Karai's POV:
One of the benefits of that Kraang ship being destroyed is that one of the alien pilots had survived, and Shredder had decided not to finish him off in any way. In fact, for the first time since I mentioned the Kraang, he seemed interested in the aliens. He had brought the weird brain creature back to our lair, planning on interrogating it. From what I could tell, he wanted to know why they were after Cleo and the turtles.

"Why were you hunting the turtles?" Shredder asked the alien, which he was holding by the head in the air. The creature glared at him and screeched, thrashing his tentacles around frantically. I smirked. "They don't talk much outside their little houses," I said, patting the droid torso next to me. It was the robotic piece that I had snatched that time I had followed the turtles into that Kraang lab full of all that animal DNA.

Shredder looked at me for a second before shoving the still shrieking Kraang into the droid piece. The alien thrashed around a bit before closing its eyes and going still. The robotic torso slowly started to power up, the head and all the severed arm and leg stubs wiggling around. The head lifted up, and the audio suddenly started up.

"K-Ka-K-Ka-Kraang is lacking the knowledge to answer the questions that the one known as Shredder is asking of Kraang." Shredder stared down at the alien. "Do they all speak like this?" "Even if Kraang is possessing the knowledge, the one known as Shredder will never be getting that knowledge from Kraang," the alien said. I stared down at the thing amusingly as I raised an eyebrow. "Your funeral, freak."

"You didn't have any other plans for today, did you?" Shredder turned back to face me. "Let's try again," he raised his hand, and a blade shot straight out of his gauntlet, and he brought it up to the alien brain's face. "Why were you hunting the turtles?" The Kraang stared down at the blade, terror in its eyes. "The ones known as 'the turtles and the girl' are protecting the lifeform needed by Kraang," the alien said fearfully. "The one known as April O'Neil."

It was then that I started to listen carefully. The turtles knew another human girl, besides Cleo? How, and why? "Who is this April O'Neil?" Shredder demanded. "She is the one known as 'the one'. She is the link which is missing in plan which is the plan of Kraang." "So, this April O'Neil is at the center of everything," I said simply. "Then perhaps we can use her to draw the turtles out of hiding," Shredder moved his blade away and turned to look at me. "Karai, find this girl and bring her to me."

I smirked, giving in a small nod before standing up. But just as I turned to walk away I felt him put a hand on my shoulder and I stopped immediately. "And, Karai," he said, and he sounded more serious this time. "Listen to me, because this is very important. After you bring April O'Neil to me, I want you to bring the turtle's companion here as well." "Their companion?" "Yes. That girl known as Cleopatra." For the first time in a long time, I felt surprised. In fact, for a moment all I did was stare at him. Was he serious?

"You want me to bring her, too?" I asked. "But, why? Why do you-" "Karai," Shredder cut me off. "There is more going on than you know, and for now you do not need to know. All you should be concerned about is doing what I command of you, and what I command is for you to bring in this April O'Neil girl, and that girl Cleopatra. Do not disappoint me." I felt my brows crease as I looked up at him. I didn't need to know? What the hell? Why couldn't he just tell me? Why did he need Cleo? "No problem," I said shortly.

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(Theme song)

♫ Teenage Mutant Ninja Team ♫
♫ Teenage Mutant Ninja Team ♫
♫ Teenage Mutant Ninja Team ​​​​​​♫
♫ Heroes in the shadows ♫
♫ Ninja power! ♫

♫ Here we go! It's the lean, skilled, ninja team ♫
♫ On the scene, cool teens doing ninja things ♫
♫ So extreme, out the sewers like laser beams ♫
♫ Get rocked with the pizza kings and queen ♫
♫ Can't stop these dudes and dudette ♫
♫ The secret of the ooze made the chosen few ♫
♫ Emerge from the shadows to make their move ♫
♫ The good guys win, and the bad guys lose ♫

♫ Leonardo's the leader in blue, ♫
♫ Does anything it takes to get his ninjas through ♫
♫ Donatello is a fellow, has a way with machines ♫
♫ Raphael has the most attitude on the team ♫
♫ Cleopatra, she's a special girl, ♫
♫ Does anything to protect everyone she loves ♫
♫ Michelangelo, he's one of a kind, ♫
♫ And you know just where to find him when it's party time ♫
♫ Master Splinter taught them every single skill they need ♫
♫ To be one lean, mean, skilled incredible team ♫

♫ Teenage Mutant Ninja Team ♫
♫ Teenage Mutant Ninja Team​​​​​​​ ♫
♫ Teenage Mutant Ninja Team ♫
♫ Heroes in the shadows ♫
♫ Ninja power! ♫

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Cleo's POV:
Training today was going fine, as usual. It was one of the few sessions were we all just kinda went at each other. April was training on the sidelines with father, who was helping her with some moves. Donnie and Leo were kind of going at each other, while me, Raph and Mikey sparred with each other. "Temporary truce?" Mikey whispered as he got up, having just recently been knocked down by Raph. "Just until we take him out?" "Sure," I said, slipping my kamas into my belt. Mikey straightened up and turned around as we both faced Raph, who was so busy gloating that he hadn't noticed what me and Mikey said. "Whatcha gonna do?" he taunted. "Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do?"

Raph smirked at us for a moment before leaping up and shooting down towards us. "Mikey, grab 'im!" I shouted. At the same time, me and Mikey ducked down and reached up, each of us grabbing one of Raph's arms before we threw him back over behind us. He landed on the ground with a loud thud and his sais flew out of his hands. "Booyakasha!" Mikey cheered, running up to Raph and taunting him.

"You got faced! Thought you had us, but we played you like a trambone! Wah, wahh, waaah...!" I laughed as I folded my arms. Suddenly, I felt something by my feet, and the next thing I knew I was knocked to the ground. I grunted as I looked up and saw Raph holding Mikey in a death grip. "Play time's over, tough guy!" Raph spun around, lifting Mikey up into the air. Mikey kicked his legs and flailed his hands, because that was all he could move.

"Put me down!" he yelled. "Enough! Uncle!" "I don't see yah tappin' out!" "I can't... move my... arms!" Mikey choked out, still feebly kicking his legs. Raph wasn't having any of it. "Then tap your horrible, disgusting middle toe!" he demanded. Grunting in pain, Mikey slowly lifted his left leg up and tapped his green, middle toe. Now satisfied, Raph released his brother, who fell down right on his shell.

As Raph walked away, Mikey sat up and quickly reached for his foot. "Don't worry, Stubby," he said sweetly, then glared at his older brother. "You're not as horrible as he says. You cool, Cleo?" "I'm good," I said as I sat up. "Michelangelo," Father said as he walked towards his son. "Why did you give up so easily?" "There was nothing I could do," Mikey said, as though it were painfully obvious. "There is always something you can do," Father explained. "Observe. Raphael, kannuki jime!"

Raph stared at father for a moment, confused. Then he rolled his eyes as he walked over behind him, wrapped his arms around his middle, and then lifted him into the air, grunting harshly. "The key is to unbalance your opponent," Father explained. "But, how?" Mikey asked. "However you can. For example..." Then, to my surprised, father leaned his head back and suddenly licked the top of Raph's head. Raph stopped moving completely for a moment, his eyes wide. Then he yelled as he dropped father, who quickly turned and knocked Raph off his feet. The turtle landed in a heap in front of us, groaning. I placed my arms around my stomach as I burst into laughter. "You see?" Father said over my laughing. "There is always a way. Ugh... and you need to take a bath," he added, glaring slightly at Raph. I snorted as Raph groaned in pain.

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Raph's POV:
You know, Leo's really starting to tick me off with his stupid 'Space Heroes' crud. I mean, me and the others were just sitting in the pit doing our own thing, and he comes in and turns that stupid show on. Whatever, it's easy to ignore it nowadays. Heck, when we were younger Leo used to turn the volume up so loud I couldn't even hear myself talk, let alone think. While ignoring the lame cartoon, I sat on the couch feeding some lettuce to Spike. Leo and Mikey were both sitting on the ground, the dumber of the two chowing down on shrimp and sardine pizza while the other turned the volume up. I rolled my eyes and turned away. I saw movement out the corner of my eye and turned to see Cleo coming out of her room. She was wearing her usual casual clothes.

"Goin' somewhere?" I asked as she walked into the living room. "Gee, what gave it away?" she teased. "Yeah, I'm gonna go out for a while. I was just about to go." "Whatcha gonna do?" Mikey said through a mouth full of pizza. "I don't know, actually," said Cleo. "I'm just going to walk around a bit, I brought the money April gave me in case I wanna buy somethin'. What're you guys up to?" "Oh, well you see," I said in mock enthusiasm. "We're watching this totally terrific 'Space Heroes' episode that isn't super lame in any way! Doesn't that sound great?" Cleo chuckled as Leo groaned in irritation. I smirked as I continued to feed Spike. Leo turned completely away from me and turned the volume up even more.

The image of the Space Heroes ship appears, in the middle of space. The camera snaps to a scene of the crew, looking distraught, then a screen appears, with an ugly alien holding what appear to be hostages. "The landing part is under attack by the Digesters!" shouted Cranshaw. "We have to save them!" Captain Ryan slaps Cranshaw across the face. "If we keep bailing them out, they'll never learn to take care of themselves," said Captain. "But this is there first mission, and they don't even have weapons!" "Then, they better learn fast." Suddenly, a woman starts screaming a sickening crunching sound issue, followed by a loud snap. "Say, Dr. Mindstrong, weren't you in love with that one?" Captain asked. "I... was, Captain," Dr. said sadly. "Well, it looks like you both learned a lesson today."

"And, with that, I'm out," Cleo said. "Bye guys." "Later, Cleo," I said. I looked down at Spike as Mikey and Leo turned back to the TV. "Oh, Leo," Cleo called back. "You might wanna turn the volume down a bit. You don't want father telling you off again, do yah?" "Ah man, you're right!" I rolled my eyes. "Typical. Always does what he's told." "Hey... where's the remote?" I turned my head and saw Leo crawling around, apparently looking for the remote. "Where'd it go?" he said. "Mikey, are you sitting on it again?" "Naw!" Mikey choked; his cheeks now filled with pizza. "Raph-" "I've been sitting here the whole time, Leo," I cut across him. "So lay off, I don't have it." 

"Then who does?!" Leo asked angrily. "Oh, c'mon, Leo," Cleo said. "If I knew you'd get mad, I wouldn't have taken it." I blinked for a moment, then turned my head in Cleo's direction. She was standing at the edge of the pit, one hand on her hip, the other holding the bright red TV remote. "How did you...?" Leo's voice trailed off. Cleo giggled. "This show is very distracting for you, Leo. You need to work on that." I covered my mouth as I snorted. Man, I love it when Cleo messes with Leo. It's awesome!

Leo stood up and walked over to Cleo. "Haha, very funny," he said. "Now, come on, give it back." "Well, alright. If you insist..." Cleo smirked, then suddenly tossed the remote over Leo's head. I reacted instantly and leapt up and grabbed it. I looked at the remote, then up at Cleo, and she winked. "She's all yours, Raph!" And with that, she patted Leo on the head before turning and running off. Leo shook his head and then yelled after her. "Hey, wait! You-!" But she just laughed and leapt over the turnstiles. "'Atta girl, Cleo," I cheered as I flopped back on the couch and pressed the channel button. "Raph, give that back," Leo said. "No way, man!" "Hey guys!" I looked up and saw Donnie poking his head out of this lab doors. "Guess what April and I have been up to?" We all sat there, completely silent, staring at him. "That's right! Analyzing sewage!"

I rolled my eyes. "Who says you can't show a girl a good time?" Donnie's face fell as he glared at me. "Very funny. C'mon, you gotta see this." Donnie turned and walked back inside his lab. I turned off the TV as me and the other two got up and went into the lab as well. "Alright, Donnie," Leo said as we approached his desk. "What is it this time?" "April and I were going through some files on the Kraang storage device," Donnie said. He and April walked towards us, and I saw Donnie carrying a large jar of what looked like water, but it was kind of green.

"We found out they're using a special process to change Earth's water into Kraang water." "They've already started the process," said April. "We found a low concentration of Kraang chemicals in the sewage." "Woah..." Mikey said, staring at the jar in amazement. "And I take it that's a bad thing?" I asked, but I'm pretty sure what the answer was. Donnie didn't answer. Instead, he reached over and picked up a slice of Mikey's pizza. "Watch what happens when I dip this slice of Mikey's shrimp and sardine pizza into pure Kraang water."

Donnie raised the slice above the jar and then slowly lowered it until the pizza was half submerged in the water. At once, it started to sizzle and dissolve into smoke. Mikey squeaked in terror as Donnie pulled out what was left of the pizza slice. "How do you sleep at night?" he demanded furiously. "Presumably, there's only a tiny bit in the water supply," Donnie said, ignoring our little brother. "But, the concentration is increasing. Which means-"

"Every slice of pizza in New York will be destroyed?!" Mikey said, horrified. I shook my head. "Geez." "Along with anyone who uses water," April said seriously. Mikey shook his head. "I don't wanna live in a world without pizza!" Without warning, Mikey grabbed the pizza box that was laying under the jar of Kraang water and snatched it out. The jar flew into the air, the water flying out towards April. "Look out!" Donnie shouted.

The jar fell and shattered, and the water fell onto April's arm. We all screamed and Donnie cried, "No!" April winced as her hand curled into a fist. But, after a few seconds, we realized that nothing was happening. And April didn't appear to be in any pain, because she opened her eyes and stared down at her arm. "Huh? Wha..." "Nothing happened to you," Donnie said, amazed. "Maybe it's 'cause she's not made outta pizza," said Mikey. Before I could even think about smacking my little brother, Donnie's computer started beeping. We all turned to look at it as Donnie ran forward and looked at the screen. "The scanner's located the Kraang facility transforming the water supply," he said. 

"Which is right here. We gotta stop it!" "Looks like we got a mission," said Leo. "You coming, April?" "Sounds like a blast, but unfortunately, it's on the bottom of the East River," she said as she picked up her bag. "And, equally unfortunately, I have an essay due. Plus, I wouldn't mind a little human food." "Pizza's human food," said Mikey. April grinned. "Not the way you eat it." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, y-you're goin' top side?" Donnie crawled over his desk, tripped, and fell on the ground. "Oof! You got your T-Phone, right?" 

"Donnie, don't worry," said April. "I'll be fine." She smiled at Donnie before turning and walking out of the lab. Donnie stood up and watched as she walked away. From beside me, I heard Mikey let out an irritated noise. "Pff! Human food! Cleo likes the way we eat pizza. Heck, she eats it the same way!" "Hey, where is Cleo anyway?" Donnie asked. "She left a while ago," said Leo. "Hang on," I said as I reached behind me for my phone. "I'll call her, tell her to come back and-" "No!" Donnie said quickly. "This... this is perfect! If Cleo is in the city, that means she'll be close enough to April to make sure that's she's safe. It's brilliant!" 

I raised my eyebrows, staring at Donnie. Why Cleo continued to support him in the pursuit of April, I'll never know. "Leo, maybe Donnie's right," I said. "I mean, not about having her tail April all day, but she can keep things in check while we're gone. She can keep an eye out for anymore Kraang or even the Foot." Leo looked at me for a moment as he thought it over. Then he nodded. "Alright," he said. "I'll give her a call and tell her to keep watch while she's out. In the meantime," he turned towards Donnie. "Donnie, how are we gonna get out there?" "Don't worry, guys," he said. "I've been working on something that's pretty awesome..."

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Cleo's POV:
I stood there, staring up at the large building in front of me. This looks like a good place to start, I walked towards the large double doors and went in. I walk deeper into the shop. As I walked around, I looked all around the store. I had to admit, the stuff in here looked pretty sweet. Some of it seemed a bit flashy, but most of it looked great. Suddenly, my pocket started buzzing as my phone went off. "That's Leo's ringtone." I quickly took out my phone and hit the green button as I pressed the phone to my ear.

"Hey Leo, what's up?" "Hey Cleo. Listen, where are you right now?" "I'm at the mall." "Okay, listen. After you left, Donnie found out about a new plan that the Kraang are up to." I frowned slightly. What were those freaks up to now? "What are they up to?" "They're using chemicals to change our water into Kraang water," Leo explained. "And I'm guessing that's not a good thing, huh?" "Not unless you think people can drink acid-water. The stuff dissolves anything it touches. Donnie found a small supply in the sewage water, but it's getting bigger by the minute. But we were able to find the facility where they're changing the water."

"Where?" "At the bottom of the East River. We're heading there right now." "How're you guys gonna get down there?" I asked. "Don't worry, we got that covered. Listen Cleo, we want you to stay in the city. Keep an eye out for any Kraang or the Foot, keep them in check. Think you can handle that?" I nodded to myself. "Yeah, I got it. And, hey... be careful." "We always do. We'll see you later." "See yah. Good luck." I lowered the phone and hung it up as I stuck it back into my pocket. I let out a low sigh. I hope the guys will be okay. I don't like it when they go off without me, I always worry that something bad will happen to them. I turned and saw jewelry. I smiled and walked towards it. Father did allow me to wear earrings, so I looked around to find earring that's right for me and found the perfect ones.

It was a pair of small silver snake hoop earrings,

"Oooh, these look pretty." I said before I grab them and walking towards the check-out to buy them when I saw the makeup section. "Hmm..." I wonder...

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Donnie's POV:
"This... is not... awesome!" I rolled my eyes, trying to ignore Raph, along with the heavy huffing and breathing from the other two. "Seriously, Donnie?" said Leo. "A submarine powered by bicycles?" "You know what would've been more officiant? Swimming!" Raph grunted. "Will these three ever stop complaining? Seriously!" "Hey, pipe down guys!" I told them. "Kinetic energy is the only way to charge the engines, which should be done... right about... now."

I flipped some switches and pressed the power button, and the engines came to life. The submarine started to zoom through the water with ease, going much faster than before. I heard the squeaking of the bikes stop, and my brothers sigh with relief. "We're almost there," Leo breathed. "Up periscope." I smirked as I pressed a small button that activated the periscope. I didn't need to look to know that Leo wasn't amused. We had been searching for about half an hour now. Based on my tracker we were almost at the facility. Just then I glanced through the glass window and saw something move. I frowned and then looked closer. What I saw made me stare.

"Uh, Donnie?" Leo asked. "Any chance this Kraang facility looks like a giant sea mutant?" "Oh, that's not a mutant," I said, not taking my eyes away from the window. "Based on his physiology, I'd say the Kraang brought him here from Dimension X." "How is that less horrifying?" "It's not, I just like to be accurate." "Well, whatever it is, it looks like it's guarding that," said Raph. I looked back out the window and looked further into the water. I saw something that did not look like a sea monster. It was the Kraang facility.

"Let's go stealth," Leo said lowly. It was easy enough to get that sea monster distracted, and it was easier still to get the Kraang guards distracted. All we had to do was block the chemical filter with a rock, and they came swimming out to try and fix it. While they were distracted, we took the opportunity to sneak into the facility. I parked the Turtle Sub above the top of the facility and stopped it. We all jumped through the hatch and swam out into the sea. It wasn't hard for

"We're in," I whispered. As we stood up, I saw movement from outside the glass wall and looked up. It was the monster. "And that thing is back," said Raph. "How're we gonna get outta here?" "We'll worry about that later," Leo told us. "Right now, we've got bigger fish to fry." "I don't think we're gonna find a bigger fish than that," said Mikey. The other two and I groaned irritably as we started walking away. "What?! C'mon, that was good! You gotta give me that one!" "We're not giving you anything, Mikey," Raph said irritably.

We continued through the facility in complete silence after that. I leapt up to the upper level along with the others and we snuck across it. The room we were in was completely filled with droids. "Okay, we have to be quiet," Leo whispered. "Do you have to say that every time?" I hissed. "We're ninjas! We know how to be quiet." As soon as I stopped speaking, my T-Phone suddenly started to ring, and very loudly. I inhaled sharply as I froze where I sat. "Ooh! That is embarrassing!" said Mikey.

I heard the sound of weapons powering up before I leapt out from my hiding spot. The others did as well. Dodging the oncoming fire, I pulled out my phone and saw that it was April, and I quickly pressed the answer button. "April! Hi! It's not a great time!" I shouted as I dodged the Kraang lasers. "Donnie, Karai's after me!" I suddenly stopped moving. "What?!" Then, out of nowhere, Leo lunged at me and knocked me to the ground just as the Kraang started firing at me.

"Karai's after April!" I told him. "We gotta help her!" "And who's gonna help us?!" The Kraang started firing at us again, and Leo and I leapt away from each other to avoid being hit. "April, I'm sorry, w-we can't get there!" I spoke. "Don't you worry! Just stay calm... AND RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!" A droid blasted in front of me, and I skidded to a halt. I quickly ran up to the robot and leapt up, kicking it down with both feet. I withdrew my Bo staff and swung in around, knocking two more droids onto the ground. I squeezed the staff, the blade shot out, and I shoved it into one of the droid's heads.

I looked around to see that the others were taking care of the rest of the droids. 'April...' I quickly took my phone back out and began dialing her number. "Donnie, focus!" Leo ordered. "April can take care of herself!" "Against Karai?" I snapped. "Are you kidding?! I gotta help her!" "You're not gonna be much help if you get blasted in the head!" Just as he spoke a droid fired at me, and I had to duck my head to avoid it. "Good point." I took my Bo out and knocked a nearby droid off of its feet.

Leo sliced another droid in half, and I swung my staff and hit the alien brain so that it went flying across the room. I looked in time to see Mikey leap in and sweep his leg out from underneath the last two droids, knocking them down. "That's a twofer!" he said happily. "Thank you, and thank you..." As he stood there gloating the two droids got back onto their feet, standing behind him. Then, out of nowhere, Raph leap down and knocked the droids back down, stabbing them with his sais. Mikey turned around and grinned down at our older brother. "And thank you."

Raph was not amused and stomped over to Mikey with anger in his eyes. "How many times have I told yah?" he said angrily, and he started poking Mikey's head. "No celebrating 'til the fight is over!" Mikey glared up at Raph as he slapped his finger away. "How many times have I told you I assumed it was over?" Mikey glared still as he reached forward and poked Raph's chest. Raph grabbed his finger and bent it. It makes a cracking sound and Mikey cried out. "Okay, this is ridiculous!" 

"Children, children! We have to go!" I said urgently. "Um, have you forgotten about a little something called 'completing the mission'?" Leo said irritably. "But April's in danger!" "If we leave now, the Kraang will poison everyone in New York," Raph said angrily. "Which, last time I checked, includes April. And now that I'm thinking about it, Cleo's in the city too, isn't she?" I frowned. He was right. My sweet princess and my baby sister were both in the city right now. Wait a second... they're both in the city. "Wait... I'm so stupid!"

Ignoring the confused looks the others were giving me, I pulled out my phone and typed in Cleo's number. "Donnie-" "Just give me a second!" The phone started ringing and I grinded my teeth impatiently. "C'mon, c'mon..." "Hey Donnie, what's up? I-" "Cleo!" I cut her off. "Listen to me, where are you right now?" "I'm at the mall, I was just leaving," she said, and now she started to sound concern. "Donnie, what's wrong?" "It's April. Karai's after her!" "What?!" "Cleo, we can't help her right now. We're at the bottom of the East River! You gotta go help her!" "Well, how do I find her?"

"There's a tracker in your T-Phone," I explained. "You can use it to find where she is, but you gotta go now! She's no match for Karai!" "I'm on my way." And with that, she hung up. I took a deep breath as I lowered my phone and put it back into my belt, trying to relax. "So... where were we?" "Oh, now you wanna do the mission," Raph said irritably. "Not the time, Raph," said Leo, then he looked at me. "Think, Donnie. How do we take this place out?" I looked around the facility. "Well, eh... the chemical is highly explosive..." "How do you know that?" Mikey asked.

"Partly, because it has a hydrocarbon on its outer ring," I explained, though it probably just went in one ear and out the other. "And partly because of that sign," I added as I pointed at a sign that showed a Kraang brain being blown up. I looked around the room and found a Kraang blaster right by my feet. I reached down and picked the blaster up. "Raph, you think you can get this blaster opened for me?" I asked. "Gladly," he said as he confidently took out his sai. "But, before you do, be careful you don't-!"

But the shellbrain completely ignored me and shoved his sai down onto the gun. I gasped and turned my head away, waiting for an explosion. When it didn't happen, I opened my eyes and looked down to see the blaster sitting in my hands, opened and ready. "Oh, good. We're still alive," I sighed. "Now, I'll shortout the power supply and leave it by the chemical tank. It'll overheat and the whole place will go boom!"  "Alright, victory dance!" Mikey yelled happily. He stepped up and got into position to start dancing. "Oh shell no." "MIKEY!" we all screamed. 

Mikey flinched and slowly turned to look at us. "Or... maybe later." "Okay, I'm gonna have to jump up to get to the chemical tank," I said. "Leo, Raph, get under it and help give me a boost." They nodded and walked over by the chemical tank. They reached up, gripped each other's arms and locked them into place. I took a step back before sprinting forward towards them. When I reached them, I raised my foot, stepped onto their arms, and pushed myself up towards the chemical tanks. I instantly shoved the blade of the blaster into the tank as I fell down and landed on my feet.

"There, in about 90 seconds this whole place is gonna blow!" I said, and I pulled my phone out and dialed April's number. "Alright, let's move!" Leo ordered. As we started running towards the hatch, I heard the other line pick up. "April, what's your status?" "Could be better!" "Don't worry, I called Cleo and she's gonna come help you," I said. "Just stay calm until she gets there." "I'll try!" "Okay, we're on our way. We'll be there soon!" BAMB! I whipped around to see that something had burst through the hatch doors. It was the sea monster. It reared its ugly head and screeched at us. We all screamed. "Actually, there might be a slight delay."

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Cleo's POV:
I was about to leave the mall, already bought my new earrings and wearing them after I got my ears pierced, I put my new black and white nail polishes in my jacket's pocket when I heard my phone ring. After Donnie told me the situation, I quickly left the mall as fast as I can. It's a good thing my jacket's pockets has zippers, so I wouldn't have to worry about my new nail polishes falling out. I sprinted across the rooftops, I reached the ledge and leapt off, going across and landing on the next roof.

As I continued running, I looked down at my phone. It had taken me some time to figure out how the tracker worked, but once I had found it, it was easy for me to use it. I looked at the tracker and saw that April was only a block ahead of me now. I quickened my running and leapt over the next roof. I was worried; worried about April, and what Karai wanted from her. I knew it couldn't be anything good, but still. Why would Karai go after April? And why in the middle of the day?

After a few moments I finally landed onto another roof and skidded to a halt. I looked down at my phone and it showed me that April was very nearby. I looked around, wondering where to go now. Then, from somewhere beside me, I heard a voice. "You've got guts; let's see if I can pound that out of you." That was Karai's voice. I looked over to my side before running towards the other end of the roof. I reached the edge and leaned over to look. What I saw surprised me. I saw April and Karai, both standing several feet from each other.

April had both of her fists raised, ready for a fight. Karai stood in front of her, holding something in her hand that I realized was April's tessen. Karai tossed it to the side, and it made a clanging sound. April suddenly ran forward, fists raised, and aimed a punch at Karai's face. Karai dodged it. She dodged another one, and another, and another. April tried to punch again, Karai dodged it, but April spun around, raised her leg, and kicked Karai in her face. I inhaled sharply. Karia paused, wiping something from her lip, then she smirked at April.

"Good one," "Glad you enjoyed it," April said angrily. "Now it's my turn." Karai swiftly raised her fists and spread her feet as she got into a fighting position. This was getting dangerous, I had to act now. But before I could figure out what to do April suddenly ran forward. Karai swung her leg out and kicked April in the chest, sending her back to the ground. She barely had time to get up before Karai ran forward and kicked her again, this time sending her straight into the wall. "Alright, that's it!" 

Without hesitation, I leapt off the edge and headed straight for the ground below. I landed on my feet with a loud thud, and I looked up to see Karai practically pinning April against the wall as she started delivering punch after punch on her. I sprang to my feet. "Karai!" Karai stopped and turned to look at me. April groaned and slid down onto the ground. There was a moment of silence as I stared at the Foot kunoichi. It seemed weird that, just a week ago, I had formed a secret alliance with this girl. But that was a whole other matter. We both knew that if we met in a situation like this that we would have to fight each other, and I was ready to do so.

Karai looked at me for a moment, then smirked. "I was hoping I'd run into you, Cleo," she said. "Leave her alone, Karai," I walked towards her. "If you wanna fight someone, fight me." Karai's eyes narrowed as her smirk widened. Then she turned her head to look at April, who was still on the ground. "Do yourself a favor, O'Neil, and stay down," she said. "The big girls are playing now." April glared up at her, but Karai had already turned back to face me. We stared at each other for a few moments before we both, at the same time, got into a fighting stance. Another few moments silence. Then, Karai charged at me super-fast, and I tightened my fists. She aimed a downward blow at my head, but I shifted to the right and dodged it. She quickly aimed another hit at my face, but I blocked it. I tried the hit her chest, but Karai blocked that. 

She shoved me back and aimed a kick at my chest, but I ducked and avoided it. I quickly reached up and grabbed her ankle, twisting it so that she flipped and fell on her chest. She grunted angrily and suddenly snapped her foot, kicking me in the jaw. I stumbled back a bit, caught off guard, and was suddenly knocked off my feet and fell on my back. A second later I felt a heavy weight on my stomach, and I looked up to see Karai sitting on top of me. She raised her fist and tried to punch me, but I grabbed her fist. I tried to punch her, but she grabbed my fist. We each struggled against the others weight, trying to push the other off.

"Why's the Shredder so interesting in you?" she asked angrily. "He's bent on destroying your brothers, but he just wants me to bring you to him! Why is that?!" I grunted against her weight. "How am I supposed to know that?! What makes you think I know?! I don't know why he wants me so badly!" I thrust my hips upward, causing Karai to launch forward over me and off of my stomach. I sat up and spun around. Karai was kneeling on the ground, holding her stomach.

I lunged forward and slammed into her. We tumbled out of the alley and onto the sidewalk. I sat up and aimed my fist as I punched Karai's face. She glared at me and kicked me off. I fell back and groaned. She had knocked the wind out of me. I sat up, but Karai had slammed her foot onto my chest and pinned me back down. "Then what makes O'Neil so special then?" she demanded. "She's the center of an alien conspiracy, protected by mutants, and trained by a great ninja master. Why?"

A second later I saw a pair of hands reach up behind Karai, grab her hair and yank her back. Karai yelled, stepping off of me and walking back. I coughed slightly and sat up to see something surprising. It was April; she had pulled Karai off of me. "I don't know!" she screamed. "I'm flunking Trig, my friends are mutants, aliens got my dad...!" Karai grabbed April's arms and swung her around, forcing her to release her hair. A second later April was pinned to the ground by her arm. "And I lost my mother!" she finished loudly. What I saw next surprised me. Karai's face fell as she stared at April in disbelief. "What...? You lost your mother?" 

Suddenly, April slipped out of Karai's grip and grabbed her by her collar and threw her down a nearby set of subway stairs. Karai landed at the bottom with a loud thud and was silent. April slowly got up, staring down the stairs. A second later she looked over at me and quickly ran over to me. "Are you okay?" she asked. "I'm fine," I said. "You?" "I'm alright." April extended her hand towards me, and I grabbed it. She helped me up to my feet and I straightened up, holding my stomach gingerly. "Not bad for a rookie," said April. I shook my head. "Dude, you don't have to call yourself that anymore." She grinned at me, and without saying a word we turned and left the alley.

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Donnie's POV:
"We only got 30 seconds before that blaster explodes!" I warned the others. I ducked as the sea monster swung its head down at us. Me and Raph dodged it, but Mikey was sent flying across the room. "Uh, guys? Any ideas?" asked Leo. I rolled my eyes dully. "Well, let's see. We're cornered by an amphibious sea monster, in an underwater base that's about to blow up... I'm out." From behind me I heard Mikey let out a loud cry and I watched as he swung his kusarigama chain out and it wrapped around the monster's jaws.

Mikey landed on top of its head and started riding it like it was some sort of mechanical bull. It was pretty impressive, and me and the other two whistled and cheered him on. The monster started to buck harder and harder until Mikey finally leapt off and grabbed onto a switch on the wall and pulled it. The hatch where the monster was poking its head out of suddenly closed around its neck.

I knew that we had to leave now, or we'd be blown to bits. I gestured for the others to follow me and we all ran out of the door. All except Mikey. "Woo-hoo! That was fun!" I knew exactly what he was going to do, and I skidded to halt and turned around to face him. "Mikey, that victory dance better not last more than 4 seconds!" I warned. Mikey paused for half a second before putting his hands behind his head and moving his hips from side to side as he scooted out the door.

I don't know how we managed to escape the base before the explosion, I'm just glad that we did. "Huh, that wasn't such a chore, now was it?" said Raph as he tried to get water out of his ear slits. I paid him no mind as I ran forward to the front of the sub and began starting it back up. "Great, now we can get back to Apri-" But I was cut off as I heard a loud, echoing sound. I looked out the window to see the sea monster heading right for us. "Are you kidding me?!" I shouted. "Oh shoot!" Raph snapped. "GO! Go, go, go!" Leo ordered quickly.

I quickly flipped the on switch and in no time the sub had taken off. But even as it started, I knew it wouldn't be fast enough. The monster was already catching up to us. "Donnie, can you make this thing go faster?!" Leo asked urgently. "Of course, I can!" I pressed the button that activated the rocket boosts. But as they started up, I looked out to see that they had suddenly snapped off of their latched, and then sped off into the sea. I stared openmouthed out the window, stunned at how much worse this had gotten.

"Wow, that is fast!" said Mikey. "Petal faster!" I yelled. At once the others hopped onto the bikes and started pedaling as fast as they could go. The sub started moving quickly through the water, but even as it did, I knew it wouldn't be enough. As I looked out the small window, I saw the image of the monster's face before it suddenly slammed right into us, causing the sub to get knocked off course. There was a loud bam, and I looked out to see that the monster had the sub in its grasp. "That's it!" I screamed. "It's got us! WE'RE GONNA DIE!"

Suddenly, from outside the sub, I heard a surprisingly calm sound that echoed. I opened my eyes. The sound was coming from the monster, and it didn't sound threatening or scary. The creature then started making odd cooing sounds, and suddenly I realized just what those sounds meant. I slowly turned my head around to look at the others, and the looks on their faces told me that they knew what those sounds meant as well. "Ugh!" Raph said in a disgusted voice. "Hey! We're not that kind of sub!" Mikey shouted. Even I was starting to get grossed out by this turn of events. Leo reached up and pulled down a leaver that I knew released the shock bombs. There was a loud bang from the outside and the monster squealed as it released us. The guys quickly started pedaling again and the sub swam off, away from the heated sea monster.

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Cleo's POV:
"Here you go, Red," I said as I handed April an icepack. She rolled her eyes. "Haha, very funny." I chuckled as I sat down next to her. She placed the icepack on her forehead, wincing slightly. "You were great out there," I said. "You really stood your ground, dude. That was pretty sweet." April smiled at me. "Thanks, Cleo. By the way, I love the earrings. It's so you. And fitting since you name is from Egypt." I giggled, "Thanks." Suddenly, her phone started ringing.

♫ You don't know-ohoh! You don't know you're beautiful- ohoh! That's what makes you beautiful ♫

I raised my eyebrows. "Really?" April grinned sheepishly as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. "It's Donnie!" she said, and she quickly pressed the answer button and then put it on speaker. "Hey Donnie." "April! You're okay!" Donnie's voice cried. "You hear that, guys? My sweet princess is alive!" I snapped my hand up to cover my mouth, forcing myself not to burst out laughing. April stared down at her phone, her cheeks going slightly red. "Did I mute that?" Donnie asked quietly. "Let's agree that you did," said April. "You got it!" I couldn't help it; I gave a small snort before going into a fit of giggles. 

I love Donnie to death, but he could be such a dork sometimes. It took about another 10 minutes before the boys got back home. Donnie looked as though he wanted to hug April and never let go, but instead he simply just asked if she was okay. I could tell that April was bursting to tell the others about what had happened. As soon as she had gotten them to sit down and listen she told them about her fight with Karai; how she had managed to outrun her for a while by stealing a pizza delivery boy's motorbike, how she managed to get a good hit to Karai's face, and even mentioned how I had come to help just in time.

"And when her guard was down, I flipped her down the subway steps and we bolted!" she finished, demonstrating with her hands how she had flipped Karai. "That is awesome!" "You rock!" "Kick butt!" "Impressive, April," said father. "You used your training well, and you fulfilled the most important goal of the ninja; to come home alive." "Thank you, Sensei," April said, bowing towards him. "Looks like I can take care of myself after all." "Yes," said father. "And no." April stared. "Huh?"

"Not this again," I sighed, then received a sharp poke to the head, curtsey of father. "Ow!" I rubbed the back of my head as I turned to stare up at father, but when I saw the serious look on his face my complaint faded away. "Karai may have lost this time," he said. "But if Shredder wants you, he will stop at nothing to find you. And with the Kraang after you as well, the wisest decision is for you to remain here, in the sewer, with us." I felt my eyes widen as it turned to look up at father. Was he serious?

"What?!" April gasped, clearly horrified. "Oh, that's great!" Donnie said cheerfully, and, spotting the glare April was throwing him, quickly added, "I mean... Oh, that's horrible! That, you know, your life, as you know it, is-is over, and, um... I'll shut up now..." "I can't stay down here!" April said desperately. "I mean, what about school? My friends? Everything?!" April suddenly lowered herself to the ground and sat with her knees tucked into her chest. She looked devastated.

"April, Master Splinter's right," Leo said. "Until we stop Shredder and the Kraang, this is the only place you're safe." As much as I'm sure April didn't want to admit it, Leo and father were both right. This was the only place where any of us could hide and neither the Kraang nor Shredder knew about it. She had to stay. April sighed. "So, once we stop them, I can have my life back?" she asked. "Yes," said Leo. April glanced down for a second, then looked up at us with a serious expression. "Let's get started."