Cleo's POV:
I'm bored. I just want to get that out there right now. I know it's pretty blunt, but it's a fact. I mean, without my playing cards to occupy myself, stakeouts can get pretty boring. Because that's what we were currently doing. We had been staking out the building of a lab that- thanks to April's knowledge- we knew the Kraang were going to break into. Leo figured the aliens were going to make for it eventually, so he planned a stakeout for it. 

Both Leo and Donnie were standing by the edge of the building, looking down at the facility that held the lab. Donnie was peering through a spyglass, and Leo was observing with his arms crossed over his chest. "Anything?" he asked. "Nothing yet," said Donnie. I sighed. "Geez, it's been an hour! When are the Kraang gonna show up?" I crossed my arms and turned to face the other two. 

Raph was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his shell against the wall of a building block, his arms folded, and he appeared to be half asleep. Mikey was laying on top the block with his stomach down, a mischievous look on his face. He then reached his hand down and poked the top of Raph's head. Raph swatted his hand away, and Mikey chuckled. He tapped a second time, and Raph swatted his hand again.

Still somehow amused, Mikey went for a third tap. But before he could even touch his brother's head, Raph reached up and grabbed onto Mikey's finger. I hissed slightly when I heard a small crack, and Mikey yelped. Raph released his hold, glaring up at Mikey. The younger turtle whimpered slightly as he stuck his sore finger into his own mouth. 

I sighed. "Must you always hurt the poor boy?" I asked Raph. "He was asking for it," he grumbled. "Guys!" Leo hissed, and we all turned to see him glaring at us. "When ninjas are on surveillance, they are supposed to be silent!" I nodded. "Sure thing, dude." "Sorry, Leo," said Mikey. "I'll scream quieter." Mikey looked back down at Raph, a smile reappearing on his face. He lifted his hand up and started to bring his finger closer and closer to Raph's head. "Mikey..." I hissed warningly. But it was no use. 

Before I could say more, Mikey had poked Raph's head, and giggled like an excited schoolboy. Raph's eyes snapped open as he let out a low growl. "And Raph snaps in 3... 2... 1..." Raph reached up, grabbed Mikey's wrist, and tossed him down onto the ground. Raph jumped over to him, wrapped an arm around Mikey's neck, and stood up, keeping the younger turtle in a headlock. "Say it," said Raph. "Raph! Be quiet!" Leo snapped. "Not 'til Mikey says it!" Mikey struggled to break free of his brother's grasp but failed miserably.

He sighed, letting his arms go limp. "Raphael is all wise and powerful," he grumbled irritably, rolling his eyes. Raph released him. But barely a second later he grabbed Mikey again and twisted his head a bit. "And...?" "And he's better than me in every possible way!" Mikey said, struggling again. Raph released him again, and Mikey gasped for air. Then Raph raised his elbow up and brought it down on Mikey's shell, sending said turtle to the ground. "Raph!" I hissed. Raph ignored me and kneeled down, keeping his brother pinned. 

"And...?" "And I'm a lowly worm beneath his feet who isn't fit to live on the same planet as him because he's so amazing and I'm a dirt clod!" Mikey said all of this really fast and breathlessly. Raph then licked his finger and held it over Mikey's head. He grinned evilly as Mikey stared up at the finger, his big blue eyes going wide. "And...?" Mikey's lip trembled. "In the history of the universe, there's never been-!" "Okay, enough!" Leo snapped, sounding very irritated. Raph looked up to glare at Leo. He released his hold on Mikey, who gasped, looking deflated. Raph stood up and marched over to Leo.

"We're wasting our time!" he said. "The Kraang aren't gonna show up!" Leo just looked at him. "Have a little patience, will you?" "No offense Leo, but I think I'm with Raph on this one," I said as I walked up to them. "I mean, we've been out here for who knows how long, so I think we can assume that nothing's gonna happen tonight." "Just have faith, Cleo," Leo said wisely. "And patience. It's bad enough with Raph having problems with waiting." "I'm not that bad!" Raph snapped. "I'm just sick of sitting up here doing nothing!" 

"Trust me, guys. They're gonna break into that lab tonight," Donnie placed a hand on his chest, looking confident. "I have reliable intel." "Intel?" Raph smirked. "You mean, April told you." I raised my eyebrow as I grinned over at Donnie. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was April who told you they were gonna be here." "April?" Mikey grinned like a Cheshire cat. "You mean his girlfriend?" I had to bite my lip to keep myself from giggling as I looked over at Donnie. I swear, if looks could kill, Mikey wouldn't be breathing right now. I could almost see steam floating off Donnie's head.

"She's not my girlfriend, Mikey!" he snapped, but me and the others exchanged grins. "She's a girl, who's a friend, whose dad got kidnapped by the same guys who are gonna break into that lab, and we're gonna stop them!" "Or we'll sit out on a cold roof all night for no reason," Raph said bluntly. I opened my mouth to respond, but I was interrupted by the sound of the rooftop door creaking. "What the heck's goin' on up here?" 

I froze and turned my head. Standing there was the ugliest man I had ever seen. He appeared to be in his 50's, bald, and had a beer belly so huge that it poked out from underneath his stained tank top. "What are yah, playin' dress up?" he asked. "No, sir..." Leo said nervously. "We were just-" But the man wasn't paying attention. He appeared to be looking at something on the ground. I glanced behind us and saw there was a broken satellite dish. "Erm... that wasn't our fault, was it?"

"You! Girlie!" the man snapped, and I turned to see the man pointing a finger at me. "Which one of your slimy, green ham shanks busted my satellite dish?!" "Ham shanks?!" Raph shouted angrily. "I don't even know what that means...," said Donnie. "Me neither," said Raph. "But I don't like it!" Raph reached towards his belt for his sai, but Leo stopped him by grabbing his wrist. "Let's go," he said firmly.

He let go of Raph's wrist and started to walk away, and Donnie and Mikey followed. I turned to Raph, who was still glaring at the human. "Raph, c'mon," I put a hand on his shoulder. "We don't need any of this. Let's just leave." Raph huffed, then turned away. "That's right, yah spineless creampuff!" the man taunted loudly. "Listen to your girlfriend!" I blinked and whipped my head around. "Girlfriend?!"

"Hey!" Raph took out his sais. "Watch it, buddy!" The man mimicked being frightened. "Oh, no! I didn't know you had salad tongs!" "Salad tongs?!" Just as Raph started to charge forward, the guys grabbed him. Leo and Mikey held onto his arms, and Donnie held onto the back of his shell. I stood in front of Raph and put my hands on his shoulders, pushing him back. "Raph, don't!" I told him.

"I'm not gonna take this from some greasy, pit-stained slob in a comb-over!" Raph snapped. "You callin' me ugly? Seen a mirror lately, circus freak?" Raph bared his teeth. "Cleo. Move," he growled. "No!" I snapped. "He's just getting under your shell, Raph! Leave it!" Raph wasn't listening, and was still trying to move forward, despite the effort his brothers were giving to keep him back. I groaned irritably as I pushed him back with all my might.

"It's... not... worth... it...!" I grunted loudly as I pushed against him. "You want a piece of me?" "Will you shut up?!" I snapped at the human. Raph growled once more, his eyes blazing with fire. "When I'm done, a piece of you is all that's gonna be left!" With one final push and one final pull, me and the guys were finally able to move him back. Good thing, too. Because at that exact moment a pink laser shot out right where Raph had been standing.

I straightened up before turning around. There were several Kraang robots standing on the opposite side of the rooftop. "Kraang-droids!" Leo cried. "Holy talido!" the human said in surprise. I groaned. "Can this night get any worse?" "Way to blow our position, Raph," Leo said irritably. We all drew our weapons out in a second. This time, instead of my tessen, I decided to pull out my kamas. I wanted to see how well they worked with these Kraang jerks.

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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:
The Kraang-droids aimed their guns at us and started firing. "Scram!" Leo ordered. We did as we were told. After that I charged towards the robots, my kamas held at the ready. I jumped left and right to avoid fire as I jumped at the robot closest to me. I used my right kama to push its gun up and out of the way, and I used my left one to slice through its chest. I then raised both of them up and brought them down, slicing through the dude's arms.

Sparks flew as I kicked him back, causing him to bump into another robot, and they both fell. Surprisingly, that's all I needed to do. The Kraang all stood up and then ran off before me or my bros could do anything. "Keep going, Kung Fu frogs!" I heard the man shout. "This is pure gold!" I whipped my head around. The man was sitting in the doorway, a grin on his face, and a phone in his hand.

"We're not frogs, you idiot!" Raph snapped. "Yeah, seriously?!" I spoke. "When's the last time you saw a frog with a shell?!" "And it's not Kung Fu!" Donnie corrected irritably. "It's an ancient Japanese battle art!" "Guys!" Leo hissed, sounding nervous. "He got us on video!" Raph bared his teeth and growled with rage. "Not for long he doesn't!" Raph suddenly charged, running for the man. But just as Raph jumped to grab him, the human ran inside and shut the door. Raph's face smashed into the door, and he slid down onto the floor. From the other side I could hear the man laughing. "I'm gonna make a fortune off of this!" he said. 

Raph sat up, his head tipping and his eyes spinning for a second. Then he shook his head and went back to normal. I opened my mouth to ask if he was okay, but as I did, I heard the sound of sirens in the distance. "Fire trucks, on route! Thirty seconds!" said Donnie. "Then let's move," said Leo. "Wait!" Raph snapped. "We have to find that guy and break his phone! And his face!"

But even as he ranted, the others had already started running off. Raph stared after them, looking surprised. "Raph, c'mon!" I urged him. "We gotta go now!" Raph looked at the door, looked at the ground, and grunted irritably as he threw his arms down. We both turned and followed our brothers to safety. Father is gonna be so pissed about this...

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"Not only did Raphael alert the Kraang, but you got caught...on video!" I gulped as I shifted in my seat between Mikey and Donnie. Yep. He is totally pissed. "Sensei!" Raph said defensively. "He was the angriest, nastiest guy you've ever met!" "Except for you," Mikey said, smirking. Raph glared and smacked Mikey's head. Mikey yelped. Then he whimpered as he rested his head on my shoulder, and I rubbed it affectionately. Raph continued talking to father. "You should've heard the insults this guy was throwing at us! They were so..." "Insulting?" I asked as I continued to rub Mikey's head. "Yes!" Raph agreed. 

"Oh! I did not realize he said mean things," Father said sarcastically. "Of course! You had no choice but to jeopardize your mission!" "Burn," Mikey whispered. Raph glared and turned to face him, but Mikey clung onto me for dear life, as if I'm a shield from Raph's rage. "You are ninjas," Father said firmly as he paced in front of us. "You work in the shadows- in secret. This becomes difficult if there is proof of your existence in high definition!" 

"Look," Raph continued. "We know where this guy lives. All we have to do is find him and shake him until the tape pops out." "Oh, there's no tape," Donnie piped up. "Video cameras use a flash memory and-" But he was cut off as Raph started growling again, an intense glare on his face. "Geez, Raph, calm down," I told him. "You're just gonna make things worse."

"Cleopatra is right," said father. "Anger is self-destructive." Raph glanced down at the floor, and muttered, "I always thought it was others destructive." "Raphael!" Father said sharply. "Stand up." I couldn't help but cringe slightly at the tone of father's voice. "Oh boy, he's in real trouble now." Raph looked a little uneasy as he slowly stood up on his feet. "Somebody's in trouble," Mikey sang sweetly.

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We were now in the dojo, no doubt for Raph's punishment. Raph stood in the middle of the room, and we were all circling him. We were each holding a bow and arrow, holding the strings back, ready to fire. Instead of arrowheads, the arrows had little suction cups on the ends of them. I had no idea what father was up to, but I hope it's worth it. "Evade the arrows," Father told Raph, who grinned. "No problem!" "Hajime!"

Mikey shot his arrow, and Raph dodged it easily. Leo shot next, but the arrow barely touched Raph's shoulder. I shot next, aiming for his shell. But he jumped up and let it go under him. Donnie shot next, but Raph did a back flip, withdrawing his sais from his belt, and landed back on the ground. Father caught the arrow that was coming for him between his two fingers. "Yame!"

We all stood at attention, waiting for orders. "Again!" said father. "Except this time, Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Cleopatra... insult Raphael." I blinked. "Father?" I said unsurely. "Wait," said Donnie. "Insult... him?" "Yes," said father. "And he can't fight back?" "No." Donnie chuckled. "I'm feeling good about this plan." "Hajime!"

At the same moment, me and the boys began circling our brother. "Oh boy," I thought. "Now what? I don't wanna insult Raph." The others seemed to be having different feelings towards this situation, however. Mikey's sinister laugh proved that. "You move like a bloated buffalo!" he said. Mikey fired his arrow, but Raph did a split as it soared above his head. "I do not!" "And you're always whining," Leo said, mimicking a sad voice. "Poor me! Nobody understands me!" "Well, you don't understa-" Smack! Leo's arrow stuck to the back of Raph's shell.

I sighed. "Alright, let's get this over with..." "And you're always so grumpy!" I taunted. "It's like you're the freakin' Prince of Darkness." Raph turned to stare at me just as I shot my arrow. It struck him, sticking to his upper plastron. "And..." Donnie paused. "Oh! You don't keep your back straight when doing omota gota giatu!" Donnie fired and hit the back of Raph's shell. "And you're ugly!" he added, firing another arrow that hit his brother.

"And gassy!" said Mikey, who fired another arrow, which hit Raph as well. "And boring~!" I sang, firing an arrow that hit Raph's arm. "Stop it!" Raph shouted. "Aw, you talk so tough, but inside you're just a scared little baby," said Leo. "Who needs his bottle!" said Donnie, and he fired. "And his diaper changed!" Mikey added, firing an arrow as well. "Aw, little Raph's getting a temper tantrum," I cooed teasingly, firing an arrow that hit his shell. "What's wrong, Raph? Gonna cry?" Leo taunted. "I..." I shot an arrow that hit the back of Raph's head. "A..." An arrow hit the side of his head. "Not..." An arrow hit the other side. "Gonna cry-!" An arrow hit his forehead, right between the eyes. Raph fell back and landed on his shell. 

"Ahh... I wish this moment would last forever," Mikey sighed. "You know what?!" Raph stood up, throwing his sais on the ground. "Forget this! This is stupid!" "Aww! It didn't!" Mikey said disappointingly. Raph turned, his frame hunched over, a grim look on his face. He walked over to father, who observed him. "Ninniku Seishin is the ability to endure insults with patience and humility," Father said wisely. "You cannot be a true ninja until you learn to master it."

The arrows on the sides of Raph's head popped off, and Mikey giggled. Raph glared at our brother, clenching his hand into a fist. "Understood?" Father asked firmly. Raph unclenched his fist and turned to face father. "Hai, Sensei." "You must get that video back," said father. "Using reason, not force." Raph looked down at the floor, a glum look on his face. I gulped slightly. "Great, now I feel bad..." I took a deep breath, and slowly walked towards Raph. I saw father glance down at me, but I continued forward. I stopped only when I was right next to Raph. 

"I'm sorry." Raph snapped his head up and looked at me, a surprised look on his face. I glanced up at the arrow on the back of his head- the one that I had fired. I reached up, grabbed it, and took it off with a loud pop! "I'm sorry for this insult," I told him. Raph stared at me, speechless. I grabbed the arrow I had fired at his arm and took it off. "And this one..." I grabbed the one on the top of his shell, and I took that one off, too. "And this one..." I reached for the one on his chest, and it popped off as well.

"And this one," I put all of the arrows in one hand and held my hands at my sides. "I didn't mean any of the things I said, I hope you can forgive me." The whole room was silent. Nobody spoke. Raph was staring at me, a confused look on his face. A second later a small grin appeared on his face. "Don't sweat it, Cleo," he said. "I know you didn't mean it." I smiled at him, feeling very relieved. I glanced up at father, and I saw he was smiling warmly at me.

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We decided to go after the guy the next night. We were hiding on the roof of the guy's apartment, waiting for him to appear. Sure enough, after we were there for an hour, the dude finally walked out of the building, talking on the phone. "I swear in my mother's grave that these guys are frogs and they know Kung Fu!" he said. "They even got a pretty little white-haired girl who can fight like wildcat! You can't tell me that's not worth somethin'!" "Now!" Leo hissed.

At once we all jumped off the roof and landed in a circle around him. He stopped walking and stared at us all. "I'll call you back," he hung the phone up, and he pointed at us as he backed up. "Lay one finger on me frog, and I'm callin' the cops. And that means you too, Girlie!" he added to me. "We're not gonna hurt you," Raph grunted through gritted, his fists clenched. "Then whadda want, freak?" I gulped. "Man, this guy's really asking for it now." Feeling nervous, I glanced over at Raph, and saw he was shaking slightly, his fists clenching and unclenching.

"We got off on the wrong foot last night," he said, the pitch in his voice going slightly higher as he tried to stay calm. "Some things were said, and well... We would just like that video back. Hm?" He gave a small shrug, and unconvincing grin on his face. We all looked at the man, giving him hopeful smiles. He raised an eyebrow, not looking convinced. Leo nudged Raph's arm, and he glared at our older brother before groaning. "Please..." he said lowly. "What are you gonna give me for it?" the man asked. 

"Oh, boy..." I sighed. "Give you for it?" Raph asked. "Well, I figure I got you over a barrel, so you need to make it worth my while." Raph grinned evilly. "I'll make it worth your while... I WON'T TAKE YOUR HEAD AND SMASH IT AGAINST THE-!" "Okay!" Leo said quickly. "Thank you, Raphael! I will take over!" Raph turned away and folded his arms, a glum look on his face. I could see steam rising off his head. I rolled my eyes as I patted his shoulder.

"So, what are you looking for?" Leo asked the man. "Ah... Cool mil oughta cover it." Leo nodded. "Mhm, mhm... A cool mil of what?" "A million dollars." I turned my head to stare at the man. "You cannot be serious." "Do I look like I'm joking, Snowcap?" the man said, smirking. "Dude, we're teenagers!" I snapped. "We ain't got two pennies to rub together!" "We do have some Canadian quarters that fell through the grate!" Mikey said hopefully. But the man wasn't having any of it. "I can make some serious money off of this thing," he said, waving the phone at us. "And if you don't wanna pay, I'll hold onto it until someone else does." 

"That's it!" Raph had finally snapped. He grabbed the man by his wrist, flipped him over, and pinned him to the ground. "Hand over the video!" he raised his fist up. "Or so help me, I'll kick your hairy butt all the way to New Jersey!" "Raph, c'mon, stop it!" I spoke. But at that point we were all engulfed in the bright beam of headlights. I turned around and saw a van just down the street. "Guys, the Kraang!" Leo yelled. The white van's engine rumbled as I started heading for us, getting faster and faster. "Raph! Look out!" Leo shouted.

He leaped forward, grabbed Raph and the man, and managed to push them out of the way just in time before the van could run them over. Once the van passed, I ran over to make sure that Leo and Raph were okay. "Guys! Are you alright?" I asked. "Never better," Raph grunted as he stood up. We all turned to look at the van and saw it had turned and was heading back towards us. "Let's not let this one get away," said Leo. Raph turned and grabbed an empty oil barrel. He flung it at the van and hit the vehicle. The van skidded, hit the walls, and then crashed into a building. "Well, that was easy," Raph said smugly, folding his arms. 

Then the Kraang-droids busted out of the back of the van, aimed their guns at us, and began firing. "Okay..." Raph said slowly. "Thanks for jinxing us, Raph," I said bluntly. I withdrew my kamas and jumped out of the way of the lasers. I ran up to one robot and kicked him to the ground. I was about to kick its face when it lifted the gun, and I saw it had a saw on it. I yelped as I jumped back to avoid getting my foot chopped off. The Kraang-droid stood up and charged at me, but I managed to move out of the way to avoid the saw. I kicked the robot's arm up and used my kama to slice the appendage off. I spun around and kicked the dude back several feet.

"Raph, what are you doing? Get back here!" I whipped my head around and saw Raph was stomping off towards the van, leaving Leo alone. Leo, being caught off guard, was suddenly pushed over by several Kraang-droids. They surrounded him and started kicking him repeatedly. Leo held his hands over his head to protect his face and skull. "Raph!" he shouted to our brother. "Hold on, Leo!" I shouted. I ran up to the robots and jumped up.

I landed on one of them and threw my kama at another. The blade embedded itself into the robot's head, and the thing fell down on the ground. At that moment, Donnie and Mikey both ran up to us. Donnie helped Leo to his feet. But even as everything seemed temporarily fine, there was the rumble of an engine, and we saw the van drive off. 

"Raph's in the van!" Leo shouted. I blinked. "What?!" Without hesitation, we all turned and ran after the vehicle. We ran as fast as we could, trying to catch up to the van. The back doors were opened, and I could see Raph fighting off several Kraang-droids. One robot managed to put him in a headlock and tried to shove him out. But Raph bit the robot's arm and punched the dude in the face. Then he held his arm out to the human guy, "How the heck did he get in there?" but the human shook his head.

"Raph!" Donnie held his Bo staff out for our brother to grab. "Get out of there!" Raph glanced at us before turning back to the human. I couldn't hear what he was saying, but he was obviously yelling at the dude. But then another Kraang-droid grabbed him by his neck and threw him out of the van. Before we could move, he knocked into all of us, sending us down to the ground.

I gasped as the wind was nearly knocked out of me, I slowly sat up. The van was gone. The Kraang had escaped. All of us groaned as we got to our feet, staggering a little. Raph was still on the ground, holding his head gingerly. I quickly walked over to him and grabbed his arm. "You okay, dude?" I asked as I helped him to his feet. "Yeah, I'm fine," he said gruffly. 

"Oh, I'm glad you feel that way, Raph!" Leo snapped. "Especially since you just screwed up everything!" Raph snapped his head to look at Leo. "What did I do?" "What did you do? You left us in the middle of the fight to yell at somebody!" Leo said angrily. "We could've stopped them, but thanks to your temper, the guy with the tape-" "Again, technically, it's a-" "Not now!" Leo snapped at Donnie. Donnie glanced down at the ground, looking sheepish. "... is in the hands of the Kraang!" Leo finished. "How are we supposed to find them?" Raph glared at Leo, his arms shaking. This didn't look good. Not at all. 

"Look!" Donnie said suddenly. "The truck's leaking!" I looked down at where Donnie was crouching, and I saw what looked like a puddle of oil in front of him. I glanced down the street, and I saw there were several more puddles, all in a line. "Alright!" said Leo, looking a little more pleased. "We can follow the trail to their hideout!" "And then we'll bash some bots!" Raph said enthusiastically, punching a fist into his hands.

Leo's face fell as he turned to look at our brother. His face was cold, and firm. "What?" Raph asked. "We are going to bash some bots," Leo folded his arms. "You are going home." I turned my head to stare at Leo. "No... He wouldn't..." "What? Are you kidding?" Raph looked at the rest of us. "Guys, are we really gonna let Leo power trip like this?" There was a moment of silence. 

"... I think Leo's right," Donnie said finally. Raph stared at him in surprise. Then he looked at me. "Cleo, c'mon..." I gulped. "I... um..." "It doesn't matter what she says, Raph," Leo said. "I'm your leader, and I'm telling you to go home." "Leo..." But Leo held a hand up to silence me. "You've gotta control your temper," he told Raph. "Until then... we just can't trust you." Leo turned and started to walk away, and Donnie followed him. "Sorry, Raph," said Mikey, and he walked away too.

I turned my head to Raph, and he was looking back at me. I could tell that he was furious, but he seemed to be holding it in. "Raph, I'm sorry..." "Don't say it," he said lowly. "Just go." I gulped, feeling as though I were swallowing a large rock down my throat. I sighed before turning and following my brothers down the street. But even as I walked, I turned my head in time to see Raph throw his sais down on the ground in frustration. "I'm so sorry, Raph..."

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The oil trail led us to what appeared to be an old, abandoned building. As we arrived, we leaned against the wall, observing the structure. "We're here," Donnie whispered. I glanced down at Mikey, and I saw he had an uneasy look on his face. "You okay, Mikey?" I asked him. "Well..." he looked up at me. "Are we really gonna do this without Raph?" I bit down on my lip. Honestly, I didn't know how to answer that. Apparently, Leo did. "We can handle this," Leo said firmly. "I dunno," said Mikey. "It just feels like something's missing." 

Then Leo reared his hand up and smacked the back of Mikey's head. "Ow!" then Mikey grinned. "Thanks." "Happy to help," said Leo. "Let's go!" We all climbed up the roof and managed to brake in soon after. We were all in a dark, dusty bottom floor with several stairs. Not only that, but there were also a lot of cobwebs, as well as webs that still had a few spiders left in them. "Spiders..." Mikey whimpered as he stared at a web that held a particularly large spider. "It's okay, Mikey," I assured him. "It's just a little ol' bug, nothing more." 

He gulped but nodded. We continued on for a few more moments; Leo in the lead, me and Mikey walking side-by-side, and Donnie bringing up the rear. Both me and Mikey stopped momentarily, looking around for a second. Just as we both took a step forward; I saw Donnie reach up and smack the back of Mikey's head. "Ow!" "Don!" "What?" Donnie shrugged, but I could've sworn I saw a smirk lingering on the corners of his mouth. "You don't have to keep doing that!" Mikey napped through gritted teeth, rubbing his head gingerly.

"There was a spider on yah," Donnie said innocently. Mikey glared. "Well, there's a spider on you, too!" Donnie looked over his shoulder. "No there isn't..." "C'mere!" Mikey suddenly jumped onto Donnie, sending both of them to the ground. Mikey sat up and started to slap Donnie's head repeatedly. I quickly ran over and grabbed the top of Mikey's shell, trying to pry him off. "Guys, c'mon, knock it off!" I snapped at them, but they didn't stop. "Hey!" Leo hissed. At once we all stopped moving. We turned our heads to look up at the leader. "Shh!" 

I frowned up at him as he turned around again. I let go of Mikey's shell and stood back as both him and Donnie stood up on their feet. Both turtles started to walk before Mikey turned back around, his hand in the air, threatening to start slapping again. "Mikey..." I warned quietly. After a second, Mikey lowered his hand and walked away.

I rolled my eyes as Donnie groaned in exasperation, and we continued on. After what felt like an hour, we came across this very large room. Inside it was what looked like a giant, 15ft tall can of mutagen. At the base of the huge thing, there were several Kraang-bots, some in their metal exoskeletons, and the rude human sitting in a chair.

"Well, you guys drive a hard bargain," he said. "Tell you what, I'll drop it down to five hundred thousand, and you can keep the phone!" The Kraang turned away, apparently looking at the phone. "Okay, four hundred thousand!" the human said, now sounding desperate. "This is our fight with the beings known as 'the turtles, and the girl,'" I heard one of the blue Kraang-droids say. "The usefulness of this will be proven usefully with the more watching of this," said another blue bot. "Also," said a disguised Kraang. "This is being a good image of Kraang." I rolled my eyes. "Oh, give me a break..." 

While the Kraang were distracted, Mikey had managed to loosen his kusarigama chain, swung it outward, and managed to hook the curved blade to the chair. Slowly and gently, he started to pull the on the chain, pulling the chair back closer to us. As he was pulled back the man turned his head to look at us. "We're gonna get you out of here," Leo whispered.

"What about my phone?" "Shh!" Leo hissed. "Don't shush me!" the man said angrily. "I ain't leavin' here without my phone!" "This guy is gonna get us caught..." "Stop the ones that need to be stopped," I heard a Kraang shout. "Stop!" said another. "Darn it..." "Remind me why we need to rescue this guy," said Donnie.

The Kraang started firing at us. We all unsheathed our weapons as we charged towards the robots. I managed to jump up over a few and landed on one's back. I took my right kama and sliced the bot's neck, causing the head to become severed. The body fell down as I jumped off of it and landed in front of another one. The robot raised its weapon, but I swung my leg up and kicked it down to the ground. I raised my kamas and shoved them down into the robot's head. I yanked them out, sparks flew, and I spun around and kicked the bot in its chest. 

Before anything else could happen there was a long, drawn-out yell. It sounded oddly like the human's voice. Then the yell slowly turned into a roar that sounded from behind the giant mutagen canister, and we all stopped moving. The Kraang powered up their weapons and aimed them into the darkness. "Kraang, go look to the place where the thing that make the noise is, and tell us what thing makes that noise in that place," one Kraang-droid said to another.

"Geez, their grammar is awful," I thought. The Kraang nodded and walked into the darkness. We all stood there, waiting for something to come out. Suddenly, the Kraang-droid was thrown back out of the dark. The little Kraang brain crawled out of the robot body and scrambled away, squalling in fear. The rest of the Kraang aimed their guns back to the darkness as another roar sounded. "I don't like the sound of that," said Mikey. "Me neither," I added. 

At that moment an enormous creature jumped out from behind the huge canister and landed with a loud crash. It looked like a giant, mutant spider. It was solid black, had four legs with red stripes that appeared to be sticking out from its large head. It had short, stubby, humanoid arms and legs that had claws, and six large red eyes glared were glaring right at us. It opened its mouth, and revealed its several big, scary teeth. 

"I don't like the look of it either!" Mikey said fearfully. "What did you do to me?" the mutant spider yelled. "I'm hideous!" I gasped. "Guys! It's the human!" I spoke. "He got hit with some mutagen!" "And he got uglier!" Mikey added. "Don't worry!" Leo said quickly. "The five of us can handle it!" I looked over at him. "The five of us?" "Okay, this might be a bad time to point this out," Donnie said timidly. "But you sent one of the five of us home..." "And right now, I wish it was me!" Mikey whimpered.

"This is your fault!" the spider growled. "I'm gonna rip your heads off!" I gulped as I gripped the handles of my kamas tightly. "This is bad!" "Alright, guys!" Leo held up his katana. "Get ready to dish out the might wrath of justice!" "Seriously, just yell 'get him'," Donnie said bluntly. "Get-!" But Leo was cut off as a long, black leg smacked him aside, causing him to crash into a pile of boxes. Donnie charged at the spider, jumping up and tried to bring his staff down on the mutant spider's head. The four giant spider legs grabbed the staff and threw Donnie. 

I let out an irritated growl as I ran up to the giant spider. I threw one of my kamas up at the mutant's face, but he blocked it with one of his large legs. I jumped up and landed on the same leg. I launched myself towards the spider's face, aiming my kama at it. But two large legs grabbed me and threw me far away. I shot through the air before landing on top of Donnie. I rolled off of him and laid my back on the floor.

"You... okay?" he grunted. "Yep..." I groaned. A second later Mikey, who was thrown by the spider too, landed next to us. "Mikey, are you alright?" I asked as he sat up. He groaned in response, but he appeared to be fine. I turned my head to see Leo standing in front of us, facing the large spider. We all instantly got to our feet.

"Is that all you got?" Mikey taunted. "Mikey!" I snapped. The spider started making large hacking sounds. Suddenly, an enormous, yellow spit glob was shot at our feet. The junk hissed and melted through the floor like acid. "The answer I was looking for was 'yes'." Mikey said, sounding scared. The spider then started shooting out glob after glob, firing at us like it was a machine gun.

We all jumped and dodged in panic, trying to avoid the acid globs as well as the spider. "I think that's our cue!" Leo said. At once we turned and started sprinting for the exit. But the giant spider jumped in front of us, blocking our way. It roared as I let out a yelp. We turned and scattered as more acid globs were fired at us. 

Donnie took his staff and swung it, trying to hit the mutant's head. But he was blocked and thrown back quickly. Me and Leo both charged at the spider, our weapons held at the ready. But no matter how many times we hit the thing; he would always block us. I swung my kamas back and forth, aiming for the spider's head, his side, and his stomach. But each time I swung one of his legs would come down to block it.

It went on until me and Leo were shoved back by one of the large legs. At that moment Mikey took a large oil barrel and lodged it into the mouth of the spider. The mutant looked surprised and tried biting down on the barrel. Mikey smirked as he tossed another barrel at the spider's face. Said creature growled before spitting out the barrel and charging at them.

We all turned and ran off. The spider then started using its particularly sharp spider legs to stab at us. I yelped as I jumped to avoid a leg that just barely missed my left side. Suddenly, there was a loud hissing sound. I looked around and saw we were surrounded by acid globs. The globs melted through the floor, and we all fell through the large hole that resulted. We landed hard on the next floor, falling all over. I gripped my kamas tightly as I pushed myself up to a kneeling position. "We're no match for Spider Bites!" said Mikey. "Spider Bites?" Leo asked as he pushed himself up to his feet with his katana.

"Well, he's a spider, and he bites. So, I thought-" "We get it!" Leo snapped. 'Spider Bites' then jumped through the hole we had fallen through and landed on his hands and feet. The spider stood himself upside down on his legs, back flipped right side up, faced us, and roared in our faces. Mikey screamed loudly, and the rest of us weren't any better. Mikey ran first, dodging left and right. We all followed close behind him. Spider Bites rolled onto his legs, and then landed on his feet. We ran to the right, and the same thing happened.

"This bug is fast!" said Leo. "Yeah, spiders aren't actually bugs," said Donnie. Before he could continue, one of the legs wrapped around his body and lifted him up into the air. Donnie yelled as he was flung around, and then thrown at a large crate. "Donnie!" I yelled. "Play time's over, frogs!" Spider Bites yelled. He hacked again, and an acid glob landed very close to Mikey and Leo. "Leo, a plan would be really helpful right now!" I said, my voice shaking slightly. "I know, I'm thinking," he said, his voice making him sound unsure. I gulped and backed away as far as I could as Spider Bites chomped his jaws at us, getting closer and closer...

"Wow, I didn't think this guy could get any uglier!" I gasped. "Raph!" I looked up at the upper level we fell through earlier, and I could see my red-banded bro standing there, looking down at us. "Raph!" me, Donnie and Mikey said happily. Raph jumped up from the upper floor and dived down. He landed neatly on one knee on the same floor as us. "Well, I think you've been punished long enough," said Leo. "Come and join us!" "Well, hey!" Spider Bites mocked, smirking at Raph. "It's the Kung Fu frog with the salad tongs!" Raph glared at him. "Hey, it's the stupid loudmouth who's about to get his butt kicked." 

I grinned. "That's my boy!" Spider Bites spat an acid glob in Raph's direction, but the turtle simply jumped out of the way. Then the spider rolled around me and the others, spitting acid globs all around us. Before we could do anything, the acid melted through, and we fell through this floor just like last time. We landed hard on the lower level, and I tumbled over and fell on this floor. I groaned as I pushed myself up with my arms. I glanced down at the floor, and I saw it was made of thick glass, and there was mutagen swirling around underneath.

"Uh... Let's not fall through this floor, okay?" Donnie said weakly as he stared down at the floor. I nodded. "Agreed!" I stood up on my feet as I stared up at the upper level. Spider Bites and Raph were facing each other, and I could hear the spider speaking. "Watch me turn your friends into frog fries!" the spider taunted. "I'll serve 'em up with your salad tongs! And I'll use them to skewer your snow-haired girlfriend like a marshmallow!" I gulped. "That sounds very unpleasant..." Spider Bites turned around and jumped down the hole. 

"Scram!" Leo shouted. We all scattered as Spider Bites landed with a loud thud. I looked up in time to see Raph land on top of the spider's head, jump off of him, and turned to face him, sais gripped tightly in his hands. Spider Bites turned to face Raph, and I could see the giant mutant smirking down at the turtle. "Aww... Froggie thinks he can stop me," the spider taunted. "Ribbit, ribbit..." I gulped. "C'mon Raph, don't let him get to you..."

"What's that, tadpole? You too afraid to leap off your lily pad?" I glanced down at Raph, waiting for him to do something. He glared up at the spider, anger in his eyes. Then his eyes shut as he took a long, slow breath. Then, even though he was whispering and was more than several feet away from me, I somehow managed to hear what he said next. "Like a river over stone..."

I raised my brow. "I wonder..." Raph opened his eyes, and then smirked. He darted forward and jumped up, delivering several kicks and punches to Spider Bites' face. After a few blows the spider fell down on his back, whimpering. Spider Bites extended one of his long legs and reached for Raph's face. But the turtle managed to block the blow with his sai. Raph shouted as he pushed the leg aside just as an acid glob shot for him, but instead hit the spider leg. Spider Bites yelled in pain, bringing his legs back towards him. He looked at his injured leg, then glared at Raph. "That's some Kung Fu, frog." 

At that moment we all jumped up and landed next to Raph. He grinned at us, then at the spider as he pointed one of his sais at the mutant. "We're not Kung Fu frogs, we're ninja turtles!" Raph glanced at me, still grinning. "And a deadly kunoichi!" I grinned back at him. At once we all charged. Leo sliced his katana at one of the legs, while Mikey zip-lined across two others using his weapons, kicking Spider Bites in the face.

The spider started to stumble back, and that's when I charged up to him, jumped up, and delivered a hard kick to his face. The mutant spider flew back, and Donnie and Raph delivered their final blows on him. Spider Bites landed heavily next to the large mutagen core, whimpering like a puppy that just got kicked. It was at that moment that I glanced down at the floor, and I saw the almost forgotten phone lying there.

"Oh, Raph," I sang. "Aren't you forgetting something?" Raph looked at me as I pointed down at the phone. He grinned before marching over and smashing the phone with his foot. "No! My phone!" Spider Bites yelled. "Really?" I said exasperatedly. "You got mutated into an ugly spider and all you care about is your phone? Man, you're weird!"

We all surrounded the spider, closing in on him. He backed away slowly, keeping his distance from us. He glared at all of us. "You're gonna regret this!" he vowed. He flipped up and used his spider legs to grab onto the mutagen core and crawl around it. We sheathed all of our weapons and ran to follow him. We followed the mutant spider all the way up to the rooftop. 

By the time we got there he was already far ahead, jumping from building to building, roaring like a dinosaur. "I know a nice Black Widow that'd be great for him," Donnie said casually. "Yeah, well, let's hope they don't work out," I placed my hands on my hips. "I mean, can you imagine if they hooked up? Bet any baby of theirs would be the ugliest things in the world."

Donnie and Mikey laughed, and Raph chuckled. I smiled at the red-banded turtle as I turned to face him. "So, what made you come back, big guy?" I asked. "After I went home, I had a talk with Master Splinter," he told me. "He told me that losing my temper could cost me everything. He said... that I should let insults wash over me..."

"Like a river over stone..." I finished, remembering the words Raph had said before. "Yeah," he looked at me. "How'd you know?" "Oh, I heard you say it before." "When I was fighting the bug?" I nodded. "But I was at least 10 feet from you, and I whispered," he raised his brow. "How'd you hear me?" I thought about that. How did I hear him? "I dunno. I guess I got good ears." Raph didn't look fully convinced but shrugged anyway. Before he could say more, Leo walked up to him. "Nice work, Raph," he said, smiling at his brother. "I just wanted to say..." "You don't have to apologize," Raph assured him. Leo grinned. "I wasn't going to." "Oh... Good!" 

"Yeah, Raph," Mikey said, grinning. "Not bad for a bloated buffalo." Mikey turned away as Raph clenched his fisted. The angry turtle glared at his younger brother, then his glare turned into an evil smirk. "Uh, Mikey? You do know we're not playing that game anymore, right?" I asked, unsurely. Before Mikey could respond, Raph pounced on him. I couldn't help but giggle slightly as me and the other two watched Mikey flap his arms feebly and frantically. "Ah! Okay!" Mikey gave a shout that turned into a wail. "Raph is all wise and powerful!" "And...?" "And he's better than me in every possible way...!" I rolled my eyes. Boys...