Be our Guest
Needless to say, Mikey's head was pounding like a deep bass drum the following morning, he sits up slowly holding it groaning low and miserably. He looks to his left finding his mask folded neatly along with a Hangover cure drink and mints. He drinks the drink first and pops the mint in his mouth while tying his mask back on, he gets up putting his gear back on and finds they had been cleaned and treated, they smelled like Peach and Dragon's blood, his favorite.
Once he gets downstairs his hangover almost gone, but still a little groggy, he gets a better look at the place; yeah it still looked basically like Nerd/Gamer/Collector heaven to him. The sounds of grunts and cries rings in his ears from across the room and he heads for what looked a gym or workout room, he peeks into the door and finds Puck sparring with a few young ninjas.
Yells and Kiyups ring through her gym as she kicks, punches, throws and tackles her opponents with practiced ease, then the newbies brought out weapons, Puck pulls a weapon from her belt on her back, and it was a three-section staff like the Inazuma that Mikey had in the Ninja tribunal. He stands just inside of the door, but one of the newbs looking up at him got Puck's attention, “Hey mikey, how's your head?” Mikey pats it lightly, “Doing better now that i'm up and awake, I didn't know you were a fighter”
Puck swings her weapon, “about 5 years running, one of the best” the look on Mikey's face must have been an automatic response from being with his brothers for 19 years, as well as his scoff, “You up for some morning sparring to prove my statement??” Mikey blinks, but then a smile creeps across his face, “so I'm a guest in your home as well as a guest fighter....?” puck smirks playfully.
Mikey and Puck stand opposite one another, Mikey draws his chucks and swings them expertly tucking each club under his arms. Puck swings her with the same amount of expertise taking her stance after her display, the Ninja newbies on the side were all making bets on who would go down first. Some bet Puck, others bet Mikey, both betting how they go down and who gives up in the middle of the fight.
Both Mutants charge eachother and start fighting and sparring using their most basic attacks mixed with a few self-taught tricks, mikey making a few sweeping and swiping moves with his feet and chucks. Puck making sweeping motions of her own using her arms and her sectioned staff and even her wings, Mikey however had a slight advantage; being quicker on his feet and familiar with puck's weapon he knew how to get around it and attack at the right time.
Mikey makes a sweeping move that throws Puck off balance and kicks her Staff out of her hands and away from her, however in turn, Puck knocks his nunchucks out of his hands flicking them to the back of the gym. They both fight hand-to-hand for a few moments until Mikey pins Puck to the mat, some of the younger ninjas gasping since no one's ever been able to pin Puck before.
While laying there their eyes remained locked into eachother, panting from the exercise Puck's breath heated mikey's face as well as his to hers. He felt his face flushing again, how and why did this girl have such an affect on him, one of the ninja clearing his throat snapped them back to reality as they roll off eachother and stand up, “You see, if you Genin dedicated yourselves to training like Master karai wants you to, maybe you'd be half as good as Mikey here”
she pats his arm then walks to the other side of the dojo getting her weapon. The Ninja bow to mikey and puck before leaving, Mikey collects his Nunchucks and jogs up to Puck all excited, “That was awesome!!! where'd you learn to do that!?” Puck chuckles putting her staff back on the wall, “Master Karai taught me how to fight in order to protect myself and the orphans”
now mikey was sure he was in an alt. Universe since he was sure Karai wouldn't show care for orphans unless there was an ulterior motive behind it like how Shredder played “Millionaire Philanthropist cleaning up the city” all the while gathering Triceraton tech to build a ship in order to leave earth. But this Karai sounded genuine in what she wanted to happen for the city, needless to say, it was a little mind-blowing with what he was seeing of this world.
He wished his brothers were there to experience it for themselves, he also missed their touch, their smells, the way raph held him just right so he felt protected, the way Leo guides him so he wouldn't be lost, the way he can talk to don about anything.
Puck's hand on his shoulder snaps him back to reality, “You okay?” Mikey smiled at her nodding, “Yeah babe, i'm alright, I was just thinking about my brothers is all. I miss them” Puck smiled at him and hugs him one-armed offering comfort, “I know how you feel” Mikey puts an arm around her waist hugging her back, and her scent hits his nose like a sledgehammer, suddenly his heart started racing to the point where he thought he'd faint like an old lady.
which would be embarrassing enough in front of his brothers, forget in front of a super-hot mutant bat-girl, “Wait what?” he says aloud without realizing it, “huh?” puck chirps out confused. Mikey blushed furiously, now thoroughly embarrassed, forget fainting like an old lady, talking randomly without a subject was worse. He shook it off as being spacey and just follows puck out of the building as they head for a video store.
puck looks around trying to find a good movie for the night to watch with Mikey, but it would turn out to be a less than quiet afternoon, “Master Puck Master Puck!!!” a Cat mutant comes running up to her, “Easy Klunk, easy, what's wrong?” she stops him as he tries catching his breath, Mikey shoots a look and it was Klunk, or a mutant version of him, same orange tabby with a white-tipped tail as the stray he found one Christmas, “The weasels are back” Puck growls and leaves with Mikey following closely, “weasels?” he asks figuring they were bad news given Puck's reaction.
She explains that the Weasels were a gang of weasel mutants lead by a Cougar Mutant with a metal face plate over one eye called Verminator, nicknamed that once upon a time ago cuz he lead the charge against Cockroach mutants that were infesting Brooklyn. But after the war he kept trying to find excuses and reasons to fight and keep killing when Karai along with General Hun opted to find other means cuz too many lives were being lost and the war was at a stalemate at the time
“So he defected and went off on his own to try to prove something, only to build a gang of weasel mutants that raid the boroughs and queens for stuff they don't need and for what doesn't belong to them.” So basically your standard petty thugs, only instead of Purple Dragons like back home, it was weasels, Mikey already knew the rest of the story without being told what it was and decided to help out.
After reaching Queens Puck looks around, she didn't have to look far since the weasels didn't make it a point of being quiet when they raided anything, “Verminator X” Verm turns and sees Puck, “Evangeline Puck, how nice to see you again my dear. Who is this, a new boy-toy for you to play with, or are you gonna dump him cold after a while like you did with me?” Puck clenches a fist, mikey looks between them doubting puck ever liked a guy this sleazy.
The weasels gather around Verm and chide, cat-call and tease Puck, “You're the one that left Verm, only because Master Karai and Hun wouldn't agree with you still wanting to fight a war that wasn't going anywhere with all the killing.” Verminator growls, “IF they HAD followed my way,t he war would have ended with our enemies fallen and crushed and broken at my feet!” Puck reaches to her back, “And that's what they were trying to avoid, we lost too many and got no where, the solution that our masters came up with was a good one, it saved lives” Verm draws his gun aiming at her
“Enough talk, I know you're here to stop me from taking these electronics, you're not going to succeed, I need them for my men to remain entertained” the weasels all yell and squeak cheering him, “And don't flatter yourself about my petty crime puck, it's not the profit, it's the pleasure” Puck sneers at him, “It's a lot less pleasurable and more costly than you think!!” she leaps off the ground throwing kunai at Verm and his little critter groupies.
Verm takes off from the ground and starts shooting at her while Mikey fights the weasels that charged him, not that it was a challenge, “Look a Fox!!” the weasels all squeal fearfully and ran off, mikey shakes his head in disbelief, “Yeesh...like fighting kindergarteners....” he looks up waving playfully at Verm, “Idiot ermines....” Puck punches him in the face and stoops backward ready for a kick but stops when he draws a gun on her.
“You forget my dear, I bring guns to my parties” Puck narrows her eyes, then opens her mouth taking a deep breath, “Mikey cover your ears!” Mikey does so without hesitating and Puck lets off a sonic screech that destroys all the glass in the area along with Verm's weapons falling apart from the vibrations of her voice.
Verm forced to fly away like a loser, he takes off before his ears bleed leaving his merchandise behind, Puck flutters to the ground and ran up to Mikey, “Nice move tricking those weasels.” Mikey rubs the back of his head being all bashful, “Naw, it was nothin' you weren't too bad yourself babe, but what's the story with you and dog-face?” Puck scoffs
“Don't pay attention to what he says, he thinks i'm his girl just cuz he saved me from a giant albino Croc one time” Mikey kriks a brow ridge remembering the story raph and leo told them when they were kids. Puck settles with the owner of the electronics store by giving him 5 diamonds for the damage and replacing his appliances, not that he needed 5 diamonds, probably one of them would have been more than enough on it's own, but that was puck, generous and with a big enough heart to fit the world. Mikey sure was glad to be a guest in her world as it is, and finds himself falling fast and hard for this local protector.
