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A/N:*drum rolls* Here's the third chapter! This thing contains some specific character's point of view. (:
Leo: That's so sweet of you, Leoette.
Me: Of course, I just want you and Karai to be happy.
Leo: Thanks. *kisses 'me' on her forehead**goes back to the sewers*
Me: *faints*
Sen-pai. no-ticed. me.
*Chapter 3*
Inside a moving van, where the Raven haired teen was still chained up, unable for her to do any escape routine. She was all tied up, from hips to waist, crossing her arms at her back. Karai was placed at the back carrier of the vehicle.
From her wrist, a small, but sharp blade was drawn out. It had the same size like a guitar pick. Slowly, she used this thing to slice the chain. Come on, you stupid steel!
"That foolish turtle! If I would have a second chance, it'd be me, who would have cracked his shell!"
From the front rear of the vehicle, Karai heard Xever's voice. She instinctively paused and narrowed her eyes.
"You know we couldn't touch that reptile, don't you?" Bradford replied as he gritted his teeth in annoyance.
"Why? Are you afraid of being beaten by that experimented freak!?" Fishface hissed.
Experimented? The teen's amber eyes grew slightly. Sudden strong pumps of blood ran through her veins.
"Shh! Karai's there! She might hear about it!" Rahzar hissed.
Wait. Leo, experimented? What's wrong if I'd hear? Is it...no it must not be bad.. Karai silently continued to slice the metal chain. "Kling!" Hai! The chain had been finally cracked and broken. The steel lost the grip to her, which made the kunoichi escape from the chain.
Karai immediately grabbed the T-Phone. It was what Donatello, 'Leo's Genius Brother' gave to her. She pressed a button, then lights of different colors flashed. On the screen, she saw a highlighted contact, which was colored blue. It's my big teddy bear's. The kunoichi swiped down and saw another contact, which, was colored red. It glowed a lot more, not like the blue one. When she continued to scroll down, she saw purple, orange, yellow, brown and a green one. They glowed just like the red one.
She swiped up and wondered why the blue one did not glow. The kunoichi clicked on to Leo's number. 'Uh, hello. Whoever you are. Raph, Donnie, Mikey or even Sensei or April... Casey also, unfortunately, I left my T-Phone inside the Shellraiser. Don't waste your time calling or tracking me via GPS 'cause, I just want to be alone, for now. Bye.'
The raven haired teen stared at the T-Phone, which displayed Leo's image, giving his rare and genuine smile. It was Leo's voice who answered her call, but only a recorded one.
She smiled, and a silent tear fell down. No. No. I'm the strongest known girl and a well - trained kunoichi. I...won't...cry...I...just...won't.
*Flashback*
"Thank you," Karai remembered the moment where she last saw the kind of smile the blue banded turtle gave.
...Leo said and using his left hand, he gently swiped Karai's hair away from her face. The blue clad turtle held the kunoichi's waist, tugging her nearer to him. The raven haired teen wrapped both of her hands around Leo's neck and gently leaned on him.
The two ninjas closed both of their eyes, as their heads were going near to each other.
When she remembered the seconds where their lips almost touched each other, she did not manage to stop her tears. Adding to her heavy burden was the moment they shared their last, teary glances.
*End of Flashback*
No. They will not touch Leo! A glowing fire sparked from Karai's heart. I will save him! Even if it would be disobeying my own father's decision!. She thought, meeting both eyebrows at the center and strongly clenched her fists.
The moonlight shone through the dark night skies of the city that never sleeps, New York. Raphael leaned on the wall, crossing his arms across his plastron and tapping his bicep using a finger.
Michelangelo was sitting on a corner, staring at his 'useless' T-Phone.
April was standing beside a busy Donatello, who continuously tapped his T-Phone.
The red banded turtle broke the deafening silence. "Hey, gap - toothed egghead? How long would you waste your time doing useless things on that stupid phone?"
Donatello turned to his hot headed brother and gritted his teeth, showing the gap. "Oh! Thank you very much for the very helpful comment, Raphael! If you think I am doing useless things on this stupid phone, then what do you think you did! It was your entire fault anyway!" The purple masked turtle yelled at his older brother, clenching his fists.
Mikey ran to Raph. "Donnie, calm down," April held Donnie's arms, trying to calm him down. Raphael stared sharply at Donnie. They knew that a fight was about to start.
"If you weren't too stubborn and only if you kept that oh-so-high pride of yours, Leo must still be here!" Don continued to surface up his anger against his brother.
Raphael was hit. Donnie was extremely right. It was my damn fault!
"Donnie, you only make things worse..." The red haired teen continued to tap Don's shell.
"You! You..." The purple banded turtle's crimson eyes narrowed, staring against the red banded turtle's emerald eyes.
"Only if you! Weren't so selfish! You! Y-" Donnie suddenly stopped and calmed down when he saw Mikey's worried eyes. Donnie turned to his brother Raphael, which made his heart melt. Raph had been crying. The toughest turtle they knew. The one they knew that would not cry, even in roughest situations.
"R-Raph?..." His raging heart turned into guilt filled heart. Donnie slowly stepped forward, and went nearer to his older brother.
April lost her grip on Donatello, as she watched the turtle walked towards his brothers. No. You can't be broken. Not now. Somebody needs you.
Raphael closed his eyes, tightly; still tears were flowing down to his terrapin cheeks.
"I-I..." Donnie stretched his hands, reaching for Raph's hand.
At the side of the red banded turtle was the youngest, who turned his head down.
Donatello held Raphael's hand and kneeled on him. "I'm so sorry!" Donnie cried which made Raph turn to him as he sat down. "I am just so weak! I couldn't take it! Sorry! I'm so sorry! I-I can't live without Leo, without all of you!" He said between sobs.
"No. Donnie, please. Don't apologize. It's my fault. Please, don't cry like that! You become dorker!" The emerald eyed turtle said, teary.
Donnie turned to him, and smiled, wiping his tears.
"Stop that bros! You're making Dr. Prankenstein cry a lot!" The turtles laughed and they all shared a family hug.
From the other side where April was standing, she wiped a tear drop and smiled at the family.
"We'll find our big brother, huh?" Mikey said to his brothers.
"Of course, Mikey," Raph said to Mikey and patted his little brother's head.
"Indeed, if... I could track Leo using Global Positioning Sys-"
"Alright, we get it Mr. Genius."
"Hey bros, have you tried to call Leo?" Michelangelo asked his older brothers.
"Uhh.." The two stated in unison, and they both looked at each other.
"I'll do it," April O'Neil stepped towards the turtles. The three terrapins stood up and turned to her.
"Uh, of course, April, you may," Donnie looked at April and smiled at her. The red haired teen replied with a smile. She grabbed her T-Phone from her back, and clicked on to the blue contact. The three humanoid reptiles went beside April.
'Uh, hello. Whoever you are. Raph, Donnie, Mikey or even Sensei or April. ... Casey also, unfortunately, I left my T-Phone inside the Shellraiser. Don't waste your time calling or tracking me via GPS ' cause, I just want to be alone, for now. Bye.' Leo's recorded voice said.
A deafening silence was built. "Now, what are we gonna do?" Mikey asked. He got no answer, and everyone bowed down.
Inside a rolling vehicle, Karai pressed the yellow contact. All of a sudden, she was answered by April.
"O'Neil! " She whispered.
"Karai!"
"She's there?!"
"What's the news?!"
"Where's Leo?!"
Different voices echoed from the background. "Shh! Guys keep quiet! What is it, Karai?"
"I know where Leo is, but I recommend for you, not to attack the structure immediately. Wait for some plans. I don't know what Shredder plans, but he said he would be sending a 'New Member' to eliminate you," Karai told the guys, and April.
"So where is he?" Raphael asked.
"I know where the building, the TCRI is, but in a very possible thing, Shredder might take Leo to another place because he saw me. I will definitely find him once I escape from these freaks, but for the meantime, prepare yourselves out there,"
"Alright! We'll beat that new ninja!" The orange banded turtle yelled at the background and the conversation was ended.
The said van that Karai was currently in suddenly stopped. It's time. The raven haired teen prepared to charge the upcoming foes.
Karai's Point of View
I heard the two freaks that Shredder made, coming at the back of this metal vehicle. Of course, logically speaking, they would come and get me, lock me at that hell hole and they would make sure I wouldn't escape. That's what made them wrong.
After my conversation with April O'Neil and the other turtles, I activated my 'Ninja Mode'. Since it was very dark in the hot enclosed space, they could not notice me immediately. I place myself below the roof of this thing. Imagine me like a spider up the ceiling.
After some moments, I saw them opening the back door. The first ugly face I saw was Xever's fish-face. Then next was Bradford ' s freaky mutated mutant dog face. "I don't see anything here,"
I saw Rahzar, sniffing around. "She's here. No wonder," In my own cue, I did what I have planned. From my secret pocket, I grabbed two blinding powders. In just enough time, I threw it to both of them, straight onto their eyes.
Both of them coughed, and harshly wiped their eyes. I went down and grabbed the chains they used to tie me. I used the chains to tie them both, but because of Rahzar's sharp senses, he was able to dodge it. At least, I caught Fishface.
I prepared to charge Rahzar. It seemed that I got some advantage. He could not use his vision that much. I prepared my first official attack on Fishface's scaly head using the butt of my tanto. Of course, just to make sure he couldn't escape. My hit made him lost his consciousness, temporarily.
I threw another powder at Rahzar, and then I sent a flying kick. His ears twitched and he remarkably sensed my coming attack. He stepped his right leg back to dodge my incoming blow. "Although I couldn't see properly, I can still smell and hear you, brat!"
"Oh really? What do you think this is?!" I saw some barrels from the ground and quickly threw one at him. I grabbed another and threw the second one. With few seconds of canstant throwing, I was left with one barrel. I circled him once more and threw the last barrel, together with my full force kick, straight into his face.
See? That's what a highly trained kunoichi could do. Rahzar was down. I walked towards Fishface. I would juice some information from him.
I grabbed my tanto and placed it on Fishface's neck. "Hey Xever, rise and shine!" I shouted at his ears, trying to blow out his eardrums, if he had some. I felt him, waking up. "Tell me where Shredder took Leo and what did you do to him! Or I'll rip up all of your bones!"
Leo's Point of View
I can't explain what I am feeling right now. I don't know if I am really happy, 'cause you know the incident between me and Karai. Would I be worried about myself on where I am right now, and if someone could explain what I did lately. Me, myself was surprised. What the heck was that?
While walking with this living evil and some Kraang, I think, we are heading to some sort of...spooky...Kraang laboratory. I smell some familiar chemicals, maybe because of my exposure to Donnie's lab. The smell and aura of the place is kinda, ominous.
I could say, not that I am proud, but seriously, I feel stronger. It's like, if I'll punch Shredder right now, my fist will crack his bones. That's the thing that I am worrying also. It's weird. Yeah. Freaking weird.
Speaking of cracking bones, only if I had the chance of fighting back with Shredder, of course from the start, I did it. But the thing is, imagine a giant talking turtle with a collar around his neck. Not on the neck only but on wrists and feet also. Of course these collars aren't safe. Shredder wouldn't do that. I could be electrocuted if ever I will not follow his stupid orders.
This is where I am right now. These aliens from the ones known as Dimension X opened an alloy door. "Kraang. To which is known as the Shredder," A Kraang unit holding a plasma gun walks towards us.
"The one who is known as one of the turtles arrived."
"Kraang observed that the desired result of the plan of the once known as the Shredder came up perfectly."
Hey. What "plan"? I am not aware with this. "Hey wait. What do you mean?" I ask, although I knew that they wouldn't answer me.
"Kraang will give details to the one that is known as the turtle once the turtle enters the room given by Kraang," I roll my eyes, and kept my temper from surfacing. Maybe I am slightly terrified of what will happen to me when I protested about what I despise in this place of folly; a teenage mutant ninja turtle soup.
Then we entered the lab. From there, the first thing that caught my eye was the steel bed. That means a thing; later, I'll be seeing myself lying down on that 'bed of doom'. I gulped and stopped for a while.
"Enter, turtle," Shredder's voice was kinda, creepy. It almost made my shell jump. I turned and looked at him. I saw his evil stare, and I also saw his right burned eye. Then I looked straight and walked again.
Sensei's fight with him was really serious. It marked both of them with scars that unimaginable would heal.
A Kraangdroid led me to the 'bed of doom'. I glance at the steel bed, and I saw my own reflection. Why am I here anyway? Oh. My fight with Raph. I lift up my left hand, and I still saw the bandages given by Karai. I crumpled it, and then closed my eyes, airtight.
This feeling of rage again. I can feel my heart beating so fast. My muscles are trembling. Suddenly, I lost my senses. This time, I cannot hear anyone, neither Shredder. My vision became black. It leads me to kill everyone in my sight.
I can't control myself. I know that a Kraang is standing behind my back. It's my first target. I slowly turned to it and slashed it. I spotted another Kraang and jumped on top of it, separating the robot's head from its body. Another one. Almost ten units of Kraang were decapitated. Before I could hit the last one, I felt a sudden sting in my right arm. Oh. Great. It's a strong barbiturate that made me as dizzy as ever, and turned my vision very blurry. The last thing I remembered was me, crashing to the ground, while some Kraang went to me.
I felt, hollow. I thought, I was flying in the air. All I could see was light, a bright light. I tried to close my eyes, but still the light wouldn't fade. I was still seeing the same place. From here, I felt, peaceful.
Suddenly, the light faded. It became nothing, nothing but darkness. I saw myself, lying down on a cold, platform. It seemed like, I was the only thing in this place. Nobody to lean on. No friends. No father. No brothers. I was alone in here. I didn't hear anything, even my own voice. I could barely stand or move a muscle.
I tried to shout. I tried to call my father's name. I got no answer. No voice came out from my mouth. I tried to cry. But no tear drop fell down. I didn't want to stay here.
Finally, I felt something. I closed my eyes. When the moment I opened them, I saw a light. I tried to move my hand. Thank goodness! It was still working. My vision cleared. Kraang. The worst thing I saw when I came back to reality.
It injected me some sort of bluish fluid. Once it entered my systems, my eyes shrank. It felt like, my organs were burning inside.
It made me experience a seizure. My whole body was shaking. I couldn't stop it. "Now turtle! Prepare to watch yourself and your family in perish!" Still, I could not stop the movement. Tears and cold sweat flowed all over me.
A Kraang went to me again. The alien placed something that glowed pink, a thing that I really didn't know what, behind my neck. It cut through my flesh. All I could do was to scream as loud as I could. Then everything went black.
No Particular Point of View
"April, I think, you've helped us enough now," Donatello went beside April. He knew that she was really fired up to help. He also knew that she came far enough to help them. Going on to this battle was not yet for her. Shredder was really dangerous. Everyone knew that, so did April.
"Yeah. Fighting that another ninja is for you, guys," April smiled. Indeed. She had done enough. The last time she joined the turtles in a battle was when they saved her father. It was successful, though. And she was very thankful for the turtles, especially, Donatello. He requests favor to April not that much but when he does, he's really serious about it.
"If ever you need a backup, just call me guys. I'll be at the lair with Master Splinter," She turned back, but was stopped by Donnie.
"Uhm. April? "
"Yes?"
"Thank you," Donatello gave a genuine gap toothed smile. April replied with a smile of hers, and then went down.
"Donnie, Yee-hee!" Mikey teased his brother. He and Raph started cooing around. "Guys! Stop that, will you?!"
An idea suddenly popped out from Raph's mind. "I think I just had a plan,"
"You had?!" The two other turtles said in unison.
"Of course, we cannot stick our shells in here doing nothing. I really want some action! Why don't we attack the TCRI? Even though Leo's not there, the Kraang would still be there right, what do you say?"
The two younger turtles looked at each other. Indeed, Raphael proposed a good idea. They must at least, try. It's their big brother's safety. They both nodded in agreement.
The three teenage ninjas went on move. They leapt from rooftops to other, doing several back flips as they suspend in the air.
The TCRI building was now within their sights. "Now what?" Michelangelo whined. Suddenly, a terrifying scream was heard. This made their hearts skip a beat. Made their bloods ran cold.
It was a very familiar scream. The voice was completely clear on to their minds. It was their brother's voice.
Raphael's eyes shrank. He clenched his fists. No one's gonna hurt my brother! He stood up, and jumped towards the nearest building from TCRI.
"Raph! Wait!" Donatello yelled, and with Mikey, they followed Raph. After some minutes of utter chasing, they caught up with their brother.
"Okay bro. We'll smash that place!" Mikey said, panting as the three of them prepared to go at the Kraang structure.
From the other side of the building where the terrapins were, a black cloak was hidden behind the shadows. "Master Shredder, there they are,"
As they walked around, a sight made the orange banded turtle stop. From a window, he saw his eldest brother, lying down on a steel bed while inside a laboratory. He didn't seem to move. He didn't seem to be awake.
"G-Guys…" Mikey pointed his shaking green fingers on the glass window. The two older turtles looked at the direction that made their eyes grow large.
"Leo!" Raphael yelled and drew his sais out, twirling both of them. He then used these to break the glass windows. The impact created a crash, making the glass shatter all over the place. The red banded turtle gained some small cuts because of the splintered glass.
They rushed in. Raphael was the first one to go beside their blue banded brother. He glanced at Leonardo's face. From that short glance, he felt so much guilt. He saw his brother's pain. His physical pain, as well as what he did.
The blue masked turtle's arms and legs were secured by metal bars. "Help me break this freaking steel!" Raphael rushed, as he used his sais to slam and crack the metal. Mikey and Donnie also helped.
Mikey used the blade of his Kusarigama chain. On the other side, Donatello sat down and connected a wire to his T-Phone. "I got an app for that!" He pressed some buttons, which removed the bars. "Gotcha!"
Raph carried Leo by his left arm, and removed him from the bed. Donnie also helped and supported Leo's right arm. The team went out of the structure.
"Donnie, what do you think they did to Leo? He doesn't seem to be fine," Michelangelo followed his brothers, as they carried the unconscious turtle. Since the whole night they did not see their brother, Mikey wanted to hug him. To tell him they really need their big bro, as their leader. To tell him, they cannot live without him.
"If you ask me, Mikey, as I have observed the place, I still cannot tell unless he wakes up, and if I can conduct some check-ups," Donatello answered Mikey, looking at their brother. I hope there's nothing bad. I hope so.
Suddenly, they heard Leo groan. This made them stop for a while. "D-Did you hear that?" Donnie and Raph looked at each other, and then they placed Leo leaning on the wall.
"Leo? Hey bro, are you okay?" Donnie placed both of his hands on Leo's shoulder. He also checked his pulse on Leo's wrist.
"How's he goin'?" Raphael asked, from Donnie's back.
"His pulse rate isn't stable. What more is, he has a very bad fever. We need to get back to the lair before any other things happen,"
Suddenly, they felt something sneaking behind their backs. "Wait, what's that?" Mikey said, as he rolled his eyes around. They all drew their weapons out, and then they were left on top of the rooftop, surrounded by foot ninjas which were more likely to be footbots.
From out of nowhere, Shredder appeared and commanded the army to attack the turtles. They quickly formed a protective circle around their brother.
"It's Shred-head!" The orange banded turtle gasped.
"Just stay still guys! No one's gonna touch Leo again, anymore!" Raphael yelled, and charged the opponents. The two younger ones nodded in agreement, as they prepared for their foes.
Raphael twirled his sais, then kicked a robot from his front. When it was left pinned on the ground, he used his sai to stab the robot's body. He jumped from the others then did that also.
Donatello twirled his Bo Staff, and pressed a button, which turned his staff into a Naginata. He used this to stab the robot's body and another.
Michelangelo drew out his Kusarigama. Five robots surrounded him and all were ready to run to him and strike him. He stood still and rolled his eyes from left and right, while giving his signature Mikey Smirk. Before he could be sliced and chopped by the robots, he swiftly jumped upwards, leaving the robots to attack each other. "Booyakasha!"
After a long exchange of attacks, all footbots had been destroyed. "You indeed are well-trained," Shredder said as he went down from where he was standing. "But you think you're good enough for-"
Suddenly, Raph ran towards Shredder. "Shut up! What did you-" All of a sudden, a hand blocked Raph's attack towards Shredder.
"Who are y-" When Raphael looked at Shredder's protector, he saw his own brother, Leonardo.
"Meet my new apprentice!" The three turtles gasped in surprise. Their eyes grew the largest. Their hearts pump the fastest.
When Leo opened his eyes, they were no longer azure orbs. Instead, they became bloody red. He gave a smirk at Raphael, as he grabbed his arms and sent him flying.
Shredder was standing behind Leo, as the turtle stared blankly on his dumbfounded brothers.
A/N: Booyakasha! That concludes the Chapter 3. Again guys, what do you think of it? I need some reviews that bad, really.
P.S. Be Prepared dudes and dudettes.. I am warning you..
"Is this a rescue, or a romantic comedy? Come on!" -Raphael