Warning: Contains some strong language and violence.
Chapter Two
Winter Run
The next night, after a hearty breakfast whipped up by Tyroth and Michelangelo, then two hours training, the gang got ready to do an outdoor patrol.
Normally because of their mutations, they would just be carrying their weapons and a bag with the basic necessities.
But this time due to the cold and the snow, the turtles, Mona, Tyroth and Sephie bundled up in clothes.
The turtles had some clothes they wore when in disguise to be gangsters when they were trying to infiltrate Purple Dragon nests, Mona had the same and she also had the clothes she wore when she was living on the streets those years ago before the turtles found her.
Tyroth and Sephie had also been wise enough to bring clothes for warmth, not just for disguise, Tyroth had brought some clothes had had been especially made for him in Mutopia, including a giant Christmas Sweater with a snowman on it.
As he came to meet the others wearing the jumper the turtles began chuckling but Mona made a cute face, especially when Sephie said she had managed to knit it for him.
"Took me hours to make that!" said Sephie "I wanted to see my Dragon look cute in a jumper!"
"It's great Sephie!" said Mona "You did a great job on that!" she then turned to the other turtles with a frown.
"Didn't she?" she said making them stop chuckling and look at her sheepishly.
"Yeah!" said Michelangelo "Sure! Very sweet!"
"Cute!" said Donatello.
"Yeah!" said Raphael.
"And very personal too!" said Leonardo.
Splinter just chuckled as his sons looked like schoolboys who had just been told off by their teacher.
"Have a pleasant run my children." he said "But please be cautious and careful as you run through the city, for the dangers are not just the Purple Dragons or the Foot Ninja, but the snow and ice is treacherous."
"We will Sensei." said Leonardo placing his swords on his back.
"I'll make sure they stay safe Master Splinter." said Tyroth "Even if I have to melt the snow and ice to ensure their safety."
"Thank you Tyroth." said Splinter gratefully bowing to the Dragon.
Tyroth bowed back, as did the turtles and the female lizards before they started to head towards the entrance of the lair to head to the surface.
They soon made it to the surface, as they climbed out of the manhole, the cold hit them hard.
The alleyway they stood in, was dark and filled with snow that went up to their ankles since the snow ploughs had not disturbed the snow there and the walls of the buildings were dripping with frozen water and icicles.
"Brrr!" Michaelangelo cried "You sure weren't kidding! It is cold!"
"Tell me about it!" said Donatello "Even with the clothes I still feel like I'm naked in the snow!"
"Well let's not stand around then!" said Leonardo "We'll freeze! Let's get to work! Then we'll warm up!" he looked up at a nearby fire escape and leaped up onto it.
"Careful Leo!" Mona shouted "It might be icy!"
"It's fine Mona!" Leonardo called "It's cold but not icy! I'd still be careful though!"
"Right behind you bro!" Raphael called leaping up after Leonardo, Mona also leapt up after Raphael then Donatello and Michaelangelo, but Tyroth scooped Sephie up and opened his wings before flying up onto the rooftop.
"You should have taken the Dragon express!" said Sephie with a laugh as Tyroth set her down on the roof then the dragon landed next to her.
The turtles frowned and Mona rolled her eyes.
"Come on guys!" said Leonardo "Let's get going!" he then began to lead the way west on the rooftops.
At once, the others followed, though Tyroth began flying above them. The rooftops were covered in snow and ice and the running mutants had to be careful they didn't slip. By chance any of them did slip or the ice caused them to not jump the gaps over the buildings, Tyroth would be able to swoop down and grab them and save them from a nasty fall.
Luckily he didn't have to as the running mutants continued to run and jump over the gaps and to the buildings opposite with ease.
After about an hour, the mutants had been running over the buildings over the west of the city and so far had seen no activity except some late night shoppers who were searching for last minute Christmas presents and preparations and clubbers entering bars and nightclubs.
Stopping on a rooftop for a brief rest, the gang decided to get their breath back before continuing.
"Quite quiet tonight!" said Tyroth.
"I wouldn't quite call it quiet." said Donatello "At least not for the late night activities."
"I meant quiet with gang activity." said Tyroth "Maybe the Purple Dragons and Foot Ninja are taking a break for Christmas."
"Normally around Christmas, the activities we've seen is some burglaries." said Leonardo "I remember we caught some thugs breaking into some houses to steal valuables and presents."
"But we made sure they didn't get away with it!" said Raphael.
"Why should someone else's Christmas get ruined because of someone else's selfishness?" asked Michaelangelo "I though Christmas was about giving and happiness?"
"Because some people are assholes that's why." said Sephie "They don't care about others, they just want to do things for their own selfish gain!"
Mona nodded in agreement looked over the roof down at the alleyways below.
As she did, she noticed some movement below and saw a van parked in the darkness and the back doors were open and filled with stuff.
She narrowed her eyes as she analysed what was in the back, at first she thought they were people doing some late night moving, but thinking again, it was the early hours of the morning and it was highly unlikely that people would be moving house or having stuff delivered.
Turning to the others Mona whistled.
At once everyone looked up and saw Mona pointing over the side of the roof.
"What is it Mona?" asked Leonardo running to the side of the roof and seeing were his adopted sister was pointing.
He also saw the van, and his eyes narrowed.
"Speak of the devil!" said Sephie "Looks like we got ourselves some selfish robbers at Christmas..."
Michaelangelo gripped his nunchucks as he looked over the side.
"Finally some action." said Raphael as he took out his sai.
"How we gonna do this?" asked Donatello as he took out his bo staff.
"Stay close." said Leonardo "We'll take them by surprise, just in case they're armed, they might have crowbars, but they might also have guns or knives..."
"We know the drill..." said Tyroth "Guys like this...Sephie and I have dealt with them before..."
"Okay." said Leonardo "Sephie, ready your bow and arrow and stay above, Mona, Raph, Don, you stick to the shadows by the van, Mikey, you and I go towards the house, and Tyroth?" he looked at the Dragon hover above the van and keep watch ok?"
"Got it!" said Tyroth.
Everyone else agreed to their positions and as Mona, Raphael and Donatello leapt down into the shadows, Tyroth spread his wings and hovered above the van and Sephie crawled down the wall and to a fire escape and prepared her bow and arrow to strike down anyone who came to the van.
Once everyone was in position, Leonardo and Michaelangelo walked towards the door that was open near the van.
No sooner were they about to enter than four thugs dressed in black and wearing gloves and balaclavas appeared carrying a wide-screen TV, a high tech stereo, three laptops and a couple of Ipads come out of the door.
Luckily Leonardo and Michaelangelo jumped to the side and hid in the shadows before the men saw them.
The mutants watched in anger as the thugs walked over to the van and placed the items inside.
"I think that's everything." said the first thug.
"Good." said the second one "Lets get this lot back to the hideout then we'll move on to the next step!"
"Imagine all the loot for this stuff!" said the third thug "Christmas is always the best time to make our money!"
"Harvest time for the thieves!" said the fourth "Come on! I can't wait to see how much we can get for this! Wonder what the estimate is?"
Up on the fire escape, Sephie felt her blood boil and her fingers twitched as she pulled back an arrow ready to fire, she wanted to wait for Leonardo's command, but she could barely hold the arrow back anymore as she listened to the thugs talk of the items they had stolen, items the people in the apartment must have worked hard to get for their loved ones or even themselves for Christmas.
Unable to hold back, Sephie closed one eye and held her breath as she fired her arrow.
The arrow whizzed through the air and hit one of the doors on the van.
At the sound and sight of the arrow the thugs almost jumped out of their skins.
"Where the fuck did that come from?" cried the first thug as he looked around.
The other thugs looked around, as they did, they saw the figures of the turtles and Mona appear from the sides.
"Making plans were you?" asked Leonardo.
"To spoil someone's Christmas?" asked Donatello.
"Selfish...and cruel..." Mona hissed "Doesn't sit well with me!"
"Me neither!" said Michaelangelo.
"And you're gonna pay for your crimes!" Raphael snarled.
"It's the freaks!" cried one of the thugs.
"And they're not alone!" Sephie cried as she leapt down from the fire escape and landed in the snow before them drawing another arrow and aiming it at them.
Tyroth also lowered himself onto the van and looked down at them growling.
"Oh Shit!" cried the third thug "There are seven of them!"
"No matter!" snarled the first "We can still take them! Gut them and shot them!"
At once the thugs pulled out weapons that consisted of guns, knives, a crowbar and a machete.
The turtles and Mona instantly pulled out their own weapons to fight, and Sephie stepped forward with her bow and arrow.
Seeing Sephie was about to shoot with her arrow, one of the thugs aimed his gun at her, and before she could move, he fired at her!
Mona screamed in terror as she saw her friend get shot at, the others also cried out in horror and Tyroth jumped up terrified for his lover, yet as he did, he saw Sephie's arrow get released from her bow and it aimed for him and the arrow hit him in the neck!
"Tyroth!" shouted Raphael.
At once the turtles got into action and began to fight the thugs in retaliation for them firing at Sephie whilst Mona ran over to check on Sephie who was laying in the snow.
"Sephie!" Mona cried, her stomach tight with fear and one of her fans in her hand as she ran over to her friends side terrified she had been shot.
As she approached her friends side, she saw no wound, nor blood but Sephie was on her side looking rather shocked.
"Sephie!" cried Mona "Sephie! Are you alright!?"
Sephie instantly looked up and saw Mona looking concerned and she sat bolt upright.
"Mona..." she said shakily.
"Sephie? Are you hurt?" asked Mona "Did he get you?"
Sephie shook her head.
"No...I'm not shot..." she said as Mona pulled her to her feet "But they..." she looked towards the battle and saw the turtles were overpowering the thugs and Tyroth was cradling his bleeding neck as he pulled out Sephie's arrow from where she had accidentally shot him.
"Tyroth!" she cried in horror "Oh God no!" she ran over drawing her daggers in fury "You bastards made me shoot my boyfriend!" Mona ran after Sephie flicking open her fans.
One of the thugs managed to get his knife stuck in Donatello's bo staff, seeing he was the one who shot at her, Sephie ran over and slashed his face with her dagger then kicked him into the wall.
Mona used her fan to catch one of the thugs's machete in it and closed the fan twisting it out of his hands then leaned back on her tail before kicking him back.
Michelangelo and Raphael managed to punch the third thug into the one Mona kicked back and Donatello and Leonardo went for the last one by knocking him back into the one Sephie kicked back.
At once, Donatello grabbed some rope and with Sephie's help they managed to tie up the thugs tightly.
"Now the police can pick them up." said Leonardo, he then looked up to see Tyroth rubbing his neck, his wound had healed but there were blood on his neck.
He slid off the van and Sephie with tears in her eyes ran over to Tyroth and hugged him.
"Oh baby!" she cried "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to shoot you!"
Tyroth hugged Sephie back tightly.
"It's okay baby..." he said softly stroking her hair and kissing her "It wasn't your fault...you didn't mean to do it."
"Uughh!" one of the thugs said "I might puke!"
"Shut up!" Mona snarled kicking the thug in the face and knocking him out cold.
"Bitch!" cried the thug next to him, but Raphael punched him in the face giving him a nose bleed.
Donatello and Michaelangelo quickly placed everything the burglars had pinched back into the house.
"We can't place everything where they were before." said Donatello "But we can at least place them back in the house where they belong."
"Yeah." said Michelangelo "Though we better be quick, I don't know if anyone heard the commotion outside."
As he spoke, the lights suddenly came on in the hallway.
"Had to jinx it Mikey!" said Donatello "Come on! Let's get out of here!" he grabbed his younger brother and pulled him out of the house, shutting the door and finding the others.
"Guys!" he shouted "The residents of the house are awake! We better get out of here!"
"Shit!" said Leonardo, he looked at the burglars who struggled in their bounds and the van was still there.
"The residents will find them and call the police!" he said "Let's get out of here before we're seen!" he quickly lead everyone into the shadows and he, the other turtles and Mona climbed up another fire escape and Tyroth flew up to the rooftops with Sephie.
Wow! That was intense! I know a lot of you were thinking as this was a Christmas fic, there'd be less violence, but even at Christmas, anything can happen!
Thank goodness Sephie and Tyroth were alright!