Mᴜᴛᴀɴᴛ Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘsᴇ 4: Tʜᴇ Tʜʀᴇᴇ Tʀɪʙᴇs ❪✓❫

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𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝗼𝐫'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕
𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 1 & 2

Casey made it back into the community before the Hellhounds did. It's been weeks since anyone has seen those four-legged things and it is unacceptable to have them around here.

Mikey panted and thanked one of the guards. "Thanks. That was close." The other guards finished off what was through the gate by firing at them over the wall. Shado plugged her ears, not wanting to hear those dogs cry whenever they were put down by a bullet entering their head. Michelangelo hugged his girlfriend and made sure she felt comforted by his embracement. "It's okay, Shado. They were already dead."

"I know." She mumbled in his chest. "Sometimes it's still hard."

Mikey sighed. "Believe me, I know how hard it is. It was never easy to begin with."

Casey checked himself to see if anything had been stuck to him even if he got away from the dogs. He's clean and glad to live another day with the group. "Hellhounds." He groaned. "I sure don't miss those guys."

Mikey spoke. "Well, yeah, Casey, nobody does. They're vicious pieces of--"

"Mikey!" Patience came up behind the three of them with Nathan, Roan, and Regan. "We need to talk, now."

Mikey pulled away from Shado to face Patience. "About what?"

The mutant lizard used her tail to push Mikey to a side of the road of EdgePort and put an arm around him to keep their voices quiet. "I don't want to alarm you, but I think April is up to something." She whispered into Mikey's ear.

"What?" He snapped gently. Mikey found this hard to believe, He has known Apri for a very long time and doesn't think of her as someone who would keep secrets.

While Casey spoke with Roan, Regan, and Nate at the gates, Patience explained what she feels is going on around the community. "Hear me out, Mikey." She says softly.

"Pay, this is ridiculous! April is one of the nicest people my brothers and I know." Mikey chuckled at her.

"I know, but..." She looks over her shoulder to make sure no one is trying to eavesdrop. "She made us all go in four separate groups to go in opposite directions!"

"That's the point of a search and rescue for Criss." Mikey took the lizard's arm off him.

"No, no. Why does April get to go in the direction of where Criss disappeared? Why is she sending the best hunters in the group in the directions where evidence is unlikely to appear?"

Mikey groaned as he reloaded his gun and holstered it into his belt. "Pay, you're overreacting. You're upset that Criss is gone. We all are."

Patience couldn't believe what she thought she was hearing. "Y-You don't believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, it just doesn't match," Mikey replied.

Patience growled and adjusted her bow on her shoulder. She's growing annoyed because one of her great friends of nearly a year didn't believe her. This lizard is smart and knows when something doesn't make sense and she is going to get to the bottom of it.