𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄: 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐃

WEEKS HAD FLOWN in an instant, Kylie was nearing the end of her first trimester at Colombia and Casey was ready for his biggest assignment yet. Currently the Jones' were laid stretched out along the small couches of the living room. Casey groaned as another episode started and Kylie threw a piece of popcorn at him.

He turned to look at her pleading.

"Can we please watch something else?"

"No! The Vampire Diaries are great!"

"For you maybe. I'm almost thirty years old Ky. I'm too old to be watching this stuff!"

Kylie laughed and wiggled her finger at him.

"You just admitted to being old~!"

Casey groans once more and throws his head back dramatically before getting up from the couch.

"Alright kid. I'm going to catch some sleep."

Kylie rolls her eyes before getting up to hug him.

"Alright old man. Good luck tonight. Your lunch is already made. It's in the container on the top shelf."

Casey smiles down at her softly before smirking.

"Look at that, you can be sweet!"

Kylie playfully hit his chest and pushed a laughing Casey down the hall.

"Love you Kylie-Rose!"

"Love you Casey Matthew!"

Kylie snickers as she hears his footsteps come back towards her. His head peaks around the corner, he makes direct eye contact with her and points a finger.

"We don't use my middle name."

"Okay...okay sorry... Matthew."

Kylie snickers once more before letting out a playful scream as Casey lunges at her.

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Night falls upon the city fast and before Kylie knows it, it's 2am. She rolled into her side and looked out over the city. Casey would be strolling in soon, bragging about what a breeze the transport was and before 8am they would be out on the ice rink playing hockey.

Kylie smiled at the thought. Though she would never say it to his face, she looked up to her older brother. When their childhood had fallen apart, and Kylie's heart broke beyond repair; Casey had picked up the pieces even with the Atlantic Ocean in-between them.

The darkened brunette rolls out of her bed and into the pale moonlight. She enjoyed this time best, there were few cars out this early during the week, making it the perfect time for Kylie-Rose to enjoy the silence. She had some time to kill before she expected Casey home , so she decided to do what she always did when she was up at 2am; play an instrument.

She doesn't remember when she developed a love for the instruments in front of her. She had been playing them for what had felt like forever, and it is hard for her to remember a time without them. She carefully grabs her Viola from its display on the wall. It had been a gift from Casey when she had first set out for France. She remembered that moment perfectly. She grabs the fitted bow from it's place beside the Viola's stand and her music book and stands before taking a seat on the edge of her bed.

She drags the bow gracefully across the strings of the Viola, her song forming perfectly as she relives the summer before France.

cardigan by Vitamin String Quartet

The mist breeze of Lake Michigan carried out into the small town on its southern border. A young teenager chases her older brother (a young man of 23) across the soft painted meadow fields. Their laughs were synced in a beautiful melody as the young girl caught up to the man. With a lunge, she was on his back and he stumbled at the sudden weight.

"I got you! Now carry me!"

"You monkey! You're going to break my back squirt!"

"You getting old or something?" She asked moving her head to face him.

He turns to the side, a devious smirk turned along the corner of the lips.

"You asked for it Kylie-Rose Amelia Jones!"

He then suddenly flings to the right, causing Kylie-Rose to go rolling.

"Casey Matthew Jones! You get back here!"

Kylie got up from the ground and took off after her brother, again. After a while the both ran out of breath and were resting under a shady tree near their home. Casey then all of a sudden, pulls a case out from behind the tree. Kylie gives him a look of curiosity and confusion. He turns and smiles at her before handing her the case.

Kylie obviously knew it was an instrument case, however she was expecting a pencil or pen inside; as her brother loved making his gifts unable to decipher until opened.

Tears began rolling down Kylie's checks as she pulled out the Viola she had been saving for, for that past five months. She looked over to her brother speechless.

"I figured Grandma wasn't the only one who could get you instruments. I know how bad you wanted this one."

Kylie sets the Viola carefully back into its case, worrying Casey that he had gotten the wrong one. However when Kylie flung her arms around his neck, he knew he had chosen right.

No words were said. None were needed for the moment. The Jones' kids knew each other inside and out, despite their nine year age gap. When Kylie pulls away she laughs lightly before smiling playfully.

"What am I going to do with all the money I have saved up now?"

"Keep it. I read on the website that they take monthly trips to Paris. Send me a souvenir."

Kylie laughs before nodding and hugging her brother once more.

"I'm going to miss you kid. It won't be the same around here without you."

"I'm going to miss you to Case."

Kylie pulls away once more before standing up and picking up her new Viola's case.

"Alright enough with all the mushy stuff, let's get home so I can practice this thing!"

Kylie plays the last note of the song, a soft smile resting upon her lips as she finishes. Her smile casts out towards the moonlight as she puts the Viola and bow back on display.

She smiles when she hears the front door unlock, however it fades when she feels the vibration of the walls as it slams. Worriedly, Kylie quickly makes her way out of the room and into the kitchen, which was only 10 steps, to find her brother covered in small cuts and bruises.

"Casey what happened?"

The man turns to look at his sister before grabbing a beer from the fridge. Kylie frown deepens as she sees the treated cuts across his face.

"I fucked up. I fucked it up."

Kylie moves closer to him, showing him she's ready to listen.

"He got away. Shredder got away."

Casey then moves past her, making his way to the living room and plopping down on the couch. Kylie follows him, and sits down on her corner; turned facing him.

"What exactly happened, Case?"

He sighs before taking a swig of his beer and then turning to her. He lets out a deep breath before going into detail about the events of the night. Kylie listened closely, her face shocked and intrigued as she listened to how the Shedder escaped and the garbage truck that was shooting sewer lids.

"...and of course the Chief of Police doesn't believe me, so now I'm suspended."

Kylie forms a smirk on her face, one that causes her brother to panic slightly.

"Well if coo moves have taught us anything. This is when shit gets real. You said that there were two other prisoners that escaped with Shedder, correct?"

"Yeah. Bebop and Rocksteady. Why? What do they have to do with anything?"

Kylie walks over and flicks his head, causing him to let out a sound of protest.

"Hey! What was that for?!"

"Think for a second you dummy! If Bebop and Rocksteady escaped with Shedder, they're likely to be where he is or at least his base. He wouldn't have allowed them to come with him if he didn't need them."

Casey nods, finally putting together all the pieces.

"And if I can track Bebop and Rocksteady, they'll lead me straight to Shredder!"

"Uh, I think you mean 'we'."

"We? Oh no. This is dangerous Kylie. You could get hurt or killed!" Casey says concernly

Kylie places her hands on her hips, giving him a pointed look

"I could get hurt or killed simply by stepping outside Casey! I'm not a little kid anymore! I can help! This is what I want to do one day Casey! You forget that I plan to join the NYPD after I get my degree."

Casey huffs, still not liking putting his little sister in harms way.

"Come on Casey, we're a team! We do these things together! I promise to try my best to stay out of danger."

Casey lets out a breath

"Alright fine. But you have to promise me that you will only fight to defend yourself!"

Kylie nods excitedly and Casey sighs

"Alright kid come on, let's find Bebop and Rocksteady."