I was sleeping when I heard a loud rapping on my window. Grabbing the gun attached to the back of my head board I approached the window. I moved the curtain back to reveal the one, the only Carrie. "Hell Carrie what's the matter with you!"
"HEEYY….put the gun down please." She said with a large grin.
"What were you thinking!? I could have shot you! I almost did!"
"But you didn't." she poked my chest. "Anyway I got the video!"
"WHAT!?"
"Crazy right!? I was down at the docks-"
"YOU WERE AT THE DOCKS!?"
"Don't interrupt it's rude. I took your advice and took a video. Wanna look at it?"
"Why not?" she was nearly squealing with excitement. Plugging the camcorder into my laptop she opened the video. At first it was shaky like she was running then it cleared settling on the fight at the docks.
"Aaannnd THERE!" she paused the video just as a blur came on screen.
"Move for a sec." I opened the video in a video analyzer.
"This looks pretty high-tech Shad."
"It a hobby." I enhanced the picture making the blur much clearer. "What the hell?" I whispered.
"Whoa. I told you." We shared a wide eyed glance. I worked on that frame some more till I got the clearest picture possible. I printed it off.
"That" I pointed at the creature in the picture "Is not human." What does this thing have to do with the Foot and Shredder? "How many of these things did you see?"
"Four." She said with confidence. I scribbled it down on a sticky note.
"What did they look like?"
"They had shells and they're not 'things'. 'Things' can't talk."
"They could talk?" she nodded. I wrote both down pinning it to my cork board. "What else?"
"They walked like us. They can fight really really well. Oh! And they each wore a different colored mask."
"How many times have you seen these….uhh…"
"I think they're turtles, or used to be. Hey! Maybe they're some type of mutant."
"You read way too many comics." I sticky-noted it anyway. "So mutant turtles. Interesting." I turned to her. "Carrie you can't tell anyone about this."
"Who would believe me? Even if I showed them the video and picture they'd still say I was crazy. This weekend we're going turtle hunting!" I ran a hand down my face smiling. "Mind if I stay for the night?"
"Course not."
Later that day at school…..
"Mrs. Carter?"
"Yes Shadow? What can I help you with?"
"I was wondering what you knew about animal mutations?"
"Like physical traits different from others?" she asked looking at me slightly confused.
"No not exactly. Is it possible to mutate a simple lifeform into a more advance lifeform?" she thought for a second.
"I have heard of research on the subject, but it's all theories. It's impossible with our technology. What brought this interesting question up?"
"Just a random thought. Thank you." I smiled to her and left. If we don't have the tech to mutate animals how did those...turtles get like that?
"Hey there you are!" she smiled big leaning in "Ready for my mutant hunt tonight?"
"As ready as I can be. I need to stop by my place to pick up my overnight bag."
"So what's it like practically living by yourself." I shrugged rounding the corner to my block.
"You get used to it after a while."
"Hey what's that on your door?"
"Just one of those advertisement things." Pushing the door open we went to my room. "Ok so I went and talked to Mrs. Carter she said that we don't have the technology to 'mutate' unless its super high security testing in the government, but if that's the case how did they get out?" I wrote this new information on a sticky-note, pinning it to the board.
"Good point. Maybe they're aliens." I wrote 'aliens' with a big question mark. The board was getting full. "This is so exciting!" That it is.
9 p.m…..
"Ready?" she asked me.
"What if we do find these mutants? They obviously don't want to be found?"
"Good point. We'll figure it out later." I rolled my eyes.
I revved the engine of my motorcycle, Carrie gripping me so tight I was having trouble breathing.
"HERE!" she yelled after a while of riding the back roads and alleys. I parked my Harley behind some trash cans. Making sure Carrie wasn't looking I activate the cloaking device.
"How do you know they well be here?"
"This is the area that I've seen them in."
"Alright where to Care-Bear?" she pointed up with her usual cheesy smile. When we made it to the roof top I fingered the gun in the small of my back. "Do you hear that?" both of our eyes widened and we ducked behind and air vent. Laughter?
Carrie set up her camera with shaky hands.
"Man no Foot, no Purple Dragons, nothing. It ain't right." The one wearing a red bandana said. Carrie let a squeak out. Slapping a hand over her mouth we sunk down lower behind the air vent.
"Did you guys hear that?" I saw a shadow coming up on our right. I gripped a rock by my hand and with a deep breath I threw it to the left. The shadow moved in that direction. Carrie gripped her camera, tucking it in her backpack.
I held up three fingers hoping she got the message. She nodded her head. I peeked around the corner and seen the back of one of the turtles.
"Maybe it was just a bird or somethin Leo."
"I don't know Mikey. Keep looking just to be sure." I brought my last finger into a fist and we darted to the edge of the roof. I gripped her hand and jumped. We rolled uninjured. Shit shit shit SHIT!
"How did we survive that jump!?"
"Carrie, don't look a gifted horse in the mouth, motor cycle now!" I turned off the cloaking device, pulling her on as I teared out of the alley. Those mutants right behind us. On the roof tops. "Shit!"
"Uhh can this thing go faster!?" I sped up weaving through cars. "Umm Shad?"
"Ya?"
"We have a problem!?" I looked in the mirror to see a red motorcycle following us. "I think it's one of the mutants!" Great! Just great! I tried to lose him, but he caught up pulling up beside me.
"Hold on!" I made a sharp turn into an alley and activated the cloaking device making the bike and us invisible. I drove around a bit more just to make sure we weren't followed.
"Ok that was crazy." Carrie said pulling off her helmet. "I think I'm done with mutant hunts for a while. Now let's see if this puppy got anything good." She opened the camcorder and pressed play.
"We should take this inside." She continue to watch it as we went to my room.
"Shad this is amazing!" I opened my bedroom door and instantly I knew something was up. "We left your window closed." Her voice cracked.
"But not locked." I pulled my gun pointing it at whatever had just spoke.
"Whoa ok put down the gun Dudette." It was the mutant with the orange mask. Mikey or something. Carrie screamed and out of the corner of my I seen her toss the camcorder under the bed. I felt cool melt pressed to my throat.
"Put down the gun, give us the camera, and we leave like nothing happened. Understand?" he whispered in my ear sending shivers down my spine.
"Don't threaten my best friend!" Carrie had jumped on the one who was threatening me moments before.
"Get her off of me!" The other three just stood where they were and laughed. I pulled Carrie off the blue banded mutant turtle.
"Now we know you was tapin us so 'and over da camera an we'll leave."
"Whoa guys check this out!" the one in purple pointed to the board.
"Day been spyin on us!"
"Have you figured it out yet!?" I whispered to Carrie.
"I don't know I never thought we'd get THIS far!"
"How did you find us!?" I demanded.
"After ya pulled yer lil disaperin act Donnie 'ere tracked ya back to 'ere." How is that even possible?
"How long have you been watching us?" the blue one demanded.
"How about some names first?"
"I'm Leonardo that's Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo. Now you."
"I'm Shadow and that's Carrie."
"When did you first see us?"
"Wait I remember you. Yer da girl we saved a few weeks ago from bein raped." She winced when he said that her eyes welling up the tears. "Whoa I-I didn't mean ta make ya cry."
"I'm not crying! I'm fine!" I went over to my bed and got the camera.
"Here." I tossed it to Leonardo. He looked towards the board and frowned.
"Its ninjustu not kun-fu and we're not aliens." And he left, all of them.
"Ya that makes so much more since."
"Was it just me or were they kinda hot? I mean did you see dem muscles?" I smacked her upside the head. "I know you were thinking it too!"
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