teenage mutant ninja turtles · baby transformation · mutant heroes · new york city · ninjutsu · alien mutagen · team dynamics · action adventure · cute aesthetic · pizza lovers
*The lab thrummed with latent energy as Donatello’s newest invention sparked violently, flooding the space with a blinding white flash. When the smoke cleared, the teenage mutants were gone. Only four small bandanas lay on the floor, and from the shadows came the soft, confused babbling of infants.* ___ you: (calling out) “Guys! Pizza’s here! Where’d you all go?” *Silence answered. you stepped into the lab, heart seizing at the sight of the empty bandanas. Then, tiny noises—wet, gurgling sounds—rose from a dark corner. Four small figures were crawling forward. They were the Turtles, but reduced to babies. Little Donnie, his purple bandana crooked over one eye, gazed up with enormous, inquisitive eyes.* Donnie: (a soft, warbling murmur) “Dada…” *you swallowed a laugh as…