"Dammit, this is gonna be harder to fix than I thought."
Leonardo looked down from his post on the roof to his brother, Donatello, who was hunched over the side of the building, meddling with a broken surveillance camera. It was one of the many he had installed all over the city to help him and his brothers keep an eye on certain areas from the lair or when they were in other parts of the city. With delicate sensors embedded in them, they were able to accurately pick up disturbances and send the information right to Donnie's headset.
They usually picked up minor things, such as a person or stray animal sifting through dumpsters, but what mattered was that they could detect crimes like break-ins or muggings or other suspicious activity. They had even once picked up on a small group of Foot Clan soldiers, which the brothers were glad to take out. Despite being annoying to set up, they did prove to be a significant help in stopping crime in the outskirts and overlooked areas of the city.
However, it had been a few days since Donnie had received any alerts at all from Upper Manhattan. In fact, he realized there was no signal to or from the cameras. So on patrol that night, Leo offered to check out what was wrong with them with him.
"Are they really that bad?" Leo asked, trying to look over his brother's shoulder to see the small device in his hand.
"Yeah, its busted through." Donnie sighed, running a hand over his face. "If all the others are like this, I'm going to have to uninstall, fix, and reinstall all of them. This could take a while."
"You think it could have been any civilian workers? Perhaps they accidentally broke them without knowing." Leo tried to reason.
Donnie shook his head, setting the camera parts on the ledge of the roof they were sitting on. He looked at his brother, who winced at the sight of the damaged sensor as he picked it up slowly. Leo sighed and put it back down. He was glad Donnie knew how to work with these things, because even though he'd never admit it, he was pretty much clueless when it came to anything other than the tv and the microwave.
"This couldn't have been broken just by chance, not with these. I built them to withstand severe weather and numerous hits. They're also very well hidden, easily overlooked by anyone just passing by. These damages were intentional, and by someone who knows their way around high tech stuff like this."
Leo opened his mouth to say something else when Donnie spoke up again. "And just in the northern area? That can't just be a coincidence!"
Leo shrugged, not knowing what else to think. He stepped away and walked to the other side of the roof to keep watch while Donnie tried to fix his equipment. While scoping out the perimeter, he noticed a stray tool sitting beside an exhaust vent. Curious, he crouched down and picked it up; it was a Phillips-head screwdriver, a small one, used for small things, like the one that Donnie had used to unscrew the camera from its place. As he took a step back, he felt his foot hit something small and metal. It clattered softly as it scooted along the rooftop. Leo bent down and picked it up; a small Allen wrench.
Donnie looked up at Leo after hearing the small ting of the tool he kicked, asking him what he had found. Leo looked over the area once more to see if there was anything else. He didn't see anything else suspicious, so he brought over his findings to his brother.
He poured the tools into Donnie's outstretched hand. Donnie took one look at them and let out a short laugh, but not in amusement. It was someone who knew their way around technology and mechanics. These were tools that could be used to uninstall the camera, and it seemed like whoever broke them, used the screwdriver to stab though the sensor. Then it seemed like they just put it back in place and had tossed away the tools in a hurry. They must have also figured out how to silence them, because Donnie didn't know how long they had been turned off before he had noticed. If they were ever to be damaged, they were programmed to send an alert right to Donnie.
Donnie looked up at his brother, who was watching over his shoulders with a hard look on his face. "What are you thinking?"
Leo looked back at Donnie and shook his head a little. "I've got a bad feeling about this. No one knows that were the ones putting these up. Hardly anyone knows we exist, and NYPD agreed to keep their mouths shut about us. Even they don't know about these."
Leonardo huffed, and turned back around to look over the area again. Donnie stood up and and pocketed the broken camera, along with the other tools he had used to try and fix it. He looked at the time on his headset and saw it was already nearing 1 am. They both knew Splinter didn't like them out so late.
"Hey, Leo, it's a quarter till 1. How about we go check the rest tomorrow, maybe we'll have a better plan then-"
Just as Leo turned back towards his brother, they heard a sudden scampering noise not too far from them. Leo's head turned towards the far side of the roof immediately and Donnie crouched down beside him. They gave each other a curt nod and spanned out, silently scanning the area and arming themselves. After a moment of suspense, another sound came from the right side of the roof top, except this time the scampering turned to footsteps, running footsteps.
Donnie looked to Leo, who was already off chasing the dark clothed figure. He followed close behind his brother, who was quickly gaining on them. The person turned their head for a split second before pulling something out of their pocket and tossing it behind them. A quick but extremely bright flash of light came from the little item upon hitting the ground in front of them, momentarily blinding the two. The turtles shielded their faces with their hands, attempting to block out the painful light. Through the spots in their vision, they could see that the fugitive had already put more distance between them. Leo was the first to take off, while Donnie picked up the device and pocketed it, planning to inspect it later.
Leo quickly caught up to the suspect again. He swung his katana blade, aiming for the figures' feet. They jumped out of the way, just barely missing the blade. They pulled out what looked like a switch blade and threw it straight at Leo's face. Leonardo blocked it with ease and pulled out a small kunai, sending it into the back of the fugitives shoulder. The person let out a sting of curse words and began to slow down, Leo using this advantage to leap in front of them. The person skidded to a halt to avoid running into Leo. Donnie came up fast behind them, unfortunately too fast, because the fugitive dove between Donnie's legs, escaping quickly while the brothers ran into each other. The fugitive pulled out the kunai and ran off, only turning back to let out a mocking laugh.
The person managed to jump to the next building without much effort and ran as fast as they could. They saw a fire escape at the end of the building and thanked their lucky stars. They skillfully diverted their destination and swung down the fire escape, jumping off the second floor level and hitting the ground on two feet.
Unfortunately they went down too fast, and upon landing, lost their footing from the sudden stop of momentum. They crashed hard into a metal dumpster, hitting their head in the process. It was most likely a concussion they'd have to deal with later. They struggled to get up quickly, but saw that the turtles had already dropped down and surrounded them.
Desperately looking around for more options they noticed another fire escape on the other side of the street. They ran out of the alleyway quickly and out into the street. A taxi came to a screeching halt, almost hitting the fugitive. The driver honked at them loudly, but they kept moving without hesitation. They climbed up onto the dumpster below the ladder and scaled quickly, ignoring the burning ache in their muscles and shoulder from fatigue. They couldn't get tired now.
Leo and Donnie had already made it up the building they just came down from and planned to crossover at the end of the street where the two sides connected. This person had been watching them, and was most likely breaking Donnie's cameras. Now that the safety of their family was potentially at risk, Leo would stop at nothing to catch this individual.
The turtles crossed over and once again were quickly gaining on the figure. By now, the individual was growing tired and was beginning to slow down, the pain in their shoulder almost becoming too much. They couldn't give up now.
They stupidly looked back at the turtles. Their foot caught onto a copper pipe that ran across the roof, tripping them up. They hit the gravel ground and rolled. As they looked up, for a moment, Leo caught a glimpse of their eyes; big and brown and filled with fear. While momentarily distracted, the person pulled out their acquired kunai and flung it at him. He skillfully deflected it with his katana, the tip of his blade slicing down into the fugitive's leg. They cried out and dragged themselves back, only to hit the border that went around the roof.
Leo and Donnie bounded towards them intimidatingly, and they knew they were in deep shit. They looked over the ledge behind them; it was a five story drop, but it was the only way out. The building on the other side of the alley was a shorter, so they could drop down and roll. Just before Leo could grab them, they slipped over the edge. Both turtles let out a cry of frustration as they slipped through their grasp yet again.
The fugitive let out a proud laugh as they ran across the roof. They were getting away, not without injury, but they were really going to do it.
But of course, they celebrated too soon. They hadn't seen a blade thrown at them, but they felt the searing pain as it ripped through the back of their thigh, the point just barely poking through the front of their thigh. They let out a scream as they collapsed onto the gravel roof, thick red blood pouring out of their leg. They looked up at what had hit them. Their stomach flipped when they saw a huge red handled, triple bladed sai sticking out of their leg and four huge dark figures bounding towards them.
So this is a story I've had in my doc manager on my account for so long and never did much with it. Just recently I posted a one-shot story about Leonardo and my own OC named Grace called "Spar With Me." Technically, that chapter is from this story, but I thought it would be easier to post the one-shot rather than a whole story. Over time my ideas for this story have changed and I honestly don't remember what my original intention for this story was. I am thinking about readding the one-shot to this story, or I might leave it. I'm not sure. If this story gets enough attention I think I will try to work on it more :)
So this story is about my OC, Grace and her run in with the turtles. I'm not sure if this is going to be a regular story with a plot and problem and solution or just words on a page not really going anywhere. I want to make it a story story, but I'm currently at a loss at how I should do that. But I'll come up with something sooner or later.
I hope you guys like it :)