The next evening, a simple patrol took Leonardo and Raphael, Donatello and April (And Casey), and Irma, Michelangelo, and Vern above ground as Spike bailed out, explaining that she needed to take care of something with Karai.
Karai and Spike slog through the sewer water until they reach Leatherhead's quarters.
"How are you all faring?" Spike asks, leaning against the wall.
"Nobody has eaten each other," Leatherhead reports. "The warm bloods and the cold bloods have been separated."
"Great." Spike pushes off as Mona Lisa approaches her.
"Well? We've been scrounging for something decent to eat," she says. "What are your suggestions, oh wise one?"
"There's no need to get snappy," Spike says. "I have a plan."
~Evil Takes it's Toll~
"We're not in the wilderness," Spike says, squinting into the lights of New York from atop the apartment building. "I can't teach you to hunt in the normal sense. But there is something we can do for each other." She turns. "I know a guy who is rich and doesn't deserve it. He turned you into what you are today. I'll use his account to feed you as long as I can."
An artic fox shrugs. "Well and good, and thanks, I'm sure. When do we begin taking revenge?"
"Revenge is overrated," Spike says.
"You know this personally?"
She shrugs.
"What is going on up here?!"
Spike spins and comes face-to-face with Angel. "This is your apartment?!"
"Yes!" Angel throws her hands up. "And there's a mutant conference on my roof!"
"Sorry. We'll get off your roof," Spike says, holding her hands up. "I'll find someone else's."
"Who are they?" Samantha asks, stepping from behind Angel.
"We were humans," the fox says. "Experimented on."
"Like her?" Samantha points at Spike. "That's sad. What are you going to do?"
"We don't know. Sanchez over there is going to teach us to fight those that did harm to us."
Angel holds her hand out. "Wait. She's teaching you too?"
Spike nods. "They must be able to live out here."
"Maybe we could make a deal," Angel says slowly. "The Purple Dragons are a gang around here that take money from us. If you could help us fight them, some of us could help pay for your lodging and food."
"You would do this?"
Angel shrugs. "I've put my trust in one mutant. What's a few more?"
Spike smiles as her phone rings. She flips it out. "Hello?"
"Donnie, this is Spike-I mean, Spike, this is Donnie! You're not gonna believe this!"
"Donnie, let's make a record of weird things that have happened and count how many of those are unbelievable," Spike says.
"Fine. It's the people of New York! The humans! They're…..zombies, almost. In behavior, anyway. They're just wandering around in a daze!"
"What's causing it?" Spike asks. "And why weren't we affected? What about April?" She waits. "And Casey," she adds.
"Them too! I have them restrained for now, and I'm going to need to take some tests in the lair!"
Spike glances at Angel in confusion. "Not all the humans, then. I see one from here that looks normal."
"There are isolated pockets where it's not affecting them, yet, anyway. Quickly, return to the lair!"
"On my way." She turns to Angel. "Be careful. We seem to have a situation. C'mon, Karai."
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