So here comes the Christmas episode. I don't want to do anything else with the holidays because I really want to focus on the next coming episodes in season 4! And then we can move onto season 5! Muahaha yes you heard me! We will do season 5! Yay! Anyways. This one is long. Hope you guys like it!
-yesiamweird
The students of NYC High ran out of the school building exploding with the thoughts of having a two weeks' vacation for the holiday time.
It had been snowing lightly, and May wrapped her neck in a warm pink fuzzy scarf she had bought herself on a shopping trip with Anna and Lilly. "Oh my gosh! I love the city when it snows! Everything seems to be so magical." Anna giggled pulling on her mittens while Lilly bundled up in her fashionable jacket.
"I really hate the cold." May muttered hiding her mouth and nose under her scarf.
"Why? It's so pretty here! May you have to go around the shops and see the window decorations and Christmas trees around the city!" Lilly patted her on the back. "Make sure we have a date night one day during this break!" Lilly waved the girls goodbye and walked down the street that led to her apartment.
"Yes. We have to. Promise May?" Anna hugged her friend goodbye and then took off.
May looked up at the white sky and felt the small snowflakes melt on her face. "Brrr…" She shivered feeling the bitter wind blowing up her skirt. Luckily the teachers allowed the girl's to wear black tights to keep their legs from freezing, although it didn't seem to help that much.
The blonde walked down the steps of the school and turned the corner down the alleyway where the battle shell had been waiting to pick her up. Since it had started snowing everyday recently, the turtles felt it was necessary to pick up their blonde human friend from school instead of having her freeze walking back through the sewer. May didn't argue the idea one bit.
She waved to Donny in the driver seat and then hopped in through the back so that onlookers wouldn't see anything too suspicious. "Woah guys?" May laughed closing the doors noticing her turtle friends dressed in human winter clothing. "What's with the get up?" She warmed her legs by rubbing each one quickly.
"We are going to the park! Master Splinter told us we wouldn't have training this afternoon!" Mikey cheered. It was then that May noticed none of the boys had their masks on.
"Here are some pants. Figured you wouldn't want to wear a skirt in the snow all day." Raph handed her a pair of thick blue jeans and she was almost tempted to kiss him at how happy she was seeing the denim.
"Oh thank you! These tights suck!" She took the pants and slipped them on underneath her skirt still keeping the tights on for extra warmth. She then proceeded to take off her skirt and threw it to the side as Don shifted the car into the drive gear heading for Central Park.
Don parked the battle shell in a secluded spot on the edge of the park and Mikey was the first to jump out. "I can't wait to go sledding and make a snow man and-"
"And it starts." Raph grunted and walked out next.
"Aw Raphie, it's time to get into the Christmas spirit!" May jumped and ran to where Mikey was making a snow angel. "I like your snow turtle, Mike." She laughed and picked up a handful of snow. She balled it tightly and then threw it at Leo as soon as he walked out of the vehicle.
Leo gave her a stern look and she simply laughed it off. "Snowball fight!" She yelled smiling and then ran down the hill towards the center of the park. She quickly hid behind a large tree and crouched down frantically making snowballs as fast as her arms would allow.
She felt a cold rush of ice hit the back of her neck and then a small laugh from Donatello. "Oh you asked for it!" She giggled and threw two at him. "Missed!" He laughed ducking the frozen balls of ice.
"Dang it Donny!" She cursed and looked around for the others to bombard her. She saw Raph charging her way and she threw her biggest snowball hitting him directly in the face. "Oh you are so gonna get it blondie!" He growled and chased the girl.
May laughed and forgot about her ice weapons and quickly ran further into the center of the park where the forest would be. She found a bridge almost hidden by snow and decided it would be a good place to hide. She ducked underneath of the old stone bridge and waiting until she practically hear Raphael fuming.
"Come out come out where ever you are." He looked around for the girl. May quietly made a final snowball and then as soon as he turned around she threw it at his shell covered by his large brown jacket.
"May!" He yelled as he turned around and saw her running back.
"Gotcha!" Leo picked her up and held her back. "Ready? Now Mikey!"
"Leo no!" May laughed as she saw Mikey with an armful of snowballs. He threw a couple at her, a few at Leo and the rest at Raph.
"You are so dead!" The hot-head growled and then chased after his younger brother forgetting about the blonde.
May was released by the leader and she quickly wiped the snow off of her frozen face. She looked over her shoulder at Leo's sharp smile and hugged him tightly. "You got me." She winked and then felt him peck her lips for a quick kiss.
"Yes I do." His smirk grew slightly and he pushed pass her walking towards his brothers.
May smiled widely watching the four brother's enjoy their time out in the snow. It was such a wonderful and perfect way to start off the holiday. Picking up a stick from the ground, she traced the direction she walked in until she reached Donny whom was quiet enjoying watching his other three brothers throw snowballs at each other.
"Hey Don?" May looked at the scientific turtle. "Let's make a snowman!" She bent down and gathered a pile of snow and packed it tightly together. "Okay, ready and roll!" She and Donny rolled the ball around the snow packing it tightly to make a big base for the body of their snowman.
"Hey what are you two doing?" Raph asked from behind them.
"Snowman!" May smiled and began to pack another ball tightly. "Come help you three!"
The five worked cooperatively making their very impressive and classic snowman body. "Perfect guys! We just need arms, a face and some special touches to make this the best snowman ever!" She looked around the forest searching for supplies.
"Don and I will look around for the face. Raph and May, try to look for the arms. And Mikey, you can look for the extra stuff!" Leo nodded giving orders as he usually did.
Raph and May walked together searching around the woods looking for two similar sticks for the arms. As Raph insisted, they should be perfect and come from the same tree. "You know we can just break off branches to make them even." May sighed.
"Nope. Not good enough." Raph patted her on the back and split up looking around the ground and at low branches in the trees.
May smiled and walked pass him towards the depth of the woods hoping to see something catch her eye, but nothing did. She walked back towards Raph who had been climbing in a low tree picking branches off. He tossed them to the ground softly so they wouldn't break. "What do you think about these two?" He asked her from up in the tree.
May picked them up and nodded. "They look great!" She smiled and then looked back in the woods. She felt like something was calling out to her; almost as if something was saying for her to come find it within the depths of the forest.
"Whacha lookin' at?" Raph tapped her shoulder feeling a bit concerned at the expression on her face.
"What? Oh nothing…" She muttered and walked back towards the beginning of the forest.
Raph looked through the depths of the woods not seeing anything interesting yet again and looked over his shoulder crossing his arms. "You know, blondie. You said we need to get into the Christmas spirit and isn't that spirit about being truthful and giving?" He asked with a smirk.
May stopped and turned around. "Yea I guess, why?"
Raph walked over and held onto her arm a bit forcefully and then whispered, "Then why don't you be truthful and give me the reason why you've been acting weird since your dream on Thanksgiving." It had always bothered him that she would never reveal to him and his brother's what happened in her nightmare.
May sighed and rested her head on his shoulder for a moment. "I don't know…it was weird." She lifted her head up again and then avoided his glance.
"Tell me."
May moved only her eyes and looked deep into Raphael's golden amber eyes. Unlike Leo and Don who had the similar chocolate brown eyes, Raph and Mikey had two totally different ones. Mikey had bright baby blue eyes and Raph had a mysterious amber tint that made him even more compelling.
"It was in the future…I believe and I…was looking for a girl."
"A girl? Like what kind of girl?"
May sighed and looked down embarrassed, "My daughter…"
Raph bent his head closer feeling a bit concerned, "Why were you looking for her?" Could she have actually be having visions about the future?
"She was taken…by the Foot and I think they wanted to kill her…Raph…" She whispered his name. He continued to look at her nodding slightly. "You were there. You were helping me. But you were different…"
"How?" instead of holding her arm tightly he began to rub it gently.
"It was almost like, you had been attacked before because you had scars all over your body. I don't know what happened to you but it wasn't good…" she took a deep breath already knowing he wanted more information, "You picked me up from a dark alley on your bike and we eventually made our way to where she was being held. But we didn't see her. About twenty foot soldiers made their way to us and we demanded for them to give June back."
"Who's June? Your daughter in this dream?"
May nodded and then continued, "We were giving up ourselves in exchange for her safety but they refused…" She wanted to tell him about June's name. The fact that her daughter was given the name June Gibson Hamato astounded and frightened her. Had she had a baby with one of the turtles? Obviously she had no other man since her father's last name was given to the child as well as the turtle's last name.
"Anything else?" Raph sighed removing his hand from her arm.
May shook her head and felt the turtle pushing her back forwards towards the others. "Thanks for telling me the truth." He smiled.
"Do you think I'm crazy?" She shuddered.
"Nah, I just think you had a crazy dream." He nodded and smirked, "Don't let it bring ya down, 'kay?"
May smiled and then nodded, "Thanks Raphael." She hugged him sideways and then continued on ahead of him.
The five of the young ninja's sat around admiring their completed and well dressed snowman. Many kids came over to the group and complimented them on such a great job. The sun was now starting to set and May was starting to yawn and shivering from her cold wet clothes. "This was great you guys." She smiled and sat up brushing the melting ice from her pants.
"I'm going to start the battle shell, I'm freezinggggg!" She shimmied as Don handed her the keys. "We'll be right there in a sec!" He assured her and May smiled nodding back in understanding.
She huffed walking through the snow that was starting to really build up from the day. Clouds formed in front of the girl's face every time she took a breath out from exerting herself through the snow. She eventually made her way to the Battle shell and looked around her surroundings before she took another step closer to it.
"You are confused?"
May's ears perked up and she turned around quickly at the familiar voice. "Fate? Where are you?" She growled under her breath.
"Indeed child you have seen the future. Do not let it frighten you. Instead learn from what visions you are granted. This is simply my way of helping you survive, May Gibson."
"Why would you show me something that far ahead though?" May looked down at her feet with her fists balled by her sides, "Why not show me something closer in the future, like what my exam grades will be? Or what will happen this summer with the turtles?" She looked around still not seeing the shadowed man anywhere near her.
"Those visions are not important. This vision that I have granted you the gift of seeing will determine the life of someone you care about. You must mediate on this…from now…until that day."
May turned her head as his voice seemed to come from behind her. She screamed as the same cloaked figure from her past clutched her throat.
"You will listen to me." He eerily whispered and then threw her on the side of the battle shell. May tried to push herself off of the ground, but the snow seemed to stick and pull her back towards the surface. She closed her eyes and felt the cold consume her face.
"May! Open up!" Mikey shivered hoping to step inside a nice warm battle shell.
"What the heck is she doing in there?" Raph tried to open the door but it was still locked. They had only left her alone for probably fiften minutes at most as they watched the sun set in the distance.
Leo looked around looking for the blonde as felt someone's presence from somewhere in the area. He then noticed a strange pile of snow facing the passenger side of their vehicle. He walked slowly over to the pile and crouched down feeling something underneath it. "May?" He gasped and brushed the snow off of what seemed to be her shoulder. "Guys help! May's been stuck in the snow!" His brother's rushed over to help recover the blonde from the snowy blanket that shrouded her.
"What the heck is she doing lying in the snow!" Raph yelled freeing her lower half. Her pants were completely soaked which was not good for the girl to be cold and wet for a long amount of time.
Leo pulled her into his arms and had to adjust his body temperature at just how cold she had become. "Just hurry and get into the battle shell."
Donny grabbed the keys from her spot in the snow and opened the doors for his brother's to jump inside.
"You think someone jumped her?" Raph asked as Leo laid her on the ground hoping the engine underneath would warm her. Leo looked at the parts of her body that were visible. "Doesn't look like that…"
May moaned and opened her eyes at the sound of Leonardo's voice. She blinked a few times and smiled at the sight of warm chocolate and amber eyes looking down at her. "I-I-I'm…" She shivered and Leo and Raph started to rub her arms and legs.
"What happened?" Leo demanded softly.
May continued to shiver uncontrollably and opened her mouth, "F-F-Fate…H-H-He…S-S-Show-ed…U-U-Up…A-A-Again…" She closed her eyes and held her hands tightly trying to get the numb feeling out of them.
Raph growled, "If I eva see that Fate guy, Ima rip him to shreds!"
May smiled as her body frantically shook. "Y-Y-You…H-H-Hot…H-H-Head…"
Raph smiled back at the girl, "Yea yea, I know…" He muttered thanking the fact that she was alive and well.
"Don? How much longer? We need to get her warmer." Leo demanded.
"About ten minutes. You can do it May! Just stay conscious." Donny sounded nervous.
"O-O-Okay…H-H-Hey…I-I-I…L-L-Liked…O-O-Our…S-S-Snow-man…" May couldn't feel her feet and she didn't know if that was a good thing or bad. She assumed bad.
"Me too." Raph whispered lowering his face to her.
"It was a lot of fun." Leo nodded.
May nodded her head as best as she could until the numbness in her feet seemed to travel up her body. She closed her eyes ignoring the pleas coming from Raph and Leo to wake and within seconds her mind went blank.
Groaning from the rampaging headache in her head, May turned and buried her face into her soft pillow. She held onto it tightly while closing her eyes and taking in a deep breath at her scent imprinted in the ball of cotton and thought about Fate's words. Was one of her friends going to die that night in her dream? It felt so real and even though she tried to tell herself it was a dream, more and more instances told her it really was a vision from the future.
She remembered Fate telling her to mediate on this matter and pushing her chest up and sitting on her bed she began to meditate briefly.
"May! You're awake finally!" Mikey opened the door and tackled her on the bed.
"Ow hey Mikey!" May giggled and he helped her sit back up again.
"Don was really scared that you were going hypothermia or something. But we gottcha fixed in no time!" The turtle smiled and winked.
"Yea, sounds about right." May stood and stretched her body slightly. "We training soon?"
Mikey shook his head. "We already did. It's the afternoon already. But I'm sure Don will want to check up on ya! Come on! Oh and I got to the next level on Space Alien! It's really hard! You gotta help!" Mikey smiled revealing his big white teeth.
"Okay. Let's head out of here." May held onto his arm as he led her into the lair.
"Pizza's here!" Mikey called returning into the lair and gathering his family into the kitchen. "Pizza guy was late so here's three bucks back, May!" he handed her the cash but she refused to take it. "No just save it for the next time we order! It smells great Mikey!" She opened one of the boxes and started to nibble on a slice.
"Michelangelo, would you please hand me a slice of peporoni." Splinter asked sitting at the table.
"Master would you like something to drink?" May asked with a mouthful. She was already grabbing a soda from the refrigerator and thought it would be polite to ask the old rat.
"No thank you Miss Gibson."
"Here ya are Sensei!"
"Thank you Michelangelo." Splinter thanked his youngest son and then noticed Donny sitting next to him with a book in his hands. "Donatello, what are you reading?"
"Oh well just a book I found." He sounded nervous as May walked back to the table. "Don are you reading my text books again!" She placed her hands on her hips.
"Yes…" he sighed.
"You are so weird! Why would you want to read them!" She grunted and then sat in her chair picking up another slice. "But by all means Donny, go for it." She munched on her pizza.
"At least we know Donny would be the studious out of all of us if we went to school." Raph grunted chuckling lightly to himself.
"Trust me, you don't want to go to school. It's terrible." She stuck her tongue out and then took a sip of her soda.
"May after we are done you and I are going to make up for your loss of training this morning." Leo interrupted the conversation.
May saluted the turtle, "Yes sir, fearless leader, sir!" She smiled.
"Leo, why's May got ta have training. She was hurt yesterday. You could give her a break ya know!" Raph crossed his arms glaring at his older brother.
"Aw come on, Raphie. I can take on Mr. Grump. Besides, I have a cool move in my head and I'm dying to try it with my Kusari." May smiled and looked in the dojo at her shiny weapon gleaming in the light. "I'll get changed." She nodded to Leo and then disappeared in her room.
"Master Splinter, tell Leo he's being a bit crazy making May work this hard!" Raph stood from his chair and placed his hands on the table. "She almost froze to death!"
Leo glared right back at his brother, "She needs to train harder. She can handle it."
"Yea well you're gonna drive the girl insane! No one likes to train as much as you do fearless!" Raph grunted back.
"What are you saying Raphael? Do you not want May to be able to defend herself?" Leo stood and stuck his face closer to his brothers.
"No! I'm just saying she needs a break every once in a while and you-"
"Raphael, Leonardo! That is enough." Splinter stood and raised his cane in the air and slammed it on the brick ground. "Raphael, Miss Gibson is stronger than you believe. If she was not willing to train, my son, she certainly would have said so. But yes, Leonardo, you need to consider that she had just been ill and will probably be tired."
Raph backed away from his brother and walked towards the elevator. "I'm goin' out." He muttered.
"Not a surprise." Leo muttered back and walked to the dojo to stretch and warm himself up.
Splinter sighed as Raph disappeared from their home and walked slightly towards his room. Don and Mikey sat in their spots at the table and frowned. "Something tells me this is somehow going to end in a fight." Mikey spoke finally after a few awkward moments of silence. Don nodded, "I just hope it will be after the holidays."
May had been hard at work in the kitchen in the lair making her mother's famous apple pie on Christmas eve morning. As promised to Michelangelo, she was making two pies so that everyone of their guests could have big slices and enjoy the dessert.
"How's it going sweetheart?" April smiled checking over her neice's shoulder.
"Great! Hopefully I can knock these bad boys out in no time!" She smiled and then turned her head towards a large amount of noise coming from the TV area. "Mikey? What are you doing?" She asked noticing him wearing his human outerwear clothes.
"Going to the park for a bit! Wanna come?"
She and April shook their head, "Nope sorry we have a list to do…unlike you Mikey!" May giggled and went back to work.
"Suit yourself!" The turtle laughed and ran out of the lair giggling. The turtles, May and Splinter had been decorating the lair the past few days getting it ready for their party. They hadn't gotten a tree though because April and Casey would be their only means of retrieving it and they had been busy until today.
"So when are you and Casey gonna get the tree?" May asked scooping her apples into the pie pan.
"As soon as that big lug gets here." She smiled and sat down at the kitchen table.
"Hey April!" Donny walked over and hugged the woman, "Happy Christmas Eve!" He smiled.
"You sure are cheerful today, Don!" May smiled and then returned to her cooking.
"Of course! It's almost Christmas! Besides Halloween, Christmas is my favorite holiday!" He beamed from cheek to cheek.
"It's like that for most people." April smiled and then turned her head as the elevator doors opened revealing Casey walking into the lair. "Finally!" April muttered and pushed him back into the elevator. "Hey April what da-"
"We will be back with a great tree you guys!" She waved as the elevator doors closed.
"Need any help, May?" Donny asked.
"Nah I got it, thanks though!" She continued on with her task muttering the instructions to herself. As soon as she placed the two pies in the oven and set the timer, she quickly moved onto the dishes hoping to clean them before the turtles could add more to the pile. The evening was going to be a pot-luck, so May and April did not have to slave over the kitchen all day like they had done for Thanksgiving. May was thankful for this but then again longed to have some of her favorite dishes her mom made when she was younger.
"How is the cooking going, Miss Gibson?" Splinter hobbled over to the kitchen as he reached for his tea pot indicating him wanting to start off his day with his usual pot of tea.
"Oh perfect, Sensei! Happy Christmas Eve!" She smiled and then dried her hands with one of the dish towels.
"Same to you. I hope you are enjoying your holiday."
"I am! Thank you Sensei." She bowed and then peaked through the oven at her pies. "I can't wait for everyone to try them! But I'll be in the dojo meditating until they are ready. You are welcomed to join me!" She offered and the rat master nodded indicating he would take up on her offer once his tea was finished. She walked out of the kitchen to the dojo and positioned herself in a trance of relaxation.
Ever since Fate spoke to her last week, she mediated constantly taking head to his words. She didn't want anyone else in her life to die at her hands once again, so she took this matter seriously. Her mind was beginning to feel clear of any types of worries or regrets she had from Kala and her parents after her mediation sessions so she knew it was working. Or at least she hoped it was the mediation and not just the fact that it was the holidays.
An hour and a half later, May woke to the sound of the oven beeping indicating her finished desserts. Slowly she stretched herself out of her position, walking pass Splinter sitting next to her and towards the kitchen to retrieve her prized meal.
"Smells good." Leo's voice broke her out of her moment and she smiled back at him. "Happy Christmas Eve, Leonardo." She smiled and sat the pies on the kitchen countertop to cool before she placed them in the fridge.
"Same to you." He smiled softly and placed a hand on her shoulder. "They look just as good as you do." Leo pointed to the pies and then placed a small kiss on her cheek walking out of the kitchen. May placed the somewhat cooled pies into the refrigerator to set as her Aunt and Casey walked through the elevator door. "Ah April, you have returned." Splinter commented walking out from his room.
"With the tree as promised!" She smiled pointing behind her at Casey struggling to hold the giant tree in his arms.. "We had to go to three different lots! They are almost all sold out of trees everywhere!"
"Hey!" Casey wobbled behind her trying to hold the tree steady, "Don't worry 'bout me! I don't need help or nothin'!" He whined and suddenly the elevator door slammed on his body.
"Hey Case! Watch the tree will ya! We don't want it damaged!" Raph laughed from the second story and jumped down to help his human friend.
May giggled as Casey struggled to free himself from the doors and hold onto the tree as well. "Oh no I'm okay! Thanks for all ya concern! I didn't break nothing,' I just had a huge stone elevator shut on my head!" He yelled angered that no one offered to help him.
Raph pushed aside his laughter and helped hold the tree just before Casey dropped it completely. "Yea, you lucky it was your head and nothin' important." Raph smirked as helped him carry it to the center of the room where the tree stand and skirt were already set up waiting for the large decoration.
"Come on everyone, let's decorate the tree!" Donny had a box of ornaments in his hands and placed it down next to the tree. "Although, Mikey isn't back…" He replied looking around at the group.
"I'm sure he'll be back soon." May walked over to the group bending down and picking up a slightly broken Santa Clause ornament.
"Yea I haven't seen that bozo all day." Raph nodded looking around, "I'm startin' to worry 'bout him."
"Come on its Christmas Eve, even Mikey couldn't get into trouble on a night like tonight." Don smiled setting the ornaments down on the ground lining them up.
"Unless he stops at the toy store…again." Leo muttered smirking at the thought of his younger brother wishing he could have all of the action figures displayed in the windows. May and the turtles went out one night dressed in human clothes to buy presents. May had done all the purchasing while the others looked around telling her what to put in the basket. Mikey had begged May for all of the action figures but she refused to buy him every single one as he requested.
Raph disappeared for a moment leaping into the dojo and then ran back with two butterfly swords in his hands. "Um Raph? What's with the swords?" Leo placed his hands on his hips demanding to know an answer for his brother's actions.
"Just gotta trim the tree before we decorate it!" He smiled and then attacked the tree as if it was a Foot ninja or another enemy. When he was done, the tree almost seemed to sparkle it was so perfect. "Nice job!" May gave him a thumbs up and her and Don and April began to place the ornaments in their hands onto the tree branches. "Everyone join in." Don smiled as they decorated the tree as a family.
"Man I'm good!" Raph smirked admiring his work. "I should be a barber!" He looked over at Casey and Leo. "A little off the top?" he offered holding up the swords.
"Nope." "Nah, I'm good." They quickly responded.
After the tree had been finished April and Don were starting to make her favorite cookies for the guest and for the turtles and May later for the night. May, Casey, Leo, and Raph were putting some last minute touches around the lair with the leftover ornaments and decorations from the box Don brought out.
"Hey guys!" Don ran over to the four with a bowl in his hands. "Christmas cookies are in the oven. Anyone wanna lick the bowl?"
Raph pushed the others out of the way charging for the bowl and holding it possesivly in his hands. "This is sweet!" he cheered licking the bowl and not caring as the wet batter dripped onto his face and hands. "Normally Mikey always hogs the good stuff!"
"You think we should go look for him?" May offered looking up at Leo.
"Nah, he'll be okay! He's probably on his way back right now!" Raph managed to say through his sloppy licks.
May smiled shaking her head at the turtle, "Well then I'm going to get ready. You guys just finish decorating the table just a little bit more." She waved and headed into her room locking the door. In honor of the holiday, May had gone out with Lilly and Anna on a shopping date as promised and she had been forced into buying a dress and heels.
It was a short sleeved black dress that came to about her mid thigh, complete with a matching black studded belt. The best part about the dress was the back since it was opened slightly at the top revealing her well defined and sexy back shoulder muscles. She was feeling a bit embarrassed when she tried it on, but her two friends insisted that she looked amazing and must purchase the dress. They also convinced her to buy a plain pair of black high heeled shoes making her gain a good four inches from her small frame.
As she put on the dress and shoes, she noticed the way the shortness of the dress make her legs look long and with the heels adding more muscle to her legs, she looked absolutely stunning. Already she could hear the whistles coming from Mikey and probably Raph and Casey.
Shaking her thoughts of herself away from her head, she sat on the bed and put on her make up giving herself a smoky eye and adding a bit of red to her pale pink lips. Wishing she could figure out something to do with her obnoxious and uncooperative hair, she pulled it into her usual half pony-tail finishing her look.
She stood from the bed walking over to the door and took a deep breath not sure how to act if the turtles and the others reacted to her look. She closed her eyes and turned the knob walking out from her room casually.
'No one has noticed, good…maybe they won't say anything.' She smiled to herself and walked over to the kitchen to check on her pies. April was in the kitchen pulling her cookies from out of the oven. May smiled at her Aunts chic black pants and sexy purple long sleeved top not feeling super subconscious about her own attire. That is until her Aunt turned around.
"May! You look stunning!" She smiled widely and hugged her niece making all the eyes in the room look at the two. May pulled back from her Aunts arms and noticed the tears in her eyes. "Aunt April? What's wrong?" She panicked.
April sniffed her tears and wiped her eyes, "Oh it's nothing, It just…" April sighed, "You just look so much like your mother. Besides your golden blonde hair, you have Carol written all over you." She hugged her niece once again. "And you are just growing up so much! I remember when you were just this tall!" April bent down to her knees showing everyone how little May used to be. "Oh but anyways!" April shook her hands and head and turned back to her cookies.
May smiled at her Aunt and looked over at the dropped jaws of Leo, Raph and Don. She winked, "You know if you open your mouths any longer you'll catch flies." She opened the fridge and checked on her desserts. Smiling at how well they were sticking she closed the door and walked over to the table making sure it would suit her standards.
"Where's Casey?" May asking the red bandana turtle not seeing the big oaf in the lair. He didn't respond. "Hello? Earth to Raph?" She snapped her fingers walking over to him.
"What?" He jumped shaking his head.
May sighed, "Where's Case?"
"He went to go get the other's from the streets. Master Splinter wants them blind folded so that they can't break into the lair." April giggled responding for the turtle.
May shrugged, "Okay then. So I guess everyone is coming in then." She looked to Don and he nodded. "Well I guess I'll pick up a few left over items…" She turned her head huffing at the mess Mikey had left in the TV room.
She bent her knees down so that her dress would not reveal anything scandalous and scooped his video game controller and console into her arms. "Do you need any help?" Leo's voice came from behind and she smiled turned towards him.
"Nah, I got it thanks though." She turned back and threw the objects into their position in the room neatly picked up.
"You look really nice." He stated awe-struck.
May giggled, "Thanks, Anna and Lilly insisted I buy this. I really didn't like it, but they wouldn't let me leave until I did."
"Good thing." He nodded and then shook his head not wanting that to escape from his lips.
"What was that?" May walked over to him with her arms crossed, "If I knew any better I'd say you and your brother's are checking me out?" She smirked.
Leo shook, "No. It's just. It's just that-"
Suddenly the elevator door opened and Casey and a group of people walked out. "Sorry about the blindfolds folks! Matter's of security and all dat jazz!" Casey smiled leading the group forwards. "Okay you can take 'em off now!"
"Merry Christmas everybody!" April walked over hugging their friends.
Leo and May walked together to great their guests. "You are all welcomed in our home!" Splinter smiled inviting them into the lair.
"Where is my side kick? Where is Michelangelo? I thought he'd be here!" The Silver Century asked.
"Yea we thought he'd be here by now too." Raph muttered hugging the superhero.
May opened her mouth astounded to meet the ledgendary superhero. "Woah! You guys didn't tell me you knew the Silver Century!"
"I don't believe we've met Miss-?" He shook her hand. "May, May Gibson. Blonde ninja warrior extraordinar. Turtle tamer as well." She giggled.
"Pleasure to meet you!" he smiled back.
"May!" Angel ran over hugging the blonde. "Angel! Great to see you!" She hugged the younger girl tightly. "How are things? How's your brother?" She wondered.
"He's better! Not searching for treasure anymore! And damn girl you look hot!" She winked. Angel had been wearing a cute black lacey top and a pair of dark blue jeans with black high heeled boots.
"Looking good yourself kiddo!" She winked and hugged more of the friends at the party.
Suddenly a bright light shined from the pool in the middle of the lair. Master Splinter and Leo nodded walking onto the bridge to welcome their guests from the Battle Nexus. The Dameo, his young son, Usagi and Gen (the obnoxious rino) all bowed to the two. "It is an honor to be in your home, Splinter-Sensei!" The Dameo boomed.
"The honor is all mine!" Splinter and Leo bowed with smiles on their faces.
"Great to see you Leonardo-san!" Usagi revealed a sheathed sword from behind his back, "I brought you something!" He smiled.
"A sword! Wicked!" Leo smirked holding it in one of his hands, "I got you something as well!" Leo pullef from behind his shell another sheathed sword.
"A sword!" The rabbit smiled taking it into his white pawed hands. "What a wonderful gift!"
"Nice letter openers boys. But I'm starving! Where's the free chow?" Gen ruined the moment.
"Please, the food will be ready shortly!" Splinter bowed once again leading them towards the others.
"Usagi!" May ran pass her friends into his arms hugging the rabbit man tightly. "It's so wonderful to see you again!" she released him smiling.
"You as well Princess." He nodded smiling back.
"Princess?" Casey and April looked to Raph and Don shaking both of their heads. "It's a long story. Just go with it." Don suggested.
"Princess?" a small voice peeped from behind the Dameo's leg. May ducked her chest forwards to the little red haired boy. "Why yes? How are you?" she hugged the boy as he ran into her opened arms twirling him around. "Are you having a wonderful Christmas?" She smiled.
"I am now." He replied back.
"And is that?..." April pointed to the little boy whispering to Don.
"Yes, the Ultimate Ninja. But don't worry. He's not evil anymore." Don replied reassuring the woman.
After everyone greeted each other and sat their pot-luck dishes on the table, everyone kind of did their own thing. They mixed and mingled, decorated the lair even more, ate some of April's cookies and appetizers she had picked up and of course drank hot chocolate and eggnog.
May watched silently as Raph and Angel positioned themselves on the second floor to pull a rope system so that Casey could stand under a branch of mistletoe with April. However, her keen Aunt figured out his trick backfiring and causing Casey complete and utter humiliation in front of the guests.
Later in the evening while the group had been waiting for Mikey to return, Casey had the brilliant idea to arm wrestle the Silver Century for some godforsaken reason. Of course, he lost miserably as the Century flung him into a wall.
Later, Raph and Casey attempted to bring the Century down, but like before they too were thrown into the wall.
"Watch how it's done boys!" April smirked cracking her knuckles and sitting across from the superhero.
"Yo April, give it up will ya? Raph and I couldn't beat 'im. So there's no way-" Casey started as the two seemed equally matched. Suddenly the Century's arm cracked and he flung towards the opposite wall defeated!
April huffed and stood up brushing her hair back, "You were saying, Casey Jones?" She smirked walking towards the kitchen.
May had her arms and legs crossed sitting on one of the ends of the table shaking her head at her Aunt. 'She is one tricky lady.' May smirked and giggled as she examined all of the surprised faces in the room.
She heard the buzzer for the turkey go off in the kitchen and hopped down from her spot on the table. "Turkey's done." She nodded and looked at the young ultimate ninja. "Would you like to help me, young one?" She asked sweetly and he nodded taking her hand as she led him to the kitchen.
She placed mittens on her hands and retrieved the golden turkey from the oven as the savory aroma filled the lair. "That smells good!" The boy smiled as she placed it on the counter top.
"It does! Now I need to hold this very sharp knife and set it on the table. Be very careful because it is super sharp and could hurt someone." She handed him a rather long cutting knife. He nodded taking slow steps to the table. "Mr. Century, would you mind bringing the rather heavy turkey to the table?" May asked the superhero talking with her Aunt.
"Sure thing May." He nodded flying over to the large table with the turkey in his arms.
"I sure hope Mikey get's back soon. Has anyone tried calling him?" April placed her hands on her hips walking over to her niece.
"Yea I did a couple minutes ago and it rang and went to voice mail. I don't know what's up with him." May responded as the girl's took their places at the table.
"We shall wait for my youngest son, my guests. He should be here shortly before we eat our delicious meal." Splinter nodded to everyone sitting at the end of the table with the Dameo across from him.
Everyone sat in their chairs trying not to let the awkward silence get to them. As always though, Casey was the first to snap after smelling the heavenly aromas in the air. "Well I don't know about you guys but I'm starving! Let's chow down on the holiday goodies!" He reached for the bread basket.
"No! This is a time for family and being together. We must wait for Michelangelo." Splinter demanded.
"Where is that bum?" Raph pouted feeling the same way as Casey.
They waited around a couple more minutes and then April decided, "Alright, we will wait for Mikey another five minutes, but that's it! The food it getting cold!"
"Agreed." Splinter sighed knowing they could not wait forever.
"He better get here soon, dat bonehead." Raph growled.
"I wonder just what on Earth Mikey could be doing…" May sighed sitting back into her chair with her arms crossed.
Within two minutes the elevator doors opened revealing Mikey in his winter human clothes. "Merry Christmas everyone!" He smiled with something orange in his hands. "Meet my new friend!" He raised the object up as it 'mewed'.
"Mikey! Where have you been?" Leo demanded without sounding too mean.
"Our guest have been waiting! It is very rude!" Splinter scolded the turtle.
"I know…I'm sorry, but you're not gonna believe what happened to me!" He sat with the kitten still in his hands.
"Mikey we don't wanna hear some lame story!" Raph growled as he and the rest of the family started to dig into the dishes scattered around the table.
"No Raphie, this is the season of giving, silly!" The orange bandana turtle smiled.
Raph growled, "Yea and I'm thinkin' 'bout givin' ya a well deserved smack upside da head!" his Brooklyn accent taking full effect on his sentence.
"You guys! It's Christmas Eve! It's a time to think about others less fortunate than ourselves!" Mikey whined.
"Geeze Mike. What's gotten into you?" May smiled chewing on her food.
"Everyone finish eating! We are going to spread some Christmas cheer!" He smiled.
The houseguests had agreed to Mikey's wish and everyone joined and dressed in costume at the children's orphanage. Mikey had told them the story about how he stopped some Purple Dragon's from stealing the children's Christmas gifts and he wanted to personally deliver the gifts to the kids. He and his brother's dressed in elf costumes, while Splinter and the Dameo dressed as Santa Clause.
The children absolutely loved the evening and when it got too late they all headed to bed excitied for the upcoming morning.
With that the guests said their good-byes and thanked the turtles for having such a wonderful evening. Even the Battle Nexus travelers left before they headed back to the lair, egger for the morning and the gifts to open and give.
As the turtles, Splinter, May, April and Casey arrived back at the lair, May was surprised to turn around at the exact moment April had kissed Casey under the mistletoe from earlier in the evening. She smiled and shook her head laughing at the expression on Casey's face.
"Muahaha! My plan worked!" Mikey ran to the refrigerator with one of May's apple pies in his hands. "A whole pie to myself!"
"So now we know why exactly the turtle is so generous this evening!" May smirked and then jumped as she felt something soft grace her ankles. She looked down and picked up the kitten without revealing her under parts to the world. "He's cute Mike. What's his name?" She smiled stroking the purring cat in her arms.
"Klunk!" He smiled eating a slice of pie.
May smiled back down at the cat and placed him back on the floor. "There ya go Klunk." She smiled and then took off her heels. "Much better!" She sighed and walked towards her Aunt hugging her goodbye.
"We will see you guys in the morning!" April nodded and May quickly hugged Casey waving goodbye to him. "Bye!" She and the other's waved and then sighed as they left the lair. May turned around looking at the mess on the table. "Clean it in the morning?" She asked.
"Please, we must clean this now rather than later." Splinter nodded and May snapped her fingers. "Shucks. Worth a try!" She giggled. "Let me go change first and I'll be right back!" She ran to her room practically throwing off her dress and putting on a white tank top and black running shorts underneath to help clean the mess.
After they had finished about an hour later, Splinter was the first to head to his room. He hugged his children goodnight and then parted ways leaving the five alone in the lair.
"Christmas movies till we fall asleep?" Don suggested and everyone nodded. "Okay, everyone grab a pillow and blanket and set up in the TV room." Leo commanded. The five did so and then set up their sleep over in the room getting cozy for the night as they put on the Grinch first.
Klunk liked to stay either with Mikey or May and he constantly flip-flopped between the two. After the movie finished, May looked around at the snoring voices revealing that Mikey and Don had fallen asleep.
"What should we watch next?" May whispered to Leo and Raph.
"Let's watch Home Alone." Raph suggested but Leo shook his head.
"It's too noisy! Put on A Christmas Carol instead." May agreed and put the DVD into the player waiting for the movie to start.
"I hope you guys had a good Christmas Eve." May yawned snuggling into her pillow. "I know I did." She smiled closing her eyes. Within minutes May quickly found a comforting and restful slumber.