A Million Miles Apart
A/N: I am so sorry that this chapter took so long, but I had big problems writing this chapter because I'm not very good at writing fight scenes. And this chapter is kind of one long fight, except for the part with Casey and April. I apologize for the scene, 'cause I feel it was rushed and not very well-written. Since I don't ship them, nor read or like romance all that much, well, it's not my best work.
Anyway, regardless, I hope you'll like this chapter and please review, favorite and follow!
Chapter 33, Leaving Our Home in Shambles
It had sounded so easy when it was said. Leave New York before the Shredder could find us or the Kraang could start the Invasion. All we had to do was a pack a few things, pick up April and Casey from April's place, and then leave. No fuss, no muss. We would all leave, alive and well. But now, somehow, Tiger Claw and Shredder's other mutants had found us and wanted to fight us. Had they just been waiting for us to show up or what?
Oh well, it wasn't important right now. Leo drew his swords and Raph drew his sai, standing in front of the rest of us, ready to fight. Master Splinter and Leatherhead also looked battle-ready, with claws, teeth and staff at the ready, but Master Splinter also seemed to be a little distracted; his expression made it clear not all of his thoughts were on the here and now. I drew my nunchucks but couldn't help but look over at the others and feel rather hesitant about this. Shouldn't we just try to drive away while we could, instead of staying here and fight them? What if someone was hurt? What if we lost yet another family member?
Karai jumped down from the Shellraiser and landed between us and Tiger Claw with her own sword drawn and an evil smirk on her face.
"Hello there, turtles. It's been a while since last time, eh?" Her eyes fell on Splinter and her smirk grew even more sinister. "Well, hello there, Splinter. Didn't expect to see you out and about. Sick of hiding in the sewers like a coward?" Splinter tensed and almost dropped his staff in shock.
"Miwa..." It was barely above a whisper, but I heard it. He sounded heartbroken, yet at the same time shocked, as if he hadn't expected to see her here and was both stunned and disheartened because of it. And it wasn't that hard to understand why. It wasn't exactly easy to grip that your own daughter was the reason one of your sons was gone. You know, on top of the fact that she was also his long lost child and stuff. And then see her right in front of him, like this? Pretty harsh, right? He recovered pretty quickly though and gripped the staff tighter than before. Raph's eyes were burning with anger and it was a wonder that he hadn't run forward to stab her in the chest with his sai.
"Karai... What do you want? Don't you have anything better to do than always getting in our way?" She just rolled her eyes and smirked at him. She was playing with him like a cat with a mouse.
"Oh, sorry for being inconvienient. When would you like to die, slowly and painfully, and have your shells used as decorations in my bedroom?" As she spoke her voice got angrier and she was only a second away from yelling at him. Leo narrowed his eyes at her and pointed the tip of his sword at her heart, his posture and face screaming that he had had enough of her as a whole.
"Did you forget our talk, Karai? I am not going to go feel sorry for you anymore! I'll do what I have to to stop you and your so-called 'father' from destroying my family. Or the entire planet." Her smirk turned into a scowl and she copied his silent threat of being stabbed, the wicked tip of her blade aimed at his throat.
"Yes, I remember that. However, I also remember that I said you and your pathetic family would pay for what you've done to my family- to my mother! My father has given his orders, and I intend to finish what I started with your pathetic excuse for a brother!" I gulped, tightened my grip on my nunchucks and had to swallow hard to fight back the tears. How could a human being say something so cruel, so heartless? How could she spew such poison without feeling the least bit sorry? Raph gritted his teeth and gripped his sai so tightly they almost started to turn white, his eyes almost on fire.
"Don't you dare talk about him like that! You have no right to-!" Leo placed his arm in front of Raph to stop him, but his eyes were also murderously trained on Karai. Seeing my older brothers like this was kinda scary. I looked up at Master Splinter, who didn't exactly look like he wanted to fight right now either. He placed his hands on Leo and Raph's shoulders.
"We have no time for fighting, my sons. We must leave the city- now!" We moved towards the doors to the Shellraiser, but before we could run in and drive away, Fishface jumped down from the roof and placed himself between us and our chance at escape with bared teeth and his knives drawn.
"You have no choice, freaks! You will fight or we will chase you down until we find you- or until we destroy you; whichever comes first." Raph and I looked at Leo, who still had his swords drawn. He looked from us to Karai and back to us before he sighed and turned back to our enemies.
"We have no choice. We have to face them." Raph and I glanced at each other, both of us unsure, although he was better at hiding it than me. It was weird; Raph loved to fight, and now he didn't look like he wanted to fight at all. Leo didn't wait for a response- he took a single step closer to Karai, swords still raised threateningly. It was a small gesture, not enough to start a full-on melee, but I still felt a small bit of pride when Karai automatically skittered back a step before catching herself and standing her ground.
"You wanna fight, Karai? Fine, let's fight!" But before any one of us could start the fight, a loud crash of thunder was heard, lightning flashed, and everyone gazed up at the sky. Even Shredder's henchmutants appeared to be surprised at the sudden change of weather. The sky had gotten darker, cloudier, and snow-mixed rain had started to fall despite it only being a week into September. And suddenly Shredder was standing there, his cape flowing in the watery wind, his sinister eyes scanning over us with hatred and sickening amusement.
My eyes widened and my nunchucks almost fell out of my hands.
"It's the Shredder! It was a trap- they followed us here!" I pointed hysterically, yelling almost at the top of my lungs. Leo and Raph had been thrown off by the Shredder's sudden appearance from out of nowhere, and Karai also looked like this wasn't part of her plan.
"Yes." Shredder's deep, dark voice appeared from above us. "The Invasion of this wretched city is about to begin, and now, it is time for you to meet your doom." And with that said, Shredder jumped down from the rooftop, his claws drawn and aimed at Master Splinter's neck.
About fifteen minutes earlier...
Dad packed the last of his shirts in his bag before he closed it and carried it to the front door. Casey leaned against the wall in the hallway, trying to stay out of his way and attempting to look casual with his hands in his pockets. You know, as if we weren't about to flee the city to get away from the Kraang. I was standing at the door with Dad's other bag in hand, waiting for him to put his shoes and jacket on.
"Are you sure you'll be alright, April? I mean, I trust Robyn- she's my sister. But-" I smiled and tried to shrug him off by placing my hand on his shoulder and kissing him on the cheek.
"I'll be fine, Dad. I've stayed with Aunt Robyn for a longer time- while you were..." I trailed off and tried to find the right words, "you know, gone, and I know she'll take good care of me. And I'll have Casey and the guys to look after me if I need it." Dad grimaced a little when I mentioned the guys and looked away for a second.
"Ah, yes. The Turtles." He said 'turtles' as if the word made him sick, and then he looked up at me with more concern in his eyes. "I'm just not comfortable with leaving you alone again. You haven't been acting like yourself for a long time now, and you haven't really told me why. Is there something bothering you, April?" I bit my lip and gazed over at Casey, who also looked a little unsure of what I should say. I mentally debated with myself on whether I should tell him the truth or just come up with a white lie or an innocent excuse.
"I-it's nothing, Dad. Really. I've just been a little... well, you know, under the weather lately." Dad frowned suspiciously at me and placed a firm hand on my shoulder.
"April, I may be getting older, and some of my senses may not be as good as they used to be. But I can clearly see that there is something more than you just being a little 'under the weather.' What's going on, April?" I bit my lip and desperatley tried to think up a good excuse. But after about a good minute of mental debating, I sighed and looked him in the eyes.
"Well, a-after a mission where we fought the Kraang," I could see him get tense by just mentioning that name, but chose to ignore it and kept talking, while also trying to fight my tears,"their portal malfunctioned and," I had to stop and clear my throat as my withheld tears ached in my pharynx, "and Donnie fell through it, ending up who knows where." My eyes travelled down to the floor and locked on my boots and small tears found their way out through the corners of my eyes. "He probably won't come back home. Ever." An involuntary sniffle made its way out of my nose and mouth and my dad immediately noticed. He stroked my hair and kissed me on the forehead.
"Oh, April. I'm so sorry. I know Donatello was a very close friend of yours- not to mention everything he's personally done to help me... and you. Are you really sure you don't want to come with me, then? I really think it might be good for you to get away from this city and relax on a beach for a few weeks. And it might also be good for you to get away from," he leaned closer to say something Casey wouldn't hear, "certain people you hang around a lot." He didn't say the Turtles, but he didn't have to. I caught onto it the second he said it, and I frowned at his words, but tried to just let it slide off my face and smile at him instead.
"I'm sure, Dad. I want to stay here. I need to catch up on school, too, right? I have a lot to do after being absent for so long; the last thing I need right now is to be held back a year because of bad grades, right?" He sighed heavily, but nodded and stroked my hair again, hugging me.
"Well, I guess that's up to you, April. I think you're getting old enough to decide for yourself on these things." He looked down at his wristwatch. "But I have to leave now. The plane leaves in about an hour. I'll call you as often as I can- and take care of yourself, Sweetheart. I'll see you in two weeks." I hugged him again, knowing I probably wouldn't see him in two weeks like he'd said. But of course I didn't say that aloud.
"I'll miss you, Dad. Love you." He hugged me, kissed me on the head again and then picked up his bags and walked through the door, closing it behind him and locking it. I sighed and leaned back against the door. Casey walked up to me and rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.
"I... I take it your old man isn't too fond of the Turtles?" I shook my head and brushed my bangs out of my face.
"No, I don't think he has any problem with the Turtles as people, so to speak- it's more the trouble that seems to come with being around them. Seeing how the Kraang are after me and I'm being trained to be a kunoichi, he's worried I'll get killed one of these days. And since the Turtles fight the Kraang and Shredder on a regular basis, he thinks it would be best if I stayed away from them. Permanently." Casey nodded, still a little awkward, and looked around the apartment, his hands back in his pockets.
"So... now what?" I shrugged and walked out into the living room and sat down on the couch, crossing my arms over my chest, and leaned my head back.
"I don't know. I guess we'll wait for the guys to come pick us up and then we'll leave town." Casey sidled over and sat down beside me, looking like he was itching to get out out of the apartment and look for the guys rather than just sit around and wait, but he didn't say anything about. I bit the inside of my lip and tried to think of something to say.
"So, uh, why did you want to come here with me? Why didn't you stay with the guys?" Casey swallowed and rested his arms on the back of the couch. It was a little weird to see Casey like this, since he usually acted like he was all that and nothing could shake him. Now he seemed to be uncomfortable more than anything else.
"Uh, I dunno. I mean, with the Kraang invasion coming any day now, I guess I wanted to make sure you got here alright." His cheeks got a tad red and he suddenly seemed to find the floor and his shoes unbelievably interesting. I felt my own cheeks flush and I looked away from him so he couldn't see the smile I tried to fight back.
The next couple of minutes consisted of Casey looking out the window at the suddenly cloudy sky and me playing with my ponytail and trying to think of something smart-slash-interesting to say. The minutes seemed to drag forward at a snail's pace, and I glanced over at the T-phone in my pocket, thinking over whether I should call the others or not.
I sighed and leaned back against the back of the couch, my shoulder touching Casey's arm, making us both jump out of our thoughts and look up at each other again. Casey pulled his arm back and I sat up straight again, both of us staring, like deer caught in headlights, at each other. But then Casey slowly put his arm back on the couch, inviting me to either move away or sit still where I was. And eventually I felt myself relax and sat back against the couch, leaning slightly into Casey's side. His fingers were gently brushing against my other shoulder, and I couldn't decide whether I liked it or not. I licked my lips and looked up at Casey, who was staring out the window again.
"Uh, Casey?" Casey looked back at me. "What are you doing?" He looked down at his arm and his hand that was brushing against my shoulder, and quickly tried to pull away.
"Oh! Uh, sorry, Red. Didn't realize what I was doing-" I placed my hand on his arm and he stopped pulling it away from me.
"No, it's not that. I just, well, I was just wondering why you were doing it. I mean, we're friends and it's not like I can't stand you touching me. It's just that, well, you know..." He nodded and looked away again before turning back to me, our eyes locking. The connection between us was like nothing I had ever felt before. I felt warm, my cheeks as red as my hair, and I felt tiny beads of sweat forming under my arms and along my hairline. Casey also seemed to feel warm and drew a little closer to me. His arm went from around my shoulders to a little lower, around my waist, and I let him do it. It was like we were both in a trance that we couldn't break out of. He brushed some of my hair out of my face and I leaned into his touch, just a little. And then, it happened. Casey leaned in closer to me, I leaned closer to him, and our lips met.
I had kissed boys before- on dares back in kindergarten and elementary school, and sometimes I had given Donnie a peck on the cheek. But this felt different. Figurative fireworks seemed to go off in my head, my lips were on fire and I also felt a vague taste of chocolate on his lips.
But at the same time it felt wrong. I wasn't ready for this and I didn't like Casey enough to have this kind of relationship with him. Not yet, but maybe in the future- someday.
The kiss only lasted for a few seconds, and when we pulled away I had no idea what to say or do. Casey pulled his arm away from my waist and rubbed the back of his neck, staring down at the floor with a mad blush on his face. I bit my lip and played with a string of my hair.
"So..." Casey said, like he had nothing better to say, and I nodded automatically, like a robot.
"Yeah." I sighed and turned to look at Casey. "Look, Casey, I'm just gonna say this now, 'cause I really don't want this to be awkward or misinterpreted in any way." Casey nodded, and I took another deep breath. "I... I like you, Casey, but I don't think I'm ready for this kind of relationship yet. It's not you, I'm just not ready for this." Casey's eyes were focused entirely on me as I spoke, and once I finished, he nodded understandingly but still disappointedly.
"Yeah, okay. If that's how you really feel, I can respect it." I couldn't help but feel bad for him- he just looked like a kicked puppy. He lowered his head and stared down into his lap, as if trying to hide the fact that he was disappointed from me, but I could see it anyway and decided to change the subject.
"So... uh, when do you think the guys will get here? It's taking them quite some time, don't you think?" Casey looked up and his cocky smirk was back again, which made me feel a little better.
"Aw, don't worry about it, Red. I'm sure they'll be here any minute now." I frowned and bit my lip.
"I don't know. I have a weird feeling that something's wrong. Maybe we should check in on them." I pulled out my T-phone and was about to call up Leo's number when Casey pushed the phone down into my lap with a reassuring-yet-a-bit-too-confident-for-me-to-calm-down smile.
"Come on, April. You know the guys can handle themselves, and Splinter and Leatherhead're with them. What could possibly have happened in the twenty minutes it takes to drive from their place to yours?" I looked away from Casey, put the phone back in my pocket and stared out the window at the almost empty streets and the rain pouring down like some Heavenly floodgate had burst.
"Anything, Casey. Absolutely anything."
Master Splinter barely managed to dodge Shredder's claws and jump back to avoid any other attack before he readied himself with his staff and used it to deflect Shredder's attacks while trying to get hit in on him. Fishface threw himself at Raph with his big knives drawn, and Mikey found himself busy with Rahzar and his razor-sharp teeth and claws. But that was all I had time to see before Karai jumped at me with a drawn tantō and a yell of anger. I threw up my sword to block her and kicked at her chest, throwing her back and hitting a dumpster. But she quickly got up again, picked up her tantō and swung it at my face.
"Finally, you'll all pay for what you've done!" I blocked her attack again and swung both my swords at her head, having to hold back my yells, and tried to keep as calm as possible in the given situation.
"What we've done? What about what you've done? You've done nothing but try to kill us for almost a whole year! Just because your so-called 'father' couldn't accept your mother was in love with someone else? Yeah, you're the embodiment of honor, you and your family! I'm sure Tang Shen would be so proud." Karai growled at me and I could sense that she wanted to yell at me, but I was faster. As she threw her sword at my head again, I blocked it, and it ended up being a battle of who was gonna give in first and stop pushing back against each other's weapons.
"Oh, right, and then there's the fact that you've murdered my brother! I don't think you have any room to criticize anyone for doing horrible things!" Her scowl grew and she purposely drew her arm back, making me involuntarily tilt forward, and she slammed her forehead into mine, making me stumble back and leaving me vulnerable for an attack. In the corner of my eye I saw Splinter and Shredder fighting, and Tiger Claw taking a jab at Leatherhead, but then had to get back on track as Karai flew towards me with her sword over her head, looking ready to kill. I rolled out of the way, grabbed her wrist before she could grasp what happened, squeezed it hard enough to make her drop the weapon, and pushed her arm up and behind her back. As she grunted in pain I raised my foot and kicked the backs of her knees and knocked her to the ground and straddled her back to keep her from getting up again. She cried out in pain again as she hit the ground, but then managed to grasp her sword and swiped it at my cheek, forcing me to let go of her wrist and jump back.
She got up again and aimed her blade at my heart. "Don't you dare try to desecrate my mother's memory! Or to put the blame on my father! He is the victim of your master's cold heart and cruel ways! He has to pay for what he's done!" I picked up my own swords again and glared at her, hate in my eyes.
"Oh, so it's okay for you to make fun of my deceased brother, huh? And what about what you've done?! You're supporting an alien invasion, and the deaths of people who've done you no wrong! You should probably take a step back from your distorted picture of how miserable your life is to see how you are affecting the entire world by doing what you're doing!" She just rolled her eyes and swung her sword at me again, raising her leg to kick me in the chest. I managed to dodge the sword, but by doing so she managed to land her kick in my face and for a second, my vision was blurred. And while I couldn't see very well, she punched me in the cheek and swept my feet out from under me, sending me to the ground. Rubbing my cheek, I jumped back to my feet and readied myself for another attack.
A loud crash made us all look up again and I only barely saw Tiger Claw shoot Leatherhead with one of his many guns, the reptilian mutant stumbling back and falling, crashing through a building and not getting up again. Mikey's eyes widened and he nearly dropped his nunchucks in shock.
"Leatherhead!" He almost forgot about fighting Rahzar and ran towards the building to help his friend, only to have Rahzar block his way and threaten him with his claws.
"You're not going anywhere, turtle. Not until I have your bones to chew on." Mikey took a step back, looking tempted to ignore Rahzar and run to Leatherhead anyway, but then decided against it when Rahzar swiped at him with his long claws and then seemed to more or less forget about Leatherhead for the time being.
While I watched this, I had forgotten about Karai for a moment, and was then reminded when she came running from my left with her sword in her hand, looking more and more murderous by the second, and almost seemed to just swing her sword as if she didn't care about actual skill, but rather just landing a hit on me. I tried my best to block her attacks, swung my katana at her one second, tried to kick or punch her the second, but none of us managed to actually get a hit in. And then, it happened.
Karai let out a yell of anger, kicked me me as hard as she could in the kneecap, and I literally felt the bone jump out of joint and I fell to the ground to both take the weight off of it and to cradle it to myself. But what I hadn't seen was that Karai had swung her sword at me, and when I went down to sit on my knees, her sword managed to pierce through my skin.
An unbelievably searing pain shot through my body. I wanted to yell in pain but all I managed to get over my lips was a choked gasp. I looked down to see Karai's sword in my slightly more unprotected side.
I passed out.
I just managed to kick Fishface to the ground when I heard the indubitable sound of a sharp weapon stabbing through keratin and skin and turned around to look over my shoulder just in time to see Leo fall to the ground with Karai's sword in his side, and Karai standing beside him with a shocked 'what have I done' look on her face. But, in a way she still looked kinda smug over what had just happened, and I could see that Shredder was pleased with what she'd done.
"Well done, Karai. You have made me proud." He stopped fighting Splinter, who also watched with wide eyes and dropped jaw. His eyes seemed to relive the nightmares he'd had for the past three months. Mikey just stared, nunchucks slipping from his lax hands, almost in a trance. I finally managed to get it through my skull what had just happened and my anger kicked in. Not missing a beat, as usual.
"LEO!" I ran up to my brother, ready to pummel Karai aside, but she moved out of my way on her own, still looking as though she was in some sort of trance too. But I didn't care about her anymore. I dropped down on my knees and looked him over. His face had started to get paler, his eyes were only slightly open and rather unfocused and he was getting colder and colder, especially because of the snow-mixed rain. A little blood started to seep out of his wounded side and that was the only reason I didn't pull the blade out immediately. I knew he would only bleed more if I did.
"Leo. Leo, come on, look at me." I placed my arm around Leo's shoulders and placed his upper body in my lap before I patted the side of his face as hard as I dared to try and rouse him. "Leo, come on, wake up! Look at me!" I saw from the corner of my eye as Splinter and Mikey ran up to me and Leo and stood in front of us to deal with anyone who could try to attack and kill us. But my eyes were only on Leo. I felt tears form in my eyes, and I tried to blink them away, only to find more coming.
"Come on, Leo. Please! I can't lose you, too! Please, look at me." Leo stirred a little and blinked a few times before his eyes moved up to my face. A small stream of blood seeped out of his mouth and it made me a little queasy.
"R-Raph..." His voice was weak, and the R was slightly slurred, so it sounded like he said 'Aph' instead of Raph. But I just nodded and took his hand.
"Don't worry, Leo, we're gonna get you out of here. Just hang in there." A shadow fell over us and I looked up to find Shredder standing there with his gauntlet's infamous blades drawn.
"He's still alive? Hm, I'd better put him out of his misery." I hugged Leo close to me, protecting him with all of the armor my shell, plastron, and everything in between could offer, hoping Shredder would get me instead of Leo. At the very least I hoped my tissues and various protective layerings would slow his wickedly sharp blades down.
Before the Shredder could impale us, Splinter jumped in front of us and blocked the attack with his staff.
"NO! You will not lay a hand on my sons! You have already stolen one from me, and I will not let you take my remaining sons!" He pushed back on Shredder's claws, punched him in the gut and the kicked him into a building. Before he had time to get up, Mikey knelt down beside me and looked Leo over.
"Is he okay?" I shook my head and gazed over at my baby brother. I had no idea what to say- I wasn't exactly a doctor. All I could do was get Leo out of there, alive, by using what little medical knowledge I had to offer. I'd already decided against removing the katana from his side, but consequently, moving him would now be a bigger issue. I wasn't totally sure on what would happen, but I got the feeling that the blade could easily tear him up more if it was jostled too much. I carefully moved to kneel by Leo's injured side, leaving the easier side for Mikey to handle. I then slipped my arms with utmost care under his neck and the middle of his thighs.
"I don't know, but it looks bad. But we'll have to look at it later! Now we have to get out of here, so come on! Help me carry him!" Mikey immediately nodded and moved to mirror my position, and, working in tandem, we carefully lifted our oldest brother and headed for our only way out of here. Our movements caught our father's eye, and Master Splinter took a good long look at Leo, his eyes going from enraged and protective to saddened in less than a second.
"Leonardo..." Then he shook his head and moved towards the Shellraiser right beside us. "Come now, my sons! We must hurry!" Mikey and I hurried as much as we dared with Leo gasping in pain with every other step we took, and soon we were at the open side door of the Shellraiser.
Shredder got up from the ground at pointed at us. "Do not let them escape! Destroy them!" Karai immediately ran at us with one of Fishface's knives in her hand and Tiger Claw was close behind her. I growled and then quickly finished laying Leo on the floor of the Shellraiser, exchanging a solemn nod with Mikey and wordlessly giving Leo's care over to him so he could look him over while Splinter and I handled Karai and Tiger Claw.
Splinter used his staff to block Tiger Claw's attacks while using his Nerve Points of Death to defeat him. I drew my sai again and pushed against Karai's knife, but then stumbled over something, looking down to see Splinter's bag fall over and a piece of paper fly out, landing on the ground. A photo. A photo of Splinter in human form with Tang Shen and baby Karai.
Karai looked down at the photo and picked it up, looking it over with her knife still extended toward me as a warning to keep my distance while she studied the item that had so caught her interest. Her eyes widened in realization after only a few seconds, and her other hand fell to her side, fingers trembling before going slack, releasing the blade altogether. She shook her head slowly as if trying to process what she saw.
I wanted to stay and rub it in how wrong she'd been, and didn't she see it now? But I saw that Splinter had managed to take down Tiger Claw and was running towards us, so I quickly snatched the photo out of Karai's hand just in time to see Splinter jump into the side of the Shellraiser and then slam the doors shut.
I ran over to the driver's side and took the wheel, starting to drive down the street again, and I had a feeling that Shredder and his mutants were after us. I called over my shoulder that Mikey had to call April and Casey and tell them to wait outside of her apartment so they could jump in immediately without wasting any time.
I slammed on the brakes just outside of April's apartment, and April and Casey stood there with small bags in their hands, about to run in when the next surprise came.
Thunder rolled right after lightning danced across the sky and then, out of nowhere, big, triangle-shaped Kraang-portals appeared in the sky and Kraang-bots walked through with weapons in their hands. April's eyes widened.
"It's the Kraang! The Invasion's beginning!" I felt my blood freeze in my veins and shouted at them to hurry up and get in so we could drive out of the city. Both April and Casey looked down on Leo and saw the small sword in his side. April's eyes widened and she kneeled down beside him to help Master Splinter with his injuries, while Mikey and Casey manned the other stations.
More and more Kraang started to fill the streets. People ran around in panic as the robots carried around guns with their perfected mutagen and showered innocent people with it, leaving them as half-human/half-Kraang hybrids. I felt my heart clench and looked over my shoulder at the others. They looked so broken. Leo was injured and out cold, possibly dying, Master Splinter looked broken beyond compare, Mikey was silently crying and both April and Casey looked at us with lost eyes. I sighed and looked over at April.
"Hey, April? You mind giving me directions to that farmhouse you were talking about? I have a feeling you know the way better than I do." April got up on her feet and came over to me to give me directions. But I hardly heard a word she said. I just looked at the screens showing the streets and the city outside of our van. I sighed and closed my eyes to kill my tears.
Our home was falling apart, and there was nothing we could do at the moment to fix it.
A/N: And finally I have that chapter out of the way! Now I can focus on more fun things! Like Filione and more aliens for us to meet! I've wanted to write about that a lot more than this chapter, so I hope my muse doesn't leave anytime soon again. And don't worry, I don't plan on having Leo in a coma like in the show. But I'm not gonna say any more than that. We'll take a small break from Earth and travel back into the galaxy for a short while.
Now I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review, favorite and follow! G'night everybody!