Okay, I finally decided to stop procrastinating and to write this chapter. Though I didn't get any reviews for the last three (which I put up at the same time)…sniffle sniffle
But then I decided that I'm really just writing to prove that I can and all that, yadda, yadda, yadda…
So without further ado, here it is.
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You could just feel the tension. It was so thick that not even Leo's (when he was himself and not possessed) katana could've broken through it! Personally I was just so shocked that I had stopped struggling. I didn't believe that this could actually happen. It was just like a dream, no, a nightmare. I was easily dragged out to face the crowds. My mouth literally dropped to the ground as I saw all the people. They were all stuffed together, kinda like sardines, only closer. All of us were on a stage, facing the crowds that were in the park, and beyond. There were guards surrounding the crowd, and throughout the crowd, to help keep the fights, struggling, and escape attempts low, or at least I guessed that was the reason.
We, my friends and I, were placed in a semi-circle (Cloe, Bruns, Don, Casey, Disa, Mikey, me, Raph, April, Nikki, Roy, and Shara) around Dezmio, who was at the front of the stage. I broke out in a cold sweat and I think I heard Mikey's breathing quicken, I wanted to tell him not to hyperventilate but knew I would get shocked so I just had to hope Mikey would snap out of it. Raph on the other hand was growling softly and making me nervous. His guard kept hitting him on the back of his head so hard I could've swore I heard it echo, but Raph took no mind. I winced each time he was hit which resulted in me getting violently smacked which made me finally stop, but in my mind I still winced.
Dezmio was standing in front of a sort of podium; like that the president speaks at. He stood and just stared at the crowd for a while, I couldn't see his face but just the back of it made me want to wince or quiver in fear. I heard a couple of babies start to cry and Dezmio lifted his head a little higher. I could almost fell the evil smirk that he took upon his face, one little wave of his hand and those babies were silenced. Many people in the crowd gasped and the families of the babies cried out in horror, they were shut up too…for good. No one dared make a sound, not even his followers. That should be a clue to how evil he really is. Out of the corner of my eye I could see a couple of tears fall down Mikey's face. I was fighting my own tears and he wasn't helping me win. On my other side I could hear Raph's teeth grind together angrily and I knew if something didn't happen soon Raph would make it, which wouldn't be a smart move. I was able to ignore his grounding though: Dezmio had started to talk, finally.
"I am Dezmio, your new ruler and my word shall be law." Here he took a dramatic pause then continued a minute later. "Those who disobey and do not show potential will be killed, in creative ways by my men, and women, who would love nothing more than to have a good kill and then feast." I could see a wave of shivering through the crowd at what that implied and it was only my guard that kept me from joining. I heard a groan to one of my sides, sounded like Disa, I figured she had shuddered but chose to ignore it, I couldn't take it if I acknowledged it. I would probably explode and be worse than Raph.
"You will all be molded to how I like. Some of you might even join me willingly and become one of my followers and not one of my many slaves. I have behind me some examples." He pointed to us, stepping back a bit so he could face us and the crowd. Raph's growls become more obvious. "You see the first people I captured. Notice none of them dare act out." At this Raph leaned forward a bit. "They are now my slaves. They are not hurt but are in good shape." He turned his back to us again. "You will be treated fine as long as you obey. Escape or savior attempts are amusement for my men if you must try them, but unless you show some potential you will be killed as mentioned before. If you show potential but are obsessed with escaping or destroying us you will be broken!
"You will work doing whatever I think suitable from your assessment that you will receive over the next month. The work ranges from being a scientist, guinea pig, construction builder, follower, maid, normal Earth jobs with some new jobs that many will probably not qualify for. I will also need a new personal slave or follower-whichever you choose to be-for Earth. You will attend me while here; be a mate of sorts, help me with affairs, and take care of Earth in my absence. You will be absolutely loyal and dedicated to me."
He took a pause to look around and I couldn't help wonder what would become of me. I would probably be a slave because I would refuse to go along with it. I figure the mutants, Roy, Bruns, Casey, maybe April, and Nikki would probably be slaves like me. I wasn't sure about my friends though. They might hold out for a while but I had a feeling they might be 'loyal' just to stop from getting injured. I could have been underestimating them though. They are stronger than they seem, especially in times like this; most everyone is. Dezmio spoke up again.
"For now this is all I have to say to you. To my followers: get them to their 'chambers' and get the testing ready. Scan as many as possible today and we actually test them when the scans are finished, all the scans! Now get to work!" And with that he walked off the stage, his guards, including the ones who were holding us, followed him. As we left the tall, scary, black doors I let out a sigh of relief. We had not played a big part in the ceremony, we were mostly for show. I could hear Mikey let out a bit of a sigh too. Raph was still growling! Man can he keep that up for a while! I am impressed!
At one point in our journey the guards separated form Dezmio. While Dezmio strode down a dark narrow hallway we took a sharp turn down and continued to stumble down a damp and smelly…tunnel. There were a few spider webs with, luckily no spiders. I was glad the guards were in front for they broke through the sticky white webs. I couldn't help but shudder as none of the tall guards wiped any web away but left them there to get sucked under their ooze.
I was trying hard not to whimper at the disgusting ooze, some of which was dripping onto me. I could hear some someone's behind me whimpering and the sounds of shock which just brought more pitiful cries. I bit my lip hard enough to make it bleed; I recognized the whimpers…Disa and Cloe. I was surprised Shara wasn't whimpering also but then again she'd always sort of like disgusting things. I was guessing the turtles and their friends were either used to it or smart enough to shut up.
We continued even further down the tunnel, Raph still growling his throaty growl. We were traveling downhill and the deeper we got the damper it got, and the worse the smell. It was now dripping in some spots in the ceiling. I got hit quite a few times, as did my guard. It was gross though because every time a drop hit him where he was oozing the ooze would splash up and I would shudder to avoid the splashes. I don't even think my guard noticed though he did squeeze harder where he was gripping me. I was gritting my teeth to avoid shouting out in pain. My circulation was being cut off and my arm was quickly turning purple.
And right when I thought it would fall off we came to a stop and the grip loosened considerably. I accidentally let out a loud sigh of relief and froze but no one in our company seemed to notice. I relaxed my shoulders a bit and tried to peer around everyone in front of me to see why we had suddenly stopped. The guards blocked the way though and I didn't want to make any sound of frustration though I was sourly tempted. As I leaned back the guards started making a weird, course sound from their throats. They made a semi-circle around us the prisoners, and as I glanced around at the others who looked just as miserable as I felt and I saw the dingy little cell I realized they were having a good laugh at us.
One of the monsters had already unlocked the door and we were suddenly pushed in. Having the element of surprise on their side and their, I'm sad to say, superior strength we had no choice in the matter as we were all shoved into the same tiny cell. Their laughter increased as we tried to untangle ourselves. My leg was wrapped around Raph's elbow and Mikey's knee was holding my throat down while my neck was across Casey's ankle which was already trapped under Shara's armpit and that is just a little bit of how bad it was. Apparently the guards had better things to do than stand and watch us untangle ourselves and they finally left, still chuckling, up the tunnel and soon their laughter died out.
Ten minutes after they left us, we finally untangled ourselves; that should say how tangled we really were! Sweating, panting, and groaning we arranged ourselves around the edges of the cell. Fortunately, and surprisingly, we all fit, with room to spare! We drifted in and out of sleep and barely talked. The only time any of us really talked was when someone would ask if everyone else was okay and everyone else would just sort of nod and mumble been better or something like that. The longer we were down in our cell the more we got used to the smell of corpses. It almost seemed normal. The dingy lit was also growing on us and now we were just happy to have some light even though none of us spoke this thought aloud.
I have no idea how long we were in that cell. There was no way to keep track of time and we had no set light source to tell us. Our light source came from somewhere up ahead and was always on so I was guessing it was from the door, or a window I had missed on our way down here. Also we didn't sleep in sets or certain times just whenever we fell asleep. For some reason being down here made us all extremely sleepy and dreary. I couldn't even think straight and could not even daydream-which she usually did by habit and without thinking about it.
I was just sitting there, eyes glazed over and mouth hanging open when I heard footsteps. I perked up and peered down the tunnel; I was leaning on the wall that faced the tunnel. I glanced at the others on the same wall from the corner of my eyes and even though I was the closest to the door the others just leaned further than I had to. I placed my attention back on who was coming down the tunnel. I furrowed my eyes in unrecognition but I heard the others (excluding my friends) give a gasp.
Two male figures made their way completely out of the tunnel and a third figure stepped out and I gasped. I also heard Disa gasp but I didn't register that until the new figure spoke. It was Karai. I remembered that she had wanted Disa when I was captured. She looked at all of us who lay pathetically in the cage and smirked an all knowing smirk. "I will no longer need anything from you Disa. I have taken it all." I heard Disa make a disbelieving sound. "You took all of my family's money?" Karai didn't even answer but just chuckled. I glanced over at Disa and saw teardrops squeezing out of her eyes and my heart went out to her. Now I glared back at the 'visitors' we had.
The two figures now behind Karai looked familiar in some way…
The first male was about 7' and Caucasian. He also had huge muscles that you could not even mistake for fat. On one of his muscled arms he had a purple tattoo that wove all around his arm. For some reason it just reminded me of a cat stripe. On the other arm, near his shoulder, he had a red tattoo of a duckish foot in a circle. He had blonde hair and he had a little rat tail which he pulled back into a small ponytail. His face was tiny and his cheekbones high and his blonde hair formed a very noticeable widow's peak that reminded me of cat ears. It really made me want to call him pussy cat.
The other male wasn't even human looking. He had a mechanical body that was as wide as the white guys. He had a holographic face with blue light shining around it. His face was brown and his hair in a small black 'fro' shape. It was incredibly short though. As they surveyed the people trapped in the cage they both adopted evil smiles to match Karai's.
They stepped up closer to the jail cell bars and continued smiling. Stockman started "Well, well, well…" he dropped it there but Hun had more to add. "Look who we have here…"
Bruns and Roy who were both sitting next to me (in that order) grimaced. "Hey dad." They both said at the same time.
"Hey son, still go by Bruns?" that was Hun.
"Greetings son, you still like to be called Roy?" that was Stockman speaking.
All I could do was gasp in shock. Now I knew why they looked familiar. Father and son looked a lot like each other. I would have never guessed.
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HA! I finally finished it! (It's only about 5 pages long and it took me like a week to finish it. I wrote it in short periods-give me a break!)
I've been waiting to show that Hun was Bruno's father and Stockman's was LeeRoy's father! And I've got the ending all planned out! I'm so excited! Now I just have to get there…
Now please review! I'll be more inclined to update faster… (Yes that was a bribe and I'll openly admit it)!
Also, I asked this in Surprise Surprise! but what does R&R&R mean?
