Chapter 1 - Plan

Antonio walked along the busy streets of New York. The stars shown beightly in the dark, inky sky. The tall buildings were illuminated by bright lights. His nose gave a slight twitch as the crip scent of french fries and pizza from Antonio's Pizza hit his nostrols. He found it ironic that he was named after his favorite pizza parlor.

Antonio navigated his way through the sea of New Yorkers and walked to his friend Katrina's house. They had been friends since they were very young and they found it that they shared so many things in common. They were good friends and Antonio was going over to her house to work on a homework assignment together.

Antonio made a sharp turn and walked into a dark ally. He glanced around nervously and jabbed his hand into his pocket, reaching for his small pocket nife. Antonio never went anywhere without it. In New York, you could never be too careful, especially in a dark ally. A street gang called the Purple Dragons roamed this part of the city, claiming at as their turf. So he had to be careful around here and so did Katrina. A Purple Dragon could be anywhere, hidding in the shadows. For a long time now, it seemed as if crime involving the tough street gang had decreased and nobody new why. Though there was always the accational jumping and mugging around Manhattan.

Antonio walked quickly out of the ally and walked across the street to Katrina's house. He took his hand out of his pocket and knocked on the door to the building.

"Coming!"

The door opened a few seconds later and Antonio was greeted by a young girl with straight dark hair. She wore a simple blue shirt and gray storts.

"Hi!" She stepped aside to let Antonio enter and as he walked into the warm house, he smelled the sweet scent of chocolate-chip cookies.

"Mmmmmmm." Antonio licked his lips, "Have you been baking?"

"Yup!" Katrina walked into the kitchen and came back out with a plate of cookies, "Now, let's get through this stupid assignment and eat the cookies."

She led him to her room and they began to work on the assignment.

When they had finished the school work, Katrina had insisted on walking home with Antonio.

"What? I need some fresh air! Dumb school work has me tied up." She said.

Antonio frowned, "But what about the Purple Dragons?" He asked, glancing around nervously.

"I can take 'em, plus there are none around. Have you noticed lately that they seem to not be doing as much crime? And a lot more seemed to be getting arrested." Katrina said.

Antonio nodded his head in agreement, "Yeah! And the police keep saying that they always fing them knocked out in an ally or something. Sometimes you can see slash marks on the walls, as if someone had used a sword."

"Maybe we should investigate?" Katrina offered and smiled in a way that made Antonio nervous.

"No way! What if we get caught? They will have our heads!" Antonio reasoned.

"Oh come on! What's the worse they could do to us?"

"Kill us in a dark ally." Antonio muttered.

"Meet me here at seven next weekend. We'll find out what's really going on!" Katrina fisted her palm and they continued to walk on.

Antonio couldn't help but feel a twinge of doubt but also curiousity. What were the Purple Dragons up to? And who was stopping them?

Leo stood on the rooftop. A small breeze making his bright blue bandana tails flap in the wind. He wore a calm face, his arms hung loosly by his side, and he was staring into the city.

"You gonna stand there all night chief?" Leo sighed and turned around to look at his hot-headed brother.

"Oh come on Raph! Isn't there anything else you'd like to do beside beating up the and Foot Bots?" Leo crossed his arms.

Raph nodded his head, a slight smirk crossed his face.

"Well then, go do it. Tonight's a free night."

Raph walked over to his younger brother Mikey and suddenly slapped him upside the head.

"Ow! Hey!" Mikey whined, rubbing his head.

Raph turned back to Leo as he was rolling his eyes, "Now can we go kick some butt?" Raph asked.

Leo sighed and turned back to the city. Some things just never changed.

Suddenly Leo heard a noise. He turned his head to the side and looked over the building. In one ally he saw a girl and boy, about sixteen years old, walking together. In the ally, hiding in the shadows he could see a Purple Dragon, smirking at the children.

Leo saw him pull out a blade and he gasped.

"What is it Leo?" Donnie asked behind him.

Leo motioned for his brothers to follow him and he slid quietly down the fire escape. Leo hid in the shadows, his pupils no lonber visible. He heard his team right behind him.

Just as the man was about to jump the kids, Leo lept at him, put his hand over his mouth, and yanked him into the shadows without a sound. Raph easily knocked him out and Leo went to check on the kids. As he got closer he could see them more clearly. The girl had long eligant back hair, and looked as if she could some Japanease in her. She had light skin with bright blue eyes. The boy had dirty blonde hair and a little darker shade of skin color than the girl.

Leo could just make out what they were saying.

"-ould investigate?" The girl said.

The boy's brown eyes widened, "No way! What if we get caught? They will have our heads!"

'Purple Dragons?' Now Leo was curious.

"Oh come on! What's the worst they could do to us?" The girl smirked.

The boy muttered something that Leo couldn't quite catch.

"Meet me here at seven next weekend. We'll find out what's really going on!" The girl said confidently and they continued to walk down the ally, comepletely oblivious to what had happened with the sneaky Purple Dragon.

Leo went back to his brothers and reported what he heard, "They're going to spy on the !"

"Well that's the dumbess idea ever! That's even dumber than something Mikey would do!" Raph commented.

"Hey!" Mikey protested.

"We'll spy on them next weekend and make sure they don't do anything stupid. Everyone agreed?" Leo asked his brothers.

They all nodded, "Ok, let's go home." Leo said and he led them to the nearest manhole cover.

He faintly heard Mikey talking about pizza but his mind was on other things.

For some reason, those kids seemed familiar to Leo but he didn't know why. Leo shrugged it off and took off in the direction to the lair. He must have just seen them before.

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