Chapter 6
After saving April's behind back Jiff's pawn shop and having that stupid argument about the car, Karai was enjoying the nice silence of driving while April had the mind set to go down to NIB HQ and handle business. "Alright Karai take this left and we're there." said April as Karai didn't listen an passed the turn.
"Sorry, but that comes later April. We need to do something else before going back to HQ." said Karai who had an serious look but calm face. "Are you kidding?. Girl, Zed and the rest of the agents needed our help back at NIB. We need to go down there and split some wigs up that joint." said April who was ready to go and do this thing.
Karai didn't look at April but said "No. I'm not ready yet." April understand why her partner said that an agreed with it. "Ok, I know you been gone for three years an it's kinda scary coming back, due to what's going on. And I'll be real with you, I'm a little scared myself." Then Karai stopped the car due to the red light, an said "No I'm not scared at all, I was just telling you how it is. An besides after three long years you still have the mind of a rookie. Split wigs, please that's so silly and stupid of you to say that." April was a little offended by it.
"Hey, let's not forget Karai. Zed brought you back because you didn't do your job, and Zelena is at HQ holding our base hostage." she said telling the truth. "An the only reason why she did that is because, she knows that I will be coming back there." Karai said looking at April. "Ok, ok, you got a point there. so now what?." April ask. "Hmmmm let's go to the scene of the crime and go from there. Which way should I go?." said Karai as the light turned green.
When reaching the pizza joint, Karai started to say while putting the car in park."This Tony guy that you mention to me, did you neuralized him?." April got nervous to hear question because technically she never did neuralized Tony. "About that Karai, I may have ummmm." April said trying to find a good explanation about the subject, while they got of the car. "Did you or didn't you not?. It's a yes or no question April." said Karai opening the door for her. While walking and making up a good excuse to her best friend suddenly Karai ducked down, as Tony mistakenly thought they were muggers and hit April with pizza pan.
"Ow!." April yelled while holding her nose. Karai quickly pulled out her gun and pointed at Tony. "Freeze!. Hands up!." she said making Tony dropped the pizza pan and did what he was told. April pushed the gun down from Karai's hand and said "Stop. Karai this is Tony that I mention on the way over here. Tony this is my best friend Karai." she said giving introduction to both of them. Karai put her gun back as Tony put his hands down and felt relief. April smiled at Tony and said "I'm sorry for that Tony you see my friend just got her memory back, and she's a little bit shaky at the moment." Karai just rolled her eyes after hearing April said that in which it was true.
"That's alright April it's no big deal. Oh, and by the way I'm wanted to say thanks for having your agents to watch my house for me, in my time of need." said Tony happily to have someone like April to be a good friend to him. Karai gave April the death stare as April smiled nervously knowing she's going to get it by her partner. Karai folded her arms while tapping her foot and said "In case you forget O'Neil, I tell what the NIB handbook says in bold. NIB sections 422 clearly states that never in any circumstances use NIB agents for personal or misuse of service." April rubbed her neck as she know what handbook says but can you really blame her doing that.
"Sorry, but I have to do what felt right." she said with a nervous smile. Karai rolled her eyes again and then set her sights on the picture that was hanging on the wall. She walked up to get a look at it as it was a picture of Tony's adopted mother who was smiling while holding a box of pizza, as the pizza store was the background. "Wait." Karai said pulling out a photo of her eight year old herself and put it on the picture, and shocking it fits. Both April and Tony came up to see it as it was a perfect fit as it was Karai smiling, while pointing at something on her left. "You know my mom?." Tony asked in surprise. "I never met or seen your mom in the day of my life." Karai answered looking at the photo.
"So basically in case this issue that we are in came back and you neuralizd yourself, you put down clues for yourself." April said putting the pieces together. Karai looked at her and said "Yeah, in case my replacement can't get the job done like she should." "Oh, so I'm the one not getting the job done?. Well if someone had done her job back in 2004 then we wouldn't be in this situation. Lazy." Then Karai said in her feelings "Well I would have thought that my replacement would do an outstanding job and out shine me, but I give to much expectation. You wanted be mall cop." "Hey it's junior police officer dum dum!. Get it right Build a Bear worker!." April yell at her causing them to argue.
Tony broke up the fight between the two and manage to keep them calm. "Now, can we get back to the matter at hand please." he said as April and Karai bring back their profession attitude. April looked at the picture real good and said "Alright in this picture you are pointing at something. Let me just follow your finger and right there!." She walked over to the picture of a astronaut pointed to his left. "You see even the astronaut is pointing at the same direction." April said following where the astronaut was pointing at. Karai already had figured out on what she pointing at in which was a key to the locker in the train station, while seeing April going on the wrong direction.
"Um, April?." Karai said trying to get her attention. "You're slowing me down rookie, I'm finding the clues." she said following to the main target and found it. Then she opened the crate and pulled out a can of black chopped olives. "There it is. A can of New York's finest chopped olives." she said feeling silly as she see Karai shaking the key in her hand. "I hope that I'm not slowing you down rookie." she said with a smirk. April blushed in embarrassment as she put the can back into the crate, as Tony said "Ok sooooo now what?." Karai put on her shades and pull out her neuralizer and said "Now you will forget about everything and go on with your." "Karai wait." April stopped her from flashing Tony.
With a sigh she told April this plain and simple as Karai said "NIB handbook says that to always neuralize the victim in order for our secret to be kept a secret, and for there own protection." "I know but let's put it on hold until we finish our mission. And besides you never know he can come to good use for this case." said April as she looked at Tony with a smile of interest. Karai took off her shades and closed back her neuralizer and said "Fine just this once but he can't stay here. This place and his house is no longer safe." As Karai walked out of the building and getting back into the car, Tony grabbed April's hand making her blush as she said "Um, I know a place that you can stay and lay low for a while.
"Tony then said "Cool. Who am I crashing with?." When driving to a secret apartment for Aliens and Mutants they went to one room where they were welcomed with open arms. "April!." said Mikey who was eating some pizza. "Hi guys how are you?." April asked happy to see her friends. "We're doing alright and you?." said Leo who was reading his favorite comic book. "Oh you know same old same old. Anyways I need help you guys. NIB code 101." she said making the Turtles shocked to hear. "Code 101?. That's not good." Raph said lifting weights. "Yeah no kidding." said Donnie who was watching tv.
"Yeah that's not good so I'm asking you guys for a favor. Ninja to Ninja. I need you to let my friend Tony here to stay with you guys." April said as Tony came in and saw the guys in shock. "They're four Mutant Ninja Turtles." Tony said in disbelief. "You can say that bro." Mikey said grabbing another slice of pizza. Then Karai came in and said "Hey can you speed up the meter is almost out. Bros!." The Turtles got up and ran to hug their sister as they haven't seen her in three long years. "Karai it's great to see you again. You look great." said Leo smiling. "It's great to see you too Leo. Hey why aren't you four not working back at NIB?." she asked with her eyebrow raise.
"They are on a five month probation by Zed due to creating damage back at HQ." April explained. "I told Zed it's all because Mikey who was touching things in the lab!." said Donnie was still angry about it. "Hey I just wanted to help." said Mikey who was upset about that incident. "But any who, I want you guys to watch Tony for me. His very important to me." Karai gave April a pointed look making her think that's why she didn't let her neuralize the the teen. "I mean to our mission. So just make him feel right at home." said April as she handed Tony and call ear piece and told him to listen for her call. Surprising to her was that Tony went in a kissed her as he smiled and said "You bet." Blushing she walked out of the room to go meet up with Karai, while the Turtles was making Tony feel much at home. "2K anyone!?." said Mikey who was holding some PS4 controllers making Tony grinned with glee as he took a seat on the floor and went playing with the Turtles.
April reached up to Karai as they were in the hallway walking out of the building. Karai was looking at the key wondering what's inside the locker at the train station that will hold the key to saving the planet. "Do we have a clue what were seeking at the train station?." April asked. "I don't have a clue but we trust have to see how the night goes. Besides I like doing the clue game it's gets my enemies confused." Karai said smiling. As much as April know about Karai being the one to keep important information to herself as she said tiredly "Girl you make things confusing for everyone on accident and sometimes on purpose, just so you can have some entertainment at work." "That's how you find pleasure when working at NIB." Karai said pushing the exit door and headed to the train station.
Meanwhile back at HQ in Zeds office, Zed was being man handle by Zelena. She was trying to make Zed spill the beans on where's Karai and he wasn't going to tell. "Zelena please have a heart." Zed pleaded as Zelena was smiling evily as she was enjoying it. "Zed after all of these years you still look handsome. We could have happy together." she said as she threw him back into his chair. Zed straighten up his tie as he was looking at her and said "Sorry but my wife is the best woman that I ever want. And besides why should I even tell you where Karai is?." "Cause for one you know as well as I know that if the Light don't leave this dirt crap tonight, then this planet goes boom. If you call Karai back to NIB HQ so I can force her to tell me where it is, then Earth will continue to orbit around the Solar system." she answered as she pull out her flip phone and gave it to Zed.
Zed took it and chuckled and said "This is not the 80's Zelena we do have touch screen phones you know?." Zelena smile and said while preventing herself from hurting him "I know and I don't give a crap. Now call her." With sigh he flipped open and dial the number and gave it to her. "Now was that hard Zed?." she asked as she put her ear on the phone. And instead of getting Karai she got Miranda Cosgrove on phone as Miranda said "Zed is that you?. Please let me join NIB. I can be agent M!." Zed quickly jumped up on his desk and went drop kicking Zelena as it was proving no effect on her, as he then back flipped over her and started pushing her in the face. Zelena tripped Zed as he fell down and she knocked him out by kicking him. "Ooooo Zed you still got it." Zelena comment on his efforts while wiping some saliva off her lip.
She looked at the dead squid that was outside of the office and see movement in the tentacles. While driving to the train station listening to music, Karai was catching up old times with April as it was good to talk to a good friend. "So tell me April, what happened to Casey?." Karai asked as she assumed that he would have been April's partner for a long time. "Well Karai he got tired of being disconnected with his family and he wanted to go back to the City Morgue and get his internship finish and what not. And so I helped him out and neuralize the poor guy, and I will miss him." said April as she turned up the radio volume as it was playing some Drake.
"In my opinion you shouldn't have done that and told him he signed up for the job, and he have to live with it." said Karai eating her trail mix bar. "You think?." April asked smiling. "Trust me when I say this. The only time you neuralize someone is when they messed at work and can't handle the work. That or it's their time to retire." said Karai. April then ask "Like you?." while making Karai smile as she parked the car as they arrived at the New York City Central Train Station. "It wasn't a retirement plan O'Neil it was just my free paid vacation. The retirement idea was a cover up for young half way experienced agents like yourself." she said getting out of the car with a smile on her face.
"I knew Zed was telling me made up story. Well what can I expect his been doing this since he was thirty." April said locking the car. "Actually his been doing this since he was at the age of eighteen and that's he was just an assistant to the very old chief of NIB." Karai said entering the building. April just learned some fun facts about Zed and he never tells her about his time at HQ. Heck she even thought his been doing this since the day his was born based how old he was.
"Zed your something else." she thought as they headed to the locker section and find the Light of Zarthra as soon as possible.