TMNT – The Alien Agenda – Chapter 1 – Show Off
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Karai walked slowly along the roof, waiting for the half-dozen Foot soldiers in her squad to catch up to her.
I'm not sure which I'm hoping for more, Karai thought to herself. That we find Leo and his brothers, or that we don't. If I was alone, that would be one thing, but...
As the last straggler came up, she turned to face the group of ninja and placed her fists on her hips. "The turtles have been spotted in this neighborhood," she ordered, "So stay alert for any sign of them." Before she finished speaking, sounds of strange gunfire came from the alley behind her, punctuated by voices, and the occasional, "Booyakasha!"
...It's them.
The other Foot looked toward the edge of the roof to see what the commotion was, but she held up a hand to keep them from approaching. She wanted to assess the situation before they rushed in. It was no use jumping into a fight you couldn't win.
Karai stepped over to the edge and looked down. What she saw astonished her – and she wasn't easily surprised. The four green ninja were rolling, flipping, and expertly dodging purple laser blasts being fired by a dozen or so...what were those things? "When fight is concluded the ones called the turtles are defeated by Krang," said a computerized voice. She watched as Leonardo cut the arms off one of their opponents. It fell to the ground with a metallic CLANK. "They're fighting robots?"
The Foot ninja stepped toward her to see for themselves, but she held up a hand again to stop them. As Karai watched the armless robot lying on the pavement, a magenta-colored, brain-shaped creature sprouted tentacles, pulled itself out of the robot's abdomen, and crawled away, squealing like a pig. "Whoa!" she exclaimed. "This town's more interesting than I thought!"
There was no way Leo heard Karai speaking over all the noise of the battle; maybe he just sensed that they were being watched. For whatever reason, at that moment, he looked up and saw her standing on the edge of the roof. The distance was nothing to him. He knew her eyes were on him, and he instantly smiled. I was wondering when we'd meet again.
Leo turned back to the fight with a grin. Now's my chance to REALLY show her what I'm made of. He pulled out all stops and used his best moves. Flipping onto the head of one Krang-bot and crushing it, he sliced through its blaster with his katana before it hit the ground. "I'll save you, Raph!" he said heroically, jumping between his more than capable brother and the bot he was fighting, and slicing the latter's chest in two. "YOU'LL save?!" Raph called after Leo angrily.
Leo wasn't listening. He was already bounding off the wall to take out another bot with a front kick-round kick combo. Leaping onto the bot Mikey had already chained up with his kusarigama, Leo shouted over the din, "Relax, Mikey!" He sliced the arms off the bot; it crumpled beneath him. "You're safe now." He glanced up at Karai with a smirk. She arched a brow. "Thanks!" Mikey said happily, before thinking about what had just happened and frowning. "Wait...I was fine!" Raph glared at Leo and grumbled. There's gotta be some reason he's showing off like this.
"Donnie! Behind you!" Leo cried.
"Huh?" Donatello quickly turned to see what Leo was warning him of. "...The wall...?"
By the time Donnie looked back to the two Krang-bots he had been fighting, Leo had taken out both. He flipped sideways away from Donnie, did a quadruple back-flip through the air, landed near Raph and Mikey, and sheathed his katana smoothly. Leo glanced up at Karai with a cocky smirk, thinking, How d'you like me now? He felt gratified when her eyes went wide. Raph followed Leo's gaze up to the rooftop, and saw her just before she scrambled out of view.
"Uh, what the heck was that?" Donnie asked, walking up to their team leader. Mikey pushed his way past Donnie and Raph and asked accusingly, "Yeah, are you trying to impress us?" He ran to hug his big brother. "'Cause it totally worked!" He squeezed Leo's cheek.
Donnie caught Raph glowering at Leo and asked, "What is it, Raph?"
"I thought I saw something." He stepped closer to Leo. "What about you, Leo? Did you see something?"
"No." Leo lifted his hands innocently, but his tone said otherwise.
Raph folded his arms and narrowed his eyes. "Turtles first, right?"
Leo answered almost grudgingly. "Turtles first." He and Raph stared at each other angrily, eyes smoldering.
"Do you feel like we're missing something?" Donnie asked Mikey.
"All – the – time."
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Back at the lair, Raph and Leo were combining a heated discussion with some serious sparring.
"You knew the Foot Clan was watching us!"
"Not the Foot – Karai!"
"Karai IS the Foot!" The brothers growled at each other and locked weapons.
"You knew she was watching and all you did was show off!"
Leo rolled onto his back and kicked his brother up and over him. He got up and faced Raph. "I was demonstrating how formidable we are. I knew she wasn't going to attack us." He smirked. Raph circled him slowly. "Of course not! She's studying our moves for next time. You don't flirt with the enemy, Leo. You take 'em down."
"No! You're wrong about her! She has a good side!" Leo insisted. They locked weapons again.
"Oh yeah? If that's what you're doing why don't you go tell the others?"
"Because they wouldn't understand."
Raph pushed Leo into the wall and held him there with his arm across the top of his plastron. "You really think Mikey and Donnie wouldn't understand?" Raph glanced away for a moment, reconsidering. "You really think Donnie wouldn't understand?"
"Look! I know what I'm doing!" Leo didn't want to hear any more of this. He sent Raph flying across the room with a palm-heel strike. Raph wasn't going to take that lying down. He tackled Leo and took him to the ground hard, punching his chest twice before being thrown off. "Yah!" Leo flew through the air and tackled Raph from behind, putting him in a head lock. "You have to trust me."
"Why should I?!"
"What is going on in here?!" Their master's stern voice came from the doorway to the dojo. Both sets of eyes went wide seeing Splinter now standing before them and eying them suspiciously. The ninja quickly rose to their feet.
"Ahh, nothing important..." Leo glanced at his brother. "Right, Raph?"
Raph folded his arms and looked away angrily, but finally sighed in defeat. He wasn't going to rat his brother out like this. Not yet. I'll give Leo a little more time to wise up before I go telling the others. His voice was resigned: "Right." He shouldered Leo and glared at him as he walked away.
Leo's shoulders slumped. What am I doing? ...Maybe Raph IS right. Maybe she is just toying with me before going in for the kill; playing cat-and-mouse. How can I be sure? He walked quietly out of the dojo. I truly believe there is goodness in her, but...it's not worth risking my family if I'm wrong. I need to know that whatever happens between us, she won't hurt them. He made up his mind. Tomorrow night, I'll go alone. I'll find her. And make sure she knows what will happen if she ever comes after my family.
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(Author's note: Sorry for the re-write! I know this episode very well, but when I wrote this, I forgot that Leo and Karai meet up the next night, not the same night as the bot-fight. Had to fix that! Next chapter should be up tonight or tomorrow! Thanks for reading!)