SO! THIS STORY WAS REQUESTED BY SHINIGAMILOVER2 AND I LOVED THE IDEA! WE WORKED TOGETHER (HIM DESCRIBING WHAT HE WANTED AND ME WRITING IT, THAT IS) TO MAKE A HOPEFULLY ENJOYABLE STORY.

HOWEVER.

IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE STORY OF BEYOND TWO SOULS, YOU WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL. I WATCHED A CUTSCENE COMPILATION ON YOUTUBE. WATCH THE ONE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OR YOU WILL BE VERY CONFUSED. JUST SAYING. ANYWAY, PLEASE ENJOY THE STORY AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN AU FOR BEYOND TWO SOULS, OKAY? HOPE YOU LIKE!

GOD BLESS AND GOOD DAY!

~THE LUPINE SOJOURNER

If you asked me, I'd say I don't know why I seemed fixated on New York lately. I really don't, but after everything, I figured I could hide in New York, blending in, figure out my life from there or something.

Regardless, I was not expecting to have my life upended again as I stopped to get gas for the motorcycle, the one Cory, Jay, and their dad gave me to help me figure out who Jodie really was, not who others made me to be.

I just wanted to find a hotel for the night or just a semi-comfortable place to sleep.

However, hearing a confrontation in a side alley once I'd finished paying for gas, I decided that I should invesigate, at least.

"Whoa..." I breath, coming closer and finding three of what appeared to be the same man menacing a sewer worker, by the looks of it. She was trying to stop them from accessing the sewer via a manhole cover.

"Yeh can't just dump whatever you want into the sewers, pal!" She growls defiantly.

"That which is known as resistance is that which is known as 'futile', human." One of the men replied in a creepily mono-tone voice, stepping closer to the sewer worker. I took a sharp inhale. What the frick were these things? Why did they call that woman 'human' if they presumably were humans themselves? Okay, Aiden, let's see if we sort this out. I think and start forward as the first punch is thrown; the sewer worker was tired of this confrontation. What neither of us humans were expecting was that the man caught the fist and threw the woman into the alley wall. I ran forward then as three started kicking at the prone woman.

"Hey! Stop it!" I scream to get their attention, kicking out at one man's knee. It sounds and feels like I've kicked a metal pole with minimal padding. I curse under my breath and try again, with little to no result. I'm then picked up by the neck. Aiden, I need a little help! She pleads and of course Aiden responds immediately. He thrusts the man back, conviently timing it just as I shove the guy's chest, so I think I'm safe for now. Regardless, I move in front of the woman, who is still out cold. Cursing, I knock them back with My CIA training, but my blows can't get them back enough for me to escape yet. Besides, sounds like they were planning something illegal and terrible, so I have to stop that, as well. Frowning in concentration, I start forcing them toward the head of the alley when I'm grabbed from behind and pinned against the wall, the man's iron grip bruising my shoulders.

"All those who would oppose Kraang in this place must not leave this place." He said. I frown.

"What the frick does that even mean?" I growl under my breath before Aiden decides to send the man flying backwards, thus forcing him to release me. Turns out to be the wrong choice as all three men then decide to focus in on me singularly, as opposed to just getting me out of the way so they could continue whatever they were trying to do. Their focus, once on whatever they were doing, was now on elimanating me. Or...taking me? They only seemed to be interested in grabbing me, and taking me to a van at the opposite head of the alley. A push from Aiden only seemed to make them more desperate to get to me. Aiden did what he could to keep them away (as did I) but it was quickly becoming hopeless when the three men pulled out laser guns! Cursing under my breath, I duck down and race down the alleyway. Aiden pretects me as the shots hit the shield, one bouncing off and hitting the motorcycle, just as I start it up start fleeing the street. An explosion rent the fairly still night air as I cry out in pain at the harsh landing and then suddenly everything fades to black.

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Asami heard the noise before her siblings, as was usual, though Lupa was a close second.

"Do you guys hear that explosion?" She asked tensely, wondering if it were Kraang or something else entirely.

"Yeah, sis." Lupa agrees, but everyone else predictably shrugs.

"Come on! That was an explosion! We have to make sure no one was hurt!" Asami calls over her shoulder.

"Asami's right." Leo agrees. The six Hamatos take to the shadows and let Asami and Lupa lead, as they were the only ones who had heard the noise. Soon enough, they reach a gas station and find three Kraang droids dragging a young woman toward a standard white van. Leo rolls his eyes along with everyone else. "Can't they do something else? What do they even—" Asami's hand was on his mouth in a second.

"This human will be that which is known as useful to Kraang's understanding of this planet and its...abnormalities." One said, almost sounding happy about it. Asami narrowed her eyes. 'Research' was never good when the Kraang were involved. Without a thought or a word exchanged, the ninjas charged. The Kraang were down in moments, as there were two Hamatos to every Kraang. However, the shock came when a voice hailed them.

"Ow, Aiden, come on, let's-" At this point, they were spinning and the woman was sitting up. They all froze, including the young woman. The light from the gas station did nothing to conceal them. They were in plain sight.

And the woman was now standing up.