Chapter 5 Part 1
Chapter 5 Part 1
‘What the hell just happened?’
This day wasn’t supposed to be filled with so much fear and shock. It was supposed to be an a ok normal day at school with her friends. But April was here comforting Leo as he fell apart after what must have been hours of keeping himself together. It was one of the things April both loved and hated about him. How he tries so hard to protect the people he cares about but forgets to take care of himself.
She had to help them figure this out. There must be something they can find if the turtles and April combined their strengths. They’ve done it once and they can and will do it again.
But right now April needed to let Leo go through his process and let himself feel like this. The same thing happened to April when she lost older family members too. You just need to let them ride out this feeling until you can help them move on.
She pulled him into a hug as the turtle boy’s sobs continued. Slowly turning to sniffles. And then unsteady deep breathing. April sprinkled in a few reassuring words and rubbed Leo’s shell as she comforted one of her best friends.
Even though the turtles and April shared an equal bond, something about her and Leo’s was special. Leo understood her more than his brothers did. He understood what it was like to truly hate how people treated others for something that wasn’t their fault to begin with.
It hadn’t been that long before Leo realized what happened.
“Oh god!” He shook his head and tried to wipe away the tears that were still streaming down his face, breaking their hug.Leo tried not to croak when he talked. “I’m so sorry April! I don’t know why I did that! I just-”
April squeezed his shoulder. “Hey Hey Hey it’s ok. You’re gonna be ok.” She looked into his eyes and tried to help pull out the calm confident smart Leo that she knew could help and fix this. That she and his family believed in. Just like during Superfly’s attack. Leo stepped up and inspired them all to push through their limits and save New York City.
Leo felt his confidence come back slowly and steadily as he finally felt the first wave of relief since last night. He didn’t care if he was blushing. Well he did but it wasn’t the most important thing. Getting help and regaining his strength to help Mikey was important. Even so it still felt great to be reminded that even though one of his brothers was in danger he still wasn’t alone. None of them were. Leo would make sure of that. “Thanks April. I uh I needed that.”
“No problem.” April and Leo stood there smiling at each other for a few awkward minutes before she cleared her voice ready to start their search for the youngest turtle brother. “Now if you don’t mind I have a million questions about what happened and how we’re gonna fix this.”
“Wait you’re gonna help. But I didn’t even as-”
“Leo. It would be insane if I didn’t help you guys.”
Looks of determination spread across their faces. The duo was back together ready to solve this mystery.
“Alright. Let’s get started.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After rushing through the school day and letting his brothers’ club mates know that they wouldn’t be able to come, Leo returned to the heart and soul of his and April’s research. The old school dark room. The very first room the turtles got to explore in an actual high school.
He told April everything about what happened. Though it wasn’t easy it didn’t exactly trigger him into another anxiety attack. How many had he had anyways? 3? 4?
‘Focus Leo. Finding Mikey is really important.’
“So let me get this straight.” April said this as she pointed to rough sketches she had created on the dry erase board. Notes were jotted down next to the doodles. “You and your brothers were attacked by several cloaked figures and they each had a foot sewn onto their clothing?”
Though it sounded ridiculous it was true.
“Yeah pretty much. We didn’t get much time to see them because of how fast they were. We tried to fight through them but. . .”
“Ok. Let’s not look at what happened let’s look at what we know. Are any of you guys hurt?” April needed Leo to stay with her. She didn’t know how many more panic attacks they could endure.
“Oh yeah. They fought really well. These guys weren’t your average New York street punks. It was like they were taught and trained like we were. But in a much less defensive way.” Leo thought back to Donnie’s hand. It was practically the color of his old bandanna. Raph’s nose had been bleeding along with his mouth and scratches that tore through his skin. Leo was left in a similar condition. Someone had definitely used a roundhouse kick on his hip.
“Yeesh these guys sound like they would NOT take no for an answer.” April grimaced as she thought about how badly those wounds would feel like.
“But that’s the thing. Who would want us? What do four teenage turtle mutants help someone do?” Plenty of weirdos had crossed the turtle brothers’ path. It wasn’t unusual for someone to treat them like freaks even though they did save New York and possibly the world. But he never saw someone truly hate them to the point of breaking the law and kidnapping them.
“And who would have the guts or the heart to hurt you guys? You saved the world! Sure you look a little different but what kind of psycho wouldn’t at least tolerate you guys. What kind of sick ill minded cold blooded son of a-” April’s ranting was dulled as Leo came to a realization.
‘Blood’
He was suddenly drawn back to the night right before Superfly’s big attack. When him and his brothers had failed to stop the giant bug man from taking the last piece of his twisted puzzle. When they had been driven off the side of a highway, knocked out, dragged, and hooked up to a horrible machine. A machine designed to become a vampire once turned on. Sucking the blood and life out of its victims- the mutant brothers.
‘“What I want is your blood. And there is only one way to get it.”’
“TCRI.” Leo whispered as the present slowly moved into his grasp.
April broke out of her rant and looked shocked at Leo. “What?”
“TCRI. That’s who would want us.” Leo spoke louder but still in a slow dazed state. “That’s who would want us. That’s who would and could hire trained warriors to hunt us down. They have Mikey.”
The two teenagers saturated in the fear stirring up their stomachs. Bending their minds over to fears will.
If Mikey was being taken for the reason Leo thought he was, their family of mutants, containing the mystery of the ooze in their DNA, was in deep shit now.
that’s another chapter for the collection
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TMAYNT DAY 29
Favorite Alternative Outfit or Design
defo these goofballs
What was really the icing the cake is when they brought em back for the most random episodes later on.
Tottmnt Sexuality Headcannons 🏳️🌈
Cannon Characters From Mutant Mayhem:
Leo: Bisexual but mainly has female crushes in cannon
Raph: Also Bisexual(I need either Ramona or Rasey (mainly rasey)to show up PLEASE)
Donnie: Either Bisexual or Gay Im still on the fence with this adorable sarcastic weeb
Mikey: Asexual. I highly doubt that a ship with him is gonna go well or should exist.
Splinter: Straight Allie. It would be so adorable if one of his sons got a boyfriend and he wore a little pride pin.
April: Bisexual. Honestly Aprilnardo isn’t going as bad as I expected it to be and it could work.
Cynthia Utrom: Lesbian Asexual . To focused on work and world damnation to care about things like love or relationships.(But she would be slightly turned on by Big Mamas attempts).
Characters I Hope Are In The Show:
Casey: Depends on gender. If they’re a boy than gay and I’m gonna hardcore ship Rasey but if they’re a girl or they/them than probably pansexual???
Karai: Lesbian. I need more of this queen(Rise Karai deserves to be brought back in some way if they continue the show)
Big Mama: Bisexual. She hits on who she wants when she wants you know what I’m saying. That is before she kills them for not wanting to date or for breaking up with her.(Thinking about if the deal scene in Insane in the Mama Train happened but instead of Draxum it’s the Shredder, Bishop, or Cynthia Utrom)
Venus De Milo: Lesbian Pansexual. I’ve been thinking of this beautiful ship with her and Karai(see storyline for Vee here). Vee got abused and manipulated by her aunt, Karai got abused and manipulated by her dad and they both have scars that make them both stronger and closer to each other as no one understands the pain more than the other.
Jennika: edit: Lesbian. Give her back Sheena or I will👿(I will either way)
Shredder: probably straight but I dunno.
Lotus: Asexual. Like Lilith from toh but she stays serious like in the first season but is a protagonist like in the second season(kind of)
Lita: To be determined(she’s like 7). Gender is Transfem(she/her).🎀
And I think that’s it. Comment if I miss any and let me know if you want me to write a storyline for Karai in Tottmnt to go with Jennika and Venus and/or finish my fanfic Difference Between The Appearance.
DISCLAIMER: This is all just my personal opinion and I mean no disrespect whatsoever. And I apologize if I mess up and say something shitty and disrespectful. I am so sorry if I did.
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a a sledgehammer you say???
OMIGOSH!!!! THEIR SO FRICKN’ CUTE!!!!
Siblings, am I right?
Chapter 7 Part 1
Ever since she was young, Karai knew what the real world was like.
She knew that no matter how many good things you do or how many people you save, the world will continue to be cruel. Age, gender, or race had nothing to do with it. The world was just cruel.
So she didn’t care about how extreme the Shredders training was. She didn’t care that they used living targets for physical exams. She didn’t care about lying to her sister about how much the bruises and scars on her body stung.
Karai knew it just didn’t matter. She knew she was selfish for lying towards someone who had been outright charitable to her, a completely strange and new girl.
So that’s why she let April get close to her. Out of greed and selfish longing. While Karai spied on Aprils closest friends and organized their abduction, the hidden warrior was leading her down a rabbit hole of lies and false emotion. There was nothing more to her actions than just creating an alibi. Right?
Then why did she openly feel things around April about the things she wouldn’t around anyone else. Except Jennika of course. Karai didn’t have a crush on her that’s for sure(it was painfully obvious that the blue turtle already covered that job). But some kind of bond was made between the red headed news girl and the silent ‘badass’(as April occasionally teased her as). That kind of trust and light heartedness was definitely like what she had with her sister.
In some ways the two were very similar. They both were very open about their emotions and passions. A gift to express opinion that Karai can only barely remember. But April probably didn’t know how to play rock songs off the top of her head or who Lita Ford was(a common topic her sister talked about when they had free time to imagine what future they may have after their father completed his plans). And Jennika probably had no clue how to write a newspaper or how to connect the dots to a giant undercover plot based on notes and a few pictures on a messy old school board.
“That’s actually kinda cool.” She had once said when April was showing some of her work.
A buzz from her phone broke Karai out of her trance as she hung on one of the pipes of a rooftop water tower above what appeared to be an abandoned factory. April had texted her saying: COME NOW BIG BREAK!!! The brisk night air and the blare of city lights begged her to stay for longer and enjoy the sight. It was the first time she had seen anything like it. Wait until I tell Jennika about this. But she had to go now if she was gonna help with the last few of the turtles. Which means back to oppressive training and no more actually getting to go out without fear of getting caught. So she wasn’t gonna miss out on her last chance to enjoy that little freedom.
Karai hooped down from the roof into a back alley before continuing to her and Aprils hangout spot on the sidewalk.
Normal cities were strange. They were much different than what she had been taught by her mentors. They were indeed chaotic but not with violence and gore decorated streets. They had a certain rhythm and style that left you in awe by the appeal. Jennika always said those old cronies were wrong. Now Karai could believe that.
Besides it’s not the rest of humanity that’s the problem it’s the mutants right? It’s not their fault that they had been tricked and manipulated. Right?
But something was strange about the mutants(other than their appearance obviously)that stuck to Karai.
They
Acted as if they were
Normal kids
Like April and Jennika. They could be cringy and emotional and sometimes even funny. They portrayed what seemed to be personalities and feelings? The thought of seeing the orange one, Mikey as they called him, in pain made Karai uncomfortable and squirm with sheer pity for hi-
NO no no. Stop. Stop that right now. Remember your training. They’re just trying to trick you. Their pitiful pain-filled heart aching faces are just an act. It’s not real. Besides even if it is-which it isn’t-it’s nothing compared to what they have done to your family. What they have done to you.
Karai huffed as she pushed those thoughts aside and walked briskly up the steps of Eastman High. Strange. Her senses seemed more heightened than usual. The smell of sweat and pen ink grew stronger than their usual stench. She was about to reach for the door until she looked down at her arm. Scales.
Kuso! Okay! Okay okay okay! Don’t panic! Remember your teachings . . . again.
Rushing to keep It at bay, Karai rushed for her bag and pulled out her elixir. Within seconds she had downed the drink and her scales slowly sunk back under her skin. Vanishing into no where. Where It belonged instead of inside of her body.
Echoes from her past rushed through her body. Her breathing was still in sharp panicked huffs and only grew shakier with the pain of her past. Noticing this Karai gripped the back of her neck and bent her head back. She attempted her breathing exercises as the fangs in her mouth shrunk away and her tongue no longer lingered of the surrounding smells.
Ochitsuke Karai. Just breath.
Finally shaking the last of It away, Karai opened the door to the school and finished her journey. By the time she made it to April’s “news room”, she took one final breath before opening the door.
Just Breathe. She doesn’t need to know. No one does.
And no one will.
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Hope y’all like this chapter. It’s not as progressive in the story than usual but at least you get a peak inside Karai’s mind. Since this wasn’t as progressive as usual I decided to leave a little Easter egg from The Strength in Weakness by @truths33k3r4 a personal favorite content creator of mine(hope you don’t mind that I did this). Sorry for not posting this sooner but it was kinda rough juggling that and art and school and family and- just everything. So I hope you like it.
Cowabunga turtle fanz!
Oh my god why is Donnie getting so traumatized?!
I mean I know the Donnie curse is a cannon thing at this point but DAMN the frickn series hasn’t even come out yet and he looks like he just went through 5 near death experiences in one day
Chapter 1 Part 1 It’s a normal day at Eastman high, April is in her homeroom waiting for class to start and talking with the turtles about the recent string of crimes that have been occurring recently. The bell rings and she heads to her separate classes, a little bummed that her info dump was interrupted by the school’s schedule.
While she sits and waits for class to end so she can finish her conversation with the turtles, someone knocks on the door of the classroom. The teacher stands up and opens the door. They then turn to class and explain that a new student will be joining their class today. Apparently this new student came from a prestigious and secretive academy. After a few formalities and unnecessary comments, the teacher introduces Oroku Karai. They new student then walks in and promptly places her stuff down on the assumed assigned seat. Her black hair dashed with streaks of white falls down her face as class continues. Her grungy clothes and style perfectly match the mysterious mood that lingers around her. April finds herself staring at the new student appalled by her looks. Of course plenty of new students have come and gone before but for some reason there was something about Karai that seemed different.
Welp.I hope I’m not overdoing this.
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*Me trying to think of ways to make the next post of Tmaynt special*
Me: Oh! I know! I’ll do a collab of day 7 and 8
*day 8 comes*
Me: Wait. Which turtle ally is my favorite?
*whole day pass without work done due to inability to choose favorites*
Me: Ah Shit! I still can’t choose! And I have zero time to draw this collab! Uh that’s ok I can just post when I choose.
*the next day*
Me: ok I’ll definitely post today
*day after that*
Me: well I can’t miss one of the main four characters of a franchise that im obsessed with
*misses one of the main four characters*
Me: WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!
*continues to miss two more days*
Me: 😑
Well dammit
And that’s the story of why I didn’t post for the past few days. I tried SO hard to post each and every day for TMAYNT but I just couldn’t do it.
Might as well do it now I guess
Day 7 Best Gadget
I love the little Christmas lights and whisks at the ends
Day 8 Favorite Turtle Ally + Dynamic
Karai has got to be one of my absolute favorite characters in Tmnt. No matter what they do with her she is always a queen(except for bayverse but we don’t talk about that)
I ship them so hard but I love how their dynamic has so much variety . They’re best friends and lovers (head-cannon) and badass warriors.
Day 9 Best Raph
Look at him being so supportive of his bros
and then going rogue on the garage mission
but the first part is still true
Day 10 Favorite Turtle Curseword
I know everyone says this but probably shell
Day 11 Favorite Splinter
I still can’t pick one favorite bro 😭
HOLD ON!!!
What if that bitch Kitsune is an actual KITSUNE!? LIKE THE YOKAI!!
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