Ch.10: Bye, Bye Black Widow
Casey, April, Don and Mikey didn't know what they could do, one step forward and Shadow was a goner. Shredder knew what he could do, he could go over there and wipe the nasty smile off Raphael's face, but his mind managed to stop his body before he could move.
Shadow had, after all, saved the Shredder's life, it would be foolish for him not to do the same. Casey was tempted to put the Black Widow Statue on the ground and stomp on it, but Shadow had warned againist it.
Smashing the statue would result in the end of the Black Widow Virus, but it would also result that any host attached to the virus would be destroyed as well. All one could hope for was a miracle, and it came.
Seconds later Serling popped in from the cieling in battle mode, with Leonardo riding in the cockpit. Raphael got distracted by the sudden entrance allowing Shadow to slip out from his grasp and escape.
"Leo!" shouted Shadow " where's the antidote?"
"Right here," said Leo, opening the cockpit and throwing the vail to Shadow, which she luckily caught.
Don took the vail from Shadow and examined it.
" We have to find a way to make him drink it" said Don " but while he's still consiouss it's going to be nearly impossible,"
"Then we'll just have to make him unconiouss" said Casey, handing over the Black Widow statue to April and taking out his hockey stick " hold this Babe. Goongala!"
With that Casey, Mikey, Don, and Shredder charged in to help Shadow and Leo to knock Raph out. But despite their best attacks the odds were quickly turning in favor of the virus that possessed Raphael's body.
As Shadow found herself knocked into a wall a sudden memory flashed through her mind giving her an idea.
"Leo!" she shouted to the blue-masked turtle still riding in Serling's cockpit " activate the memory ray and take it to max power, I'll strike the final blow,"
Nodding to show that he understood Leo warned everyone to stand back, activated the memory ray, and shot it at Raphael.
The red-masked turtle froze in place when the beam hit, his hands moved up to his head, and he yelled and twisted around like he was having a splitting headache. While the others were watching Raphael's pain however, Shadow snuck up on the turtle from behind and hit him with a heavy wooden plank.
Stunned, the red-masked turtle fell to the ground and passed out. Leo ended his assualt with the memory ray, while Don quickly applied the antidote into Raph's mouth.
Seconds later, the black marking that had appeared on Raph's skin evaporated into the form of a floating black mist, with red eyes, eight legs, and a glowing red hourglass. The Black Widow itself.
Seeing the statue in April's hand the Black Widow spirit headed her way, eager to rejion its body.
"Destroy it!" yelled Shadow to April " it can't survive outside its own body,"
April quickly followed shadow's instructions, dropped the satue to the floor and squashed it. The Black Widow spirit screeched in pain, then dissappeared, its curse gone, forever.
Breathing a sigh of relief April joined Casey, Shadow, Serling, and the other turtles around the unconious Raphael. Then Shredder walked up breaking the scene, with his blades pointed toward the little group.
"Don't think this changes anything between us Turtles" said Shredder " soon, I shall have your shels hanging on my wall,"
As Shredder walked away, Shadow stiffled a laugh and thought.
"Same old Shredder,"