Tang Shen was laying on her bed in her apartment on the sixth floor reading a book and eating chocolate. She was now 30 and was having a wonderful life in NYC.
Shen stopped reading and stopped chewing and listened.
She realized that her apartment was kinda quiet.
Sure if you opened the window you could here the hustle amnd bustle of the city but when it was shut it was actually pretty quiet.
She then realized how empty her place was. It was kind lonely.
She then remembered that her apartment allowed pets as long as they wern't too big, too loud or too messy.
She thought about a bunny or mabey a cat but there had to more small quiet pets than that.
She went on her laptop and Googled
"small quiet pets".
Bunnies and cats were amung the first to pop up on the screen.
She scrolled down the page until she saw a cute picture of a turtle.
Shen giggled at the picture.
She looked at the clock on her bedroom wall and saw that the pet shop closed in about early to day because it was saturday.
She only had one hour.
It would take her forty-five minutes to get to the nearest pet shop.
Shen made up her mind, grabbed her purse and locked the door behind her.
Shen made it to the pet shop with just enough time to spare.
When she walked in, a teenage boy with long brown hair aproched her.
"Hello mam' and welcome to Ollie's pet store. We are about to close soon so if you wanna pet you better choose fast." He said with a smile.
Shen giggled.
"Good thing I already know what I want. Do you sell turtles here?" she asked
"Yes mam' we keep em' over here by the window." He said and led her to the window.
" Most of them arre girls just choose the ones you want." He said.
Shen smiled as she looked down into the glass box.
Almost all the turtles in threre looked like they were babies. They were so cute.
She saw one gazing outside. It looked like it was wondering what it would be like out there. Shen picked it first.
She looked some more and giggled when she saw one of them pushing others out of the way to get the last of a day old lettuce leaf. She chose it second.
She then saw one staring at the words "Baby Turtles" turning it's head from side to side. It almost looked like it was trying to read it. She chuckled and chose it third.
She decided one more sould be enough. Shen started giggling at one who was stuck upside down on it's shell.
She picked it forth.
"And here's a free bag of lettuce and a free manual to take care of your new turtles. Have a good evening." said the teen.
Shen waved goodbey and walked out of the shop.
Shen looked down at her new turtles and smiled when all four were looking out of the petri dish she was carrying them in.
Suddenly, a man bumped his way pass Shen with out a word.
Usually Shen was okay with people bumping into her witout aplogizing. After all, it was New York.
But when she saw that her turtles were flipped over on their shells, it made her very mad for some reason.
After she flipped them all back on their feet, she was determined to make who ever bumped into her and her turtles apologize.
She silently followed the man until he turned into a dark alley.
Shen was advised to stay out of new york allies or she would be in danger. Mabey Shen could let this one slide.
She slowly backed out of the alley but accidentaly stepped on a mice's tail.
The mouse squeaked in pain and bit her exposed ankel and scurrried away.
"Kraang has been seen by you in this place, so this is a place that will not be left by you." said two men in black suits.
They tried to take away Shen's turtles.
Shen wasn't havin' that.