I don't own the turtles, but I do sometimes wake up dreaming about wearing a pink ninja mask...

"I hate the sewers," Mia grumbles, trying to keep her shoes out of the muck as much as possible.

"C'mon Mia, this isn't that bad!" Mikey encourages.

"Sure beats Ziiron," Viv comments. The turtles stare at her.

"I thought y'all were from the same place," Raph says.

Ahina shakes her head. "Not exactly. We are all from the Solar System, Conria. It's like if you compared Earth to Conria: Earth has continents and countries that make it up. Conria is made up of twelve planets; each is different. I'm from Kineec!" Ahina says proudly. "Kineec's the best," she pauses, then turns to Kathreene, wide-eyed. "I didn't mean—"

Kathreene waves it off. "Do not worry, Ahina. I do not take any offense. Also you have reason to be bias."

"Why does she?" asks Donny.

"She's the princess!" Mia adds.

The turtles gape at her. "Really?" they all question at the same time.

Ahina blushes. "Yeah, my parents are the chiefs."

"So why would Kathreene take offense to you saying Kineec is better?" Donny pries.

Ahina turns to Kathreene, who responds, "I am from the planet, Eterna. It is the center government of Conria. The leader, King Herodes rules from Eterna, also."

"A normal Eternian would've taken that to offense because—to them—Eternians are better no matter what," Ahina continues. "It would've matter that person's position on another planet. By Conrian Law, Kathreene has the right to kill me for 'insulting Eterna and his Majesty'."

All eyes turns towards Kathreene darkly, who looks away. "I am different. I would never do that, especially to one I call my friend."

Viv scoffs and says sarcastically, "Sure, you're different! The Robot can totally have friends!"

Ahina spins around to face Viv. "Don't you dare say that! You know Kathreene's different! She's not the 'perfect Eternian leader' you think all Eternians are like! So come off your high horse!"

"Uh... care to explain?" Mikey hesitantly asks.

Ahina spins around to face the turtle. "Here's a simple tell-tale sign that Kathreene's different than other Eternians: Eternians are bred to be perfect leaders, and by that standard, they are trained never to show emotion."

Raph glances fleetingly at Leo before bringing his attention back on Ahina, who seems to getting more and more flustered by the minute.

"Nothing! Not a smile, not a raised voice. They can never do anything to make them look 'vulnerable'. Eternians are punished by death for that. They always follow the rules, and that means punishing someone who insults their planet. By that fact, I should be dead!" she storms to the front, then turns around to face everyone. "And one more thing: an Eternian would never call a Kineec her friend, and I would never call an average Eternian mine!" She then stomps away, leaving everyone in silence.

"Wow... remind me never to cross Ahina!" Mia whispers, trying to lighten the mood.

It only seemed to snap Mikey out of shock. "Same here, dudette!" He clears his throat. "So Viv, where are you from?" he asks, thinking he's changing the subject.

Viv snaps her head to Mikey, her eyes insidious. Mikey shrinks from her gaze. "Ziiron. A dark, hell-hole that's barely survivin'. Ziiracs are sworn enemies of Eterna. We vow from birth ta destroy Eterna and the disgustin' King," Viv then glowers at Kathreene before she starts walking the way Ahina went.

"Okay: awkward," Mikey sings. Raph, Donny, and Mia shift their feet in agreement. Leo approaches the accused, then defended, then insulted again Eternian. Kathreene's eyes don't move from the ground.

"Kathreene? You okay?" Leo worryingly asks, putting a hand on Kathreene's shoulder. She had yet to unfreeze until then.

She smiles at Leo, "Yes, thank you, I am fine."

Leo nods, taking note of her smile, even if it looks strained. "Let's go guys. We better catch up to them. They don't exactly know where they're going."

The turtles, including Mia and Kathreene, start searching for the two wanderers. Splitting up to quicken their search, Michelangelo finds himself alone. Humming loudly to one of his treasured cartoon show's theme song (very un-ninja-like, Leo would say), he ponders the brothers strange new friends. Who on Earth are these girls?

Mikey chuckles to himself, Ha, who on 'Earth' are these girls?

Choice of words aside, Mikey still can't help but wonder. Sure, Donny is the smartest and the best at figuring stuff out, but Mikey is good with anything that has to do with his comics. That includes aliens. All the girls seem genuinely nice, well except for Viv. Viv is Raph in girl form. Like they need another hothead. But still, if she's anything like Raph, there's a good heart under that tough exterior. They don't seem that alien.

Mikey kicks the sewer water. He knows the girls are aliens: or they could just be really convincing mental patients. No, something about the girls just seems off. Besides, he and his brothers are mutant turtles. They can't really talk about weird stuff. Ugh, this whole thing is just strange!

Kathreene is like an over-the-top Leonardo. She is obviously the leader, and she has a Raph-like rebel to challenge her too. Ahina's one comment about Eternians believing the best leaders don't show emotion hit a chord with Mikey; did Leo think like that? He hopes not. Then again, he was a source of comfort for all the brothers. He was their big brother, and he never seemed afraid to show it; so that points away from the hiding emotion stuff. Mikey vows to help Kathreene over this leader emotion thingy. Helping loosen people up seems to fall under his area of expertise.

Ahina just seems really sweet, besides that outburst. Even then, she was defending Kathreene. She was tiny though! Just a little kid! A young girl with a mature brain. When they regroup, Donny better take advantage of another genius in the house. Maybe then he won't keep trying to talk to them in science talk.

Mia is a girl that Mikey hopes lives up to his impression of her the most. He got that she was energetic and hilarious! Maybe she'll help him devise some awesome pranks! Dude, that'd be so cool!

And Viv is, well, like Raph. However, Mikey feels like if he were to prank Viv, he wouldn't come out alive. Sure, Raph threatens it, but Viv seems like the person who'd actually kill him in a fit of rage. He'll let the others deal with her. Something tells Mikey that that girl will not tolerate his awesomeness.

A spot of orange catches his eye. Turning the corner, Mikey finds Ahina sitting in the sewer muck. Her head is in her lap.

"Sup, dudette," Mikey says quietly to not startle her too much.

Ahina's head pops up, then politely smiles when she recognizes Mikey, though it doesn't reach her eyes. "Hello... Michelangelo, was it?" Mikey nods before sitting down next to her.

"Doing okay?" he asks.

"No."

"Wanna talk about it?"

Ahina sighs, "That whole speech I did probably seperated Kathreene and Viv more than they were. Sure, we've only known Viv for a week but she still should be comfortable enough around Kathreene by now. But she's not!"

"It can't be that bad."

"But it is," she moans. "They're not like Leonardo and Raphael, who fight but still have such a strong brotherly bond." Seeing Mikey's expression, Ahina smirks. "I'm a smart one; I notice things like that easily. But that's the thing: while Leonardo and Raphael contain a strong enough bond to counter their disagreements, Kathreene and Viv don't have that. They come from completely different places that hate one another for those exact differences. They have to get pass this! We all need them to! For what's to come we need Viv not to go rogue. We need someone like her; actually, we need any sort of help we can get." She sighs again. "Unfortunately, the only thing keeping them from totally avoiding each other is their mutual goal of saving Earth." Upon saying this, Ahina covers her mouth, almost as though she's trying to erase what she just said from existence.

"Whoa, whoa, wait! What the heck do you mean save Earth!?" Mikey exclaims.

"Shoot!" Ahina stands up hastily. "Kathreene and I agreed we weren't going to tell you guys right away, if we were even going to tell you. Man, she's going to kill me!"

"What do you mean save the world?" Mikey repeats.

"Forget I said anything!" Ahina starts walking the way Mikey came.

"How can I forget something like that!?"

"Just..." She waves her hands in the air, "I don't know, just forget it!" At this point, Ahina sprints off back the way they came.

"Maybe aliens coming to Earth wasn't such a good thing," Mikey sighs. "When did my life get so weird?" He mutters before setting off to catch up to Ahina... again.

Yay! New chapter! I liked the beginning, hated the middle, and loved the end of this. It's so weird writing these characters from scratch; I know them so well. They're my little buddies! If anyone has any advice on how I'm describing my OCs or how to in the future, please review or PM me. I'll take any advice I can get! Hope it was a decent cliffhanger that at least left you wondering...