"Alright guys, here's the plan." Kara slammed a map of the neighborhoods in New York onto the table as the guys, April, Casey, Dragan, Leatherhead, and Malachi gathered around her. "We focus our attention on the areas here, here, and here. We will separate into groups of three and scope out the neighborhood for two hours tops then come back to the lair and enjoy our spoils. These are our main targets people, everyone clear?"
Scanning the faces of her friends and seeing them nod in approval with a look of determination in their eyes made her grin.
"Now...I just have one more question...whose ready for some TRICK OR TREATING?!" Kara shouted in excitement while throwing her fist in the air everyone else joining in on her cheer.
"Ok, what is everyone going as?" Kara leaned against table looking at everyone.
"I'm dressing up as a ninja. It'll be cool to look the part now that I've got the moves." April said with a grin while punching the air as a demonstration.
"Well I'm dressing up as my favorite superhero: Batman." Casey Jones pointed proudly at himself.
"Psh, isn't it obvious? I'm goin' as a warrior knight! I've already been workin' on ma armor an soon it shall be complete." Dragan grinned widely with pride. "What about ya?"
"Sara and I always pick a character from a movie, show, or video game to dress as and this year is my turn to pick. This year we'll be doing characters from my favorite video game."
"So who did you decide to pick?" April asked curiously
"That, my dear friend, is a surprise. What about you guys?" Kara asked while turning her attention to her turtle friends.
"I'm going as the heroic Captain Ryan." Leo said with excitement.
"Your fanboy is showing.." Raph said with crossed arms. "I haven't decided yet."
"I can help with that!" Mikey shouted in excitement. "I'm going as the living undeeeeead."
"You mean a zombie?" Donnie asked with a raised brow.
"No, the living undead. It sounds cooler." Mikey crossed his arms and stuck his tongue out at him getting a sigh of annoyance from Donnie.
"I'll be going as a scientist." Donnie said to change the subject.
"You know, I bet I could get you a crazy wig and have you be the mad scientist." Kara rubbed her chin in thought while imagining the mad scientist look on him.
"Haha, I'd like to see that." April crossed her arms also imagining it.
"It's settled, you'll be a mad scientist." Kara grinned giving him a thumbs up but blinked when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"What about me? What should I dress up as?" Leatherhead asked shyly.
"Hmm..we could dress you up as a mummy." She gave him a smile.
"AND I, SIR MALACHI, WILL BE THE RULER OF ALL THE REALMS!" He blinked when Kara cleared her throat and she gave him a look while shaking her head. "Uh, on second thought, I'll be an elf.."
Kara smiled, nodding to him before standing up. "The day is still young so we have plenty of time to get ready. Dragan and I will head back home and finish what is left of our costumes and we'll all meet here before sunset, ok?"
"Agreed!" Everyone shouted as April, Casey, Dragan, and Kara went their separate ways.
-Kara's place-
"Oooh, this is going to be so exciting!" Kara shouted from the livingroom with Sara and Dragan, all of them working on their costumes.
"I know, I can't wait tae show off ma costume tae Le, I mean, the guys." Dragan quickly caught herself, her cheeks pink in embarrassment but went back to working.
Kara glanced at her but smiled, shaking her head. "I'll let her tell me when she's ready."
"You know..this would be a lot easier if mom was here." Sara said calmly as she was adding designs and finishing touches to her costume.
"Come on, it won't be so bad. Your stuff is turning out pretty good." Kara said with a smile. "Oh, it's getting close to meeting up with everyone else. I gotta hurry!" She says in a panic finishing up what she had left and went to get ready.
-Back at the Lair-
April and Casey were already there with the guys in their costumes, Casey wearing a batman costume and Raph deciding to stick with his LARP costume having trouble thinking of what to wear.
Dragan entered first wearing a black, long sleeved shirt and black leggings. She twirled around showing off her skills in crafting having used some store bought armor having painted over it to give it a metallic shine and drawn some designs with marker, a long cape floating behind her having her hair up in a messy bun.
"And now, for the surprise you've all been waiting for. The stealthy, the techy, the adorable Nagase!" Kara jumped into view wearing a yellow bell bottom dress the sleeves lowered, exposing her shoulders, long sleeved white shirt with grey and black striped sleeves that flare at the ends, gray lines outlining the dress as well as going across the chest and stomach area. Matching grey and black striped tights with grey and yellow leg warmers over brown dress shoes her hair pulled back aside from her bangs with an orange streak in it and wearing 70s looking glasses.
She did a pose and twirled around for them to get a good look. "She's my favorite character to fight with in my all time favorite fighting game." She brought it with her to show them all and to get a comparison. "Pretty neat, right?"
"It says here she's a ninja that uses technology in her fights." April said, reading her description. "Sounds like something a certain someone would like." She commented in a playful tone, glancing towards Donnie who was now blushing.
"You know..I didn't think of that." Kara said aloud her blushing cheeks not going unnoticed.
"Kara, my friends are going to a party so I'm going to leave with them. Are you going to be ok?" Sara walked in and everyone was amazed at her outfit.
She wore a flowing black tailcoat with bell bottom sleeves, white accents along the hemming and blue on the inside of the coat matching with her bell bottom pants. Underneath the pants she wore brown panty hose and black ankle boots. Around her neck was a black scarf with white accents on it, her top being a transparent that stopped at her mid drift and revealed her black bra top.
Kara looked at everyone's faces and grinned before walking up to her sister and hugged her arm. "Isn't it awesome? I always knew she had mom's talent hidden in there somewhere."
Sara blinked but chuckled and shook her head before placing her hand on top of her sister's head. "I'm heading out..you sure you're going to be ok by yourself?"
"Come on, sis, I'm not by myself anymore I have my friends with me plus my awesome skills. Go have fun." Kara grinned happily up at her sister who smiled down at her and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Keep your phone with you just in case. I'll be back. Have fun, guys." She waved at everyone and left.
"Now...WHOSE READY FOR SOME CANDY!" Kara shouted, jumping in the air.
Everyone cheered and ran out the Lair to the surface.
-Several Hours Later-
"This is the BEST DAY EVER!" Mikey threw his arms up showing the large bag of goodies running to the livingroom the check on his load.
"I must admit this was one of my favorite successful missions yet." Leo commented giving Raph, who was beside him, a fist bump.
"Couldn't agree more on that." Raph grinned joining Mikey.
Kara was hugging Leatherhead with a big smile on her face. "You were so good! I'm so proud of you! And look, you got the biggest load of us all!"
Leatherhead looked away shyly but smiled. "Thank you, friend, it wouldn't have been believable without your help."
"Eh, don't mention it. Everyone deserves to have a good time."
"I got tae admit, this is one o' ma favorite days. Now let's stop the chatter an enjoy our spoils!"
"Wait just a moment." Master Splinter walked into view and began taking everyone's bags of candy. "I must inspect it first before you end up eating something and getting yourself sick."
Everyone groaned at this but Kara grinned. "Well, why we're waiting let's buy some pizza and watch some movies?"
"I'll go make some popcorn." Donnie smiled and left into the kitchen.
"I'll grab the drinks!" Dragan followed behind Donnie while Mikey pulled out his T-phone and speed dialed the pizza place.
"What about the rest of us?" April asked as Casey plopped down on the couch.
"Hmm, we could set up an area for everyone. Do we have enough blankets.." Leo thought out loud.
"Don't worry about it. The night is still young so let's get started." Raph pushed Casey off the couch and threw the cushions onto the floor while Leo and April went to gather pillows and blankets.
Kara went into the kitchen and helped Dragan gather the drinks up and set them out inside a cooler for everyone to enjoy when she noticed Master Splinter returning with everyone's bag of candy and gave them to the right person.
Once the popcorn was made everyone gathered in the center to trade candy while Mikey and Leatherhead waited for the pizza to arrive.
"Can we just go ahead and pick a movie to watch?" Raph asked already sounding bored, which wasn't unusual.
"Yeah, time to get our scare on." Casey agreed to Raph's idea chewing on a twizzler.
"No. No way. I do NOT do scary movies." Kara crosses her arms while shaking her head.
"What? The fearless Kara is chicken over scary movies?" Raph raised a brow with a grin on his face.
"No! I just don't like them." She turned away and closed her eyes trying to ignore him.
"Ha! I bet you wouldn't last the whole night watching every scary movie we own without screaming."
"You gonna put your money where your mouth is, Raphie?" Kara spoke in a low tone before getting into his face.
"Yeah, I bet you my whole bag of candy that you won't last the night without screaming." Raph grinned while holding up his bag and tossed it aside.
"Fine, I accept your bet but if I last the night not only will you scarf up your goodies but you'll admit I am tougher than you." Kara tossed her bag beside his and smirked at him.
"Fine, as long as you admit you'll never be better than me and you have to shout it from the rooftops." Raph grinned as their foreheads touched from how close they were to each other.
Mikey and Leatherhead returned with arms full of pizza boxes and entered the lair seeing Kara and Raph having a staring contest.
"Oh, me next!" Mikey shouted getting everyone's attention.
"Start the first movie!" Raph and Kara shouted in unison making everyone jump.
The first movie to be picked was a slasher film.
The seating arrangement was as followed: April and Casey. Dragan and Leo, Mikey, Leather, and Malachi, and lastly, Donnie, Kara, and Raph, who sat beside her to watch and see when she'd scream. Wanting to remember the moment it happens, he kept a camera by his side.
Raph was eating some popcorn and glanced to his side at Kara and grinned already seeing her discomfort.
She could feel him staring at her and narrowed her eyes at him before turning back to the TV while shoving a pizza slice in her mouth but the minute she started chewing the chainsaw murderer started slicing through it's first victim. It made her want to puke but she forced herself to swallow it.
Donnie could feel Kara tense up and put his arm around her and smiled gently, pulling her towards him. Kara smiled and scooted closer to him. She suddenly felt more calm now and was able to finish her slice of pizza.
Raph's grin vanished but there were other movies to be watched and he wasn't about to lose this bet.
It was about five movies in and Kara still hadn't screamed.
Raph had been watching her closely and every time she looked as though she was going to Donnie swooped in and calmed her down either by letting her bury her head in his shoulder or whispering something to her that made her giggle. He was getting annoyed til he noticed Sara walk in without making a noise. A smirk grew on his face as he grabbed her attention and nudged his head in Kara's direction.
Sara turned to see him and smiled, giving him a wave but stopped when he was motioning to her. She turned in the direction and saw Kara and Donnie cuddling together and that's when she realized what he was trying to tell her. She grinned as floated towards them.
When the others noticed her presence she placed a finger to her lips and gave them a playful wink and they went back to the movie with a grin on their faces while glancing at Kara every now and then.
Sara watched the movie, recognizing it being one of her favorites and waited patiently.
The victim in the movie was huddled in a bedroom with the door locked and was trembling in fear having a knife in their hands as they stared at the door waiting for the attacker to appear.
"Wh-where are you..." The victim whispered to themselves as they glanced around not seeing the murderer had climbed to the window and quietly jumped down, appearing behind them.
It was at this time that Sara bent down right beside Kara and whispered in her ear the same line that was said in the movie.
"Behind you."
Kara screamed as loud as her lungs would allow her, clinging onto Donnie like a scared cat making everyone laugh and pause the movie.
Sara chuckled, having covered her mouth. "I'm sorry, sis, I couldn't resist."
Kara turned to see Sara had returned and fell to the floor in relief. "Tricked by my own sister. I feel betrayed." She looked up at her with a pouty face.
"Ha! I win the bet! Cough up the goods, sister!" Raph laughed and stood victorious.
"I was so close!" Kara shouted in defeat before taking her bag and tossing it his way.
Raph easily caught the bag and grinned while patting her back. "You almost made it. I'm impressed. Now, I believe you have an unfinished part of the wager to fulfill." Raph crossed his arms, staring down at her.
"You're not really going to make me shout it from the rooftops, are you?"
"A bets a bet." Raph's grin only grew watching her.
Kara sighed before standing up and dusting herself off. "Fine, a bets a bet."
Everyone followed behind Kara and Raph wondering if she really was going to do it.
"You think the whole city will be able to hear her?" Leo chuckled glancing over at Dragan.
"She can be pretty loud when she wants tae be. I'm pretty sure she'll wake up the whole neighborhood." Dragan giggled
"I can hear you.." Kara pouted at them.
When Raph found the perfect spot he moved aside to give her the spotlight and grinned. "All yours, princess."
Kara took a deep breath before stepping forward and glanced towards Raph's way.
"Now, repeat after me. I, Kara Sharper, admit that I will never be as great as Raphael in anything."
Kara sighed before taking position, and a deep breath, shouting at the top of her lungs, "I, KARA SHARPER, ADMIT I WILL NEVER BE AS GREAT AS RAPHAEL IN ANYTHING!"
Kara fell to her knees hearing people shout back as well as dogs around the neighborhood barking in response, her face gone completely red the others laughing at her.
"I was right, she woke up the whole neighborhood!" Dragan bursted into laughter holding her sides.
"Yeah yeah yeah, laugh it up guys." Kara was thankful she was still wearing her costume and turned to them all. "Can we go now?"
"Of course and we have a few more movies left over so you can scream to your hearts content." Raph put his arm around her shoulder as they all went back to the lair.
"Hardy-har, Raph." Kara grumbled but had a smile on her face before shoving him aside. "Race you back!" Kara shouted having a head start.
"Hey, no fair!" Raph yelled racing after her.
