Family is Forever

Al Be Back: Part 2

Aria's POV:

Leo peeks out behind the curtain as the rest of us get ready backstage.

Leo: "Ok, look, I'm excited for the gig, but this place is crawling with Albertos."

Donnie: "So?"

Leo: "Last time we met one, things didn't go so well, remember?"

Donnie: "I do not."

Leo: "You turned a cuddly animatronic bear into a psychotic robot bent on destroying us. No? Got our girlfriends fired? Hmm, nothing?"

Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. Since the homecoming dance, April and Leo have been dating for over a month. Hence, my winning $10 each from Mikey and Raph.

Donnie: "That does not sound like me, no."

Me: "Also, Donnie didn't get us fired since we quit before that could happen. So, technically, not his fault."

Donnie and I fist-bump in the victory of the debate as Mikey listens to the crowd from behind the curtain.

Mikey: "Can you hear that? This crowd is wild for us, guys."

Raph: *deep voice* "We are so good, we don't even need to play to make people go crazy, baby."

Leo: "Are you guys ready for our lives to change?"

I pull back the curtain to find the audience harassed by the Albeartos, but Mikey's facing the other way, so he mistakes the screams as cheering.

Mikey: "Woot, there it is! Our first bloodcurdling shrieks of love."

Leo: "Those bots are running our gig!"

Mikey turns to follow our gazes with a look of surprise.

Donnie: "As well as harassing hundreds and hundreds of people."

Leo: "Which is ruining our gig."

Raph: "Let's get 'em."

Me: "It's ninja time!"

The five of us split up to take on separate groups of bots on our own.

Leo: "It's one thing to trap innocent people in a park of doom-"

Leo whacks two bots with his guitar while I take the kids they cornered off to safety.

Leo: "It's another to ruin our first gig."

One of the bots approaches Leo from the side, but Mikey jerks it away with his kusari-fundo.

Mikey: "Flingabunga!"

Then, Donnie takes care of the one riding the pirate ship by whacking him off the plank with his bo staff.

Donnie: "Mizzenmast!"

Meanwhile, Raph approaches another bot while posing with his microphone.

Raph: "Did someone call soul patrol?"

Raph lunges forward to hit the bear with his microphone, but it dodges and lunges its hands toward him. So, I leap forward to do a roundhouse kick, sending the bear into a food truck.

Me: "And pop goes the bear-bot!"

Raph and I fist-bump as the others rush over to our side.

Raph: "Nice one, sis. All right, we beat those Beartos."

Mikey: "Yeah, but we lost all our loving fans."

Donnie: "Hey, what's that vaguely familiar guy doing?"

Donnie directs our attention to the original Albearto as he jams his fist into the power box of a satellite, sending out a signal for the other bear-bots to turn evil as they slowly stalk towards us.

Donnie: "These animatronic stereotypes are ruining our gig."

Albearto hitches a ride on the Ferris wheel with an evil monologue.

Albearto: "At last, humans will be our mascots, our servers, our entertainers, and we will not tip! The only thing in our way is these turtles and the girl. Shred them!"

The five of us leap to stand atop a food truck while Leo swings his guitar at the oncoming bear-bots.

Mikey: "This gig stinks! Why did we even start a band in the first place?"

Leo: "Because we wanted to change the world and bring people joy with our eclectic sound."

Me: "And is there any reason why that shouldn't work with animatronic robots?"

Donnie: "No, no, I cannot think of one."

We all share knowing grins as we leap to stand onstage.

Raph: *deep voice* "Listen up, y'all. We dedicate this groove to all you beautiful bear-bots out there."

Leo strums his guitar, Donnie plays his keytar, and Mikey grabs the extra microphone.

Mikey: "All right, Beartos, time to get you circuits jammed."

Raph:

Oh, yeah

I don't wanna be just another drone

Livin' my life like a robot clone

I'm so genius to witness

And my soul is free

After that, the guys go rogue, so I'm glad I brought a little drone to record our performance for April later. Their creative taste in music causes the bear-bots to short-circuit out of hate for the noise. So, they either pull each other's circuits out, drown in the dunk tanks, or crash-land into faulty rollercoasters. Surprisingly enough, the guys take this to mean that they like it.

Mikey: "Guys, we did it."

Donnie offers me a quick kiss as he wraps an arm around me in excitement.

Donnie: "We nailed our first gig."

Me: "Yeah, we sure did."

Raph: "We are...the Mad Dogs."

Leo: "Goodnight, Albeartoland!"

Me: "Who's hungry?"

Leo: "Pizza?"

Donnie: "Albearto's?"

Mikey: *French accent* "Guarantee."

End of Episode 14