WARNING: Contains strong language.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Worst Case Scenario?
In Mutopia, Tyroth had been asleep in his and Sephie's room.
Since he returned from Hugh's apartment, he had been so stressed and tired it had taken a toll on his normally very strong and resilient body.
Walking into Mutopia, everyone noticed how exhausted he was looking, so Sephie insisted that he go into their room to relax whilst she watched over their kids and Jack would keep him updated on everyone's progress or any news from above.
Reluctantly, Tyroth agreed and had gone into his room, and before he could stop himself, he had fallen into a deep sleep.
No sooner did he fall asleep than he began to dream...
"Tyroth!" a shrill voice broke into his thoughts "Tyroth! Wake up!"
Tyroth blinked a few times as he tried to sake himself awake, then he saw the terrified face of Amber leaning over him.
"Sis?" he asked "What's going on?"
"Wake up!" Amber screamed "We have to move!"
"What in the name of Odin is going on?" Tyroth asked again, feeling agitated as he couldn't understand what the fuss was about.
"There's been a breech!" Amber cried "We have to go!"
The Word 'Breech' shook Tyroth wake in an instant and he jumped off the bed and out of the bedroom.
As he and Amber ran to the main area of Mutopia, an alarm went off filling echoing off the walls.
"Red Alert! Red Alert! Breech! Breech!"
Tyroth soon arrived at the main lair where all the residents were gathered with George and the Chicago Knights and those who were able to fight were surrounding them.
"What's going on?!" Tyroth demanded and he saw Sephie trying to prise her children's arms off her neck so she could join in the fight.
"Mummy! Mummy!" Freya and Loki wailed as Tania tried to pull them towards her.
"Stay with Tania okay children?" Sephie said in as calm a voice she could muster "I'll protect you okay? But you must stay with Tania!"
Just then, a couple of screams were heard from the Mutopians as the entrances from outside were filled with sounds of shouting, and armoured and uniformed men and women came rushing in with guns and plastic shields!
"So it is true! There are mutants below the city! Right under our noses!"
"Don't move mutants! We will use force!"
Tyroth's eyes widened as he saw them come in.
"No!" he cried "Oh Gods no!"
George shook his head in disbelief as his home, the sanctuary he had declared safe for all mutants and outcasts was now surrounded by the US Army.
"Who...who told you about this place?" he asked in a broken voice.
"We've been betrayed!" Jack barked.
"Three guesses who!" Kate growled.
"Whoever is in charge." George demanded walking forward "Show yourselves!"
As the old turtle made the order, a Uniformed man stepped forward, wearing clothes and medals than symbolized he was the leader.
"I am." he said "And I have to say, it is remarkable, seeing that all this time, there was a city under Chicago, and filled with Mutants too!"
"Why are you here?" George asked "Why have you come into our sanctuary?"
The man smirked.
"It seemed luck was on our side turtle." the man smirked "We were told of your location."
"Who told you?" Tyroth growled, having a very good idea who told him.
The man smirked again then looked over his shoulder.
Tyroth then gasped as he saw who it was!
"Hello Dragon."
"No!" Jake's voice was heard from behind George and he walked forward.
"Diablo..." George said in a heartbroken voice "Why?"
Diablo looked down for a second, as if slightly ashamed then looked up.
"I'm sorry Gramps, but I had no choice."
"Bullshit!" Kate snapped "We should have killed you when you tried to escape!"
"Yeah!" Heather agreed.
Diablo shook his head.
"I didn't have a choice, I was caught by Shredder, and he sold me to a government lab where they experimented on me to find out where I originated, and traced me back to here."
"Shredder!?" Tyroth shrieked and everyone gasped in horror.
"No!" Sharky cried "Not him!"
"The Raven speaks the truth!" a snarling voice was soon heard and Tyroth's blood ran cold.
He then saw The Shredder appear behind the Army Captain and Diablo and several foot ninja appeared, along with Izo Arashi, Dr Arden and the Venomous Five.
"Surprise!" Cobra giggled peeling back her lips whilst the other Venomous Five hissed and cackled.
Sephie shook her head and clung onto Tyroth's arm, tears appearing from her eyes, especially when she saw four masks, blue, red, purple and orange, and a pink headband and a walking stick in Shredder's hands, whilst five foot ninja carried the weopons of the Turtles and the Lizard Lady.
"No!" Tyroth cried "Leo, Raph, Donnie, Mikey, Mona, Master Splinter...No!"
Kate began to wail as she saw Michelangelo's mask and weapons and the twins began to cry in terror.
"The Turtles! Mona, Splinter!" Tyroth cried as tears erupted from his eyes "What did you do to them you bastard?!"
Shredder just laughed as he held the masks and headband in his hand.
"Pandora, Kemeko!" Sonia then shrieked.
"Kemeko." Shredder hissed "She is mine! My granddaughter has been brought back to her rightful place! Meanwhile those freaks who took her from me, they are facing punishment for what they did! You'll never see them alive again! Not after what plans I have for them!"
Dr Arden flexed his syringe Fingers and licked the burnt half of his face.
"Mona and her and Raph's little brat have made great additions to my experiments!" he said almost in pleasure.
"And you won't be far behind!" Arashi smirked "All of you will be subjected to experiments, and eventually public display!"
"Remember out agreement?" the Head of the Army said as he looked to the Shredder "We share the profits and what treasures we find out here! Especially when it comes to finding out the source and qualities of this magical well!"
"Of course!" Shredder nodded "I do not go back on my promises."
Tyroth could feel his anger boiling up and he looked to Sephie.
"Babe." he said "Be ready when I say! Pass it on!"
Sephie despite her tears, she nodded and began to pass on what Tyroth said to Sarah who stood next to her, who passed it on to Percy, then Kate, then Sharky and so on.
Tyroth then blinked his eyes as he began to feel his mana and magic within start to get stronger.
The Shredder then looked up.
"Take them all down!" he growled.
Tyroth shook his head.
"No!" he growled "If you're going to destroy our home and sanctuary, you won't leave this place alive! And If I die tonight! If any of us die tonight! We will die free and fighting for our home!"
He then turned to the Mutopians "TAKE THEM DOWN!"
At once, the Mutopians shouted battle cries and began to fight.
"DIE FUCKERS!" Kate screamed as she jumped into the air, striking her whip!
Heather flew into the air and slashed her weapons, Percy not far behind kicking his legs with all his might.
Jack, Sharky, Amber and Sarah ran amongst the soldiers and Foot Ninja, slashing their weapons and cutting them down.
Cam and Barry joined in using their strength along with Leona the Fox and Patch the Badger, even Rattletrap, Louie and James joined in the fight to protect their home.
Sephie drew her arrows and fired the at any solider or ninja who came at her.
"Kill them!" She shouted "Kill them all!"
"No-one will leave her alive!" Kate bellowed.
Tyroth meanwhile faced Shredder, Diablo and the Head of the Army.
Diablo flew upwards yet Tyroth let out a jet of flames at the Raven, unleashing his anger at the traitor for betraying Mutopia, and to the most hated enemy and the US Army to which the Raven screamed and cawed in pain before hitting the ground and rolling about to put out the flames.
Shredder and the head of the US Army then went for the dragon as the Raven went down.
But Tyroth roared again and closing his eyes he felt his berserker rage fill him, very much like that time he was tortured in the Foot Headquarters those years ago.
"FUCK YOU!" he shouted as he unleashed his power to the maximum and flames covered his body "I'll take you all down! I'll kill you! All of you!"
Tyroth sat up in bed with a start, sweat pouring from his forehead, he reached a paw out to pull himself up yet he missed it and fell right off the bed!
"Yipes!" he hit the ground and rolled over, hitting the side table and the lamp that was on it fell off and landed on his chest!
Luckily it didn't break, but it almost knocked the breath out of him, more from the shock of it falling on him rather than it's weight affecting him.
"Jeez..." he lay there staring at the ceiling, and thinking about the dream "Oh man...thank the Gods it was only a dream...but...it felt...it felt so real!"
The Dragon lay there on the floor with the lamp on his chest trying to get his breath back and calm down after such a scary and almost too real nightmare.
After a few minutes, he lifted the lamp off his chest and placed it back on the table before sitting up and realising the time, seeing it was nearly midnight.
"Damn." he thought to himself "I must have really needed that sleep!"
Walking out of the bedroom, Tyroth went to look for Sephie or Jack and he soon bumped into Sharky.
"Boss!" the mutant shark cried out.
"Oh Sorry." Tyroth said in a distanced voice "I didn't see you there."
"It's okay," said Sharky "Are you okay?"
Tyroth nodded "I'm fine." he replied "How is everyone?"
"Still on edge." Sharky said "As we all are, but we're trying to get on with our lives, Moe's put on a music concert in the Mess Hall to try and calm everyone's nerves and the Knights are in the Dojo."
"Right." said Tyroth "And the kids?"
"They're in the Mess Hall with Sonia." Sharky reported.
"Okay, great." Tyroth said "Why aren't you with the Knights?"
"Jack asked me to check on you." Sharky said "He's going over some drills just in case of the worst that should happen."
"Well done Jack." Tyroth muttered then he thought of Jake, remembering how he had decided to stay topside.
"You haven't heard from Jake recently have you?" he asked.
"No." Sharky said raising an eyebrow "No-one has, and he hasn't returned to Mutopia either since you went Topside with him yesterday."
"Damn!" Tyroth cursed.
"What's going on Boss?" Sharky asked.
"Sharky." Tyroth said in a serious voice "Go and gather the Knights and meet me at the entrance in five minutes, we're going scouting!"
"Right you are Big T!" Sharky said as he went back to the Dojo to get the others.
Tyroth then picked up his phone and started to call Jake, he waited for a while then it went to voice mail.
"Damn!" Tyroth growled "Jake pick up!"
He tried again about four times, yet all he got was the voice message.
"Damn!" he thought for a moment, he knew Jake promised he would let him know if he saw anything, and he believed he would be back as it got dark or at least let him know if he was staying out longer and with Hugh.
"Where are you Jake?" he thought then walked to the entrance to wait for the Chicago Knights.
Once he arrived, the others weren't too far behind.
"Hun!" Sephie cried as she walked over "Are you okay?"
Tyroth embraced his lover then kissed her.
"I'll explain later babe," he said "Right now, we have to go topside."
"What's going on boss?" Jack asked.
"Jake said he was scouting Topside." Tyroth said "I left him with Hugh, yet I've heard nothing from him, I'm worried."
The other Knights looked at each other and they were in agreement than no-one had heard from Jake despite the young man promising he would let them know if he had seen or heard anything, or if he was going to stay out longer.
"He's right." Heather said "Jake's been gone longer than expected!"
"Then what are we waiting for?" Percy asked.
"Nothing." Kate snarled "Let's get out there! Hopefully we might find Diablo too!"
"Jake first!" Tyroth said "Come on everyone!"
He lead the group towards the surface to scout.
"Jake, by Odin, I hope you're okay." he thought.
Oh Gosh! What a horrible nightmare! Poor Tyroth! Seems his darkest fears are invading his dreams.
Also, I know a lot of you what to know what will happen to Jake, and it seems the Mutopians have realised they haven't heard from him, yet will they find him?
Keep checking back to find out.
Also, some of you might have seen the reference to 'A Dangerous Captive' when Tyroth goes into his berserker rage in his nightmare!