Finishing the Fight

Finishing the Fight

Finishing the Fight

“Look at those ladies! They need our help, and they need it now!” Leo shouted as the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles leapt into the midst of the fight. Although the ladies had been fighting with all their strength to stay alive, there were just too many Purple Dragons. Shortly after the turtles had joined in the action, all three ladies had been knocked out cold.

It was only after things had slowed down and just a few Purple Dragons were left standing, that Raph noticed them lying on the ground and snarled loudly, “Wouldn’t you know it would take twelve of you scumbags to take on three tough ladies?” The gang members closest to each of the ladies bent to grab their purses. “Oh, wonderful! Now you resort to purse snatching! What next? Stealing candy from babies?”

“Those ladies don’t look rich enough for the Purple Dragons to bother with them. What the shell is going on?” Don questioned.

Mikey leapt in front of the goon who was about to take Sara’s purse and snarled, “I don’t think that purse matches your outfit. Do you?”

“Huh?” the dopey looking Purple Dragon muttered. He looked up at Mikey, and then glanced around for his friends to help him. When he realized most of them were lying in piles on the ground, unconscious or moaning, he screamed, “RUN FOR IT!”

The one grabbing for Elisa’s purse glanced up into Raph’s glaring face, turned a ghastly shade of white and stuttered, “Uh, g-guys, let’s get out of here!” The few who remained standing raced for van at the far end of the alley.

Mikey rubbed his hands together, “Well, that was easy.”

“Yeah, but we can’t just let them go! Come on, guys!” Raph shouted as he lunged toward the cowards.

Leo grabbed Raph by the shoulder as he would have passed him. “Hold it, Hot Head! We need to take care of these three now. We can deal with the Dragons later.”

“Well, what should we do with them?” asked Don. “Take them back to our lair?”

“Yeah. We can’t just leave them lying here.” Mikey stated.

“No, that wouldn’t be safe,” Leo agreed.

Mikey picked Sara up securely, Leo gently picked up Lily and Raph carefully picked Elisa up. Don gathered their purses and shopping bags, then opened the manhole cover so they could climb down into the sewer. He climbed down first and set the bags down, then helped the other three down the ladder with the ladies in their arms.

“Master Splinter is so going to kill us”, said Leo as they carried them into the living room.

Splinter was sitting in the dojo meditating. He slowly opened his eyes. The first one of his sons he saw was Don and a look of mirth filled his eyes. “Unusual accessories these days, my son.”

Don’s cheeks flamed red. “But, but, they’re not mine,” he stuttered, quickly dropping the purses and bags on the coffee table.

As Splinter chuckled, he noticed movement in the doorway. He looked and his eyes grew large with unasked questions.

You can learn more about what happens in the turtle’s lair in my next story, Surprise!