Wow did I lose track of these stories. Long story short , I had a lot of writer's block with this story, even while writing this and it really shows when you read this. Don't hold back with the comments, this is not one of my better stories, but I hope it's worth the wait
I DO NOT OWN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
The team of seven approached the lair of Rat King, and stopped at a small distance to catch their breaths. Right before they entered his lair, the turtles, Slash and Casey pulled out their weapons, Leatherhead unleashed his claws, and Pete sharpened his talons on the ground
"You guys ready for this?" the hulking turtle asked standing behind them but kept a sinister tone "There's no turning back until he's down." as odd as the questions was, he was nervous for the three brothers. He knew all of them, especially Raphael, that family or not, their reaction to their kills would be extremely unpredictable. How would this affect them in the future? What toll would such a drastic deed take upon their young spirits? They were all about to learn the answer
"Let's just get this over with." Leo replied coldly without facing him. He didn't want to murder anyone, neither did any of his brothers, but their father was at risk. What chose did they have?
"We're with you every step of the way, dudes." Casey said coldly as he walked up to the three of them
The second oldest reptile growled impatience and held one sai to his chest "Are we gonna do this or what?" he wasn't ready to kill anyone, the angry turtle was merely anxious to get his Sensei back
"Hmm" Leo exhaled and led the pack "Alright, team, remember your positions. Let's move!" with that, the A team stealthily made their way into the "unsuspecting" Rat King's lair, and split up get into their assigned position. There was the dreaded Rat King sitting in his throne. To the naked eye, the mysterious monster appeared to be sleeping, and there were no signs of any of his rat minions. Surrounding him from a distance, the three turtles pulled out their bow and arrows, Pigeon Pete pulled his egg bombs that Rockwell invented especially him, and Casey pulled out his hockey stick and pucks with TNT tapped top of them. Slash and LH were perched high above them waiting for their signal to jump the villain or his giant, mutated rats.
Suddenly, Slash had cautious realization "Hey, Big Guy." the leader of the Mutanimals called his second in command "Doesn't this seem a bit too easy?" he quietly called. Just before LH could think about this, they both could hear, the blue masked turtles giving his orders
"Alright, team. On my mark." the blue clad turtle quietly announced as the rest of team took aim "Aim..." Leo targeted his wrinkly, dead, beaty eyed face "Fire!" all the weapons were launched at once. Everything appeared to hit the target with full, piercing power. After the small explosion, everyone stared in awe at the remains of the Rat King. Just to confirm it, Raphael, Casey, and Pete leaped down from their hiding places to examine to remains while the other waited frozen in suspense where they stood
"Is he...?" Pete asked in shocked
Raph and Casey kneeled down together and they both noticed something very odd about the remains
"Wait, shouldn't that freaky rat dude be spewing blood right now?" the vigilante looked to Raph in confusion
The green eyed ninja looked even closer and had a terrifying realization. Straw. Raph slowly stood up in fear "Nooo, Casey, .. he shouldn't be spewing blood because IT'S A FAKE! RUN!" he warned them. However, before anyone could react, a hidden net unleashed itself, trapping the two mutants and human.
"RAPH!" shouted Michelangelo
"Wait, WHAT?!" Leo panicked in shocked. Just then, a pair of chained launched out of the shadows, chaining the panicked leader to the wall. Mikey prepared his nunchucks for defense and turned only to be knocked down by flying ropes and tied him up and electrocuted him.
"MY FRIENDS!" LH exclaimed with surprised
"I knew it!" said Slash as he pulled out his mace ready to bash some heads. They jumped off the ledge to come to their allies' aid, when all of a sudden, ten giant rats sprung out of nowhere, dog piling on the two giant reptiles.
"Slash!" shouted Raph as he tried to rip open the net but dropped his weapons
"Leatherhead!" Mikey exclaimed as he struggled to break free of the ropes that restrained him. Just then, the trapped team of misfits heard a sinister, bone-chilling laugh echo throughout the concrete walls of the dark, menacing sewer lair
"Did you meddling freak honestly think hunting me down would be such child's play? I am the Rat King! Ruler of these sewers and soon enough-"
"The world. We get it, we've heard it a million times." Mikey interrupted him sounding bored and annoyed
The boastful telepath smirked and stepped over the orange masked turtle "Go ahead and just blabbering, dear Michelangelo." he said stroking his freckled, enraged Mikey "I'm quite interested in hearing your final words before you're destroyed"
"Hold on" grunted Leo "How did you know we were coming"
"Ha ha ha ha... you fools." he turned chuckled turning to the katana- wielding warrior "Did you truly believe you were safe from me in my own kingdom?" he kneeled down and allowed one of his rat subject climb onto his gray, bony palm "Anywhere my rodent brethren roam the shadows, I can see and hear your every move. There is no place you can hide from the true ruler of this earth. My dear, friend, Splinter, was originally my eyes and ears to you pests, but for some odd reason, we started having... communication issues" he explained menacingly as he paced the floor to make eye contact with all of his hostages "Donatello and Rockwell's work I presume?" he mocked particularly Leo
"Don't you dare talk about our Sensei that way!" shouted Leo as he pulled on his chains with all his strength, but couldn't shatter them
"Yeah! You're gonna pay for what you did Master Splinter!" added Raph with sheer anger yanking on the net, unaware that Pigeon Pete and Casey Jones were already planning their escape in secret
"Did what? All I've done was strip him of his tragic and painful memories while he was one of those miserable humans" he began with a mellow dramatic act to mock them "Then, I would paint a much more delightful world of memories over that empty canvas."
"A world where he's your right hand man in a city enslaved with humans" Slash recited bitterly
"Precisely, my hulking behemoth. I'm afraid, however, that you left one important detail" he grinned
Quickly before anyone could respond, the molting bird mutant poked Raphael to gain his attention as the red masked turtle turned to him in confusion "Psst. raphie, keep that bozo talking" he whispered
"we've got plan to get outta here" added the black haired hockey player The hot headed reptile was in no position to ask questions, so he nodded and proceeded to 'keep the bozo talking'
"Oh yeah? And what exactly is this important detail, Fur Brain?" he asked pretending to mock the Rat King. Strangely, he found it much harder to pretend to insult someone than when he actually meant it.
"The extraction of four pathetic turtles and their friends" he replied walking back to Mikey for some odd reason "I was planning on making Splinter forget you so he could see his true destiny, but I now understand that if I want Splinter by my side, I must depose of his mutated trash myself!" he exclaimed grabbing Mikey's rope and dragged his body across the floor
"What are you doing!?" LH grunted in fear
"Some of my smaller disciples haven't eaten in quite some time. He may not be cheese, but they shall certainly eat hardy tonight. Once you and rest of your friends are out of my way, Splinter shall be mine to command forever, HA HA HA HA HA!"
"AAAHHHHH! GUYS, HELP ME!" the youngest turtle screamed and struggled in panic
"NO!" Leo shouted in fear "MIKEY!" Raph shouted in panic
"NO!" LH exclaimed as he tried to muscle his way out of the giant rat pile but failed "PUT HIM DOWN, FALCO!" he threatened with a growl as his eyes
"casey, pete, if you're gonna do something, do it now" Raph whispered crunching his teeth together in rage
"hold on, dude" replied Casey as he pulled out his hand band to reveal that he'd tied it into a slingshot.
"ready, jones?" whispered Pete as he held up a strange black painted egg
"hit me." was all he said. Then he stretched his bandana out as far as he could and the human-bird hybrid tucked the egg into the slingshot. With his tongue out, and one eye closed he aimed his slingshot at the target and mumbled ever so lightly yet deadpan "goonala" He fired the egg bomb at the rat pile that restrained Leatherhead.
Once the bomb exploded, the Rat King stopped in his tracks. He turned to see that half of the mutated rats were startled and fled allowing the angry alligator to escape. He roared in utter rage as he unintentionally released Slash and the Mutanimals' leader quickly ripped open the net holding Raph, Casey and Pete. In a haste, the Rat King pulled on Michelangelo's rope and flung him down in the pit filled with carnivorous, starving rats. Mikey screamed in terror and closed his eyes, assuming it was over as he pumpired head first to his long, torturous death He waited for the pain to come, but when it didn't come, he opened his eyes and looked up see that the rope was being held by Pidgin Pete who was being held up by a rope. This rope was being held by Slash just in case Pete wouldn't be able to hoist the freckled ninja up by himself. Together, they quickly pulled a relieved, grateful Mikey up to safety and Slash cut him free from his bindings.
"Woo! Thanks, guys." Mikey said standing up
"Don't mention it." Slash replied coldly "This battle's just getting started." he added as he picked up his mace and turned to an enraged Rat King
"Agreed." announced Leo as a much calmer Leatherhead broke him free of his chains and and he pulled out his katana "Let's end this right here, Falco. Once and for all!" he challenged the monster leaping down to the floor ground.
"Very well." he turned his head to the blue masked leader "But if you want to fight me," he raised hand and snapped his fingers "you'll have to catch me." with that, the Rat King jumped down into an escape hole and over a dozen more giant rats came to attack the intruders.
"He's getting away! Mikey, Casey, Pete, you guys come with me!" shouted Leo
"We'll handle these over grown pest here, you guys get Falco!" said Raphael preparing his sais for battle. The eldest brother simply nodded as the four mentioned team members leaped down the hole after the Rat King. At the bottom of the hole, the four misfits looked around to see that there were four different that their target could have gone down.
"Aw man! Now what, dudes!?" panicked Mikey with his hands over his head "We'll never catch him now!"
"Calm down, Mikey." Leo said turning to his youngest brother "Everyone, have your phones on standby, pick a path, and be careful. We have to be ready for any surprises he's got for us." he commanded quickly
"Yes, Sir!" saluted Pete
"You got it." said Casey as the four each parted down different directions. After a few minutes of sprinting through the dimly lit sewers. The eldest turtle stopped in a small opened room with a rusted sign saying 'Caution. Unstable Ceiling! 'However, Leo was so frustrated and focused on his mission, that it never caught his blue, vengeful eyes.
"Rat King!" he shouted as his voice left an echo throughout the entire sewage drain. "I know you're in here somewhere! Come out and fight me, you freak!" he called. After a moment of silence, Leo picked up his phone and called the rest of the team "Any sign of him, team?" he asked
All their answers were the same "Nope"
"(pant) (pant) Me, Slash, and Leatherhead just took out the last of those rats." this new voice belonged to none other than Raphael.
"You guys okay, bro?" asked a concerned Mikey
"We barely made it by the scales of our skin, little brother, but we're fine." he replied
"Listen, we're on our way down now to help you guys search. We'll catch that wuss no matter how long it takes" he said with growl "Agreed" added Leo "keep searching, team, we can't let him- OH!" he was interrupted by a sudden blow to the head that knocked him to the ground. The ambushed leader quickly looked up from where he laid and looked for his phone. Just before he could reach for his T-phone, a rusted kunai flew at it like a dart and scattered it. Then Leonardo, turned onto his back to see the monster who attacked his father standing above him from the shadows
With a sinister, terrifying voice, he spoke with simple words "At last, Leonardo, we're alone."
(TO BE CONTINUED)
OK I'm so sorry to leave off on such a cliffhanger, but I didn't want to make this chapter too long such it's only the middle of the story. I'm also sorry that this chapter moved along so slowly, but I'm trying to practice pacing. Also, due to the long wait, I wanted to get this chapter out to you guys ASAP. I've been sooooooo busy it's not funny. It's not stressful, but I don't get a to of time to write. Hopefully, this'll be out by the end of month because I do want to continue my current Monkey Team story 'Maura', while it's still fresh in my head. Alright, please stay tuned for my other stories, keep reading, happy Summer, God bless
I DO NOT OWN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES