Latch (acoustic) – Sam Smith
His heart ached and throbbed as he witnessed her crawling around, lurking the city's dirty alleyway. She escaped from the clutches of Shredder, with his covert help, yet once again she was disoriented. Wondering around the dangerous city that overran with mutants, gangs, and enemies, she had nowhere to go, nowhere to rest, and nowhere to call home. He knew that she completely lost her cognizance - memories and human notions. Karai was gone, though Leonardo had full faith in getting her back from whatever it was that imprisoned her.
Soft sprinkling of rain splashed against his reptilian skin. Ignoring the nippy air that passed by, he slowly walked toward her direction as she rummaged in finding some prey to devour. Silently, Leonardo approached her, wishing for her to recognize him in any way. Karai was too busy searching for any small animal that she could feast on. Long snake arms knocked every trash can lid and pushed away bags to dig her way down the several debris. Her tail swayed ever so gently as she hissed in anger for not finding anything. She slammed the aluminum trash cans over before turning, just to face Leonardo. Immediately, she rose in a defensive stance at the armor-less ninja. He knew what he had gotten himself into when sneaking off from his home, on order to find her one last time.
She hissed louder, baring her fangs, eyes brightening as her snake hands opened and lifted higher in the air. The rain continued to pour, the only sound across the midnight and empty streets of Manhattan. Leonardo stood tall, tenderly opening his arms, palms faced towards her as he closed his eyes while surrendering. Slithering quickly, the serpent coiled around his carapace prior to facing him closely. He stared into her soulless emerald irises and constricted pupils, gazing deep within so he could find one speck of her old self. Although, the turtle shut his eyes when she tightened her body around him, making him wheeze at the pressure, knowing that giving himself to Karai would be the ultimate test.
His breathing heightened when she got closer to his face, feeling her hot breath on his lip. Running her eyes over the animal she had caught, she smelled, with her tongue, his fear and brackish aroma that she found alluring. "K-Karai…" His soft plea made her stiff, glancing down at him before adding more compression to her hold. "I – I…" He moaned at the pain of his muscles and bones. He writhed back and forth, trying to unlatch himself from her strong clutch.
Soon, she softened her grip on him while bringing her snout to run across his plastron. His breathing heaved, trying to pace himself. He glanced down, panting while Karai's hooked tongue flicked out; running between the ridges and dents and scratches prior to scrapping her fangs across the shell. Her grip had loosened, inviting Leo to take the opportunity to unlatch his right arm from her hold. Quickly, he ran his trembling hand over her scaly skull as she continued her ministrations.
"Karai," he breathed out, although she did not hear him from the heavy rainfall she tilted her angled head, still running her mouth along his body, tasting the scrumptiousness of himself. Leo blushed when she got lower, sharp fangs reaching his inner thighs. She nipped at the hard tender skin, but didn't puncture. "I don't care if you can't hear me. All I want for you is to listen. I need you to know that..." His plea caught her attention, removing from suckling his flesh and rising for until their gazes were leveled. Her snake pupils blankly looked at him, maybe wondering why her meal was talking instead of crying out for help. She only flicked her tongue out. Somewhere in her subconscious, she felt that this was wrong, that she was doing something she shouldn't.
The moment he leaned forward, the moment as he pressed his thin cold wet lips towards her, the moment that she felt the tender and loving movements against her lip-less mouth, it clicked, showing the light that needed her to realize that she was home. The fangs punctured his thin flesh, while the sharpness of her tongue flicked the roof of his mouth. Leo opened his eyes before pulling back, her gaze mirroring his loving stare. She was there all along, she never left. Through her gaze, she smiled, leaning forward until he fell back on the concrete ground and into the puddle of rain water. Lips danced as needy hands roamed until they latched. His thick fingers caressed her snake heads as they hissed contently. His tears finally fell, happy to know that she was back. Karai, too, released the salty liquescence, feeling terrible of what she almost did to the only person who remained by her side.
"Leo – oh Leo -" She muttered out. "Leooo." Leonardo cooed at her, prior to releasing his grip to wrap his arms around her. Karai's long curvaceous figure slid higher, uncoiling for his legs to open up for her to slide in between. The rain lightened up, just faintly, as they remained embracing one another, finally relieved of finding each other once again. Her scaly head brushed his neck, while he firmly hugged her, never wanting to let go.
