Angel: So apparently, the wiki says that there's only 46 episodes now for season 1 instead of 52. Insane in the Mama Train and End Game have the episode numbers 25 and 26 respectively. I don't know if that means we'll get two half-hour specials or what, but that's the plan now I guess. *shakes head* Now I have to either have to scrap storyline/ideas or try to use 'em, stuff that I had for 6 episodes! Some of them might be squeezed into the next few chapters, I don't know yet, because they're really good ones too *pouts*

Just what is Nick doing to this show...

And yes, I will upload the first season 2 episodes whenever this season is finished! We've got two more episodes before the last two, anyway, so it's not like people have to wait that long. I know it aired before the other episodes, but I don't care. Just wait till this season is over.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Amy stands up as she hears the news. Leo is kneeling as he looks up at her.

"Mikey saw us on the fire escape. He decided to visit you, and...he saw us kissing," He murmurs quietly. Amy grunts, pacing around at the new situation. One of them knows. Mikey knows about them. She wasn't even planning on having them find out right now, much less a blabbermouth like the youngest turtle! However, for the sake of keeping her sanity, she wasn't going to freak out on him. Leo already looks guilty enough.

"...What did you tell him?"

"I told him that we're just...experimenting."

"God Leo, why'd you say it like we're having sex?" She sits down, dragging a hand down her face. "Is he gonna tell?"

"No," Leo shakes his head. "He'll stay quiet as long as I taste test his food for a month and that you give him your double chocolate chip cookie recipe."

She sighs in relief, placing a hand to her heart. She's sort of relieved, but it still didn't change the fact that someone knew about their secret romantic escapades. Was it coming to an end? She's not ready to tell their friends yet, but now they had to be extra careful with Mikey in on it.

"...Is this...over now?" Leo seems to have the same fear.

"Do you want it to be?"

"No."

"...I don't either," Amy whispers to him. "But we need to make sure that we're absolutely alone before we do anything in the future. I never expected this to happen, but...when we first started this, I just felt...I felt..."

"Like a different person?" Leo asks with a smile. She chuckles at how much he knew her, nodding.

"Yeah. I've never known anyone like you...who gets me. I just...love having that," She smiles softly at him.

"And I love doing that for you," He hugs her. "Sorry I wasn't careful."

"Don't be...it'll take more than that to make me mad," She hugs him back. "I'm just glad it's just him and not all of them. But don't tell anyone else or you'll regret it."

"Yes ma'am," He kisses her forehead.


Donnie is pushing Mikey, who holds up posters. "Oh yeah!" He puts up posters with a turtle that's in an Uncle Sam outfit.

I need your Mystic Metal! Top Coin Paid!

"Mystical metal needed!" Mikey cheers as they go all around, to Run of the Mill Pizza, to the yokai library, to even Big Mama's hotel to advertise mystical metal. Donnie and Mikey had came up with this plan to find a piece of the Dark Armor of the Shredder. So, why not appeal to the people by offering money?

A sign reads 'Mystical Metal Merchants' with the turtles' and Amy's faces over it. "I don't know about this plan," Raph says skeptically. The interior is basically the same as their 'paper store' when they were trying to catch Foot Brute and Foot Lieutenant. "If we wanna find the last pieces of the Dark Armor, shouldn't we be out there chasing down rumors and shaky leads?"

"As much as I don't wanna agree with him, he has a point," Amy gestures to Raph, unfortunately dressed like a store manager. She's wearing glasses over her face as her hair is in a bun, wearing a business woman outfit. Leo is staring up at her in awe.

"It's called crowdsourcing, Raph," Donnie adjusts his goggles. "Why bust our own humps..."

"When there are thousands of yokai in the city who can bust their humps for us?" Mikey finishes for him. "They slap their scraps to us, and we just chillax here and see if any of it is part of the Dark Armor!"

"Okay, I do like the laziness angle," Leo has his feet up over the desk, sitting next to Amy. "But I'm not taking sides...yet."

"Yeah, it's less work for us, but getting a real piece would take forever. We don't know what they'll give us, or someone could just be trying to cash in with a fake piece," Amy gestures towards outside. A light suddenly hits Leo's eyes, causing him to fall to the ground. The brunette snickers at him.

"Ooo, a seller!" Mikey exclaims eagerly towards outside. A person had opened the door, closing it behind him and holding a little brown box in his hands. "See what happens when you give our ideas a chance?" He asks smugly to Raph. "Raph."

"Whatever," Amy steps up to the desk. "Alright shorty, whataya got?"

He manages to bring himself over the desk and opens up the box, showing something glowing. Donnie appears next to Amy's right side, leaning over her shoulder to examine it. Whatever it was, it's definitely not the piece they're looking for.

"Excuse me," Donnie slams down the case, showing an Ace Airlines poster. "We are a reputable fly-by-night organization." He kicks the guy out. "How dare you bring this worthless garbage in?!"

"Ha ha, epic plan fail," Leo laughs as Raph gives a 'I told you so' look.

"We haven't failed yet!" Donnie points to the left and they look in his direction to see a mutant walking up to them, holding a box in his hands. "That glow on that piece is off the charts!"

"Told you, Raph!" Mikey shouts at him. "Dark Armor here we-"

Suddenly, a truck comes in and circles the mutant. He bumps into the store, revealing to be Repo Mantis.

"Hey! You owe me money!" He then hits the mutant, swiping the piece. "Now we're even!" He chuckles as he runs off.

"Noooooo!" Mikey screams as he leaves.

"Repo stinking Mantis!" Donnie kicks the sign outside the fake store.

"That jerk!" Amy clenches a fist.

"Now you see why I had my doubts?" Raph asks the two.

"Of course I do," Leo puts his arm around Amy casually. "Which is why we've been on Team Raph this whole time!"

"My turtle...and girl," He fist bumps them. "Members since day one!"

"I thought you said you weren't choosing sides," Amy smirks a little, crossing her arms.

"Whaaat? No," Leo waves it off.

"Chillax, we know where he lives," Mikey points to his head, wrapping his arm around Donnie. "Let's go get that piece back!"

"Great," Amy rolls her eyes. "We get to to his junkyard again."


They arrive at Repo Mantis Salvage in the Turtle Tank, where Raph is ready with an idea. "Now, here's the plan. We're gonna smash our way in, and keep smashing until we smash that armor piece right into our smashy little hands!"

"Whoa, ease up on the smashing," Amy warns him. She has since changed back into her regular outfit.

"Yeah huh. While you were planning your predictable smash capade, Michael and I were crafting a superior plan based on our extensive knowledge of the subject," Donnie snaps his fingers and Mikey appears in front of the unamused Raph, holding up a folder.

"Question: Who is Repo Mantis?" He shows pictures of Repo doing some very shady stuff. "Answer!" A light flashes in all three of their faces. "Repo Mantis is...motivated by greed!" He and Donnie are now dressed in millionaire suits, with top hats and everything.

"Dolla dolla bills, y'all!" Donnie catches a monocle in his hands.

"Don't ever say that again," Amy deadpans at him.

"Now you guys stay in the car, while Donnie and I pose as wealthy junk buyers and smooth talk Repo into giving up that armor piece, baby!" Mikey tells them.

"Sure. This can't go wrong," Leo says sarcastically to Raph and the brunette.

They find Repo doing something in the hood of a car. "I do say, good man, Max Wellson and I are wealthy junkman looking to sink loads of money into top shelf garbage," Donnie speaks in a British accent.

"Dear me, Arm Brewster," Mikey holds up a bunch of dollar bills. "I just found money in my pocket! Remind me to burn this when we get back to the Slag Lake in Martha's scrap yard."

Repo's eyes turn into dollar signs and Amy gasps upon seeing the money.

"Wait a minute! That's mine! MIKEY!" She shouts from Donnie's wrist computer, which he switches to mute.

"Oh, you guys sound fancy," Repo puts his arms around him. "Come on, I'll show you around..."

Amy paces around in anger as Leo whines at all the buzzing sounds. "How long is it gonna take for this plan to fail miserably?"

"Oh, they have good ideas when it counts," Amy speaks up. "But not when they stole my money! When they get back here, they'll wish that they didn't!"

Raph and Leo stare in boredom as Donnie is scanning for the piece, but doesn't find it. "Everything is for sale," Repo gestures to a junk pile. "Just don't go in that bus over there," He points to a bus stuck in a pile underneath the sun. "No matter how much you might think there's something great in there...do not go in that bus. Do you understand?"

"That's it! It's on the bus!" Raph exclaims, even though they haven't gotten a confirmation from Donnie's goggles.

"We don't know that," Amy replies to him.

"Where else would he hide it?" Leo gestures to the screen. "All there is here is junk, literally!"

"Pip pardon, good sir, but my colleague and I know our way around a junkyard or two!" Donnie pretends to be offended.

"Perhaps you could be a good assistant and bring us a nice refreshment?" Mikey asks him.

"For a couple of garbage gourmets like yourselves? My pleasure," He walks off to go find something.

"Great!" Mikey cheers once he's gone. "Now that he's gone, we can search this whole place! Everywhere except that bus of course."

"Guys!" Raph calls out and Donnie moves his sleeve away. "Guys, what are you doing? You're wasting your time. If you wanna find the armored piece, you gotta check out that bus."

"I'm sorry, are you a fake millionaire junk mogul?" Donnie retorts back.

"Yeah, let us handle it!" Mikey hisses at them and Amy pushes the two away out of exasperation.

"Okay, we've established that you're all idiots. Face it, the piece isn't here. Wherever it is, someone must've bought Repo out and that's probably why Donnie hasn't found it. He's a hustler with greed, after all. It'd make sense if he promised it to someone else."

"But we-"

"And you need to give my money back," Amy turns around and hisses at the youngest turtle.

"Fine...we'll give the money back," Mikey sags his shoulders. "But we're still gonna find the piece!"

"Wait-"

Donnie hangs up and she growls in frustration. "What's your problem?" Raph asks her. "It's obviously in the bus. This is why we should never do their plans! They're wasting time when they should be on that bus!"

"Yeah. When the bug man tells you not to go on a creepy bus, you get right on that bus!" Leo points up ahead, mister!"

"What kind of scary movies have you been watching?" Amy murmurs in confusion.

"Yeah! Creepy bus ahoy!" Leo and Raph high-five each other. "Watch when we prove you wrong, Mellie."

"Raph, you try to do that every single time, and it never works," Amy crosses her arms. "Okay, maybe that werewolf tree you were right, but not on this."

"Denial~" Raph sings teasingly and she swings a fist towards him. He ducks and laughs, leaving the Tank with Leo.

Amy takes a deep breath. "Just relax...you'll have all the time to punch him..." She follows after them, but only so they wouldn't do something stupid...

Or at least, mostly not stupid.

Leo swings onto the back of the bus, Raph peeking from in front of a fridge. The three look into the pretty much abandoned school bus.

"I don't see the armor piece in there," Leo replies as they examine the vehicle.

"Because it's NOT in there!" Amy elaborates to them. "A piece like that would stand out in a piece like this."

"I won't believe it till I see it!" Raph points at her dramatically. "He must be using the bus to block the way into this mountain," He points up to the trash mountain above.

"So what do we do?"

Raph just scoffs at the question. "A bus only weighs like 25 thousand pounds. I got this."

"Actually, no. Typical school buses are 36 to 39 feet long. So that bus is 16 tons," Amy points up at it. Raph jumps to the back anyway and spits on his hands. He rubs them together and grabs the rim, starting to lift it up.

"Lifting...like a boss!"

"Raph, Raph, Raph!" Leo and Amy cheer, but it's actually just them calling out his name as he's on the ground. "Raph, Raph. Hey Raph."

Leo pokes him while Amy holds up a finger. She digs into her bag, pulling out a water bottle. Then she opens it up and splashes his face with it.

"Huh? What happened?" His vision is clearing as he can see the two of them. Leo has some lipstick marks on his face.

"Oh, you passed out trying to single-handedly lift a school bus!" Leo explains to him.

"I told you: 16 tons. And your hands ain't gonna lift that," Amy shakes her head at the turtle.

"How far did I move it?" He asks in a quiet voice.

"Ah, I mean, you wiggled the bumper a little, but your neck vid was HUUUUUGE!"

"So then why do you have lipstick marks on you?"

The two glance at each other with wide eyes. "Uh..." Amy sweats a little. No way was she going to tell that she and Leo did a little...makeout while he was trying to lift the bus. He luckily didn't see, because he was too busy trying to prove a point.

"Just my lady trying to get a kiss from me when I got surrounded by girls," Leo grins smugly. Amy narrows her eyes and punches him in the arm, hard. "Oww...let me try something," He spins around his sword, creating a portal in front of the back. He reaches inside and finds the latch to open the back. He pulls it, but the door hits him on the face.

"Ha," Amy smirks, crossing her arms. Payback for his dumb excuse for the lipstick.

"Oh ho, it worked!" Leo cheers with a black eye and some missing teeth. Amy cringes at him. Now she feels bad for laughing.

"I don't see the armor piece," Mikey calls out as Donnie is holding a rubber duck and a pair of red die. "Should we investigate that bus?"

"NO!" Donnie exclaims at him, "Stick to our plan! Operation Not Raph's plan! We're the ones who know Repo, and he is totally predictable."

"Yo!" Repo's claw appears between them, freaking them out.

"I did not see that coming!" Donnie exclaims as they recoil back in fear.

"You fancies want some caviar?" He chuckles, but what he's holding is definitely not caviar. "I-I didn't have fish eggs, so I just used ladybugs."


"So what do we do now?" Leo asks as the three are inside the bus.

"Leave?" Amy replies back. Raph sees the key in the ignition. He turns it on.

"We'll show Mikey and Donnie what a real plan looks like!" He drives the vehicle forward until he stops in front of a cage dangling in the air.

"Huh...why would he have this?" Amy couldn't help but wonder. They're surrounded by rusty and old cars. She shudders at the sight of them. "This place already gives me the creeps..."

"Well somebody put the rust in rustic charm," Leo chuckles at his joke, a drum going off as a rim shot. Raph is laying on the ground.

"Who left the drum set here?"

Amy facepalms at this.

"That armor piece has to be in here somewhere. Keep your eyes peeled, guys," Raph warns them as they step carefully in the dark.

"We would if we could see more than two feet ahead-" He bumps his face into something. "Oww!"

Amy snickers a little, clearing her throat when Leo gives her a glare. "I-I mean, are you okay?"

"Yes, thanks for your concern!"

"Hey," She leans in towards him to whisper, "You're the one who was joking about being a ladies man!"

"Jealous?" He smirks up at her and her eyes widen at how she's acting.

"N-No."

"My leader instincts are tingling," Raph looks at the button Leo hit. "These must be the lights." He presses it, but this only opens the cage that was in front of the bus.

Amy lets out a tiny sneeze. "Oh no..." She murmurs slowly as red eyes stare at them.

"Quick question, have we been on enough of these missions to form an opinion about glowing red eyes?" Leo stares up at it.

"I've got an opinion..." A large shadow lands in front of them. "RUUUN!" Leo grabs Amy bridal style and runs for the bus.

"I'm starting to think Donnie and Mikey's plan was better!" Leo calls out as the being tries to eat them. "I hate this, I hate this!" The attacker lands in front of the bus. "Ah, it looked at me!"

They manage to get inside just in time, but the creature manages to stick its head inside the bus, revealing itself to be a cat with a long tongue and sharp teeth. Amy lets out a big sneeze and Leo turns around, hugging Amy close to protect her. The cat starts licking his shell, much to his disgust. Raph attempts to start up the bus.

"Come on, come on, come on, come on!"

Amy manages to wiggle out of Leo's grip, breaking the control panel and connecting two wires. Leo screams as the tongue pulls him towards the mouth.

"Come on!"

Amy finally gets the bus started and Raph reverses it, Leo hanging onto the brunette.


"I don't know how you slicksters talked me into it, but here are the keys to my entire junk enterprises," Repo holds up the keys around the claw.

"A pleasure, sir," Donnie grins at how their plan worked. "And here is a briefcase of our 100 percent real artisanal currency." Well, technically, it was Amy's. Repo chuckles in delight, taking the briefcase.

"Just let me grab a few things and I'll be out of your top hats forever."

"Good work, Arm Brewster," Mikey whispers to Donnie once he leaves. "Now we can take our sweet time and look for that piece of the-"

"Save yourselves!" Raph shouts as the cat has escaped.

"Raph! I told you to stay in the car!" Mikey yells at him, Donnie's mouth opened in shock. Repo comes back upon hearing the commotion.

"Who are these guys? Turtles? You running some kind of scam on me?!"

"Look out!" Leo warns as something hits Donnie and Repo. "Hairball!"

Repo slides to a stop, shouting in surprise. "And you let my cat out?! Are yous crazy?"

"Your cat?!" Amy looks up towards him.

"Tell it we're friends?" Raph asks nervously.

"Oh, it won't help. Mrs. Nubbins used to be so cuddly until she got mutated into a mantis. Now all she wants to do is eat my head!"

"Fun fact, praying manti often practice cannabilism," Donnie says to no one, gesturing to the cat-mantis chasing her owner.

"Not now, Donnie!" Amy turns around to him.

"Not fun for me!" Repo cries out, the others just watching.

"I think we're done here. You guys wanna bounce?" Leo asks them.

"But we haven't found the armor, and we can't leave him to get eaten," Mikey defends next to him.

"Well, great. We get to save the guy who once repoed a birthday cake," Leo rolls his eyes.

"I told you guys you didn't need to get me a birthday cake for missing my birthday," Amy shrugs at them. "Man, I don't want to, but Mikey has a point. Damn."

Mrs. Nubbins sees Repo as he's hiding, raising an arm towards him. Leo jumps in front of the man and creates a portal, the arm teleporting to punch her in the face.

"Power smash!" Raph's red body appears as Leo and Amy jump next to it. They head towards the large creature, who swallows them up. Donnie flies above it, with Mikey sitting on his shell.

"Uhh..."

She eats them as well, but not entirely as she's chomping on them. "Ow, ow! Man Raph! Why didn't you trust us to do our plan? Ow!" Mikey asks while shouting in pain. Raph manages to hold the mouth with his bare hands.

"Cause anytime a bad guy says don't go in there, you're supposed to go in there like a boss!" Raph shouts in retaliation.

"No bad guys ever say that, and this time, you should've listened!" Amy retorts to him and he sighs in defeat.

"You're right...both you and Mellie. Raph's had nothing but bad ideas today."

"We weren't saying you don't have good ideas," Mikey speaks up, "We're just saying that sometimes we do too."

Mrs. Nubbins roars, throwing them up into the sky. "But now is not one of those times!" Donnie screams as they fall towards her. "Uh, got anything, boss man?"

"Okay, okay, maybe we can trap it somehow if we all put our heads together!" Raph shouts over the wind. "What do we know about cats? Go!"

"Well, they're warm, they're fuzzy, and they're always trying to eat Dad!" Leo points out and they roughly land in a car.

"Wait a minute," Amy's eyes widen as she stands up, fists clenched in realization. "Splinter's a rat. Cats love mice!"

"That's it!" Mikey gestures to the car. "I bet we can make a manti-cat-sized mouse!"

"Sounds like a great plan," Raph gives a thumbs up. Together, they use satellite dishes, headlights from a car, and spray paint to make the car look like a mouse. Leo drives it and the Mrs. Nubbins manages to find the cowering Repo.

Donnie laughs as tennis balls are fired at its face.

"It's playtime, Mrs. Nubbins!" Mikey calls out as they drive past the two. Mrs. Nubbins chases after them, thinking that it's a real mouse as Donnie continues firing tennis balls. However, he can't get a good shot and they drive along the top of other buses.

"Get her in there!" Raph points to where they found the bus.

"I'm on it. Everybody bail on three! Three! Come on, my lady~" Leo grabs Amy and jumps out, followed by everyone else. They scream as the car goes into the hole, the cat-mantis taking the bait.

"Raph! The bus!" Mikey shouts nearby.

"I got this," He starts to push the bus. "Pushing...like...A BOSS!"

"Raph, Raph, Raph!" The others cheer, but once again, it's just Leo poking him.

"Raph. Hey Raph."

"Huh...? What happened?" He murmurs as his vision clears again.

"You passed out again. Are you getting enough iron? Anyway, while you were out, Amy drove the bus back. Big scary kitty is all locked up!" Leo explains to him.

"Oh right..." He sits up slowly. "Great plan, team."

"Okay, maybe sometimes they can have good ideas," Amy pats Donnie and Mikey on the back with a small smile. They smile up at her. "But don't quote me on that."

"Nice work putting my cat away," Repo appears in front of them. "She gets so cranky when she's hungry." He hears her roaring. "I'll feed you soon, my little snuggly wuggly!"

Amy cringes at hearing that. Hopefully she'll never have to hear him say that again.

"So, Repo," Raph approaches him, "Now that we solved a very important problem in your life..."

"How about hooking us up with that piece of mystic metal you snagged earlier today?" Mikey finishes for him.

"Wha, mystic metal?" He taps his chin, trying to remember. "Oh, that was a special order from a couple of shoe salesmen with flame heads. They picked it up just before youse guys got here."

"I FREAKING KNEW IT!" Amy shouts, causing the two turtles to cringe.

"That's not good...we gotta go!" They take their leave, Repo opening up the briefcase...to find a bunch of tuna instead.

"Hey...! This isn't money! This is a briefcase full of loose tuna!"

As soon as he says that, the entrance is broken open from the inside as Mrs. Nubbins appears, heading towards the tuna. "No! You're kidding! Oh, snuggly wuggly!" He shouts as he's being thrown into the air.

"Oh, you bitch!" Repo calls out after Amy as he watches her walk away with the others. "YOU BITCH!"

"So's your mom, now language!" She points up at him, smirking smugly. She couldn't believe he really thought she'd use her own money in that suitcase...


Leo enters the kitchen of Amy's place, clutching a rather large calendar in his arm as his other hand is holding a glass of fresh orange juice. He's not wearing his mask as his eyes look tired. It's obvious that he just woke up.

He bangs a wooden spoon on a pan a few times to get everyone's attention. The turtle stands on the kitchen counter, clearing his throat. "Brothers, today is the first day of the week of hell," He announces, holding up the calendar and pointing to today's date. It's marked with the words 'The Flood Begins' in red ink.

"Pizza, help us," Mikey says as he's seated on the ground, chin rested over his hand as he's holding a slice, taking a bite.

"No. No, Mikey. Pizza will do nothing for us this week," Leo brings the calendar down.

Donnie walks towards the counter, drinking a flavorless juice. "Well," He shrugs his shoulders. "I need to live longer for science, so see you on the other side."

Leo glares at him slightly and hops off. "Relax, Don. We won't be losing anyone anytime soon. We've survived weeks like these before."

"Yeah, but with April," Raph crosses his arms, giving a slightly fearful look. "But she's at school, so what are we supposed to do?" Normally, he would be taking the lead, but with a situation like this...Leo was arguably the only one who was skilled enough to help them through this, and that is saying a lot.

"Whatever it takes," Leo places his fist in his palm. "We have to do everything we can to make this week tolerable for my lady!" This time, he stands on a chair. "We must be vigilant, men. There will be hardships, and consequences...a lot of them. There is no room for any mistakes. We already know that tomorrow is going to be the worst day, but we can do this!"

"That's just the way Mother Nature works," Donnie rolls his eyes. "Girls like Mia go this all the time!"

"Exactly, which is why we have to do anything to make it more bearable for her...a-and us. Don't forget what happened last time."

They all shudder at the thought and Donnie scoffs. "There's so much that can go wrong, I'm surprised we haven't sucked it out of her yet with my drainage system I created for this."

The other three turtles glare at him and he holds up his hands in defense. "It was just a thought! ...Maybe."

"So what do we do?" Mikey asks them.

"Well, it'll be more difficult since April's not here..." Raph grits his teeth.

"We've got this, bros," Leo gestures to himself. "Breakfast in bed would do it after a whole night of...you know," He shrugs sheepishly.

"Works for me."

"As long as she doesn't yell at me."

"Same here, she broke my plutonium last time."

The turtles get to work. The noise in the kitchen grows as they hurry on making pancakes how she likes it: chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream. They also squeeze oranges for juice, with Leo warning his brothers to be more quieter, in fear that Amy might wake up.

"If she wakes up earlier than she's meant to, we can say goodbye to our shells."

They nod and carry on with their work. Leo takes the time to make a quick cupcake, topping it with vanilla frosting that she loves so much and sprinkling it with marshmallows. The rest of them arrange her meal, which is scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, her pancakes, and orange juice. They arrange it on a tray and make sure that everything is in place. Mikey places a small stargazer lily on the side, wrapping the fork and knife in a napkin, thoroughly.

Leo places the cupcake besides the juice. "Good work, men," He comments, wiping off the sweat from his forehead.

"Now we just gotta get it to her," Raph says, all of their expressions changing into fear.

"Yeah..." Mikey gulps nervously. "Let's...do it..."

Very carefully, they tiptoe their way towards her room. Donnie brings up a shaky fist and gently knocks on her door. They flinch upon hearing her groan.

"Who is it?" Her voice is laced with sleep, her sheets shifting. Leo's scared, but he finds that voice sexy.

He gulps, biting his lip. "I-It's us, Ames! We brought you breakfast."

She groans even louder. "Okay, come in."

They shake, unsure how to do this. "You go first," Mikey hands the tray to Leo, who shakes his head rapidly and hands it to Raph. It must've been really bad if the turtle she was secretly seeing is even scared to approach her on weeks like this.

"Oh no, I don't wanna be the first person she sees," Leo denies immediately. "It should be you, Mikey."

"You're her boyfriend!" Mikey whispers loud enough only for Leo to hear, furrowing his brows.

"Technically, no, and I'm also the same turtle who forgot to return the whisk she's wanted back since last week. I bet you five bucks that'll be the first thing she yells at me about. Besides, compared to Raph and Donnie, she likes you the most besides the obvious favorite!" Leo pushes him towards the door. "Just go and give it to her."

"I don't want to!"

"Well, I'm not doing it either!"

"I don't wanna go in there!"

"Just hand her the tray, little man. It's easy!"

"What'd you just call me, Raph?!"

"If it's so easy, then Donnie can do it!"

"No way, she's still mad at me for stealing all of her money!"

"You said she likes Mikey best."

"Does she? I don't think a person 'likes you' if you keep something that a baker needs!"

"GUYS, the longer we take, the more mad she'll get!"

"Just open the door! We'll go in all together. On three..."

Donnie takes a breath. "Okay..."

Leo nods at them. "One..."

"Two..."

"Three!"

The doorknob is gently twisted, the door being gently opened.

"Goood moorniiiing," The four turtles greet in unison, laughing nervously. They keep their distance from her bed. She lifts her head up from her pillow, her hair an absolute mess and her eyes tired.

"Hey, guys," She rolls over and sits herself up. "What's all this?" She gestures to the tray Mikey's holding.

Their eyes widen and Leo pushes Mikey forward. In return, he frowns at his brother. He pushes the tray into Donnie's hand, who scowls. Sighing in defeat, he clears his throat, walking forward. "Your breakfast, O Bloody One."

Raph's eyes widen and he slaps Donnie upside the head. "Ow! What?! At least I didn't sugarcoat it!"

His older brother just grunts at him, Leo the only one noticing Amy is laughing. "Wait, she's not mad, she's laughing. Guys, laugh with her."

They do very awkwardly, and thankfully Amy didn't notice.

"You guys are sweet," She yawns, Donnie placing her breakfast on her bed, giving a strained smile. "Thanks. It means a lot."

"Is there anything else you need, my lady?" Leo tilts his head.

"I guess someone is gonna have to take over for me today downstairs..."

"You got it!"

"And ice cream."

"Of course!"

"And some cheesecake from my second favorite bakery."

"On my way!"

"And maybe a milkshake while I'm at it."

"One milkshake coming right up!"

She bites her lower lip and holds back a laugh as she watches all four of them run around and scurry to do what she asked. They may be idiots at times, but they're funny. Without April, they had no idea how this would work. She takes a bite out of her pancakes and relishes in the deliciousness.

"Hurry up, guys!" She calls out, cheeks stuffed. "After this, I wanna go to the boardwalk!"

"Anything for you, my lady!" Leo shouts from the kitchen.

"Just PLEASE don't yell at me!" Mikey yells from downstairs.

Faking her period is the best.


Amy pulls out some golden donuts from the oven, sniffing them. She sighs in bliss at the sweet smell of a delicacy...

Yes, she eventually told the turtles that she was faking, and for compensation, she now owes them a bunch of pastries for the next week. She might've been playing them, but she didn't want them to suffer for too long...she didn't mind baking a lot of things, anyway. That's what she does.

The girl places them down carefully and closes the oven door shut. The phone rings and she facepalms, glancing at the order from her tablet. She still had two hours to get the donuts done and delivered for a police officer's birthday, so this call better be quick.

"Hello?" She puts the phone to her ear, turning the pan around to the plate. She slaps the bottom and all the donuts come out with no problem.

"Alina Santiago?"

She raises a brow, slowly stopping. The only person who used her real name was... "Yes? But I go by Amelia Smith."

"This is the hospital...we have your mother here."

Amy comes to an abrupt stop in front of the hospital, not caring if she got fined for not going into the lot. Her mother needed her. Technically, not her her, but the daughter she used to know. She pulls out her phone, panting as she quickly calls Mikey.

"Mikey! I need a huge favor."

"Anything for my dudette~ Is it the Bensons again? Their kids always have the biggest parties!" Mikey swings back and forth from his seat.

"No...my mother is in the hospital and I can't finish the donuts for the police station. I need you to go inside and finish them. The order is on the tablet; they're already baked, just please do this for me," She tries not to cry as her mother could be in grave danger.

"Oh mi gosh," Mikey's eyes turn sad. "I'm so sorry, Amy...okay, I'll finish this for you! Or I'll die trying!"

"Um, no need to die for me-"

"No objections!" And with that, he hangs up. Amy stares at the phone for a few seconds before sliding to a stop in front of the desk.

Mikey rushes to the exit so that he could hurry.

"Where you going, Miguel?" Leo calls out, raising a brow as he steps out of his room.

"Amy's at the hospital and she needs me to finish an order, so-"

"Wait, what?!" Leo exclaims in horror, quickly getting on his feet. His heart beats fast as he grabs his phone and dials Amy, but she doesn't answer. "It's straight to voicemail. I need to go see her!" He rushes out the exit.

"But she's fine!" Mikey shouts after him, which Leo doesn't hear. Mikey shakes his head, hands on his hips. "When is he ever gonna learn?"


"What happened to her?" Amy asks softly as they stare at the unconscious woman. It pained Amy to see her mother like this.

"We found her on the floor after neighbors reported things being smashed. A Mr and Mrs. Foster?"

"I've...never heard of them. They must've just moved in," Amy shakes her head in confusion. Apparently no one bothered to tell them...

"Yes, well, when we did a tox screen-"

"My mother is not on drugs!" Amy shouts defensively, the doctor holding up his hands.

"I...apologize. Our results found that...well..." He hesitates, not sure if a teenager could understand the next part, or even know what it meant.

"Doctor...please. I'm the only one who can take care of her. I need to know what's wrong," Amy whispers softly, suspecting he knew something...something bad.

"She stopped taking her meds."

Amy says nothing, glancing at the woman. She hadn't asked the day nurse if her mother successfully took the meds...she didn't think her mother would actually refuse them. Since when did she have the mental mind set to do so?

"That's why...she lost control, then," Amy gulps in understanding. Her mother wasn't competent when she was like that. It was like she was a whole different person. But to stop taking medicine? She never did that, ever. Why would she stop taking her medicine?

"Yes...the lack of medication caused her to have a psychotic break, and then she passed out when we gave her sedatives. And since you are the sole caretaker...ultimately it was your responsibility. And the police have said that if she continues to act this way...they'll have to put her in a mental facility."

"She's not crazy," Amy seethes, her knuckles turning white. "She just can't think properly because of the capgras. Doesn't that matter?"

"In the eyes of the law, they look at what's best for the child," He gives her a knowing look. "So either send her away...or monitor her more. If you don't, you'll be sent to a foster home."

"I can't go to a foster home!" Amy protests, standing up. "How would I pay for her medical bills?! I'm already working a job, going to school!"

"Then I guess you'll have to stop working...it's not healthy in your age to run a business. Legally, you're her daughter, but you're not 18, Alina. You could hire another nurse..."

"What I do is none of your damn business! You can tell those cops to back off because I did just fine without 'em! And I go by Amelia!"

"And what about now?" He gives her a piercing gaze. "She had to be sedated because of your lack of care. You weren't there for her. You didn't even know she stopped taking her medicine. Some guardian you are."

"YOU BASTARD!" Amy yells at him, trying not to cry. "Get out, now!"

He huffs at her, taking his files and leaving the room. She covers her eyes as she sobs, knowing fully well he was right. This was her fault. If she wasn't working all the time and going to school, her mother wouldn't be here right now...but she's so busy…so tired…

Leo rushes into the hospital, sweat on his green forehead. He's wearing his wrestling outfit as he quickly slides to the desk. He's holding a stuffed pig, balloons, and one of Amy's favorite desserts, chocolate cake with chocolate bar pieces on top with whipped cream, cherries, and oreos as toppings.

"You have to help me. I'm looking for a friend," He says quickly, catching his breath.

"I could try," The receptionist shrugs. "What does she look like?"

"Same height as me, 15 years old. She has brown and blonde hair and she's Hispanic," Leo tries not to panic.

"The girl with her mother that has capgras delusion?" The receptionist raises a brow.

"Yes! That's her," Leo nods his head rapidly, silently wondering how she knew that. Maybe Amy's been here enough times for them to know?

"Room 306."

"Thanks," And without another word, Leo runs off, rushing up the stairs. He didn't have time to wait for the elevator. He rushes past all the doctors, peeking in when he reaches the room, out of breath.

"...Ames?" He whispers softly that no one hears him. He presses his shell against the wall. He can't even look, he's too afraid of what he might see... "I know that you can't hear me right now. I don't know what happened to you...I don't know if you're going to be okay..."

He looks towards the white tile. "But one thing I know for sure is...I love you."

"Mom...I'm so sorry..."

He perks up at her voice, turning around to see that Amy's not the patient, thank god. But her mother is.

"My lady!" He cries out in relief, revealing himself.

"Leo?" Amy asks in confusion, standing up in surprise. She only called Mikey to tell him to go to Smith's Sweets, she didn't call the others. So how did Leo know where she was? "What are you do-"

Before she could finish her sentence, he pulls her towards him and gently presses his lips against hers. Her heart is racing and for a minute, she forgot that they're in the same room as her mother. He wraps his arms around her waist and kisses her deeply.

Amy pulls away, rubbing her neck as she looks away. "W-What was that for?"

"I thought it was the only time I'd have to do that," He admits sheepishly. "You almost gave me a heart attack, you know? I thought I was gonna lose you..."

"Mikey needs to know how to explain things better," Amy drags a hand down her face. "Is that why you're holding gifts?"

"Agreed, and...I didn't know what to get on short notice," Leo mutters under his breath. They both giggle. "I'm glad you're okay." He stares at her longingly.

"Physically, yeah. Emotionally..." She takes a deep breath. "Well. I'm here because my mom stopped taking her meds."

"Ouch," He cringes at the news. "What did the doctor say?"

"He got up all in my family business saying that I'm too young to be left alone with her and that I should go to a foster home," She huffs angrily. That guy needed a good punch.

"How dare he?" Leo narrows his eyes. "That's your decision, isn't it?"

"Yes, but if it happens again, the police will have no choice but to have her be sent to a mental institution...I don't wanna see her in that kind of place, Leo, but I don't know what to do..." Tears stream down her face. "This is so hard..."

"Shh," He hugs her gently. "Let it out. There you go..."

"Thank you," She hiccups, wiping the snot away from her nose. "I think I'm gonna sleep here and call some nurses in the morning...I'm too winded to think about anything else I should do."

"I'll stay with you," He offers immediately.

"But Leo, what about your brothers?"

"My priority is making sure my lady isn't left alone. Raph and Donnie don't know, anyway." He tilts up her chin with his finger, giving her a stupid grin. She stifles a laugh before giggling at him. He only did it to make her smile, and it worked.

"Thank you, Leo...and you didn't have to drop everything to come here. I'm fine."

"You're not fine, Ames. It's okay to admit it. And whatever that idiot said, it's not important anymore," He strokes her hair and she smiles weakly. He hands her the gifts and she takes them into her hands, grateful that he brought her favorite dessert to take the edge off. Leo dropped everything and rushed right over for her...she didn't know how, but...

Leo just became the sweetest turtle she ever met, despite the fact they're still casual. Maybe...

Maybe they really could be a couple...