Heya People!
Here I am again! And with a new fic! Hope you're all ready for Easter! And ready to stuff yourselves with Chocolate Eggs!
Well as Easter Symbolizes new beginnings, here is the beginning of a new fic!
In this fic, Michelangelo is annoyed that his siblings, and his master don't take him seriously and get at him because of his carefree attitude on missions and patrol, he decides to become more serious and less of a goof, but where will all that lead him? Well you'll have to read the fic to find out!
Enjoy! And Happy Easter!
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A Darker Shade of Amber
Chapter One
Rooftop Run
It was another quiet night in New York city, well if one was to call the city that never sleeps quiet due to the traffic in the city and the never ending bustle in the streets and many avenues.
Although busy like a hive of bees below, the higher area was a different story, since the highest of the buildings housed the humans sleeping for the next morning.
Yet on the rooftops, two figures were seen leaping over the gaps of the buildings under the light of the full moon.
One was a tall male humanoid turtle with an orange ninja mask, whilst on his shoulders, the other was a small female lizard/turtle hybrid with shoulder length brown hair and wearing a red jumpsuit.
As the turtle leapt the gaps, the little mutant whooped with joy and begged him to keep going.
"And here we go again!" the turtle shouted "And over we go!"
"Yay!" the little girl mutant cried "I'm loving this ride Uncle Mikey!"
The turtle grinned and started to go faster.
"And what do you say we run as fast as we can to that Pizza place over there and get a treat?" he asked pointing to a sign above a building that advertised 'Papa John's Pizza' "I think we deserve one!"
"Oh yes please!" the little mutant cheered, tapping the turtle on the head in excitement as he went faster over the gaps.
"Then fire in the hole! Michelangelo is clearing the gaps to get his fix of pizza!" the turtle yelled before picking up the speed and going faster and faster over the buildings making the little mutant girl on his shoulders cheer louder and squeal.
Before long they arrived at the building and looked down.
Michelangelo took the child off his shoulders and looked down.
"Hmmm, yeah!" he said "You smell that Pandora? That is the smell of heaven!"
Pandora sniffed the air taking in the smell then looked at Michelangelo.
"I thought Heaven was supposed to smell of flowers and lotuses." she said.
Michelangelo looked down at Pandora and chuckled.
"Is that what your Uncle Leo told you? Or our mummy?" he asked.
"I heard him talking to baby sis!" said Pandora.
"I see!" laughed Michelangelo "Well, when I meant by this smelling like heaven, it's heaven to me!"
"So Heaven smells different to everyone?" asked Pandora.
Michelangelo scratched his head as he tried to think of what to say next.
"Now I know why your mother and father called you Pandora!" he said "Ever the curious one!" he looked down at the pizza place below.
"Okay Little Geisha, let's get some food!"
"But how?" asked Pandora "We can't go in there, you always said we mustn't be seen by the humans!"
Michelangelo chuckled.
"Ah you got a lot to learn my little niece!" he said "We mustn't be seen by the humans, but we never said he can't be around them, not when it's the perfect time, or when you have a good disguise!"
Pandora looked up at him, her eyes wide with curiosity.
"You know when we took you out Trick or Treating at Halloween!" said Michelangelo "We said that was okay because everyone looked funny and different."
Pandora thought for a moment as she remembered the nights at Halloween, even remembering the might she encountered the Venomous Five, and when her Granddad Splinter took her out the following year, no-one suspected a thing when they walked amongst the humans in their costumes.
"Okay." she said looking at her Uncle.
"Alright then!" said Michelangelo with a smile "Then watch me work!" he climbed onto the fire escape and helped Pandora climb down with him, they soon stood in the dark alley behind the pizza place and they could soon hear the voices of the kitchen staff within.
"What are you going to do Uncle Mikey?" asked Pandora.
"Shhh!" said Michelangelo "Just stay behind those dustbins there and stay hidden!"
Pandora looked at four dustbins behind her and quickly hid behind them, remembering her family's motto to stick to the shadows.
Michelangelo watched her as she hid then started to walk to the back door of the pizza place, he crept up to the door and knocked on it before pressing himself against the wall.
After a few seconds the door opened revealing a young man in a chef's uniform who looked around.
"Hello?" he called "Anyone out there?"
As he stepped out to look and see who the mysterious knocker was, Michelangelo looked through the door and saw some pizzas being loaded into some cardboard boxes.
"Perfect!" he thought he looked at the young man still looking out for the knocker then as his back was turned he slipped inside!
Pandora gasped as she watched her uncle then saw him quickly swipe two of the pizza boxes before leaving some dollar bills and slipping out again before the young man could turn around and once again hid behind the door.
After a few minutes the man shook his head and walked back inside the kitchen.
"Weird." He thought "I was sure I heard something!" he then groaned before shutting the door "Maybe people playing jokes!"
Pandora looked at Michelangelo who held the pizza boxes above his head triumphantly.
"Dinner is served!" he said "Come on babe! Let's party!"
Pandora grinned then Michelangelo walked over, picked her up and placed her on his shoulders before leaping up to the fire escape and onto the roof.
As soon as they were safely onto the roof, Michelangelo set his niece down and opened the pizza boxes revealing a pepperoni and a chicken supreme.
"I knew I choose right!" Michelangelo beamed "We got a feast kiddo!"
"You stole them?" asked Pandora as she looked at the pizza.
"Oh no babe!" said Michelangelo "It's not stealing if you pay for them! I left some money!"
"Oh okay." Pandora said "Will you teach me how to do that? How to be so quick?"
"Of course!" Michelangelo said ruffling Pandora's hair "It's gonna be part of your education! Teaching you the ways of the ninja! Sticking to the shadows! And how to get your dinner when in public!"
He picked up a couple of slices of pizza before handing them to Pandora.
"Ladies first!" he said.
"Thanks!" Pandora said biting into her slices "You're the best Uncle ever!"
"That I am!" Michelangelo grinned "And the others better remember it!"
Awww! Those two have such a bond! I do love writing about them!