DISCLAIMER:

I own the turtles.

………

Fine. I don't.

Sigh.

Additional notes:

'thoughts'

"talking"

dream sequences

P.S: The latin words have no resemblance to latin. They're just jumbles. But they sound cool!

P.S.S: Oh, and if for some reason you feel like any of the characters are out-of-character, please remember that this is just a story. Thank you.


Raph tightened his grip around Leo. "Hell no!" He snapped at the speaker.

The speaker's face contracted with rage. "Foolish off-worlder! Do you know WHO you are talking TO?"

Don, Mikey and Splinter moved in front of Raph, shielding Leo with their bodies.

"I don't know, and I don't care." Raph snapped back.

The speaker suddenly grinned wickedly, before straitening. "I am Odium, the conqueror of the planet and the people of Ignigena! Now I demand to be given the warrior that wields the Caerulus Aurae!"

Caurus, while the speaker was talking, quickly moved next to Raph. "We will distract him. Please, take the warrior and the stone and flee."

Don, not taking his eyes off the speaker, asked in a hushed tone: "But what about you?"

"We will be fine. But you all need to flee…good luck!"

Splinter's face remained impassive during the conversation. Now, his lips twitched a bit upwards. "Thank you." He whispered.

Caurus nodded a little before stepping forward, him and his army shielding the off worlders.

"If you are the said 'conqueror' of the planet then why do you need the stone?"

Odium's face darkened with fury. "Insolent dog! I will have your head for this! I have come to eliminate what is left of your pathetic army, and I have found the stone. It is in MY lands and thus it and the warrior belong to ME! NOW GIVE THEM!"

Caurus remained impassive. "We do not belong to you. We are under your lands, and therefore, these lands do not belong to you. You have only conquered what is above here, but what is below belongs to US. Therefore, the stone belongs to us."


Meanwhile, while the two armies were busy listening to their leaders, Raph and the others slowly moved behind a cliff. Once they were out of view, Raph quickly swung Leo over his shoulders and began to climb.

Splinter and the others followed behind, keeping an eye on both Leo and the armies.


Odium suddenly laughed. "You believe that I am a fool, do you not? You are merely distracting me so that I would not notice the off-worlders escaping!" He snarled, before hinting for his army to attack.

Caurus' eyes widened, before he too, hinted for his army to attack.

Both armies clashed together.


Odium, meanwhile, did not join the fight. Instead, he hinted for five of his closest men to come to him.

"Go after the off-worlders. Bring me the warrior and the stone. Meet me in Rutilus. Do not fail me! Understood?"

All five warriors nodded and bowed. "Yes M'lord."


Raph sighed in relief as they made it to the top of the cliff. Quickly, he carried Leo into a small tunnel, which led back to the city of Aether.

Splinter and the other two followed quickly, their weapons drawn just in case.

Suddenly, there was a soft 'whoosh' sound, and three warriors stood in front of them, blocking their way.

Raph stopped, before turning around, but two warriors stood blocking the way back.

Raph growled in anger as he gripped Leo tighter, knowing what the warriors wanted.

Don, Mikey and Splinter quickly stepped in front of the warriors.

"My son! We will distract them! Go! Protect your brother!" Splinter ordered Raph, jumping at the nearest warrior.

Don and Mikey nodded in agreement, before jumping at the remaining warriors.

Raph gritted his teeth, but jumped over the warriors blocking his way, and began to run down to Aether.

Two warriors quickly turned and ran after Raph, knowing the price of failure.

Don frowned in anger as he forced a warrior back with his Bo staff. But just as he was about to follow after the two warriors, another warrior attacked.


Raph ran, knowing well that two warriors were hot on his trail.

Growling, he stopped, lay Leo gently down against the wall, before drawing his sais and waiting.

He didn't have long to wait.


The warriors slowed as they came upon the turtle with two Sais. They knew from experience that if an animal was cornered, and had a sibling to protect, it could be dangerous.

They both drew their weapons before attacking.


Mikey twirled his nunchuckus, trying to disarm his opponent as best as he could. Quickly glancing around, he noticed that Don was having a bit of a difficulty with his own opponent, and Master Splinter was doing fine against both of his.

Suddenly, a punch caught Mikey right in the face. He toppled to the ground, dropping his nunchuckus.

The warrior, who had hit him, quickly raised his sword, intent on delivering the final blow, when Mikey quickly kicked him in the stomach.

The warrior crashed against the wall, dropping his sword, before quickly hopping back to his feet again, his sword once again in his hands.

But that had given Mikey enough time to jump to his feet, and reclaim his nunchuckus again. "Right. Let's try that again!" Mikey said cheerfully, this time making sure to keep his eye on his opponent.


Raph hissed in anger as one of his sais slipped from his grasp.

The two warriors had turned out to be quite the handful. He was already tired, but he couldn't give up yet! There ain't no way he would let Leo fall into the hands of THAT psychopath!

But suddenly, one of the warriors had caught him off guard with a swift kick to his abdomen. Raph let out a painful groan as he crashed into the wall, dropping his other sai, and banging his head for the second time in ten minutes against the hard cave wall.

Raph let out a painful hiss as darkness quickly ate away at his vision, and the pain dragged him into unconsciousness.

Both warriors stopped when they saw that their opponent was defeated. They did not need to deliver the final blow. All they needed was the warrior.

Quickly, one of them made his way to the unconscious blue-banded warrior, before picking him up. Nodding to his partner, signaling that they have what they came for, both disappeared.


Don swiftly kicked his opponent back, before getting ready to hit him with his Bo staff. But just as the staff was about to hit, the warrior disappeared.

Looking around in confusion, Don realized that all the warriors had disappeared.

Mikey blinked. "That was weird…" He commented, putting away his nunchukus.

Splinter frowned. "Why did they go? Was it because…LEONARDO!" He yelled, breaking into a run down the tunnel.

Don and Mikey immediately followed.


Raph groaned as he slowly came to. Blinking, he realized that he was lying on something soft.

Opening his eyes, he realized that he was lying on a makeshift bed, in his room. Blinking, he sat up, before groaning in pain.

The door opened, and Don stepped in, looking worried. "Don't get up!" He said. "The hit you've taken was pretty bad. You've been out for a couple of hours…"

"Hours?" Raph repeated, before remembering what happened. "Damn! Leo! Where is he? Is he okay?"

Don looked uncomfortable. "Well…umm…We don't blame you Raph…I mean, they were really good and you were already wounded…"

Raph groaned as he slapped his hand onto his forehead. "They took him, didn't they? The stone and Leo."

Don nodded.

The door opened again and this time Casey stepped in. "Ya okay?" He asked Raph.

Raph nodded, before wincing in pain.

Casey looked at Don. "Splinter's asking for ya. You'd better go."

Don nodded sullenly before disappearing out the door.

Raph sighed as he closed his eyes. "Damn. I messed up real bad, didn't I." It wasn't a question.

Casey shrugged. "Ya were outnumbered, and from what I hear, hurt. So ya didn't really mess up. Now, not allowing me and April ta come, is what I'm angry about."

Raph chuckled dryly. "Splinter told ya that, not me. Besides, it wasn't fun at all."

Casey shrugged. "Still. Ya could've at least taken me!"

Raph raised an eyebrow. "And miss this classic moment? What for?"

Casey growled before crossing his arms. "You're lucky you're hurt. Otherwise I woulda pounded ya for that."

"I'm quivering with fear." Raph retorted, smirking. Then he looked away. "What about the others? Are they going to go after Leo?"

Casey nodded, serious again. "They're gonna wait until your up and Caurus and the others return. Then, we're gonna go after 'em."

Raph raised an eyebrow. "'We're'? Ya know Master Splinter ain't gonna agree?"

Casey shrugged. "I can still try, can't I?"


Leo groaned as he came to. His head hurt and his whole body felt so heavy! What had happened?

Opening his stinging eyes, Leo blinked, looking around the unknown place.

He was in a sort of transparent box-like cage, in the middle of an empty room. Looking around, Leo had to admit that the room, even though empty was pretty impressive. Gothic architecture had created the whole room. The walls were made out of black stone, creating a very morbid, but elegant look to it.

The room was small in width, but huge in length. About ten football fields long vertically.

Leo slowly sat up, shaking his head free of dizziness. Once he was sure that he won't fall over, Leo stood up. Then, he hesitantly extended a hand to touch the transparent wall. But before he could even touch it, red sparks flew around his finger. Leo quickly snatched his finger back, before rubbing it.

Even though the sparks barely touched him, he could feel the heat radiating. Unconsciously, he knew that it was the same magic used to make the little red shard, except while that was made to track him, this was made to contain him.

"Ah! So you are awake!"

Leo snapped his head to look at the speaker. Immediately, he recognized him. "You!" Leo said, eyeing the red shard and the speaker with disdain.

"Yes, me." The speaker replied in a bored tone. "I am Odium." He waited a bit, but Leo kept silent.

Odium raised an eyebrow. "I gave you my name, now give me yours. Or is your puny brain too small to handle that?"

Leo scoffed. "I don't need to give my name to anyone. Especially you."

Odium shrugged. "Fine. I guess you chose the hard way." He said, before snapping his fingers.

The transparent cage immediately glowed red before angry red bolts shot from it and hit Leo.

Leo let out a painful cry as he fell to his knees.

"Your name?"

Leo bit his lip as more bolts rained down on him.

Finally, in what seemed like forever, the bolts stopped. Odium sighed, shaking his head.

"Too bad. I will have fun crushing your spirit."

Leo panted a bit, trying to regain his breathing. "What do you want?"

Odium looked at him surprised. Then, he walked towards him, before kneeling down in front of the transparent wall, to be eye to eye with him. "Do you honestly not know the power you have? The power you can control?"

Leo scoffed as he fingered the stone, which shone a sick ice blue. "I? Control it? You must be insane. It controls me."

Odium looked at him, a smile playing on his face. "Insane? I? No, you must be mistaken. It listens to you."

"I listen to it. I don't have a choice."

"And yet you manage to calm it."

"It sometimes listens to me. But I must listen to it."

Odium sighed. "We seem to have very different views about the stone. No matter." He said, standing up. "Rest for now, while you can, warrior." He said, before walking out the door and disappearing from view.

Leo watched him go, before slumping to the ground, unconscious.


'kay! That's it so far!

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