Angel: Hi guys! I've officially changed the order, but if Nick changes things around again, don't say I didn't warn you guys if the update date changes and there's nothing new there.
Also, I'm going to change it so that (spoiler) the object that Brit wants from Amy is a helmet. Which one, you ask? Well, if you think about it, you may already know. Anyway, that's what's going to happen and then it'll be a permanent order since the Al Be Back episode is after this one.
Sorry this is late, I was baking a cake with my aunt when I was almost done with this.
A lightbulb is flashing as something is going on in Amy's bakery. The lights flicker onto the windows as her tools sit on the counter.
"My inventions were meant to do good! Not evil!" Donnie exclaims as a large shadow looms over Chewbacon. His eyes widen and he squeals, running over to the loft door and pawing at it. Mikey's foot steps onto the floor.
"What have you done to my body? My perfect body!" Leo whines as Raph's hand touches the counter and knocks over the tablet. Turning around, the five finally reveal themselves...but now they're all stuck together like a ball, with glue all holding it together. Amy's head is in between all four turtles, with her hair in pigtails. Mikey's head is above Leo's, with Donnie's above Raph's. Raph and Leo each have one arm, while Donnie and Mikey each have one leg. They look like some kind of deformed monster. They fall onto the ground.
"Why did you do this, Raph?" Mikey demands as Leo is frowning.
"You know, even for you, this feels like a poorly thought through idea."
Leo and Amy gasp at themselves as they look at the window.
"Is this what it feels like to have a dad bod?" Leo asks in dismay.
"No, no, no, no, no...!" Amy cries out as she looks at the ground. "Raph, I am supposed to deliver that cake," She looks at the counter and they glance over to see a five-tier wedding cake, "To the bride and groom soon! When I said you could try out this invention of yours, I didn't mean to do this to me!"
"Calm down," Raph tells them as they stand up, Leo's hand over his face. "This is gonna be awesome! Being stuck together is gonna force us to work together, as a team!" Raph suggested that they turn into...this, for a team building exercise. He knew that they can manage well on their own, but think about how better they could be if they worked as a team. Teamwork prevails all. They struggle to keep their balance.
"This is a team-building exercise?" Leo asks in disbelief.
"Oh yeah, sure, because being glued together and looking like Frankenstein is gonna equal teamwork," Amy deadpans, "We'll go with that."
"How are we gonna get unglued?" Donnie questions in anger.
"Relax, I'm sure you have a formula to get us unstuck, Donnie," Raph waves it off.
"Actually, I do not have a formula. My FAB spray is still in beta," Donnie explains, frowning.
"FAB?" Leo wonders.
"F-A-B. Foam agent bonding. It's state of the art," While Donnie is explaining, Leo scoffs, turning around.
"Not this again. You see, Raph, usually when Donnie is in speech mode, I could just run away, but now," Leo laughs nervously. "I'm stuck."
"Well stuck or not, I am finishing this cake if it kills me," Amy glances at the cake on the counter. "So thanks to someone," Amy glances down at Raph before sighing. "You guys are gonna have to help me..."
They all cheer, but Amy looks dismayed. She prefers to do big jobs like this one on her own. Not that she didn't trust them, but...it was the turtles. Donnie would try to jazz it up with an invention, Mikey would be touching everything, Leo was more or less a lost cause since he's usually watching, not listening, and Raph would try to eat it.
"This is just the kind of teamwork warm-up we need!" Raph cheers, everyone glaring at him.
"Okay..." Amy sighs, looking down. "Donnie and Mikey, baby steps." Mikey only steps forward, making all of them trip. Leo holds onto the counter and Amy cringes before sighing in relief that the cake was okay. "I said Donnie AND Mikey. What happened?!"
"I thought we were gonna count to three or at least give me some kind of warning!" Donnie exclaims and Amy closes her eyes, shaking her head.
"Fine, if it makes you move faster. Come on, I have to get this done by tomorrow. Donnie and Mikey, move on 1, 2, 3!" They move slowly, due to all the weight, but they make it to behind the counter. Leo had to admire her dedication. Even when she can't use her arms or legs, she still wanted to get her work done.
"Okay, now what?" Raph looks up at Amy.
"Leo, since you're the closest, reach down and grab that jar," Amy nods her head at a jar on the ground. It's filled with little white chocolate spheres. "That's the decorations for the sashes," Amy tilts her head at the frosting on the cake. "Don't just dump them on there, you have to place them all one by one."
"Aw man, that'll take forever," Leo complains and Amy glares at him. "I mean, I'll do it since you're my lady!"
He grabs the jar, but since he can't open it with one hand, he holds it out to Raph. Raph stares at it, not knowing what to do. Amy frowns at the fact that he can't figure out how to open it. "Raph, lift your hand." He does it. "Now just put it on the lid." Raph's hand goes down on the counter. "No the lid." Then he touches the tools near him. "The lid." Raph smacks his hand on Amy's face. "Oh my god. The lid." While she's repeating those two words, Raph's hand flies all around and she says it rapidly.
"FREEZE!" Everyone else shouts and Raph pants as his hand is finally touching the jar.
"Unbelievable," Amy mutters that he can't open a simple jar per instruction.
"Dude, just open it," Mikey deadpans.
"I don't do this kind of work! I don't know what to do!" Raph exclaims at them in defense.
"Move your hand," Amy tells him and he moves it down. "No, up." He moves it down further. "Up means the other direction, fool!"
"Don't pressure me!" Raph yells and he moves it up.
"Okay, now move it up again." He's doing so slowly she wants to slap him. "Raph, it's literally right there."
He finally gets to the lid and opens it. "Oh thank goodness," Amy murmurs before her security alarm beeps.
"Donnie detection. Crime is in progress. Donnie detection."
"Yes! A mission! It's go time!" Raph pumps his fist, dropping the jar to Amy's dismay as it breaks.
"You installed a crime detector in my system?" Amy wonders, turning to Donnie.
"For precaution," Donnie grins knowingly, but they're on the ground and the four turtles try to move.
"Stop!" Raph exclaims. "We need to work as a team to get to Amy's system. Mikey, step."
Mikey slowly gets his leg up. "Donnie, step." Slowly, they all stand up. "There we go. At least I do it better," He glances at Amy and she rolls her eyes. "Teamwork!" They get to the system on the wall and a computer emerges to show that they need a password. Donnie gasps in horror, looking away.
"Amy, what's the password?" Raph wonders.
"...Um."
"You don't know it?!" Mikey exclaims in disbelief.
"I wrote it down, but I don't remember where I put that thing..." Amy murmurs and Leo looks down.
"I think I know." Chewbacon is using the paper as his bathroom. He looks up at them and slides the paper around.
"Freakin' gross," Amy deadpans and since they didn't wanna pick it up, Donnie was their last resort. Donnie is sweating. "Donnie, since you wrote it, tell us what it is."
"I am not telling you that. Just let me enter it," Donnie cringes, Raph and Leo looking up at him.
"How? You don't have any hands," Leo points out.
"Try I love my family," Mikey suggests and Amy snorts. Raph enters it, but it's incorrect. Donnie is sweating even more. "Try I love my brothers." Like last time, it's incorrect.
"Stop!" Donnie exclaims. "It's not that. It's...it's bootyshaker9000." Raph and Mikey are trying not to laugh as Amy and Leo smile. "Capital b and three ys." His brothers laugh and he glares at them. "What? You know I love to dance. Not gonna apologize for that."
"Hey, I'm all for it, Donnie. Maybe you could teach me some moves." Amy smirks slightly. "Bootyshaker." The four all laugh and he grunts, gritting his teeth.
"Not cool, Amy. Not cool!" Donnie exclaims.
"Hey, note to you, don't put that in my system as my own password," Amy tells him.
"I created it, so it makes sense!"
The computer then shows a museum. "Someone's breaking into the Museum of Art and Framing!" Raph exclaims as Mikey gasps.
"Ooo, art thieves!"
"Classeh~" Leo comments, but then he notices Amy's sad look. He glances at the broken jar and then realizes that she's sad because she won't get to finish it. "Um, don't cry, my lady," He says nervously, "You can just make more."
"But I had to order those and it took weeks...it'll take forever to get them back and the cake is due tomorrow." She sniffles and Raph cringes since he didn't mean to drop it.
"Um, um," Donnie stammers, "I know! I'll invent a machine that can make more."
"...Really?" Amy murmurs quietly.
"Of course! Anything for you!" Donnie tells her and Leo moves his arm so he can wipe Amy's eyes. She smiles and the turtles sigh in relief. Sometimes, her sadness turns into anger, and the last time that happened, the lair was trashed.
"Let's move!" They try to, but they all fall onto the ground. "To the Turtle Tank!" Raph points up in the air dramatically. They jump to the door to the vehicle outside the bakery, but the ball is too big for them to fit through. Amy finds her face squished between the turtles.
"Okay, this is too personal for me," Amy murmurs, but it wasn't like she could do anything about it. They try again, but get the same result.
"Everybody, suck in." They all take a breath, but they're simply too big to fit through, falling onto the ground. The door closes and they all think about how to get to the museum.
"Mellie, where's your bike?" Raph wonders and her eyes widen.
"No way! My bike can't support all that weight on one seat," Amy denies.
"It could if you press the right button," Donnie looks down at her. Amy looks around nervously before Donnie realizes something. "It's stuck in your pocket, isn't it?"
"Yeah..."
"Let's use the Shell Hogs!" Donnie suggests, with the others cheering yes.
"What's a Shell Hog?" The four ask in confusion and Donnie sighs.
"Did none of you read the tank's instruction manual I gave you?" He looks at them and they all look away, as they used their shredder to shred the manual.
"How does it handle so much paper?"
"It's on my to-do list," Raph fibs and Donnie sighs.
"Just push that button on the side." Raph reaches out and pushes it, with the Turtle Tank's wheels separating and turning into motorcycles.
"Awesome!" Amy, Leo, Raph, and Mikey cheer. They look in awe while Donnie is smirking at his work.
"Why are there only two?" Raph wonders.
"I'm afraid I have not gotten around to making the rest. Maybe they'll come out during the holiday season, so you know they're special," Donnie states.
"Donnie, these are amazing," Leo looks up at his brother, who's smiling softly. "And I know everything I say sounds sarcastic, but I'm being completely genuine...this time." He winks at Amy and she rolls her eyes. Sometimes he showed his genuine side to her also, but only when the two were alone.
"Let's ride," Raph declares and Donnie revs up the bike with his foot. The bike starts up...but then falls to the side.
Realizing that they can't ride it on their own, they instead use both bikes, one on each side. "We can make this work and stop those art thieves. We'll be the perfect team!"
"Wait, so if we have an arm," Leo glances at Raph, "And you two have a leg," He looks up at Donnie and Mikey. "Then what does pink-a-boo have?"
"Is that really important? We're still stuck either way," Amy looks down at him.
"I'm just curious!" Mikey looks around before he sees something.
"Hey, whose flat butt is that?" Amy's eyes widen in horror.
"Well, judging by the skirt, it's Amy's! Man, is that thing flat!" Donnie exclaims.
"Hey, my butt is not flat. You don't have to keep saying it," Amy growls up at them, but the turtles laugh anyway. Amy whips her head so that her pigtails smack them all across the face.
"Ow!"
They drive right past the museum, crashing. They roll away from the explosion and walk to the entrance, sneaking inside before they fall again. "Everyone, keep your eyes open," Raph warns them. "Let me know if you see anything suspicious."
They roll slowly before Leo and Mikey notice something. "I saw something move," They both say in unison. "Over on the left/right! No, this way!"
"Great plan, Raph. Now instead of being able to investigate two leads, we are stuck together!" Donnie exclaims and Raph shushes them.
"No, this is what teamwork is," He looks at his hand which has writing on it. "We put aside our individual goals to do what's best for the team."
"Why do you sound like you're reading?" Donnie wonders.
"Let's follow Mikey's lead first," Raph points to the right, with Donnie and Leo whining.
"Oh shut up, we don't have much a choice," Amy tells the two. Raph moves his arm so that they're crawling and then they're walking.
"Careful, don't break anything," Raph warns them and they slip, but Donnie's leg manages to stop them. They wobble over to a bust, before they bump into one from behind.
"Oh no."
"No, no, no, no, no!" Raph and Leo catch it, all of them sighing in relief. They place it back and remove their hands, turning around and bumping into it.
"Oh!"
"Aw!" They break all of the statues around them, Amy dropping her head with a groan. Her pigtails are resting between Raph and Leo. Leo glances at it as he can smell the strawberry shampoo, and turns his attention back to the mutant silverfish.
"Mutant silverfish? They're into art?"
They're not really doing much of anything besides eating cupcakes and a piece of chocolate cake. "What-HEY! That's from my store!" Amy exclaims in anger. "How'd they get their filthy hands on them?!"
"This should be easy. Turtle FAB, attack!" Raph declares, pointing at them, but a purple mist appears at the railing above them. It's Hypnopotamus again.
"Flawless entry. Now to-" He then notices the turtles and Amy. "Oh, what happened to you lot? Did some creepy doctor man chop you into tiny bits and-and then sew you back together?"
"What, no! It's team-building," Raph calls out.
"Ah yes, team-building," Hypno holds up a finger. "My former hippo assistant, Doug, and I used to love to team-build."
"I'm giving you one to get out of here before-" A purple portal emerges behind them. Foot Lieutenant and Foot Brute emerge from it, along with Brit Worley? He's in his mutant form and they all gasp in shock.
"Foot face guys? Little kid?" Mikey asks in confusion.
"It's those flame face foot foes, fellas! And lady," Donnie smiles sheepishly at Amy. "That little guy is a mutant?!" The trio all look shocked at the group and their situation.
"What happened to you guys? Did a doctor cut you up and-"
"No, we did not see a doctor!" Amy exclaims in annoyance.
"Is there a creepy doctor running around that we don't know about?" Raph asks as both assumed the same thing.
"Well, no, but you all look stupid," Brit chuckles at them, sharpening his claws. "You're gonna have to give up your store now, Amy!"
"I don't care if I'm stuck like this for eternity, the answer's no!" Amy exclaims at him.
Hypnopotamus laughs at them.
"Looks like you've got to choose between me or them. A classic Wellington's choice!" Hypno runs through the Exhibit of Occult Devices section.
"He's getting away into that exhibit on the occult!" Donnie exclaims, "Quick, follow him!" He steps forward.
"Hurry, let's get the device while these idiots are stuck together." Donnie glares at the insult.
"It's team-building!" Raph calls out after them.
"Why are we stuck together when there are literally four villains?" Mikey asks.
"Make that five!" They turn around to see Warren Stone.
"Oh no," Amy murmurs in annoyance. "This guy again?"
"Warren Stone, the biggest, baddest of them all is here to get in on the-"
"Hey guy," Leo interrupts his speech. "Can you give us a minute? We've got a lot on our plate here."
"We need to go after the flame heads!" Mikey exclaims.
"No, Hypno," Donnie tells him.
"No, stop me!" Warren shouts, but they don't listen.
"What about that little brat? We need to figure out what he's doing with those flame guys," Amy looks up.
"My lady has a point," Leo nods, grinning up at her. She rolls her eyes.
"Flame heads!" Mikey tries to go left.
"Hypno!" Donnie tries to go right.
"Flame heads!"
"Hypno!"
"Flame heads!"
"Hypno!"
"Flame heads!"
"Hypno!"
While they're arguing, Raph is getting more and more annoyed. This wasn't teamwork at all, more like the opposite. "Enough! We deal with the problem that's in front of us. Like the perfect...theam. Theam?" His handwriting got all smushed during the scuffle.
"Well that makes perfect sense. Okay theam, what are we gonna do?" Donnie says sarcastically.
"We roll!"
"Roll what?" Mikey asks skeptically.
"Us! Get on our side. It's bouldering time," Raph declares and Amy's eyes widen.
"Wait, but don't roll too fa-" They start rolling towards the silverfish and when they crash into them, the silverfish multiply. Raph pushes them forward and they crash into a pillar, this bounces them towards a horde of silverfish and Warren crashes onto the ground due to them hitting the surface he was standing on. He grins evilly at all the chaos before he notices the turtles and Amy rolling right towards him. He yells and gets squished, caught into their glue ball.
"Guys, I-" Mikey's face turns into a lighter green as he looks like he's about to puke. "I don't feel so good!"
"Stop!" Warren gets flattened by the ground and the silverfish move out of the way.
"Just missed it!"
"Please, no more," Amy begs as her eyes are swirling around, but they continue anyway, moving like a pinball in a pinball machine. They stop in the middle of the silverfish.
"Focus. We roll as a team."
"Yeah, sure...more rolling. That'll make me less nauseous," Amy murmurs, but Raph rolls them again way, crushing some silverfish.
"It's working!"
"We're doing it!"
"Keep rolling boys and Mellie!"
The four turtles smile while Amy is trying not to throw up. Raph and Leo use their arms to crawl forward. They roll and crush another silverfish.
"Nailed it!" Mikey exclaims as all of the defeated silverfish are now in a trashcan. Raph closes it shut and throws an unbroken statue on top of it. They push it away, wobbling before balancing themselves.
"Nice job, team! We saved the place!"
"Please never make me boulder again," Donnie murmurs.
"Ditto," Amy says, her voice trying not to break. They hear a boom and look up as Hypno is talking.
"Ha! Even Mount Marahoue would be envious of that explosion!"
"Hypno!" Raph realizes, pointing towards the exhibit entrance. "We gotta hurry!"
Hypno is trying to break through a sarcophagus with his razor-sharp rings. Green flames come from it. "With the power of the first witch, I'll be able to resurrect Doug, and then together we can-"
"Okay Hypno," He turns to see the turtles and Amy rolling into the room, standing up. "Time to send you back to...I mean, time to make you-"
"Wait, wait, wait, I got it," Leo interrupts, as he could come up with something. "Turn me." Donnie and Mikey turn around, making Leo face Hypno. "Hypno, time to send you back to-"
Amy then throws up, the substance dripping from her mouth. "Gross," Mikey murmurs as Donnie and Raph look away in disgust.
Hypno stares at her as she takes a deep breath. "Do you need a minute to warm up, or...?"
"My lady?" Leo asks, as this was kind of embarrassing. "My lady, are you okay?"
"Amy? Yo! Anyone there?" Mikey calls out as she shakes her head rapidly.
"I'm fine...continue," She looks at Hypno.
"Mesmer-Roooo!" He does his hypnotizing scream.
"He's gonna hypnotize me!" Leo exclaims, "Turn!" They turn around, but now Mikey is the target.
"Turn!"
"Turn!" Donnie exclaims when it's him.
"Turn me!" Warren calls out, as he's in between Donnie and Raph, now stuck himself. Raph is hypnotized and his eyes swirl around.
"Now that you're under my control, how bout you leave this place and-"
"We're not under your control," Leo interrupts.
"Yes master," Raph says.
"Oh brother," Donnie comments and Amy sighs, shaking her head. Thankfully they couldn't turn at an angle where she could be hypnotized.
"Donnie, Mikey, pink-a-boo, he can't hypnotize us, let's get 'im!" Leo declares and they all grin, Leo struggling to move. They run towards Hypno, whose eyes widen.
"Uh, that's a little too close, stop right there!" He calls out.
"Sorry, what? I can't hear you," Leo replies smugly and he uses all of his force that he has to move Raph's arm.
"Oh no, not again," Hypno comments and Raph's arm slaps him. He crashes into the wall, coughing as his silhouette is left on the wall. Raph snaps out of it.
"What happened?"
"We stopped him," Leo explains.
"Ah," Raph smiles, "Like the perfect team."
"No!" Leo and Amy exclaim. "No more terrible team-building ideas!"
"Please, no more! I don't wanna be stuck like this again!" Amy exclaims in horror.
A chest is dropped onto the ground and Foot Brute opens it. The trio shed tears of joy before the turtles and Amy roll into the room.
"One set of bad guys left," Raph points at them.
"Will this nightmare never end?" Leo asks as Amy hangs her head. She was getting tired of having no movement, especially since she has no control whatsoever.
"This is really gonna hurt ya," Foot Brute puts on the gauntlet, which looks to be like the same one that they stole from the department store. He points at it them and Raph cringes.
"That's not good," He whimpers slightly and a lightning bolt is shot at them from the hand. They crash into the wall...which breaks off the glue and sets them free!
"Yes!" Leo cheers, pumping his fists. "We're free!"
"That's not good," Foot Brute cringes at this. The turtles and Amy were less of a threat when they were stuck, but now they may actually stop them.
"You idiot!" Brit exclaims at him. "Look what you did!"
"I missed you, guys," Mikey hugs himself and Amy sighs in relief, stretching her arms. She looks down at her skirt.
"My butt is not flat, you jerks!" She clenches her fists as she pouts at them.
"Think of it this way, you have all the time of the world to get revenge," Leo puts an arm around her and she smirks.
"Oh, no one needs to be that close to their family," Donnie comments as Raph looks like he's about to cry. "No offense."
"You moron! Hit 'em again!" Foot Lieutenant orders and Foot Brute fires the electricity again. They all jump out of the way, hiding behind some displays.
"Oh no," Leo murmurs and Raph holds the pieces that held his team together.
"Raph! What are you doing?" Mikey asks as Raph gets hit by the electricity bolt. He crashes onto the ground, whimpering.
"Raph!" Donnie calls out as Leo and Amy glance at each other, nodding. Leo takes Amy's hands and lifts her up in the air so that he's holding her whole body above him. He throws her up into the air and she spins around, firing a powerful electricity spear at the trio.
"Raph, you okay, buddy?" Donnie asks as the two run over to help Raph.
"Yeah, man. I just really thought this would bring us together. The FAB was a stupid idea. Just do your guys' thing and split up," Raph pouts, his eyes watering.
"No, your plan worked," Leo glances at Donnie. "We're a better team now." He gives his brother a pleading look to just go with it. Amy looks down at Raph.
"Right, um...I was just complaining because I wanted the cake to be a success! And we defeated all of those bad guys," Amy bites her lip so that she looks truthful.
"Yeah," Donnie nods, "What if we...didn't split up?"
"What if we got the FAB five back together?" Mikey smiles widely. Raph sits up as he smiles fondly.
"Sure, but how?" They don't have the invention that got them stuck, and the pieces were broken. Warren sits up.
"Finally, I'm free!"
"Let's use this rope," Leo grabs Warren. Together, they grab all the pieces and use Warren to keep them all together.
"I am not a belt!" Warren yells, but they ignore him.
"Let's do this," Raph declares and they all jump into the air.
"I'm the greatest foe you'll ever face!"
Donnie's foot kicks Foot Brute in the face, Raph punching him. They knock him to the ground and he looks up to see the six rolling towards him. "Cowabunga!" They bump into him and he goes flying behind Foot Lieutenant. He makes four Origami soldiers appear, Raph narrowing his eyes at them. "Let's shred, boys...and girl." They roll into a ball again.
"This is my nightmare!" Warren shouts as they defeat the soldiers. Foot Lieutenant gives a look of shock before trying to run, but ultimately gets squished. He goes soaring towards his partner, but he's opened the portal.
"Move out of the waaaaay!" He knocks into Foot Brute, taking them through the portal. The five slip out of the statue they crashed through and see Brit trying to get away. Raph grabs him and holds him up into the air.
"No, wait, what are you do-" Leo grabs his underwear and stretches. "Aw, no! My expensive undies!" He squeals in pain and they use the underwear as a slingshot, making him fly through the portal and it closes. The glue pieces break apart, setting them free once more.
"FAB mode is awesome!" Mikey cheers and Raph stands up.
"Now we are..." He looks down at his hand. "The perfect team."
"Yeah!" they all cheer, high threeing each other.
"Go team theam." They walk away, leaving Warren Stone by himself.
"Finally, I'm free!" He fixes his hair and sees the gauntlet that the Foot Clan had left behind. His eyes shine as he looks at it. "This will work nicely." He grabs it and puts on it, causing his arm to grow bigger. He laughs and a bird lands behind him, pecking him on the head. "Ow! Get-Get away, bird!" The bird opens its mouth, planning to eat him, but Warren instantly uses the gauntlet, which blasts the bird away. He laughs at the power he suddenly has before the gauntlet hits him in the face, knocking him unconscious.
Leo and Amy glare at each other, staring at each other intensely in the eyes.
"Don't do this, my lady. You have no idea what you're dealing with."
Amy cracks her hand as her eyes narrow further. "Sorry, Leo, but you..."
She raises her hand as she drops...a car onto a space. "Got bankrupt!"
"Noooooo!" Leo shouts in agony as he drops his knees to the ground. Amy smirks as she puts something back into her mouth. Chewbacon gives her all of the money that Leo had just lost. The two are playing Monopoly together in the bakery, with Chewbacon as the banker. "Man, every time! But I have your cake pops, so it's a win-win." He bites into the soft lollipop, the same one that Amy was eating.
"Thanks again for helping me out with the cake," Amy smiles brightly, glancing at the cake. It shines in its finished glory. The turtles had already left.
"Of course, we're your friends," Leo tells her as he sits in his chair. Amy smiles at him. Growing up, she didn't have friends since she had to stop attending school to work. If she didn't, the bakery would go out of business and then who would pay for her mother's bills?
Leo looks down at all the places on the Monopoly board, playing around with one of her hotels. "If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?"
"Hm?" Amy looks at him, glancing at all the properties. "I would go to...Coney Island."
Leo raises a brow, chuckling slightly. "You do know where we're living, right? It doesn't take long to go to Coney Island from here."
"I have a reason," Amy flares up her nose. "Well...it was one of the few places that I had fond memories of my family...my whole family," She glances at a photo. Leo looks at it as Amy is holding her baby sister at the hospital. Her mother, father, and brother all look happy together...
"We would ride everything while Dad would get sick," Amy hums slightly at the memory. "And then we would go to Nathan's, the hot dog place, and I would get that mango lemonade," Her face turns into a bright smile. "And then we'd play the games and I won a prize sometimes..."
"...What was your favorite one?" Leo wonders.
"The Jamaican Banana," She giggles, closing her eyes. "So I would go to Coney Island...but with my mother's illness and me working, I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon..."
Leo's eyes soften at her. "...Does she think you're...you know, like your family?"
Amy lets out a sigh. "Yeah, she thinks I'm dead like everyone else. She got her illness in the hospital after the accident. I was a few years younger at the time, so my father had to explain that my siblings were gone," She bites her lip. "It's been years and she still thinks that I'm dead..."
Leo looks away, feeling guilty. "Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you."
"No, it's okay."
He turns to the brunette, seeing a smile on her face. It looks genuine, she doesn't look sad or angry. "My mother might think I'm dead, but...she's still the last of my family that I have left. My other relatives cut off ties with us since she doesn't remember them. At least...at least I'm not alone."
Leo slowly smiles. "You're right...you're not alone. You have us, too. Including Leon," Leo gestures to himself and she snorts.
"Come on, wonder turtle. Let's see if you can beat me at something else," She stands up and starts cleaning the table. Leo stares at her as he can see a small smile on her face. Chewbacon steps down from his spot and walks across the room. He grabs her hand and pulls her towards him. She gasps sharply at his strength and he looks at her.
"Leo...?" She murmurs as he's close enough to kiss her. He sighs as he walks past her. She reaches out to her lips, blushing. What just happened...? Was he about to...
She places a hand on her cheek as a look of longing is on her face. Amy turns around to see that he's already gone downstairs. Amy wanted to deny it for the past few days, but...she's come to terms with it. She likes him...she likes that adorable, cocky idiot of a turtle. She gives a look of dismay, but walks upstairs anyway.
If only he had the courage to tell her how he felt...well, at least, for real.
