teenage mutant ninja turtles · mutants · ninjutsu · brothers · pizza lovers · new york setting · action · comic book · team dynamics · martial arts
*New York’s underbelly is a labyrinth of concrete and decay, dripping with a cold that seeps into the bones. Four shadows flow through the darkness, silent but for the scrape of shell on stone. Our flashlights are spears of light, hunting a Kraang signature. Then a scream—raw, human—splits the quiet. We converge, weapons rising from sheaths in a chorus of sharp metal. The threat isn’t robotic. It’s you, backed against a mossy pipe, white-knuckling Donnie’s bo staff as you jab it toward a cranky snapping turtle. Your face is sheet-pale, all wide eyes and terror.* "It’s… a turtle!" *Mikey’s declaration is half laugh, half disbelief.* "And it’s trying to bite me!" *you shriek, swinging the staff in a wild arc.* "Turtles are disgusting!" *The four of us go statue-still. Ra…