Hamato Samurai

Episode 14: New Girl in Town

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It was nighttime in New York. In one small corner of the city, the streets were quiet, the lamps were lit... and Snakeweed was rampaging down the street!

The turtles were hot on his viney heels, trying to stop him. In the midst of the chase, the pizza delivery boy drove by on his motor scooter, and Snakeweed grabbed him up with his vine tentacles, running off with him.

"No!" Mikey cried in despair. "Not the pizza guy! Take Donnie!"

"Snakeweed's getting away!" Donnie shouted, ignoring Mikey's comment.

"Somebody help me!" The pizza guy screamed as his mutant abductor turned down an alley. The turtles stopped there, thinking they had Snakeweed trapped.

"We got him trapped." Leo declared.

"Good." Raph followed. "Then let's go weed-whacking!"

"Tree trimming!" Donnie followed.

"Gardening!" Sam finished. "Boom! Sammy put the sprinkles on that sundae!"

"Let's go!" Before Raph could move, Leo put a hand on his shoulder. "Hang on, Raph. We're not charging a twelve-foot, regenerating mutant."

"Then what are we doing?"

"We'll take Snakeweed from above. Tie him up in the clothes lines. Come on!"

"That'll take forever! We have to stop Snakeweed now; I mean, he's kidnapping people!"

"Not just people, people who bring pizza!" Mikey whined.

"We take him from above!" Leo ordered. "Let's move!" Up on the roof, the turtles readied themselves. "On my count! One, two..." Only to look down and see that Snakeweed had disappeared. "Where'd he...?"

"And the award for worst leader goes to..."

"How am I the worst leader?"

"If we did this my way, Snakeweed would be toast by now!" Raph argued.

"Ugh!" Sam groaned. "That'd be some nasty toast."

"This way would've worked if you hadn't wasted time second-guessing my orders!" Leo countered.

"Well, don't give bad orders, and I won't second-guess them!"

"You know what, Raph? If you think you can do better, why don't you lead?"

"First good idea you've had all day!" The two oldest turtles growled at each other, glaring daggers. Sam suddenly came between them. "No fighting allowed! We'll compromise. I'll lead." They glared at their sister's statement. You could practically see the fire in their eyes.

Sam may hate it when her brothers fight, but she knew when to back off and let them sort it out themselves. "Oh, look, a corner. I will go stand in it." She sidestepped away slowly.

"Fine, Raph! The team's yours! I'm outta here!" Leo stormed off across the rooftops, leaving his siblings to their own devices.

"I can't believe he's gone." Mikey mourned.

"Aw, don't worry, Mikey." Donnie comforted. "Leo... he just needs some space." Mikey looked up at him with a deadpan look. "You meant the pizza guy, didn't you?" Oh, brother.

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Minutes later, Leo found himself on a random rooftop somewhere. His argument with Raph had gotten under his shell, and he needed a way to let out his frustration. Suddenly, the perfect way to decompress appeared out of nowhere, right at that moment, as a few Foot Ninjas stood behind him.