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LOCATION : NEW YORK CITY; SATURDAY MIDNIGHT
Traveling down the street was a big van paste with tech all around its interior inside-out. The name of this van is the turtle hauler.
Inside the tech van were four humanoid turtles, their names are; Leonardo, the one who’s always in control. Raphael, the one who will always throw the first punch. Donatello, the reason of the bunch and Michaelangelo, the wise guy.
Today the four turtles are cruising around New York hanging out with each other. With master splinter going to the nexus and April and Casey going on their honeymoon. That just left the turtles with themselves.
Everything has been calm lately in New York after the whole incident with alternate universes. The foot clan now has an alliance with the turtles and the purple dragons are lying low. So it has been pretty… boring for the turtles.
Turning around the corner, Don was showing his brothers all the new installment he made to the car. Putting the car on auto-pilot that he recently installed.
“...and over there is the new shell cycle that I recently upgraded for you Raph, it can now go even faster with the new engine that I installed.” Don said.
Raph smiled widely, looking excited. “Damn… I can’t wait to cruise this baby down the street now. Thanks, Don!” he said, rubbing one hand on the cycle.
“ Hey Donny! Is this what I think it is?!” Mikey said, eyes wide with excitement. The thing he was pointing at was an ice cream dispenser.
“Yup… and it even has rainbow sprinkles on the side with chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice cream flavor.” Don said, looking amused. “Donatello, you’re the turtle!” Mikey said while preparing his chocolate ice cream… with rainbow sprinkles.
“Wow Donny, you really go all out… but do you really have to give him an ice cream machine?” Leo said, looking at Don with a soft, tired smile.
“hehe… I couldn’t help it. With this much free time we’ve been given, I might as well do something about it.” Don said sheepishly, while rubbing the back of his neck.
Looking up from he was chowing down the ice cream Mikey asked.“ So after this. Are we still going to the farm house? Like today… or tomorrow?” Wiping the ice cream on his mouth, with the back of his hand.
“I mean… we can go today, since we’ve already prepared everything but Raph seems to want to try his new shell cycle first.” Leo said, pointing at Raph who was now on the motorcycle. Raph looks up from where he was. “We can go today if ya guys want to… after all, I can still test this baby at the farm house anyway.” Raph said, waving his hand dismissively.
Leo nodded at Raph before looking back at Mikey and Donny who are now eating ice cream together. Today the turtle brothers are planning to go to the farm house. After the whole fiasco with their other selves and other problems that they have to deal with, the brothers agree that they need a vacation. So, here they are now.
BAM! THUD!
Suddenly the car came to an abrupt stop. Making the turtles almost fall on their face.
“Oh, shell! I think we hit something or someone!” Don said, panickingly. The ice cream he was eating got tossed carelessly away only for Mikey to catch it before it fell to the floor.
Leo, who was holding on to the seat to stop himself from falling, followed after Donny. Mikey looks up from the floor where he catches Donny ice cream as Raph walks over him looking annoyed after he almost smashed his face into the shell cycle. Mikey quickly gets up to go after him.
On the front of the van was a man in a… wizard get up? He was lying on the ground a few feet away from the van, next to him was a bag of money spilling out everywhere on the ground caused by the impact. There on the ground the man was also holding a thick book.
“uhmm… Should we tie him up? Cuz I’m pretty sure he just stole from the bank….” Mikey said, while leaning on Raph.
It was silent for a couple minutes, before Don finally said. “I’m just gonna go make sure he’s okay…and then tie him up…”
As Donny leaves Leo and Raph follows after him. Mikey watches as they leave before shrugging and going back to eating both ice cream he was holding.
Meanwhile outside the van Don checks on the robber, grabbing his body and turning him over checking his head, arms and legs. After checking over he was sure that the robber was fine and wasn’t hurt much other than some bruises.
Beside Donny, Leo has brought a rope and handed it to Don, while Raph starts putting the money back into the bag to give it back to the owner(aka. the bank).
As Don tied up the criminal he turned his head to Leo asking him. “Where's Mikey? Is he still eating the Ice cream?” Don said with an amused smile on his face. “Probably. you know he’s gonna be attached to it all day.” Leo said while shaking his head and chuckling. “Well at least that chucklehead probably gonna be more quiet now…Probably too busy stuffing his face with ice cream.” Raph said, after he finished collecting the money and has now joined his brothers. “He’s gonna get himself brain freeze and would never stop whining about it.” Don said, not looking up, both Leo and Raph groan simultaneously in annoyance.
“Hey! What’s taking you guys so long?!” Mikey appears behind them, his mouth still covered in ice cream chocolate and still holding the ice cream.
“Wha- Mikey it’s only been three minu–” Leo tried to respond to Mikey but was abruptly cut off by Mikey.
“Oooh! Is this some kind of magic book?!” Mikey said, picking up the book that was next to the robber. Behind him Leo shook his head tiredly.
“ Magic? Yeah, right.” Raph said sarcastically before coming to stand next to Mikey.
“Okay guys. Let’s not touch anything that isn’t ours now.” Leo said, crossing his arms before turning his head toward Donny.”Are you finished tying him up yet, Don?”
“Just a little bit– and I’m done now!” Donny stood up dusting himself. The robber was now tied up tightly on the traffic pole. Raph tossed the bag of money next to the robber and Leo brought out his shell cell to call the police.
“Mikey, drop the book.” Donny said, walking toward Mikey who was now reading the book. Looking up from the book, Mikey pouted before responding. "C’mon Donny. I just want to take a little peak. Aren’t you curious too?” Donny looks at the book curiously before sighing.
“If it’s about magic, it’s probably fake and just some crazy rambling of a crazy guy anyway Mikey.” Eventhoug Donny has experienced the use of chi before he still has his doubts about magic or mystic either way.
“C’mon bonehead just drop it.” Raph said, snatching the book from Mikey earning a protest from the latter. Stepping away and keeping the book out of reach, Raph starts to flip through it. “hmm..?” Raph made a confused humm before squinting closer at the book looking frustrated. One of the pages that wasn’t attached to the book fell out, Raph caught it and looked even more frustrated ”What the shell…? It’s just a buncha gibberish!” behind Raph, Don can be heard saying ‘I told you so!’ to Mikey, who just pouts and crosses his arm. Raph grumbles under his breath, closing the book harshly before carelessly tossing the book that hit the robber's head.
The turtles losing interest in the book turn the other way, not noticing the glow start to appear on the crack of the book.
“Raph, Be Careful! and could you guys stop messing with the book!” Leo said, putting his shell cell back. Raph replies back with a resounding ‘hmph’ before walking past Leo bumping his shoulder while he walks past him back to the turtle hauler. Leo shook his head before following after him.
Both blunt weapons turtles look at each other before shrugging before following after the two turtles.
As Mikey walked behind Donny in the corner of his eyes he noticed something glowing, he turned to the source of the light. The book was now glowing, the page that Raph once touched now floated above the robber.
“Uhhhh… guys…GUYS!” Mikey said, tapping his brother's shell frantically. Don, also now looking at the paper with wide eyes, grabbing Mikey and dragging him into the turtle hauler.
“Leo! get us out of here. quickly!” Don said, after Raph closed the van door behind the both of them.
Leo tried to move the turtle hauler away from the mystic paper as far as possible but before he could back up any further a bright flash covered the street in bright light. The street that once held a van there was now empty, the only thing that was left was the robber and the book as the police came to arrest him.
..aph..
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….RAPH!!!”
Mikey dodge the fist that was thrown into his face as Raph got up, his ninja sense on high alert before calming down after seeing that it was just his brother.
“About time you wake up! I caught some fish. made soup.” MIkey said, before quickly scurry away before Raph could unleash his anger on him for waking him up abruptly.
“Ughh… soup, again.” Raph grumbles out, sliding his hand over face, too tired to be angry.
Getting up from his red sleeping beside him were other sleeping bags that belonged to his brothers. As he got up stretching his arms up and walking toward the neat pile of winter clothing that they prepared for the winter at the farm house, it was placed on one of the seats of the turtle hauler.
Putting on the clothes he got out of the turtle hauler to see Don sitting leaning on one of the rocks in the cave they have made refuge in, wearing the same clothing. Maskless. Don looked up from the paper scroll that he was trying to read with multiple other scrolls beside him. “Good morning, Raph.” Don said. smiling lopsidedly, dark circles form around his eyes.
”Well…look like someone didn’t have a goodnight sleep.” He said with an amused voice. Raph snort. Like he could talk, he looks like he hasn’t slept in days either. Raph thought about retorting back but finding he was still too tired to respond in a sentence, all he could muster back was a ‘you too’.
Don chuckles at his brother's response before going back to trying to understand the scroll he’s reading.
MIkey scoop the soup in one of the bowls that they ‘borrow’ from the city that was close to the cave that they are in.
Raph remembers the first day they had appeared in this new world, where they tried to find a place to settle.
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The first thing that Raph heard was the sound of his brothers groaning before he quickly sat up. they were still in the turtle hauler so they weren’t hurt, only disoriented.
“Are any of you hurt?” Leo asks, worriedly, helping Mikey up, turning to Donny who also doesn’t seem to be hurt.” I’m fine just… very dizzy.” Don answered, as Raph quickly walked toward Donny seeing as he swayed left and right not that he was in any different condition.
“ugh… Thanks Raph…” Don said, using his brother to stabilize himself. Raph responds with a grunt.
Leo walked toward the front to look outside. White snow rained down heavily, all he could see was white snow.
“Don, got any idea where we are right now?” Leo said, his eyes not leaving the snow storm.
“Well… if I’m being honest with you guys right now… I have no idea but if I have to guess it would be the north pole.” Don goes to one of the panels looking through it.
”... Not good, that mystic paper which I assume is a portal to this dimension or world, drains all of the turtle hauler energy… right now we are only using the backup power to heat up the van so we won’t freeze to death but that would drain out to…” Don said, looking at Leo to ask what they should do next.
Leo's face was set in a frown as he thought of a way to get out of this situation that they are in, his gaze slowly traveling to the back of the car that is full of the things that they prepare for the farm house. One of the things they prepared was clothing, specifically winter clothing. Slowly an idea came to his mind. It was dangerous but it’s the only way out.
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The snow storm raged on, all he could hear was the wind blowing into his ears as he followed Don, beside him was Mikey wearing a thick winter coat and thick pants, an orange scarf covering his face with a beanie on his head, his hands were covered with mitten gloves as he rubbed his arms up and down, his winter boots were now cover in snow.
All of his brothers are wearing the same things. The only difference was the scarf that are the color of their designated color,
Raph looks past Donny to Leo who is walking in front of all of them, he’s walking further seemingly almost unaffected by the freezing cold. Before all of them set foot out of the safety of the turtle hauler, he and Leo had a disagreement which wasn’t unusual for them. In the end they came to and agreement to find a place to put the turtle hauler away from plain sight,
As they walked and walked the storm started to lessen bit by bit, it was then that they found the cave. It was spacious enough to put the van inside and for them to be away from prying eyes and the storm around here wasn’t as harsh and cold as the area that they were once in.
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“Where's Leo?” Raph said, taking the two soups that Mikey handed to him, he walk toward Don giving him one of the bowl. ”thanks”
“Meditating.” Mikey jerks his head to the back of the cave as it goes a bit deeper. He serves two more bowls of soups before walking into the depth of the cave with one of the bowls.
Raph walked toward Don and sat next to him.” So, found anything new?.”
“No, just same old, same old. A 100 years Wars, bending, spirit, avatar…just the same information we have since we got here.” Donny said, sounding exhausted, as he looked at the scribble on the scroll. Raph looks at Donny with concern.
“...maybe you should take a break, Don.” Raph said, pointing his spoon at Don's face. ”Ya look like ya gonna keel over at anytime soon.” Donny scoffs and pushes the spoon out of his face.
“Yeah, right. you look like you haven't slept either. So, you don't have a say in this, mister.” Don said, pointing his back at Raph. ”And what about you? Did you get any sleep last night?”
“Well, I’m proud to say I did get some sleep last night.” Raph said, smiling smugly before chugging the last bit of the soup.
They sat together in comfortable silence as Don kept eating his soup. After a couple minutes he finished his soup.
Just as Raph’s about to get up to go clean his and Don bowls. Mikey came barreling toward them looking excited and astonished about something, his eyes were blown wide and his face was plastered with a big smile, making him look like a mad man.
“Guys! Guys! Leo, he-he cancontrolwaterlikethosepeopleinthecityIwasabouttogivehimfoodbuthewasmeditatingandwhenigotclosetohimaglobofwaterwasforminginfrontofhisfaceand-” Mikey talk faster and faster to the point that his brothers couldn't catch a word he said. Mikey's hands and body shook with excitement.
“Okay, Okay! Slowdown Mikey, take a breather, you're looking more blue than green!” Don said, putting a hand on Mikey's shoulder.
“And for the love of shells! Talk slower!” Raph said, crossing his arms over his plastron.
Mikey took a deep breath before letting all his words spill out.” So, when I was going to give Leo his food, I saw that he was still meditating and I didn’t want to disturb him. So, I was just gonna leave it there for him to eat but then I noticed something that seemed to be glowing in front of his face and… And!”
Both of his older brothers lean in close.
“There was a glob of water floating in front of his face!!! It was so cool and I didn’t want to break him out of his meditation. So, I just booked It out of there.” Mikey said, his face almost split from the smile that was so wide on his face.
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“I’m sorry… WHAT!!” “WHAT!!” A chorus of yelled rings echo the cave.