Chapter 3: Back to Reality…well, almost

~~~~Author's Notes: DEEPLY APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATENESS. Since it's my first year as a freshman in college, school work and other reasons were in the way of continuing this story. So, no. I'm not dead. Just REALLY busy.

In the previous chapter...

Leonardo noticed something suspicious back in the apartment building last night, so the turtles decided to check it out. Jocelyn meets April while delivering pizza. She is still convincing her aunt to get her phone back, until she came with a plan to make another video from her iPod nano. Nighttime came and Jocelyn eventually meets the turtles face to face. Leonardo threatens her to get the video back from her aunt. Leonardo did not threaten her to take her life, however Jocelyn took it the wrong way... But how is she going to get her phone back now? And who was the person that saw Jocelyn chatting with the turtles?

So enjoy this chapter! :)

Author's POV

"Jocelyn! Breakfast's ready!"

Hearing her aunt from a distance, the 16 year-old girl rose up from her bed and wiped dry drool off her chin. Jocelyn climbed down the ladder and headed to the bathroom. It was the weekend after all. She could wake up or sleep whenever she wanted to.

After doing her regular morning routine, she walked out of her bedroom to eat breakfast. Jocelyn yawned before sitting at the dining table next to her baby cousin. Her aunt came towards the table and set down Jocelyn's plate. The food was great, as always: four sausages with scrambled eggs and buttery toast on the side, including a glass of orange juice. The simplest breakfast foods are always the best. Jocelyn needed a full meal anyway for kickboxing class this afternoon.

Aunt Darcy watched her niece munching down her scrambled eggs.

"Did you get to sleep early last night?"

Jocelyn lifted up her head, still chewing on her food. "Oh yeah! I did. Mm! Tasty."

"Don't talk with your mouth full, hon'. And remember to go to your kickboxing class, alright?"

"Mm. I know I know." Jocelyn gobbled down all the four sausages in one bite.

Aunt Darcy sighed. Her niece always ate like a pig. She remembered clearly when Jocelyn's parents dropped her off at Darcy's place on her 5th birthday to attend their oldest daughter's play. She doubted Jocelyn remembered that time because she was at a young age. Darcy baked a birthday cake and when Jocelyn tasted it, the 5 year old wolfed down half the cake and rubbed the frosting all over her face. Darcy got furious when she had to clean the mess up. Although, Aunt Darcy was pleased that she enjoyed her cake. It felt like Darcy finally had a child in her life.

Peter giggled. "You look like a hobo, sis."

His cousin raised an eyebrow at him. "What? How so?"

Aunt Darcy sighed. "Hon'. Your hair looks like there was a war in there."

Jocelyn looked up at her hair. Her waves were completely disordered and locks of hair were sticking upwards. Usually her hair fussed whenever she woke up in the morning. She didn't felt like brushing it at that moment.

Peter laughed. "And you eat messy! And there's food on your face! And you dress like a hobo too!"

Jocelyn responded with a frown. She knew how horrible she looked in the mornings. But it didn't matter. Jocelyn didn't bother to look at the mirror after what happened last night.

Aunt Darcy glanced at her adopted son, drawing something on a piece of paper. "What are you drawing, sweetie?"

"Turtles!" Peter exclaimed. "I saw them last night!"

Jocelyn almost choked on her food after hearing Peter's statement. Aunt Darcy glanced back at her niece and shook her head. "I told you not to speak with your mouth full."

She ignored her aunt. 'He SAW them?! No, there's no way he did.' Jocelyn looked at her baby cousin's drawing. There were four turtles colored in crayon holding their own weapons.

'Shit, he did.'

Aunt Darcy seemed interested. "Oh? And this is what they look like?"

Peter nodded. "Yup! But I dunno what to name them..." Peter saw his cousin looking at his art piece. Her face cringed a little.

"They look weird."

Peter's expression turned into confusion. The kids thought for sure that his cousin saw them also. Not just saw them but also communicated with them. "But you-"

"YEAH! I think they look like mutants!" she interrupted, knowing what he was about to say. Peter almost told her mother about the turtles, and Jocelyn made sure not to tell anyone about them. Especially from Aunt Darcy.

Aunt Darcy wasn't aware of Jocelyn's loud statement. Darcy tries to help her son name the drawing of the creatures and looks at their weapons. "They could know martial arts. Are they ninjas?"

A light bulb popped out from Peter's head. He got it! The perfect name for the turtles!

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!"

Jocelyn seemed surprised. He actually named the weird looking creatures. In fact, it wasn't a terrible name for them. She watched her baby cousin repeatedly shouts out the name of the turtles while dancing around his chair.

Aunt Darcy chuckles at the sight. "You and your imaginations." She kissed her son's forehead and headed for the door. "I'll be late again. When you get back from practice, make sure to check on Peter, okay Jocelyn?"

Jocelyn scoffed in response. "Don't worry, Auntie. I did it for years. And…Auntie?"

"Yes?"

"Erm…when do I get my phone back?"

Aunt Darcy frowned. "When you learn how to get to sleep early."

Of course. She's not going to make things easier, isn't she? Jocelyn needed the phone before they do something terrible to her…

Once Aunt Darcy closed the front door, Peter finished his plate and glanced at his cousin. "Why didn't you tell Momma?"

"Huh?"

"You saw them too, sis. The turtles."

He heard her sigh. Jocelyn knew he was going to ask her why she didn't reveal them to Aunt Darcy. "Look, Peter. Your mother can't know this."

"Why?"

Jocelyn hesitated to answer. She didn't want to tell him the situation she was in. "Well uhm… since your mother is a reporter, if she saw them, it's 'bye-bye' to the turtles."

Peter gasped. "R-Really?"

"Yes! So you have to be silent about this, okay?"

Peter quite understood. He didn't want the turtles to disappear forever. He had so many things to ask them! "Okay… but why were they there with you?"

"Uhm… well…"

"Did they say anything about your snoring?"

Okay, that was unexpected. Jocelyn's eyes enlarged as she jumped from her chair. "I snore?!"

She watched Peter nodding his head. "You've been snoring for years, sis. And it was really loud this time."

Jocelyn groaned in aggravation. Her sleeping habits were completely horrendous: moving wildly, snoring, and drooling.

"Ugh. I can't believe this…I snore now?!"

"Louder than a lion."

Jocelyn watched her baby cousin roaring and playfully scratching at her arm. Peter was such an adorable kid when he acted goofy. She chuckled lightly and ruffled his brown hair.

"Just don't tell Auntie about the turtles. I'll be back at 5 and make sure you lock the door while I'm gone, okay?"

Peter watched Jocelyn heading for the front door and nodded. "Okay! Bye-bye, sis!"

Before she gave him a grin, she shut the door closed.

Donnie looked over at his brother Leo, who was leaning his carapace on the kitchen table in deep thought. "Are you sure it will work, Leo?"

Leo hesitated to answer. "It has to."

All four turtles were in the kitchen area, finished with their breakfast and placing the empty bowls in the sink. Leo scheduled a meeting in the kitchen, deliberating if the human girl was truly reliable. After all, they did threaten the girl… well, Leo did to get the video. Perhaps the girl could actually keep their identities hidden. However, one of the remaining turtles disagreed that the girl was trustworthy. Of course.

"What if it doesn't?" said Raph, crossing his arms over his plastron.

"No. It will work."

"Yeah! She looked nice and friendly!" exclaimed Mikey.

Mikey heard his brother Raph click his tongue. "That doesn't make her trustworthy."

Donnie thought that Raph had a point. The appearance didn't clarify that the young female was dependable. But looking back at what the girl had said last night, Donnie began to have second thoughts. "She looked more frightened than friendly. But even though Raph has a point, surprisingly, Mikey's right."

His brothers looked at Donnie in astonishment mixed with revulsion. Including Mikey. Donnie decided to ignore their reactions and continued, "What she said, about bringing back the video from her aunt, I assume we can trust her. How many other options do we have?"

Raphael frowned. "Well I ain't buying it. I don't trust her one bit. Remember the last time we almost got our asses kicked 'cause some dude taped us?"

None of the turtles could ever forget that time. Last time, it was completely chaos. Unlike the young female, the old man was selfish and grumpy, not to mention stupid. However in the end, the man was mutated to a giant spider and the turtles were saved by Raphael, once he got rid of his temper. Well, almost. And now, they're in the same situation, again.

"You mean Spider Bytez?" asked Mikey.

"Yeah, Spider Bytez. And what if the chick's like him?"

Leo glanced at his brother. "We can't be sure about that. That's why we're all going back there."

Raphael huffed in annoyance. Was he really the only one who didn't trust this girl? What if the girl really did reveal them to the world? Oh, his brothers were so going to regret it if he was right all along. Might as well mutate the chick too before she showed the video to the world.

Okay, so maybe mutating her wasn't a great solution to the problem.

But what other choices does he have? Go along with his brothers and trusting the lying, greedy damsel? No way was that happening. Raphael was entirely against this.

Leonardo continuously spoke to his brothers. "And make sure Splinter doesn't know about this."

They all nodded in agreement, thinking about the last time they got caught by the grumpy old man Vic. Master Splinter had almost become furious. And now that they got caught again, he might not ever send his sons to the surface.

"Know about what, my sons?"

The four turtles flinched at the voice. They all faced their father, Master Splinter, standing at the doorway and staring at his four children.

"Sensei!" they all said in unison.

"What is going on here?"

"Nothing!" said Leo. "Nothing is going on. Right guys?" Leo glanced back at his brothers and watched them nod their heads.

Donnie chuckled anxiously. "Yeah. Heh. Nothing at all."

Splinter stared suspiciously at his sons while tapping a finger on his cane. He didn't believe them. They were hiding something from him, most certainly. But Splinter decided to push it aside. He'd know what that secret was someday, just not today. He went towards the stove to make his tea.

"Alright then. Carry on, my sons."

Silence filled the room before Mikey spoke up. "Ehehe… who's up for Super Robo Mega Force Five?"

The sun reflected on a tall glass skyscraper, reading Local News 5 on top of the building. Darcy Stone had just arrived at her office a few minutes ago. She was only 10 minutes late. Thankfully her manager was in L.A. with his family.

The woman sighed in exhaustion, slamming the files of papers on her desk before slouching down in her seat. Being a reporter was stressful. She still felt the pain in her shoulders from last night working with her crew. Darcy occasionally questioned why she had ever wanted to become a reporter. All she wanted some days was to take a long relaxing nap with her family.

Speaking of her family, Jocelyn seemed a bit desperate about having her phone back. Sure, Darcy did take her phone a couple of times before. It wasn't like Darcy was going to look at her private stuff. She didn't even want to know.

Perhaps Aunt Darcy was too harsh on her niece. She decided to give back her phone tomorrow.

Darcy Stone heard a knock on her door. The door revealed a young man about 5'6" with short black hair, glasses, and a gray suit. It was Darcy's assistant, Jeffery. Jeffery walked into her office with a cup of coffee and placed it on her desk.

The man looked over at the reporter. "Ms. Stone."

Darcy met his brown eyes. "Anything new, Jeff?"

Jeffery pushed up his glasses. "No, apparently not. However, I found out something interesting on Channel 6 this morning."

The reporter sighed in frustration. "And that is?"

Jeffery held up a clipboard, reading the paper. "According to the news, Miss Lucy had a live interview of Christopher Hollands."

Darcy jumped from her chair. "The Christopher Hollands?"

"It seems like it, yes."

Darcy was having a headache. She despised how Channel 6 recently was at the top of the game. Channel 6 was quickly becoming the most popular news channel and received millions more views than Local News 5. Both companies loathed each other. And Darcy couldn't let Channel 6 have their victory.

She clicked her tongue and grabbed her coat from the hanger. "Then we need a report pronto! Get the rest of the crew. We're going out now!"

"Yes, ma'am!" Jeffery stated, running out the door.

If they didn't get anything today, Darcy hoped that her niece discovered something motivating for her.

The Ultimate Gym was one of the oldest and the first authentic Muay Thai Gym in New York City. The building was enormous, and had been in business for over a decade. About a hundred of people practiced kickboxing there. It was open 7 days a week. Jocelyn only had time to attend Saturday through Monday.

Beads of sweat ran from her forehead to her back. She panted as she threw her fist at the pads. Gasping for air, she suddenly paused. Her instructor, Kris Taksin, observed his student. "C'mon, miss Jocelyn. Just a few more hits."

The young girl made a fighting stance and finished after taking a couple of breaths. Jocelyn had been punching and kicking about a half an hour. Kris, with his thick Thai accent, could be somewhat severe when it came to practice.

"Left jab! Right cross! Back roundhouse!" demanded Kris, holding up the pads again.

Jocelyn followed her instructions and repetitively jabbed and kicked. Her speed intensified after every strike on the pads. She could feel the muscles in her arms and leg stretching, reaching for the targets. Every hit on the pad was powerful and deep, making a loud sound echoing throughout the gym room.

After a few more minutes of punching and kicking the pads, Jocelyn collapsed and sat on the mat, panting.

Kris offered her a towel. "You've improved, Miss Jocelyn. Work on your stamina more."

Jocelyn had a bad problem with her stamina. It was difficult to improve, even though she practiced boxing from when she was 8 years old. Not only was her stamina problematic, but her concentration was lacking. Jocelyn couldn't help but remember the time she met the turtles.

She was in deep trouble. She couldn't get her phone back from her aunt. Jocelyn inwardly sighed. She'd have to tell them the truth. Hopefully the damn turtle won't point its sword at her again.

Jocelyn took the towel and dabbed the sweat from her face. "Sorry, Kris. I'll try harder next time."

"There won't be a next time." Kris stated. "Tomorrow will be your first competition for the Golden Glove. Your match will be with Charlotte Johnson."

Jocelyn remembered her from years ago. Charlotte was a pretty powerful opponent. She was pretty tall for her age, approximately 6 feet, and had big guns. Charlotte started boxing when she was 7 and won the Silver Glove four times. Jocelyn, had won it twice. She'd be a toughie, that's for sure. Jocelyn needed to put aside the distractions until the match was over.

Jocelyn cringed. "Damn, Charlotte? Isn't she like a beast?"

"She sure is. So be prepared and make sure you don't become a smoothie after the match."

Jocelyn doubted that she'd win the match against that beast. Anxiety filled her head, mostly fears about how Charlotte would smash her like a potato. She decided to practice more at the apartment, after doing a couple of warm-up exercises: torso twists, toe touch kicks, and jumping jacks.

She said her farewells to her and headed home. Once she opened the door to the apartment, Jocelyn heard a sudden holler.

"Hiyahhh!"

Her baby cousin ran towards her and stabbed her with forks. Bubba followed him and greeted Jocelyn home.

"Ow! Ow! Hey, Peter! That really hurts, you know that?"

He giggles. "Sorry, sis."

Jocelyn rubbed her punctured thighs and ruffled the dog's fur. She glanced down at her baby cousin and her eyes widened.

"…What on earth are you wearing?"

Jocelyn was in disbelief. Peter was covered in paper bags head-to-toe, colored in green crayon. His belly was covered in yellow colored paper bags, making it look like a plastron, while his back was shaped into a giant brown carapace of a shell. Peter's head was covered in a green paper bag. He had a drawn red mask across the two holes for his eyes. He looked simply ridiculous.

"I'm one of the teenage mutant ninja turtles! I'm the red one!"

Jocelyn's eye twitched when he reminded her of the red turtle. The red turtle was the most terrifying turtle out of all of them. He had literally tried to kill her! She reminded herself to keep her distance from that one the next time the turtles approached her.

Pushing the horrible imaginations away, Jocelyn smiled when she saw her baby cousin waving the two forks in joy. He seemed proud of his hard effort making the absurd outfit.

She chuckled. "Cool costume, kiddo. Just make sure you put the forks back. Okay?"

Peter pouted in annoyance. "Okaaay."

"And don't stab yourself! Or Bubba!"

"Okaaay!"

Jocelyn was about to go inside her bedroom when the home phone rang suddenly. She rapidly picked up the call.

"Hello?"

[Hey, girl!]

Jocelyn recognized the voice from the other line. She smiled, bringing the phone to her bedroom and dropping her stuff on the floor.

"Hey, Hayley! Why'd you call?"

[Well you weren't picking up your cellphone.]

"Oh…right. Sorry about that. I forgot to tell you that my aunt took it again…"

[Bummer. Anyways, I called 'cause I was wondering if you're coming to my 17th birthday party tomorrow night. Y'know, before school ends.]

"Party?"

Jocelyn seemed surprised. Her birthday was coming already? Either the days went by too quickly or she just had bad memory. Jocelyn felt guilt inside her gut for not remembering her best friend's birthday.

[Yah! Some cool peeps will be there. It'll be at my place.]

"Well… I don't know. I might be busy tomorrow."

Her friend groaned in annoyance. [Aww. C'mon, girl! You're always so busy! Learn how to relax and take a break! I can bring in some alcohol if you'd like~?]

Jocelyn rolled her eyes. "You know we can't drink. We're still young."

[I have my ways to get 'em. And y'know what they say, 'Live while we're young!' and by 'living', I mean by 'drinking'! So, you up for it?]

Jocelyn scoffed. "Not much of a drinker."

[Ugh. C'mon! Please? Can you come for me?]

"I would, but-"

[I could hook you up with somebody special~?]

Jocelyn blushed at the thought. She craved a boyfriend this year. Hayley had her ways of making friends with a lot of guys. Guys that were cute, mature, handsome, and even smoking hot. Jocelyn hesitated to answer. She didn't know if she had the time for her party when the competition for the Golden Gloves was tomorrow.

"I'll think about it."

She heard her friend snickering on the other line. [Nice! See you tomorrow!]

[click]

Before hanging up, she grabbed her hand wraps and wrapped it around her fist, opening a door to the rooftop. Jocelyn wanted to practice kickboxing for the competition before the turtles arrived. Hopefully, they'd understand why she didn't receive her phone from her aunt.

She doubted it.

Nighttime drew near and the moon and neon stars of NYC lit up the dark sky. The atmosphere was getting a bit chilly and more people began to roam around the city. But little did they know four giant turtles were hidden in a dark alleyway.

The four were hanging around in the pathway, expecting the human girl to come. Michelangelo secretly stole Donatello's Bo staff while he was fixing his mutagen scanner and poked Donnie's cheek with it in boredom. Giving his little brother an infuriated look, Donatello grasped his Bo staff back and thumped Mikey's head with it. Leonardo warned them to be silent when Mikey wailed in pain.

After a few minutes of fooling around, they waited for half an hour and no human girl was yet to be seen. This caused Raphael to complain.

"We should've mutated the girl when we had the chance."

Leo glared at him. "And what good would that do, Raph?"

"Well it's better than just waiting around like a bunch of idiots. We have to take action, now!"

"So mutating her will solve this?" Leo sighed in aggravation. Honestly, his brother needed to cool down his temper and rethink a little bit. "She has a family, Raphael. If she gets mutated, what if her family sees her? They'll report it to the police and almost everyone will get involved. It's not a good idea."

Raph frowned. "But you don't trust the girl either, Leo. If we just sit around doing nothing, she could actually send the video. Huh, Leo? What are we going to do if that happens?"

Although Raphael did have a temper, he had a good point too. Leo was unsure if the girl was really worth trusting. And while remaining in that spot wouldn't solve their situation, but that didn't mean mutating the poor girl was a better idea.

"Like I said before, we can't be sure about that. That's why we're here."

Mikey appeared before them and glanced at Raphael. "Still not a good idea, bro."

Raphael huffed in response and grumbled something beneath his breath. His three brothers knew what he said.

Another couple of minutes passed and hearing whines from Mikey, Donatello decided to look inside her bedroom from her window.

"Guysss? Where is sheee?" asked Mikey before whining again.

Leo looked at Donatello on the fire escape above. "Is she there?"

Donnie sighed and shook his head. "Unfortunately, no. It's completely dark in there."

"Great. That's just great," responded Raph. "You see? This is why we shouldn't trust anybody!"

"Raph, calm down. She's probably somewhere else in the building."

Raphael scoffed at Donnie. "Yeah. Probably somewhere hiding from getting her neck crushed! 'Cause I swear I will do it!"

Leo put his hand up in halt. "Hold on, Raph. You hear that?"

The noises came from above. It almost sounded like… punches against something. Whatever it was, someone was up there. And all four turtles knew who it is.

Climbing and leaping onto the fire escape, they reached to the rooftop and spotted the girl. Her strawberry blonde hair was tied to the side in a French braid. She wore a neon yellow sports bra with black tights. Her fist punched the black punching bag, chained up on the steel pole. She performed a couple of jabs, back-punches, and hook-kicks.

The girl… wasn't that bad.

Suddenly, she paused and dabbed the towel on her skin, wiping the beats of sweat forming on her forehead. Exhausted of practicing her punches and kicks, Jocelyn wondered how she'd overcome the battle between her and Charlotte Johnson.

"Look, guys! It is her!" exclaimed Mikey leaping over the edge of the building.

Jocelyn's eyes widened after hearing its voice again . She jolted in shock. Her head rapidly spun around trying sight the turtles but accidentally hit the steel pole holding up the punching bag. Ouch. The turtles stared at her rolling on the ground, wincing and groaning in pain, rubbing the bruise on her forehead.

Mikey approached the girl. "Are you alright, girl? Did we surprise you?"

Jocelyn got up from the ground, continuing rubbing her bruise. "Yeah, you did. Since you guys appeared out of nowhere…"

"Yeah! 'Cause we're Ninjas!"

Guessing from the panting, she must have been on the roof for a while.

Leo spoke up. "Miss, how long were you up here?"

Jocelyn shrugged. "I don't know. I don't really keep track of my time." She looked up at the night sky. The moon lit up the firmament while the atmosphere was cooling down. "What time is it anyways?"

Donnie glanced above the sky. "Well according to the atmosphere, temperature and the amount of people sauntering around the city, it should be approximately 10:15 pm."

Jocelyn looked stunned and checked her watch. It was 10:17. Close enough but damn, the turtle could tell time by glancing at the sky!

"Whoa. Damn! You're pretty cool, knowing that kind of stuff!" exclaimed Jocelyn, impressed by the turtle.

Raphael frowned at the girl. "Wait, why did ask what time it was when you had a watch the whole time?"

The girl hesitantly chuckled nervously in response.

Was this girl retarded?

Donnie chuckled nervously. "I'm flattered, but-"

Donatello was suddenly cut off by his older brother, Leo. "Miss, we've been waiting for you down in that alleyway for over an hour."

"What? Really?" Jocelyn's face flushed in humiliation. They were waiting there for an hour? It wasn't her fault. How could she have known if they hadn't told her to meet in the exact same spot? "I'm so sorry. I didn't know you were waiting down there."

She heard the red turtle sigh in frustration. "Okay, cut the crap. Where's the video?"

Jocelyn fidgeted. "Well…um… I don't have it yet."

Aggravation and fury rose beneath him. Raphael knew he couldn't trust the girl. She was just like the greedy old man.

"That's it!" Raph cracked his neck and knuckles. "I knew you were a liar!"

Jocelyn braced herself when Raphael came close to her. Before Raph could beat her up, his brothers quickly held him down.

"Raph! Calm down. If you're not going to cooperate, I'll send you back. Understood?" Leonardo warned, keeping a stern face. His brother's response was just a huff of annoyance. Leo watched Mikey and Donnie gradually let go of Raph, cautiously making sure he wouldn't go on a rampage.

Facing back at the young girl, he nervously chuckled. "Sorry about that, miss. But if you really do have it, I would like you to give it to us."

The girl stared at him in disbelief. She couldn't believe it. Didn't he hear her stating that she didn't receive her phone yet? The turtle wouldn't rely on her either, like she was lying to them! She glared at the turtle.

"Don't you trust me?"

Leo had a confused look. "What?"

"I already told you I don't have it." she declared, continuing to glare at the turtle before her. "If you trust me, then you would believe me."

He sighed in exasperation. "Look, I told you to get it by today."

"And that's my fault?" she raised her voice, glowering at Leo.

Donnie, Mikey, and Raph remained still and watched the two quarreling. They literally felt the dark aura surrounding the turtle and the human. This could get nasty.

Leo gave a dirty look. "It was your responsibility."

He heard the girl scoff. "I have reasons, y'know? And what are you, my father? What'cha gonna do? Threaten me like last time?"

Okay, perhaps menacing the girl wasn't a huge help. It had actually made things worse. But Raphael was right; Leo couldn't just patiently wait for it. He didn't want to repeat the Spider Bytez incident. He and his brothers had almost been in serious danger of exposure last time. And he was not going to blunder it. Not again.

The girl had a snotty attitude, and Leo was becoming slightly ticked off.

He scowled at the human. "I will do it again if you won't give us the phone."

Thankfully, Donatello jumped in the conversation, breaking the thunderstorm between the two. "Stop it, you guys. Fighting wouldn't solve anything."

The two stood silent, both attempting not to violently attack each other. They both knew that Donatello was right. Leo watched the human girl calm herself down, her shoulders slumping down.

"Sis?"

Jocelyn and the turtles looked over to the figure that stood next to the opening door, leading to the rooftop. It was Peter.

"Peter! You're not allowed up here!"

The young boy ignored his cousin and looked over at the giant turtles. They appeared again! It wasn't his imagination. He knew he was telling the truth to his mother.

Peter ran up towards the turtles to get a closer view. "It's them! It's really them! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!" he exclaimed while jumping up and down in excitement.

The turtles sweat-dropped at the boy, wearing the horrid costume made of paper bags. However, Mikey chuckled at the sight of the cute little kid. "Awesome! Check out the outfit, dudes! Change the color to orange. Heard the orange one is way cooler." Winking at the boy, Mikey ran to avoid being strangled by his older brother.

Jocelyn sighed at the sight. She had known this was coming. Peter was going to meet them eventually. "Peter, go back inside."

She heard her baby cousin gasping. He wore a pleading look on his face. "Pleaseeee, sis! Lemme stay! I wanna know their names!"

"Okay, fine."

Peter was back to being thrilled. "Yay!"

"Remember, don't tell Auntie!" Jocelyn watched Peter running towards the orange turtle still being strangled by the red aggressive one.

She turned back and glanced at the other two turtles, waiting for the girl's answer. The blue turtle still looked displeased. Jocelyn sighed again. When did this all begin again? The déjà vu was palpable.

"Look, I promise I'll have it in a few days. Just give me more time."

Leo hesitated to answer after being nudged on the side by his brother. Maybe he was being too harsh on the female. "Alright, I'll give you one more chance. Remember to keep your word." And with that, he left Donatello and the girl alone.

Donnie understood Leo's situation. Surely, Donnie would act the same way if he became the leader of the team. Splinter relied on Leonardo and he is responsible for everything, including his brothers. And the girl had no clue what was going on with him whatsoever. Taking a quick glance at her, Donnie determined she continued to be infuriated by Leo.

He intentionally coughed to cut off the awkward silence. "Pardon me, but I think we met in the wrong circumstances." Donnie stuck out his hand towards the girl. "Hi, I'm Donatello. But my brothers call me Donnie."

Jocelyn smiled at the purple masked turtle, accepting his hand. "The name's Jocelyn Stone. Over there is my baby cousin, Peter Stone." They both watched Raphael still wrestling with Mikey while Peter cheered for Mikey to get up.

"The three of them are my brothers. Red is Raphael, Orange is Michelangelo, and the blue is Leonardo."

Jocelyn glanced at Leonardo,who had reappeared and was attempting to stop the hassle between Raph and Mikey. Apparently, Mikey overheard the conversation between Donnie and Jocelyn. "Just letting you know that the names ending with an 'o' are much more awesome." At the speed of light, Raph leaped on Mikey to strangle him again.

Leonardo forcefully pulled Raph away from Mikey. "Okay, enough you two! We have no time. We still have to find the mutagen."

"So that's it?" Raph exclaimed. "You're just gonna let her off the hook?"

"There's no point in coming here if she doesn't have the video. Now let's go." After Leo jumping off the building, eventually, his brothers followed him.

Peter waved them farewell. "Bye-bye, turtles!"

Before leaving, Mikey waved back the little boy goodbye. "See ya, later bud!"

Watching them disappear, Peter still wore the huge smile. "I like them, sis."

Jocelyn raised her eyebrow. "You do?"

Peter happily nodded. "Yep! I hope we could see them again!"

"Oh, I hope not."

Honestly, today was an extremely long day.

But little did she know that a couple of black figures were spying on the girl chatting with the giant turtles. They disappeared soon after.

Three Foot soldiers landed onto the rooftop, meeting a mysterious giant black figure hidden in the shadows. All three bowed before the silhouette. The figure had a heavily fearsome presence, causing the soldiers to tremble in fear.

One of the ninja spoke up. "We spotted the turtles."

A growl came out from the mysterious figure. "Where were they?"

"T-They were with two humans." The other ninja stuttered.

"Humans? April O'Neil and the boy?"

The third ninja was brave enough to step toward the figure. "No. They met new humans. A girl with strawberry blond hair and a petite boy with curly brown hair."

The figure hesitated to reply. "…I see. We shall report this to Master Shredder."

"Yes, sir!" shouted all three Foot ninja.

The black silhouette stepped out from the shadows revealing himself; Tiger Claw.

Tiger Claw snarled. "I have a plan."

-End of Chapter 3

~~~Author's Notes: Still continuing working on the fourth chapter. However, that chapter may be longer and since college and work gets in the way of the story, it may take a while for me to publish the fourth chapter. Seriously, sorry you guys be patient and look forward to the next chapter. There's so many things happening after this and I promise you, not going to upset you on the next chapter! You'll love it! :D Review plz! Lemme know if I made any errors...

Here's a sneak peek quotes on the next up-coming chapter:

"Why would you do that? You know he can't know anything about Karai!"

"Up next, Charlotte Johnson vs. Jocelyn Stone!"

"Sayonara."

"The new girl could be our target to victory."

~xpetunia~