【CHAPTER THREE】
► DAZE

"I am Carly Balmaceda, filling in for the completely forgotten Warren Stone. The search for missing hypnotist, Mezmer-Ron, and his hippopotamus, Doug, continues. In unrelated news, a monster hippo in a magician's tuxedo is terrorizing local magicians, and stealing their trick animals. And with no animals, there's no magic."

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"So your plan is to lure a mutant hipopótamo by dressing up as a female hippo in hope he'll appear?" The young (H/C) haired woman questioned her turtle friends, staring at the snapping turtle specifically who wore the hippo suit staring back at her, jumping from rooftop to rooftop side by side. "No esta mal."

He leaped onto another building once more, pulling out the hippo costume's head, taking a deep breath. (Y/N) landed next to him, while Raphael's brothers land behind him. "What?" He questioned his female friend.

"I said: not bad." She translated, staring at the city bored.

Raphael's mouth made a small oval shape now that he understood her last statement. He smiled at her timidly, giving her a simple nod before turning to his brothers.

"You sure that evil mutant hippo is around here?" He asked his brothers, tugging gently on the collar of the hippo costume. "It's a million degrees in this thing!" He complained.

Michelangelo jumped up beside Raphael, sticking his head inside the head of the hippo costume with a smile on his face. "Um, I'd be happy to wear it, if you need a break."

"No, no," Raphael panicked slightly as he starts pulling the head of the costume back from his younger brother. "No, no, no, no. I'm the leader." He gets the hippo head back from Michelangelo, keeping it away from him, making the youngest huff his cheeks. "The leader wears the suit."

"Well, I mean, he's got a point. Raph is the most hippo-like." Leonardo remarked with a grin on his face, earning chuckles from his other two brothers. (Y/N) glanced back at them, clicking her tongue in slight annoyance. Raphael ignored Leonardo, keeping his confident smile on his face.

"I need a little more of that female hippo scent." Raphael grins, turning towards Donatello. Donatello displays a perfume atomizer shaped like a female hippo, pointing it towards Raphael as he presses the bulb, which sends a hippo shaped mist towards the eldest brother. It hits his face with the sound of a kiss, forming a small heart, and then dissipates, making Raphael blush.

"Hehe, Jazzy fresh." He giggled.

"Help!" Someone called out, catching everyone's attention.

"Guys, that must be him!" Raphael ejaculated, running towards the playground.

"A hippo magician is trying to saw my magic worm in half!" The stranger continued to shout.

(Y/N) and Raphael's brothers followed behind, landing on top of the playground rooftop to where the screams of help came from. The young woman furrowed her brows slightly, staring at two lighted arrows directed at a magician's saw box. Between the arrows was a blonde worm with fake glasses and mustache, its head is sticking out of one end. One of the glowing arrows falls onto the ground.

(Y/N) stared at the terrible attempt of a trap, finding it quite pitiful. She almost felt bad for the blonde thing. Almost. She could care less about this worm.

Leonardo was the first to speak up. "Does anyone else find this whole thing a little-"

"Odd?" Donatello finished his sentence before continuing. "Just-"

"Magic worm?" Mikey exclaimed, cutting off Donatello's speech.

"Totally legit!" Raphael grinned, looking down at the ground beneath him. He jumped down from the playground roof, shaking the ground as he landed, looking back at the blonde worm. "Don't worry, Raph'll save you." He said with a smile, but his smile fell when he couldn't move his legs. He looked at the ground, noticing his feet were stuck. "Uh, hey." He looked up at the woman and his brothers. "Hey, Raph stuck."

"Not again." Leonardo groaned in frustration, a bit annoyed. Him, (Y/N) and other brothers jumped down, only the twins trying to pry Raphael off the sticky paper, while Michelangelo once again was playing with the young woman's (H/C) hair, braiding it as he hung from the monkey bars with his legs.

"Hahaha!" The worm laughed out loud, surprising the turtles slightly. The (H/C) haired woman only stared blankly at it. "Stepped right into my goop trap!"

"Your what now?" Raphael asked.

"Goop trap." The worm repeated.

"Talking manic worm?" Michelangelo smiled widely, getting down from the monkey bars to embrace (Y/N), jumping up and down from excitement. She only sighed, letting the box turtle have his moment.

"That was all a ruse! For I am Warren Stone, your greatest foe, and–" Warren was cut off once again by on of the turtles, Leonardo.

""I'm sorry, Warren who?" Leonardo asked, poking Warren's hair repeatedly, annoying the blonde worm.

"Stop it!" Warren slapped his hand away. "Stone. I'm your greatest fo-"

"Ah, don't tell me." Leonardo interrupted. "What are you? Uh, Worm-Man?" He laughs, ignoring Raphael who was trying to get himself unstuck.

"No, no, no, I'm Wa—"

"Can someone help me get unstuck?" Raphael pleaded, struggling to get out.

"Fine." Leonardo droned, rolling his eyes as he made his way towards the snapping turtle. Donatello followed behind.

(Y/N) sighed, letting Michelangelo finish up her braid, tying it up with an orange rubber band. She then walked up toward the rest, crouching down. "You two pull on Raphael, and I will pull the sticky paper."

"Sure thing." Donatello nodded, standing next to Leonardo to pull their eldest brother. As they pulled Raphael, (Y/N) pulled on the sticky paper.

Warren only stared at all of them, annoyed on how none of them payed attention to him.

"Um, greatest nemesis, here." He raised his arms, trying to catch their attention , but was unsuccessful. "Stop!"

They ignored him, Leonardo, Donatello, and (Y/N) continued trying to get Raphael unstuck while Michelangelo played on around in the playground. (Y/N) used her most of her strength, tearing the sticky paper off Raphael successfully, earning a smile from him.

"Thanks, (Y/N)." He chuckled.

"No fue nada." She shrugged it off.

Leonardo them wrapped his arm around her shoulder, a smirk plastered across his face. "Wow, (Y/N), you're really strong."

"I know."

Warren let out a roar as he leaped towards them, plopping on Leonardo's head.

"AH! get it off of me! It's gross!" Leonardo panicked, trying to get the worm off of him, trying his best not to gag.

"Classic mistake. I may be small, but I'm also very—AH!" Warren'a sentence was cut short as (Y/N) smacked him off, sending him flying into the air. Leonardo pulled out his odachi, throwing it towards the worm and cutting him in half. Him and his brothers stared at the worm in shock, visibly afraid, while (Y/N) stared in amusement.

"Nice." (Y/N) held back a smirk, staring at the worm beneath her.

"What did you do?!" Raphael questioned his brother with his voice raised.

"He was on my head! I panicked!" Leonardo defended himself.

"Is he gonna be okay?" Michelangelo asked quietly, concerned over the worm.

"Is he gonna be okay?!" Raphael face palmed, his eyes widening once again as the other half of the worm landed on the ground, surprising the others as well. "He's in two pieces."

"You fools!" Warren shouted out.

The turtles jumped up and screamed, crowding behind Raphael. Except for Michelangelo, who hugged the young (H/C) haired woman by her waist in fear, shaking.

"You've unleashed my ultimate power." Warren groaned, clenching his fist on the ground. "Now I can—"

"You can clone yourself?" Mikey asked with a smile, holding (Y/N)'s hand as he imagined that power.

"No, I regenerate." Warren corrected, shaking from pain. "It's an amazing power, but it's incredibly painful."

"Fascinating. How long does the regeneration process take?" Donatello questioned, taking notes on his gauntlet as he glanced at the blonde worm.

"Several," Warren grumbled, answering Donatello's question. "days."

"And you grow back with double the strength." Mikey guessed excitedly, gently swinging his hand that he held (Y/N) with.

"No." Warren answered.

"But four times the size." Raphael took a guess as well, standing behind the worm, his expression displaying visible excitement.

"If I don't grow back twice as strong, why would I grow back four times as big? Ow!" Warren groaned once more. Despite the fact the (H/C) haired woman did not care for the thing, his powers were definitely interesting.

"I don't understand you." Leonardo whinged, rolling his eyes at the worm, finding him annoying.

"Can we go get some pizza now? I'm hungry." Raphael asked with a smile, walking away with everyone else, leaving the angry blonde worm behind.

"Are you sure he's gonna be okay, guys?" Mikey asked, looking back at (Y/N) as they both walked away hand in hand. Behind them, Warren was screaming and yelling at them, but none of this fazed them at all.

"Si." (Y/N) replied, her voice toneless, not giving the box turtle a single glance. "If you can still hear someone scream, that means they are fine." She explained calmly.

"Ugh," Raphael huffed, smashing his fists together. "I had my fists set on bustin' up a magic hippo. What a waste." He complained, earning a nod from his female friend.

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"Now, you're sure the hippo is in there?" Leonardo asked his genius brother as they arrived at the Burgundy Center.

"Uh, yes, I picked it up on my scanner." Donatello answered, checking his gauntlet for more information. "A Current Occupant called it in."

"That doesn't sound right." (Y/N) spoke to herself, tugging on the collar of the hippo suit she now wore.

"Now, explain it to me again, why can't I wear the suit?" Raphael asked, frowning as he stared at the (H/C) haired woman wearing the hippo suit he once wore.

"Oh, we've been over this." Leonardo groaned.

"You ruined that woman's ninety-fifth birthday." (Y/N) jogged his memory, recalling the catastrophe that was caused at the old lady's birthday. Leonardo only nodded in agreement as she spoke.

"She's fine." He waved it off, sulking for he was still upset he no longer had the suit

"What about me?" Michelangelo whined. "I could have put the suit on! I promise to take care of it!" He promised, tugging on the woman's sleeve.

"No, that's not a good idea." (Y/N) opined. "None of you have ever been in a relationship, neither have any of you fallen in love either, so-"

"And you have?" Leonardo laughs, though it came out a bit forced. A weird feeling pooled upon his chest, causing his grin to falter slightly.

"Yeah." She nodded, putting the suit head on as she leaped onto the ground inside the building, leaving the red-eared slider in shock with her response, following behind her, jumping through the hole in the glass they cut.

"With who, and when?!" Leonardo questions her frantically, only to be ignored, which frustrated him.

His brothers jump onto rafters above him as Leonardo lights a box towards (Y/N) so that the attention would be brought to her. Donatello started playing some music with his tech, confusing the girl.

"C'mon, (Y/N), dance!" Michelangelo whispered, dancing to the music.

"I don't dance." She replied, dismissing his request, causing Michelangelo to pout. "Ever."

"Hippo man! Your biggest fan is here." Leonardo spoke through the microphone. "She loves magician's animals. Bunnies, doves, tigers and was hoping you brought some."

"I'm starting to think this won't work." (Y/N) clicked her tongue in annoyance. She was really hoping to fight off a criminal today since the Council of Heads haven't given her a job lately.

"Of course it will!" Leonardo cooed into the microphone, grinning at the young woman. "I mean, look at you, you look adorable!" She sighed, rolling her eyes at his comment, continuing to walk around till she reached the Channel Five News set.

"Breaking news!" A voice called out, causing (Y/N) to get into a fighting stance from the sudden noise. The turtles brothers leaped from hiding to join (Y/N), also getting ready for battle.

"You may have beaten me before, but I'm a little tougher this time." The chair in front of them starts turning slowly. "You see, I've enhanced myself. I've really grown into my role as your greatest nemesis. I'm really pumped for our little tête-à-tête."

Once the chair was fully turned, they all got of full display of the same blonde worm back at the park, only this time the worm was much more muscular, flexing his biceps and abdomen as he smirked at all of them. The turtles jumped back, pulling (Y/N) with them as they gagged, feeling quite uncomfortable. (Y/N) could only stare at the worm dumbfounded, not really expecting it; but she's seen worse. What she did notice (other than the sudden muscle) was the blue stone on his chest.

"You're not a hippo." Raphael noted, having a few doubts soon after. "Are you?"

Warren's eye twitched in annoyance. ""No, I'm not a hippo! Do I look like a hippo to—"

"Maybe a baby hippo?" Donatello hummed, walking around Warren as he measured him with a measuring tape, then typing in the notes of the measurements into his gauntlet.

"An ugly one, that is." (Y/N) added, wondering why she keeps looking at it.

"I am not a hippo!" Warren snapped, glaring at them. "And please stop interrupting me! I called in the hippo sighting."

"Guys!" Michelangelo popped in, pointing at Warren, stammering through his sentence. "He's Current Occupant!"

"Yes!" Warren grinned. "He gets it. I am Current Occupant."

"And we're here to save you from the hippo magician." Michelangelo assured him with a happy smile on his face. "Where is he?" He asked, glancing around the room.

"No, you green idiot." Warren hissed. "It was a ruse. There is no hippo. I'm Warren Stone, your greatest nemesis!" He declared himself as he pointed towards the woman and the turtles.

"I've never met this man in my life." (Y/N) turned to the turtles as she pointed at the buff worm.

Warren sighed in frustration before getting himself in a fighting position. "Prepare to meet your—"

A sudden explosion burst behind him, Warren once more being cut in two. Everyone jumped back at the sudden moment, trying to see through all the smoke from the explosion. Once the smoke clears to reveal a giant hippo man wearing a fancy purple suit.

"Ta-da! Hypno-Potamus has arrived." The hippopotamus announces, holding some metal rings as he stared at his opponents.

"Finally." Raphael grinned, pushing Warren aside. "It's the thing we actually care about. You're up, (Y/N)." He says, pushing the girl in front of him, to the hippo man.

Romantic music begins to play and the hippo scent that Donatello sprayed on her wafts off (Y/N), reaching Hypno's nose. He softly sniffs the scent, and then rushes up to the young woman, who was still in disguise.

"Hello, future Mrs. Hypno-Potamus~" He winked at her, making her let out a small "huh?", feeling a bit uncomfortable now, feeling the mutant place a hand over her hip and the other behind her head, kissing the suit.

Raphael and Michelangelo were weeping softly, hating the scene display before him. Leonardo glared at the hippo in jealousy before gagging at the sight, unable to look any longer. Donatello on the other hand out no mind to them, only grinning and nodding his head as his plan worked perfectly well.

(Y/N) could feel the mutant hippo's grip tighten around her hip, moving slowly to her waist. A small shiver went up her spine, slowly beginning to breathe heavily due to the heat inside the suit and the close proximity between the two of them.

Leonardo was the first to snap and pull the girl away from Hypno-Potamus, causing her to lose the head of the suit. (Y/N) patted his shoulder in her way of showing gratitude, making him happy once again, but also making him quite confused on why he did that.

Hypno yelled as soon as he discovered it was just the head he was kissing, searching for the rest of the body to which (Y/N) was taking off.

"Pulled the ol' false-Jenny on me. Ugh. I gotta say, this has been the worst mating season." He sighed before manipulating the metal rings again. "Ah, feel the power!"

"That is one well-dressed evil mutant hippo." Leonardo points out.

"Fellas, let's smash this guy." Raphael runs in, his brothers and (Y/N) following behind.

Warren then pleads. "No, smash this guy! This one right here. Me—"

(Y/N) stepped on top of the blonde worm, pulling out her pair of sickles to block the metal rings that were thrown her way. The Hypno swings his metal rings towards the turtles, only for them to leap and dodge his attacks every time. Hypno begins to counter their attacks, a smirk appearing on his face as they all leap towards him at the same time.

"Mezmer-roo!" Hypno shout out, sending vibrations towards them. (Y/N) felt her body move on her own as things went on slow motion. She jumped towards the brothers, pushing them away, and letting the hypnotic vibrations affect her and cause her to black out. Hypno stared at her for a moment, shrugging his shoulders. "Not what I expected, but the show must go on!"

The turtles completely ignored him, going straight to (Y/N) as she floated in the air, not moving a single muscle.

"Oh mi gosh! Is she dead?!" Michelangelo hugged her, already in the brink of tears.

"Does she have a pulse?" Donatello moved around her quickly, checking for a pulse on her wrists and neck, frantically, hoping she was okay. "Does she have a pulse?!"

"(Y/N)!" Raphael cried, shaking her desperately to wake her up, despite the fact that his younger brother was also holding on to her.

"I say we perform CPR immediately!" Leonardo smirked, pushing his brothers aside. "Step aside boys, let your champion do the work his magic." He said, walking towards (Y/N), cupping her cheeks softly. "...How do I do this?" He asked himself quietly, having no idea what he was doing, slowly leaning in to her lips.

"No, I'll do it." Raphael spoke up with a bit of blush taking over his face as he pushed Leonardo's head away from the (H/C) haired woman, earning a small glare from the red-eared slider. "I'm the leader, I should do this!"

"Incorrect!" Donatello let his voice be heard, pushing away both brothers away. "Let your genius brother do the work."

This caused them to start bickering between each other, debating they should be the one to help their (H/C) haired friend from their unconscious state. Michelangelo was only hugging the woman, crying softly.

Hypno-Potamus watched the whole thing, not sure on what to feel. Dispute this, he rubbed his forehead tiredly, deciding to take advantage of this moment and hypnotize them as well. "Mezmer-roo!"

As everyone was distracted, a wave of his hypnotic energy reached their minds, causing them to black out and float in the air. Now all of them were in the same situation as (Y/N) without them knowing.

"That was easy." Hypno-Potamus grinned in surprise, walking towards all five of them as he laughed. "Now, which one should I take care of first, hmm?" He questioned himself. "Big Red? Baby Blue? No." He smirked, turning to the young (H/C) haired woman. "I think I'll start with you, you lovely trickster."

He menaces her, placing his metal rings close to her neck, to which (Y/N) reacted to by grabbing his wrist, shocking him. "That's not supposed to happen. Guess I'll have to go on to extreme measures."

He cackles, slamming her onto the ground. He steps a few feet away from her, manipulating his metal rings beside him as he swings one towards her. But before the woman's unconscious body could react, the metal ring was caught by some blonde hair that belonged to the worm.

"Breaking news." Warren speaks up. "If anyone's gonna end these guys, it's going to be me." He points at himself

"Sorry, who—who—who are you?" Hypno-Potamus asked, clearly confused on who this worm-man was.

"I'm Warren." He replied, before noticing his hair was split in two. He licked his hands, fixing his hair quickly as he glared at the mutant hippo. "I'm Warren 'Bad Boy' Stone. I hate these turtle punks more than anyone, that's why I have to stop you."

Hypno-Potamus laughs at him. "I'm laughing. Prepare to be Mezme-roo!"

"This is really gonna hurt." Warren groaned as he ripped the blue stone off of his chest, holding it out towards Hypno-Potamus. The waves hits the stone, which absorbs it. Warren then pushes the stone outwards towards Hypno-Potamus, flinging the vibrations back at him. Hypno-Potamus blacked out at once, and Warren's blue stone had fallen into the ground and broke into pieces. Warren fell onto the ground, finally back into his normal size and shape, smirking at the finished job. "Lady and turtles. Finally, we can start—"

Leonardo fell on top of him, not feeling the small worm beneath him. Everyone else also fell and woke up from their trance.

"What just happened?" Leonardo questions, sitting up to rub his head.

"(Y/N)! You're okay!" Michelangelo cried out, hugging the air out of the (H/C) haired girl, confusing her. Raphael joined the hug, him himself on the brink of tears to know she was okay. She sighed softly, patting their shells gently as her way to comfort them.

Raphael then got up, placing a foot over the unconscious Hypno-Potamus. "I think we won!" He exclaimed.

"My plan must have worked." Donatello hummed in satisfaction, crossing his arms at proudly.

"And it was my plan to use your plan. You're welcome, everybody." Raphael crossed his arms, a grin growing on his face.

"I think by rejecting him (Y/N) broke his heart. Ooh, sheesh!" Michelangelo had the hippo suit in his hands, throwing it into the ground with a frown. "This suit has too much power."

"Doubt." (Y/N) muttered.

"No!" A voice yelled out, confusing everyone once again as they look around the room. (Y/N) spun Leonardo around, only to find Warren stuck at the bottom of his shell.

(Y/N) reached out for it, pulling it out from the bottom of Leonardo's shell, causing him to blush from embarrassment since the worm-man was on his bottom.

"And you are?" (Y/N) questioned the worm as she lift it up in the air, making the worm groan in frustration.

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台頭 秘密 | RISE SECRETS

► Leonardo spent the rest of the day in his room, flustered by the fact he almost kissed (Y/N), his close friend.m, but was very jealous when both Raphael and Donatello suggested to give you CPR, or in this case, a kiss.
► Warren absolutely hates (Y/N) more than the turtles now.
► Michelangelo is still sad that he didn't get to wear the hippo suit.

【CHESS CLOCK/FAN ART】

► Fan art below was created by: @Crystal____1924 ♡︎

► Fan art below was created by: @Junestar178 ♡︎