Hey! Roxy Goth here. I hope you're all alright. This is the 6th is my ROTT series so far. It takes place directly after Insomnia and references some things from that story, but it shouldn't be strictly necessary for you to read that one, though it may be helpful.
I still don't own TMNT, any incarnation, despite the liberties I'm taking with their world.
This is my first time writing Baron Draxum. Hopefully he's not to OOC. There is no canon base for this story at all.
Anyway, let's crack on shall we?
May 31st 2019, 11 PM.
"Over to you, Cherry."
"Thank you Jerry. I'm here in front of Twenty-Sixth Avenue's Pharmacy where the pharmacist, Mr Patel has been admitted into Hospital after it was discovered that at some point this evening burglars seem to have broken into his shop and stolen most of his store. Thankfully the suspects were caught on CCTV. We're showing you the images now."
Baron Draxum gave a tight-lipped smile and said. "Oh goodie. Just what I need. Huggin, change the channel will you?" Before lifting a glass of water to his lips.
Huggin gave a squawk and went to jump on the remote at the exact moment an image of the turtles flashed on the TV.
Draxum spat his mouthful of water out and screeched. "No!" Just a micro-second too late as the channel changed to a documentary about snakes. "Change it back, you fool! Change it back!"
Huggin quickly jumped on the remote again and it switched back to the News, where an video of the turtles frantically scraping medicine of the shelves and into mountains of baskets greeted him. "The turtles." Draxum growled, leaning forward and linking his hands. "That's strange. What are they playing at with that much medicine? Hhmm. Huh. Maybe Lou Jitsu is finally feeling his age." He chuckled darkly and said, out loud. "Looks like I need to keep tabs on them. Hhmm. Oh Huggin? Muninn?"
"Yes boss?" The two gargoyles appeared in front of him and saluted.
"I want you two to follow the turtles human friend…April…and find out what school she goes to. She will then lead us to the turtles. You understand?"
"Geez, that might take a while, Boss." Muninn said, scratching his head.
Seeing Draxum's eyes narrow, Huggin stood on Muninn's foot and said.
"You can count on us, Boss. Doesn't matter how long it take, we'll find her." Huggin said.
"Yeah. You can count on us, Boss." Muninn echoed, massaging his foot.
The pair of them saluted again before flying away.
As his two henchman flew away, Baxum gave a sinister smile and looked at the TV where the news anchor had re-appeared on the screen and was appealing for help in the search for the 'mysterious mutants'.
"Soon enough you will be mine, turtles, and you WILL be trained to MY standards."