A/N: Another 2 chaps in one day, go me! Shout out opp still open to those who can find it. And might I say, this is the chapter where shit starts to go down.

Chapter 5

"Done!" Donnie held up the small device that looked similar to his ooze tracker. "With this new Shock Rock scanner, we'll be able to scope out the rest of the city."

"Good job, Donnie," Leo said turning to the rest of the team. "Tonight, we make a thorough sweep. We don't want any of these things left on the street for civilians to find."

"But what about April?" Casey's asked. "I'm telling ya guys, something's up with her." Casey had been unable to find April after she had stormed off at lunch. She wouldn't answer her phone and she didn't respond to his texts, even the Turtles were getting a little worried.

"I've got her T-Phone's GPS location locked," Donnie said, pulling up a map of the city. April's T-Phone blipped on one of the streets. "We can check in on her while we search for Shock Rocks."

"Alright, then let's do this," Casey flipped down his hockey mask and twirled his stick in a move that would impress anyone. Or it would, if there was anyone who even remotely cared.

"Donnie, fire up the Shell Razor," Leo said. "We finish this tonight."

Oo-oO

"My lord," the well kept man addressed the monster in his chambers. "The Tagoos have landed and have proceeded to locate one we believe it to be the Guardian."

"Excellent," the Monster purred in his deep voice. "Show me a visual."

A two-dimensional holographic screen materialized in front of the Monster showing an image of a weak human, the dominant species on the planet. This human has vibrant ginger hair with a streak of white on one side, brilliant blue eyes, and was female.

"The Guardian has become a female?" the Monster questioned before laughing heartily. "Well, it was always said that the Hyper Vacuum leaves you changed forever. You are positive this is the Guardian?"

"This human is definitely radiating the Shard's power, although the signal is a little warped. But we are assuming that the Guardian's passage through the Hyper Vacuum may have altered his abilities slightly as well as his appearance. It could also be due to the passage through the time portal. We are dealing with an eight-thousand-year jump into the past across half the known universe."

"Show me the readings," the Monster demanded, suddenly skeptical of his underling's conclusions. The well kept man handed over a document and waited for his lord to come to the same conclusion as he. The well kept man was rather taken aback when his lord growled and threw the report on the ground in disgust. "This is not the Guardian! His power would not be this weak, even after being influenced by the Hyper Vacuum, especially with the Shard close at hand. But this female human has obviously come into contact with the Shard, has absorbed some of its power in some way. She interests me. Bring her here along with the boy. I wish to study her hold over the Shard's power."

"As you wish my lord," the well kept man gathered the documents scattered on the ground before excusing himself.

Oo-oO

Down on Earth, in the settlement known as New York City, Tagoos filtered through the streets, eager to please their lord and master. Surrounded by an energy field, these soldiers passed by civilians without being noticed. Only those with a high level of perception could overcome the effects of the shield, and these humans were quite lacking.

A report came in, a squadron had located the female human and were about to engage. A back-up squadron was assigned in case any complications should arise. Three other squadrons were left to search for the Guardian.

The Commanding Tagoo relaxed slightly in his pod that hovered over the city, directing the movements and actions of the squadrons. Everything was running smoothly, and with luck, they would have the female human within the night.

It was the Guardian that was proving to be troublesome. While the Commanding Tagoo had no doubt that he was in this city, his master was always correct when it came to such matters, there had been no trace of his power signature. Other than a few minor blips that could not be properly traced, the Guardian was doing well to keep himself hidden. But the second he used his Guardian abilities, they would be ready to take him down and bring him groveling to his master.

Oo-oO

April sighed as she made her way down the darkened street. She hadn't meant to run out on Casey like that, it had just sort of happened. She really wanted to share her new ability with him, but something just pulled at her the wrong way, and the next thing she knew, she was stalking out of the school, angry as hell.

She had meant to go talk to the guys down below, but her headache had started up again and she didn't feel like talking to anyone at the moment. She decided to just go home and rest, but that didn't quite end up happening either. So April spent the day by herself, wandering the city lost in thought, but if you asked her what it was she was mulling over, she wouldn't be able to tell you. It was as if her mind was on auto-pilot and someone else was in control of her actions.

April snapped out of her trance-like state when she felt her phone buzz in her pocket. It was her a text from Casey. In fact, she had received several texts over the course of the day. Odd, she didn't notice her phone going off until now.

Then she noticed the time. Glancing up at the sky, she confirmed that it was indeed way later than she thought, it was already getting dark. She'd been walking around aimlessly the whole day!

Something is definitely wrong, April sighed. Maybe I'm just tired.

Looking around, she got her bearings straight and headed in the general direction of home. Walking down the small street, April noticed the lack of people around. It wasn't that late out, there should have been more people.

She cut through an empty parking lot and the street lights flickered on as the darkness seemed to flood in with the sun's departure. A whirring sound stopped her short and she looked around, seeing nothing but the empty parking lot. It sounded like a machine, with the buzz of energy. Wait . . . She looked up towards the newly lit street lamp. Maybe it's malfunctioning.

With a shrug, she continued a few more steps, but stopped again when the whirring got louder. But she was moving away from the lamp. Whirling around again, she was met once again by the empty lot.

What is that sound?

A shimmer in the air focused her attention on a spot about ten feet in front of her. The light bending at odd angles, causing the background image to distort. April concentrated on this point and she felt a presence. Someone, or something was there. Almost as if something was guiding her, April unconsciously drew on her new found abilities. She raised a hand and shot of yellow light flew at the shimmering presence.

It connected with something solid and the energy field broke. April stared first at her hand that had shot the energy, it was glowing with yellow veins that died out as the charge cooled down. But before she could wonder what the heck that was, an angry clicking brought her back to what she had just blasted.

The creature before her, because it definitely wasn't human, stood around four feet tall and was covered entirely by metal, not shiny metal either. Dirt and rust filled the joints although no sound was made as it moved. She would have mistaken this thing for a robot, if it weren't for the face. It was more like one of those alien things out of Space Heroes with the long noses, but its skin was hard and grey, and pieces of machinery were attached the head, creating a type of helmet with different pieces flicking in front of its' eyes.

Then April noticed that there were more shimmering patches around her and she realized that this creature was not alone. The whirring died down as the creatures deactivated their cloaking shields and April soon found herself surrounded by clicking Space Hero alien cyborgs, and they didn't look friendly.

What the heck are these things? April thought.

. . . Data Retrieved: Match found. Life form identified as Tagoo, a race of simple minded beings that originated from the Lepthar Galaxy. When discovered by the Dark Overlord Kentoki, they were recruited to become their soldiers, their inferior minds content with the simple accommodations they were promised. With short, sturdy bodied, quick reflexes and enormous strength, the Tagoos were quick to eliminate enemies and they followed orders efficiently to please their masters. Transmission Terminated.

"Because I wasn't having a bad enough day as it is," April grumbled, falling into a defensive stance. "Let's just throw in some creepy aliens into the mix. What the hell, the Kraang are gone, so it's about time we got invaded again."

One of the creatures stepped forward, the leader of that particular squadron, its eye piece flicked up and another flicked down into its place. It clicked at her in its' own language as if she was supposed to understand what it was saying . . . but then, she did.

"Surrender, female," the Tagoo clicked, and April understood as if she had been speaking alien clicks for years. The same power feeding her this information was translating the alien speech, the words flowing freely into her mind as if the creature was speaking words she understood.

"Yeah right," April replied, no longer surprised by the alien translator in her head.

Whether or not the Tagoo did understand exactly what it was she said, it was clear that they got the gist of it. With a twisting mouth that couldn't be called a smile, all the Tagoos powered up their weapons; batons and blasters that were meant to stun. They weren't allowed to kill, since their master wanted the female alive.

The leader of the squadron was allowed the first shot, as was the custom, and he expected an easy capture. In fact, the leader was already thinking of the praise he would receive for fulfilling his orders.

He lifted his blaster gun, took aim, and fired.

April saw the shot coming, and managed to leap out of the way of the oncoming blast. As soon as the shot missed, the other Tagoos leapt into battle, eager to please their master.

With a flick of the wrist, April's tessen sang to life, knocking back batons and deflecting blaster shots. Despite her skill, there were just too many. But then, like during the battle with the Creep the night before, April felt anger well up inside her. These stupid, simple minded cretins thought they could get the best of her? They are fools who should know their place in this world. A voice was urging her to give in, let the anger take control. April didn't know how, but she somehow knew that if she gave in, she would win this fight. But it felt like if she let the anger take over, something bad would happen.

The choice was soon made for her when one of the Tagoos scored a lucky hit. The flashing baton came down on her back and sparks traveled through her body as the stunning shock permeated her system. April screamed as pain blossomed from the hit and her tessen fell uselessly to the ground. She felt the anger bubble and get stronger, she felt it taking over, even as her world went black.

The squadron cheered as the female arched her back and let out a scream. The squadron leader was pleased and they didn't even need help from the back up squadron that the Commander had assigned. The leader was just about to report their success in capturing the female when the screams turned into cackles, then full blown evil laughter.

The female didn't fall into a twitching heap on the ground, instead she stood straighter. Flashes of the stunning shock still radiated through her body, and in the low lighting, what was left of her once fiery red hair faded to pure white as the laughter grew in volume. Her eyes seemed to glow as yellow tendrils ran across her hands and down her arms like glowing veins. She stood up straighter, cracking her neck and stretching her arms out in front of her.

"Ah, that's so much better," the female said, a ringing voice overlapping her own, as if two different people were speaking at the same time. "I gotta say guys, I never thought I'd be getting out of that one. I should really thank you, Tagoos was it? You gave me the opening I needed to finally take control. And I must admit, it feels so good to finally have a body again."

The squadron leader was the first to recover from his shock. With an angry click, he ordered his soldiers to attack, it's just one human female, she couldn't do anything against an entire squadron of Tagoos under the service of Lord Kentoki. The Tagoos, snapped back to the task at their leader's command and charged, batons crackling and blasters charging.

"How cute," the female smirked, her two-toned voice ringing out in the empty lot. The little Tagoos rushed in close while she examined her fingernails. The closer they got, the more the yellow veins in her hands seemed to glow. When they were all within striking distance, she struck first. A flick of her hand sent out a shockwave of energy, similar to the one that destroyed the Creep, but down-graded. The Tagoos were all knocked back in a perfect circle with her in the middle, their weapons shorted out and the dim light fading.

"I'll tell you guys what," the female said, crouching down so she was face to face with the squadron leader who struggled to pick himself up, "since you were oh, so kind as to help me break out of that mental prison, I'll do you a favor. Instead of serving that Kentoki guy, you can work for me."

The squadron leader growled and clicked back at her, "My loyalty is to my master."

"Oh, don't be like that," April laughed, the sound of the two-toned laughter sending shivers down the Tagoos spines, or at least their version of a spine. "It'll be great. I'll give you orders, you'll do my bidding, I'll mistreat you horribly . . . what more could you ask for?"

"Fall into a vacuum, female," the leader cursed.

April in turn put on a dejected face. "Oh, well. I was rather hoping that I wouldn't have to force the issue, but I really do need some minions, and you guys are the only ones around. So, let's just get this over with."

The squadron leader watched with growing terror as the female stretched up to her full height and, extending her arms out in front of her. The yellow veins in her arms faded as she gathered a powerful amount of psychic energy into her hands. With another flick and a sadistic grin, she sent the energy over his squadron.

His soldiers that were only starting to pick themselves up froze as a new consciousness passed through their simple minds, taking control with ease. The squadron leader watched as his comrades fell to their knees in front of the female, swearing allegiance. Although he fought her control, the leader, too, could feel the invasive powers of the female taking over his mind.

"Master Kentoki, forgive me. I've failed you." Clicking a last apology to the heavens, the squadron leader fell to his knees and joined his squadron in the females control.

A/N: Well, what do you think? There's been dark Raph, there's been dark Leo, dark Donnie and even dark Mikey. But has there ever been a dark April? No really, if there is let me know. It's this dark April idea that became the seed to this whole story, and chaos just sort of erupted from there.