Echo and Narcissus
Part 2 of Chapter 9
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A/N: This chapter has lots of violence and character near death. (No I don't hate him, to those who are wondering), so those have a weak stomach, I warn you now.
Raph's sais dropped out of his stiff hands, now he was shaking. His entire body struggled to move,
his eyes darted to Karai, who had re-sheathed her katana's, and to Hun who was now laughing
under his breath.
'What's the shell is going on!' Raph demanded and Hun approached him and took his sais,
'Well freak, thanks to Baxter Stockman, you are now under the Shredders complete control. You
will respond to his voice alone.' Hun said with a victorious smirk spread on his face, Raph stared at
him in disbelief,
'That can't be true!' Raph shouted at him,
'Oh no?' Karai quipped as she too walked to Raphael, 'Perhaps you would like to test that theory,'
She pulled a little walkie-talkie out of her pocket
'My lord, the turtle has the device on him, what is your first command?' She asked into the walkie-
talkie. Raph took his chance, he bolted off in the other direction, a gruff voice rang through the
night, and Raph knew it could be none other than the Shredder himself.
'Raphael get back here, that is an order,' came the command, but before Raph knew what he was
doing he found himself walking back towards Karai and Hun.
'What the shell was that?' He demanded as his body came to a halt in front of the Shredder's
cronies,
'We told you Raphael, you have no control over your actions. The Shredder is the one you serve
now.' Karai explained to him, 'and now the Shredder has another command for you,'
'Call your brothers; tell them to meet us here.' Came the unmistakeable sound of the Shredder's
voice. Raph automatically took out his shell-cell and called his brothers, he dialled Leo's number.
After a few rings, Leo picked up,
'Raph?'
'Leo, no time to talk, I need your help, bring Mike and Donny and get here quickly!' Then with out
another word, Raph hung up. Placing the shell-cell back into his belt, he turned back to Hun and
Karai.
'Now what do we do?' Hun asked sideways to Karai,
'Now we wait, and when the turtles arrive set plan D in action.' Came the Shredder's voice over
the walkie-talkie, a smile spread across Hun and Karai's faces. Raph got sudden jolt of distrust
from deep inside of him, he grew afraid of what might happen when his brothers arrived
Minutes passed as Raph stood in fear until his three brothers arrived on the rooftop.
'Raph, what is going on?' Leo called to his brother who was now standing beside Hun and Karai.
'What are you doing with them?' Mike asked in disbelief
'Guys, whatever I'm about to do, I'm sorry.' Raph replied his voice cracking in terror; Leo looked
at him, a look of confusion plastered on it.
Hun and Karai both sped past Raph and charged headlong into the three turtles. Don drew his bo
staff and pole vaulted over his brothers heads and landed with just enough time to trip Hun. Karai
split from her comrade and made a beeline for Leo. Mike drew his nunchakus and he and Don both
circled Hun. He got to his feet and cracked his knuckles,
'Well, to bad we don't have anymore of those devices,' He said evenly to the two turtles,
'What devices?' Don question interestedly
'The one controlling your dear brother, Raphael. Karai!' He called in response; Karai heard him and
threw the walkie-talkie up into the air. The Shredder's voice boomed out over the fray,
'Raphael, join the fight!' Raph leapt suddenly and tackled Mike to the ground, drawing his sais,
and jabbing at his littlest brother.
'Raph what are you doing?' Mike yelled as Raph tackled him to the ground.
'I can't stop Mike; he's controlling my every move!' Raph replied, a note of utter panic rang clear in
his voice.
'MIKE!' Leo yelled, it distracted Mikey, and it cost him. Raph made a stab which cut along his
cheek; the razor sharp sai drew turtle blood. Mikey legs shot up and kicked Raph over his head. He
went headlong into a brick wall.
Don tripped Hun again and called out to his brother, 'Mikey, take Hun, I need to get that device off
of Raph!'
'Deal,' Mikey called in reply as he wiped the blood that was now dripping down his cheek. He
sprung upwards and twirled his nunchakus, this time Hun was ready, the two fought in a flurry of
green, orange and black. Furious with Hun, Mikey attacked with everything he had, everything he
had ever learned was coming into play. Kicks, blocks and punches were executed with the utmost
skill that he could muster. Hun retaliated, but Mikey was able to land a few lucky ones.
Leo and Karai locked katana's; face to face he spoke to her,
'How could you do this?'
'I had no choice, Leonardo.' She spat in return, as she drew her blades from his and stood in an
opposing stance,
'This is the lowest; I've seen you go, Karai.' Leo shouted in return as he took a new stance as well.
The two sword wielders flew at each other, each contact made sparks fly from their swords as well
as their eyes.
'Is there a way to remove the device,' Leo called as he and his opponent locked blades again,
'Your brother is intelligent, but I doubt he will find out. Baxter Stockman is a genius,' Karai
replied withdrawing again.
Don walked carefully to where Raph was lying unconscious, pulling his brother onto his side; he
stared at the little device on Raph's neck. Don's first instinct was to see how it was attached, he
pulled gently at the little circle, it refused to come off. He put his bo staff back on his shell and
leaned closer.
'How's it coming Don?' Leo called out from his battle with Karai
'Give me a sec,' he called out in reply, he reached into his 'bag of tricks' and pulled out a little pair
of tweezers. Again Don tried to just pull it off, when it refused to move, he put the tweezers back.
'Raphael, attack,' Came the sudden cry from the walkie-talkie. Don didn't have time to move, a
sudden swing and he was lying on the ground, one sai was protruding from his plastron and the
other was embedded in his shoulder.
'Karai, we must vanish,' Hun called out, a nod from his partner and an order form the Shredder
'Return with Karai and Hun,' Raph yanked his bloddy sias out of his brother, and the three of them
disappeared into the night. Leo walked to Mike and the two of them stood dumbstruck by Raph's
sudden attack. The two turtles suddenly ran to their fallen brother and Leo checked his pulse,
'He's still alive,' He said to Mike, he looked at his youngest brother; tears were sprouting from his
eyes. Leo put a hand on his shell and realized that he too was crying. A sudden pain and guilt began
to rush Leo's senses; a thought began to run through his mind
'I have failed my brothers, Raph and Don,' Leo began to glaze over until Mikey brought him back
'We should probably get him home, Master Splinter will know what to do,' His voice was just over
a whisper, and it was very thread like.