chapter nine
...In the lair...
Mona tried her best not to tap her toes as a worrying wave had waved over her, leaning within her red clad terrapin husband's reassuring embrace. Leo comfortably sat and meditated with Master Splinter while Mikey and Don paced about the living, waiting.
The purple lowly huffed and went to his laboratory, taking his mind away from wary thoughts while the orange clad terrapin grew impatient. "How long do we have to wait?" Mikey stated, frustratingly.
"C'mon lame brain; it has only been a few minutes." Raph hissed, annoyingly. "It feels like forever." Mikey whined. "Shuddup or go stuff yar face with Twinkies or something." Raph grumbled.
"Heh, maybe I just might do that." Mikey snorted. "Ya do that, piggy turtle." Raph teased. "Don't torment your brother, raph." Mona lowly hissed, disappointedly. "He started it." Raph whined. "I don't care who started it. Behave or do I have to muzzle ya?" Mona said.
Raph lowly muttered under his breathe and grumbled. "What was that?" Mona asked, raising her brow. "Nuthing." Raph answered. "I thought so." Mona said, as she folded her arms and continued to tap her toes.
Master Splinter listened to his son been placed in his place by his new life partner and couldn't stop the tugging upon his lips as he tried to keep the giggle at bay.
...In the sewers—not far from the lair's entrance, a few minutes later...
Isabelle stopped the motorcycle, just outside the lair's garage—quickly looked ahead and behind before getting off from the motorcycle as Dallas removed her helmet and whispery said. "Is this it?"
No response—just more muscle tension. "Isabelle, is this it or what?" Dallas whispery asked once more. Isabelle turned, softly gazed over her right shoulder and softly placed one finger against her thin lips, lowly shushing.
Dallas lowly grunted then climbed down from the backseat of the bike. "Walk inside, quietly." Isabelle whispery instructed, leading the way as she readied to wheel the bike inside the lair's garage. Dallas nodded and followed Isabelle's lead.
Unaware that they had walked through the security lazer perimeter beam, that was installed to protect and alert. Meanwhile in the living room, the terrapins sprung to their feet as the intruder alert had announced and presented the location of security breach.
"Mona—quickly go upstairs." Raph whispery pleaded. "No, I want to stay with you." Mona warily told her terrapin husband. "If something happened to you or Vilana—Mona please, just go upstairs." Raph pleaded again, quickly cupped her cheek before rushing after his brothers into the garage.
Mona ran after the red clad terrapin, stood beside him—ready for anything that came through the garage doors. "Mona—I said to go upstairs." Raph lowly stated. "Raph, we are in this together. If something happened to you, I'd wouldn't know how I could live without you." Mona assuringly told him. Raph smiled warmly and kissed her lips then whispery said. "Ok, are you ready?"
"Ready when you are ready, big boy." Mona whispery replied, returning the smile. Raph nodded and retrieved his sais from his belt. Facing his elder brother, Leonardo as he waited for the order—silently stood about the garage doorway as the blue clad terrapin led the clan within, followed by his sensei, brothers and sister.
Stealth within the garage and silently spread about, taking their positions as they camouflaged themselves within the shadows as two shadowy figures walked inside, parking the motorcycle. Isabelle sensed that they were discovered, spinning around to protect Dallas and retrieved her nine inch dagger from her thigh then she softly called one name. "Mona?"
"Isabelle?" Mona replied in disbelieving unison, disbelievingly glanced. Inserting the dagger back in it case on her thigh and replied, greetingly. "Hi, big sis."
The reunited sisters welcomingly embraced as Mikey quickly rushed to turn the lights on. And all were astounded to what they had seen. "You can see? How? When? For how long?" Mona asked, confusedly blinked. "That is a long story and one I wish had answers to, only if I knew myself." Isabelle replied, softly smiled as she pulled away and sisterly faced the brunette haired salamander. Mona returned the smile then quickly noticed that Isabelle was not alone.
"Jane? What are you doing here?" Mona asked as she abruptly blinked, curiously. Dallas didn't respond as she was interrupted by Isabelle. "That is also—even longer story to tell."
Mona looked to both her sister and Dallas then sensed that something was strange, pulling away from her sister's embrace—only if Isabelle is truly Mona's sister. Questions and suspicions ran through her mind, suddenly as—how is it that Isabelle can see?
"What is wrong, Mona?" Dallas asked, suddenly stood warily. No response, except immediate push against the wall and pointed the sharp pointed edge of the sai that she had taken from Raph's grasp then lowly snarled in an orderly and demanding tone. "Who the hell are you?"
"What do you mean—who the hell am I, Mona? It is me, Izzy. Please lower the weapon and release me." Isabelle softly requested, deepening the eye contact with Mona.
The distraught brunette haired salamander; had a hard time believing what she saw while gazing into eyes that seem so unfamiliar. Slowly loosened her grasp around Isabelle's throat and lowered the sai then slowly stepped back and said. "You are not—my sister. You couldn't be."
"Mona please—Mona." Isabelle called, stepped towards her. Mona stepped back once more and lowly hissed. "No—keep away from me, you are not Isabelle."
Mona turned and walked away as Isabelle chased after her.
Dallas could feel her heart had dropped into her gut as two warm tears ran down her cheeks, witnessing their bond just fell apart. Isabelle continued trying to convince her sister that she is whom to be but it didn't seem so convincing.
Isabelle reached out for Mona's wrist only to receive a quick struck punch that impact with her mouth, splitting her upper lip. Isabelle slowly faced Mona, wiped away the blood from her lip and softly said. "Satisfied?"
Mona glared Isabelle, no verbal response. Just walked away and threw the sai into the stone floor. Isabelle stood watching her sister leave as the others stood in silence and shock.
The orange clad terrapin scratched his head and said one thing. "Ok, what just happen?"
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...to be continued in chapter ten...
?—Wow! What a chapter? Another twisty and confusing chemistry chapter, what to expect in the next chapter. ?
Read and review, until next time—tootles