Buried alive.
Chpt. 4
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The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife, forcing Casey to sigh to himself. Getting aroused out of bed before noon was bad enough without being forced to pool around his friends acting as if death was in the air. He blinked the tiredness from his eyes switching on the radio.
"-Those are the people who died who died who died, those are all my friends who died..." the radio sang. Raph's eyes shot slits to him, but Casey didn't notice as he continued to sing lowly to himself.
"-And Eddie I miss you more then all the others, this song is for you my brother," at that Raph agervatedly turned the channel.
"Hey I liked that song-" at Raph's glare he rolled his eyes continuing to drive.
"-Now as I lay here in the dark-" again the station dialed.
"-Will you swear on your life, that no one will cry at my funeral-"
"-Hey, she's a crazy bitch-"
"-Don't let me die here-" at that Raph finger slammed upon the radio forcing it to be silent once more.
"Where are we going Raph?" Casey groaned containing a yawn, simply staring ahead of him at the road.
"I don't know, just keep going," he said simply eyes turning to Donnie eyes glued to the computer screen, then eyes meeting his brother's shaking his head softly.
"The only clue I will give, is my ancestors eternally rest there as well," he whispered staring off gnawing at his lip,"There are no Asian themed cemeteries near here and Karai promised the grave wasn't far away from where she sits, god, I hope she's not in Japan!"
Raph shook his head to that notion,"I wouldn't have gotten Leonardo's signal. We're lucky we even got it considering he's six feet deep."
"What the hell is going on?" Casey snapped, heads colliding into the dash board and back seat of the van as it came to sudden halt.
For stilling seconds, the only noise to be heard was the soft tapping of the rain as it finally began to fall. From the transmitter tightly bound in Mike's hand, Leonardo's raspy breathing could be heard.
"I'm going to die aren't I?" the voice made Raph's head snap to his youngest brothers hand, the calmness making a scowl penetrate his once calm face.
"No, stop talking like that, in fact stop talking," he snapped to him,"You'll use up your air."
"Raph, you need to take care of the family now, please protect them," he continued,"Mike, don't take my death to harshly, its not your fault. I really should have learned."
"Leo-"
"Don, please, don't stay in your lab 24/7, their is a world out there that kinda wants us dead, you need to keep up with your training-"
"Leonardo-"
"Don't take revenge, Raph, its my fault I'm here now, Karai will kill you-"
"Shut up, Leonardo!" Raph snapped into the receiver, Casey's eyes going from one brother to the next begging for them to answer him,"Mediate or something, your getting on my nerves."
A thought suddenly struck Donatello as he snatched the device from his snarling brother,"Leo, what do you know of Karai's ancestors?"
"She is the adopted daughter of Oruku Saki, with that title her ancestors are noble foot elders who lived and perished in the battle field, all cremated and scattered around Japan."
"What of any buried in a cemetery? Any you can think of, what about her father? He died not too long ago before she took over the clan."
"I doudt he stayed dead though.'' the calmness in his words forced a chill to travel down Don's spine.
"Why do you say that?"
"She didn't seek revenge against me, we were very civil to each other. We agreed upon peace between the two clans, not once did she challenge me."
"That's exactly why she buried you," Raph grumbled paying no head to the dumbfounded Casey,"A sign of friendship."
"I hear he was not buried though, even if you think she would put me in his grave. I hear he was cremated as well, or that is what the news reporters said at the time of his death."
"What about her actual blood line?"
"Dead and buried in Tokyo, or that is what she once told me."
Through the silence Raph noticed the curses rising from under Don's breath as he passed the commicater back to Mike turning back to the computer screen.
"What the hell happended?" Casey said staring at Raph who half heartedly smile.
"Nothing much, Leo simply got buried by Karia. You know how it goes."
...
Karai let forth a small sigh, was it of irritation or guilt? She didn't want it to be this way, but it had to be, she refused to fail her clan once more with her weakness. Her strides abruptly stopped in the dinning area. Fine red whine stained the silk table cloth like blood, smiling she picked the glass up from the ground the faint reminiscent of chalky powder clunked near the bottom of it.
"Please, do not worry yourself Leonardo, here have a drink..." he smiled fondly to her accepting the glass.
"It is far stronger then I remember wine being," he said twitching slightly as he took another sip.
"Your simply not used to it, my friend," she reassured pouring more into the glass before he could object,"It will calm your nerves, as it calms mine."
Not wishing to seem crass to his host he drained the glass pushing away the faint twitches he felt smiling to her, eyes asking why she wasn't drinking as well.
"I have an important meeting this morning, where you can simply sleep off any affects, I'm afraid I can not," at the suspicious glance she took a soft swig from the bottle,"If it was poisoned, I will die with you then."
"Is there a reason you called me here, Karai?" he asked watching her every move closely making her shake her head.
"You are too paranoid," she said with a shake of her head,"If I wished you dead, I would do you in with my blade not trickery."
"I'm beginning to wonder, my friend," he replied feeling far too dizzy from two glasses of wine,"You've tried that before and then were too weak to finish me off when you had the chance."
"Leonardo, we are allies," she said smiling to him,"I could never do you in so savagely without your consent of course."
He didn't seem to agree with her logic, but not wishing to throw away his family's safetly from the foot clan he accepted her next glass of wine, then watching herself take stilling sips from the glass she poured for herself. The glass struck the table its crimson coloring staining the pearly cloth and slightly drunk laughter floated from his lips as he watched her.
"You drugged me, with something your immune to," he giggled watching her shake her head.
"Aren't you the clever little thing," she cooed,"Your half right, I did drug you, but it was laced around your glass."
"How is the honorable member of the foot clan to do me in then?" he giggled lowly everything around him spinning.
"Have you ever wished to be buried my friend?"
"All the damn time."
"Oh?" she responded watching him slightly twitch the drug taking its full affect,"Would you like me to make arrangements for your funeral then?"
"Why not," he whispred head falling against the table with a thud, the dishes gently clattering to the force.
She shook her head, swishing away the memory. Sighing she sat in the very seat he had been in a few hours ago. The drug was just as strong as her scientist promised, he was out two hours before she even buried him, giving her time to get every arrangement done. She looked to the clock, he had only been in it thirty minutes.
An hour or so to go, she thought to herself watching the clock tick. Sighing she rose from the seat looking out the window watching each drop of rain hit the ground. If her plan worked, she would have all four of them dead before the day was-
Her thoughts ceased to the heavy steps behind her.
"Karai, this plan of yours had better work," her head snapped back to see her father fully clad in his armor eyes practically glowing behind the helmet,"If it does not, you will be joining Leonardo in that grave."
Tbc.