Author's Note: I could say that I'm sorry for making you wait, but I actually want to say thank you for being patient. I know it has been a little bit, but I managed to pull through. I don't have much to say, so...
Anyways, here's Chapter 8. I hope you enjoy.
That symbol was really getting to me. It kept bothering me just as much as I'm bothered by the mutant's disappearance. And that sword.. I hate it. It's giving off this evil aura like it's done some damage in its history. It shouldn't be messing with me so much but... I just hate how these events happen. I don't think it's a coincidence. It can't be a coincidence.
Master Splinter had lit the last candle, before blowing the other flame out. "My children, tonight, our training shall focus on combining two essential disciplines, the way of balance," he clapped, turning off the lights before finishing, "and the way of invisibility." Mikey and Don crouched down on the bamboo sticks. "Dude, you put in a clapper." Mikey said to Don rather loudly. Splinter responded by slapping his hand with the walking stick. "Ow," Mike rubbed his hand. "Michelangelo, the way of invisibility also includes the way of silence. I suggest you employ both if you wish to avoid my walking stick." He scolded before jumping around on the bamboo sticks.
Splinter went to Leo and swung at him. The turtle only flipped, dodging the walking stick but almost ending up in a split. Oh that would've been painful. I thought. Donnie leaped and tried to land a kick, but our master merely ducked beneath him. The genius turtle had landed on another bamboo stick. I heard the familiar footsteps of our teacher and dodged the attack, going on another bamboo and spinning on it. Honestly I don't mean to brag, but I probably have more balance than these guys. It's probably because of my tail, so that's kinda unfair for them.
Just then, I felt someone coming towards me and almost knock me off. I jumped to another stick immediately and almost slipped off. I looked and saw Raphael ran across the bamboo sticks. "Really big bro?" I huffed at him. "Sorry lil' sis. Kinda busy." He said before jumping, going in for an attack but Splinter had already leaned back. Suddenly someone clapped and the lights went on. "Peek a boo, I see you." Mikey joked. Splinter swung his walking stick at him but Mikey grabbed it. The Sensei just yanked it back, causing the jokester turtle to lose his balance. He fell off his stick but grabbed onto it before he completely fell off.
"Hey, don't I at least get points for creativity?" Mikey asked. Splinter hopped to another stick and lectured, "A creative mind must be balanced by a disciplined body." He clapped, turning the lights off again, "We must learn stillness and alertness for they are the only defense against the unexpected." I nodded, hearing the door open and a figure walk in blindly. "Hey guys." He called out before accidentally walking into the bamboo sticks. "Well, gotta go." I quickly said, hopping across the sticks. Unfortunately I still ended up getting knocked over and got pinned by a large figure. I looked up to see the familiar shape. The turtle above me groaned and looked down to me before quickly getting up. Leo helped me up and we both went to Splinter, who pinned the man.
"Master Splinter, no!" Leo yelled. "He's okay!" Mikey clapped, making the lights turn on. "Sensei, this is Casey. The nutca- uh, the guy we told you about." Donnie explained. "You remember? The igilante-ve." Mikey said. Raph stepped in, "We figured it'd be okay to give 'im access to the lair. Y'know, for emergencies and stuff." Splinter looked apologetic and got off of the masked man. He lowered his head. "Please forgive my rash action." Donnie and Mikey helped Casey up while the long haired man got his mask off and answered, "No problemo."
Splinter glared and still held his stick up to him threatening. "Although next time, you would be wise the ancient Japanese proverb: phone first." He left and began picking up the training equipment. "Whoa! Raph, your crib's even more awesome than you said." He commented, walking around and kicking a bamboo stick to the side. Splinter shook his head at him. "You didn't come all the down here for the nick of tour." Raph said as my four brothers approached him. "What's the four-one-one street side?" He asked. "Graffiti. It's everywhere. All over town." Casey answered simply.
"And I speak for everyone in the room when I say duh," Mikey commented. "We're New Yorkers, Casey. We've seen graffiti before," Don added. I nodded. "Uh-uh. Not this kind," he said, turning around with a picture in his hand. It had a lizard and four turtles being stabbed by a sword with red ink as the color of choice. "I think somebody's trying to send you a message." Mikey gagged, "Blegh. Talk about getting the point." I wanted to nod in agreement but.. well I'm trying to not get sick. "Do all the tags look like this?" Leo said. "Some are a little more graphic." I didn't want to hear anymore so I left, before Casey said. "Hey, cool sword. Looks just like the one in the graffiti." I looked to that evil blade.
"Casey no!" Donnie yelled just as Casey was about to touch it. I wanted to tackle him, but it was a little too late. The sword activated, causing sound waves to go off and electricity gave off. Casey flew back and into a shelf, hitting it and causing the books on it to fall. "Remind me. Who's idea was it to invite him down here?" Don asked annoyingly, looking at Raph. The four turtles, along with Splinter helped Casey up. "I thank you for this information, Mr. Jones, but now we must return to our training." Splinter explained.
"Wait," Casey pulled his arm away and turned to the guys, "don't you guys wanna put the smackdown on the scum who did this?" He sneered. "Well, yeah," Mikey took the pictures from him and continued, "but it smells way too much of a setup." Surprisingly, Mikey is right. "Someone's just trying to get under our shells. Why should we stoop to their level?" Donnie added. Casey took out his baseball bat and decided to add, "But this is a matter of honor. What about all that bushido-do stuff you're always talkin' about?" I glared at him and thought, 'Don't bring out code of honor into this!' Leo argued, "That's bushido, which has nothing to do with payback for a bunch of nasty wall doodles."
Raph sighed, "Sorry Cas. I gotta go with my bros on this one." I did a double take at him. 'And Raph isn't picking a fight? What's up with today?' I thought in disbelief. My four brothers were walking Casey out right before the man noticed the TV area. "Hey," He said with interest, going to the area and taking a seat. "So what's on the tube?" He asked to no one in particular and clicked the power button.
It had been hours since Casey arrived and he hasn't left. He stole the last slice from Mikey and I could tell that the turtle in orange was pouting on the inside. Leo grabbed the remote and turned the tv off while Casey grabbed the box full of DVDs. Leo pulled a fake yawn, "Hoo, sure is getting, uh, late." Casey paid no mind to him, focusing on the DVDs in his hands, "These the only DVDs ya got?" He asked. Mikey got up at the opportunity. "Yeah. In fact, why don't you borrow some and bring 'em back?" He took the box from him. Casey went to the other area with the DVD player. "That's okay. I'll just watch him here." He clicked on the button. "Come on. Eject. Eject." He commanded. "You useless piece of-" He complained and kicked it. Mikey gave out a girly scream over the scene.
"Uh... I think your player's broken." Casey said. 'Yeah you just broke it!' I thought. "No problem. I'll fix it in the morning." Even Donnie is getting irritated with him. "Whatcha workin' on?" Casey asked. "Boring stuff.. Really really boring stuff." Donnie answered, trying to avoid the nosey human. "Shouldn't you be heading back? It is really late." I insisted. He just stared intently at me. "What?" He hummed in thought. "I don' get it. If you're there sis' then how come you're a lizard and their turtles?" He approached. I snapped my tail a little. . "Uh Casey, I wouldn't pester her if I were you," Mikey warned.
"Oh come on. I just wan' to ask some questions. No biggie." He said. "Now what's wit the eyes? Are they grey or blue?" I ignored him. "And what's with the clothes?" "Excuse me?" I glared at him. "I mean, you're a lizard. You basically have nothing to hide like these guys." My tail snapped loudly and this time I acted, spinning around, swinging my tail to him. He ducked in time and what's the next thing I noticed? Well, I realized a little too late that I was still near the sword. My tail came in contact with the blade and electricity acted up.
The shockwaves travelled quickly through me and I screamed out. "Sis/Bella/Isabella!" I hear my brothers yell. I got pulled back by a pair of familiar gray arms and I see nothing but black when I got set down by my Sensei.
(Third Person P.O.V.)
"Sis!" Raph yelled out and they all ran to her side. "I told you not to pester her! She doesn't like that." Mikey scolded the man. "Me? I'm not the one who shocked her." Casey argued. "Maybe not, but you don't just mess with our little sister like that." Leo said in a matter of fact voice. "Yeah, now thanks to ya, she's hurt." Raphael glared at Casey. Splinter looked up from his daughter and set his walking stick down threateningly. "Raphael, normally I discourage excursions to the surface, but I think it wise for you to take our guest for a breath of fresh air." He said.
"Topside? I'm all over it." Raph smiled. Even though on the inside he wanted to stay and make sure his sis was okay, it was better if he took the bonehead out of here first before the guy does anything else. "Boo yah!" Casey cries out in excitement. "Come on, ya maniac." Raphael lead the way to the elevator. "Maniac? Who ya callin' a maniac?" Casey taunted back at him while they left in the elevator.
"And that's how they defeated The Thing That Wouldn't Leave." Mikey joked. Splinter sighed and looked to his daughter before sitting her up. "Donatello, do you have any medical supplies in your laboratory?" The Sensei asked. The turtle nodded, "Ill grab them now." He left. "I have a feeling that we'll need them." The rat said. Donatello had came back and helped Splinter carefully lifted the lizard to her feet. "And what do I do, Sensei?" Mikey asked. Splinter answered simply, "You and your brother, Leonardo will setup the training equipment. We will be continuing after I tend to your sister." Donnie had picked Isabella up to save time and climbed the stairs with their father following after them.
Isabella groaned, curling up in his arms. Donnie felt himself get flustered before he looked at her face. While she did look peaceful in his arms, her face looked troubled slightly. He would ask her what's wrong, but right now she's unconscious from being shocked by that sword. Right now, she needed taking care of. He can ask questions later.
/Isabella's Dream/
She was placed in a cage with a special heat lamp hanging above her. Soft bedding was what she laid on. Though it kept her warm, the atmosphere still felt cold. She could hear the sound of footsteps and she curled up to the corner of her small living space. The figure bent over and spoke to her, "I am sorry that you have to go through with this. My boss has been wanting this project to come to life for a while.. and you were especially chosen for this." The masculine voice spoke. She didn't understand him, but she knew this man didn't want any part of this. If you think about it he looked like man who liked simpler things, but then he got mixed up into some messy events.
He sighed at the lizard and opened the cage door. "Come along now. If you cooperate, then maybe he won't be so harsh this time." He said, trying to keep the subject calm. The leopard gecko only looked at him with her marble eyes. "Maybe you'll get to see that rodent friend of yours. She's grown quite fond of you very much." He said. Her head perked up at that and she crawled out of the cage, getting a harness on and a leash attached to it.
The scenery changed and she was now in the hall, still in a harness with a leash. The man beside her wore a long white lab coat with a gray shirt and black pants along with black shoes. He held a file with some papers and she saw a red symbol stamped on it. It interested her but she paid no mind to it. The leopard gecko child crawled beside him and looked around. The surroundings were the same as before. Some doors were closed and some were open but the curtains inside the rooms were closed like they were trying to hide some things from prying eyes.
She grew interested on seeing more, but kept getting pulled back. "No.., you can't go in there. We have somewhere else to be." The man kept telling her. Her curiosity was natural for her age, but it didn't help her in some cases. Luckily the man she was with was patient. His boss though? Not so much. He sighed when they finally came into the area. "Here we are..." She backed away, recognizing the area. "I know you don't like it here, but it's important if you are. Alright?" She had no choice. She had to follow him in, even if she didn't like the area. The next thing she felt was an electrifying pain.
/line break/
The scene changed and this time Isabella wasn't in the lab, but she was deep within her mind. She could hear a voice speak to her. "My child... I'm so sorry. I know you wish to know more of your past, but you must remember who the real enemy is." The red symbol popped up and it looked exactly like the one she'd seen on the cloth and what she had seen on the notes. "These people who wear this symbol are our enemies." The familiar rodent appeared, but her eyes were even more pale than before. The Mutant came next. He still bared scars from what he went through. "They did this to us." They both spoke. "Now my child... it is time that you awaken." The ground beneath her cracked like before, but she couldn't move. "Once you do... Find us." With that she fell into the abyss, leaving behind the rodent and the other Mutant.
/line break/
I gasped as I jolted up, coughing rather harshly. I felt around, feeling that I was on my bed. Looking down, I saw that I had a few bandages. Splinter must have been here. I thought before getting up, wincing and wrenching my expression to one of pain. Yeah. You'd think I'd stay down after getting hurt, but I learned that laying down doesn't get anyone anywhere. I looked around and grabbed my top that was folded up neatly. Sensei was definitely here. I sighed and put it on, having to tuck it into my pants and tie the belt. There. That's better.
I sighed and went out of my room, looking down to see my brothers training. Splinter had continued the training without me. Not that I'm hurt by it. I'm used to watching them train before I joined in on it. It's true. I remember that I was a toddler during the time and Splinter had given me the choice whether I wanted to train with them or not. You can already guess the answer. I saw the elevator door open and it reveals a bruised up Casey limping and grunting. Even if he tried to evade the bamboo sticks, he still hits them and they still fall over.
I clapped the lights on for them. "You can almost set your watch by this guy." Mikey commented sarcastically before getting up and helping Leo pick Casey up. "Casey, what happened?" Leo asked. "Where is Raphael?" Sensei sounded really mad. Then again, he was always so protective of us. Casey looked up to him. "The invisible ninjas took 'im." Don and Mike looked to each other before the turtle in orange replied with, "Invisible ninjas, huh? This story wouldn't involve Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny by any chance?" He grinned. Casey looked ticked and he argued, "I got proof."
He took out what looked like an eye piece and Donnie was quick to take it. He took it to his lab table, looking through the magnifying glass and examining the eye piece. "Ooh, some kind of optical device. Heavy duty hardware." He said, while Leo called his shell cell. "Raph's not answering his shell cell." Casey grabbed a stool and smashed it. "This is all my fault." He said with guilt. "Don't worry. I installed tracking chips in all the shell cells. Just in case." Donnie explained. Really, Don? Just in case? I thought. "Interesting... Not picking up a signal." He thought out loud. Casey kicked the sofa. "Oh! We'll never find 'im." He kicked at a table with glasses on it and they all shattered when they hit the floor.
"I may be able to calibrate the scanner to trace a com signal from your invisible ninjas." Don pressed buttons while Casey was wreaking havoc on our furniture. "Better make it fast. We're running out of furniture," Mikey mumbled to Don. "Yeah and I don't want him to exactly go up the stairs and destroy my curtain." I said. What? I like my curtain. It's basically my door. It took our genius turtle a bit but finally, we were hearing a blip on the tracker. "I'm getting a signal. It's Raph!" Donnie smiled. Casey cheered, accidentally breaking a lightbulb just above Don. Luckily Donnie ducked in time.
"This guy's bad news even when there's good news." Mikey mumbled to the others. Leo face palmed and Splinter shook his head. Donnie looked to his tracker and reported, "It's faint, but at least we got a blip we could follow." Suddenly the blipping sound multiplied and I looked over Donnie's shoulder. "Make that several blips." Leo questioned, "The invisible ninjas' signal?" Splinter placed a hand on his shoulder. "Raphael may not be aware he is being followed."
"Which means we gotta find him before he brings in some seriously unwanted house guests." Leo said. We all looked to Casey. "We've already got one of those." Mikey commented. "So uh... how do we stop somethin' we can't see?" Casey asked. Donatello smiled and turned back to his table. "Already got that one covered." He picked a pair of goggles up. "Turtle vision heat sensor goggles. After all an invisible body is still a warm body." He handed a pair of goggles to Casey and put a pair on himself, tossing the other two to Leo and Mikey. I took a pair of goggles and placed them on. Guess he had time to fix these up. I thought. "Let's go." Leo commanded, putting on his goggles. Mikey looked to Casey who had his hockey mask and the heat goggles on. That's actually a good look for him. "That's a good look for you." Mikey commented.
"We're gonna have to split up." Leo ordered. "Mike and Casey, you cover above ground. Me, Don and Bell will cover below." Before Mikey left, he gave Leo a look and said something like "you're seriously using your rank as leader to-" I didn't catch the rest. Honestly these guys. I thought before we left and I got a seat next to Don. Leo drove the sewer slider for a while since Donnie was holding the tracker. The blip kept blinking on the screen. We got closer eventually and once they boarded off, I had to stop. The pain hadn't went away but it did dull down for now. My hands wrapped themselves around my torso.
"Bella...?" Donnie said with worry. "You alright?" He asked. I had to force a smile. "I'm fine." I said, but my brothers know that I'm not fine. I've experienced too much all at once, but I wasn't going to let it bother me. I had to show that it didn't bother me. Donnie sighed. "Come on. We've gotta help Raph before he brings in anyone else." I nodded at that and followed him. The three of us looked down and saw Raph. He had stopped and looked around. Either he's trying to find his way back or he knows that he's not alone. He only looked like he was all alone, after all.
"I spy with my turtle eye," Donnie began, "some goons that need a good bapping." With that, we pulled out our weapons and jumped down to Raphael. He looked up at us and smiled. "Hey." He said before he got a questioning look. "Huh?" We attacked the ninjas through the heat goggles. I slapped at another with my tail, still keeping the kama part of my kusarigama to myself. "Uh guys, what're ya-" He was about to ask, but Donnie answered immediately. "Ever hear the one about the invisible ninjas?"
The group got themselves back up before picking Leo and Don up, spinning them around before tossing them onto their shells. I got kicked back to the wall behind me. I yelped at the contact of the wall meeting my bandaged back. "Hey, did I mention that these guys were really strong too?" Casey asked innocently. I growled. "No! You haven't!" Don't blame me for being mad. I'm kinda in pain here. Leo groaned, "Might have been useful info." We got ourselves back up and saw Raph attack, but he kept missing the enemy. "Come on." He kept getting hit. "Show yourself, ya lousy-" He got kicked in the face before getting kneed. He had this dizzy look on his face.
"Uh, think we should give him a hand?" Mikey joked. We nodded before charging in. Casey stayed behind, having a golf club at the ready with a pile of mud. "Four!" He warned before swinging. The mud flew and covered the two ninjas that was near Raph. The hothead sighed. "Ah, much better." He performed a split kick and knocked them away. Mikey had two in front of him and he pulled out his pair of nunchaku. "Now you see them." He knocked them out of the way. "Now you don't." Three ninjas came my way and I used my blunt end of the weapon to hit them. The chain wrapped around one of them and I pulled, making that ninja spin. I chuckled seeing him knock the other two over.
Don swung his staff at the one in front of him. "Their cloaking control looks to be somewhere around the chest plate." He said. Always one for technology. I thought. "You mean, here?" Leo asked, slicing through the air. The ninjas appeared. They gave a sound of worry while their chest plates sparked. Donnie jumped and swung at them. They landed in a puddle, still having the electricity spark. I think you can guess what happened there. "Can I call 'em or what?"
"So I guess that's that." Raph said, but for some reason, he pulled his pair of sai out. We heard someone yell and look up to see Casey being held by a ninja. "Drop your weapons and surrender." He said menacingly. We stood there, not doing anything. "My grip is loosening. I suggest you drop your weapons now." He said once more, still keeping a menacing tone. Casey squirmed in his grip and grunted, "Don't do it guys. I'm not worth it." Donnie turned to us. "You know, he's got a point." I nodded, only for us two to receive a glare from Raphael and Leo. "You're starting to sound like Mikey, Don." Leo commented. We tossed our weapons down and Raph asked, "Hey, where is Mikey?" I thought the same thing before glancing up.
'Holy sh-!' I thought in surprise. Mikey was balancing on the large pipe above them before jumping down and kicking the ninja off. Unfortunately this caused the ninja to let go of the man he held. Don went to help but got blocked. He dodged as the man in the ninja suit almost cut him and leaped above him, kicking off his back and flipping, grabbing his staff and going down. I didn't see him until Casey got swung back up here and landed with Donnie and Mikey at his sides. Leo, Raph and I went to their side, armed and ready before we charged into battle.
In a matter of seconds, the ninjas got thrown off the edge and into the whirlpool Casey almost fell into. The long haired man had looked over and saw that they disappeared into it. "Thanks guys. I owe ya." He took off his mask and goggles and placed it on his side. "We take cash, personal checks and most major credit cards." Mikey joked while we all took off our goggles. "Man, I'm beat. Maybe I should crash at you guys' place." He said. I took a step back, rather horrified by the idea. Leo was quick to reply. "No!" He yelped before he recovered, "I mean, nothing beats the comfort of sleeping in your own bed." He nervously laughed.
"We'll give you a ride. Have you home in no time." Donnie added. Mikey came in. "Carry you up the stairs, tuck you in, heck, we'll even tell you a bedtime story." Leo, Don, and Mikey either pulled or pushed Casey along. Raph was about to follow but then I see him look to me. "Hey, sis. You okay?" He asked. I nodded. "Yeah I'm fine." He just raised an eye ridge at me. My brothers seem to have this sense to know when someone is lying, you know? It really is no use lying to them, but what other choice do I have? Raph just sighed at me. "Come on, sis. Let's get this big oaf out of the sewers and then we'll talk." He said. I just nodded and we both followed after the three turtles still pushing the man out of our home.
Author's Note: So, as I said, thank you for waiting for me. I've kinda been holding on Chapter 8 for a while, but I decided to submit it finally. And Chapter 9? It's going to take a while to type since it's Isabella's "episode." And you guys already know there's more to Isabella than meets the eye.
What I'm trying to say is, could you guys be a little more patient while I work on the Chapter? It'd be very appreciated.
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