#Mud Dogz

[twignotstick]

Mud Dogz - Our Own Dragons 🐉 : Chapter 2

<- Chapter 1

Warnings (if there's anything I should add here, tell me please!): Brief mention of injuries, mention of cannibalism

Words: 3,513

Summary: The plan to save Heinous Green is underway.

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The first part of the plan went over smoothly. As they had suspected, most of the Nexus’ security was focused on keeping the gala in order. The Mud Dogs were able to get into the lobby unseen, and made it into the elevator with the help of a nice dog lady.

The stairs were an unforeseen issue.

Really, it should have been predicted. When only two of your three group members have legs, you try to think ahead for these sorts of things. And, in Danny and Mickey’s defense, usually their heists were in buildings with three floors, max.

The Grand Nexus Hotel had thirty.

Mickey tried to slink up as many floors as he could, he really did. But, unfortunately, that nice dog lady had only been going to the fifth floor. The employee floors started on floor twenty-five. Mickey was a tough kid, but in the end, he was still a sixteen year old with a minimal workout routine. And that routine did not involve stairs. Danny started carrying him mystically by floor twelve, but levitating a 120 pound eel drains a person. Leonard had to carry him for the last five floors.

By floor twenty-five, all three of the boys were exhausted in one way or another. Leonard dropped Mickey to the carpeted floor unceremoniously, then clapped his hands together. “Okay. So we don’t have to go through any more of that, here’s what we’re gonna do. Mickey, you stay on this floor.”

Mickey held a fin up in a thumbs up (or, as close as one could get with no fingers).

“I’ll go up to the next floor. Danny’ll go up to the floor above that. We have our mirrors, so we’ll just message if we find anything.”

Danny gave a short salute, then ran back to the stairwell to get upstairs. Leonard walked over to Mickey and helped him get upright.

“You'll be alright alone on this floor, right?” Leonard murmured as he held Mickey by the shoulders. “If you need help, you have to message me.”

“I'll be fine, bro!” Mickey gently lifted Leonard's hands off him. “This whole place is gonna be electric cause of me!” A short zap went through the ogre's arms, making his hairs stand on end.

Leonard sighed. “Don't try and be tough, Mick.”

“Right, right.” Mickey backed away, slinking down the hall a bit. “I don't even have to try.” He winked, then slunk away.

Endearingly, Leonard rolled his eyes, then turned around to head up the stairs.

It wasn't that he doubted Mickey's ability to defend himself. Well, maybe a little. But he had known Mickey for twelve years, through all the formative periods of his life, so far. And Leonard knew that Mickey was quick to trust. Not to say that Mickey was a poor judge of character; on many occasions, he was able to sniff out shady people without even speaking to them. He was just so passionate about those claims of good and bad. He would stand for people he didn't even know. Sometimes, to a reckless degree.

Leonard wasn't worried. You couldn't get him to admit that even if you held a knife to his neck.

The next floor looked mostly the same as the previous: a long hallway, with branching off directions further down. Gaudy carpeting acted as a runway to whatever domiciles Big Mama's employees might occupy. The doors to the rooms were noticeably bigger than average- no doubt a way of accommodating the more menacing employees. The rooms were also more spaced apart and less numerous, implying more space on the inside.

Leonard walked down the hall with caution, flinching at every little sound from within the walls. Most other floors had a consistent murmur of conversation floating through it. But here, it was clear that this was a place of business. And most of the employees were off at work.

Reaching a corner, he glanced around to check no one was waiting for him. In the distance, multiple doors down, was a spot on the carpet which looked out of place. The gaudy, eye-vomit patterns were slightly disturbed. Almost as if they were poorly repaired, stitched together imperfectly. Noticeably, the disturbance laid right in front of the door to a room.

Such curiosity couldn't be fought.

With excessive caution, Leonard walked down the hall on his toes, attempting to make no noise at all. The carpet aided him in that regard. As he approached, he leaned near the wall to try and glean anything that could help him prepare for the other side of that door.

Deep, heavy breathing.

Undeterred, Leonard stood in front of the door. None of the rooms on this floor had peepholes, so he couldn't try and see who was inside. The plain color of the door was a breath of fresh air compared to-...

The door was open.

…the door was open?

Just barely, almost unnoticeable, the door was open. Not even enough to leave an opening into the room- just enough so the latch wouldn't hold the door closed, and it couldn't lock.

Almost… intentionally.

Mustering all the courage in his body, Leonard reached forward and grabbed the cold, metal doorknob. The slightly ajar state of the door made turning it even quieter. Only a small click when the latch was pulled fully in. He leaned to the side, peering in.

Leonard didn't believe in fate. There were so many things that he knew had gone wrong in his life, that if fate did exist, it surely must despise him. And Leonard didn't allow anyone like that around him. Even moderate distaste he could tolerate. But hatred? It wasn't good for him.

And yet there, laying on top of the sheets of a king size hotel bed, was that kaiju.

He was wearing the same clothes from before, with that lock still hanging around his neck. His tail swayed lazily, the tip of it scraping across the floor. He seemed to be asleep, though not resting. His face was molded in an eternal scowl, twitching every now and then, each time his breath caught. His breathing was more like growling, every exhale a rumble that shook the flooring. Flooring much like the carpet outside; shabbily repaired, and still broken in places.

He had more bandages than last time. The ones that appeared decorative didn't seem that way anymore.

Despite the numerous objections filtering through his head, (you're going to get caught, there is no net positive to doing this, that is a thief/kidnapper/MURDERER-), Leonard stepped inside and slowly shut the door behind him. He left it just barely ajar, like it was when he arrived, just enough to not be investigated by the less observant. It'd be easier to get out that way.

It was a nice room, other than the mild disarray of the bed and the floor. There was no desk, or bedside tables, as one would expect from a hotel room. Only the king size bed to the right and two lamps extending from the wall. It was bigger, as Leonard had suspected, but it felt suffocatingly empty.

Off to the left, there was a small coffee table. The floor beneath looked more battered and beaten than any other spot, surely signifying something. Yet, the table above looked untouched.

Even the bloody, raw steak on the plate atop it.

Leonard breathed deeply. He slowly glanced back over at the kaiju on the bed. Okay. So he's more than likely hungry. Easy problem to avoid, there's a giant steak there. Redirect the aggression. Use that diversion to escape.

Keeping his eyes on the lizard, Leonard slipped his mirror out of his pocket. It was cracked, and bound to die for good one of these days, but it still worked. He pulled up the group chat (fittingly titled “Sludge Mongrels”) and sent a quick, concise message.

“Found him. Room 2612.”

Leonard scoped out the room. Taking everything into account, he decided that the safest place to be was on the other side of the coffee table, as far away from Heinous Green as possible. He began slowly walking over, turning to check if the kaiju had stirred with every step.

The more he looked at Heinous Green, the more Leonard started to believe Danny and Mickey might be right. The room was in no way comfortable, or even accommodating to him. While the bed was big enough, the sheets looked cheap, and just as ripped and messed up as the floors. Surely Big Mama treated her employees with the slightest respect, at least. This was squalor.

The nicest thing in the room, by a long shot, was the platter with the steak on it. The metal was carved with intricate filigree, with fanciful handles on either side. Even the steak, while uncooked, looked professional and positively expensive. There was even a small garnish on the top.

Untouched.

Just as Leonard was starting to settle in this new position, the door to the room was shoved open with minimal care. Danny glanced around as the door slammed behind him. Leonard cringed, hissing through his teeth and looking at the kaiju.

He snorted and began to wake.

Danny gasped and covered his mouth with his hands. Both the criminals shared frantic glances, and Leonard stage whispered through his teeth, “Get over here, idiot!”

As he scampered over, Danny tripped over his own tail. Heinous Green's head began to rise. “You didn't say he was asleep, dude!”

“I didn't think I had to, since we're trying to be quiet!”

“Well, maybe you should've.”

A loud huff came from the opposite side of the room as Heinous Green pushed himself upright. His piercing, yellowed eyes scanned the room, locking onto the intruders. He growled through his unbrushed teeth and dug his ragged claws into the bed sheets beneath him.

“...hi.” Leonard spoke quietly. “We… friends! No hurt you. You have food, we no take!”

As Heinous Green squinted at them, Danny swatted Leonard's arm. “Stop talking to him like that!”

“What? Big Mama said he was stupid!”

“Stupid doesn't mean he doesn't understand language, look at you!”

The kaiju huffed and took a step closer, which promptly cut the argument short. His glance drifted to the food on the table. He stared for an uncomfortable moment, then turned his head to the side and gagged.

Danny's tail slowly began to wrap around Leonard's wrist. “I think he finally got a whiff of you.”

“Oh, shut up,” Leonard scoffed. “And get your stupid tail off me-” He pried Danny's tail off with force. “Listen, Heinous Green. We aren't here to hurt you. We came because my delusional compatriot over here-”

“Hey-”

“-thought you might need some help. Him, and my other delusional compatriot. But, it's pretty clear that you don't want us here, so we can just leeeave-”

In a cruel moment of perfect timing, a knock came from the door. On the other side, Mickey's muffled voice. “Uh, guys? I think it's locked…”

All eyes went wide as Heinous Green started trampling toward the door. “Why did you shut the door?!”

“Because it was shut when I got here!”

“No, it-” Leonard buried his face in his hands. “We're dead.”

He flung the door open so hard, Leonard worried for a moment it might fly off its hinges. Mickey was standing there with his fin still up to keep knocking, and a goofy grin crept across his face when he saw who had answered. “Hey! We were looking for you!”

Heinous Green's arm shot out like a bullet, grasping around Mickey's neck (?) and lifting him up. Mickey squeaked as he was flung across the room, sent rolling across the floor. Both Danny and Leonard winced in sympathy.

As Heinous Green began stomping over to him, Mickey pulled himself off the floor. “Sorry, didn't mean to scare you!” He dusted himself off quickly. The kaiju's head tilted curiously. “I'm Mickey, or Malicious Mickey, if we're talking professionally. Over there are my partners in crime, Loathsome Leonard and Dastardly Danny. We're gonna break you out of Big Mama's control and set you free!”

Despite Leonard and Danny's frantic looks, Mickey was handling this better than they had. Heinous Green even seemed to be calming down a bit, looking more intrigued than frustrated. And despite getting thrown across the room like a ragdoll, Mickey still had that goofy smile on his face.

Heinous Green leaned down, his fierce eyes locked onto Mickey's. He sniffed loudly, and Leonard could swear he saw Mickey's dorsal fin get pulled with the force. Behind him, his tail leisurely swayed, dragging across the ground. Slowly, his lip pulled back, revealing his sharp teeth.

Mickey was undeterred. “Do you need anything right now? It's gonna take a little bit for us to get that lock off, but the least we can do is help you out with what's going on now.”

“Mickey,” Leonard hissed, wide eyed. “Get over here before he EATS you.”

“Huh?” As Mickey looked over in confusion, the kaiju growled, and his snarl grew. “Oh! You're hungry? I've got snacks!” Without a care in the world, Mickey shuffled over to Danny. “Gimme your bag.”

Danny's face screwed up in confusion. “Huh? What do you mean?”

“Gimme your bag. I brought snacks.”

“Wha- what???” Danny started rifling through his bag, growing ever more anxious as Heinous Green stepped closer.

“Are you serious?” Leonard grabbed Mickey by the shoulders. “That guy has eaten some very unmentionable things, Mick.”

“How did you get these in my bag?!?” Danny asked incredulously.

Mickey swiped the bag of chips from Danny's hand without looking, instead keeping eye contact with Leonard. “Okay? So he's got a weird appetite. I eat cookies with ketchup! Doesn't mean I don't appreciate good snacks.”

“Cannibalism isn't a fad diet, Mickey.”

“You agreed to this, man.” In a flash, Mickey's sweet disposition grew more determined, with youthful, overconfident puppy dog eyes. “Both of you did. If we're gonna help this guy, we gotta treat him with respect. So get your tail out from between your legs-” he side eyed Danny, who had done just that- “literally, and stop acting like he's gonna bite your face off.”

Gritting his teeth, Leonard sighed and relented. He grabbed Danny's wrist (“You signed us up for this, Whiskers,”) and walked back over to Heinous Green at Mickey's side.

“These chips are my favorite.” Mickey pulled open the bag and held it out toward Heinous Green, who stared at it in confusion. “They're crabapple-cider vinegar flavored. Sourced straight from crustorchards, too.” Mickey swiped a chip from the bag quickly, then held it out again.

With a bizarre delicacy, Heinous Green reached into the bag and took a chip out, held between his chipped nails. After watching Mickey eat his, he exploratorily ate his own. His hard glare softened a bit after he swallowed.

“Good, right?”

Heinous Green snorted in response, then slowly took the bag from Mickey's fins. He ate the chips with a tentativeness that didn't match his outward appearance at all. He settled down into a criss cross on the floor, and his tail curled around him. Even sitting down fully, he was still a head taller than Mickey.

Mickey turned around and tilted his head to Danny. The rat's tail stood straight beside him. “Uh, o-okay Mister… Green?” He moved closer, his steps uneven. “Could I look at that lock around your neck? I have some knowledge in regards to enchanted objects- assuming that it is an enchanted object, of course.”

The kaiju snarled quietly, but lowered the snacks into his lap nonetheless to reveal the lock. At first glance, it was nothing special. It almost looked flimsy, like you could tug it a little harshly and make it come loose. But, upon further inspection, it had minuscule arcane carvings on its surface, almost invisible to the naked eye. Even the rope holding it was unnatural up close, with the fibers bending and twisting in impossible ways.

“Fascinating…” Hesitantly, Danny took the lock in his hands, holding it a bit away from Heinous Green's chest. “This is some excellent craftsmanship. And can you take it off?”

Heinous Green huffed and shook his head slightly.

“Not surprising. This thing is a powerhouse. It's even carved on the inside…”

Leonard leaned around to see the lock in Danny's hands. “And what does that mean?”

“It's practically unpickable. And, it'd be very difficult to remove the enchantment without the other component of the spell: the key. It's got a binding enchantment wound in there, too, so it can't be taken off until the initial enchantment is deactivated or removed. And these etchings are so beautifully symmetrical-’

“Okay, we get it, it's a strong enchantment. Can we get it off him or not?”

“Not without the key.” Danny leaned back, putting his hand on his chin. “I mean, I could try to brute force it, but that could take hours, maybe days. I don't think we can risk leaving and coming back.”

“Hey, Big Man.” Mickey plopped himself down in front of Heinous Green, with his tail folded up beneath himself. “Do you have any idea where the key to that lock is?”

Heinous Green growled and nodded his head slowly.

“Okay. Does somebody have it?”

Another nod.

“Okay! So-”

“Big Mama has it,” Leonard assumed bluntly.

“You don't know that,” Mickey sassed. He leaned closer to Heinous Green to whisper, “Does Big Mama have it?”

The growl grew louder, and Heinous Green nodded again.

“Alright. So we just have to steal the key from Big Mama!”

“Mickey.” Leonard leaned forward. “Those two things don't go in the same sentence. Nobody steals from Big Mama without getting put on at least fifty hit lists. Plus, we don't know where it is. It could be in her office, or, for all we know, it could be in her pockets. This is a death wish.”

“Well, actually…”

“Daniel. I will cut your whiskers.”

“I'm just saying, there is a way we could do this!” Danny sat down as well, leaving Leonard as the only one standing. “If we bring Heinous Green with us, then we can unlock it as soon as we get the key. That gives us a quick way out. We can check the office, and if it isn't already there, then we can try a different approach.”

Leonard glanced around at the others like they had gone crazy. Heinous Green actually looked indifferent to the wild proposition, despite it being potentially pivotal to the scope of his future. The ogre grit his teeth and took a deep breath.

“Fine. But I get veto power.”

“Why just you?” Mickey asked, knowingly.

“Because I'm the leader.”

Both Danny and Mickey collectively groaned and threw their heads back, confusing Heinous Green. “Blue guy is the leader,” Mickey mocked.

“Hey, stop it.”

“If you get veto power, so do we Len,” Danny asserted sternly.

“Fine. We all get veto power. If things start going wrong, we call it off and ditch ASAP.” Finally, Leonard sat down as well. “No offense, Big Guy, but Big Mama doesn't like us at all. I don't feel like dying today.”

“We wouldn't die,” Danny said, then mumbled through his teeth, “More than likely, we'd get put in the Battle Nexus.”

“And then die. Way better.”

“Oh, come on, guys!” Mickey patted his lap. “We can take the Battle Nexus!”

As Mickey and Danny started to debate whether or not they could “defeat” the Battle Nexus, Leonard began to scan over Heinous Green again. When he had first seen him in Big Mama's office, he seemed so imposing. He had a much different, and much less approachable energy compared to the fake Heinous Green. But now, watching him sit on the ground, his scales littered with new injuries, as he slowly ate from a bag of chips, he looked so… small. Not literally, but in a figurative way. Like he was just a face. He didn't have any actual power here.

Like he was a pawn.

Leonard shook his head slowly. He really gave into these sorts of antics far too easily.

“We'll go to her office, and we'll bring Heinous Green. But, if the key isn't there, we're done. We can consider coming back, but we make no promises.”

Mickey brightened by a thousand measures. “Sweet!” He hopped up and moved closer to Heinous Green. “Come on, Big Dude!” He extended a fin, awaiting the kaiju's response.

Heinous Green stared at it for a long moment, seemingly unsure of how to react. He rose his hand shakily, and gently pinched Mickey's fin between two fingers. The eel grinned, lighting up the room. (Figuratively, thank goodness.) He backed away towards the door, and Heinous Green slowly stood and followed, holding Mickey's fin as delicately as he could.

As he and Danny began to follow as well, something warm glowed in Leonard's chest. Maybe it was warm, or maybe it was heated. He couldn't tell.

He discounted it as indigestion.

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The big man is in the building!!!

More Mud Dogz: Masterpost

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[rottmnt-honeybea]

idk if I've posted this here, so here it is

[weirdlizard26]

its actually so funny watching raph's ride along right after watching a 2012 episode. leonardo.

[amoron4everyone]

Casey's so sassy

I LOVE IT

Part 2!

Yeah. I don’t have any logical step by step explanation. Don’t look too hard into this lmao

Part 1

[rise-cafe-with-sprinkles]

rottmnt x epic the musical???

So far, I have this! also! sorry if i spelled something wrong!!! i was in a hurry here!

Odysseus = Future Leo

Winions aka Lotus Eaters = Maybe some sort of small tiny versions of Mayhem??? like in Epic?

Eurylochus = Raph

Polities = Mikey

Athena = Karai

Anticlea aka Odysseus mother = Splinter? Maybe make him female in this one???

Penelope = Reader (debating on making Reader female for this one, or gender neutral like usual...)

Telemachus = Casey Jr (got adopted after his mom aka Cassandra, passed away during war that she went to, or something similar... will try to come with something else!)

actually had a great idea!!!

maybe make mud dogz into the suitors??!!

like that one character that looked like Leo could be Antinous? because he like, wants to take OG Leo's place??

(Kinda Six-Eared Macaque wanting to take Sun Wukong's place in Journey To The West~)

an the other mud dogz versions of the OGs could be the other suitors that follow???

also...

sorry for my bad English...

it has been a while since I've written anything properly. 😫

[moonriddles]

Old thing, just wanted a family photo

Dandelion(my oc) raised the Mud Dogz so Draxum had to get used to them when joining the family

[moonstruckdraws]

Meet Sage!

A mushroom yokai based on the Bleeding Fairy Helmet (Mycena haematopus) & Luci's partner!

Her design; I feel like her design is what you'd expect from a mushroom character, with the bellcap on the head & such. I gave her stubbed feet cuz she's a fungus & they don't got any feet lol. I also gave her that indent some mushrooms have on her cap for fun.

Bleeding Fairies are common in NA & EU, but are also found in Japan & Venezuela, & I'll take any reason to draw clothing from Japan. So I gave her a haori with simple designed sleeves. Keepin it simple & honestly it looked better with the design only on the sleeves (& I don't have the sanity to draw a complex design every time but maybe one day).

I am EXTREMELY happy with her hair because I used the gills (underside of the cap) of the mushroom to round out & look like bangs! And I'm happy with it because it looks cute lol

Sage is from the Mushroom Forest, while the forest itself is not a living environment for other yokai, it is her home. She used to reside near Mermaid Lagoon; away from the Battle Nexus as criminals & thugs tended to hang around the outskirts (like what Raph & the Mud Dogz did) Currently though, Sage is living in Witch Town.

Alright, her biology (don't expect it to be 100% accurate to the actual mushroom lol)

The Bleeding Fairy Helmet is called as such because when damaged, it'll emit a deep red color like blood. While I did cover her in bandages, I swear she's not fragile. She's actually quite sturdy & literally thick skinned (despite being a thin-stemmed mushroom).

She's got chompers!! Little piranha she is. I gave her chompers because she's a mushroom which are decomposers. She loves any edible plants and can/will eat tree bark. While Bleeding Fairies aren't said to be poisonous, it's recommended not to eat them due to possible toxins they produce. So, I made it so she's immune to other toxins & has high resistance to poison & venom (though not invulnerable).

I think yokai naturally emit mystic energy or just have an aura of potential energy, so Sage's mystic energy would spawn fungi when she walks on special soils full of mystic energy. This always happens on the soil in the Mushroom Forest & can be a compass to where lots of mystic energy is.

Bleeding Fairies are a bioluminescent mushroom, but with very weak bioluminescence. I of course did not follow that, nor made it the biologically correct glowing color, because it's more fun. I love blue bioluminescence & it contrasts her reds. Haven't really decided on which hue of blue, but i'll figure it out lol. Anyway, she glows automatically when it is dark. It's of the brightness of lava lamps, but she can dim her glow but never fully off. She also glows sometimes, at a less intense level, when feeling strong emotions (mainly sadness or surprise)

As said before, Sage now lives in Witch Town. Though her reasons for moving are unknown, she adapts quite well in the area. Though she many stays in her home, she enjoys strolling around the Hidden City & trying new things.

She works as one of Witch Town's herbalists & studies medicine and plants. She is still technically in training as she learns to a bit of magic from her mentor & expanding her mystic powers.

Sage gains possession of a cloaking brooch from her mentor as a gift for her dedication & because of her interest of the surface world. (I have not designed this yet, but maybe this weekend lol). She doesn't carry it on her person constantly, only when planning to make trips up to the surface.

[hiddencityhijinksau]

Ok so. Idk how but your au has got me in a chokehold from just a few posts. You made some amazing art and a very promising story.

From what I'm getting all the brothers made some friends on their own [Don with a witch(?), Leo with Hueso(&his kid &maybe Usagi), Raph with a minotaur lady and Mikey with the mud dogz? I think?], and went off on their own adventures. My question is, if you want to rant about it, why didn't they tell their siblings at some point? And speaking of siblings and sibling-like friends, what about April? Does she appear in the au, and/or know anything of what's going on?

I feel like I can ask a lot about this au. But for now I'll try to reasonably pace the questions to not seem overwhelming💗💗

Yay someone actually sent me an ask!!! Haha

Anyway, the point of this AU is kinda for the boys to get some independence from each other? I'm going off of my own experience with three siblings, so basically they're all sick and tired of having to share every little thing that they have, and they just wanna keep one thing to themselves.

And sure, that "one thing" happens to be pretty major, but hey, young kids have weird logic/perspective sometimes.

I do kinda wanna fit April into the au but I'm not sure how... might just give her a separate arc with her meeting and befriending Cassandra? I haven't really thought about this AU in a month because I've been busy with artfight

Also, in case it wasn't quite clear I guess I'll just tell you which characters they each befriend:

Leo befriends Hueso, Usagi, and Hueso Jr.

Donnie befriends the witch girl from the episode "Donnie vs Witch Town", and possibly also the bat librarian

Mikey makes friends with Mickey, before he became a criminal or joined the mud dogz, and drags him into doing petty vandalism (aka graffiti) with him

Raph joins a yokai knitting club, which includes the minotaur lady from the maze of death, and also Sunita's grandmother. Minotaur lady kinda becomes a mentor for Raph, and the googly lady introduces him to her granddaughter. So he's also friends with Sunita.

Oh yeah, I remember now, the point of this AU is to put the boys through a bunch of silly shenanigans as kids and see how close I can shove them without them realizing what the others are up to. It's just silly fluff that I'm gonna have fun with, so I say they're not gonna tell each other XD

[desceros]

That chapter ... man you really had me feeling the feels. Poor Casey, Leo, and Donnie. That just, ugh jesus man. Reader and the rest of the Mud dogz need therapy. Asap

[wazzuppy-writes]

Masterlist

Under the cut is a list of everything I've written! It's organized in alphabetical order, with the fandoms I write for most often having separate posts. Some of it is stuff i posted on other blogs way back when.

Tangled

Misc. Fandoms

Making Cookies with Mob and Reigen

Mud Pup (Mud Dogz & Reader Headcanons)

Ninjago Characters as Sonic Species

[twignotstick]

Mud Dogz - Our Own Dragons 🐉 - Chapter 1

Warnings (if there's anything I should add here, tell me please!): None for this chapter!

Words: 3,111

Summary: After a strange encounter with Big Mama, a fake criminal, and a real one, the Mud Dogs consider involving themselves in a dangerous situation. Will any good come of this?

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The day hadn’t gone as expected.

By most counts, it was going better than it started. The Mud Dogs had been arrested, and were on their way to prison when everything flew sideways, all because of some stupid Heinous Green lookalike. Really, that stupid lookalike had made the day better! He got the guys a couple good scores, and even got them an audience with Big Mama!

Then it turned out he wasn’t Heinous Green. He was actually an enemy of Big Mama.

Once Big Mama said the word, they tried to attack him. They really did!

But man, could he dodge.

The plummet from Big Mama’s luxury box down to the Nexus floor was longer than one might expect. It was well known that Big Mama would settle for no less for herself, but falling from that high really reminds you just how strong gravity is. By the time they had all recovered from the tumble, the real Heinous Green was in the distance chasing down the faker.

Leonard watched them disappear from sight, realizing that he and his compatriots had not only tackled Big Mama out of the box, but also landed on her when they fell. Mickey was face down, twitching, but Danny was watching the reptiles running away as well.

“Surely he’s got that handled?” He asked nervously.

“You- Get off of me, you idiots!” As Big Mama stood up, Leonard and Danny moved off of her, and Mickey allowed himself to flop against the floor as he was tossed off. Big Mama dusted herself off. “I knew you were stupid, but I didn’t realize you were this bad.”

Mickey finally regained his senses, peeling his face off the floor. “Hey, he told us he was Heinous Green! That’s not our fault!” Both Danny and Leonard proceeded to stare daggers into him.

Leonard stepped in front of the eel. “We are so sorry Big Mama. This is all a huge misunderstanding, and we will be out of your hair as soon as possible.”

“Oh, no, no, no. You won’t be going anywhere, little ogre.” Big Mama loomed above him, her massive arachnoid presence growing more intimidating. “And neither will your little friends. You have caused me much more trouble than you even know. Now I have to figure out where that wretch got off to, and I can only hope he catches that turtle. If he doesn’t, then you’ve cost me even more.”

Leonard could hear Danny’s foot tapping nervously just out of his view, as he suddenly walked over to stand next to him as well. “I promise, we’ll get out of here and you can act like this never even happened!”

Big Mama hissed. “You will not leave until you have made it up to me. You came here to give me a cut of your puzzly-profits, didn’t you? Surely that will do. Let’s see, what percentage should I take… I’d say, 100% will make it up. Don’t you?”

Leonard’s eyebrows scrunched in disgust. That would just be stupid. Who cared how much of Big Mama’s time they took? She was the one-

“Hand over the money, Len,” Danny leaned over and whispered through his strained expression.

After a moment, Leonard sighed and pulled out the cash. “Fine. But we-”

“Scrumdelicious.” Big Mama swiped up the money, holding it close to her chest. “This will do nicely. Oh, also, get out of my hotel. I never want to see your faces again.”

“Huh?!”

At that moment, bellhops filed out from various doorways around the arena and began surrounding the Mud Dogs. Each of them held their hands (or fins) up in surrender, but were subsequently manhandled anyway. Kicking and arguing, they were dragged through the halls of the hotel and tossed out a side door.

“You heard her, kids.” One bellhop held the door open, scowling down at the criminals on the floor. “Beat it.” With that, he slammed the door.

Leonard quickly dusted himself off, getting back to his feet. “Y’know what, who cares. Screw Big Mama and her stuffy, shiny hotel- Screw her stupid, stupid, STUPID-”

“Len!” Danny grabbed his shoulder, catching his attention. “Not the time, not the place. We need to get home and make sure we still have enough cash for the week.”

Sighing and rolling his eyes, Leonard relented. The trio began to walk down the Hidden City streets, avoiding everyone they could. As it was evening, the streets were alive with shoppers and yokai on their nightly commute. The gentle murmur of casual conversation graced all ears.

The Hidden City was large, especially when compared to other yokai settlements. It was, without a doubt, the first real “city” in yokai society. It spanned multiple boroughs, just like the city above. Each one, of course, had its own group that dominated the population, and therefore the culture. Unlike New York, many of the boroughs were focused on certain business angles, and some even owned by a single yokai or company.

It was all the Mud Dogs had ever known. Danny had suspected that Mickey might be from somewhere outside the city, or at the very least near the outskirts, but he couldn’t be sure. There was only one thing they did know for sure; like it or not, the Hidden City was home, and they didn’t really have a choice whether to stay or not.

It wasn't all bad, though.

“Am I the only one that thinks that was a little weird?”

Both Leonard and Danny looked over to Mickey exhaustedly. “What do you mean, Mick?”

“I mean, hear me out; we went to Big Mama’s office, told her we were with Heinous Green, she said it wasn’t him, and then Heinous Green just… shows up! Like magic! And his weird clothes? That ugly necklace did not go with it. Somethin’s up about it.”

“You are thinking way too hard about this.” Danny patted his shoulder. “You’re gonna short circuit.”

“Am not! I’m serious, guys!”

Leonard pushed them apart. “Mickey, we totally believe you. I just don’t get why any of that matters to us. Our only goal right now is to get home and eat some delicious microwave dinner.”

“But what if it’s actually, like… something? Like... like what if Heinous Green is working for Big Mama? What if he’s gonna be in the Battle Nexus or something? What if…” Mickey gasped dramatically. “What if he doesn’t wanna?”

Leonard and Danny shared a knowing glance. “You heard Big Mama. I doubt that guy has the brains in his head to form an alliance with her, let alone the morals to not want to fight in the Nexus.”

The boys finally reached their apartment building, walking in and going up the stairs to reach their apartment. “I dunno guys, I’ve really got a hunch about this.”

“You always have a hunch,” Danny noted, poking at Mickey’s bad posture as Leonard opened the door to their apartment.

“That’s rich, coming from you! I see you shrimping out every time you’re at your desk!”

“What?! Mickey, what did I tell you about snooping on me while I’m in my room?!”

“It’s not my fault you leave your door open all the time. You’ve just got such good music taste, I can’t help but listen in! ‘Floatin’ through the memories like, whatever-’”

“MICKEY!”

As Danny chased Mickey through the living space, Leonard walked down the hall to his bedroom. Throwing open the door, he flopped backwards onto his bed. His head slowly rolled to the side as he glanced at the corkboard on his wall.

He had been amassing the numerous papers on the board for years. Some were schematics, some were fliers for events he had gone to, some were fliers for events he hadn't gone to. Scattered throughout were sketches he had done over the years. People on the street. Signs. And hidden beneath the papers, covered just in case, clothes. Whole outfits that he designed, never to be realized. 

Leonard found his interest in clothes shortly after he left home in his childhood. He had always found the outfits the adults around him wore interesting, but never got the opportunity to wear such clothes himself. When he left home, he spent much time window shopping, staring at mannequins and models. He didn't pay attention to the price tags on the garments, but he knew he couldn't have them. A kid like him didn't deserve it.

Danny's clothes were nice. Pressed out with no wrinkles, the strings all neatly tucked, not torn. He refused to wear clothes that he didn't like the look of, whether it was the color or the style. With Danny's preferences, Leonard began looking more carefully when he browsed for clothes, making sure he picked pants that were the right shade of brown. It was common sense to him when he spent his savings on Danny's clothes; Danny didn't like living any other way, and he wanted his friend to live happily. He even did the same for Mickey, when he started living more out of the water than in it. Mickey always liked the t-shirts with full logos on them.

Leonard forced himself to feel numb towards the rags and baggy pants he picked out for himself. As long as they fit, he'd wear them. It didn't matter if his outfits were hideous.

Holding his hands over his eyes, Leonard sighed. “Okay. It's fine, it's fine.” He sat up on the bed, folding his legs beneath him. “Sure, we made like, a couple hundred today. Then got it all taken from us. We're just a little behind on cash. It's easy to make Mr. Meyer not charge us rent this month. We've got food in the pantry. We just need to do a couple extra jobs to make up for it. It'll be fine.”

Leonard stared at the back of his door, hearing Danny and Mickey chuckling on the other side. He slowly shook his head. “We've got this. Today can just be put behind us. I'll never have to even hear the name Heinous Green ever again.”

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“Hey Len?”

It was only a couple days later, and Leonard was eating his breakfast. It was supposed to be a chill day, with no specific plans, which usually meant Mickey would pull out some board games to keep everyone entertained, and some The Aluri reruns would inevitably be watched. Danny had just come out of his room, looking lethargic and spent, as he tended to when he pulled his all nighters.

“Did you get any sleep last night?” Leonard interrogated as Danny moved toward the coffee maker.

“No. But I had a reason.” He turned on the coffee maker, putting his mug under the spout and leaning against the counter. “Mickey might have been right.”

Slowly, Leonard looked up from his plate. “...what?”

“I was stuck on what he said about Heinous Green-”

“Nope. No.” Leonard quickly looked back down, taking a large bite.

“No, listen to me. The only reports of Heinous Green's existence start with his battle in the Nexus 20 years ago. Then, a couple years of silence, and boom, he's getting put on the HCPD wanted lists. But starting out, it's suspected he isn't working alone; they only put him up because they can get pictures of him, and not his accomplices. Slowly he starts doing more solo work: kidnappings, thefts, murders. But nothing that would ever affect him- none of his victims have any known connection to him at all. But who do they have a connection to?”

“...who?”

With his coffee brewed, Danny slammed his hands on the counter. “Big. Mama.”

“Any criminal has connections with Big Mama.”

“No, nononono, no.” Danny sips his coffee. “On multiple occasions, he has targeted yokai who have unpaid debts to Big Mama. He’s also been suspected to have abducted fighters for the Nexus.”

“So, okay, Big Mama hires him. Why should we care?”

Passionately, Danny slipped into a chair at the counter. “Because he isn't being hired. He's being coerced. The lock he was wearing? I have reason to believe that it is a mystic artifact.”

“....you're kidding.”

“It's common for enchanted objects to have an appearance that parallels the effect on it. He is wearing a lock, one that is able to grow as he does. Every lock has a key. Enchanted locks that are worn oftentimes have enchantments that involve the one with the key having some sort of connection to or control over the one wearing the lock. If Big Mama has the key-”

“This is stupid.” Leonard stood up from his seat, picking up his plate and walking over toward the sink. “Even if Big Mama does somehow, for some stupid reason, have control over Heinous Green, why. Should. We. Care.”

“Because he needs help. If he doesn't want to work for Big Mama, why should we leave him there without even trying to get him out?” Danny stood, stepping right in front of Leonard. “If there's even a chance of me being right, of him having made one wrong move and being forced into a life he doesn't want, we can't just do nothing.”

Leonard sighed. “You seriously want to go and try to ‘save’ Heinous Green? A kaiju?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, I'm leader, and I say no.”

“Oh, will you stop it with that leader schtick?” As Leonard started walking out of the kitchen and towards the living area, Danny followed. “You're abandoning someone who, more than likely, needs help. Mickey would agree with me, that's two to one, and I don't care about your stupid assertion of leadership, that's majority rule.”

“How about this?” Leonard sat down on the sofa with force, then turned on the TV. “If you and Mickey can come up with a sound, foolproof plan to infiltrate the Nexus Hotel- which we have been banned from- and then find Heinous Green- should he be there- and then get him out of the building and out of Big Mama's control, then we can do it.”

“Okay.” Danny clapped his hands together. “Just you wait. You're gonna be in the lobby of that hotel by tomorrow night.” He turned on his heel, and walked toward Mickey's room.

Leonard sighed, put his feet up and turned his attention to the TV.

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Leonard only got through 6 episodes of The Aluri before Danny and Mickey came into the room, rolling a whiteboard along with them. He hadn’t even known that they had a whiteboard before now. The scheming pair stepped in front of the TV, much to Leonard’s chagrin.

“What is this?”

“Shut up and listen.” Danny pointed a finger at Leonard sternly, then turned away as the ogre rolled his eyes. With Mickey helping on the other side, he flipped the whiteboard around to show an elaborate plan drawn on it, with color coding and everything. In the center of it all was a primitive drawing of the Grand Nexus Hotel.

“You’re kidding.”

“Upupup,” Mickey interrupted, wagging a fin in Leonard’s face. “Together, we have created a foolproof plan to infiltrate the Grand Nexus Hotel and save Heinous Green!”

Sighing, Leonard leaned back on the sofa. “Alright. Impress me.”

Danny smirked, resituating the fedora on his head. “The plan goes as follows- Phase One: Infiltration.” He pointed at the bright red writing on the board, emphasizing his words. “The Grand Nexus Hotel’s lobby is open to the public, so we will start there. The Nexus is holding a private gala tomorrow night, so most of the security will be focused there. We sneak inside when there are no guards at the entrance, then we scope out the elevators. Due to recent incidents, Nexus security was upgraded, and elevators require a keycard to use. Therefore, we will wait until a Nexus customer is going to the elevator, then ask them to hold the door for us. Once inside the elevator, we will go to the floor above the customer we got help from. From there, the stairways will be accessible, (for fire safety reasons,) and we will use the stairs to reach the upper floors where Big Mama’s employees stay.”

Mickey leaned forward. “Then, we move to Phase Two: Investigation. We comb through every floor for signs of where Heinous Green is being kept. Once we find him-”

“If we find him.”

“ONCE we find him, we tell him we’re trying to save him, and get Danny to check out the lock. That way, he can figure out a way to get it off him, whether that's breaking it, or picking it, or whatever. Then, we do whatever we need to do to get the lock off!”

“This part feels pretty vague-”

“You’re the guy that makes plans on the fly. That’s on you,” Danny rebutted. “The final phase is Phase Three: Evasion. After deactivating or removing Heinous Green’s artifact, we get his help to escape the hotel. We can jump out a window and, with Heinous Green’s size manipulation, reach the ground safely. From there, Heinous Green can go out to live his own life without fear of Big Mama controlling his every move, and we can live with clear consciences.”

With the plan fully laid out, Leonard glanced between his two friends, and their determined faces. While Danny had an expression that hinted at a yearning for discovery and curiosity, Mickey’s was different; he was hopeful. Something about that dinosaur of a man was making Mickey care. 

With Danny enabling him, there wouldn’t be any convincing Mickey otherwise. He was going to try to save Heinous Green, one way or another.

Taking a deep breath to stabilize himself and prepare for what his next words would do, Leonard relented. “Alright. Let’s make sure we have everything we need.”

As expected, Mickey lit up in glee, both figuratively and literally. He almost shorted out the TV as he hopped in glee, hugging Danny around the arms and making his fur stand alert. Leonard chuckled as he stood from the sofa, walking up next to Danny when Mickey had finally let go of him and slipped away.

“You’re sure you actually want to do this?” He asked, trying to look into Danny’s face as he smoothed his fur out.

“Yes. Leonard. There’s a chance we could save someone’s life here. Maybe even more lives.” He pulled at the cuffs of his jacket, and shook his head. “We need to take that risk.”

“If you say so, street rat.” Leonard smacked Danny on the back, and accidentally got shocked in the process. Danny snickered as he yelped and shook his hand out to ward off the tingling sensation.

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If it wasn't already obvious, this is the first Mud Dogz fic to take place during canon! (Specifically, right after "Raph's Ride-Along".) I'm really excited to share this fic with the world, and write more of it. Thanks for reading this first chapter!

More Mud Dogz: Masterpost

Next Chapter ->

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So I saw your genreswap post and I want to ask, how does Henious green fit into the polycule? I can understand draxum and big mama, Henious? Is he an involuntary dad or something?

He's Jennika's dad! I'm adding Venus and Jennika into rise, since there were originally supposed to be six turtles and I like Venus and Jennika so they get to be in genreswap <3 Big Mama helped Draxum clean up his lab after the whole explosion thing, and Heinous Green was on her team for that. He found a little sulcata tortoise in the rubble and just. Took her home. No way he was letting two rich, power hungry assholes have a kid, he's a bad guy but he has standards!

Jagged Jennika is a proud member of the Mud Dogz to this day. She's aware she's adopted, just not exactly... How, lol

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Welcome!

🍰Mikey/Eevee/Bone

🍓Minor

🍰They/Them It/Its

🍓Cupioromantic+Cupiosexual

🍰A dragons hoard of genders and neopronouns

🍓Obnoxiously obsessed with yellow and purple

🍰Fixation as of 9/28/23 : TMNT and COD

🍓Posts are rare! Please be patient between posts!

Fandoms

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (I, II, III)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (ROTTMNT, MM/TOTTMNT, 2012)

Team Fortress 2

Eddsworld

Wings of Fire (1st and 2nd arc, on the first book of the 3rd arc)

Goods and Bads

Goods!

Mud Dogs fans

Furries

Generally good people

Raph fans(love you guys)

MAKAGRAVES FANS PLEEEASEEE

Bads

Prosh¡ppers (Tc3st, Rise April x the turtles, minor x adult, etc etc)

Z00philes + people who mistreat animals

Mad Dogz x Mud Dogs

Generally anybody who supports or does anything weird/bad/EXTREMELY illegal

I've kinda grown out of romantic Ghoap so like. If you're weird about it, please DNI

Ships

Raph x Ocs

Hippoworm

Baronjitsu

Wireless Caprisun

Caprisun

Ghostsweats

Alerudy

Makagraves

MakaNolan

Makarov x Milena x Andrei

ByeBye!

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I understand the concern

Plenty are welcome to hc him as an adult, and I can understand why most do.

He's not in my fic.

Leonard and Mickey are 17. Danny is 21. (And even though I wont include him beyond a few mentionings, I might as well add that Heinous Green is also in his early twenties, but an exact age is unknown bc again...not really planning on adding him).

By the time Q.B. meets and dates Leonard she's 15.

Is it still a gross relationship? Absolutely. He's a criminal and she is (or will be at this point) a hero.

Will I scrap it? No.

Am I upset with this comment? No.

Again, the context for my fic has not yet been given, so to anyone else it does look extremely predatory and gross given most see the Mud Dogz as adults.

Was this context available for readers? Nope. I'm not to this part in the fic yet. Bea hasn't even made her first trip to the Hidden City.

Do I understand the concern, absolutely. Especially given my own history with predatory adults and the fact this is a franchise geared towards kids/teens.

You are still welcome to not like this ship, it's not meant to be a good ship or a good relationship. But I will continue to write my story the way I want to, and it's planned the way it is for a reason.

I don't like drawing mouth-to-mouth kisses but tHIS ONE CAME OUT SO GOOD???