It has been a couple slow weeks for the turtle brothers. No mutant appearances , no activity from the foot clan, maybe a few minor crimes but that was it. No adventures of any sort. Not since their tour in the Hidden City where at least most of them got put in jail. All in all a very boring uneventful week. Three of the four turtle brothers were sitting in front of the projection screen in the living room re-watching another Lou Jitsu movie. Leo was spread out on Splinter's chair one arm dangling while the other was laid across his chest.
"This has been the most boringest week EVEEER!" The blue brother groaned annoying the two on the floor. "I mean come on! No new mutants going on a tyrannical rampage, no vile plots! Just a whole boring week of nothing but Lou Jitsu movies!"
"But I thought you like Lou Jitsu movies?!"the youngest of the four gaped at his older brother, half chewed popcorn falling out." Are you getting sick?! Raph quick quarantine! He squished against Raphael's bulk trying to distance himself from Leo in over dramatic fear. Leo rolled his eyes at Mikey's antics." I'm not sick 'Angelo ! Just you know bored"
" I don't know " The youngest just curled himself around Raph who so rapt with the movie didn't even budge" you look a little green to me" At that Leo groaned a bit peeved at his little brothers joke; he was even more so when Raphael chuckled under his breath. "Oh I get it ! Cause he's a turtle!"
"Seriously?! I made that joke last week and all I got was face full of coffee!" Leo flopped his head back in frustration "Which hurt by the way!"
"Well you should know better to anger Donnie after 72 hours tinkering" Raphael said in his older sibling tone earning an agreement nod from Mikey. "Fiiiinnne " Leo sat up legs still crossed over each other," I admit annoying him when he was a little sleep deprived was a bad idea"
"A little? " Mikey swallowed his food already forgetting the movie turning his attention to Leo," He was basically the walking dead! With his bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and speaking mostly in moans!" Raphael moved a bit to dodge Mikey s flailing arms," With the exception of his still beating heart he was already a zombie!"
"Speaking of which" Raphael looked away grabbing the snack "Is he still holed up in his room? I'm starting to get worried"
"Relax bro, he's fine" Leo shrugged. His twin had a habit of overworking in his lab shrinking on sleep. But the last he saw of him was in his bed half hanging out drooling on his pillow. So yeah nothing to be concerned about. In the lab the aforementioned purple brother was hunched over his work table.
Blueprints and miscellaneous books covered his table as he put the finishing touches on his new prototype.
"Yes! They're finally finished!" He let out a loud victory whoop and mad evil cackle. Thanks to the boring week of no crime Donnie had been researching the magic and how it could be mixed with his precious science.
It wasn't near completion. He only skimmed the top of the iceberg. There was still some things he didn't get but oddly instead of frustrating him it made him more eager to unlock more secrets.
It was during one of his reading sessions in the hidden city library that he came across the topic of cloaking brooches.
Long story short he now had four cloaking prototypes of his design lying right in front of him! Procuring the materials wasn't exactly easy; he had to ask Sunita if she could bring some regular cloaking devices to him. "My brothers are going to freak when they see these!" A smug smile danced across his sleep deprived face as he held up a purple cloaking bracelet. He examined it closely marveling at how the purple gem embedded in tech glinted. He zoomed over to the full body mirror he had borrowed from an abandoned clothing shop in Jersey.
"Now to witness my brilliance!" He declared dramatically putting on the bracelet with a clean snap. Good . The suction powered clasp is perfect working order" He mused admiring his handy work in the mirror showing off the jewelry. " Now to see if the camouflage feature is working!" He excitedly activated the bracelet watching in sleep deprived glee as in a swirl of purple light replaced his turtle self with a handsome mini-Lou Jitsu.
"I see I got most of his good looks " He bragged loving how his human self had his signature eyebrows. He wore a preppy outfit dress shirt with short sleeves that showed off his toned arm muscles.
Gently he touched his human hair which was in a natural pompadour hairstyle. "Looking good~" He practiced a handsome smirk . He liked how his forms outfit was purple. The shirt was a nice lavender which went great with his skin tone. "It seems the brooch kept some features of my original form " He noted that the gloves, goggles that sat upon his head and battle shell stayed the same. The shell however was altered to look like a sweater draped on his neck as a form of style.
After a few more minutes of showing off his stylin' human persona in the mirror , Donnie a big ads grin on his face made notes in his disguised wrist pad. "Everything seems to be in order. But still it would be safe to further test the function" He hummed typing down halo-watch. The amount of magic research on his part was minimal at best not bothering with the basics of crafting cloaking brooches
When he had a brilliant idea he always threw caution to the wind deciding to plunge into the deep end before taking things slow. Such approach may or may not cause his various inventions to go haywire. But this time he tried his hardest to be patient while dealing with the mystic energy. Hopefully the mixture of tech and magic won't go terribly horribly wrong.
"Now to show off my latest invention to my brethren!" He declared happily wiggling his eyebrows again at the mirror. And to think it took him 72hours to program his look according to his height,weight,bone and DNA structure. Doing a last pose Donnie still wearing his human disguise marched immediately out of his lab to the living room. He hummed happily as he made his way to the living room. Knocking dramatically on the doorframe he declared loudly " Oh brothers I have something utterly amazing to show you!"
His three brothers just rolled their eyes at him not bothering to look at the doorway. "If it's not the drill forget it" Donnie's eyebrow twitched in anger at Leo's disinterest. The purple boy shook his fists at his sides but took a calming breath. He just had to catch their attention that's all. And his twin wasn't the only one who could make a scene! "Fine ! Guess I just got to show off my latest invention!"
He took a few paces back then started to run. With an expert ease due to his ninja skills he somersaulted over his dad's chair. "Aha!" He declared in success landing right in front of the screen. His smirk widen at the looks of surprise on his brothers faces. Mikey dropped his popcorn in shock, his older red brother got right into fighting stance. However his favorite reaction was Leo's. The slider was so startled he jumped up out of the chair with a high pitched scream.
" I know , I know I'm handsome right?" Donnie said obviously smug. Before Raph could act on his hit first ask questions later plan, he deactivated the device becoming his turtle form again," Of course in both forms I'm handsome right?"
"COOL!" Mikey was the first to recover eyes shining with wonder zipping over to his purple brother. "How in the world did you get this?! " Je pointed a green finger to the jewel, "Even the one I found for Draxum cost an arm and a leg!"
"You didn't rob any mystic stores did you Donnie?" Raphael asked. The second eldest was known for being morally ambiguous at times for the sake of his interest. Only the pizza Supreme I the sky knew how many times Splinter had to teach him not to use any of his family as test subjects. Donnie let out snort aware of Leo now checking out the device on his arm. "Oh please . Why bother stealing these cloaking devices when I the most amazing and talented of us can make my own!"
"Really ? I thought April said you called magic soft" The way Leo said it was if he was whispering a curse word. "Donnie did you use soft as an insult again?" Mikey looked at his brother concern in his eyes," You know there's nothing wrong with soft things okay?"
Their concern over his emotional well being really irritated the softshell. "Mike stop. Already heard enough nagging from Raph. My self worth and self esteem are fine." Thankfully the box turtle knew when to take the hint that he did not want this talk taken any further. The pizza supreme in the sky knew his shell was a sensitive topic. "Well if you need any help Dr. Feelings is here!"
Donnie stiffened a bit when his young brother draped over him dramatically. "Anyway" He began gently shoving him off," I decided to give magic a try by incorporating it into my inventions"
"So you thought to make your own cloaking brooch?"
"N-nuh Leon. Not cloaking brooch cloaking bracelet" He tsked at the blue one," I've designed it so it can only be used by it's owner, plus made it impossible to steal! " He looked smug," I also plan to make it water-proof shock-proof and after I get my hand on Hidden City police's anti magic device anti-anti magic proof!"
"Booo" Leo sat back in th chair," How come you only made yourself one?" Donnie looked at him an eyebrpw raised on exasperation. "Do you think I that stupid to only make and risk you three stealing it?"
His brothers looked away trying to look innocent. He activated the extra metal limbs that came out from jis battle shell. In three claws were three bracelets made out of gold each with a magic gem of their preferred color. "Before I give these to you You three better promise not to ruin them or lose them. They are still proto-types"