Karai's Vendetta.
Samantha's POV.
Oh boy, what a treat. Karai and Father returned to the Cathedral with a pink brain-squid. It must've been a Kraang. Father decided to interogate the squid, to find out why their species are hunting the Turtles and that Lizard girl. The squid screeched in protest and tried to pry itself out of Father's grip.
"Why were you hunting the Turtles and Eleanor?" Father asked.
The Kraang screeched, as if it was talking. But we couldn't make a word out of it.
"They don't talk much outside their little houses." Karai explained, knocking on the robot she brought a few weeks ago.
Father threw the Kraang into the machine. The Kraang screeched, then closed its eyes, activating the robot. The robot looked at Karai, Father and I. It tried to move, but couldn't because all that was left of the robot was its head, upper-arms and torso.
The Kraang opened its eyes and started screeching again. The robot lifted its head and started trying to speak.
"Kr-kr-Kraang is lacking the knowledge, to answer the questions that the one, known as Shredder, is asking of Kraang." The Kraang spoke in a deep, raspy, but monotone voice.
I narrowed my eyes. I know that voice from somewhere, but I can't seem to recall when or where. Memory sure is a strange thing these days.
Father looked at Karai and I, "Do they all speak like this?"
"Even if Kraang is possessing the knowledge, the one, known as Shredder, will never be getting that knowledge from Kraang." The Kraang added.
Karai looked at Father with a smile, "You didn't have any other plans, for today, did you?"
Father looked at Karai, "Let's try again." He looked back at the Kraang, and put his middle claw close to the Kraang's face. The Kraang screeched in terror. "Why were you hunting the Turtles and Eleanor?" He asked.
I smiled at the Kraang, "Best to answer. Father is not in a good mood today."
The Kraang looked at me, then at Father, "The ones, known as the Turtles and Eleanor Hamato, are protecting the lifeform needed by Kraang. The one known as April O'Neil."
My smile fell and my eyes widen. Like the Kraang's voice, I know that name. I thought back a bit. I remembered Bradford knocking a human girl unconscious and bringing her to one of our missions. That must be April O'Neil. Why does that name give me a headache?
"Who is this April O'Neil?" Father asked the Kraang.
"I think Bradford met her. Ginger hair, blue eyes, freckles, seems to like the color yellow." I answered with a small shrugg.
"She is the one, known as 'The One'. She is the link which is missing in the plan, which is the plan of Kraang." The Kraang explained.
"So this April O'Neil is at the center of everything." Karai summarized as her smile fell.
"Perhaps we can use her to draw the Turtles and the Lizard out of hiding?" I suggested to Father with a small shrug.
Father looked at me, I felt a smile under his mask. That's the first time I've technically seen my father smile.
He looked at Karai, "Karai, find this girl, find bring her to me."
Karai smiled, bowed her head, and made her way out of the Cathedral, to look for April O'Neil.
*The Next Day, in The Lair...*
Eleanor's POV.
The boys, April and I were just in the middle of our sparing training. April was sparing with me. Donnie was with Leo. And Mikey was sparing with Raph. April was doing really well, but Uncle Splinter would show April the right posture every now and again. Leo was able to defeat Donnie, by taking his staff and delivered a palm-strike to his chest.
Uncle Splinter helped April once again, and we turned our attention to Raph and Mikey's spar.
"What you gonna do? What you gonna do? What you gonna do?" Raph teased Mikey, getting him to lower his guard.
Raph jumped toward Mikey. Mikey saw an opening. He ducked, grabbed Raph's hands and monkey-flipped him on to his stomach.
Mikey smiled and struck a pose, "Booyakasha!" He jumped on to Raph's face and teased, "You got faced! Thought you had me, but I played you like a trombone."
Mikey stood up and started imitating that he was playing a trombone. Raph stood up and caught Mikey in a Kannuki Jime (A reversed Bear-Hug).
"Play time's over, tough guy!" Raph told Mikey, as he lifted him off the ground and applied pressure.
"Put me down! Enough! Uncle!" Mikey cried, struggling free from the hold.
"I don't see you tapping out." Raph replied.
"I can't... Move my... Arms..." Mikey struggled to say, dropping his arms.
Raph applied more pressure, which caused Mikey to yelp, "Then tap your horrible, disgusting middle toe."
Mikey wiggled his left middle toe. Raph dropped Mikey, and Mikey fell on his shell. Mikey sat up and talked to his toe, "Don't worry, Stubby. You're not as horrible as he says."
Uncle Splinter and I walked up to Mikey. "Michelangelo, why did you give up so easily?" Uncle Splinter asked, as I gave Mikey my hand.
Mikey took my hand, and I helped him back to his feet. Mikey looked at Splinter, "There was nothing I could do."
"There is always something you can do. Observe." Uncle Splinter explained. He looked at Raph, "Raphael, Kannuki Jime (Grab me from behind)!"
(A/N: I can't find any Kanji, Katakana, or Hiragana for this phrase.
Japanese is not really my native tongue.
Anyone who does, please let me know.)
Raph tensed up as Uncle Splinter walked past him. Donnie and Leo watched from near the exit, while Mikey, April and I watched from the front. Raph stood behind Splinter and performed Kannuki Jime. He tried to lifted Splinter into the air, but he was too tall.
"The key is to unbalance your opponent." Splinter explained, as Raph continued to try and lift him off the ground.
"But how?" Mikey asked.
"However you can." Uncle Splinter answered with a shrug. Then he added, "For example..."
Splinter licked the side of Raph's face. Raph reacted by letting go of Splinter and wiping his face. Uncle Splinter took the opportunity and tripped Raph over with his tail.
I surpressed a giggle, as Splinter chuckled, "You see? There is always a way." Then he wiped his mouth and looked at Raph, "And you need to take a bath."
With that said, our training session was over.
*A little later...*
The boys, April and I were doing our own thing. Raph was feeding Spike. Mikey was enjoying his pizza. April and Donnie were in Donnie's lab. Leo was flipping through channels. And I was drawing in one of my Dreampads.
I was sketching a new image this time. A girl wearing yellow, being chased by a white snake, in the streets of New York. I felt like I knew the girl and the snake. But, I can't be too sure. I also can't help thinking about that vision from yesterday.
"Ellie, Space Heroes is about to start." Leo alerted me, snapping me out of my thoughts.
I closed my DreamPad and sat next to him, as he switched the channel. Today's episode was in the ship, as Captain Ryan, Dr. Mindstrong, Mr. Crenshaw and Grundch were watching two crew members in red shirts, being attacked by an insect-like monster.
"The landing party is under attack by the Digesters! We have to save them!" Mr. Crenshaw paniced, earning a slap in the face by Captain Ryan.
"If we keep bailing them out, they'll never learn to take care of themselves." Captain Ryan pointed out.
"But this is their first mission, and they don't even have weapons!" Mr. Crenshaw argued.
"Then they'd better learn fast." Captain Ryan said in a simple tone.
Then the sound of a woman screaming filled the speakers of the ship, indicating that the monster eat one of the crew members.
"Say, Dr. Mindstrong, weren't you in love with that one?" Captain Ryan asked.
"I was, Captain." Dr. Mindstrong answered, fighting tears.
Captain Ryan smiled, "Well, it looks like you both learned a lesson today."
Leo switched the channel, as the show was just finishing.
"Hey, guys." Donnie greeted, as he opened his lab's doors and leaned into the lounge, "Guess what April and I have been up to."
Leo, Mikey, Raph and I stayed quiet and looked at each other. Donnie smiled, "That's right! Analyzing sewage."
"Who says you don't know how to show a girl a good time?" Raph asked with a teasing smile.
I tilted my head in interest, "What did you two find?"
"Why don't you all come in and find out?" Donnie offered.
Leo, Raph, Mikey and I joined him and April in the lab. Mikey, of course, brought his pizza with him. Donnie and April grabbed a large beaker, filled with a cyan liquid, and showed it to us. It felt like water, but not completely.
"April and I were going through some files on the Kraang storage device." Donnie started, as he put the beaker on top of Mikey's pizza boxes, "We found out that they're using a special process to change Earth's water into Kraang water."
"They've already started the process. We found a low concentration of Kraang chemicals in the sewage." April added to Donnie's explanation.
"And I take it that's a bad thing." Raph summarized.
I nodded in agreement, "Anything to do with the Kraang, you know it's gonna be bad."
"Watch what happens when I dip this slice of Mikey's shrimp and sardine pizza into pure Kraang water." Donnie said, as he put a piece of Mikey's pizza into the liquid.
Almost instantaniously, the pizza disintergrated until there was nothing left. Mikey cried in dismay and asked Donnie, "How do you sleep at night?"
"Presently, there's only a tiny bit in the water supply, but the concentration is increasing, which means-" Donnie explained, but Mikey cut him off.
"Every slice of pizza in New York will be destroyed?" Mikey exclaimed.
"Along with anyone who uses water." April finished.
"I don't want to live in a world without pizza." Mikey shouted, as he moved his pizza away from the beaker.
But he forgot that the beaker was on top of the boxes and he tipped it over, with the liquid falling toward April.
"Look out!" Donnie cried.
Some of the liquid landed on April's wrist. She braced herself, and the rest of us exclaimed in shock and panic. But, to our surprise, April didn't disintergrate or mutate.
I removed my hands from my mouth in surprise, "Nothing... Happened to you."
The boys were speechless aswell with this discovery. How is this possible? Is this one of the reasons why the Kraang are after her?
"Maybe it's 'cause she's not made out of pizza." Mikey suggested, breaking the silence.
Suddenly, Donnie's computer started beeping. Donnie took a look and it showed a map of the East River, and a red blinking marker inside the river.
"The scanners located the Kraang facility transforming the water supply, which is right here." Donnie informed us, pointing at the red marker, "We gotta stop it!"
"Looks like we got a mission." Leo said with a smile. He looked at April, "You coming, April?"
"Sounds like a blast, but unfortunately, it's on the bottom of the East River. And equally unfortunately, I have an essay due." April answered in a slight sad tone, picking up her school bag.
Leo nodded in understanding, then looked at me, "Ellie?"
I smiled, "I've done my essay two days ago and turned it in yesterday."
"And Murakami-san?" He asked, tilting his head slightly.
"He gave me the week off. Said I've been working so hard, I deserved it." I answered with a small shrug.
Raph gave me a look, "How do you do it? Be able to live your life on the surface?"
I shrugged again, "I have my ways, Raph." Then I pointed to my nose, "A ninja's a master of deception."
"Speaking of Murakami, I wouldn't mind a little human food." April spoke up. Then she began making her way out of the lab.
"Pizza's human food." Mikey pointed out.
"Not the way you eat it." April replied.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you're going topside?" Donnie asked in a worried tone. He hopped over his desk, but lost his footing, and fell. He recovered and asked April, "You got your T-Phone, right?"
"Donnie, don't worry. I'll be fine." April assured the Techno-Turtle.
She continued walking. I felt a strong churn in my stomach. But it wasn't coming from me. Donnie and April were worried. April about the water. Donnie about April.
"So, Donnie, how are we gonna get out there?" Leo asked, getting back to the mission.
Donnie smiled, "Don't worry, guys. I've been working on something that is pretty awesome."
He looked at the ceiling. The rest of us followed his gaze and saw his newest invention.
*Later, in the East River...*
This is really embarrassing. Donnie created a Turtle-like submarine, and it doesn't work like a normal submarine should. Leo, Mikey, Raph and I had to play a vital part, and it's not really cool. The Turtle-Sub is powered by kinetic energy, channeled by bicycles.
"This is not awesome." Raph said, as we continued peddaling.
"Seriously, Donnie? A submarine powered by bicycles?" Leo asked.
"You know what would have been more efficient? Swimming!" Raph asked, then snapped.
"And get disintergrated? No thanks, Raph." I pointed out. Mikey laughed at the burn.
"Hey, pipe down, guys." Donnie told us, "Kinetic energy is the only way to charge the engines, which should be done right about now."
Donnie activated the engines and the Turtle-Sub soared threw the river with great speed. Leo, Mikey, Raph and I were able to take a break and catch our breath.
"We're almost there." Leo assured us, then he instructed, "Up periscope."
The periscope dropped down. It was a toilet seat with a pair of binoculars. Leo was not amused. Anywho, Leo looked through the periscope and saw something.
"Uh, Donnie? Any chance this Kraang facility Looks like a giant Sea-Mutant?" He asked Donnie.
I joined Donnie and saw through the other eye of the sub. I saw the sea mutant. It looked the closest description you can get from the Loch Ness Monster. He was beautiful, but I didn't have time to admire.
So, I recollected my thoughts and answered, "Oh, that's not a Mutant, Leo."
"Based on his physiology, I'd say the Kraang brought him here from Dimension X." Donnie added.
"How is that less horrifying?" Leo asked.
"It's not. I just like to be accurate." Donnie answered simply.
"Well, whatever it is, it looks like it's guarding that." Raph informed us.
Dead ahead was the Kraang facility. The Sea-Mutant was swimming around it in a protective manner.
Leo lifted the periscope and told us, "Let's go stealth."
Donnie powered everything down, entering stealth mode. The sub gentley approached the facility. The Mutant saw us coming.
"We need a way to draw that sea monster away from that base. Donnie?" Leo reported, then asked.
"The flares might do it, but they need a form of telekinetic photon energy to activate." Donnie explained.
I smiled, "Psionic light energy? I'm your lizard."
"Okay. You see the panel in the shape of a hand? Place you hand over it and start releasing the energy." Donnie instructed.
I placed my hand over the panel, on top of my head, closed my eyes, and started manifesting the light energy.
Leonardo's POV.
Ellie started releasing the energy into the panel. Indigo energy flowed around her. The purple markings returned. Upon her back, I saw a tribal dragon tattoo. Must've been her Purple Dragon tattoo. It was glowing the same purple and it was moving. I also noticed on the back of her neck, under her turtle choker, was the same symbol on Master Splinter's kimono; A turtle in a circle. How long has she had that tattoo?
Once the energy was released into the panel, the Mutant was in front of us and growling. Donnie fired a flare, the indigo orb turned white and the Mutant quickly followed it.
The indigo energy and the markings disappeared and Ellie fell to her knees in exhaustion.
"Good job, Elle." I praised, as Ellie gave me a smile and a thumbs-up.
Eleanor's POV.
With the Sea-Mutant gone, the boys and I inspected the inside of the facility. It was full of Kraangdroids. No surprises there. The Kraang increased the conversion of the Kraang water. We had to stop them now.
"We gotta get in there before that sea monster comes back." Leo said, as he looked through the periscope.
"How are we gonna get past those guards?" Mikey asked.
Leo smiled, "We make them come to us."
Donnie started picking up large rocks from the riverbed and putting them into the diposit of the Kraang water, causing a large blockage.
The Kraangdroids left their station and jumped into the water, to examine and deal with the blockage. Donnie parked the Turtle-Sub above the facility and we entered with ease.
"We're in." Leo told us.
Just our luck, the Sea-Mutant returned to the facility.
"And that thing is back." Raph informed, then asked, "How are we gonna get out of here?"
"We'll worry about that later. Right now, we've got bigger fish to fry." Leo answered.
We made our way to the main control room.
"I don't think we're gonna find a bigger fish than that." Mikey joked.
Leo, Donnie, Raph and I sighed and face-palmed in annoyance. That was a bad pun, Mikey. I pinched my muzzle.
"What? Come on, that was good. You gotta give me that one." Mikey said, as he followed close behind.
We found the main control room and made our way inside without alarming any of the Kraangdroids inside.
Leo grabbed one of his katanas, ready to fight, "Okay, we have to be quiet."
"Do you have to say that every time?" Donnie asked, then argued, "We're ninjas. We know how to be quiet."
Suddenly, his T-Phone rang in a loud volume. Leo, Raph and I looked at Donnie was shocked expressions, while Mikey chuckled, "Ooh, that is embarrassing."
The Kraang heard Donnie's T-Phone and started firing at us. The barrage of laser-fire caused us all to scatter.
"April, hi! It's not a great time!" I heard Donnie answer his T-Phone, as he dodged the Kraang's barrage. He landed and shouted, "What?"
Leo tackled Donnie out of the incoming Kraang laser-fire.
"Karai's after April. We gotta help her!" Donnie told Leo.
What? Karai chasing April? Why? How? That means that my dream was another vision; The girl was April, and the snake was Karai. How does Karai know about April? The only ones that know April by name and face are me, the boys, Uncle Splinter and the Kraang. Is Shredder working with the Kraang now?
Oh, crud. Here comes another headache.
"And who's gonna help us?" Leo asked.
The Kraangdroids continued to fire their weapons at us. Donnie and Leo seperated and Donnie ran alongside myself.
"April, I'm sorry. We can't get there. But don't you worry. You just stay calm..." He told April, then shouted, "And run! Run for your life!"
With that he hung up his T-Phone and returned to the matter at hand; the Kraang. Good thing the group was all we had to worry about. The facility was smaller on the inside. The boys and I were able to lower the number of Kraangdroids, until Donnie got his T-Phone and tried to call April again.
"Donnie, focus! April can take care of herself." Leo told Donnie.
Donnie looked at Leo, "Against Karai? Are you kidding? I've gotta help her!"
"You're not gonna be much help, if you get blasted in the head." I told him, as I grabbed his hand and forced him to duck.
Donnie ducked, as a laser just narrowly missed his head, "Whoa!" He stood up again and grabbed his staff, "Good point."
Donnie and I returned to the fight and double-teamed one Kraangdroid. Mikey snuck up behind the two Kraangdroids shooting at us, and gave them a leg-sweep.
"That's a twofer." Mikey announced, as he started celebrating, "Thank you, and thank you."
The two Kraangdroids stood up again. Raph defeated them before they hurt Mikey. Mikey turned and noticed, "And thank you."
"How many times have I told you? No celebrating till the fight is over!" Raph shouted at Mikey, poking his forehead.
Mikey swatted his hand away and argued, "How many times have I told you, I assumed it was over?"
Mikey poked Raph's chest, but it got his finger bent back. He yelped and Raph let go.
"Children, children! We have to go!" Donnie told Raph and Mikey.
"Um, have you forgotten about a little something called 'completing the mission'?" Leo reminded.
"But April's in danger!" Donnie argued.
"If we leave now, the Kraang will poison everyone in New York, which, last time I checked, includes April." I pointed out. This made the situation a win-win for Karai and the Kraang.
"Think, Donnie. How do we take this place out?" Leo asked.
Donnie took a breath and thought for a second, "Well, the chemical is highly explosive."
"How do you know that?" Mikey asked.
"Partly because it has a hydrocarbon on its outer ring. And partly because of that sign." Donnie explained, pointing to a Kraang sign of an explosion and a Kraang being blown away by it.
I looked around, then picked one of the Kraang's laser-blasters, which was still in good shape. Perfect.
I looked at Raph, "Raph, do you think you can get this blaster open for me?"
Raph smiled and drew out one of his sai, "With pleasure."
I closed my eyes, as Raph dug his sai into the weapon. I looked and he was able to remove the casing.
I smiled, "Awesome." Then I explained to the others, "Now, I'll short out the power supply and leave it by the chemical tanks. It'll overheat, and the whole place will go boom!"
Donnie folded his arms with a smile, "How did you get so clever?"
I smiled with a small shrug, "I was born smart. I just don't like to show it very often."
"All right! Victory dance!" Mikey cheered.
Then he was about to start his victory dance, but now is not a good time, or place for it.
"Mikey!" Leo, Donnie, Raph and I shouted with a sharp glare.
Mikey shlumped over, "Or maybe later."
I pressed the button, that shorts out the power. Leo and Donnie gave me a boost, and I inserted the blaster into the chemical tank.
I landed and smiled, "There. In about 90 seconds, this whole place is gonna blow."
Leo nodded, "All right, let's move!"
Donnie called April again, and this time, she answered, "April, what's your status?" He asked her. After a second of silence, he replied, "Okay, we're on our way. We'll be there soon."
Suddenly, the sea-creature rose from the diving area, and roared at us. The boys and I screamed and the creature attacked us. "Actually, it might be a slight delay." Donnie told April, as he hung up the T-Phone, and we scattered from the creature's attack.
We tried attacking the creature, but his skin was too strong. Raph was the last to attack. He tried to jump to the platform, but the creature caught his mask-tails and threw him into the air, so he could eat him.
I jumped across and caught Raph before he landed into the creature's mouth, "Gotcha!"
Donnie joined and saw the timer of the blaster, "We've only got 30 seconds before that blaster explodes!"
Raph looked at me, "Ellie, can't you calm this thing down?"
"I could, but we wont have time to make our escape." I answered.
Raph rubbed the back of his head, "Good point."
The creature swung its head at us. Donnie, Raph and I ducked, but Mikey was thrown on to the platform.
"Uh, guys, any ideas?" Leo asked.
I went into thought, "Well, let's see. We're cornered by an amphibious sea creature, in an underwater base that's about to blow up." Then I sighed in a deadpan tone, "I got nothing." I looked at the Tech-Turtle, "Donnie?"
Donnie thought for a second, then shlumped over a bit, "Yup. I'm out."
Mikey threw his kusarigama around the creature's head and started riding it like a cowboy. Leo, Raph, Donnie and I cheered. Mikey jumped off and closed the hatch door, catching the creature's head in the process. The boys and I took the oportunity to exit the room.
"That was fun!" Mikey cheered, as he withdrew his nunchuck and started his victory dance.
"Mikey, that victory dance better not last more than four seconds!" I shouted to him.
Mikey did a quick victory dance and joined our escape. We were able to get back to the Turtle-Sub before the chemical tank exploded.
"That wasn't such a chore, now, was it?" Raph asked, as we entered the sub, and he was trying to get some water out of his ear.
Donnie made his way the controls, "Great, now we can get back to Apr-" Then he looked out and shouted, "Are you kidding me?!"
The rest of us looked and the sea-creature was free and back for round 2. Just great. The old turtle luck working true to form.
(A/N: Guess where that's from. ^_^)
Leo, Raph, Mikey and I hopped on to our bicycles and started pedalling like there's no tomorrow. But, the creature was right on our tail.
"Donnie, can you make this thing go faster?" Leo asked, as he looked throught the periscope.
"Of course I can." Donnie answered. He pushed the turbo engines button. The turbo engines revved up, but they fell off and shot off into the abyss of the river.
"Wow, that is fast." Mikey said in awe.
The boys and I returned to our stations, as Donnie shouted, "Pedal faster!"
Raph, Mikey, Leo and I pedaled as fast our legs could.
"Feelin' the burn!" Mikey said, as he pedaled.
The Turtle-Sub swam as fast as its fins could carry it, but the creature caught up to us and hit its head against the sub's. And then it grabbed the sub from on top of it.
"That's it. It's got us. We're gonna die!" Donnie shouted in a panic.
Then we heard something that surprised, and disturbed us. The creature was making happy whale noises. The boys and I shared the same expression as the same thought came to our minds; The sea-creature was in love with our sub. That's not cool. The boys and I reacted in disgust.
"Hey, we're not that kind of sub!" Mikey shouted to the creature, but the creature couldn't hear him.
As an act of retaliation, Leo released the underwater bombs. They attacked the creature, forcing him to let us go, and we made our way back to the Lair. Can you say weirdest day ever? Cause, so far, this day qualifies.
The boys and I made our way back to the sewers, thanks to Leatherhead's old lair. Donnie tried calling April again.
"Come on, April. Come on, April!" He begged, then he smiled, "April! You're okay!" He looked at us, "You hear that, guys? My sweet princess is alive!" Then he returned to his phone and whispered, "Did I mute that?"
The other boys and I face-palmed or sighed in annoyance. Donnie was worrying over nothing.
*Later, back in the Lair...*
"And when her guard was down, I flipped her down the subway steps and bolted." April finished her story of how she handled Karai on her own.
Donnie, Raph and Mikey cheered in April's success. Leo didn't want to listen, as he still had feelings for Karai. I felt my heart ache, because only I knew why. To conceal it, I stood up and made my way to the Dojo.
I heard Donnie smile, "That is awesome!"
"You rock!" Mikey cheered.
"Kick butt!" Raph praised.
"Impressive, April. You used your training well. And you fulfilled the most important goal of the ninja; To come home alive." Uncle Splinter praised with a smile.
April bowed, "Thank you, Sensei." Then she smiled, "Looks like I can take care of myself after all."
"Yes. And no." Splinter answered.
Uncle's answer caught my attention. The boys, April and I looked at him in confusion.
"Karai may have failed this time. But if Shredder wants you, he will stop at nothing to find you. And with the kraang after you as well, the wisest decision is for you to remain here, in the sewer, with us." Splinter explained.
"What?" April exclaimed.
"Oh, that's great!" Donnie smiled. But, he corrected himself, as he got a glare from April, "I mean, oh, that's horrible. That, you know, your life as you know it Is-is over and, um-" He stopped before he could make a fool of himself, "I'll shut up now."
"I can't stay down here." April argued, "I mean, what about school, My friends, everything?"
"Well, you can do what I do." I suggested, as I stood next to my uncle.
April gave me a look, "What? Wear a mask and a hoodie for the rest of my life?"
The boys looked at me. There goes that secret. I scratched the back of my neck, where my birthmark was, "Not literally, but yeah."
April sat down and curled herself into a ball.
"April, Master Splinter's right." Leo spoke up, "Until we stop Shredder and the Kraang, this is the only place you're safe."
"So once we stop them, I can have my life back?" April asked.
Leo folded his arms, "Yes."
April thought for a moment, then looked at us with determination clear in her eyes and aura, "Let's get started."