Mᴜᴛᴀɴᴛ Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘsᴇ 5: Bʟᴀᴄᴋ Mᴀsᴋs ❪✓❫

41 || 𝐄𝐍𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃

𝐎𝐬𝐚'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕
𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟼𝚝𝚑, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟽

We thankfully pass through the city of Pittsburgh, the city that was suspected to have some kind of quarantine zone. From the looks of it, it seemed to have had some trouble with the infected. Their old gates were busted, dead bodies were decaying, and nothing but... Well, nothing.

But we did get to see the way Mother Nature overtook the manmade objects. The plants were growing on the outsides of buildings, and most roads are cracked and trashed with debris.

While we were here, I volunteered to cross the Yellow bridges with Regan, Clementine, and Ranger.

Vincent handed me her white horse named Rain, a saddle and bridle ready. Then, Duke handed Regan her black horse named Streak. "Here," She says, "Take them. It'll be faster to cover ground on horseback." She grinned.

"Thanks, Vincent." I smile back at her, mounting the white horse quickly with Clementine sitting behind me.

Just before I left with my four-person group, I got a glance at Raphael and Donatello petting the other dark horse-- the mare who had no lead rope or an owner. She just hung around like a dog, or a squatter. From how the horse was acting, she's slowly becoming comfortable with us.

I smirked, and then bumped Rain's ribcage with my legs, and soon, we were off to some buildings in the distance.

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𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝗼𝐫'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕

While a few of Leo's people went out to scavenge a portion of Pittsburgh, he told his great big group to take a rest on the sides of one of the highways. During the waiting game for Osa and the others, most people visit with one another or are caught up in their sleep.

For Leo, he brought his son, Jax to sit with Raph, Kitty, and Harlow. Harlow is growing so fast, she is already taking her first few steps for Raph and Leo got to watch. Little by little, Harlow took her time as she babbled and giggled, making her way to Raph.

Leonardo smiles, still holding Jax. "Wow," He says. "Feels like yesterday she was born."

Raph nodded, catching Harlow into his large hands, and kissing her cheek. "Yeah..." Raphael pauses, bouncing Harlow in his arms. "Now I know how Dad felt when he watched us take our first steps."

"He'd be proud." Says Leo. "Of you. You've come a long way, Raph."

Hearing that made Raph feel good about himself and says, "Thanks, man." to Leo. Then, Donnie and Mikey showed up, standing next to their older brothers. They were interested in the conversation Raph and Leo were having.

"Baby talk, I hear?" Mikey says, coming to see Jax and Harlow with their fathers.

"Something like that," Leo replied, glancing at Donnie. "What about you, Don? Have...uh, you and Osa thought about a family?" He sounded unsure about asking this question.

Right away, Don scoffed at Leo's question as he crossed his arms. "Uh, no." He said solidly. "It isn't a priority to us, so..." Don trails off, looking at Mikey. "What about you, man?" He asked his little brother.

Mikey quickly shook his head. "Ha! Um... no, not at the moment. Shado and I are not even married." All three brothers look at Mikey. "What?"

"Marriage isn't exactly feasible..." Donnie says.

"So, what? Just find a ring in an abandoned jewelry store and boom! Married." He chuckled, making Raphael and Donnie roll their eyes. "Or. Worst-case scenario; find an infected being and snatch their wedding band from their disgusting finger." He shrugged.