Dedicated to Shorty0908, because she was awesome enough to write a story dedicated to me, so I sorta felt bad about it, so here it is, my very own version to her A Chance to Love, hence adding the 2.0 to the title.
Note: This version is darker then the other, and OCs will act differently then in Shorty0908's version of this story.
Summery: Sets three years after the 2007 movie. After rescuing two women in the sewers, Don and Raph start to have feelings for them. But the only problem is, they're on the run from the government, will they survive or will they fall apart?
Disclaimer: I don't own TMNT or the OCs Shorty0908; all I own are Kat, and the other OCs that I create
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A Chance to Love 2.0: Part 1
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A young woman pushed and shoved through the crowd as the loud music blared loudly at the other side of the room. She let out a sigh of relief as she walked towards the bar, sitting down.
"The things I do for you, Kat," she smirked at the waitress that was leaning on the bar's counter.
"Well, you're here early," the waitress cracked a grin.
"Hey, I have to be here early," the woman shook her head, "so, did he show up?"
Kat shook her head, "Min, he hasn't shown up here since the last time you threatened his life, after what happened last month."
"Well, how much more time do you have on this shift?" Min asked, tapping her fingers on the hard table, "You've been working here since it opened at four."
"I have another half hour," Kat rolled her eyes, before smiling, "Do you want anything?"
"The usual," Min grinned, showing pearly white teeth.
Kat nodded curtly, before grabbing all the things she needed to fix her friend's alcoholic beverage.
"Kat, where's Larry?"
"He's around here somewhere, he asked me to take over about an hour ago," Kat looked up, as she began pouring the ingredients into a cup.
Min made a face, "That man, he's the manager, but he isn't even doing his job right! And you should be doing that teaching job you've been dreaming about!"
"I only have three days until I leave for good, and get my last paycheck," Kat stated, starting to mix the beverage.
"Well, we should be getting back before that Son of a Bitch ex-boyfriend of yours shows up," Min shook her head, "I swear, next time I see him I will kick his sorry ass. Hurting you like that was the last straw!"
Kat sighed a bit, "Please don't talk about that right now."
She handed Min her drink.
Min nodded, before taking a sip, "You make the best Margaritas, Larry is so gonna beg for you to come back when you're gone."
"Like I'd come back," Kat shook her head, "the reason I got this job was because I needed money."
"We were in collage, and we just graduated three months ago," Min stated, "Kat, I'm just glad you're getting that teaching job."
"Yeah," Kat shook her head, "but I'm not exactly teaching I'm an assistant teacher."
"I know, but soon you'll be a full fledged teacher," Min stated.
"Yo, Kat!"
Kat looked up to see a tall muscular man walking towards the bar, "Yer shift is over, go home!"
Min drained the last of her drink before setting it on the counter, along with a crisp ten dollar bill, "Keep the change, Kat."
"You're only going to make me pay it back," Kat shook her head, "And in a minute Larry, I gotta finish this up!"
Larry shook his head, "Women."
Kat frowned, "Men."
Kat grabbed the couple of dollar bills that were the change, and then grabbed her coat and purse, sighing, "Okay, let's get out of here before Larry blows a gasket."
Min laughed, "It's not like you wanna go out there with a dress that short on!"
Kat slipped on the jacket, before exiting the bar area, "Let's just get home so I can go to bed."
Min nodded, standing up. The two young women walked out of the club side by side, unaware of the six pairs of eyes admiring them from afar, and would soon be closing in.
"So, describe the crowd that you had to serve tonight, Kat," Min stated.
"Min lets just say the first guys I served just gave me the willies," Kat stated, "I mean, they acted as if they'd never seen a woman work at a bar and kept on drooling over it. Then they got drunk."
Min made a face, "Shoot, they were flirting with you?"
Kat nodded solemnly.
"BARTENDER LADY!" a voice hiccupped from behind them, "YOU FORGOT MY KISS!"
The two girls whirled around, "Uh, Kat, are they the creeps that you told me about."
"Yeah, Min."
"Just ignore them; they'll probably back off," Min stated, "they're too drunk to even chase us."
"I don't know," Kat blinked, "I've seen some drunken people run really fast."
"Come on."
"Hey Bartender Lady, who's your friend?" another voice called drunkly.
The two women walked on.
"Why are ya babes ignoring us?"
It didn't take long before the six men to start to try to try to catch up with the two women, who just hurried their footsteps. This continued until the two were at a full on run, with the six men galloping after them.
"Okay, so my plan didn't work," Min stated.
"Min, we gotta find a way to get them off our tails," Kat panted.
"Turn here," the two women turned into an alley, only to freeze seeing orange and white striped signs that said that men were working in the sewers, and then a sign saying they were on a break. The men were gaining on them fast.
"Shit! Okay, Kat, you go first."
Kat nodded without question, slipping inside the gaping hole, climbing down quickly. Min followed afterwards.
"The men are coming," she hissed, "that means we have to keep running."
Kat nodded slightly, before the two began running for their lives in the cold dark sewer tunnel, six dark men chasing after them soon afterwards.
Donatello glanced at the security monitor. Earlier that day he had picked up Sewer Workers, and soon after, by Leonardo's orders, all four turtles were forbidden to go into the sewers.
The only problem was it was the only way for them to go topside.
Raphael was pissed because of that, and even though he and Leonardo had gotten over that little grudge for their leader leaving for a year over his predicted time of training.
The still got into fights, but it wasn't as bad as they were when Leonardo had returned three years prior.
He let out a sigh, closing his eyes and rubbing his temples. He had just finished working with his last customer for the night, as was getting ready to hit the hay. He glanced at the security monitor again, frowning slightly.
His eyes widened slightly at the sight of two young women running past the camera, soon to be followed by six drunken man.
"Damn it," he hissed.
"Donnie, who woulda thought," he turned in his seat, glaring at his red banded brother slightly.
"Raph, now's not the time," he stood up, "two young women are being chased in the sewers, and since the sewer workers are gone."
Raph blinked, before a smirk formed on his lips, "Oh, this is gonna be fun."
His hands were already twitching in anticipation, "Too bad Fearless is gonna miss this."
"I'm going to miss what?"
Raph spun around, glaring at Leonardo slightly, "Do ya wanna prove that chivalry is still alive?"
Leonardo looked at Don, "What's going on?"
Don sighed, "You'll find out after we get out there, but somebody's gotta wake up Mikey."
Raph cracked his knuckles, "I'll do it."
Don and Leo winced when they suddenly heard Mikey being pulled off the couch, landing on the floor with a thud.
"Well, that's effective," Don sighed.
"CRAP!" Min growled, "Why did we have to run into a damn dead in!"
Kat glanced back, wringing her hands as sweat covered the palms of her hands, "We can't go back."
Min glared at the barrier made of boards, "It fucking stinks down here."
She was only doing it for Kat, trying to get her friend's mind off what was going to happen to them because of these drunken men.
I can't believe she's going to have to go through this kind of pain again, if I can't kick these guys' butts.
Min knew Kat could defend herself slightly, but whenever she is threatened, she'd back down immediately, letting whoever was harassing her to come into control.
Chewing her lip nervously, Kat turned and pressed her back against the boarded barrier, watching as the shadows of the men drew closer. She could hear their mocking laughter.
"Min, I'm scared."
Min frowned, "Look, I won't let them touch you, not after what your bastard ex did."
"Bartender Lady, you and yer friend shouldn't do that," the man in the lead hiccupped as he came upon the two; "ya know what happens when they run."
Min growled, "You creep!"
She threw a left hook at the guy, punching him square at the junction of his jaw. A loud crackechoed off the sewer walls.
"D'mn!" he grabbed his jaw, fighting back a howl of pain.
"You little bitch!"
Min felt a surge of pain as she felt a stinging slap on the side of her face, causing her head to snap sideways, making her dazed for a few seconds. It gave the man enough time to grab a hold of her.
She began to struggle, "LET ME GO YOU, FREAK!"
Kat tried to make herself appear smaller as she began to put pressure on the wall, but she let out a sudden whimper when she felt someone roughly grab her, forcing her in a standing position.
She could feel her left patella slide out of place as she lost her balance slightly as she was suddenly pulled form the position. She winced slightly.
She knew it would be swelling in the morning.
Min clenched her teeth, "I thought I told you to let me go, ya son of a bitch!"
She couldn't help but snap her head back as she heard Kat yelped. Her eyes narrowed ferociously seeing two of the men surrounding her, one holding her in place, and one who had his hand held up high to repeat the action of slapping her across the face.
She struggled.
"Leave her alone!" she shouted.
"Ya heard the lady," a thick accented voice called from the shadows, "And how about ya let both of 'em go, while yer at it."
"What the fuck, you can't tell us what to do!" the drunken man behind her laughed, "You're invisible!"
These guys are idiots.
"Wow, these guys are dumb," a surfer voice laughed from the shadows.
"And this coming from you?" a third voice stated a slight bit of humor in his voice.
"Hey!"
A loud irritated sigh was heard, and the man with the broken jaw was the first to be dragged into the shadows, only to be thrown back out unconscious.
Min cursed her luck when she realized she was being pinned down by three of the six, but it didn't stop her from glancing back as Kat trembled in the last two's grasps, eyes wide and child like, just like the day when she appeared at her apartment doorway after what her ex-boyfriend did to her.
Her head snapped back to the shadows, and her eyes widened slightly as four large humanoid turtles stepped out.
"I see ya boys didn't take the hint," the one wearing a red mask over his eyes stated, reaching into his belt, pulling out a pair of Sais, and began twirling them, a large smirk plastered on his face.
SMACK!
Min suddenly snapped her head back in horror, her eyes wide as she heard a small whimper escape from Kat. The man actually slapped her for the second time. She nearly began to struggle, but suddenly stopped when two blurs slipped past her, one was orange and green, the other purple and green.
Her mind drew back as she felt the man that was holding her captive was ripped away from her. She winced when she heard the wet sound of his nose breaking, as the other two were knocked into unconsciousness as the handles of the Sais were brought down onto their heads, hard.
"Miss, are you alright?" she looked up at the turtle in the blue mask.
She nodded slightly, before glancing at Kat who was leaning on the turtle in the purple mask, taking deep breathes, trying not to go into a state of shock. She drew in a deep breathe, before turning to the one in the red mask, brow furrowing.
Something about that one was strangely familiar, though she couldn't place her finger on it. As if they met before, but the only other time she'd been rescued was by the distant Nightwatcher character that disappeared years ago.
Glancing at the one in the orange mask, she noticed how he kept on saying something to Kat softly, a bright smile on his face, and she watched the one in the purple mask make an irritated face.
Finding her voice she finally asked, "Who are you guys?"
"The main question is why these dick heads were chasin' ya," the one in the red mask stated crossly.
She narrowed her eyes, "Why do ya think they were chasing us? I mean, they saw her at the Club that is near by, because she works there, and she served them. They flirted with her, and then left her alone. I came there to pick her up and walk back to our apartment and these goons followed us, which turned into chasing. Happy?"
He snorted, "Typical."
The one in the blue mask turned to him, narrowing his eyes, "Lay off. Don't loose your temper here, at least not now."
Min found herself turning, walking towards Kat, "Are you okay?"
Kat looked at Min, her hands resting on the purple masked turtle's plastron, whispering, "I-I think I twisted my knee."
The one in the purple mask suddenly glanced at the other three; they were all having a silent conversation with their eyes.
The one in blue spoke up, "We'll take you to our home, and we'll give you your answers there."
The one in red frowned, "I got somewhere I gotta be."
"Come on, bro, it's not everyday we rescue humans our age, and get to take them home with us," the one in orange piped up, glancing at Kat, a bright grin on his face, "and cute ones, too."
Min fought back the urge to glare at the orange masked turtle. She was overprotective of her friend, and she knew she had to be.
"Fine," she finally nodded.
She watched in silence when the purple banded turtle gently picked her friend up bridal style, "I'll take a look at your knee when we get there."
She watched as Kat nodded her head childishly.
"Come on," she felt someone pull her arm, and she turned her head to see the impatient red banded turtle, "We gotta get goin' before these goons wake up."
"Whatever," she rolled her eyes, before she followed after the blue and red turtles, standing between the orange masked turtle, and the purple masked turtle.
The walk was silent except for the occasional rat letting out a squeal in surprise as the group walked forward. She watched in silence as the blue banded turtle pulled a pipe above a wall, a stone door opening.
Min drew in a deep breath, glancing at Kat. She could tell that she was very timid about being surrounded by four males, and being carried by one of them. The may have been mutants, but they were male none the less.
Her nightmares are going to start up again.
"Psst," she snapped out of her thoughts, and stared at the orange masked mutant, "Come on."
Her eyes widened when she entered the sewer home.
It's huge!
She began absorbing every little detail of the room, but the soft sound of a walking stick caused her to turn towards the source. A giant humanoid rat stared at her for a few moments, before bringing a stern gaze towards the turtle in the blue mask.
"Leonardo, please explain why you and your brothers brought these two young women to our home?" he demanded.
"Father, I can explain," his eyes suddenly darted towards the turtle in the purple mask.
"Then please explain, my son," he stated.
"While I was in inspection of the security images located in that particular part of the sewers…"
"And you saw these two women were in trouble?"
"Yes, Father."
The old rat's eyes rested on Min, "Why did you bring them here?"
Before the blue masked turtle could answer she spoke up, "I was curious, and I'm sorry if we caused any problems. And I don't think I could have gotten my friend to move."
She motioned towards Kat who was in the purple banded turtle's arms.
"I see," he nodded, "but first, I would wish to tell the tale of how we have come to be."
Min nodded, "Thank you…"
"Splinter," he stated.
She smiled, "I'm Mindy, but please call me Min," she motioned to Kat; "she's Kathy, but you can call her Kat if you want to."
Moments later Min was clasping Kat's hand, listening to the tale of the origin of these five mutant heroes.
"Finding a renaissance book, I soon gave them all names," Master Splinter looked at four sons.
"Leonardo," the one in the blue mask stood up, bowing.
"Donatello," the one in the purple mask nodded, smiling slightly.
"Michelangelo," the one in the orange mask sent the two women a flirtatious grin, winking at them, and making a clicking sound. Min rolled her eyes.
"And Raphael," the one in the red mask smacked Michelangelo in the back of the head.
"OW!"
"Call me Raph," he stated.
"I must warn you that there will be consequences if you reveal our existence to the world above," Master Splinter stated.
"W-who would b-believe us if we told anyone?"
All eyes rested on Kat.
"You may be surprised."
Min blinked in confusion, as Splinter stood up, and went into the direction of a room with candles glowing in the doorway, "I will meditate on this."
The doors sealed behind him, and Min glanced at the four turtles, "So…"
Raph let out an irritated sound, "I'm goin' ta bed, wake me up when they're gone."
Min narrowed her eyes, "Hey, you don't have to be a jerk."
Raph froze in mid step, turning to her his eyes narrowed, "And who died and made you Queen?"
Min growled, "Well, you don't have to be a smart ass about it!"
Donatello sighed shaking his head, "Raph, remember they're our guests, and what you said before was rude and inconsiderate."
"You stay outta this, Donnie!" Raph snapped looking at his brother eyes narrowed.
Donnie sighed, "Leo…"
"I'm way ahead of you, Don," Leo sighed, "Raph, lay off, you know better then act like this towards a guest."
"Well, she shoulda just stayed outta my business, and not call me a jerk!"
"Maybe because you are!"
Raph frowned.
Damn, she's hot when she's pissed.
"Mikey, get me an ice pack, a towel, and some athletic bandages," Don stated.
"Okay, brain," Mikey snickered, before leaping off the couch. Don let out a frustrated sigh.
Raph drew in a deep breath, calming his nerves slightly, "What do ya want from me?"
Min blinked, "Maybe I would like to get to know you."
Raph felt a smirk form on his face.
Ya really want ta get to know me.
"Well, maybe ya shouldn't be a Smart Ass," he stated.
Min rolled her eyes, "I get that from Kat all the time, but it sounds plain wrong coming from you."
Leo shook his head, sighing in irritation.
PLEASE R&R!
I hope you guys liked Part 1! I especially want to hear from you Shorty0908 to see how well I did, and how you like this version of it!
Preview to Part 2:
"Androphobia means fear of males," Don stated, "And genophobia means…"
His voice trailed off.
"Well?" Raph pushed.
"Fear of sexual intercourse," he murmured.
"You mean she was…" Mikey's voice was caught in his throat.