Chapter 7
When arriving at New York City's Central Train Station and entered inside the building, heading their way to the locker box section to find out what inside. Karai and April were thinking about the subject as they arrived the box locker that matched the number that was on the key. Both looked at each other as neither of them was not ready to see what's inside the locker box.
"Locker box 522 huh?. Alright let's see what's inside shall we." said Karai putting the key into the key slot but didn't unlock it. With her eyebrow raise as she was wondering why her partner didn't open the locker box, April said "Weeeell go on." "Go on what?." Karai asked while still having the key in her hand. This was the first time that April has ever saw Karai being so anxious about anything but this time she is. So, she walked up and place her hand on the key as Karai was holding on to it real tight.
Calming down from worriedness she slightly twist the key to unlock it and put her hand on the nob. Then she looked back at April who was ready to see what's inside but she not going to take the risk. "April why don't you go and give us some coffee, and some donuts while I handle this." She said seriously. "Um, heck no, I'm not going anywhere sister."
Karai looked back at April as she gave her a worried face. "Look I don't remember what I put into this locker, and I don't want any guilt or regret if something happens to you." Karai said as she was meaning every word of it. April rolled her eyes as she said "Karai nothing's going to jump off so please shut up and open the freaking locker." Dropping her worry and replace it with anger as she said while grabbing on the nob. "Just because I was out for three years April, it doesn't mean I'm not worried about putting my foot up your ass." She worn. On the count of three, Karai open door quick and saw what's inside that somewhat surprised her.
Inside of the locker box was a small size modern town filled with a whole colony of brown hairy small male alien beings, who happened to turn or stop at what they were doing and saw who it was. With great happiness they said this. "Our light giver has returned!. All hail Karai!. All hail Karai!." Then after saying that they being to sing her name in the American anthem version as Karai was confused and wowed, while April poked her head to see what Karai was seeing and can't believe it her own self.
"Wow, who who would have thought you will be queen of a locker box?. That, and who would have thought that you being worship by a group of small smurf size aliens?." April said as she and Karai was looking on. After when they were done singing their national anthem they chanted her name again with happiness. "Um, good evening people of locker number 522. I'm sorry to disturb at whatever you aliens were doing but, did I somewhat leave anything in here by any chance?." Karai asked her fellow loyal praisers.
One of the hairy smurfs said with excitement. "Why yes you did our legendary guardian. You saved us from extinction and to show us that you mean no harm, you gave us your glow in the dark watch tower." They all turn around and pointed at the tower that had an actual wrist watch in the center, as another spoke. "Having that clock helps us see through the streets and keeps away from darkens itself." said another hairy Smurf. Instantly, Karai went in and took off the watch from the tower and wrapped around her wrist. "Man, I have been looking all over for this. They stopped making these watches back HQ." She said smiling as she examine her old watch. "Light giver our clock tower." said all of the hairy Smurfs as they began to panic and getting upset.
"Wait hold on. Here you guys can have mine." April said taking off her watch and place it where the old watch was. "Here you guys go. This watch can tell you the time, minute, and second, and it glows blue in the dark. And the best part, it plays a catchy tune to let you now that you're in the next hour." She finish with a smile as she received looks of curiosity from the small alien townsfolk. "It's banging right?." She asked them.
"Tell us stranger what is your name." asked one of the them. "My name is April and why do you ask?." She said to them wondering while watching to see what they were going to do. Nodding their heads they said "All hail April!. All hail April!." They began to sing their national anthem again but this time they used April's name instead of Karai's. This made a huge smirk around April's face as she now was getting the praise while Karai was rolling her eyes just now, seeing that she got disown just by the matter of seconds. Now, she have to see April already getting the praise go through her head as she said "Oh, well actually you guys can call me your lordship or maybe the queen of the locker 522." "Alright enough. Please get your head out of your butt April." Karai said shutting the door. "Hey wait!." screamed the hairy Smurfs as Karai opened the door back.
"Behold the card!. The card!." said all of them pointing at a advertisement on the card rack on the green mountain, as a senior with a grey beard and a cane in hand walked up beside the card. "My dear child please take this card as it will guide you and your friend, to your journey. The place that you seek has the hidden secrets of your past, and make sure you get it while time is still on your side." said the old man as Karai picked the card up as she looked at the card. Written on it was a picture of a old flying saucer and the store name, as it said The Flying VHS Store. Both Karai and April listen to what the elderly alien have to say and nodded seriously.
Then the old alien said "Now, that we got out of the way. People it's Friday and you know what that means." "Friday night all girl nude show. Located in the back!." said everyone as April and Karai were grossed out as they saw the males running inside to the sexy nude building as the sign was lighted up. "Now, that's what I call being just nasty dirty boys." April said disguised. "Perverts." Karai said disguised as she closed and locked the door, and place a the key back in her pocket. After done discovering on what what they need to do next, they headed their way to the VHS store and wonder what's there that they need, and why he said while time is still on their side?.
"Do you have any idea what he meant when he said while time is still on our side?. And why do we have to go to a low down place called the Flying VHS Video Store?." asked April. Karai was thinking the same thing as she set her eyes on the watch that had a digital count down as it read fifty-nine minutes and going down. "Base on what my watch says. We have an hour to figure it out before its too late." said Karai pushing her way out of the train station as April wishes they do it her way and not put up with this big old goose chase. "This will be so much easy if we just get some heavy duty fire arms and blast our base back." She said getting inside of the car.
Karai turn on the engine and drove off as she said to April. "You know April, not everything is about busting a cap in someone's ass. Just do what I do and that's go with the flow." She said while typing in the address to the VHS store on the GPS computer, and follow the directions. "Fine. We're doing it your way but I still say my way is better." April said getting comfortable as she drifted off to sleep. "It's nice to talk to again O'Neil. I missed having a conversation with you." Karai said smiling as she sees April yawning and said "Same to you too K."
Karai smiled to hear it from her partner while making a left turn to the destination. She was glad to be back working at NIB since she truly missed fighting both Aliens and Mutants every single day, and now she can do it again and this time she's staying for good. That, and plus the fact that April can't keep a partner for at least a year or two, and she was wondering why Zed hired none fit agents into organization. Either that or April just doing it out of being tired of dealing with a partners that can't keep up the code of NIB and maybe that could be the answer.
Shaking her head she turns up the volume on the radio and listen to smooth jazz while driving. About forty minutes they pulled up to the VHS store that was combine with apartments as the store was at the bottom. Putting the car on park and break, they both got out of the car and made their way down to the steps and entered the store. When they made it inside of the store as it was filled with old VHS tapes of different movie or TV show genres, let alone the store was decorated in Star Trek style. April was looking at one of the tapes and see shows that she never heard of as Karai was thinking the same way as she pulled one tape out of the shelf. "Hmmmm, Gunsmoke. What the heck is Gunsmoke?." She asked reading the back of the summer of the tape. Then a female goth came in with a depressed moody attitude as she went over to cash register, and said without any good quality service attitude. "Welcome to the Flying VHS Video Store. How can I be of service for you two girls?." Karai put tape back on the shelf as she and April walked up. "Yes, you can help us ma'am. Here." Karai said handing her the card in which was a membership card as she took it out of her hand. She examine it and said "Huh?. This is a very old membership card um, let's see what's on it shall we." As she typed the membership number on the computer as she pulled up a history file on it.
"Well?." asked April. "Well based on the screen it would have appears that you have requested a VHS tape but, you never did came to pick it up. And what I'm reading I have never seen this tape before, wait hold on. Rick!." She called who must be the owner of the store. Then the guy who was in charge of the VHS store came in from the back and must have used the bathroom, due to zipping up his pants. The guy that came out from the back was the same dude from the City Morgue as it would seems that this must be his part time job. "Yeah, what's up?." He asked as he looked at the two teens who were dressed up like actual secret ninjas. Little did they know that he knows of their existence of the NIB organization since its rare for any human know about being being real. With a smirk he looked at his girlfriend as she already knows what that means as he said "And you said I was being paranoid about the NIB?." "Yes, I'm still am Rick. And I told you before that the NIB is a made up fake government theory." She argued back while Karai and April both know what they have to do after getting what they need. The guy looked at the screen and said "The Show of the Unknown episode fifteen. The Light of Zarthra. Why yes girls we do have it. Please follow me to my apartment. well actually it's my moms but you two get the idea." Following him out of the store they went to his moms apartment as neither of them can not believe that this guy still lives with his mom as they went inside.
Then they reached up stairs to his room where it was covered in a mixture of Star Wars and Star Trek merchandises, let alone the wallpaper as well. To Karai and April they would have thought that this room must have belonged to a five year old kid but sadly it belongs to a grown man. "Sweetie do friends want something to eat?!." yelled the guys mom downstairs in the kitchen. He turn his head towards them as they were silent and were standing up. "So do you guys want something to eat?. My mom knows how to make some good pizza bagels." He said receiving plain looks on both of the girls faces letting him know that they weren't interested.
"Um, no mom they're good." He yell down as his girlfriend grab a seat on the couch. "You know what I'm hungry for?. Eating a lobster dinner at Red Lobster." She said showing her coupon. He ignored at what she said as he made his way to the shelf and pulled out the tape, and then put it in the VHS player. "Now before I start to tape, I wanted to know what's with aliens and abduction?. I mean they travel far away distance to get here so they abduct us. And another thing what cause people to become mutants?." He asked wanting his answers. "Man, move!." yelled April making him turn right back and play the tape, and join his girlfriend.
As the video begin to play it show a poorly made film as the host of the show begin to appear. "This is so low budget." April commented as she was right as Karai was focus on the video. When the video showed the part where the NIB agents meet with the Zarterns, Karai was starting to remember that event as it was like yesterday. "Wait. That's not right. It was a rainy night when it happens." She said to herself as April was looking at her as she sees her partner having that remember look in her eyes.
Flashback: On the rainy night the NIB agents and one Zartern who was male was standing face with Zelena who was wearing a black cloak covering her ugly face, while warning the NIB agents.
"You can't protect the Zarterns forever kid. Now give me the Light or this planet is history." She said with warning in her voice. The young adult who was Zartern bent down to talk to Karai who was a kid at that time and said "Karai listen to me. You can't allow this women have the light. My people needs it or our planet can't function." The very young Karai looked at him and then looked back at Zelena who was waiting on her answer.
"Zelena. As long as the Light is on Earth it's under protection of the NIB. Now, you can either leave this planet or be forced to leave." Karai said as the young Zartern smile with hope. Zelena's anger was brewing as she said "Look here little girl I am not leaving until I have that light!. Now give it to me!." With a cocky grin she took out her watch and press the button on it and said "Go fetch it then."
All of a sudden a ship was flying out from the barn and making its way to the sky. "Nooooooo!. You pay for this you little brat!." She said pulling out her gun and shoot it at her. Before the blast can hit her the young Zartern jumped in and take the hit. "No!." said Karai as she bent down as she saw a now dead Zartern, who was bleeding out badly. She look and saw a Zartern Royal bracelet in his head as he was prince of his planet, as this made her cry in pain as she can't believe she allowed this to happen.
Then she looked up and see that Zelena hopped in her ship and flew off to follow the ship, and since then she never seen her for years. Flashback
Karai snapped out from her memory as the tape was on its last end. She quickly turn it off before the host can finish as she now remember everything on that day and know what she have to do. April looked at her partner and said "Do you now remember where the Light of Zarthra is?." Karai nodded and said "We need to go my brothers apartment. Now." as she walked away with a serious tone in her voice.
As April was about to go with her she stopped and put on her shades and then took out her neuralizer and pointed at them, as the guy was excited and surprise to see it. "It's the neuralizer." He said as April flashed both them and wipe their memory clean. "Alright listen up you two. Their is no such thing as aliens or mutants, and theirs no such thing as a secret organization called NIB. Oh, and take your girlfriend to Red Lobster please." She said as she out her shades back while hearing Karai flashing her neuralizer to the guys mom. "Oh, and that reminds me. Dude when you're done please move your bum ass out of your mothers house. I mean come on you're in your prime and you need to take down the Star Wars and Star Trek stuff and sell it on eBay, so you can save money for apartment."
"Hurry up April!." Karai yell. Then April said making her way downstairs "I'm coming!. And remember what I said too." When she left the apartment and got into the car they headed their way back to the Turtles apartment as April called Frank to let him know that they found the Light and heading their way to get it. "Thanks kid. And good luck." said Frank except he wasn't Frank at all, but it was none other than Zelena who impersonate Frank who was tied up and his mouth was shut tight.
"Boys they found it!." yelled Zelena who had a evil grin as she finally going to get the Light. Back at the car, April hanged up the phone on the GPS screen as she lean back into her seat while Karai had her serious look on her face while driving. "Call Tony for me, April." She said without having any lip as April speed dial Tony. Back at the apartment, Tony was having an outstanding time with the Turtles as they played so many games and eating pizza like theirs no tomorrow. Then his phone started ringing and answer it "Hi April. I have got to tell you that these guys are awesome. Especially they taught me how to do martial arts." He said while playing the game with Mikey. "You got that right bro." He said taking a bite of his pizza.
"That's great to hear Tony, but anyways I was wondering if theirs something odd about your bracelet." April said as Tony answered "No. Why?." Karai then said "Ask him if his bracelet is glowing." "Is your bracelet glowing by any chance?." She asked thinking that this was the Light of Zarthra is. Tony looked at his metal bracelet and see that one of the items on it was glowing naturally as this was confusing him. "Yeah it's glowing but it never happened before." He said looking at it real good.
"Ok. Now you stay put for me. We're on our way." As April hang up she saw Karai having a tear coming down letting her know that she's remembering too much from the video, as she said "He trusted me when I told him that nothing's going to happen to him. But I was wrong at the end." "You're not perfect Karai and neither is me." April said comforting her best friend while never see her weep before unless she was cutting up onions. "Yes, I know April but still I could have done something to prevent him from being killed." She responded back while wiping away her tears.
When they arrived to the apartment and went inside to the Turtles home, they were in shock to see the place being trashed. And not only that, the Turtles were laid out hurt showing blast marks on their skin and shells. "Ah, damn!." that's what April can say as she knew what happened in here. "Leo what happened?." asked Karai as she helped her brother back up. Leo was holding his injured rib as he said "They broke in and started shooting up the place. We wasn't ready for it." "Yeah and not to mention they took Tony." said Ralph who was barely getting up.
April and Karai know that they have to take action and need to save Tony quick. Karai said "We need to save Tony. Boys go grab your ninja weapons cause we're going to need back up." With that being said they immediately went to go get their weapons as April join her out on the hallway. "What's the plan?." She asked. "The same plan you told me. Bust in and split some wigs." She said as she stretched her arms.
"Then that case we need some guns. Heavy duty guns to be exact." April said as she too was stretching as well. "Don't worry about that. Cause I know where to get them. Now let's go take care some business." Karai said with her mind focus to finish off Zelena once and for all.