The Rising (final book of The Call series) ~ TMNT Fanfiction

Chapter 10: Change

LEO'S POV:

The past few days have consisted of three things: worrying, napping, and watching Donnie and Noah mess around with technology. And honestly, the last one is the only thing that seems to be getting us anywhere. It has been five days and we still don't have more than a lead. And if we do, Donnie and Noah aren't telling us about it. But I think that we're all pretty confident that they know what they're doing; so all we really do is wait for them to bring something up, and we'll try to go from there.

"Leo, can you pass me a water bottle please?" Rose asks from beside Noah.

I nod and stand up to head into the kitchen, where the cold water bottles are. Throughout the five nonstop days crammed in the King's apartment, working on a way to find Lexi, we have learned a lot about each other; small things, that we probably wouldn't have known before. For instance, Rose prefers refrigerated water. I never would have known that before.

But I do in fact know that Lexi prefers her water room-temperature. She doesn't like the freezing feeling down her throat because it stops her from drinking as much as she wants. With room-temperature water, she can chug a water bottle within ten seconds. It's a pointless fact, but it's nice to know. Pointless facts are always nice to know (Donnie sure has a lot of them).

As I walk through the doorway of the kitchen, I get a sudden shock of memory. I remember the night that Lexi and I announced to everyone that we were dating. Walking towards the refrigerator, I can almost smell the heavenly food that Lexi had been cooking that day. I feel a pain in my heart when I remember the kiss that we shared right before she left the kitchen. Instead of hurrying out of the kitchen, I stay there to savor the pain before the moment leaves. I place my hand on the counter that I had pushed her against and close my eyes to try to remember the way that it felt when she wrapped herself around me, kissing me. It hurts, but I don't care. I want to remember.

Rose doesn't bother to mention that I had taken a long time in the kitchen. She simply thanks me for the water bottle and hurries on to open it.

About an hour later, Noah and Donnie are ready to reveal their thoughts. 

"Okay," Donnie begins, gripping onto the sheet that covers a machine. "I present to you...the Shifter. Aka; the way my brothers and I are going to sneak into the headquarters."

"Explain what it does, please," Rose says, leaning against the table. Donnie glances over at Noah and nods.

"Okay, so with much, much technology..."

"Some which may or may not have been legal..." Donnie continued.

"We've built a machine that—"

"Travels through time?" Mikey guesses, his eyes lighting up with excitement. I chuckle. Ever since Lexi introduced us all to Doctor Who, time travel has been in all of our dreams.

"No," Donnie says, opening his mouth to continue. "It's—"

"A machine that makes you look younger? 'Cause Raph could use one of those!" Mikey interrupts again. Raph's eyes flare with anger as he whacks our baby brother upside the head.

"No," Noah says. "It—"

"Plucks your eyebrows?" Mikey asks and Raph grabs Mikey's shoulders and shakes his aggressively. I give my youngest brother a perplexed look.

"You don't have any eyebrows to pluck, Mikey," I point out and he rubs his arm, where Raph has just stopped hitting him two seconds ago.

"Who said it was supposed to be for me?" he mumbles.