Chapter 56: Mousers' Attack! – Part 2

Alora's POV:

Several hours later after that double-sparred yet brutalized session in the Dojo this morning, we all were seated in the Living area, relaxing and recuperating from earlier today. We all sat in different locations in the spacious area; Raph was on the far left side of the concrete couch, slouching back while reading a comic book he held open in his hands, Donnie was sitting in the between section of the couch in a silent contempt with his arms laid atop of each other on his lap, Mikey was on the left side next to Donnie in an upside-down position above the concrete couch with his left hand resting on his plastron, and Leo was nowhere to be seen, yet I knew where he was and would appear to us at any moment.

I was sitting right in front of the TV, seeing scenes of commercials and such pass by while waiting for the next episode of 'Space Heroes' to come back on. When sitting patiently for the Television space-traveling series and our 'Fearless Leader' to show up, I then looked over my left shoulder and glanced to see both Donnie and Mikey looking somewhat miserable and completely humiliated about what happen at morning training, having me gaze at them in sympathy and depression on what had happen that made them both feel this way. No matter how many times I've watch this episode, I've never liked how Leo and Raph treated Donnie and Mikey like they were specks of dirt and pound them down like they were superior compared to their younger siblings. It always boils my bridges when seeing one or two of the Turtle brothers treat the others, wanting me to knock some complete sense into them that they didn't have to bully their way to seek comfort or success of thinking your better than they are. Yet as I said before, I can understand Raph doing this to them without doubt or hesitation, but Leo? Seriously? He's their Leader, for shell's sake, so he should be defending and standing up for them, not teaming up and taunting against them.

Speaking of which, my aural senses were active as I felt a presence coming over to the Living area, having me turn my gaze at the two solemn Ninja Turtle brothers around to see none other than Leo walking from the walkway between the Dojo and the Kitchen, possibly referring that he came from the Kitchen since he was holding a porcelain plate with a Pizza slice on it, approaches us with a somewhat smug grin on his face, yet notices the two sulking Turtles' expressions and, from the look in his eyes, decides to brings some reassurance about their conspiracy in the Dojo.

"Look, guys," Leo begins in saying, having both the purple and orange-clad Turtles turn their heads slightly towards him with little narrowed stares at the right when the blue-clad Turtle comes walking between the other walkway of the water tunnels under the Dojo and the Living area, steps down from the couch into the actual area and over towards where I was while informing assuringly:

"Raph and I may be better fighters, but you're still an important part of this team."

"Hmm. As important as you two?" Donnie questions skeptically, not buying the whole 'important-part-of-the-team' routine.

As Leo comes over to my left and sits right next to me, he looks over to them and then to Raph, who peeks up from behind the comic he was reading, before going back to it while Leo turns halfway back to Donnie and Mikey with a grin, having me narrow my brows at the two for being so selfish and explicit of their mocking demeanor.

"Uh, very important. We shouldn't compare ourselves. It-it's like apples and oranges," Leo states out rather simplistically of not letting their comparison get in the way of things, although, I knew that was the opposite of what both he and Raph were thinking.

"Yeah, if apples were way better, which they are," Raph mutters out in a rhetorical sentence with Leo turning to him with that same grin, which just proved my theory correct as I let a low growl course in my throat and narrowing my eyes more in anger.

"So, - the truth comes out," Donnie clarifies sternly while placing his hands on the side edges of the couch where he was sitting before bringing his right index finger up in realization then brings back down as Mikey flips over right-side up, standing from his spot with fists at his side, glaring at them angrily and glancing down side-to-side then back up at the two hotheaded Ninjas while stating out irritatingly:

"You guys think of us as some kind of 'B-Team'."

"Good one, Dr. Name-Einstein," Raph complimented from within his comical reading before bringing it down in showing his smirk-like expression as he then proclaims, "We'll call you the B-Team."

Mikey, who seems to acknowledge of his name-calling technique, smiles in pride with his eyes closed while folding his arms in satisfaction and replies "Thanks", at the compliment, only to perk up with his left eye opening, bringing his arms back down, glances down at from side-to-side again in thinking of a retort, before glaring at them again with a gritted teeth frown, re-replying with a slight scowl in his throat, "I mean, hey," while Donnie narrows his expression at the two as well from his sitting position and I still held my narrowed gaze at the Turtle duo which they both fail to notice my stare at them.

"There's no shame in it," Leo states out simply as he turns his attention to the TV screen, just at the moment to see the scene of the 'Space Heroes' Spaceship flying out in space switch to Captain Ryan's face on the left side of the screen while showing two other recruits; one human wearing an orange shirt and one alien wearing a purple shirt (much compared to Mikey and Donnie's choice of color), standing a few feet away from behind the Captain as the blue-clad Turtle lit up at that while pointing it out with his left index finger then turn to the others, saying:

"Look, they've gotta B-Team too."

I looked back at the TV, watching in hearing Captain Ryan saying that they'll need back up since there was an attack happening on a nearby planet they were approaching towards, and both he and his second-in-command, Crankshaw, were about to be beamed down to help out. The Captain glances towards the two recruits calls out to them as 'You-two-in-the-shirts' that they'll be coming along with them, having both crew members salute in response and joins both the Captain and Crankshaw on the teleporters. With the two pairs of crew were then beamed down in a warbling sound effect from the ship onto the planet's surface, yet once they've made it safely, both Crankshaw and Captain Ryan flipped and barreled in mid-air from the oncoming attack from the enemy, only for the other two weren't so lucky or quick to react, just to get hit with a couple of laser-beams, hearing them screaming in agony and fright before disintegrated out of thin air. Crankshaw was both shocked and devastated when he saw both men when calling one of them 'Rodriguez' and the other one 'that other guy' while exclaiming that they were suddenly gone, even though Captain Ryan, with his gun up in his right hand, seemed unfazed by it and just replies "Well, that's why we bring them along.".

'Seriously? Who would do something as stupid as that?" I questioned rhetorically in my head while giving a deadpan look at the scene before turning back over to Donnie and Mikey with a concern expression, having seen that they both felt insulted in seeing that.

"Thanks a lot," Donnie says irritated as he leans back in his seat while folding his arms over his plastron with a narrowed expression while Mikey, who also had his arms crossed over his plastron with a stern look, brings them down with his hands turned into fists and furrows his eyes more in an angry way.

"[Laughs] The point is, they had an important function," Leo informs rather smugly as he brings up his pizza he held in his left hand, raised it up and takes a bite out of it while watching his favorite program playing while I stared at him angrily, still not noticing my narrowed gaze.

"And what, pray tell, is that "important function", hmm?" I questioned firmly to the pizza-eating Leader with a raised-eyebrow-like deadpan look while quoting 'important function' with my fingers before crossing my arms over my chest.

Leo, who froze up at that as well as his chewing, goes wide-eyed at that, clearly not liking the tone I was giving him, turns to me and finally notices my expression I was shooting directly at him and Raph, his wide-eyes adjusting a bit more before glancing down at his left then, with a quick gulp down of his bit of pizza in his mouth, places the pizza down on his plate and puts it to the side before turning fully in facing me, yet avoiding eye contact with me while rubbing the back of his head, that was bent down a bit, with his right hand, stuttering anxiously at my accurate question.

"Uh…w-w-well, it's, uh, [chuckles anxiously], w-w-what I meant by that is, um…"

I knew I got him right where I wanted, having him feel nervous and uptight on not wanting to upset me more, but I wasn't done there as I then decided to bring up another observation on this matter.

"And since that you and Raph acquired yourselves as the 'A-Team' and Donnie and Mikey as the 'B-Team', which Team does that leave me, huh? I'm not nearly up to the level of a Ninjutsu Master since I'm a beginner, clearly not skillful as you and Raph are, so what should I call myself?! The 'C-Team'?!"

I was raising my voice in aggression as I narrowed my eyes and slightly leaning forward at the blue-clad Leader, who was looking more tense-up and nervous with sweat drops sliding down the left side of his face, his pupils dilated in fright while from the corner of my right eye, Raph was still holding his comic book up in front of his face as if he weren't a part of this conversation, but from what I can tell from his tight grip on the book, I knew he was hiding his nervous expression from revealing in front of me, yet I heard the quiet snickering that was coming from both the scientific and humor-loving Ninja Turtle brothers, knowing that they were somewhat enjoying their older siblings getting tormented by my accusation and the looks I was giving them in a furious manner.

"[Laughs nervously] w-w-what?! No! No! Of course not! You're an 'A-Team' member! Your skills are totally approved cause of your powers, so you are definitely up to our level! You are 100% percent part of the 'A-Team! Right, Raph!?" Leo exclaims rather quickly and intently with a sheepish grin as he then turns his head over his left shoulder towards the red-clad Turtle with a pleading glint in his eyes.

Raph, on the other hand, brings his comic down onto his lap, revealing a blank, wide-eyed stare while glancing from side-to-side, unknowingly how to respond to his brother's statement. Seeing that I may have overstepped my irritated boundaries just a bit, I let my furrowed-brow expression soften while exhaling out a tensional sigh, now realizing that this wasn't exactly the way to handle this situation by getting angry at the skillful duo for taunting their younger brothers and letting them think I was less vulnerable compared to them. So, I then thought that instead of throwing my tensional accusations at the overall underestimated older Ninja Mutant Turtle siblings, why not let them know that what makes each brother, younger and older, special and unique in working together as a unit?

I then got up from my spot near the TV, moved a foot away from Leo by standing at the center of the Living area as I got a good and seeable view of all the Turtles around me, seeing them all staring at me with wondering gazes when I began my own stateable explanation.

"Seriously, you guys, you shouldn't be mocking and teasing one another like this; this isn't how you should be towards each other. I get that you're all still at each other's throats from what happen this morning at training, but just cause that a couple of you are more skillful and combatable compared with the others doesn't mean that you need to make them feel less valuable. This isn't about who's better at what they do best; it's about what each one of you can do that makes you who you are and what you do that helps us out in working together."

I shift my gaze over to Raph, who still laid his comic on his lap with a curious look on his face as I gestured my right, outstretched hand towards him.

"Raphael. Your lack of strength and forcefulness is what lends us when our enemies outnumber us from five to possibly a dozen or more. You never have back down from a real fight, you charge in and face them head on like a rampaging bull, showing no fear or hesitation. Even with your temper and stubbornness, you still use it to take your opponents out by showing them whose boss, knowing that no matter what, you'll be willing enough to fight on in order to defend your brothers. You're the Brute of this utility."

"Well, I guess I can allow that," Raph commented with a smirk, shuffling in his seat a bit in showing how prideful he is about my complemental assumption about him.

I grinned at that, knowing that my progress was starting to go well as I then turn my head toward the orange and purple-clad Turtles on the middle section of the concrete couch as I gestured my left, outstretched hand toward the loving-comedian Ninja.

"Michaelangelo. The fun-loving, partying, prank-pulling Mutant Ninja Turtle whose jokes and silly remarks hold no bounds. You show a great deal of wanting to help out your brothers anyway you can, like being positive and make cracking sarcasms to lighten the mood. Even in dire situations, whether the Kraang, the Foot, or one of our Mutant rivals, you still keep an upbeat tone about it, [chuckles] especially when using your Ninjutsu skills in battle. Your humourism is the comical relief that keeps this Team on its toes."

"That's how I roll, Dudette," Mikey replied with a pleasurable, beaming grin along with his eyes closed pleasantly while jerking his left thumb at himself as his right hand on his hip.

Seemingly working out so far, I slightly turned my gaze to Donnie next, still gesturing my left hand over to him.

"Donatello. Your interval of scientific knowledge and mechanical engineering is very important in this group. You know exactly what to do when it comes to machines and chemical components when encountering one of our enemy's secretive bases, pacifically the Kraang. Like take Metalhead, for example; you created him from Kraang technology, which means you know its protocols and anomalies better than any of us, making you acceptable when figuring out the computer systems and functions of the alien-tech facilities. You even created some equipment, gadgets, and rides in helping us out through our missions, also go through so much desperation and ingenuity of researching the evil schemes from one of our enemies in order to stop them from succeeding. Your intelligence is what makes you unique and skillful here."

"Hey, thanks, Alora. It's nice to know that someone here appreciates what I have to offer," Donnie informs admirably with a happy smile, straightening himself up in his seat from his slouching position.

I nod at him with a smile as well, saying 'your-welcome', before finally turning myself around to the last – but not least – Mutant Ninja Turtle as the blue-clad Leader, who was no longer nervous but with slight curiosity just like the others, sits where he was near the TV yet gazing and listening to my explanation as I then continued by letting a soft smile grace my lips while staring at him.

"Leonardo. You have the most important task here out of any of us. You're the stronghold that binds this group together; you're the Leader. You have to take the responsibilities as both an older brother and Leader here, keeping your teammates in check and taking charge of the choices and possibilities you make. You have the potential of taking part of guiding your brothers when it comes to fighting against the enemy, though it's not they that need to be loyal to you for them to follow you, but you must also be loyal to them so they can accept and respect your orders. That's the lack of Leadership you carry, Leo, and that's your intention you withhold for this Team."

Leo, who looked speechless beyond words by what I just express about him, slowly yet surely turned into a warm smile, seeing the longing in his eyes as if I've moved him by my own worthful conversation, knowing that everything I'd said had maybe – just maybe – somehow changed his perspective of his taunting display at Donnie and Mikey. Yet when he gazed at me with that warm, prolonging grin, I felt my heart going a flutter, feeling the beating of it increasing ten-fold again as I felt my cheeks heating up entirely as I grinned back. Even though I wanted this moment to last a little bit longer, I had to finish this up in hoping I could bring this coronary to an end, seemingly doubting in would change anything in the episode, there's no reason in trying. Still staring at Leo's caring expression, I had to tore my gaze away in facing the rest of the brotherly Ninja Turtles, who were waiting rather patiently, Raph as well surprisingly, for whatever else I had to say, taking in a quick inhale first before moving on.

"So, you understand now that each of you has an important part in this when working together as one, single unit. There's no 'A, B, or C-Team' here, you all have to be and act as a real Team; a true Team, having to go through the troubling times and working things out with one another. And you guys are more than just brothers, your all best friends, sticking together like glue, having each other's backs when things get rough, and standing together side-by-side no matter what danger comes at you. These talents; these roles are what keep you all going and helping you throughout your adventures, and that's what makes you a part of this."

"What about your role, Dudette?" I heard Mikey asked in a wondrous tone, having me look over to him with a look of confusion upon his question.

"What?" I muttered out quizzically, not quite understanding what Mikey was entailing as Donnie leans in a bit with his lower arms resting on his upper legs while his hands were intertwined at that.

"What Mikey's trying to ask is: "What is your role of being a part of this Team?" Donnie clarified more theoretically about what his younger brother was asking.

"Yeah. After all, you're also a member of the Team, too, which means that you must have some major part about being helpful to this group as well," Raph added in with a curious yet suspicious expression while placing his comic down on his left side of the couch, leaning in closer with both of his lower arms hanging lose in between his legs.

Hard to imagine with this, but - Raph did have a point. Since I was now in the Series, being a major part of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012' TV show, I too should have a role to play in this as well, knowing that every character in this show has a part to play out in this, whether to help, fight, act, or sacrifice in this world of events, even if that one person is a bit 'out-of-place', or in my case, 'out-of-world-existence' in being a part of all of this.

"So... do you know, Alora? What your role is?" Leo asked wonderingly, curious yet concern on what my part in all this does intel for is as I turned my head away, looking downwards at my feet on the floor in pondering the Turtles' words.

In truth be told... I really didn't know.

I didn't know what I was meant to do here, what my purpose was in being a member/character in the Series. I've been so occupied with helping the guys, taking in and noticing strange occurrences appearing and happening out of nowhere that shouldn't be in the Series, and learning new intriguing things about my powers, that I've never even thought about it 'til now. Though with having this 'unbeknown' magic, the sky-blue fire in my eyes, the visions, Alon, Ms. Odileson, the unknown 'Dark' aural presence I've felt the pass couple of times, the mysterious hooded-figure, both the Kraang and Shredder knowing who I was and my abilities, everything happening around me, it felt like it meant something that could lead me to figuring out the true intentions of my being brought here to this world, yet maybe help me learn the role I was meant to take part of with the Turtles and their friends. Even though this was all happening so fast, it was kinda hard and slightly doubtful about it either way about what my real intentions of being here were; what my real purpose here is.

While still deep in thought upon the subject of my role in this, as well as feeling all the guys' eyes on me, my aural senses activated by feeling a presence coming straight towards and entering the Lair's front entrance, having me snap my head up from my wondering trance and turn to look at the entrance, hearing the creaking sound from one of the turnstiles, which gains the Turtles' attention that has them all turn to see April walking in with her arms wrapped around herself with her hands resting on the sides of her upper arms and her head was down with an upset expression, looking really shaken up from something that happened and I knew exactly what that was.

When I saw her coming up to us like this, I lightly gasped with a worried expression that made me took liberty to quickly jog up and climb out of the Living area right over to her, pacing over to her right and placing both of my hands on each of her shoulders, gently trying to comfort her as best as I can. As I caressed her with a sympathy look, I heard the sound of the TV being switched off and footsteps approaching that made me look to see all four brothers coming up to us and circling around us; Leo standing near April's left, Raph standing in between Leo and Donnie, Donnie in the middle, and Mikey standing next to my right.

"April, what's wrong? Are you okay?" He asked with a look of concern plastered on his face with his hands slightly reaching out towards her as Leo, Raph, and Mikey gazed at her with the same looks.

"What happened, April?" I asked as well while still holding her shoulders while still looking worried.

"I just got mugged by some Purple Dragons," She answered with a tremble that was heard in her voice as she gazes at the guys with a frighten expression before turning her head towards me and motioned her right hand off her left upper arm while adding, "They stole my phone."

When she told us that, it made me feel really infuriated and my blood boil that such street thugs like the Purple Dragons could do something so irrational by mugging other people, especially girls and women, just for stealing their prized possessions and essentials off of them, and for what? Cash, drugs, alcohol, trading in for the black market, and all that other dirty stuff. Seriously, that stuff makes me sick of it.

"Don't worry. We'll kick their butts for you," Leo declared determinedly, knowing that they all wanna give some payback for what those scumbags did.

"Yeah, we'll teach those punks to mess with April O'Neil," Raph proclaimingly added in a stern tone as he shifted and pounded his right balled-up fist into his left palm.

April, on the other hand, was glancing from side-to-side with her head down unsurely before looking back up with a calmer demeanor that showed that it wasn't much to worry about.

"Guys, it's just a phone," She assured with a gesture of her right hand before returning it in the same position on her upper arm while informing, "I'll get another one."

"Come on. What's the point of being a Ninja if you can't help your friends when they get robbed?" Donnie inquired while glancing at the others, who looked like they agreed at the matter from their blank expressions, before looking back toward April and I, knowing that he was being insisted in wanting to help out his 'secret' crush.

"Actually, I agree with April on this, guys," I announced out, having all eyes turned to me surprisingly and confusingly as I went on, "We shouldn't be putting ourselves on the line for something so little like a small device. It isn't worth getting into and sacrificing yourself to fight for it."

Yet, even though April's phone wasn't much of use to fight back for, it would apparently be for Shredder and his Hench-Mutants, knowing that one small communicative device had a GPS log that would show wherever that phone has been throughout the City, which included the Lair. Though since Dogpound has allied the Purple Dragons to his Master's forces, it wouldn't be much waste in time for one cell phone that would cause so much trouble for all of us if the guys here hadn't put in too much effort in retrieving it back, but hey, it's how the episode's supposed to go, so, whatcha gonna do?

"April and Miss Alora are right."

We heard Master Splinter's voice speak out as we all turned to our left to see him standing atop of the stairway to the Lab with his right hand holding onto his green-jaded can while his left hand was curved behind his back, still in a professional manner as he then stated next:

"It is best to let this go."

"What do ya mean? Why shouldn't we get her phone back?" Leo questions in bewilderment, clearly not getting the message that Sensei was informing them.

Master Splinter began descending down the steps while hearing his cane tapping against the cement floor as he walks over to us, explaining in his wise and domestic way the reasoning of not taking the chance of going after the Purple Dragon gang.

"One cannot predict the consequences of battle. Every fight has the potential to stir a hornet's nest."

He stops right in front of us with a calm yet concern expression while the rest of us, minus April and I who had understandable and knowing gazes, stared at him with blank and bewildered looks.

"A simple cell phone does not justify this risk," Splinter advised in a firm tone with squinting his eyes slightly in a term.

"What risk? It's the Purple Dragons," Raph reminded on who we were talking about here before jerking his right thumb behind him where two certain Turtles were standing, who gave questionable looks, while stating in a smug tone, "Even Mikey and Donnie could beat'em."

"Hey!" both the purple and orange-clad Turtles protested out in unison with Donnie giving a narrowed glare and Mikey with a hurtful gaze while Raph glance back at them with a smug grin with his arms crossed and Leo with a lopsided grin.

I, for one, gave an angry glare at that, feeling my blood boil in fury as well as my magic inside brewing up to a point of explosion, knowing that 'Mr. Hothead' here just hit a new low for the two younger Ninja Turtles, so I decided to make him eat his own words by doing something that made him stumble back in fright. I then moved my hands off from April's shoulders, walked pass Donnie and Mikey over to the red-clad Turtle, stood beside him on his right, and, staring at him with my glare still plastered on my face, brought up my right hand-held fist as a shimmering, light-blue aura enveloped it as I brought up near eye-level and held it back while I cleared my throat to gain the smug Turtle's attention. Seeing that he heard it, he turned his head toward me and, seeing his smug-like grin quickly turn into a wide-eyed frighten look, jumped back at my harden glare and readied fist as he took a step back with his hands up in front of him in surrender.

"Oh, come on! It's just a joke; I was only kidding!" He exclaimed with anxiety with a sheepish smile.

Only for me to furrowed my eyebrows with my eyes squinting a bit while letting a scowl course inside my throat, warning him that I was not buying it and was about to make a direct hit at'em if he didn't apologized, seeing both Raph and Leo, who still stood behind and had a wide-eyed gaze himself on my reaction, back up frighteningly with scared looks.

"Okay! Okay! You win!" Raph admitted with his hands still up while rolling his eyes with an annoyed expression as he then turns to both Donnie and Mikey.

"Sorry, guys," he muttered to the two in a low tone, but loud enough for us all to hear before he turns back to me with a skeptical look, "There. Ya happy?"

Seeing that was settled, I withdrew my fist as the aural magic that consumed my hand dissipated, having me crossed my arms over my chest while leaning on my right leg.

"Yep," I replied with a victorious smirk on my face, feeling better know that I've just made Raph take back on what he'd said and practically one this fight.

I heard a constant giggling that made me glance to my left in seeing Mikey hiding his mouth with his left hand with a big smile as well as Donnie with a grin on his expression, telling that they both found it enjoyable and laughable to see their 'bully' of a brother being put in his place. I also saw April grinning at that, too, along with quiet snickering while looking back at Raph to see him glancing away with a narrowed look, pouting angrily and Leo, who just stood there with a blank look at that, looking a little peaked at what happened before turning back towards Master Splinter, who still stood there with a unfazed stare, with a prideful grin.

"Don't worry, Sensei," Leo started out with his arms gestured out in saying 'everything's-gonna-be-fine' while informing stately, "We'll be careful."

After saying that with confidence, he then turns around and started running toward and out of the entranceway, followed by Raph, Donnie, and Mikey as they ran after their older brother/Leader while doing some flips and mid-air roll outs through the entrance and out of the Lair.

I stood idly by when they were out of sight, standing next to April as she turned herself around to look at where the guys ran off. I felt and heard Master Splinter's presence walking over to us, knowing that he was, too, gazing in the same direction as April and I were, knowing that with no other way around this, they were just to persistent in taking this risk, and I knew where that was gonna leave me with that had me bend my head down and heaved out a defeatable sigh.

"[Sighs] well, I guess I better go after them and make sure they don't get into any trouble," I stated out as a matter of fact, having me turn back and forth between April and Master Splinter in seeing their troubled concern-like looks on this.

Just then, I activated my aural flight that soon spread throughout the outlines of my body, seeing the sparkling lights danced inside the mystic, light-blue aural mist as it lifted me off the ground with my feet dangling a few inches from the floor. I then spewed toward the entrance before turning halfway around on my right toward Master Splinter.

"I'll make sure your sons are safe, Sensei. And I'll make sure they won't cause any more problems while getting the phone back," I swore to him, even though it was gonna get much worse after our brief battle against the gang of thugs.

"Please do, my child. For I fear the worse if my sons do not learn the essence of respect and indulgence of teamwork, they will not haste the temptations of this underlying mission," Master Splinter advised with most sincere tone, having me nod in understanding.

Yet as I then turned myself back to the entrance and was about to sped out after the others -

"And Miss Alora..."

I stopped myself sort and turned around back towards Master Splinter with a questionable look, seeing his expression changed into an appreciative smile as he nodded his head while saying:

"Thank you for defending Michaelangelo and Donatello."

Seeing him look so genuinely pleased for what I did for his other sons, I smiled back and nodded with the same gratitude.

"No problem, Sensei," I replied at that before turning over to a certain redhead, who was still holding herself but had a smiling expression on her face, getting the feeling she was feeling at least a bit better after what happen, making me smile even more as I gave her a small wave with my right hand, yelling out, "Good luck and have fun with training, April!"

"Thanks! You guys be careful out there!" She replied back with a wave from her right hand at me, having me beam at her before turning away and speeding off right through the entrance and heading at the same direction where the others had left.

While catching up towards the guys that were probably midway through the Sewer tunnels, despite what Leo and his brotherly group were thinking that getting back a simple cell phone wouldn't be a waste of good old butt-kicking experience, they didn't realize the consequences of putting themselves in danger just to fight off a trio of gangsters for just a piece of technology that possibly held the one location that a certain murderous Ninja Clan Leader desperately needed to find. Knowing that it would be a wild and two-pair individual conspiracy for the Turtles, things will tend to get out of control when a robotic genius (no offense to Donnie) begins to break in during the retrieval, which would make this a perfect lesson for both pairs of Turtle brothers that'll have them realize the essence of being valuable.

When finally caught up with Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey, we reached the surface of the City and started heading off to the one, obvious place where the Purple Dragons would mostly be sheltering from: The old Fortune Cookie Factory; the same factory we fought them, both Chris Bradford and Xever when they were still in their humanoid forms, and saved Murakami from plummeting to his death. It wasn't easy to forget all of that, but it wasn't hard to find the place either as we sped from rooftop to rooftop at top speed 'til we managed to reached our destination, overlooking the abandon Factory that was no taken over by street thugs who claimed it as their own hideout.

The night was young, the moon was full with the stars blazing bright, and the Purple Dragons were in for it now. Just then, we crept in through the windows that were left slightly opened, stealthily near the ledge of the first floor, I began to felt the red-aural presences of the gangster trio radiating right below us, kneeling down to pear over the railings to hear some rock music going about and see all three Dragon scums chilling out in their own relaxing way; Fong was sitting on one of the crates, drinking from a cup that held either tea or something else, while both Sid and Tsoi were playing some kinda dart game. But instead of actual darts and a dart board, they were using sharp-pointed markers and throwing at a magazine page that was taped to the giant Chinese doll figurine, and the article showed a full-sized picture of an ordinary turtle with a Ninja red bandana on it, indicating that it was a Ninja Turtle that resembled one of the guys. I felt utterly infuriated with a narrowed stare as I saw Tsoi throw one of the markers at it with a grunt, only to hit the upper left-hand corner of the picture while hearing the metal clanging from the stab, but when he took out another one and threw it again, it spiral right towards the page and made a direct point at the picture, piercing itself of the image Turtle's protective shell.

"Right in the shell," we heard Tsoi say aloud in a triumphant tone as he then turns to Sid, who was getting up from one of the crates he was on and started to walk over while his competitor gestured toward the picture and moving away from the side and behind with his hands on his hips, implying smugly:

"Let's see ya beat that."

Sid scoffed at that while holding up his marker in his right thumb and index finger, staring with a furrowed gaze while saying, "Watch and learn."

Though we he through his, instead of hitting the actual page itself, the marker was at least a few feet up slightly at the right from where the picture and the other stab-markers were, missing the target completely. While the Dragons were busy and hardly paying attention, it was the right opportunity to get the jump on them as I glanced to see Raph take the lead by carefully jumping over and landing silently behind one of the crates, leaning his shell against the wooden containment and glancing behind it as Tsoi was laughing his head off at Sid's failure when the bulky Purple Dragon thug was annoyed at that.

"Oh, that's it," He finally announces as he turns around to face Tsoi with a fling of his left arm and proclaims firmly, "No more bets."

"Come on, your luck'll turn around," Tsoi assured and persisted on that with gesturing his arms and then jerking his left thumb to the side, yet just when Sid was about to walk off to where Raph was hiding -

The red-clad Turtle took the moment to quickly come out and send a kick directly at Sid's chest, having the thug let out a grunt and went flying across the room right smack dab into a wall with a 'thud' before sliding down behind a bunch of crates. Both Tsoi and Fong watched the whole thing in total shock as the skinny-Lead Purple Dragon turned back to the source, seeing Raph in a battle stance with a narrowed look, then spits out what he had in his mouth and exclaiming out:

"The Turtles and Noble Light?!"

"'Sup?" Raph greets to them with a smug tone in his voice, having the rest of us jump over and land right next to him with our own narrowed expressions.

On a count for Mikey to land on one of the crates behind us in a one-leg stance with his arms outstretched above him, then leaning them slightly to the right side while letting out a "Waaaa" sound in trying to act intimidated as Fong got up from his seat with his arms out in tight fists with an angry look.

"Get'em!" He yelled out, having Tsoi, who was staring at us still in shock on our sudden appearance, glances at Fong before turning back to us with a glare and a growl before leaping into the air with his upper body twisted with his right fist up, heading right towards Mikey with a karate yell.

"Bring it," Mikey replied confidently with bringing out both of his nunchucks and twirling them at his sides before placing his left one under his arm and then did the same with the other, ready to fight only for -

"Comin' through!"

Raph suddenly came outta nowhere on the right, kicking Tsoi with his left leg, who lets out a startled yelp at that while the scene goes into slow motion with the brutal Ninja Turtle and beaten thug still in mid-air, right above an annoyed orange-clad Turtle who growls with a zig-zag of greyish smoke appear over his head along with a narrowed glare.

Just then, Fong furrowed his gaze before sprinting into action as Donnie charged in in preparing to take on the skinny Purple Dragon, but just when he was closing in -

"I got it."

Leo immediately rolls in mid-air over Donnie, standing in between him and Fong as the blue-clad Turtle delivers a high-kick right into Fong's abdomen with a yell, having the moment go slow once again while the scum let out a painful groan and leaving an irritated purple-clad Turtle, who glares angrily at him and says "Hey!" in a growling motion with a red vein popping on the left-hand side of his head.

Me? Well, I just stood in the back, leaning myself against one of the crates with my arms crossed and a deadpan look on my face, feeling ticked and aggravated on both the double taunting duo's intruding on the battle.

Knowing that there were only three of the Purple Dragons, with Sid already down for the count thanks to Raph, that only left with Fong and Tsoi to deal with, so the guys could handle this without my backup, except I knew it wasn't gonna be like a 'Teamwork' fight like the usual, and from what I just saw, I was – hatefully admitted again – right. Which it clearly seemed that my little 'what-makes-us-special-in-working-as-a-team' speech really didn't get through to them at all, only two of them so far, Leo and Raph still compared themselves better Ninjas than their younger brothers. Either way, it wasn't what I expected from this since this was how it was supposed to go in this episode, so I did my best, even if it didn't make much of a difference, I, at least, tried.

Seeing both of the Purple Dragons already down so easily, I straighten myself back up, uncrossed my arms, and walked over to the Ninja Turtle group as Fong and Tsoi were near the right side of the wall, regaining themselves from the humiliating beat down before looking at us from our narrowed glares at them, seeing the fearful looks in their eyes in telling they didn't stand a chance against us.

"Let's get outta here!" Fong cried out frighteningly, running for the stairs with Tsoi following and coming right next to him on his right, panting in pressure to escape.

Only for both Raph and Mikey to block the access way in letting them pass, having them skid to a halt as one of them let out a "What?" in a breathy tone, before turning halfway around to see Leo, Donnie and I block the opposite end from where they ran as well, surrounding the two remaining Dragons still standing. Just then, Leo comes up, grabs Fong, and pushes him against to wall with his right, outstretched hand, having the skinny Dragon Leader let a groan out as our Fearless Leader stares him down with a narrowed expression, same goes for me while I stood next to him on his left with my fists held tight at my sides.

"You punks stole a phone from a friend of ours," Leo informed firmly as he pressed his hand onto Fong's chest in preventing him from moving, "We want it back."

"So you better hand it over to us if you know what's good for you," I added in in a threatening tone, furrowing my brows and my fists tightening more in ready to throw a punch at him.

"[Scoffs] whatever. We steal a lot of phones," Fong replied while bringing his hands up in surrender, hearing as if he didn't really care on the matter here.

"Well let's see'em. Now!" Leo ordered loudly with his expression deepening more angrily.

Keeping to his word, Fong lead us over to a corner, seeing a lot of things that he and his gang have stolen where kept; seeing some radios, laptops, cameras, tape recorders, giant speakers, bags, calculators, cell phones, portraits and paintings (including one of an ancient king), a lot of stuff that you could possibly want to buy was here, and some of it looked quite expensive or cheap. We all walked up to the stuff with Donnie in the lead, knowing that he would recognize it better than we would, as Leo and I stood on his right while Fong was on his left and the others were behind us, looking at the explicable items when the techno-Ninja Turtle saw something that caught his eye as he pointed out with his left index finger.

"Hey, that looks like it," Donnie stated out, having us look to see a red covered cell phone with a little kitten figurine attached to it that was leaning against an opened laptop.

As we did find the cell phone, we didn't have time to grab it when just a milli-second, a loud, rumbling noise erupted that shook the entire Factory, causing us all into a weary and startled state, looking around in wondering where it was coming from.

"Does anyone else feel that?!" Mikey exclaims questionably with a wide-eyed, frightening expression as he glances around the area in a frantic way.

Everything began to crumble, large chunks of rumble was breaking, falling, and crashing down all around us, the shattering of glass was heard from hitting the floor, and the headlights hanging above swayed back and forth as the sudden quaking of the Earth continued.

"What's going on?!" Sid exclaimed in panic, looking above frantically from the objects and debris falling or coming down near us.

Though to answer the Purple Dragon's question, I knew exactly what was going on, and I knew what was gonna happen next that would take place right from where we were all standing so, without further delay or hesitation, I outstretched both of my arms in front of both Leo and Donnie while calling out to the others warningly:

"Everyone, GET BACK!"

We all then backed up a few feet away from the stuff and just in the nick of time, still keeping our eyes at the floor when at the exact spot that we were standing on was replaced with a huge, jagged crack that spread at least several meters wide. Just then, out of nowhere, bursting in through the brick-a-breaks, was a small-sized robot with robotic, dinosaur-like feet and large, one glowing red, rectangular robotic eye, and bone-breaking jaws as it screeched out like a wild cat when it reached the surface, followed by a few more of them. It was the M.O.U.S. ; Baxter Stockman's retrieval sentry robots that could break through anything and hurt anyone who would defy its creator. The M.O.U.S. weren't seeing us as a threat at the moment, though, they were more interested in the items they were assigned to collect since their backs were turned to us.

Yet as I glanced at Leo, seeing a confused yet weird look that he was giving at the strange, treasure-thieving robots while saying out loud in utter bewilderment:

"What the heck?"

Still not paying any attention towards us, the M.O.U.S.E.R. robots aligned themselves in front of the stolen items as one of them snarled viciously while opening their sharp-jawed, robotic mouth, leaning right down at the objects, and, holding them carefully within, grabbed each item from in its mouth before turning around and jumping right back into the cracked hole from where it first appeared. Once one of the M.O.U.S. leaped back in, a few more jumped out of the hole and right toward the same area where their primary target was, seeing each robot take an item from the pile into their mouths and jumping right back into the crack, possibly returning from where they were sent to, and repeating the cycle over and over as the pile became less.

"Hey, those things are stealing the stuff we stole," I heard Sid stated out angrily, watching from the side with Tsoi on the left side behind him.

"Wait, where's - ," Leo began to say as he realized a certain Purple Dragon was missing, having look up slightly to the right, just in time to see none other than Fong racing up the stairs to the top floor while laughing to himself in victory, along with April's stolen cell phone in his right hand as he gave a shrug off motion and saluted us with his left hand before running outta here with a triumphant grin.

"He's got the phone," Leo yelled out with a narrowed look before turning his attention to Donnie and Mikey while taking out his katanas from behind him, "B-Team, get'em! We'll handle the metal."

As Leo turned around and started running off in the other direction, which in case was towards the M.O.U.S. , both the scientific and comedian Turtles were, once again, offended and insulted by the stupid Team name.

"Hey, we are - ," Donnie began to protest in annoyance, only to be interrupted by Leo as he glanced his head on his left back to them while still running, snapping firmly:

"Just go!"

With that already set in stone, Leo passed a smug grinned Raph who looked back at the two annoyed brothers, knowing that he was gonna make this more unbearable for both of them.

"If you guys can't handle it, don't be ashamed to call for help," Raph taunted informatively while pointing his right outstretched, index finger with a teasing smile before turning away and following after Leo as the two mocking Turtle brothers scurried off to fight the robots.

I looked back towards the other two Ninja brothers, seeing Mikey had straighten up with his shoulders tensed and his face puffed up, looking as if he took that tone from his hotheaded brother intensely before trying to get back at him for saying that.

"Oh, yeah? Well, maybe you should call us for help," Mikey retorted back while pointing his left index finger at them then crossing his arms with his head tilted slightly on his left, although that wasn't exactly what he meant to say with a quick glance upwards in realization before reframing his retort, "Or don't call us. We'll call you," yet again, not what he meant as he glances at the side again before gesturing his hands up in thought, "Wait, I mean - "

Not wanting to make himself more confused on his retorting combat, Donnie comes over with his right hand wrapping around onto Mikey's right shoulder, patting him gently with a reassuring expression.

"I think they got it," Donnie stated assuringly, glancing from his little bro to the other two as he let his hand off from his younger brother's shoulder and began walking in the direction where Fong went to, followed by Mikey while blowing a raspberry at his bullied older brothers.

Since now that both sides of the brotherly Team have separated into two individual missions, I was the only one in the sidelines in whether which pair of Turtles I should go along with. I crossed my arms with my head down deep in thought about this, knowing that my choice of options would make me smart enough into who I should help out. In concentrated thinking, I thought out only two, exclusive options:

Option 1: I could go with Donnie and Mikey in helping retrieve April's phone, although it would include sneaking into a nearby warehouse where a certain Dog-like Mutant Henchman waiting for us that neither of the three of us would be able to take down with our Ninjutsu moves, plus my powers.

Option 2: Go with Leo and Raph in following the M.O.U.S.E.R. robots, which would lead us straight to Baxter Stockman and having us sprayed with animatronic gamma protocols that would have his little killing machines, nearly a thousand or more, track us down from anywhere we could go without any means of rest, recuperation, and any untold ideas in stopping them.

Going over my two indecisive choices, I actually chose the first one.

Though it is obvious that with Donnie and Mikey, they were feeling inaccurate at the moment with Leo and Raph's mockery and teasable remarks of their skills and usefulness, understanding that they want to prove themselves to their brothers that they, too, are just as good as they are, and that's why I'm gonna help them however I can. It won't be easy in facing Dogpound again, even when trying to use stealth in creeping pass him to get the cell phone back, but at least it's better in getting pounded than getting teared apart by jaws from killer robots, which is the perfect lesson for both the 'Fearless' Leader and the 'Stubborn' brutal warrior to understand the meaning of having others that are less skill but helpful and being part of a whole Team.

With my mind made up at the matter, I took a quick glance to Leo and Raph, who were both busy in slicing, dicing, and stabbing out the M.O.U.S. , before turning myself to see both Donnie and Mikey heading up the stairs to where Fong had gone, having me go into a sprint after them.

"Donnie! Mikey! Wait up!" I called out to them while holding out my right, outstretched hand in hopes of stopping them, having both Turtles paused at climbing the stairs and turning around, seeing them go wide-eyed in surprised as I descended up the stairs and stood right next to them, panting and nearly out of breath.

"Alora? What're you doing here?" Donnie asked in confusion and curiosity of my sudden jog.

"Yeah, Dudette. Aren't you supposed to be with Leo and Raph fighting off those robo-things since you're a part of the 'A-Team'?" Mikey questioned with slight confusion yet hurtfulness on the whole 'A and B Team' situation.

As I took another few pants in and out to regain my breathing back, I let in one more deep breath in and exhaling it out before staring at the puzzled Turtles who were a few steps above me and gave them a soft smile.

"I could've, but I want to come along with you guys," I replied simply, having still seen them giving somewhat confused yet quizzical looks as I went on with my reasoning:

"I want to come with you guys because I know that Leo and Raph are being absolutely ridiculous and total idiots to you two. They have no right in to treat you both like dirt and think that you're less valuable compared to them, which I've seen happen to others as well. I've seen kids and teens that get picked on just for lack of fun or for being jealous of their talents and ingenuity; it's just plain wrong to do that. And that's exactly what both your older brothers are doing to you two, and that's just as wrong to mock and tease you like that. They just don't clearly see what you two are capable of, not the way like I do. Like I explained to you earlier back at the Lair; you both are special in your own, unique way, helping us in times that are tough and in needs of survival, and that's why I want to help you both to prove that what Leo and Raph think of you is wrong. I'm coming to help you guys in not just as a respectable Team member, but as a caring and supporting friend."

Both Donnie and Mikey stared at me with surprised and speechless expressions, but soon turned into heartfelt grins at that as they glanced at each other, both seeing to be in agreement of having me tag along with them, then turning back to me as Donnie took a few steps back down to me and placed his left hand onto my right shoulder, gently squeezing it in a sense of gratitude.

"Thanks, Alora. We really appreciate you in wanting to help us, and of course, standing up for us earlier against our brothers, too," He stated out gratefully with a smile, having me nod back in saying 'You're-welcome' with a caring grin.

"I've said it before, Dudette, and I'll say it again," Mikey started off with a beaming smile, before tackling me into a massive hug that caught me off guard for a second, but eased into it as the comedian Turtle said out loudly happily, "You're totally the best of the best, yo!"

"Thanks, Mikey," I replied with a chuckled as I lightly hugged him back, only for a few seconds 'til we pulled away from each other with happy expressions, just as I then pulled on a determined grin on my features and bringing my right fist up and pumping it down while stating in full confidence, "So come on, we got ourselves a Purple Dragon to track down."

Both Donnie and Mikey nodded at that with determined gazes before we then ran up the stairs and began tracking out where Fong had sped off to. Yet while heading to our next destination, I already knew where Fong went to, not to mention inform an angry, giant Mutant Dog who was loyal to the Foot Clan's psychopathic Leader of the guys and I's sudden appearance just to reclaim a small cell phone that belonged to our friend, aka April. Though it was gonna be a major pain in the neck in trying to get the phone back from Dogpound since he was the 'pain' that we can't seem to take down so easily, but like it's not any better in dealing with a pack full of treasure-hunting killer robotic beings tracking you down from a little spray-off of gamma activity. Even though this will prove to both sides of our Team that though you might think you can handle things on your own without the other sides' help, thinking you can prove them wrong, but in reality...

It's about to get really starred-up crazy up here, real fast.

Oh, shell. No surprised that the constant taunting between our Mutant heroes still continues. Holding a grudge from the 'two-against-two' combat sparring, the Turtles are feeling the competition of being 'valuable' between both sides starting to put more intense pressure for the four Ninja brothers, though in considering them separately as the 'A-Team' for Leo and Raph while proclaiming Donnie and Mikey as the 'B-Team', much to their irritation and furiousness to the younger duo that only made things more complicated. Even with our Noble Light's urging conversation of convincing her friends the importance of being a real Team of no matter whether you're less skillful or intellect, it didn't as much change the minds of two Ninja Turtles, but possibly still mingles in their heads. Not shortly afterwards, April arrives in a shaken' state, telling the others that she was attacked by the Purple Dragons, stealing her red cell phone in the process, which would lead to the cause of so much catastrophe further within the episode. When hearing of this, the Ninja Mutant Turtles declared of going after them in retrieving their friend's stolen possession, though despite the protest from April, Alora, and Master Splinter of not wasting time on a simple thing such as a cell phone, they still proceed into going to the surface and getting it back.

Though while the Turtles and the Noble Light had fought off the Purple Dragon thugs and were close into taking back the communicated device, they were interrupted when bursting through the floor were none other than Baxter Stockman's robots, the M.O.U.S. , stealing the already stolen items from the greedy gangsters. Without a second thought or strict attention of their mission, the Purple Dragon leader races off with April's phone in hand, having no choice for the Turtles to split into two groups; Leo and Raph handling and following the underground robots, and Donnie and Mikey going after Fong in retrieving back the phone. Much to her decision, Alora tags along with the purple and orange-clad Turtles in taking back the redhead's cell phone, but it will be more of a challenge when going up against a heavy-weighed Dog Mutant henchman who works for the Shredder. Will Alora, Donnie, and Mikey work out a way to get the phone back without any complication? Will the two bullied Ninja Turtle brothers learn their lesson when fighting off the M.O.U.S.E.R. robots? And will Alora find out what her important role is in playing within the TMNT 2012 series? Find out next time!

Again, I am so, so, very sorry that I took so long with this. This 'writer's block' is really getting to me with my creativity. I'm just really stressing myself with everything; like everyone getting worried and scared of Covid-19 and trying not to get sick, though I got sick these past few days, but it's not that, it's just allergies from the changing of seasons. I'm also second guessing on my writing, whether I'm adding enough detail or I'm making any sense or I'm using the right words or if I'm going a bit too fast for you guys. I don't know, I'm a very complicated person. Anyway, like I said before in the previous chapter, I really would like to hear your honest opinion on my writing, okay? Let me know if it's any good or it's a little hard to understand. And hopefully, due with my writing problem, I'll update the next chapter as soon as I can.

P.S. There is a question from one of our readers that was sent to the Turtles and the Noble Light:

"What is your favorite pizza? Mine is stuffed crust at Little Caesars. And what do you think of the movie Sonic if you have seen it? And what will you do if you meet him in your world? Also, Mikey, I think Sonic prefers to eat Chili dogs instead of pizza."

Mikey: "Hey Dude! Yeah! I remember Sonic likes the dogs in place of pizza, but as pizza's my favorite – well – you know! My favorite pizza is pizza with EVERYTHING on it – and I do mean EVERYTHING! That way, I can enjoy all the things I love. Best way to go Dude! The Sonic movie is WAAAAY Cool Man! Lots of action, butt kicking, bad guy stomping, and best of all – cool world jumping! If Sonic and I met in my world, we would hang out in our Subway Lair, watch movies, eat Tons of junk food, and tell weird stories about things we did and things we'd like to do. Definitely FUN time!"

Raph: "Just cheese pizza with a little bit of garlic on it – nothing fancy! I don't like things to be too complicated, so my pizza has to be the same. The Sonic movie is neat! Has great fight and action scenes and Sonic wins out over the bad guy in the end. That's what counts! I think I could hang out with Sonic, 'cause he looks like someone who'd stand up to bad guys and whip their butts. My kind of Dude!"

Donnie: "A cheese pizza with some anchovies and onions. That's my favorite pizza pie! Has to have a little bit of flavor, but also an aroma I find interesting. Very good eating! I haven't seen the Sonic movie yet, because I've been very busy trying to locate the Kraang for Leo. Never know when those guys are going to rear their ugly heads, so we have to keep a sharp vigil on them; but, once things slow down a bit, I'll do my best to see it. Besides, if I want to know what the movie is about, all I have to do is ask Mikey!"

Leo: "A good pizza is one that has lots of flavor in it, but it can't be too overwhelming. I don't like it if it's too plain or too spicy. It's got to have that balance of flavors, so a light mix of almost everything is my type of pizza. Like Donnie, I haven't had the time to see the Sonic movie, but both Miley and Raph told me about it. Sounds very cool, so I think I'll try to find some time and see it, but no promises! Crime doesn't take time off, so neither can I!"

Alora: "My favorite is either plain or pepperoni pizza, no matter which restaurant I go to. Knowing the guys, we eat pizza all the time, so as much as I love it, I never get tired of it unless I need to, though despite the weird toppings the guys order onto them. Whether its mushrooms with jellybeans or jalapenos and chocolate sauce, I don't want any of it, only with pepperoni or just plain tomato sauce and melted cheese is fine with me. What would I think of the 'Sonic the Hedgehog' movie? I think it would be great! It looks adorable, caring, adventurous, funny, and awesome! And if I ever would meet him in this world, I would be so psyched to meet him in person and possibly ask him to be a part of the Team since he's been alone for 10 years without anybody knowing his existence, it makes me feel sorry and sad for him for dealing with it for so long that I want to make him feel at home with a family who'll love and cherish them, like how the Turtles and Master Splinter did with me when they took me in, and that's exactly what I want for Sonic."

Also, I saw the 'Sonic the Hedgehog' movie on my Birthday, March 8, and it was spectacular! Much better than 'Frozen 2' (sorry to you readers who think differently on the Disney movie). Knowing how much I love that movie, I'm thinking about using it as a third crossover with my TMNT 2012 series, but it will be after I finish all five of them. Sorry, I know it'll be a while so, please bear with me with this.

And to NightShade: thank you for the little comment you sent me not too long ago, I really appreciate it. It makes me feel better in hearing you say that. I am staying cautious and careful as best as I can so I won't catch Covid-19 without any complications. Stay safe to you and to everyone else out in the world, be careful, and pray to God that this whole pandemic will pass!

Stay tuned and thanks for reading!