'Mutant monsters and robot ninjas are taking over my city. How long before those freaks hurt somebody close to me? Like my dad. My little sister. April… Well, I'm not waitin' around to find out. All my life I knew I was meant for something greater. THIS is my call. My destiny. A true warrior's gotta be prepared...' My heroic thoughts were interrupted when...
"Yo! Buddy! Come over to the hero side of town!" I heard a voice call. I looked over to see four teenage girls, obviously vigilantes, with ninja gear and masks. The leader was the one who called. "Jonesy! Come on! We know where all the totally awesome local vigilantes hang!"
"Red rover, red rover, let Casey Jones come over!" Orange mask shouted.
"How do you four girls know my name?" I asked.
"Cuz you couldn't think of a better hero name than your own." The girl masked in purple snorted.
"Burn!" Red mask called.
"Who are you?" I asked them.
"We are the Marauders." The girl in blue, leader, declared. "I am Arctic."
"Little Red!" Orange called.
"Dawn." Red sighed.
"Tails." Purple yawned. Arctic and Little Red glared at the obvious lack of enthusiasm from Dawn and Tails.
"And by the way, your girlfriend is one of us." Arctic smirked. Huh? None of them were redheads!
"One of you is April?" I asked.
"No, she's a ninja. A vigilante." Dawn replied calmly. I was getting pretty confused by all of this.
"What?" I asked.
"Yep." Tails stated. "April O'Neil, a kunoichi, redhead, part of Kraang conspiracy, blue eyes, major league butt-kicker, yellow shirt..."
"I get it." I snapped. "And I'm not following you."
"We tried." Arctic sighed. "Raphie Boy will be up in an hour, good luck Jonesy!" Then, the girls changed into animals. Arctic was a wolf, Little Red was a fox, Tails was a cat, and Dawn was a... Sloth? They disappeared into the night. Twenty seven hours later, I was in the sewers with a new best friend, who happened to be a giant turtle. The New Marauders smirked at us from afar. I knew their real names now. Jenna was the annoying girl in blue. Scarlett was the cool girl in red. Lexi was the passive one in purple. Chelsea was the crazy one in sunset-orange. Scarlett was Raph's best friend besides me, and I could see why. She had a Raph-like personality, she was an excellent fighter, and though she had an attitude, her smile was worth it.
"So, are you and Scarlett, like, dating?"
"Scar?! No way! We're just friends!"
"Okay! Just asking..."
"Why?"
"No reason." Raph seemed to be highly annoyed by my question. I had a feeling he wasn't telling the truth... "You totally like her!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Maybe..." Raph showed me the kitchen, pulled out a pitcher of lemonade, and poured me a glass, smirking. "Want some? Scarlett made it." What could it hurt? What I didn't realize was that it was the Marauders' special liquid blend of helium and nitroglycerin. I didn't know Raph wanted me to embarrass myself. I didn't know the Marauders and April were watching. I didn't see Raph get ready to run as I moved to drink the chemicals.
"I'm gonna get you!" I yelled with a chipmunk voice. I heard the Marauders, April, and Raph laughing, and Scarlett shout out...
"Good luck with that!"