Ch.10: The Demon Laughs

Meanwhile, far away, in another realm consumed by darkness, a demonic voice laughed, grinning wickedly as hellish fires burned around him, while his eyes gave off an eerie, gold glow. Red light casually cast its sinister shadows on the surrounding stone walls, as the creature let out a breath, trailing with streams of fire, and turned to the portal that served as his window to the outside world. Ah, how he reveled the screams of those who were suffering under his touch.

Even though he had long been imprisoned, his essence still leaked out, and there were those who were still willing to serve as long as their hearts were corrupt.

The surface world was now crying out in pain and agony, in fear of the Oni his servant Shredder had revived. The corrupt human truly knew how to serve his master well. He had proven to be useful tool in order to satisfy Kavaxas's every whim.

Another servant of the dread dragon lord had now infiltrated the Nexus where the Turnstone lay. The new Lady Daimyo who had become its keeper was still inexperienced when it came to the mystical ways, thus making her vulnerable to an unexpected assault.

"Soon, this world will fall, and the dragons will rise. Reality is mine to conquer! All shall bend to my will."


Meanwhile, in another place, just as dark as where the demon brooded, Master Splinter gasped as he and Shredder reappeared in what appeared to be an endless void. Clawing his way quickly out of Saki's grasp, Splinter quickly turned and dropped into a defense position, eyes glancing around in fear.

He had no idea where the Shredder had taken, only that it was clear that they no longer on the earthen plain. Was this just another power of Saki's mutated form? Mind control, manipulating darkness…that dark mutagen he created was clearly a product of the mad. It was almost unbelievable that his former brother had managed to stoop so low.

At that thought, Splinter paused, it had been a long time since he had ever referred to Saki as his kin. They were not of blood, but had still grown up as brothers, brothers who had separated by terrible means.

What had happened to the laughs they had shared? The dreams they had wished would someday come true? If they had ever been truly of blood, would this end result still be the same?

Right now Splinter couldn't prepare for the answer, as he still believed it was to dark for any light to ever penetrate Saki's soul. The brother he had known and loved before was long gone. There was not even a smidgen left to save.

All that was left was a monster, bent on revenge, and out to destroy the world. Silently, Splinter prayed for his sons to be safe, as he glared at Shredder, eyes narrowing for the kill. The only way out of here was either to slay or be slain, and Master Splinter had no intention on being the latter.


"Shoot!" Casey grunted, as once again his explosive hockey pucks failed to bring the creature down. Whatever this beast was, he and Slash were having little luck against it.

Ever since he and Slash had seen this monstrosity burst out of Shredder's lair, they knew that something major had to be going down. Was this thing a result of the dark mutagen Shredder had developed? Casey didn't know, but so far it looked way worse than anything he had ever seen.

This monster was savage, evil, and contagious; leaving its devilish mark behind every time it moved. Half of the city was already transformed, looking more and more like a demon's realm.

Slash was lucky to get off the ground just in time, before the creature could strike him with a crushing claw. His green eyes glared at the destruction, and wished Leo and the others would get here soon.

"Slash! Casey!" called Leo, as he and his group suddenly ran up.

"Glad you're here dudes" said Casey " we've got to find some way to bring this beast down."

"Weapons don't seem to have any effect" said Slash " and if we don't stop it at this rate, the entire city will be lost."

Knowing that the situation was dire, Leo quickly tried to come up with a plan.

"Don" said Leo, looking towards the purple-banded turtle " do you have any retro-mutagen that may work on that thing?"

"I have developed another batch" admitted Donatello " but since Shredder improved the formula, I don't know if it will work. Plus, I barely have enough to beat that thing, and restore the city in one fell swoop."

"Get what you can" said Leo " we'll find a way to slow it down until you return."

"I'll go with him," said Rockwell. " I have a theory that might assist us and help."

Wondering what the scientist was talking about, Donatello nodded towards Rockwell and Leo, before sprinting off into the distance, with the monkey following behind.

"Are you crazy?" said Casey turning to Leo, once the two were " How on earth are we going to slow that thing down?"

"Since weapons don't work" said Leo " we'll just have to improvise."

"Ooo! Ooo!" said Mikey " I have a plan!" Then dashed off before the others could even ask.

Whatever Mikey was plotting it couldn't hurt to give it a try. Leo just hoped that Donnie and Rockwell would return soon, and prayed that there would still be a city left for them to save.

He had already failed once regarding his sister and brother. He was determined, to never let that happen again.