Chapter Three
Sinister Intentions
At the Foot Headquarters, Arashi continued to sit in the throne room watching the ninja train. Arashi had ordered another group of them back to continue fighting whilst he monitored their progress.
It wasn't long before the doors of the throne room opened and several ninja appeared, soaked through from the falling rain outside.
As the sound of the door opening, the training ninja stopped their sparring and stood in rows parting in the middle of the room so the soaked ninja could walk over to Arashi at the end.
As the ninja walked over, Arashi stood up and bowed to them.
"Finally." he said "You have arrived, and you have brought the evidence I trust..." he growled the last few words.
The Foot Ninja looked a little scared but the first one bowed and held up a camera.
"I can promise you I am not bluffing, master." he said "And these images are not fake..."
Arashi took the camera and began to scan through the images.
His eyes narrowed as he looked at them, the Ninja looked nervous as they watched.
Arashi pressed the buttons as he continued to scan the images.
"That Mutant Dragon..." he snarled "I thought he was killed when that building collapsed...him and Overlord...how could the Dragon have survived that?"
He looked at the images again that showed figures of a mutant Dragon flying with a female lizard riding on his back over the buildings then them landing in an alleyway before starting to walk.
"Some of us remember that Dragon, Master..." said the Leader of the Group of Foot Ninja "Some of us remember fighting him, turned out he was a hard opponent to fight, let alone defeat!"
The Ninja who were gathered at the sides of the throne room looked at each other, some had never fought Tyroth before, but had heard stories from the other Foot Ninja who had, that he was a tough mutant.
"That Dragon mutant...super healing powers...ability to fly...can breathe fire..." Arashi whispered to himself, the ninja standing at the table watched as he stared at the images then up at them.
"I believe you have provided me with what I believe we could use to destroy those turtles forever!"
The Ninja looked confused.
"The Dragon possess many abilities I believe that in the proper hands, would be of benefit to us..." Arashi mused "I remember his attributes and he was certainly more dangerous a fighter than the turtles and their lizard whore."
Many ideas ran through his head as he remembered how he had obtained Mona's DNA last time Dr Arden had her strapped to the medical table and used it to make an enhanced healing serum.
Her DNA had been a benefit to their soldiers, making them harder to kill in battle, from what he had heard from Ninja who had faced this beast, he had super healing abilities, the ability to fly, fire breathing abilities.
In a nutshell, the Mutant Dragon was the perfect key to a weapon more powerful than what the Foot had made in the past.
"I require this mutant..." he snarled "Monalisa is no longer the number one target...this creature is...and an opportunity to capture such a gifted mutant like this must not be passed."
At once his mind was filled with what he could make with this creature's DNA. Fast healing assassins, fire breathing warriors, spies that could fly. A smirk formed on his face as he saw all these possibility's forming in his mind.
"But Master..." said the Ninja group leader bringing his boss out of his daydream "How will we be able to capture this Dragon and make him work for us? It's impossible! As you learned, many ninja have fallen by his hand and even if we tried to capture him, he'll easily escape! He's strong! Stronger than you think!"
Arashi stared at the Group Leader for a long time and he walked around the table and walked in front of him.
"My good man..." he said "Do you doubt my ideas?"
"Master..." the Group Leader whimpered watching his master, though he remained calm, there was something about the Foot Boss that made him feel scared "I've never doubted you...but it's just..."
"Just what?" asked Arashi as he walked over to the Group Leader.
"Just how are we going to bring that mutant here?" asked the Group Leader again "It's impossible."
Arashi gave a dangerous smile as he looked at the Group Leader, the other ninja squirmed slightly as they watched Arashi.
"It just so happens that my good scientist Dr William Arden may have what we need to bring that beast down..."Arashi spoke "Then we can bring him to the headquarters..."
Then suddenly, quick as a flash, the ninja saw a tanto appear from behind Arashi's back and the evil Foot Leader stabbed the Ninja leader in the chest making him gasp in pain.
"Any more questions?" Arashi half snarled half barked as he drove the blade in deeper into the flesh.
The Ninja tried to speak but as he opened his mouth, blood poured from it and his eyes went dead, Arashi yanked the bloody blade out of the ninja's chest and the body dropped like a stone.
The Ninja watching stepped back in fear and watched as Arashi causally wiped his blade and placed it on his belt.
"Anyone else to offer any suggestions?" he asked dangerously. The other ninja shook their heads and remained silent.
"Good..." Arashi snarled, he looked down at the body and frowned as if it were just a mere nuisance on the floor.
"Clean that up!" he ordered to which the ninja standing at the table quickly picked up the body and carried it out of the throne room though leaving a puddle of blood on the carpet which they would try and get out later.
Arashi then turned to another Foot Ninja standing nearbyto squirmed at the evil sinister look on his boss's face.
"Bring me Dr Arden..." Arashi said dangerously.
Back at the lair, the seven mutants were enjoying the time they had together completely unaware of what was going on above.
Splinter was still in his quarters and the turtles and Mona decided as excited as they were to see their two friends decided to keep the noise down in respect for their master as he might be meditating before bedtime, which was what he did all the time.
Michelangelo had set up the games console hours ago and had a controller as he was fighting against Raphael on Mortal Kombat.
Michelangelo was playing Johnny Cage and Raphael was playing Scorpion.
Donatello was cheering Michelangelo and Leonardo was cheering on Raphael. Tyroth meanwhile was watching and wondering how long it would be before one turtle slaughtered the other, seeing how determined both turtles were, it seemed either would win.
Mona and Sephie had decided to sit away from the group so they could talk. They had partook in some rounds but decided to leave it at that and have a chat alone, girl to girl.
"I never get much a thrill from Mortal Kombat like I used to." said Mona dreamily "Mainly because I prefer fighting in real life."
"It seems that way." said Sephie "The only difference is that you don't get extra lives, although, we have been lucky to cheat or avoid death." both girls looked a little uncomfortable at that last part and decided to move on.
"Well, if you've been fighting for years, which we're in agreement on, we sort of get used to it." said Mona "It's almost a normal thing for me."
As she spoke she began to throw her fan up and down.
"How's Sara doing with her Kung Fu?" she asked as she spun her fan on her finger "Has she been practising the moves I showed her last time we were in Mutopia?"
"Yeah." said Sephie "Well, all the Chicago Knights practice hard, they have duties to protect Mutopia and Chicago."
"Just like we do to protect New York." said Mona with a smile.
"FATALITY!" Raphael's voice roared through the lair making both girls jump out of their skins.
Mona and Sephie turned around to see Raphael cheering and clapping as his character performed a nasty fatality on Michelangelo's.
"Hey! No Fair!" Michelangelo protested.
"Guys!" Leonardo hissed loudly "We said to Splinter we'd be quiet!"
All the mutants looked towards Splinter's quarters waiting to see if the old rat would come out. But he didn't.
"Phew..." the mutants sighed.
"Maybe we should stop the game now guys." said Donatello "Before we make any more noise."
Michelangelo looked a little disappointed. Though they had been playing games for hours, he still hated being pried away from the consoles.
Leonardo then looked at his watch.
"We better get some rest anyway, guys." he said "More than likely Splinter will get us all up for training when the sun sets, followed by night patrol. We can play some more after training and patrol"
Donatello gave a yawn agreeing with Leonardo without the use of words. Michelangelo even though he was disappointed that the game night was over, he too was tired.
Tyroth stretched his wings and arms and walked over to Sephie and Raphael walked over to Mona. He had a smirk on his face which told Mona he wasn't quite tired yet and he had plans for what to do in the bedroom before going to sleep. Mona gave him a wicked smile showing she agreed.
Before she could walk off with Raphael though, Sephie touched Mona's shoulder to get her attention.
"Hey Mona!" she said "Do you think you could show me what you were doing on those tall poles over there tomorrow?" she pointed at the plum flower poles that still stood in the middle of the lair.
"Sure!" said Mona nodding before Raphael could lustfully drag her off "Hope you two find your guest room comfortable!"
"Thanks Mona." said Tyroth "We'll see you in the morning."
"Night guys!" said Mona, she then gave a slight squeal as Raphael scooped her into his arms bridal style and carried her to their bedroom giggling.
After all the turtles called goodnight to their guests and to each other, they all disappeared into their bedrooms and shut the doors leaving Sephie and Tyroth to walk to their own guest room.
"Man, it's great to see them again huh?" asked Sephie as she and Tyroth walked to their room with their arms around each other.
"Yeah." said Tyroth "I have to say it was getting kinda intense with Mortal Kombat, thought if they got even more competitive before too long and end up fighting on the TV area floor."
"Nothing would surprise me with Raph and Mikey." said Sephie "Mona often talks about how those two clang heads sometimes."
"They all have such a close relationship though." said Tyroth with a smile.
"Yeah." said Sephie as she tried to stifle a weary yawn.
"Hey! No yawning from you baby!" said Tyroth "I'm not that tired yet!"
Sephie looked up at her Dragon lover and seeing the wicked glint in his eyes made her realise what he was after.
"Naughty!" she laughed poking him in the chest "But we have to be very quiet!" she whispered.
"Don't worry babe." said Tyroth "Raph told me him and Mona are like silent ninjas, even under the bedsheets!"
Sephie nearly choked in laughter and it didn't help when Tyroth pinched her backside making her squeak as they walked into the guest bedroom and stealthy locked the door.
Whoa! Looks like Arashi is not one to argue with! What will he ask Dr Arden about when the mad doctor appears in the throne room. Stay tuned to find out!
Meanwhile, it looks like the gang are getting comfortable, but they're unaware of Arashi's intentions.
Note: When I mentioned 'Silent Ninjas, even under the bedsheets' it meant they're very quiet! If you know what I'm on about! lol!
Also some of the events mentioned by Arashi and by Sephie and Mona such as 'Overlord' and 'Mutopia' occurred in Mutant Vigilantes and Ancient Legacy. Again, if you haven't read them already, check in my favourite stories category or go to Tyroth Darkstorm's page in my favourite authors category to read them.