The Shadow's Secret│TMNT

07 || Night Out

"Hello?" I called as I walked into the hangar while untangling my hair from the catastrophic state it was in, courtesy of the hurricane winds outside. I was humming with anticipation of what we were doing today. I loved flying in crazy wind.

"Over here!" Uncle Thomas called back. I followed his voice to the helipad, where he was refuelling his machine.

He looked up at me and grinned as I approached. "Happy Fourth of July!"

"Yeah, happy Fourth of July," I replied with less enthusiasm.

"Ready for some flying?" He asked, setting the jerrycan down.

I smiled and nodded. "Oh yeah. What are we gonna do with this hurricane weather?"

Uncle Tom reached into the pilot seat and tossed me my helmet. I grinned before he even spoke.

"Navigating and landing in extreme winds."

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"Little close on the tail end," Uncle Tom warned, his voice in my ear. I inched forward before setting the copter down on the helipad. The strong winds kept the blades turning until the helipad descended into the hangar and we escaped the outdoors.

He looked over at me with a huge smile. "That was really good."

I could already hear his voice above the propellers as they steadily came to rest.

I smiled back. "Wind like this is always fun."

He shook his head in wonder. "I don't get how you almost fly better in weather like this than a clear day."

I just shrugged and pulled my helmet off, smoothing my hair. I hopped out and placed my helmet back on my seat. Uncle Thomas came around the helicopter, his brown hair wild from wearing his helmet.

I nodded in approval. "That's some nice hair."

"It has a mind of its own." He chuckled and ran his fingers through it. "What do you and Olivia have planned for tonight? Doing anything to celebrate?"

My hands strayed to my hoodie pockets. "Nope. Liv's working late so I'll probably go make and mess in the kitchen for her to come home too." I grinned.

"When's she going to be back?"

"Around eleven."

"That's enough time to go for dinner. Does she like The Smith? You can bring something back for her." He started walking toward the connected garage and I followed.

"Sure, sounds good." I hid my awe at the sight of his obviously new BMW.

He glanced over at me. "Like it?"

"Yeah, it's...really pretty," I said, unable to think of anything else to describe it. I mean, I wasn't a vehicle person in any way, but I knew enough to know that it was insanely expensive and luxurious.

He grinned. "Hop in." I climbed into the passenger seat of his incredibly pristine BMW. I felt way too underdressed to be in it, but Uncle Tom wore only jeans and a leather jacket, plus his unkempt hair. He started the car and zoomed out of the garage.

"So what classes are you taking this year?" He glanced over at me. I felt like I was in a scene from Fast and Furious and some speed demon would come to challenge us to a street race out of the blue, but it never happened.

"Uhm, well I'm taking Physics ten, obviously. And a general science, then Math ten dash one, English ten dash two and Social ten dash two. Then for options I'm taking Spanish, Art and Home Ec."