All right, here's more! I was originally going to divide these two apart. However, I feel that they go way better together.
Disclaimer: I don't own any teenage mutant ninja turtles, but I do have a pet rabbit named Julie! I'm sure she could be considered a ninja...or not.
Enjoy...
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The ninja hurried back to the lair. Leo lately had started to become suspicious. It wasn't like he was doing anything wrong, but he was sure that Leo would not see it that way. In fact, he doubted that anyone would understand his fascination with the girl, a girl whose name he did not even know.
He sighed. It wasn't like he understood it, himself. Maybe it was the fact that she seemed so innocent, so good. She surely did not deserve to be on the streets.
He finally reached the lair's entrance and entered. Ha, he thought. Everyone's sleepin'. At least Leo won't be able to give me a hard time about how late it is.
He started to head to his room, but before he reached his destination, Leo's voice stopped him. "Raphael, where were you?"
Raph rolled his eyes. Leo using full names usually was not a good sign. "I was nowhere, Leonardo." Raph replied, putting a sarcastic emphasis on the last syllable of Leo's name.
Leo sighed exasperatedly and rolled his brown eyes. He could not stand it when someone lied to him, and they both knew that they were lying. "Raph, you missed the training run tonight. You must have been somewhere."
"I dropped by my man, Casey's."
"Really," Leo responded.
Uh, oh, Raph thought. Leo must know something I don't. Raph rolled his eyes again, looking quite nonchalant and said, "Yea' Leo, I was."
Leo scowled. How stupid did Raph think he was? "Really? Casey called a while ago looking for you."
Crap. Nice one, Casey.
"Seriously Raph, what have you been doing?"
Raph shrugged. "I've been doin' nothin', Leo. Would ya' like me ta' say it again?"
Leo scowled at his red clad brother and watched his retreating form disappear into his room. I will find out what you're up to, Raph, Leo thought.
Sighing, Leo trudged to his room to catch at least a little bit of sleep. However, when it came to the actual contact with his bed, Leo did not get very far for sitting on his bed was Mikey and Don.
"I see that our dear brother has benevolently decided to grace us by finally showing up tonight."
Leo scoffed. "Yeah, that was so polite of him."
"What do ya' think he's doing, Leo?" Mikey asked.
Leo shook his blue clad head. "I'm not sure. He could be doing anything."
"You know, I have a few theories." Don informed them. He peered at them, making out his two brothers through the darkened room. He continued once he saw that he had their full-undivided attention. "Well, he could be up to his usual Raph-ness, just beating up thugs and protecting the people of New York."
"No…" Leo thought aloud.
"Doubt it!" Mike chirped.
Don shrugged. "Alright then." His eyes darkened. "What if he took up the Nightwatcher again?"
"Nah, he wouldn't…" Leo said, but then he thought of it for a little bit. "Raph wouldn't…"
Mikey rubbed his chin in thought. "Well, as you know dudes, it may seem improbable, but it is always possible."
Don and Leo stared at him. Finally, Leo said, "No, I don't think he took up his Nightwatcher helmet again."
Good 'cause I'm not, Raph thought to himself as he listened to every word his brothers said about him.
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"Come on Jack," the young mom said. She bent down and picked up her son. The teen had heard from someone that a man was giving out some warm clothing at the junkyard so that was where she and Jack were now.
"And that is my theory on how the bird droppings are removed," An African American man finished telling two homeless men.
"That's nasty," One homeless man told the other.
"Yep"
"Now my child, what is your name?" The African American man asked her.
The teen hesitated before answering, "Bliss and this is Jack."
The man smiled warmly. "I am the Professor. You must have come for the extra clothing."
Bliss smiled in return and set Jack down. "Yes, I have."
An elderly woman walked over to where the professor and Bliss stood with Jack and smiled. "Can I hold your son?"
Bliss glanced at Professor and nodded. "Sure"
"Let's see what we can find for you and your son," Professor suggested then he added, "Ms. Kathryn will take good care of Jack."
Bliss nodded her assent, and she turned to follow the Professor.
After picking out two hats and a pair of mismatched gloves, she could not stop thanking the Professor. "Thank you, these will help us so much!"
"It is no problem, young Bliss. Thank you for putting these items to good use," he replied, smiling. "May I ask how a young girl like you needs these clothes?"
Bliss smiled grimly. "It all comes down to complications and bad judging of character." She shrugged. "The details aren't something I want to get into today."
The Professor nodded. "I understand, Bliss."
"Well, thanks again, but we really need to get home now." Bliss said as she picked Jack up.
"Remember Bliss, if you ever need help, come here and you will receive it. You now have a family of some sort to rely on and confide in."
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