4)New Beginnings IV

Water. Rushing water. Flowing through beneath the streets. The liquid flow with it.

Along the walls, the shapes. Now five. They lie against the darkened walls, invisible.

The four turtles. An they are not alone. Another shape lingers.

It is the rat.

Five. Five shapes in the darkness. They are not what they seem. The liquid. The liquid, glowing in the black water that flows through the sewers. The liquid that covers the shapes. The same liquid that let's us see them in the darkness. They can be seen.

But there is no light.

Four Turtles. A Rat. Same as before. And yet different. They seem strangely larger in the oily scheme of the underground. A sound. A great thrashing sound.

A wave.

A great wave of water pulsates past the shapes. And the light in the sewer is gone.

So are the shapes.

Gone to a place where they can grow. Where they can learn.

Learn to fight.