Chapter 10: Rise of the Turtles Part 4

Alora's POV

Leo, Raph, Donnie, Mikey, and I all stood around each other as we stared at the canister that held the mysterious yet dangerous substance inside. It still kept on glowing, brighter than any lamp or streetlight I've ever seen. It was beautiful to look at, but I knew that it was very harmful to anyone who would go near it, let alone touch it. But I'm pretty sure that the guys knew full well of this danger, too.

"Wh-o-oa" the turtles said in awe.

"So, that's the –"Leo started.

"Mutagen that turned us all into what we are now", Donnie finished.

"Let's drink some!" Mikey suggested.

"What? Why would you do that?" asked Raph.

"Cause if you mutate a mutant, you get a super mutant", Mikey theorized.

"Or a pile of goo on the sidewalk", Donnie said dryly.

"Either way, it's an improvement", Raph replied.

"Guys, this is huge. Whoever kidnapped those people are somehow connected to what happened to us 15 years ago", Leo said.

"Don't suppose you knew that those weird-suited men that took that family were linked to the mutagen, right?" Raph asked me.

I gave him a look when he said that. "Seriously? Of course I did! Because since I'm basically the expert in all of this, I would've told you that the mutagen would be in the back of their van".

"Good point", Raph admitted.

"Besides, what Leo hear just said to you guys is true. Those men are in fact the reason on what occurred to you and Splinter all those years ago", I said.

"How is that possible?" Donnie asked, looking at the canister in thought.

"For alien robots, anything is possible", Mikey said.

"Stop that. There are no such thing as alien robots!" Donnie stated angrily.

"Oh, yeah?" Mikey retorted before going over to the groaning driver, or in this case Snake, on the ground and said, "If there's no such thing as alien robots", he then grabbed the top of Snake's head with his left hand, "How do you explain THIS?!"

Mikey then used his right hand under Snake's chin and started to pull both sides of his head, making the man cry out in pain.

"Ahh! Ahh! My face!"

"[grunts] Man, this Mask is glued on tight!" Mikey said.

I went over to his side as Leo went over to us to stop Mikey's 'Mask Revealing' stunt.

"Mikey, stop! It's not a Mask", Leo said.

I then placed my hand on Mikey's shoulder, gaining his full attention.

"He's not an alien robot, Mikey. Believe me – I know", I said gently to him.

I gave him a knowing look that told him that I knew what I was talking about. He then looked at Snake's head he was still holding before tossing him away.

"Okay. He's in the clear, but those other guys were totally alien robots", Mikey replied.

"Enough!" Raph yelled as he walked over to us and right at Snake with the mutagen in hand. He then grabbed Snake be his right upper arm in a firm grip.

"Time to get some answers. Who are you and what's going on?" Raph sternly asked.

Snake looked at him and narrowed his gaze. "Name's Snake, and I got nothing to say to you hideous freaks", but when he looked at me, his look turned into a smirk, "Well, except maybe for you there, honey", sending a wink in my direction.

I stood back in disgust by his flirtatiousness and went over to him and Raph with a stern look.

"Flattery will get you nowhere, mister. Now, I'm only going to say this to you once and you better listen carefully. You are gonna tell us who those men are and where they've taken that girl and her father, or else", I placed my right hand on Raph's shoulder while my left hand on my hip with a sinister grin, "I'll let my pal Raph here make you tell us".

From the corner of my eye, I could see an evil grin placed upon Raph's face as he glanced at me and then back at Snake. Snake's face turned into a frown at my response.

"Like I said before, I ain't tellin' anything to you or you hideous friends here, and nothing you can do will make me", He replied coldly.

Raph and I looked at each other and smirked. I stepped back while gesturing my hands at Snake's direction.

"He's all yours, Raph", I said.

Raph grinned evilly once more as he turned his attention back towards Snake.

"Oh, well, that's because you don't know us yet", he said.

Raph then tossed Snake over to the others as Donnie and Mikey both grabbed him by the arms, holding him down. Raph walked to us with the canister still in his grasp.

"See, my bros and I here, we were just regular guys", he began as he unscrewed the lid", until – we got hit with a little of this".

I grinned at how frightened Snake was as he saw the open-lid mutagen.

"Are you sure we should be letting Raph do this?" Leo asked in concern.

I brought a hand in front of him with reassurance. "Don't worry, Leo. Raph knows what he's doing, trust me".

We turned back to the little fiasco that Raph was pulling on Snake.

"Wha – What are you doing?" Snake asked in fear as Raph walked closer with the mutagen.

"Playing a little game I like to call 'mutation roulette'. Now, you could turn out handsome like me, or – you might end up disgusting and deformed, like Mikey here."

"Hey!" Mikey yelled, feeling insulted.

Raph looked at Snake with an evil look in his eye as he started to tip the canister over. "So, you feel lucky?"

As I watched, the mutagen began to descend out of the canister and slowly stretching down to Snake, who kept his feared gaze on the substance that was coming right on top of him. The mutagen was just an inch away from his face, making him groan in panic until he finally caved in.

"Okay, Okay! They call themselves the Kraang. They have been grabbing scientists all over the City".

Leo and I walked over to Raph with satisfied smiles.

"See? Told ya Raph had it under control", I said.

"Well, that worked pretty good", Leo admitted.

"Of course it did. Would you wanna end up like Mikey?" Raph asked.

"I'm right here", Mikey replied.

"Don't listen to him, Mikey. Besides, I think you're very cute the way you are", I complimented, earning a happy smile from him.

"What do they want with scientists?" Leo sternly asked Snake.

"I don't know", he deadpanned.

Raph then held the canister in front and shook it with the mutagen going back and forth.

"All I know is that they're taking them out of the City tonight, but I don't know where!" Snake quickly gave in.

"This is awesome! That girl's dad is a scientist. I'm a scientist. [Giggles] she is so gonna like me", Donnie exclaimed happily.

I smiled at Donnie's excitement about April's interest until Snake had to ruin it by saying, "I don't think you're her type".

Donnie glared at him, along with the rest of us as we gathered around Snake, making him gaze at us in fear.

"Where are they now?" Leo demanded.

Shortly afterwards, Snake told us where the Kraang were holding the O'Neil's. I didn't know whether to trust him or not, since I know he's going to slip through our fingers in a bit, but the guys seemed to. We were on the rooftop in the exact location to what Snake mentioned, observing there base. I stood with Raph, Donnie, and Leo, who was looking through a telescope at the pinpoint of the Kraang's Facility. I glanced back to Mikey who was keeping guard on watching Snake. Mikey made some funny moves to try scaring Snake but just made him look away, thinking that Mikey was clearly insane. I lightly chuckled at that until Leo spoke up.

"There's gotta be like, 20 of them down there", he stated.

"Yeah, and that's just the ones we can see", Donnie replied.

"All right, an all-you-can-beat-buffet!" Raph said as he took out his Sais, twirled them, and got into battle mode.

"We can just rush in there", Leo said, stopping Raph in the process, "We need a plan".

"Why?" Raph asked in bewilderment.

"Think, you shellbrain. There are innocent lives at stake. If we screw this up, there all goners", Donnie theorized.

"Then we won't screw it up", Raph replied.

"Which is exactly why we need a battle strategy in order for us to NOT screw it up, just in case we do. Mostly if you plan on getting us killed in there by barging in with your lack for violence, Raph," I mentioned, crossing my arms.

Raph pouted in frustration as Leo and Donnie grinned.

"Boy, I could sure go for some of that pizza right now, huh?" Mikey suddenly said, standing right next to us.

We all stared at him with wide-eyed concern expressions.

"What? I can't be the only one that's hungry", Mikey asked.

We glanced at each other with worry on the situation that Mikey was completely oblivious about.

"Uh, Mikey?" I started nervously.

"Where's Snake?" Leo anxiously finished.

Mikey gasped in realization as we all looked at the spot where Snake was currently sitting, only to see nobody there.

"Oh, geez", Mikey muttered sheepishly.

We looked the other way to see Snake running and jumping over the edge, laughing in victory.

"Get him!" Leo yelled out.

We quickly went over the edge to see Snake climbing down a Fire Escape. We followed him down as he went over the bars and landed on the ground. We jumped and didn't see Snake anywhere, which meant that we didn't know which way he went. I knew for sure where, so we all spilt into two and ran into both directions. I went along with Raph and Leo as we kept running through the street that Snake had taken. I felt bad for leaving Donnie and Mikey since they suggested that Snake could've went over a wall, which would leave Mikey to climb over it and eventually hurt himself at the process. I wanted to warn them about it, but we were all in a rush to find Snake in order to rescue April and Mr. O'Neil. Raph, Leo, and I kept on running as we got to a playground, skidding to a stop and looking around for any sign of him. I then heard a clattering sound, making me look at the dead end where a dumpster was at the side of a building, where Snake was hiding behind it. I also got that feeling sense again, like; I knew for sure that he was definitely hiding behind that dumpster. Leo seemed to noticed it too as he turned to both of us, motioned his head while glancing at the dead end. Raph quickly looked and understood what he was saying and nodded as well as I did.

"Oh, great. We let him get away", Leo cried out, pretending and hoping Snake could hear it.

"Whoa, whoa. You're the Leader. That means you let him get away", Raph replied back.

"You're not helping", I whispered harshly.

"I'm not trying to help", he said, making me sigh in irritation.

"Okay, okay. You want me to lead? Fine", Leo irritatingly said before saying rather loudly, "We go back to the Lair, gear up, and at midnight, we drive Snake's van right up to the gate. They'll think we're him and we'll cruise right in".

"And then we'll bust some heads?" Raph asked smugly.

"And then we bust some heads", Leo replied with a smug grin.

"I love a happy ending", Raph said.

"Sounds good to me. Let's go find the others and head back to get ready", I said before I placed my right hand near my mouth and yelling as loud as I could, "The Kraang won't know what hit'em!"

Raph and Leo grinned at me with thumbs up saying 'nice job'. I smiled in content as we all started walking back and looking for Donnie and Mikey. I tried my best to hold in my laughter since it was so funny to believe that someone as dumb as Snake would actually fall for such a stupid prank such as this.

Boy, was he in it for a BIG surprise.

The turtles and Alora now know who they are dealing with, but do they really? Will they find out who the Kraang truly are and prove that Mikey's intentions on them were right? Find out next time!

Stay tuned and thanks for reading!