Summary: During a mission to figure out why the Kraang have been so quiet recently, both April and Raphael accidently get shot by the new, mysterious laser the Kraang have invented. Nothing weird happened, or so it appeared at first... Now at home, why is April following Leo around like a lost puppy? And why is Raphael buying April a necklace worth $4,000?! Donnie, Leo, and Mikey are determined to figure it out. Will April continue to "worship" Leo? Will Raph and Donnie have an all-out battle for April's affection? And are they really trusting Mikey to help save the day?! They could be stuck in this sticky web of love forever...
A.N: Hey! RedForRaph here! This is my first time writing on here, so please go easy on me! This is based in the 2k12 universe! Message, comment, rate, just no flames, please!
Love Gone Wrong
"What are we even doin' here, Leo?" Raphael griped, watching as Leo gazed through the skylight on the roof off the Kraang's building. The night was cool and clear, the moon creating enough light to see by. Not that New York didn't really have light. It was New York, for goodness sake! "The Kraang haven't done a thing in weeks!"
"I'm sure I remember Master Splinter saying that patience is a virtue, Raph," April added, sitting cross-legged beside Raphael, leaning against Donnie as he and Mikey played rock, paper, scissors. Everytime they would go, Mikey would change his at the last second, defeating an outraged Donnie each time.
"You can't change it, Mikey," Donnie said, his face in his hands. Mikey grinned arrogantly.
"Tired of losing already, Bro?" he smirked, "I guess you just don't know "The Mikey Way" of winning."
"Yeah, cheating," Donnie mumbled under his breath. Raph turned his attention back to April, who was shaking her head at the two youngest turtles.
"You're the one to talk!" he spat at April, his arms crossed over his chest, "You're not even supposed to be here! The Kraang have been quiet! Why are we tryin' to stir 'em up?!" Leo sighed in aggrivation before turning to Raph.
"That's what I'm worried about Raph," Leo whispered, turning every now and then to peer through the skylight again, 'It's been too quiet." Raphael sighed, throwing his hands up in the air.
"Ain't that what we want?!" he argued, "I mean, I love bustin' heads more than any of ya, but you're just puttin' us all on the line for one of ya dumb lil' power trips!" Leo tilted his head to the side, a victorious smile spreading across his face.
"Oh really?" he said, smirking at Raph and pointing through the skylight, "Then what's that?" Raph, Donnie, Mikey, and April peered over the edge to see the Kraang wheeling out a large laser from another room.
"The Kraang must take the laser to the place where Kraang requires the laser to be in that place," the lone Kraang bot said to the other two, who were directing the laser, "The laser will turn those who are not Kraang followers into Kraang followers so the Kraang will have Kraang followers." Raphael snorted impatiently.
"What is that tin can blabbering about?" he griped, cracking his knuckles and pulling out one of his two sai.
"I think," Donnie began, "that they made a laser that should turn ordinary people into their followers. They're probably planning to use it on us, the Foot, the Purple Dragons, and maybe even Leatherhead." Mikey's eyes grew wide and his hands flew to his head in horror.
"Not Leatherhead!" he yelled, referring to his mutant alligator friend. Ignoring his youngest brother's ridiculous outburst, Leo turned to April and handed her a long rope.
"Here," he said, "Tie the rope to something so we can climb back out when we need to." April rolled her eyes as she tied the rope like Leo asked. She was tired of feeling like the tag-along kid. She was training to become a ninja, too!
"Okay," Mikey added as Donnie silently removed the window from the skylight, "It's time for a visit from the Ninja Assassins!" The four turtles jumped through the opening and landed on the floor below with a thud. The Kraang stopped wheeling the laser to turn and look at them.
"It is the ones called the turtles!" one said.
"Long time, no see," Leo remarked, pointing one of his katanas, "I knew you guys were up to no good." Raph rushed past Leo, bumping him on his way through.
"Quit lecturing 'em, Leo!" he growled, "Start smashing heads!" Raph threw his sai at the closest Kraang, hitting it directly in the head. The bot exploded as a pink brain-like alien slid out from the robot's stomach and crawled away. "Too easy!" Raph gloated, eyeing up his next target. Suddenly, a metal door opened up, revealing thrity more Kraang ready with blasters. "Like I said," Raph said, ready, crouching into position, "Too easy!"
"Donnie!" Leo yelled as he and Mikey stood back-to-back, keeping the hoards of Kraang at bay, "Disable the laser and figure out what it does! We'll keep the Kraang busy!" Donnie nodded and cleared his way to the laser, using his bo staff as a baseball bat. Reaching the laser, Donnie pulled the lid of the control box and eyed up the complicated technology.
"At least it's not a bomb this time," he chuckled nervously as he searched for anything familiar. Behind him, the masses of robots were getting larger, and the turtles were struggling to keep up. Being the leader, it was time for Leo to make a drastic decision.
"Fall back!" Leo called to his brothers. Raph's head shot up as he ran his sai into a new robot's head.
"What?" Raph called angrily as he tore off the bot's arm and used it to beat another, "We was just startin' to have a lil' fun!" Mikey and Donnie, on the other hand, were slowly trying to make they're way to the rope, where April was waiting anxiously on the roof, watching closely. Leo looked around. Where did Raph go?!
"Raph?!" Leo called in an aggrivated tone as he spotted Raph all the way across the room, still beating bots and not even trying to retreat, "When I give an order, you follow it!" Meanwhile, April watched with worried eyes as her friends lost their energy, taking more and more hits than before. Her mind made up, she slid down the rope and landed on the ground, just in time to grab a Kraang's dropped blaster. Little did she know, a Kraang had made it over to the laser. Positioned perfectly, he pulled the lever, and the bright light headed straight for April.
Raph, being the closest, tried to make it over to her in time. Unfortunately, he was too late, as the laser beam hit both April and Raph at the same time. Both fell to their knees, clutching their stomachs in pain as the power from the laser racked through them.
"Raph!" Leo yelled at the same time Donnie yelled, "April!" Through gritted teeth, Raph opened his eyes to look at April.
"Yo, April," he began out of breath, "Ya alright?" Wait, why was there a bright light shining on her like that? He rubbed his eyes and gulped. Leo leaned over April as Donnie reached for Raph while Mikey held off nearby Kraang bots.
"April!" Leo yelled, leaning over her in worry, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" April's eyes opened as she looked up at Leo. Her eyes were wide for a moment as she looked up at Leo, but then her face softened and a small smile crossed her lips.
"Yeah," she breathed quietly, "Yeah, I'm fine." Leo turned to Raph.
"Raph?" he questioned. Raph pulled his arm out of Mikey's grip when he tried to help him.
"Yeah, yeah," Raph scowled, "I'm fine, so lay off." His gaze kept drifting to April, whose eyes were glued to Leo. Donnie and Mikey looked between the three of them, their brows creased in confusion.
"Good," Leo replied, "Let's get out of here." He reached for the rope and began climbing, April standing at the bottom, staring up at him.
"Yeah," she sighed happily after him, 'Whatever you say, Leo. Come on guys!" She climbed up after Leo, Raph close behind.
"Ya, whateva ya say," he replied softly. Mikey and Donnie climbed up next.
Back at the lair, Master Splinter greeted them cheerfully, much like he did everytime they returned from a mission.
"Welcome home, my sons," he said, a china cup of tea in his hands, "April." Everyone nodded and mumbled their replies, except for Leo, who nodded and greeted his father.
"That was just ridiculous!" Raph yelled, pacing back and forth angrily, "We coulda took 'em!" Leo stood in front of him, his arms crossed across his chest.
"Raphael," he began, 'Did you not hear me order a retreat?! What were you thinking running into the middle of the heavy fighting! That laser could've killed you and April, and it would've been because of you're hot-headedness!" Raphael leaned his face close to Leo's and baredhis teeth.
"Yeah, he's right, Raph," April agreed, quickly coming to Leo's aid. At this, Raph cocked his head to the side as his face softened.
"About the laser," Donnie cut in awkwardly, 'I didn't have a chance to disable it, so April and Raph should've gotten the full effect of the laser." Mikey walkedaround Raph, examining him with narrowed eyes.
"What's the matter, Raphie-boy?" Mikey taunted, pointing a finger in Raph's face, "Do you feel like following the Kraang? 'Cause if you do, I'm not afraid to use my nunchucks of awesomeness!" Mikey tiredly attempted to show off with his 'chucks, but only succeeded in smacking himself in the face with them. Raph rolled his eyes.
"I was gonna smack ya in the face," Raph began, 'but it looks like ya already took care of dat for meh."
"I guess you should check them out," Leo told Donnie, "See if the laser really did work?" April clasped her hands in front of her as she batted her eyes.
"You know, Leo," she began, leaning closer, "You could check me out while Donnie checks on Raph." At first, Leo just blinked in confusion, before leaning back away from her.
"Uh, yeah, but Donnie's better at the whole 'doctor' thing..." he replied, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. April seemed to sink a little at his response.
"Come on, April," Donnie said, grabbing her hand and leading her to his lab, "I'll go ahead and check you out first." When the two went into the lab, Leo breathed a breath of relief.
"So Raph," Mikey began, rubbing his forehead where the nunchucks had hit him, "How do you feel?" Raph yawned and stretched, popping his back.
"I feel bone-tired, that's how I feel," he replied, "I can't even feel my eyeballs."
"No, really, Raph," Leo insisted, trying to keep the worry from his naturally-calm voice, "What did you feel when the laser hit you?" Raph shrugged and rubbed the back of his head.
"My stomach hurt like shell for a sec, and then I saw a light. But that's it." He stretched again. "I'm gonna do some push-ups to get the ol' blood pumping." He put his sais, point up, on the floor and used them for support as he lowered himself into a push-up. "One...two..three..." he grunted.
In Donnie's lab, Donnie checked all of April's vitals. Her pupils responded normally to light, while her heart rate was a little faster than normally.
"So," April began, kicking her legs against the chair's legs, "Leo was a really good leader back there, don't you think?" Donnie felt a small pang of jealousy. April had never really favored one turtle over the others.
"Uh, yeah. I guess," Donnie replied awkwardly, "Why the sudden interest in Leo?" April shrugged shyly as Donnie checked her blood pressure.
"I don't know," she admitted, "But I've just never noticed how brave and cool he is." Donnie's heart felt like it fell a bit in his chest, but he didn't let it show.
"I'm cool, too, you know!" he said, trying to make it sound like playful banter, but he couldn't keep the curiosity and disappointment from his voice. April sighed dreamily, looking into space with a smile.
"Yeah," she agreed, "But Leo is just..."
"Um, this conversation is taking a weird turn," Donnie interrupted, "There, all done. Your vitals all seem pretty normal." April jumped out of the chair.
"So the laser didn't work?" she asked happily, reaching for the door knob.
"Well," Donnie says uncertainly, "I think that the Kraang's technology works different than how they thought it would, so maybe it made you infatuated with Leo instead of the Kraang." April crossed her arms and huffed.
"I am not infatuated with Leo!" she argued as Donnie opened the door for her. Donnie put his hands up in defense.
"Just a suggestion," he mumbled.
"Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen." Raph looked up from his push-ups to see April coming out of the lab with Donnie. "Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred!" He jumped up and nodded at April who smiled in response.
"Hey, Ape," Miket called from the kitchen, carrying a pizza box, "It's pretty late. You wanna just sleep over here tonight?" April's smile grew wide on her face as she clasped her hands.
"Yeah! Thanks!" Leo shot Mikey a glare.
"Mikey," Leo said through gritted teeth, 'Can I speak with you in the kitchen? Alone?" Mikey shrugged and made his way to the kitchen a cheesey piece of pizza hanging in his mouth. Leo followed him in, then shut the door behind him. "What are you doing?!" Leo asked in a whispered shout. Pizza held up his pizza box.
"I'm eating pizza, Bro," he replied, holding out a piece to Leo, "Did that fight mess up your head or something?" Leo pushed the pizza away.
"No!" he replied, 'Why'd you invite April to stay the night?!"
"Uh, 'cause she's our friend, Dude!" he said with a smile, "I'm just a nice guy like that." Leo put his head in his hands, groaning tiredly.
"Mikey, haven't you noticed something...odd about April since we've got back? She's following me everywhere! She's actually starting to scare me!" Leo said in a hushed voice. Mikey tsk tsked and shook his head.
"Don't you think you're being just a little bit paranoid?" Mikey questioned, putting a hand on Leo's shoulder. Leo rolled his eyes and pushed his youngest brother's hand away.
"Whatever," he replied, turning and heading for his room, "But I'm going to bed. Just keep April away from me tonight." Mikey gave Leo his best salute as he returned to the couch, where he and April put in a monster movie.
Something weird is going on, Leo thought as he closed his bedroom door and turned the lock, And it's bad. Really bad...