Heya people! I'm back with a new story for you all to enjoy. So sit back, relax and have a great time reading this!
Curse of Naginalga
Chapter 1
Creature in the Dark
Monalisa and the turtles jumped across the rooftops a very dark night, trying to follow up on a lead that Casey had given them. According to what he said, he had seen something in the alleys earlier that night, something that wasn't human.
While it could be Tyroth, Sephie or one of the Chicago Knights that had come to visit, they should have made it to the lair by the time the team headed out, or at least made their presence known to the mutants. So unless it was an escaped exotic pet or zoo animal, it had to be a mutant other than their friends, be it one of the Foot's or Bishop's.
But despite searching the area that Casey had told them about, there was little to no traces of whatever he had seen. In an effort to cover more ground, the team split up into two groups, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo in one, and Raphael and Monalisa in the other.
Searching to the east, Leonardo and his brothers made a grisly discovery. In one of the alleys, they found several bodies.
"Purple Dragons." said Donatello as he examined one of them. "And he's dead. What about the others?"
"Same here, Donnie, these two are dead as well." said Leonardo.
"This dude's deader than a dodo." said Michelangelo. "Think our mystery figure did this?"
"If that's the case, then we're dealing with something really strong." said Donatello.
"Sure, taking out four Purple Dragons isn't all easy, but what makes you believe that?" asked Leonardo.
"I've just identified the cause of death for this guy. He was crushed, by a hug. Something hugged him to death, crushing both the ribcage, arms and internal organs, as well as breaking the back."
"That takes serious strength, man, like, say, Tyroth or Leatherhead." said Michelangelo.
"But why a hug? If your that strong, surely there must be more efficient ways to kill an enemy." said Leonardo. "What about the others?"
Donatello took a few minutes to investigate the remaining bodies, and his findings were disturbing.
"One of them has been strangled, but not by hands, the bruising indicates a thick rope or similar. The other two have had their necks snapped by something blunt hitting their heads. I don't like this, Leo."
"Then at least I'm not the only one that's freaked out by this." said Michelangelo.
"I'm calling Raph and Mona, they need to know what we're up against." said Leonardo, picking up his shell-cell.
To the west, Raphael and Monalisa checked every dark alley and corner they came across, but with no luck. Standing on a rooftop, their shell-cells buzzed. Looking at the displays, they saw that it was Leonardo.
"Yes, Mona here."
"What's up, Fearless?"
"We've found, what we think are, victims of this figure we're looking for, and it doesn't look good."
"What do you mean by that?" asked Raphael.
"Four dead Purple Dragons, one was strangled, two had their necks snapped and the last one was crushed to death, by a hug."
"A hug? Who would kill by hugging someone?" said Monalisa.
"My thoughts exactly. If it is the thing that Casey saw, then we need to be very careful. If you see anything out of the ordinary, anything at all, call us and try to keep an eye on it."
"Will do, Leo. You be careful too." said Monalisa.
Ending the conversation, Monalisa looked out over the city. Somewhere out there, was something that kills Purple Dragons, but would it be friend or foe?
"You okay, babe?"
"Yeah, I was just thinking a little. We'd better go, we still have to find this thing."
Some ten minutes later, the couple came to another alley, but unlike the previous ones, there was quite some commotion going on. Looking down into the alley, they saw a few Purple Dragons laying on the ground, either unconscious or dead, and a few more that had cornered someone, or something, at the end of the alley. It was too dark to be able to see what the thugs were fighting, but Raphael and Monalisa didn't really need any reason to fight the gang.
Raphael pulled out his shell-cell and called Leonardo.
"Leo, we got a couple of Purple turkeys here, over by Steve's Dry-cleaner. Some are down for the count, but there's still a few fighting something. Might be what we're looking for."
"Great job, guys!" Stay where you are, we're on our way."
Turning back to the battle below, Raphael saw that yet another thug had fallen. But the fight took a turn for the worse, when one of the thugs lunged at their foe, with a knife in hand, and managed to hit. While he was knocked on his back instantly, the mysterious fighter cried out in pain as the knife cut flesh, in a woman's voice.
Monalisa's blood boiled, it was bad enough that the Purple Dragons attacked anyone, but women were always a different kind of prey to the gang. Having been raped by them herself once, Monalisa would never let them harm another woman in the same horrible way. Leaping down before thinking, she made her way down into the alley, her bladed fans drawn.
"Mona! Wait!" Raphael called, but she didn't listen.
With a fire in her eyes, she attacked the thugs before they even knew she was there. Slashing the closest one across his back several times, she finished him off by jabbing her folded fan into the base of his skull.
Right before their friend was killed, the remaining gang members heard him cry out in pain. They were completely taken by surprise when they were attacked.
"Oh shit!"
"One of the freaks!"
"Get her!"
Monalisa easily deflected a slash of a knife and kicked the attacker in the stomach and shoved him away, blocking an attack from another thug. With swift and fluid movements, Monalisa quickly slit the throat of one thug, while disarming the other. A few fast swipes with her warfans and the Purple Dragon was decapitated. With only one thug left, Monalisa turned to the one she had kicked earlier, only to find that her lover had already dealt with him.
"Thanks, hun."
"No problem, babe. You know that I'll always watch your back."
"I know, in more ways than one." Monalisa said with a wink, to which Raphael smirked evilly, sending pleasant chills down the lizard's spine. But, she had other things to focus on at the moment, much to both their displeasure, but neither of them could leave an injured woman alone without at leas checking up on her. For the moment, they were more concerned with her health than their own appearance.
"Excuse me, but are you alright?" Monalisa asked as she slowly approached the woman, who still hid in the dark corner.
"Stay back! Don't come any closer!"
"Relax, lady. We're not gonna hurt you." Raphael said in an attempt to calm her down.
"Just stay away!"
"At least let us check your wounds." said Monalisa, she understood that they must look frightening to the already scared woman, but they couldn't just leave her if she needed help.
Raphael narrowed his eyes, trying to see through the shadows, and while he managed make out some of her form, what really caught his attention was movement on the ground in front of the woman.
Taking out a flashlight from his belt, Raphael shone it at the ground, revealing both the woman and the thing on the ground, and both mutants were speechless.
The woman was in fact a teenager, probably not even eighteen years old yet. She had half-long black hair with wine-red stripes on her right side, dark blue eyes and her skin was a bit pale. She wore a half-long jeans skirt and a black t-shirt with a skull motif on the chest, part of which had been cut by the thug's knife and was now stained with blood. But what shocked the mutants the most, was the thing that moved on the ground, and how it was connected to the girl. From her waist and down, was the body of a snake, easily four metres long and as thick as a human, with sand coloured scales.
The girl was half human and half snake.
Now how is that for a start to this story? I'm very curious to what you think this girl/snake is, and where she comes from.
I hope to see you all again for the next chapter! See you then! :)