Brooke's POV:
Donnie & I turn to see that Leo cracked the glass surrounding the manager's office. He's sitting in a chair polishing a 'World's Best Boss' trophy that he'd undoubtedly bought for himself. I roll my eyes and turn to Donnie with a sly grin as we speak simultaneously.
Donnie & I: "Brothers."
Donnie: "Well, to be continued, my dear. Meantime, what should we do about our current predicament?"
I looked towards Timmy's birthday cake, when I suddenly get the perfect idea.
Me: "There's only one way to get through to this guy."
I quickly explain the plan to Donnie as Albearto stalks towards the others.
We then leap to stand directly behind the animatronic bear, a birthday cake in our hands.
Me: "Hey, Albearto!"
Donnie: "You know, you can't be the King of Birthday Parties-"
Me: "Without having one of your own."
Albearto looks to us with a roar, before pausing in surprise.
Albearto: "Wait, what? A birthday party for meesy-weesy?"
Donnie & I walk towards Albearto, stepping over the pile our brothers have fallen into out of exhaustion.
Me: "That's right, Albearto. Today's the day you were born."
Donnie turns his head to mutter an extension of my statement.
Donnie: "Through a total accident that's clearly nobody's fault."
Albearto takes the cake from us as he seems to be overjoyed at the prospect of his first birthday. The guys leap to stand behind Donnie & I with calm smiles.
Albearto: "A birthday cakey-wakey? For meessy-weesy?"
Donnie: "Not just a cake, my friend."
Me: "We've also got a little song for you."
Donnie & I then lead the others in singing Happy Birthday.
Donnie & I:
Happy birthday to you
Albearto then cries tears of joy at our kind gesture.
Turtles & I:
Happy birthday to...
Before we can continue, April jumps into the air from behind Albearto and whacks his head off with with a mallet. Albearto's body shuts down in the process.
April: "Take that!"
The cake flies from his hands and onto Donnie's face. I laugh as Raph takes a handful to eat before Donnie licks most of it off his face, the rest falling to the ground. April is slouched over, panting in exhaustion as she looks at us with a wide determined smile, pointing the mallet directly towards us.
April: "Sing with me, guys! We are finishing this party!-*sings*-Happy birthday...Finish the song!"
We stare at her nervously, shocked at the lengths she's gone to over finishing a kid's party.
Turtles & I: "Dear..."
Leo & Mikey: "Kid."
Raph: "Squirt."
Donnie: "Albearto?"
Turtles & I: "Happy birthday to you."
We then hear a rumbling sound as the building starts to shake. We yell in surprise as the building crashes down around us. The guys look around all the rubble before chattering excuses to get the heck out of here, leaving April & I to figure out how to explain this to our boss.
Raph: "Later."
Mikey: "Have fun cleaning up. Bye, April!"
Donnie: "See you back at the lair, Beautiful."
I laugh as I shake my head.
Me: "Boys will be boys."
April: "You can say that again, sister."
We turn to our right to see the kids in the claw machine smiling with their hands in the air, perfectly safe & unharmed.
Timmy: "Best birthday ever!"
Suddenly, our boss stomps towards us, an angry look on his face.
Manager: "My restaurant!"
April: "On the upside, we finally made it through the Happy Birthday song."
The manager points a finger in her face.
Manager: "That tears it, O'Neil. You two are..."
I step toward him with a look of annoyance at his arrogance.
Me: "Not so fast, mister. It isn't our fault that sometimes the kids become too much to handle. We're only two people, responsible for the safety of nearly 20 children. And another thing, get that finger out of my sister's face before I give you a real reason to fire us. Oh, wait, I forgot. You can't fire us, because we quit."
April put a hand on my shoulder, shaking me out of my anger-driven state of ranting, giving me a grateful smile before turning to walk away from the wreckage behind us. Once we get to the lair, the six of us stare at one another before bursting into laughter. We were saved from children's toys by a birthday cake!! Of all the crazy we've faced, this was the most fun-filled version ever!! We spend the rest of the night laughing & talking over the events of the night. That's when it hit me. We forgot to get Timmy and the other kid out of the claw machine.
Hey, at least we weren't fired. Well, almost.
End of Episode Four
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Family is Forever
FanfictionAria has grown up with the turtles since she was 8 years old. Her family had been ambushed by the Foot Clan, and she needed a good home. So, the turtles took it upon themselves, with Splinter's blessing, to provide her with a good home and a new fam...
