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Princess of the Foot clan, daughter of Oroku Saki. These titles have defined Karai for as long as she could remember. Her father was the only family she had left in this world thanks to Hamato Yoshi; this she has never questioned. Yet now as she stands in Shredder's throne room, looking down at a torn picture of her mother, she can't help but think back to what Leonardo had said to her during their last battle.
"Splinter he's your father. Your true father Hamato Yoshi."
Get it together Karai, Leo was just trying to save Splinter she told herself. But then she thought about the way Splinter always looked at her during their brief encounters and always with a name: "Miwa."
"What is it that troubles you, Karai?" asked Shredder, coming up behind her.
"I want to know the truth" she said. "The truth about my mother…and Splinter."
"You know the truth my daughter. Hamato Yoshi took your mother away."
Suddenly the chamber doors were thrown open and Karai and Shredder were met with the sight of someone they thought long dead.
"I have returned" Tiger Claw declared, now sporting an eyepatch over his left eye and a tear in his right ear. As always by his side was his apprentice Kitsune.
"How?!" Karai gasped. "You were eaten by a giant alien worm!"
"And you believe such a thing could contain my hate?" said the powerful mutant, as if such a thing was a minor annoyance. "My hate is what kept me going. As I tore my way out of the belly of the Kraathatrogon. As I battled through the armies of The Kraang. Across alien worlds that would drive lesser men mad! Finally, back here. Back to my enemies. I would have my revenge against Splinter. Against his hideous reptiles. And against those who trapped me in that wretched worm's belly."
"And I plan on having fun with the little boy again" said Kitsune, as they came to kneel before the Shredder.
"Granted" said Shredder.
"What?" Karai said in disbelief. "It's because of them that Splinter, Potter, and the Turtles are still alive in the first place."
"Correct me if I'm wrong" Kitsune spoke up. "But I believe that until our arrival, you had failed to even come to close to capturing Splinter, let alone defeating his disciples."
"Oh well if you're so great, where the heck did you run off too?"
"To find a Kraang base of course. Someone had to open a portal for my sensei's return."
Karai was about to comment when Shredder decided to put an end to her and the masked kunoichi's arguing.
"That's enough, Karai. You will go with Tiger Claw and Kitsune; destroy Splinter and the Turtles at any cost."
Unaware of the Foot clan's latest threat; the brothers are already in the midst of the battle for the ages.
"I've put up with you guys for a long time" said Mikey, shifting into a fighting stance. "But this is about to get real."
"You don't want this kind of pain, Mikey" said Raph.
"Big talk for someone with such a limited vocabulary, Raph" said Donnie, getting in his red clad brother's face.
"Are you sure you're ready?" asked Leo, sitting off to the side as his brothers face off.
"Are you kidding me?" Harry scoffed. "I was born ready."
Hearing no complaints, Leonardo looks over his shoulder at…Mr. Murakami. Enjoying a simple night out the brothers had decided to visit the kind old chef, who had really taken to his new assistant, Dobby. It really didn't take much for Harry to get Murakami to agree to take in the house-elf, who thanks to a few glamour charms had become a real help to him at the restaurant.
"One pizza gyoza, coming up" Murakami announced. "Dobby, be sure to make it a good one."
On cue the house-elf popped into existence next to Murakami. Free of his dirty plow case, Dobby was now dressed in a chef's outfit like Murakami's, plus he had an assortment of different outfits waiting for him in his room back at their apartment.
"Dobby be making it a good one, sir!" the elf said happily, using his magic to launch the gyoza into the air.
As one Harry, Raph, and Donnie jumped for the delicious treat, knocking each other out of the way, but to their surprise the gyoza actually floated past all of them; clearly Dobby was feeling playful that night, before landing in the waiting Leonardo's hand.
"You just got to know who to talk to" Leo smirked, eating his prize.
"What happened to 'Mr. I'm too broody for this game'?" said Raph.
"I feel betrayed, Dobby" said Harry, scowling playfully at the elf's cheeky grin.
"Don't worry, I made more" said Mr. Murakami, setting out plate for each of them. "You know my restaurant was never that popular, until I invented these for you."
Raph, Donnie, Harry, and Mikey quickly got to work devouring their meals but Leo found that he suddenly wasn't hungry and decided to wait by the window and watch the street.
"He's still brooding" said Donnie.
"He's thinking about her; about Karai" said Raph. He wasn't wrong.
"Master Splinter is her father" said Leo. "How could she still want to be with the Shredder."
"You have to have faith, Leo" said Mikey, moving to stand on top of the bar. "Her entire life has been a lie. It's a challenge to everything she knows. The truth will set her free. So give her the time to accept who she is."
"Mikey be getting off now" said Dobby, magically levitating the turtle back into his seat. "Dobby, not want feet on tables. Customers be eating there."
"Oops, sorry Dobby" the orange turtle chuckled.
"Still it was a good speech" said Harry, before turning to address his eldest brother. "Leo, Mikey's right you just need to give her some time. Remember when I found out about my birth parents? She'll come around."
"Yeah well personally I hope she doesn't" said Raph. "I don't trust her not for one second."
Out in the city Karai, Tiger Claw, and Kitsune were on the move; leaping across roof tops with the powerful tiger mutant pulling away from the two kunoichi.
"Having a hard time keeping up, girl? Tiger Claw taunted. It wasn't hard to tell the barb was aimed at Karai.
"I was just taking it easy on you; since you're only with one eye and no tail" she fired back. "Besides, it doesn't look like your little pet is doing so well."
"You truly are a fool" said Kitsune, as Tiger Claw to face the two kunoichi.
"Oh I'm the fool" Karai scoffed. "You've faced Potter and the Turtles in battle before and lost. What exactly is your grand plan for revenge here?"
"Like I said a fool"
"That is enough Kitsune" said Tiger Claw, wanting to put an end to the girls' fighting. "To destroy warriors such as these, you don't strike at their limbs. You go for their heart" he explained to Karai.
"And what does an over grown cat and freak in a Halloween mask, know of the heart?"
"Why do you think the Shredder sent you with us?"
All the pieces finally fell into place for the Foot clan princess.
"Because I know them" Karai realized. "I know the places they go; I know their weakness. Their friends…. April O' Neil and Casey Jones."
"The riders of the worm" Tiger Claw said bitterly. "They will all pay for what they did to me."
"So where do we start?" asked Kitsune, as she and her teacher looked to Karai for a lead.
"I know just the place"
"I have got to get Dobby to deliver me some gyoza when I go back to Hogwarts" said Harry, as he and his brothers landed in an alleyway, on their way back to the lair.
Leo had just opened the manhole when suddenly Mikey was struck with a horrible feeling.
"Guys stop" Mikey said worriedly.
"What is it, Mikey" asked Leo.
"I feel like we're forgetting something, something important. Something the fate of the world could depend on. It's right on the tip of my tongue."
"The Kraang?" Donnie guessed.
"No"
"The Foot clan?" Leo suggested.
"No"
"The Rat King?" Raph tried.
"No."
"The Purple Dragons? said Harry, taking a stab in the dark. "You guys took all the good ones" he shrugged, at Donnie, Leo, and Raph's questioning looks.
"Wait I remember!" Mikey shouted suddenly. "My doggy bag! I forgot my leftover gyoza back at Mr. Murakami's. We got to go back!"
Harry, Leo, Raph, and Donnie groaned at their brother's overreaction, as he took off, heading back to Murakami's shop, shouting "Fate of the world!"
"Guess he forgot about Dobby" said Harry, as they followed after Mikey.
Turns out it was a good thing he did, for the brothers returned to find the shop in a wreck.
What happened?" Donnie gasped, they had just left the shop barely ten minutes ago.
"Mr. Murakami" Mikey cried, rushing to their friend's side.
Murakami was hiding under his counter, cradling Dobby's beaten form.
"Are you guys ok?" asked Harry, taking Dobby while Donnie and Mikey helped Murakami to a seat.
"They came looking for you. They wanted to know where you lived but I didn't know." Mr. Murakami explained. "Poor Dobby tried to stop them but they were too strong."
"Dobby is very sorry" the elf said weakly, feeling guilty that he couldn't protect his new master. "Dobby should have protected Mr. Murakami."
"They then asked about your friends" the chef continued. "To my shame I told them everything I know."
"It wasn't your fault, Mr. Murakami" said Harry. "They might've killed Dobby if you didn't."
"Who did this?" Raph demanded. No one got away with attacking their friends.
"A girl and growling man" said Murakami.
"The man was a tiger" said Dobby. "And there was another girl, in a fox mask."
"Tiger Claws and Kitsune" said Leo. "And their they're going after April and Casey."
"We have to get to April" Donnie said worriedly.
"And Casey" Harry added, giving his purple clad brother a look.
"Yeah him too, you know, time permitting."
"Wow Donnie, just wow." Harry was starting to think Donnie needed to have a serious sit down with Hedwig and Master Splinter about his ever growing creepier by the day, crush on April.
"The other girls got to be Karai, Leo" said Raph. "I told you…"
"Not now, Raph" Leo interrupted.
"Guys, April's not picking up her T-phone" said Donnie, fearing the worst. "She always answers."
"Ok we split up; Me and Donnie will go to April's place. Harry, Mikey, and Raph, you guys get to the ice rink and warn Casey."
There are many terrible reasons for April not to answer her phone such as: being kidnapped, in a battle, mind-controlled, or unnaturally unconscious due to violent attack. Thankfully none of those were the cause for her cellphone silence. No tonight's communication problems were caused by the sacred rule 'No taking calls during the movie'.
"Best movie ever!" April said excitedly, as she Casey, and Irma left the theater.
For her it was a well-deserved night of normal teenage behavior as they walked down the street, the redhead talking excitedly about the movie they'd just seen.
"I just don't get why our date had a third wheel attached to it" said Casey, forever longing for alone time with April.
"Hello, I'm right here" Irma said obliviously.
"That's the problem!"
"Who-who said anything about this being a…." April paused as she was suddenly struck with a psychic premonition.
"What is it?" asked Casey.
"We're being followed."
"What?" Irma questioned, confused by her friend…and Casey's strange behavior.
"Alright, whatever this is, we split up and lead it away from the third wheel here" said Casey. "Plan?"
"Plan" April agreed.
April and Casey then ran off leaving behind a very confused Irma.
Grabbing his vigilante gear, Casey ducked into an alley and took cover behind a dumpster, and waited to see if his tail would show themselves. When no one showed up after a few minutes, he was sure he was in the clear.
"Yes, coast is clear" he said confidently. "Casey Jones can't be caught."
"I wouldn't be so sure" said a voice.
"Oh nuts."
Looking up, Casey saw Tiger Claw and Kitsune perched on a fire escape. With a vicious roar the tiger mutant pounced down on him, knocking Casey to the ground. Tiger Claw paused only for a moment but it was enough, for Casey to find his second wind, catching the deadly assassin off guard with his taser glove, he jumped to his feet just as Kitsune landed in the alley.
Deploying his skates and brandishing a hockey stick, Casey prepared himself to square off against the deadly pair.
"Come on, show me what you got" he said fearlessly.
"Fine by me" said Kitsune, knocking Casey into a wall with a wave of her hand.
"Ugh on second thought, I don't need to see what you got" Casey groaned.
"Oh but I just love putting on a show."
Next thing Casey knew his favorite hockey stick was magically ripped from his hands and he was blasted onto a rooftop.
Ok next chance I get, totally going to have to work with Harry on how to fight witches Casey thought to himself, as he picked himself up. Looking around he saw he landed inside a rooftop greenhouse. Knowing when he was outmatched, Casey was about to reach for his phone, when suddenly Tiger Claw came out of nowhere, grabbing him around the throat.
"You will pay for what you did to me" said Tiger Claw. "The suffer you caused, the pain I endured."
"You're not still mad about the whole worm thing, are you?" Casey asked jokingly, as he struggled to escape the mutant's grasp.
Unfortunately for him Tiger Claw wasn't in the mood for jokes, and the powerful mutant tossed Casey right off the roof. It was only pure dumb luck that saw him using his rollerblades to grind against the building side long enough to lessen the impact of his fall.
Casey's body was a wreck, screaming for the boy to stay down, and pass into the blissful escape of unconsciousness. Summoning the last of his strength, Casey reached for his fallen phone and activated the emergency distress.
Over at the ice rink, Harry and Raph watched as Mikey skated around the rink without a care in the world. Admittedly he was pretty good.
"Any other ideas, where Casey might go?" Harry asked Raph.
The red clad turtle was about to reply when suddenly his T-phone went off.
"Casey…. Casey…. Casey?" but no answer. "Something's wrong guys, what're we going to do?"
Harry drew a blank as New York was too big a city for him to just randomly teleport around and hope to get lucky. But as it turns out Michelangelo was on the job.
"I know exactly what to do" said Mikey. "We can use our T-phones to triangulate the position of Casey's phone by bouncing the locator signal off a satellite."
Harry and Raph stared at their usually dimwitted brother in awe.
"That's actually a good idea" said Raph. "It's like we're in some sort of alternate universe or something."
"Mikey, how do you know how to do that?" Harry asked.
"You can track pizza delivery guys that way too" said Mikey, explaining everything. "Booyakasha."
Still sensing someone watching her, April raced through the city alleyways, hoping to lose her tail and regroup with Casey at the lair. When suddenly her least favorite member of the Foot clan decided to drop down in front of her.
"You want to do this Karai, fine!" said April, drawing her tessen. "But I'm warning you I've been training with Master Splinter big time! And I'm ready to kick your butt!"
"I didn't come to fight" said Karai. "I came to talk."
"Oh" well April certainly wasn't expecting that. "Well I've been trained in that too."
Karai led April to a rooftop back near the movie theater, her silence during the journey made April wonder if she was using the time to collect her thoughts.
"All my life I was raised to believe the Shredder was my father" she said at last. "That Splinter was the enemy. So when Leo told me Splinter was my true father I couldn't believe it. But lately I've been having doubts about Shredder's honor."
"Hmm, doubts about the evil leader of the evil ninja clan, really?" April said sarcastically.
"Yes, even now the Shredder has sent Tiger Claw and Kitsune to destroy Potter and the Turtles" Karai continued, choosing to ignore April's tone. "He wants to use me to set a trap for them…but I can't even if it means betraying the Shredder."
April was floored but the declaration. The thought of Karai betraying Shredder and Splinter reuniting with his daughter was overwhelming. She needed to call the guys before they could decide what to do next but as it turns out Donnie and Leo had arrived on the scene, having spotted them from the theater roof.
"Get away from her" said Donnie, standing between April and Karai.
"Donnie, wait" said April. "You have to listen to what she has to say."
"I believe you, Leonardo" Karai spoke up. "I believe Splinter's my true father."
As it was with April, Leo and Donnie were stunned to hear Karai say those words.
"I believe that she believes you" April said to Leo.
"I believe…April" Donnie decided, finding it too hard to trust Karai.
Karai stood there, a desperate look on her face, begging Leo to believe her.
"This-this is great" Leo said at last, taking Karai's hand. "I knew you'd come around. We'll take you to the lair to see Master Splinter."
"Raph's not going to be believe this" Donnie muttered.
"I don't believe this!" Raph yelled, the instant he saw they had brought Karai into their home. "What have you guys done."
In the background they could see, Mikey and Harry tending to the heavily injured Casey. April hurried to join them, leaving Leo and Donnie to face Raphael's wrath.
"What world do you live in, where it's ok to bring the princess of the Foot clan to our secret lair?"
"What happened to Casey?" asked Leo.
"Tiger Claw threw him off a building" said Raph. "And you just brought his partner in crime home for dinner."
"Shredder lied to me!" Karai defended. "I didn't know."
"Did you know I'm about to stick this sai right up your…"
"Raph no" Leo argued, standing between his brother and Karai. "She understands now."
"She gets it" said Donnie. "She knows the truth, Raph everything's going to be fine."
Too busy arguing the brothers fail to notice Karai slip a small electronic device out of her sleeve, activating it.
"Will you just listen!" Leo shouted.
"I've heard enough from you and your girlfriend" Raph shot back. "She's probably leading the Shredder here right now."
"Enough!" Splinter snapped. He and Hedwig having been drawn to the living room by the boys' arguing.
The entire room fell silent as Splinter's gaze narrowed in on his daughter. "Miwa" he gasped, unable to believe it.
"Splinter" Karai replied, bowing in respect.
"Come with me."
Karai followed as Splinter led the family into the dojo, her eyes instantly drawn to the tree, which leaves seemed to glisten in the light, filling her with an unexplainable sense of tranquility.
"I retain very little from my old life" said Splinter, handing her a photo. "My daughter."
"I-I can't believe it" Karai gasped. Her mind racing as she held a whole copy of the very same picture she had of Tang Shen; this one containing the unmistakable human face of Hamato Yoshi. Her turmoil only grew worse as Splinter directed her attention to the family portrait Splinter kept shelved on display; Hamato Yoshi, Tang Shen, and her as a baby.
"You're telling the truth" Karai stumbled back, struggling to accept the harsh reality. "All these years the Shredder has been lying to me."
"Wait 'you can't believe it'. I thought you did believe it." Leo said confused. "If you didn't believe it, why did you come down here?"
Ignoring Leo's question, Karai focused only on Splinter "Father…what have I done."
"You had to see with your own eyes" said Splinter. "You had to learn the truth for yourself."
"You knew" Karai realized. "You knew I was lying."
"No doubt the Shredder's forces are on their way."
"What was that last part?" Donnie demanded.
"Tiger Claw is tracking me" Karai admitted, holding out the small device she had smuggled in: a tracer.
"I told you!" Raph snapped, yelling in Leonardo's ear.
"Karai" Leo said, sounding hurt.
"There's no time to argue" she said desperately. "I-I can lead them away."
"Go" Splinter ordered. "Take Karai and watch over her. Hedwig and I will stay with April and attend to Casey."
As his children were about to leave Splinter held Karai back, wanting to give her a piece of wisdom.
"You are who you choose to be, not what others make you."
"Some of us choose to be right all the time" Raph commented.
"Would you just go!" Leo snapped, pushing his brother along.
Despite the situation, Splinter couldn't help the smile that came to his face as finally all his children were together.
"We best attend to Casey" said Hedwig. "And later we can fix up a room for your daughter."
"Yes, I suppose we will" Splinter agreed, feeling lighter than he has in ages.
With Tiger Claw and Kitsune tracking them; Karai, Harry, and the Turtles raced through the sewer tunnels as fast as they could, driving the two elite Foot warriors away from the lair. But there was still one problem.
"Well princess, you got us into this" said Raph. "Where to?"
"I-I don't know" said Karai, too panicked to think.
"Everyone stop!" Mikey cried, calling for their attention. "I have an idea."
"I feel scared" said Donnie.
"That's probably the right response" said Harry. Mikey's ideas tended to be either brilliant or incredibly stupid, with the all too real possibility of being both.
Following the tracking device, Tiger Claw and Kitsune were led to an abandoned butcher shop. Stepping into the freezer Tiger Claw's sense of smell was blocked by the scent of the frozen meat left hanging on the hooks.
"I can't smell you, but I can hear you" he announced, leading Kitsune further into the room.
"It seems Karai has failed" said Kitsune.
Using the hanging meat as cover Harry and the Turtles moved quickly and silently around the room, waiting for the perfect opportunity.
"They're stalking us" said Tiger Claw, his attention drawn by a swinging meat hook.
Tiger claw drew his sword, while Kitsune conjured her daggers taking position as they waited for the brothers to make their move. The suddenly it began as Harry and Mikey attacked them landing flying kicks on them as they passed, retreating to the shadows before either of the Foot warriors could retaliate.
"Are you afraid to face me?" Tiger Claw taunted, slicing through a carcass in his anger. "Are you afraid to fight me?!"
Tiger Claw's ear twitched as he heard Raph diving down from above, grabbing the turtle by the leg, he tossed him aside robbing him of one of his sais in the process.
Only for a brief moment Harry and the Turtles came into sight before once again vanishing into the darkness. Seeing no other way to draw them out Tiger Claw and Kitsune backed into the adjoining slaughter room.
"Let us finish this" Tiger Claw demanded, the brothers followed after him.
Tiger Claw and Kitsune positioned themselves behind the table saw, their muscles tensing as the brothers stood united against them, each side waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
Suddenly Harry and the Turtles vanished as the lights cut out for only an instant, and the table saw sprang to life.
Now able to smell them, Tiger Claw brought up his weapons, using his stolen sai to block Leonardo's blade while using his own to do the same to Raphael's. Trapping their weapons, Tiger Claw in an impressive show of strength spun around, using the momentum to toss the two turtles aside.
At the same time Kitsune found herself under assault from Donnie and Harry, using her conjuration skills to keep them on the defensive as her flying daggers prevented them from getting close.
Trading a look, the brothers formed a plan. Using as shuriken to slice off the faucet of the sink behind Kitsune, the resulting overflow of water became the perfect conductor for Harry's Raikiri, passing the electrical current to Kitsune.
But before the shock overwhelmed her, Kitsune used her own to flash freeze the water, stopping the current but the pause in her flying dagger attack still saw Harry and Donnie close the distance, forcing her on the defensive as the brothers teamed up on her.
Coming to his apprentice's aid, Tiger Claw caught Donnie by surprise, grabbing his staff in mid-swing, using it to toss him against the wall. As Kitsune used the disruption in the brother's rhythm to blast Harry back with a sudden shockwave.
Quick to recover, Harry took a page out of Kitsune's playbook and conjured chains around the masked kunoichi's legs, literally dragging her off her feet as her shockwave knocked Harry into a wall.
Donnie moved to help Harry, but found his way blocked as Tiger Claw loomed over him, about to drive Raph's sai into his skull when suddenly Mikey's kusarigama chain wrapped around his arm.
Pulling on his chain, Mikey forced Tiger Claw away from his brother and back towards the table, where the saw blade threatened to slice his arm off. With Tiger Claw trapped, Raph moved in to attack, However, even while pinned the tiger mutant wouldn't be beaten so easily; using his free arm Tiger Claw used his sword to deflect Raphael's sai, countering each of the turtle's moves. Attempting to take control he swung for Raph's head, with the turtle ducking under the blade before back flipping away to gain some distance, while Leo dived down from atop the light fixtures, poised to cut Tiger Claw's arm clean off.
Suddenly Kitsune reasserted her presence, with Mikey stuck keeping Tiger Claw's arm trapped, the orange turtle was left wide open as the masked witch sent him flying back into the freezer, freeing Tiger Claw, who side stepped Leo's sword, countering with devastating roundhouse to the gut. Following up with a back kick to Harry's chest as the boy came up from behind.
While he would've loved to pay the tiger man back for that, Raph would have to settle for Kitsune. Armed with her conjured chains, the kunoichi whipped them at Raphael, who ducked and weaved around the magical constructs to land a solid right hook on the masked witch.
Kitsune's hands started to crackle with magical energy as she prepared her next attack only find herself wrapped in chains, as Mikey returned to the fight. In a bid to free herself, Kitsune released a powerful burst of magical energy knocking the turtles painfully against the wall.
Back on his feet, Harry came to his brothers' aid, fighting fire with fire as he magically blasted Kitsune back into the waiting Donatello's swing, taking a painful blow to the spine. Rolling into a handstand, Kitsune quickly recovered and countered pushing off her back to kick her feet into Donnie's face, spinning on her heel in time to conjure a dagger to block Harry's tantō.
The two magical ninjas struggled, as each tried to push for the advantage when suddenly Harry backed off, back flipping away to gain some distance. Confused Kitsune was caught off guard as suddenly Leo came up from behind and took her out with flying kick to the back of the head.
As the only two currently on their feet Harry and Leo turned their attention to Tiger Claw, standing over Mikey. As one the brothers charged the powerful mutant with Leo taking the lead, the blue turtle came at Tiger Claw hard and fast, clashing blades with the tiger mutant as he deflected each of the turtle's attacks. This however played right into their plan as Harry teleported behind Tiger Claw, who having sensed his presence stepped around the boy's attack, forcing Leo to stop his own lest he cut his youngest brother. Pressing his advantage, Tiger Claw grabbed the back of Harry's hood, using it to toss the boy aside, leaving him to land head first against a wall, at the same time knocking Leo's sword out of his hand and following with a devastating kick to the chest leaving him slumped against the saw table, and pinned at the end of Tiger Claw's sword.
It looked as if Tiger Claw was to finish Leo, when suddenly Karai dropped down behind him.
"Karai, would you like the honor of finishing him?" he asked, aware that she and Leonardo shared some history.
"I have no honor" Karai said mournfully. "But that's about to change!"
Catching him by surprise, Karai landed powerful roundhouse to Tiger Claw's jaw, knocking him away from Leo. Pressing her attack, Karai drew her tantō and dived at Tiger claw intending drive the blade through his head. But the tiger mutant recovered quickly, catching the blade and tossing Karai onto the table saw, the blade inches from her head.
Twisting into a handstand, Karai countered with spin kick to the face. She tried to press her attack when suddenly she found herself being telekinetically thrown to the side, taking a knockout blow to the spine as she smashed into a safety railing.
"I've been waiting to do that" said Kitsune, moving to stand by Tiger Claw's side, as he picked up Karai.
"If you value her life do not take another step" Tiger Claw demanded, as the Turtles got to their feet.
Activating the floor's meat grinder, Tiger Claw held Karai over the deadly spinning blades waiting to see what the Turtles would do. They made no move to attack, telling him all he needed to know.
"Just as I thought" said Tiger Claw, tossing Karai over his shoulder.
"Until next time, boys" said Kitsune, as she, Tiger Claw, and the captive Karai magically faded from sight.
"No" Leo said mournfully. "Come on, we have too…"
Leo's words died in his mouth once he saw Donnie, Raph, and Mikey standing over Harry, who guessing from his obvious head wound, might've been suffering from a concussion.
"Oh man, we need to get him back to Master Splinter now" said Donnie, checking Harry's eyes for dilation.
"But what about Karai" Leo said worriedly.
"I still don't trust her" said Raph.
"Are you kidding, she' just saved us!"
"The Shredder raised her. Daddy's probably welcoming her home, right now."
Returning to Shredder's throne room, Tiger Claw and Kitsune tossed the traitorous Karai at their master's feet.
"She has betrayed you, Master Shredder" Tiger Claw reported. "She fought alongside Potter and the Turtles."
The Shredder stayed silent already having some suspicion as to what could have brought on this betrayal.
"Tell me the truth!" Karai demanded, needing to hear it from Shredder. "Splinter is my father isn't he?!"
For what felt like an eternity, Shredder just stood there looking down at the still kneeling Karai. But then finally he spoke "Yes. Hamato Yoshi is your true father."
"What?" Karai gasped, a small part of her had still wished to believe it wasn't true. But there was no denying it now; her entire life has been a lie.
"Tiger Claw, take her away" Shredder ordered.
"No. What're you doing? No, No, NO!" Karai cried desperately as she was locked away in Shredder's dungeon.
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