Dis: Don't own TMNT, but Alice is my OC

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"And where do ya think yer goin'?"

Alice had a moment of panic. She took a half step back to assess the situation the best she could and it seemed like the only way to escape would be to fight. She knew she wasn't the best at it, and with the stories she heard from this guy? She didn't stand a chance.

"Home," she answered, chin sticking out. "I have no beef with you, Nightwatcher."

"I'm sure the guy you stole from does, though."

"This?" she asked, holding up the bag, then tossing it at him. His hand moved fast to catch it before it fell to the ground. "I don't want it anymore, you can have it."

"What? You expect me to let you walk?" he asked, dumfounded.

"Why not? You saw my attempt at a good deed. What if I say pretty please?"

"C'mon," he said, reaching for her arm, and she skittered away. "Damn it I don't have time for this. I won't hurt you if you just come with me peacefully."

"You're dreaming," she said, eyes narrowed. "I'm not going ANYWHERE with you."

He reached for her again and she twisted out of his grasp and she heard what sounded like a growl before he came at her a bit faster than last time. He managed to grab her arm so she used the elbow of the free arm to hit him in the chest. It hurt, a lot, and she now had both arms behind her back. She was a little taller than he was and gave her own growl when he made her feel even weaker by holding both her wrists with just one hand.

"You ass, let me go!"

"Sorry lady, you do the crime, gotta expect to do the time."

She stomped down on his foot, but he was all metal so she was certain he didn't even feel that. She noticed that even though it felt hard as hell, it seemed like the lower torso area was the only place not covered in metal as well as his thighs but she didn't have any way to strike those areas. She felt cool metal against her wrists and smirked as he looped an arm around one of hers.

"Handcuffs, huh? Kinky." He faltered a little and she did a little victory dance inside her head. Not used to compliments from women? She could SO work with that. "Didn't know the Nightwatcher was into bondage, what're you going to do with me now?"

"I-shut up!" he growled.

"C'mon, Nightwatcher…" She leaned against him. "Show me what you can do."

He moved so fast she wasn't sure she was able to blink before her back was pressed against a storage shed on top of the roof. His hands were on her shoulders, fingers digging. The splintery wood was rough against her hands as they and the handcuffs pressed into her lower back. The mini spot lights of his helmet were off so they were both in shadow and she leaned forward, her breath slightly fogging up the visor of his helmet. He was on edge, tense, and the woman inside her revealed that she still was able to make a man react to her advances.

"If I showed you what I could do," he said, his Brooklyn accent thickening, her insides melting unwillingly to the tone of his voice. DAMN was it sexy. He leaned into her, hands still clenching against her shoulders, and if it wasn't for the visor she was certain she'd have felt his hot breath against her neck. "You'd be sore for weeks."

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Raphael wasn't sure what he was doing. Why it was he was playing her game. She was a thief trying to get her ass out of a tough spot and making advances to do it. It wasn't the first time a woman has tried this on him, but for some reason she affected him more. Perhaps because she wasn't a Dragon, or some high addict looking for yet another break. She was all woman, the clothes she wore not doing a thing to hide those curves of hers. When he first saw her face it'd been just any other person he was taking down but now that he was this close…

Her hair looked soft, the dark brown strands blowing lightly in the small breeze, sticking to a pair of full lips. The scar on the upper lip just added to his attraction and her eyes… dark, smoky… Dangerous.

He shook his head, backing away from her. Taking her by the elbow, he knew he needed to get away from her, and fast. She was affecting the way he thought and his body. She uttered a curse as he hefted her up over his shoulder.

"Put me down!"

"I will, once we make it back to the store, then I'm leavin' ya there for the cops to take care of."

She pounded into his shell with her handcuffed hands and kicked with her feet and he was about to tell her to pipe down when his COM started to buzz. Armed robbery in progress, men heavily armed, shots fired… dammit! He set her down on the roof and un-cuffed a wrist only to re-cuff it to the ladder he'd been ready to take her down. They now took priority over a thief whose loot he now had.

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Alice grew confused as he set her down, while being un-cuffed that was when she sneakily eased her hand where her loot had been stashed and tucked it safely on her person before he turned to her. He pointed a finger at her face.

"Stay put."

'Fat chance,' she thought.

"Duty calls?" she asked with a smirk as he stepped up onto the ledge of the building. "Don't keep me waiting too long."

He didn't answer her, just leaped off the building and as soon as she heard the rev of a motorcycle she knew he was known for chasing men down on, she reached into her utility belt with her free hand and shook her head as she pulled out the lock picking kit.

"Should've known to search me before leaving," she sighed, easily taking off the cuffs then getting onto her feet. She didn't hesitate to flee the scene, leaving the cuffs behind to dangle on the ladder, laughing as she continued to leap from building to building on her way home.

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An hour later, Raphael stood by the ladder, a look of annoyance on his face as he zeroed in on the cuffs still attached to the ladder, but no sign of the thief anywhere.

"Damn it!"

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Freshly showered after her drop off, Alice lay on her bed clad in a black tank top and panties, holding up the cat pendant, smirking. A wad of cash was tucked safely under the loose floorboard of her apartment. Even though she lived in a nicer neighborhood, she still didn't trust someone not to break in, and had hidden compartments for her stowed away cash, gems, as well as a firearm for extreme situations. 'Mercy' by Duffy suddenly started playing and she slowly sat up on the bed and took her phone from the nightstand, seeing who it was she pressed answer on the screen and leaned back against her pillows.

"Hey Sis. You're up late."

"Alice! How are you? It's been a while. I'm sorry, were you sleeping?"

"Ok," said Alice, crossing her legs, still looking at the pendant. "I just got home from work."

"You mean…" Danica was no stranger to what Alice did. She sighed. "I thought you said…"

"It's good money, Dani…" Alice pursed her lips, sitting up. "It helped keep us from Dad, and its helping me stay afloat due to my lack of college education. It pays the rent, keeps me from having to ask anyone for money." Alice sighed. "I don't want to fight about this with you, Dani."

"I just worry Alice that I'm going to get a phone call and it's you asking for bail or worse…"

"I'm careful, Dani. So, how's Jack?" asked Alice, wanting to get off this topic. "The baby?"

"Good, he just got a promotion. They baby is fine. Though HE is the reason I'm up so late."

"He?" asked Alice.

"Yes! It's a boy!"

"That's excellent news!" said Alice, smiling as she set the pendant aside and slid out of bed. She walked to her window and slightly pulled back the curtains to her bedroom, brows furrowed. Alice wondered where the Watcher was at that moment, probably sulking somewhere due to her escape. "I'm happy for you."

"Are you happy, Alice?"

Alice frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Are you with someone? I worry about you being alone."

"I'm hardly alone."

"I don't mean those people that…do the same thing you do." Dani had a note of disgust in the tone of her voice and Alice rubbed her forehead, the impending headache starting to throb behind her eyelids. "I mean someone to start a life with."

"I'm perfectly happy with how I am at this moment in time."

"I'm just-"

"I'm tired," said Alice. "It's almost three in the morning here. I'm going to go to bed, I'll call you later this week, ok?"

"Ok," sighed Dani, defeated. "I love you, sis."

"Love you too," said Alice before hanging up and tossing her phone on her bed.

She stared out the window a moment more before letting the curtains fall. She moved her phone to the nightstand then slid in between the sheets. The covers were cold against her bare legs as she settled against the pillows and fought the need to shiver. Closing her eyes she imagined what it would be like to have someone with her, lying in bed with her, keeping her warm… then shook those thoughts away. Dani always brought the domestic side out of Alice, and with Alice's line of work all she really had time for was a fling here and there. She'd hardly call any of the men she knew someone to settle down with. Have fun with? Yes. Raise a family? No. Did she really want that? She wasn't sure, maybe… but for now. She was content in sleeping soundly in her bed, the pendant she kept after her heist clutched in her hand.

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Raphael lay awake in bed, staring at the ceiling. He'd just gotten home, his mood sour due to the thief getting away as well as the tender shoulder he now had. After dealing with the armed robbery and seeing that his thief escaped, he went to the park to take his aggression out on some punk kids. One managed to sock him good in the shoulder with a bat, hard enough to make it tender despite the metal protection he had.

Amber eyes slowly closed and as they did the sultry gaze of the thief invaded his thoughts. The words she whispered to him, encouraging him to make a move…the look of desire in her eyes when he said she wouldn't be able to handle him. Those scarred lips tempted him to raise the visor and have a taste… which was why he'd pulled away from her so fast. He had been sloppy in his escape and hadn't even checked to see if she had any picks on her person, or that he still had the loot after walking away.

"Idiot," he said, smacking his palm against his tired face.

Next time he caught her, he wasn't letting her go.

TBC…