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THE RECORD

"Easy does it, Leo. You got this. The whole world is counting on you to break the pizza box stack record," said Leonardo, who was climbing the Brooklyn Bridge with several pizza boxes on his head. "125 boxes! They said it couldn't be done, but look who's doing it! Moi! You know, that's Spanish for 'Leo'," Leo said smugly.

"Go ahead, my nonlingual friend, count your unhatched fowl," Donnie told him, flying in the air. "My record stands until you reach the top, which, according to my calculations of wind speed, barometric pressure, and dew point, is unlikely."

"Well, according to my calculations, you can do anything!" Mikey cheered.

"Michael, if we could do anything, I'd be able to lift my tessen higher than my head using telekinesis," Vee sighed.

"Leo, if you're gonna break the record, please do it quickly!" Ellie shouted from the top. "This is higher up than I thought it was!"

"Ellie, we said you didn't have to come," Vee told her.

"Thanks, little brother," Leo said, ignoring Ellie and Vee. "No one believes in himself more than me. Leo!"

"Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo!" leo, Mikey, and Cairo chanted.

Leo reaches the top of the Brooklyn Bridge and backflips.

"Yes!" Leo cheered. "I am Leo!"
"Yeah, baby!" Mikey celebrated.
"Whoo!" Cairo whooped.

Raph jumps over to the six and ends up accidentally scaring Ellie.

"Sorry, Ella. There you are! I've been looking all over for you guys!"

"Raph, guess who just broke the record!" Cairo excitedly pointed to Leo.

Raph's jaw dropped.

"What?! You did?! How many did you-" Raph shook his head. "Stop distracting, Raph! We were supposed to be training!"
"We were??" Ellie asked, worried they were in trouble.

"Hold that thought. Donnie?" Leo smirked,

"Donnie?" Cairo, Mikey, and Vee echoed.

"You, sir, have bested me. Mazel," Donnie rolled his eyes.

"Ahem?" Leo continued

Begrudgingly, Donnie accepts. "Leo. Leo," he sarcastically chants.

"Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo!" Vee, Mikey, and Cairo chant again.

"Stop it!" Raph yelled. "Leo, we have work to do, and you dragged them out here for this?"

"Training, record-breaking. The choice was clear. Vee made me do it," he lied.

"No, I didn't!" Vee shouted.

"Dang it, Leo!" Raph groaned. "Everything's not about you. When are you gonna grow up and start acting like a hero?"

"And there it is. Ladies, gentlemen," Leo motioned.

Donnie, Leo, Mikey, Vee, Ellie, and Cairo touch their pizza slices together and then bite into them.

"Hey, what? What was that?" Raph asked. "What are you guys doing??"

"A little game I invented. Every time you say the word 'heroes', we take a bite of pizza," Leo explained.

"I don't say "heroes" that often!" Raph argued as his six siblings take a bite of their pizza slices.

"LEO! So what if I say he-that word a lot? It's a good word. We need to be that word!" Raph told Leo.

"Relax, Raph," Leo reassured. "We've got this hero thing wired. I mean, our ninjocity is off the charts! We've got some kickin' mystic weapons and need I to remind you who has seven shells and defeated the Shredder?"

Raph growled at Leo's ego and swats his pizza slice to the ground.

Ellie winced, hoping they wouldn't fight again, Cairo watched nervously but was a bit interested, Vee simply rolled her eyes.

"Hey!" Leo complained. "Leo! You just don't get it," Raph sighed.

Before Leo could be lectured further, a beeping sound went off.

"What is all that racket-oh, that's me," Donnie realized. "Looks like we have a 317-39.4 in progress."

"Uh-huh...?" said Cairo.

"Oh, come on! Has nobody read Donnie's big book of bad guy codes? Nobody?" Donnie asked his siblings.

"Nope," Raph replied.
"Never gonna happen," Leo confirmed.

"Well, I read page one because I was bored, but then I got more bored, so I only read page one," Vee told him.