Tales of Dani

Chapter 7: Mutant Gangland

In the streets, the Fulchi twins were pushing people out of the way, while being chased by four Mighty Mutanimals. "After 'em!" Slash orders. "Don't let 'em escape!" The two quickly run into an alley, only to see Mondo Gecko standing in front of them. "You're not going anywhere, evil-" Before he could finish his sentence, the twins ran over him.

"Stupid muties!" one twin shouted before getting hit by a car. The other twin runs to the door and pulls the driver out. "Out of the car, now!" The two quickly jump into the car, but before they could take off, they see Slash standing in front of the car. "Leatherhead, give 'em a ride!"

With a roar, Leatherhead grabs the back of the car and flips it through the air. It crashes on the road, upside down. The briefcase they were holding lands on the pavement in front of it. Rockwell uses his powers to pull the twins out and holds them upside down for interrogation. "They're gonna eat us!" one shouts. "I came for this, but now that you mentioned it, I am kind of hungry," the tortoise responds, kneeling down to open the briefcase. "What do you want with this stuff?" he asks, looking at odd vials and two items that were labeled "TOP SECRET."

"We ain't saying nothing, freak-o," one twin answers, crossing his arms. Mondo pops up beneath them, balling his fists. "Give me five minutes with these punks!" he says. "Yes," Rockwell replies, grabbing the head of one twin. "In the meanwhile, allow me to psychically probe these miscreants." "What?!" the twin asks as the chimp made a psychic connection.

"Great Scott!" Rockwell gasps, backing away from the twins. "They're bringing these blueprints to an engineer to build weapons specifically designed to destroy... mutants." "That's right," one twin smirks. "Every mutant in this town is going down."

Suddenly, a black car makes a stop behind the Mutanimals, and the person inside throws an odd canister at them. It spews out red gas, making them cough. The twins fall down the pavement and quickly escape. "Hey, yo," the driver says, stepping out of the car. "Well, what do we have here?" Slash collapses to the ground, watching him take the briefcase. "Well, thank youse very much," he says, flicking a golden nail to the tortoise's head.

"You like that?" one twin laughs while the other steps on Leatherhead. "Nerve gas that only works on mutants." "Hey, yo," the bigger man says, leaving the scene. "Vic, Vinnie. Move."

After the three men drove off, the gas starts to clear and Leatherhead gets up first. "We must warn our Turtle brothers before they use those weapons to wipe out Mutantkind... forever."

(The Turtles' lair, inside the dojo)

Dani, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Master Splinter watched Leonardo and Raphael spar. The girl came to do some training with them while the Mutanimals went on their nightly patrol. Watching them continue to fight, Dani couldn't stop thinking about some of the things that's happened recently: the Triceratons, Shredder disappearing, and for some odd reason, her dad has been acting different. Over the last few days, her father would leave to go somewhere at night and just sleep all day. Sometimes, she sees him walk home battered up. Although he assures her that he is fine, Dani thought that something just didn't seem right.

Leonardo kicks Raphael down to the side. The red masked turtle smirked. "Oh, so you want to do this for real?" he asks, jumping to attack. "About time." "Easy, Raph," Leonardo responds, dodging his brother's sais before blocking them with his blades. "The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle," Raphael tells him. "Now quit playing games and show me what you really got."

With a yell, Leonardo throws Raphael's sai away, only to be picked up and thrown to the floor. Dani gasps, watching how intense this is getting. The two brothers kick and punch each other. Raphael then grabs Leo and throws him to the floor again, punching him repeatedly. "Raphael, enough!" Splinter stands between them and pushes him away.