A.N: HA! NOPE! I ain't gonna miss posting today! Even if it's late at night. But it's FRIDAY YEEEEEE!

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CHAPTER 28

Having everything they needed in the employee lounge room, they barely left their hiding spot. With such an eventful afternoon, the girls slept well almost to the next day. While waiting for the turtles to find them, the girls tried to pass the time by seeing what they could do to pass the time. The girls managed to hack their way through the presets of a streaming service set in the lounge's TV.

So of course, on request since Fillien didn't have the fingers to do so, Karai put the Aristocats. "Oh here comes that musical number," Fillien said with a smile as she got up on her feet and began to trot in place. "Yep, I'm feeling that beat." Then she turned to look at her friend in her human form sitting with a distant look on the beanbag. "Come on, Karai, dance with me."

Karai shook her head, keeping it resting on the palm of her hand as she held her frown. "Not… dancer."

"Menteuse, (Liar)" Fillien said with a scuff. "Never forget you started on of many Foot Clan dance parties." Then, to try and get Karai to dance, Fillien mimicked the dance moves of the cats on the screen. "Everybody! Everybody—Come on Karai!- Everybody wants to be a cat!"

"Not cat," Karai tried to reason, now playing along as her tone sounded a bit more cheerful.

Fillien began to shuffle. "But who doesn't want to be, right?" Then she stopped with her back to Karai, only turning her head to give a smirk.

Karai finally had one of her own smirks cross her face. That cat got to her. Karai got up and the two began to dance. Karai just moving her hips and feet before waving her hands in the air. Fillien laughed as she moved her feet forward and back over and over again. Karai laughed as well. The two then looked at each other and laughed harder.

And for a moment, it felt like old times. At the Foot Clan hideout, putting on their monthly parties, with so many young adults and teenagers in their friend groups having the time of their lives. Fillien and Karai, were for once, in their own little world again. They wanted to enjoy this, and let this last for so long.

They stopped dancing once the song ended but both girls were breathless as they laid down on the furniture. Even when the movie ended they still felt the room get warm. So they walked outside for a breath of fresh air. "Started to get really stuffy in there," Fillien said, followed by a chuckled as she shook her fur and ruffled her feathers.

She then began to walk around the building, Karai following behind to see what she was up to. then the cat said, "Hey, I could go for a flight. Let's check out that lighthouse by the end of Long Island!" Almost like a puppy ready to play, Fillien's rear went up into the air as her tail flicked back and forth.

It amused Karai enough to make her giggle but she then waved the cat off and shook her head. "I will wait… for turtlesssss. You go."

"Oh yeah. I guess that makes sense," Fillien said standing straight again. "Ok, then I won't be gone long."

Karai watched her take off until she was a speck in the distance. That's when Karai frowned and let her snake form take over. She slithered around empty game booths and kiosks, her tongue going in and out as she tracked a familiar scent. She then caught sight of what she was looking for. A small rat tail was peaking out from under the tarp of one of the many elevated stages in the park.

Even though on instinct she kept her focus as she crept up on the little animal, Karai couldn't help but feel sad she had to lie to Fillien. But the snake girl didn't want her to be around. To see her like this. And Karai… was starving.

After catching a few rats, Karai thought it best to turn back to the stakeout next to the roller coaster. She looked back realizing she had gone too far so she made her way back, but when she got close she heard voices up ahead. Quickly she ducked behind a booth and peaked her head over the cashier stand. She had a view of the wooden walkway to the entrance of the Comet Coaster. Standing under the archway was Leonardo and Michelangelo.

Karai took a breath, telling herself not to panic. This was what she wanted. She wanted them here. All she had to do was walk out… or slither out, show herself, and—

Karai moved to the side, her snakeheads for hands sliding across the tabletop and knocking the cash register right off. It gave a loud clank as it hit the floor which caused the two turtles to turn their heads and face that direction. Karai was already booking it. Panic spiking.

Ok, Ok Karai wasn't as ready as she'd thought she'd be. As she slithered towards a spooky-themed funhouse, Karai could only wonder if Fillien being around would have made this easier. Where was she?

))))))))))))))) Lighthouse (((((((((((((((

With the sky clear that night, Fillien thought it would be a great view from the top of the lighthouse. And it was for a few moments. Fillien had rested on top of the rounded roof when she suddenly felt the breeze pick up. Huh? Fillien looked north, seeing some storm clouds rolling in. "What? Shouldn't they be coming from the east, from the ocean?"

Something didn't feel right. Fillien saw lightning, striking near Coney Island. Well if that wasn't a sign then Fillien didn't know what was. She stood up and immediately jumped off to fly back.

))))))))))))))) Coney Island (((((((((((((((

Leo just couldn't understand. Why was she running? Well, slithering. He and Mikey had followed her into the funhouse but as soon as they got to the mirror maze it was nothing but chaos. They were going in every direction but Karai would always use the reflections to misdirect them. Leo even waisted a canister of retro mutagen on a reflection. Leo already told Mikey t was all probably because she was scared. But still, why?

When they caught her escaping the funhouse, Leo and Mikey cut her off by blocking her way with the chain of Mikey's nunchuck. Karai hissed towards them. No recognition in her eyes. "Karai we want to help you, don't you remember us?" Leo tried to reason.

Of course she didn't, because all of a sudden she flung herself into Mikey. "Ah! Get her off, get her off! She's gonna eat me!" the young turtle yelled as Karai pinned him down flat on his shell.

"Karai, it's me!" Leo tried to get through to her memories. "It's us. It's me, Leo."

Karai perked up and looked back at him standing over her. There was a flash in her eyes. Then she moved off of Mikey and slithered away from them until her back hit the wooden wall of another booth. "Leo…" she hissed.

"We want to help you," Leo said as soon as Mikey stood up. They slowly walked up to her. She didn't cower but she kept her gaze away. She was still afraid. If they could make her feel comfortable. Maybe this wasn't the right form to be in at the moment. "Can you transform back?"

She didn't answer, all she did was finally look up at him with sad eyes. Karai was having a hard time staying human. She was losing herself to the snake mind. If only he hadn't wasted the retro-mutagen in the mirror maze.

All of a sudden, the sound of a car breaking through metal was heard from the back entrance of the park. Spooked by the sudden noise, Karai slithered away. "Karai!" Leo yelled with a hand out. Then he dropped it when a light grew behind him and his brothers. They looked to see headlights of a white van approaching. "Oh this just had to get harder" Leo muttered.

))))))))))))))) Above the Island (((((((((((((((

From high in the sky Fillien could see the big problem right away. Fillien dove low as fast as she could so that she would land behind the employee building without being spotted. She only peeked around to see through the white wooden bars of the coaster and spot a white van on the wooden path. But some of the wooden posts obstructed her view of those who came with the van. Were those mutants? They weren't the turtles' that's for sure.

"Turtles! Come out to play!" Came a familiar voice in a sing-songy tone.

"Anton?" Fillien whispered recognizing the former human. If he was mutant now, then the other one was probably Steranko. Something happened at the fight at the harbor probably for them to get mutated. Shredder had some mutagen handy. Where?

Fillien ducked back behind the building. So Anton called out for the turtles, which means they were here. Karai had to be out here as well. She had waited for them after all. So where did she go? Fillien decided to sneak around, crawling between empty booths and around attractions.

By then she had heard Steranko's voice along with Anton's and caught a glimpse of their mutant forms. Anton was obviously the bipedal pig wearing his purple suit and visor on. And Steranko was a bipedal rhino with cargo pants, a top, and bigger golden shoulder armor. And she could hear what they were bargaining for. It seemed like April O'Neil and Casey Jones had been caught and were being held hostage. In exchange to capture the turtles?

Weren't they after Karai?

When Michelangelo came out of nowhere and started to what sounded like stalling for time, Fillien had made it to a booth with water pistols. She was going to cross over to the other side of the wood platform when she spotted Leonardo was already there. Making his way to the white van as he also crawled between booths.

Suddenly, Fillien was pulled by scaly-like arms wrap around her waist. When she felt them pull her low behind the short wooden wall, she tried to struggle away. The arms only let go as soon as they made it so that Fillien was forced to turn and look at the owner. Fillien gasped for breath and saw Karai in her snake form curling herself up in the corner of the booth. "Karai, are you ok? Steranko and Anton didn't see you, did they?"

The snake girl shook her head, but she looked over to the white van and then the new mutants standing by with Michelangelo still getting their attention. Fillien nodded and said, "Yeah, Shredder must have gotten real angry that deal of there's didn't go through. But let the Turtles deal with them."

That's when things went bad. They noticed Anton go to Leo who had been picking the lock of the van to get their friends out. Michelangelo pushed him away but that gave the pig mutant room to pull out a canister of something. They heard Michelangelo yell that it was retro mutagen. This gave Fillien hope to which she looked to Karai for a smile. The snake girl just sank lower into her curl.

Fillien frowned and looked back up to see Leo try and stop Anton from using the retro mutagen on Michelangelo. Steranko easily pushed him into the wall of the funhouse. Fillien huffed. "We're never going to get the turtles to help us if their busy needing help themselves."

That's what got Karai to move. The snake girl slowly rose up and looked to Fillien determined. The two girls nodded with a smirk before looking to Steranko and Anton. Now the new mutants were fighting among themselves. "Let'sssss…. Take them…." Karai hissed.

"With pleasure."


A.N: Time for the girls to kick more ass. A lot of filler here but I HAD to add that semtinemtal moment in the beginning because it may be a LONG while till we get another one. See you all next week for the end of the Beebop and Rocksteady episode… one end we've been dreading the most. I'm KikaKatTIOI, peace out!