Chapter One
Still Leona's POV ;)
As we walked the halls to Karai's private dojo, Hun pep talks us just like he has the other hundred times Karai has asked to see us.
"You will speak with the utmost respect and only when you have been spoken to. Is that understood?" Hun said roughly.
"Yes father." We replied solemnly.
"One, you are the leader of this team. Any failure tonight will lead to severe punishment." Hun said to me.
I scowled behind his back at the name.
Hun and Karai never came around to calling us by our real names. From the day we were created, we were called numbers according to our age. This meant that I was known as One, Donatella was Two, Raphella was Three, and Michelle—poor little Michelle—was called Four.
But that's only one of the many reasons why I hate Hun and Karai so much.
As we continued on, I thought over the time my sisters and I gave ourselves names.
It had been about seven years ago, when we were only ten years old. We were all tired of being called One, Two, Three, and Four, so went secretly snuck out of our prison cell and had Donatella (who was known as Two, then) hack into the Foot's computer mainframe.
Two pulled up a file about our master, Oroku Saki (the Shredder), and his killers.
The file contained only four words in this exact order:
Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo.
Being so sure that we would one day avenge the Shredder's death, we each took a killer's name according to our ages and manipulated them until they sounded feminine enough for us.
I became Leona, after Leonardo; Two became Donatella, after Donatello; Three became Raphella, after Raphael; and little Four became Michelle, after Michelangelo.
Of course, not long after we had been in there, Karai came in and found us and had us beaten. Like that wasn't bad enough, 'cause then she went and in addition to the beatings gave me my very first blood curse.
Thank God that I had been so young that my shell eventually grew in to cover the two foot long scars that cross my back. I would have been so humiliated if I had to have my first blood curse somewhere on my body where everyone could see it.
I was thrust out of my mind and back into the real world when I felt Michelle hug me.
"Leona," she whispered. "I'm scared, what if Karai beats me again?"
My heart broke—I mean literally broke. Michelle sounded like she was five again. The exact way she had sounded when Karai had her beaten for the very first time.
"Don't worry," I said giving her a tight squeeze. "I won't let that bitch touch you. I promise."
Michelle smiled and hugged me again, but immediately tore herself away from me when Hun turned back to face us.
We had arrived at Karai's dojo.
"Remember what I've told you," Hun warned and pushed the doors open.
Karai stood in the center of the room wearing a long white robe.
"I've been expecting you four." She said and sneered.
The four of us bowed and got down on our knees, our heads pointed down.
"Mistress Karai, you wished to see us?" I asked respectively.
"Yes, indeed I have." Karai hissed.
She reminded me of a snake in so many ways…
"What can we do for you, Mistress Karai?" I asked through clenched teeth, rage building up inside me. I couldn't help but not express my hate for her the slightest bit. I wanted her to know how much I loathed her.
Karai turned and faced the wall of the dojo.
"Many years I have waited for this day, young ones." She said loudly for all to hear. "The day the death of my father--our master--Oroku Saki, will finally be avenged. His killers are very skilled in the way of the ninja, but you four have trained brutally for fifteen years now, and I expect them to be brought down."
My sisters and I shared a smile. We had also been waiting for this day—Karai wasn't the only one.
Tonight would be the night that we would show our masters our worth. Maybe, just maybe, if we defeated Oroku Saki's killers, we wouldn't have to face beatings and blood curses anymore.
I couldn't wait.
"We will not fail, Mistress Karai." I said firmly.
Karai turned back to face us.
"No, you will not." She said with a smirk. "One, stand."
I fumed at the use of my slave name, but as I was told, I stood.
"Being the leader of your team, you are responsible for any failure whatsoever. And you do know the cost of failure…" Karai's voice drifted off as she stared into my eyes. I could see, in my mind, a lightning fast image of myself being blood cursed as Hun stood watching and smiling evilly.
"We will not fail." I said angrily. Karai smiled and slapped me.
"I am glad you understand. Now leave me and avenge your Master's death!" Karai almost screamed, her eyes flashing.
We bowed to her and ran out the door, leaving the building. The four of us leapt—like ninjas—into a shadowed alley and down a man hole, entering the sewers.
As we ran, we could hear Karai's screams.
"GO AND DESTROY THE NINJA TURTLES!!!!!!!!!"
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