Disclaimer: I do not own the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's. I only own Jen,
Tony, Dante, Demetra, Ruby, Willow, Lily and their Uncle Yuki.
Chapter 3
Mikey snickered at the look on Raph's face. "Havin' fun Raph?"
Ruby prodded the orange banded turtle with her boot. "You have no room to talk Mikey. You have a lap full too."
They all laughed as a light blush spread across the turtles face. Lily giggled before wrapping her arms around his neck and laying her head on his shoulder. "You make a good pillow Mikey-kun," she said yawning. Despite the sugar she had eaten Lily was quite obviously tired and content to sleep on Mikey for the duration of their visit.
Dante smiled at Lily's obvious acceptance of the turtle. She only called her family and closest friends by the endearment she had tacked onto the end of Mikey's name. He watched as the other two turtles ribbed their brother briefly before going on to other things. Mikey sat as still as possible and held the young girl gently as she slept.
~*~
"Wow this is a cool lab."
"Thanks Willow. Here's the program I was telling you about," he said as he picked up a CD in a battered slip cover.
"So this is a design program?"
"Yeah," he said as he sat down in his chair and started loading the program. Willow leaned against the back and peered over his shoulder as he went through the program. At one point she leaned forward over his shoulder to point out something on the screen. Donnies breath caught briefly as her breasts pressed against his carapace and shoulder. When she leaned back her warm breath tickled his skin.
"Wow that texturing option is great."
"Yeah it is," he said as he turned towards her. "Um can I ask you something?"
She smiled softly at him showing small dimples. "Sure."
"Do you think I could have a closer look at your tattoo? I would really like to see the detail you designed into it."
She smiled broadly, "Sure. Where do you want me to uh sit?"
"Here use this chair."
"Thanks," she said as she turned the chair backwards and straddled it. She folded her arms and leaned against the back as Donnie knelt to inspect her tattoo. It was truly a masterpiece. He could see individual leaves and texture in the bark of the tree. The runes were very well done and from what he could tell they actually said something.
"What do the runes say?" he asked curiously.
She looked back at him and smiled. "Write them down and look them up. Don't worry I tell everyone that. If you can't figure it out I'll tell you, but you have to at least try." She grinned impishly at him causing him to blush slightly.
"Oh okay. Well would you give me a hint?"
She turned to look at him better. "Donnie it's not very hard. Just give it a try. Now why don't you show me some more of your lab?"
He smiled and did as she asked. They spent a very happy couple of hours going over the things in his lab. Her tinkling laughter filled the room as he told her about some of his mishaps and some of the things his brothers had done either on accident or on purpose. They were interrupted by a knock on the door. It turned out to be Dante. They were going. Lily was still asleep and most of them had to work in the morning.
"I'll be back in a couple of days to take those stitches out okay Leo."
"Okay Demetra."
They disappeared up the ladder leaving the turtles with many thoughts.
~*~
"Do you think we should tell them?"
"Tell them what Ruby?"
"You know what I'm talking about Demetra."
Demetra sighed as she plopped down on the couch. They had just gotten back from the turtles lair. Dante had taken Lily and tucked her in bed as soon as they had come up the fire escape. Willow was already typing away at her computer leaving Ruby and Demetra in the living area of the large room.
She did know what Ruby was talking about and she didn't really like the subject, but it did have to be addressed. She sighed again, "I know. Let me ask you this. Do you think we should tell them?"
Ruby looked away as she leaned against the wall in front of Demetra. "I think they deserve to know. We know their secret and it's fair that they know ours."
"That's a good idea in theory Rubes but ours is a bit more complicated and can get them in a lot more trouble," Dante said thoughtfully as he came over and sat beside his twin. Willow could be heard typing away across the room.
Ruby looked back at the two with a sigh, "Yeah I know." She growled and then punched the wall leaving a small dent. "God I hate this. I hate having to hide who we are. Can't we at least tell them what we are? I mean not our family shit but, ya know, what we can do."
"If we do tell them we're gonna have to pick the right time. We can't just go 'Hey guess what guys we're not all human either'." Dante pointed out as Ruby plopped into a chair with her legs thrown over the arm.
"Yeah I guess so."
"Come on Rubes cheer up. Hey when do you go into work tomorrow?" Demetra asked.
"Noon. Jakes got some chick comin' in pretty early to get a tat done and it's gonna take both of us to get what she wants done in a decent amount of time. Mark and Taylor will have the front until Jess comes in. Speaking of which I need to go to bed. Night you guys." Ruby got up and padded silently to her room. Dante and Demetra watched as her door was shut with some force. It wasn't quite a slam, but it showed she was irritated.
In her room she quickly stripped for bed leaving a trail of clothes from her door to her bed. She ended in only her thong. She never wore anything else to bed even in the winter. With a sigh she sank into her midnight satin sheets. The same color was splashed throughout her room along with a deep red. She had a small balcony with deep red curtains that were currently thrown wide. The bay window was open a little to let in the breeze.
Ruby fell asleep to the sounds of the city at night. These same sounds never failed to lull her to sleep. Back home on the ranch she had become used to the almost total silence and the voices of the various animals that lived around them. From cattle and horses to crickets and birds. Now that she was in the city she found that she liked the night sounds here a little better.
Later that night a tiny scraping sound on her small balcony woke her up. Most humans could not have caught the tiny sound, but she did. Silently she slipped from her covers and grabbed her sai's She hid in the shadows of her curtains as the stealthy shadow slipped inside. It was small and gaunt and wrapped in black. There was a small slit of white around the eyes. She smiled grimly. So a local faction was after them.
Before the figure could move further into the room she sprang forward and forced them down. She pressed her knee into the middle of his back as he hit with a gentle thud. Her hands swiftly captured his own and forced them under her knee to pin them. The tip of her Sai found it's way to his throat.
"Who are you?" she ground out. She smiled. She could feel his heart speed up and his breath quicken. The smell of fear started to permeate him. She inhaled deeply. She loved to smell fear in people such as this. When he didn't answer she pressed harder and was rewarded by a quiet grunt. "I said who are you?"
"One of the foot."
"Oh and what do you people want with me and my family. I daresay I'm not the only target."
"We were sent to give you a warning about your friends."
"And," she pressed when he stopped.
"Stop seeing them. They are ours. Keep seeing them and you'll become our targets as well."
"Hmph. You idiots have no clue do you." She grabbed some high tension cord from beside her window where she has set her bungee equipment after the last time she had used it. She trussed him with his feet and arms up behind his back in a quite uncomfortable position. She stuffed a rag in his mouth before moving to slip on a long shirt. She padded silently out the door dragging the man behind her.
In the living room she found the other's. Each had a man or woman tied up in various ways. Lily was happily lounging on a man she had tied with his hands behind his back and his feet at the ankles. She straddled his back with her arms crossed over her knees. Dante's was female and she was tied hand in foot in the front. Willow's and Demetra's were tied back to back with their legs crossed beneath them.
"You get the same story?" Ruby asked as she jerked the man forward so he slid violently into the woman. She grunted and fell over onto Dante's bare foot. He snorted and pushed her away. He wore only his sleeping pants. The other girls all wore a long shirt like Ruby.
"Yeah so what do we do with them?" Willow asked.
"We should probably give this guy a warning," Dante said grimly.
Demetra sighed then nodded, "Yeah. I'll get the location of their headquarters from them." She knelt down beside the two men tied up together and placed her fingers on their temples. She closed her eyes as her fingertips glowed. They could see her eyes move rapidly behind her lids. When she opened them they were slitted and golden. She shook her head and they cleared back to blue. The men looked at her with wide eyes.
She stood back up from where she knelt. "Alright let's go. I got all the info we need."
Dante nodded.
Across town a couple of hours later. A single man roared his fury. A woman, one of his best, knelt before him. She was beaten and bloody, but alive. The other's he had sent had not been so lucky. Four male corpses each with their throats slit were laid out behind her. Not a single mark, but the ones on their throats, was on them.
He snatched the paper she held out of her hand. On it was a single character. The kanji for Tiger on a field of white. He crumpled the paper and threw it away before turning on his heel and stalking off. They would pay for their transgression. The woman on the floor knew what he would do and she knew he would not succeed. The people they had been sent to warn were not normal.
A/N: Sorry about the long wait. Work and other such mundane things have been getting in the way of my writing. That and the ever annoying writers block. Hope you like the new chappie. Read and Review. Ja ne.
Chapter 3
Mikey snickered at the look on Raph's face. "Havin' fun Raph?"
Ruby prodded the orange banded turtle with her boot. "You have no room to talk Mikey. You have a lap full too."
They all laughed as a light blush spread across the turtles face. Lily giggled before wrapping her arms around his neck and laying her head on his shoulder. "You make a good pillow Mikey-kun," she said yawning. Despite the sugar she had eaten Lily was quite obviously tired and content to sleep on Mikey for the duration of their visit.
Dante smiled at Lily's obvious acceptance of the turtle. She only called her family and closest friends by the endearment she had tacked onto the end of Mikey's name. He watched as the other two turtles ribbed their brother briefly before going on to other things. Mikey sat as still as possible and held the young girl gently as she slept.
~*~
"Wow this is a cool lab."
"Thanks Willow. Here's the program I was telling you about," he said as he picked up a CD in a battered slip cover.
"So this is a design program?"
"Yeah," he said as he sat down in his chair and started loading the program. Willow leaned against the back and peered over his shoulder as he went through the program. At one point she leaned forward over his shoulder to point out something on the screen. Donnies breath caught briefly as her breasts pressed against his carapace and shoulder. When she leaned back her warm breath tickled his skin.
"Wow that texturing option is great."
"Yeah it is," he said as he turned towards her. "Um can I ask you something?"
She smiled softly at him showing small dimples. "Sure."
"Do you think I could have a closer look at your tattoo? I would really like to see the detail you designed into it."
She smiled broadly, "Sure. Where do you want me to uh sit?"
"Here use this chair."
"Thanks," she said as she turned the chair backwards and straddled it. She folded her arms and leaned against the back as Donnie knelt to inspect her tattoo. It was truly a masterpiece. He could see individual leaves and texture in the bark of the tree. The runes were very well done and from what he could tell they actually said something.
"What do the runes say?" he asked curiously.
She looked back at him and smiled. "Write them down and look them up. Don't worry I tell everyone that. If you can't figure it out I'll tell you, but you have to at least try." She grinned impishly at him causing him to blush slightly.
"Oh okay. Well would you give me a hint?"
She turned to look at him better. "Donnie it's not very hard. Just give it a try. Now why don't you show me some more of your lab?"
He smiled and did as she asked. They spent a very happy couple of hours going over the things in his lab. Her tinkling laughter filled the room as he told her about some of his mishaps and some of the things his brothers had done either on accident or on purpose. They were interrupted by a knock on the door. It turned out to be Dante. They were going. Lily was still asleep and most of them had to work in the morning.
"I'll be back in a couple of days to take those stitches out okay Leo."
"Okay Demetra."
They disappeared up the ladder leaving the turtles with many thoughts.
~*~
"Do you think we should tell them?"
"Tell them what Ruby?"
"You know what I'm talking about Demetra."
Demetra sighed as she plopped down on the couch. They had just gotten back from the turtles lair. Dante had taken Lily and tucked her in bed as soon as they had come up the fire escape. Willow was already typing away at her computer leaving Ruby and Demetra in the living area of the large room.
She did know what Ruby was talking about and she didn't really like the subject, but it did have to be addressed. She sighed again, "I know. Let me ask you this. Do you think we should tell them?"
Ruby looked away as she leaned against the wall in front of Demetra. "I think they deserve to know. We know their secret and it's fair that they know ours."
"That's a good idea in theory Rubes but ours is a bit more complicated and can get them in a lot more trouble," Dante said thoughtfully as he came over and sat beside his twin. Willow could be heard typing away across the room.
Ruby looked back at the two with a sigh, "Yeah I know." She growled and then punched the wall leaving a small dent. "God I hate this. I hate having to hide who we are. Can't we at least tell them what we are? I mean not our family shit but, ya know, what we can do."
"If we do tell them we're gonna have to pick the right time. We can't just go 'Hey guess what guys we're not all human either'." Dante pointed out as Ruby plopped into a chair with her legs thrown over the arm.
"Yeah I guess so."
"Come on Rubes cheer up. Hey when do you go into work tomorrow?" Demetra asked.
"Noon. Jakes got some chick comin' in pretty early to get a tat done and it's gonna take both of us to get what she wants done in a decent amount of time. Mark and Taylor will have the front until Jess comes in. Speaking of which I need to go to bed. Night you guys." Ruby got up and padded silently to her room. Dante and Demetra watched as her door was shut with some force. It wasn't quite a slam, but it showed she was irritated.
In her room she quickly stripped for bed leaving a trail of clothes from her door to her bed. She ended in only her thong. She never wore anything else to bed even in the winter. With a sigh she sank into her midnight satin sheets. The same color was splashed throughout her room along with a deep red. She had a small balcony with deep red curtains that were currently thrown wide. The bay window was open a little to let in the breeze.
Ruby fell asleep to the sounds of the city at night. These same sounds never failed to lull her to sleep. Back home on the ranch she had become used to the almost total silence and the voices of the various animals that lived around them. From cattle and horses to crickets and birds. Now that she was in the city she found that she liked the night sounds here a little better.
Later that night a tiny scraping sound on her small balcony woke her up. Most humans could not have caught the tiny sound, but she did. Silently she slipped from her covers and grabbed her sai's She hid in the shadows of her curtains as the stealthy shadow slipped inside. It was small and gaunt and wrapped in black. There was a small slit of white around the eyes. She smiled grimly. So a local faction was after them.
Before the figure could move further into the room she sprang forward and forced them down. She pressed her knee into the middle of his back as he hit with a gentle thud. Her hands swiftly captured his own and forced them under her knee to pin them. The tip of her Sai found it's way to his throat.
"Who are you?" she ground out. She smiled. She could feel his heart speed up and his breath quicken. The smell of fear started to permeate him. She inhaled deeply. She loved to smell fear in people such as this. When he didn't answer she pressed harder and was rewarded by a quiet grunt. "I said who are you?"
"One of the foot."
"Oh and what do you people want with me and my family. I daresay I'm not the only target."
"We were sent to give you a warning about your friends."
"And," she pressed when he stopped.
"Stop seeing them. They are ours. Keep seeing them and you'll become our targets as well."
"Hmph. You idiots have no clue do you." She grabbed some high tension cord from beside her window where she has set her bungee equipment after the last time she had used it. She trussed him with his feet and arms up behind his back in a quite uncomfortable position. She stuffed a rag in his mouth before moving to slip on a long shirt. She padded silently out the door dragging the man behind her.
In the living room she found the other's. Each had a man or woman tied up in various ways. Lily was happily lounging on a man she had tied with his hands behind his back and his feet at the ankles. She straddled his back with her arms crossed over her knees. Dante's was female and she was tied hand in foot in the front. Willow's and Demetra's were tied back to back with their legs crossed beneath them.
"You get the same story?" Ruby asked as she jerked the man forward so he slid violently into the woman. She grunted and fell over onto Dante's bare foot. He snorted and pushed her away. He wore only his sleeping pants. The other girls all wore a long shirt like Ruby.
"Yeah so what do we do with them?" Willow asked.
"We should probably give this guy a warning," Dante said grimly.
Demetra sighed then nodded, "Yeah. I'll get the location of their headquarters from them." She knelt down beside the two men tied up together and placed her fingers on their temples. She closed her eyes as her fingertips glowed. They could see her eyes move rapidly behind her lids. When she opened them they were slitted and golden. She shook her head and they cleared back to blue. The men looked at her with wide eyes.
She stood back up from where she knelt. "Alright let's go. I got all the info we need."
Dante nodded.
Across town a couple of hours later. A single man roared his fury. A woman, one of his best, knelt before him. She was beaten and bloody, but alive. The other's he had sent had not been so lucky. Four male corpses each with their throats slit were laid out behind her. Not a single mark, but the ones on their throats, was on them.
He snatched the paper she held out of her hand. On it was a single character. The kanji for Tiger on a field of white. He crumpled the paper and threw it away before turning on his heel and stalking off. They would pay for their transgression. The woman on the floor knew what he would do and she knew he would not succeed. The people they had been sent to warn were not normal.
A/N: Sorry about the long wait. Work and other such mundane things have been getting in the way of my writing. That and the ever annoying writers block. Hope you like the new chappie. Read and Review. Ja ne.
