[Fanfic] Seven Shredders

[IcyKali]

Author's note: Hello! This is the fanfiction I was talking about in my intro thread. Before the story, I'd like to say that this takes place after the old cartoon ended, so Dregg is gone, but the tone is more like the earlier seasons of the show. If the tone doesn't fit, let me know. I will try to keep everyone in character, though. First time writing the TMNT; critique is welcome! Um, also, is there a way to indent paragraphs? This formatting looks kinda ugly to me....

Anyway, let's begin!


Seven Shredders

“In other news, researchers everywhere are still puzzled by the mysterious multi-colored lights sighted over our city last evening…”

“Aw, come on! I’m sick of old news. When’s April’s live broadcast gonna be on?”

“Raph, don’t you think that unexplained stellar phenomena are fascinating? Why, if I were a researcher…”

It had been a slow time for our favorite turtles. Lord Dregg was long gone, and now the normal criminal activity in the Big Apple just didn’t seem like enough to test their newfound skills. All they had to do on a summer night was wait for a new report from their friend April, hoping for a crime they could stop, or consign themselves to watching Killer Artichokes from Outer Space III for the fifth time.

Suddenly, Michelangelo came out of the kitchen. “Dudes,” he said. “Come taste my new pizza recipe! You guys are going to love it!”

“What is it, Michelangelo?” asked Leonardo, who had been attempting to meditate on the floor.

“I call it Meta-Pizza! It’s a pizza, with smaller pizzas on top like pepperoni! I would have put even smaller pizzas on those, but I can’t find small enough pizzas. Hey, maybe you could invent a pizza-shrinking ray, Donny!”

“Oh, let it go, Michelangelo, April’s live news report is finally on!” said Donatello.

Indeed, there on the TV was April, and she looked nervous. The turtles knew it had to be bad, considering that she always said that danger was her middle name.

“This is April O’ Neil reporting! No-one can believe their eyes, because on top of the Scientific Research Center building, not just one, but two Shredders have been sighted fighting with each other! That’s right, everyone, the old public enemy number one is back, twice! We can only sit and hope that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can help us in our time of need!” Then, she added, softly, “That means you, guys!”

“I don’t believe it! How can this be?” Leonardo leapt to his feet.

“I feel the same way, dude,” said Michelangelo. ”I thought April stopped breaking the fourth wall like that ages ago!”

Splinter had been watching the report as well. “It appears that the Shredder has learned an ancient Ninjitsu image-splitting technique, my sons. It will be difficult to stop him!” he said, gravely.

“We can deal with that later, Master Splinter. What I’m wondering is, how did he get back from Dimension X?” said Leonardo.

“Oh, boy, this is just the sort of insanity we needed,” said Raphael. “I’ve got a feeling that this’ll be a long fanfiction.”

“Now isn’t the time for sarcasm, Raphael,” said Leonardo. “To the Turtle Van!”