Chapter 4
As they jumped along the rooftops, Raph explained what happened to April's father. He stopped on top of an abandoned building, let go of her hand and pointed down to the street.
"That's where they kidnapped her," He told her.
"Didn't you try to stop them?" She looked down at the spot where her cousin's life changed forever.
He glared down at her, "What do you think?"
She pretended to think about it, "No?" After she said that, Katie took off towards April's. She didn't dare look behind her, for she could get caught. And get hurt, again.
Katie reached the rooftop of the building next to April's and heard scuffling in the alley. She crouched near the ledge and peered over the side. Another Kraang bot had April!
Katie's eyes widened. She got up and without a second thought, jumped down to rescue her cousin. She landed on one of the droids and snapped its head off. The Kraang that was inside, scurried off into the darkness. There were still two more droids to go. One of them was carrying April towards a black van. She ran towards it, but was almost shot by the other one.
"Where's Raph when you need him?" She said, dodging the shots. She jumped up as one shot almost hit her legs. Her cut on her stomach started to open, but she didn't notice.
"Right here," Someone said from behind her. She didn't look because the Kraang droid had April at the back doors of the van. She sprinted towards April. She made it just as the droid opened the doors. She kicked it in the head and pulled April out of its arms. Katie pushed April aside and saw a pipe out of the corner of her eye. Keeping her eyes on the droid, she slowly made her way to the pipe. She made a quick grab for it when she was a foot from it. She held it in her grasp and charged back at the droid. She swung and took off its head. The Kraang that was in it, did the same thing the first one did.
Katie looked around, trying to find the other one. She saw Raph leaning casually against a dumpster. "Thanks."
"No problem," He smirked. "Nice fighting."
"Thanks, surprising what you can learn," She replied. She looked over at her cousin, but she wasn't there! "Where's April?"
He shrugged, "Went back to the apartment."
"Oh, see ya," Katie turned around to leave.
"Hey!"
She turned to face him. "What?"
"Leo told Master Splinter about how you could fight me and win. So, he talked to Master Splinter about it and he told to ask you if you wanted to join the team. That's why I followed you. Do you?" He said as quickly as he possibly could.
Katie understood it all, but wanted to mess with him, "Do what?"
He rolled his eyes, "Do you want to join the team or not?"
"I think I'll go with," She looked up at the night sky, "yes."
He sighed, "Great, just what I needed."
"Someone's jealous," She muttered.
"What did you just say?" He growled.
She raised her hands, "Nothing."
"Good. I'll be going," HE started to jump up the fire escape. "Umm, bye."
"Bye," But he was already gone. She sighed and turned around. Katie started to walk out of the alley. When she reached the end, she was blinded by flashing lights and microphones being stuck in her face.
"Katie? Why are you in New York?" A tan woman with blonde asked.
"Kate!"
"Katie!"
She pushed through all the cameras and people. She ran up the stairs of the apartment building. They quickly followed her, but she opened the door and slammed it in their faces. She ran up the stairs and into April's apartment. She locked the door. She ran around the apartment, closing all the windows and pulling the shades down.
April came out of the bathroom, "Katie? What are you doing?" She followed her cousin into the kitchen.
"Paparazzi," Katie said, "they found me."
April gasped, "Are all the windows closed and covered?"
"Yup," Katie grinned, "they won't see a thing. So, did you go to the school?"
"Yup, you're in!" April squealed.
Katie rolled her eyes. She walked into the living room and turned on the TV.
"Oh great, a news segment about me!" Katie said sarcastically. "I wonder what they have to say about me!"
She got up and walked to her room. She started unpacking her close and putting them in the dresser. She put the empty suitcases in the closet. She plugged her phone into the wall to charge it. Once she was done plugging in her IPhone, she started to put her cosmetics on the top of the dresser.
Soon, the top of the dresser was in a neat order of cosmetics. Katie still had a ton of room to work with. Once satisfied with herself, she walked back out into the living room.
April was watching the TV intensely. Katie coughed and April jumped."They said you hit somebody!"
"I did not," Katie scoffed.
"Well, you can't always believe the news," April sighed. "Why don't we bake something?"
"Oooohhh, something that could poison Raph?" Katie's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"No," April said sternly, "cookies."
"Oh, alright," Katie ran back to her room and unplugged her iPhone. While walking back to the kitchen, she opened ITunes and hit shuffle.
She entered the kitchen and set the phone on the counter, out of the way. April already had all the needed equipment and ingredients.
They started baking, listening to whatever was on Katie's phone.
After they made 2 dozen cookies. April suggested the make a salad for dinner. Katie quietly agreed.
As she was cutting a carrot, April heard aknock from the fire escape door. She looked up and saw the turtles. She stopped what she was doing and walked over to the door.
Katie hadn't noticed, she was in her own little world. She was in a deep thinking mode. They thought I hit someone? She thought, These New Yorkers are definitely weird people.
She continued to cut the cumber. She heard Broken Hearted on her phone and thought, Wow, something I want to listen to.
She heard the door open and thought it was another Kraang droid. She whirled around and threw the knife towards the back door. There was a scream and it went into the wall behind Leo. It was just above his head.
Katie's hands went to her mouth, "I'm sorry. I thought you were one of those robots," She ran and retrieved the knife. She returned to the kitchen and put the knife next to the cutting board. She turned back to the turtles. "Alright, which one of you screamed?"
All their fingers pointed to Rap. Katie took one look at him a burst into fits of laughter. She bent over and pointed at him, "You-you screamed!" Her head went back and she held her stomach.
Raph folded his arms over his chest. He glared at her. He was seriously contemplating hurting her, but he couldn't, Mikey was there.
There was a very odd silence between everybody. Katie caught Donnie looking at April with loving eyes. Katie thought that this was quite weird, but she let it go. Of course, Mikey was the one to break the silence, "You're on the team!" He hugged her.
"Yeah, Mikey. I guess I am," She smiled. He let go of her and returned to his spot with his brothers.
"We were actually on our patrols and were wondering if you wanted to come with us," Leo said.
"'Course," Katie looked at April for permission. April nodded. Katie gave her smile and followed the turtles out the door. She made sure the door was locked. Then, she jumped up to the roof.
A/N: Mawhahahaha! And now the episodes begin. The next chapter will be on the episode Turtle Temper. What have I got up my sleeve? Nobody knows. Remember, reviews and advice are always good!
