*breathes in deeply before letting out a slow sigh* You know, I could have so many excuses why I hadn't posted a chapter in so long but the real reason why is because I lost motivation for awhile. Life had been beating me up and pushing me back down that I lost motivation on a lot of things. It wasn't til recently I got back in contact with an old friend and speaking to that friend and knowing they were ok sort of light that motivation back inside me...then writer's block hit me -_- (of course this being a FILLER episode THAT didn't help at all either) But slowly and surely I got back into my rhythm and now I can finally say...ON WITH THE STORY!..After this announcement xD
I've lost contact with another friend on here, someone I grew close to. If anyone knows randomfandomsgirl either personally or through the internet can you let her know I miss her and hope she's ok? If anyone can do that..I'd really appreciate it. Anyways, NOW onto the story! *smiles*
Everyone was gathered in Donnie's room where Kara, who was practically wrapped like a mummy, was staying to recover. It being a week since their encounter with Shredder and Karai and Donnie was explaining what happened after her fight with Shredder's minions now that she wasn't filled with so many pain killers and antibiotics.
"So that's what happened..?" Kara looked up at them for confirmation, turning to Leo who gave a simple nod and closed his eyes in sadness. She turned her head away while clenching her fists. "Gah, I should of stopped her instead of going with her! Why does Shredder have to ruin everything!?" She slammed her fist into the wall in frustration, squeezing her eyes shut trying to ignore the pain but stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"It's not your fault, Kara." She looked up at Leo and sighed softly before lowering her gaze.
"No one would have known what was going to happen. It's a waste of time and energy to worry about what already happened. Just focus on recovering first, ok? We're gonna go search for her." He gave her a smile and gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze before turning to leave, Dragan right behind him but stopped to give Kara one last look then left.
Everyone followed suit leaving Kara and Donnie alone.
She sighed softly before leaning back to try and get comfortable while rubbing her now throbbing hand. "You should go help them look for Karai. I don't think I'm going anywhere anytime soo-"
Donnie interrupted her sentence with a kiss.
Kara closed her eyes and placed her hand on his cheek.
Feeling him move away she opened her eyes to see him holding onto her hand with his head lowered. She opened her mouth to say something but he spoke before she could.
"You..you're going to drive me crazy one day.." He said with a weak voice before he looked up at her and let out an awkward, forced laugh to try and lighten the mood.
Kara watched as he gave the best smile he could muster before it cracked and he lowered his head again, clenching her hand in his.
Her brows lifted in sadness knowing it must be hard to see her in this state and reached her arms around him, pulling him close to her chest. "I'm sorry, Donnie.."
"What do I have to do to keep you safe? You've been close to dying so many times because of me.." He squeezed his eyes shut seeing her body bloodied and bruised from every fight she's been in that almost cost her her life.
"Now, that's not true." She moved her hands to his cheeks and lifted his face to look at her.
"Every decision that I've made has been my own."
"But I still can't help but feel.." Donnie averted his gaze
"It's not your fault." She choked out causing her voice to crack, feeling tears welling in her eyes.
He stared up at her, speechless, watching as a single tear fell from her face.
"It's...m..my.." It never occurred to her til now that what he said was true, she HAD been close to dying. Standing right outside death's door more times than anyone she would like to remember.
Her eyes were wide and unfocused as each time she had almost died played through her mind.
All the friends she had made.
Her family.
Donnie...
Everything she had worked so hard to keep in her life could of been gone in an instant. Because of her recklessness. Because..she would never stop fighting.
She lowered her head unable to finish her sentence as she began to cry, her hands sliding from his face and to her lap, clenching the blanket tightly in her hand. "I'm sorry! It's my fault I put you through this. All I do is think of myself. I never think of anyone else's feelings but my own! I..I'm so sorry.." She broke down moving her hands to her face, crying into them not noticing that Donnie had moved from beside the bed to pulling the covers away now sitting on the bed.
A soft gasp escaped her lips when she felt him wrap his arms around her and lift her up from her spot to his lap and held her close. He said nothing at the moment but let her cry gently stroking her head as she buried her head into his shoulder.
Once she had finished crying they sat there in silence til Kara sat up from her position and looked up at him.
He smiled softly down at her and grabbed a tissue from his bedside table and began to wipe away the tears and snot from her face making her blush softly in embarrassment but let him do it anyways.
When he was done she took his hands in hers and looked up at him with a soft look.
"I love you." She said in an even softer voice making Donnies cheek blush and his heart skip a beat.
Taking in a deep breath to not ruin the moment he leaned down and gave her a kiss on the lips before pressing their foreheads together, a large smile on his face.
"I love you too."
Hearing those words from his mouth gave her a sense of relief and joy a large smile matching his own reached her face as she put her arms around him.
After one more kiss he laid her back down in bed and moved the covers over her before grabbing some pain medication and a glass of water that was set by the bed.
"Here, take this, it'll help you sleep." He held out two blue, circular pills for her to take but shook her head.
"I want to speak with Dragan before I go to sleep. Can you bring her in?" Kara leaned back to get comfortable watching as he nodded and left to fetch her.
When they both came in Kara motioned for Donnie to wait outside to talk to her privately, giving him a reassuring smile before he closed the door behind him.
Both of them were quiet for a moment.
Kara could see the tension Dragan was carrying from her clenched fists, lip biting, and how the shadow's from her bangs covered her eyes. She reached her hand forward to reassure Dragan everything was alright when she jumped in surprise at her voice.
"A knight is suppose tae protect their loved ones..Thay're suppose tae protect those that cannae protect themselves." Dragan's voice trembled as she tried to remain calm but with every word she spoke she became more enraged.
"How can I dae that when ye run off in search o' danger without me by your side?!"
Kara's eyes widen staring into the angered eyes of her friend, feeling as though they were piercing into her soul. Kara pressed her lips together, gulping down nothing nervously when suddenly, Dragan grabbed the collar of her shirt and pulled her right to her face.
"Dae ye not care what we think? What we SAW?! What we had tae go through when we found ya in the shape ye were in?!" She practically screamed in Kara's face with how angry she was.
Dragan glared down at her recalling the memories that happened, what felt like, moments ago.
Dragan rushed to the lair after her parents finally went to sleep and let out a breath of air from the running.
Making it to the lair she saw that no one was home and tilted her head in confusion.
"Leo? Kara?...Guys?" Turning in every direction she scratched the top of her head wondering if they were out training or something and decided to pull out her phone and call Kara to see where she was at til she heard the sound of the Shellraiser stopping in front of the lair and smiled, running to the top to see them but as soon as she made it to the top her smile instantly disappeared making way for a look of distraught replaced her glee.
Donnie and the others rushed past her, Kara dangling with barely any life in her from Donnie's arms as he barks orders to Mikey and Raph to set up his lab and make way for her.
Clearly in confusion she turns to Master Splinter and Leo, who are somehow calm in the situation, but Master Splinter ignores her and walks to his room to be alone.
She turns to Leo, hoping to get some answers out of him, stopping him in his tracks and forces him to look at her and explain what is going on.
After telling her everything he walks away, leaving her to stand alone eyes wide in disbelief, the last thing she heard him say was, "It should of been me."
*"You're not alone anymair, Kara." She whispered, lowering her fist from her shirt then dropping it to her side, now staring at her feet. "Why...why won't ye let us fight wi ye?" She lifted her gaze to Kara, tears running down her face. She placed her arm over her eyes and cried softly. "Ye daen't have tae carry the burden alone. We.." A quiet hiccup interrupts her sentence but she sniffs and continues on. "We're in this together. We're suppose tae be friends, right? Your friends are ma friends. Your enemies are ma enemies. We can beat them together if ye just let me fight wi ya!" *
Kara was speechless the entire time. She hadn't notice the new sets of tears that were racing down her face til she felt the drop of water hit her hand. She lowered her head in shame knowing the words Dragan spoke were true. She didn't want to lose Dragan. She was the only she felt a true bond with knowing they both had a similiar past. Despite only knowing each other a few months she felt closer to her than April or the others. She was just trying to protect her by.."Pushing you away.."
Kara bit down on her lip angry at herself for not only making everyone worry but for making her friend cry. She clenched the blanket in her lap and threw it aside as she forced herself to her feet, biting down harder from the pain, now able to taste blood but ignored both the pain and blood as she moved to her friend and put her arm around her making Dragan blink in surprise able to see her standing on her feet. She didn't say anything as Kara held her tighter.
"I'm sorry Dragan..you're right...you're absolutely right." She spoke in pain, her voice getting softer with each other feeling defeated once more. "I was trying to protect you. I almost lost my life twice because of my enemies and I didn't want that happening to you. You and I have so much in common. You're the only one I feel I can really talk to and you'd understand what I'm going through..and why I do the things I do. You guys are the only friends I have EVER had..losing any of you would feel like losing a part of myself and I don't want to see that happen..I'm so sorry."
Dragan glanced at Kara hearing the plea in her voice as she lowered her head onto Dragan's shoulder making Kara look even more helpless now than her current state which made Dragan blush in embarrassment before breathing in a deeply and letting out a heavy sigh to calm herself down and removed her from her shoulder so they could face each other. "Now, now, daen't gie me that..jeez, you're like a puppy." She said with a soft laugh and a light sniff."Just promise me ye will tell me these things, ok? Daen't go off fighting the enemy on your awn."
Kara gave her a smile and nod. "I promise."
Dragan smiled in return before doing something that surprised Kara, she knelt to one knee, one hand clenched to the floor and the other laying over her other knee. "As a knight o' the code I, Dragan Macintosh, dae swear an oath an fight along your side or where I am needed keeping the innocent from harm."
Kara's face was completely red as her friend knelt in front of her and made an oath to her. "Ahhh Dra that's not nece-" She blinked when she noted the serious look on her face and calmed herself down and gave her a smile. "Dre..thank you."
Dragan stood up and placed her hand on her shoulder with a smile on her face. "Just remember Kara.." Kara looked at her thinking she was going to say something inspirational to lighten her spirits. "If ye EVER dae something as STUPID as fight a bunch o' enemies on your own I will make ye remember THIS pain!" Dragan slammed her fist onto the top of Kara's head hitting her with a powered up bonk causing Kara to fall on the floor and twitch. "Are we clear?" Dragan gave her a sweet smile while tilting her head innocently down at her.
"Ughh...crystal." Kara groaned before she was helped up and onto the bed.
"Now, geit some rest." She placed a hand on Kara's shoulder before turning to leave though as she walked out Donnie was standing by the door waiting for them to finish their talk.
"She's ready for ye now."
Donnie smiled at Dragan and walked back inside his room but before she could take two steps away from the doorway she heard Donnie yell about an oversized bump on the top of Kara's head making Dragan freeze then sprint away from the scene.
It's been two night's and there was still no sign of Karai anywhere.
Donnie, April, and Casey were out searching one area while Mikey and Raph were another.
Leo stayed in the lair to meditate and clear his mind, advice given to him by Master Splinter, knowing he wouldn't think straight in battle but no matter what he did he just couldn't concentrate. Dragan watched him get frustrated with every second passing by and knew it wasn't helping. He needed to do something else.
A thought popped into her head giving her a smile as she quietly climbed up to her feet and walked away from him to her sword which was on the other side of the room.
Able to hear her footsteps, and already feeling irritated from not being able to clear his mind Leo brows furrowed in annoyance, he began to speak.
"Dragan, I can't concentrate on my meditation if you keep making so much noise."
It wasn't til the sound of an unsheathing sword forced him to open his eyes and see Dragan charging at him with her sword out and raised above her head ready to strike him down.
If it wasn't for his ninja training he would of been unprepared and frightened, but that wasn't the case, he narrowed his eyes and pulled out a sword from his sheath and managed to block her attack in time which made Dragan smile.
"Not bad, Leo. A few seconds late an ye wad o' been skewered." Dragan takes a step back to give him some space as he stands to his feet.
"What are you doing, Dragan?" Despite his annoyed tone he had a small grin on his face.
"What better wye tae relieve stress than wi a training session, daen't ye agree?" She swung her sword professionally while getting into her stance once more giving him a confident grin.
"Heh, alright, you asked for it." Leo followed suit, getting into his own stance as they stared each other in the eye both of them getting serious til they heard their own sound to begin, both of them flying at each other.
Leo was the first to attack raising his sword diagnolly to attack the shoulder area but Dragan blocked it with ease and pushed him back, countering with her own attack, going for another over head attack.
Quickly stepping back to dodge it her sword landed on the ground just below his feet but she quickly lifted it off the ground and swung upwards in another attack. This surprised Leo as he rolled to the side. "You don't have to turn your sword over?" He asked in bewilderment as he continued to dodge her attacks.
"What, didnae ye know? Most swords used in the medival period were dual edged for combat." Using his distraction she managed to to unbalance him and force him on his butt, having her sword to his neck. "Feel better yet?" She asked with a smile.
Leo glanced up at her as she lowered her weapon and held her hand out to help him up and smiled back at her. "For the time being. Thanks, Dra." He said as he was pulled to his feet.
Dragan looked down at their hands for a moment before stepping closer, making sure not to step on his toes, and squeezed her eyes shut planting a kiss on his cheek close to his lips before walking away while sheathing her sword her cheeks burning red yet with a smile on her face as she leaves a frozen Leo in place with his hand still out and his eyes wide.
It wasn't til he received a text from Raph asking him where he's at and that they were gonna meet back up at their usual location.
It took a minute for the words to sink in and his mind to tell him to respond before he sent, "I'm on my way.".
His face felt as though it was on fire with every step he took towards the door knowing Dragan was on the other side and he didn't know how to react to what just happened til his body decided to take over and he opened the door of the dojo and saw Dragan walking out of Donnie's room from checking up on Kara.
Their eyes met from across the room and Dragan looked away shyly, her cheeks glowing with a pink tint as they walked towards each other.
Leo was feeling equally as shy as Dragan but he tried, tried, to keep his cool but was failing as he fidgeted and his eyes darted in every direction but on her til he almost bumped into her as they stood in the middle of the room. "Oh, uh..s-sorry.." He muttered shyly while rubbing the back of his head and staring down at his feet glancing up at her every couple seconds then back down at his feet.
Dragan couldn't help but giggle at this and rubbed her arm nervously turning her head to the side. "I...I um.." Her voice cracked in an awkward way making her clear her throat and her cheeks glow brighter in embarrassment. "I..l-like ye, Leo. I know we've only known each other for a couple months but..y-you're really cool tae hang oot wi an you're really sweet an cute, I mean really cute." She said softly with a light chuckle this making Leo blush darker.
"Y-Ye can stop me anytime now..by saying something." She said in a quiet tone beginning to grow nervous til she felt something and looked down to see Leo holding her hands. She looked up, her face getting hotter and more bright as she stared at him.
He had a soft smile on his face as he gave her hands a gentle squeeze. "I like you too. I-I'm willing to give it, us, a try."
Dragan's mouth hung open in surprise til it lifted up in a wide smile and before she knew what was going on she wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug, feeling overjoyed and couldn't help but giggle that turned into snort then a laugh.
Hearing herself snort once more she quickly covered her mouth, her eyes wide in embarrassment and blinked when Leo laughed and removed her hands from her mouth. "You don't have to hide it anymore. I think it's cute. Now come on, we better go meet up with the others." He said just before taking her hand and leading her out the lair and to the surface.
Raph, Mikey, Leo, and Dragan met each other halfway before reaching the destination where Donnie, April, and Casey Jones were waiting for them.
"You guys have any luck?" Leo asks them as Dragan climbs off his back and stretches her legs.
"No sign of Karai but we just had a crazy run in with the purple dragon gang." Donnie said with his hands to his hips and a smile on his face.
"Aw man, you beat them without me? What kind of friends are you?" Raph was sitting against a skylight while twirling his sai giving them a mean look.
"I'm sure you'll hae a go at them next time." Dragan said to hopefully lighten Raph's mood.
"We almost had them til these goofballs let them get away." April crossed her arms annoyed at the situation.
"See? What did I say?" Dragan said with a light giggle making Raph grin.
"Heh, who knew you could tell the future." Raph said while hopping to his feet and cracking his knuckles. "Can you tell me if I'm going to break any of their limbs?"
"That's going a little extreme, daen't ya think?" She never was a person who enjoyed violence only using her skills for self defense or defense for a weaker person.
Seeing the disappointed look on Raph's face she hunched her shoulders a little in embarrassment but luckily Mikey began to speak before the akward silence could begin.
"Ah, it's no big deal, April. Those guys are like a level one boss battle. Who cares about the purple dragons anyways?" Mikey had his arms behind his head in a relax manner while grinning at April.
"Still, it's not safe tae hae them wandering around freely wi innocent people around. We should probably look for them." Dragan had her arms crossed with a thoughtful look on her face.
"Dragan is right. We should split up and search the areas." Leo told the others before glancing at her and smiling causing her to get all giddy inside but kept her serious face.
"Seriously? It's just the purple dragons. I'm pretty sure a five year old could beat them up." Raph said in an annoyed tone tossing his sai into the air in a casual manner and catching it in his hand before twirling it some more.
"Haha! That would be hilarious to watch!" Mikey said while slapping his knee and laughing at Raph's comment but he stopped when Dragan was glaring at him with her arms crossed at her chest.
"There's two things I take seriously: My code an the safety o' civilians. Are ye really mocking one o' thae two things?" Dragan asked in a calm, angry tone as if she was ready to tackle Mikey down and teach him a lesson.
Leo sighed and got inbetween them placing a hand of Dragan's shoulder. "Look, we'll split up and search for an hour, ok? If we don't find them then we'll try tomorrow night. We good?"
Everyone reluctantly agreed and they all split up once more to cover more ground.
Dragan with Leo, Mikey and Raph in the next time, and Donnie, Casey Jones, and April in the other.
Dragan was focused on the task at hand: finding the purple dragons but it was becoming clear it was a more difficult task done than said.
She glanced down at Leo, who was carrying her and blushed softly. Turning her head away before he could get a chance to look at her even though his eyes were focused on his surroundings she cleared her throat softly.
"So um..do ye think we'll be able tae find them the nite?"
"Who knows. The purple dragons may be weak but they're sneaky and tend to slip away before we notice they're gone." He jumped between two buildings, landing safely on the other side and stopped before observing the area and sighed softly. "I'm pretty sure the others have given up so let's head back to the lair."
Dragan pouted but knew she didn't really have much say since he was her ride via rooftop but also knew he was right. No one wanted to take the purple dragons seriously which she knew was a bad idea.
Feeling tired all of a sudden from the cool, night breeze and the movement of Leo running and jumping she gently laid her head against the back of his shell and closed her eyes deciding to take a nap. Leo turned his head back to glance at her and smiled softly seeing her falling asleep and couldn't help but think how beautiful she looked when she slept.
The guys and Dragan returned to the lair, Leo letting Dragan sleep on the couch while everyone left to do their own thing. Donnie went to check up on Kara and saw her soundly asleep in the upward position with a book in her lap and her head tilted to the side. He smiled softly and walked over to her setting the book aside, bending the corner of the page she was on to keep track of where she stopped, and as gently as he could, lowered her flat on the bed so she wouldn't wake up with any other body part sore. He gently stroked aside her bangs and placed his hand on her cheek.
Feeling the warmth of his hand in her sleep she smiled and nuzzled her cheek into whatever was keeping her warm making him smile and lean down, kissing the top of her head. Making sure the bandages were secure and everything was ok he pulled the covers up to keep her warm and left to join his brother's and Dragan.
Leo was in the dojo trying to talk to Master Splinter while Raph was reading a comic book quietly to let Dragan sleep whereas Mikey was eating his pizza as loudly as he could seeming to be ignoring the resting Dragan right next to him.
Donnie was staring at nothing letting his mind wander. Despite wanting to help Leo find Karai he needed to stay home and watch over Kara to make sure her vitals would stay normal. The worst scenarios began popping into his mind of impossible yet possible tragedies that could happen while he was gone. Letting out a sigh to calm himself down as he let his logical side tell him otherwise and that Kara was smart enough to handle herself. "Besides, it's not like she's strong enough to stand on her own just yet. Who knows how long that'll take..but then again..she is stubborn..."
"Guy's, we've been at this for a week straight. Maybe Karai is gone for good." Donnie said not liking to sound like the bad guy but to him Kara was his top priority.
Mikey was gulping down a can of soda as if he hadn't had anything to drink in weeks before jumping to his feet and throwing the can aside. "Ok dudes, let's use our awesome deduction skills. Where do snakes hang out? Swamps, deserts, forests, pizzaria's, ice cream parlor's, the arcade." He went to continue but stopped when Leo came into view with a sad look on his face.
Leo glanced back at him with worry. "He's been like that for days."
"Karai's mutation really messed him up." Raph said aloud. By this time Dragan had already woken up and slowly opened her eyes listening to the conversation, her hair covering her eyes so they couldn't tell she was awake.
"Sensei's not messed up he's just..healing his spirit." Leo sat down on the couch and glanced over at Dragan hearing her breathing softly and gently placed a hand on her leg and smiled some.
"I don't like to see him like this. Let's keep searching." Mikey sat down crossing his legs over feeling really bummed to see his Sensei acting the way he was.
"We could really use Casey and April's help. I think they're hanging out at the ice rink."
"I'll send April a text then." Donnie said as he got up and brought his phone out to text April while going to his room to check on Kara one more time before leaving. Raph set aside his comic and glanced over at Dragan. "Should we wake her up? I'm pretty sure she'll want to make sure she follows "her code" and "protect civilians"." He said in his best Scottish accent but failed miserably making Dragan's eye twitch.
"Come on, Raph, she's a part of this team as well. I'll wake her up."
"No need." Dragan said causing everyone to jump in surprise as she sat up and stretched, moving her hair back and out of her eyes.
"How long have you been up.." Leo's voice became quieter as he noticed the color of her eyes was different like Kara's but hers being a shiny green color instead.
"Long enough tae hear Raph's worst impersonation o' me." She said with a light laugh but blinked noticed all of them openly staring at her.
Her cheeks felt warm and she gave them a look of uncomfort while leaning away from them. "What is it?"
Leo pointed at her face making her feel for anything unnatural but blinked as she felt her hand go over her eye now realizing her hair wasn't covering it anymore. "Oh, yeah, hmm..uh..surprise?" She gave a nervous chuckle while rubbing the back of her neck.
"It's beautiful." Leo said softly making Dragan blush before Mikey grabbed her face and pulled her to him, inspecting her eyes.
"Wow, just like Kara but your color is different. How is that? Were you exposed to radioactive chemicals or something? Or are you secretly a mutant?" He asked getting eye to eye with Dragan til a thought pops in his mind and he stands up while still holding onto her face." Or are you a long lost relative of Kara and you just reunited by fate!?" He asked with stars in his eyes.
Dragan managed to pull her face from him and started rubbing her cheeks glaring at Mikey with an annoyed look. "No, no, and hmm..that would be interesting but no. I don't know the technical term but ma mother told me it runs through the family but it skips a generation. My grandpa has it." She said with a proud smile.
Donnie walked out his room with a daydreaming look on his face til he noticed everyone staring at him and cleared his throat. "Anyways, April and Casey know we're on our way if you wanna hurry up."
As everyone left Donnie glanced towards Dragan and smiled. "Heterochromia. Just like Kara, nice."
"Ah, so that's the technical term for it. Thanks, Donnie." She said with a giggle running beside them.
At the ice rink Casey Jones was explaining everything that happened up to the point when they arrived.
"You just LET them TAKE April?!" Donnie shouted clearly angry.
"Listen, these dudes got powers, yo." Casey explained the best he could, sorta shaken up at the experience.
"Powers?! They're just a gang of third class wannabe's!" Donnie shouted, now getting in Casey's face, pulling him close by his shirt.
"Well I'm telling you they were all throwing lightning bolts and and blasting wind!" Casey shouted, pushing Donnie back with his face in Donnie's.
"Like me after I eat broccoli, Ha." Mikey added in though it didn't help Donnie and Casey's situation til Raph pushed them away from each other.
Dragan observed the mess around them while going over the conversation with Casey in her head. "Do ya think they hae been mutated?" She asked aloud getting everyones attention.
"I don't think so. They looked pretty normal they just had powers and these large, weird hats." Casey said with rubbing the back of his head.
"Maybe Casey's right. Either way, we gotta save April and Irma." Raph lowered his arms once they looked more relaxed and less likely to pounce one another.
"Maybe they could keep Irma in exchange for April?" Casey asked with a hopeful look on his face.
"Classy, Jones." Leo said sarcastically. "Let's go!"
"Kara's not gonna like hearing how ye practically handed her best friend over tae the purple dragons, o' all people, Casey." Dragan said jokingly as everyone followed after Leo.
"THEY HAD POWERS!" Casey Jones shouted at the top of his lungs making everyone laugh.
Arriving at the Purple Dragon's hide out everyone stopped around a corner close by and saw Fong and the other two standing guard outside their hide out.
"I don't like the looks of this." Leo began as he watched them standing outside the entrance.
"I like the looks of those hats. They're awesome." Mikey whispered.
Dragan narrowed her eyes as she watched them. Only having a few encounters with them herself she was able to tell something was definitely off about them. The way they stood, the air around them..something wasn't right.
"They're only loser purple dragons how tough could they be?" Raph rolled his eyes at how serious Leo was taking them.
"But can't ye tell something is...off about them? I think we should think up a strate-"
Hearing the horn of Casey's bike Dragan and the others looked over to see Casey Jones riding towards the purple dragons as he pulls out his hockey stick while shouting, "Goongala!" but he was forced back by a gust of wind one of the purple dragons created with his hands, knocking Casey to the ground.
"Oh, look, thay hae powers." Dragan said as if she just found the news out right there.
"Reaaallllly?!" Casey Jones lifted his head up shouting sarcastically as he head dropped back with a thud and groaned.
"Ok, they're a little tougher than I thought." Raph said after watching Casey.
"Speaking o' them.." Dragan trailed off as the purple dragons levitated above them and Fong shot out lightning from his palms at them causing them to scatter and attack from all sides.
Donnie was the first one to attack the one with the mustache combo but was pushed back by his wind powers so Dragan intervened and as she swung her sword she turned it so she wouldn't cut him in half since he was technically unarmed and used her pushed him away from Donnie just as the leader was thrown into him causing them both to land on the third member, all of them piled on one another.
"So they're still not that tough." Dragan said with a grin on her face.
"Now let's get April and her friend." Leo smiled but before they could move something flashed behind them causing them to turn around and see.."A ghost? What doesn't New York hae?" Dragan sighed but got into her fighting stance as it lowered to the ground.
"Ah, behold, turteous warriors. It is said that the great turtle helped the God, Pan-Gu, create the world, Ha!" Dragan gasped as lightning shot out it's fingers at Leo, Raph, and Mikey and suddenly they were floating in the air, gaining the powers the Purple Dragons had. "Fitting they should help me rule it!"
"No! Leo! Mikey! Raph!" Spun around as they surrounded her. "Leo, guys! Snap out o' it! Ya can fight him!"
"Now now, child, your words are meaningless to them. They are my servants now and only listen to my commands."
A feeling of despair washed over her staring into the glowing, mindless eyes of Leo but she narrowed her brows in determination not letting herself be taken over by her feelings. "No, you're wrong! They'll gain control over themselves once more! You'll see!" She shouted at the ghost thing and watched as he completely ignored her and started shooting lighting at the now normal purple dragons.
Barely hearing what Donnie said she looked up as the guys began floating over towards them making her take a few steps backwards.
"Your guys are my guys. Bye bye for now!" The ghost waved his hand and smiled before vanishing.
"We gotta go, guys, move!" Casey shouted as they all turned tail and ran for the van.
Donnie took over driving as he tried to dodge their attacks and lose them at the same time.
"Let me take over!" Casey said trying to move Donnie from the driver's seat.
"Are you crazy?!" Donnie shouted at him making Dragan get irritated and pulled them both away from the driver's seat causing the van to swurve away from a car, and she took over driving straight into an alley and parked into a darker area of the alley as the guys flew by them undetected.
Both of them stared at her in shock and she turned off the engine then moved from the driver's seat to let Donnie take over.
"T-They're gone!" Casey said in surprise still staring at Dragan who had a small, cocky smile on her face.
"That was the point, Casey. We have tae think o' a plan tae get them free o' that ghost's control AN save April an her friend."
"Yeah, but there's somebody else here." Donnie checked the screens and saw something hiding in the bumper in the front of the van so they all went to check it out and saw the purple dragons hiding.
The guys threw them to a wall and they all glared down at them.
"You better start talking, punk." Dragan nodded to Casey's words as she placed her hand on the hilt of her sword.
"He came out of an ancient chinese dagger, like a spirit." Fong explained, pulling the sheath out from behind his vest which Donnie took to look at.
"He promised us great power but once we had it he had the power to control us! All I know is his name: Ho-Chan."
"I think we got what we wanted from ya guys so beat it." She watched as they all ran away and began to feel sorry for them. "They don't seem like bad people..so why dae they turn tae violence an crime?.."
"We won't get much standing here, let's head back to the lair and see what else we can find out about this "Ho-Chan" guy." Donnie said just before turning around and leaving, the other two following after him.
"Should I tell Kara about thi-"
"NO!" Both of them shouted at her with a panicked look on their faces surprising Dragan as she held her hands up defensively. "Ok, ok, calm down. I was joking."
Back at the lair Donnie was searching the name "Ho-chan" and managed to find a website to a restaurant for authentic cuisine, or so the website says, with an advertisement. "Nope, that's not it either.."
"Wow, who knew Ho-chan was such a popular name." Dragan said as he exited the page and tried something else, typing down key words on the search engine.
"There he is!" Casey Jones began to read the history of Ho-Chan and the dagger aloud despite all of them reading the screen. "Aw, snap! He's Shangy." Dragan giggled at his comment before going back to reading but stopped when Donnie began to scroll down, reading the other part.
"According to legend the only thing that could defeat Ho-chan is the mystic dagger."
"What about stopping your bros?"
Dragan eyes snapped to attention at the mention of them.
"We can't they're in some kind of hypnotic state. Nothing can get them out of it."
Dragan turned her head away in anger but was trying to think of a way to snap them out of the trance but nothing came to mind. Hearing Casey say, "Nothing?" She glanced his way and saw a grin on his face as he stared at the computer screen. Following his gaze her eyes widened in realization and they looked at each other having the same idea.
"I'll go order them." Casey said running off to while dialing the number but stops at the entrance to the lab. "Uh..Donnie? You might want to come here.." He said in a surprised tone.
Confused, both he and Dragan got up to look at what Casey was talking about and they both blinked watching Kara slowly limp out from Donnie's room, using anything in reach for support. Clearly, this simple task was taking a lot out of her but she continued as if she had an agenda in mind.
"Kara! What're you doing?!" Donnie practically shrieked, snapping out of his thoughts, which scared her as she slipped and fell on her stomach, wincing in pain at the impact. Everyone ran over to help her up.
"Woah, Kara, you ok?" Casey asked taking one side while Donnie took the other.
Sighing in annoyance she nodded her head, her cheeks had a hint of color to them as she went to take a step forward.
"No, you're going back to bed. You need to rest and recover." Donnie said as he and Casey began to lead her back to the room.
"No! Grrrr, I have to.." Her cheeks went even redder as she lowered her head in embarrassment.
Tilting her head confused Dragan leaned in closer to Kara as she whispered to her making her blink then laugh. "She has tae use the restroom."
Both guys blinked as their faces turned red, Casey immediately dropping Kara's arm. "I..I uh..ahem..I'm gonna go over there and call the order in.." He said slowly walking away trying to keep his cool composure though his face was still red.
Laughing, Dragan took Kara's arm and shooed Donnie away. "I'll take her thare, geit everything ready. I'll join ya soon."
"I-I-I'll go prepare the Shellraiser then..over there.." Donnie pointed over where the van was parked and walked away.
Sighing again Kara let Dragan help her. "I can do this by myself. I've done it before while you guys were gone." She pouted not only wanting to have someone help her especially with something as simple as going to the restroom but she had to admit it was a quicker trip with someone with her. "Um..thanks.." Kara said shyly still embarrassed about it.
"It's no trouble I've broken ma leg when I was young ad was bedridden for three weeks. Thae were boring times..but I understand wanting tae dae things on your awn just don't over dae it, ok?" Dragan gave her a smile just as they reached the restroom.
"I got it from here, thanks, Dre." Kara smiled before limping inside and closing the door.
Dragan watched her before going over to the guys. "I think she can handle herself now." Noting the concerned look on Donnie's face she placed her hand on his shoulder and gave him a smile. "She'll be ok. Trust her." She said before climbing into the Shellraiser.
Casey and Donnie looked at each other. Donnie still had a troubled look on his face so Casey placed his hand on his shoulder and gave him a grin. "She's right. Kara will be alright."
Donnie gave him a smile and a nod as they both went into the van and drove off to get the others.
Arriving at their destination Casey, Donnie, and Dragan climbed out the Shellraiser observing the area with their weapons out.
"Coast is clear. Is the man-hole cover cannon completely loaded?"
"Yup, you distract them while I go and rescue April." Casey said and went to take a step forward but was stopped by Donnie moving his staff in his way. "No, YOU distract them and I'LL go and rescue April."
Dragan rolled her eyes and made the decision to go rescue April and her friend herself, sneaking off and around the corner when the sound of thunder reached her ears. Looking upward she saw the guys lowering themselves to the ground. Seeing Leo she clenched the hilt of her sword but shook her head and ran off to the fortune cookie factory knowing the other two would be able to handle themselves.
Sneaking in through the entrance she looked around for any signs of them when she spotted a blue, eerie glow and the faint sound of chanting on the second floor.
Climbing to the top of the stairs she lowered herself down some and saw April and her friend floating midair. "I need tae stop him."
Unsheathing her sword she charged at him with her sword raised, striking down at him but gasped when her sword went through him and hit the ground. "Ya know..a part o me knew that wasn't going tae work.."
"You should listen to yourself more often, girl." Ho-Chan said before smacking her aside while laughing going back to his ritual.
She groaned and slowly sat up turning her head to see Donnie and Casey had arrived and smiled knowing the plan had worked.
While they distracted Ho-Chan she walked up to April to try and find a way to set her free as she tried to warn the others to stay away and leave.
Hearing Casey's catchphrase she moved out of the way knowing what was going to happen and flinched when he landed. "Ooo..that sounded painful.."
"Ah, girl, stay away from them!" Ho-Chan shouted before grabbing her with a large hand and threw her over aside having her fall from the second floor and onto the conveyor belt on the first floor. Having landed on her side she let out a shout of pain, holding her side. "Ghosts...why did it hae tae be ghosts.." She panted heavily trying not to show how painful it really was as she rolled off the belt and to her knees on the ground.
She looked up and saw Casey and Donnie trying to fight him off but he used his powers to restrain them. Seeing the ancient dagger in Donnie's hand she narrowed her eyes while thinking of a plan, slinking back into the shadows.
"I will crush the loud one first." Ho-Chan said just as Donnie threw the dagger at him but Ho-chan caught it between his fingers and began tossing it in the air. "No magic necessary."
Taking a chance she jumped onto the china man mascot thing and pushed off, doing a flip over him, caught the dagger and landed in front of him with her back to him. Glancing his way she grinned while holding the dagger in her hand. "Likewise, ma good sir." She said just before stabbing it into his stomach and forcing him back inside the dagger.
Donnie grabbed the fallen dagger from the floor and sheathed it once more as everything returned to normal. "Wooah, that was shangy. Awesome, Donatello! High three!" Both of them high-fived themselves making Dragan smile and let out a sigh of relief.
Hearing a door open Dragan looked over towards the entrance and her smile widened to see the guys back to themselves.
"Hey everybody, sorry we're late some people were trying to hog all the pizza." Mikey glared over at Raph who ignored him as usual. "So, whose the big hero? Donnie? Casey?"
"It wasn't us." Casey said glancing over at Donnie.
"It was all Dragan." He said with a smile as both his and Casey lifted their arms up and hugged Dragan. "Peace hug!"
Letting out a surprised squeak Dragan laughed at them before squeezing her arms out and hugging them in return. "Aww, ya guys! You're the best!"
April smiled at them but blinked when a low groan was heard on the second floor. Everyone looked at each other as the guys and Dragan left before April's friend could see them.
Donnie lead them to the docks to get rid of the dagger once and for all but while he was doing so Dragan couldn't help but relax and admire the sunrise. It's colors and warmth giving her a feeling of relief that the days troubles were over and a new day would begin.
Feeling a hand on her shoulder she glanced over to see Leo at her side and smiled some. "Glad tae see ye and your brother's back tae yourselves."
"I owe you a lot for saving us." He said with a soft smile.
Dragan blushed in embarrassment while rubbing the back of her neck before looking up to see Donnie waving at them for them to leave. Dragan looked at Leo and gave him a quick peck on the cheek before leaving for her new home, turning back real quick to wave bye to the others and ran off.
Finally finding the key Kara lent to her while she was in recovery Dragan unlocked the door and entered her new home and saw boxes of stuff she had managed to bring. Closing the door behind her she unbuckled her belt and gently leaned her sword against the wall near the door and slowly stumbled towards the couch before flopping onto her stomach and immediately passing out. Despite how tired the day's events left her a smile shown on her face.
Woo! Finally finished! I have to say..this was the longest chapter I have written so far but it is complete! Now, I want everyone's HONEST opinion and criticism BUT if you act straight up hateful I WILL NOT tolerate it. *I know how this scene seems but no, Dragan is not confessing her love or anything like that. To me, Dragan would tell her friends like it is and would not be afraid to set them straight even to the physical point despite not liking violence only when it's necessary but there are times when it has to come to that.* In case you didn't know Dragan isn't my character it's keller75863548274483. Check out her stuff and whatnot. One more thing, I will post my chapters whenever I can. I can't give ANYONE a certain date or time because I'm constantly working but believe me when I tell you, I will post them. So please, be patient and trust me ^_^ With that said, please rate/comment. All feedback is appreciated. Til next time! :D