Chapter 28: Earthquakes
It had been almost a week since they had gathered up all the ingredients and Belle had said that it would take a while to make the poison. So Ace and the gang had gone out for a patrol on the surface. Not far away Kion, Ravage and several of Slash's soldiers were hiding, waiting for Ace and his family to come by.
"Kion, the king didn't authorise your little operation." Ravage reminded him.
"Silence! I'm in charge of this patrol! If we score an ambush on Raphael's students, it'll make us both look good. Now quiet. Here they come." Kion snapped just as Raphael's students ran passed. No sooner than they ran passed where Kion was hiding Ace froze.
The others looked at him in confusion.
"Hold up! I have a feeling we're not alone here." He said to the others.
"You're right, Ace. We have a potential spy." Jessie replied sarcastically.
"Attack!" Kion suddenly shouted and his minions lept out of their hiding places.
"Get off of me, Ravage!" Riley cried as Ravage pounced on her stomach. But before he could hurt her seriously she sliced her Tessen across his chest and kicked him off of her.
"Look out!" Dil shouted and pushed Jessie out of the way before Kion sliced her head off.
"Let's take him down once and for all." Jessie shouted but the soldiers prevented her and Dil from attacking Kion. Kion had set his sights on Ace. He was still very angry and slightly embarrassed by being tricked by that rabbit. As their swords clashed furiously Ace tried to get through to Kion.
"Kion, listen. There's something you should know. It's about your father. Your real father!" Ace exclaimed. But Kion glared and tried to slice his ears off. But Ace didn't give up.
"Your real name is Caleb Hamato and Raphael is your father!" Ace said.
"I'm not interested in anything you have to say unless you're begging for your life!" Kion snarled. Suddenly the ground started to shake violently.
"Whoa! An earthquake!" Dil cried. Ace noticed the top of a building being to crumble and was about to fall on top of Kion!
"Kion, look out!" Ace shouted and kicked Kion out of the way just before the building fell on top of him! It was then that the shaking stopped...
"Ace!" Dil shouted as they tried to dig him out. Kion and his minions had taken off almost instantly as Ace's family tried to un-bury him.
"Keep digging!" Jessie shouted at the twins. Then they had found Ace's upper body.
"Ace?" Riley asked.
"Ugh! Is that ringing coming from my ears or my brain?" He groaned in pain as the others helped him up. "What was that?" He asked once the pain in his head had subsided.
"Some kind of localised quake." Riley replied.
"But exactly what caused it?" Dil asked as Ace stood up. He looked around for Kion but the turtle was long gone.
"Oh, no, he's gone! I could've changed everything." He frowned. The others looked confused but didn't say anything and headed back to base...
Back at the base Donnie was trying to find the source of the earthquake.
"Something is definitely up. I've been graphing the earthquake epicentres. They're happening in a pattern that's not at all random." He explained to Mikey. These earthquakes had been happening for nearly two years now.
"Is that awesome or awesome bad?" Mikey asked in confusion. Donnie rolled his eyes.
"It's awesome bad, Mikey. I got weird energy readings under the epicentre." He replied.
"Those earthquakes have been happening for a few years now." Belle suddenly said as she stepped into the room.
"What?" Donnie asked.
"A few years ago Slash used some giant drills to mine the ores under the city and it caused the earth here to be unstable, he stopped after three years but the damage had been done." She explained. Donnie frowned in thought...
While Jessie, Dil and Riley were busy with their training Ace went to find Raphael. He found he turtle master heading to the canteen.
"Sensei, I tried to tell Kion that you're his father." He admitted instantly. Raph frowned at him. "I thought if he knew the truth he might come over to our side." He added.
"Mm, there is a saying in Japan that Yoshi told me. 'He who runs his mouth gets a face full of nunchaku'." Raph explained.
"They really say that in Japan?" Ace asked in disbelief.
"They would if ya were there. Still, your heart is in tha right place. Perhaps it is time he knew tha truth." Raph sighed sadly.
"Maybe you should tell the others, sensei." Ace suggested. Raph thought about it for a minuet before heading to the dojo where the others were. Upon seeing their teacher they all bowed and knelled.
"This is difficult, but it is time ya all knew tha truth." He said as calmly as possible. He had already told Donnie and Mikey about Kion.
"Tha child I thought I had lost in the fire, Caleb, is Kion, my son. Slash stole Caleb after the fight and fire. I thought he was dead but he was raised by Slash as his son and trained as a deadly assassin." He explained with small tears in his eyes.
"Wait. T-this can't be." Riley said in shock and disbelief.
"It's some kind of joke, right, sensei?" Jessie asked.
"Kion's our cousin?" Dil gasped.
"Sensei, he's still our enemy. He was raised by King Slash." Jessie reminded them all.
"Yeah. How can we ever trust him?" Riley asked. Raph turned around to face them. They saw that he was staring down at his favourite picture.
"There's good in him. I know this. Tha truth must be told and that too will be an earthquake."...
