thinks it's destroyed too!" Mikey inputed.

"Then he shouldn't bother us about it ever again!" Raph added.

"I wonder what he was going to use that crystal for anyway?" Leo scratched his chin.

"We will probably never know." Splinter said as he stood in the doorway. "Anyways, would any of you like to try out my new hot soup recipe?" Splinter held out a bowl of soup that was filled with suspicious looking ingredients. The group cringed.

Extra ending:

"Phew! We barely got out of there, Boss!" Muninn sighed.

"You really need to stop standing in the middle of a building when it's about to collaps. It's not good for you, sir!" Huginn added

"Oh yeah! When the bosses lab exploded? I remeber that!" One said. The other did a hand motion while making an exploding sound with his mouth.

"Silance!" Draxum grumbled, getting the gargoyles to shut up immediately. "I will not be made a fool by those turtles again!" Draxum clenched his fists. He took a breath and composed himself. "When the time is right..." Draxum turned and narrowed his eyes. "I will have my revenge."

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Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed!

Lord bless you! ✝️❤️💜💙🧡

Fun fact (I guess): This story was based on an episode in the 1987 tmnt series.