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Author Note: Older : See Chapter 1. Latest Story Summery: With Shredder's demented son Kano on the loose, Karai is forced to accept the Turtles her allies in the upcoming war. She wants to be the only leader of the Foot Clan and Kano has plans to get rid of her. She will not go down without a bloody fight and will need to add the terrapins warriors to her now shrinking Foot clan army. She presents an offer that Leonardo can not refuse.
Cast: April O'Neil, Casey Jones, May Jones, and the Turtles; Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello.
This is my first TMNT fic and since I've seen the newer TMNT movie now, this fic is based off the live action Turtles movies and the newer TMNT CGI movie & some of the 2K3 series, yet I like having Splinter as formerly being the human Hamato Yoshi as in the 80's cartoon (not a pet rat as in the movies). Please R&R and please no flames!
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Destruction of Trust
The next day after Leatherhead left, Raph went out into the forest to train by himself. One broken hand wasn't going to stop him from working out and he wouldn't be caught dead losing his edge.
He knew Lotus was following him throughout the morning as he threw punches and kicks at the walls of rocks close to Kameko's mansion.
As silly as it sounded, he was hoping his workout appeared impressive to her. Leo wasn't the only one who could show off his skills afterall. Eventually, she dropped from her hiding place in the branches and landed gracefully near Raph.
"Isn't unwise to train so hard with such an injury?" Lotus asked, a sly twinkle in her eyes. Raph forcefully swung his leg out and successfully brought down a tall wall of rock.
After it came crashing down, Raph scoffed and grinned. "My legs and other arm ain't broken. Besides, even if they were, I'd still kick the shell out of these rocks. I'm no slouch."
"You certainly aren't..." Lotus said, flipping locks of raven hair over her shoulder. Raph kept smashing down the rocks around him into crumbly powder.
Then he accidentally 'forgot' about his broken hand and used it against a large boulder. He cried out in terrible discomfort and Lotus was at his side instantly, looking very concerned.
"Are you alright?" she asked, worried. She held his right hand and he tried to stop her from grabbing so much. As their hands touched, they froze and stared at each other.
"I'm...fine." Raph finally said after a moment of silence. He turned away and went back to training, but it wasn't as heartfelt as before.
Lotus felt strange. Why would she feel so uneasy over their hands touching? She had kissed him more than once already. Although she did want to win Raph's heart, she did not think she would fall for him too. At least, not this much.
Raph stopped to grab his right shoulder as it began to ache then. He groaned in annoyance as he tried to ease the pain with his left hand, which was bleeding from smashing rocks.
Lotus hurried up behind him and he turned while backing away at the same time. "I said I'm fine." he grumbled, not wanting any help. She roughly knocked his left hand away from his shoulder and reached out to perform shiatsu.
She began massaging Raph's right shoulder. He nearly pulled away, but decided not to since it felt good. Her gentle, yet strong hands were alleviating to his sore muscles.
Lotus kept massaging halfway down his arm, then back up to his shoulder. Raph closed his eyes and murmured soft sounds of relief. He knelt down as she stood behind him, massaging both his shoulders then.
"Uhh, man..." Raph whispered, tilting his head forward as Lotus worked on the back of his neck. This was bliss! He really was enjoying this. It had been a long while since he felt this relaxed.
Lotus bent down and then Raph leaned his head back right into her breasts. He pulled away in shame, blushing. Lotus' cheeks grew red as she pulled away too.
"Sorry about that..." Raph said, embarrassed even though he liked what just happened.
"It is alright. I shouldn't have...gotten so close..." Lotus said shyly, avoiding his eyes. Raph stood up and took her hand into his. She looked up into his warm caramel brown eyes.
"You can get close to me all you want." he said, smiling. She grinned back as she welcomed his sweet embrace and gentle nuzzling. Tender kisses followed soon after.
Hidden by the trees, Leo watched them from a distance with his teeth and fists clenched tightly...
Later that night, the Turtle brothers got ready for bed. They slept in the same room still, though Mikey was often missing. He was usually found at the sofa bed with Kameko in the mornings.
But this night, Mikey was with his brothers. Don had a temporary 'just-in-case' cure that he wanted them all to take right away.
He would need to work more to create a permanent cure later. This temp one would ease his troubled mind in the meantime.
After he gave himself and his brothers all a shot, Mikey tried to hurry off to the sofa bed. Leo stopped him and told him to give Kameko some alone time for once.
"But she loves me! She enjoys being with me every waking moment! She can't live without me! I can't live without her!" Mikey cried, whining.
"Everyone needs alone time, Mikey. She won't say anything because she doesn't want to upset you. Just leave her be for tonight, ok? Besides I have something important to tell all of you in the morning. Let's get some sleep." Leo said, bedding down.
Raph held his sore shoulder in discomfort. The dumb pain was back with a vengeance. It sure would be nice to have Lotus massage him again.
Oh well, he would have to wait until morning for that. He knew Leo wouldn't be none too happy to have him being chummy to Lotus, especially after Raph was so hostile and against her before.
Raph narrowed his eyes and groaned as he rubbed his shoulder and neck. Leo eyed him strangely and asked disgustedly, "What's wrong now?"
"My muscles ache, that's all." Raph snapped back, frowning.
"Next time, don't punch rocks with your broken hand..." Leo scowled, before he turned away from Raph as he laid down. Raph was surprised by that surly reply. Was...was he spying on him and Lotus?
Hmph. It seemed like Leo was jealous or something. Yeah, well, it about time Leo knew what it was like to see someone else having the girl for a change.
'Jerk.' Raph thought bitterly as he angrily slammed his head into his pillow. 'What's his problem? Just because Lotus is through being with him doesn't make it my fault.'
Plus, Raph remembered seeing Leo with Karai more often than not. 'Just friends, huh? Friends my shell!' he thought, annoyed. They were much more than just friends. Just the other day, Raph could have sworn he saw Leo kissing Karai.
But they were too far away down the hallway and they went around the corner a second after Raph saw them. Leo couldn't want both Karai and Lotus!
Not only was that wrong, but unfair too! Shouldn't he or his other brothers have a chance with the ladies? Why did they all have to go after stupid Leo anyway?
It was about time Lotus came to her senses and noticed someone better, namely Raph. He shouldn't be given such ill-will by Leo for Lotus dumping him. It wasn't his fault that Lotus finally wised up.
Raph groaned as his right shoulder and arm hurt him again. Rubbing it, he grit his teeth. It sure would be hard as shell to get to sleep. But after a long while, Raph was finally drifting off into a nice sleep when suddenly, there was a frantic knocking at their door.
"ERUGH! Can't a Turtle get any damn sleep around here?!" he shouted, jolting the others out of their slumber. Mikey screamed his patent girlish shriek and fell out of his bed with a thud. Don threw his covers off and stood up.
"Raph!" Leo warned, getting out of bed quickly to beat the crud out of him when Rose opened the door looking frightened.
"What is it, Rose?" Don asked, going to her and holding her shaking hands.
"I-I'm sorry for disturbing, you four, but-but..." she stammered.
"What, Rose? Tell us!" Don cried, worried.
"Donatello, there's something wrong with Miss Karai! She's...changing..." Rose said, her words sending doom through Leo. Karai must be mutating! Why did she have to force that blood oath on him?!
"You've got to come quick and help her! Chaplin's trying to keep her calm in the lab, but he can't fix whatever is wrong with her! This has been going on for hours, but now she's screaming in pain and won't stop! Please, help her!" Rose continued.
Before Don could go out the door, Leo was halfway down the stairs towards the lab. Raph noticed this with a bitter smirk. 'He really does care more for that loony bitch...' he thought as he followed the others.
"Is she like going all weird and yucky? Is she gooey? At all?" Mikey asked, getting disturbed.
"Jeez! Mikey, can't you talk your age?" Raph complained, not liking Mikey's choice of words. He often considered them 'babyish'.
"Hey, I'll be a kid at heart forever, even when I'm a hundred years old, so NYAH!" Mikey shot back, sticking his tongue out on purpose. Raph growled, shaking his head. What an idiot!
"No, she still looks normal. She just keeps screaming in pain now. You can help her, right, Donatello?" Rose asked.
"I'll see what I can do. How'd this happen? Did she take anything strange? Medicine or something?" Don asked.
Leo stopped at the foot of the stairs that led to the lab and answered Don's question.
"My blood is inside her." Leo said, causing an uproar from the others.
"Huh?!" Don cried, baffled.
"WHAT?!" Mikey shrieked.
"What the shell are you talking about, Leo?!" Raph shouted, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him. "How in the world did your blood get inside her? What did you two do?!"
"You guys didn't, like you know...have se-" Mikey tried to say, but Leo cut him off.
"Don't be ridiculous!" he snapped, glaring. "I'll explain it to you all later. Right now, Don has to cure Karai before she mutates into something..."
Don rushed into the lab to find it in disarray. Chaplin had smashed up a lot of things looking for a fast 'fix-n-cure-all' to this dilemma. Karai had vomited all over the place and Mikey refused to enter the lab due to this.
He stayed by the open doors and watched. Raph didn't care about a little spit on the floor so he went in. Leo already had the quaking suffering Karai in his arms. Don expressed his upset annoyance as he pushed aside Chaplin from the computer.
"Get away from that! I have to cure her!" Chaplin cried. "She contracted a hideous disease from you filthy terrapins, I just know it! How dare you monsters make her sick?!"
"Look what you did to my lab, Chaplin! You're not helping, so step aside! I have to analyze the situation here!" Don shot back, doing his best to ignore the man's accusations. He had much work to do. He got a clean syringe and went to Karai.
"Hold her still." Don said, as Leo nodded numbly. He kept Karai from shaking like mad as Don took a blood sample. He went back to the computer table and put the blood on a glass slide to look under a microscope.
"Lee-Leon... Leonardo..." Karai rasped, trembling so hard in agony that her teeth chattered.
"I told you how dangerous that blood oath would be..." Leo scolded softly. Karai began to cough and puked onto Leo's left side. He didn't care though, he just wanted Don to find a cure for her and fast.
"Didn't you take any of that cure earlier?" Leo asked and was struck with horror and rage as she shook her head.
She had kept this info from Chaplin on purpose so she could gain Leo's turtle power. She believed the longer she kept his mutated turtle DNA inside her, she could obtain the uncanny strengths from it.
"Why not?!" he cried, upset with her.
"I...I want your vigor...Leonardo... I want...to become...stronger..so I can...destroy my enemies!" she choked out and held him close as she fought hard not to be overcome by the fresh wave of ungodly throe.
"Don, she never took any of that cure Leatherhead made for Gecko! Give it to her, it should work fine!" Leo ordered.
"But Leo, we can't be certain-"
"I SAID GIVE IT TO HER NOW!" Leo roared angrily. Don said nothing more and got a needle ready. Chaplin was numb with shock and disgust that he couldn't barely move or react.
It was bad enough that Miss Karai willingly did any kind of an oath with that turtle beast. But worst of all was that she purposely wanted to have that disgusting terrapin's blood inside her. What was wrong with her?!
He could have easily given her a painless method to gain super human strength through robot armor. Why did she want organically?
It had to be those wretched Turtles! They made her feel insignificant and weak, so she wanted to be like them so she could feel any self worth. It was all their fault that Miss Karai was suffering!
Chaplin grabbed a scalpel and screaming like a crazed loon, he charged at Leo and Don. While Don was able to get some of the cure into Karai, he didn't get all of it her as he dodged out of the way.
Raph stopped Chaplin's pathetic attack and punched the psychopath in the gut hard enough to make him lose consciousness. Chaplin crumbled to the floor in a pitiful heap as he squeaked out weak protests and groans.
Soon, Karai's agony faded away and she shakily got to her feet while Leo helped her. Chaplin struggled to look at Karai and saw her leaning against Leo with his arms affectionately around her.
She laid her head against his shoulder with her arms around him as well. She seemed to welcome his supporting embrace and Chaplin hated how that terrapin beast was cuddling HIS Karai.
The whole scene was just too much for scientist to bear as he felt something snap inside him. But that psycho rage burnt him out and he blacked out. Mikey peeked through his fingers.
"Is it over now? She's not changing into some gooey grotesque puking creature, is she?" Mikey asked, still freaked out. He regretted speaking once he saw Leo's murderous glare.
"No, Mikey. She's not changing into anything." Don said, sighing. "Look at this mess! It'll take me days to get this place straightened up and back in order."
"I'll help you clean the lab, Don." Rose offered, touching his arm in a sweet gentle manner. Don felt instantly embarrassed, though pleased. Until Mikey let his opinions out verbally.
"Oooo! Girlfriend! You go, girl! Go get my big bro Donnie! He's lonely and needs some lovin'!" Mikey cried, thumbs up and winking.
"Mikey!" Don cried, abashed to death. Raph promptly whacked his kid brother in the head.
"OW! What was that for?!" he protested. "Because you're being a frickin' idiot!" Raph shot back.
"No I'm not! Rose's obviously got the hots for Donnie! Come on! Love needs to be spoken loud and clear! You like her too, don't-cha Donnie? Come on, say it, say it! OWWW! Jeez, Raph! Not that hard!" Mikey shouted, holding his head.
"Shut it, Mikey. Let's get back to bed. I've had enough for one night." Raph growled, his sore arm bothering him more now. Then he met Lotus halfway on the steps.
"Lotus, what are you doing here?" he asked, rubbing his right shoulder and arm.
"I heard much screaming and came. I waited and listened here." she said and saw how Raph kept on flexing his sore muscles in pain. She knew exactly what to do.
As they came to the top of the stairs, she massaged his shoulders in her special way. He sank to his knees in relief as she hovered behind him.
"Does that feel better?" she asked in a silky smooth purring voice. She pulsated and pressed her fingers deep into his thick tense muscles, enjoying the texture of his reptilian skin.
"Oohh, yeahh... Damn, you're good..." Raph groaned, closing his eyes happily for a short while.
When he opened them a few seconds later, he saw Leo glaring at him and Lotus disgustedly. Raph stared back testily, but was overcome with that satisfying comfort again. He closed his eyes and grinned.
Over the years, he had grown used to having his muscles giving him aches and pains for days on end. The pains brought on by broken bones were always the worst.
Finally, he could have some decent relief from that pain through massage by someone who was very strong, but not too strong, like his brothers. Not like he wanted any massages from his brothers...
Leo did his best to keep his jealous feelings in check as he carried Karai to her room in his arms. Lotus never massaged his aching muscles before...
After much thinking and meditating beforehand, Leo had been coming to a conclusion. Once he saw Lotus giving Raph such an erotic massage therapy, he finally made up his mind.
Raph could have that disgraceful wench for all he cared. Leo kinda felt glad that it was over and he could move on. He had no reasons to go back to Lotus. Especially not after seeing her being so lecherous with that shiatsu to Raphael.
When Mikey saw what Leo saw, he screamed in shock and jumped away, pointing. "Oh my shell! You're touching Raph like, like THAT?! Eww! Gross! Don't you know where he's been?! He's been in the sewer, Lotus! The stinkin' germ-ridden filthy sewer! Didn't you know he never takes showers?"
"Mikey, you are so DEAD!" Raph shouted, getting to his feet and chasing after a giggling Mikey. Don came up carrying Chaplin on his back.
"What's going on?" he asked, confused. Lotus stood in front of him. "It is nothing. Here, I will take Chaplin to his quarters." she offered and took Chaplin from Don.
"Oh, boy. I'm never going to get any sleep tonight." Don thought, shaking his head with his fingers to his forehead. Rose watched with sad eyes as her brother Chaplin was taken away by Lotus.
Sighing, she knew she could not help her big brother in his 'battle' with the Turtles since she was fond of Don just like how Mikey said.
As embarrassing as that scene was, she kinda liked hearing her feelings being spoken out loud since she knew she never could do so herself. She was just too scared to voice something like that.
Smiling softly, Rose touched Don's arm again and bowed at him so she could leave to get some sleep.
"I will help you clean the lab tomorrow, Don. Maybe we could have breakfast together? And dinner too?" she asked, shyly. Don nervously put his hand behind his head as he chuckled while blushing.
"Heh heh! Sure, I'd love to..." Don's cheeks grew redder as he realized he said the 'L' word. Rose fidgeted on her heels as she played with her hands excitedly.
"Great!" she said loudly, a bit too loudly. "Oops! Hehee, I mean, that'd be just great. Um..see you then, Don."
"You can call me, Donnie." he said, feeling so very happy that he was about to sprout wings from his shell and fly to the moon any second.
"Oh, ok. Donnie..." Rose said, sneaking looks at him, but not daring to lock eyes with him. Don was doing pretty much the same thing since he was very jittery over this 'getting-a-girl' thing.
"Well, um, goodnight and everything..." Rose said, giggling. She turned and walked away. Don watched her go and sighed with much joy.
'She's just perfect...' he thought before heading off to bed.
In the morning after breakfast, Leo called his brothers into their room to tell them something important. Don was glad to have the meeting since he had to let them know of Leatherhead's warning of those control collars.
"Alright, spill. Why were you and Karai doing a blood oath?" Raph asked, crossing his arms as he leaned against the wall near the door.
Mikey was eating a banana while dipping it in a bag of sugar. Don sat on his bed, waiting for his chance to warn them of Karai's control collar plans.
"Ok, I know you guys are going to find this a shock, but I made an agreement with Karai to join the Foot Clan and help her take down Kano and Hun, so they can't take over the city." Leo said in a rush.
"WHAT?!" the three younger brothers cried all at once. Mikey began to choke on his sugar-coated banana with a choking scream.
"She wants me to be the new Shredder as well and all of us to be her allies from now on." Leo added, thinking that Raph would explode like a volcano any second, but Don beat him to it.
"LEO, ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Don shouted, leaping off his bed towards him. "Tell me you didn't just say all that! Oh jeez! Leo, she's totally tricked you! Leatherhead warned me that Karai's creating mind-control collars for all of us!"
"What...?" Leo said, surprised and angry.
"Whoa, whoa, wait! Did you just say Karai has plans on controlling us with dog collars?" Raph asked, gritting his teeth.
"Yeah, pretty much. Leatherhead told me to meet him once we get back home." Don replied, shaking his head. "Leo, you'll have to tell Karai to just forget it. We can't help her. She's really out to enslave us!"
"Look, I can't. I took an oath and I can't go back on my word. It's a matter of honor." Leo said, gritting his teeth.
"What good is your precious honor when you're gonna be nothing but a damn dog on a leash that Karai's never gonna let go of, Leo? I sure as hell ain't gonna be her slave!" Raph scowled.
"Dude, why did you agree to such a thing anyway? I thought we can't trust Karai..." Mikey said, confused and worried. "Isn't she one of the bad guys?"
Leo sighed hard and explained some more. He told them how they really had no choice since Karai was offering them a cure they needed right away otherwise they would transform into merciless beasts.
The only way to get the cure in time was to be her ally and help her win the war against Kano. And he also pointed out how she forced the blood oath on him, it wasn't his idea.
"She's just using that as an excuse so she can bind us, Leo!" Raph complained. The other two nodded, agreeing.
"I did this for you!" Leo shot back, getting disgusted. "I told you, I had no choice! Would you rather have me refuse her offer and wait for us to turn into monsters instead? Do you think that would have been better? For us to mutate into mindless savages and kill everyone here?!"
His brothers stayed silent for a moment. "Well?" Leo asked, waiting for an answer. Don shook his head as Raph looked away. Mikey's eyes welled up with tears.
"No..." Don finally said. "But we better watch Karai closely and be ready when she tries to put collars or chips, or anything on us. I won't ever trust that woman. She's always up to something."
"Alright, we'll do that, Don." Leo said, patting his shoulder. "But we have to help her in this war against Kano and stay her ally. I made a promise and I must keep it. We owe Karai for offering the cure at least. Right?"
"Yeah, yeah..." Raph said irritably.
"I guess." Don replied, feeling not right. He didn't want to be allies with the infamous Foot Clan's witch known as Karai. But Leo was right.
They did owe her for giving them a chance for a permanent cure. Karai's science team had done much of the work already. Leatherhead did even more. All Don needed to do was make that cure compatible for his brothers and himself.
"I'll help out, but I ain't gonna like it." Mikey said, finishing the bag of sugar. The banana was long gone.
"So we're in agreement, then?" Leo asked. His younger brothers slowly nodded their heads reluctantly.
"Donnie, how long until you can make that cure a permanent one?" Leo asked, heading for the door. Don thought for a moment before answering.
"I should have one pretty soon. I say, maybe in like a month with additional safety testings. But it'll take longer now that lab is all screwed up." Don hoped his notes weren't destroyed by that lunatic Chaplin. What a nutcase!
"We'll help you get it in order, Don. Come on, let's get this done. The sooner, the better." Leo said, going out the door and down the stairs. His siblings followed him to the lab to get to work.
To Be Continued in Chapter 11!
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(Will the terrapin warriors receive their permanent cure in time? Will the temp ones be enough? What sort of chaos awaits them back home?) Plz be nice! This is my first Turtles ficcy! ^.^