Twisted Loyalties
By: Phoenix Ride
Ch.1: Zog Escapes
A cold smile lit up the pride on Bishop's face as he stalked through the eerie surroundings of his secret lab. Luckily, his brief fight with Raphael hadn't done too much damage to the equipment. Bishop would have been extremely displeased if any of his special projects were put on delay.
Kurtzman seemed to be very suspicious of him now. The reporter always had the nerve to stick his nose in where it didn't belong.
Bishop barely remembered what had made him trust the reporter in the first place, and agree to let him in on secrets that no normal human should know. Even secrets that were quite personal to Bishop himself.
Maybe it was because of the vow Bishop had made so long ago, to protect this planet from any threat that dared to invade, that made him give so many secrets.
But never could Kurtzman find out the true purpose of this lab, and that of the forms floating from inside of the glass tubes.
Aliens…mutants… all who would soon be used to achieve Bishop's ultimate goal.
It was a shame that Kurtzman had interfered before the agent could add Raphael to his collection as well. Oh well, there was always a next time. The turtles couldn't run far from Bishop's reach.
Finally, Bishop stopped in his trek, and stood before one of the glass tubes holding an alien-like triceratops hostage inside.
This creature was one of the special ones. A creature that showed during the middle of the Kraang invasion and was allowed to run loose for months until Bishop captured him and decided to put him away.
"Triceraton" Bishop thought with disgust " you would come here to destroy your old foe."
But now the dinosaur had been made helpless. A simple pawn to be used to however Bishop seemed.
The cruel government agent hadn't figured out exactly what he would do to this prisoner yet. Sooner or later, an idea was likely to come to mind.
Suddenly, the quiet tension in the room was shattered as the control panel, just inches from Bishop's chest, started to beep an alarm.
Electronic lines danced dizzyingly across the screen indicating that a huge problem was at large. A frown grew upon Bishop's face as he quickly tried to locate the source of the malfunction, when his eyes looked up and stared at the face of the dinosaur, jumping back when the creature suddenly opened its eyes.
The Triceraton was awake, and his immediate emotion was rage. Glaring venomously at the man who had held him prisoner for so long, the enraged dino thrusted one of his fists against the glass, making a large crack appear on its surface.
One more punch, and the Triceraton was free, spilling green liquid as he jumped out of his cell, and growled down at Bishop his blue eyes shining hard.
Bishop was undeterred by the threat that now stood before him, but wasn't oblivious to the danger this dino could cause.
Stamping his feet with fury, the Triceraton lowered his head down and charged at Bishop with rhino speed.
Bishop quickly dodged out of the way, and managed to make his way behind a sturdy piece of equipment while others weren't spared.
This situation was proving to be quite troublesome, and there was only one way to make it amend. Pressing an alarm hidden underneath one of the lab tables, a siren suddenly blasted out through the entire base, signaling that soldiers would soon arrive.
Aware of the threat that was now coming his way, the Triceraton quickly focused his efforts back on escape, and charged out the nearest exit, leaving debris littering his path.
Soon after the dino was gone, Bishop's backup arrived, all dressed in black and heavily armed. The leader of the unit instantly saluted the government agent as Bishop stepped down and quickly informed them about the escape.
"We must find him and bring him back here immediately!" said Bishop to his men " Dead or alive doesn't matter. If you find the alien, shoot on sight."