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mikey 31?

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Mikey + Gun Violence

Mikey had seen plenty of fake guns. Jupiter Jim Ray guns, obnoxious bad buy Lou Jitsu guns, even Donnie's outrageous laser guns.

He'd never seen a real one.

And he'd certainly never had one pointed at his head.

The depths of the barrel were infinitely dark and the metal outsides gleamed like the Shredder's armor.

"You get that away from him," Leo growled at the woman who held it.

The woman nodded at one of the goons that stood at Leo's shoulders. There was a dull crunch and he grunted in pain, sucking in a sharp breath.

"You really are in no position to make demands, here," the woman replied in a perfectly even voice. "You will tell me where the other one is, or the small is going to be more red than orange."

"There is no other one," Mikey managed, his voice shaking. "It's only us two."

She wacked the butt of the gun against Mikey's head and he cried out. Leo made a noise deep in his throat.

"Don't lie to me," she hissed. "I know neither of you are smart enough to hack my company's accounts. There is at least one more. And you are going to tell me where he is."

Click.

The cold cold cold cold metal barrel rested against Mikey's shell.

"...Or we'll see just how bulletproof this freak's shell is."

Mikey's wide eyes met Leo's wider ones. Mikey shook his head a fraction of an inch. Leo's face twisted, mind whirring behind his eyes.

Something warm was trickling down the side of Mikey's face. His skull throbbed where she'd struck him.

"He's-- he's--" panicking, Leo was either struggling to think of a lie, or making himself tell the truth. He squeezed his eyes shut, sagging. "I can take you to him."

"Leo, don't!"

The woman's face twisted in a horrible grin. "Great. Take me to the little thief." Her cold gaze flicked down to Mikey. "But let us lose the... dead weight."

There was one heartbeat--

One singular heartbeat--

And then--

She fired.

It was louder than he'd ever expected. The BANG went through both of his ears like a spike through his brain.

But that was nothing

NOTHING

compared to the immediate, visceral, all-consuming agony that exploded across his shell, into his shell, through his shell, through him.

He couldn't even scream.

He just slumped forward against the asphalt.

Leo's scream, however, ripped through the air, long and drawn out.

As horrible pain ripped through him, Mikey slowly realized that he was not dead. His whole shell and shoulder felt like they'd been blasted to pieces. But he wasn't dead.

Distantly, Leo was still screaming. The lady was saying something. Her foot nudged his shoulder. Icy needles seemed to burn through it.

A small and pitiful sound escaped his mouth. It wouldn't stop.

Leo sobbed in relief.

"See? He's still alive. I don't know for how long, but be assured I was merciful in my aiming." Her voice was fading.

Mikey forced his eyes open. Everything was blurry. He could see a dark stain spreading across the ground. Had she shot his upper shell and the bullet had gone through his shoulder?

The thought was terrifying.

The goons were dragging Leo away. Kicking and screaming, Leo struggled in their grip. Mikey's name fell from his lips like tears from his eyes.

"HOLD ON, MIKEY! JUST HOLD ON!"

And then they were all gone.

No one left to hear the pitiful whimpers of the bleeding boxshell.

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happy birthday to my best friend grey 🐇🩵🫂🛌

This is a cut scene from Chapter fourteen of Spider's Web With Strings Attached that I couldn't make work with the rest of the chapter. It works better as a short snippet anyway.

Hamato Family D&D Night

As much of a nerd as Donnie was, he wasn’t the biggest Dungeons & Dragons player in the family. That mantle fell to Leo. His fascination with knights and dragons had only grown over time. He forced his brothers to play with him (April refused after the Cosplay Wizard Freakout of 2016).

To say that it was a disaster would have been an understatement.

Leo was the Dungeon Master, but was admittedly terrible at it. He had a favorite NPC (Luscious-locks the Elf) who never failed at anything to an obnoxious degree. He’d made Luscious-locks seem like the main character of the whole campaign, much to the chagrin of his brothers. However, his brothers weren’t much better at playing either.

Raph’s character adopted every single animal they encountered. (“Raph for the last time, you already have six stray cats.” “But Raph needs a seventh to name them all after days of the week!”)

Mikey always spent too long making the most intricate backstory for his character he could think of. And then he was never consistent with his roleplaying. Some days his character wanted to solve everyone else's problems with kind words and hugs. Other times he was the first to suggest burning a village to the ground to solve its grasshopper problem. It made for a rather frustrating experience.

And then there was Donnie.

He did not seem to understand the words “suspend your disbelief”. If Leo described a town their characters visated, Donnie demanded a map, a list of all the citizens, their ages and professions, a layout of the irrigation system, and a detailed list of the materials the town used.

“I don’t know!” Leo cried at last. “Oak houses, or something!”

“But you specifically described that the woods around the village were made out of birch wood. This begs the question: where did they get their oak? They’re not near a major road for trading, and there are no rivers in sight. In fact, this village is surrounded by mountains, meaning trade with the entirety of the outside world is extremely difficult! Therefore, this village must have obtained their oak wook through illegal magical practices, and the evil wizard Sathsomore must be hiding out here. We should burn these oak houses to the ground.”

“I second that!” Mikey piped up. “I cast fireball!”

Leo banged his head against the table. “Mikey, you’re a barbarian; you don’t have magic!”

“But I rolled a 20!”

“Raph’s character wants to save all the animals before we burn it down!”

“Too late, I already set the tavern on fire…” Donnie said flatly.

With all the maturity of a thirteen-year-old boy (which he was), Leo flipped the table. For years afterwards, dice could be found in the corners of the Lair.

And so Hamato family Dungeons & Dragons game nights were no longer a thing.

Can't draw for a while, so it's time for some silly silly hc:

- One time Nya got her entire arm stuck in a vending machine (she paid for the thing she's getting the thing) and she had to call Kai for help. She threatened to cut his hair if he ever told anyone.

- Zane's game of throwing rocks at Kai to agree with him at some point got so extreme he straight up threw Cole at him.

-Zane froze an entire aquarium after the never relam. He still feels bad.

- One time Zane accidentally destroyed the TV and blamed it on Jay. No one suspected anything. Jay didn't stand a chance.

- Lloyd bought a bunch of tiny elf figurines and hid them all in Kai's room. He thrived on the paranoia Kai experienced that month.

- Cole and Lloyd have very strong opinions when it comes to candy. Cole thinks any type of mint candy is a disgrace. Lloyd disagrees. They throw hands. And eat some cake afterwards.

- Jay's wardrobe is a special kind of mess ranging from 80s colorful windbreakers to gamer hoodies and obnoxious glittery suits. Help him.

- Once when the RGB siblings were at a restaurant, a sweet older waitress confused Kai as Lloyd's and Nya's dad. Kai was too shocked to correct her. He then had a small existential crisis bc apparently he looks old enough to have teenage/older kids. Lloyd and Nya will never let him forget that.

- A mission forced Cole to go undercover once and during his time as a member of a gang or something he became so well liked he had trouble leaving. The ninja had to fake his death. He cried. R.i.p Rocky Dangerpuff 2.0

- Kai does indeed have a gun. Nobody knows where he got it from. Or when. Or why.

- Jay Walker has been arrested multiple times bc of Jay Walking. He will continue to do so. He has to live up to his name.

- Sometimes Pixal will stand ominously in the dark to scare anyone unfortunate enough to cross paths with her in the middle of the night. She enjoys it way too much.

- When Lloyd got drunk for the first time on his 21 birthday he sat unmoving for a worrying amount of time, then threw up. On Kai.

- Nya has a lip tattoo. Nobody will ever know that. It was a moment of impulse and weakness. She will take that to the grave.

just out of reach, dammit

(i just want to know im not alone with my weird hands)

this new ninja turtle movie promo shit is fucking crazy i look over and there are the fucking ninja turtles plastered on a bus and i’m like what the fuck those are my buddies those are donatelloqraph leonardo and mikey my good close friends i know them the ninja turtles personally and we hang out all the time what the actual fuck are they doing on a fucking bus

I am visible!!!

more. the turtles have taken over my life.

(x)

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