"It's official!" Mikey shouted, "None of us are teens anymore!"
Raph groaned. He turned and looked at the clock near his and Mikey's bunk bed (which blared 4:00 am in red numbers), buried his head in his pillow, and groaned again. "Why do you have to announce your birthday so early in the morning?"
Mikey had not let any of them forget that his 20th B-Day was approaching and now it was here!
"Man Mike," Leo said, yawning and walking into their room, "Ya think you shouted loud enough!? I don't think New Jersey heard ya!"
"No matter how old we get," Donny said, joining them, "Mikey will still act like a 5-year-old."
Donny smiled as Leo laughed, Raph groaned and buried his head again, and Mikey pouted.
"Come on Mike!" Donny said, putting an arm around his brother's shoulders, "I got a surprise for ya! Me and Leo have been working all night on it!"
Mikey instantly cheered up. Whatever Donny and Leo coulda made for him, he knew it was gonna be good!
"Close your eyes," Donny smiled. He and Leo led the happy Mikey out of his room while Raph tried to get back to sleep. Failing, he decided to follow his brothers.
"Okay..." Leo started as they stopped, "Open!"
Mikey opened his eyes to see...
"Yeah!!!! My very own room!!!!" Mikey ran happily around the part of the abandoned subway that had been so trashed when they found it that they usually just stayed clear. But now, thanks to Leo and Don, it was clean and had all of Mikey's stuff already in it, including a new bed!
"Finally!" Raph shouted.
"Yeah, we figured he was driving you crazy Raph," Donny said to him in a low voice so Mikey couldn't hear. Not that he would of anyway.
"How did you guys get alla' that junk outta' here?" Raph asked.
"Very carefully," Leo said, smiling and pointing to some small cuts and bruises on his arms and legs that he had received while trying to move things.
"Don't worry, I already cleaned them out," Donny said, showing off his own, "We don't need a tetanus shot or anything like that."
"Alright!!" Mikey said, bounding up to them, "Now we all have our own rooms."
"Yeah," Leo said, smiling, but sadness was showing in his eyes as he remembered just exactly whose room he had.
"Hey," Raph said, yawning, "Who's makin' breakfast? I'm starvin'!"
"I am!" Mikey said.
"But it's your birthday!" Donny said.
"So," Mikey shrugged, "The only thing you can make is a fire, and Leo and Raph are even worse. I'm making breakfast! No arguments!!!"
"Okay," they all moaned. Then they smiled. Mikey always made great breakfasts.
*********
"I think I'm lost," a 5-year-old whispered to herself. She pulled her long jacket closer around her and shivered. The sewers were colder then she thought they would be. It was making her sleepy.
She had been running for hours, as it seemed to her. And now she was lost. The tunnels of the sewers were like a giant maze, and they all looked the same to her. 'No wonder they chose to live down here,' she thought.
She rounded another corner and stopped near a mark in the wall. "I've been here before!" she cried, looking at the mark she had made. Then she leaned against the wall and sank to her bottom. She looked about ready to cry.
Then she froze, not daring to even take a breath. Eyes wide, she looked around. She was sure she had heard something!
'What was that noise?!' April thought, scared. She looked around the sewer tunnel. She was heading to the lair for Mikey's birthday and then heard a muffled sound. The first thought that popped into her brain was that it was the Foot, but then she reassured herself that the Foot, and Shredder, had been gone for years. Then she wondered if it was the guys but it didn't sound like any of them. What it could be?
Taking a deep breath, she carefully headed towards the soft sounds and they suddenly stopped. 'Whoever was making the noise must have heard me,' April thought, 'I hope it's friendly, whatever it is.'
"Hello?" she said, and her words echoed throughout the tunnels, "Who's there?"
~
The child pulled her knees up to her in a weak attempt to hide herself. There was nowhere she could run or hide from the shadowy figure that was walking through the tunnel. She squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the worst.
"What are you doing down here?" a concerned, female voice asked.
Surprised, the girl's eyes popped open. She looked over her knees a little, so that just her eyes shone between her knees and her hat. "I'm lost," she whispered.
"Oh, poor thing," the woman said. As she stepped into the small amount of light that was in the tunnel, the girl could see that she was a pretty lady. She had curly, red-ish brown hair and a kind face. She was also kind of pudgy around the middle, but the 5-year-old could tell that it wasn't from fatness. It was because she was pregnant. She knew she could trust this woman. "Are you alright?" the woman asked.
"I'm cold," the girl answered truthfully.
"Well that's understandable." The woman smiled. "It is cold in the sewers."
The girl examined the woman closely. She looked familiar for some reason. Then she figured out who she had to be. "Are you April O'Neil from TV?"
"Well, yes I am," April said, "Who are you?" She examined this girl closely. She had on a long black coat and matching hat, her face hardly visible except for her dark eyes and something purple that seemed to surround them.
"Angel, Angel Perry," the girl answered.
"Well Angel, how did you get down here anyway?" April asked, holding out her hand for Angel to take.
Angel looked at her hand but continued to sit. "I'm looking for someone."
"Is someone else lost down here?" April asked, looking around. How many children could get lost and end up in the sewers?
"No," Angel answered, "No, they live down here."
April froze. This little girl couldn't mean her friends! Could she? Then she saw the little one shiver violently and remembered how cold it was. "Here let me help you up," she said, holding out her hand again.
Angel looked at her hand again. 'Should I take it?' she thought, 'Daddy told me to be weary of people because not all of them are nice. But this is April O'Neil, and Daddy even told me a story about her!' Decided, she reached out her hand and took April's.
April pulled Angel up to her feet and felt that her hand was freezing. She looked down at the hand she was holding to see if it was turning blue, but instead, it was.....green!?
Raph groaned. He turned and looked at the clock near his and Mikey's bunk bed (which blared 4:00 am in red numbers), buried his head in his pillow, and groaned again. "Why do you have to announce your birthday so early in the morning?"
Mikey had not let any of them forget that his 20th B-Day was approaching and now it was here!
"Man Mike," Leo said, yawning and walking into their room, "Ya think you shouted loud enough!? I don't think New Jersey heard ya!"
"No matter how old we get," Donny said, joining them, "Mikey will still act like a 5-year-old."
Donny smiled as Leo laughed, Raph groaned and buried his head again, and Mikey pouted.
"Come on Mike!" Donny said, putting an arm around his brother's shoulders, "I got a surprise for ya! Me and Leo have been working all night on it!"
Mikey instantly cheered up. Whatever Donny and Leo coulda made for him, he knew it was gonna be good!
"Close your eyes," Donny smiled. He and Leo led the happy Mikey out of his room while Raph tried to get back to sleep. Failing, he decided to follow his brothers.
"Okay..." Leo started as they stopped, "Open!"
Mikey opened his eyes to see...
"Yeah!!!! My very own room!!!!" Mikey ran happily around the part of the abandoned subway that had been so trashed when they found it that they usually just stayed clear. But now, thanks to Leo and Don, it was clean and had all of Mikey's stuff already in it, including a new bed!
"Finally!" Raph shouted.
"Yeah, we figured he was driving you crazy Raph," Donny said to him in a low voice so Mikey couldn't hear. Not that he would of anyway.
"How did you guys get alla' that junk outta' here?" Raph asked.
"Very carefully," Leo said, smiling and pointing to some small cuts and bruises on his arms and legs that he had received while trying to move things.
"Don't worry, I already cleaned them out," Donny said, showing off his own, "We don't need a tetanus shot or anything like that."
"Alright!!" Mikey said, bounding up to them, "Now we all have our own rooms."
"Yeah," Leo said, smiling, but sadness was showing in his eyes as he remembered just exactly whose room he had.
"Hey," Raph said, yawning, "Who's makin' breakfast? I'm starvin'!"
"I am!" Mikey said.
"But it's your birthday!" Donny said.
"So," Mikey shrugged, "The only thing you can make is a fire, and Leo and Raph are even worse. I'm making breakfast! No arguments!!!"
"Okay," they all moaned. Then they smiled. Mikey always made great breakfasts.
*********
"I think I'm lost," a 5-year-old whispered to herself. She pulled her long jacket closer around her and shivered. The sewers were colder then she thought they would be. It was making her sleepy.
She had been running for hours, as it seemed to her. And now she was lost. The tunnels of the sewers were like a giant maze, and they all looked the same to her. 'No wonder they chose to live down here,' she thought.
She rounded another corner and stopped near a mark in the wall. "I've been here before!" she cried, looking at the mark she had made. Then she leaned against the wall and sank to her bottom. She looked about ready to cry.
Then she froze, not daring to even take a breath. Eyes wide, she looked around. She was sure she had heard something!
'What was that noise?!' April thought, scared. She looked around the sewer tunnel. She was heading to the lair for Mikey's birthday and then heard a muffled sound. The first thought that popped into her brain was that it was the Foot, but then she reassured herself that the Foot, and Shredder, had been gone for years. Then she wondered if it was the guys but it didn't sound like any of them. What it could be?
Taking a deep breath, she carefully headed towards the soft sounds and they suddenly stopped. 'Whoever was making the noise must have heard me,' April thought, 'I hope it's friendly, whatever it is.'
"Hello?" she said, and her words echoed throughout the tunnels, "Who's there?"
~
The child pulled her knees up to her in a weak attempt to hide herself. There was nowhere she could run or hide from the shadowy figure that was walking through the tunnel. She squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the worst.
"What are you doing down here?" a concerned, female voice asked.
Surprised, the girl's eyes popped open. She looked over her knees a little, so that just her eyes shone between her knees and her hat. "I'm lost," she whispered.
"Oh, poor thing," the woman said. As she stepped into the small amount of light that was in the tunnel, the girl could see that she was a pretty lady. She had curly, red-ish brown hair and a kind face. She was also kind of pudgy around the middle, but the 5-year-old could tell that it wasn't from fatness. It was because she was pregnant. She knew she could trust this woman. "Are you alright?" the woman asked.
"I'm cold," the girl answered truthfully.
"Well that's understandable." The woman smiled. "It is cold in the sewers."
The girl examined the woman closely. She looked familiar for some reason. Then she figured out who she had to be. "Are you April O'Neil from TV?"
"Well, yes I am," April said, "Who are you?" She examined this girl closely. She had on a long black coat and matching hat, her face hardly visible except for her dark eyes and something purple that seemed to surround them.
"Angel, Angel Perry," the girl answered.
"Well Angel, how did you get down here anyway?" April asked, holding out her hand for Angel to take.
Angel looked at her hand but continued to sit. "I'm looking for someone."
"Is someone else lost down here?" April asked, looking around. How many children could get lost and end up in the sewers?
"No," Angel answered, "No, they live down here."
April froze. This little girl couldn't mean her friends! Could she? Then she saw the little one shiver violently and remembered how cold it was. "Here let me help you up," she said, holding out her hand again.
Angel looked at her hand again. 'Should I take it?' she thought, 'Daddy told me to be weary of people because not all of them are nice. But this is April O'Neil, and Daddy even told me a story about her!' Decided, she reached out her hand and took April's.
April pulled Angel up to her feet and felt that her hand was freezing. She looked down at the hand she was holding to see if it was turning blue, but instead, it was.....green!?
