PLEASE READ NOTE!

Alright people this story is a way for me to relax so the updates may vary. I'll try to update once a week and they'll probably be short chapters since I rarely have time to do anything since I have two jobs and I'm still going to college.

Other than that enjoy the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT, but I do own Kayla, Ryder, and any other OC's I may add later on!

She checked once more to see if she had everything. Boots tied? Check. She wouldn't make that mistake again. Falling down in the middle of an assignment is embarrassing enough when no one was around, but having been seen as it happened was humiliating. Not to mention because of her little slip up she had gotten less clients. Hood on? Check. Snow goggles on? Check. No need for anyone to know her identity. Locksmith tools? Rope? Crowbar? Check. Check. And double check.

It was just a small job tonight. She always picked the small and simple jobs. It was fast and easy money… well for her at least. After five years of trial and error and lets just say there was a lot and I mean a lot of errors she had become good at stealing. She wasn't great. But she was good enough to get people to hire her for her skills. There be a few times where a client would want her to steal something that was heavily guarded and it was those time she would politely decline. She couldn't risk getting caught not when―

"Lala go bye?" a small muffled voice called out from underneath the covers. His head poked out from the mass of blankets that covered his tiny form and his eyes half closed and on the brink of falling back to sleep. His grey and white tipped ears twitching at the sound of her footsteps.

"Hey little cub what are you doing up? You should be sleeping" she whispered softly scratching behind his ear making the three year old purr.

"I heard you" he yawned and snuggled deeper into the blankets for warmth.

"Sorry I'll try to get ready more quietly next time" she kissed his forehead.

"You be back?" he mumbled.

"Always"

"'Kay"

"And if I'm late?" she asked him.

"Wait here"

"Good boy, I'll be back soon. I promise and don't leave or go outside of the base"

"'Kay… love you Lala"

"I love you too cub, now sleep" she kissed him one last time and went on her way, closing the door as gently as she could.

She hated leaving him alone, but she had to and it would only be for a couple of hours. She exited the warehouse that she had made into a somewhat home. Judging by how the place was when she found it she guessed the owners didn't get very far in their business and had to be shutdown early. It was in the more loner parts of the city that nobody would disturb them. It was near close to most shopping centers. Best of all the were within walking distance so she had no need for a car.

It took her a bit but after four years she would finally have enough money to pay for the place and start to remodel it to look more like a home for Ryder and her.

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