Special thank's to the lovely Lary, in here known as arteotakupe, for helping me a lot with this chapter! She's amazing! Would probably had taken me another week if it wasn't for her, as I've been busy with work, making my brain tired.
Anyways, here ya go, and I do not own TMNT.
"Call when you're back outside or if you need an escape route!"
"Right, thanks Donnie!" April then ended the call and looked at Casey determined, who smirked back.
"So, this is it, our first mission together."
"I'm pretty sure we've been on a mission together before Casey."
"Yeah? And when was that?"
"... Well... A while ago?.. We don't have time for this! Now come on, and be quiet."
They opened the unlocked door and entered the huge kraang facility. As the team got to an empty hallway, they followed the T-phone's map towards what they hoped would be the control room. They sneaked up to a round corner and carefully peeked their heads out to look for aliens, then hurried to pull back as a large group of droids were walking their direction.
"Think they saw us?" Casey whispered.
"I'm pretty sure they saw something, but if they knew it was us, they would have activated some alarm already."
"Great, now what?!"
She looked around looking for something until she got her eyes on a huge ventilator shaft in the wall.
"There! Quick, lift me up!"
He lifted her onto his shoulders without question. After some fumbling she managed to get the cover loose and entered the shaft. She let out a hand for Casey, but the sound of kraang coming closer made him place the cover back in place.
"Go find the control room, I'll take care of them."
"What? Don't be an idiot!"
"We don't have time for this! Just trust me!"
She glared at him, and he glared back.
"April, trust me, I got this."
She looked him in the eyes and they shared a nod before parting ways.
...
*Drrrr! Drrr!*
"Huh? Secret number?"
The genius looked questionably at his T-phone as it vibrated in his hand. Whoever it was, wasn't April.
With a gulp, he whispered into the phone.
"H-hello?"
"Donatello, this is doctor Rockwell, are you and your brothers in a safe place?"
"Uhm... That depends on how safe April's apartment is. Who gave you my number?"
"You gave it to me, are you telling me you don't remember?"
"Clearly I forgot, but man am I glad to hear from you!"
"You are? How come? Are you in trouble?"
"Yeah, or the others are. My brothers got hit and possibly swallowed this kraang goop on their latest mission, and that somehow infected their meninges. It started out as flu like symptoms, but then it got worse. "
"Yes, I know the symptoms, Slash got himself infected as well. This strange illness seems to be spreading faster than I thought it would."
"Wait, Slash? Is he okay?! How did that happen?"
"Long story, but do not worry, he is still in the early state. Now tell me, what are you doing in April's apartment?"
"Rhazar and Fishface found the lair, the lab is ruined, and since I'm unable to walk after a severe slash in my shell, her apartment was the closest."
"Well, how are your brothers? Do you have everything they need?"
"Uhm... No, not at all, we're soon out of antibiotics, and the mask I'm using for Leo is barely enough anymore."
"Sounds like you need some help. Don't worry Donatello, we're on our way to collect you."
"Collect us? Where are we going?"
"To our base, we have the proper equipments to keep your brothers stable."
"Well that's great and all, but I'm not sure it's safe to move them around anymore..."
"Noted, four hover boards and a cargo car is on its way."
With that the human-monkey mutant hung up, leaving Donnie baffled.
He looked at his phone, checking for incoming calls or messages, relieved to find none.
"You heard that guys, our friends are coming to help us, you just, have to hold on a little longer, can you do that for me?"
The genius asked his barely conscious brothers, desperate for at least receiving a small nod.
Only Mikey managed to give a faint whimper in response.
He sighed and patted his younger brother's head, then let his focus back to the digital map on the laptop,
following the yellow dot that came from a tracker on April's phone...
...
April puffed as she made her way through the shaft that seemed to get smaller the further she got.
It was dark, that kind of dark where you can't even see your own hands. She turned on the flashlight on her phone for a brief moment to illuminate the way ahead. The red head sighed relieved, glad she turned it on.
Only a few meters from where she was crawling was what looked like an elevator shaft.
She then looked at the map, wondering whether she would be able to get to the other side or not.
"Hmm, this is gonna be tricky..."
She crawled to the edge and looked down. That would be a deadly fall for sure, yet the wires seemed to be climbable.
Trembling, she reached for one, but found out she wasn't brave enough to try and swing herself like Tarzan.
Instead, she tried moving along a small edge coming from the wall, reaching all the way around.
It was barely there, and there was nothing to hold onto, so she had to lean her back against the wall,
walking slowly and carefully, moving right foot, then the left, not daring to cross them.
April gasped when she almost slipped, gulping as she continued. She was a little over half way when the wires started moving. The elevator was coming, yet when she looked down she saw nothing but darkness.
That's when the girl realized, it was coming from above her!
Sudden panic rushed over her and she started walking faster. It was coming closer, and it would hit her head if she wasn't fast enough. She was only a few meters from the other end when she jumped inside,
panting madly as she lay there, stomach against the cold metal, feet barely inside as the elevator rushed past her, a puff of cold air blowing her hair.
That was too close for comfort, had she been just a bit slower, it would have hit her. She looked at the map again, smiling brightly.
She was close.
...
Casey had tried fighting the small group of Kraangs, but that only resulted in more arriving. He couldn't help but wonder why they didn't set off the alarm as he ran through a hall. He was the enemy right? Why didn't they warn the other kraangs about him? Did they really think he was an easy target? Was he supposed to feel hurt now? He stopped with a sudden as he rounded a corner.
"The human known as Casey Jones have illegally broken into the facility known as kraang's facility.
Casey Jones, friends with the ones known as the turtles will pay with his life."
The droids pointed laser guns at him. The boy gave a nervous chuckle, looking around for any way to escape.
"Uhm, cant we talk about it over a cup of tea or something?"
"The Kraang do not drink the liquid known as tea, the human known as Casey Jones is trying to poison the Kraang."
"What? No, not at all, I mean, we could drink something else!"
"Casey Jones talk the amount known as too much, the Kraang will not listen for the time known as any longer."
Casey looked at the guns, preparing himself to avoid the shots. Hopefully his distraction was enough to keep them away from April.
…
After a couple minutes crawling through the shaft, April stopped to open a certain lid which should lead to the control room. Peeking carefully, she smirked.
"Aha. Found it."
There were only two Kraangs, too busy checking the security cams, watching while other droids were attacking the boy and discussing if they should send more droids or not for such an insignificant threat. April glanced around and found a couple laser weapons lying on the other side of the small room, near her. With another smile, she got out of the shaft slowly and silently, getting one of the weapons. When she charged it, the noise called the Kraangs attention and they turned to her, but it was too late for them to try any reaction, as she immediately opened fire against them, aiming against the small aliens. She couldn't let them escape to warn the others.
After pulling the droids to the side, April looked puzzled at the weird computer in front of her, on the panel. It was holographic, with several programs or functions running and she had no idea what to do at all. Maybe she should call Donnie for a little help, but as she thought of it, suddenly the holographic panel moved quickly and there was a message on the invisible screen in front of her saying 'The Kraang computer does not have the contact number of the one known as Donnie'.
Startled, she almost fell backwards. What had just happened? How did that happen?
'The Kraang computer is reading that which is known as Psychic Waves emanated by the one known as April O'Neil. That is how Kraang computer works.'
"Oh, sweet!" She grinned, amazed. "So I just need to think and it will do anything I want. Let's see. First..." She glanced at the security cam screens and noticed Casey was in trouble. But she couldn't just tell the Kraangs to retreat, right?
...
Casey saw the guns load, cursing himself for running into them in the first place. He slowly moved his hand towards the hockey stick's handle, not daring to look away from the enemy. He jumped slightly in shock when the speaker on the wall suddenly turned on with a loud beep.
"This is Kraang calling from the room known as the control room. Uhm, Kraang orders the Kraang to take the boy known as Casey Jones, friend of the turtles, to the room, known as in control of the Kraang."
Casey smiled, that had to be April, no doubt about it. He turned the smirk around, frowning at the droids.
"You're gonna obey Kraang, right?"
"An order to Kraang from Kraang cannot be ignored, Casey Jones will follow without question."
"And what if I don't?"
He gasped as one of them pushed a tazer to his back, sending jolts of electricity through his spine and all the way down to his toes. The boy growled, put both hands on the back of his head and moved along. It didn't take more than a few minutes before they came to a hold. Casey looked at the big metal door, wondering how it looked on the other side.
"Good, now Kraang, go and find the liguid known as the antidote to the, uhm, the epidemic the Kraang spread in new york. Only one Kraang will come back, other Kraang will go to the room known as, kitchen.
Leave the boy known as Casey to the Kraang known as me to be dealt with."
Stupid as they were, they shrugged and walked off, not even questioning the order. Casey chuckled and entered, finding April's arms around him in a matter of seconds. She quickly pulled away and hit his shoulder.
"Idiot! What were you thinking! Risking your life like that!"
He rubbed his hurt arm with a smirk "What? Ya act like I never did that before."
She sighed relieved "Just glad I wasn't too late to save your butt!"
"Hey! Casey Jones could save his own butt! I just trusted you would come up with something."
"Sure, if that saves your ego. Now, they'll soon be back, and we need an escape route."
She took out her phone and called Donnie.
...
Donnie was sitting on a grey and black hover board right outside of Aprils window, slowly moving down towards the street when his phone vibrated on his thigh. It didn't take him long to answer it.
"Hello, April?"
"Hey, listen, I tricked the Kraang into thinking I'm one of them, and they're now on their way to hand us the antidote."
"Wait, are you telling me they'll just hand it to you? What did you do?!"
"Long story, I'll tell you the details later, right now, we need a way to escape."
He looked at the map on his laptop as it still rested in his lap.
"Okay, I just send you the coordinates for the nearest exit, as soon as you get the chance, run for it! I told Rockwell about your location, and Leatherhead will soon be there to collect you. He'll take you both back to the mighty mutanimals base, as we're heading there."
April was about to question it when a knock on the door startled her.
"The kraang has arrived with the liquid known as, the cure."
Things are getting better for our heroes, or so it seems. For those who are familiar with my writing, you know I love plot twists or sudden angst.
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