Kara sat on the sidelines with April, Mikey, and Leo while Donnie and Raph had a sparring session.
Donnie and Raph were circling each other while twirling their weapons in a intimidating way. "Don't worry, Donnie, I'm in a good mood today. I'll go easy on you." Raph said with a grin across his face ready to attack. "Don't do me any favors, Raph." Donnie glances over towards the girls, April smiling at him and Kara giving him a thumbs up with a playful wink. "You can do it, Donnie." "Um..in fact, maaaybee..you will be the one who gets gone easy on..by me..so yeah."
Kara disguised her laugh with a cough and looked over at Mikey who whispered to Leo, "Worst smack talk ever." She nodded her head in agreement before sitting up straight as Master Splinter yelled, "Hajime!"
She watched them spar and got excited when Donnie was getting the upper hand by using his staff to bend Raph's knees apart then sweep his staff under his feet, knocking him to the ground. "Yes!" She whispered to herself, clenching her fist. "Hey! I got him! Kara, April, did you see?!" April gave him a smile but Kara pointed at Raph, "Don't look-!" It was too late, Raph jumped to his feet, sweeping his leg under Donnie's who fell on his stomach. Raph went to stomp his foot on him but Donnie rolled away in time, managing to jump to his feet. "Away.." Kara cringed as Raph used his sai to pull on Donnie's arm in a painful way then twisted it behind his back, his other hand trapped in Raph's other sai.
"Say hi to Mikey." Raph said using the sai to make Donnie's hand move in a waving motion while mimicking Donnie's voice. "Hi, Mikey."
"Donnie, haha! Amazing! I didn't even see his lips move. He's like a puppet that could throw his voice to..himself. Wait.."
"Yame! Raphael, that is enough." She sighed and watched Raph throw Donnie to the floor then sit on him. "Thanks for going easy on me." She heard Raph say before looking down at her lap in thought wondering if she was distracting him from his training. "Is it me or..." She glanced towards April, her brows lifting in a worried look "Both of us?..Does he still have feelings for her?" She looked up hearing Master Splinter speaking and bowed her head with the others, dismissing them for the day.
She plopped down beside April and was playing on her phone while April checked her email not knowing Donnie had pulled Raph aside.
"What the heck was that?"
"What? Was just having fun. You know how much Mikey loves the Donnie puppet." Raph said while waving his arms like a puppet.
"Dude, Kara was watching!" Donnie said moving his arm to show Kara holding her phone up to April who laughed at the picture, Kara laughing with her.
"What? I'm pretty sure she liked it.." Raph blinked as Donnie's face turned sad "-too. I know you two are together, congrats to you both, but you honestly think she cares?" "Well, um..I mean.." "Wow, that is so adorable and sad..it's sadorable. If you want to impress Kara you better leave me out of it." Raph said before walking away.
Kara blinked hearing some strange sound coming from April's computer and looked over seeing weird signs and an audio playing. "Not bad! Needs more drums." Mikey said as he and Leo walked over to April followed by Raph and Donnie.
"What was that?" Leo asked walking into view.
"I dunno. Just some random email I got. Just started playing by itself."
"Sounds like some kind of telemetric soundwave subcarrier." Donnie said.
"Um..dumb that down a notch" Leo asked with a small smile.
"It's an interference modulation used to encrypt covert trans-"
Mikey placed his finger to his lips to stop him from talking. "Not enough notches."
"Perhaps it's a secret message?" Kara said still looking at the computer screen. Donnie smiled and nodded his head. "Exactly. That's my girl." Kara smiled brightly, feeling jittery on the inside as he called her 'his girl'. "Tee-hee. I at least learned something from hanging around you all the time."
"Who would be sending me a secret message?" April said curiously. Kara reached over and replayed the audio, listening closely. "Sounds..familiar.."
Kara was laying on the couch on her phone and sighed seeing it was close to six in the morning. She couldn't sleep for her mind kept replaying the sound over and over again til she sat up abruptly. "That noise, it's the Kraang!" She jumped off the couch and rushed to her room to change and then headed to the lair by rooftop not knowing she had passed Donnie who had left to rescue April's father, already figuring out the secret message.
When she arrived at the lair she could hear Mikey talking about some kind of detectives and rushed in. "Can it, Mikey, I'm serious." She heard Leo say.
"Ok, but you'll never guess who stole the buckaroo diamond."
"Guys! I figured something out about that secret message!" Kara said through heavy breathes.
"What? What is it?" Leo said noticing the urgency in her voice.
"It was the clown!" Kara ignored Mikey and motioned for them to follow her into Donnie's lab. "The audio that came with April's email sounded familiar. It was bugging me all night, couldn't get any sleep, but then it hit me, it sounded just like the Kraang!" She opened April's laptop that she let Donnie borrow to see the email already opened, hearing the faint sound of a human voice.
"Guys, I think I know where Donnie went." Mikey said as he looked at the email.
"Wait, he's gone?" She asked looking up at the brothers.
"Haven't seen him this morning. He obviously must of followed the secret message." "After he figured out what it was." Mikey nodded to Leo.
"What would Donnie do? What would Donnie do?" Before she could answer, Raph grabbed the laptop and started shaking it. "Come on, gimmie that thing!" She sighed in relief as Leo took the laptop from him before he did any damage, "Or what would Donnie do doing an impression of Raph." She blinked in surprise hearing April's father voice, "April, it's dad, I pray you get this message. I've been moved to a secret Kraang facility." Kara looked up hearing April's voice and saw her in the doorway, looking inside. Kara looked at the email showing a map of the facility Mr. O'Neil was talking about and put the pieces together. "Donnie must have gone there by himself to impress April by rescuing her father..." She clenched her fists tightly, looking over at April, her eyes narrowing, jealously beginning to cloud her mind. Her eyes widen in surprise at her thoughts before she slumped her shoulders, hugging herself gently. "No...she's my best friend..I can't have thoughts like that..Donnie's just trying to help a friend out..but why go by himself? He could get hurt! Come on, guys. We're going after Donnie." Kara nodded and put her gloves on before following after them.
Kara was getting better at the parkour for she was catching up with the brothers with ease now but was still behind. "Why would Donnie try to rescue April's dad by himself?" She heard Leo ask a loud and she sighed, different scenarios appearing in her mind involving April and Donnie. She stopped beside Mikey and Raph when they stopped on the rooftop. "Uh..maybe it's because I told him Kara doesn't care about him impressing her."
"What? Why would you say that?"
Kara gasped at this news and her eyes, and smile, brighten as he and Leo argue among themselves.
"Cause she really doesn't! I mean, she's already seen him fail hundreds of times."
"Well, yeah but you don't tell him that." Leo said before walking away.
Mikey places his hand on Raph's shoulder with a disappointed look. "The hearts a soft muscle, man. A soft muscle. Squish." He said before following after Leo. Before Raph could follow Kara grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. "Oh, thank you Raph! I needed to hear this!" She said her smile so bright and wide it could have lit up the sky, kissing him on the cheek making him freeze in place at what just happened as she runs to catch up with the others. "Uh...you're welcome?" He said dumbfounded.
They arrived at an auto shop and Kara looked around, noticing the sun coming out from behind the clouds and smiled. "Seems like my mood has taken effect on the day, tee-hee."
"Are you sure this is the right place?" Raph asked, ignoring Kara.
"Either Donnie's here or the garage mechanic stole his lock pick." Leo said while picking up the lock pick.
"So, the mechanic can break into his own place? Come on, Leo, think this stuff through dude! Let's move!" Mikey said, punching his fists together. Leo stands up, staring at him. "Heh heh, you knew that."
"Come on, boys! Let's go help our Donnie rescue Mr. O'Neil!" She said, draping her arms over Mikey and Leo but Leo didn't move. "Alright, you say it."
"Let's move." Leo said before opening the garage door. "Yeah!" Kara giggled at Mikey before following after Leo hearing Raph smack Mikey across the head. They walked inside and noticed a Kraang droid crushed under a vehicle. "Pretty sure Donnie took this guy out."
"How can you tell?" Leo asked, staring down at the droid.
"He looks bored to death." Raph grinned. Kara chuckled and gently nudged his side with her elbow. "Or you could say he was 'crushed' to death by boredom." She laughed at her pun and sighed. Raph looked at her for minute before grinning and playfully punching her shoulder. "Don't worry, you're getting there." She pouted at him but looked up seeing Mikey getting into one of the cars.
"Hey, guys, check out my ride." Mikey said as he turned the car on. "Woo!" "Mikey, don't!" Kara shouted hearing him press down on the gas, driving off the second floor and landing bumper first on to the ground before falling on to a button, the area around a car revealing a secret passage. "Nice, Mikey!" Kara looked over at him with a smile, nodding in agreement. "Oh yeah, I-"
"Do not say I meant to do that." Raph said while crossing his arms.
"At least he was wearing his seatbelt." Kara said as she helped him out of the car and jumped down the shaft, sliding down the wires and stumbling to the ground.
"Now this is more like it." She said quietly, following behind the guys. They stopped in front of a door and saw another Kraang droid. "He must of gone through this door." Raph said as he attempts to open it with brute force.
"Wow...this is sad..yet adorable. Sadorable." She said with a grin making Raph glare at her. His eyes turn white in anger turning to face the door, bringing his weapon out and goes to strike but Leo stops him. "Again, what would Donnie have done?"
Mikey was thinking and looked over at the droid with a smile on his face. "I got it!" He said while snapping his fingers.
Kara sighed watching them attempt to open the door again, this time, with the Kraang droid pushing it against the door using their strength. She looked up hearing an alarm go off. "Boy, Donnie's idea was terrible!" Mikey groaned. "Move, guys!" She sighed, annoyed while grabbing the droid's head and placed it in front of the sensor part but before it could activate a group of Kraang droids appeared. "Deal with them." She shouted at the guys as they took out their weapons and charged.
"Guy! I got it o-ooh my gosh!" She shouted and dodged an attack, the door exploding. "open.." She mumbled now standing where a hole was all that was left. Once the guys had dealt with the droids all of them ran into the hall with a lot of doors. "This place looks like a prison." She stopped and looked around able to hear a strange noise. "And as far as strange noises go...they're never good."
"I don't like the sound of that." She heard Leo say all of them scanning the area around them.
"Maybe if we ignore it it'll go away." Mikey said but she couldn't ignore it, beginning to get louder. "Someone's not ignoring it."
"I can't help it, Mikey!" She shouted just as a large lizard appears from the ceiling, upside down. It roars at them and brings out a weapon firing missiles at them. "MOVE!" Raph yells grabbing Kara and dodges the attack, causing another door to explode.
"Donnie!" She heard Raph say and looked up seeing him and Mr. O'Neil safe and sound.
"Donnie!" She shouted with a smile and hugged him tightly.
"Mr. O'Neil." Leo started but before he could say anything else Mikey pointed ahead of them. "Big, beady eyed lizard thing with weapons!" It steps towards them making them step back, Donnie holding Kara protectively.
"Donatello calls it the Newtralizer." Mr. O'Neil said making Mikey step in front of Donnie with his back turned to it. "You named something without me?" Kara panicked as it started firing, grabbing Mikey's hand and pulling him while they ran. They managed to secure themselves in a safe room, the Newtralizer trying to break in. Mikey gives Donnie a mean look. "You named something without me?!"
"We gotta get out of this prison." Leo said while looking around for a way to escape.
"Technically, this is a detention center. The difference in being-" Mr. O'Neil began to say.
"-Not now, Donnie-ohh sorry Mr. O'Neil. Great, now there's two of them." Leo said with a sigh of annoyance.
Another group of Kraang droids appeared and they charged, fighting them off. Kara knocked one to the floor, slamming her gloved fists into it's face before using her taser on another one, kicking it square in the squishy Kraang face. She noticed Donnie was playing with the center console in the middle of the room. "What're you doing?"
"Not really the time to check your email." Raph said while fighting off the Kraang.
"I'm guessing if they had the Newtralizer locked up it's because he wasn't their friend." Donnie said with a grin before slamming his hand on the computer, opening the door, revealing the Newtralizer as it grabs a Kraang droids head and smashes it.
"Apparently it likes smashing Kraang." Raph said in surprise.
"Who doesn't?" Mikey smiled at him.
It growls at them and starts shooting while they dodge his bullets, Kara hiding behind Donnie and Mr. O'Neil. After the Kraang were taken care of the guys shouted in victory, coming out from their hiding spots. The Newtralizer growls and aims its missiles at them making them shout, "No!" and flee.
"Why'd you have to say something?!" Kara shouted while fleeing the scene.
They returned back to the entrance and climbed on to the car. "We gotta access the control panel."
"Got it." Raph said raising his sai but Donnie stops him and smiles. "Raph, I got it."
"Oh, really?" "Really." He said, taking the sai and stabbing it into the control panel all of them being lifted upwards and fly from the car and onto the floor of the auto shop. Kara jumps up and goes to help Donnie as the car falls backwards towards him and Mr. O'Neil but sees he has it covered and smiled. "Phew that was clo-aaahh!" She shouted when the Newtralizer jumped onto the car.
They back up, protecting Mr. O'Neil and she clenches her fist, bringing out her taser. "Let's split up. Donnie, you take Mr. O'Neil out of here. Kara, go with them." She nodded and followed them over the display of cars noticing Newtralizer saw them and hopped up, following Donnie and Mr. O'Neil but they were cornered while Newtralizer followed their movements, growling at them. She glared as it went to move and she yelled, throwing herself at him, knocking him down the floor. "Kara, no!" She heard but ignored it as she began pounding its face in. It grabbed her face and threw her across the room, flying past Mr. O'Neil and Donnie. "Ugh, I'm gonna feel that later." She got up with the help of Donnie and Mr. O'Neil and hid, watching Mikey slam the car onto the Newtralizer. "Mikey!" Kara, Leo, and Raph shouted as they ran to the car. "Don't worry. I wore my seatbelt." Mikey said. Kara smiled and hugged him. "Silly." She chuckled before they left.
When they returned to the lair April was speaking with Master Splinter and the look on her face when she saw her dad; Kodiak moment. "Oh, dad, I can't believe it! You guys saved my dad! Thank you so much!" Kara smiled softly as her best friend was reunited with her father.
"The guy you really should be thanking is Donnie."
"Well uh.."
"Seriously! You should of seen him. He was all like-" Raph started making karate noises and Kara chuckled at them. "He looks so ridiculous."
"Hehe, well those weren't my exact words."
"Oh, thank you Donnie!" April smiled, hugging him. Kara smiled at Donnie thinking he did a good job and held her hand out to Mr. O'Neil. "Hi, Mr. O'Neil. I'm Kara, I dunno if you remember me but I was there the first day you were kidnapped. I'm sorry I wasn't much help.." Mr. O'Neil smiled and shook her hand. "It was dark but thank you for taking care of my daughter and befriending her." She smiled brightly and hugged him, he gently patted her shoulder.
She grabbed Donnie's hand and dragged him to the side. "Now look, before you say any-ow!" She punches his shoulder, glaring at him. "Don't you ever do that again!" She gave a small smile and kissed him. "That was a sweet thing you did for April..but I know the real reason. Raph told me." He blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "Heh, guess I owe you an apology then." He smiled and pulled her close to him, staring into her eyes. "How's this for a start?" He said coolly before kissing her passionately on the lips. When they parted her face was pink and she had a dreamy smile on her face. "That's a start." He chuckled and placed his forehead against hers, Kara laughing softly with him.