You can imagine my surprise when I found myself raising a bunch of kids.
Wait...I'm going too far! Perhaps it's best to start from the beginning.
My name is Holly Stanford, and I am a young adult trying to make it in this crazy economy of life. I have short gold hair with one lock curling upward and gold eyes. I usually dress tomboyish with a sense of flair. I live in the city, loud and boisterous. My apartment has a great view of the skyline and I love seeing the people below go about their day. I go to school at the local community college and I am trying to get a degree in business. My life is so ordinary that not many people notice me. Even in my school, I am never called on and never seen. Perhaps it was my fate to be not noticed. I kinda wished for someone to notice me or call me dear names.
Then one day, everything all changed...
"Man! This night has been super crazy!"
What was considered crazy to the teens was a normal night for them. If anyone saw what was going on in the nighttime of the city, they would think they were going insane. Four anthropomorphic turtles were fighting robots with pink brains inside of them. One turtle had a blue mask on and was fighting with the use of katanas. He spinned kicked a row of ugly bots to the ground. The one fighting next to him had a red mask and using a pronged weapon known as a sai. He yelled loudly and completely ravaged the ones that tried to attack the blue one. Another one wore a purple mask and used a bow to fight with. He was fighting side-by-side with another one with an orange mask who used nunchucks. The orange mask one laughed as he hit two of the robots, making them explode.
"Did you see that Donnie? I totally kicked their butts!" The orange one told the purple one. He spun his nunchucks and placed them on his side. "Those Kraang bots had no idea who they were messing with."
"I agree with Mikey on this one. They are coming less and less." Raph said, patting Mikey on the back. "We might just have earned ourselves a small break."
"A break sounds opportune suggestion. Shall we also get a pizza to celebrate?" Donnie asked, strapping his bow on his back. "I'm starved!"
"We may have to hold back on the celebration guys." Leo said, pulling out his T-phone. "I just got a call from April. She and Karai have been ambushed by some more Kraang bots! They're downtown on Broad Street!"
"Man! I really wanted some pizza!" Mikey complained, but shook his head. "But I guess we got to save Leo and Donnie's girlfriends!"
"April/Karai is not my girlfriend!" Both turtles yelled, making him shrink down and hold his hands out.
"Alright I was just kidding!" Mikey looked at Raph. "Touchy..."
Raph just rolled his eyes. His brothers were always in denial about their feelings.
Meanwhile at the scene of the fight, April and Karai were fighting back-to-back against more Kraang droids. April was using her psychic powers and tensai to blow her combatants away. Karai used her tanto knives to stab and slice at her enemies. Both girls were extremely fierce kunoichi.
"Think you can keep up?" Karai asked April as she flipped over and doubled kicked some droids.
"Funny, I should be asking you the same question!" April retorted, punching a droid down. "They just keep on coming! What are they trying to protect?"
"Maybe that floating cube we saw earlier. The green one with the red dots!" Karai replied, stabbing another droid. "They were going to use it on the city!"
"We can't let that happen!" April gave a yell as she sliced three bots using her tensai. "We have to stop them!"
"APRIL! KARAI! WE ARE HERE TO HELP!" The two female ninjas smiled as they saw Mikey barreling downwards along with the rest of the turtles. They wasted no time defeating the Kraang before entering the warehouse. Lo and behold there was a large green cube with red dots blinking on it.
"Looks like that cube is full of potent mutagen!" Donnie examined the sides. "If this was to be unleashed upon the city, it could cause a massive outbreak of mutants!"
"That would be a bad thing right?" Mikey asked.
"Well, considering the size of the thing Mikey, IT WOULD BE REALLY BAD!" Raph yelled, causing Mikey's eyes to swirl.
"We have to destroy it then." Leo swung his swords. "Donnie, can you find an opening we can use or a switch we can throw?"
"Might take me a minute. April, can you come and help me?" The purple masked turtle said. April nodded and went to the control panel with him.
"Karai, I need you and me to search the perimeter for more droids. No doubt that they must've been alerted to the fight."
"Understood." Karai said before leaping upwards.
"And Raph, I need you and Mikey to find an exit away from the cube in case this all backfires."
"Yes! We get to find an exit!" Mikey pumped his fist before blinking. "How come we got that job?"
"Yeah. How about we switch things up?" Raph pointed at Leo. "I'll go with Karai while you go with Mikey."
Leo sighed and facepalmed. "It really doesn't matter who goes with who. We need to find a way out just in case this whole place decides to-"
"Uh oh..." Donnie frantically pushed some buttons. "Guys we have a problem! The cube just activated!"
"What! Donnie I told you to find a way to turn it off, not turn it on!" Leo yelled, running towards the controls with the rest of the team. April and Donnie were trying to turn the cube off.
"We pressed something and it just turned on!" April said, wiping her brow. "This was a pure accident!"
"Stand back! I know how to deal with things like this!" Mikey pushed them out of the way and cracked his knuckles before just randomly pushing buttons. Raph hit him over the head and growled.
"STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE!" He yelled, making the orange masked turtle rub the back of his neck. "We need to destroy this!" He raised his sai.
"No wait-!" Leo was about to stop him when the cube glowed green and opened up. Tendrils of green light wrapped around the bodies of the two girls and the turtles before sucking them inside. The process began as the group began to shrink in size and their minds were wiped clean and pure. A flash of bright green light erupted from the cube, breaking it instantly, and sending a giant ball of light flying out into the city.
"Hey mom, yeah nothing is happening tonight."
Holly walked down the streets of New York City with a bag of groceries underneath her arms. She was wearing a casual outfit of a yellow hoodie, blue jeans, and yellow Converse sneakers. Yawning, she reached the intersection that lead to her house.
"Are you sure your going to be alright? This city has been getting crazier!"
"Nothing I can't handle. If I just stay out of the craziness, then I'll be fine." Holly hung up her phone and sighed. Her mother could be so overprotective at times.
Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw a ball of light touchdown right into the alleyway near her house. Without a second thought, she ran over to where the light fell. Smoke covered the area as she coughed loudly, trying to clear her lungs. Blinking a couple of times, she saw a crater had formed from the explosion. Looking downwards, she saw something that made her gasp.
Inside the crater were a bunch of little babies! Not just any babies either, but turtle babies! Holly stepped into the crater in awe at the sight. The four turtles were huddled close with each other, whimpering and moaning. Next to them Holly saw a small red headed girl wriggling about. And on the other side was another baby girl with black hair and the most beautiful eyes she'd ever seen.
"You poor things! How did you all get here?" Holly cooed, picking up the tiniest turtle and holding him close to her chest. "Are you okay babies? Please tell me you aren't hurt!"
The freckled turtle in her arms opened his eyes and looked into hers. Holly's heart melted instantly as she nuzzled him with her nose, making the baby giggle. She felt a tug on her jeans as she looked down to see the others staring up at her. One of them was giving her a quizzical expression, trying to study her. The one on the left was butting his head against her leg, trying to get her attention. The one on her right pulled at her leg, trying to grab the youngest from her arms.
"Sorry guys, I guess I got caught up in the cuteness!" She lowered the turtle down to reunite with its brothers. Blushing at the turtles hugging, she went and scooped up the small girls in her arms. The red headed one yawned and snuggled into her arms. The blackette pouted at her, flailing her arms trying to be tough but failing. Holly laughed at this.
"You guys can stay with me of you like. I live alone anyways." Holly said, going down to get the rest of the turtles. "I'm not sure about raising kids, but I'll try my best!"
With that, she lead the baby turtles into the apartment building, a new sense of happiness bubbling inside her.
I started watching the series from the beginning! I missed the chance of watching it as a kid, so now I get to experience this as a teen! The story is compelling and well written! I wanted to write a baby turtle story that featured a baby April and Karai too! I believe Karai deserves a second chance!
Hope you enjoyed the first part!