True Love

School Horrors and...Karai?!

School Horrors and...Karai?!

~Chapter 17~

School Horrors and...Karai?!

Kraang blasts shoot through the air in an attempt to puncture my flesh, but I dodge each and every one. "When fight is concluded, the ones called the turtles will be beaten by Kraang." I slice my sword across one, killing it instantly.

"Ha!" I say as one tries to sneak up behind me. "Ya can't beat me!" I start to slice the blade at it, but Leo beats me to it.

"Don't worry, Annie!" he says. "You're safe now!"

I blink as he jumps away and slides his katanas back into their holsters, glancing up. I look up to see Karai, the kunoichi looking at us. She suddenly runs off, leaving.

"Um, what the heck was that?" Donnie asks Leo.

"Yeah, you trying to impress us?" Mikey hugs his brother. "'Cause it totally worked!"

Raph glares at Leo. He looks at me and nods slightly. He saw Karai, too. "What is it, Raph? Annie?" Donnie asks.

"I thought I saw something," Raph answers. "What about you, Leo?"

"Did you see anything?" I ask.

"No," Leo replies.

Raph and I give him hard glares. "Turtles and bird-kid first, right?" I ask him.

Leo holds our glares. "Turtles and bird-kid first." We keep glaring at him.

Leo wouldn't abandon us for Karai, would he? The question lingers in my mind.

"Do you feel like we're missing something?" Donnie questions Mikey.

"All the time," Mikey says.

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School books and my laptop lay out in front of me. I pick up the Q-tip and open my mouth. I start rubbing the inside of my mouth with the Q-tip.

"Whatcha doing, Annie?" Mikey asks, head on hands.

I place the DNA covered Q-tip into a little sample case. "Sending in a sample for a class project."

"You're mailing in your spit for a class project?" He smiles. "Man! School sounds awesome!"

I glance at the sample case. "It isn't."

He stands up. "Well, I'd be awesome at it. Check this spit out." He inhales deeply, but Donnie suddenly slaps his hands over his brother's mouth.

"Don't!" he growls.

I smile. "It's not about spit. It's about the DNA."

Mikey makes a sound like he's asking what that means. Donnie takes his hands off his mouth. "DNA. Genetic code. You know, the building blocks of life?" Mikey still looks clueless. "Okay. DNA is a microscopic blueprint that tells every living thing what to grow into and why am I still talking to you?"

"I don't know," Mikey admits. "You'd think I would've learned by now."

I twist the cap tightly. "Everyone in our class is sending a DNA sample to this research group: the Worldwide Genome Project. Then they'll send us back a report telling us all about our ancestors. Neat, huh?"

Mikey nods. "Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Wow. It's amazing what they can do these days." He tries to keep a straight face, but bursts into laughs. "I'm just kidding!"

Donnie and I exchange glances, rolling our eyes. Mikey will never understand the true beauty of science.

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