Kara ran through the back alley's of the streets. She turned around a corner, pressing her back against the cold, brick wall holding the bag of food she managed to find in abandoned places. Unfortunately, there wasn't much. Lifting the blindfold from her eyes she looked down to make sure everything was still in place before closing the bag again, tossing it over her back and adjusting the straps to fit securely around her shoulders.
Glancing down at her phone for the time she wondered if Leo, Raph, and Casey had returned to their temporary home. She sighed knowing this was more important for now and headed back for the hideout.
Arriving at the hideout she scoped the area before climbing to the roof. She bent down near a latch and knocked twice then another two times a few seconds later to let them know it was her. Hearing the latch unlock from the inside she opened the door and landed on her knees. Breathing a sigh of relief she stood up and looked around to see just April, Casey, and Master Splinter. "Did I miss anything?" She asked noticing the looks of anger on their faces.
"The guys went to go search for Karai and wouldn't let us go with them. "Ninja's Only"" April quoted Leo sarcastically, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, and I was super excited to kick some alien butt too." Casey added in, dropping on the sofa beside April.
"Be still, my friends, Karai's mind is not one with her body. Her actions are unpredictable as well as dangerous. Those four have been trained to handle these types of situations." Master Splinter walked up to them, smiling.
"Sorry, Master Splinter, but I'm not staying around long." Kara said loosening the straps around her shoulder and set the bag of food down. "I need to go back out and look for Dragan and the others. If the guys come back before I do let them know, please." She turned around and went to climb onto the counter to give herself a boost back up to the roof.
"Wait, by yourself? Alone?" April asked walking up behind her.
"Well, yeah. Leo has his hands full with Karai or else he'd be joining me."
"What about us? Dragan is part of our group and we should be helping you find her as well." Casey joined in moving to April's side.
Kara looked down at them and sighed. "It's not just Dragan I'm looking for, it's the other people I care for, my family, the people who are here because of me. I can't allow you to risk your lives for them."
"Come on, Kara, you should know us by now." April began, jumping onto the counter beside Kara.
"We're not letting you have all the fun." Casey grinned, grabbing his mask and placing it over his face. "Now let's stop yammering and start searching." He hopped up in between the two with ease.
Kara looked at them and smiled, nodding her head. "Alright, let's do this then."
They all left through the roof and landed outside, searching around the area to make sure they were safe.
"We'll separate and search for an hour then meet back here at the hideout. Do not engage the enemy...that means you Casey." Kara grinned hearing Casey groan in disappointment behind her. She raised her fists up at them, grinning their way. "Stay safe, my friends." When she felt their hands make contact with hers she took a deep breath before they all ran off in different directions, the same goal in mind.
Kara ran non-stop sneaking through the back alleys and streets til she found herself in downtown New York. She snuck into a building to catch her breath but heard the mechanical sound of the Kraang coming her way so she crouched down and moved towards the back of the building just as two entered inside.
She ducked down hearing them coming her way and looked around for a back door. Eventually finding a door knob she felt around for something she could use to distract them with when her fingers ran over a large rock size piece of rubble and gripped it. Lifting it up she leaned up to see them close enough to see her so she acted quickly and threw it as far away from her as she could before hiding herself and waiting.
Hearing them communicate with another and turn to leave she immediately opened the door enough for her to slip out and made a run for it.
Making sure she was far enough away she leaned against a dumpster wiping the sweat from her forehead when she heard the slightest sound of hissing. She stood up and followed the sound til she found Karai hiding from the Kraang. She let out a sigh and shook her head. "She wasn't the one I was trying to find! Might as well try and help her since I'm here.." She took a deep breath and when the Kraang were gone she began to slowly walk over to her.
"Karai...psst, Karai it's me." She was crouched to her knees slowly making her way towards her when Karai's head snapped in her direction, glaring and hissing at her with her arm heads pointed in her direction forcing her to stop where she was at. "Calm down, it's Kara. I'm friends with Leo and your father, Hamato Yoshi."
Hearing their names Karai blinked lowering her arms. She didn't speak, seeming hesitant at first, but began to slither towards her. "Leo and the others are looking for you to try and help you. Come back with me to our hideout and we ca-ah!" She let out a scream when she felt something graze her shoulder and fell to her knee, holding her shoulder in pain.
She looked up hearing Karai hissing at something and fleeing the scene. She groaned and lifted her arm seeing where she had been hit and saw the scar it left. Luckily it wasn't deep enough to cause bleeding but didn't mean it still didn't hurt.
Multiple gunfire was heard above the rooftops of the building behind her so she decided to check it out and saw the guys fighting a tall, heavy built Russian man with a heavy weapon and a scrawny, black guy wearing a retro, neon glowing suit with matching Star Trek looking goggles. "Uh...what?" She was really confused at not only the scene but who these two men were.
"Kara! Are you ok?!" Donnie yelled as he dodged the enemies attacks while trying to go over to her to make sure she's ok.
"Yeah, just grazed my shoulder is a-"
"What're you standing around for?! Go after Karai before we lose her!" Leo ordered at her as he charged towards them to attack.
Kara was taken aback by Leo's out burst. She clenched her fists before taking a step back towards the edge of the roof. "Aye aye captain." She said sarcasm dripping from her voice as she dropped down, grabbing a window to stop her fall before she hurt herself and lowered herself to the ground with each floor of the building til her feet were planted on the ground not hearing Donnie call out for her.
She ran in the direction she last saw Karai but her running slowed to a walk then stopped all together. She gritted her teeth at how Leo snapped at her. What did he think she was doing? Nothing? He had no right to yell at her like that. She was out there looking for her friends! She had no time for this! "Sorry guys but she's your family..I have to find my own." She ran off in a different direction when she looked down at her clock and saw it was close to the hour mark and groaned.
She rubbed her shoulder some it starting to hurt more and decided to head back to the hideout to take care of it and get some food.
She saw April and Casey standing behind the building worry on their faces but when they saw Kara, it seemed to disappear.
"You're a little late and you're hurt!" April noticed the shoulder of her shirt had a cut on it but Kara waved her hand dismissively.
"It's just a scratch nothing too serious..how did the search go?"
They both looked away and Kara knew that wasn't a good sign. She sighed, lowering her head but blinked when she felt a hand on her shoulder and recognized it as April's.
"We'll find her, Kara, we just have to keep searching." April smiled at her in hopes of cheering her up.
"Yeah, once she finds out we're back it won't be long til she finds us and we'll start kicking butt once more." Casey grinned punching his fist into his palm.
Kara nodded to them, smiling. "Yeah..just gotta stay hopeful, right?"
"Right. Now, whose hungry?" April moved her arms over her stomach as it made noises wanting food which made Kara laugh.
"I dunno about you but I could go for some grub." Casey threw his arms behind his head with a smile.
"I could go for some too." She said before entering the hideout.
It wasn't til later when the guys returned sharing what had happened and having to let Karai go. Kara was sitting on the counter reading a book she had found on one of her food hunts when she saw Leo standing in front of her looking annoyed.
"Why weren't you with Karai when we found her?" He questioned having his arms crossed trying to look tough.
"I lost her." She said simply never looking up from her book.
"I don't believe you. Now tell me why you didn't go after her?" Leo asked his voice more firm than before.
"I lost her." She repeated mimicking the same firmness Leo was using. She blinked when her book was snatched from her hands and she glared up at Leo who had it in his before tossing it to the side.
"Don't you know how important this is for us? For Master Splinter? If you were there we would of had a better chance at bringing her back with us!"
Kara hopped down from the counter and went to walk away but Leo grabbed her arm before she could take a step away. "Let go of me, Leo." She requested in a low voice trying to calm her anger but he wasn't having any of that.
"No, not until you tell me the truth. Don't you understand-"
Kara turned around and punched Leo square in the face causing him to stumble and fall on his butt, staring up at her in shock while holding where she hit him.
"It is for you, Leo! You're the only one who is obsessed with finding Karai! While you're bossing everyone around I'm trying to search for MY family! I'M trying to search for Dragan when you should be out there helping me find her! But no, it's Karai this or Karai that! She can handle herself but my friends...my family..they're defenseless! They're out there..by themselves..I don't know whether they're safe or mutated.." Kara squeezed her eyes letting the tears roll down her face. "I can't remember the last time I've had a decent nights sleep but every time I'm out there I put myself in danger in trying to find some hope, some sign of them that maybe they're alright...and all you care about is Karai." She stared down at him seeing the shocked expression on his face only made her feel worse. She clenched her fists and turned away using the underground exit this time instead of the roof. "I'm going out." Was all she said before leaving not giving anyone a chance to respond.
Kara wandered through the city, not having a specific destination in mind and was able to avoid the Kraang easily. Her surroundings were becoming familiar and she soon found herself in front of the hotel and decided to make her way to her home.
The way the place was left still haunted her but she made her way to her room and closed the door. She climbed onto her naked bed and curled up into a ball before crying herself to sleep.
Short chapter, I know but this was mainly a filler so I had nothing to come up with other than this. Hope you enjoy it and you know the routine! Rate/comment! All feedback is appreciated. See you when I see you :D