The turtles celebrate the party on the rooftop! And they get to know the new mutated A.J.

Chapter 36: Mutant Private Party on the Roof

At the roof of the pizzeria, the turtles and A.J. had eaten some pizza, completely satisfied by the taste and it made Mikey really happy just to eat some pizza as he gobbled up some of the slices while the rest of the turtles looked at Mikey very annoyed by his eating sounds and Raph grunts in an annoyed response and asked, "Did you forget we're eating here?"

"Can't help it, dude. Who wouldn't pass up on free pizza?" Mikey asked, very excitedly.

A.J. looks up at Mikey for a second after seeing how he eats and asked, "Is he always like this?"

"Trust us on this one...if there's a last slice of pizza, Mikey goes after it. One time, Mikey snuck into Donnie's room and saw one last slice of pizza on his bed and just ate the whole slice. Donnie was not happy that day." Leo answered.

"Well, you know what they say, dudes; first come, first served." Mikey responds, in defense.

"What did he do?" asked A.J.

"Oh, Donnie was mad. He completely screamed at him for like 20 minutes straight. Sorta like how Raph screams at some of us for something insignificant, but completely different." Leo replied.

"Hey, I take offense to that." Raph said, defending himself.

"In my defense, I did not scream maniacally. I was just reacting to how Mikey had disregarded eating what was supposed to be my slice of pizza." Donnie added, turning to Mikey on the last parts.

A.J. blinked his eyes a couple of times and said, "Sometimes I'm that way when someone tries to take my food, too. Only I just growl and bark at them as a way for them to back off. But I didn't bite them though. Not my nature."

"You know, there's one thing I wanted to ask, A.J. How did you get mutated, yet you still look like the same dog we met for the first time?" asked Leo.

A.J. scratched himself a few times and then answered, "You know...I'm still trying to figure that out. All I know is that I walked to the bathroom and I thought those splatters were toothpaste or soap, so I licked them as leftovers and I guess I got knocked out for a while and when I woke up, I found myself talking and having some weird fighting skills and stuff."

"It must've been the mutagen. He must've licked off some of the mutagen off of that bathroom floor, yet he still looks like an ordinary dog, but his DNA had matched with a mutant DNA that can communicate with humans and mutants, but can have some extraordinary abilities, strength, stamina and intelligence." Donnie answered.

"So...in other words, I'm kind of smart." A.J. added.

"Almost, but yeah. I gotta hand it to you, you really did help us out with Lukas." Donnie answered.

"When my buddy's in trouble, I have to protect him. Loyalty is always in a dog's agenda. You can always tell when your friend's in trouble or if something's bothering him. If something bothers him, it bothers me too." A.J. added.

That speech alone surprised Donnie and Leo the most because A.J. knows loyalty firsthand when it comes protecting Rocky and Leo said, "Wow...that's pretty deep."

"Yep. Especially when I bit that ninja girl's butt when she tried to get at Rocky." A.J. stated.

"I have to ask though; was that even necessary?" asked Leo.

"Hey, if that had happened again, I'd do it again, only drag her by the leg and put her in the dumpster." A.J. answered.

Raph chuckled in response to see that happen in his mind and said, "I would've liked to see that the first time."

"Raph!" Leo exclaimed.

Just then, in comes April walking to the rooftop to see how they're doing and she asked, "Hey, guys. What's going on?"

"Not a lot. We were just talking." Leo answered.

"And eating some awesome pizza." Mikey replied, while eating a slice.

Rocky comes in the rooftop and caught up with April, A.J. and the turtles and he's very anxious to know how the turtles like the pizza and said, "How ya'll doing?"

"Doing awesome. This pizza's the best thing I've ever eaten! I think I have found a new pizza place to call my fave!" Mikey exclaimed.

Rocky chuckled softly at this and said, "Thanks, Mikey. I appreciate it."

A.J. comes over to Rocky and as he walks by with his tail wag, Rocky gets on his level and said, "So...how did you get mutated?"

"I guess a mutant DNA got into my DNA and brought in a side of me that understands mutants and humans. Or something like that. It's kinda crazy how things turn out, huh?" asked A.J.

"Yeah, it does." Rocky answered.

"Looks like you got your wish after all." A.J. said, happily.

"What wish?" asked Rocky.

"That I could talk with you so we can understand each other better. Now that this mutagen goo is inside of me, we can talk to each other. It'll be so awesome." A.J. said.

"Yeah, I know, man. I just wished this could've happened before all of this." Rocky added.

Soon enough, A.J. comes in with a small whimper as he hugs him and Rocky hugs back as well and the bond between owner and dog is still strong and Rocky said, "I think I'm gonna like New York City now."

"That's cool, man. You ain't seen nothing yet here." Raph stated.

"I'm pretty sure I'll look forward to that." Rocky replied.

Soon enough, the speakers were starting to play in some parts of the roof and a slow song started playing and April walked towards Donnie and wanted to dance with him, but unsure about it because Donnie's never slow danced before with someone, let alone a human. Donnie felt the same exact way too, only not sure how to ask as well, but Donnie reaches out her hand and asked, "April, would you like to dance with me?"

That took April by surprise that Donnie would actually ask her to dance and she looks at Donnie's hand and smiled for the gesture and took his hand as they actually slow danced with each other. Donnie seemed a little nervous about this for the first time and he chuckled and said, "I've never done this before."

"This is my first time slow dancing with you, Donnie. It just feels so...like..." April said, trying to find the words to describe the moment.

"Amazing?" asked Donnie.

One look into Donnie's eyes just mystified her to the extent and she replied, "Yeah, amazing."

Both of them were in sync as they slow danced together and for Donnie, it feels like he's on cloud nine as it becomes kinda like his first date and he's keeping that moment for the long haul and as Donnie held her closely as they're dancing, April places her arms around Donnie as they danced together. Raph, Leo, Mikey, A.J. and Rocky watched both of them dance together and it's like something out of a love story.

"So cute..." Mikey said, with a sigh.

"If you like that sort of thing." Raph muttered.

The party continues! Stay tuned!