The jumping on a semi-truck idea probobly came from one the 2003 TMNT video games where on scene involves battling the Foot Ninjas on a convoy of moving trucks and also in the pilot for the 2001 CGI TMTN series not never got greenlit one of the scenes show Raph and Casey battling Foot Ninja on a moving truck so this seems to be a recurring idea in TMNT, come to think of it it may go all the way back to the Palladium RPG 'Truckin' Turtles' a game that was widely panned for being childish and stupid compared to the earlier RPG books
Don and Arctica made their was through the forest towards where the roads were, finally they came across a long and winding contry road with a tree nearby providing an large overhanging branch they could utalize to jump onto a truck from above...
As they slowly made their way up the tree, Don helping Arctica climb by showing her where to put her feet, Arctica, thinking about what they were about to attempt to do began to tremble.,,She imagined herself flying off the truck to become street pizza.
"You sure I can do this?" The Wolf-Girl asked trembling as they made their way onto the overhanging branch.
Don felt pangs of sympathy for the Girl who for most of her life had lived a very ordinary life, until the Wrangler Invasion free of danger and while she did seem to be a reasonably good athlete judging by how she was a good dancer but she was right she had never done anything as dangerous as this before...
"Arctica..." Don said taking her furry hand "...I know how scary this is to you, but I want you to listen to me...You're not an ordinary girl...By that I mean...You're not a human girl...You're a Wolf, a Natural Athlete...I know for most of your life you've lived like an ordinary human not able to really put your natural animal abilities to the test but we have things that most ordinary humans don't they have to train rigorously to attain, where to us, it comes almost effortlessly, I want you to reach deep down into those genetic memories I know you have of the life of a natural wolf and try to spread that energy throughout your body to allieviate your fear...Can you do that? I think I hear a truck coming."
Arctica took a deep breath and tried to imagine herself as an ordinary Arctic Wolf running across the frozen tundra with her pack, she felt a warming feeling spread throughout her veins...
"OK..." Don said taking her hand "...When I count to three we both jump at the same time...1...2...3!"
And with that they both dropped down from the branch onto a semi-truck that was hauling...Baking soda of all things...
Upon landing Arctica's legs trembled and she fell, but Don still had tight hold her her hand.
"I've got you!" He said "I've got you...Nothing's going to happen to you while you're with me..."
So this ended up being quite the short little chapter but one that does show quite a bit of character development..
