Mariarosa: Yay new chapter, I've been on a bit of a writers overflow and just writing some of my other stories, the good news is that I have not abandoned this one. Another thing I wished to mention, this story isn't going to be very long I'm thinking about 5 chapters or so. But anywho, enjoy this chapter!
On another note, I'd like to thanks Tigresscrazy for her lovely review, I hope to get more lovely reviews from others.
Disclaimer: Refer back to chapter one, ENJOY!
It was a normal night on the island of Manhattan to the average New Yorker it was just typical cloudy night with no sign of any stars or even the moon to shine down on the dark alley ways most avoided unless they knew where to go and when they were safe from Purple Dragons, Mafia, or any other gangs and thugs. It seemed, however, the in the last couple of years it seemed that the crime rate of Manhattan has gone down, there were the rumors of phantoms that would punish criminals and there have been several reports from men and women who claim to have been saved by some unknown force from attempted muggings or worse. Unbeknownst to most of the inhabitants of this island city their guardian phantoms were currently patrolling the roof tops while most of them were heading home and for bed.
A loud whooping sound echoed in the air as a figure leapt from one rooftop to another soon followed by three other figures, it was with some difficulty but one of the figures caught up with the first and grabbed the tails of the fabric worn over the eyes of the figure.
"Mikey, for the love of God, you're too loud!"
Mikey looked over to his assailant and pouted, "ah come on Leo, we've been cramped underground all day! A little fun won't hurt anybody".
"Says you", the last two joining in, "it could hurt US if you give away our position."
"Bro, I think you underestimate my awesomeness at stealth and speed".
A rare glance of moonlight hit the four figures to reveal four anthropomorphic turtles, each a different shade of green, each with a different colored eye mask ranging from blue, orange, red, and purple, and each carrying a different set of weapons.
"Tryin' ta tell dis bonehead ta keep quiet is like tryin' ta tell the sun not ta shine".
Mikey gave a great big grin at the words of his brother who spoke the truth. "Dude, Leo it's what I do".
Leo sighed at his wild brother, "just try to keep it down just a bit, okay Mikey?"
Mikey gave a two fingered salute to overprotective brother, "if all else fails we've got Donny boy's nic nacs that can help us out".
Don frowned at this implication, "you shouldn't rely too much on my inventions Mikey, and they're only to be used as a last resort."
"If we're all done pointin' out Mikey's stupidity, don't we got a patrol to finish up? I'm itchin' to bust some heads of stupid PDs."
"I'm not sure if we'll even run into any Purple Dragons tonight Raph, it's been fairly quiet the last couple of nights, however, I am in agreement, I do think we should head back to our patrol", Don said.
"Agreed", Leo walked forward to take lead again, so once again the for turtle brothers were set on their patrol where in total they prevented two muggings, one beat up, three drug exchanges, one attempted rape, and several minor crimes that required more of a scare than a beat down. Each crime, except for the smaller ones, was all wrapped up nicely for the police to find and arrest the culprits.
"Well, looks like that's it for the night we should probably start to head back home", Leo stated as he took one last sweep over the surrounding alleys.
"Awwww, do we have to?" Mikey whined.
Don shook his head as his younger brother when suddenly the weather seemed to change with no warning. The clouds seemed to go by faster, the wind sped up and swirled around the area with rapid speeds, and lightning flashed several times.
"What da shell?!" Raph asked as he watched the weather go crazy around him.
"Over there!" Don shouted as he pointed to one of the dead end alleyways, there a small blue swirl, the other three rushed over to his side and with amazement and cautiousness watched the small blue swirl grew bigger and bigger. When the swirl grew to a certain height something fell through and then just as quickly as it appeared the blue swirl burst into nothingness and the weather settled to what it was a few seconds ago.
The four turtles stood there in awe unsure of what just happened, after a quick look at each other they leapt down from the rooftop to the ground to inspect what came out of the blue swirl. They circled the area for anything dangerous before approaching the now distinguish figure, as they drew closer they started to hear something.
"Is that…Is that a-a baby?!" Don asked in disbelief, he rushed forward to a moving bundle carefully picking it up. He pulled back the cloth and gasped, "Uh guys…"
"What is it Donny?" Leo asked looking at his genius brother.
"You're not going to believe this", Don turned and showed his brothers the young baby in his arms to reveal a baby anthropomorphic turtle its cries turned to sobs after being picked up.
"What da shell?!" Raph exclaimed once again after taking in baby's looks.
"Uh…That's not all guys", now they turned towards Mikey who was examining the figure whom his turned over to show a female anthropomorphic lizard.
"What is going on?" Leo just didn't understand who this woman was and why she has a turtle baby.
Don stepped forward and handed the baby to Raph who was looking extremely uncomfortable with a baby in his arms. Don gently looked over the unconscious woman, "she's alive, and vitals seem to be just fine, from what I can tell…She looks to be wearing an outfit from ancient Japan, her kimono seems to be for one of high status, this pin in her hair is also for one of high status as well."
"But where is she from and how did she get here?"
"Hmmm…If I had to guess I'd say that it was some sort of dimensional portal, perhaps she fell through by accident?"
"Dimensional portal? Like the portal we use to enter the Nexus?"
"Something like that", Don picked their guest up bridal style, "think we should take her back to the lair?"
"Well we certainly can't leave her here, we'll ask Master Splinter what to do let's find the nearest manhole and get home as quickly as possible, Raph, careful with that baby".
Raph frowned harder, "well fearless why don't chu take da kid! I don't do kids!"
Leo sighed, "Fine, give him here", Raph gladly passed the baby to his older brother, "Mikey take point and Raph bring up our rear we're going to be slowed down and we wouldn't want any surprises." Leo took one more look at the black haired woman in his brother's arms and then to the tiny baby who was currently staring back at him with large golden eyes. Leo couldn't help the small shiver that ran up his back as he looked at the baby he couldn't help but feel that this baby looked so familiar. Once Mikey opened the manhole he quickly jumped down and took the woman from Don carefully as his genius brother climbed down and then again took the woman back into his arms. Leo carefully climbed down with the baby tucked into his arm, once down he stepped back and heard the manhole slam down into place and heard his hotheaded brother land behind him.
The trip back home was quick but not as quickly as when it was just them once at the entrance Don gently gave the woman to Mikey again and typed in the password and pulled a series of pipes after a few seconds there was a sound of cogs and turning and a soft whoosh as the door to their home opened up to the turtles. Once inside Don punched in the closing code and everything on the other side righted itself as if nothing was ever disturbed; Mikey walked over the couch and laid down the lizard woman they found.
Leo, unsure what to do with the baby turned to Raph, "can you get Master Splinter he needs to be informed about this."
Raph gave his brother a quick nod and left to get their sensei from his traditional Japanese room. Leo walked over to the couch which held their mystery guest with this two remaining brothers and along with them waited for their sensei. Master Splinter appeared quickly and looked over first at the woman and then at the baby in Leo's arms.
"Tell me what you four have experienced this night", with that his four sons as well as his pupils regaled the tale of the mysterious blue swirl that appeared out of nowhere and to the discovery of their new guests. Along the tale the baby turtle started to cry once again, unsure of what to do Leo gently tried to rock the baby but he was not having it and cried harder. Master Splinter took the young crying turtle from his eldest son and rubbed the baby's back the crying calmed to whimpers. "I'm afraid we are in need, he is in need of nourishment and I do not believe we have any supplies for such a feat."
"Oh shell…! We need baby stuff! Like, who's gonna change his diapers?!" Mikey exclaimed
"Michelangelo, do not yell, you will frighten the child".
"Sorry Master Splinter, but who's gonna take care of the little guy?"
"For now I shall until his mother awakens".
"I wonder if she is the baby's mother…" Don looked between the baby and the woman, "I mean they're not of the same species, maybe she's the baby's caretaker?"
"We will know more once she awakens as I said, for now someone needs to call Miss O'Neil and ask if she could procure some of the supplies we need."
"I'll do it!" Don quickly volunteered and rushed off to call their red-haired friend.
Leo looked over at the whimpering baby again, his eyes narrowed with confusion of why he felt protective over child and woman he just met, he didn't feel the need to express this feeling and decided it was just his bishido code that was telling him that he should protect them because they were vulnerable and defenseless. Until then all he could do now was wait for April to come with the supplies and for the strange woman to wake.
Mariarosa: Okay so I hoped you enjoyed this chapter, I had trouble trying to figure out exactly how to end it but I think right there is good. Also I feel like some description is in order because I'm not a fan of doing author notes in the middle of a story, I always felt that it broke the mood/flow of the story. So first off, the kimono Megumi is wearing, I imagine that really long kimono women of high status would wear in ancient Japan, for a quick example I imagined Inuyasha's mother, what she wore, I'll describe her hair pin later on so that's not getting any attention right now. And also on Megumi herself, think Mona Lisa expect more grown up and woman like. Welp, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope I get some lovely reviews, I don't live for them and I don't mind or care if I don't get a ton of reviews but if you want to review you can ^^o I just want my stories to be shared and enjoyed and I hope that I am entertaining you. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!