Angel: Amy's not being bad-ass, she's just more private than the other incarnations. That's not being bad-ass XD I'm not trying to start anything with other characters that are like that, whoever they are. If I want her to be different like everything else is in this show, let her be different. Yeah, she's not gonna be all sweet and stubborn (okay, maybe not stubborn XD) like her previous incarnations, but she's still got some of her sweetness there somewhere...

I'll update this episode when Donnie's Gifts is released Monday.

In the lair, Splinter is watching TV like usual, with the projector displaying the show. He's smiling in joy as he's watching one of his favorite shows, 'Teriyaki Shakedown.' On the show, a car drives by an empty shop.

"Where's our free grub, noodle man?" One of the fine dressed men demands. Raph stands in front of the TV, imitating the noodle shop owner. "Okay, ha. How 'bout some hot soup?" He grabs Donnie and Mikey, throwing them over like the character does. They land in bowls of noodles, their faces covered in them. Splinter slurps up one of the noodles on his face.

"Everyone's a critic." Splinter pauses the show as Donnie and Mikey lift their heads.

"Man, Teriyaki Shakedown always gets me so..." Donnie inhales, "Jazzed!"

"Yeah, Lou Jitsu's the business!" Raph agrees, Splinter throwing the TV remote into his face. Mikey and Donnie give a look of confusion at his behavior.

"Then why do you insult the master with your poor technique?" Splinter demands, jumping up into the air and flipping the other two to the ground. "Do not worry. Someday you will be great ninjas with a little practice...is something I would say if I were a liar," He thinks to himself, stroking his beard.

"That's nice of you to say, Pop, but I'm tired of practicing," Mikey states.

"Yeah! We can be heroes like Lou Jitsu!" Raph declares, thinking about taking down bad guys like the cartoon character. Splinter just laughs, walking away.

"Nice try." While he didn't doubt their skills, he didn't think they could be heroes just yet. It would take a while.

A long while.

"We got the squillz, we got the tight color-coordinated team look," Mikey starts.

"Let's do it!" Raph bumps fists with his brother. "Let's go out and bust some bad guys."

Donnie stands up, rubbing his temple. "Yeah. I just feel like, you know, we need a case to get the juices flowing a little bit. You know, let's see what the internet has to say about it, shall we?" Donnie searches up recent cases on his tablet. Leo appears behind the chair, sagging down it.

"Yo Leo, we're gonna be heroes!" Mikey cheers, but Leo seems to be preoccupied with his phone.

"Okay, what's the plan? Solve the city's rat problem?" Leo asks, only to be hit in the face with Splinter's tail.

"I am standing right here," He points to the ground as Leo rubs his head.

"Pfft. No way. Wait...are you trying to call Amy?" Raph teases, Mikey and Donnie making kissy noises.

"No! What, no!" Leo scoffs, "Why, is it obvious?"

"Dude, she doesn't like you," Donnie states the elephant in the room as Leo presses in the numbers.

"She does, we just...got off on the wrong start. My lady will learn to like me," Leo hears the phone ring, waiting.

Amy is busy answering phones inside a building. A hat covers part of her head. Her hair is in a low ponytail with her bangs out and a few loose strands. The ponytail is tied with a big pink bow. She wears light pink boots with strawberry ribbons, a pink strawberry shortcake ribbon on her hat to match the stripes of her sleeve cuffs, and a pink knotted bow on her chest. She wears a pink sleeved dress that stops at her knees decorated with cupcakes under a white apron, which is tied with a pink bow and has a pocket in the front. "Smith's Sweets, please hold. Smith's Sweets, please hold. Smith's Sweets-"

"Heeey!" Leo exclaims as soon as she answers, the others shaking their heads. "So, pink-a-boo, what you doing?"

"Painting the world black, what do you think I'm doing? I'm working! What the heck are you doing on the bakery's line?" Amy looks annoyed as she rests her elbow on the counter. (A/N: See what I did there about Amy still having her 'sweetness?' Eh? Eh? ...Let me stop)

"I'd visit, but then when you see me...you wouldn't be able to resist me," Leo says smoothly. "And besides, you didn't give me your number."

"Doubtful. What am I doing, an interview? Hang up the phone, I have customers on the line!" She starts to get angry. He knew she couldn't hang up because someone else was on hold, and the phone was broken. So therefore if she hangs up once, she's hanging up on the customers.

"Actually yeah, maybe we are doing an interview. So pink-a-boo, tell me what you're baking today, got anything ready for me?" Leo shines his shell with his hand.

"What are you talking about, get off the phone, you idiot!"

"No, first you tell me about that pastry over dinner, say maybe 8 tonight?" He asks smugly.

"Oh you're so dead!" She narrows her eyes. She wouldn't tell anyone about her new creation and she wasn't going to tell him anything. Especially since his pick-up lines were so dumb. Not that she was falling for them. She wasn't...what perplexes her is why she's so fast to deny it.

"Is that the title of your debut?" He wonders, the turtles snickering at Amy's frustration. She growls, clenching her fist.

"Yeah, I've been working on something and it's really great. Now hang up!" She says quickly, writing down her recent orders for the morning.

"No, that's not good enough. We want details," Leo snickers at the others, who back away from him. One thing they learned about Amy, they did NOT need to make her mad.

"I'm gonna slit your markings off in your sleep!" Amy threatens before she takes a deep breath. "Well, uh, when you're working by yourself in a popular bakery, uh, you just gotta keep up, you know? I mean, I'm doing this all by myself, and I can't reveal anything since that would spoil the new item. You gotta, uh, manage your time without stressing yourself out because you know, that's just a game you're not gonna win."

"What would it be like if I took you out tonight?" Leo closes his eyes with a smug smile. "You know, since you're all alone without me. Do you need someone? Are you lonely tonight?"

"You're just a mutant who thinks he's gonna get lucky!" Amy exclaims in slight anger. "So no, I don't need anyone!"

"That doesn't sound like an interview answer. Say something nice about me and I'll hang up."

"I..." Amy squeezes her eyes shut as she pinches her nose. "Envy your...rad skills and charms..." She pinches her nose, as it took her SO much effort to say that.

Leo laughs at the strained compliment. "Thank you. Hey listen, can you hang with me tonight on the rooftops? Meet me there in a few hours."

"What?" Amy asks in confusion as he's still on the phone.

"Great, see you there!"

"But I never said ye-"

Leo hangs up with a grin, turning to the others. They just stare at him in disbelief. "She's totally into me."

While they believed he could be good friends with her, they were a little skeptical about her returning his feelings for her...or supposed feelings, anyway.

"Right...we're crime fighters!" Raph changes the subject.

"Okay, check this out," Donnie shows the article he pulled from a website. "The Spine Breaking Bandit!"

Raph chuckles at the thought. "Yeah. Go big or go home!"

"Yeah," Leo pushes Mikey away. "Go home on a stretcher. I can't let my pink-a-boo see me like that! What else you got?"

"Uh," Donnie swipes right, "Okay, here's something: The Long Island Mangler!"

"Okay Donnie," Leo places his hands on the tablet. "I appreciate you giving your best effort, but maybe we should save mangling and spine breaking for, I don't know, our second day?" They just stare at him and Donnie swipes again.

"Alright, well, this one's kind of lame: someone stole paper from a delivery truck," Donnie explains, finding the whole thing ridiculous. Why would someone need paper? Leo snatches the tablet.

"Not on my watch! That's exactly the kind of junior level mischief we can put an end to!" Leo says, as to him, it was perfect. And, if his princess heard about it, maybe she would see him differently. He didn't know what it was about her. It wasn't her looks, it was her attitude. He liked her refusing his advances because it's the first girl he knew that would do that. He liked the challenge of pursuing her. She was...interesting.

"Really? That'll make us heroes?" Raph asks skeptically. "But it's only paper."

Leo laughs, glancing at his brothers. "It's only paper. Donnie, what did he just say? Did he say it's only paper?"

"Yup."

"Did he say it's only paper?" Leo repeats.

"Yes he did," Donnie replies sharply, wanting his brother to get to the point.

"Okay! That's what they all say. You think the road to hero town is paved with real crime? No!" He points to them, suddenly feeling inspired. "It's paved with the tears of the poor paper man. And who helps that guy? I'll tell you who. We...are who."

"Yes!" The others cheer and they immediately take off into the night. They go rooftop jumping (or flying if you count Donnie). They peek over the edge of a building, Donnie putting on his googles as he scans the area.

"What kind of weirdo steals paper?" Raph wonders.

"A dreamer!" Mikey exclaims, "You look at a blank sheet and see nothing. They see possibilities-" Raph elbows him in the plastron, making him shush.

"There's only one store they haven't hit yet, and it is right over there. Oh, convenient," Donnie sees the store.

"How 'bout we go stealth and make 'em wish they stole toliet paper?" Raph suggests, making them laugh. They jump down the building as two beings with red foot symbols on their faces are stealing bundles of paper. Fire sprouts on their heads. Up above, Raph stops first, using his hands and feet to keep himself steady. Leo and Donnie are right above him. Mikey lands on him, making him fall and causing a crash. The two thieves look over and as soon as they see the turtles, they leap away, taking off into a run.

"You two go left. Mikey, go right," Raph orders, pointing in both directions. Donnie and Leo run left while Mikey jumps off Raph's shoulder. "I'll take the roof and swoop down like a boss!" He was hoping to trap them so they could catch them as he climbs the building right next to him. Leo and Donnie chase after the leaner, shorter one as he flips a trash can to try and distract them.

Mikey is dashing after the larger one and throws his weapon, which wraps around a fire extinguisher. He spins around, crashing right into Leo and Donnie.

"Where are they?"

"That is you, right?"

"Swoopin' like a boss!" Raph yells as he jumps off the rooftop, falling towards the pile.

"No, no, no!" Leo tries to warn him, but he crashes right into them. "Ow!"

The thieves get away in their van with a screech from the tires, leaving them embarrassed. "Uh, quick question: Did we seriously just get schooled by paper thieves?" Donnie asks in disbelief.

"I don't swoop like a boss. I swoop like a noob," Raph sags at his failed attempt to catch 'em.

"Man, this seemed like a really cool idea until we didn't succeed at it," Mikey laments, Leo standing up and moving his hand like he was breaking a record.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Where'd my brothers go?" He points the hilt of his sword at Mikey. "Mikey, where's your...legendary optimism?"

Mikey groans at him, not wanting to hear another speech. Leo turns to his older brother.

"Raph, where's your...you know, your go-getter attitude?" Leo shakes him slightly. He moves over to Donnie. "And Donnie, where's your...your thing, your emotionless passion?"

"Here," Donnie says quietly.

Leo stares at him for a few seconds before he sheathes his sword. "We can still catch these lame old paper crooks and be heroes!" He places his hands on his hips, looking on bravely before Donnie speaks up.

"Yeah, that's gonna be hard. This was the last paper store in town," He crosses his arms and Leo thinks to himself, smirking.

"Or was it?"

"Yeah, I-I literally just said that," Donnie stammers as Leo knows of one last place where there's paper.


They stand in front of Smith's Sweets, where Amy is making packages for her orders behind her counter. They're orders for tomorrow. The boxes she's putting the pastries in are medium-sized and pink, with the ribbons being white. The entrance has pink walls, with strawberries slightly outset from the walls, outlined in black. The windows are tinted white with the words in black cursive. Six of the windows (in pairs) have a chocolate brown design, each depicting a chocolate cake, a cupcake, and a creampuff as the logo. In the center of these two pairs is a bay window, outlined in blue. Above each arch is a small circular clear window. The double doors are similarly styled to the outside walls, with the same black window, black lettering, and black outline. Above the windows and doors is a black overlap with ridges, white lettering, and a black background. "Amy's bakery? That's not a paper store, bro. That's heavenly goodness for the people on this world," Mikey points out.

"No, but she uses paper for her flyers," Leo gestures to the window, where there are colorful flyers describing various items. "So if the thieves are gonna steal paper from her, we can catch 'em!"

"But she's working," Donnie points to the girl as she tries a big white bow onto the top and puts it on the floor. "And quite hard, if I might add."

"Well, she said she's all alone, right? What if we're not here and she gets robbed anyway?" Leo argues, the others shaking his head.

"Well, it's our best shot," Raph shrugs, walking inside and seeing the high ceilings. To the right is a collection of glass display cabinets, showing wedding cakes, macarons, birthday cakes, and more. On top of the displays are baskets of baked bread, ready to sell. The floors are ornately styled, with repeated designs of roses and donuts. The walls are wallpaper of peonies near the entrance and chocolate chips farther back. To the left are tables that have a vase of flowers on each one. Leo notices that the flowers are pink stargazer lilies and that there are more of those rather than the other flowers they've seen. He notes that those could be her favorite flowers if there was so much of them in one place. A little farther down is the counter with the register, which has a display case in front of the register full of pastries. Little hangings of pastries hang from the ceiling in gold, and there is an oven behind the counter. Near the end of the counter to Amy's right is a door, which holds supplies such as flour or tools. Behind her is the menu, which takes up the top half of the wall. The items are written in chalk, as it's a chalkboard. On the counter are pamphlets about catering and right next to it is a tablet, where it displays the brunette with various masterpieces on a slideshow at events, like weddings or birthdays. At the entrance, there are two built-in couches on both sides. Amy doesn't turn around as she hears the bell ding.

"We're closed, come back tomorrow," She calls out over her shoulder.

"Aww," Her eyes widen as she turns around to see them. "So you are all alone. That's so sad!" Mikey hugs her and she struggles.

"No, no, what are you doing? What is this, it's weird," She panics slightly, looking down at him.

"Aww," The other turtles hug her and she pats their backs awkwardly, as she doesn't get...hugs, is that what they call it? She slowly pushes them away.

"Don't...do that," She warns before turning off the tablet. "And why are you here? I'm preparing for tomorrow."

"It's a long story," Raph explains, shrugging.

"Uh, not really. We're going after paper thieves and thought our pink-a-boo needed some security," Leo pumps his biceps and she pushes them away from her eyesight. "By the way, you look adorable. Is that outfit just for me?" He takes a selfie with her and she pushes him off her.

"Paper thieves?" She snorts as she shakes her head. "Well, they're not getting any paper from me. I need these to promote my bakery and I am NOT letting them rob me!"

"...Your bakery?" Mikey tilts his head at her in confusion.

"Yes. Why?" She raises an eyebrow at them skeptically.

"You mentioned on the phone that you were all alone doing all this work by yourself. Don't you have, I don't know, a pastry chef, or employees to run the place?" Leo waves his hand around.

"After some...unforeseen circumstances, I had to take over. My mother...is too sick to run it. The employees were fed up after a few months and they all quit. I've been running it since then. This place...it's been in my family for 3 generations," She bends down behind the counter as she ties up the packages with a pink bow and the logo stamped on.

"Does she have a really long cold or a peg leg or-"

"No!" Amy exclaims in disbelief. "That makes no sense! She's just...really sick." She sighs as she leans against the counter. "So how does this work? Is this a stake-out or something?"

"Well, I guess we just wait for something to happen," Raph shrugs as Mikey peeks inside one of the packages.

"Don't touch those," Amy calls out before she turns around. "What the-where'd all my papers go?!"

"Huh?!" They turn to the storage room to see all of the paper gone. They run out into the alley to see the van getting away.

"Oh, seriously?" Donnie asks in disbelief.

"Ugh," Amy clenches her fists. "Unbelievable!"

"Okay, maybe we need a different approach," Leo suggests as they stare down the road.


The five stand with lots of tape, scissors, a ruler, a paintbrush, and strangely, a large piece of salami. Donnie pulls out the tape and Mikey hooks up the lights. Leo and Amy cut up salami, with Raph holding the salami for Leo. Amy just throws some into the air and cuts it into circles. They stack them up together to make them into columns. Mikey puts on a for sale sign on one and does the same to a stand that only said paper on it. Raph and Leo put up an entrance made up of cardboard that reads 'Leo's Paper Hut', high threeing each other. They've put the entrance in front of an alley. Mikey clasps his hands as he looks at it.

"It's...beautiful."

Donnie places the sign outside, sneaking back inside. "Do you really think that this is going to hook the thieves?" He wonders, jerking a thumb at the paper.

"They will if they're that stupid according to wonder turtle's dumb plan," Amy glances at Leo as she's typing up salami. She's back in her regular clothes. Raph is standing on the other side, touching the salami paper.

"I'll take that as a compliment, my lady," Leo says, unfazed by what she said.

"The only paper we have is made from salami which is round. Paper is not round," Donnie points out.

"Yes, it'll work," Leo sighs at Donnie's doubt before turning to the leader. "Raph, stop eating the plan!"

Raph stops with a grunt, but is still chewing the salami. "Why couldn't Amy just bake some square cakes, that would've worked," Donnie argues.

"Because I don't have enough flour," Amy glances at him. "And I need double yolk eggs, or else they would taste like sawdust."

April walks up to 'Leo's Paper Hut,' holding a newspaper that has several jobs listed. She takes a deep breath. "Okay." She opens the door, waving. "Hi, I'm here for the job interview-aw, no." Mikey waves to her. "Man! I thought it was weird to have a job interview at midnight." Her glasses are on the top of her head, like Amy's sunglasses as she approaches Mikey.

"Ah, Miss...O'Neil," Mikey is wearing goofy glasses with a nose and mustache behind a makeshift counter. A vehicle approaches the 'store.' "Customers!" Mikey gasps, hiding behind the counter. April shields herself from the light, having no idea of what's going on. The others hide and Mikey suddenly appears behind her.

"April, you're hired! Just follow the sales script and remember the customer is always right unless they're a psychotic paper thief!" He hands her flash cards.

"Uh, okay," April answers in confusion.

"We'll be in the back," Mikey hides underneath a box with the others that reads Security.

"It's too crowded in here," Amy tries to move.

"Couldn't we just have a bigger box?" Leo wonders, Amy turning to him.

"We can't stay in this box together forever," Amy reminds him and Leo wiggles his eyebrows, giving her a flirty grin. Amy gives a shocked sound before facepalming, the others shaking their heads.

"Welcome to Leo's Paper Hut," April recites. "Can I interest you in-" One of them grabs her and then it's muffling.

"What is mmmm-mm? She's supposed to say...paper!" Mikey looks at his script and Raph breaks the box open.

"Get outta the way!" He looks around to see no April along with the paper. The store has been torn apart, leaving nothing.

"April!" Donnie looks up to see April tied up.

"The salami paper! It's gone!" Mikey exclaims as all of the salami paper were it once was has disappeared.

Leo runs up to the entrance to see the van getting away. "No way!" He kicks the sign in frustration, the entrance falling down. April falls to the ground.

"Ow."

"This was supposed to be easy!" Leo laments, "How do we keep losing these clowns?"

Mikey and Raph look dismayed as Donnie puts a hand on his shell. "Leo, do you really think I would have let you make salami paper without putting a tracer in it?" Donnie presses a button from his wrist and the tracker beeps...in Raph's stomach.

"Please tell me that wasn't the only one," Amy closes her eyes while the others stare at Raph.

"It's okay, I put two," Donnie activates the other one.

"Oh thank god, someone in this team has sense," Amy drags a hand down her face.


The paper in the back starts to beep from the van, which drives all the way out to the docks. The turtles and Amy are already there, watching them as Leo has binoculars.

"Okay guys, this is our moment. They may have given us the slip before-"

"Twice before!" Mikey reminds them to Leo's annoyance.

"Thank you, Mikey. Twice before, but now we've got them cornered and there's nothing that can stop us." They're loading the paper onto a boat. They sneak inside, Raph rolling inside and crashing at the wall. Leo backflips inside and Raph rolls roughly onto the ground, making the others snicker. They see an entrance in front of them that has a purple glow. They peek inside to see all of the paper stacked up, along with the two thieves. Leo jumps down first and the others follow. "Okay, twerp and-" They turn around, revealing their faces. "Surprisingly big man. It's five against two, so what say we just call it a day, right?"

"Whoa! They've got footprints on their faces!" Mikey exclaims, pointing to them.

"Uh, are those flames on their heads?" Raph wonders.

"Feels like a real hazard for a paper thief," Donnie murmurs with a small smile.

"You! I'm gonna grind your bones with my fists," The taller one punches his hands together.

"Ooh, that's inspired," The leaner one says in amazement before turning back to the group. "We're both gonna grind your bones."

"Oh yeah? Well, we have our friend who's got some sweet powers!" Mikey gestures to Amy, who looks nervous.

"I would beg to differ, I don't know...how to really control them," She rubs the back of her neck, feeling awkward.

"Of course you don't," Donnie sighs to himself.

"Right," Raph disregards the conversation between the three. "Listen, bubs. Before we put our footprints on your faces, we gotta ask: What's with all the paper?"

The leaner and smaller one simply holds up a piece of paper, folding it into an origami man. They look utterly confused as Mikey exclaims, "Yay, arts and crafts!" The paper is thrown before it turns into an actual origami soldier.

"Whoa!" The five exclaim, moving out of the way of his path as he's coming right at them. Raph is punched to the wall, which leaves a big hole, and Donnie gives a nervous look at his strength.

"Uh, hey, maybe we should fight now and register our amazement later?" He suggests, Leo doing just that as he charges into battle. Amy looks at him, slightly impressed by his inspiration. When he hits the soldier, he disintegrates into tiny little pieces of paper, to his confusion. One of them lands on Raph and they register the fact of what they're being touched with. They give sounds of disgust, waving around and trying to get it off.

"Wait a minute," They examine it further. "It's just confetti," Leo confirms to Amy's relief.

"Huh. Oh yeah."

"Paper viscera."

More origami soldiers are made, running towards them. Raph dashes into action, jumping up and getting rid of one. He grabs a pole and swings, kicking into another one. Two more chase after him, but Mikey gets rid of one, standing on the catwalk. He had swung his weapon at it. A soldier grabs his weapon string and pulls it, causing Mikey to fall off. He lands on the ground as two soldiers are running up to him. He throws his weapon into the air, latching it onto a pipe. He swings around, getting rid of them. Leo swings back and forth on the catwalk, jumping and landing on a pile of paper. Amy is surrounded by two soldiers and her weapon turns into two laser guns. She fires at them rapidly, laughing in delight, though it slightly scared the others.

"We're getting nowhere fighting these guys," Leo calls out. "We gotta take out the source." He leaps towards the larger one, blocking weapons with him. He lands a few feet away and their weapons clash before Leo's is out of his hands. "Okay," He chuckles, "You think you're pretty good, huh?"

"Indeed," He replies and Leo goes in for the kick before the larger one grabs his leg and kicks him into the pile of newspapers.

"You are good," Leo groans.

"Leo!" Amy exclaims, running up to the foot-faced men. She slides underneath them and electricity flows through her feet, shocking them slightly. Amy kneels in front of Leo, unaware of what she did.

A tornado of paper surrounds the two, which flies over to the other turtles. Raph destroys a soldier before he notices the danger. "What?"

All of the paper transforms into a giant monster. They all give a look of shock and confusion. The monster is reaching his arm towards Amy and she gasps as she turns around. Leo lifts up his head before gasping. Amy was in danger, he had to do something to save his lady! He picks up Amy in his arms and throws her out of the way in one swift motion before he gets grabbed in its grasp. It starts to squish him in its hand as Amy slides to a stop on the ground.

"Leo!" Raph exclaims and Amy lifts her head, not knowing what to think.

"No!" She shouts in worry as she sees Leo's predicament.

He...saved me...

Leo looks down at Amy, silently glad that she's safe. True, he might get squished, but as long as he's around, she wasn't going to be in any danger.

"Donnie, Amy, it's pinata time!" Raph declares and Amy pulls out her weapon. Donnie's turns into a hammer and the others follow them, planning on getting Leo free. The monster tries to punch them, but they're fast enough to dodge it. Amy slides slightly to avoid another one, electricity flowing through her legs.

"What is going on?" She mutters, looking down at herself. Mikey, Amy, and Donnie reach Leo after two more punches as he looks like he's about to be sick. The monster lifts its arms, the three dangling from its grip. It grabs them too, holding Amy with Leo. Raph looks at them, not knowing what to do as he's by himself now.

"Huh?" He looks at the slender man, who controls the monster. He punches his hands, making the monster slam the four against each other. Raph suddenly grows determined to rescue his brothers and friend.

"Hero town," He starts running. "Population, me!" He goes faster and yells, his body glowing red as he smashes into the two men. With his magic weapon, he punches the taller soldier, thrusts two glowing magic arms, and throws them into the wall. A manifestation of his body is around his silhouette. The two soldiers crash into the wall near the paper. Raph chuckles in amazement at what he just did, looking up at the monster. He screams before the monster goes down, dropping the four. When it falls, it bursts into pieces, blowing out of the ship's doors and windows. Well, most of it, anyway. The five surface from all the paper, Leo looking in confusion as the two thieves emerge from the pile. The bigger one is struggling to make another origami creature and Leo looks around, pointing up.

"Mikey, the sprinklers!"

"I'm on it!"

"Wait," Amy stops Mikey and closes her eyes, thrusting her arms. A wave of electricity fries all of the paper, crumbling it into bits and dousing the flames of the two soldiers.

"Whoa," The turtles say in awe.

"You may have shredded our plans for now. But next time, you will feel the fury of 1,000 feet!" The bigger man threatens.

"Ooh, you're on fire today!" His partner compliments, grabbing a salami paper and making a creature out of it.

"Ew! That's nightmare fuel, man," Mikey says in disgust as the creature's body parts are sagging. It disintegrates right in front of them, to their disgust or shock.

"Okay, salami origami doesn't work," Donnie deduces.

"Huh. Your stupid plan worked out after all, wonder turtle," Amy places a hand on Leo's shoulder. He turns to her and smiles smugly.

"Told ya, my pink-a-boo."

Amy rolls her eyes, but finds herself seeing him a little bit differently now...only a little. They both look down at Amy's hand and she removes it swiftly, looking away awkwardly.

Raph looks up and points. "Hey, look," He points to where the two once were. "They vanished."

"Then what are we looking at?" Donnie wonders and Raph looks at the salami again. Leo gives a sound of realization, knowing what he was gonna do.

"Oh. What is that? Don't do it."

"What?" Amy asks in confusion before he grabs one.

"No. No." Donnie protests.

"Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it."

"No! Raph, no!" Donnie warns as Raph dives his hand into it, a little bit of drool coming down his mouth.

"Oh my god," Amy covers her eyes, but still peeks. "Raph, if you do it."

"No!"

"Oh!" Leo exclaims, looking away.

"Look at me. No!" Donnie demands, but he takes a bite anyway to their disgust. Leo covers his mouth as he gags, trying not to throw up. "No!"

"Ugh! Gross!" Mikey yells.

"My god, how am I friends with you?" Amy rubs her temples, shaking her head.

"What? Five second rule!" Raph protests.

"So, does this count as a win?" Mikey wonders, wanting to change the subject.

"Oh I don't know," Leo crosses his arms smugly. "Let's think about it. Did the bad guys get their big supply of paper? Uh, no. Did they build their army of soldiers," He starts to laugh, Amy shaking her head. "No, no they didn't. Are they otherwise thwarted, and we unscathed?"

The others cheer to his question.

"Hero mission accomplished, my friends!" He announces, the boys tackling each other. Amy gets caught in the crossfire.

"No, no, no, stop!" She protests. "Cut it out!"


Amy is walking back to her apartment, the turtles escorting. "Oh wait," Leo glances at her smugly. "I forgot something else. My lady here referred to us as her friends!"

"Nooo," She waves it off. "I wouldn't consider you friends. More like...companions."

"Notice how that's another word for friend~" Mikey sings, Amy grunting.

"Whatever," She huffs as she continues walking.

"Come on, admit it. You did worry about me," Leo places an arm around her.

"That meant nothing, I can't worry about a friend's safety-cripes," She deadpans the last word, Leo laughing in triumph.

"There ya go," Donnie pats her back. "Now if only we could get you to make us free cakes."

"That would be awesome!" Raph cheers, pumping a fist.

"Aw yes! New best friend and free stuff!" Mikey says in excitement, placing an arm around her shoulder.

"Yeah..." Amy murmurs to herself as they're starting to be engulfed in shadow. "Friends." And this time, she meant it.

That didn't mean she was gonna bake free stuff, though.