A.N: OK! So someone reminded me it's been already 50 chapters, so I want to thank everyone so far for your support and love for this story and I wouldn't be doing this without you. Oh my god, this wait is killing me. All my shows after today are on hiatus. Star Wars Rebels, Gotham, Arrow, Agents, Flash, RWBY, TMNT, Once….except for Korra but yeah…

Kame Otaku: yes, I give you full blame for that XD. Thank you, and thank you for sticking to my story after 50 chapters. Karai is forgetting who her friends—associates are.

Ericaphoenix16: LOL, things are getting worse, yes…

Beawolf's Pen: Then that means I'm doing a good job in writing and the climax will be the best part. I guess that's how great shows are written, right? I should be a producers XD. Oh yes, there will be a moment like that soon.

I don't own TMNT


CHAPTER 52

Karai had followed Fillien back out to the street. Since the Shellraiser's way of getting in was locked, the two girls had to climb out of a manhole cover. Once they were out and put the lid back, Fillien began, "You were with the turtles…."

Karai breathed a sigh and as they walked back to the hideout, Karai explained in detail the deal she made with Leo and his brothers. When Karai was done, Fillien asked, "Look Karai, I know you said to me that you had a pretty good way of getting stuff to go around without Shredder knowing. And a lot of things I've seen you do, he still doesn't know about so I trust you can do it."

"Then why force me to use the Second Hand card on you?"

"Well, one, that was your choice to do so. Second, it's your job sometimes to play the card but I'm getting off topic. The point is… well…. I can see why you really want to take down the Kraang, Believe me I do too, and I want you to help in taking down the Kraang and put aside your father's vendetta on Splinter. But isn't it risky this plan of yours?"

Karai smirked, "Come on Fill, Shredder has a ton of weapons coming in, and he won't notice one missing."

"Ok, let me ask a better question. Do you trust them?"

"Who?"

"The Turtles, who else?"

Karai wanted to argue straight away but she had to think long and hard on this one. Then she said, "Well, they're desperate to take down the Kraang. I'm desperate, too. Who says you can't just pull up the white flag for a while and fight alongside them? After it's done, we'll be back to being enemies. I'll go a bit easier on them, probably, but we'll still be enemies. Besides, Fillien, what else would they use the missile launcher on?"

Fillien gave her a look that said 'Think a little on that one.'

It took Karai a second to think about it until her eyes widened in realization. They could use the missile launcher on the Shredder….. Karai stopped walking and planted a good foot on the ground, "No, Leo wouldn't do that. We have a deal, and we shook on it."

"Yeah, you held hands, what a joy." Fillien said, stopping too to face her, "But I don't think a good shake is going to keep them from going back to what their main goal is; to take the Foot Clan down."

"You don't know Leo. He wants the Kraang ship gone as much as me. He's not narrow minded and he'll put the Shredder aside for now. I know him, he's my frie—" Karai was about to go on and say friend but stopped. "My ally…"

Fillien snorted. "Are you kidding me? Were you going to say friends, and you say that you and I can't be?!"

Karai growled and lowered herself to be eye level with the cat girl, "Don't… you have a perfectly good idea why I can't have friends."

"Yeah, I do. This scar on my face won't let me forget it." Fillien said as she moved her head to have the faded bruise form the Shredder be visible to Karai. Karai winced and looked away. That was Fillien's cue to continue the walk back. "I won't say anything, but it doesn't mean I'm going to help."

Karai marched passed Fillien and said, "Fine, I wasn't going to even ask anyway."

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Karai went to her dorm and kicked her door open. Then she marched into the bathroom and started to take off her armor. As she looked at the mirror, she thought she saw someone else. A woman with long black raven hair, but the face almost resembling hers. Karai blinked a little bit and then looked back at her mirror, seeing herself this time. Except, she looked more worried than she should be. Karai thought about what Fillien had said but it couldn't be true. Leo had never betrayed her before, and since he was a goody-two shoe…. Or three toes…she would never expect for him to be like Shredder. Leo can't be one to just think of taking down the main enemy, and only that. Leo said he wanted that ship gone, Karai saw it in his eyes and she knew he wouldn't think of doing otherwise. She had to trust him.

A truck pulled up to the back of the hideout the next morning. It was Shredder's ride to the docks where he would meet the sells man with the weapons. Tagging along were a few Foot soldiers and Karai herself. She had woken up a little agitated from the night before but she had to put all that aside for the sake of her mission. As Karai and the soldiers were getting into the truck from the back doors, Fillien came running out and said, "Wait! I'm coming."

Karai looked at her confused. Yesterday Fillien didn't want to talk to Karai because the cat girl thought the kunoichi was making a bad decision. Now Fillien wanted to tag along on the mission. Why did she want to come along now? A Foot Ninja said, "You've got to be kidding me. She can't come, she'll be a nuisance."

"She will be of good assistance." Shredder said darkly as he came out from the doors of the hideout, following behind Fillien. The foot ninja became stiff in his presence, but he continued. "Bradford and Xever are busy with an errand I gave them. I will need a strong and reliable mutant there to be insurance so Sterenko keeps the full deal." Unlike the two ninjas that were to accompany them, Karai knew exactly what Shredder meant. Fillien was going to make sure the dealer would go through with the whole package arsenal they ordered. If a crate of weapons was missing, the only way to convince the dealer to bring the rest of the cargo was with fear. In this case fear would be a mutant with claws, teeth, and the ability to fly. Karai sort of felt happy for Fillien. Not only was Fillien getting noticed for her mutation, but the cat was smiling as if she had won a prize.

Shredder got into the passenger side of the van while a ninja took the wheel to drive. Karai, Fillien, and the other two Foot ninja stayed in the back where the seats were placed along the wall for them to sit on. Even though they left early enough to avoid street traffic, the ride still felt long, especially for the ones in the back. The two foot ninja were whispering something inaudible to Karai and Fillien, or something almost inaudible. "So who is the dealer again?"

"His name is Sterenko. He's used to be an officer of the Russian military. His father was a commander in World War II."

"But why is he in illegal arms trade?"

"Because he got kicked out of the military for extreme reasons."

"What does that mean?"

Karai cut in, "He sacrificed a battalion for practice."

The two Foot Clanners became rigid seeing that she had heard their conversation. Lucky enough it wasn't Shredder who heard it. They decided to stop talking and continue on in silence. The van drove them through the city until they finally got to the gates of the private docks where cargo would be dropped off. They parked somewhere among towers and towers of huge metal cargo boxes that transport ships move around the seas. Everyone got out of the van slowly and quietly, wary about the quietness around them. They walked the rest of the way to the wharf where they got a view of the open ocean to the east. Standing by storage shed and near what look like an old red Cadillac, a man in a decorated black coat and matching Russian fur hat stood tall and alone. He had buzz cut blond hair and a scar along his face that went over one eye that looked almost metallic and cyborg like. This was Sterenko. Fillien wanted to get a better look but Karai kept her back, hidden behind one cargo crate as to not be spotted by him. As the decorated man turned to look around, Fillien asked Karai, "How does Shredder know him anyway?"

"Shredder helped him out with something a few years back. This is sort of like returning the favor. We have to be wary though. The last time Shredder had contact with him was ten years ago. He could be a different man now."

"Sounds a lot like Leonardo." Fillien whispered. "Well, at least the last part."

Karai huffed, "If you really think that, why are you here then?"

"I want to make sure my accomplice doesn't do anything stupid."

Karai blinked several times. Did Fillien really come to this? This was worst then when Fillien had just mutated.

"Karai." Shredder said, thankfully not having heard the girl's earlier conversation. Shredder gave her a silent command and Karai got the message. Karai climbed up a nearby tower of cargo crates and then ran along them until she got close enough to Sterenko to jump off and then land on his red Cadillac. Sterenko jumped a little at the sound behind him and backed up seeing Karai stand up tall in his transport. Three Foot ninja's surrounded him and Shredder came out of his hiding spot to stand in front of Sterenko. Fillien stayed behind as ordered.

After the meet and greet, and the Shredder had given Sterenko his pay, Karai jumped off the car and said, "I'll go check the supplies."

Sterenko was about to go into his Cadillac to leave when the Foot blocked his back. He looked at Shredder and said, "What? Don't you trust me, we're old friends."

"Then you won't mind accompanying me while she checks." Shredder said.

"What makes you think I would back off on my deal?"

"Many things, but this for sure would keep it." That was Fillien's cue.

The cat girl flew in from the sky and landed just in front of Sterenko. He backed up as Fillien took a step forward, bared her teeth, flattened her ears, and extended her claws, trying to give him a scare. Sterenko did not ask more questions, except stare at Fillien with fear and disgust. She ignored the look and just growled louder. Fillien didn't see, but she could just tell what Shredder was thinking. Him bringing her here was worth it. It all suddenly went downhill when everyone heard Karai scream, "Look Out!" and then pushed Shredder out of the way as something small and bouncy came out of nowhere. Whatever it was landed in front of the three Foot ninjas, Sterenko, and Fillien. They realized too late that it was a baseball with metal electric conductors tied on it and when they did realize it, they were all stunned with electricity. Fillien fell to her side and instantly blacked out.

All hell broke loose after that. The Kraang ship had come to destroy whatever it was after, and at the same time the Shredder went after the turtles. As Leo had gotten away from the Shredder and was now heading for the box of missile launchers, Karai jumped out of her hiding place and went in between him and the supplies. She pulled out her sword and got in a defensive stance. She was so flippen pissed at him that if looks could kill, the sneer on her face could have made him into a nothing but a pile of scales. He had just gone behind her back and used the information she gave him about the meeting point to his own advantage. Something that Karai believed wouldn't happen but fell for anyway. She yelled out at him, "I thought you were better than this, I thought you were my friend! How could you betray me, you're just as short sited and obsessed as Shredder!"

Leo argued, "You said yourself how bad Shredder is. Why are you protecting him? You said he's driving you crazy!"

Karai took a quick, small breath in, preparing for his reaction of what she was about to say. She never told any of her enemies she was the daughter of Oroko Saki, there would be less fun in that. But this time it wasn't about fun and games, this was about dealing with personal matters. "He drives me crazy because he's my father!"

Leo twitched a little and began to stutter, "Yo-your father? Shredder is your father? You're Shredders Daughter?!" Yes, you didn't have to repeat that again in several different ways, Karai thought. Suddenly the shock on his face was wiped away when the attacking Kraang ship flew right towards them from above and shot a lazar at them. They both dodged the attack by jumping back, and then they watched as the ship passed by and disappeared behind the tower of cargo. Leo looked up saying, "We got to stop that thing."

Oh no, Karai thought. He was not going to make any excuses. No one betrays Karai and gets away with it, No One. "Our deal's off, you want a feud…" Karai pointed her sword at Leonardo and said the last part with an angry tone, "You got one!"

When Fillien woke up, she shook herself of the tiredness and looked around. The two foot and Sterenko were still out cold, but Fillien looked around to see while she was knocked out that a fight had begun. Well, it was more like ending, actually. She saw Leo and Karai fighting toe to toe on top of the storage building, an empty shoulder-fired missile launcher just lying there on the roof with them. Fillien then looked the other way to see the other three turtles group up by a cargo box, coming out from the towers of other shipment. Shredder appeared on top of the cargo next to the three turtles and prepared to attack, but it never happened. Fillien noticed a trail of smoke that started midair from the sea and came around behind Shredder, appearing as the Kraang ship that was up in flames. "Master Shredder!" Fillien yelled. Shredder seemed to hear her because he looked up in time to see the ship coming towards him. The turtles ducked out of the way but the Shredder staid put, blades up and ready for the impact. Fillien stayed there shocked in seeing him take the hit, fly through the air and across the wharf until he hit the water. Shredder along with the destroyed Kraang ship disappeared under water. Fillien ran to the edge to find him but she couldn't see in the murky water.

Karai had looked up when she heard Fillien yell but was only able to watch as Shredder was taken out by the Kraang ship and sunk in the ocean. "FATHER!" Karai yelled in fear for the man's life. She sheathed her Tanto and ran past Leo, totally forgetting the fight she was having with him before. Karai jumped off the storage house and into the freezing water below.


A.N: So Fillien gave Karai a fair warning and she didn't take it. Now look what happened. Fillien's doing pretty well, until she gets knocked out. Yeah I made up most of what I wrote about Sterenko but it may be true, you never know. Was Karai going to call Leo friend earlier? And did she actually end up calling Leo her friend...OOOOO… The I-told-you-so part is coming, but after Karai saves Shredder. I'm KikaKatTIOI, peace out!