Good day my friends! I bet a lot of you were wondering when I would update this story, I had writers block and work was piling up more as we're still stuck in the Covid-19 crisis, but I'm still staying safe! Hope you are too!
Last place we left off, the Disciples and three of the Chicago Knights were in a confrontation after the Disciples rescued a woman about to be murdered and were kidnapping her would-be killers, and now the powerful Tyroth has joined the fight. How is this going to go forward, well, read below to find out!
Chapter Forty
Fight or Flight?
"Fuck…" Diablo growled as he looked upon Tyroth, fear pooling in his stomach whilst Kate, Percy and Heather looked relived to see their Leader appear.
Rex glared as he continued to hold Kate hostage, as the snake struggled in his grasp, yet she smirked.
"You're truly fucked now!" she hissed to which Rex growled at her.
Tyroth meanwhile glared at Diablo as well as look around at his friends.
"Raven…" he snarled then turned Jack who was on his knees cradling his bleeding neck "Jack!?" he cried in worry.
Jack looked over to Tyroth, the wolf was starting to feel faint as he was losing blood and he soon collapsed in the sewer water, blood ebbing from his neck and pooling around him in the sewer water.
Heather and Percy abandoned trying to hold off Diablo and ran to Jack's side pulling him out of the water and holding him close. Seeing now Tyroth had arrived, they knew the Dragon could take on Diablo and their friend needed help.
"Shit!" Heather cursed as she ripped a bit of her top to press the material on Jack's neck to stop the blood flow, "He's loosing blood!"
"That little creature did it!" Percy shouted pointing at Regan and Tyroth looked towards the snarling Regan.
"Holy shit…" he gasped his red eyes widening in alarm, "The child…." He thought back to when Rex had saved the little girl from the burning car and he put the two and two together and realised that the mutant bat with blood and flesh in her mouth was the same child they mutated "Diablo….What did you do…?" he spluttered.
At the same time, Diablo turned to Rex.
"Time to go!" he mouthed "let the snake go!"
Rex stared at Diablo, but seeing how serious he looked, he nodded "Very well sir." He growled then turned to Kate and kicked her in the back of the head dazing her before jumping back to the Raven's side.
"Regan!" Diablo bellowed "Come back here!"
Regan hissed and turned to Diablo and instantly ran to him, as she did, Tyroth was shaken from his shock.
"NO!" he shouted then turned to Heather and Percy "Take care of Jack and Kate! I'll go after Diablo!"
Diablo pulled Regan over and pushed her towards Rex.
"Get out of here!" he shouted "I'll hold the Dragon off! Go back to the others!"
Rex grabbed Regan's arm, but he hesitated slightly until the Raven glared at him, and knowing he had to do his duty to protect Regan, Rex nodded and turned away to run away down the tunnel with the little bat in tow.
Tyroth flew towards Diablo, his eyes burning and his scales glowing brightly.
"Gruth!" he snarled "Traitor! I knew we would find you!"
Diablo snarled and opened his wings, yet he knew that whatever he did, he couldn't intimidate the powerful Dragon mutant, he had to find another way to fight him, either that, or distract him enough to escape.
"Did you honestly think you could run forever?" Tyroth snarled "Never! I swore I would never give up until I found you! And you will pay for your betrayal of Mutopia!"
Diablo glared.
"You wish to kill me?" he spat.
Tyroth bared his fangs and Diablo could see clearly the smoke trickling from between the teeth as well as bits of fire shining behind them, and in the darkness of the sewer, he looked like a demon from hell to condemn him.
The Dragon wanted to hurt Diablo badly for everything he had done, from hurting his friends, stealing the water from the well, betraying his home, almost killing Splinter and risking exposure to the humans through his escapades, but he knew he had made a promise to Monalisa and Jake, and he would honour that promise until the end.
"No…" Tyroth said quietly keeping his voice as steady and calm as possible, "But trust me when I say, your crimes of treason against Mutopia earn you the death penalty!"
"Then why not kill me?" Diablo prevoked, "I can see you want to!"
"Believe me…" Tyroth snarled, his rage boiling within him, his claws digging into this palms and starting to bleed with how hard he was squeezing, and his mana glowing brighter the angrier he got almost lighting the sewer tunnel, "I would not hesitate to burn you alive! But I made a promise to your brother and sister!"
Diablo sighed exasperated and rolled his eyes.
"Them!?" he cawed curling his beak, "You promised Mona and Jake!?"
"Yes!" Tyroth bellowed, his voice echoing around the sewers, "I promised them! I have an honour to them! A duty! I made a promise! And I never break my promises to those I love and respect! Something you couldn't fathom in your wildest dreams!"
Diablo glared more.
"Why are those two even bothering!?" he shrieked "I have my life! I have my purpose! As you have yours! And despite your narrow mind about me! I do have honour! And I have a promise I intend to not break! That I will not betray Mutopia to the world! You leave me alone! I'll leave you alone!"
"There is no promise you make I can trust Raven!" Tyroth growled "And your crimes will not go unpunished! You will return to Mutopia to stand trial! Whether in one piece or in pieces!"
"You'll never take me alive Dragon!" Diablo shrieked opening his wings and giving a caw then swiped his wing catching the Dragon off guard and Tyroth then felt something sharp strike his cheek then saw out the corner of his eye Diablo's taloned foot.
He stood up straight and drew his sword looking to see where the Raven had gone, but in the blackness of the sewer, he couldn't see clearly, even with his mana lighting the area around him.
"Damn you!" he growled as his eyes darted around and he held his sword up as well as a clawed hand to strike.
"You think you can hide from me, Raven?" Tyroth called out loudly, "I will be able to identify you in the darkness, your black feathers won't work as camouflage forever!"
"I'll take my chances!" he heard Diablo's voice and the dragon looked above him to see Diablo's beak appear to peck him in the face, narrowly missing his eye.
Tyroth yelled as he was distracted then felt Diablo's foot land on his back and knock him on the face into the sewer water, then he shouted in pain as he felt something land on the joint of his wing snapping it!
"Ha!" Diablo cawed then as Tyroth was still down, the Raven used his talons to stab and tear at his flesh as he ran over him.
Tyroth felt Diablo stamp on his head, then as soon as he was clear, he pulled his head from the sewer water and saw Diablo's foot appear again kicking him in the jaw!
"You're the most powerful mutant in the World, and yet you cannot even hold your own against my quick moves!?" Diablo cawed "Proves biggest and strongest doesn't always win!"
Tyroth snarled and his mana glowed brightly, fire erupting from his throat as he planned to burn the feathers off the raven, not so much as to burn him to death but rather injure him enough to be captured then use the well's water to heal him so he would be fit to stand trial.
He inhaled a big breath, as he did, Diablo who was ready to strike him with a taloned hand saw what he was about to do and fear and concern crossed his face, realising that he didn't have a chance to back away before the Dragon blew fire at him.
Tyroth then roared loudly as a jet of fire was aimed at Diablo, yet the Raven was suddenly knocked off his feet before the flames could touch him, alarming the Dragon as he saw the Raven fall back into the sewer water and the flames lit up the area.
In the light, Tyroth soon saw the cause of the reason why Diablo had fallen.
In the Raven's left wing, he saw an arrow sticking out!
Diablo cawed in pain as he looked at the arrow in his wing then jumped up before his eyes widened.
"YOU!"
Tyroth quickly turned around and saw Sephie with her arrows drawn and a look of fury and determination on her face.
The Gecko then released another arrow at Diablo before he could move and drew another fast as lightening!
The first arrow struck Diablo in the shoulder, then the other in the joint of his right wing and the mutant bird was knocked backwards into the water.
"Grab him Tyroth!" Sephie shouted "Quick!"
Tyroth wasted no time and jumped up before grabbing Diablo by the throat and pulling him up! Diablo chocked as he was grabbed and he winced in pain over the arrows in his shoulder and wings.
"Gotcha!" Sephie snarled "Shot down like a sitting duck!"
"Well done babe!" Tyroth smirked and squeezed Diablo's throat "You think you can trick your way out of this traitor?" the dragon snarled as he looked into Diablo's eyes.
"Fuck you!" Diablo spat then looked at Sephie "Bitch!" yet he chocked more as Tyroth squeezed his throat tighter.
"If you wish to keep your head, as well as everything else," the dragon growled "I suggest you keep your filthy opinions of my wife behind your beak!"
He turned to Sephie.
"Where are the others?" he asked.
"Back where Percy found the car." Sephie said "I gathered the evidence in the car for Hugh, and Devina's flying with Jack back to Mutopia to get him treatment, along with Kate and Heather,"
"Thank goodness." Tyroth replied, "And the others?"
"Percy, Sharky, and Sarah were following me!" Sephie reported "But I got here first!"
"And glad you did!" Tyroth said "And now with this traitor in my grasp…" he turned to Diablo who glared and cawed despite the fact his throat was being squeezed hard.
"You're lucky it was Sephie's arrows that disabled you! And not my fire!" Tyroth growled, his red eyes burning into Diablo's blue ones, and Diablo could feel the heat from his mana as well as smelt the smokey smell from Tyroth's mouth as he exhaled.
"Those you face my flames…wish themselves death before I even grant it! In fact, not killing you seems more appealing, the more I think about it! I can just make you suffer greatly for what you've done! It's no more than you deserve!"
"Do your worst Tyroth!" Diablo hissed, determined to show no fear despite the fact he was truly trapped and had no hope of attempting to escape the Dragon's strong grip.
Sephie strode over and yanked her arrows out of Diablo's shoulder and wing painfully then quickly grabbed Diablo's taloned hands before pulling them painfully behind his back as well as binding his wings before he could move them.
As soon as the Raven was bound, Tyroth dropped him and Diablo gasped and coughed as he tried to breathe then he felt Tyroth's large foot on his back where Sephie had bound his wings.
"You're under arrest for high treason to Mutopia! Betrayer!" Tyroth snarled.
This looks like the end of the story, but it isn't!
Sephie's managed to bring Diablo down with her arrows, and Tyroth has him pinned down! Is Diablo defeated? Has he finally been caught to answer for his crimes of treason?
Well, don't go away, all will be revealed soon enough!