Chapter two! It's got a lot of content to pay attention to! Long live Apriltello (even though no one knows it yet). We see some Capril and Donnicali here. Poor Leo... I'm also a Leorai and Ramona shipper... surprise? Haha...Enjoy!
Raph is looking at the oval emerald that Mona Lisa had given him upon their departure. He turned it around in his hands silently wishing it would start blinking, indicating that she was near. It was silent as always and Raph sighed loudly thinking that no one was around.
Leo: I know how you feel, man.
Raph jumps and hides the emerald back in his belt.
Raph: I don't know what you mean.
Leo is in the doorway to Raph's room leaning against the doorframe.
Leo: I know that you miss her even though you will never admit it. But at least you got a promise that you will see her again, not to mention you know she likes you back.
Leo looks down sad.
Raph: If you are sad about Karai, all I can tell you is to get over her. We don't know where she is, what mindset she's in, or if she's even alive. As far as she liking you, I'm sure she did. It was kind of obvious. I'm sorry bro; I'm just not good at this kind of thing.
They sit there quiet and awkward for a moment.
Leo: I guess you're right. Umm, your emerald will glow again soon. Don't worry.
With that a sad Leo leaves and Raph face palms.
Raph: Ugh! I'm such an idiot. Leo wait!
Raph runs after Leo. They are both in the main room now and before Raph can try again, Donnie interrupts.
Donnie: Hey guys, check this out! One of my cockroaches has somehow made its way into Shredder's lair! Maybe now we can find out what they want with that mutagen they stole from the Kranng.
The three turtles watch as Shredder is yelling at Stockman, until Karai jumps out of the shadows. Leo jumps forward and snatches the computer from Donnie.
Leo: Karai!
The roach shows Karai's angry/sad face to Leo and he touches the screen.
Leo: We have to go get her!
Raph: Dude, she's working for Shredder!
Leo: She obviously doesn't want to be!
Donnie: Guys, I think she's on our side.
Just then, they look back at the screen only to see Tiger Claw step on the spy roach. Donnie groans as Mikey and Cali walk into the room.
Mikey: And that's how you make spaghetti and pizza.
Donnie groans again as he closes his laptop.
Mikey: What's wrong, D?
Cali goes to curl up next to Donnie to try to make him feel a little better. Donnie smiles down at Cali thanking her for her effort. Donnie then looks up at Mikey and frowns again.
Donnie: Tiger Claw just stepped on one of my spy roaches.
Mikey: Oh man, sorry about that D. I guess they aren't as camouflagey as we thought. ****I did not come up with this next line- I saw it on the comic con panel when a little boy mentioned it- I liked it so much that I decided to incorporate it. I also think that if I knew that little boy's name it would make an awesome name for the foot bot for Mikey to name- just saying**** I bet it would be cool if we could rewire one of the foot bots or something and sneak one of them in there! I bet no one would step on one of them! Haha!
Everyone just kind of stares blankly at Mikey for a minute.
Donnie: That's… that's actually a good idea Mikey.
Mikey: It is? Oh, yeah- it is!
Mikey smiles proudly when Leo turns his attention back to Donnie.
Leo: Well what about Karai- why is she working for Shredder? We have to save her!
Donnie: If I can find a cure for her, maybe she won't have to work for Shredder anymore. I just need some of her DNA and Stockman's notes to see what they have already done to her.
Leo: Let's go!
I love, love, love how no one notices Splinter.
Splinter: Leonardo. As leader, you must have restraint and not act impulsively. You move a mountain one spoonful of dirt at a time.
Leo: Ai, Sensei. Then we will figure out a plan. Donnie?
Donnie: On it!
Donnie types away on his computer as he looks for another spy roach frequency
Donnie: Ok, so I think we should work in teams. I need to get to the computers to download all of Stockman's files on Karai. I also need some of her DNA.
Cali perked up when she heard about stealing some female DNA. She smiled and decided to take a chance and exercise her new voice.
Cali: Mmmeeea?
Cali's voice was soft and sweet like a purr. Incredibly shy and quiet.
Donnie once again smiled down at the unusual mutant that the brothers and Splinter have come to accept into the family.
Donnie: Very good Cali, your language skills are much better.
Donnie thinks and frowns.
Donnie: I'm not sure if you are ready to go on a mission yet, though.
Leo: I think she can be extremely useful!
Raph: Yeah, who better to steal DNA then a DNA mutant?
Mikey: Yeah, please let her come along!
Cali looks up at Donnie with pleading cartoony eyes. Donnie can't help but smile.
Donnie: Ok, Master Splinter, do you think that she could help us?
Splinter: Of course. I think that she's been ready for a while now. Just take care of your sister.
All of them: Ai, sensei.
Cali gets excited and starts to glow slightly.
Raph: Calm down kitty. We haven't gone anywhere yet. Leo?
Leo: Right. Ok, so here's the plan. Raph and Donnie will sneak into Shredder's lair with ninja stealth and download the files without ever being detected. Mikey, Cali, and I will go look for Karai and we will distract her and Tiger Claw so that Cali can bump into her and get out of there as fast as possible. We will meet back here at the lair and keep in contact with the Tphones.
Donnie: I, I, I would like to stay with Cali- I, um, don't want her getting hurt.
Leo: Donnie, We need you to get into the computers, and I need her to get the DNA. Mikey and I will keep her safe, I promise.
Donnie sighs and looks a little sad.
Cali: Goooo Wiith Doonniee?
Mikey: No Cali, We need you on our team, but don't worry, I got yo back cat! Promise!
Cali smiles at Mikey.
Cali: oookkk…
Cali then looks at a sad Donnie and walks over to him and gives him a small kiss on the cheek. Donnie immediately freezes and gets all goofy.
As soon as the kiss happens, April and Casey walk in.
Cali: I'llll seeee you agaiiin myyy Donnnieee.
April: YOUR DONNIE?
April freaks out and Donnie gets incredibly embarrassed and awkward. Cali smiles while she grabs Donnie's arm and Casey grabs April to calm her down.
Casey: Red, calm down. We are all on the same side, remember?
April: Yeah, but still. We barely know her and she thinks she owns Don.. er… him… uh… them!
Casey raises an eyebrow and then sighs.
Casey: Seriously Red, no one is stealing your nerdy best friend.
Leo startles everyone.
Leo: In case everyone has forgotten, we are about to head out on a mission!
Casey: Cool! Count us in!
Leo: We are kinda in a rush!
Raph: Leo I think we could use all the help we can get. Casey can come with us just in case there's a lookout to rough up. You can take April. We'll catch them up on the way.
Leo: Fine.
Donnie groans audibly and everyone looks at him to which he gets embarrassed.
Donnie: uh, er, we better get going.
With that they pick up their gear and head out. Before leaving, Leo makes a final comment about the mission.
Leo: We'll take the Rooftops, you guys take the Shellraiser.
They all nod to one another one last time before parting ways.