I own nothing except the stuff I made up
One Man's Junk!
Attila thought about the conversation they had soon after Kitsune and her Café disappeared. Tiger Claw had found another strange piece of Black Metal.
"I've been meaning to ask, why have you been collecting all that black Metal?" Raph asked. "And why does the foot want it too?"
"Well, I did find out the shard we got from the Warehouse a while back is actually mystic metal. As is the piece Tiger Claw found where the Lotus Café used to be." Donnie added.
"That's weird…." Krysta muttered.
"Yeah what else is special about it? You tend to fight tooth and nail over the stuff. And you got pretty mad when I lost that piece." Leo low key interrogated.
"Because I don't want them getting any if I can help it. Also it had more to do with the bike. Because the guy I buy them from might as well be a crooked bank." Tiger Claw growled. "But that's all you'll get out of me." He said getting on one of said bikes and driving off quickly.
Attila ran this memory in his head as he wandered around the Arcade. He glanced at the Dancing game nearby. He saw the glowing button asking him to press it again.
"Go on, do it!" Donnie said from behind him. Attila put on the game and began using his Capoeira to play the game he felt incredibly happy using it to the best of his ability as he jumped and flipped even twisting his legs around to hit the buttons. He grinned as he finished.
"Yes I can feel the Serotonin flow through you! It makes you stronger!" Donnie said somewhat sinisterly.
"Is that true?" Attila asked.
"Yes, expression ones emotions and feeling Serotonin is scientifically healthy for one's mental health." Donnie replied.
"Good to know…." Attila replied remembering how Draxum forbade most emotions. "Ya know I want to help Tiger Claw get more mystic metal…But where would I start?"
"I can help with that! I have a genius plan to get some! First we'll need to advertise with song! Embrace your love of music and dancing my young apprentice and your journey to the boogie side will be complete!"
"Yeah….YEAAAAAHHHH!" Attila shouted invigorated.
X X X
Attila immediately made posters with Donnie's instructions and many copies were made. Soon he and Klunk were riding in a cart that Donnie was pushing around with the help of his Jet pack as Attila pulled several out. One of the stops was Hueso's restaurant on a bulletin board.
"Mystic Metal needed!" Attila sang spinning around a bit Klunk sitting on top of the large Stereo that came out of Donnie's shell.
"Top Coin paid!" He sang with a slight jump and twist.
They headed to the Mystic Library as Attila placed a poster on the large podium the Librarian was at. "Mystic Metal needed!"
"Top Coin paaaiiidddd!" Donnie sang with a Microphone as the Hush Bats suddenly grabbed them and locked them in the Kiddie room where Attila somehow became their chief sporting a red leaf crown and Neon Lime green and Neon light purple body paint on his arms, feet and face!
"Mystic Metal needed!" The two sang together placing up another poster.
"Top coin paid!" Klunk shouted from on top of their heads.
They even placed Posters in the Hidden City main market place that Attila had been with a few times as they practically screamed.
"MYSTIC METAL NEEDED!" Attila screamed happily.
"TOP COIN PAAAIAAAAAHHHHDDD!" Donnie sang playing a guitar riff as they finished going around town.
X X X
"I'm not sure about this plan guys. If we want to find more mystic metal shouldn't be out there, chasing down rumors and shaky leads?" Raph said worriedly. As they sat in an alley way with a fake cardboard store front that Attila had made; Klunk was currently shape shifted into one of those good luck coin cat's sitting on the counter.
"It's called Crowd Sourcing Raph." Donnie replied confidentially adjusting his goggles. "Why bust our rumps, when there are thousands of Yokai in the Hidden City who can bust their rumps for us?"
"Besides Donnie, Klunk and I worked really hard to get the word out." Attila replied wearing the Gold hoodie he got from Italy and some gag glasses with a clown nose and mustache over his usual pants.
"Our busted Rumps!" Klunk added from her place.
"Exactly, but now we chillax here; While people bring us their scraps and we see if any of its mystic metal," Attila added he began to using some of the words out of habit his brothers were using. "Plus things from the surface end up in Yokai Cities all the time. It's not out impossible that some of it ended up there."
"While I do like the lazy angle I'm not taking sides…yet…" Leo added leaning back in his chair. It was then a human came in with a gold colored box.
"Ha, see what happens when you give your younger brother's a chance to shine Raphala?" Donnie asked as he inspected the Golden Fidget Spinner inside. No Mystic properties. "Excuse me?" he growled. "We are a reputable fly by night organization!" he shouted throwing the man out. "How dare you bring in this worthless piece of garbage." He shouted before glancing over as the man ran off. "AHA! The glow on our next customer's box is promising!"
Attila poked his head out as well. "That's a Yokai style box!" he said excitedly. "Ha! Epic plan win!" he declared.
It was then a large green truck with a crane on it appeared with the words 'Repo Mantis Salvage.' Attila immediately recognized it from the derby. And Repo immediately appeared hanging out of his window.
"Hey! You owe me money!" he growled attacking the Yokai and snatching the box from him. "Now we're square!" he said with a laugh as the Truck drove off as quickly as it came.
There was a huge puff of smoke that had filled the area a few feet from them. Attila coughed a little as did his brothers.
"And this is why I had my doubts." Raph grumbled.
"Hey Raph that's not fair!" Attila complained. "And at least we know where it is now! We just have to get it from Repo."
"He'll never give it to us," Raph replied flatly.
"He will if we weaponize his behavior against him." Donnie rebutted.
"An Ethically expectable scam?" Leo asked his eyes twinkling. "I'm in! Question to the uninitiated who is Repo Mantis?" He asked pulling out folders from out of nowhere or somewhere?
"One of Draxum's many Oozequito victims?" Attila asked.
"Besides that." He replied handing the small turtle the folders inside were pictures of Repo and Money he was hording as much of it as he could, another photo had him playing with a bunch of it, even dating it. "Repo Mantis is completely and utterly, motivated by greed!" Leo declared as he was suddenly in a fancy looking stone grey suit with a folded handkerchief in the pocket that was blue with navy pin stripes. He had a brown wig that was slicked back but framed his face with a matching goatee. He had a bow tie that matched the same shade of blue as his mask which he had removed.
"Dollar, Dollar bills ya'll!" Donnie added standing back to back with his twin. He had a purple suit and top hat with an indigo ribbon stripe. Donnie's jacket had a matching indigo handkerchief. The shirt underneath had a matching tie with a pin on it, and a vest underneath. Donnie also hadn't removed his goggles or Mask. Probably for his own comfort when it came to wearing the former. When he had finished what he had said he pulled up a monocle to pull to complete his disguise. What looked like a gold chain however was actually a gold painted cord meant to connect it to the goggles to search for the mystic metal.
X X X
They had taken the tank to a large junkyard; Encompassed by a large wooden fence but also some chain link fence. There were piles of metal and things all around. It was hard to believe that Tiger Claw got working Vehicles from this place. But maybe they had been repossessed like Armor piece was?
"I still think we should smash for that piece of Mystic Metal until we smash it into we smash it into our smashy little hands."
Leo who had been both absent mindedly and smugly stroking his Goatee turned to him. "Raphie I love you, but that'll just make him hate us more. Besides Donnie and I know this guy well enough to play him like a fiddle. We got this. Now you and Atti stay in the car while Donnie and I finesse the metal." He said blowing a kiss at least Attila wasn't mad enough to kill it this time but Raph did swat it away rapidly not wanting it anywhere near him.
"Come on Raph this does sound like it could work." Attila assured.
"Yeah we'll see." Raph hummed as the twins left the Tank.
X X X
It didn't take Leo and Donnie long to find Repo he was fixing up a car he was clearly planning to sell later. "Excuse me sir!" Donnie began. "Benjamin Bluregard and I are wealthy Junk moguls, looking to sink loads of money into top shelf garbage!" He said showing off a wad of cash.
"Armbruster I do declare I just found money I had misplaced in my pocket." Leo said showing off a couple more. "I must remember to burn it when we return to the Slag Lake at Martha's scrap yard."
Repo's eyes suddenly turned into slots as Dollar signs lined up in them. He immediately put his arms over both of them as they gave him a stuffy glance. "Oh you guys sound fancy, let me show you around." He said leading them further into the scrap yard.
As they walked around Donnie was using the monocle to scan. Which Attila and Raph were watching from the Tank as Klunk sat in the hood of his Hoodie napping. Raph groaned.
"Come on how long is it gonna take for this plan to fail." Raph huffed.
"Maybe it's actually working you could be a little nicer about this." Attila huffed a bit hurt by how down Raph was on it. It was his plan too Leo just decided to Pitch in with it.
"Everything's for sale," They heard Repo say over the monocle. "Just don't go into that bus over there!" He said as the camera in Donnie's Monocle turned to it. It looked a little suspicious, a large pyramid of trash with a School bus shoved into the bottom of it at the center. It was like one of those hidden Tombs in Xenoblade hidden but obvious. Repo was pointing to it menacingly. "No matter how much you think there's something great in there! Don't, go in that bus! Do you understand?"
Raph glanced at the bus with increased interest. "That's it's in the bus!"
"But he said there's nothing in there." Attila pointed out.
"Attila when a Bad Guy tells you not to go in there! That's where they have something special!" Raph protested.
"Pip, Pip my good man my Colleague and I know our way around a Junkyard perhaps you could be a good assistant and get us some refreshments?" Donnie asked.
"For a couple of Garbage Gourmet's for yourself anything," Repo said with a slight bow and headed off.
Raph immediately rang them. "Guys don't waste time he's keeping it in the bus! All bad guys keep something special in there."
"Raph he doesn't even know what he has." Leo muttered over the microphone. "He only took it because some guy owed him money. We're talking about a guy who repoed a birthday cake. The guy literally thinks and breathes money! There's no way he's gonna think to store something away like that."
"Go into the bus!" Raph growled.
"We are not going in the bus!" Leo growled back hanging up a bit snappy.
"And this is why we never do their plans, Attila let's go." Raph said as he opened the door.
"But Raph!" Attila began only for Raph to pull him along and sneak inside the yard.
They had made it to the bus as Attila sighed. "We shouldn't be doing this…" he muttered uncomfortably as they looked inside. There were discarded school books and a few pencils a few of the windows had been cracked too. But it was honestly hard to see with most of the windows out of the sunlight.
"Oh well, no mystic Metal here! Let's go!" Attila said as he went to turn around.
"He must be using the bus to block off the mountain." Raph declared.
"Raph…." Attila protested.
"A Bus only weighs about twenty five thousand pounds! I could lift that." Raph said jumping down and spitting on his hands before rubbing them together. He then gripped the bumper with all of his might. "LIFT IT LIKE A BOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSS!" he screamed trying to lift it as hard as he can as Attila fell into an open window. He heard a thud outside.
"Uh oh!" Attila said seeing a handle that he pulled and used it to open the door. Raph was star-fished on the ground passed out. "Raph!" he shouted rushing to his side and patting his face. "Raph? Raph!"
Raph groaned waking up. "Wha happen?" he muttered.
"I think you passed out trying to lift it." Attila noted.
"How far did I move the bus?" Raph asked.
"You didn't," Klunk replied.
"But we did open a door. You know maybe we could have Donnie scan both and see if-"Attila began only to find Raph was already on the bus. Attila sighed and followed him while Klunk gave Raph a quick raspberry.
X X X
Donnie groaned as his monocle turned up nothing again. "I am not finding this thing anywhere! The only other places we could possibly look are his office and that sinister bus."
"We are not doing anything Raph suggests! You and I are the ones that know Repo inside and out, and we can predict his every move!" Leo spat only for a claw to go right be his head. He yelped jumping over near Donnie. "AHHH DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!"
"Yo you fancies want some caviar?" Repo asked in a French accent. He was holding a large plat of Red and black things moving a bit up his arms to the edge of the large platter and just flew off. "I didn't have fish eggs so I just used Lady Bugs."
"Yaaayy," Donnie said nervous Leo was nervous for Donnie due to his texture issues. However he suddenly got an idea.
"While Caviar is all well and good I just remembered I'm in the market for something special." He suddenly said.
"Special ya say?" Repo asked curiously knowing he could charge extra.
X X X
They had walked up to the front of the bus. Attila was charging his power into his Kurosai to act as a makeshift torch while it was still wrapped up. Something lower on the dashboard began to shine. It was the Key's to the bus. Raph sat down and turned on the bus. "Time to show Leo and Donnie what a real plan looks like."
Attila hung his head at this looking away wringing his hands together as Klunk nuzzled him. Raph drove the bus further in as many broken down rusty cars lined the area they were in. They climbed out Attila still using his Kurosai as a Torch Klunk hiding in his hood fearfully as he looked around.
"That armor piece has to be around here somewhere. Keep your eyes peeled." Raph said to him.
Attila did notice something as he looked around and saw something large above him. It looked like a cage. He saw something shimmer against the light of the fire. Attila yelped and slammed into something.
"Owww!" he groaned as Raph came over. "My leader senses are tingling. These must be the light." He said pressing the button as the cage opened. Attila gasped in fear.
"Raph…." Attila said as glowing red eyes appeared.
"Yeah…." He asked.
"YOUR, PLAN SUCKS; MINE, DONNIE AND LEO'S WAS BETTER!" he screamed as Doctor Delicate Touch as the monster rushed out the cage the two turtles immediately turned tail and ran, the monster immediately jumping down and swiping destroying a few cars in the process. Attila didn't dare look back as the light illuminated it in a way that made it like something of a jump scare.
It snapped at Raph who screamed as they flew into the bus the monster right behind them getting its face stuck between the doors as Raph shut them. Attila could see a green furred large cat like head with large slit pupiled red eyes trying to force its way in with a slight meow.
"It's a Mutant Kitty!" Attila shouted as the creature extended a large tongue. That wrapped itself around Attila and started pulling him towards its mouth. "AAHHHH!" he shrieked.
"ATTILA!" Raph screamed Klunk however dug claws and her teeth into the tongue making the cat screech and pull its head out as Raph fired up the engine and floored the gas trying to escape as the monster jumped on and too their horror dug large mantis claws into the roof of the building.
X X X
"Black Mystic metal, oh yeah I got one of those last night. But on hold for a customer though." Repo replied.
"My Colleague Blueregard simply cannot part without such a purchase. Perhaps you will part with it for One million gold bars?" Donnie asked holding up a brief case.
"Hmmmm," Repo muttered rubbing his chin as if conflicted.
"I'll give you one million diamond encrusted Gold Bars that I will melt down into shoe umbrellas if I don't find a way to spend them!" Leo said holding up another brief case.
"DEAL!" Repo shouted as they suddenly heard tires screech and suddenly saw a bus with a large mantis cat hybrid Mutant appear.
"SAVE YOURSELVES!" Raph screamed from the Driver's seat Attila clinging to his arm. Klunk was a Rock hanging in Attila's hood.
"RAPH!" Leo screamed.
"Raph, Turtles!?" Repo growled. "What youse two trying to pull…." However before he could interrogate the twins further there was a loud roar as Attila and Raph ran out of the car Klunk at their feet as she hid in a nearby car Attila hiding outside of that car. He was trembling trying not to go into his shell, White gripping the car. His eyes were shimmering.
"YOUSE LET MY CAT OUT?! YA DOOMED US ALL!" Repo screamed.
"It was Raph blame him!" Leo snapped pointing at his older brother.
"Tell it we're friends?" Raph asked nervously.
"That won't help!" Repo admitted. "Mrs. Nubbins used to be so cuddly before she got mutated! Now all she wants to do is eat my head!" He practically sobbed as the cat roared and began to chase him ignoring the turtles.
"Fun fact: Praying Mantis often practices cannibalism!" Donnie declared.
"NOT FUN FOR ME!" Repo stated.
"Guys we have to save him! We can't leave him like this! I should've stood up to Raph this is my fault…."
"Great job Raph! Now we have to save the guy who repoed a Birthday cake to clean up your mess." Leo irritably snipped.
They found the cat had cornered Repo Leo immediately used his portals to make the cat strike itself as Attila used his Kurosai to yank the cat away as hard as he could. It swung around sending him flying a bit as Raph attempted to use his Power Punch Jutsu. However she merely opened her mouth and caught him inside it. "RAPH!" Attila screamed as Mrs. Nubbins used her tongue to lick the three younger brothers up. She began trying to chew but Raph held up her jaws.
"Really? You had to go behind our backs! Do you trust me so little that you think even I had Donnie or you with me I'd find a way to screw this up!?" Leo spat angrily as they all clung to his arms and legs.
"Anytime a bad guy says. Don't go in there! You go in there like a Boss!" Raph argued.
"THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE TIMES!" Doctor Delicate Touch screamed. "And you dragged me along I didn't even want to go! I wanted to trust Donnie and Leo!"
"yeah," Raph admitted realizing what he had done. "I'll admit Raph has had nothing but bad ideas today."
"We're not saying you don't! Just that sometimes we do too." Attila said calming down. Suddenly Mrs. Nubbins spat them out into Repo who was trying to run and they were cornered by her immediately after.
"But now is not one of those times!" Donnie said as the cat roared at them. There was suddenly a loud footstep behind them as Klunk having gathered her courage grew to the size of the Mantis Cat and they stared each other down.
Klunk's pupils slit a little while Mrs. Nubbin's widened slightly. There was a pair of yowls between them."Klunk?" Attila asked worried.
"Oh no their cat instincts are declaring a Territory dispute!" Donnie gasped.
"Oooohhhh Boy….." Leo muttered fearfully.
Immediately the two began swatting each other Repo and the Turtles getting caught in the middle and bounced around between the two cats as they chased bit each other as they rolled around their trapped victims screaming.
X X X
"Hello beautiful mystic metal!" Bebop said as he held the box into the air. It was a simply greenish wood color with gold stripe patterns. "You left the money on the desk right?" he asked Rocksteady who gave him a thumbs up in response.
There was suddenly yowling and clashing. "Oh cat fight," Rocksteady hummed uninterested.
"That sounds really big for?" The ground began to rumble as they turned to see a flurry of White, Orange and green fur roll at them they got caught with a scream the six flew up for a bit. They looked at each other before beginning to fight themselves.
"GIVE US THE ARMOR!" Raph shouted as they punched at each other.
"WE BOUGHT IT FAIR AND SQUARE!" Bebop shouted as they began to fight punching at pulling at each other as Repo was getting hit with misguided punches.
"YO!" he shouted landing a hit that caused the six brothers to stop and managed to knock them out of the two fighting cats. "Whoever can get my cat back in the mountain while keeping me alive gets the metal capice?"
"Deal!" they all shouted as they glared and growled at each other. Rocksteady sent the turtles flying as they rushed towards the two fighting cats.
"We gotta get those two apart." Bebop said.
"Leave that to me!" Rocksteady said cracking his knuckles as he rushed forward and landed a powerful punch on Klunk's side she screamed in pain as she hit and slammed into the side of a nearby junk pile. Attila who had landed first gasped in shock a bubbling rising in him. Staring at her sniffling in pain as Bebop tried to bait Mrs. Nubbins with Leo's brief case of Tuna.
"Kitty, Kitty!" he shouted waving the brief cases and getting her attention.
"That was easy!" Rocksteady sneered. However he suddenly heard a growl. He turned to see Attila who's spots were glowing he landed a punch in Rocksteady getting a good hit in the gut and knocking the wind out of him as he was sent flying into Bebop who dropped the tuna and they crashed into the wooden fence. Attila marched forward as fire seemed to appear around his feet. He wrapped them in chains that were burning them before spinning them around and launching them into the air.
He groaned holding his head before rushing to Klunk as she shrunk. "Klunk!" he gasped picking her up as she groaned looking up at him.
"Ow," Klunk muttered sadly fortunately Mrs. Nubbins was too busy eating the tuna that had been in the brief cases. Attila suddenly saw a small rounded car. And idea got into his head.
"Hey, Guys!" he shouted waving them over. "Look I bet we can make a Manti-Cat sized mouse."
"Sounds like a great plan!" Raph stated as Attila grinned. Quickly they had put large mirrors for ears facing backwards on it. And attached a large cord for a tail as Donnie stapled whiskers on and Attila painted a face on as Donnie hotwired the car to life.
As Mrs. Nubbins finished eating the Tuna she saw the car and began to chase after it. She swung at them causing the car to flip and ride down a row of buses the cat chasing alongside them.
"Get her in there!" Raph shouted pointing to the large mountain where they had found her.
"Got it! Everyone jump on three!" Donnie instructed. "One, two…..THREEE!" he shouted the minute they were in range as everyone jumped out both the mouse and Mrs. Nubbin's rushed inside.
"Raph the bus!" Attila shouted.
"I got it!" he said placing his hands on the back. "PUSH IT LIKE A BOOOOOSSSSS!" he shouted his neck veins getting huge as he heard the cheers of his brothers.
"Raph, Raph, Raph, Raph, Raph…"
"Raph? Raph?" Attila said poking him. He woke up. And looked up.
"What happened?" he asked.
"You passed out again," Attila replied.
"It seems like you'll need to increase your iron intake." Donnie replied. "Anyway the cat is now back where it belongs and locked away safely. I believe we now get Mystic Metal as payment." He said turning to Repo who nodded.
"Yup as promised, you even fed her which I appreciate." Repo replied with a grin passing Donnie the box.
"Hey Attila, I'm sorry great plans." Raph said making Attila smile and hug him.
X X X
Even if Attila was quick to forgive Raph, Leo wasn't the whole thing frustrated him. Especially when he basically dragged Attila along with him; Leo huffed thinking back to the incident.
He felt groggy he was vaguely aware of pain in his shell and head. He could barely make out the panicked voices of his brothers and father. He could hear Raph crying.
"Dad, Leo's hurt, he's not even usual hurt!" he sobbed.
He heard Donnie gagging and trying to assess him desperately he could see his twin crying as his father "Where do I go?! A vet or a hospital!? Damn it, damn it I can't go there! Not with Big Mama trying to find me! Maybe it's been long enough?!"
"Leo do not fall asleep! RKK stay awake you have a concussion!" he heard Donnie retch desperately.
Leo didn't remember much after that. But he had made it through. A few weeks had passed since the incident. Raph wouldn't leave him alone and Splinter had said that he and Donnie shouldn't leave him alone. He hated it, it was just one fall and he lived didn't he? His brothers had always been anal about him doing things on his own. But this was one of the worst times. Like Donnie sneaking a Helmet and Battle shell on him and him having to smash them to get them off as they wouldn't come off without a password.
"I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T NEED A STUPID HELMET OR BATTLE SHELL!" Leo screamed.
"AND I TOLD YOU, YOU DO!" Donnie screamed back.
"I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP OR NEED IT!" Leo screamed as they began to fight with each other fiercely.
"GUYS, GUYS STOP!" Raph shouted coming in and pulling them apart. They hadn't spoken for a week after that. The whole incident was two years ago.
Leo huffed laying back on his bed his mask back tightly around his head as Klunk was being tended to in the med bay. He thought about how he woke up there and the strange feeling in his shell. The Crack wasn't large like Attila's was. But he knew they still saw it. He had gotten better at Skateboarding since then. But still….
"How come they still don't trust me! No one has any faith in me why!?" he groaned to himself silently.
So I want to shout out to Beannary on Tumblr and her Little Prince AU one Picture she made was of Mikey and Donnie dancing and her saying how Mikey would show him that Dancing isn't rigid or restricted. It felt like a similar yet role reversed scenario would occur in Prodigy where Donnie was the one encouraging Attila to express himself and his own love of dancing. Also I guess I have to draw a small crack scar on Leo's shell now
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