Turtles' Big Sister

The Power Inside Her

"Are you sure this is a good idea, guys?" Leo asked from the chair he sat in, he and Pepper watching Donnie as he finished hooking April up to a psychic neurotransmitter.

"Um, yeah," April said, giving Donnie a look. "Last time you hooked me up to this thing, it made me blind and mentally connected to a giant fish-bird-worm thing."

"Don't worry," Samirah responded, turning a dial on the machine the device was hooked up to. "We've upgraded it since then."

"It's perfectly safe," Donnie added, walking over to the machine. "I promise." The top of the machine exploded, making Donnie and Samirah jump back with startled screams.

Samirah cleared her throat, looking back at the red-head. "Your psychic powers have been expanding rapidly since you were given that Aeon crystal. It's imperative we test its limits. For your own sake."

"I have it under control," April argued. "Besides, if it weren't for my powers, we never would have gotten away from Shredder. You saw what I did to that mutated freak."

"That's what worries us," Pepper sighed.

Donnie walked over to April. "We just need to examine your crystal."

"No!" April snapped, grabbing the crystal around her neck. "I'm not taking it off. Don't even ask again, Donnie. It's safe, as long as I have it."

"Hmm." Donnie thought for a moment. "If we can replicate how this crystal increases your powers, that could provide a frame of reference--"

"Increase her powers?" Leo interrupted, quickly getting up from the chair.

"Don't worry," Samirah reassured him with a smile. "It's only slightly. Like...maybe .3%?"

"I don't think you should do that," Pepper warned.

Donnie moved back to the machine, turning the dial to try and tune it with April's powers. The five of them waited for something to happen, but April just gave the two scientists a bored look.

"April, let me know if you feel anything, okay? Tingling, headache--"

April scoffed, cutting Samirah off. "I told you, I'm fine. Just leave the crystal--" She started screaming, her eyes turning white as everything in the room shot into the air. She grabbed her crystal as the objects started whipping around the room at an alarming speed.

"I knew this was a bad idea," Leo said, trying to make his way to April, letting out a startled yell as she whipped around to face him. She unleashed a psychic blast that flung all the objects and everyone around her back.

Having heard the commotion, Raph pried open the lab doors, entering the room. "What are you guys--" He cut off as he took in the state of the room. "Oh no." He noticed April in the middle of the floor, her hair-tie and headband missing. "April!"

"Whoa!" Raya peeked into the room as Raph ran over to April. "Are you guys having another super-smash dance party without me and Mikey?" she asked as the others ran in to see what had happened.

Lucian ran over to April, kneeling beside her. "She's unconscious, but she seems okay."

Samirah pulled herself up and walked over to April. "We've got to get this away from her." She pulled the crystal over her head, but as she started walking away from the unconscious red-head, the crystal started moving around on its own. "Huh? Oh!" The crystal shot out of her hands and started heading back toward April. "The crystal--"

Nyx slammed her hands down around the crystal, trapping it between her palms. "I got it." She moved to one of the desks, nailing the string to the desk. It still tried to fly back to April, but the nail held it.