//------------------------------// // Light Morning & Dark Night // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: The Birthday Bounty Bash // by AmethystMajesty25 //------------------------------// It was a beautiful morning in the Turtle Lair, Leo, Donnie, and Raph were eating breakfast. Mikey came by and said, “Good morning, bros!” Mikey yelled. “Morning.” The three turtles replied. “Guess what? Mutation Day is happening in a few days!” Mikey yelled. The other three realized and forgot that it was Mutation Day, feeling dumbfounded already. The day that the Turtles were turned into mutants. “Oh yeah, Mutation Day. Well umm, Happy Mutation Day to us.” Leo said. “Happy Mutation Day to us!” The rest of them yelled and drank their orange juices. They were all eating their breakfast until they were finished. “Man, it has been quite a year since we became mutants. But you know, it made our daily lives a bit much easier thanks to our friends.” Leo informed them. “Yep. We traveled to all kinds of dimensions and defeated many villains from our past. Like the Shredder and his Evil Foot Clan, his mutant henchmen, Hun and the Purple Dragons, Kavaxas the Dragon Demon, the Triceraton Empire, Lord Dregg, villains from other dimensions and Equestria. “And we also made friends with humans in Canterlot and some from our hometown. They aren’t afraid of us anymore. Maybe can finally go to the beach, the movies, and everything that people do during that day!” Mikey cheered. “Let’s not forget we made allies in our city like The Mutanimals, Utrom, Shadowbolts, Karai, Shini, Casey, and my favorite person in the whole wide world, April O’neil.” Donnie blushed and sighed after mentioning her. The other three turtles giggled. “Yeah,” Then Donnie felt upset and said, “However, it’s ashamed that we can’t celebrate our birthday without Master Splinter. He taught us how to defend ourselves by using the ways of Ninjitsu.” “Sensei was like a father to us. He took care of us, fed us food, helped us with our battles, and always know how to made us smile no matter how dark, things will get.” Raph added, also feeling sorrow. “He will always be in our hearts and we’ll never let him down.” Leo said. Mikey cheered, “Amen, brother!” “Okay, let’s finish our breakfast before we pay our respects to Sensei.” Leo informed his brothers. “Right.” They said. After they ate their breakfast, they went to his room with a picture of Splinter and light up the room with candles. The four turtles knelt down and paid their respects to their fallen master. Minutes later, they went to the rooftops of a building and patrolled around New York City. “I understand that you want to patrol around the city, but can we just hang out with our friends all day please?” Mikey begged Leo. “Well, if there’s not much any suspicious activity around here, we’ll go to Canterlot City and call the Rainbooms as well as other friends.” Leo answered. “Sweet.” Mikey said, feeling excited. After their sweet time of patrolling for an hour or half, Raph informed them, “There’s not much activity around here. Can we just call it a day and go to Canterlot City please?” Mikey joined in and said, “C’mon Leo, let’s just have fun with our friends with no villains lurking around.” Donnie called, “What do you think, Leo? It’s your call.” Leo thought about it and his brothers wondered what he’ll say next. So, he said, “Well, I guess we can take a break and hang out with our friends. So yeah, let’s head to Canterlot City and see what our friends are up to today.” The three turtles cheered, feeling happy with Leo’s decision. “Then it’s settled, I’ll call April and our other friends and tell them that we’re going to be at Canterlot City.” Donnie said. Mikey cheered, “Oh yeah! Let’s go, my bros!” The Ninja Turtles ran to the rooftops and traveled to Canterlot City to hang out with their best friends, The Rainbooms. Last Night A bunch of villains gathered around for a secret meeting of some sort in Baxter Stockman’s lair. There was Hun and the Purple Dragons, Night Terror and the Purple Nightmares, Armaggon, Xever, Touch and Go, and... Nah, you’ll find out soon enough. Kraang Subprime entered the room along with Baxter Stockman. He stood in front of the podium and cleared his voice before speaking through the mic, “Ahem, thank you all for coming here today for a very important meeting. I, Kraang Subprime, have partnered up with someone who is willingly to offer you all some valuable money. So ladies and gents, I present to you. Black Mask.” Black Mask entered the room with his white tuxedo on and two of his personal henchmen, but he didn’t get any applause from the crowd except Kraang Subprime. His two henchmen guarded him as he stood in front of the podium and said, “Thank you, thank you. My name is Roman Sionis, but everyone calls me Black Mask. I am a very generous person and crime boss. Now, some of you who are from this dimension want to get your dirty, little hands on the so-called heroes who have defeated you. And some of you who are from a different dimension like me wants to take a break from the caped crusaders that we fought in the past.” “So what’s in it for us, Black Mask?” Kraang Subprime asked. “I'm glad you asked. Because by tomorrow, it's all going to change. I’m offering you all $10,000,000 to kill these heroes.” Black Mask presented them pictures of the Ninja Turtles and Rainbooms in the big screen from a big computer monitor. Hun, Night Terror, Xever, Armaggon and other villains were not too pleased to see their faces. The other new villains were not familiar with them. “Ten million dollars huh? What’s in it for you?” Armaggon said. “Are you deaf or something Sharkboy?” Black Mask questioned him. Armaggon felt insulted and growled at him, but Xever and Hun restrained him. Black Mask said, “Hey! Calm down! Relax! If you want to get paid, you gotta listen to what I have to say or else you get nothing.” “Fine.” Armaggon replied. Hun and Xever backed off and let him go. Then, someone spoke up and said, “I hope you’re not The Joker under that mask again.” Black Mask laughed, “And what makes you think of that,” He then drew his gun and aimed at the vigilante who wore a visor and wrist-mounted guns, but he aimed at Black Mask back, turning into a standoff. “Deadshot.” He said. “Oh nothing. Just curious. Besides, these "Turtles" won’t see me coming.” Deadshot said, making his point to Black Mask. “You’re right, these kids haven’t see you what you’re capable of,” Black Mask laughed and put his gun away as Deadshot put his arm down. “I will look forward to that. The rest of you, I want you all to get some sleep. Rest well. Because by tomorrow, we got work to do. Any more questions?” The crowd of villains all stood still, not wanting to answer. “Good. Meeting adjourned.” Black Mask said, leaving the stage. As the rest of the villains left, Kraang Subprime asked him, “Hey Roman. Are you sure this bounty is going to work?” Black Mask sighed and got angry, looking at Kraang Subprime straight in the eyes, “Of course I’m sure. Because the last time I hosted a bounty was on CHRISTMAS EVE! I was tied up by the Joker and he took EVERYTHING from me! He stole my plan and killed my girl! If you think I’m the Joker this time, then you got another thing coming. I’m the real deal! And no one can stop me, not even the Joker, Batman, or these kids running around in your area! So you better watch what you’re saying and I hope you come up with a plan to take your enemies down. Because if you don’t, I’ll pretty much cut your tongue and tentacles and use your tech to sell it to the black market or use it for my own personal gain. Do I make myself clear?!” Kraang Subprime felt afraid and said, “Umm, okay. Yes sir. I’ll take care of it.” Black Mask walked away and entered his limo and took off his mask. He said to his limo driver, “Take me to the nearest hotel.” “Yes sir.” She replied and drove him to the nearest hotel. “I cannot wait to see what I have in store for these kids.” He laughed, waiting for the right time to meet the Ninja Turtles and Rainbooms.