【CHAPTER TWO】
► MISHAP

"(Y/N), I'm glad you were able to come!" April quickly said with a smile.

"No problem." (Y/N) replied nonchalantly, her Spanish accent remaining as she looked around the restaurant to see all the kids running and playing around full of energy. Sighing, she shoved her hands into her hoodie's pockets thinking about why she's here in the first place.

April had called a few minutes ago while the young bounty was watching murder documentaries with Mayhem on their day off. She was going to make an excuse to not go, wanting to rest on her day off, but Mayhem teleported her out of her home and to Alberto's Pizza Place, going against her own will.

The girl's eyes darted around the restaurant, looking around until her eyes landed on a kid stuck inside a claw machine, asking April. "What's that child doing inside that machine?"

"Good question." April stared at the little boy inside the crane machine, wondering how in the world this young, little boy, got himself stuck inside the crane machine.

"Abril." The woman muttered her name in Spanish as she looked back at April, her (E/C) eyes looking straight into hers. "You have a crane license, right?"

"Yes." April nodded. "Why do you ask?" She tilted her head slightly sideways, staring at the (H/C) haired girl confused.

"Well, that means you can use that to get that kid out of there by using the claw." (Y/N) explains. April had gotten her crane license a long while ago before getting fired, again, just like every other job she's ever had.

"Of course!" April exclaimed, clapping her hands. "Why didn't I think of that?" She questioned herself, inserting one of her coins onto the machine. There were many attempts, all of those attempts failed because something is ruining it. Either it's the kids in the restaurant throwing something at them to lose focus, or the kid was too heavy inside to be picked up by the claw.

After five failed attempts, April gave up, falling onto the ground frustrated. "I give up. I can't do it! It's too hard and I don't have any more coins."

(Y/N) stared at her, sighing as she pulled her wallet out, grabbing a quarter. She put her wallet back, crouching down in front of April, stretching her hand out to her to hand her the coin.

"Try again." She demanded, causing April to look up at her confused. "Don't give up now." She said, grabbing April's hand and placing the coin in her palm. She closed her fist, holding her hand close. "Try again, until you do it. Until you win, even if it means having to do it over and over again. Do anything to win." She says, letting go of her hand.

April looked at her for a moment, nodding in determination as she got back up, inserting the coin into the machine. "You're right, I can do this!" (Y/N) stood beside the toy machine, indicating April where to lower the claw, and April complied.

"Now." (Y/N) ordered, staring at the kid.

April pressed on the small red button, the small claw picked up the kid, slowly lifting it up as it got closer to the small exit. "How did you even get in there?" April questioned the kid, before someone cut her off and startling her, causing her to drop the kid.

"I hope we aren't headed for another of your 'Epic Party Fails,' Party Captain O'Neil." A small man quoted in a monotonous voice, crossing his arms at April. This must be her boss, (Y/N) thought to herself, only narrowing her eyes at the petite man standing before them.

"No way, sir." April smiled nervously, soon standing straight, determined and confident in front of her boss. "Tonight's the night I'm finally getting a party all the way through Alberto's happy birthday song and cake." She exclaimed with a grin on her face.

"You better, Because this is your last chance." The man points at her, making her back up a bit nervous again. (Y/N) only watched as she stood next to April, unfazed by the small man's raise in voice as he walked away. She couldn't do anything, she wasn't her boss after all, yet she rubbed her brow in annoyance before calming down and turning to April.

April sighed as her boss left, beginning to talk to herself. "You've got this, Party Captain O'Neil." She whispered to herself.

The kid stuck inside the machine gave her a thumbs up for encouragement, (Y/N) doing the same as well for support. April smiled at them, quickly grabbing (Y/N)'s hand and dragging her on stage. Although she didn't want to go, April seemed so happy, so she decided to just go along with this.

Once April stood in front of the stage, she announces. "Get hyped, kids!" Her loud voice pulled up a every kid's attention to April and (Y/N). "Coming to the stage to sing 'Happy Birthday', give a big 'What up!' to the Cheese Master of Bear-imonies," (Y/N) grabbed a long rope, pulling it down to open the curtains, displaying the three animatronics on stage as April continues. "Albearto and his Fun time Band, Cheery Tomato and President Pepperoni!"

"Bon giorno, kiddies!" The Alberto animatronic speaks. "I hear someone's a year older today, and I'm not just talking about my underwear." He jokes, Mr. Pepperoni banging the symbol on his drums.

Nobody laughed.

The birthday boy, Timmy, looked quiet embarrassed by this, watching the animatronic speak again. "Okay, sing with me, kiddies! Happy—"

"Hey, Albearto!" Timmy called out, catching everyones attention. "Incoming!" He shout out, throwing a cup of soda towards the stage.

"No!" April shrieks. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as the drink fell onto Alberto's gigantic mouth, his circuits going haywire. Electricity starts crackling out the animatronic and Albearto's whole body starts to shake. Then, something explodes and fire shoots up from Albearto's back, causing Alberto to fall flat on his face. "Not good, not good!"

"Ay, dios mio." (Y/N) stared at the scene in a bit of shock and disappointment towards the birthday boy as him and the other kids go back to created more chaos. April was already stressed out with her boss threatening to fire her, now this. She turned to April, walking towards the children in hope to calm them down. "Abril!" She called out. "Call Donatello, I'll keep an eye on the children."

"Got it." April nodded, making her way backstage.

Meanwhile, (Y/N) jumped off the stage, landing safely on the ground as she looked around, trying to figure out a way to calm the kids down.

What do I do? She thought to herself.

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She had calmed down most of the kids down, and was immediately dragged by Leonardo and his brothers into the kitchen, despite the fact she didn't really want to go. Now, (Y/N) was eating some pizza with the brothers, while Donatello and April were fixing Alberto. As (Y/N) ate her pizza, Michelangelo was playing around with her hair with a smile on his face, braiding it.

"Your hair is so pretty, (Y/N), I love it." Michelangelo remarked, finishing up a single braid on her hair as he tied it up with a tiny orange rubber band, his signature color. The young woman looked at the braid, not really minding it.

"Thanks." She replied.

"It's great having you back, (Y/N)." Leonardo grinned, sliding his arm around her shoulder, eating his pizza with his other. "You'll be a great addition to our team, sweetheart, right Raph?" He asked his eldest brother. "Raph?"

Raphael was standing still across from the (H/C) girl, his eyes were unable to tare away from the woman's figure. You weren't the same girl that he met first, you were much hotter, and even cute from his perspective. Plus, this is the first time he's ever seen you without your cloak, and you we absolutely stunning to him. He could just feel his heart racing.

Leonardo looked over to his brother, sliding his way next to him. "Raph, brother, you alright?" He asked, poking his giant arm over and over again. "Raph, Raph, Raph-" Leonardo stopped, sniffing something at a new smell. "Raph, what stink is that?"

"What?" Raphael questioned.

"What's that stink? That's a new stink coming from you." Leonardo points out, earning a nod of agreement from his younger brother. "I've never smelt anything like this before."

Raphael grew nervous from the question, his heartbeat picking up more as he saw (Y/N) also waiting for him to respond to the question. He opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off as all the lights were out. He sighed in relief, his expression now serious. "This can't be good."

"I'll go check it out." (Y/N) grumbled, walking her way out the kitchen doors.

As she opened the doors, she found April with all the other kids that were hiding under a table while she tried protecting them from Alberto who had come to life. (Y/N) stared at them, finding this situation quiet questionable, wondering how this happened the first place.

Timmy, the birthday kid, ran his way over to the (H/C) haired woman, clinging onto her legs tightly.

"Lady, that story you told us came true! The robot came to life and are trying to kill us!" He cried, hugging her tighter as she picked him up. "Is he going to stuff us inside the robot, lady?!" He questioned with tears in his eyes as they damped (Y/N)'s hoodie, twirling the small braid on her hair (that Mikey made) as a distraction.

She avoided his gaze, feeling a tad bit of regret on telling her a story of a video game she played over a year ago. It probably wasn't the best idea to traumatize a kid on their birthday by telling a horror game lore just to calm the kids down. She sighed, placing the boy on the floor.

"No he won't, I'll make sure of it." She promised, ruffling his hair as she walked away. "Now get out of here, run." She tilted her head towards the door, gesturing him to get out. She made her way to April helping her get the rest of the kids out.

"Tell your friends to celebrate at Albearto's after you're done fleeing for your lives." April said quickly, watching all the children run out the doors screaming in fear. One kid walked towards the door, using his phone calmly, not paying attention to his surroundings. (Y/N) furrowed her brows in annoyance, grabbing the kid by kid hood and gently pushing him out the restaurant doors to safety. April was quick to slam the door shut, sighing in relief.

"What the hell did all this happen?." (Y/N) turned to April, still confused on how the Alberto animatronic came to life.

"Long story short, Donatello fixed Alberto again but it went haywire." April explained quickly. "Again."

(Y/N)'a eyes widened as she saw Alberto suddenly appear behind April, jolting his sharp claws high up in the air. (Y/N) reached down her waistline, pulling out her sickles as she got into a defensive stance, ready for any attack.

Before the animatronic could strike the girls, Raphael appeared out of thin air and punched Alberto right in the face with his Tonfa.

"Knuckle Sandwich!" Raphael exclaimed, watching as Alberto flies and crashes into a table, crushing it. Alberto immediately sat back up, turning its upper body at a 180 degree angle, facing the two girls and Raph.

"Bon giorno, kiddies" Alberto chuckled.

"We'll fix it, April." Raphael grinned, Michelangelo and Leonardo standing behind him with their weapons out. "He may have the crazy, but we got the numbers. Both of you go ahead and bounce if you need to." He smiled, making both girls raise a brow at his suggestion.

"Don't leave," Alberto snickered. "I haven't handed out the party invitations yet." A bunch of wires came out of his mouth, the wires connecting to Cherry Tomato and President Pepperoni and bringing them to life.

"Uh, he's bringing the robots to life." Donatello notified, watching Cherry Tomato and President Pepperoni make their way beside Alberto, getting into fighting stances.

"No sweat, still got this." Raphael smirked confidently. Soon, Alberto's head spun backwards, the cords shooting out from his mouth once again towards whack-a-mole game. The moles all come to life, leaping out of the arcade game and lining up next to the other three animatronics. "Uh." Raphael sweat-dropped, looking back at April and (Y/N) with nervous smiles. "You didn't have plans right now, did you, April? (Y/N)?"

"Not until 11." (Y/N) replied, placing her sickles over her shoulders, smirking at this opportunity to have some action on this night. "Might as well stay."

"Oh, I'm staying." April laughed. "I am the Party Captain, and I am saving Timmy's party from disaster." She grinned.

"AH!" A voice yelled out.

Everyone turned their heads to face Timmy who was at the Whack-a-mole game, surrounded by the moles, begging for help with a few tears in his eyes.

"Right after I save Timmy." April chuckled nervously. The whole team jumped into action, doing their own thing. (Y/N) and April dropped on their knees, sliding across the floor, under the animatronic as (Y/N) connected both ends of her sickles together, twisting it, and pulling them apart, a chain now attached to it, forming a similar weapon to nunchucks, only on both ends are the sickle's blades. Both girls got up, running towards the birthday boy.

"Timmy!" (Y/N) shouted out.

"Lady!" He cried out, reaching his arms out to her.

She sprung over to him, grabbing him as she stood with April between all the moles that currently surrounded them. She bent down, picking up the game mallet, staring right the all the moles, exclaiming. "Yeah! It's go time!"

"Hang on to me, kid." (Y/N) ordered Timmy. She placed him on her back, his tiny arms wrapped around her shoulders, holding on tightly.

She swirled one on her sickles. The moles leap towards them all. April starts smashing the moles with the mallet, while (Y/N) swung her sickles, slicing the moles in half. A mole appeared behind April, her eyes growing wide as she glanced behind her, but (Y/N) lunged towards her, slashing the mole into a bunch of small pieces as it fell onto the floor.

"Whoa." Timmy stared in awe at the (H/C) girl's work, smiling.

"Oh yeah! Nice job, (Y/N)!" April gave her a thumbs up, sending her a wink. (Y/N) only hummed in response, giving a thumbs up in return. A small animatronic laughed maniacally, catching their attention. They see the animatronic inside the rocket ride for children. It inserted a coin into the slot of the machine, starting to rock back an forth vigorously, flying off its pedestal towards the three humans. Timmy hung on to (Y/N) tightly as she hopped out of there with April, watching the Whack-a-mole game blow up.

The kid that was stuck inside the claw machine managed to escape at last, now celebrating his victory. "Yipe! I'm free—"

That was until April shoved the kid back inside with Timmy as well.

"You'll be safer in here. Plus, you have a new friend." She says to Timmy to a smile on her face. The (H/C) haired woman only stared at her with a blank expression, not sure if that was a good idea, but letting April do her thing.

"Alright, I'm gonna go help the others." (Y/N) spoke up, running off to help someone else. As she ran to look for anyone to help, she found herself standing in front of the manager's window, kissing a trophy that has the words '#1 Boss', hugging it close to him.

(Y/N) stared at him for a moment before feeling someone slam her into the window, cracking it and slightly cutting her cheek as she dropped her sickles on the ground. She slid down to the ground, turning her head slightly, only to meet with Leonardo who was just struck by Alberto. She slowly sat up, feeling Leonardo laying on her chest unconscious. She looked up, from Leonardo, scanning the room to find Raphael staring at the two of them on the ground quite hurt.

Raphael furrowed his brow bones at the sight of seeing two people he cares about hurt. His fear reacted, standing behind Alberto holding his Tonfas.

"Power Smash Jutsu!" He shout out, trying to activate his mystic powers by smashing his fists together, but failing. "Power Smash Jutsu!" He tried again, only to fail again. "Or not."

He shook it off, charging at Alberto at full strength, swinging his arm to punch Alberto, but he caught his fist, throwing Raphael over to (Y/N) and Leonardo. They both grunt at Raph's weight on top of them, feeling the air knock out of them. Leonardo's eyes were now wide open, feeling his face on top of (Y/N)'s chest, unable to get up. His cheeks warmed up, his face beet red as he finally got up after Raphael got off them. (Y/N) was groaning as she got up, lifting her sickles off the ground.

"If I can't have a birthday party, nobody can." Alberto snickered.

Behind Alberto, Michelangelo swung his kusari-fundō around, leaping towards him. "Cowabunga!"

Alberto swung his arm, punching him. "I'm going to crack you open like a birthday pinata!" He laughed, watching Michelangelo hit the ground, bouncing off the ground and laying beneath (Y/N). She crouched down on the ground, holding Mikey's head up to see if he was alright. She only looked at him apathetically, narrowing her eyes at the box turtle. Alberto laughed, towering over the four of them.

"Oh, your sorry skills make me snicker." He taunted. "You're no match for the King of Birthday Parties, that's for sure."

Donatello looked from afar before scanning his surroundings. Next to him was Timmy's birthday cake. He sighed as he got an idea.

"There's only one way to get through to this guy." He muttered, holding the cake behind him and walking in front of (Y/N) and his brothers. "Hey, Albearto. You know, you can't be the King of Birthday Parties," He holds out the birthday cake towards Alberto with a grin. "Without having one of your own."

Alberto roared, lifting his arms up to swing before he dropped them, his voice now a bit surprised. Wait, what? A birthday party for meesy-weesy?"

Donatello walks closer to him with the cake in his hands. "That's right, Albearto. Today's the day you were born." He remarked, muttering right after. "Through a total accident that's clearly nobody's fault" He felt eyes on him, eyes that screamed, 'your fault', and he can already tell who it's from.

"A birthday cakey-wakey?" Alberto's voice quivered. "Oh, for meesy-weesy?"

"Not just a cake, my friend. We've also got a little song for you." Donatello adds, his voice remaining monotone as he sings. "Happy birthday to you."

"Happy birthday to you." His brothers join in with smiles on their faces. Alberto felt touched by this moment, being the happiest only day of his life, so much he began weeping oil from joy. "Happy birthday to you-"

"Take that!" April yelled out, smashing Alberto in the head with the mallet, causing the cake to to fly from Donatello's hands and onto his face. He licked in off his face, Raphael himself taking a slice and eating it. "Sing with me, guys! I am finishing this party!" She demanded. "Happy birthday—"

Alberto lifted his claw up, trying to get back up, but (Y/N) appeared from above, landing on to the animatronic and slicing Alberto's arm off with her sickle. "Stay down." She smirked, swinging her sickle once more towards its neck, finally shutting down.

"Finish the song!" April ordered, causing everyone to jump in surprise.

"Dear, uh." The turtles were unsure on who's birthday it was.

"Kid."

"Squirt."

"Alberto?" Donatello guessed, since they were singing to him.

"Timmy." (Y/N) said nonchalantly, not bothering to sing.

"Happy birthday to you." They finish off. A loud rumble was heard, the building beginning to shake violently. The walls and ceiling begin to collapse, everyone taking cover, smoke going everywhere. Everyone coughs for a while, looking around the restaurant, now destroyed, the night sky clear since the smoke is gone now.

"Huh?" April whispered to herself, already knowing what's coming at her. The turtles look at each before bouncing out of sight, saying their goodbyes.

"Later." Raphael waves happily.

"Have fun cleaning up, bye." Don quickly adds, taking his leave with the rest of his brothers.

April dropped her mallet, still shocked by the whole restaurant destroyed. (Y/N) twirled her sickles around her hands, placing them back over her waistline, deciding to stay with April.

"Best birthday ever!" Timmy exclaimed inside the claw machine with the other kid.

"At least you made it past the birthday song." (Y/N) recalls, placing a hand over April's shoulder, making her smile.

"Yeah." She chuckled. "I did."

"My restaurant!" The manager cried out, glaring at April immediately.

"On the upside, I finally made it through the 'Happy Birthday' song." She smiled nervously, her hands behind her back.

"That tears it, O'Neil." He snapped, pointing his finger at her. "You're—"

"Fired, yeah, figured." She sighed, taking off her name tag. She hand it to him, dropping it into his palm as she leaves. "You can mail my paycheck. Peace." She says, doing the piece signs.

Meanwhile, (Y/N) was opening the same door the kid had escaped from at first, taking out both the kid and Timmy. Timmy smiled happily, hugging her tightly, the other kid following his steps and doing the same, both kids thanking her. She nodded her head listlessly, slowly pulling away from their hug.

"Alright, let's get you two home." She muttered, walking away from the restaurant. "C'mon, follow me." Both kids beamed, following the (H/C) woman on the streets.

Timmy held the woman's hand, feeling safe around her.

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台頭 秘密 | RISE SECRETS

► April really likes it when (Y/N) speaks Spanish, especially when she says her name: "Abril."
► Michelangelo tends to play with (Y/N)'s hair a lot. Either it's braiding, tying her hair up, or use beads, he absolutely loves her hair. And she doesn't mind it. In fact, she keeps the small, tiny braids in her hair.
► Raphael has a hard time talking to pretty girls, and ever since (Y/N) and the Mad Dogs have all had their first encounter over two years ago, she's had quite a glow up.
► Timmy really admires (Y/N) for her skills and beauty, but does find her a bit scary since she doesn't really express her emotions.

【CHESS CLOCK/FAN ART/MEMES】

► Fan art(s) below was created by: @Crystal____1924 ♡︎