Winds Of Change
Rated: T
Disclaimer:I deny any ownership of any adult or adolescent transformed shadow warrior chelonians.
Chapter one: An Ill Wind.
A steady, drenching rain poured from the sky's above, cleansing the city, and adding an eerie glistening reflections and ripples on the streets, where puddles had formed. There was a cold nip in the air hinting at the long winter months ahead, the streets were a little quieter the amount of traffic seemed to be cut down from the norm, and those that were traveling seemed to be doing it at a faster pace as if determined to get home, or wherever it was they were going and get out of the damp, dismal night.
High above the street,on a roof top stood a lone watcher, one who watched not to cause trouble; But in hopes of preventing it. Clothed only in protective gear for elbows, wrists, and knees, a simple belt with numerous pouches and an aqua bandanna that hung limp and sodden against her head, the long tail dripping down to race the water that beat upon her shell. Ramiela, the ninja turtle, daughter of Michaelangelo, chunin to her clan, while training to take the reins of her Master Leonardo, and last, but not least, wife of Jessie, shivered slightly from the dampness that seeped into the very marrow of her bones.
' I wish I was home right now,' She mused to herself, being at home would be far better than being on patrol on this miserable and quiet night. She stretched and yawned, ' I could be in bed right now, ravishing my husband.' a smile curled across her face. The mere thought sent a bit of warmth into her body, and an eagerness to be done with her patrol. After all she hadn't been married all that long only about five months, and while she could no longer complain of dying a virgin, she was starting to wonder if she was nothing more than a mule.
After all Jessie and she had done the deed often enough that you'd think she'd be pregnant by now, but no, she wasn't. Ramiela made a face as she recalled the news her father had shared after returning home from the honeymoon.
" Cathy's pregnant Rama, you're going be a big sister again." He had told her cheerfully, practically beaming with pride.
"You are going have to figure out the cause of it dad. Haven't you had enough kids?" Rama couldn't help but tease him.
"Cathy and I have been trying for a few years now, for one more." Mike replied casually, ignoring her light hearted jibe at him. "So how bout you?" Mike arched an eye ridge.
Rama glanced down at her stomach region and shrugged, "Maybe. We sure tried. I was really hoping I'd be the next one pregnant in the family, as everyone else has given up on having more kids. Course there is Kali but I don't think Master Leonardo would like her being in the family way just yet."
Mike chuckled, "Yeah Leo doesn't mind Kali and Mark being together but I know the boy just may have to deal with a pissed off Leo and the business end of his katana if he ended up getting his daughter pregnant at her age."
Rama shook her head, and sighed, four months, almost five months and nothing to show for it. She scowled, wondering if life had decided to mock her yet again. Bad enough I'm a mutant and have to hide from the world but do I have to be a mule on top of it all. She moaned silently she rubbed her plastron, it just didn't seem fair that her father and uncles could have a family and she, might be denied that right, or opportunity. She shivered again and turned on her heels to head off over the roof tops in an effort to warm up while she finished her nightly round.
Though thoughts of being in her own home, with her beloved were not that easy to push aside, or ignore. Rama was at least thankful that her family had set up a home for Jessie and herself while they had been away on their honeymoon, having a place that was truly their own made things a bit easier then being in the main lair with three other families. At least this way they had some privacy when they wanted it, and could devoute their time at home to one another instead of being constantly pulled to other directions for other things.
It was hard enough loving Jessie and wanting to be near him so much, but at the same time work and other demands kept intruding on the time the newlywed couple could truly be a couple. 'Maybe it is just as well that I am a mule. I hardly seem to find time for Jessie and I to be together as it is, a child would only take away from it.'
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Jessie did not hear Rama come in, no the first he became aware of his wife's return was when he felt a coldness that seemed to invade the warmth of the covers on the bed. Instinctively he moved closer to his wife, and pulled her into his arms, knowing she needed the extra heat. He opened his eyes and kissed her " Cold night huh? I hate to see how cold you feel when you come in from a patrol in the snow." he muttered sleepily.
"That is when it will be your job to be ready to warm me up before I turn you into an iceberg," she said, " Be lucky I'm not like my dad or Uncles, my temperature is cooler then most humans but I'm still more warm blooded then they are." She gave a coy smile, "Besides, there are better ways to warm up you know." She arched an eye ridge as she snuggle closer to her mate.
Jessie grinned, "What if I'm tired or...you know Don and Jen do expect me to be awake and helpful on the job, not half asleep because I spent my night doing other things."
Rama chuckled a little, "The beauty of that is they know we are newlyweds and that it is to be expected. I love how you make me feel Jess," Rama murmured as she nuzzled his neck, her hand caressing his bare chest. " I know you like how I make you feel too, especially when I do this..." she slipped her hand lower.
Jessie grabbed hold before it reached its destination, he saw Rama sulk a bit, " You're eager tonight."
" I want to have a family Jess, it takes two to do that" Rama replied quickly.
Jessie saw something in her eye, or perhaps it was just that he knew her so well due to their long years of friendship. "You are not a mule and neither am I." He declared firmly.
Rama flinched slightly, "Easy for you to say Jess."
"Just because you are not pregnant yet, means nothing." Jessie stated, giving her a gentle but concerned look. "For all you know you could be pregnant it just hasn't shown yet. Your physiology is far different from humans so your body might not give the signs that it does for women who are pregnant. Besides Rama llama ding dong..."
Rama gave him a sour look and nudged him in the ribs with an elbow for using her childhood nick name that her father had bestowed upon her.
Jessie, shook his head, "Don't you know half the fun is in trying" he whispered, as he moved in for a long passionate kiss.
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Some time later, fully warmed and comfortably sleepy, Rama rested in Jessie's arms, her right arm tossed casually over Jessie's chest while feeling the muscles and the beat of his heart, which was still going a little faster then normal. Jessie was stroking Rama's long black hair in a quiet reflective way. She snuggled just a little closer giving a quiet contented sigh.
The peace was disturbed by the ringing of the phone on the bedside table. Jessie groaned in irritation shooting it a venomous glare, but Rama was all ready reaching for it. For a moment he considered trying to talk her out of it but he knew that would be next to impossible Rama had her duties to the clan, and it was the price he had to pay for loving and marrying the future leader anyways. 'Still if she can be taken away from me so much, even now, I'd hate to see what happens when she does become jonin.' He reflected.
While he could not hear anything by the caller, what he heard on this end was enough to assure him that Rama would not be getting any sleep tonight, or possibly very little.
Rama was scowling as she listened "All right I'll be there shortly." she responded and hung up the phone, "Sorry Jess I got to go." She apologized quickly to him, as she sat up and reached for her gear.
"What happened?" Jessie asked, "Are you going be home later?" He wondered.
Rama flashed him a grin, "I might be home sometime tomorrow if you are lucky. Aiden and Kali ran into trouble. Kali returned home with out Aiden, and no it wasn't the Foot this time but it seems things have gotten...well...the inevitable has happened Jessie, the authorities of New York have learned there are giant turtles, or at least one, in the city." Rama answered quickly.
Jessie quirked an eyebrow up "He was caught by the police?"
Rama nodded absently as she finished pulling on her gear, " At least it waited till we we're done. I love you." She assured him bending and giving him a quick kiss before ducking out of their bedroom, her long dark hair still flowing freely, she would braid it up later, Master Leonardo sounded quite anxious for him, at least.
Jessie lay in the bed wondering if it was worthwhile going back to sleep or possibly, just getting to work. He doubted sleep would come fast, not with the latest news filling his mind with possibilities and the trouble it could bring to the family he had become a part of. "Why did I have to go and marry a future Jonin?" he muttered his complaint to the silence of the bedroom, he heaved a heavy resigned sigh as he pushed the blankets back. 'Face it,' he mused to himself, 'You really didn't have much of a choice. You love her.'
Rama moved at fast speed through the familiar sewer tunnels, and pipes, easily making her way past the alarms and other family safeguards to her old home. She entered silently, not in a desire to avoid disturbing those who were sleeping, she knew from past experiences that a major portion of the family would already be awake and mobile, but because years of training had made such movement a part of her very nature.
As she stepped in Tyler came racing "Rama, Aiden not come home. You go get him?" the boy asked eagerly.
Rama scooped her little brother into his arm "Don't worry Ty we will get Aiden back. Just might have to wait a bit" She assured him, giving him a hug and kiss before setting him down.
She cut through the living room and down the hall towards the area of the dojo and Master Leonardo's office area. The office had once been Splinter's bedroom, it was a small room but well suited to the old Ninja master when he had been alive, the many books and scrolls still lined one wall, the smell of candles and incense were a part of the room with them being burned often, and those scents reminded Rama very much of the revered Master of the clan. There was a small area rug on the floor, and Master Leonardo's desk that had a framed photo of Karena, his wife and their children on one corner, and a larger framed photo of Splinter on the other. Behind him on the wall was a large framed picture of Splinter with smaller photos of his sons, and their families. There was almost always some papers of notes, or perhaps a scroll that Master Leonardo had been going through on the desk top, but by and large it was fairly clear and tidied.
Kali was sitting stiffly in one chair across from Leo, her head hung in silence, her blond hair hanging in her face. Leo was at the moment perched on the edge of the desk, glancing down at his daughter, he looked up toward Ramiela " Good now we can figure out what we are going to do." He announced on seeing her.
"We could get someone to do some reconnaissance for us," Ramiela suggested, "then I could pop in, pick the lock and pop back home like that" she snapped her fingers.
Leo glowered at her "Ramiela" he barked, then noted the mischievous look in her eyes. He gave a slow shake of his head and sighed, "Sometimes I wonder what the clan will come to when you become Jonin. You are so much like your father," he murmured realizing that she had meant it more as a joke, to lighten the mood, much as Mike had done for them in their teens. "But we can't have you teleporting in this. No." He declared, "the Police and others will only have more reason to then search the city and find us. If we bust him out we have to be ready to leave and be gone for some time. That is not something that can be done at an hours notice."
"I'm aware of that. I doubt they'd release Aiden on bail either, though he has no previous record." Rama confessed as she came over and sat down beside Kaliann, " We will get Aiden home though."
"The problem is once the city is aware then we...may never be safe here again, and finding a new place might not be easy." Leo spoke calmly.
"Yes, but there are places I'm sure that we could go to and make new homes if we have to. I mean worse comes to worse" Rama prodded, though even she hated to consider the thought. New York was home, her life everything was here. She didn't want to go into a strange place and start over again. She wanted to remain in her home. Then she blushed and ducked her head as she considered the fact that she had felt uncomfortable in California when she found herself in an alternate version of her world, and yet she had come to love the place. "We will manage it one way or another. It could be a whole new adventure," she said in a far more bold voice then before.
"That is the spirit" Leo agreed, "But I had something else in mind."
"Okay. What were you considering?" Rama wondered curiously.
Leo gave a faint smile, "How would you like to visit your ex-boyfriend Steven?"
Rama's jaw dropped in disbelief, she sat, probably for the first time in her life totally speechless of all things her Master could have said, this was the one thing she hadn't thought of at all.
TBC
