Chapter 37: Father and Son
Kion sighed as he slumped on his bed at Resistance HQ. It had been a week since he escaped from Slash bit he felt like he left one prison for another. Even after he told the leaders about all of Slash's plans that he knew of they insisted that he be kept under lock and key.
There was only a bed and bathroom in he room.
Whenever he left he had to be supervised constantly around the base. Basically, he was under house arrest. As continued to read an old book he found there was a sudden knock on his door. He looked up just as Raphael stepped inside with a nervous smile.
"Hey."
Kion didn't reply and stuck his head in his book. Raph sighed and sat at the foot of the bed.
"Look son. I know that this place is different from what ya grew up with and ya might feel like a prisoner of war but yer not. Ya my son, Caleb." He explained.
"That's the problem!" Kion suddenly exclaimed as he slammed the book on the bed. Raph was shell-shocked.
"What'd ya mean, son?"
"You're my father by blood. But Slash was the one who raised me; until a few weeks ago I thought you were the monster who murdered my mother. You can't expect me to just forget my whole life and start over as Caleb." Kion sighed and he buried his face in his hands.
Raph's face was a pool of calm.
He took his son's hands and Kion looked up at him with tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry. I was just so happy ta have ya back in my life that I forgot how much all of this has affected ya. I just want ya ta be happy Cal- Kion." He sighed. "I know but I you don't know how it feels to know that the first 18 years of your life has been a lie and the man you once called father is the monster who has seen you as nothing but a tool for his stupid vendetta against your real father!' He shouted as tears slowly trickled down his face.
He then let out a cruel chuckle.
"You know, when I was a kid I would always be searching for things me and Slash had in common, but apart from ninjutsu we had next to nothing in common and he never told me what my mother was like and whenever I asked about him Slash would just say that you killed him."
"Yer mother was the best at ninjutsu." Raph suddenly said.
"He loved Japan, painting, reading the colour blue, his katanas and, most of all, he loved you." He explained. This made Kion smile tearfully.
"What are ya reading anyway?" Raph asked as he snatched the book before Kion could stop him. It was 'A Christmas Carol'.
"I've been working my way through Charles Dickens." He shrugged.
"Don't tell anyone but I tore through Dickens when I was yer age, yer mother got me into it. Ya ever seen tha movies?"
"Slash wasn't really into movies."
"Well I am and I know tha movie room's free, so ya comin'? Mikey makes tha best popcorn." Raph smirked as he headed for the door. Kion gave him a warm smile.
"Fine but I'm not sharing. I want my own bowl." He said as he followed Raph out. The older turtle just laughed. It maybe a long road but father and son were getting there...