Beauty and the Brain
Note: I do not own any of the TMNT characters or property. I only own my own characters/OCs. Everything set in the story is based off of the 2012 TMNT show on Nickelodeon. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Pizza Delivery
The streets of New York were dark as Lilian, a young girl with ruby red hair tied in a bun, biked through the city. Strapped to the back of her bicycle frame were three pizzas ready to be delivered to customers. 'Stupid piece of shit boss.' grumbled Lilian in her mind. She hated the fact that her boss decided that it would be a good idea that letting a sixteen year old girl with nothing but a bicycle deliver pizza in the heart of New York City, alone. 'The sooner I can get back the sooner I can get home'
Three months ago Lilian moved to New York City from Nebraska to live with her dad in "The Big Apple". When she was just a small child, her parents divorced and went their separate ways. Her mom won custody of Lilian and moved them to Oakville, Nebraska. Lilian only visited her dad on rare occasions on holidays and summers. Even when she did visit she barely saw her dad due to him constantly being at work.
Lilian rode past a New York City mounted cop on his beautiful chocolate brown colt. Lilian gave a slight wave to the man and smiled sadly to herself. Her mother had loved horses and rode them often. Lilian was always too scared of the giant beasts to get too close to them. She always had a bad image of being stomped to death by one. Lilian missed her mother. She had passed away due to a losing battle to breast cancer. The loss devastated Lilian so her grandmother suggested that she moved in with her dad. At first she refused. The thought of moving to a stuck up city scared Lilian. The change of scenery and new experiences might help her heal, was her grandmother's argument. The only thing they didn't think about was her father being constantly at work, leaving Lilian lonelier than ever before. She had no friends in New York City and she missed the few she left in Nebraska. Out of boredom and loneliness, Lilian got herself a job at a local pizza shop near her apartment complex. The job paid well enough and it kept Lilian busy while school was out for summer.
"Turn left on Fifth Avenue South." announced the electronic female voice, through Lilian's headphones. Lilian followed the orders and coasted down the street. Lilian followed her phone's gps through the city, the streets looking sketchier the farther she went. The apartments looked run down and graffiti decorated walls and buildings. Soon the gps proudly announced that Lilian had reached her destination. The windows of the apartment complex had bars on the windows, one was even busted out. 'This neighborhood didn't look good.' thought Lilian.
Lilian hopped off her bike and pulled her bicycle lock out of her backpack. The lock clicked into place. "Hey there girly. How about sharing that pizza with us." Lilian spun around to see three rough looking men striding towards her. They were all dressed in dark colors with scarfs of purple on their arms or heads. "Come on." said one tattooed thug, "We're wicked hungry." Lilian noticed a symbol that looked familiar tattooed on his arm. Her eyes widened as she recognized the tattoo. It was the symbol of the Purple Dragons, one of New York City's biggest gangs. Lilian remained still as the men drew near. Her mind was racing and her heart beating but she tried to remain calm. "Go ahead." Lilian shrugged and stepped to the side. Pizza was not worth getting hurt over. She would just let them take it and hopefully they will just leave her alone.
The men walked over to her bike and began digging into their bounty. One of the scumbags finished his slice and walked over to Lilian. The man was looking her up and down, examining her body. "Hey you're not too bad looking for a girl." Lilian gulped and began to shake in fear. The man smirked, amused by the fear he could instill in the young girl. The Purple Dragon grabbed Lilian's wrists harshly. "Let's have a little fun girly." The other gang members laughed as Lilian struggled and screamed. Lilian tried the one thing she knew would work against a man. Lilian kicked the thug right in the balls as hard as she could. The man let go of her and doubled over in pain, holding his damaged goods.
"Come back here you little bitch!" shouted one of the other gang members. Lilian ran away from the men, screaming for help. She could hear them close behind her. Lilian turned down a random alleyway, hoping to lose the men on the next street. Lilian shouted a curse. The alleyway led to a dead end. She was trapped. The men stalked towards her, giving her death glares. "Nowhere to go now." Lilian backed against the wall and closed her eyes, preparing for her fate.
"Booyakasha!" shouted a voice from above. Lilian snapped her eyes open to see four bulky figures jump from the rooftops and land around the goons. "Picking on women now too eh? Hey we just got done beating up your friends at Mr. Murakami's place." The Purple Dragons had a look of fear on their faces. "I-It's the turtles!"
"Turtles?" Lilian said softly to herself. Lilian looked at her saviors closer. They were in fact giant turtles. They stood like regular humans but had giant shells, toes and fingers like a turtle, and green skin. Each turtle had weapons and masks of different colors. The tallest turtle with a purple mask peered back at her. "Don't worry mam. We're the good guys!" The turtle gave a gap toothed grin. Lilian nodded and whispered, "I believe you." Whoever these turtles were, they were saving her. That was a good enough reason for her to trust them.
One of the other turtles glared at the Purple Dragons. "Now we can either do this the easy way or the hard way. My choice would be the hard way." said the red masked turtle. The gang members took a few steps, thinking about if the girl was worth getting beat up again by the turtles. The three Purple Dragons decided against it and ran off into the night. "Dammit! I was hoping they would choose the hard way." The short turtle sighed and sheathed his Sais.
"Thank you for saving me." piped up Lilian. The four turtles turned towards the young girl. A turtle with sparkling blue eyes and a matching blue mask stepped up to her. "No problem." The turtle held out his hand. "My name is Leonardo. I'm the leader of our group. This is Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello." Leonardo pointed to each turtle saying their names. The orange masked turtle, Michelangelo, grabbed Lilian's hand and kissed it. "Just call me Mikey. Raphael grabbed Mikey by his mask and dragged him away. "Come on Casanova."
"I'm Donatello." said Donatello "Just call me Donnie or Don if you like. Sorry about Mikey. He can get excited when he meets new people."
"Expecially pretty people!" shouted Mikey from Raphael's head lock. Lilian giggled at the four turtles. Despite how weird the encounter was, Lilian found that she was having fun. "It's nice to meet you all." said Lilian. "I would have been in big trouble if it wasn't for your help."
"Not a problem miss…?" asked Leonardo, trying to figure out the name of the tall girl. "My name is Lilian Mcmillian." Michelangelo chuckled, only to receive a blow to the head from Raphael. "What?" asked Mikey, rubbing his sore head "It rhymes. That's so funny." Leonardo rolled his eyes and asked, "If you don't mind me asking Lilian, but why are you out this late at night alone?" Lilian sighed "My boss decided that it would be a good idea if I went out for pizza deliveries because we were crammed with orders."
Mikey's eyes went wide, "Pizza?" Lilian shrugged and said "Yeah, I work for Antonio's Pizza on Martin Street." Mikey lifted Lilian into a big hug. "Please bring us pizza!" Mikey looked at her with big puppy eyes. Lilian struggled for breath and sputtered out an alright. Mikey set her down and hugged her. "Thank you thank you thank you!"
"I'll bring you some after work tonight." Lilian gasped, "Oh no! I got to get back to work!" Leonardo spoke up, "We'll follow you back just in case the Purple Dragons are waiting for you. Lilian nodded and thanked the mutated group. The four turtles headed towards the rooftops. Lilian grabbed Donatello's arm. He turned and looked into her striking green eyes. "Will I get to see you again?" asked Lilian. Donatello nodded and blushed slightly. He noticed Lilian holding his hand closely. Lilian smiled sweetly and nodded back. She let go of his hand and headed down the street towards her bicycle. Donatello watched as she went. "Hey Donnie! Let's go!" yelled down Raphael. Donnie snapped out of his trance and started climbing towards the rooftops towards his brothers.