[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/CRteBS6.png?1[/img][/center] "O'Neil!" the gruff bark came from the room next to her, nearly causing April to slip off her chair and drop the folder of pictures and notes she had. Jameson had been on the phone about Spider-Man when she walked in. He really did seem to hate the hero more than most things, which was saying something considering all Triple J seemed to like was money and things that made him money. She crossed over into his office, which could only be described as immaculate chaos. One desk along the wall had multiple monitors displaying tomorrow's online version of the Bugle. On the other desk were pages and pages of possible layouts for the print editions. If the Bugle wasn't such a rag, she would have found the process that Jameson was going through amazing and herculean. In reality, his insistence on controlling every little part of the paper was one of its biggest problems. "Ah, good, you're here, what took you so long?" he asked, not looking up from the layouts. "I was waiting out-" "Sure, sure, sure," he waved her off. "If you have pictures, leave them on my secratery's desk when you leave. I'm sure they're great. Listen, I need you to cover an event at the Museum of Natural History on Friday?" "I...what? An Assignment?" she was surprised. In the few weeks she had worked here, all he ever seemed to care about was her getting coffee and some pictures of the turtles. Sending her out on an assignment was a huge new step. "Don't get too big for your britches," he cautioned. "My lifestyle guy got the flu, and is insisting I give him some 'paid time off', whatever the hell that means. So I need you to cover it." "Oh, okay, cool," she didn't care what the reason was. A byline was a byline, right? And she liked going to the museum, so it was a win-win. "What's the event?" "I dunno, they're unveiling some Japanese artifacts they found recently," he motioned to a folder on his desk. "It's black tie. If you need, we can expense a rental for you and a date. But the lowest priced option. We're not made of money." "Uh...okay, Mr. Jameson. I won't let you down!" [hr] "What do you think April wants?" Mikey pondered as the four brothers traversed the New York skyscrapers. They moved like a cohesive unit, flowing from one roof to the next like the wind. Leonardo had come to love these moments above the surface with his brothers, the four of them not needing to speak to one another and instead just moving like a cohesive unit. The four of them were starting to really understand what Splinter's teachings were about, and how they could really be used. All those years in the dojo were now coming to fruition, and Leo couldn't feel better about that. "She said she had some important news on the Foot," Raph responded to his younger brother. "Maybe she finally got an interview with Shredder." "Nah, she probably just misses me," Mikey dismissed Raphael's obviously correct answer. "Who wouldn't miss my magnetic personality?" "Mikey, more like reverse polarity personality," Donnie laughed. He was the only one, and Leo could tell that he was confused as to how, "Get it? Because people want to go away from him? Like...when you try to put the same sides of a magnet together?" "Donnie, really?" Leo shook his head. "Ugh, no one gets me," Donatello sighed. "No, no we do not," Raph agreed as the brothers came to a stop on the rooftop of April's apartment. They climbed down gingerly, making sure not to make too much noise on the fire escape. The last thing they needed was one of the other people in April's apartment complex coming to the window and spotting them. Splinter already wasn't happy they were here so soon after meeting April. He wanted the brothers to watch her, make sure that she could be trusted. Leonardo wasn't going to have any of that, though. She and Casey had made it clear they were in for the long haul when it came to helping out the Turtles. Leo had been far too trusting when it came to Karai. he knew that. But these two were different. There was no ulterior motive to be had or reason for them to betray his family. They needed these allies, and he was going to make sure he kept them. Once they made it to April's apartment, the knocked on the window, and were greeted by April's smiling face, "About time you guys got here! It's almost one in the morning." "Yea, well, we're night owls," Raph shrugged and entered. "Party all night long, guuuuuuurl," Mikey blurted out. "Oh my god," Donnie sighed under his breath. "Good to see you, April," Leo stifled a laugh. "Sorry about my brothers." She shook her head, causing her fire orange hair to wave in a circle, "Trust me, they're no worse than basically every guy at school." Mikey put his hand on her shoulder, "Someone giving you trouble? Want me to take care of him? I can drag him into the sewer. Make sure he's never seen again. Ninja...vanish." Humoring him, she looked at him disapprovingly, "Now why would I want you to ruin your adorable reputation?" Mike spun around to face his brothers, "She thinks I'm adorable!" "Okay, calm down, weirdo," Raphael rolled his eyes. "Your email said you had big news?" Donatello brought the line of questioning back to business. "Oh, right," she headed back to her desk and pulled out a folder, handing it to Don. "I got an assignment from my boss. Didn't seem all that interesting until I started going through the program for the museum unveiling it's for. Take a look, I thin you guys are going to be pleasantly surprised." Don flipped through the pamphlet for a few seconds before his head snapped up, his eyes wide and staring back at April, "There's no way." "I know, right? Almost too good to be true," she nodded with a wide smile on her face. "What is it, Don?" Leo asked. "An exhibit on newly found ninja artifacts. Including, and I quote, 'the legendary Book of the Foot Clan, supposedly containing the prophecies that informed the mysterious ninja clan'." "Holy shit," Raph blurted out. "Yea, that's what I thought you'd say," April beamed. "We need to get our hands on that book," Leo looked at her, and he instantly knew she had a plan.