Ch.2: Menace of Chu-Lan
"Mikey what happened?" asked Raph moments later as he followed both Mikey and Casey through the ruins of New York City. The town seemed to be even more depressing than before.
"Well" said Mikey, kind of reluctant to explain " it kind of started like this…"
(FlashBack)
"Hahaha" laughed the demon, a sinister grin on grotesque face " recognize me now witch?"
"Chu-lan," stated Splinter's witch friend.
"Ch-who?" asked Leo, looking for an explanation.
"No time!" said the witch, motioning for everyone to run "We must go! Now!"
Running away fast, the turtles and villains followed the witch's lead, dodging through filthy alley streets in attempt to escape the unspeakable horror behind them.
"The transport module!" Shredder cried, spotting the vehicle where they left.
"Quick!" said Krang " Get in you fools!"
With that said, the villains all piled into the metal and dug their way back to the Technodrome abandoning the turtles in their flight.
"It's just no good keeping company these days," said Donatello.
"This way!" said Splinter, running down another street, then turning quick into a warehouse.
Fire erupting from behind them, Mikey, Don, Leo, and the witch followed the rat's lead, barely avoiding the claws of death swinging a mere foot from their mark. Safely sheltered in the shadows of the room, silence placed its grip on everyone's tongue, hiding the spark of breath that was sure to give their position away.
The sound of huge claws scraped on by, followed by the raspy breaths of demon fire. Orange eyes peered through the upper windows of the warehouse, lighting up the room with an eerie glow. There was so much light, that for a moment, Leo feared they would be exposed.
"Why run and hide Bruja?" said Chu-lan's voice " We used to be great foes. We clashed in Mexico, then in Japan. I owe you at least some repayment for my years of suffering, just like I owed the one who freed me his wish,"
With that, the light disappeared and the demon moved on, leaving them back in darkness. Letting out sighs of relief, the turtles and Splinter gathered near the center of the warehouse floor, where Bruja sat trembling in near terror.
"Bruja" said Splinter, looking at his witch friend " so that is your true name?"
"It was my name once" said the witch, turning her shining blue eyes towards Splinter " I grew up in Mexico, heir to a legacy of witches, and battled against Diablo to repair a horrible mistake. He was beaten with the help of my family, but once he was banished, I had to leave as well,"
"I went to Japan to study, where I would eventually meet you Yoshi. You helped me gain more confidence in my magic, before you were forced to go to America. I missed you so much that day my friend. You even gave me my new name, Hana."
"Eventually I encountered Diablo again, only this time he had changed his name to Chu-lan, entity of dark chaos. That time I managed to defeat him on my own, but it wasn't easy, and almost all my power my drained. I sealed in a prison I thought would be safe, but it turns out I was wrong. Someone has broken the seal, and now he walks again,"
"Who could have broken the seal?" said Don "And what was all that talk about a wish?"
"When a demon is freed" said Hana " they must grant whoever freed them one wish, and sometimes that wish can go wrong,"
"Well" said Leo " whoever freed Chu-lan, we don't have time to wonder. I say we seal this demon away again, this time for good,"
(End FlashBack)
"Of course you see" said Mikey, back in the current time " we weren't able to stop him,"
"That's sad," said Raph, wondering just what horrors his brothers had been through.
"We're here," said Casey, opening up an old, broken warehouse door.
Stepping inside, Raphael looked around to see a messy version of chemical lab, with its purple-banded caretaker hunching over of its samples with determination set in his eyes.
"Donatello," asked Raph cautiously, making the turtle glance up towards him.
"Raphael?" asked Don in amaze, at seeing his long thought dead brother.
Running out like a madman, Don immediately grasped his arms around Raphael's chest squeezing the stunned, red-masked turtle so hard that he could hardly breathe in the excitement. Breaking out from the hug, Raphael stepped back from his brother and nearly gasped in shock seeing the scars and bruises and Donnie's arms and legs.
"Donnie" said Raph, stumbling to speak "what happened to you?"
Before Donnie could answer, another voice broke out of the silence.
"It's good to see you again Raphael," said Leo, walking out of the shadows.
"Leo" said Raph, looking at the slightly meaner blue-masked turtle "age is a good look you,"
"Where were you Raphael?" snarled Leo "Everything that's happened is because of you,"
With that said, Leonardo tossed up his hand, throwing Raph back his sais. The harsh clang of metal could be heard when they both landed on the floor, just inches from Raphael's feet. Picking up his weapons, Raphael looked down on them almost ashamed. These weapons were a product of what a true hero could be, he no longer felt so brave.
"Leo, guys, forgive me" said Raph, almost on the verge of tears " I don't know what I've done. None of this should even be happening. I vow I'll do whatever I can to make this right,"
"Let us hope that will be best" said Leo " for all futures concerned,"