The Kraang Conspiracy
A/N: YES! IT'S FINALLY DONE! AFTER FOUR LONG YEARS SINCE THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND CASEY JONES, I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED THE CHAPTER YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!
I'm so sorry it took so long to get this out. It's just that, the lack of motivation and general laziness to work on this story, the constant asks of continuing this story, and working at my job in real life, trying to work on this chapter took longer than it should have. I'm so sorry it took so long to get this chapter out everyone!
Please enjoy!
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Cleo's POV:
It's been a month since Casey joined the team and having him around is awesome! We even started hanging out after school, after I let father know that I'm with Casey and April. It's nice to talk to someone other than April, who knew about my brothers and my father, but Casey still gets kind of freaked out when he's around my father though. Turns out, Casey has a rat phobia. Who knew? He told me and April about that the other day when I asked him about why he was so scared of father when we were at school, so it's no wonder he was so freaked out so much that he actually fainted after he saw him. I guess I can't really blame him, everyone is scared of something. Plus, it's not every day you see a giant mutant rat.
Ever since the Foot got into the lair, father's been keeping us in the lair more and training us longer. But I want to get some fresh air, so I asked father if April and I can go to the surface to train, especially since April is still learning, and father agrees. I'm jumping from rooftop to rooftop, then I stopped and look back to see April trying to keep up with me, but she looks exhausted. "I never understood how... how you could... could be so... so fast." April panted, "I don't know how... how you do this..." "Well, I did grew up with four giant turtles as my brothers my whole life, so I'm used to it." I said as April finally reached to me, "If you want, we can take a break before we keep going." I offered, "I'd really like that." April said, smiling at me exhausted.
April and I sat on the edge of the rooftop and took a break, I took out two water bottles from my belt and handed one to April, who gladly took it and took some gulps of water from her bottle while I took a sip from mine. "You know, my dad would freak out if he found out I was jumping around on rooftops late at night." April said, catching her breath, "I bet." I said, before looking at her with sadness, "I'm really sorry about what happened that night." I apologized, "But you know the guys and I will figure something out to get him back, right?" April looks at me and smiles. "Yeah." Then silence fills the air, I look into the distance.
"Hey Cleo?" "Hm?" I turn to April who asked, "About what happened that day after dad got mutated into a giant bat, you know? After I got pushed down by something after I pushed you away?" My eyes widen when she said that. I thought she forgot about it, but apparently, I was wrong. "Oh, that. I actually did a little research about that." "So, you found anything?" April asked, "Yeah this might sound crazy, but I think I have telekinesis." April looked at me like I'm crazy. "What? Are you sure?" I took out my tessen, and stared at it, trying to focus on my power again. A few seconds later,
Flex!
My tessen began to slowly float upward, slightly spinning around as it floats higher. Breathing heavy, I stared at my weapon, before I gasped for air as my tessen fell back in my hand again. I put my weapon away as I looked back at April. She looked at me, looking shocked. "You do have telekinesis. But how?" "I don't know." I said, "But somehow, it triggered after you pushed me down the night your dad got mutated. Like something inside of me just... snapped. But I don't know why or how I even have this power. But I'm afraid I'll lose control if I get too angry, sad or scared."
"So, you were born with telekinesis, but you didn't know until that night?" April asked. I shook my head in response. "But how is that possible?" Before I could say anything, April yelps as she held her head, "My head!" "April, are you okay?!" I asked worryingly, she looked at me serious and said, "Cleo, I think there's someone watching us. Right over there." She pointed behind us, and there's a figure holding what it looks like a camera, "After him!" I shouted as I quickly get up with April behind me as the figure ran away.
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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:
I grab my T-Phone and pressed Leo's number on my contacts. The T-Phone started ringing as I grab my grappling hook and the hook stab the billboard and slide to the other side. "C'mon, pick up!" "Hey Cleo, how's training going with-" "Leo, we got a problem!" I cut him off as I landed, "Someone spotted me and April, and I think they may be part of the Foot or teaming up with the Kraang!" I said before I yelped when a hook went passed me, barely hit me, I turn to see April still on the other side, looked really shock that she almost hit me in the head with her grappling hook, "Sorry Cleo!" April apologized with a sheepish smile, "It's fine, I'm ok!" "We'll be right there!" I hang up and put my T-Phone away.
I grab another grappling hook and shot it above April, "April, hurry, use my rope!" April slides down and tumbles down when she landed but got up with a quick "I'm Okay!" We stood on the edge and watches what it looks like a man running down the fire escape and enters a window, I bet that's where he lives. "Girls!" We turn to see the guys finally showed up as they landed behind us. "About time you guys showed up." I said, "Where did he go?" Leo asked, "He went in there." I said, pointed at the window he went through.
We jump and land on the balcony and sneak a peek inside, it's dark in there, "It's quiet. Too quiet." Donnie said, Leo jumps and rolls to the window, he used a knife he hidden and put it under the window, he moved it a little and got it open as he slowly opens it. We rolled inside the room as April quietly steps inside, we took out our flashlights and turn them on to see better. We looked around the room, then I hear Mikey gasps, I turn to see him back away and bumped into Donnie, we all lift our flashlights to see a board that's filled with red strings connected and, black and white pictures.
"It's us." Donnie said as he pointed a picture of him, Mikey, Leo, Raph and me when we were spying on the Kraang before the whole Spider Bites incident, "Not just us. Photos of mutants and Kraang. Lots and lots of Kraang." There are alot of pictures of us, and the mutants we befriended or faced to fight, and whole lot of Kraang, there's even pictures of me and April when we're at school.
"So, what's with all the creep-tastic pictures?" April asked, I look around more and softly gasped of what pictures I saw: it was me, practicing and accidentally using my telekinesis, one of me practicing on a window of the abandon building, one of me practicing on the flag during class but it looks like it was taken outside the school, there are pictures of me losing control of my powers when I tried to break up the guys' fights or me getting scared when I thought Raph was gonna kill Casey. "But," I thought, "how does this guy know about me and the guys, and my telekinesis?"
I heard a small creek and I slight turn to see the same figure from earlier hiding behind the wall outside the room, I look at the others and noticed Raph looked at me and he nodded, he must've heard it too, I nodded back, and Raph said, "Well, I guess we've seen enough here, guys. Let's get out of here." Taking his hint, we all turned off our flashlights, and silently hide to trick the man.
Once we were out of sight, the person who poked his head around the doorway. The second he did so, Raph grabbed him by the front of his shirt, and Raph grabbed him and pulled him in the room, "Whoa!" Turns out the figure was a man who looks like he's in his 40s, wears a brown coat and hat, and also seems to have gray hair and blue eyes. Raph slammed him against the door with a sai at his throat.
"Don't hurt me." The man said, "I'm a friend." "Stalker's more like it." Raph said, the man looked at all of us in amazement as he said, "After all these months, finally face-to-face with the talking ninja turtles, and April O'Neil and Cleopatra themselves." He walks towards April, but I stood in front of her and said as I grab my kamas, "How do you know so much about us? What's up with the photos? Who are you?" "The name's Kurtzman. I was a journalist on the case of the missing scientist last year, and then I discovered something much bigger."
Kurtzman turn on the lights and shoved everything on his table aside and placed a book on the table. "The Kraang." He opened the book and said, "The alien infiltration is long-lived. Ancient, in fact. The Kraang have been trying to use mutagen to terraform the Earth for thousands of years. But they couldn't use the mutagen in our universe without a specific chain of human DNA. They spent millennia capturing people, shaping humankind's genetic code, until finally," he helds a picture of a baby girl, "That's me." April gasps.
"Your mother was taken by the Kraang before you were born. Then, she was experimented on." Kurtzman said as he flips a page of April and her parents when she was a baby. "My mom?" "That's why you're so special, April. Your DNA can perfect the mutagen in this dimension." "Wow." Donnie said in awe, "I, I think I need to sit down." April said, look like she was going to faint, "and you," I turn to see Kurtzman looking at me, "I've seen you. Your very special too."
I gave him a raised eyebrow, "What do you mean?" I asked, pretending to be clueless, but I knew what he was talking about, "Just be careful, you don't want it to go out of control." I can feel April looking at me with concern, as for the guys, who no doubt look confused on what Kurtzman was talking about, before any of them can say anything, we heard footsteps and turn to see Kraang droids barging in.
"They found me. I don't know how, but they found me." Kurtzman said in fear, "Kraang, the human known as 'Kurtzman' has allied himself with the ones called 'the turtles and the girl,' who are the turtles and the girl." One droid said, "Observe, Kraang." Another responded, "Disintegrate first. Capture for interrogation later." They began to shoot at us, we dodged them as I took out my kamas and began to slice and stab every Kraang droid that came after me. I saw a Kraang droid shot a laser at April, but April shielded herself with her tessen, but she yelped and dropped her weapon as steam coming out of it, no doubt it got hot.
A Kraang droid approaches her and was about to shoot when I sliced it, prevent it from hurting her, "Don't feel bad April, when I first started it took me a long time too. The guys were constantly judging me. But after a long time of lessons, I may even be better than them." I said sassy with a smirk, "Hey!" I heard the guys said, I smirked at them and slashed one of the Kraang droids that came up behind me without even looking and April smiles at me.
We kept fighting them, but they just keep coming, "Retreat!" Donnie yells, we dove through the window and onto the fire escape. Once we landed, a scream was heard, I look up and saw Kurtzman falling out of the window with a shout. Mikey quickly used his kurasama chain and wrapped one end around Kurtzman's ankle, saving him. "Nice catch Mikey!" I said as I landed and help Mr. Kurtzman to get him back on his feet after Mikey carefully set him down as the guys and April landed beside us, although April had some difficulty getting down.
"Let's get out of here!" I yelled, before we can leave, a white van pulled up and stopped at the entrance of the alley. A Kraang stepped out of van, in a large pod with long, spider like legs and started firing at us. Yelped, I dodged with lasers with the others doing the same and ran out of the other entrance of the alley. We quickly went to the nearest manhole cover. Raph opened it, and we all jumped in, one by one. Raph quickly jumped in, closing the manhole cover behind him.
Luckily the Shellraiser was nearby, because we got in and the guys and I quickly went to our stations. Leo hit the gas and the Shellraiser revved out of the alleyway and straight for the Kraang, which it screeched and scuttled out of the way. The alarm went off when we heard banging noises from the back, no doubt the Kraang is firing at us again.
Leo put the Shellraiser in reverse and slammed it back to the Kraang, he then put it back in drive and floored it. "Here's the plan," Kurtzman began, "you infiltrated TCRI, then wipe out all the data the Kraang have on April's DNA." "Infiltrate TCRI?" April echoed as I turn to her, "I thought you guys blew that place up." "We did." I stated, "We blew that place up during the first invasion."
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"Whoa, they rebuilt TCRI? Already?" We all stood there, staring up at TCRI, which was indeed somehow already rebuilt. "Guess the Kraang had some time to fix the place up." I said, "We break in, erase April's DNA codes, and get out." Leo stated firmly, "Infiltration only." "Let's do this." April said, "Great. You and Kurtzman stay outside on lookout." Leo said firmly, "Stay outside?" April echoed in disbelief, "On lookout?" "No problem." Kurtzman said, "Take this." He handed Leo an ID card of the Kraang in its human suit. "It's a key card I stole from one of their vans. It'll get you into TCRI." Thanks, Mr. Kurtzman." Leo thanked, "Good luck."
The guys and I climbed to the rooftop and Leo fired a grappling hook towards the building, forming a zipline over. We heard grunts and turn to see April pulling herself onto the rooftop. She walked towards us, looking exhausted. "All right, April. Stay here and maintain radio communication." "But I want in on the action too." April scoffed.
Man, April doesn't know what to quit. "If you want, I can stay here with April, Leo." I suggested, "Alright Cleo, you can stay here with April." Leo said before he slides down the zipline with Raph and Mikey following behind him. "Don't worry, April. We'll be back in two shakes of a Kraang tentacle." Donnie said before he slides down with our brothers.
"Wait outside like some stupid sidekick? I don't think so." April was about to slide down, when I gripped her shoulder and said, "April, you should probably stay here. The guys know what they're doing." "So, do I. I'm going." April said, "April wait!" I yelled but April already slides down the zipline. I facepalm at April's action. "And Leo said I'm gonna get myself killed one day, but April is gonna get herself killed first." I quickly slide down the zipline and landed outside the ventilation shaft the guys used. I went inside and crawled through the ventilation until I saw the end up ahead, there I saw April.
"And I thought Raph and I were the stubborn ones." I said, catching April's attention. "Come on, let's go after the guys." I said, knowing I can't talk April out of this, besides there's no turning back now. I look up and saw an opening, I crawled over with April beside me, and we looked down to see the guys gathered around what it looks like a Kraang droid in its human suit seated at a desk. From the looks of it, I think it's charging or something, because it's not attacking them. April then dropped down from the shaft and landed by the others, startling them, I follow after.
"April? What are you doing here?" Raph questioned, Leo turned to me, no doubt wanting an explanation, "Just for the record, I tried to stop her, but she won't listen to me." I said, raising my hands up in surrender. I feel April glaring at me, but I didn't turn to her. "I told you, I'm sick of sitting on the sidelines." April responded, "Fine. Just be quiet, stay close, and do not let Mikey touch anything." Not long after Leo said, we turn to the droid when it started to make strange noises as its eyes flashing pink.
"Spoke too soon, bro." I mumbled, "Wasn't me." Mikey said, waving his hands in defense, "I think they're done charging." Donnie said, "Let's get out of here!" The others and I darted through the cubicles while the droids powered up. Leo skidded to a halt at a corner and raised his hand for us to stop. "Kraang, does this human suit make Kraang look fat?" I heard one of the droids asked. The other droids stood up and we all ran down the hall and Leo lead up to an elevator, he impatiently pressed the button for it to open.
After a moment, the doors slid open with a ding, and we all dashed inside. Leo slid the key card Kurtzman gave him through the scanner and the doors closed. "The floor known as level 40 has been accessed to Kraang." a robotic voice said. The elevator started moving as Leo let out a sigh of relief, "Whew! Not bad so far." "Please don't jinx it." I said, "I'm only saying, just roll with me on this." Leo said. Silence fell in the room, except for the music playing through the speakers. "This music is making my ears bleed." Raph said, covering his ears with his fingers, "Don't worry Raph, we're almost there." I spoke, petting his shell.
After several minutes, the elevator dinged, and the doors slid open. Leo peered out and made a couple of rapid hand signals to us before darting, while we followed close behind. We all saw a bunch of Kraang floating in the air, look like they're meditating while a holographic image of Kraang Prime levitating in the middle of them. "What's goin' on, Donnie?" Raph asked, "It's a Kraang sweet 16 birthday party." Donnie said sarcastically in a high-pitched tone before shooting him a glare and snapped, "How am I supposed to know?"
"Ah!" April yelped, gripping her head, "It's Kraang Prime." She got up and walked towards the Kraang, "They're meditating, communicating. I can hear their thoughts." "Whoa, man. You're, like, "tele-pathetic"." Mikey said, April stood there for a moment before saying, "They're talking about invasion." She paused, and then moments later she gasped and covered her mouth. The Kraang suddenly started shrieking. "Um, guys, what are we thinking?" "Run!" Leo ordered, and we darted back to the elevator, Leo repeatedly pressed the button to call it up.
"Some stealth mission." Raph commented. "Dudes!" Mikey called. We turned and spotted the robot lady we fought before at mine and April's school. "It's that freaky chick with the exploding elbows." "Leo, forget the elevator!" I said, pulling him away from the buttons, "We have bigger problems to worry about!" The robot lady lifted her arm and shot a rocket at us, we were able to dodge the missile as it destroyed the elevator in the progress. "April!" Donnie pushed April down so she wouldn't get hurt, "Look out!" April pushed Donnie down to avoid the beams. I took out my kamas and avoid the beams.
I jump and dodge the blast of the beams from the droids, once I got close enough, I used my kamas to slice and stab them, causing more Kraang blobs to jump out and crawling away. I quickly ran up to Leo, who points at the double doors with his katana, "We got to get to that door." We tried to run to the door, but it was blocked by the robot lady with a couple of Kraang droids, "Easier said than done, bro." I said, before running into battle with my brothers following behind me.
I was so busy on fighting the droids, I heard April yelling, "Help! Help! Donnie! Cleo!" I turned to see April being dragged away, "April!" I shouted, "Raph, take down "Miss Rocket Arms"." Leo ordered, "Already on it." Raph said, running towards robot lady and throws one of his sais at her, stabbing in one of her elbows that was about to shoot out another missile and she exploded, taking out the rest of the droids. "Nice shot," I said, putting my kamas away, Raph smirks as he put his sai away,
"Let's get April!" Donnie said, running past us, I kick one of the flying Kraang blobs and we followed him with more Kraang following right behind us. We reached through a hallway and before we can turn the corner, we saw April running towards us and yells, "Run!" "Wait, how did she-" I was cut off when more beams were blasted at us, so we had no choice but to follow April. "In here." April points at an open door and we quickly bolted inside, and the door shut behind us. "So why are we hiding in a dead end?" Raph asked, Leo pressed a few buttons on the pad beside the door, then tried pulling it open, but with no luck.
"Door's locked. We're trapped." Leo said, April suddenly started laughing as gas started seeping into the room from the vents above us, "Poison gas?" Donnie said, "April, why are you doing this?" But April just continued laughing as we tried to get out while trying not to inhale the poison gas, but with no luck. "Got to get out." Leo coughs, "There is no escape, turtles and girl." April stated, "April, what's wrong with you?" Donnie snapped, "Are you... mind controlled?"
He walked up to her, but then April slapped him, "Try again." She delivered a few quick punches to his plastron, then uppercut him and kicked him to the floor, "Donnie!" Mikey shouted before quickly covered his mouth, "It's not April, Mikey." Leo coughs, "It's an android." Raph said pulled out his sai, "Get her!" Raph charged at the fake April and was about to stab her, but the fake April grabbed both his wrists. "Hey!" The fake smirked at him and headbutted him, then pulled him around and threw him into the wall, "Raph!" I shouted while covering my mouth, "I hate having to do this, but..."
Donnie charged at the fake and swung his staff, but she caught it easily and flung him to the door. The fake stalked him and tried to grab him, but he grabbed her hands and kick one of her legs, causing her to go face-first into the door lock. It electrocuted her and she screeched, and she explodes into black goo. The doors open as we still cover our mouths, sealing our breath inside. "'Kay." We all ran out into the hall, taking a moment to catch our breath and get the oxygen we need after inhaling the poison gas.
"It was some kind of replica." Donnie said while coughing, "A fake April." "But she looked so real." Mikey said, "Like tofu bacon." "I just hope that's the only clone we have to deal with." I said while coughing, "Come on." Leo coughs, "We got to find the real April." He darted on ahead with Donnie following while Mikey, Raph and I hung back for a second for Raph to say, "And Tofu bacon does not look real."
Before following our older brother, I quickly follow him with Mikey behind me as he said, "It tastes real, though." I quickly stopped running and stuck my arm out to stop Mikey from running when we all saw a big door, guarded by a red light sweeping across the floor. It spotted Mikey's foot and started shooting at him, though he dodged them, "I bet whatever's behind that door is pretty important." he said.
The red light started sweeping the floor again and this time it quickly spotted Leo, it started shooting at him, but Leo avoided all the laser blasts from it and quickly slid the key card across the scanner, causing the laser to stop shooting and disappeared into the ceiling. The door slides open, and we ran into the room, and we were shocked at what we saw.
Inside of every single tube of black liquid are full of April clones, "Ok, I take back what I just said about earlier." I said, before Donnie said, "By Darwin's beard. April clones." "Weird." Mikey said, "They're perfect genetic duplicates." "Weird." "I bet the Kraang have been growing them to harvest her DNA." I see Mikey waved at one of the clones and I was weirded out when I saw it opened its eyes, Mikey gasps, "Weir-." I covered Mikey's mouth to prevent him from saying it again, "Mikey, I think we get it." I spoke.
"So, where's the real April?" Raph asks, Leo then said, "I don't know, but we have to wipe out all of April's DNA in the Kraang's computers. Donnie?" Donnie quickly got to work on the computers to getting April's DNA erased from the Kraang's computers. It was a little while later when Leo said, "Hurry, Donnie. Faster." "I'm hurrying as fast as I can." Donnie said as he tries to hack into the computers before we heard April screaming.
"April!" Mikey and I yelled. What the heck are those freaks doing to her?! The door above us slides open to reveal three Kraang droids walking out with guns in hand, "The turtles and the girl survived. Open the bin that is known as "the reject bin"." A hatch opens from the floor not too far from us and saw a large hand coming out, we took out our weapons, ready for whatever comes out of the hatch.
We were caught off guard when we saw it was April, but we soon realized it wasn't our April. We screamed when we saw it has a long neck and the true abomination came out of the hatch. It was a giant April clone with a huge left arm and hand, a huge right leg and foot, the April head we saw has a long neck that's attached to where the clone supposed to have an eye.
(A/N: I actually had a hard time describing this thing while typing this to be honest)
It roared at us as it looms over us, "Uh-oh." "What the heck is that?" Leo asks, he and I jumped out of the way as the clone tries to stomp on us, "Derp, derp, derp." It swings its long arm and knocks the three droids down. "It's some kind of a reject clone. A genetic mishap." "An "April-derp." Mikey exclaimed as we ran away from it when it tried to crush us, ""Derp, derp, derp." Get it?"
It tried to swipe at Leo, but he jumped and stomp on its neck before jumping away, Donnie hit its skinny leg to knock it down, but it only stumbles. Mikey screams as he jumps towards the clone and hit it in the back of its neck with his nunchucks before jumping away to avoid getting caught. It tried to swipe at me, but I dodged and avoided it and as I slide down between its legs, I jump on its back and swing one of my kamas down, leaving a scratch as it screams and tries to grab me, but I jumped out of the way in time.
"You guys take care of the derp. I'll rescue April." Raph said, "I'll come with you, bro. You're gonna need some backup." I said as Raph nodded. "Oh, man. I wanted to do that." Donnie whines, "Sorry bro, but Leo and Mikey need your help even more right now," I said, "just focus on wiping out April's DNA from the computers. We'll handle this." Donnie nodded and turned back to the computers.
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I followed Raph up to the door and went we entered we quickly hide, and we peeked out to see some Kraang droids surrounding April wearing white clothes, as she struggles to break free as a long needle head straight for her head. We both looked at each other and nodded as Raph went to get on the machine and use his sai to cut some wires, making it stop working.
"April!" They all looked up to see him, and April said, "Oh Great. Saved by Raph. I'm never gonna live this down." I smiled at this, I've been there April, I've been there. "Well, we've all been there, April." Raph responded, he unsheathed his sais and jumped down. He knocked out a couple of droids and while he's keeping them distracted, I quickly but quietly, made my way up to April.
"Hang on, April. I got you." I began tried to get the metal straps off her, but being human, it's a little difficult. I heard thuds behind me, and I turn my head to see some of the droids pinning Raph down, "Let me go." "Raph!" April shouted, some of the other droids turn their heads and saw me, "Aw, Sewer apples." I took out my kamas as the droids all head towards me while some stayed back to keep Raph pinned down, I stab and swung down my kama at one droid, slicing it in half, as the other one came from behind, but I slide between its legs and jump up and down the slice. I kick the droid who tries to grab me and before I can try to get to help Raph out, they grabbed me and forced me onto the floor.
"Get off me!" I shouted, "Cleo!" "Do not struggle. The one called "April O'Neil" will soon expire." I tried to get the droids off of me, but the next thing that happened shocked me, "No! NOOOOO!!!!" A sonic wave suddenly came out of April and all the droids shut down as the Kraang screeched, some of the droids went limp and lay on me. I shoved the droids off of me and got up and ran up to Raph and helped him up after shoving the droids off of him. We ran up to April, and together, Raph and I got the metal straps off of April and help her up, pulling her away from the table just in time before the needle can reach her.
"You okay?" Raph asks, "Brain on fire, ready to pop. Other than that, meh." April responds, still looking groggy. "April!" I look up to see the rest of the guys dropped down into the room. Donnie ran up to April and hugs her as he shoves Raph away, "Oh, I'm so glad you're alive." "Geez, glad to know you care about us too, D." I said sarcastically, Donnie pulled away and gave me a sheepish look with a nervous chuckle. An alarm suddenly went off. "Uh-oh. Time to haul shell." Mikey said. We ran out of the room and back into the lab. We all saw that all the April clones are free from their tubes and were closing in on us.
"Where are you going, guys?"
"Trying to ditch me?"
"Let's get out of here."
"We got to hurry."
"Come on."
"It's me, April."
"Where are you going, guys?"
"Come on."
"Let's get out of here."
April tries to shove the clones back as she said, "Don't listen to them. I'm the real April." Some of the clones grabbed one of April's arms and dragged her into the crowd. "April!" Donnie shouted, some of the clones shoved each other back as they keep saying,
"No, I'm the real April."
"I am."
"It's me."
"No, I am."
"We got to hurry."
"Come on."
"No, I'm the real April."
"It's me."
"I am."
"It's me."
"No, I am."
"Whoa. Which one is which?" Mikey asks as the clones closed in on us, "I don't know, they all look the same." I said, trying to figure out which one is the real April. Suddenly, one of them reached out to show a goldish-yellow club-like object in hand. One of the Aprils sliced off the other Aprils' heads off, and I smile. Only the real April knows how to use a tessen. "Yep, that's the real April." Donnie said.
We drew out our weapons and started attacking the clones, reducing them to goo, leaving the real April standing. "Okay, that was just gross, dudes. There's "April derp" on my chucks." Mikey said, shaking the goo off his nunchucks. "Let's move." Leo ordered as we put our weapons away and bolted out of the room and made our way out of the building with the Kraang on our heels.
When we made it outside, a white van pulled up in front of us. I put my hands on my kamas, waiting for more Kraang droids to come out. But when the door opened, it wasn't a Kraang droid at all, it was Kurtzman. "Get in." We quickly got into the van one by one, and Kurtzman drove off once we all got inside the van, "Escaping from the Kraang in their own van." Kurtzman laughs.
"Thanks for the save, Mr. Kurtzman." Leo thanked him, "I owed you one." Kurtzman replied, "So, did you wipe out the Kraang computers?" "We did, by the skin of our noses." Donnie said, "The only reason we survived was because of April." Raph said, "Whatever you did back there saved us all." "I have no clue what I did." April sighs, "I was freaking out, and then, "zap". The Kraang were toast."
"You walk from here." Kurtzman said as he pulled up in an alley and we all got out, "Well, I'm off. Somebody's got to keep an eye on the Kraang. They're everywhere." Kurzman hands Leo a card he pulled from his jacket, "If you ever need my expertise, you know where to find me." Leo thanked him again and he and the others all left, but I stayed behind, "Something on your mind, Cleopatra?" Kurtzman asks.
I turned to him and asks, "You knew, didn't you? About my telekinesis?" "Cleo, come on!" I hear Leo calling for me, "Coming!" I shouted, "Yes, I knew about them when I was watching you and your brothers, just be careful not to let your power go out of control since they're connected to your emotions. The last thing you want is the hurt your family and friends." I slowly nodded my head, knowing he's right, "I'll try to control it, I promise." I said before I ran to catch up with the others.
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Once we got back to the lair, Donnie ran a DNA test on April, we waited with anticipation, "Well, what'd you find out, Donnie?" Leo asked, "This doesn't seem possible." Donnie said, looking at April's DNA sample, "What is it? What's wrong?" April asked with worry, "Based on all the info I've culled from the clone lab; your cellular makeup is actually a morphogenesis blend of human and Kraang DNA." Donnie responded, "Wait. Are you saying-" "You're not entirely human, April." Donnie said, "That's why you have psychic powers. In fact, you are a half-human, half-alien mutant." WHAT?! "A mutant?!" Everyone shouted, "Aw, yeah! Welcome to the family." Mikey exclaimed.
Flex!
Crash!
I flinched as a couple of beakers fell off of Donnie's table and crashed into the ground. Dang it! The guys looked surprised, but April quickly said, "Sorry, Donnie. I didn't mean to knock over your beakers and break them." Which was a good cover up since April is close to the beakers besides me. "It's alright, I'll clean it up." Donnie said as he went to get a broom and dustpan. While the guys are distracted, April slightly turns her head to me and gave me a wink with a small smile, causing me to smile back at her with gratitude.
But I can tell April still shocked about what Donnie told her. I mean I don't blame her; anyone would be shocked if they've been told they're a mutant when they thought they were human their whole life, I know I would be too if I was in her shoes. This is gonna take some time for her and all of us to get used to this now we know April is not completely human.
But as for me, I knew that I have to keep my powers under control, after what happened tonight, I know I'm gonna need a lot more practice to keep my telekinesis under control before I hurt someone, or even worse. It's like Kurtzman said, I have to be careful. I have to control my power, before it controls me.
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