WARNING: Contains upsetting scenes.
Chapter Thirty-Three
The Treachery of Diablo
Diablo walked out of the bedroom and flexed his taloned fingers. He looked around to check if anyone was watching, luckily the area was deserted, as it was the middle of the day, or night technically and the Mutopians would be in the main part of the Village.
He hoped he would be able to get away easily, but if anyone tried to stop him, he would produce the gun and they would get out of his way.
As he walked, the Raven tried to remember the tunnels and on how to get out of the sanctuary, he knew that there was one way out which was the main entrance where he had gone out of during sleeping hours, and that was often watched with cameras but he did know there were other ways out and one lead to an Island on Lake Michigan.
He had remembered Tyroth speaking about it when they were flying in the caverns.
"If I take the tunnel to the Lake." he thought "I can fly above the water and into the darkness."
He concealed the gun over his arm then he paused and thought for a moment, remembering the temple where he was mutated.
Diablo then thought about the water from the well that mutated him and wondered if there was a way to study it, or even more, he could use it to his advantage since he had been told the well's water had healing properties if someone was near death, as he had been before he mutated.
He looked in another direction that lead to the temple, making up his mind he decided to stop there and steal water from the well then leave Mutopia.
Making his way to the temple, he walked through the tunnel and he soon saw the sparkling water.
At once the painful memories of his mutation came back to him and how he had woken up so angry and bitter.
Yet looking back at the memory Diablo smirked and licked his beak before walking over to the well and taking a water-bottle from the bag on his back he unscrewed the top and dipped it into the water, gathering up the contents.
"Such a curious thing this water." he said to himself as he returned to the entrance of the temple "Such miracles!" he then thought about what he said to Mona about mutants maybe being the dominant species over humans and his smirk got wider.
"I could so so much with this!" the Raven soon made it into the open area and kept his eyes on the bottle, so much excitement was running through his body.
"I thought I could just be a fearful creature to the humans! But I could be more! I could create an army or a clan of my own! Mutopia and the Turtles will no longer be the only group of mutants in the World!"
"Callum?"
A voice made him jump slightly and he turned to see Patch the Badger walking over to him.
"Callum? What you got there?" she asked.
"Nothing!" Diablo said quickly hiding the water under his wing yet Patch raised an eyebrow.
"Is that water from the well?" she asked "You know we're not supposed to take it, unless it's been requested, and by special instructions."
"Says who?" asked Callum with a glare.
"Says Gramps." Patch answered "And Tyroth himself! It's one of our laws of Mutopia."
Callum sneered.
"And who says I follow the rules of Mutopia?" he asked "Who wrote these rules anyway? Or are they just guidelines?"
Patch frowned.
"Put that water back Callum." she said firmly "If you want it so badly, go and request it of George!"
Diablo's beak curled into a smirk.
"And why would I ask a miserable old fool?" he hissed, his eyes flashing.
Patch went pale, she took a step back, not liking what she was hearing, yet she glared at him.
"I swear it Raven!" she said holding up her hands "Either put the water back at your own accord, or I will be forced to drag you back in there myself!"
Diablo just glowered then quickly produced the gun and pointed it at Patch.
Patch's eyes widened, but before she had a chance to scream, Diablo fired the gun and Patch fell backwards as blood erupted from her chest.
Patch let out a yelp and grabbed her bloody wound trying to stop the bleeding, and she looked up at Diablo as he stepped over to her.
"I really wish I didn't have to do that!" Diablo sneered "But...you gave me no choice! And I'll do the same to every other Mutopian resident who gets in my way!"
"You...you bastard!" Patch snarled through gritted teeth in pain and fury "You traitor!"
Diablo sneered again and kicked Patch's head making her see stars.
"Shut up!" he snapped before walking off to find the tunnel that would lead him to Lake Michigan, but before he continued he turned to Patch who had shaken off stars and looked at him in fear.
"And by the way, the name's Diablo!" he shot back before disappearing around the corner.
Meanwhile, Mona started to regain consciousness, her eyesight was blurry and she took a few breaths as she felt air rushing into her lungs.
As she sat there, she didn't know where she was at first, until the memories of Callum came flooding back to her, how they had shared a brief tender moment, but then he spoke of things that disturbed her, and how he admitted before she could reveal the truth that he had been behind the attacks on the Hate Preacher and his family.
Mona placed her hand on her throat and she felt sticky blood and she remembered Callum had grabbed her throat and his talons must have punctured her skin and made her bleed.
"Callum..." she whispered, then she remembered his last words to her before she had passed out.
"Callum is dead, I go by Diablo now...Diablo the Raven."
Standing up, Mona knew she had to stop him! He had that look in his eyes, he had made up his mind to leave Mutopia, and nothing was going to stop him, and seeing how determined he was, he looked ready to hurt anyone who got in his way!
Picking up her fan which she had dropped in the fight, the Lizard Lady raced out of the room and looked around trying to think of where he had run to, that was if he was still in Mutopia. She hadn't been sure how long she had been passed out for.
"Callum..." she whispered "Diablo!" she ran in one direction after she spotted what looked like talon marks on the ground, "Please, I hope you haven't done anything stupid!"
She followed the talon marks on the ground looking around until she heard cries and pleas ahead.
Pulling out her fans, Mona raced on ahead and she soon saw Leona the Fox kneeling on the floor near the entrance of the temple of the Well.
"Leona!" she cried before rushing over and she saw the female fox was in tears and was leaning over Patch trying to stop the bleeding on her chest and shouting at her to stay awake.
"Oh my God!" Mona cried as she knelt beside the two girls "What happened?"
"I don't know!" Leona wailed "I was coming this way to collect some wood Cam and Barry had brought down earlier, and I found Patch here! Someone's shot her!"
Mona's blood ran cold as she thought of whether it had been Diablo, she looked at Patch and saw her eyes flicker and her lips were moving.
"Patch!" she said in a calm yet still shaky voice "What happened here? Who did this to you?"
Patch coughed and looked at Mona before glaring through her pain and she mouthed a word.
"Who?" Mona asked "Who shot you?"
Patch moved her lips again and this time as Mona read them, her blood ran even colder.
"Raven..."
"No!" Mona stammered, she felt faint but she knew she had to stop her brother and protect Mutopia! She quickly turned to Leona.
"We have to get her to James!" she said "Hurry before she bleeds to death!"
Leona nodded and quickly scooped Patch into her arms and held her close surprising the Lizard Lady with how strong she was.
"I'll take her!" she said "Go and warn everybody!"
Mona nodded then stood up to look for Diablo whilst Leona began to head to James's Medical Room.
"Stay with me Patch!" Leona begged as the badger slumped in her arms "You'll be alright!"
Meanwhile, Jake was in the main village still sitting by the canal, Tyroth had not long left to check on his children as well as Sonia, Pandora and Kemeko.
As each second went by, he tossed some loose stones into the water and looked at the ceiling wondering how Mona and Callum were doing, yet he had no idea what had just happened or what was about to befall.
Just then, he heard shouting and he looked behind him as the voice got louder, this time desperate pleading.
"Help! Help somebody help! Help!"
He jumped up as he saw Leona run into the main village.
"Where's James! I need James! Where is that Ape?"
At her screams, Mutopians stopped what they were doing to look at her.
Kate and Michelangelo had been dipping their feet in the canal and talking which they desisted and jumped up, and Moe the Mole came out of the doors leading to the Rec room followed by Percy and Jack.
"What in the name of Joseph is going on here?" Moe demanded.
"Leona?" Cam and Barry came out of the mess hall "What's going on girl?" asked Cam.
"Where's James!?" Leona wailed "Where's James?"
"Is he not in his medical room?" asked Barry then he saw Patch's condition in Leona's arms "What the Hell!?"
"She's been shot!" Leona wept "Please!"
Jake's stomach lurched and he ran over.
"Who did this!?" he asked.
In fact everyone in the room was asking the same question as fear and defense for the sanctuary took over.
"Has there been a breech!?"
"Intruder?!"
"Someone's broke into Mutopia?!"
"Where's the assailant!?"
"Everyone!" Jake shouted gathering everyone's attention and glared "Someone look for James and help Patch! We have to find everyone and get them somewhere safe!"
Cam and Barry nodded and Barry offered to go with Leona to get Patch to the Medical room whilst Cam went to look for James.
Michelangelo and Kate ran over to Jake, followed by Percy and Jack, Moe also ran over followed with some other Mutopians who followed him from the Rec Room as well as from other parts of the Village Centre.
Jack bit his lip and took out his own gun then turned to the worried mole.
"Moe!" he said as he loaded his gun with bullets "Help Cam and the others round everyone present into the Mess Hall for protection! Or make sure people around Mutopia hide somewhere safe! And Find Gramps and Master Splinter too!"
"Right on dude!" Moe nodded with a glare then told the terrified Mutopians to run into the mess hall and tell others who were already inside to stay within.
"We'll stay with you Jake!" Jack said taking out his Scimitar "We fight together! And protect each other!"
"Fuck yeah!" Kate glared gripping her whip.
Percy and Michelangelo nodded in agreement, the grasshopper clenching his fists and the orange masked turtle swinging his nun-chucks.
Jake nodded at the four mutants in thanks.
"Come on!" he said "We must make sure everyone is safely hidden and find the attacker!"
"And we'll call the other Knights!" Percy said "And the Boss!"
"I'll get Mona and my brothers!" Michelangelo said as he took out his Shell-Cell "We need to protect Mutopia and it's residents!"
Jake gritted his teeth and held up his gun, he hoped against all hope that it wasn't who he thought it was, but he had a cold feeling in the pit of his stomach.
He knew Mutopia was high on security thanks to Hacker the Spider with the password guarded doors and the cameras around the entrances, and he wondered if anyone in their right mind would know to come down here and attack the residents within.
But if it wasn't anyone on the outside, he could only guess one person.
"Brother..." he thought in fear "Please! Pray it is not you! But Heaven forbid if it is! Why would you do such a thing?"
So Callum, or Diablo as he calls himself has started on his dark path! He has stolen water from the Well and he's shot an innocent Mutopian!
But the alarm has been raised! What will be the outcome of this? Keep checking back to find out!