WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT PIZZA?

Chapter One

Mikey's POV

It all began when April… No! It really began when Leo and I… So, let me star from the beginning. As I remember we run above the roofs looking for trouble, as usual and finding it, as usual. We were almost out of breath (at least Donny was!) when our Fearless Leader gave us a sign to stop. Looks like he wanted to tell us something important. Yeah! We all stopped abruptly and prepared to listen carefully to our bro.

"Guys, April's called me and told me that she would be away all this week, she is visiting her Aunt in California. That's why we have to look after her house," Leo delivered this unexpected piece of news to us.

"And you are telling us only now because," Raph sighed dejectedly.

"I was busy," Leo cut off all possible objections.

"Then let's go visit… ah…" I could not finish my sentence because I felt a ninja shuriken cutting my shoulder. Al least a dozen black clad ninja surrounded us with pointy objects in their hands.

'Brothers, we've got company! Let's fight, booyakashaa!' I cried pulling my nunchucks out and tried to spin them. And so the fight began. My shoulder already screamed from pain and I tried to distract myself by the best painkiller there ever was – total immersion in the process of ass-kicking! I should admit that I am not a tactician, I'm a fighter first and foremost and I don't care for any strategies when I fight. All of my opponents had katana so I charged at them blindly, disposing of them as I saw fit. As the ambushes go, I saw much worse, our opponents were not very skilled. I started to really enjoy this fight (you a not a ninja if you do not enjoy a little bit of ass kicking) when I noticed that our Fearless Leader left the fight and run away…somewhere. Strange. And I don't like strange.

I exchanged wary looks with Raph, he noticed Leo's absence too, and gave me a sign to follow our blue clad brother. I did so and hoped that others would join us ASAP.

You know that I am the fastest turtle (the irony!) so I've reached Leo in no time. My somber brother was standing in front of a very familiar building.

"Hey, that's April's house!" I hollered.

"Thank you, Mister Obvious", Leo replied sarcastically, "I guess all of April's good neighbors didn't hear you properly."

"Sorry," I scratched my head, "How about we enter and look around? I hope you have the keys?"

Leo gave me a withering look. "Let's go."

And so we entered. April's house is not the biggest, but it is very nice and homely. I wouldn't mind to live in the house like that… But I digress. So we entered and nothing looked out of place.

"Looks like everything' OK."

"We don't know for sure."

"Leo, you are such a mother hen!"

Leo just sighed and continued to examine all nooks and crannies of April's house. And then…it happened.

"Did you smell …it," he told me hesitantly.

"Yeah," I answered. I couldn't believe my poor nose. It was the best smell in the universe, the smell of the fresh baked pizza! Leo and I gave each other startled looks.

"Looks like she left us a present."

You should know that all of us brothers are pizza maniacs and I am the biggest of them all. When I see a pizza, little pizza, big pizza, round pizza, square pizza, it doesn't matter what kind of pizza I just lose my mind. And what is worse Leo is not very different from me. So we looked hungrily at this delicious masterpiece and silently thanked our little angel April. How considerable of her to left us this little present!

"Looks, this pizza has a card attached."

"Yeah a card. See? There are two words written on the card: For Leo!"

"But, but…" I didn't know what to say. And my responsible and wise brother stretched his appendage and grabbed a slice. "That's for me!"

"Not so fast, big bro, you see I'm a little bit injured and I need strength! Don't you love your poor little brother? Give me some, please" My injury wasn't as bad as it looked, but if there is pizza at stake I am not above a little cheating.

"In love and war and pizza hunting everybody's on his own," my Fearless Leader replied wisely chewing and swallowing super fast. But still, he was my big bro, and so he looked at my shoulder thoughtfully and gave me permission to take a piece of delicious treat.

Not to be the one left behind I grabbed my own slice (it was slightly bigger, take that, bro!) and stuffed my mouth full of pizza. Oh! The taste! You wouldn't believe me if I told you it was the best slice of pizza in my life, would you?

Leo, on the other hand, didn't look very happy.

"Something's not right…" he murmured. And he looked thoughtful. And a little bit afraid.

"EVERYTHING IS RIGHT" I was ready to defend April's little present with my life.

"I think there is possibility that it is not a present from April."

"So what is it", I was skeptical, to say the least.

"It's a …trap…"

Leo's somber face started to look positively green (no pun intended). He lurched to the side grabbing his neck by his fingers like he was trying to puke. Or was it me who lurched and tried to puke? The floor unexpectedly looked so welcome. And then, I guess, I fell and everything gone black.