The Travelers Wish (The Wattys 2016)

Chapter 18

"Roxanne stay behind us!"

Leonardo ordered from in front of me.

And miss out on all the action, who does he think he's kidding?

"Yeah we don't want you to break a nail on your first night out."

Raphael joked.

Or at least I think It was a joke.

"Or worse.."

Dreaded Michelangelo

"Forget about that."

I said as I stepped between the orange and red bearing ninjas.

"Didn't I tell you, I can't die."

"No you kinda neglected to mention that!"

I could sense the slight worry in Donatello's voice, at the sight of the 30 foot clan soldiers, surrounding us on the rooftops above.

"So this is the one they were talking about."

Spoke a female voice with just a slight hint of a Japanese accent.

I recognized it immediately

Out of the shadows of the alleyway in front of me emerged the adopted daughter of the Shredder.

Dressed in black, with makeup that not even a Cirque De Soleil clown would be caught dead in.

And trust me, they wear some pretty messed up shit.

Lets just say I'm not a big fan of this versions look of hers.

....Or Cirque De Soleil, buts that's another matter.

"Karai"

Leo said through gritted teeth.

"Leonardo"

She nodded to him, clearly pleased at his annoyance.

Both sides stood still, waiting for the command to fight.

She walked around till she was in front of me.

She looked me up and down.

My grip tightened on the wooden weapon in my hands.

If she tries anything, Im ready

I told myself.

Great wooden stick versus the blade strapped to her back...

I don't like where my mind was wandering.

Don't think like that Roxanne, you've got this.

"Iv wondered what a female of you things would look like, is it true what those idiot thugs told me, can it change?"

I felt The turtles tense when she called them "things"

Oh no she didn't

I felt a ghetto black woman fury inside me.

"Hah"

I set the end of my staff on the pavement and casually leaned onto it, relaxing.

"Hi there, it has a name, and these things here.."

I nodded to the boys, still standing in there defensive positions.

"..Are more human then you, or any of your pitiful foot soldiers could ever be."

I continued

I swear I could feel Mikey smile beside me.

It's strange, how I can sense there emotions like this.