Chapter 20: Turtle Temper – Part 3

Alora's POV

The van's engine rev came up full blast to where Raph, who was pinning Vic down, right in the middle of the street. As they got closer and closer, Leo wasted no time as he ran over and pushed both his brother and the insulting pig-head while yelling, "Look out!"

The van had pasted to reveal all three of them on the other side of the street, making me breathe a sigh of relief. I then heard a crash, which I didn't know what had happened but I wasn't worried about that. Leo and Raph both got up while Vic still lay on the concrete ground as I jogged over to them. We then heard beeping as we turned to see the bright headlights of a white truck, that also belonged to the Kraang, start up and was about to move out.

"Let's not let this one get away," Leo stated.

Raph turned around and spotted a giant grey canister, grabbed up high with a grunt, and threw it right at the truck. The hit caused the vehicle swerved from left to right and crashed into a garage door at a building. I glanced to see Raph with a smug grin expression with crossing his arms in satisfaction.

"Well, that was easy," he said.

That was until the back door of the truck went up, revealing more Kraang droids with their blasters firing at us.

I glanced at Raph with a dry look and a raised eyebrow. "You were saying, Raph?"

"Ooh-kay," he replied.

Donnie screamed at the laser blasting as we all ducked ourselves and charged in at the battle. I then flew up from above the cross fire as some of the Kraang saw me and blasted in my direction. I averted the hits and sent multiple power punches their way, the magic-energy blasts knocking a few of them out. I decided to head down and move fast before I would get it, running up to a Kraang and giving a power punch across the face. I heard a yelp and glanced back to see Vic with cell phone in hand trying to crawl his way out of the action to safety. Just then, my feeling sense kicked in as I quickly turned to my right to see a Kraang with his blaster up and firing at me. I made a quick attempt to charge in by dodging the laser bullets, gave an energy-wave roundhouse kick, breaking his blaster out of his hands before delivering a swinging kick that sent him down and out.

"Oh no, you don't!" I heard Raph yell out.

I turned around just to see Raph marching over to the back of the truck with Vic inside it. While the red-clad turtle was heading towards the truck, Leo was blocking one of the Kraang's blaster saws from cutting him down to size.

"Raph, what're you doing?! Get back here!" Leo called out in panic.

Leo pushed the Kraang back and swings his right katana, but was delivered with a kick at the back that sent him down. A few of the Kraang went over to him and started stomping and kicking him as he curved into a ball with his hands over his head for protection. Leo grunted from the droid's aggressive attacks as he reached his right hand out and called out his brother's name.

"Raph!"

I watched in horror seeing him like this but then it slowly turned to anger as my magical aura glowed brighter around my fists. I've heard and seen this on television that bullies tend to do this to their victims to teach them a lesson and I hated seeing something like this. Three standing as a crowd against one person just wasn't fair! Not wanting to watch this any longer, I flew right over to where the Kraang gathered over and landed with a loud 'thud', gaining the Kraang's attention. Without hesitation, I did a massive roundhouse kick that send a huge power wave, throwing all the droids in the air and hitting the ground, hard. After that, I wasted not a second of going over to Leo and helping him up off the ground.

"You okay?" I asked worriedly.

He nodded at me with a grateful smile. "Yeah, thanks for the save."

I chuckled at that; since that was the same thing I said to him when he saved me. "Now we're both even."

He grinned at that part but then I looked over to see some of the Kraang droids get up and ready. Leo noticed my gaze and turned to see the Kraang getting the blasters up and ready to shoot. Before anything could be done, we both heard cries and yelling from behind and past us to see Donnie and Mikey coming to our rescue. Both turtles took them down with ease as they held fight stances before lowering their defenses and looking at us.

"Thanks, guys. That was a close one," I said.

"No problem-o, Dudette," Mikey replies.

We heard the truck's engine starting up and beeping, making us turn our attention to it as it backed up, turn to the left side of the street and drove off.

"Raph's in the van!" Leo cried out.

"Come on!" I yelled out as we all started running after them.

We all ran as fast as our feet could while seeing within the inside of the truck that Raph was defending himself from the robotic aliens. Raph was handling himself just fine when one of the Kraang had him in a headlock as he struggled. He then bit the arm that was in front of his face, which was surprising to do that to a robot since their not supposed to feel anything, throwing him off, turning to him and deliver a punch right across the face that send it onto the floor. Raph then turned to Vic and offered out his hand.

"Let's get out of here!" I heard him say to Vic, only to receive a narrowed expression from the fat man.

"Forget it! You lizards and witch don't wanna buy my video, maybe these guys will!" I heard Vic say, motioning to the Kraang who laid beside him on both sides knocked out.

"Raph!" Donnie called out, getting the temperamental turtle's attention as the purple-clad turtle held out his Bo-staff for Raph to take it, "Get out of there!"

Raph held an angered glare with gritted teeth but instead of listening to his brother's plea, he went back over to Vic and grabbed his right upper arm.

"Listen, you idiot! Frogs are not lizards. And we're not frogs."

Little did he know while he was scolding at Vic, one of the Kraang had gotten back up and started creeping up towards Raph from behind.

"Raph! Watch out!" I cried out to him, but was too late.

The Kraang yanked Raph away from Vic with a grunt and strangled him in a headlock once again. It then loosened him and pushed him out of the back of the opening doorway, colliding to the ground. He spiraled a few times before he knocked into us, causing all five of us to hit the ground. After a few minutes, I managed to sit up with a groan and my right hand on my head. While doing so, I looked down the street to see that the truck was gone, along with Vic and the phone.

"Is everybody okay?" I asked gazing around at the guys.

I heard Leo grunt as he got back on his feet, turned to me with a smile and offered a hand. I smiled and took it as he help me up. I heard groaning from Donnie and Mikey as they stood up while I went over to aid them.

"I think so, at least," Donnie reassured.

"Yeah. I think I might need a recap on my shell, might've scratch it a bit," Mikey added.

I smiled a little as I looked over to see Leo narrowing his gaze at Raph as he stood on his hands and knees while looking up at his Leader.

"Nice going, Raph," Leo said sternly.

Raph quickly got up on his feet and questioned angrily, "What did I do?!"

"What did you do?! You've left the four of us in the middle of a fight to yell at somebody!" Leo stated while motioning to Donnie, Mikey, and I before continuing with his angry statement.

"We could've stopped them, but thanks to your temper, the guy with the tape –"

"Again, technically it's a flash –" Donnie started to intervene but was stopped by Leo who said, "Not now!"

Donnie lowered his head down in depression as I put a hand on his shoulder to comfort him while Leo kept rattling on.

"Is in the hands of the Kraang. How are we supposed to find them?"

"Huh?" I heard Donnie mutter out as he looked down on the road and walked over to see what it was with Mikey and I following behind.

Donnie knelt down to what looked like oil and it lead a trail all the way down the street.

"Look, the truck's leaking!" Donnie informed.

"Alright! We can follow the trail to their hideout," Leo stated happily.

"And then we'll bash some bots," Raph added, punching his right fist into his left palm.

I held a troublesome look while Mikey and Donnie stared at him with blank expressions. Leo, on the other hand, was giving his hotheaded brother another narrowed stare that was deeper this time that made Raph look at him in questioning.

"What?"

"We are going to bash some bots," Leo says turning to us before looking back to Raph, stating, "You are going home."

"What're you kidding? Come on, guys. Are we gonna let Leo power-trip like this?" Raph questions, turning to us in hoping we would back him up.

As Donnie, Mikey, and I all glanced to each other, we knew for sure what the answer was gonna be. We then looked back to Raph in regret.

"I think Leo's right," Donnie said in agreement, as Mikey glanced away downward, avoiding Raphs' gaze.

"You gotta control your temper. Until then…" Leo starts as he began to turn away before finishing, "we just can't trust you."

Once Leo began walking away, Donnie then followed suite and Mikey soon began to as well while saying, "Sorry, Raph."

As Leo, Donnie, and Mikey walked, I stood where I was at as I looked back to Raph who turned his back away and threw his Sais that clattered on the ground with an infuriated grunt. I then slowly walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, turning his attention towards me as I gave a sympathy look.

"You should talk to Master Splinter about this when you return to the Lair. He knows exactly what you're going through and will help you with this. Trust me; I know what I'm talking about."

Raph gave me a confused expression while I gave a sad smile to him.

"Alora, come on! Let's go!" I heard Leo call out.

I looked to where the others were waiting for me before to turning to Raph once more and gave a determine nod and a firm grin as I started to break a run while saying, "We'll be seeing you later, Raph. More sooner than you think!"

With that, I ran right over fast to the other Ninja Turtles, leaving a very confused Raphael under a light post in the street by himself.

After leaving Raph behind, Leo, Donnie, Mikey, and I had started following the trail of oil that would lead us right to where the Kraang were hiding. While we were tracking our enemies down, I was in the midst of my thoughts of what I had mentioned to Raph back there. I still felt horrible for leaving him like that, but Leo was right, Raph needed to learn how to get a hold on his temper cause if he doesn't, then he won't be qualified to be a part of this team. Although I know Raph will get control over it, even with me in the picture now and things changing, I had no doubts. I also know Raph is at the Lair right this very minute; having a hearty talk-out with Spike in the kitchen, then Master Splinter would suddenly appear, tell Raph how he understands the situation and begins telling one of his wise and helpful stories during his life in Japan.

I remember the scenes of the hateful and insulting story of how Oroku Saki, the Shredder, would mock Splinter in front of Tang Shen and would drive him in a fit of rage. I could recall before that as Master Splinter and Tang Shen were outside of their house talking and smiling at each other with such love and happiness, only for Saki to turn up in jealously. He would begin insulting Splinter, calling him the most hateful and disregarding things that I could probably think of. The scenery changes as it starts to rain, thunder and lightning as Splinter looked so tense with balled-up fists and an angered expression. I would also see the fiery-temper in his eyes as he then strikes his rival in the blink of an eye as Shredder fell to the ground in defeat. Saki glances at him while wiping the blood off his lips while Splinter held Tang Shen close as she lays calmly against him. Though Splinter glares at Saki as the monstrous man begins walking away from the couple in total anger and hate. Splinter narrows his expression while Tang Shen gazes with concern and worry about the situation, which I wouldn't blame her for it either. Then, the scene changes again with Splinter and Shredder going against each other in their final battle, Splinter's house crumbling to the ground in a heap of fire, and lastly, but sadly, Splinter holding the love of his life's limp body in his arms. I felt the ache in my chest as I clearly reminisced the pained and tortured expression of Splinter's face as he held Tang Shen's dead corpse, making me feel tears welling up in my eyes. But I had to hold them in for we had a mission to up hold.

About 15 to 20 minutes later, Donnie hopped down from the rooftops and landed near the alleyway where the oil trail was finally leading. He then ran his way over to a building next to a dumpster and looked over the side. Mikey landed on top of the dumpster before flipping over next to his scientific brother. Leo quietly shuffled over with stealth and knelt next to Mikey while I flew down right next to him.

Donnie then turned to us, saying, "We're here."

I glanced over to the building where the trail of oil spill lead, meaning full well that the Kraang were inside.

"Are we really gonna do this without Raph?" Mikey asks unsure.

"We have to, Mikey. We can manage without him for a while. Besides, it's not that hard. All we have to do is go in, grab the phone, and get out. Simple," I stated with the utmost confidence.

Leo nodded in agreement. "Alora's right. We can handle it."

"I don't know. I just feel like something's missing," Mikey says with uncertainty, only for Leo to smack him in the back of the head.

"Ow! – thanks," he said while I rolled my eyes with an amused smile.

"Happy to help. Let's go," Leo states as we then started to head on route to the building.

We climbed up to the top and used the rooftop's door to sneak our way in. The guys used their stealthy Ninja training to head their way down the stairs to the bottom floor while I followed them behind with my magic of flight. We then walked quietly and cautiously by passing some crates that looked like they hadn't been used or moved in a long time. Yet what made it stand out were all the spider webs and spiders still hanging around them, making me shutter with disgust and grossness cause I was not a big fan of spiders, but hey, who doesn't like them anyway.

"Spiders," I heard Mikey say timidly.

We all gazed right to left just to be sure, no Kraang were anywhere. Things seemed to be going smoothly until I heard a '*SMACK*' then an 'OW!' from Mikey, which indicates that Donnie whacked him for no reason.

"You don't have to keep doing that," Mikey said angrily as I turned around back to see the younger brother facing his older brother with his hand on his head.

"There was a spider on ya," Donnie replied innocently.

"Well, there's a spider on you," Mikey shot back.

"No, there isn't," Donnie muttered, looking over himself with worry, only that was just a distraction for what Mikey was about to do.

"Come here, you punk!"

Mikey pounced on Donnie, making them both crash to the floor as Mikey was on Donnie whacking his head like a bongo drum as the intelligent brother called out to stop.

"Knock it off! Ow!"

I went over to see if I could get them to stop by whispering, "Guys! Stop, please!"

Only they didn't hear me but then Leo came from behind me and called out softly, "Hey!"

Both turtles stop by their Leader's voice as Leo brought his right index finger up near to his lips and said sternly, "Shh."

Mikey got off Donnie as Leo began walking away. I followed behind him but glanced back to see Mikey sharply turn back to Donnie, who gasp surprisingly, with a hand held up, warning him to not smack him again. I heard Donnie sigh annoyingly as I lightly chuckled while continuing through the hideout of the Kraang droids.

As we kept walking further into the building, Leo all of a sudden stopped dead in his tracks as we saw some alien tech that looked very familiar. He turned to us and motioned his index finger near his face with a determined look, telling us to 'stay quiet'. Donnie, Mikey, and I nodded as we sneak quietly and in stealth to avoid any noise making. We snuck up behind some crates, kneeling beside them as Leo glanced over the side to peek of what we were dealing with here.

"So far there aren't that many Kraang from what I can see," He informed softly.

When he mentioned that, my feeling sense came back to me again. I looked up at the crates that were in front of me, but only for something totally weird to happen. I could see right through the crates these outlines of light again, except this time; the outlines showed the Kraang droids and Vic who was in a wheeled chair tied up. But for some odd reason, the outlines of light around the Kraang droids were a reddish sort-of color, which made me confused at that. I gasped softly with a narrowed expression as I put my left hand fingertips on the side of my left temple while scanning at how many Kraang there were and judging by Leo's calculations, he wasn't wrong.

"You're right, Leo. There's only about three to four Kraang over there, so that shouldn't be a problem for us," I stated.

I then looked over to the guys only to get weird looks of confusion.

"What?"

"How did you know that?" Leo asked.

When he asked that, I then realized that I hadn't mentioned about this yet, so without further ado, I began to explain.

"Well, yesterday morning, when I was peeking through the small crack of the front door watching you guys trained? I was just doing that when suddenly I learned of another occurrence that happened to me that day."

Leo, Donnie, and Mikey's eyes widened a bit as I moved on.

"While you guys were busy doing your katas, the outlines of your bodies started glowing of pure light, even Master Splinter was glowing, too. I could still feel that warmth radiating from them while you were still practicing. I didn't know if I was still tired or hallucinating that morning, so I rubbed my eyes and looked back but when I did, they were gone."

Leo, Donnie, and Mikey stood there awestruck at my explanation.

"I can see through the crates that show the Kraang and Vic. Yet for some odd reason, it feels the same way like when I have that feeling sense inside me. It's almost as if I can…feel and see their aura."

That's when it hit me! The feeling sense that I've been sensing has been the ability to let me feel and see other's aura!

"Whoa! That's so cool, Dudette!" Mikey said excitedly.

"That's absolutely incredible! I had no idea that that was even possible!" Donnie stated.

Leo then looks at me and chuckles, saying, "Boy, you really are just full of surprises."

I shrugged with a smile as when then heard one of the Kraang talk that turned our attention back at the matter.

"The image that is the image on the phone is pleasing to the eye of Kraang."

"This is true. Kraang is looking as what is known in the earth terms as 'Handsome' in this phone," another Kraang answers.

I gave a weird look on that remark. Handsome? For robots, they can be a few screws sort for mechanical beings.

"Well, you guys drive a hard bargain. Tell you what; I'll drop it down to $500,000. And you can keep the phone," we heard Vic suggested.

"Alright. Mikey, used your Kusarigama chain to grab the chair so we can pull this guy out of here," Leo orders softly as the nunchuck wielding Ninja nodded in understanding.

We then quietly snuck around the crates in front and knelt down while Mikey was getting his weapon ready.

"Okay, $400, 000," we heard Vic suggested, trying to lower his budget cut.

The Kraang turned their backs on the ugly-fat man with the phone still in hand.

"This is our fight with the creatures and human called the turtles and the girl," one Kraang said.

"The usefulness of this will be proven usefully with the more watching of this," another Kraang mentioned.

"Also, this is being a good image of Kraang," another Kraang stated.

Mikey quietly swung his extended nunchuck chain on the lower stand of the wheeled chair and started to pull it back, along with Vic in it.

"We should be showing the image of Kraang to Kraang," the second Kraang informed.

We were halfway of getting the chair right to us when Vic started muttering in confusion on what was happening as he turned his head right over to us.

"We're gonna get you out of here," Leo whispered.

"What about my phone?!" Vic asked rather loudly.

"Shh," Leo and I both said, but only made him glare at us.

"Don't shush me. I-ain't-leavin-without-my-phone," he stated angrily and loudly once more.

After hearing that, the Kraang quickly turned to us and more Kraang droids came into view.

"Stop the one that needs to be stopped," one Kraang ordered at they ran a few paces over with blasters up, powering up and aiming at us as one of them called out, "Stop!"

Leo, Donnie, Mikey and I all stood there with widened and fearful expressions.

"Remind me why we have to rescue this guy?" Donnie questioned Leo.

"Believe me, Donnie. I've been asking myself the same question," I replied fearfully as we looked back towards the Kraang that were ready to open fire.

Oh, boy! Leo, Donnie, Mikey, and Alora are in major trouble with the Kraang. With Raph back at the Lair, will our four remaining Ninjas fight off the alien droids and retrieve the phone? Or will a new mutant stand in their way for that? Find out next time!

Also, so, so sorry for taking so long with this chapter. I was feeling sick the other week with a stomach bug that I couldn't shake off and I was very busy last week on other things. I promise next time I'll update sooner as I possibly can.

Stay tuned and thanks for reading!