Chapter Ten
Revelation
Back at the Foot Headquarters, Dr Arden had arrived at the throne room to inform Arashi of his discoveries.
Walking up to the doors, the ninja guarding the room bowed to him then moved aside.
Dr Arden smirked as he tried to contain his excitement.
As the doors opened, Dr Arden walked over to the end of the room, his eyes flashing as he saw Arashi sitting at the end of the room continuing to sip his Sake and watch his ninjas train.
As soon as he heard Dr Arden appear he clapped his hands and the ninjas stopped fighting, bowed and stood at the sides of the throne room.
"Ah Dr Arden..." Arashi said standing up and placing his sake down on the table "I can see the look in your eyes that you have news for me?"
"Indeed my master..." said Dr Arden as he walked closer to the table "And I have to say it is exciting what I discovered from the Dragon's DNA."
Arashi smirked and folded his arms.
"I am listening, my good doctor." he said in a low voice.
"Needless to say it was hard trying to capture the Dragon's DNA, with his gecko bitch, the turtles and their lizard whore by is side. They put up a good fight even without their weapons...as you know some of the ninja fell by their hand..."
Arashi nodded frowning.
"But once I got the sample, I spent hours trying to find out what it contained...and this is what I discovered."
He handed Arashi the papers and the evil man looked at the results.
Dr Aden smirked as he watched his master read the results intently, then he saw his eyes brighten showing a want, a hunger, as if what was written before him was in pure gold.
"My dear William..." Arashi said looking at Dr Arden "It seems the DNA is what we need to help defeat the turtles for good...I never imagined that his DNA had such amazing qualities...Stem cells...capable of growing a foetus...but this seeks out to heal the most serious of wounds...if we have this DNA in our possession, we shall be unstoppable..."
Arashi smirked as so many possibility's ran through his brain.
"Doctor..." he said in a sinister voice "We must have this creature in our possession...although...we are aware that this creature will be a challenge to bring down..."
Dr Arden took the papers from his Master and smirked at him.
"My Good master." he said "If you let me handle this task...I may be able to come up with a plan...and maybe a device that may be able to let us capture this strong Dragon mutant...in the fight with him and the turtles, I was able to observe his strengths, and of course studying the blood has shown me how strong he is..."
Arashi listened intently to his scientist.
"With the right research, equipment and serums...I might be able to find a way to capture him..." Dr Arden continued "I promise...if it takes me forever...I will not let you down...I am determined to assist you in any way possible my Lord..."
Dr Arden bowed and Arashi smirked and bowed back.
"If there is one person I can trust...it is you my good doctor." said Arashi "I trust you will find a way to bring the Dragon down...and bring him to me...in good condition..."
"I swear on my honour and loyalty to you, master." said Dr Arden.
"Good..." said Arashi "I shall let you begin your procedures..."
"Thank you my Lord..." said Dr Arden "I shall inform you when I have completed my work."
He bowed again and walked out of the throne room, Arashi watched him go then sat back down and continued to sip his sake.
"Beware...Dragon Mutant..." he growled "I shall have you in my grasp very soon...and with your DNA and abilities...I will be invincible!"
He sipped his Sake as his eyes flashed with many brutal and sadistic thoughts flying through his brain.
Three days passed and during their stay in the turtle's lair, Tyroth and Sephie got up to all sorts of fun with their friends.
As well as playing video games and having some movie marathons, they also did a few skates through the sewers and challenged each other in sparring when not training.
They still did their night patrols each night, often starting as a team then splitting into four groups to scour the city.
Often Tyroth went alone being the largest and strongest of the group he could take on anything that was thrown at him. Sephie still worried about him when he did go off on his own, but she knew he could take care of himself no problem.
Apart from the odd gang activity, bank or shop robbery or even citizen attack, Night Patrol was often quiet.
It bothered Leonardo that there was no activity from the Foot, since the attack after the Nightclub he still couldn't get it out of his head about the Rope Dart striking Tyroth.
It seemed stupid but he had some feelings that the Rope Dart was something more than just trying to catch Tyroth off guard.
Tyroth tried to keep reassuring the oldest turtle that he had nothing to worry about as he would take anything the Foot threw at him, reminding him that Overlord and the Demons in Mutopia hadn't broken him.
"Well, we had to save you from the caves after the battle with Xazahl last time." Leonardo had reminded Tyroth, but he could see the Mutant Dragon's point of view, Tyroth was strong and could take on more than what Leonardo could handle single handedly.
Leonardo had consulted Master Splinter of his troubled thoughts, but Splinter wasn't sure himself.
"You ask a question we have no answer to Leonardo." he had said "It is suspicious, the Foot laying low."
"I wish I could find out..." Leonardo had replied "I'm just worried about our friends and family, the Foot have acted like this before, and often its because they're planning something, I can't fully relax."
"Running into battle without knowledge or preparation is foolish!" Splinter had said "Sometimes it is best to sit still, the answers will come."
Leonardo had then sighed in defeat as he listened to his Master.
The wise old rat was right, he couldn't just rush out there and try and confront the Foot, all he could do was wait until the Foot made their next move, only then would they find out.
At least Tyroth seemed confident he could take the Foot down if they tried anything, but he didn't know exactly how clever the Foot could be.
They hadn't even met Dr Arden and knew of his ways, apart from the fact that he had tortured and experimented on Mona for her DNA.
"You must try and relax for your friends and family Leonardo." Splinter advised "Your stress and anxiety will only worry them."
Leonardo agreed and he decided he would carry on as normal, but the worry still hadn't left him.
Even though Leonardo had been worried, the other mutants had seemed to push the incident after the club out of their minds for the time being and enjoy their time together.
Sephie was determined to get the Crane Wing Strike perfected, even though she managed to bend the wood, she couldn't break it like Mona could. Sephie didn't mind though as she knew Mona had been doing Kung Fu for years and she was prepared to keep practising even if it took forever to get it right.
As well as learning the strikes, she learned a little more about evading attacks like the crane. In fact she practised balancing on the plum flower poles whilst Mona threw ping pong balls at her to duck and dodge.
Normally Mona would have the turtles throw ninja stars and kuni knives at her when she practised, but Mona didn't want to take any risks with Sephie, even though she knew Sephie was good at dodging attacks from enemies in combat, she wasn't sure about getting her to dodge sharp objects especially on a small and high plum pole.
One night in the lair, Sephie was balancing on the plum pole as Mona continued to throw ping pong balls at her and Sephie dodged them.
Tyroth was chewing his lip as he watched and the turtles had their fingers crossed as Sephie dodged the last ball and the pole she stood on wobbled dangerously as she tried to keep her balance.
Mona then stood and bowed to Sephie.
"How you doing up there?" she asked.
"Alright!" Sephie called down "The balancing's easy, it's the dodging that's hard."
"Being a gecko does have it's benefits huh?" said Mona.
"When will you get to the ninja stars Mona?" asked Sephie "I'm sure I can handle it!"
"I'm just not sure yet Sephie." said Mona "I don't wanna accidentally impale you in the eye."
"She's got a point!" Tyroth said "She loves her best friend!"
Mona blushed at that.
"Ok Sephie." she said "We'll continue this later ok?"
"Ok." Sephie agreed, she then called down "Tyroth! Save me!" she then jumped off the plum-flower pole and into her mate's arms as he easily caught her.
"Good catch there!" Raphael said as Tyroth and Sephie nuzzled and Tyroth let his mate down to her feet slowly.
"Whose up for a video-game tournament before night patrol?" asked Michelangelo "Whose gonna beat me at Super Smash Brawl?"
"I can smash you up!" said Raphael cockily.
"Me too!" said Tyroth.
"Count me in!" said Donatello.
"Awesome!" cried Michelangelo as he hopped over to the TV area to set up the Wii and assign the controllers.
"How about you girls?" asked Leonardo.
"You boys have a few rounds." said Mona "I think Sephie and I are gonna talk in the bedroom."
Tyroth and Raphael looked a little confused until Sephie spoke.
"Don't worry guys." she said "It's just girl things."
"Ok." said Tyroth "If you wanna have a round, we're in the TV area."
"Ok." said Mona and Sephie as they walked away from the middle of the lair and over to Mona and Raphael's bedroom.
"Ok Mikey." said Raphael getting to the sofa so he could sit next to Michelangelo and grabbed a controller "Prepare to be pulvervised!"
"You asked for it!" Michelangelo shot back "I'll send you flying so far off the screen you won't know what hit you!"
"I'll send you both flying!" Donatello retorted.
"Guests first." said Leonardo handing Tyroth a controller.
"Thanks Leo." said Tyroth.
Leonardo smiled at Tyroth then sat back on the sofa. The thoughts of the Foot and what they might be up to were still running through his head.
"What are you up to Arashi?" he thought "You know you're up to something...and we shall find out what..." he clenched his fist then looked at the TV where Tyroth and the other turtles had began their game and were already cheering and egging each other on.
Now Arashi is aware of Tyroth's abilities and his DNA, he is determined to have the mutant Dragon in his grasp and Dr Arden is preparing the equipment and whatever he can create to bring Tyroth down. What will happen next?
Tune in to find out!
Note: Some of the elements Leonardo and Tyroth speak about occur in the final chapters of Ancient Legacy. Also Splinter saying to Leonardo about rushing into battle without preparation come from TMNT 2003's episode 'The King'.