Chapter one: Old friends, new tales

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It was a normal night, one where the sky was clear and nothing weird or odd was going on. Heck, someone was even hosting a small party. The rich man sat at a table, his two bodyguards sitting on opposing sides as another man walked over, a suitcase in hand. He then tossed it on the table and waited for more bodyguards to surround the one sitting before he plucked the case open. The one sitting grunted in confusion before seeing the golden glow hit his face. He began to laugh evilly at the item he was just offered, putting his chalice into the air as a form of celebration. But unaware to him, five figures sat on the tall building behind him. Each of them grunted as they hopped off the building and zoomed down, landing on another platform, a light now revealing that each figure had a color theme. The biggest one was red, the smallest was orange. The closest in height compared to the smallest seemed to have a feminine body but was dressed in a cyan tint.

The one that was close to her height but a little taller, was also dressed in blue. And the final one was dressed in purple. Speaking of the purple one, he grabbed something from his back and spun something, it turning into a bo-staff of some kind before aiming ahead. A clawed attachment appeared on the end but was shot to grip onto the building site that was a few feet from the building hosting the party. The rope's slack tightened within minutes as the rope was taken off the staff and clamps onto the wall. The bigger one then held up a walkie talkie and talked to it. "Yellow Submarine and mint Raccoon, are we clear?" Red asked the walkie-talkie before turning to the others with a smirk.

"Affirmative, Red Rover." A teen girl's voice rang through the walkie talkie, she was most likely Yellow Submarine. "Please don't fall again. Last thing we need is the news channel going nuts, saying ''four turtle teens crashed a rich bachelors party." Another voice rang through, the cyan one snickered as The purple and blue one gave a smug smirk to the other. "Also, why does my codename have Raccoon in it?!" The voice yelled, but the red one quickly silenced the walkie talkie and faced the others. "Copy. Alright boys and girl." The red one said as he shoved the communication device into his belt. "It's go time." Each figure then put a rope onto the line, which acted as a zipline and allowed the five to descend to their target. You had probably guessed that the party was their target, and you'd probably be right since the red one lifted his hand up.

But as he held his hand up, the party was shown to not be the intended target. They even zipped past it without a glance. It appears that their intended target was a pool on another building roof. The red one pointed his hand to the pool and unclamped his rope, jumping down to the pool with the other following not far behind him. And as the three fell, they yelled a part of a word "Cowabunga!" as they did a trick before landing in the water, all five yelling "Cannonball!" before the pool's contents went everywhere, splashing these two figures. One was a black teen who yelled in victory, her cat phone in her hand as she recorded the entire scene. The other figure yelped with wide eyes as they grabbed an umbrella and blocked as much water from splashing them, lowering the tool and laughing loudly as their friend appeared to be soaked. These two humans were named April O'Neil and the other named Ash Jacobs. "You're soaked, HAHAHAHA!" Ash said with a laugh as April shook her head to get rid of excess water.

"Ack! Stop, you're getting me wet!" Ash said with a laugh, tossing the umbrella to the side as the other five celebrated upon their jump. Each seemed to be a turtle mutant but all looked slightly different from the other. For example, the red one had sharp points on his shoulders, elbows and even the edges of his plastron. His name was Raph and he was an Alligator snapping turtle mutant. The blue one had yellow marks on his arms and thighs, two red ones that went over his eyes. He was called Leo and he was a red-ear slider turtle mutant. The one dressed in purple with a pair of tech goggles on his head was named Donnie. He was a softshell turtle mutant, meaning his shell wasn't as strong as his siblings. But this didn't stop him, he in fact was smart enough to make a water-proof battle shell. It helped him more than just protecting his shell but had many other advancements.

The orange one was named Mikey and was a box-turtle. His skin had orange marks on his shoulders and thighs, but he didn't have any other abilities out of what he and his brothers could do. And finally, the cyan one. She may have been young, but she had several black spots doting her face and shoulders. These spots began to fade as they reached her arms and legs. Outside of that, she had no other odd features. But like Donnie, she had eyebrows drawn on eyebrows on her mask. A small detail, but a noticeable one at that. Her name was Venus De-milo, but like her brother, her name was shortened to Venus. She was a green sea turtle mutant, but she didn't have giant flaps for arms and feet, she actually had the same limbs as her brothers. But back to the present and not the details of the group of teens. Mikey hollered in joy as he jumped back.

"You must be this rad to ride that ride!" Mikey said as he pointed to himself with both hands. "Uh, based on our velocity and entry angle...." Donnie said as he typed something on his tech gauntlet, Mikey looking at Donnie with slight confusion. "I concur! We rad!" Donnie said as Mikey punched a fist into the air. "You guys crushed it!" April said, somehow fully dry as Ash walked over, their hands in their hoodie pocket with a sly grin. "Give me five! Or three." April said as the turtle siblings climbed out of the empty pool and cheered. Leo landed next to Ash, who nudged him and held their fist to him. "Ba-la-la-la." Ash and Leo said as they fist pumped each other and pulled back their hands. "Couldn't have done it without you, April. Our girl with the plan." Raph complemented as Ash huffed, putting her hands onto their hips.

"But Ash nabbed those keys!" Leo said as he grabbed the keys from Ash's pockets. Ash laughed and quickly nabbed them back. "Was kinda easy since April kept distracting our manager." Ash admitted and tossed the keys to April, who caught them with ease as she gave Leo a playful glare. He only stuck his tongue out at Ash before smiling once more. "But I bet you almost trashed the place looking for them. Venus said with a smug smile. "Knowing Ash's lack of stealth, I wouldn't be surprised if you did get caught." Donnie said with a grin, Ash rolled their eyes. "That was one time!" Ash yelled, Raph just pat Ash's head with his hand, which they smacked his hand back. "Let's go bungee dunk on the hoops at Rucker Park." Mikey said as he wrapped his arms around April and Raph's neck.

"Game on! Just one thing first." April said, pulling back and grabbing a couple of signs. "Wet floor, and, dry pool." April said, flipping the caution signs and setting them somewhere where they could be seen before standing back and putting her hands onto her hips. "Our work is done here." April said with a nod. "Donnie, can I hitch a ride?" April asked as she pointed to herself. "No probbles." Donnie said as he turned and pointed his thumb to his back. April quickly hopped onto his shell, morphing into a hover chair of some kind and allowed Donnie to hover in the air. "I'll just take the stairs." Ash said as they headed for the stairs that allowed them to go down the stairs. "Nope! I'll give you a ride." Leo said and pointed to his shell. Ash thought for a minute about arguing, but noticed everyone was waiting up on Ash. "Fine, but only because I don't wanna walk." Ash said with a huff, climbing onto Leo's back and hooking their arms around Leo's neck. He held onto Ash's legs and everyone raced off to their next destination.

Raph was the last to jump onto the roof, but grunted in slight confusion as he heard an animal trill loudly. He looked over and saw a dog-like creature, shaking and whimpering in fear as it took the construction site as its refuge. "Awww." Raph said sadly as he watched the creature and didn't watch where he was going, causing him to yell in pain as he slammed into the building's side. Everyone turned and saw where Raph had gone. "Ooooh, that's gonna hurt like a bitch in the morning." Ash mumbled as Leo snickered a bit.

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