A/N: I loved it in the the 07 movie of TMNT how they made Raph the Night Watcher so I had to pay homage to that so Night Watcher is mentioned here and maybe more through out the story.
Chapter 7: Remasked:
After dinner Adam thought it would be a good idea to help with the dishes. "I got it." Donatello assured him.
"Are you sure?" Adam asked.
"Yeah," he answered.
"Leave the dishes to the girls." Mikey suggested winking towards April's way.
April didn't find that at all appealing. She crossed her arms. "Excuse me?"
Mikey cleared his throat. "I mean I believe in everyone being equal!" he corrected himself quickly.
"That's what I thought." April returned with a smirk.
"Guys, c'mon we're going to miss all the good ones if we don't get crackin'!" Casey announced as he put on his hockey mask and brought out his bat.
"Do you mind if I tag along?" Adam asked.
"I don't know," April answered before any of the others could. "This isn't Angel Grove Adam. This is New York. It's a little rougher out here."
"You don't have to remind me." Adam told her. "I got jumped the first time I visited here remember?"
"Yeah, good thing Carlos called us and let us know you were coming." Raph said. "Or your ass would've been grass."
"I had it under control!" Adam came to his defense.
"Sure ya did." Raph gave an eye roll. "Did you like that position of holding yer gut on the pavement?"
"Give it a rest. Geez." Adam pleaded.
"Too bad you can't morph anymore." Mikey spoke up. "That would've been cool! Carlos let me see him morph one time and it was awesome!"
Mikey tried to act out Carlos' morphing but it was an epic fail. Raph face palmed. He was pretty damn sure that was the last thing Adam wanted to be reminded of. He turned to Casey. "Can I see that?" he asked gazing down at the bat.
Casey shrugged. "Just be careful uh?" Casey asked him. "That's my baby."
With assurance from Casey Raph then proceeded to give Mikey a very hard thunk on the back of his head. After he was done he gave it back to Casey. "Thank you."
"There better not be a dent in it." Casey warned him as he checked out his weapon.
Mikey stopped so he could rub his head. It was slightly throbbing now. "Ow, what was that for?"
"To know some sense into to ya!" Raph answered.
"It's going to take a lot more then that Raph." Donnie pointed out.
Leo shook his head. Then he turned his attention back on Adam. "I'm going to have to go with Ape on this one Adam," Leo told him. "It is dangerous and the crime rate has gone up since the last time you've been down."
"Besides that, how are you going to protect your identity?" April questioned.
Casey smiled. "I got it!" he brought out an extra mask. However, it wasn't white like his. It was black. "I know it's not your Black Power Ranger mask but I hope it will do for now."
Adam took it. "Aw man," he was taken away. "I don't know what to say Casey."
Casey smiled at his effort. He couldn't help but blush. "Not a problem."
It was April's turn to face palm. "Casey, you're not helping here!"
"What?" Casey demanded.
Leonardo knew how to solve this. He turned to his master. "What do you think Sensei?"
Master Splinter thought a moment before he answered. He knew how much Adam wanted to help people, but he also agreed with April. However, if his experience with Raph taught him anything it was to have faith and hopefully there would be no regrets later. He sighed but then smiled. "I believe that if Adam wants to join you... Then he may."
"Are you serious?" April questioned. "What is going on here?" she asked helplessly. "Did I forgot the memo or something?"
"I thought you got use to it by now April." Donnie came up beside her. "Don't worry. They don't listen to me either half the time."
"Time is wastin' ya'll!" Casey declared.
Adam slowly put on his mask and then followed the others out leaving April and Master Splinter behind. "This is crazy!" April made known once they were by themselves. "And I can't believe you let him go!"
"It is not my decision to make." Splinter reminded her.
"I know, I know it's just his friends really miss him back home." she said. "They want him back." she paused. "I haven't told Adam this but Rocky has been calling and texting me like a mad man so are the others. Carlos even called once or twice."
"Then they know he is here..." Splinter said.
"Yes, I guess they figured where he would end up." April figured. "Do you think I should tell Adam?"
"We'll give him time," Splinter said. "That's all we can do."
Splinter left her to mediate on the situation. April thought she would help Donnie and clean up the kitchen some. It would be early morning before they got back.
"I told ya Casey!" Adam argued. "I don't need help!"
It's been an hour since they began and all ready they ran into a thief. He was breaking into a bakery shoppe. Adam didn't ask questions. He just dove right in. When Adam went to through the guy into the wall the robber had something in store for him. The baddie wannabe pulled out a switch blade. Adam thought he was quicker but he missed and the other guy got his arm. Casey was now beating the crap out of him with his bat.
"You could've fooled me kid." Casey said after he tossed the guy aside. "You got 'em Raphie Boy?"
"All chained up and ready to go." Raph assured him with an extra pull of the chains. "Good thing I kept that Night Watcher gear around."
"How is your arm?" Leo asked Adam.
"It's fine," he winced as he pulled it away to hide his injury.
"Dude, you should really get that looked at." Mikey popped up from behind.
"It's just a scratch." Adam told them.
"Which could lead to an infection." Donnie noted.
"Which could lead to April killing ya!" Raph followed.
Adam rolled his eyes. He couldn't help but give in. April was a force to be dealt with and that was one he didn't want to bother. "All right, all right,"
"Don, why don't you get him back home." Leo suggested. "We'll finish up here and meet you later."
Donnie didn't argue. "Come on Adam," he said.
With a sigh Adam pulled off his mask. "Shouldn't you say 'Power Down'?" Mikey couldn't resist that.
This time Raph didn't need to ask Casey for the bat. Casey handed it over. Raph smacked Mikey on the head. Then returned the bat to it's rightful owner. Raph checked on Adam one more time before they all split ways into the night.
"I'll manage." Adam assured Raph. "It's nothing but a scratch."
Raph took that and went with his brothers. Somehow Donnie got Adam back at the den without April. He didn't have time to ask where Splinter was. He just got Adam cleaned up and bandaged up. "Is that okay?" Donnie asked him.
"It's good." he answered. "Actually, it's better then good! It's great!" Adam couldn't contain himself. "It's really awesome being back in action!"
TBC...
