Chapter 2

"Man, I'm starving!" Mikey complained, oblivious to the fight going on around him, "Can't we go get pizza or something?"

"Are you kidding me right now?!" Raphael snapped while jabbing his sai into a footbot, "We're in the middle of a friggin fight!"

"Still doesn't change anything." The youngest turtle complained. He would've been hit if Leo hadn't sliced the footbot in half with his katanas. "Focus, Mikey, there's only a few left."

"You sure about that, Leo?" Donnie said, motioning for his brothers to look up. A whole new wave of footbots were looking down at them from the rooftops. The four brothers stood in a circle with their backs to each other.

"Just my kind of night." Raph said with a sinister smile.

"Don't get cocky yet Raph," Leo warned as the footbots started making their way to the ground.

Half an hour later, the ground was covered in various body parts from the footbots and the brothers were exhausted.

"So…" Mikey said, trying to break the awkward silence after the fight. "Anyone for pizza?"

Raph suddenly slapped him on the shoulder. "Ow!" Mikey yelled as Leo scanned the alleyway to make sure no one had seen them then whispered, "Let's get out of here before anyone sees us"

"You know, I find it strange that no one has ever seen us during one of our fights." Donnie pointed out. "Statistically speaking, someone has to have seen us at some point."

"Naw, it's because we're ninjas bro, no one's ever gonna see us." Mikey chimed as they headed down the sewers. They were completely unaware of the news reporter who had seen the fight, and had even managed to capture a couple blurry photos.

Once they entered the sewers, they followed every tunnel and took every turn they were supposed to. They eventually followed a path to a large opening with high walls, their home. Sensei spent their younger days fixing it up to become a suitable place to raise his sons.

The four turtles headed to the living area and Mikey immediately plopped down on a beanbag chair. Leo flipped channels to the TV and turned on Space Heroes while Donnie dialed the number to their favorite pizza place. Raph went to the opposite end of the room and started beating on the old punching bag that was hanging.

"Why don't you wanna watch Space Heroes Raph?" Leo asked his hotheaded brother.

"No way I'm getting sucked into that nerdy show." He snarled back.

"Don't be so grumpy Raph, we got leftover pizza if you're hungry," Mikey said while holding up a box that wasn't finished from before. He opened it to reveal the pizza inside. It was growing mold and gathering dust. His brothers nearly puked.

"Don't ruin my appetite, Mikey!" Raph growled while Mikey scarfed down the last slice like it was nothing.

"I'm surprised that those foods have no negative effect on you." Leo said in utter shock.

"It obviously affects his brain." Donnie said quietly to himself.

"Hey!" Mikey shouted with his mouth full, burping right after. "It does not!"

"Shh!" Leo hushed. "It's starting!"

The three brothers watched the show while Raph was content at his punching bag. Donnie slipped out his T-phone and checked the time. "Raph, the pizza should be here anytime now. Wanna go get it?"

"Fine." Raph huffed, clearly annoyed. He stormed off out of the lair.

At this time, Master Splinter entered the living room from the dojo to check on his sons. He was startled when Space Heroes was suddenly interrupted by "breaking news."

"Four turtle men were spotted fighting the notorious footclan that had been terrorizing the streets of New York for years!" The newscaster said. The turtle's eyes grew big. "These strange vigilantes also seem to be carrying ninja weapons! Tune in tonight for the full story,"

The TV suddenly shut off. "What is the meaning of this?!" Splinter asked out of pure anger. The turtles, who were unaware of his presence, turned to face their father.

"Maybe they were different ninja turtle men?" Mikey suggested sheepishly.

"Oh, so you're telling me that there are four other turtles that happen to be trained in ninjistu, also fight the footclan?" He asked angrily.

"Exactly." Mikey said shyly.

"No!" Splinter said, tripping Mikey with his tail.

"It was worth a shot." Mikey whimpered from the floor.

"Sensei," Leo tried to reason with his father. "They didn't actually see us."

"Then how do you explain the picture they have of you?"

"I can't, but-" he was interrupted by splinter spinning his staff and tripping him with it.
"I got your stupid pizza gu-" Raph had returned with the pizza, but stopped when he saw what was happening in front of him. "What the heck is going on?"

"Sensei's trying to kill us!" Mikey whined with tears in his eyes.
"You are all grounded until further notice!" Splinter informed his sons before exiting the room. The turtles groaned while Raph stood there confused.

"Would someone like to tell me what the heck is going on?" he demanded to know. He was only gone for ten minutes, what could've possibly happened?

"Some lucky goon snapped a photo of us during our fight." Donatello answered while helping Mikey off the floor. "And as you can see, Master Splinter didn't take it very well."