Author's note: Okay, so here is my latest story. This is my first tmnt story so sorry if I am a little OOC with the characters. It is set in the tmnt 2003 universe, after the back the sewer episodes, even though the style of the characters is much closer to the beginning episodes.
This is my first story of a series and it introduces my own character. First of all, she is not a love interest but she will play a big part in the turtles lives and I'm hoping to use her as a connection to give some background information on other certain characters. It would be great if you gave my story a shot because I know I'm not that good of a writer yet. So anyway, here's the first chapter.
Oh yeah: I don't own tmnt, never have, never will. (This counts for the whole story). Cool. Now, on with the story.
"Thanks for letting me stay over for the weekend Dr Evans," Angel smiled gratefully as she hopped onto the backseat of the white sedan.
The broad shouldered, tawny haired man in the front laughed, his blue eyes crinkling in mirth. "You know you're welcome over anytime you want Angel. But could you please dispense with the Dr Evans business? Dr Evans was what my father was called and to be honest with you, it makes me feel old."
Angel grinned impishly, "As I recall, I used to call you Mr Sunnie's dad, would you like me to call you that instead?"
"You can if you want, but considering you were six when you called him that, do you really think it's the best nick name for him?" A young female voice floated in from behind. There was a thump as the boot closed before Sunita jumped in the back with Angel, "Otherwise feel free to call him Doc, everyone else does."
Angel's grandma bent down to the window, "Thank you for taking care of my Angel while I'm gone."
Pretending to tip up a cowboy hat, he drawled out, "No thanks necessary ma'am. Helping those in need is all in a day's work."
Angel and Sunita laughed at his horrible accent, and Angel rolled her eyes. Dr Evans was still the goofball she remembered. He winked at them before turning back to Angel's grandma, "Seriously though, it's no problem at all. This interview sounds like it's very important to Ryan, so he'll need all the support he can get. Besides, I'm sure Angel and Sunnie have been dying to catch up. This is practically the first time they've seen each other in what – ten years."
The old lady smiled, "Well thank you anyway. It's good to see you back. You must come round for pie when I get back."
"It's good to be back. And pie sounds great! Everyone knows how famous your pies are, I know I've sorely missed them." He grinned at her. "Well, we better get going. Drive safely."
Angel's grandma stepped back as the car started up. "You too."
"Bye grandma, give Ryan my best!" Angel called, waving out the window to her until they turned the corner.
Turning back around, she studied her friend. Doc was right: a lot had changed in ten years. Sunnie had matured to look very much like her mother, out growing her clumsy childishness for the grace and seriousness that Mrs Evans had carried. Even her features bore remarkable resemblance and her long brown hair fell straight to her waist in a manner similar to her late mother. However, age had not removed all trace of the six-year-old Angel remembered. She was still small for her age, and her bright blue eyes and energetic smile were as joyful and as full of life as they had been ten years ago. Angel believed she got them from her father, whose appearance and childish attitude hadn't changed from her memory.
Obviously Sunita had been thinking along similar lines. "Wow, you've changed heaps!" She exclaimed. "And since when did you dye your hair purple?"
Angel laughed her hand going up to the magenta streaks in her pigtails, "You should have seen me when I had all my piercings."
Sunnie's eyes widened, "You got piercings? Why?"
Angel's shoulders slumped slightly, "I made a lot of bad decisions back then. You see, about two years after you guys left, my parents were killed in a mob shoot off. It wasn't too bad because we were able to go live with my grandma but it was still a hard time for me. I kind of went off the rails for a bit, sneaking out, running away, really just caught in the wrong crowd."
"I can relate," Sunita sighed. "When my mum died and we moved away, I felt as though my world was crumbling around me. I probably would have gone off the rails too if I hadn't had to take care of my dad. He was a wreck for ages." Her face brightened with curiosity, "So what made you see the light? Pardon the pun."
Angel laughed, putting her hands behind her head as she leaned back, "Let's just say it was thanks to a family friend. Long story short, he tried to get me out of the crowd I was in only to get caught himself, so I had to find some friends of his to help get him out. It was quite a sight actually. So how have you been? Anything interesting happen I your life?"
"Nah," Sunita commented wryly, "Life's been really quiet for us. Nothing new happened for ten years until dad became the director of Neotech and we moved back here."
"Speaking of which," Dr Evans glanced at them through the car mirror, "would you girls mind if we stopped at Neotech on the way home? I promised Jack I'd meet him there tonight."
Sunnie smiled, "That's fine dad. While you and Jack do business I can show Angel around." She turned her friend, "You'll love it. Some of the technology in there is amazing!"
It didn't take them long to get to Neotech but when they did, Angel just stared at the massive building in front of them. "You work here?" she asked in awe.
"Yep. Come on, it's even more impressive on the inside."
The three of them got out and walked into the foyer, Angel greedily taking in the sights around her. The only thing she could think was that Donatello would have thought he'd died and gone to turtle heaven if he was here.
Across the room a man walked up to them waving, "What's up Doc?"
Dr Evans grinned. "Hey Jack, it's good to see you," he replied heartily.
"Not as good as it is to see you John," Jack commented as he reached them. "How've you been?"
"Well. And yourself?"
"Can't complain." He turned to the others and smiled, "And this must be little Sunnie. You've grown up since I last time I saw you."
Sunita winked mischievously, "I wish I could say the same."
He laughed before turning to Angel, "Hi, I'm Jack. And you would be?"
"Angel. I'm Sunnie's friend."
"She's staying over this weekend," Doc explained.
Jack nodded in understanding before holding out his hand, "Angel: a pleasure to meet you."
As she shook his hand, she studied his face; it was a very plain face, one that wouldn't stand out in a crowd, but friendly. Just a single look at him was enough for anyone to see his kindness.
Sunita broke through the short silence, "Well now that the introductions are done, let's leave the adults to their work, shall we?"
Angel nodded in agreement and the next second, Sunita was pulling her enthusiastically towards the door. "Come on, I'll show you the labs."
Dr Evans laughed, "It's great seeing old friends."
"Yeah," Jack nodded. "Well, now that the children have left, how about us 'adults'," he put quotation marks around the word with a grin, "get down to business."
He watched the luminous building in front of him critically, careful to remain hidden in the shadows that the alleyway created as he waited. His face betrayed no emotion as he watched a white sedan pull up in front of the building, but he did take careful observation of the car's occupants, as they clamoured out. Finally, as the last figure jumped out of the car he smiled.
Slowly he reached for the cell phone on his belt. "Target sighted boss," he whispered. "Over at the Tech building like you guessed. At the moment she's in the company of a male adult and another female her age. All three of them have just entered the building."
"Does she possess the item we need? A deep voice came from the phone.
"At this distance it's hard to be sure, but I believe I saw it."
"Good. Prepare for the next stage of the plan."
Jack shook John's hand. "Cool. So I'll be round at eight tomorrow to pick up the-" he paused, a frown creasing his forehead. "Do you smell something?"
Doc sniffed the air, his eyes narrowing in concentration. Suddenly they opened wide, "It's smoke."
"Smoke? But this is one of the biggest technology companies in the city. Isn't it supposed to have things like fire alarms and automatic water sprinklers?"
John turned to him seriously, "Yes, it is supposed to have them and a much more. That means someone's tampered with the system. But we can worry about that later, right now we need to get out of here. This room is fire proof. If we can smell smoke in here, then things are going to be much worse outside.
He ran to the door and threw it open. Both of them stumbled back as a thick cloud of smoke billowed in.
"Come on," Doc called, pulling his jacket over the lower half of his face. Jack followed his lead and together the two of them stumbled out into the smog.
Rolling smoke covered the foyer ceiling, but by squinting, Dr Evans could make out the front doors. Sitting just to the side, he could also make out the small hump of Angel's backpack.
Sunita! Angel! He realised. They mustn't have made it out yet.
Spurred into action, he raced towards the door to the laboratories, startling Jack.
"Where are you going?"
He didn't bother to pause as he replied, "The girls. They're still here." Grabbing the door handle he sprung back as it burned his hand, but he simply gritted his teeth and pulled the door open. An onslaught of flames and heat caused him to spring back a second time. Just as he was about to race through the opening and hand pulled him back.
"What're you doing?" Jack asked him. "You can't go in there. We have to get out now!"
John tried to shake him off, "Sunita's in there and I'm not leaving without her. I already lost my wife, I'm not about to lose my daughter too."
Jack however wasn't fazed, "If you go through there you'll kill yourself. And then what use will you be to her? Listen, I can hear sirens. That means the fire fighters are here. They've got the best chance of getting the girls out, but not unless someone tells them about it. Now come on."
Tightening his grip, he pulled his resisting friend back through the foyer and into the fresh, night air.
Once outside, fire fighters helped pull them to safety, John fighting them the whole way. "Wait! Wait! Sunnie! Angel! Get them out! Get them out now!"
Seeing that his friend was too distraught to get the message across, Jack spoke to one of the firemen coolly, "There are still two girls in the building. Both age fifteen. We need someone to get them out."
The fireman sighed, "No can do I'm afraid. The whole building has become unstable and our men can't get through any of the entrances. There's nothing we can do for those two."
Doc's eyes widened. He lunged towards the building, only to be hauled back by two firemen. He struggled desperately against them, tears streaming down his face.
"No, no, no," he cried. "I have to get her out. Sunnie! Sunnie! Suunniiee!"
His long cries echoed off the building.
Sighing, Jack placed a hand on John's shoulder, trying to give him comfort as he listened to his friend's heart break in his voice.
So that's it for the first chapter. In the next one you'll find out what happened to Sunnie and Angel as well as who set the fire. Anyway, please let me know what you think. That would be great. Until next time.