Chapter 86: The Creeping Doom
The next day
Casey was working when he noticed that Ray had a couple bruises on her arm.
"Hey, what happened to you?"
"Rough night, hey what happened after I left anyways?"
"Well, everyone got to talking, your mom, pops and Slash love her and.. t-that's it"
"Oh?"
"Yup! That's all!"
"Casey, honey!!" Luna shouted, walking inside.
"Hi Lulu!"
"Hey Aunt Lulu"
"Ray!!"
"What~? I don't get to say Hi to my aunt"
"I, um.."
Ray groaned as she heard Remus's voice, "Come on, Mus! This isn't fair!!"
"You agreed to the bet in the first place! This is what happens if you lose!"
"But did you have to bring your future wife!"
"Future wife Mus?"
"I qualify as your future wife, honey?" Nymph giggled.
"Well" he began with a blush growing on his face "Yes, future Mrs. Hamato"
Ray groaned as her joke backfired, "What do you two... lovebirds want?"
"I want a banana muffin and some orange juice"
"Can I have some ice tea and a chocolate chip muffin?"
"Sure" Ray grumbled as she wrote down their order to Remus's grin.
"Thank you and please come back with a smile!" Remus chuckled as Ray flipped him off.
"You're gonna do this the entire month, hmm?"
"Yeah, she lost the bet"
"May I ask what the bet was?"
"How about, I tell you what you missed last night, including the bet"
"Oooh, yes!!" Nymph clapped her hands excitedly as she smiled.
"So it all started when Ray left to go to her family dinner"
As the two lovebirds were talking, Light was busy watching her cousin.
"AKEMI!"
"Yeah Light!"
"Do the trick!!"
"Okay, okay!"
Light smiled as she watched her cousin practice one of her mother's tricks.
"Hey honey, what are you doing?"
Light poked her head up as a girl walked over to Akemi, distracting her.
"Nothing much, just practicing a spell.. whoa!!"
"KEMI!!" Light yelled as she ran over to them.
"Ow! My wrist hurts!"
"Honey, are you okay!!"
"No, my wrist hurts!"
"Oh sh**, Aunty is gonna kill me!"
"No she won't! But can we go fix my wrist?"
"Yeah, let's go!" Light picked her up and ran away.
"Ep!"
A few minutes later
"So, how do you know Akemi." Light asked, hissing slightly.
"W-We go to the same school, she's in some of my classes"
"Okay but you call her "Honey".... Why."
"U-Um"
"Light, relax!"
"What! I wanna know who she is!"
"Oh? Honey, it's okay, come here!"
The girl walked over to Akemi and held her not broken hand.
"See, I told you so"
"How and When did this happen!"
"We were staying after school for some tutoring because math isn't my favorite, we got to talking and she asked me out! We've been hiding this for.. longer than you and Hayden did!"
"But I told you about us!"
"I know you did! But.. I got scared and you got busy preparing to be a leader one day so"
"Akemi, you know I would stop time for you"
".. I'm sorry for hiding it from you"
"Apology accepted, now does your girlfriend have a name or am I supposed to guess?"
"She does"
"Now, what is it"
"Cynthia, this is my older cousin, Light!"
"Hey there, Light"
"Hello Cynthia"
"Nice to finally meet you"
"Same to you"
At the lair
"Need some help Coral?"
"I'm quite fine, Leo"
"Okay"
Coral began folding some clothes, while the turtles were doing their own thing.
"Hey Mikey?"
"Yeah, dude?"
"You think you and Lovey would give Sera a little sibling?"
"RAPH!!" Mikey turned bright red as he threw a water balloon at him.
"Hey!! I'm just asking!"
"Maybe, we haven't really had that conversation especially since she got pregnant before we got married"
"What did you mean before you got married!!" Sera asked.
"When your mom found out she was pregnant with you, it was.. barely a month after I proposed to her, so.."
"Mikey that's a lie, you guys did a quick wedding because you were scared of Leo finding out and getting mad"
"Okay, that's the real reason but I was right about the part where I haven't talked to her about it since!"
"That was like one of the first conversations me and Haley had the minute she came back"
"Oh"
"Michelangelo, I believe it's a good thing you and Lovestruck are taking it slow"
"I have to agree with Coral, and hey, if you do, then awesome"
"Aww! Hey um.. do you think we could have more siblings?"
"Now, what are you talking about Mikey?"
"I heard mom talking to Leah about something and I heard parents and kids"
"Oh, well.. that's something we should ask her about"
"Mmm hmm.."
"You okay D? You seem out of it"
"I'm okay, just.. thinking"
"You sound sad-!"
"Shh, in a couple of weeks it would've been his and... Shady's wedding night"
"Oh.. right"
"I remember Donnie would spend days working on a flowchart for their wedding and she would stick with it"
"Aww!"
Aubrey sat down in front of them, "What was she like?"
"Your mom?"
"Yeah, papa doesn't tell me much about her, he only showed me one picture but"
"She was.. smart, chaotic, and funny"
"Your dad would always show off his inventions to her and she liked some of them and others.. she would be honest about them and help him fix them"
"If Donnie spent all night in the lab, she would be there with coffee and both would sometimes fall asleep together"
".. I really wished you could've met her.."
"She sounds like a dream, Uncle Donnie," Leah smiled.
"Yeah.. she does.."
"I remember Uncle Elijah saying she was graceful like the wind and Uncle Robin saying she had thorns like a rose, I just thought it meant she was insane"
"No, they just liked to mess with you"
"Your mom was different around us, when she was around her family she was quiet but around us, she was herself" Raph chuckled and nudged Donnie, "And around this guy she was the top of their relationship!"
"Raph!!"
"What~? You act like I didn't catch you two in the lab"
"S-Shut up"
Aubrey giggled as she stood up and began walking into the lab.
"What are you doing Aubrey?"
"I want to work on some last minute project, now Serafina does not touch anything!"
"I won't!!"
"You better not!"
"I won't dudette!!"
Aubrey sat down at the desk, she began mixing some chemicals together as she heard Sera mess around in the background.
"Ooh, this is fun!"
"Sera please, those are my papa's trophies don't mess them up"
"Okay! Okay!"
Sera saw the creep in a jar that was hidden behind some pictures.
"Ooh, what are these!"
"I'm not sure, just please don't touch them-!"
Sera picked up one of the pictures and it made the creep jar tip over, causing Aubrey to jump and slam her hands on the table.
"Sera! What did I say!"
"Um... I'm sorry! I'll clean it up"
"You better!"
Aubrey was about to sit down when a drop from one of the chemicals spilled on her hand.
"Ow!"
"Whoa, Aubrey, you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine"
"Want me to help-!"
"No, please don't! Don't touch anything! I'm gonna go find grandma's first aid kit"
"But A-!"
"Don't Sera!"
Sera shrugged as Aubrey walked out of the lab, she then noticed that all the trophies started falling.
"Oh no!"
Sera used her vines to catch the trophies and placed them on the table. "Phew"
"You okay Aubrey?"
"More or less, it just stings"
"Aww, let me wrap it up"
Aubrey bit her bottom lip as Zoey began putting ointment and wrapping her hand up in bandages.
"Papa and uncles heard you and Leah talking about siblings and parents"
"We were talking about me becoming a foster mother"
"Really? Does that mean we'll get another cousin!"
"Maybe, if they accept me"
"Aww, have you told the others yet?"
"Not yet, Kiddo"
"Why not?"
"Because I don't even know if I'll get chosen to foster a child, then I don't even know how Mus or the others will react and.."
"I'm sure they'll be happy for you no matter what"
".. I guess so, just be careful with doing more science experiments, okay?"
"Okay, I will" Aubrey began scratching the arm that was bandaged.
"And try not to scratch at it"
"Yeah, sorry" Aubrey stood up and was about to walk into the lab when she heard Ray call her name.
"Nerdette!! I need to hear some sciency stuff from you!"
"Oh, right, what is it?"
"The married couple is making me nauseous"
"Oh, well you lost the bet"
"I know! But geez! Why are those two not married yet?"
"You'll understand once you get into your own relationship, Ray"
"No I won't, I'll never get into a relationship!"
"That's what they all say, Leah"
"What are we talking about?"
Aubrey covered her mouth when she realized she accidentally called Ray, "Leah" which confused both of them.
"I didn't mean to call you, Leah! It was an accident"
"O..kay?"
"Girls, it's time for training!"
"Coming!!"
The girls walked into the dojo and began training with Tony but the adults couldn't help but notice that Aubrey was more distracting than usual.
"Bunty?"
"Huh?" Aubrey watched as a leaf fell in front of her, giving Ray the perfect opportunity to tackle her.
"Gotcha!!"
"OW!! Ray!! Mercy! I surrender!!"
"Huh, I thought you'd put up more of a fight, Nerdette!"
"Ray, drop her!"
"Fine! Fine!"
Aubrey took a gasp of air as she stood up, rubbing her head.
"Are you okay Bunty?"
"I'm not sure, my head is spinning"
"Hey, I'll get you some ice"
"Thank you" Aubrey stood up and sat down against the wall.
"You sure you're okay Aubrey?"
"I'm not sure, I can't seem to focus"
"Strange"
"Maybe it's the thought of mama circling through my brain"
"Aw"
Aubrey smiled as Tony handed her an ice pack, she placed it on her forehead and started humming.
"What are you humming?"
"Just the theme song from our favorite show"
"Oh"
Aubrey smiled and began making the other's weapons float.
"Aubrey, you're making our stuff float!"
"I know, it's so cool right!!"
"Um.. yes, it's cool but we'd like our stuff back, please"
"Why!"
"Because we need them"
"Boo!!" Aubrey stuck her tongue out as she dropped the weapons.
"Okay, why's she acting like a toddler?"
"I don't know, maybe a mental breakdown?"
"Maybe"
Aubrey stood up and began skipping her way into the lab where she screamed at the mess she found.
"Or maybe not, Aubrey, what's wrong?!"
"The lab, who did.... SERAFINA!!"
"I didn't do it!!"
"Then who did it!!"
"None of us! We weren't in here!"
Aubrey growled as she picked up a mop and began cleaning up.
"Aubrey, are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine, why?"
"Because.. your holding the mop upside down"
".. I knew that!"
Aubrey smiled nervously and quickly fixed the mop, as she began mopping the floor.
"Are you sure you're okay Aubrey?"
"Yes, I am," Aubrey yawned as she continued mopping.
"I beg to differ, you look tired"
"I promise you I'm fine"
"Sure"
Leah was practicing her battle stances in the dojo when she saw a shadow standing behind you.
"Huh?" She said confused before turning around and saw The creep staring at her.
She tried to attack it but the creep grabbed her by the head and started to shake her like a rag doll until it pinned her against the tree.
"Let go of me!!" Leah tried grabbing her tanto but The creep was slowly draining the mutagen from her body.
"Princess, what's taking you so long!"
The rest of the team except Aubrey walked into the dojo and saw what was happening, they immediately jumped into action.
"The creep's back?!"
Ray and Sera used their powers to pull The Creep off of Leah. Soon after that, The Creep started glowing.
"The hell is it doing?!"
"How am I supposed to know?!"
"Kids, what's happening!"
Casey and Coral lifted Leah off the ground as the turtles began attacking The Creep.
"Let me go, I'm fine!"
"Leah, you must rest!"
"Yeah, besides, the others got it!" Casey explained while gesturing to Leo, who flipped The Creep over his shell and threw it into the other room.
"Ha!! You got knocked the hell out!!"
"If it was knocked out then why's the body not in here!!"
"What are you talking about?"
Everyone turned around and saw its body gone, they began to panic once they realized Aubrey was still alone.
"Sh**! Aubrey!!"
Aubrey was standing in her lab and she turned around as she looked up and saw the creep staring at her.
"The creep? How did it come back!"
The Creep was about to grab her once Donnie threw his boa staff into it's back.
"Aubrey, are you okay?!"
"Papa? I'm fine!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, at least I hope so.."
"Geez"
"How did it even come back?!" Remus shouted, holding Leah up.
"I don't know! That's what.." Aubrey started then remembered that Sera was the last one in the lab with her. "SERA!!"
"It wasn't my fault!!"
"THEN EXPLAIN HOW!!"
"I can't because it wasn't my fault!!"
"Look at my lab!! It all connects!"
"Probably because of the creep when you weren't looking!!"
"Everyone calm down!!"
Everyone else calmed down then looked over at Leo.
"We need to calm down before we do anything!"
"My dad's right, we keep arguing, nothing gets fixed!"
"Oh, I have a bad feeling and I know why..." Aubrey started shaking like a leaf.
When she looked up, she saw the others staring at her. "Huh?"
"Well?"
"Um.. what are we talking about?"
"The fact that your not fine"
"I am!! I feel like I can run a marathon!"
"Exhibit A, maybe you should relax"
"NO!"
"Okay, okay!"
"I'm fine!!"
"We hear you! We hear you! Now come on!"
"Good!"
A few minutes later
The team were in the shell-raiser 2.0, driving around searching for The Creep.
"Hey Aubrey, find anything on the map yet?"
Leah and Remus turned around as soon as they realized Aubrey didn't respond back.
"Aubrey?"
Tony leaned against Aubrey's chair, "Bunty... Is that a video game?"
"Yeah! Doesn't it look fun!"
"Aubrey, why are you on a video game?"
"I was bored!! I'm the final boss!"
"Nerdette, what the hell?!"
"Sorry! I'll get off!"
"Good! Just use your scanner"
Aubrey picks up her scanner and starts shaking it, "I can't get it to work! What is wrong with me?!"
"Hang on, didn't Aubrey say Sera spilled some brain stuff on her?"
"Yeah, and now she's acting more spaced out than her!"
"Hey!"
"I got it!!" Aubrey smiled and pressed a button on her computer which shut the shell-raiser 2.0 down.
"Aubrey!!"
"Aubrey have you lost your mind?!"
"What? What did I do?"
"The Creep gets smarter while Aubrey turns into Sera.. this is fun!"
"No, it is not!!"
"I know!"
"Hey, Aubrey's scanner says the Creep's a block away!"
"Okay, we will go! Tony, can you stay with her?"
"Of course!"
The team walked out of the shell-raiser 2.0 as Aubrey and Tony stayed behind.
"Now.. How do I turn this back on? Bunty, do you remember what you did?"
"Ummmm... No idea!"
"Okay.. it can't be that hard!"
Tony pressed a random button and the car started up again, he smiled at himself until he realized Aubrey was gone. "Never mind"
The team were following the tracker until it led them to the botanical garden.
"What are we doing here?"
"It says The Creep is in there"
"I don't see it"
"Wanna try that again?"
They saw the creep sneak into the botanical garden not realizing the teenagers were following them. They also noticed the creep carrying something.
"Is that..."
"Snakeweeds claw"
"What is it doing with that damn thing?"
"We don't know!"
"Hey guys!"
The team shushed Aubrey as she shouted, which not only scared them but nearly got the attention from The Creep.
"Whoa.. the creep and Snakeweed made a kid!"
"Looks like it, what are you gonna name it this time, Sera?" Remus asked, sarcastically.
"Hmm!!"
"Please don't answer-!"
"I would say-!"
"The child of Creepweed!"
"That's what I was gonna say!!"
"Oh god, there's two of them"
A giant hand smashed through the entrance, tossing the teenagers back.
"Where did these guys come from!!"
"I don't know!!"
The others began attacking Snakeweed while Ray was trying to attack the creep.
"Alright, I never got payback for what you did to me. Today is the motherf**king day, b**ch!" Ray snarled as she attacked The Creep.
As she was attacking the creep, she slowly got tired while the creep was barely affected.
"How... The hell can you do that...?" She panted as she was struggling to stand up.
All the creep did was lean their head over, like it knew what she was trying to say, before smacking her over to another building.
"OW!! F**king sh**!!"
"I don't get it!! I can't think of anything!!"
Sera led Aubrey behind a dumpster.
"Stay here, A! Just stay hidden, okay?"
"O-Okay"
Sera quickly ran into the alleyway where the others were leading the monsters away.
"HEY! OVER HERE YOU JERKS!!"
The monsters slowly followed after them so they were standing directly in front of the alleyway.
"Tony! Now!!"
Tony turned on the shell-raiser and was about to drive it into them when Aubrey jumped in front of it.
"I like chocolate!"
"Aubrey!!"
Ray pushed her out of the way and Tony drove the car into the monsters which not only caused them to get hit but fly into an oil filled semi-truck which then exploded.
"Awesome!"
Aubrey skipped over to fire and clapped excitedly.
"Ooh, look at the big fire!! You think we could roast marshmallows and make s'mores?"
".. well, we can do that when we go home Aubrey, come on"
Aubrey giggled and skipped back to the lair as the others followed after her.
Back at the lair
"Aubrey!! Stop!!" Remus shouted as he, Sera and Tony were chasing after her.
Aubrey laughed as she jumped onto the tire swing, "When did Uncle get a tire swing!!!"
"Bunty!!"
They tried to pull her off the swing which only caused them to toss her into the adults, thankfully they dodged her in time.
"Dah!! Aubrey!!"
"God, she's getting worse"
"What's the matter, Donnie? Did you handle these things when she was an actual kid?"
"Shush"
Aubrey laughed as she stood between Ray and Leah as she shoved the tv remote in her mouth.
"No, Aubrey, get the remote out of your mouth!"
"The only person who can cure Aubrey is Aubrey, which doesn't help anyone!" Leah pulled the remote out of her mouth.
"Only thing that could probably help her was whatever was in the brain serum"
"Once again, that Aubrey's! And she's not here now!!"
Sera thought about it for a moment then walked into the lab.
"It's my fault that Aubrey got splashed with that brain juice!" She said, as Aubrey was running around with Ray's hair tie. "I have to fix it!"
Sera walked over to the desk as Aubrey was running around with Leah's hair tie this time.
"Okay... what did she do?" She mixed two chemicals together which exploded in her face, "Dah!!"
"Dad, what do you think?"
Leo stared at Aubrey who was rolling around on the floor with Captain Ryan on her head.
"Perhaps meditation might help clear her mind, and bring back the Aubrey we know"
"Ahh!! The crazy rats are stealing the powers of my brain!! We're doomed!!"
".. a lot of meditation"
"This is why none of you should ever have kids"
"Ma!!" Ray yelled, "Like I would get married"
"That's what I said and look at me now" Haley said, ruffling her hair.
"Dad, who could I even have a kid with?"
"I'm expecting an assassin or a gangster"
"Really!!"
"What? It's why you're here"
"Babe!"
"I'm not lying!"
"Leah, no children"
"I have all the kids I need right here" Leah gestures to the mess that is her team. "I do have a favorite"
"Who could that be?"
Leah pointed at Remus, who just nodded and agreed.
"Mus, no kids"
"Too late"
"Just no more damn pregnancy scares!"
"Then let me get a vasectomy!"
"Remus, we've been over this... You're not of legal age yet!"
"Don't I just have to be 16 with your consent? Also, condoms don't work with me for some reason"
"No, you have to be an adult and.. I'll take you to a doctor at some point"
Tony looked at Remus,"Condoms do work, Remus, I should know." He stopped talking when he realized who he was surrounded with,"We should really focus on Bunty!"
".. where is she?"
Ray hadn't taken her eyes off of Tony, "I saw Sera go into the lab, maybe Aubrey is there with her."
"Okay, but we're gonna talk about this later, Tony."
"In my defense, It was an extremely intense study session, sir." Tony kept a straight face, despite the looks he got.
"Ha! Like father, like daughter!!" Haley cackled, only to get a weak punch from Lovey in the back.
"Hey team! Come look!"
Everyone walked into the lab as Sera shoved a glowing blue drink in their faces.
"Brain juice for Aubrey!"
"Are you crazy?! Do you even have any idea what that will do to her?!"
"I know you all think it's just Aubrey who knows sciencey stuff but I pay attention!!"
"This is different!! You could actually f**k up her brain!"
"No I won't!"
"Mm, pizza shake" Aubrey said, grabbing the container with the blue mixture.
"No Aubrey!!"
Aubrey began chugging it halfway only to get it taken away from Donnie.
"Aubrey, are you okay? How do you feel?"
Aubrey inhaled deeply before making a funny face at him.
"SERA!!"
"Oops" Sera giggled, nervously.
Then the ground started shaking.
"Huh?" Everyone asked, Tony immediately placed himself in front of Aubrey, only to get pushed away by Donnie.
"What the hell is that?"
Ray ran over to their telescope, she looked into it and gasped as she saw the whole city being taken over by plants.
"Extras... I think we made it worse!"
"How?!"
"Look!!"
Leah ran over to Ray and looked through the telescope and saw Creepweed merging together and taking people.
Lovey was using her powers to protect the lair but she was getting weaker.
"We have to stop this thing!"
"Go, we will watch over Aubrey!"
"Got it! Team, let's go!!"
The teenagers except Aubrey and Tony ran out of the lair.
"April, do you think your powers would be able to get through to her somehow?"
April looked at her, inhaled deeply, "Highly doubtful, now about you and Aubrey, Tony-!"
"Why are we talking about me? Shouldn't we be-!"
"I'm not the one who admitted that Aubrey wasn't a virgin in front of her family, we're talking about it"
"God, it was one... or a few more times. We were careful and there were no hybrid children in our future!"
"What do you mean were."
"Let's just say... In the middle of it, Aubrey may have had a vision of us which then started the whole thing" Tony looked at them nervously.
".. I'm gonna kill you!!" Donnie shouted and started lunging towards Tony.
"Dah!! Donnie!!"
"Papa, stop!!"
Everyone froze as they turned towards Aubrey, she was back to normal.
"Papa, it's just intercourse! I'm still the same!"
".. can we talk later?"
"As long as you don't kill Tony by the time I get back, he was right I did start it" Aubrey walked into the lab and they could hear a motorcycle drive off.
"Okay.. all of the adults need a night out"
"Good luck with that" Tony began walking away but quickly dodged Donnie throwing a knife at his head.
A few minutes later
"Thank god your back to normal, Nerdette"
"Mmm hmm! But Sera, your banned from the lab"
"That's fair!"
"Okay, now everyone I have another mission to complete"
"Oh god, what is it?"
"I have to have "The talk" with my father"
".. good luck with that, i'm going home, i'm going home" Remus said and just started walking away.
"Mus! You could give me advice! Grandma's a doctor!"
"I'm giving you advice! Just don't get pregnant or an STD!" Remus shouted as he flew out of the lair.
"REMUS!!"
Aubrey sighed and walked into the lab, where she saw Donnie trying to bury himself in the computer.
"Papa?"
Donnie didn't respond, she noticed he was looking through a photo album of all her birthdays.
"Isn't that one of me when I turned eight? You tried to show me how to do elephant toothpaste"
"Y-Yeah, god... now you're doing the devil's tango with a vampire!"
"Papa, you told me that if I ever started dating and we started going further, it should only be when I want to and not forced or coerced"
"I know!! Me and your mother didn't do it until we were... in our first year of..."
"Of?"
"... Um, damnit, we did it 6 months after we started dating... On a stakeout"
"On a stakeout Papa?!"
"Me and your mother were wild, I mean really wild! That's why when Tony said that... It brought back some memories, I just don't want you and him to be caught in a warehouse window, don't think about it too much!"
"Oh.. okay"
"Just, if you ever need advice, ask any other women except Haley and Karai!"
"Why not aunt Karai?"
"She knows what she did, let's just say it's one of the reasons why I think your Uncle is paralyzed"
"O..kay?"
"Also" He inhaled deeply, "Be careful, I trust Tony but you never know"
"I will!" She smiled and hugged Donnie.
Donnie smiled and hugged back, he quickly glanced at the picture of him and Shady as teenagers on the wall, it only made him hold onto her tighter.
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