Light vs. Dark Once More
Chapter 21: Last Pieces and Cliffy
Sora's Point of View:
This place really fits its name: no life, temperature feels well below zero, even without any snow or ice, sharp naked cliffs and cold grey ground. The skies were pitched black, not even a single star shined. Then we found this big cave entrance and, the scanners, which tried to detect the location of the statue, since it should be with dark energy, went bizarre. Looks like the cave was the place. The monkey team went ahead with their flashlights and we followed with ours from behind. I was at the end with Mikey-kun, since his leg hasn't healed yet.
"Be careful team. This place could be booby trapped." Chiro said, as he went in first. Oh, what makes you think that? Note the sarcasm, please. But on a serious note, after ten freaking booby trapped temples, why wouldn't there be few more here?
The tunnel is made from rocks and stones, and there are wooden poles on the walls, which lighted up in black fire, as we got close to them, but they soon die down when we went to far away from them. There are also a lot of old writings on the walls. I guess those probably are warnings, clues, planets, gems and what not regarding this place, the gems, the dark powers and the statue.
Maybe it's my eyes, but I think I see something faint like a scar on Nee-chans stomach. It looks so familiar, but I can't tell where I have seen it.
"Hey Sora." Mikey-kun said to me.
"Hm? Nani?" I looked at him.
"Maybe not the best question at the moment, but… how is it to loose memories. Don't think I want that to happen again," He did three small spits over his left shoulder, "But… curiosity got the best of me." He gave a bit sheepish look. Guess I can't really blame him. I actually wondered how it is to loose memories, when I was little. I thought a bit before saying: "Well, I felt like I was in some room, where there were a lot of walls with moving pictures on them, my memories. But then, some smoke came in and started shattering everything into small fragments. I felt myself fading into nothingness… then there was only dark. After maybe a while, I guess, I don't really know, I heard some yelling… then I woke up… The rest you already know."
"I know that too well. Smoke shattering walls." He repeated.
"Yeah weird, but that happened. At least in my mind it did." I said, as we tried not to fall too far behind the rest. It was then, when Nee-chan turned, I saw clearly a scar on her stomach. It wasn't any eye trick, it was real and it made a headache. I think I heard some chains in the back of my head, as I then saw memories, probably from the last door.
I saw myself getting ready for a day with the guys, specifically Mikey-kun, as I then went out to get some drinks and pizza for them. Suddenly my other phone started ringing, so my younger self had to shift the boxes and drinks to my other hand so that I can answer the call. The caller was Jazz Nee-chan and she said that she will come to Earth. When the call ended, I first wondered about what she is coming on Earth about, but soon enough brushed it off, before seeing few guys behind me. Younger me set the boxes down and beaten them up, then she took the boxes again and went down to the sewers. My more younger self would've freaked in this situation probably.
Soon I brought the lunch for them, but then soon left to give Master Splinter the Chinese and he asked me about my meditation yesterday, did I do it and for how long, before I could go to Mikey-kun and the rest back. I now saw my younger self sitting on Mikey-kun's lap, as Raph noticed the phone and started telling about Jazz Nee-chan, after they asked about her, and said that she is coming to Earth, so she'll need a place. Master Splinter comes and says that we should stay in the Lair and it looked pointless to argue with him. I took Mikey-kun, who whined about not finished pizza, to my place, as he helped me pack my stuff, like clothes and hygiene things, okay I did the hygiene, for the stay, as he asked, out of curiosity, about Nee-chan. I told what I knew: her home, her powers, her looks, her friends, even about Skeleton King.
It seems to be now a deep night, as younger me got a call from Jazz, who said she is at a sewer entrance. I said I'll be there and went to get her. I soon found her, after I fell down on my butt since Hell's Fire still had the cloaking device activated; I took her to the Lair. We were roommates once again.
It looked like to be morning, as I, in PJ's, walked down to find out that Nee-chan was giving Mikey-kun the Threat Statement. I busted the door down and Nee-chan came out happy. I just rushed in and tried to get him back to senses. Once that was done, we saw Nee-chan and Raph talking nicely.
But soon enough Nee-chan told about her true reason of coming here… and I wasn't happy that she was going to put herself on the line to try and stop him. We were both mad enough that we didn't talk a week to each other. But after she came back, we made up and went out on our own.
After few hours, we did see the Citadel flying threw the night skies of New York. Nee-chan got us up in the skies, as we tried to see where he was going. When that was done, we went back to the Lair and told the rest what we saw. We then went for some infiltration, as we saw Shredders ship by the Citadel. Since it was probably now full of Foot Nina, we could get in more freely to take a look around, then we found out about what they're planning and then left.
Some time later, Nee-chan and I were watching something on TV, when we got that neither two groups know how each other looks like. We rushed to try and stop them before they fight. This is where Nee-chan got her hands color changed… and where she kissed Raph for the first time, under the rain.
Soon enough I saw the guys had new weapons to fight the Formless, as the plan to get rid of them was ready. Me, Mikey-kun, Nee-chan and Raph waited for our signal, before we moved in. When we did we saw the now named Formless Ninja, so we carefully moved by. There was a fight with the two servants, Screecher and Big Blond, or Mandarin and Hun, but they were soon down. The big problem was the two evils, in which we were loosing, before the rest came. It separated into a two group fight, as we fought the Shredder, while they fought Skeleton King. Then I heard a swoosh and a gush. Nee-chan got stabbed in the stomach, where the scar now is, while she tried to protect Raph. She was dying and neither Donny nor Gibson could've done anything. Raph went berserk the literalist meaning there is. He went on fire and went to break everything down, as he tried to get the two evils, as they escaped. Chiro said that Raph should be locked in a cage, as we went back to the robot, with Nee-chans body, but then I and Mikey-kun went to get Raph. I did manage to convince him to stop as it wasn't what Nee-chan would've wanted. He stopped and he then simply stood there.
Soon enough, we were on the robot... Nee-chans heart beeped. Raph managed to heal her, as she again was alive. We then left the two alone, so that they can enjoy the moment. After a month, I saw myself running after Chiro with a mop after he called me Sunshine. One of the things a person must learn the painful way. Also, Nee-chan was alright and hanging out with Raph at the moment.
A while went by, not sure how long, but it was more then a month, for sure, as I remember that I, Mikey-kun and Alianna got sent out as the group that was going to get some food, as our supplies were going low, while the rest search for information. I heard some creatures talking about what made me think about Skeleton King, so I followed them…and ended up surrounded by some gang. Alianna came to help and ended up getting hurt. When the creature was going to attack, I threw another kunai threw a vein of his, thus he had to run away, like the rest, we fought just before.
After they ran away, I went to Alianna and tried to wake her up, but she didn't respond, before I saw that my hands were in blood now. Like in the movie. I freaked out and black out quickly after. This is where I lost my memories. This must be all of my memories there are.
"You're okay?" Mikey-kun asked, as I steadied myself.
"Yeah, just a little headache." I said and rubbed my head. I remember everything now.
Thrid Person Point of View:
The group didn't notice Shredder and Skeleton King, standing about fifty feet away from the tunnel, in the old dead forest. Or even sensed them. They were waiting for them to put the gems in and to then get the power, to rule and to destroy them.
"Do you really think those buffoons will manage to follow the plan?" Shredder asked, not believing that the two servants can actually pull it off.
"Don't worry. They will put the gems in one way or another." Skeleton King smirked, as they slowly went to follow the group to get the power when the gems are ready. They also failed to notice someone on a cliff. Or two someone's. They shared a look, as if talking threw their minds and then started to wait for something.
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Meanwhile in the tunnel, Jazz and Raph were scanning over the walls. So far, everything was smooth and no troubles. This didn't relieve anyone, since a trap could appear any time in this place.
"That is not where you put a ring, you imbecile!" A familiar screech came from the room right up ahead them. Carefully walking towards those rooms, they found Mandarin and Hun trying to put in the two gems they have. Looks like Hun has got no idea where to put the Opal Ring.
"Give me that!" Mandarin said and put the gem where it seemed to have fit perfectly.
"Now what, simian?" Hun asked, as he looked at the monkey/bone creature.
"As if you don't know. Try to find if there is still any gem that has not been found by the Hyper Force and place it here." Mandarin said, before turning to the tunnel, to exit this place. When he went in… it was empty. Looks like the servant is as blind as is the master, as they could've seen the turtles and hyper force if they just looked up, but didn't. When they were out of the hearing range, the group went down and went to the statue. It was big, with holes that simply asked to be filled with the right organs or gems in this case. It was completely black, and looked naked, large and stoic, as stoic as a statue can look with missing part.
"Okay, the only way to destroy these things is to put them in the statue." Jazz said.
"Ugh, wouldn't that also turn the gems on?" Sprx asked, as furrowed his brows.
"The writings on the walls said that to activate them or to destroy them, they must be put in the statue first." Jazz said, while Raph nodded. No one argued with them, as they started putting the gems in the right spots. When the last piece, the heart, was in place, the gems got surrounded by a small black smoke-like aura as a dark light appeared in the center of the podium before the statue. They all moved away before it started blazing a pillar of black light.
"And how do we destroy them now?" Gibson asked, not really getting it.
"Probably just smash them into little particles." Nova said, as she crushed her knuckles, ready to crush some gems.
"I'm afraid that won't happen." The voice of the Shredder sounded from behind them. They all turned and saw Skeleton King, Shredder, Mandarin and Hun with a bunch of Formless Ninja, standing at the tunnel.
"What you saw was a little game, for you to put the gems into places. Thank you for doing the hard work for us." Mandarin thanked.
"Hard work?" Otto asked.
"He meant getting the gems." Donny replied, and got his bo staff ready, as the others got their weapons ready. Then a fight broke out. The good guys tried to keep the evils away from the light, while also trying to get a chance to destroy at least one gem. That way the powers might either disappear or not be as powerful. Using the moment, Sora tried to get close enough to get rid of a gem, but a certain orange monkey saw her sneaking towards the statue.
"Forget about it!" Mandarin said, and shot towards Sora, while Jazz went right in front of her. The blast actually pushed both girls into the pillar of black light.
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While that went on, Halla and Greka were in the dead forest, both waiting and thinking of something.
"What if I do this?" Halla asked and pointed at Greaka. The light from her finger engulfed the catitch and she turned into a young woman with tan skin, same color eyes, shoulder length light brown hair, in a black dress, white witch hat, gold jewelry and a white gem in her necklace.
"I'm back!" Greka exclaimed, as she saw herself be a human once again.
"Yes!" Halla said, before they both felt something eerie in the air. Their eyes widened, when they realized what it was. With a quick flash, they disappeared from their spots and appeared in the room, as the dark light blinded them.
That was evil, ne? Although, I feel you guys will have a bigger shock soon enough. Also yeah, pretty bland, but hey I'm tired. And I also have an aerobics contest coming up and trust me the way my feel are in pain, there is no way I will not limp the next morning,
The shattering thing… I saw in another story, it wasn't walls and there wasn't smoke or anything like that, but there was shattering and I thought that must be for everyone. I don't know, I don't personally know any amnesiatic.
Yeah, the like in the movie part was in a way a reference to Captured in Her Eyes.
Until my turn to write… I'm gonna go and find some stuff for the after talk after the Q's and A's. I have this feeling Halloween and I will need them.
Ja Ne!
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