"Ok, guys, this mission is going to be difficult some of us may not make it out alive." Leo says glancing at Mikey who lowers his head in disappointment going, "Awww..". "But no matter what happens..we stick together, got it?" Leo finishes off with a confident grin making Raph pump his fist with a matching grin and Donnie raising his arms yelling, "Yeah!"
"Guys..." Kara sighs looking at them wondering what was wrong with them. "It's just a social studies test.." Kara leans back against the chair sitting at the table with paper and pencils in front of each of them.
"Ah ah ah, no cheating." Mrs. Christine said glancing mainly at Raph and Mikey. "You can take as long as you like. I'll be back it's time to feed Zachary anyways." She leaves them alone for the time being while they began to work on their test.
"Why are we even doing this? This is haaaard!" Mikey grumbles slamming his head onto the table.
"You guys were the ones asking where Donnie and I were going. You wouldn't leave it alone." Kara says trying to concentrate on her paper.
"Besides, I think if we told Master Splinter about this he would agree one hundred percent." Donnie says not looking up from his work already half way through the test.
"Yeah, until he finds out who is teaching us." Raph says in a bored expression but was doing the work anyways.
"What do you mean?" Kara glanced up at Raph curiously.
"I mean another human knowing about us."
"I don't think it would bother him because it's someone I know, that I'm close to, you can trust her."
"I guess it wouldn't hurt for her to meet him but I have to agree with Donnie. I think Master Splinter would approve of us learning new things." Leo said close to finishing his test.
Donnie smiled before turning his test over showing that he was finished and leaned back some looking at Kara. "What do you think?"
"I'll have to talk with her about. I don't think she'll mind either...but it's hard to say right now. I'll talk to her soon though." She went back to finishing her test and sighs in relief once she finished she waited for the others to finish as well. "I don't know about you guys but..I've been sitting here too long. I need to do something." She got up and grabbed an apple from the fruit basket and leaned against the counter while eating it.
"Perhaps this calls for a training session." Leo says with an excited smile.
"Yeah, I'll even do that." Kara spoke with a mouthful of apple and grinned at the groaning brothers but knew they felt the same as her, specially Mikey. "Hurry up and finish then it's almost night time." Kara looked out the balcony door watching the sun setting and decided to walk outside to get a better view and some fresh air.
Leaning against the railing she watched the cars go by feeling a gentle breeze against her skin and sighs softly. Hearing the door open she turned her head to see who it was and smiled wide watching Donnie move to her side.
"So, how does it feel to be a normal, not so normal, going to school though it's not really school teenager?..Give or take." Kara shrugged while grinning at him.
"It feels..incredible." Donnie said with a soft sigh and a smile. "It's amazing what I can learn from an actual professional. I mean, there's only so much you can do on your own." He gave her a half grin showing some of his teeth making her giggle. "Mrs. Christine seems to have grown a liking to you and your brothers. I hope you guys come back to see her some more. It's nice to share this with people. It gets annoying having her attention on just me so it feels good to have her hawk eyes on someone else." She sighed laying her head on his shoulder but blinked when she heard a startled yell.
Both of them looking back inside they saw Mikey rubbing his head with Mrs. Christine holding a ruler in one hand and Zachary, who was giggling at Mikey's misfortune, in the other giving him a stern looking, speaking to him. Guessing he was trying to cheat on the others test both Donnie and her looked back at each other and laughed.
"So, what'd you guys think of your first day in class?" Kara grinned as they all were running up on the rooftops doing their nightly patrol.
"Ugh, boooorriiing!" Mikey shouted jumping onto the fire escape of an apartment building and climbing to the top with Donnie lifting himself off the side and doing a flip. "Well, I enjoyed it very much. Can't wait to go back!" He said with a wide smile.
"Yeah, you would want to go back, dork." Raph grumbles running beside Kara and Leo.
"Hold up ninjas." Leo slid to a halt causing the others to stop around him. "I have a feeling..we're not alone here."
"You're right, Leo. We have a potential spy." Mikey bent down in front of a squirrel holding an acorn staring at him before fleeing, leaving the acorn behind.
Kara glanced over at Donnie hearing him speak. "Shh, I thought I heard.."
"Foot! Attack!" Kara looked up seeing Karai pointing at them for her footbots to attack watching a small handful jump at them obeying her orders.
"Sweet! Finally get to do something!" Kara grins while slipping on her gloves before charging in to attack kicking one in the gut. While it was bent over she lifted the mask off its face revealing glowing buttons, and techy stuff. Bringing out her pepperspray she sprayed it right in the face before lowering the mask and watched it try to lift it off before it's head malfunctioned and exploded. "Jeez, you look better with the mask on.."
"Serving one bot, hot!" Raph shouted before stabbing it and throwing it aside.
"Gotcha, Raph!" Kara shouted back stabbing her taser in it's back watching it short circuit and fry. "Footbot is served! Fried to perfection." Kara twirled her taser in one hand while kissing her fingertips and lifting her them up and away from her mouth.
Kara looked at everyone seeing they were doing fine on their own and looked up at Karai with a grin. "You didn't bring enough playmates for me. You didn't forget about me, did you?" Kara said with a pout making Karai grin at her before bringing out her sword. "I could play with you for a bit." She jumped down while Kara got into her fighting stance and grinned.
Raph and Leo came up to her sides their weapons ready.
"Let's take her down, once and for all." Raph said just before charging to attack first but was interrupted with a kick to his shell pushing him away from Karai.
Kara jumps onto its back while its distracted locking her arms and legs around it's to keep it from moving giving Raph to opportunity to stab it in the head. She hops off it's dead body and grins at Raph giving him a fist bump but as their knuckles touched the earth began shaking from underneath them. "Woaah, massive fist bump.." She said while regaining her balance.
"Ahhh, earthquake!" Mikey shouted looking around in confusion.
"In New York?!" Rahzaar said in bewilderment.
"Impossible..." Turning in the direction Leo was she ran over to make sure he was ok only to see a chimney crack and fall over him. "Leo!" She shouts in panic before jumping down from the upper part of the roof down to his level and began throwing the bricks aside trying to find him, the others soon coming to join her.
They were in a panic just as much as her but she focused on trying to get Leo from under there. A huge wave of relief hit her seeing a hint of green and dug faster, eventually, pulling him free.
"Ugh, I think my shell got knocked loose. What was that?" Kara pulled Leo further from the pile of bricks, wiping dust off of him.
"Some kind of localized quake but what caused it?"
"This is definitely not natural.." Kara said to Donnie looking around the area.
"Oh no, she's gone. I could of changed everything! Now it's too late." Leo lowered his head in sorrow. Kara walked up to him placing her hand on his shoulder wondering what he meant but gently pulled him backwards. "Come on, we'd better get out of here."
"Scientist are calling them micro quakes but they shake so hard this reporters hair was badly messed up." Kara covered her mouth in a fit of giggles as they camera zoomed out to show his hair was in fact, messed up. "No need to be concerned I'm being treated by my stylist."
"Dude! His poor hair."
"I dunno, Mikey, I think it's an improvement." Kara giggles turned to snickers. "Gives him a personality."
"Earthquakes in Manhattan? Something is definitely up." Raph said just before leaving to Donnie's lab to see if he made any discoveries. Kara looked at Mikey and shrugged before both of them got up and followed after him.
Kara sat on the table next to the computer while Mikey and Raph stood on each side of Donnie.
"I've been graphing the earthquake epicenters. They're happening in a pattern that is not at all random."
"Is that awesome or "awesome" bad?" Mikey asked clearly in confusion.
""Awesome" bad, Mikey. I got weird energy readings under the epicenter. I think some kind of tech is causing the quakes."
"Huh..are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Kara looks from Raph to Mikey, who had a smile on his face, God knows what he's thinking. "Who do we know that has the technology and manpower to create earthquakes such as these...? Well, there's only two enemies we know of and-" Kara was snapped out of her thoughts hearing a "Slap!" and sighed seeing Mikey with spirals over his eyes.
"Mikey, who has that kind of technology?" Raph asked with a hint of irritation in his voice. Finding this amusing, Kara kept her mouth shut watching as Mikey placed his thumb and index finger to his chin, sticking his tongue out in thought though it was clear he was far from the answer causing another slap to his head by Raph making Kara snicker.
"I'll give you a hint, Mikey. They're robots." She said hoping it was a big enough hint to help him find the answer. Watching him squeeze his eyes shut and grab the sides of his head she sighed thinking if this went on any longer his head was gonna pop right off his shoulders. Deciding to just tell him she opened her mouth to speak only to jump in surprise at Mikey's, rather loud, answer.
"IT'S THE KRAANG!" Mikey shouted and with Kara being so close to him, she grabbed her ears in pain and fell backwards on the table. "Gah! My ears!"
"Well, he got the answer." Raph said with a grin while crossing his arms.
"Heheh, I'm so smart." Mikey said with a pleased smile before looking down at Kara. "You ok, dudette?"
Kara sat back up glaring at Mikey and went to say something but heard Leo walk into the lab.
"Guys, meeting in the dojo. Now."
Noting the solemn look on his face and the tone of his voice, she knew it was a serious matter. Looking at the guys she followed behind them to the dojo and sat down beside Donnie watching Master Splinter pace in front of them.
"This..is difficult but it is time you all knew the truth. The child I thought I had lost in the fire, Miwa, is Karai, my daughter.."
Kara stared at Master Splinter perplexed yet in shock but let him continue his story.
"Fury became flame and flame darkened the world with smoke and in that darkness..Shredder stole Miwa away. I thought she had perished but she was raised by Shredder as his daughter and trained as a deadly foot assassin."
Kara glanced at the others, their reactions just the same as hers.
"Wait.. th-this can't be." Donnie started.
"Some kind of joke, right, Sensei?" Raph added in more in doubt than shocked.
"Karai's our sister?!" Kara glanced over at Mikey before down in her lap.
"So all this time, the right hand man of our worst enemy..is really your daughter?" Kara looked up at Master Splinter wondering how he knew for sure.
"Sensei, she's still our enemy. She was raised by Shredder." Watching Raph stand up she looked over at Donnie and Mikey wondering if they felt the same way as him.
"Yeah! How could we ever trust her?" Donnie shouted, doubt clear in his voice.
Kara looked down at her hands remembering the times fighting with her. "She always had the opportunity to kill us yet..never did."
"I thought you were better than this. I thought you were my friend! How could you betray me?!"
Kara gasped, Karai's words echoing in her mind.
"There is good in her. I know this." Master Splinter spoke softly, pain visible on his face and in his voice. 'The truth must be told and it too will be an earthquake."
"Perhaps..this will be our second chance to make things right." Kara said standing up along with the others. "I'm willing to bring her to our side and reunite your family, Master Splinter." She said with a smile before bowing her head to him. He walked up to her, placing his hand on her shoulder a sincere smile on his face. "Thank you, Kara." She looked up at him able to see a mixture of emotions in his eye and gave him a gentle hug.
The touching scene was cut short when her phone began to ring. Looking at the caller ID she saw Mrs. Christine's picture and her mind began to race with worry thinking of her and her child, immediately answering the call.
"Hello, Mrs. Christine? Are you and Zach ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine Kara. So is, Zach. I was calling to make sure you and your friends were alright."
"We're fine but listen, I want you to get out of New York for awhile. We have a feeling what's causing the earthquakes and it'll be safer for you and Zach to get out of here as soon as you can. I'll let you know when it's safe to return."
Hearing the urgency in her voice, Mrs. Christine was silent for a moment before speaking once more. "Ok, Kara. I trust you. I'll start packing right away."
Kara told them bye before hanging up breathing out a huge sigh of relief, glad to know they're ok.
"Who was that, Kara?" Master Splinter looked down at her having been able to hear the conversation on the other end of the phone.
Kara froze, ducking her head under her shoulders before turning around to face Master Splinter with a long sigh of defeat. "My home school teacher, Mrs. Christine, knows..about the guys..she..had a little run in with them..In fact, she is uh...becoming their teacher as well." She gave him a weak smile while rubbing the back of her head waiting for his response.
Stroking his beard with his thumb and index finger he stared at her deep in thought. "And she does not mind us?"
"No, sir." She said with a real smile. "In fact, in her own words she said "She is not willing to teach a mutant but to teach someone who is willing to learn. She is a true professional, Master Splinter, and if you allow it I would like for you to meet her. To show that not only is she a friend, but trustworthy as well."
He closed his eyes to come to an answer, holding his beard now, before giving her a nod. "I will allow this. If you show this much faith in her then she must be a good person."
She bowed her head before leaving going straight to the kitchen and made a plate of sandwiches for her and the others while everyone else did their own thing. Everyone but Donnie was out in the livingroom watching tv so she sat down between Raph and Mikey both of them immediately snatching a sandwich from the plate making her shake her head while offering one to Leo, who gladly took one.
Stuffing one in her mouth she went to go see if Donnie was hungry when April and Casey walked into the lair.
"Hey, guys! You made it in time for lunch." Kara chuckled walking up to them holding the plate in front of her.
"Thanks, Kara I'm starving." Casey said taking one.
"No, thanks. I have something important to show you guys. Where's Donnie?"
Kara and the others led Casey and April to the lab where Donnie was working on his computer some more, most likely trying to find any clues as to who or what is causing it.
"Donnie! You'll never guess what Casey and I found." April said holding out a device.
"Huh..that looks familiar."
"It's a Kraang portal." April said. "Here, let me show you how it works. All you do is hold it in the air." Doing so she raised it in the air and watched as it levitated on its own. "And then you press this button." Pressing the button in the middle a triangular, neon pink laser lowered to the ground acting like a door. "And portable portal."
"Wow, the kraang are always one step ahead." Donnie said in awe at the contraption.
"So, it's a porta-portal." Kara said under her breath while eating another sandwich.
"I wonder if this is what's behind the earthquakes. We're going to have to test it."
"I dunno, Donnie, you think that's a good idea?" Leo asked unsure of what's behind the portal.
"If you turtles are going to be slow about it I'm going." Casey pushed past Donnie to the front of the portal and grinned.
"You're crazy. Nuts! Out of your goard!" Raph pushes Casey out of the way before turning to the others. "I'm going first." Raph smirks before running head on into the portal.
"C'mon, red!" Casey says while grabbing April's arm and dragging her inside.
Donnie looked over at Kara and smiled holding his hand out to her. Kara looked down at his hand then back up at him with her sheepish grin before taking his hand and both of them running into the portal together.
Kara began to feel nervous seeing nothing but thunder clouds and portals. Grabbing onto Donnie's arm she couldn't help but look at the floor but regretted it feeling like she was going to fall and squeezed her eyes shut. "What I wouldn't give for solid concrete right now.."
"Ok...this is...weird." Raph said not knowing what to really say about this. Kara brought up the courage to let go of Donnie's arm and walk further away to look around.
Spotting a rather dark portal she looked into it and realized, "New York?" She whispered to herself. "Everything looks so gloomy though.." Spotting something running on the rooftops she leaned in to get a closer look and her eyes widened seeing. "The guys?! But they're taller and..more muscular." She blushed at how different they looked and wondered if this world was connected to theirs in some way but snapped out of it when she heard Donnie talking.
"The kraang must use it as a gateway between realities."
"Uh guys..the doors gone! We're trapped!" Mikey shouted getting everyone's attention.
"There's thousands of doors. Everyone! Start searching for a way home." Leo shouted looking through different portals.
Wondering if she should mention this one she heard Donnie calling her name.
"Kara, come look at this one."
She walked over to the one Donnie was looking at and gasped seeing neon blue, gooey creatures floating in a clear night sky. "Wow, it's beautiful." Curiosity getting the better of her she slowly reached her hand inside but immediately brought it back her fingertips showing bits of frostbite. "It's freezing in there!" She held her hand close to her trying to warm it back up when Donnie took her hand into his and began to gently massage her fingertips trying to warm them up.
Kara blushed watching him bring her fingers to his lips giving them a gentle kiss. She smiled as they both inched towards each other for a kiss when April called them over. Sighing softly Donnie got up, helping her up before they went over to a portal that looked just like the one Kara went to but it was brighter and everything looked..cartoony?
"Weird..is that..you guys?" Kara squinted her eyes wondering if her eyes were playing tricks on her.
"It's us! Why do we look like..dorks?" Mikey asked making Kara sigh in relief. "Oh, good, I'm not the only one seeing this."
"Is that suppose to be..April?" Raph asked making Kara look at the woman in the yellow jumpsuit. "Wow, she's pretty."
"Nice jumpsuit." She heard Donnie say and crossed her arms, glaring daggers at him. Before any of them could say anything Leo shouted at them to look at one of the portals. "To be continued." Kara said before walking away.
"Guys, look! I think it's..dimension X!"
"Home of the kraang." Raph whispered to Casey.
"No wonder they want to take over our world..theirs is a dump.." Kara said shaking her head at what has become of that world but wondered if it was a normal planet with living things before the kraang took over. She lowered her head at the thought of a whole civilization being wiped out just cause the kraang couldn't take care of their own planet and clenched her fists. "They're nothing but a bunch of bullies.."
"This place is making my brain melt!"
April moved her hand over Mikey's mouth to quiet him down. "Shh, I..I sense something coming."
Kara squinted her eyes seeing two ape like bodies with kraang heads on them. "What the heck are those things?" She whispered having this being the first time to see them.
"Oh no, How do you close the door?! Wh-where's the..the kn-knob, where's the knob?!"
Kara looked up where the top part began seeing it was the same back at home and reached up to grab it but it was too high for her.
Before she could jump for it lightning flew out of the portal causing her to fall backwards on her butt just as two kraang brains flew out in their little ships and began shooting lightning at them. She was too busy dodging to hear what the kraang were saying but had a feeling she was about to find out.
No sooner than she thought that the two monkey bodied kraangs came out of the portal immediately attacking Mikey, Donnie rushing in to help.
Bringing out her pepperspray she waited for the right moment, when the flying kraang was in range before spraying it directly in the eyes causing it to shriek in pain and fly everywhere. "Coming your way, Jonsie!" Kara shouted doing a jump kick to the kraang, sending it Casey's way.
"He shoots." He say before smacking it into a portal."He scores!"
"Yeah! One to nothing for the Power Teens!" She shouted high-fiving Casey.
"Power teens? What brain cells did you use to make that up?" Raph asked before jumping onto one of the monkey kraang and stabbing his sais into the sides.
"I would of went with Mighty Mutants, but Casey..woah! What the?!" She dodge rolled out of one of their attacks and grinned. "Casey and I are regular humans."
"Yeah, that kick butt!" Casey added in.
"I'll think of a better name later."
"Hey! I'm the one who names stuff around here!" Mikey shouted with a huff.
"Ok, ok! You'll find a better name." Kara rolled her eyes but had a smile on her face. Hearing the shriek of the kraang she looked over and grinned when Leo brought one of the monkey kraang down. "That's two to nothing! Haha!"
"Here it comes!" Mikey shouted as the monkey kraang charged at Leo, Mikey, and Raph before slamming it's fists down on them causing them to fly into a portal. "Guys, no!" She shouted.
"Guys! Let's follow them." Donnie shouted as he, April, Casey, and Kara ran up to the portal to go after them but the portal closed before they could get close. They all turned around to see the second kraang holding a remote. "So that's why you were hiding.."
"We gotta get that remote." Casey said. Kara nodded in agreement before taking a step towards it to take it herself. "You put that remote down right now, you hear me? Put. It. Down." It stared right at her as it tossed the remote to it's other hand then threw it inside a portal. "No! You slimey little brain! I'm going to get you for that!"
It gave her a cocky look before acting like it was climbing up a wall. She glared at it and went to run after it but the monkey kraang from before came into view. It turned around showing its butt and the cheeks fell off revealing butt canons. "Butt canons?!" Kara and Donnie shouted at once before running away. "Dude, that is so gross!"
"Jeez, does this..place ever..end!?" She said between breaths while glancing inside portals to try to find a way home but was pulled back by Donnie when the monkey kraang jumped in front of them.
Everyone got into fighting stance ready to fight the beast. "I got this." Casey said before running up to the beast, dodging it's attack and smacked it right into a portal. Managing to get it stuck halfway everyone ran to his side to help him push it completely inside til it fell in.
"Phew, that was a close one. Good thinking Jonsie." Kara grinned giving him a fist bump.
"Yeah, that was too close.." April said with a soft sigh.
"Alright, Donnie, how do we get out of here? You're the expert, gap tooth!" Casey said getting close to Donnie's face.
"Gap tooth? Look in a mirror lately, cave mouth?!"
Kara sighed walking up to both of them and placed her hands on each of their shoulders. "Ok, guys, that's enough. We need to get out of here..getting sick and tired of this place already."
"Guys, stop. Check this out." April pointed at a portal she was in front of and when everyone looked inside it looked like another area of Dimension X.
"Wow, looks like another part of Dimension X." Donnie said in surprise. Kara grinned to herself in satisfaction of knowing what it was but it disappeared. "I wonder how large it actually is.."
Kara looked up from her thoughts hearing a soft screech of some kind and saw something that looked like a giant worm being forced into a portal.
"Ugh, what is that?" Casey said a little too loudly because the kraang's attention was on them. "Kraang is aware of spies in that doorway where kraang is not but soon will be."
"I think we're in serious trouble." April said nervously before a group of kraang droids surrounded them, their weapons aimed at them. "...You think?" Kara said voice dull of emotion.
"Don't tell me.." Casey started in annoyance.
"Aw, great." Donnie's said.
"Surrender is optimum. Non surrender means disintegration. Which is less optimum."
"For now, play along." Donnie said bringing his arms up in a surrendering motion, the others following suit.
"For the record, I do not count this as a surrender!" Kara glanced at Casey and sighed while trying to think of a plan of escape. "Ok, Kara, thinking isn't really your strong suit but you can't just have Donnie do all the thinking."
Kara narrowed her eyes at the kraang when they began pushing them towards a portal. Not knowing where it lead she grabbed Donnie's hand nervous about where they might end up. He gently squeezed her hand in a comforting way just as they walked through the portal.
Kara sighed in relief to see the abandoned subway. "Oh, thank goodness, home...right?"
"You will continue marching from the place you are to the place you are not yet."
"Well, atleast we're back in New York." Kara smiled wide when Donnie said that and felt more in relief. "Of course he would know it's New York, this is his home."
"Didn't they mention feeding us something? I'm hungry."
"No, they said they'd feed us TO something." April said to Casey trying to remember what they said. Kara blinked at them wondering what they were talking about. "Wow, must of been thinking pretty hard to ignore kraangs annoying voices. Heh." Kara grinned to herself but was brought back to attention by Donnie
"The Kraathatrogon, which is..actually, I have no clue what is it."
"Whatever it is..if it's with the kraang then we know it's definitely not good." Kara said glancing Donnie's way before back at the kraang
"We can wait around to be eaten..or we can make a move!" Casey says just as he brings out his home made taser, electrocuting the kraang closest to them. April throws her weapon knocking over another kraang, catching it as it flies back to her, then Donnie throws a shuriken at a sewer wheel causing hot steam to burst at the kraang from the pressure giving them their escape.
April sees an exit and shouts at them to follow her. "This way!" She runs to the door, all of them following after her and Casey closes the door behind them uses his cricket bat to secure the door.
Kara followed after the others Donnie leading them through a short tunnel.
"Wow! The old numatic subway, built in the 1800s. Nobody uses them now." Donnie says which gives her an idea.
"So if no one uses them..wouldn't that be the perfect place to hide something big?" She thought out loud but blinked she began to hear a strange sound.
"What's that gross, slobbering sound?" April asks in disgust.
"It sounds worse than Mikey eating pizza." Donnie says before rushing ahead Kara and the others following behind him.
Hiding behind a knocked down pillar Kara observed the scene and noticed something strange. "Those are the worms we saw the kraang pushing through a portal...what are they doing to them?"
"Those must be the ." A wide smile showed on Donnie's face. "A fancy name for a big worm.." Kara sighs knowing she wouldn't be able to pronounce it so she wasn't going to even bother unlike Casey.
She grinned hearing him trying to say it's name. "The Kratha...the..kerathra...the space worm is easier to pronounce." Kara chuckled at Casey's attempt before going back to watching what the kraang were doing.
Watching one of the worms get out of control for one kraang and it raises itself up before slamming back down causing them to stumble backwards. "It's the worms! That's whats causing the earthquakes!"
"But why? Why bring them here?"
"I have a feeling we're about to find out, Jonsie." Kara said just as one of the kraang began pulling a large hose towards one of the worms.
"Look! They're milking them? For..mutagen?!"
"By Darwin's beard. This is where the mutagen comes from!" Donnie says with a wide smile, his hands on his head in disbelieving awe. "Fascinating and-"
"Disgusting!" April finishes his sentence cringing at the thought.
"You know what this means, right, Donnie?" He looks at her in confusion while she points at the worms with a wide grin on her face. "That's your mother." Donnie's face fell immediately and she covered her mouth trying not to laugh at his reaction. "Oh, I can't wait to tell the others!"
April giggled at Kara before she blinked feeling something rub against her. She narrowed her eyes turning towards Casey. "Stop that."
"Stop what?" He asked in confusion before turning his attention back to the kraang. April continued feeling something rub against her and shouted at Casey to stop causing Kara to look down at April and blinked at what she saw. "Uh, April..you might want to see this for yourself."
April heard soft purring and looked down to see a mini worm with a human face rubbing itself against her butt Kara just openly staring at. All of them screamed, Casey standing up and smacking it with his hockey stick. The human, baby face was replaced with an adult version's face as it cried out in pain causing the kraang to notice them and give away their position.
"Kraang, we have been discovered in the place that was meant to be undiscovered. Unleash the Kraathatrogons!"
"Oh jeez...way to go, Jonsie.." Kara said while taking a step back as the giant worm towered over them.
"I don't think I have a big enough hockey stick for that thing.."
"I agree with Casey soo...bye!" She yelled before turning tail and running away leaving the others behind though they soon followed her example.
It managed to follow them back inside the abandoned train station. "Ugh, that thing just won't give up will it!?"
"Run! Faster!" Donnie shouted before noticing a large hole in the tracks. He grabbed Kara and April before diving into the hole with Casey beside them and watched the worm go over them. Donnie waited a few seconds before sitting up to see if the coast is clear only to see the end tail of the worm with the baby face making them all scream again. Donnie gave it an angry before slapping it as the others ran away, following soon after.
"We gotta slow it down." April said starting to get out of breath.
"I'm on it!" Casey brought out his blades, skating towards the worm while bringing out a can of spray paint. Kara looked his direction before bringing out her pepperspray before running towards him just as the worm got back up now angry. She pulled him back ignoring the shouts to stop.
When it was close enough she raised her pepperspray and sprayed it right in its mouth and face. She took a step back watching it flail in pain, slamming itself against the walls before it became enraged, moving towards them faster than before. "Oh, geez, I made it worse. Run!" She grabbed Casey's arm and ran as fast as her legs could carry her.
Since Casey was using his skates he was a lot faster than her. She glanced back at the worm then towards the others as Donnie helps April up the ladder then reaches for them. Kara looks Donnie right in the eye and gave him a soft smile then looks over at Casey with a grin. "This had better work!" She shouts before grabbing him by back of his shirt and shoulder before lifting him up and tossing him their way, all of them shouting her name just as the worm jumps up grabbing her and Casey, eating them whole.
-Donnie's P.O.V-
Donnie saw the worker's ladder and jumped up to it, using his staff to help April to it then held it out for Kara and Casey.
Casey was ahead of Kara due to his skates and he began to worry for Kara knowing she was at a disadvantage. "She's not going to make it..no, no! I can't think like that. She'll make it.." He narrowed his eyes determined to catch them both but his eyes softened when Kara's eyes were on him. He gasped when she gave him a smile and had a feeling they both were thinking the same thing. "She's/I'm not going to make it."
His eyes widened when she grinned at Casey and practically picked him up and threw him in their direction. He watched in horror as Kara was eaten but turned his focus back on Casey trying his hardest to reach him in time only to have him get eaten as well.
He stared where they last were hearing April shout in panic at Casey getting eaten as well and hugged him tight, in tears. All he could do is stare at the spot in shock. "She...she's gone.." He dropped his staff in disbelief.
He blinked away the tears before getting his staff and putting it away. "C..Come on, April..we..we need to go." He began climbing the ladder. "I refuse to believe she is gone!"
-Kara's P.O.V-
She struggled against the tongues of the worm trying to reach the mouth to escape only to have Casey fall on top of her and get rolled back inside, it's tongue now wrapped around both of them in an uncomfortable position with his head on her chest and arms around her waist. "Great, we both ended up getting eaten!" She grumbles trying to squirm free.
"Heh, it ain't all that bad." Casey said in her chest making Kara growl. "No time for jokes, Jonsie! We got to get out of here before that thing tries to digest us!"
"Ok, ok, was just trying to..to.." He lifted his head from her chest and blinked in surprise seeing her bangs were out of her eyes for once and saw her left eye was a different color. "Wow." Was all he could say making her blink in surprise only to realize her eye was uncovered and moved so her bangs were back in place.
"Uh..y-you didn't see anything." She blushed looking away from him.
"Why do you hide your eye? It's pretty."
"Yeah, well some people don't believe that..anyways we need to find a way out. See if you can reach my phone." She blinked beginning to feel a tingling feeling down her leg and looked down to see some small worms rubbing against her. "Great, this worm has worms..ow.." It tingling began to burn. "Uh oh, it's starting..quick, hurry!" She squirmed trying to help him to to her phone.
She managed to slide it out of her pocket and rolled over to it managing to get it in her mouth and slid it down Casey while he wiggled his arm free.
Calling April's phone he could hear her speaking.
"Casey!"
"Uh, h-hey April. So we're kinda uh..trapped inside this giant worm thing. It's cool w-we're alive and stuff.."
"You're inside the worm?!"
"Yeah, you know, getting eaten does have that effect." April could hear Kara in the background and she fell to the couch in relief. "Donnie, Kara and Casey are alive."
"Really?! Let me talk to her!" He snatched the phone from her and stood up, the phone to his ear. "Kara! Can you hear me?! Are you ok?!"
"Yeah, I'm fine. We both are but we're kinda starting to get digested in here so..please hurry."
"We're on our way! Sit tight..I mean..don't go anywhere."
Kara chuckled softly and shook her head. "We'll do our best..be careful."
She hung up the phone and tried to think of a plan to get them out of here. "You wouldn't happen to have anything sharp, would you?"
During the time being Kara used her strength to roll them around the worm's stomach but due to it's tongue wrapped around them she wasn't able to go far though managed to kick away some of the mini digestive worms away from them able to feel her clothes and shoes dissolving. "Great, these are my favorite shoes!
She could feel the creature moving and wondered what it was up to out there. She could see it's mouth opening up letting out a roar that hurt her ears "Ah! Shut up!" She tried wiggling towards its stomach wall to kick it but noticed something flying inside it's mouth. "Do you see that, Case?
"What is that?" He asked trying to lift his head up.
She felt it touch her face and licked it curiously. "Yuck, salt?"
She began to feel the stomach rumble and looked towards the rest of the body and sighed. "Oh, that can't be good...brace yourself, Casey!" She held her breath while squeezing her eyes shut just as it began to puke, both of them flying out with it.
"Ugh, anybody have any hand sanitizer?" Donnie asked in disgust.
"Or a whole tub of it?" Kara groaned wiping it off of her before looking over and seeing Donnie. "Donnie!" She had a wide smile on her face. Before she could do anything he grabbed her pulling her into an embrace. "Kara, I'm so glad you're alive." He whispered giving her a squeeze.
"I knew you'd come to save me." She looked up seeing they were back at the place where the kraang were keeping the worms and pointed at it to show Donnie. He blinked wide before looking over at April and Casey who were hugging each other.
"I hate to break up the reunion but we have big, huGE, GIANT PROBLEMS!" He shouted pointing at a portal where a larger than the other worm was trying to come through.
"Now that's a big...worm." Casey said.
"Big...big doesn't cover it! It's huge! It can barely fit through that thing!"
They move towards a large mechanical wheel watching the kraang struggle in trying to bring in the worm.
"Ok, here's the plan: I reverse the polarity of the portal and keep that thing from getting in. You guys create a diversion."
"I'll go with you and watch your back." Kara said with a grin which made Donnie smile and nod.
"What kind of diversion?" April asked knowing there were so many possibilities.
"Leave that to Casey Jones." He said with a smug grin.
Donnie looked at him and all he could do was sigh making Kara laugh as they went their separate ways, Kara following after Donnie.
"Yo! Alien freak-job!" Kara could hear Casey say and laughed. "Yup, definitely another Raph." She said while climbing to the top of the portal behind Donnie.
Kara watched April and Casey have all the fun and pouted thinking she should of went with them but shook her head deciding not to leave Donnie's side. Jumping over the portal to get to the other side she landed safely beside Donnie and stood behind him to let him work while keeping an eye out to make sure nothing happens. She glances at the wiring and blinks. "Woah, I'm just looking at it and my brain already hurts.."
While Donnie went straight to work Kara became curious and started poking the mother of all worms wondering if they'd be able to push it back on their own. "No, that's a stupid idea.."
"We'll distract the kraang!" She could hear Casey say and turned around to see them riding a worm!
"Do your thing, Donnie!" April said next.
"What, No way!" Kara laughed while watching them go.
"I don't believe it.." Donnie said in disbelief making her laugh more. "That is awesome."
"Gotta reverse the polarity.." Donnie said while grabbing, pulling, and pushing on wires. Kara looked up seeing something happen to the portal but groaned when the worm puked on them. "Again..really?"
"Work..why won't you work.." Donnie said to himself trying to hurry it up.
"Calm down, Donnie. You'll get it for sure."
Just as soon as she said that the portal began to glow and sucked in the worm. "Ha! I did it! I rule!"
Donnie grabbed Kara's arm, pulling her close to him beginning to wrap the wires around them, the portal sucking up everything in it's path. She looked up at him and smiled. "I knew you could do it."
He gave her a smile in return before kissing her just as the wind force from the portal lifted them off their feet, Kara wrapping her arms around him while he reached to grab hold of something.
Kara could hear familiar screaming and turned her head to see April and Casey flying their way. Once the worm was sucked in Donnie held out his staff for them to grab. When Casey had a hold of it Kara helped Donnie hold onto it while he reached over, grabbed a handful of wires, and pulled to shut down the portal.
Kara and Donnie pulled the staff, with both of them still holding on, and threw them away from the portal just as it turned off, Donnie slumping to the ground in exhaustion with Kara laying on top of him. He blushed but smiled at her placing his hand on her back before they both looked over at April and Casey.
Donnie untied them both and ran over to them to make sure they were ok. April hugged Donnie while Kara and Casey fist bumped each other with a grin on their faces.
"You did it, Donnie. You saved the city." April said to him making him smile.
"I'm gonna take back everything I said about you, Donnie. You rule." Casey said to him before giving him a fist bump as well.
"We did it!" Kara shouted in excitement before hugging April, all of them laughing together.
They all got up and left to go find the others. Donnie using the tracking devices on his T-Phone he found them all on a rooftop near her place. Seeing them all safe and sound Kara ran over to them hugging them close. "I'm so glad to see you all safe!"
"Ugh, you reek, Kara. Worse than Mikey." Raph said holding his nose.
"Getting eaten by a giant worm has that effect." She chuckled and turned to the others as they began to explain their side of the story.
"So the earthquakes were caused by giant worms that were living under the sewers? That sounds worse than giant cockroaches!"
"Well, I'm stoked you guys are back. Come here!" Mikey brings them all in a group hug making Kara smile wide. "It's good to be back."
She squinted her eyes shielding them from the rising sun and sighs softly. "It's been awhile since I've watched the sunrise..It's good to be alive."
"What about Karai?" Raph asked while everyone went to gather around Master Splinter.
"I can't believe that evil witch is your daughter. Um..sorry to be so honest." April said in embarrassment realizing what she said.
"Perhaps one day she wll believe the truth..but that is her decision."
Kara nodded at Master Splinters words and sighed softly. "Who knows if one day she does joins us we could make things right and be friends.
"But for now, it's time to celebrate!" Master Splinter said making everyone cheer. Kara laughed and hollered but stopped, realizing she was dead tired, her energy suddenly draining from her body like a vampire drinking her dry. "On second thought..I'll celebrate next time." She waved bye to them but Donnie insisted on making sure she would return home safely.
When they arrived on her balcony they touched foreheads together , embracing each other close. "I thought I had lost you again.." Donnie whispers softly in her ear.
'Heh, getting eaten by a worm is not on my list of ways I'm going down. You won't get rid of me that easily. Who else is going to save you when you get in trouble?" She asked with a grin gently stroking his cheek. He chuckled softly before giving her a kiss. "Sleep tight, Kara."
"Celebrate hard, Donnie." She said with a smile kissing him one more time. He smiled and nodded before leaving her to rest. She walked inside her place and immediately went to the restroom to shower and change. She jumped onto her bed, nuzzling close to her comfy pillows and blankets before closing her eyes to sleep.
Yes! I finally finished! I'm so happy I could just-*passes out* zzzz...Kara: *walks in poking her curiously and sighs* She's knocked out so I'll finish. *clears throat* I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Please rate/comment all feedback is appreciated! Bye! :D