(A/N): Sorry for the waiting everyone I was so busy doing some other important personal things and have been working on my other stories. But rest of sure I'll keep updating this story and have a look at the fourth movie of Men In Black: International, and see if it's good or not and do my version of it. Until then. Enjoy this chapter everyone!
Chapter 4
It only took about an hour or more for the cleanup crew to come and do some serious cleaning and bag up the dead bodies from the restaurant, while the residents were standing out looking at what took place and waited for one of the people who were cleaning the mess up to come over and explain what took place.
April came over after done telling the head cleaner where to clean while still had saliva stains and smell all over her suite but kelp it professional, even though she was walking with a sore limp from after both she and Karai had dropped down in the alley. She looked at the crowd for a brief second before turning slightly back to watch the giant fish that they revived and strapped down and being drove out of the place, and then put on her shades and pulled out her flasher in which it automatically grabbed the crowds attention.
"Alright everyone if you could just look at this little thing and this will all answer your questions." April told them before instantly flashed them and see the crowd staring into space. In which that how it always is when you get neuralized.
April took off her shades and then put her neuralizer back into her inside pocket while the shades were in the same place. Then she automatically spoke up with the idea of what she planned on saying.
"Okay so, when you're wanting to create the ultimate flush by flushing all of your toilets all at the same time to create it?. Well...this is the results of it" April presented the mess that was behind her and then looked back at them. "Next time, please don't do something so stupid like that people. It would seriously mess up the water system. Thank you and goodnight." April didn't hesitate on talking much and just cut it really short and headed back into the restaurant.
Today was one of the most craziest nights of her life and something tells her it was far from done, after what had took place at the now permanently closed japanese restaurant. However her main focus and concern is Karai since she hasn't spoke to her after the whole rooftop incident, and then she have not once left the restaurant for hours. April found her where she left at and that's was at the table holding a glass of fresh pink lemonade in her hand, while having the pitcher in the center and was still currently talking to herself through her own thoughts. April knew that getting any answers from Karai would be like a true needle in a haystack and can never fine it, and eventually give up all completely but it wouldn't hurt to try at least.
"Boy, some night we're having huh?." April begin when grabbing herself a seat just before letting out a big breath of tiredness. "You know something?. I'm starting to think about getting a planned years vacation like you once did with me. Because man, this job can truly put extreme stress and strain on your body."
Karai completely ignored everything what April just said and just focused on what really mattered at this point.
"Tigerclaw The Savage." She started. "I put his mutated-ass away aa long time ago. Damn, that's the most biggest mistake in my whole freaking life." Karai said raising his glass up to consume her lemonade.
"Oh?." April looked surprised and interested. "So... he was completely innocent?. And if so then we could just tell Ron about and will."
"I should have killed his tailless ass, stupid." Karai interrupted with a slight scold.
April holded her tongue back with refusal of saying anything negative back to Karai but, wished she had done so and just let it be for now. But she knew that this was not the time or place to act like a kid since they do have a escaped mutant criminal tiger on the loose.
"Okay so, let's not just seat around and drink girly lemonade all night. Let's go and find that one-eyed tiger. Both him and his sister." April said with hype in her voice.
Karai shook her head. "No. No we're not. This is my and only my personal business."
"What?. Karai we're partners. This case is mines as much it is yours. And that's facts." April argued.
Karai rolled her eyes and said, "Bitch this is way above your pay-grade."
"Above my pay-grade?. Girl, we've got the same pay-grade." April pointed out but she had something else in her head.
"Bitch!?. Who the hell do she think she is to calling me a bitch!?. God, I'm only trying to help my and getting ready to be my ex-best friend with this issue, and she's being a real jerk to me for no absolute freaking reason!."
"Alright then, you've out of work. All so known as you're little redhead-ass is suspended for a whole week. Plus, the weekend." Karai said with no emotion in her voice or body.
April scolded with that and can't even doubt what Karai said since she does have the one high step authority over all agents except the chief of course, and damn well she can do what needs to be done for the sake of NIB it self.
"Now, that's bull shit Karai!." yelled April with both fists slammed on the table.
"Let's make that two weeks." Karai said heading her way towards the door.
April scolded with the urge to just get up and go punch the hell out of her and don't care if the two start a fight but, instead she stood right up and kelp her anger.
"You know something Karai?. Maybe I should go ahead and just quit!?. I mean it's not the first time this has happened to hit my mind!." April said with lie on the last part in order to grab her partners attention.
Karai didn't bother to even look back at her and said, "There are things in the whole universe that is best not to know or just best to let it be a secret." and then exit right out of the building and even took the car.
April stickup her middle finger when watching Karai drive off and slumped down into her seat to finish off her drink. Then eventually she finished drinking the last drop from the pitcher and scolded with the thought of why did she even brought Karai back from her so called "Vacation" but actually it was her retirement, even though she was young and not old during that timeframe. She had always wondered why she even stayed being her friend and partner as she felt like she wasted her years with her, and not once had a hangout or even just have fun. April sulked with extreme depression before taking the whole pitcher to pour every glass of lemonade and go out to HQ and do her own investigation. All by herself.
"God, I swear, I'm about to go request for a new partner. Better yet be solo for once since now my ass is old enough and not a teenager." April thought out loud when getting off the table in anger.
Then she headed outside and decided to take one of the cars that one of the agents had drove in and headed back to NIB, and see what she can find in the computer and start her way from there. While driving without any radio playing she have been wondering what had Tigerclaw had meant by saying that Karai was already dead plus, why haven't she seen his sister during the battle back at the restaurant. But that last part was the least of her worries. Now, that she took the shortcut fast route to headquarters and just see the building up ahead. She pulled over to the side and then exit out of the car and activate it to head into the garage before making her way inside with determination.
"She put you on the curve again huh April?. What kinda of friend is Karai again?." the black man who always seats down in the same chair with a magazine in hand asked.
"An ex-best friend. And yeah, that asian bitch put me on the curve again." April said walking pass by from the man and headed straight to the elevator that automatically open, thanks to the upgraded built-in motion sensors.
She went in and ordered it to take her to the main center and turned around to see the view on when the elevator had started to move, she saw the highly upgraded felicity with a new decorated painting of the towers that she and Karai had stopped that cockroach from taking the galaxy. That was the best and most proudest moments of her life as it was the day she proved herself to be an NIB agent. The elevator had opened up when landing down to the platform she then exit out and then headed out to go to her office, while saying a few hellos and said hi to a few Kraangs who were in their droid suites who were out doing their jobs. She walked up the steps after saying hi to the turtles who got back form saving another fallout between two mutant group gangs, and headed straight to the hallway and was thinking about dropping by to talk with her new chief and hope that he can help her with her situation, and maybe know something between Karai and Tigerclaw. Since Ron was around before she even came to the organization and earned her stripes, and felt it won't hurt to go and try.
"It's better than messing with my hologram screen computer." She told herself when making her feet headed to Ron's office.
When reaching inside she saw him at his desk going through some heavy paperwork and even had a cup of fresh coffee near him. Ron was too busy in his work to even noticed that April was in his office seating down in one of his chairs smiling at him and shock to see that he was taking his new position highly seriously.
"Um... Agent R?." April called to grab his attention.
"Huh?." Ron broke his concentration from his papers and looked up. "Oh April, I didn't see you enter in. What can I do for you?." He asked when putting his papers down and lean back in his seat.
April smiled brightly and said, "I need some important information that only you can give since you've been around long enough, up until you got neuralized."
Ron arched his eyebrow in interest.
"Oh?. Now, I hope this talk doesn't have to do anything about tonight's incident along with Karai and Tigerclaw past by any chance?." asked Ron.
April put her eyes looking down at the white carpet floor for a brief moment before looking back at her new chief with slight tilt to the right, and placed a innocent smile across her face while trying not to look like a nosy person. "Yes...was that an automatic "I know the answer of why you're here or I just want to know what's bugging my agent" type of thinking?." April asked as Ron smirked at her with an eyebrow raised.
"It's a bit of both. Now, where do you want me to begin?." He asked.
"Well... I guess we should start from the beginning. Whose Tigerclaw and Alopex, and what had happened back in the day?." April asked off the bat.
Ron took a breather as he knew that file case like the back of his hand as this had meant so much to himself and to April to know what went down in that timeframe.
"Well, for starters April, both Tigerclaw and Alopex were just ordinary kid siblings back in Southeast Asia until one day they were kidnapped by Kraangs. Now, you already know that theirs two types of Kraangs. There's the good Kraangs and there's the bad Kraangs since some of them were not on board with peace, let alone obey or be down with the Galaxy Peace Organization aka The GPO." Ron begun to explain the reason with the Kraangs.
"Yeah, I know that like a boss. Now, explain how they escaped from their capture." April said with even more interest.
"As you can see they got mutated into a tiger and japanese fox right?. They used their new gifts and fought their way out of there dimension and made it back to their schools playground. However, realizing they were no longer normal and decided to find a place and people to accept who they are. And theirs no place like the good old county fair in the freak show performance. They been in show business all the way until they were grown and decided one day it was time for them to really put their mutation into purpose, such as being highly trained bodyguards for either mutant or alien crime bosses for just only four years and then two then decided to become both bounty hunters and hit people. Alopex took her business in a few countries on the down low while Tigerclaw on the other hand have been doing great hits all over the universe and galaxy. His recent and last hire was from a now extinct alien race by The Boglodites. Aliens that travel planet by planet that conquer and feast upon life in order to survive." Ron took the moment to stop and go get up to go grab himself a cup of water from his personal water fountain.
"So this brings to Karai right or am I incorrect?." April asked when going over to grab herself something to drink.
Ron shook his head while taking a few sips of his water. "Halfway. You see Tigerclaw returned back to earth in the summer year of 2006 after the Boglodites have paid him big if he can go and retrieve them the one artifact that can put a stop to their invasion. First he started out to Coney Island and killed the alien by the name Roman The Fabulous, and then headed to the skating rink dance house building killed-." April interuppeted Ron before he could finish his sentence.
"Sorry Ron but I just need the main information. Not the list of kills." She told him before finish her drink.
"Alright, alright but you're missing a third important kill after he killed someone from the skating rink that would be touchy." Ron warned as it was an obvious give away that might be useful to April.
April shrugged her shoulders. "Not that important."
"Fine have it your way then. The artifact that Tigerclaw was after was know as The Arc Shield. A superior defense system that was designed to shield earth from the Boglodite invasion and died out from starvation and it was all thanks to Karai, who took it upon herself and by herself and stopped Tigerclaw. After she had defeated him she place the device on top of NASA's ship that was transporting a super satellite system that was designed to a multi service system, such as having everything in just one machine. Thus making her the greatest NIB agent of all agents in all of NIB history." said Ron with a smile growing on his face.
April caught that and then a thought had hit her like a bolt of lightning mix with thunder. She remembered when she neuralized Karai years back and took information about who the teen was and now a man and learned that both he and Karai were beyond friends, let alone the same time that Karai had once told her that she did have a man in her life to showoff her brag rights. It was Karai who had brought Ron back who was neuralized at time on Zeds ordered request for his replacement, and that's when she saw them holding hands real tight and can easily see Karai smiling also happy while Ron shared the same expression. Ron could see that something had made his top agent so happy that he can see her smirk as if she had just discovered something. Feeling this might be him concerning Karai.
"What?. Go on say what's on your mind April. I'm not like your heartless partner of yours." Ron said making her feel okay to speak her mind freely.
"You and Karai go way back am I right?." April asked with a noisy smirk.
Ron slightly nodded while wondering what is this heading to.
"Then I'm assuming that ya engaged. Right or Wrong?." April grinned with her eyes all big and wide.
Ron relaxed a bit after hearing this question and can only smile.
"No. We're actually married. It was when you neuralized her, I was called by the hospital and got informed that she had finally be woken up from her coma. This was all set up by me and her as a way to be together when we one day get neuralized and tie the knot." said Ron with a small on his face.
"Wait, did you know that she was still an agent way before she got neuralized?. What I'm trying to say is-." Ron stopped her sentence with the mindset of already knowing the question that she was trying to say in her own words the best way she possibly can.
"The Agents here created a real deal life-sized dummy of Karai in her hospital bed so, that way when I come visit her and bring her flowers I'll wouldn't know if it's real or not." Ron explained before getting the chance to look at his computer when seeing he had a blink alert on the screen.
April was shock to learn so much about how her best friend and Ron had set up her retirement plan and had no idea that the two were married, and she knows Karai for years and not once mentioned that she was a married girl. Heck, she was then wondered what every happened during that time had completely scared Karai to the point she became so motionless and so keep things private. Plus, felt bad for her new boss to be so distant from his lover even though April does not know how Ron and Karai run their marriage and be working together knowing the rules of NIB about having a love relationships in the organization, for very important point reasons in which theirs so many to name.
"Huh, what do you know. April one of our agents have spotted a figure hanging around doing the aftermath of tonight's incident, and quickly ran out of sight in a blink of an eye. Literally." Ron informed his top agent.
"Really?. You don't think?." April asked not wanting to jump her conclusion too fast.
Ron looked at April and nodded before grabbing his keys.
"Yelp, it's Alopex alright. Come let us handle this ourselves. That's if you're alright with me tagging along?." Ron said when exiting his office with April behind him.
"Um, no, I'm totally cool of you to come help me. Zed never had the time to leave his duties nor leave headquarters to go out and do investigation work." April explained when she and Ron made their way to the garage.
Without a moment in time they reached the sighting where the agents had reported the crime suspect and currently see that she didn't leave any signs of her being here. That's if you're seeing with just your regular eyesight.
"April do you have your special hand telescope by any chance?. Because I forgot to bring one with me." Ron informed when seeing civilians walking by and not caring what they were doing.
"Uh, yeah, I do have mine." April said pulling out her mini electronic telescope in which was designed to see invisible prints.
April placed on her right eye and looked down and saw tracks of what appeared to be fox prints. She lead the way where they were leading while Ron followed close behind as he was seeing that they were heading into an alley and stopped.
"That's strange." April put her telescope back into her inside jacket pocket. "The trail ends here. That can't be right." She said looking back at her boss.
"Alopex is excellent when making sure she can not be followed or get hunted down by us. She is one hard mutant to find and arrest." Ron said before pulling out his blaster and started to turn it to stung.
April looked at him in confusion.
"However." Ron got serious and had his finger on the trigger. "She's not the type of mutant that wouldn't turn down an opportunity to kill an NIB agent. Am I right...Alopex?." asked Ron.
With just the call of her name he instantly got his wrist grabbed where his hand was currently holding his gun. There standing in front of him was none other than a attempted Alopex who was putting some pressure on Ron's getting ready to be broken wrist. "BE Careful What You Wish For Scum!." Alopex said with a instant multi kicks to Ron's stomach and then flipped him over to the pavement. April quickly took out her gun and quickly started firing but rounded up missing the target due to the mutants incredible quickness, and then suddenly founding herself being knocked down by her feet.
"Crap that hurts. Man, you're fast." April said rubbing her sore butt.
Alopex ran in front of her with a wicked smile.
"The words that you're looking for is Too Fast. And plus, I'm too hard to catch that even you stupid NIB Agents can't- Ahhhhhhhh!." Alopex got shot in the back and flew over to the wall.
April looked over to see that it was Ron who took the only opportunity to shoot the suspect and most wanted criminal in the universe, while holding his sore stomach when getting off the ground and approached April. He pulled her up and went to see that their target was now breathing heavily with one eye open and looked deadly at her enemies. April grabbed her blaster off the ground and pointed at Alopex and was making sure she wasn't going to go anywhere but behind bars, soon after they get done integrating her on where her brother is and what his plans are.
"Bye Bye." Alopex said when pulling out a smoke pellet and threw it down hard.
"Crap!." Ron yelled and started shooting late.
The smoke had caused Ron to miss every shot he made and in results gave Alopex the chance to jump up on top of the big garbage can to help herself jump up to the ladder, in which was attached to the wall of the building and land herself on the roof and made her run. That is if it wasn't for April.
"Heads-up Foxy!." Alopex turned around and found herself been shot in the chest by April.
"I got your ass now Alopex!." April ran over to her stunned criminal with her gun still wrapped around her hand. "Move and I'll shot where it hurts." She warned with up most seriousness.
Alopex growled right at April for just a little bit until she changed up into a groan and closed her eyes. April put her gun away before scouting to see if their was any sort of witnesses that was snooping around at this particular area, but luckily there wasn't any single person near the place. Ron who was able to find his strength to move by his own had called for some backup to come and pickup Alopex for arrest and integration, just until the officers from Dimension X come add her to their list of prisoners to their impossible escaped prison in which they really don't mind filling up empty rooms in their prison cells. Of course April wasn't aloud to integrate Alopex since someone back at headquarters was already on it when getting word plus, Ron had given her two days off for her health and to blow off some steam from confrontation with her partner.
"Here let me drive you home. I'll order one of the cars in the garage to come to your apartment just case you needed to go anywhere." Ron told her when starting the engine.
"Thanks. At least you're acting like a real partner. Unlike your pain in the ass of a wife." April said with a mumble under her breath on the last part.
Ron chuckled after hearing that mumble. "True, and she's definitely my pain in the ass!. But hey, I would not trade her for any woman in the whole universe itself. That's call 'loyalty'." said Ron.
April just rolled her eyes after hearing that with a smirk before enjoying the ride back home and figure out what she's going to do when getting there. Maybe call Frank to come play some games while having pizza for dinner. Or maybe go have herself a big super sized ice cream with all the sweet toppings on it and just pig out for once. April shrugged her shoulders on the thought before closing her eyes to rest them until heading back home. It did not take long for Ron to reach Aprils apartment in which by the way she didn't have to pay a single cent of her stay, since after all it's one of the awesome benefits of being an NIB agent. She thanked him and said goodnight to him and made her way inside.
"First bath and then call Frank to come hang out with me for pizza. Man, I'm so hungry." April said to herself when getting into the fresh hot shower and went head to wash her smelly hair.
April took a good few minutes of washing up to enjoy herself and get herself ready for her two day relaxation with Frank, who she calls him her best friend and pet since she had always wanted one for years. Frank did not mind being called a pet when after all his disguise is an Earth animal suite, as long as he wasn't going to do any tricks for anyone except for April of course. After about two hours both April who was wearing her yellow pajamas and Frank was seating down at the couch with boxes of pizzas on the table while playing Halo together while the moon is still lit. Frank was obviously the who to be beaten April in her own game system to much of her frustration.
"Geez, Frank can you at least let me win a few times?. I'm after all I did pay for all of these pizzas for us to enjoy." said April who was taking the moment to eat her countless slice.
"Hey, it's not my fault that I'm a beast on Halo. Besides Redhead you suggested to play this game and not Godzilla." Frank said putting his paws to work on the controller.
Just when things were getting highly competitive the two heard April's phone going off and paused the game to answer it. April looked at the caller ID and rolled her eyes in frustration and irritation when seeing who was contacting her.
"Is is Karai whose calling?." asked Frank.
"Yeah, and I really don't want to answer it. Especially if it's her." April pointed out before finishing her slice.
Frank looked at April. "Don't be like that kid. Be the bigger woman and answer the call."
April huffed in anger but knowing that Frank had a point as she sighed and answered.
"I hope you're not doing anything busy at this time." Karai said calmly in her and Ron's home seating down in her favorite black leather cushion chair and still in her NIB suite.
"Um, actually I am busy. I'm doing some important case files and talking with my new partner of mine." April said giving Frank a smirk and a wink.
Frank snickered on that before digging on the much leftover pizzas.
Karai rolled her eyes. "Dum Dum I hate to break you away from your sorry PlayStation and from hanging out with Frank. But I wanted to tell you something really important that you must know."
April sighed on knowing once again she can not fool Karai with any trick she can dish out. "What do you want to talk about?."
"About the most painful thing that scares you the most in life." Karai begin.
"Hmmmm, let me guess not having enough filling in cheesecakes at our favorite spot?. They've been lacking in their pie making lately." April said with a cheerful chuckle.
"Yes, but that's not it. It's regret. Regret that I have kelp to myself from my father, brothers, my husband. And you." Karai said sadly while feeling hurt to say.
April leg crossed herself on her couch and then straighten up to hear what Karai had wanted to tell her. "Then that case let's hear it. I mean it can not be that bad that it somehow ties up with Tigerclaw right?." She asked.
Karai stayed silent as this was something that she had kelp to herself for years and not once report the missing piece of what took place back in 2006. Something that put a strong stab in her heart that in which it will never heal from. But tonight she was trying to make amends to let this heavy load to finally be lifted off of her. The only problem was telling April who she looked at her as a baby sister the truth in which is now a huge difficult for her mouth to speak on that extremely sensitive subject. The next thing that Karai heard was a click hangup just before hearing April sighing from not hearing her say anything and just hang the phone up. Karai sat quietly in the dark wishing that her Ron was here to snuggle up with but unfortunately he was too busy being the new boss of NIB and had to work the same way as Zed once did, just until things calms down with tonight's little incident. Throughout the years Splinter had tried his all to get his only biological child to tell him what had took place that day, but once again she kelp him and her family in the dark for years and never told a soul and it looked like she's going to keep it for more years to come.
"Might as well get ready for an unexpected visit." Karai said to herself when grabbing the remote control.
Next she pressed the special button that activated both her and Ron's weapons room in which was disgusted as their wall as it lifted up and showed a big verity of blasters. Karai put on her serious face when getting up and looked at her selection after entering inside. She wanted something big but not heavy since she needed to be on her feet without struggling to shoot when Tigerclaw comes barging in. "This would do fine." Karai said picking up a short long arm blast cannon. She examine the weight of the gun and move her have to touch it before shifting her eyes back to back, and felt something was about to happen without taking the chance to fight back. She shook her head when exiting out of the room to head back in her chair with grabbing the remote to close back her door, and turned her attention to the door and fired up her gun in which pointing at it. In case Tigerclaw wasn't going to strike at her door she had also pulled out handful of throwing stars in her other hand with the other on the trigger, and waited patiently for the big moment of truth to happen.
"I'm ready for this time Tigerclaw. Bring whatever you got at the table." said Karai.
Just when Karai was waiting for the fight of her life to begin suddenly everything was starting to fade away slowly into a misty type state as Karai was noticing it, before secondly noticing that she too was fading away with the quickness as it felt like she was being erased from existence itself.
"Oh God, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!." Karai screamed when she became completely gone.
Back at April's place April was experiencing something different as she was yelling out in deep pain in her body while trying to wash some dishes, as it was the most painful thing to every experience as it felt like something was changing all around her without even realizing. Tears were falling down from endured pain and can't figure out how was this even happening at all. Back at April and Ron's place things that they had included pictures, furniture, and personal things were erased away and replaced by new things that did not belong to them. And thus placed a women with her eighteen year old daughter and five year old son. "What is wrong with me?." April asked herself when the pain was finally gone and looked up to see that a cloudy green storm was around New York City without any explanation.
"Huh, must be bad pizza I had tonight." April said with a nod in her agreement and headed to her room on where Frank was sleeping peacefully on her bed.
She hopped in and lay down on her soft pillow with her eyes closed while hoping that maybe she can butter up Karai into what she was trying to say, by going to their every morning restaurant and have themselves their all you can eat pie order with two cups of coffee on the side. Yes, she was highly determine to see her best friend tomorrow morning without realizing what just took place not too long ago.
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