CH:15 Lack of an Analysis

As we get back to the lair, we all carry our findings to Donny's lab with a very curious Sensei following behind. We dump our arm loads onto Don's main workbench before we turn to the master.

Unable to handle the curiosity anymore Master Splinter asks, "Where did you find all this?" As he strokes his beard tuff.

"We stopped a kidnapping!" Mikey excitedly shouts.

"You were seen?!" Splinter asks rather harshly as his ears slant backwards.

"Technically only by the guy that we saved but he ran away the moment he was free." Stated Donny.

"Yeah, like a coward", growles Raph.

"Explain!" Sensei says very strictly as he is losing all patience.

I pick up the head of a robot and show it to Splinter saying, "They were aliens that were controlling these robots."

He takes the robot head in one hand and looks at it while he thinks deeply as he strokes his beard with his other hand. "I have never seen anything like this." he finally says.

"Nither have I", I say in agreement, thinking about all the advanced tech my kind used and how it was strikingly different to the shiny silver looking technology laying before us.

Leo quickly explains to Splinter everything that happened on our training run.

Splinter looks back down at the robot head in his hand deep in thought once more before he says, "It appears we have discovered the creators of the mutagen."

"How can you be sure that they made the green stuff, sensei?" Asks a puzzled Mikey.

"Is this hidden knowledge from training the mind?" Leo asked very excitedly.

"More like intuition", Splinter replys in a very straight tone, leaving Leo quite disappointed.

I spoke up saying, "Actually I can sense the same energy of the mutagen not only in all of you, but also those squishy brain dudes." I finished by pointing at the alien corpse in the jar.

"What do you mean it's inside them? Do you mean that they are mutated as well?" Asks Donny, full of curiosity.

I look down and think as I hold my chin before I answer, "Not exactly. I think the mutagen was extracted from them. Like it's a part of their DNA." This information makes all but Mikey's eyes go wide as they realize in a way these aliens are their creators, leaving Mikey as confused as ever.

Donny hopelessly tries explaining DNA to Mikey but it just makes him even more confused, so he tries to play along by smiling and nodding his head. Which just earned him an exasperated sigh from Don and a slap to the back of the head from Raph, making me chuckle.

Splinter looks at Donny with a very serious look and says, "You must find out all you can about these creatures and their technology."

With a sigh Donny said, "I'll try Sensei, but this technology is so far beyond me. I don't even know where to begin."

I put my hand on his shoulder and with a smile I say, "No worries D, we will put our heads together on this one." Making him blush as he does his cute little nerdy chuckle. With that, all the other guys left us to our work.

It took us two days just to break through the complex code on the motherboard we found in the head of one of the robots. Just as we thought we made a breakthrough, we are left even more confused. Everything that we found is in some gibberish of a language that we can not understand. Even with the use of my language translator it's like that of an unknown language.

"This is incredibly frustrating!" I complain as I leaned back in the chair and scratch the base of one of my horns. I look over at Donny and I can tell that he is frustrated like I am. But, he has a look of sheer determination on his face which I can't help but admire. "If you don't mind Donny, I need to go get some exercise." I say as I get up from my chair.

"Uh, Yeah. Sure." Donny replies fully engrossed in his work.

I run my hand over his shell as I turn to leave, making him sit up straight with a heavy blush forming on his face as he slowly looks at me.

I giggle all innocently as I give him a little smile and walk away to go see what the other turtles are up to thinking, 'Damn, it really doesn't take much to rile him up.' I mischievously chuckle to myself.

When I walk into the center chamber of the lair I could only see Leo as he is practicing his precision again on the training platform. I approached him and asked, "Hey, where are the others?

While continuing to execute his training perfectly he replies, "They went skateboarding down the empty sewer pipes."

"Shit! That sounds like fun!" I couldn't help but say as I get excited about the idea.

Leo gives a little chuckle, "Yeah its quite the blast. I'm sure you could still catch up with them if you're interested." He suggests as he changes position, continuing his training.

"Actually I'm far more interested in what you're doing", I state as I slightly tilt my head to the side.

This makes him blush a bit as he wobbles a little before going back into position. He then clears his throat before suggesting with a smile, "Umm... I-if you would like I can walk you through it."

"Oh, I'm so taking you up on that offer!" I excitedly say as I jump up onto the platform and start braiding my hair.

"Oh-hoh! She is getting serious!" He jokes a bit as he notices me pulling my hair back. Making a broad smile grow across my face as I blush.

Finishing my braid, I throw it back over my shoulder as I ask, "So what exactly are you doing?" I tilt my head at the end of my question while tucking a stray strand of hair behind my ear, making Leo blush at my innocent look as he cracks a small smile.

He clears his throat before saying, "Im practicing my Katas, they are full body positions that has many facets of utility. With the most basic level of learning the stances help a person with distancing, protection, orientation and gaze. The Ninjutsu Kamae also add another level of practice by referring to attention, breath patterns and emotional attitude as determined by the body position. I practice all my moves slowly so I can execute them in perfect precision with great speed." He finishes with a big smile, very proud of himself.

"Fascinating!" I say with wide eyes, "Where do we begin?" I ask eagerly which gets another big smile out of Leo with a caring look in his electric blue eyes.

"First you want to take a stance like this." He says that while he gets into a basic starting stance with his feet shoulder-width apart and slightly crouching. He has his fists clenched and turned upright as he holds them by his sides.

I do my best to imitate his position but I'm slightly off. So as he slowly comes closer, looking me up and down as he circles me before he puts his hands on my hips from behind and adjusts my body, giving me butterflys. Sliding his hands to each of my arms and legs, adjusting them slightly until he literally puts me in the right position. He even adjustes my tail, running his hands down the length of it, to help with my balance. My face turns as red as a tomato the whole time, from the moment his hands lay on me until he removes them. I try my hardest to focus on the training. Doing my best to block out all the distractions, no matter how ...distracting they are. Making him chuckle as that sexy know-it-all grin grows on his face.

After he shows me all the stances in the same manner we then practiced them for the next few hours. Leo took every chance he could to correct my stances by physically moving my body himself, clearly enjoying my reactions to his contact. When we start getting into harder stances, even with my tail, I'm still having a hard time holding my balance as all my muscles are starting to vibrate. Leo is trying to help by holding my hips with his strong hands but that is just causing an even bigger distraction as my insides are on fire form all of his constant contact.

"Want to give up yet?" He whispers in my ear with a husky voice, so close I can feel his breath on my neck sending a shiver down my back. As he says this his hands shift to a bit more of an intimate position on my hips, pulling me toward him slightly.

That's when I then realize that all the extra attention wasn't just to help me with my Katas. My eyes go wide and my face goes even more red, 'Two people can play that game.' I think to myself as the challenge has been accepted.

I steady myself with sheer determination and a deep breath. Then whisper back in a sultry tone, "I never give up." I glance over my shoulder at him with a sly smile as I rub up the side of his leg with my tail.

Leo's eyes widen a bit and a smile grows on his face as he squeezes my hips a bit and sucks in his breath. He is thoroughly shocked by my sudden change of mood since before I was solely focussed on training, completely ignoring every one of his distractions until now. But before he can do anything about it, Raph and Mikey came barging back to the lair in a ruckus.