#all donatellos are thieves

[timbit-robin-art]

since you like tim drake AND gambit can i present to you my idea of them having a superhero teamup and they call themselves the bō boys. donatello from tmnt can come too.

This is very perfect. My two scrungos use bang/bō, and I get to join them one day if I keep training. I’m very excited to be a bō boi as well.

I want to draw a little comic with these two. Tim learned bōjutsu through Lady Shiva, while Gambit learns through the Guild of Thieves. In a shared universe, it’s not totally impossible to say that Lady Shiva gave the Thieves Guild bōjutsu training (I can see the Assassins Guild disgracing the League of Assassins, which leaves Lady Shiva to seek out the Thieves Guild to deal with them). Imagine Tim’s surprise when he recognizes some of Gambit’s moves.

As for Donatello, I unfortunately don’t know anything about TMNT, other than the orange one is Michelangelo (I learned that from The Lego Movie… hey, why do all of my recent posts mention Legos?). But look, Tim and Gambit rescued a turtle off of the side of the road, and both agreed to name it Donatello (yes, after the TMNT himself; Tim has actually met him, because that one Batman comic is mainline canon in my heart. “This is where I watched my parents die, Rafael.” “Cowabummer.”).

[fun-k-board]

TMNT 2012 with a s/o on their period

Note(s): I wrote this with a ftm Reader in mind, but there are no gendered pronouns or gendered titles used.

Characters included: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michealangelo, April O'Neil, Casey Jones.

Leonardo

Listen, as much of a leader and confident guy you may believe he is, he is still a mutant turtle who does not get periods and only knows because it was mentioned in a show once and he wanted to know more. He will not understand, beside the basics of 'bleeding down there, intense hormones, and sometimes unbearable pain depending on who you ask.'

If you're someone who goes through a lot of physical pain expect an overbearing mother figure now in your life, he will literally be there with all the advice he can find that'll help.

With the limited resources in the lair and the fact he can't exactly go shopping himself, he'll ask April or Casey to buy period products or pain relief tablets for you if you complain. Even if he's awkward and shy about asking, he doesn't want to burden you by making you wait for a reply over text or have to get up, the fact it helps you makes it worth it.

Soup is also good, he knows how to make traditional teas and soups for you, with great difficulty, and help from Splinter, that will lessen your stomach cramps. Though if you get cravings he may be a little less helpful, it's hard to get ingredients when you live in the sewers and are hated by most of the world.

If you like company he would stay off patrols once or twice, but he's fairly strict about his schedule and won't go too far off it, even if he wants to help you.

If you don't get much pain, he's still by you in his free time and asking questions, you're literally bleeding he's never going to stop worrying.

Whenever you talk to him he basically soaks in the words like a sponge and uses it to help you, a one off 'yeah, this food helps.' and he's on his knees begging for April to buy some.

Raphael

Raphael... I love him, but he needs help when it comes to this. I imagine most of the other turtles at least know the basics, Michaelangelo is the worst but he still knows what a period is, but Raph just never really cared enough to learn.

He knows that a period happens... But that's about it. So, if you're in intense or even a small amount of pain and or wake up with blood around you, he's freaking the hell out, he thinks you've been stabbed or something or maybe he accidentally hurt you with his sais as you slept.

If you explain he's sort of like 'yeah whatever, how do we stop it from hurting you?' and then he never leaves your side.

You run out of products? Step out the way Casey and April, he's sneaking in the shop and thieving- I mean, he's putting on a trenchcoat and hat to hide his turtleness, and buying the products like a good mutant ninja turtle should. But seriously, he doesn't trust the two to buy the right ones, he gets the exact brand right somehow, even if you never tell him what one you want.

He pushes the exercise side of it, even if it doesn't help much, exercise is something that helps him so when he hears it can help he doesn't research further. It takes you explaining that it not only depends on the person but the exercise for him to pout and let you lead.

Donatello

He'd probably panic for a while but then tries to look through a science lense, like, oh! You need to level your blood sugars in this week, these excersises will help you but these won't, make sure to keep your stomach warm so you can lessen the contractions and pain.

Gets a bit sad if you're the type to be more distant and want alone time on your period, especially if you don't like loud noises. Donatello usually has you watching him while he works on his science stuff, so when you aren't it's a demotivator.

Ends up completely abandoning his work just to follow you around like a sad puppy, tending to your every need or waiting outside your room for a text from you if you need something.

If you want him around he's a lot more easy going, if you don't mind sitting in the lab with him while he works then he's all for it, of course he's checking on you every once and a while, and will talk when he wants to, but it comes from him wanting to help you.

If you have health issues caused by your period or your period is made worse by your health issues he's helping you a lot, he knows a lot about human anatomy and how to help ease pain, especially since April and Casey started hanging out with the Turtles more often.

He has a whole section of a diary dedicated to you, and that includes your period, when you're due, what food you've told him helps you, what foods you've said make it worse, what pain you usually describe as, etc, etc.

Michealangelo

Michaelangelo is 100% the type of guy who just goes along with what you want because he wants to help, he probably knows that you bleed, you get mood swings, and you're in pain. And that's all he needs to know.

He's watching you for your entire cycle and just PRAYING nothing bad will happen, gives you all the food you want, no matter how unusual. This can sometimes make it worse, because cravings aren't always foods that will help you, and he feels really really bad if that happens.

He tries to hold himself back on just giving you whatever you want, but when you look up he just folds and starts treating you like royalty.

He can't make a lot of normal foods, he can make pizzas and maybe a decent sandwich, but besides that he's a bit useless, so he tends to buy you microwaved dinners. Unless you don't like them. And then he's just lost.

Mikey asks Donatello to help on the more science level, like no, chocolate will not help, that's a dumb myth, it will only make your sugar levels higher and increase pain, plus blood flow, and nobody wants that.

Cue Mikey closing the oven to hide his chocolate pizza he was making for you.

When buying or storing products, he tends to sort of forget how expensive they are, he'll go in with only a couple of dollars and fall to the floor in utter shock upon realising that is not nearly enough.

But he may or may not steal a few, he saves the city, he gets no money from it, this is completely justified in my opinion.

It's not like he tells anybody anyway.

April O'Neil

She understands so much, whatever you need she'll get for you within minutes.

If your cycles match up April and you will have days where you just sit down and cuddle together, usually at her apartment or in the lair.

She's most likely the one who goes shopping for stuff since she's usually shopping for the turtles as well, though you can come along or even do it yourself if hers is painful and yours is bearable enough to go and vice versa.

If you don't get much pain or mood swings, she makes a few jokes on how she wishes she was you, but if you ask her to stop she will.

Understands the pain that might come mentally, if yours is really bad during the month she even ignores the Turtles to help you out. Unless you want to be left alone in which case she can do that as well, but she will text you every few hours, this is probably happening with or without your period given how dangerous being friends with her is.

If you have intense pain, she's extremely worried for you and will try to help in any way she can, especially if you have other issues that impact your period and or your period causes you other issues.

Casey Jones

Once he gets it Casey doesn't care for the exact details, all he needs to know is when he needs to be involved. Then he's actually really helpful

Usually gets too embarrassed to buy pads for you so he asks April to do it for him, if she refuses he awkwardly makes his way over and will be red the entire time he buys them.

He will begrudgingly be mushy if it means you'll feel better, but also reluctantly leaves you alone if you prefer being alone, he's complicated when it comes to you.

Tends to try to make you laugh or smile if you get sad, but fails to realise that the flood gates of hell spill over with unholy blood whenever you do laugh too hard.

If you're someone with less blood and or pain he'll be asking once every few hours if you're okay, every month is the same, he never learns that you're going to be fine, or that you don't experience too much pain, but it shows he cares.

If you have intense pain he's next to you always helping and at your beck and call, he's fine with skipping out on time with April or the turtles because he doesn't want you in pain.

This has been in my drafts for a little over a year, I've only just got the strength to finish it (⁠｡⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠)

[theyhavetakenovermylife]

Shadows Entwined: part 9

BatmanVsTmnt!Leonardo x sidekick!reader

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 / Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Bonus (18+)

---------------

A/N: I just passed my exam and finished yet another part of Shadows Entwined!🤩💙 It’s not super long this time. Due to my exam I decided to cut it a little short this time around, but I hope it’s still enjoyable😘💙

---------------

Warnings: None💙

The reader and the turtles are 19.

---------------

That day, all up on till the sun disappeared below the horizon, was relatively uneventful. While the sun stood in the sky, the turtles slept away in their rooms, while you, Damian and Barbara stayed in the Batcave with Alfred, keeping an eye on Bruce, and working away, trying to figure out where Ra’s al Ghul and Shredder was hiding out, and the much more pressing question; what were they working on? Why were the two villains working together?

You, Barbara and Damian had all decided to stay in costume, just in case any of the four terrapins would wake up. But as you pulled on your mask in your room, you couldn’t help but feel a rush in your stomach at the thought of the night before. What Leo had said about your face made you smile like crazy, and the thought of how close you had been to… how close you had been to kiss Leo made you gitty. Of course you couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened if you had kissed, finding yourself daydreaming on your way down to the Batcave with a small skip in your step, thinking of how Leo’s lips would have felt against yours.

But then the sobering reality hit you as soon as you entered the Batcave, the sight of your still unconscious father reminding you of all the other things that happened the night before. The towering gothic halls of Arkham. How terrified you had been while Leo had been under the influence of the Crane Gass, unable to do anything as he seemed terrified that you wouldn’t look him in the eyes, even though you had never said such a thing. And how your father, the dark knight, was turned into a mutant bat before your very eyes. Suddenly your little daydream about the almost kiss with Leo wasn’t the only thing on your mind.

It was around dinner time that the turtles woke up. At that point the dark had already fallen over Gotham, the sun being hidden behind a thick layer of dark clouds, the city rarely having more than a few hours of life during the day.

Sitting down next to Leo as you ate, your heart couldn’t help but flutter at the small smile he shot at you, his blue eyes twinkling a little as they searched for yours. It was clear that he also remembered the night before, both the good and the bad parts, seeming a little unsure if he was still in your good grace. But the smile you sent back at him, made him relax with a silent sigh, finally letting him eat without his heart jumping like mad.

After dinner, all of you went straight back to work, looking through any possible leads on where Ra’s and Shredder could be, while Alfred continued his care of Bruce, in the company of a worrisome Robin and a curious yet slightly scared Mikey. And then, lo and behold, Batgirl struck gold, showing you all her findings on the big screen of the computer.

“The Wayne Enterprises’ container ship that was moving the Cloud Seeder to Bludhaven, was hijacked last night”, Batgirl explained, reading up from her findings. “The thieves then smuggled the Cloud Seeder back into Gotham port”.

Raph grumbled with his arms crossed and his teeth clenched. “While we were dealing with those freaks in Arkham”. He was right. Arkham had been nothing but a distraction.

Donatello, who was seated in the chair right in front of the big computer, looked at the screen in thought, a finger tapping on his chin, before he seemed to have a realization, tapping away on the keys.

“With the machinery the Foot has stolen, I think they’re building something that’ll mix the ooze with Joker’s formula, and launch the Joker-ised ooze into the clouds above the city”, he said, pulling up pictures of the machinery for you all to see.

“And when it rains down, it’ll turn everyone in Gotham into a monster mutant like Batman”, Leo said, dreading in his voice. Having fought against mutant Batman was one thing, but a whole city? And not just any city, but your city. Yet another reason for Leo to hate everything the Foot and Shredder stood for.

“Dudes!”, Mikey yelled in eagerness from Batman’s table, causing all of you to turn, fearing the worst. Even Robin jumped from his chair, seemingly ready to fight whatever threat Mikey had seen. But there was no threat. Just Mikey screaming beside Bruce Wayne. “I’m freaking out here!”, he said, placing both hands on his head, as if he was trying to keep his mind from exploding. “Did everyone else know that Batman is Bruce Wayne?!”

The silence that followed, only broken by the smack of Raph’s face palm, spoke for the situation itself. You might not have been the biggest fan of Raph’s way of doing things, but you could not deny how much you related to that smack against his forehead.

“I mean, you knew the Batcave was under Wayne Manor”, Donnie said with a raised brow bone. He knew that his little brother wasn’t the sharpest knife in the draw, but he had never thought that such a revelation would take so long for Mikey to realize.

“I’m just saying it’s a lot to take in”, Mikey said, stretching his face in thought, before he rested his elbows against Bruce, causing Alfred to see red in the corner of his eyes. “Rich and cool! Like leave something for the rest of us guy!” Alfred let out a loud sigh, before he started moving Mikey away from Bruce, causing the orange clad turtle to yell out in protest at the butler. “I’m going, I’m going, okay!”

You looked at Leo with a questionable look, and all he could do was sigh with a small nod. Yes, Mikey was always like that.

“Do we have any idea where Shredder and Ra’s are building this machine?”, you asked, turning back towards Batgirl and Donnie, feeling Leo’s eyes on you, along with the small tug at the corner of his mouth. Apparently you were asking the right questions. And much to your luck, that question sparked a thought in Batgirl’s head.

“I don’t know exactly how Joker makes his venom, but I do know where the components would be”, Batgirl said, leaning over Donnie in order to press on the computer keys. His small flustered expression made you choke down a chuckle. Oh, how you were going to press Batgirl with your knowledge. Even Leo seemed to notice, enhancing small glances with you. Both of you knew something, that much was obvious. Leo poked at Donnie with a small finger, causing the purple clad turtle to scowl at him. “Ace Chemicals”, Batgirl continued, pulling up a picture of the facility. “It’s where the Joker was created, when he fell into a vat of, you know, chemicals. So if they need venom, they’ll be there”.

“But it’s walled off”, Leo pointed out, noting the high walls and barbed wire. “Easy to defend”.

“So what?”, Raph said, sounding frustrated. “If they’re dugg in and ready for a fight, then we bring them a freaking fight”, he continued, slamming his fists together with a dark smile.

“We aren’t doing anything”, a deep voice sounded behind you. You turned in joy, seeing Alfred helping your father up to stand, Robin running to his side in order to help.

“Master Bruce you’re not well”, Alfred said in concern, wishing Bruce would sit down once again.

“I’m as well as I need to be”, Bruce grumbled, taking the drop out of his arm, his gaze turning to the turtles. He stared at them for a moment, before walking to his neatly folded costume on a nearby table. “Batgirl and Robin are coming with me to Ace. (H/N) stays in the manor. The turtles are going home”.

“What?”, Mikey exclaimed in sadness and shock as Bruce pulled on his costume over his head. “C’mon, we know your secret identity now! Our team up have been surmounted!”

“I gave you a change”, Bruce said in a stern voice, turning directly towards the terrapin brothers. “You four are impulsive, and you don’t follow orders”. His eyes narrowing at them. “I want you out of Gotham!”

“Uh, father”, Robin said, his small frame stepping between them. “Look, it pains me to say this, but the turtles saved you in Arkham. They are valiant allies! Even the dumb one! Michelangelo”.

“Hey!”, Mikey exclaimed in a displeased expression. “Not cool!”

“If it wasn’t for them, Joker would have never gotten close enough to inject me in the first place”, Bruce said in a scowl as he closed the clasp on his cape, before pulling the mask up over his head, once again becoming the dark knight of Gotham City, before turning his back to them. “This is not up for discussion”.

Leo felt the burning stair from Batman, telling him to do exactly as he had been told too. To leave Gotham. But Leo’s heart stung at the thought, because leaving Gotham meant not just leaving the city, but leaving you. Leo once again thought back to the visions he had seen under the influence of the Crane Gass. How he had scared you. How you had feared him. He still did not know if these visions had been real, but never did he wish for those visions to be real. He hoped that none of it had been true and just his mind playing tricks on him. But in reality, Leo did not know. He remembered how scared that you had been when you entered Arkham, and how fearful you had been when you walked the halls, and the more Leo thought about it, the more it unsettles him. Maybe Batman was right. Maybe it was best if you stayed in the Wayne Manor where you could be safe while Batman, Robin and Batgirl headed out. And maybe, just maybe it was best if Leo and his brothers left. Leo had scared you once and he did not wish to do it again, even if it was going to hurt him.

“Maybe he’s right”, Leo mumbled, looking down at his feet, not wanting to meet your confused eyes. He could almost hear your heart crack just a little inside your chest, not wanting to believe what you were hearing as he turned towards his brothers. “Following Batman’s lead took us to Arkham and distracted us from Shredder”, he said, not noticing the deepening frown on Raph’s face. We’d be better off on your own”.

“No! No! He ain’t right!”, Raph yelled, pushing back his brothers so he could storm forward. He pushed the leader in blue so hard that he tumbled, only just catching himself before he fell onto you, your eyes meeting once again, sending shock waves through the two of you. Leo felt his mouth dry out as he stared into your eyes, knowing full well that they would be the hardest thing for him to leave behind. The hurt in your eyes and the way his heart was aching, making him freeze in place, unsure of what to do or say. Leo did not want to go. He did not want to leave you. Could he just stand there and look at you forever he would, but sadly, your father did want it to be like that.

“Look, Batman”, Raph said, making his way to your father, who was busy assembling his beloved utility belt. “I get it! The whole brooding loner thing, sitting on top of roof tops, mumbling about how you’re the only one that can stand up to evil in your own city. That’s my whole deal! I love that stuff! And I totally agree that my brothers are annoying, unbearably so sometimes”.

“Uhm”, Leo said, finally realizing that Raph had been talking the whole time the two of you had been locked in each other’s eyes. “Where are you going with this?”

“Teh!”, Raph said annoyed, turning back to Batman. “That’s why. When things get though, I don’t even bother with them. I go off on my own and do things my way!”

“He does do that”, Donnie said, Mikey agreeing with a sounding nod.

“Still doesn’t explain where he’s going”, you whispered, making Leo hum in agreement.

“Yeah, but here’s the thing”, Raph continued. “Every single time, I just get into more trouble and my brothers have to bail me out”.

"It's true!”, Mikey chimed in. “Every time”.

“Sure we make mistakes. Sure we make the wrong moves”, Raph went on, ignoring his little brother. “But we can’t get better-”. Raph grabbed onto Batman’s arm in order to turn him around to face him, making you, Batgirl, Robin and Alfred gasp in surprise. No one just grabbed onto Batman nor Bruce Wayne like that. That was just not how it worked. “-If you don’t trust us”. The turtles, seeming to understand the severity of Raph’s actions, watched with wide eyes. Donnie even covered his mouth, Leo’s eyes going wide and Mikey gasping out loud. Batman said nothing but just narrowed his eyes at the square jawed mutant, almost daring him to continue. “We’re a family, and learning from your mistakes together, is how a family works”.

“This is not a family”, Batman rumbled, bumping his shoulder against Raph’s as he walked past him. “It’s a team”.

“Ain’t that the same thing?”

That comment made Batman halt in his actions. It was as if those words had touched a nerve deep within him. Batman said nothing but stared forward, his thoughts running wild in his head. Raph’s words echoing in his head as he looked to Alfred, Robin, you and Batgirl and then to the turtles, only to notice how close all of you were standing. And how you and Leo seemed to seek each other out in the small crowd. Just like he had noticed the two of you do in Arkham. And on the roof. Even during your first meeting and fight together.

“You’re right”, he finally said, making you all stare at him in disbelief. You felt your palm begin to sweat as Batman made his way towards Leo, determination in his eyes. “Let’s stop Ra’s and Shredder”, he said, before extending a hand to the leader of the turtles. “Together”.

Leo looked at Batman’s hand, extending his own hand in order to shake it, when suddenly…

“Awesome! Dips on the Batmobile!”, Mikey yelled, jumping over the head of a growling Raph, skipping right by you in a rush and right through Leo and Batman’s handshake.

“Uh, we have our own ride”, Leo said after Mikey, not sure if his forgetful lille brother actually was able to remember it.

“You do?”, Batgirl asked Donnie in confusion, causing Donnie to beam with innocent pride, thinking of the van he had tuned up.

“Yeah, we didn’t walk here from New York”, Donnie smiled, secretly hoping that Batgirl would ask about the van.

“Don’t care!”, Mikey yelled, already inside Batman’s car, fastening his seatbelt. “Called the Batmobile!”

Batman looked from Mikey to Leo, his eyes lingering at him for a moment before giving him a small nod. It was time to find Shredder and Ra’s.

[artzzyb00-27]

{💙New Guy In Town💙; part.1}

The turtles were on patrol around 1 am on a Saturday. It was a good thing mutants didn't require that much sleep, and they could patrol when crime was most active. Night was mostly quiet, with a few thieves or just gang members here and there. Roof jumping building to building never got old for them. It was such a surreal experience flirting with death when just jumping off and trying to make it to the next building.

Traveling throughout Manhattan they landed in Yorkville and decided to sit on top of one of the easier to get to apartment complexes. With the noise of passing cars and honking occasionally, typical for the city that never sleeps. Leo was standing while his brothers chatted, looking out towards the city. Hoping for anything that could keep them entertained.

"Remind me why we're freezing our asses off still?" his very patient brother, Raphael, asked.

"Not sure, but it'll come soon. Don't worry Raph, you can pummel the next guy causing trouble we find." the blue-clad leader assured the latter. Only getting a scoff in return, but not one that indicated aggression or replacement for backtalk.

Mikey began twitching which meant he was getting bored and needed something to take his mind off it. Digging through his pockets, Donnie took out a fidget cube and tossed to his younger brother who 'ooed' in excitement. Smiling at the interaction, Leo turned his attention back towards the city, this time catching a strange shadow figure hop roof to roof.

"Let's move, quickly! Mikey put that thing away." he ordered as he ran off with his brothers following behind in confusion, but didn't say anything. They were moving and chasing something, that's all that mattered.

Suddenly the figure turned and jumped over the street and landed on a building on the other side. Turning again heading in the same direction they were going before. Leo knew they couldn't make that jump. Their weight held them down, and the width of the street was a problem too.

"Did I see that right!?" Mikey yelled next to his brothers riding on his hover-board Donnie made him.

"You're not alone little brother!" Leo responded as they continued chasing the figure now sprinting. They jumped on a water tower bounced off it with a sharp right heading off into Midtown. The turtles followed with good distance as to not be noticed.

Finally the figure slowed down and perched on top of one of the apartment buildings. Not knowing the brothers were behind them trying to be quiet but were panting from the excessive running. Keeping up with this person had made the night more interesting than it was when they first emerged from the sewers that night.

Stepping up slowly, trying not to make sound on the concrete beneath his feet, Donnie used his goggles to scan the person looking down at the street beneath them. Donnie froze and removed his goggles quickly. His brothers looked at him like he was crazy.

"You're a mutant." he said to no one in particular and his brother's eyes widened. A mutant? The three of them stepped out of the shadows and looked at the person, now getting a better look. Donnie was right, he was a mutant, a bunny mutant to be exact.

"Yup." they said now standing up, turning around towards the brothers and walked off the edge getting closer. Then pulling of their hood showing of the white fur and ears that were tied up together. "I'm Usagi Miyamoto. But my friends call me Sagi, hopefully that's what you guys are." he introduced himself without hesitance, getting the attention of the youngest brother.

"Wassup, brah! I'm Michelangelo, call me Mikey. These are my bros, Raphael the strong one. Donatello the brains, and our oh-so fearless leader Leonardo who is master swordsman." he said making the rabbit mutant examine all of them. Their outfits reflected their personalities well.

"Nice tattoos, wish I could get some." Usagi complimented the three who had ink on them.

"Thanks, you're pretty difficult to keep up with ya' know?" Raph said trying to start conversation. The rabbit boy smiled.

"Thanks, it wasn't hard to speed up knowing how far behind you guys were," he explained shocking the brothers. In response he pointed to his ears, and they nodded in understanding.

"I like your spots." Leo said not really knowing what else to say, he would compliment the sword at the shorted mutants hips but that wouldn't make sense because it was sheathed.

"Really? Well that's sweet of you, normally people don't mention them. It's nice for a change." Usagi rants while reaching up to his right upper cheek where the small black spots were. "Anyway, I should head back home, it's getting late for me and my friend will kill me if I'm late for training. She's always cranky in the morning." he said cracking his neck in the process. he pulled up his hood and jumped up going over Leo. Landing on the edge of the roof and jumping again launching himself towards the second building behind him and sprinted off into the alleyways below.

"Who would have thought there were more mutants, huh Leo?" Donnie asked his brother who kept staring at the alleyway the rabbit boy disappeared into. He hummed in response receiving some looks but left it alone. At least for now.

Luckily that wasn't the last time they saw of the rabbit mutant. They next caught him in Upper Manhattan talking to a wolf girl mutant who had a grey hoodie on and black cargo pants. She had sickles at her sides and had black tape around her feet. Her fur was white and she had brown eyes. In contrast to Usagi who had grey ones.

They all chatted and introduced themselves finding put that her name was Uki. Not her birth name but she changed it because it meant something special to her and it was from her ethnic language before she was mutated.

The boys didn't bother pushing the topic further. If they were actually curious Donnie could just tell them. After some convincing, mainly from Mikey, they brought the two mutants to meet Splinter.

"How does your dad look like?" Uki asked Raph. They were similar in someways but her voice was more calming than his. At least according to Mikey.

"He's a mutant rat. I would ask not to freak out, but I don't think it's necessary." he joked making her slightly chuckle. Usagi and Leo were behind the others walking through the sewers.

Leo looked down slightly at the guy next to him. They were tall but Usagi was definitely smaller than him and his brothers. Uki was taller than him as well. Slightly surpassing Mikey and almost Leo.

Must have been because she was part wolf, he thought. Usagi glanced at him and he looked ahead quickly getting embarrassed that he got caught staring.

"You know it's okay to look at each other right? Not like it's forbidden." the rabbit boy amused making the turtle leader chuckle. After reaching the lair and meeting Splinter the mutants were just interacting with each other. Leo kept giving glances to Usagi here and there and it didn't go unnoticed by his red bandana'd brother.

"If you're gonna kiss him just do it." he teased making the older ninja roll his eyes and look back at the white rabbit talking to his nerd brother. Raph smirked but headed off into the training room along with Uki who pulled out her sickles and got ready for a quick sparring match.

This would be weird to get used to, but he was glad they had more friends. Ignoring his brothers previous remarks, he sat down on the floor next to Usagi and smiled at each other. Pulling their attention from each other, they conversed with Mikey and Donnie.

Part 2 here!

[etes-secrecy-post]

Hi, before I explain my post, I want to say something important.

• What you see my blog has become a major overhaul. And despite the changes, I decided that my 2nd account will be now my artwork blog with a secret twist.

⚠️NEW RULE! (W/ BIGGER TEXT!)⚠️

⚠️ SO PLEASE DO NOT SHARE MY 2nd ACCOUNT TO EVERYONE! THIS SECRECY BLOG OF MINE IS FOR CLOSES FRIENDS ONLY!⚠️

• AND FOR MY CLOSES FRIENDS, DON’T REBLOG IT. INSTEAD, JUST COPY MY LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR TUMBLR POST! JUST BE SURE THE IMAGE WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ONLY LEFT WAS THE TEXT.

⚠️ SHARING LINKS, LIKE POSTS, REBLOG POSTS, STEALING MY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS/RECORDED VIDEOS/ARTWORKS (a.k.a. ART THIEVES) OR PLAGIARIZING FROM UNKNOWN TUMBLR STRANGERS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE BLOCKED, RIGHT AWAY!⚠️

😡 WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EVER LIKED & REBLOG MY SECRET POST! THIS IS FOR MY SECRET FRIENDS ONLY, NOT YOU! 😡

Okay? Capiche? Make sense? Good, now back to the post…↓

Title: My "Baggy Cloth-Ober" Day 8: 🦁🖌️

Hello, October! 🎃🦇 My daily "Baggy Cloth-Ober" continues with our next daily Inktober! 🧢👕🧤👖🧦👟😊

If you haven't seen my previous related post, then please click these: ↓

• Day 1: Maxwell 🐰🖌️ • Day 2: May 🐰👊💥 • Day 3: Sam 🦊⚽ • Day 4: Mikey 🐱🎧 • Day 5: Brown 🥜 • Day 6: Choco 🐰🍫 • Day 7: Stripes 🦝⚾️😴

DAY 8: Leo's Normal Clothes 🦁🖌️

• The first Normal "Baggy Size" Clothes entry on my daily Inktober list is Leo the Lion! 🦁🖌️ Much like Maxwell 🐰🖌️, Leo loves doing art albeit painting art on a blank canvas doing some inspiration from serious Italian art/sculpt figures 🇮🇹🖌️🖼️ such as Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, etc... (Teheh! TMNT, baby! 🐢🥷😁) He also loves juggling as part of his hobby 🤹‍♂️, considering that Lions 🦁 were entertaining as other animals (like tigers 🐯, seals 🦭, and elephants 🐘) when it comes to traditional festivity; namely "circus". 🎪 As for his clothing, as I said, the first Normal "Baggy Size" Clothes to be featured on my daily Inktober list because he doesn't have his own A/W Clothes, yet. But, that's okay because I liked his normal clothing with his comfy hoodie in baggy mode! 💙🥰🤗 I bet, my OCs will try it on as well as Stripes' normal clothing, someday. (You know, just saying). 😉

Well, that's all for now. More daily "Baggy Cloth-Ober" artworks to come, until the end (of October)! 😊

Leo' Normal Clothes - owned by @bryan360

[l0stn3v3rf0und]

TMNT: ELEMENTAL MADNESS AU - LEONARDO

Leonardo

Nicknames: Leo, Leon, Nardo, Lee, Nerdo, Heron

Role: The Leader

16 years old

Personality

Heroic

Strategical

Apprehensive

Frantic

Ambitious

Kind-hearted

Timid

Fidgety

Likes: Superhero shows/movies, Sleeping, Training, Positive Feedback, THE SEA.

Dislikes: Crime, Sea Pollution, Close-combat

Fears: Not being strong enough

Weapons: Spears

Element: Water

Powers include: Hydrokinesis, Invisibility, Ice

Fun facts! (Again more random stuff)

MOM!

Acts like a hero to block out his fears

Often freezes up in battle

Idolizes superheroes

He is like: “I got this!”

But actually he’s like: “I DON’T GOT THIS!”

A former bounty hunter

Used to be enemies with Donatello before they got reunited.

“HYDRATE OR DIE-DRATE!”

Is ALL the drama!

Is learning to speak multiple languages.

Will die for his family.

No seriously, HE WILL LITERALLY DIE FOR THEM.

“SWORD SAFETY!!!”

He looks intimidating…

…he’s crying on the inside

Sad boy :(

Lore

Leonardo was born a year before Raphael.

Leo was very timid and shy as a child.

Being very emotional, he would often cry a lot as a child and often relied on his mom and his older brother Rapheal when he had the chance to.

After the incident, his mom started struggling and often got annoyed by Leo’s cries.

Raphael grew overprotective over his siblings, so when Leo was upset Raphael would be protecting him at all costs.

When he was five, the family of 4 (plus splinter) were evacuated from Dimension X because of a Kraang attack, which caused them to get seperated from his mother which made him more upset.

While on the ship, Leo became anxious and restless without his mom, so he immediately attached to his older brother, letting him get overprotective.

His escape pod landed in Japan where he was found by a nice old fisherman.

The fisherman decided to raise Leo up until he was 10

The fisherman really cared a lot about the ocean and did his hardest to protect it.

Leonardo looked up to the fisherman and saw him as a hero.

However, he worked for TCRI and fell victim to one of The FOOT’s attacks, which costed his life.

Leonardo tried to fight back against them, but was only chased away.

Wanting to get rid of all crime, Leo decided to become a hero of his own.

Leo went into hiding underwater and trained himself to fight.

Living underwater caused him to unlock his abilities that were originally erased from him.

He covered his identity with a diver suit and used a fishing spear as a weapon.

Leo started traveling across the world, stopping all crime with his spear. (aka he may or may not have been killing people)

His actions as a bounty hunter (a killing bounty hunter) he was dubbed by the public and all who fears him as “Depths”

Despite being a intimidating hero, Leonardo usually finds himself cowering in fear and freezing up in battle. Thankfully the diver mask he wears hides his fearful face.

During these years, Leo discovers a group of thieves called the Purple Dragons which was lead by a mysterious guy in a mech suit.

He decides to take them down, but thanks to the leader he always fails. Which leads him to constantly follow them.

At the age of 16, he found himself in New York after following the Purple Dragons.

He discovers one of the members and strives to completely kill them.

Until he was discovered by a human named Casey Jones.

Casey suggests that maybe killing criminals isn’t a good idea since its also bad.

Leonardo rethinks his ideas and feels incredibly guilty but Casey decides to try and help him out.

VA Headcanon: Bow (She-ra)

References

Masterpost

[iholli]

👑 Holli / Rat King || 24+ || Any pronouns || ocean loving ficto ace rat || completely on my gaming nonsense

heya! call me Holli or Rat! this is my home away from home, so welcome to my blog & I hope you enjoy your stay. I mostly post ocean views and selfship content. don't like, don't read! here's the rundown of the place 💖🐀

Main timeline:

not comfortable sharing but selfshippers can still interact!

#heart of mars || Rat King & J'onn J'onzz, DCAU

playlist 🌌🐀

Alternate timelines:

okay sharing with other selfshippers, canon depends!

#💜💖💙 || Rat King, Donatello Hamato, & Leonardo Hamato, ROTTMNT

playlist 🐢🐀

#ratstatic || Rat King & Vox, Hazbin Hotel

playlist 📺👑

#king of hearts || Rat King & Remy "Gambit" LeBeau, X-Men

#PREDATOR/PREY || Rat King & Megalo Don, Fortnite

playlist 🦈🐀 [cover photo]

Other tags:

#venne & squeaker || Rat King & Wally West platonic ficto posts

#ratio broadcast || Rat King & Alastor qpp / platonic ficto posts

#ficto tag || unspecific ficto posts

#ficto tag familial || Justice League / Hamato Clan / assorted Hazbin Hotel familial ficto posts

#ratkingdraws || personal art tag

#ratkingdiscourse || profic / anti anti & other discourse posts

#happy place 💙 / #oceancore || daily scheduled ocean aesthetic posts

Fandom check-in:

ROTTMNT || Donnie simp. Leo enjoyer. || make no mistake, found family is my all time troupe, that's why I'm here. but if you ask me about Leotello,,,

DC || Justice League: The Animated Series & Justice League Unlimited, and all affiliated series || My Adventures with Superman || Green Lantern: The Animated Series || I'm very much a DCAU fanatic, but I enjoy lots of other DC content as well!

Fortnite || Wastelander || Montague, Artemis, Hades, & Megalo Don supremacy || I still don't know all the lore, but man, I love this game || find me more actively about FN on Twitter or add me on Epic @ R47K1NGG4M3S

Marioverse / Luigi's Mansion || Luigi my beloved. normal about King Boo. || if it exists I probably ship it. Booigi. Bowuigi. all three. I'm there.

Invader Zim || ZaDr || RaPr || Almighty Tallest stan account

Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss || Moxxie & Millie enjoyer || RadioStatic || Alastor. Vox. Queen Bee. back in my original era now that Hazbin s1 is out 👏

MCU || Octogoblin my beloved || really not here anymore, however Loki is part of Rat King lore, so feel free to talk about him to me c:

More to know:

I'm very chill, I love notif spam, and it makes my day to get asks! feel free to throw anything to my inbox-- ask me about Rat King lore, talk to me about my f/os, whatever you wanna know or just wanna say bc I do enjoy chatting too c: it just takes me a while to answer stuff sometimes bc I'm very forgetful and overthink ✨ everything ✨👏

this is a pro fiction, anti censorship space. I'm not looking for a fight, I'm just here to yell about my favs, and personally I'm not much for problematic troupes, but I will always support the right for people to do what they want in fiction. tag your shit & be nice. my ship is not your ship and that's okay.

I'm not a big NSFW person, I will never reblog anything I feel is graphically explicit but I use safety tags just in case as I see the need. keep an eye out for #suggestive and / or #nsfw. minors are fine to hang around my blog-- I just expect you to be responsible and block the tags you need.

AI thieves will not be tolerated in any capacity. come within a mile of my blog and you will be reported and blocked on sight. if I ever accidentally reblog AI work please let me know so I can remove it.

thanks for stopping by! if you'd like some tunes for your Tumblr browsing, feel free to check out my Spotify. have a great day 💖🐀

banners courtesy of @lovelycureaestetic 💜💙 & @senseichaos-thedetention 💙❤️

[turtlethon]

“Shredder Triumphant!”

Season 7, Episode 26 First US Airdate: December 18, 1993

The Technodrome is revived, and the Turtles are banished to Dimension X.

“Shredder Triumphant!” is the final episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles season seven. Written by David Wise, this adventure serves as the conclusion of the classic era of TMNT ahead of a significant change in direction beginning in season eight.

Before we get into the episode itself, I should mention that this is the last appearance of the second title sequence, in service since Turtles made its Saturday morning debut on CBS in September 1990. While this opening never seems to be lauded in the way that the first one is, I do find it to be a highly polished introduction in its own right: that shot of Hamato Yoshi picking up the pet turtles and transforming into Splinter is downright spectacular, and probably one of the best-looking bits of animation to appear within the series.

Today’s episode opens in the same way that “Combat Land” concluded, with the Turtles gathered in front of the TV. April is reporting about the opening of the new Museum of Asian Arts when an amphibious module rolls up, Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady emerging to cause chaos. In any other given episode this is where the Turtles charge off to stop their foes, but Splinter intervenes here to try and stop them, announcing that he’s had a “strong psychic impulse” leading him to believe it would be better if they don’t get involved. The Turtles can’t make sense of this, and who can blame them? Over the course of the last seven seasons, Splinter has constantly drummed into the team how important it is that they stop Shredder, and now on a whim he suddenly feels it’d be better for them to hold off. With that in mind, Leonardo defies the orders of his sensei, and leaves with the rest of the group to deliver a “Turtleising” to Shredder.

After the Turtles leave, Splinter turns to the camera, telling us that while he can’t stop them, he fears “they will regret this action”. It’s wild that even now, as the tone of the show begins to shift, the fourth wall break continues to hang on by a thread.

The team briefly confront Shredder and his mutants at the museum: in what could be considered a nod to the fact that this will be the last go-around for many of the conventions we’ve seen countless times over the years, Leonardo goads Shredder for continuing to use the same tired old taunts against them. After Raphael threatens Shreds with what turns out to be a paper fan, he’s surprised to see the villain retreat: in reality, Shredder received a radio message from Krang giving the all-clear, and so the next part of their plan is ready to be implemented. The Turtles watch their enemies escape in the module and wonder why they would flee while having the upper hand.

Splinter can’t let go, and when the Turtles return to the Lair he warns that the path they’ve taken by confronting Shredder may lead to “the greatest danger [they’ve] ever faced”. Turning on the TV, the team watch a reporter cover the theft of a regenerative power cell from a space administration facility outside of the city. This, we’re told, is “the world’s most compact source of energy.... invented for a new super space station!” The thieves are said to be “a strange alien creature” and a group of ninjas clad in blue attire. The Turtles are quick to determine that it must be Krang and the Foot Soldiers that are being referred to, but this does raise two questions: How can it be that nobody in the city other than them knows who Krang is when he’s appeared on TV attempting to take over the world multiple times, and since when did the Foot Soldiers ever wear blue?

It dawns on the Turtles that they’ve been played: in a return to a strategy that worked when applied all the way back in season three’s “The Big Rip-Off", Shredder kept them busy with a distraction while the gizmo he was really after was being stolen elsewhere. An alarm sounds in Donatello’s workshop, indicating an impending tidal wave may be approaching the city. Rushing to the beach in their van, the Turtles watch as the newly energised Technodrome emerges. Our heroes are so blasé about the prospect of stopping the fortress now that they all begin to recite, in unison, the dutiful steps they’ll need to go through that they know like the back of their hands. “We break into the Technodrome, fight our way past the Foot Soldiers, disconnect the power device...”

The team use a grappling hook to hitch a ride to the rolling headquarters, and once inside begin taking out Foot Soldiers. Krang has also performed this song and dance enough times that he has anticipated the arrival of the green teens, and made allowances for it in the Scheme of the Day. He has the Technodrome tear through town until it arrives outside City Hall, where he begins the process of staging an invasion, accompanied by General Traag and a sizeable contingent of Rock Soldiers. He demands that control of the city be handed over to him immediately, threatening to destroy the building if the officials within refuse.

Inside the Technodrome, the Turtles move on to begin trying to disconnect the power source as planned, but are captured by Shredder and The Boys. Outside, Krang is borderline ecstatic as he relays the news to Shreds: “WE’VE DONE IT!” Now fully in control, the villains take care of the only force that could plausibly stop them – the Turtles – by tossing them through a portal into Dimension X.

Act two opens with the Turtles floating through a green, glowing void until they’re pulled inside a spaceship. They’re soon introduced to its pilot, a rodent-like slave trader by the name Weesel, who tells the team they’ll “fetch a nice price in the slave pits of Si-Ra.”  Back in the Lair, Splinter snaps out of his meditative state with the realisation that the Turtles are in danger, and the fate of the world is at stake. (He must surely be the only person left in town by now who’s somehow oblivious to the fact that the Technodrome has already flattened a decent amount of real estate on its way to City Hall, the danger he’s so worried about has been here for a while now.)

We start to get a sense for how quickly Krang’s takeover has impacted the city as April and Irma are seen leaving Channel 6′s car park in a news van, commenting on how their computers and phones no longer work. They find themselves unable to exit the building as Krang and a group of his followers are waiting outside, the TV station their next target. Soon Krang is confronting Burne Thompson, and I think this may be the first time we’ve ever had any significant interaction between these two characters. Burne is insistent that any takeover will never work as his employees are loyal to him, an assertion immediately disproven by Vernon, who agrees to work the cameras under the new regime. Splinter watches from an alley as Krang’s victory speech goes out on-air, a group of onlookers gathering to view the unfolding events on the TVs in the window of an electronics store. 

The Turtles try to lecture Weesel about the ethics of his profession, but he remains unmoved, taking them to be examined by Vorx, a slug-like alien who maintains control over his slaves by wielding a whip. Weesel is paid in exchange for the Turtles but before leaving spots his kid brother, Zwerk, chained up and being marched into the mines. When he questions Vorx about his younger sibling being part of the operation he’s warned that anyone could potentially end up working as a slave in the pits, even him should he continue to make a fuss. Reluctantly, Weesel finds himself with no option but to leave in his spaceship, as the Turtles are put to work.

In the foyer of Channel 6, Krang reveals to Shredder that a set of rocket thrusters are kept at the same space facility where the power cell was obtained. The next phase of their plan will involve taking these and affixing them to the Technodrome, effectively converting it into a spaceship. Taking it back through a portal, Krang will then be able to terrorise Dimension X while Shredder uses the Rock Soldiers to gain control of Earth. Bebop and Rocksteady are beginning to wonder where this leaves them, and are thrown a bone as Krang effectively appoints them as the new bosses of Channel 6. Later, the two mutants confront April, Irma and Vernon, keen to begin throwing their weight around.

The Turtles are made to toil away with pickaxes in the pits, and while working strike up a conversation with Zwerk. The young alien insists that his older brother isn’t really such a bad guy, and is simply trying to provide for the pair, an assertion that our heroes find dubious. He goes on to explain that the material the slaves are made to dig for is Ilanium, a rubble-like substance that serves as the diet of the Rock Soldiers. Putting two and two together, the Turtles determine that this must mean Vorx has a business relationship with Krang, and by extension likely has access to a dimensional portal too. The Turtles and Zwerk begin considering how to escape, but find themselves constantly being watched (and fired upon) by the slave master’s airborne drone guards.

In the offices of Channel 6, April, Irma and Vernon are tied up as part of “The Bebop & Rocksteady Show”. Destroying a nearby window with his laser weapon, Rocksteady announces that an upcoming segment of their broadcast will involve sending the three crew members out the side of the building, their final on-screen appearances culminating in them hitting the ground below.

Vorx has learned of the planned insurrection by the Turtles and Zwerk, and orders their extermination at the hands of The Great Chaarg, an enormous drooling cyclops monster. Chaarg looks set to devour our heroes until Weesel swoops in, using his ship to open fire upon the creature. The Turtles and Zwerk soon board his ship, and upon reclaiming their weapons, the green teens begin working with the alien brothers to figure out how to strike back against the slave owner.

Rocksteady fires at the feet of the Channel 6 trio with his laser rifle, nudging them closer to a fall as he joins Bebop in swearing revenge for all the times the station has aired stories that painted the duo in a negative light. (This scene is hampered briefly by a particularly egregious animation error in which it’s the lower body of Rocksteady himself that’s seen being pushed towards the window.) Splinter arrives to intervene, taking down the two mutants and encouraging his friends to snatch their weapons.

In the Turtlethon entry prior to this one (for “Combat Land”) I suggested that Irma taking on a more proactive role in stopping the bad guys may have been intended as foreshadowing for what was to come. That begins to take shape here, as upon picking up Rocksteady’s gun her voice and demeanour immediately change. Irma is livid as she holds The Boys at gunpoint, demanding that they reveal the current whereabouts of the Turtles. Bebop and Rocksteady immediately cave, but can’t provide concrete details about where they are beyond being in Dimension X. She continues to intimidate The Boys until they also cough up the details of Krang’s plan to steal the rocket blasters. Our heroes leave to stop the alien brain, providing Vernon with a blaster weapon so he can keep Rocksteady and Bebop in line; it speaks volumes that the henchmen are terrified of the new Irma but immediately begin to intimidate April’s old rival.

Weesel takes the Turtles and Zwerk to a bunker, where the master controls for the slave pit operation are said to be kept: he warns them that attempting to gain entry is a foolish exercise, as doing so would be near-impossible. Vorx soon emerges, flanked by a group of obedient henchmen, and begins doing battle directly with the Turtles. Nearby, the assembled slaves see the beginning of a potential rebellion taking shape, but the drones continue to keep them in line.

As the fight continues, the Turtles are forced to concede that Vorx’s forces are too powerful for them to prevail. The tide of battle is turned by the return of Weesel’s ship, which crash-lands into the bunker, destroying the systems controlling the drones. The rebellion soon begins, with Vorx and his underlings finding themselves surrounded by the furious prisoners.

The Turtles lament that Weesel was forced to sacrifice his own life so that his brother and the other prisoners could be free, and I must admit that for a second there they really had me going: I genuinely thought that maybe David Wise had been able to convince the powers that be to allow him to incorporate the death of a guest character into the show as part of the transition into the new, darker era to come. For better or worse, that’s not how this plays out: Weesel is alive, having sacrificed his ship but escaping via the use of a rocket pack, and he soon rejoins the group.

Following the capture of Vorx, the Turtles head into his control room and find there never was a portal there after all. The next best thing is a trans-dimensional viewscreen, which they use to call the Technodrome. As Shredder drives the rolling fortress to the space site his conversation with Krang is interrupted by his old enemies, who appear in a transmission where they roast him endlessly, declaring him to be a dishonourable coward. This trolling goes on and on and on until Shredder can’t take it anymore, and is goaded into letting the team come back through the portal so he can beat them legitimately.

Krang waits at the space site for Shredder to arrive in the Technodrome, oblivious to the return of the Turtles, and is soon confronted by April and Splinter. It’s a combination of characters going toe-to-toe that I don’t think we’ve seen in the show’s history, but the way it plays out is even more unexpected. Splinter is no match for Krang’s android body and its built-in weaponry, his walking stick broken in half. It’s clear that the duo is in over their heads, and then...

From the shadows emerges Irma, who is going all-in with her new persona, now sporting a Rambo-esque red headband. Declaring Krang to be “alien scum”, she opens fire on his android body, blowing a huge hole in its back and rendering him immobile. Inside the Technodrome, Donatello spots a cloaking device that can be used to alter a person’s appearance, and decides they could use this gizmo to their advantage.

Donnie and Mikey’s preoccupation with the cloaking machine leaves Shredder now facing just Leo and Raph. With only two Turtles to shake off he eventually makes it to an escape hatch, where he leaps out, bouncing off a nearby restaurant’s awning and running away. (If there’s one thing this show loves, other than TV stores with sets in the window that have the volume turned up and men getting their come-uppance by being made to stand around in their underwear, it’s a good springy awning that can serve as a makeshift trampoline.) Leonardo and Raphael follow, doing battle with Shreds on the street.

April reaches Donatello via Turtlecom, informing him that Irma has successfully disabled Krang’s robot body. I don’t think I praise the voice actors enough, so here’s an example of what a critical component of the show they are: the comedic beat when Barry Gordon (as Donnie) processes the news of who beat Krang - “Irma...? Oh! Well, that’s perfect!” is impeccable. The group agree to meet Donatello outside the Technodrome, leaving Krang where he is. This turns out to be a major mistake, as following their departure the alien brain is free to begin attempting to reconnect the wires of his android body, and is soon mobile again.

Bebop and Rocksteady use similar tactics on Vernon as the Turtles did on Shredder, goading him with threats of what their boss will do to the newsman upon finding out they’ve been held hostage. It’s a strategy that works as the cowardly reporter succumbs to a nervous breakdown, dropping his blaster and running out of the room. Now left unaccompanied, The Boys begin looking for a way to break out of the ropes restraining them.

Krang orders his Rock Soldiers to fall back, an event picked up on by Shredder as a sign that things are unravelling while he continues to battle Leo and Raph. Knocking the two Turtles aside, he tries to escape, but is confronted by Irma, April and Splinter, who work together to disarm him. Sandwiched between this trio and the two Turtles – at this point, even April has balled-up fists and is clearly ready to throw down – Shreds has finally wound up in a position where there’s nowhere for him to run.

Krang emerges from the Technodrome in his bubble walker, accompanied by Donatello of all people, and when he addresses General Traag as “dude” it’s clear that something strange is happening. The cloaking device wears off, revealing that this Krang was Michaelangelo the entire time. The real Krang rejoins Shredder and both watch in horror as the full extent of Donatello’s sabotage becomes evident: the Technodrome is pulled into a portal to Dimension X, doomed to spiral uncontrollably through space.

As in “Night of the Rogues” earlier this season, it falls to Bebop and Rocksteady to save their bosses at the last second. The Boys emerge in a pick-up truck – identical to the one used by yokel criminal family the Badds in “Donatello’s Badd Time” - and pull the villains into the back, Irma continuing to fire upon them as they flee. With the Technodrome, the Foot Soldiers and Rock Soldiers now gone, Shredder and Krang have effectively lost everything.

Throughout this season, almost all of the adventures of the Turtles have taken place at night, a subtle shift from the cheery bright blue skies often seen in years prior and an indicator of the more mature direction things were taking. Today, the Turtles have been out in the open during the daytime, forced to deal with a threat to the city big enough that it justifies them re-emerging from the darkness. As Splinter addresses the group in the closing moments of this outing – warning that Shredder may return to fight another day – sunset arrives, the sky above the city transitioning to a golden hue. In the final shot, a streak of red looms ominously on the horizon. Whether by intention or simple coincidence, it hints at a future still to come for our young heroes, one where things will never be the same again.

Oh, and Irma still has the gun. I’d like to think that she’ll hold on to that thing, knowing how grim things will soon become.

Phew. Okay, there’s a lot to take in here. “Shredder Triumphant!”, I dare say, could be considered a triumph in its own right; here we have not only a big end-of-season-finale for the first time in four years, but one that arguably tops them all. There’s a sense that all roads have led here, the almost one-hundred-and-seventy adventures of the Turtles building to this point: a final battle in which the entire main cast gets to show what they’ve learned, and who they’ve become over this journey.

I say “final battle”, pointedly, because I strongly suspect David Wise was writing this under the assumption that it might mark the end of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a series. Way back in the very first Turtlethon entry I touched upon how Wise had been tasked with closing the book on Transformers with “The Rebirth”, a five-episode final season that wound up being whittled down to three, intended by Hasbro as a hurried swan song for a franchise thought to be in a death spiral. Though “Shredder Triumphant!” doesn’t even have the benefit of being told over three shows, the intent seems to be much the same: achieve a happy ending, conclude with the villains on the back foot and bickering among themselves, and most crucially of all, provide a bit of wiggle room so that future stories can be told should a revival materialise later on.

With that in mind, I wouldn’t blame anyone who considers this their jumping-off point, a satisfying conclusion to a long-running show that for most of its life has been about the light-hearted, often goofy adventures of four youngsters enjoying themselves. What Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be when the story resumes with season eight is something else entirely. For now though, I think “Shredder Triumphant!” is worth celebrating as a tremendous final encore for the series as it was, a fitting end to a remarkable era.

Only three seasons of the show remain, each extending to a mere eight episodes. Before we get to those though, there’s some long-outstanding business to take care of. The first component in a trilogy of significant works of TMNT-related media which, while not a direct part of the 1987 show’s continuity, are too integral to the story of Turtlemania for us not to cover. So...

NEXT WEEK. We’re doing it. The 1990 live-action TMNT movie. I don’t know how I’m going to approach writing about such an all-encompassing topic within the confines of Turtlethon’s format, but dammit... we’ll make it work!

[taleeater]

Dangerously Stupid

Part 1

I wrote this half asleep at 3am and have not proof read this at all, I’m so sorry.

Generation: Bayverse TMNT

Donatello x reader

Pronouns: Gender neutral

Warnings: fighting, blood, injury, not proof read

Summary: You watched the turtles stop the Foot from robbing a bank one night and step in to save Donatello while he’s down. What will happen next?

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Two months. You had lived in New York City only two months before you got caught up in a Foot Clan attack. Just your luck.

You were walking home late from your new, and already shitty job, when you heard loud banging noises from a closed bank up the road. Crossing to the other side of the street as you approached the building, you heard a loud crash of glass and paused in your steps. Waited, and listened. A robbery?

You didn’t have another second to process that thought when suddenly a loud explosion erupted from the building, the shock sending you stumbling back and falling on your butt.

Brick and concrete were strewn across the street, thankfully not being launched far enough to hit you. But then you noticed something from the smoking hole in the building. A quick flash of movement, the sound of a thud and a loud shout. Eyes wide and stunned, you watched as several people in black tactical gear were thrown yelling from the hole in the building out into the street. They had swords?? And guns. They had guns.

Adrenaline kicked in and you scrambled to your feet and rushed for cover in the closest alley way. Shit. Dead end. Quickly creeping back to the entrance you peaked around the corner to the open street. The thugs had started to recover slightly and were raising to their feet, looking around quickly like they were being haunted and drawing their weapons. If you ran out now they would surely see you, so you stood still and watched for an opening.

Suddenly, something large climbed out from the smoking building and the men quickly aimed and fired their guns at it.

Your eyes shot open in horror and brought a hand to your mouth to stifle your gasp as you recognized too late that it was a person- or so you thought. The large being quickly turned around as the bullets came and you watched in disbelief as the bullets bounced off their back. What was that, a shell?! The smooth hard panels reflected light from the street lamp and the flashes from the guns.

A loud thud and a grunt of pain brought your attention back to the thugs. Another large being had dropped down from above and landed behind the men in tactical gear, knocking back two of them and in a flash of metal, sliced a gun in half. This one was a bit closer to you. From what you could see, they were bald… and green? Much like the other guy. You noticed he was wielding two katana, and was making quick work of the thieves.

The other green guy by the building had now recovered and was running over with a rageful battle cry to assist in taking out the last of the goons.

But to your surprise, more people were thrown out from inside the building with a cheerful shout of ‘booyakashaaa!’ and a third large green man jumped out from the building. This one was cheering and swinging around what looked like nunchucks in a flourishing display and made a cool looking pose.

Now you were just feeling comically confused. Your eyes narrowed to observe the orange band around his eyes and take in his outfit, which looked like hard armor on his front and… jean board shorts. Mouth drawn in a tense line, your brain helpfully concluded that these guys were just really weird green body paint wearing commando-type jock vigilantes. Or you just hit your head when you fell back from the explosion and didn’t notice. Either way, you felt yourself relax and mentally shrugged, seeming as the weird giant costumed turtle-looking guys were taking out the bad guys with guns. Maybe you could get home soon and address whether you were hallucinating or not.

It seemed like the battle was just about wrapping up, when suddenly another masked vigilante appeared from inside the building. He quickly pushed the orange one away and shouted “Get back!” just as a second larger explosion burst from inside the building. You ducked for cover as more brick and mortar rained down from the building, and watched as the purple masked vigilante was thrown harshly from the building out into the street. He landed with a groan on his side, not too far from your hiding spot. You could see his shell was equipped with old recycled looking tech, and a long metal pole he seemed to have dropped was laying not too far from him.

“DONNIE!” The three other shelled vigilantes yelled, and started to book it towards their fallen comrade, when suddenly a black van came speeding down the street and rammed into the back of the red masked guy, sending him hurtling forward as the car came to a screeching halt. The doors flung open and more thugs with swords jumped from the car and started to attack the blue and orange masked guys.

You shrunk back more in your hiding place, afraid they would spot you. But then the sound of another car door opening caught your attention. The tech turtle guy was still in your line of sight, unconscious in the street. A woman with black hair and a red streak appeared before him. She pulled out her katana and raised it above her head and prepared to strike-

“NO!!!”

In a flash, you had leapt out from the alley and sprinted into the street. You weren’t thinking, moving on pure instinct as you stood defensively over the prone form of the turtle man and raised up your arm to block the swing of the sword. Somehow, you managed to block the woman’s strike. Your forearm braced against the wrapped handle. The women stared back at you in shock, then turned cold at your interference and doubled down the power in her grip. That’s when you noticed the sharp pain shoot through your shoulder. You groaned as your arm trembled with the strain of the woman still pressing down against your blocked swing. You may have stopped the sword from reaching the vigilante, but you did not have the power to stop the blade from cutting into the flesh of your trapezius.

The woman angrily pulled back, dragging her sword more through your shoulder and you cried out in pain. You stumbled into a crouch in front of the downed turtle, gripping at your wound while she recovered her form. To your horror, she readied to mercilessly strike you again when suddenly, the red masked vigilante appeared from the side and bodily rammed into her, sending the woman flying into the hood of the car in revenge.

“Eat that.” you heard him grumble while he rolled his shoulder. The large red masked turtle turned his attention to you and his eyes regarded you steadily. You were panting lightly and held his eyes for a moment before you both heard the quiet groan come from behind you. You quickly turned around, and saw that the purple vigilante was starting to come around. You placed your free hand lightly on his shoulder as his eyes fluttered open, leaning down a little to get a better look at his face.

“Hey, are you alright?” You asked him. Now that you were this close, you noticed the shape of his face was quite different, and the smooth skin under your hand didn’t feel like paint. You tried not to think too hard on it.

Behind you, Leo jogged over towards Raph while Mikey finished tying up the last of the Foot. Upon seeing a human crouched next to Donnie, he shot Raph a questioning look, to which the red turtle simply shrugged. Leo turned his attention back towards you as Donnie started to pull himself up into a sitting position, and noticed the blood seeping through your fingers clasped on your shoulder.

His eyes widened and rushed over to the human and his brother. “Hey, you’re bleeding-!”

“Wha…?” Donnie was still only half conscious. He thought he was dreaming, opening his eyes to such a beautiful person looking down concerned at him. Carefully, he pulled himself into a sitting position and was startled by his older brother running over to him in concern. At first he though Leo was talking about him, and glanced down at himself quickly to check for any open wounds, but when he found nothing he looked up and saw where the leader’s eyes were leading and found the spot where your hand was pressed over the bloody spot on your shoulder. “Oh dear, let me look at that….” Donnie’s brain fully woke up and he quickly shifted into doctor mode, gently taking hold of your arm to pull your hand away from the wound.

You had shifted your attention and were carefully regarding the blue turtle that had rushed over to crouch next to you, when you were startled by the sudden contact of a large hand enclosing around your wrist. You made a little yelp of pain as your hand was pulled from the bloodied wound, and when you turned back to look at the purple vigilante, your breath caught in your throat by the intense golden eyes staring at you.

Raph came to stand behind you and Leo to overlook the inspection of your wound. “Karai tried to slice up Don while he was down, but this kid jumped in and stopped her.” He supplied a bit gruffly. Raph regarded the small human with mixed feelings. He didn’t wanna trust them, but he had just witnessed this total strange swoop in outta nowhere and save his bro.

The expression on Leo’s face shifted to surprise, eyeing Raph to check he was being serious before turning back to regard the bloodied wound this human had sustained in defense of his brother. He opened his mouth to thank you but was cut off-

“Donnie!! I found your glasses!! -Woah! Bro! Who’s the pretty face?” Mikey chimed in and came rushing over excitedly to join the party.

Donnie was focused on carefully inspecting the wound, and trying his best not to overheat under the gaze of the beautiful stranger whose shoulder he was carefully prodding. The small human flinched suddenly with a small cry of pain when he pulled at the skin a bit to check the depth of the cut. Donnie hissed and pulled back. “Sorry about that- Oh, thank you Mikey.” He reached his hand out and his little bro returned his glasses to him. A little scrapped but still wearable. “Your cut is pretty deep. You should go to the hospital right away. Do you need us to call you an ambulance?”

Donnie was already reaching into his pouch to pull out some spare gauze. His mind was racing a mile a minute, and was trying so hard to stay focused on his task. He didn’t hear Leo and Raph’s exchange. He still felt a little shaken up from the explosion. Slightly bruised, and judging from how flustered and distracted he was feeling, maybe a little concussed. Every time he looked up to meet the stranger’s eyes he felt his heart jump in his chest and his breath catch in his throat. Don decided he just needed to quickly finish patching them up and get home to properly check himself over for injuries.

You, on the other hand, were feeling just as dazed and awestruck at the being that was currently looking you over. You watched this large human turtle work intently on gently applying a pad of gauze over your wound to stem the blood flow, and couldn’t help but feel like you were dreaming. You watched him quietly while your brain helpfully commented on how cute he looked with his taped turtleshell glasses on. But you startled at remembering he had asked you something. “…hm? Oh! A-an ambulance? No thank you. I think I’ll be fine.” You barely noticed the red seeping through the make shift bandage, keeping your attention focused on studying the purple one’s face so you could save it to your memory as he finished up working on your shoulder.

Mikey, who had been waiting intently for his chance to talk to you, had caught on to the tension between you and Donnie. “Broooooo… you feeling alright?” He asked curiously.

Donnie startled at the question and turned away from you, looking a little embarrassed and adjusting his glasses. “J-just fine, Mikey. Maybe a little bruised.” He quickly supplied.

However, a huge grin startled to stretch across Mikey’s face as he connected the dots, and opened his big mouth to tease when Raph’s big hand suddenly smushed into his face and shoved him off away from the scene.

“Come on bozo, give them some room. Let’s go check on the Foot.” Raph had taken pity on Donnie and decided to quickly redirect his hyper little bro. The quicker they could finish up here and head home the better.

Once Donnie appeared to be finished, Leo had gotten up and reached down to offer you a hand up. You were feeling pretty overwhelmed now that the adrenaline was starting to wear off. But you quietly took the offered hand and stood on shaky legs, feeling your head swim for a minute you leaned more heavily into the support of the blue masked turtle as you steadied yourself, your shoulder giving you a painful throb.

Leo kept a careful eye on Donnie as the tech genius pushed himself to stand up after you. As he leader he had to make sure there were no outstanding injuries he had missed on his brother while looking after this stranger. But he noted that Donnie seemed pretty dazed, and wouldn’t take his attention off this person who had saved him. He raised a questioning eye ridge in the direction of his brother and looked between the two, letting a small smile tug at the corner of his mouth. He reached over a slapped a hand down on Donnie’s shoulder to jostle his attention. “Good work Donnie. Now, Mx….”

“(Y/n)… (Y/n) (L/n). Um… thank you for patching me up…. Donnie, was it?” You had to admit you were feeling a little dizzy from the blood loss. But you really wanted to remember this moment, so you did your best to focus on the purple terrapin.

“Donatello, or… Donnie, if you prefer.” Donnie found himself smiling down at the small person. He felt Leo shake his shoulder a bit and shot him a questioning glance.

“Well, aren’t you gonna thank them for saving your sorry shell?” Leo teased his brother, it was clear to him Donnie was developing a bit of a crush, so he thought he’d torture him a bit. “Raph said they stopped Karai from slicing you a new one. You’re lucky they got to you in time.” Leo said a little more seriously. He realized then just how lucky they were you had been here, or else Donnie might be in much worse shape.

Donnie’s eyes snapped wide in shock, his eyes darting between you and Leo. His gaze landing on the cut he had just tended on your shoulder. “R-Really…? You got this protecting me…? I… th-thank you!” Donnie seemed really flustered. He looked guilty, but also a bit awestruck a random beautiful human off the street had stepped in to his defense, and at this moment, didn’t seem scared of him. You just stared up at him, and when he reached out to take your hand to squeeze in appreciation, you didn’t flinch away. “I-if there’s anything you need, just let us know… d-do you need help getting help getting to the hospital….? I mean- the police will get here soon but once-”

You felt your face heat up at the contact, feeling your heart rate speed up a bit, but quickly remembered why you couldn’t take their advice and quickly cut him off. “N-No! Really, I’m fine. I’m just glad you’re okay. I can get there on my own.” You gave him and the other large turtle a reassuring smile, just as you heard the approaching sirens sound out in the distance.

“Okay, time for us to go. Mx. (Y/l/n), thank you for saving my brother. And please… don’t tell anyone about us. We’ll be in touch.” Leo hurried out, leaving your side to tug his brother away from you as Raph and Mikey hurried off ahead to expertly climb up the closest building.

You watched in awe at their skill, seamlessly scaling the fire escape and brick before disappearing above the sky line. But noticed the purple turtle… Donnie, had stopped to turn back and get one last look at you, before disappearing along with his brothers into the night.

“Hm…. Donatello…. I’ll have to remember that.” You said to yourself. You quickly turned to leave, making to start walking home, thankfully in the opposite direction of the sirens. You had no desire to spend the next two hours giving statements to the police and being dragged off to an overly expensive hospital tonight. You just wanted to get home and take care of this cut yourself, and save yourself a decade’s worth of medical debt. Yeah, that’s exactly what you’d do.

You slowly walked down the dark streets and made your way back safely to your little apartment.

And promptly passed out on the couch.

Part 2

[wicked-elfie]

IT’S BACK! I’M BACK!!!

Separate Times

Chapter 19: Casey and Uncle Dee

Casey’s breath hitched. He found himself in disbelief. “He… He lost the key…”

Donatello hummed in disagreement. “No… He fumbled the catch, but none of us went after the thieves at that moment. We lost the key.” He turned to face Casey, eyes solemn, “We didn’t know what we had lost till the sky tore open… We didn’t know what would be lost till we lost it all.” Then his lip lifted into a bitter half-smile, “How could we have known…” His scarred hand moved to rest gently over Casey’s gloved ones. “We were children, Casey… Leonardo was sixteen… He was an insecure kid who accidentally fumbled a random stolen item during a car chase. How can the responsibility of the world fall on the shoulders of a child?” Casey’s heart pressed defiantly against his chest. Donatello shook his head and turned back to the young slider. “No… He didn’t destroy the world. The Krang did. And, Casey? You didn’t send Leonardo back in time. You refused, then you were knocked out before Leo could make you. At least, that’s what he says.”

Hey guys! First off, I just wanna apologize for being gone for like a month and a half. I had a pretty bad depressive episode and got a lil overwhelmed. However!! I’m feeling a lot better now and super motivated to write again! I’ve got a super beautiful ending planned and I really hope you guys love the rest of this story! (it’s not ending soon i just have a plan lmao) I hope this chapter makes up the littlest bit for my disappearance. I love you all! Let me know what you think! <3

[aeempress]

Apritello Express Evidences, part 1

Greetings, Apritello enthusiasts and attention! Here comes a loong post is written by totally nerd. You've been warned. Here we go.

The thing is that Apritello is a double-edged sword. The series shows us established friendship of these two, give us a lot of content with them. We can see development of relationship through interaction between the characters, their reaction about the situations they are put in. We can sense their synergy and bound through the show.

Donnie and April have incredible chemistry, and both options, brotp and otp seems fine to me.

But let me tell you why I ship them.

Apritello is the kind of pairings, which consists of small details, hints, that's hidden, but if you're sharp and attentive one, you will notice that. Apritello has a strong foundation: the best friends trope.

And from the very beginning, it works as planned.

When I start watching show, I could say that April and Donnie are best friends. It is worth noting that April is like an older sister to the other brothers, more of a sisterly figure than a friend, but with Donnie she behaves somewhat differently, namely, as best friend. Obviously, she sets him apart from his brothers, although girl tries to pay attention to all of them equally. And Donnie behaves as well.

Dee's battle shell designs for April needs as well as his. His shell transform into comfy spot for taking ride for April. Special and only for her. Because his bros are not supposed to use it (at least, he carries no one on his back), Donnie carries them by his techno-bó or his limbs.

This tiny detail shows his special treatment to her. April is a very, very special occasion to D. Don does care about her comfort, he accept the way she is. Donatello does not try to prevent her from participating in their affairs because he respects her decisions and is pleased that April can be shoulder to shoulder with him.

D is glad to be at her service.

Yeah, Dee's still playing cool, he has image to perform as tough and coolheaded guy. So Don doesn't show his intentions, interest and feeling to other people (he's tryin', but fails). Because his actions matter. They are always small, hidden, but meaningful.

April, in return, trusts Dee and depends on his tech, even knowing what his inventions are the opposite of success (usually).

Go on. Look at Donnie's facial expressions and body language when April is near.

Donnie seems more relaxed when she's around, happier. His emotional response is always different from his brothers ones.

Oh, and look, he wanted to be first to give her a high three.

They worry about each other. Look at Don. He does worry about her way more than his brothers. Yeah, they all want to protect her, but Donnie is more expressive.

Mayham has no particular sympathy for the brothers: he is afraid of Raph and behaves aggressively, he is indifferent to Leo and Mikey. Mayham immediately takes a liking to April. And then the details come back: he let Donnie touch his neck. The most vulnerable place for any living creation, for a second. Let him to study an important vial without any hesitation. Mayham depends on April trust for Donnie. When everything goes wrong for Don, the little doggie comes to his rescue, just as April would have done. Is the hint transparent enough?

We can see links with "A mystic library", wherе Donnie begins to look for solutions to save April's pet. Yes, this may seem like his next leap, "sit down, I'm smart, and now I'll solve all the problems, watch and learn," but Don says one phrase that opens up the veil of the second plan, what happens behind the scenes. "My illiteral colleagues and I was conducting a mustic research, with a life of the beloved pet, hanging in a bounce".

Strange wording, Donatello. Beloved pet? Not yours, as we can see. I can say, that everything in this sentence is true, but Donnie and Mayham has something more.

Continue. Next episode "Origami tsunami". Interactions are kept to a minimum, as April herself appears for a maximum of 5 minutes in the series itself. But devil is always in the details, dear friends.

When April was attacked and hung up, the only one who excitedly called out to her was Donny. Raph is furious that the thieves have escaped, Leo is frustrated that their plan has failed, and Mikey is worried about the salami.

Yeah, we didn't see his worries about her when she fell, because Donnie is on the mission and must be coolheaded turtle, and second, he's calm because now April life is safe and sound, out of the danger.

Dear passangers, Apritello Express arrives to the next station - episode "War and Pizza".

Bare facts:

1. April has Donnie's number on an emergency call.

2. "Anything for you"

3. Donnie is the reason why Alberto knows April's name.

No one calles April by her name (except for Donnie, while phone call, but Alberto wasn't nearby) it was "Captain O'Neil" by her chief, her badge seems blank. And yeah, you can say, that's just economy of budget, but I assure you: in the first episode we were shown the name of the delivery guy. The animators were not lazy bones and wrore "Stewart" on his badge. So if something isn't there, then it either shouldn't be there, or it really isn't, that's how this show works.

So, the reason explained in the episode. When Al has short circuit, parts of its new code flashed through its mind.

Info about April was in its memory, in its code. Alberto was a lame animatronic, and it seems somewhat outdated. I do really doubt about Alberto is being something smartass machine with complicated AI like Freddy's Pizza's ones. Quite questionable. Donatello fix Al's brain and wrote code, synchronize with his remote control. He put information about Cap O'Neil into animatronic's head. All this pictures are kind of massage: "You was created for birthday celebrations. You are machine, and there concepts of "life" and "birth". Do great party for this birthday kid and April won't be like this". Or, something like that.

So Alberto did - do a memorable party. And he do what his creator programmed him to do, but in his way.

4. In other words, Alberto was a tool to impress April. Don flaunts himself in front of her, stating how he did the upgrade while doing the upgrade, even though April is fully aware of his tech wizard. And his abilities supposed to help Cap O'Neil to finish the birthday party, so she will stay at her job, not fired. All thanks to Donnie and his upgrade Alberto. (Or not)

By the way, Donnie was the last to leave April in ruined "Alberto's". And it's not an isolated case, it is a pattern.

5. They understand each other without words.

First, Donny came at her at the speed of light. Second, she hadn't even finished speaking before Dee was taking Al apart. Third, their chaotic, well-coordinated work? Donnie was a distraction (although he wanted to just take a break from the battle or let Alberto's guard down, while April just knocked him out). Donnie and April are great team, and sometimes the DonniexApril team is much more precise, coordinated, and interdependent than the DonniexBrothers one.

D&A feel each other and anticipate each other's actions, their skills complement each other, creating an incredible synergy of their interaction. They act as a whole, while it's not always possible with his brothers, even though they're family and know each other the way more Donnie know April. And Dee hasn't trained with cap O'Neil.

Donatello didn't show his crush for April. No puppy, loving eyes, no lovey-dovey speeches, no planning schemes (at least, the audience don't see one) . He just want her attention, but stays cool and hidden. D is already her BFF, but still.

The same thing is claimed in 5B episode - Mascot Melee. Donnie has no problems with interaction with idol of his childhood - Atomic Lass. She'd put Leo in a stupor, but Donnie? He playfully challenges her to a dance duel. Yes, he adores this character, who may have become his measure of the attractiveness of others to Donatello, determined his type. But still, he's playing all cool and confident guy, he's really smooth with girls, so you will never see a puppy loving eyes from him. Only two things can betray him at this point: his voice and his body language. Remember, how's soft his voice became for Atomic Lass? Now I want you to remember the scene before, in turtle tank, when April sent guys a meme.

D is the first to respond to the message, despite the fact that Mikey is sitting closest to the screen. And the responding is a little too emotional for this situation, don't you think?

And this face of his. And he comments it. He likes her sense of humour.

The only difference between April and Atomic Lass is that the first one is a real girl who is a friend of their family, practically a member of it; and the other one is just a fictional character. It is easier to say about love for a fictional character, because it brings less problems for a teenager, especially when he is living with three brothers and a father who likes to tease as well. Donatello needs to be careful and outline the area of emotions he could show, so that he does not get hurt.

Now, dear passangers, we are returning to the previous episode, shall we?

Donnie presents to his brothers his precious Turtle tank, but she's gone, and it's really necessary to find out, who has taken her. And the first person to suspect is April.

Something is odd, don't you think? Yeah, Raphael has taken tyre for their "Midnight special", Leo claimed that Donnie's stuff is common, but they are D's beothers. It's natural for family to borrow(stole) stuff of each other. But this trend was not observed in April. She would never steal anything from Donnie, much less steal anything from him.

Actually, there is a good, logical and solid explanation here. April was number 1 in Donatello' suspect list, because he simply told her about Turtle tank. His brothers didn't know he were working at Moon buggy, except Mikey (Orange helps Dee get the vehicle from Repomantis), but they didn't know what exactly Donnie was working for. They didn't know he build the Turtle tank, he kept it a secret, to surprise his brothers. But April knew.

- Alright you! Where's our turtle tank?

- Hi, DONNIE. You have 9 seconds to say, why are you just broke my door.

- Someone's stole Donnie's turtle tank.

- Haha-ow, I see. As your best friend, you naturally suspect me.

- She gets it!

- Oh-ho, don't give me that! You're the only one could taken it!

The only one, because she knew about it.

As Splints said in this episode - "April is not a snitch"

Donatello does trust April and share with her both, sorrows and joys. But we are not shown this directly. We do not see the action itself, we do not see their calls and conversations on the phone late at night, we only see the consequence. We have no choice and take it as a given.

And the way she cooled him down? Fast, efficient, and Donnie seems to used to it. Moreover, she slapped everyone, but still, she throw Don out of window the last. However, why such a large time delay between him, being slapped and him, was throwing out of the window?

And my favourite scene. It was obvious that Donnie had taken the hardest hit (judging by his scream and the way he was putting his knuckles back in place). Don then claims that their inner circle is secure, Mikey tries to make amends for everyone, and April agrees, blowing them a kiss and closing the window. Cute and mean, isn't it? (You're cute! but mean! why do I always go for your type?! - ep. War and Pizza)

Nota bene: Donnie wouldn't apologize to April. Tough, not caring badass boy image, remember? Even to best friends. It's hard to him to express his feelings by using words, he cannot do it in proper way. But he has Mikey, who is so alike inner him. Michelangelo apologizes not only for himself, but for D mostly, because D starts suspected April.

Let's continue: the episode 8B: Hypno Part Deux

• Donnie put "Donnie's blocker" at April's phone to protect her.

It's common thing that your friend install some programs or apps on your device. But you will always ask your friend to do such a favour, and you will always know about what, when and where were installed on your phone.

And April didn't know Donnie had done something with her phone. It was a real surprise for her, to see blocker with "Donnie says no-no-no".

And you know, the interface of his app. The way he tell this current phrase. Donnie could put a huge banner "THE APP YOU WANT DOWNLOAD TO IS A REAL PIECE OF GARBAGE", as usual antiviruses do. But no, voice interface. It makes the app more personal and thoughtful. Because when Don made gifts for his brother, the program was voiced by a computer-generated female voice. Yes, the tank's interface is voiced by Donatello himself, but his voice sounds more like Google than the real Don. And, we talking about HIS BABEY, for a second. Bit still, the point remains.

• Also, Dale.

Dale is nerdy boy in purple, wow, how convenient for making a parallel with certain purple turtle.

But thing is, April doesn't like Dale. He's clingy, remora guy, who has a little obsession with April, even he's not harmful, still, such behaviour freaks girls (and not them only) out. Her classmate is usually tell her what April O'Neil is "his favourite person" and he loves her. There is little that is attractive about this behavior.

So, there is nothing new and unpredictable here that Dale was rejected. Because April didn't, doesn't and won't like him because of his lame personality and strange behaviour. Our girl in yellow do right thing: she clearly sets personal boundaries and does not allow any dubious personalities to invade them. So that's the reason she refuses to go on a date with him at the end. He's weird, obsessed, and she doesn't like him.

Donatello, as far as I concerned from different versions of TMNT, was always a little obsessive with some things. And, you know, putting a blocker inside your best friend's phone seems a little weird, because it's, in simple words, violation of privacy and personal space. And there are people who may regard this as stalking or sorta.

Yeah, for the most part, he gets away with it, not only because April's focus is in a different area, but also because their bond is stronger than April's with anyone else at school.

She has known him for years. Donnie is her best friend. I can't say that it's fine to her when Dee violates her personal space - her phone, but April can accept Donatello's personality in general.

And he does really have good intentions. Donnie installed this blocker, developed by himself only for one reason: to protect personal space April from fishy apps from nowhere, from being hacked and etc. Don knew her too well, how much she depends on stupid apps that will distract her. He also knew well, that he can't be with her 24/7 to fix problems with April's phone, so Dee put a part of himself to prevent any harm in the future.

And again, "Donnie's gifts"'s vibes. Donatello genuinely cared about April, because he wrote, coded, developed, designed, and dubbed it, turned on the database, and installed it all on April's phone. 'cause, you know, writing programs in general is a bit of a hassle, but writing an antivirus is much more difficult, because viruses are changing, and questionable applications are finding ways to bypass. Do you feel how much effort Dee put in for her?

But Donatello didn't mean to fix April, as he tried to do with his brothers. Purple turtle accepts this girl the way she is, and tries his best to play smoothly with April, by adjusting, not being passive aggressive jerk. It's his outstanding way to show his caring nature, soft side.

Remember, small but meaningful actions.

Maybe, Donnie also can foresee that April may be forced to download some suspicious program, but still, it work: he managed to prevent April being hypnotized, even if couldn't be physically with April at the this moment - Dee was working for Repo Mantis, building dog's paradise for Todd. That's why, by the way, Leo and Raph were dragged into this whole situation. Mayham would teleported literally anyone to help his hostess. Donnie just wasn't at the Lair at the moment.

And on this note, we'll take a break for now. Stay tuned, expect parsing of the series, there's a lot to discuss.

Part 2

Part 3

[imagine4000]

Turtle Rush Part 2

Hello again! ‘Part 2′ of TURTLE RUSH is here, so I hope you enjoy. Happy Holidays~!

.

.

.

In the lair, at the bottom floor in-between the skate-ramps is where the turtles stand in front of a jaw-dropping April in shock. Dahlia waves a hand in front of her.

“April~...come on girl, don’t do this to me. Snap out of it!”

In seconds, April comes to and looks back-n-forth at everyone.

“What the what?! Who—I mean...this!”

“Yeah~ so...they’re from two different worlds like ours.”

“Another dimension to be precise,” Donnie 2k3 implies.

“What he said.”

“No foolin’?”

Dahlia shrugs, trying to understand as much as April is. Shorter Mikey slides over to April, curiously, with eyes narrowed in suspicion.

“Are you really April O’Niel?”

“Uh~ yeah...”

“Is that a problem?”

“What my brother means,” Leo 2k12 intervenes, “is that we figured this April would’ve been a redhead too.”

“With crazy-awesome psychic powers, yo.”

“Ours isn’t psychic,” Leo 2k3 adds, “but she is a married woman.”

“Married?”

“To whom?”

“Duh~ our boy, Casey Jones.”

“Casey Jones/No way!”

Shorter Raph looks to his brother Donnie, who turns away when hearing that intel. April leans towards Dahlia.

“Got any idea who they’re talking about?”

“No clue.”

🚨🚨BLARE~!!🚨🚨

Suddenly, an alarm goes off as red, flashing lights glow.

“Warning! Intruder alert!”

VRRR~

Shelldon guards the girls.

“Activating security protocol!”

CLACK/SHACK/BRR~!

The turtles wide-eye the equipped weaponry in fear.

“Oh snap!”

“Woah-woah—woah~ hold it!”

Dahlia waves her arms out.

“It’s alright, Shelly, they’re cool. They’re with me.”

“Y-Yeah!”

“What she said!”

“...”

“...”

“...Okay.”

The alarm turns off and the turtles sigh in relief. Dahlia pats the android’s metallic shell.

“Everyone, this is Shelldon. Donatello’s invention and high-tech-turtle all around.”

“S’up dudes!”

“Woah~ sweet!”

“Your Donnie must be, like, five-times smarter than ours.”

Donnie2k12 glares at the back of Mikey2k12’s head.

“So guys,” April speaks, “if y’all are really from different dimensions, how’d you get here?”

“Well—”

“Ah-bup-bup!”

Mikey 2k3 cuts his leader off.

“Can we have this discussion over some delicious pizza~?”

Though some brothers groan, the girls laugh at his carefree attitude.

“You’re the guys, alright...”

“C’mon on, you dorks, let’s eat.”

.

.

.

>>>>>>>FAST FORWARD>>>>>>>

In the kitchen, everyone sits and eats at the table while the girls listen to everything the guys say.

“So, let me get this straight,” Dahlia hums, “you were all on patrol minding your own business when a group of...high-tech intergalactic thieves...portal to your world to steal valuable relics like they did in other realms?”

“Pretty much,” Mikey 2k12 shrugs.

“One of them used what I think is a ray-gun,” Donnie 2k3 explains, “that could beam a portal to any interdimensional universe through time and space.”

“Sounds bad,” April thought, “the portal gun sounds cool, but not when in the hands of some crazed villain.”

“If you mean getting our shells kicked,” Raph 2k3 grunts, “and those jerks tossing us into another alternate universe...”

“Again.”

“Then yeah, we’re pretty much done explainin’ ‘ere.”

“We think,” Leo 2k12 implies, “they mistook us with our alter-egos and beamed us all into your dimension.”

“And how’d you get mixed up with our baddies back there?”

“When we came through the portal,” Donnie 2k12 says, “we ended right in the middle of their ‘shoplifting-spree’.”

“Btw, the villain names are tight~.”

“That’s when someone got the idea of barging in without a plan.”

Raph 2k12 rolls his eyes.

“One thing led to another and~ here we are.”

“Not before this radical dudette swooped in and saved the day.”

Mikey tussles Dahlia’s hair, making her chuckle. 

“Guess that means you’ll be staying here,” April mentions, “until we get you guys back home.”

“You’ll help us?”

“It’s what we do.”

“Especially if it’s for our boys, even from another world or, uh, two.”

“Oh-mi-gosh, the guys! They’re still up in the mountains training. How are we gonna tell them about...this whole situation?”

“We’re not.”

“Say what now?”

“Alright, look...”

April slings an arm around Dahlia, fixing her glasses.

“Wherever they are up there, it’s a no-go on Wi-Fi. And who knows when they’ll be back. We said we could watch over the city, and that’s exactly what we’re gonna do. We got this.”

“Your optimism is astounding, yet worrisome. Still, you got a point.”

“Plus, if those thieves are still out there, I’m sure we’ll eventually run into them. And we’ve got these guys to help kick their butts if we do.”

“I agree with other April!”

Dahlia thinks for a moment before sighing in defeat.

“Alright, fine. But first things first...I gotta tell Senor Hueso to give me some time off from work. You guys better come, too, to make it more convincing.”

“Uh~ don’t cha think your boss will—oh, I don’t know....freak out?”

“Ahaha~...even in another world, you’re still obliviously adorable.”

Dahlia pinches Raph2k12’s cheek.

“I told you...yokai have been here for a long~ time.”

.

.

[Moments Later...]

“Here we are.”

The turtles exchange weird looks then back at the graffiti wall.

“Must be the entrance to the kitchen.”

Leo2k12 jabs Raph’s side.

“Check this out.”

FLARE!

“Woah/Dang~.”

Dahlia does the finger-purse gesture as her hand lights up in blue flames.

SHWING~

The turtles gasps as the skulls glow and the paint forms an arch, leading them inside.

“Boys, say hello to the Run of the Mill Pizza.”

The boys awe at everything and anything they never saw before. Both Mikey-s were especially captivated.

“It’s...glorious.”

“Dido.”

“Buenos noches, Dahlia.”

“Hey, Senor.”

“What brings you here? it’s not your shift to—NIGHT~! Ay caramba!”

Hueso doubletakes, leaping back at the sight of the mutants.

“Dude, it’s a talking skeleton.”

“Cool~.”

Hueso facepalms.

“Please tell me these aren’t they’re relatives.”

“Ehe...can we talk for a moment?”

Hueso takes everyone to his office and Dahlia explains the situation.

“Hmm...I see.”

“I know, this seems weird, but...”

“Say no more. You’ve done plenty of shifts this year, so I will give you an early vacation. Here...”

He rips off a page from his notepad and gives it to her.

“These are a few places you can investigate while you have your hands full with, uh...this dilemma.”

“Gracias, senor.”

“And thanks for the pizza,” Mikey 2k12 smiles through his chewing, “it’s even better than I imagined five minutes ago.”

“Not a problem pepinos. And good luck.”

“Thanks, bone-man.”

“I was talking to her.”

Dahlia awkwardly chuckles as she and her friends leave the restaurant. They now walk along the rooftops while sightseeing.

“A restaurant of yokai hidden up top. It’s incredible.”

“And a whole city of them lives under this one.”

“Are there other businesses the yokai own on the surface,” Donnie2k12 asks.

“Pretty much.”

Just then, Leo 2k3 notices a tall building from a distance.

“Grand Nexus Hotel...?”

“Hard not to find that one.”

Dahlia and April come closer as they all stare at it.

“A fancy background for sure, but the biggest criminal underworld business for all yokai to cash in on Battle Nexus.”

“They have a Battle Nexus too!? I bet the competition there is epic!”

“Ugh—not this again.”

Raph2k3 groans, making the girls turn to Donni2k3.

“We competed in an interdimensional martial arts tournament.”

“And somehow this knucklehead won.”

“Aw~ you still sore about losing to Moi?”

“Oh, you’ll be sore in a second!”

“Hey, maybe we should check out their—”

“NO!”

The girls get up in Mikey 2k3’s face and he stops midstride.

“Don’t. Even. Think about it!”

“Unless you want your head on a plaque!”

“You mean eaten by Big Mama.”

“That too.”

“Big Mama?”

“A dangerous criminal overlord in Hidden City and New York. Once you’re in her web, she’ll never let you go.”

“Remember when Leo and his dad crashed her pad,” April reminisces.

“Ugh, tell me about it,” Dahlia sighs, “Leo’s lucky he even pulled that stunt on her.”

“At least the whole Shredder thing is out of our hair.”

“So you guys fought Shredder, too?”

“Uh, yeah...sort of.”

“If you mean fighting a wild animal inside mystic armor, then yeah, we kind of beat him.”

“You see, Leo made a deal with Big Mama in order to lock the Shredder’s armor away from coming back to life.”

“Wait, you left dangerous magical armor in the hands of a criminal?”

“Hey, she had what we needed so we did what was done. And no one dares try to steal from Big Mama.”

“That’s still inexcusable,” Leo2k3 argues, “clearly your Leonardo doesn’t have the leadership to avoid a mistake like this.”

“Excuse me/Woah~ hold up.”

“You making fun of our boy? Cause it sounds like you are.”

“Heel, April...”

Dahlia pulls her back and stands in front of older-looking Leo.

“Look, I know you’re polar opposites to our boys...but I didn’t think Leo could act like a jerk or make a fool of himself on purpose. Until now.”

“Ooh~/Oh no she didn’t.”

“So, you’re just going to let this ‘Big Mama’ carry a sleeping, yet dangerous weapon.”

“She owns an underworld syndicate. Do I have to spell it out for you or count how many goons and possible weapons she may or may not have in her vault that could kill us?”

“C’mon, guys, we’re all cool here.”

“Stay out of this other Mikey.”

“Hey! Nobody tells my brother what to do but me!”

“Enough you guys!”

Donnie2k12 comes between his brothers and Leo2k3.

“I don’t know what your problem is, other Leo...but I can vouch for my brother Leo, that he wouldn’t start an argument he can’t win. So. Just. Drop. It.”

No one comes between those two as they glare intensely at each other, which surprises the brothers the most.  

“...Hah...fine....but it doesn’t change my opinion.”

As the others start walking, Dahlia stays behind with Donnie2k12 and Raph2k3.

“You didn’t have to do that.”

“I’ll admit, your Leo’s choice wasn’t the best option, but anyone of us could’ve made that bet if it meant putting the Shredder down, right?”

“Pipsqueak Donnie’s got a point.”

“I guess...”

“You okay?”

“Oh, sorry, it’s just...it feels weird. I never argued with Leo, or...a Leo...like that before.”

“Ah~ don’t sweat,” Raph2k3 advises, “if my bro gives ya a hard time, I’ll knock the sense back into him.”

“Still, seeing a serious, tightly wounded up Leo is something else.”

“Yeah, well your Leo sounds like my kind of turtle.”

“Whatever you say, fearless leader.”

“Ooh~ even better—I’m the big guns. Any chance ya wanna make a trade?”

Dahlia punches Raph2k3’s arm as he and Donnie2k12 laugh.

Unaware to them, from a distance, shadows in the night are watching their every move.

“Those freaks are still alive.”

“What’s the deal, man! I thought you zapped them to the furthest dimension—not our next heist!”

“Excuse me if I was under the impression of disappointing everyone while being under pressure!”

SMACK/SLAP!

“Ow/Augh!”

“Enough, idiots! They’re the least of our problems.”

“Oh, the boss got a brainstorm~.”

“What’cha thinkin’, man?”

“First, we find those other mutants we saw tonight.”

“Hold up, you want help?...from them?”

“They got their tails whipped by one little girl.”

The leader narrows his eyes towards Dahlia.

“That ‘little girl’ is the bigger threat to us if we don’t do something. Like the saying goes: “if you want to rid of a pest, use a better trap’. You know me...”

C-CLACK!

The leader turns his heel in the other direction with an evil sneer.

“I love it when my prey struggles.”

.

.

.

.

New villains on the scene. What will happen next? See you next time!

Stay safe, healthy, and in holiday spirits!

[ray-jaykub]

Hi, could I ask for a headcanon of how the boys would react to S / O by declaring their passion (they were friends before that) for one of them in front of everyone after drinking too much?It's okay if you don't want to write this, it looks a little silly.

When I read this I thought you were talking about a drunk s/o declaring their love. So, I hope that's right. Warning!! Alchohol consumption

Leonardo: •#embarresed

•He was only a little tipsy when he decided to toss in the towel but wanted you to have fun •Your his friend after all •Mom friend to the max when you're drunk and is with you the entire time because never wants you to be making mistakes you'll regret •So when you stand on their pool table and- "LEONARDO YOU GOT A POPPIN ASS AND I LOVE YOU!" •Fucking drinks are flying and Leo's pretty sure Casey is choking •Have fun explaining your infatuation with his butt in the morning Raphael: •You and him are as thick as thieves •So when you guys party. You party hard •Shots, beer pong, other drinking games I don't know because I've only sipped wine... •Raph's a flirty drunk and the fact that it's been nothing but pining between you two means your hands are all over eachother •Cue Donnie trying to prevent you from pre-maturely sleeping together •So the warmth becomes too much and- "Raph! If I had only a week to live I'd spend it marrying you!" •Raphael doesn't even comprehend it. He just picks you up and laughs. So adorable as April claims Donatello: •Doesn't drink at all because Leo needs to relax the fuck up and alchohol makes him queasy •So the 'designated driver' of the group. Especially you because he cares about you deeply 👀 yes. Normal deeply. Definitley not butterflies. •Tries to keep you in a 6ft. Range but it isn't too hard because you're practically glued to his side •(and your hands feel so nice on his bicep) •Leaves to use the bathroom for only a minute and comes back to you pulling a kat statford on the table https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVyrxLnoHk •instead dd's of hitting your head on a chandelier though you throw your hands up and- •"I LOVE YOU DONNIE! WOO!" •He knows your drunk. Really does, but he tells you he loves you too. Michelangelo: •Restricted supply, his brothers can't trust that he will be able to hold it well or hurt himself so you both are probably at the same kinda drunk •He's already touchy feely so imagine how much more Mike will be grabbing at you crazy not inappropriately but enough to get y'all both bothered •It's after everybody's got together for games and talking did truth or dare come up and Raphael asked you the million dollar question •"I mean... honestly Mikey could get it and put a ring on it" "Hell yeah baby, let's go!" •He's just as down as you are really and once everything has settled down and people find places to sleep Mikey definitley settles in your arms

[undercoverwizardfanfiction]

Mud is Thicker Than Blood:

Sick Day

Summary: I said i’d put all the little shorts I have about the Mud Dogs and Donnie in one story, so here it is!

Gift for: @void-inked-pen birthday a while back. They are a amazing friend and a source of inspiration for me

Characters: Donatello, Loathsome Leonard, Mickey, Dastardly Danny, Myra, April O’Neil

Pairings: You’re in luck! all the pairings for this fic are just past this door [gestures to wall that has a badly painted door under it and the laundry basket above it that’s suppose to be some sort of trap]

“What is this supposed to be?”

Even though Len had been using as polite of a tone as possible, Danny still gives him a heated glare. He uses his spatula to scrape the blackened flat pastry off his frying pan and onto Len’s plate with the consistency of a dried brick. ”They’re called crespelle’s. My Dads used to make them for me and my siblings all the time.”

“Are they supposed to be…” Mickey pokes it with his flipper, “rocks?”

Danny lets out another angry huff. “I couldn’t remember the ingredients, alright??” he says, flipping another burnt disc onto a plate. Len uses his chopstick to poke at the burnt food. For someone who had known the sting of hunger many times and learned to not be picky, he finds himself wondering if he can sneak out back and compare the taste of the burnt disk to dirt.

The sounds of footsteps tells him the last member of their little family was coming down to join them. “Morning,” Danny calls. ”I got a nice big breakfast for my only grateful family member with taste!” Danny says as he starts stacking another plate.

Donnie is pulling on his hooded cardigan as he reaches the bottom step, eyeing the breakfast with a concerned eye. “Doooo I want to know?” he asks before looking to Len with a look that clearly says ‘remember how I never forget ‘best parents day’? you owe me’. It takes more than a little willpower to keep from laughing but manages to duck his head to hide his grin before turning to Danny.

“How about we spare my kid this time? He’ll never hit his height goals if he eats this.”

Danny unties his apron and stomps over and pours himself a cup of coffee all while grumbling about ‘uncultured swine.’ This time Len can't stop the snort that escapes him this time but when Donnie takes his spot at the table his smile falters as Donnie pours himself a cup of hot coffee. Leaning over the mug with a sigh, his normally dark jade complexion feels a shade lighter than usual and more than Len’s comfortable with. “You feeling ok?” he asks, moving his chair to Don’s side of the table. He puts an arm around Don's shoulders and without waiting for an answer he presses the back of his hand to Don’s cheek. The teen squirms at the contact but was unable to pull out of his grip.

“Dad, Dad, I'm fine I just didn’t sleep well. I had a bad dream again.”

“Why didn’t you come get me? You could have slept in my bed.”

“You got home late last night, I didn’t want to wake you,” Don says, still trying to twist his head away from Len’s hand.

“I’m the Dad here, Donnie. I’m supposed to worry about you, not the other way around.” But when he’s unable to find anything close to a fever he pulls away. He looks to Danny hoping he’d see something Len missed but the rat shrugs at him.

“Is it still ok to go tutor April today? Please? I’ve been cooped up here all winter.”

Len wants to say no, but sighs at the pleading look Donnie gives him. It had been a longer winter then usual, he didn’t blame his son for needing some space. He was no longer a five year old but he still had a hard time telling him no for no good reason. “Yeah, but if you start feeling sick you come home ok? Or ask Myra to help you home.”

“Yeah, yeah I know.” As Donnie downs his last bit of coffee he stands back up. Len had turned to poke at his breakfast again when he feels Don's arms wrap around his collar bone and rest his cheek on Len’s head. “I love you Dad. Thanks for being obnoxious and worried.”

“Aw. Love you too, silly gecko.” Len pats his arm in reciprocated affection. Donnie grabs his shoulder back and hurries out the front door. “Have fun!” Len calls after him. Only then did he look back to Danny. “He looked pale right?”

“Yeah but honestly it could have been the breakfast,” Mickey says, picking up a disc, “I even felt sick when I saw it.”

“First of all screw you,” Danny points at Mickey with his spatula, “Second of all, if he’s not feeling well he’ll come home. And third of all, next time you all can make your own crespelles.” Danny drops his last disk onto a plate when the shattering of ceramic fills the air. The three thieves blink at each other for a sec before Danny raises up the food slowly to show the plate underneath had been cracked in half from the sheer force of the crepe. With a defeated sigh, Danny drops his spatula. “Ok whose all for throwing these at trees and seeing if they shatter??”

Len and Mickey both raise their hands with a grin.

(#)(#)\/(#)(#)

“Donnie?”

Despite the softness of April’s voice Don jumps so hard his elbow hits the stack of April’s school books. It’s only by his reflexes that they don’t join the rest of April’s dirty clothes on the floor. It takes him a few moments to regather his scattered thoughts before looking to April. ”Did you say something?”

“Yeah, your name, like five times.” His oldest friend peers at him from over her glasses. “Are you sure you’re feeling ok?”

Donnie would have rolled his eyes if he wasn’t painfully aware of the migraine that would return if he did. Unfortunately, it had been haunting him ever since he woke up that morning. “For the last time yes. Uncle Danny made breakfast and it's just hurting my stomach. Now, the compound would be 23.6% more effective if you set the witch fire to exactly 129 degrees cinder.” He scribbles on the paper for a few moments before sliding it over to her. April casts him a suspicious look before looking over the paper again.

“If you ever convince your Dad to let you go to school, my Alchemy teacher would cry tears of joy. Again.” She pauses “They cry a lot.”

Don tries to smile but his aching head only allows him a half grin. As April starts adding his notes to hers he reaches for his yunomi of tea, not thirsty so much as needing the warmth for a subtle cold that clings to his skin.

There’s the sound of a door opening downstairs followed by the sound of a woman shrieking and dozens of items hitting the ground. ”A-April dear!!! I could use some help!” calls the unmistakable voice of the Mayor of witch town.

April was already out of her seat. “Coming Mom!” she calls hurrying for the door. “Don’t do my homework Dee!” she calls behind him.

“I would never!” Donnie says [even though he had already been reaching for her note book]. A few years ago he had the brilliant business idea, in lieu of being able to go to school himself, to do students' homework for them for a small [not so small] fee.

Of course before he could even launch his venture his Dad had found out and outright forbade it.

This time he’s unable to stop himself from rolling his eyes. The effect is instantaneous as the lights in the room become painfully saturated. He tries to cover his eyes but his world is already spinning.

It’s the last thing he feels before he blacks out

(#)#(#)

“I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed,” Len says in a tone that can only come from nine years of parenting experience. It does its job on Mickey who’s shoulders bunch up to the sides of his head, and even though Danny is trying to pull off ‘I don’t know how you think you can guilt trip me’ by leaning back in his seat. But it's hard to look innocent when the two of them are covered in mud.

“IT WAS DANNY’S FAULT!!” Mickey shrieks pointing at the rat. “After we knocked over a tree with one of his crepy things he told me that he knew alchemy that would make mud into chocolate and-and-“

Danny’s ‘calm bad boy’ dis option went out the window (which was also broken because of a wayward flying crepelle). “Who the hell raised you to be a snitch?!” the rat hisses.

“You did!! I learned it from watching you!”

The rat opens his mouth to argue before thinking. “Ok fine but I always taught you to get paid first.”

Len slaps a hand down his face. Normally he and Danny have reversed roles but he should have recognized that wild look in the rats eyes when Mickey was using one of the leftover crepelles as a tool sharpener. But Len, forgetting they were not in fact grown men but children pretending to be adults, had left them to their own devices.

There is a knocking on the door that makes Len sigh again. ”I have a fourteen year old and he has more common sense than you two.” He says in a way that is probably supposed to make them feel ashamed, but Mickey snorts loudly with his flippers over his mouth.

He opens the door to a flash of light that forces him to cover his eyes for a moment before his eyes adjust to the familiar form of the mayor of Witch Town. “Myrah?” He rubs at his eyes. “What’s going on?”

“I need you to come get Doniel, he has a fever and passed out while tutoring April.”

Len felt as though a cold chill had passed through his body, it was the only reason he hesitated. “Y-yeah just give me a sec.” He ducks back into the house, where Danny is already waiting.

”Len what’s-“

“Donnie passed out, I need you to come with me,” already the air of lighthearted teasing and jabs went out the window. Len is back down the stairs with a quilt from Donnie’s bed as Danny is grabbing his coat and tossing Len his. He almost feels bad for Mickey who can only watch on as the two exit. Myra waves her wand, the bright light from earlier returns, creating a portal in front of them. Len barely waits for the portal to form before stepping through. A moment later he is standing in the familiar oversized living room. He had been to the witch family house many times and each time was always surprised how disproportionate all the furniture was, (which made sense considering how tall Amaranth was).

The child in question was lying on the bright pink sofa under a thick blanket. There was a washcloth hovering over his head, every few seconds wiping at his brow. April looks at them when they enter with panic in her eyes. “I don’t know what happened Lenny, I went to help mom with groceries and-and when I came back-“

“Its ok April, it's not your fault.” Len takes her place by Donnie. His son's brow is furrowed underneath a layer of perspiration. Even though he already knows the answer, he presses the back of his hand on Don’s brow. His already racing heart is now beating so fast it almost hurts in his chest. He replaces the blanket Myra had given him with the one he had brought, wrapping him up in it before scooping him up into his arms.

“I’m sorry Len, if Amaranth had been here she could help but...” her fingers tap together anxiously as she watches the child in his arms. Len was always touched by how much Myra and Amaranth cared for Donnie. He never felt the need to have a partner (though he and Donnie both made enough ‘mom’ jokes about Danny to last a lifetime) it warmed his heart to know someone outside his family loved Donnie almost as much as he did.

“I know, thank you.” He moves past the mayor to where the portal was and in another flash he's back in front of his house where Danny is waiting. The rat reaches out and takes him around the shoulders and herds him inside. “He’s burning up Danny, I-I don’t know what happened, I felt his forehead his morning and he was fine, you saw me do it.”

“I know, I know.” Even though Danny claimed that he didn’t remember any of his medical training he’s already looking over Donnie. Trained eyes looking for anything that could tell him what was wrong. After a few moments Danny says to Len, “Get him into bed I’ll be there in a sec-“

“Ah-shouldn’t we put in him some ice?”

“No, the last time we tried that he almost went into shock before I stepped in. He’s a turtle, he can’t handle it.”

“I-I know.” Len unconsciously cradles Donnie closer to his chest protectively. He could still remember the terror of the time when Donnie got the Fall Flu and had a fever that burned his hand. They had gotten so desolate they had put him in a tub of ice to combat it. They had thought it was working until Don had fallen into a deathlike stillness. It was only then Danny had realized Donnie was going into shock and pulled him out so quickly they had knocked over their makeshift tub.

Now Len couldn’t tell if the shivers he was feeling were from Donnie’s sleeping form or from his own fear. Not until Danny put a hand on his shoulder and forced him to look into his eyes. “Can you get him to bed please? I’m going to mix together some medicine that Amaranth taught me and I’ll be right there, ok?”

Len nods “Ok, ok.” He lowers his cheek onto Don’s scalp as he carries him upstairs. It's only when the parent and child are out of sight does Danny let out a shaky sigh, running a hand over his scalp under his hat and forcing himself to calm down. He had never realized how much he depended on Len keeping a calm head. He hadn’t realized just how much he depended on that til they brought Donnie in. During missions Len had an eerie calm about him that he thrived off of. But it was moments when anything threatened the health or happiness of his child that threw Len in the deep end and forced Danny to step in.

“Mickey,” he says without looking behind him, knowing the poor eel was fluttering around not knowing what to do. “Will you please go upstairs and keep Len calm? Help him how you can til I get there.”

“Y-yeah ok.” The eel hurried to do as he was told. In that moment Danny allowed himself one more sigh before reaching under the cabinet and pulling up an old beaten box, filled with herbs and remedies he had swiped from houses over the years. He pulls out a notebook he had filled with some of Amaranth's recipients and pulls out a mortar bowl and pestle. Picking through a few jars of tiny shards and grinding them together before taking out an empty incense holder and pouring it inside. He made sure to secure the lid and take up the glass bottle under his arm before hurrying up the stairs.

A part of him had been scared that Len’s own fears would drive him to ignore his warning about the ice, but he entered Don's room just as Len was pulling a blanket over him. “Good job.” Danny moves past him to kneel by the bed, turning and handing the incense to Mickey. “Can you light this please? It’ll help clear the bacteria out of his lungs.” As he was twisting open the glass bottle he heard Mickey spark behind him before the smell of lavender filled the air (he ignored Mickey gagging behind him). He tips the tip of the bottle to test how much liquid was inside. Luckily, they still had enough for Donnie (he’d have to steal more later). He dabs his thumb with the light pink liquid before running it across Don’s burning forehead. ”There.”

“Is he ok?”

Danny had to commend Len on not asking him a million questions. He reaches back and pats his old friend on the knee. “The Willow Extract should help take his fever down, but if It doesn’t help in a few hours we’ll go to witch town.” He doesn’t get a response, but when he turns to look at him, he sees Len staring at his son. His dark eyes full of concern and fear that only a father could have. Danny stands up and steps back. “Len why don’t you sit with him for a bit, and I’ll make you some tea.” He makes eye contact with Mickey and jerks his head towards the door. After taking a moment to pat Len on the shoulder he follows him out the door.

Len finally lets his face drop into his hands with a shaky breath before the sound of a weak cough reaches him. When he looks up again he was filled with relief to be looking into Donnie’s feverish dark pink eyes. “Hey,” says a weak voice.

“Hey baby boy,” Len sits up on the edge of his bed. “How are you feeling?”

“Like someone tried to kill me with one of Uncle Danny’s devil pancakes.” He barely has enough wind to finish his sentence before he has to gasp for air. “Will you sit with me please?”

Len can't help but smile, holding the side of Don’s face with his hand for a moment before climbing over him and laying on his other side. Don turns his head and tucks his head underneath Lens chin. “I’m s’rry,” Don mumbles, “I-I didn’t know I was sick.”

“I know you didn’t, you’re not a good liar remember?” Len lowers his cheek onto his scalp. “You get that from your Uncle Mickey.”

“And you?”

“Nah, I’m a great liar,” he smirks down at Donnie, “I’m not going to teach you how to lie though until you turn eighteen,” he pauses, “Hundred.”

Donnie lets out a laugh that sounds more like a raspy balloon, but Len can tell he’s trying not to fall asleep again. He rubs Don’s arm over his blanket. “Get some sleep, I’ll be here when you wake up.” The teen gives a nod of acknowledgement before rolling towards him. A few moments later he's fast asleep again, breathing easier than he had been a few minutes ago.

[blueboltkatana]

The show shall be called Donatello. And it shows Donnie disappearing from his brothers. Is 15 episodes in length. Episode 12 he finds his brothers, (they’ve been chilling out and not doing anything extraordinary, and is like “Sup?… I’m apparently a leader of a resistance now. What have you been up too?” His brothers and Splinter would be so confused yet proud.

"Donnie you're ok!! We finally found you! Where have you been?!"

"Ah guys, I missed you so much! I...uh... I've been around, you know the usual stuff. Saved two orphans from thieves and then somehow got tangled up in a secret revolutionary organization that wanted to overthrow this corrupted king and establish a democracy and i think i became a symbol of the resistance cause they put me in all of their posters and there's a bounty on my head in at least three other nations but other than that, nothing much."

"..."

"We can't take you anywhere Don"

[thecomicsnexus]

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #57-62 (FINAL ISSUE) MARCH - AUGUST 1993 BY KEVIN EASTMAN, PETER LAIRD, JIM LAWSON, KEITH AIKEN, JASON TEMUJIN MINOR AND ERIC TALBOT

SYNOPSIS (FROM TURTLEPEDIA)

Mike, Don and Raph are on the rooftops overlooking some buildings. Don uses a payphone to contact Karai and is given a rendezvous point. Raph wonders if it's a trap, but Mike thinks that they can trust Karai.

"What choice do we have?" he muses.

Leonardo is bound at the feet of Karai and a cadre of Foot Soldiers in an abandoned warehouse. Karai orders her henchmen away and she cuts Leo's ropes, freeing him.

Just then the other three Turtles arrive. Karai explains that she is the leader of the Foot in Japan and that she's come to New York to restore order. Ever since Leo killed the Shredder (TMNT #21), the Foot faction in NYC has been in chaos, with different groups warring with one another for ultimate control... save for Shredder's Elite, who have been carrying out seemingly motiveless attacks on the other factions. Karai offers the TMNT a deal, if the Turtles kill the Elite and remove this unpredictable thorn from her side, she will offer them a truce with the Foot Clan.

Raph is angry and unwilling to partner with Karai, but she tells them to think about it and leaves.

By now, Gabby is quite pregnant. Casey is working in the diner with her and the two are thinking about moving out of their trailer and renting a house, since the baby will arrive soon and they'll need more space.

April and Robyn O'Neil attend their father's funeral. April tells Robyn that she's moving back to New York, as it's time for her to stop running from her problems and deal with them.

Master Splinter is beset upon by a monstrous Rat King, now in the guise of a huge, bipedal rat. Rat King commands Splinter to bow to his rule, but the Sensei refuses... causing the giant rat-beast to attack, screaming "You shall DIE!!!"

Splinter wakes from the dream, screaming himself. He quickly grabs a nearby rat and eats it.

"Yesss... good..." the Rat King observes, "Be happy little man-rat... rejoice! For with this step... the shattering of this taboo... your path is clear - your destiny... manifest!"

Meanwhile, we see a Foot Soldier near the destroyed water tower the Turtles had been living in. He is ambushed and killed by two Elite.

The pair then kick down the door of the room that was being used to spy on the Turtles and kill the remaining Foot Soldier.

The old man is in the hospital, getting physical therapy on his leg.

The Elite examine some photos of the TMNT, and realize that they've arrived too late. The leader crumples the picture and the deadly duo depart.

Casey dreams that he's walking with Gabby, when a monstrous version of himself shows up wearing the trademark hockey mask. Casey's evil twin knocks him out with a swing of a golf club and carries Gabby off to his waiting Chevy and speeds away. Casey stands up and notices a woman crying on a bench, as he walks over to comfort who he thinks is Gabby, he discovers that it's April.

Casey awakes from the dream in a doctor's waiting room. The physician asks Jones to step into his office, and promptly tells Casey that Gabby has died due to complications during childbirth.

"It's a small comfort, I know," the doc explains as Casey stares in shock, "But I was with her in those final moments and she looked quite at peace. The baby... we want to keep her in the maternity ward for a few extra days... just to be on the safe side. It's never easy losing loved ones, Mr. Jones. However... you have a little daughter now... and she needs you."

With that, the surgeon exits the office and Casey is left to himself, utterly dejected.

The TMNT are debating whether or not they should help Karai and ally themselves with the Foot Clan. Raphael is still against the idea, but Leonardo wants to finish this business, move on from their current path and stop living the lives Master Splinter assigned to them.

"Leo... what would Splinter say?" asks Mike.

"I'm unsure... I would gladly die for him... but... I don't know if I can give him my life." Leo responds.

As the guys debate the issues, Donatello finally surmises that it's a moot point to argue. Since the Foot Elite have sworn to kill Leo for slaying the Shredder, the Turtles will have to stop the Elite before they succeed in assassinating Leonardo. All four finally agree to seek Karai's assistance in dealing with the Elite.

Master Splinter is finally recovering from his wounds and lack of food, and is visited by a cheerful Rat King. The rodent liege tells the mutant rat that he's been trapped for two months, much longer than Splinter had thought.

"It has been educational" the Sensei notes.

"You came. You sought enlightenment," Rat King begins, "I was merely your guide..."

"And my tormentor." Splinter interrupts.

"Your beliefs, deeply held, sometimes blind you," states Rat King,"The walls erected in our minds block out the light of knowledge."

"That lesson is clear to me now... I can see why I was lead to this place." Splinter acknowledges.

"Yes... I've waited a long time for your arrival." announces the Rat King.

"You knew... I would come...?" asks Splinter.

"Of course," Rat King shrugs, "That's why I'm here."

"Hmmm... so... the Master becomes the student." the Sensei muses.

"...and may it ever be so." concludes Rat King.

Meanwhile, the old man is still recovering in the hospital from the injuries he received from the Elite's bombing. The fellow is sitting up by himself and watching TV, unfortunately the news of international war remains grim and he becomes morose.

The TMNT are climbing buildings to reach the rooftop of Karai's skyscraper headquarters. As they reach her rooftop, they find murdered Foot guards. The Turtles scramble through an open door and find the Foot's leader cradled over the body of a dead girl, surrounded by even more dead Foot Soldiers.

"Karai! Are you all right?!" Mike asks, "Your aide... is she...?"

"No... not my aide..." Karai cries, "...She was... my only daughter! A child...! Swear to me you will kill them... swear you will kill them all!!!"

Leo looks at her ruefully, and states, "I swear it."

Robyn and April meet with the executor of their father's estate in New York City and discover that they'll each be getting two hundred thousand dollars! Robyn asks April if she wants to go back to California with her to start a business, but April states that her mind is made up - she's going back to New York City. The sisters hug.

Casey is driving in the desert and crashes his Jeep into the side of a cliff. Uninjured, Jones emerges from the vehicle and starts climbing the rock face, carrying a container with him. As he reaches the top of the mountain, Casey removes the lid and scatters the ashes within.

"God speed, Gabe..."

The TMNT are working on some sort of mechanical project as Karai leads a troop of her Foot Soldiers on patrol. A Foot Elite spies Karai and her band and is shocked, because he thinks he's seen his Master, the Shredder (in reality it is only Karai wearing Shredder's armor).

The old man is standing in the hospital watching the TV news, and once again it features stories of political strife. The man leaves the room with the assistance of his walker.

Casey is at the diner where he had worked with Gabby, depressively nursing a cup of coffee. Suddenly a car screeches into the parking lot - it's Jones' Chevy! The cook asks Casey if he should call the cops, but Jones tells him he'll take care of it. Casey goes out to the parking lot and beats up the two thieves and retrieves his car.

Master Splinter is finally healed and exploring the bottom of the huge silo that he's trapped in. As he searches for a way out, he comes upon the skeletal remains of the Rat King.

"Ah... once more the universe allows a glimpse... of its myriad wonders... its imponderable mysteries!" the Sensei declares, "Yet, it is ever so... from Life, Death... and from Death... Life!"

Invigorated, Master Splinter uses his ninja skills to climb the sheer brick wall of the silo, ultimately achieving his freedom.

Casey Jones is driving east in his Chevy, his baby daughter named Shadow nestled in her baby carrier beside him.

Robyn and April are visiting the burned out remains of their father's antique shop in New York City. Robyn is distraught to see this place filled with so many wonderful childhood memories reduced to a shambles.

"I hate seeing it like this!" Robyn exclaims, "Growing up - there was so much life here!"

"I know," April agrees, "Now it just looks like... death."

"Maybe it's better that it'll be torn down... I mean, everything passes, huh April?" queries Robyn.

"Yeah..." April muses, "Seems like nothing's... permanent."

Robyn asks April what she plans to do, but April isn't sure. With that the sisters part ways, as Robyn has a flight to catch to California.

Before she leaves, April hears a noise from within the decrepit structure, but sees nothing.

"Hmm... probably the wind or a rat... a rat..." she sighs, and hails a cab to take her away.

Inside the building, Mike is watching April drive off. The Turtles are meeting with Karai and her Soldiers. Raph demands to know why Karai has called them here, and the Clan leader tells him that she was curious to see the place, as it holds so much significance to the events that lead them all to their current destiny.

Mike and Raph don't like being in the building, especially since it was the Foot who burned it down. Leo bends down and finds a photograph of April and Casey, in happier times. He folds the photograph in half and puts it in his belt for safe keeping.

"Enough reminiscing," the Turtle's leader announces, "We have a job to do."

"And scores to settle. Let's move on." Karai states.

Just then a crack appears in the ceiling and a group of Elite drop through the roof.

Five Elite Guard face off against the TMNT, Karai and her Foot Soldiers. Seizing the opportunity to confuse and deceive, the disguised Karai screams at the Elite.

"Traitors! I trained you to be steel tigers... not mad dogs! You dishonor me... and you dishonor the Foot Clan. All of you -- commit seppuku! NOW!!!"

One of the Elite, Tomei, falls for the trick and commits ritual suicide, but the others are not so easily deceived and demand to see "Shredder's" face. Karai removes the helmet and throws it at the Guard.

"I will show you my face! Look well, fools... gaze upon the face of vengeance... and see your doom!!!"

The Elite are taken aback and the Turtles use their pause to launch an attack.

Casey arrives at his mother's apartment building with his baby.

"Oh Arnold," Casey's Mom admonishes, "What did you do... go and get some girl pregnant?"

"Not exactly..." Casey states, "Can I come in, Ma?"

"Sure! Moving back in, are you?" Mrs' Jones asks.

"Well... maybe for a little bit," admits Casey, "Until I get us our own place..."

"Don't be silly, Arnold. I got an empty three-room in the basement."

"Thanks, Ma..." Casey smiles.

"So...who do we have here? Oh what a cutie-pie!" Mrs. Jones beams.

"That's Shadow... my... um... daughter." announces Casey.

"Shadow? Jeez... let me guess... you named her, right?"

"Sure did!" exclaims Casey.

"Is she yours?" Casey's mom asks.

"Well... legally, yeah... but biologically, no."

"So," Mrs. Jones wonders, "Where's the mother?"

"Ma," Casey begins, "Don't call me Arnold."

The Turtles and the Elite are battling furiously. Foot Soldiers are armed with submachine guns and firing at will, but most of them are being killed by the Guard.

April is seated at a restaurant. She's circled an item on the Real Estate page.

The old man is peering out of the window of the hospital. He walks away from it, needing no assistance, and sits on the bed.

Leonardo takes out one of the Elite, but another has cornered Karai. Raph has his hands full with one of the Guard who's utilizing a chain, but the Turtle defeats his opponent. Karai leaps onto a lighting fixture to escape her foe, but it pulls out of the ceiling and sends her careening to floor - the Elite dives after her but is slain when Karai uses a lamp post to impale him. Outside on the roof, Donatello is searching for his quarry. The Elite sneaks up on the Turtle and kicks him to the floor, breaks his leg and then kicks the injured terrapin off of the roof!

Karai has her hands full as another Elite attacks her.

"You profane the image of our Master, the Shredder," the Elite Guard growls as he punches Karai in the face, knocking her to the ground where he's able to get the advantage on her, "And for that.. you must DIE!"

As the Elite Guard prepares to deliver the killing blow to Karai, Donatello manages to overcome his injuries and grab one of the Foot Soldier's machine guns. Before the Elite can act, the Turtle pulls the trigger and kills him. Karai arises and goes over to Don, helping him stand with his broken leg.

April arrives at Mrs. Jones' apartment building. It seems that April has decided to invest the money she got from her father's estate into rental property, and coincidentally, Mrs. Jones is looking to sell her apartment building and retire in Florida. Mrs. Jones takes April on a tour of the place, first stop: the basement, where the "handy man" is working. Mrs. Jones asks April if she'll keep the handyman on, and O'Neil is tentative. Soon enough, Arnold Casey Jones is "introduced" to April.

Casey and April both exclaim "I can't believe it!" and give each other a big hug.

"Uh... does this mean you'll take it?" Casey's mom asks.

Leonardo is facing off with the final Elite in a sword battle. Both are cut seriously when Leonardo drops his katanas and lunges into his adversary. The leap takes both of them over the edge of the collapsed floor and they fall to the first floor - neither the worse for wear, the hand to hand fight begins. After initially getting the upper hand, the Elite is overpowered by the Turtle and dispatched.

The old man in the hospital, Mr. Buscheyev, is checking out, although he still looks depressed.

Leonardo makes a splint for Don's broken leg while Mikey gets to work constructing a travois. Karai thanks the Turtles for their help.

"I... I owe you a great deal." she begins.

"You owe us nothing but your word, Karai." Leonardo tells her.

"We made a deal," Don notes, "Just honor your part of it."

"I will keep my word, Turtles. No longer will the Foot Clan bother you. We have our world... and you will have yours."

"I'm just glad it's over... maybe now we can live a normal life..." Mike hopes.

"HAH!" snorts Raph.

"But... what of the price of this... peace," muses Don, "The blood shed, the lives lost..."

"I'll not say I'm pleased with the way it happened, Don... but can't you see? Finally... for the first time in our lives... we are not in the shadow of the Shredder." Leonardo explains.

"What about you, Karai?" Mike queries, "What will you do?"

"Once the reorganization of the Foot in New York is completed, I will return to Japan. There... I will spread the ashes of my daughter on Asana Bay and perhaps... begin the healing of my ravaged heart." Karai states.

"I'm sorry." Mike replies.

"But even my grief cannot intrude on my duties. The company's -- the Clan's -- interests supersede all else. It does me no good to wish it otherwise." Karai says.

"Can't you change things?" asks Mike.

"Perhaps... someday," Karai answers, "But for now, it is my path... as your path, until today, has been one of vengeance and reprisal, this path has ended, as life has offered you a new beginning... use this opportunity well."

"We will Karai," Leo states, "We will."

Casey, Shadow and April are at the farmhouse in Northampton, Massachusetts. Jones came back to pick up some items that he wants, and the pair set about cleaning up a little. April heats a bottle for Shadow and finds one of Casey's favorite mugs. Later that evening, after dinner the two reflect on their past.

"Y'know, it seems funny eating dinner at this table," Casey observes, "Just like old times... it's like we never left!"

"Well, there is one difference." April notes as she gets up and walks over to Casey.

"What's that?" Jones asks. April then plants a kiss on his surprised lips.

"I'll do the dishes!" Casey beams.

"Great! Then when Shadow falls asleep," April replies coyly, "You can tell me a bedtime story!"

Jones starts washing up and finds one of Leo's Aikuchi knives. He shows the blade to April.

"I wonder where they are now..." Casey ponders.

The next morning, April is swimming in the lake. As she treads water, something pulls her under. Casey springs into action, but before he dives in, April is pushed out of the water by 3 sets of green hands. Leo, Mike and Raph emerge from the lake with April in tow, Mikey lending an arm to her as the group makes its way to land.

"You guys!" April gasps, "Scare me half to death!"

Casey gives everyone a hug, except Raph, who he throws a punch at (much to Raph's delight).

The group relaxes on the grass and catch up with everything that's transpired over the previous months. April announces that she's definitely buying Casey's mom's apartment building and she'll be sharing it with Casey and Shadow. Mikey hits it off with Shadow. April asks where Donatello is and Leo explains that he's with Master Splinter. The friends hike out to the woods and find Master Splinter and Don in a cave. Stories are exchanged.

"So April and Casey have to be back in New York tomorrow and we were going to hitch a ride with them," Leo explains to Don and Splinter, "You feel up to it?"

"No," Don announces, "I've thought about it, and I'm going to stay here with Splinter."

"Huh?" Casey blurts out.

"You're sure about this, Don?" Leo inquires.

"Yeah... I need some time to... reflect on everything's that happened... my mind and body need recuperative time... and Splinter has agreed to help me." explains Donatello.

"Well, I..." Leo begins.

"Donatello's decision... he has made it." Splinter states.

"Yes, Master Splinter... as you wish." Leonardo bows.

April tells Don and Splinter to stay at Casey's farmhouse, something the mutants are hesitant to do, for fear of being discovered. As the group prepares to leave the cave, April pauses to say goodbye to Splinter, but he's gone.

"Please don't think ill of him," Donatello says, "He... while we were gone, something happened to him... something that he's been unwilling to talk about."

April and Casey are visibly disappointed with this explanation, but they ask Donatello to tell Splinter goodbye for them. Then April, Casey and Shadow depart with Mike, Leo and Raph. As they reach the edge of the farm and leave the forest behind, April pauses once again.

"Casey... can I have a few minutes alone?" she asks.

"Sure, babe." Casey assures her and walks off, leaving her at the edge of the woods.

"I don't know if you're there, Splinter... if you hear me. If you can... I want you to know... my father died recently. My Dad -- he raised me, taught me a lot about life, how to be a good person. I loved him. I still do. He's gone now, but... the last few years, I've felt that I've had two fathers and... and... I've loved them both. Goodbye, Splinter." April reveals through tears.

From the depths of the forest, Splinter emerges and walks over to the crying woman.

"April," he begins, and as he stands before her, he holds out his arms, "Daughter."

The two embrace as the rest of the family watches.

Mr. Buscheyev is being taken by a cab to his new home. A man is accompanying him and carries his suitcase up the steps of the apartment building to his unit. The younger fellow opens the door and escorts Mr. Buscheyev inside, pointing out the various features and rooms.

"Got any questions?" the young man asks.

"No... thank you." Mr. Buscheyev says.

"The director, Mrs. Broderick, will come by today to introduce herself and to acquaint you with the facilities. I'll be by next week to check up on you. Good luck, Mr. Buscheyev." the young man explains as he exits the tidy apartment.

Mr. Buscheyev turns on the TV on heads over to a window and looks out dejectedly, as the camera pans away from him.

The End.

REVIEW

This is a proper ending for volume one. Except for some plots, it almost seems like an ending.

And this is the type of arc TMNT should always have. I feel like volume 4 was a little like this in terms of ongoing plots, but that never got to an ending.

As for the specifics of the story. The old man in the hospital is supposed to represent the passage of time. At least, that is what it says in the letter columns. And you could understand it also from the point of view of Volume 1. This old man ends up in a retirement home, just like the volume.

I knew about Shadow Jones, but I didn’t know it wasn’t April’s. This was clever, as making April go through pregnancy would have brought all the tropes we don’t want to read about. Casey’s journey is not that obvious to me until the moment he gets his car back, that was an interesting arc.

As for Splinter and the Turtles... I am not sure what’s going on with Splinter, maybe he feels like his sons do not need him anymore? But that last moment between April and Splinter was very emotive.

The art is amazing for an action book. Regular human drama... is 50/50. Sometimes it looks like very muscular people having conversations. But fortunately, most of the time looks like TMNT.

I give these issues a score of 9.