sorry for the longer delay in updating, i have finals this week, but with a few free days in between my three finals i've had and my last one, i decided to post this. sorry that there's time gaps that aren't very long (time-wise), but this chapter already exceeded like 25 pages on my document and i thought it was getting a bit ridiculous, even though this isn't the longest chapter i've written.
despite that, hope you enjoy it :)
TMNT: the unexpected friendship
Chapter 21: Fire Burning in a Cage
Bianca had taken a nap after standing guard over the guys for a long time, with no commotion since they went into their deep meditative state, she thought she deserved a little break. What she didn't realize while she was asleep that the ship had landed and a few of the Triceraton crewmembers were coming down to the cargo bay to check up on their supplies.
"The hole's been breached." Announced one crewmember as he stared up at the crack in the ceiling. Another guard ventured over to some crates and found the guys and a sleeping Bianca.
"Sir, stowaways!" He announced as he grabbed Bianca first since she was closer and shook her awake.
"Get off of me!" Bianca protested as she failed to break from the Triceraton guard's hold, they should've known better than to wake her up unexpectedly. She can get pretty cranky.
"This chamber had no atmosphere, they couldn't possibly have survived." Stated who seemed to be the head of the Triceraton group.
"Don't touch them!" Bianca demanded.
"They can't be alive." He argued.
"They are, trust me, I've been checking!" Bianca countered.
"Get your paws off me you ugly three horn dinosaur." Raph growled.
"Alive! But how?" The Triceraton leader gasped.
"I told you!" Bianca said with a smirk.
"It's called chi gun, internal breathing." Leo stated.
"Our ninja training teaches us how to slow our breath and heart rate. Enabling us to survive the loss of atmosphere, for a while anyway." Donny explained.
"I don't know about you bros, but now I'm ready for a taste of some good old oxygen." Mikey breathes in happily but unfortunately finds that there is a lack of oxygen in the atmosphere.
"Oxygen? We Triceratons breathe a hardy mixture of nitrogen and sulfur." Said the Triceraton leader. The rest of them began to cough at the lack of oxygen.
"Please, you have to save my friends!" Bianca pleaded.
"Take them away for interrogation, and get me four atmosphere converters."
"Can I have one too, this air tastes nasty to me, eh, no offense." Bianca mumbled. Once one of the Triceraton guards came back with atmosphere converters for all of them, the guards took the gang and brought them to the control room of the ship.
"Stay quiet as you stand before our Prime Leader for decision making!" Said one of the guards as he pushed the gang forward.
"Oh goody, a meeting with the big guy already, I'm flattered." Bianca growled.
"Please excuse us, Prime Leader, but we found something on the scout ship." Said the head Triceraton from before.
"This better be good." Said a pissed off voice. The screen popped up and it revealed that a dark red Triceraton in different robes was at the head of a table.
"We discovered these stowaways in the hold and-"
"The turtles, here, how?" Came a familiar intelligent robotic voice.
"Honeycutt?" Bianca questioned as he then fully came into view.
"Silence!" The guard growled as he used his spear to shock Bianca's back.
"Oy!" Bianca yelled as she was placed back in place.
"You know these, creatures?" Asked the Prime Leader of the Triceratons, aka the dark red Triceraton.
"Please, don't harm them!" Honeycutt pleaded.
"As you wish. Keep the creatures alive, Hansen." The Prime Leader ordered and then he signed off from the call.
"Professor Honeycutt's with the Prime Leader of the Triceratons?" Bianca asked skeptically.
"They must want the tele-portal too." Donny stated.
"Prisoners, move out." Said a guard. As the guys made their way down the stairs and onto the moving platform that lead inside an intimidating looking fortress, the guard held out his hand and didn't let Bianca pass. "Not you, hold still." He pushed Bianca back from the line and slapped some heavy-duty metal cuffs on her wrists that covered her hands as well.
"Gah!" Donny gasped.
"Hey, watch it!" Leo yelled.
"Hey, don't get so handsy, I'll burn them off if I have to." Bianca growled.
"You can't with those special gauntlets of yours." The guard mocked.
"We know when we have an Itonaminian on our hands, it's quite an honor. It's been quite some time." Said another guard who laughed.
"Great, that again." Bianca sighed as she rolled her eyes. She was then forced onto the moving platform like everyone else.
"Wait, please, have mercy, don't send me to the games, please anything but the games, let me go!" Came a roar from a prisoner that was being sent in the opposite direction as the group.
"Okay I'll bite, what are the games?" Donny asked curiously.
"Pray you'll never find out, alien." Said one of the guards harshly, hardly turning around to address Donny. "Fresh meat, readying for processing."
"Prisoners, step back with your hands up." Said the Triceraton at the booth. The gang did as they were told and the panels above their head created energy cuffs around her wrists, well except for Bianca since she was already restrained. The energy bands that clasped around the turtles' wrists then magnetized together. Then another set of panels came down and slapped itself onto his or her arm and burned them slightly as they created a marker.
"Gah, great, James is going to kill me for going to jail, and then getting a tattoo." Bianca mumbled. The door in front of them was opened and they continued on the moving panel deeper into the prison. A guard unlocked a door that led into the main compound and forced everyone inside. They came upon another door on their left and another guard opened it.
"Inside, alien scum!" The guard ordered as it shoved Raph lightly.
"Who are you calling alien, dino-beak?" Raph roared. The Triceraton guard was going to put Raph in his place but he tsked, "Nah-uh-uh, your boss wants us alive." The guard took out a little remote controller and pressed it and Raph's cuffs started to electrocute Raph. "GAH!" The guard pushed him into the cell with his brothers.
"I can make you wish you weren't." The guard growled as he turned to face the hallway and pushed Bianca forward with his stick.
"Hey wait, we're in the same group, I'm sticking with them." Bianca protested.
"Oh no you're not, you need to be kept under special observation." The guard commanded as he closed the door to the guys' cell.
"We have a cell set up just for you." Said another guard with a wicked grin.
"Wait a minute – guys!" Bianca cried as she was dragged away. She was forced down a number of hallways, getting farther from the turtles than she wanted. A guard opened a new door with had double the security with his key card and pushed Bianca in. "Let me out of here! I have rights!" As she attempted to walk towards to door to bang on it, her cuffs light up and a blue chain was connecting her to the wall, not allowing her to move much.
"Not in Triceraton territory you don't." Mocked one of the guards.
"Stay put." The Triceratons closed the door behind her.
"Like I have a choice…" Bianca grumbled. It was almost an hour, or what felt like an hour to Bianca, before the guards came back with another new Triceraton who had darker skin than all the other guards she'd seen and had a scar across his beak.
"Hello, Itonaminian." He said with a deep and booming voice.
"Can you please stop calling me that?" Bianca whined. She was situated up against the wall. Two guards walked over to her and forced her onto her feet and put in a chair that he had appear from below the ground. They cuffs magnetized away from each other only to be magnetized to the chair.
"That is what you are, and we shall address you as so." The new Triceraton laughed. "Now how did you get onto our scout ship?"
"We saw it and went for it, we wanted off that stupid Federation planet."
"At least you know who's the winning side." A guard commented.
"You think you guys are better? I wouldn't say that when talking to my cuffs." Bianca got an electric shock from the chair for speaking out. They questioned her for a long time, and the same thing would happen. Bianca would give a sarcastic answer: and she would get zapped because of it.
"Time to talk, you can't hold out for much longer." Growled the head guard.
"Oh I wouldn't waster your time, I'm a tough nut to crack." Bianca smirked, though she was twitching all over from the electrocutions.
"Tell us about Itonami; how'd you get here?" He demanded.
"Heck if I know, not like I know much about Itonami as it is." She complied, for the first time since entering the cell.
"Quit lying, you're in no position to deny us."
"If only I was lying, then I'd find your frustration more entertaining, but I'm just as frustrated as you guys, and if you keep it up you'll see how fired up I can really get."
"You're not in the position to be barking threats at us." The guard held up a blade to her throat.
"On the contrary, I'm right where I want to be." She answered in a deeper voice as she felt the power of Phoenix coursing through her. She inhaled deeply and then blew on the blade and it became insanely hot, too hot for the Triceraton to hold. Bianca caught the blade in between her feet and threw it at the wall, slicing one of the guard's arm a bit. She easily broke out of her cuffs and stretched. "Never leave someone to their own devices while not keeping guard." Phoenix spoke clearly as the guards all stepped back. "Now, if you would excuse me." She tossed one of the guards into the wall to her left and started to make her way out of the cell when suddenly her body was being electrocuted due to her new tattoo. Phoenix did his best to withstand the intensity but it soon overcame even him and Bianca's body fell to the floor. A new Triceraton came into the cell, barely leaving the doorway.
"She's a prize Itonaminian, a true warrior. She'll do well in the Games; there's much potential." He took his gold tipped horn off of his head and began to pick his teeth with it. "The Prime Leader will enjoy fresh meat."
Meanwhile in Bianca's head, Bianca was curled up into herself as she was coursing with pain. A gentle light floated down to her and a hand appeared, caressing Bianca's cheek.
"I'll take over from here. You must rest."
"Thank you, Phoenix." And she was out.
"Move it, chow time!" A man barked in Bianca's ear and she tried to get up but soon was dragged to her feet and dragged the rest of the way to the cafeteria when she wouldn't cooperate. The guards on either of her side tossed her in and she wound up flat on her stomach, too weak to move. Gasps were heard not far from where she lay and footsteps came closer to her.
"Bianca, what happened to you?" Leo asked frantically as he picked her up and tried his best to cradle her in his arms.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you Leonardo…" Came Phoenix's voice. Leo stared shocked at Bianca's face for a moment until it dawned on him. "But Bianca's suffered enough torment, so I'll be taking over as she recuperates in stasis." Leo helped Phoenix up to his feet and helped him over to where they were sitting before Phoenix made his grand entrance.
"So what happened to you in your cell?" Mikey asked worriedly.
"I believe they know who I am. They've seen a great extent of my abilities. We're going to be taken away to The Games." Phoenix explained almost too calmly.
"What are The Games, exactly?" Donny inquired.
"It's what you would refer to as the Coliseum in Rome, where warriors are forced to fight vicious monsters or fellow cellmates for the Prime Leader's entertainment."
"We're not going to let that happen. We have a plan to get out of here, tonight." Leo said encouragingly.
"Break out of a Triceraton prison. Unheard of." Phoenix stated.
"Trust us." Donny pleaded. "Alright, I've wrapped the smoke bomb in a damp cloth, it'll act like a fuse, delaying the chemical reaction by about six hours."
"Showtime, bros." Mikey smirked as he rose from his seat.
"For all our sakes, I hope this plan works." Phoenix mumbled.
"Hold up, we've got trouble." Leo announced as a giant pink looking alien with spikes all over its arms and a tube for its mouth approached all the tables.
"Give it up weaklings." The alien demanded as aliens from different tables forked over their food.
"He does not look so tough." Phoenix noted.
"Hand over yours, freak." The alien demanded of Raph once he approached the table the gang was sitting at.
"Who you calling freak, freak?" Raph pushed as he poked the alien's chest.
"No one touches Rynok." The alien named Rynok shouted. That ticked off Raph and pushed him into his blind rage mode. He growled and got up from his seat and went for an air kick to Rynok's chest.
"Raph, wait, don't!" Donny shouted.
"Would this the kind of, distraction, you had in mind?" Phoenix asked innocently.
"Not exactly." Leo growled.
"Rynok! Rynok!" A group cheered as they surrounded Raph and Rynok fighting each other, even some guards joined the group of people. Rynok seemed to have had the upper hand until Raph crashed Rynok into a table, crushed under the alien's weight.
"Green guy, Green Guy!" The crowd changed its favorite and Raph got a cocky grin on his face as his fellow prisoners cheered for him. Phoenix noticed some guards talking close to him.
"These, shellbacks have spunk, they'll make prime candidates for The Games."
"How foolish of him, you cannot be noticed like this." Phoenix mumbled under his breath as he too rose from his seat.
"You can't, you're cuffed." Leo protested.
"Just because I am cuffed does not mean I am powerless." Phoenix said with a ridged brow. Leo gave him a confused look and then Phoenix eyes burned brightly and sparked around the edges. "They know a great extent of my abilities, but not everything." Phoenix rose again and joined the fight once Rynok got up off the ground. He shoved Raph out of the way and the crowd gobbled him up.
"What's a weakling like you thinking of challenging Rynok?" Phoenix didn't answer the stupid alien's question as Phoenix got fired up and blew fire from his mouth, sending Rynok into the far wall.
"That for instance." Phoenix said smugly as he wiped his lip with his shoulder.
"Vanilla! Vanilla!" The crowd cheered.
"Vanilla?" Phoenix asked curiously.
"I have seen enough!" A guard yelled as he took out a key card from his waist belt and both Raph and Phoenix got shocked. "Take these two away! Both shall go in solitary!"
"Get your hands off me!" Raph yelled as he and Phoenix got lifted up off the ground and forced out of the cafeteria. They were taken close to where Bianca was being held before but now the two were placed in more high tech cages, separately. Bianca recovered from her power nap and opened her eyes and found herself in a new environment.
"What happened while I was out?" Bianca asked.
'I took over and got into a fight, along with your friend Raphael.' Phoenix answered in her head.
"Damn it Raph…" Bianca huffed as she crossed her legs and got more comfortable. She had to check in with him. And though she didn't know exactly where he was currently since she was alone, she reached out to him telepathically. 'Can you hear me?' She called out to him.
'What? Bi, is that you?' Raph answered, she could tell he was feeling nervous about the new way of speaking.
'Who else, shell for brains?' Bianca asked sarcastically but with a smile.
'Just checkin'.' He answered cooly. Same old Raph. 'I thought I was goin' insane from the shocks.'
'Trust me, you learn to get used to it. How are you doing?'
'Peachy.' He answered sarcastically.
'So, what was the plan that you and the boys were scheming? Cuz I haven't had any good ideas yet.'
'We're trying to break out tonight.' Raph said sounding confused about her question, she figured Phoenix knew and Raph didn't understand why Bianca didn't know. We don't share the same brain.
'No shit Sherlock, I meant how?'
'They'll be comin' for us soon, don't you worry.'
'Why doesn't that assure me?' The sound of Bianca's door unlocking momentarily got Bianca to lose her telepathic connection with Raph. 'Where could they possibly be taking us? Isn't this supposed to be rock bottom?' She asked Phoenix privately, without Raph knowing.
'We'll most likely be heading to The Games…I'm sorry.'
'Oh, great.' Bianca huffed. She reconnected with Raph. 'We'll have to reschedule our plans, Raphie.'
'Bi, Bi, what's going on?' He asked frantically.
'They're taking me out early.' She replied solemnly.
'My bros?'
'If only.' Bianca dry laughed. 'No, I think I'm headed for The Games.'
'Can't you stall them?'
'How? I'm beaten up and bruised, I don't have anything left in me right now, and I'm too weak to call on Phoenix.' Bianca sighed and closed her eyes as the Triceraton guards began to carry her away from her cell. 'Tell the guys I'll be fine, no matter what you need to escape and find Honeycutt.'
'Not without you we're not!'
'Raph, not now! You and your bros still have a chance to escape, I don't have anything once I'm at The Games.' Bianca hated how defeated she sounded, but it was true, there wasn't much else she could say. 'I'll be fine, I've heard that Itonaminians are natural born fighters, seems to explain a lot.'
'Bi…' Raph pleaded. She hated hearing how sad he sounded. He was genuinely worried for her.
'Gotta go…Sorry.' Bianca disconnected the telepathic feed for good this time.
"Bi…BI!" Raph screamed from inside his cage. Bianca could hear him and had to hold back a sob stuck in her throat. She was more scared than she realized, being out in space alone.
"Quiet the prisoner." Ordered one of the guards that was holding her. Bianca was soon brought onto another ship, similar to the one that they used to get to the Triceraton home world. They flew for a few hours and sat in complete silence and Bianca saved her strength for what would be coming. Once they landed, they unlocked her cuffs, though they still were strapped onto her wrists, her wrists were just no longer magnetized together. A door opened like a garage door and she was pushed inside. As it closed, she heard behind her.
"Good luck, meat." A guard laughed.
"You'll need it!" Another joked as they both began to break out in unbelievable laughter. When the door closed, Bianca went up to it and punched it hard enough to leave a dent. When she realized there wasn't going to be a way out for her, she turned around and came face to face with a gruesome monster. It was over 20 stories high from what Bianca could tell. It would definitely stand out in New York City. It kneeled down to her level and roared in her face, covering her in a lot of his spit.
"Two words: breath mint." Bianca gagged as she wiped the goo off of her. As she looked up again, a fist was closing in. "Oh crud…" the fist collided with her stomach and sent her flying into the wall behind her. She slid down slowly and landed roughly on the ground. "I was hoping for something more festive for something called The Games." Bianca mumbled as she rolled her shoulder, standing back up again. "Phoenix…I hope you're ready, because I'm fired up…" Bianca growled as she felt her body encased in heat and she shot up into the sky and started shooting fire at the monster from all angles, making sure to keep moving and not keep a pattern while in flight.
"Wait a sec…I'm flying!" Bianca yelled cheerfully as she soared in between the monster's legs and shot at his shins. The monster fell onto his knees. "I love this! WOOHOO!" She came around for another hit, this time in the face, right in the center of his one eye. He roared in pain as he got up, wandered around blind until he smacked himself into a wall and fell onto his back like a board and was out for the count. Bianca finally landed, though stumbled onto the ground. She panted and stood near the monster for a moment for yelling,
"And stay down!" The crowd went wild. She didn't even realize that she had an audience. There wasn't a seat filled in the arena. It really looked like a refurnished Roman Coliseum. Announcers were talking in their private booth, but Bianca couldn't understand what they were saying over the cheers of the crowd. She waved up sheepishly as she scratched the back of her head with her other hand. Suddenly a laser came out of nowhere and landed in between her feet. Bianca jumped back and looked up to see Triceratons in flying vehicles shooting down at her. They were corralling her towards a hole that was opening up behind her.
"Well, if I gotta fall, might as well be out of my own choice…" Bianca sighed. She lifted her arms so they were out straight and fell backwards into the hole. She fell for a few moments before landing in a pile of hay in a pit. "Not the soft landing I was hoping for…" Bianca complained as she rubbed her back.
"Get up, worm!" Came a booming voice and then the sound of a whip snapping. She looked up and saw an overweight Triceraton with one fake gold horn on his head and an electric whip in his hand.
"Who you calling worm!" Bianca barked back. The Triceraton took the horn off his head and picked his teeth with it. Bianca recognized that. "Wait…I remember you, you visited my cell!"
"Silence and obey your Master." He barked back at her instead of answering her.
"I have no master!" She argued.
"That's what they all say…" He said darkly. "Guards, get her ready for combat training!" He demanded as he pointed to some guards on the same level as Bianca.
"Yes, Master Gruel." The guards responded as they hustled over to Bianca and took her away to prepare for combat training.
"Yeah, like combat training's going to destroy me." Bianca replied with a dry laugh. "Been there, done that."
"This is unlike any combat training that you have experienced." Came a new and deeper voice. Bianca looked towards the sound of the voice and found a Triceraton decked in gladiator attire. "You will not survive to tomorrow's dawn, you are a slave now, like the rest of us. The Games will be the end of us all."
"Thanks for that, you should be a life coach." Bianca sighed.
"That is Traximus the Mighty, undefeated champion of The Games, who addressed you. You will treat him with respect!" Said another gladiator.
"Move it, meat!" Gruel growled. The gladiators lined up with white, sparking weapons. "Shock spear practice! Remember, practice dummy, you can't use your hands." Gruel pressed a button on his key card and Bianca's cuffs magnetized again, this time behind her back.
"You've got to be kidding me…" Bianca tried to break the magnetic pull, but it wouldn't budge.
"Commence!" Gruel commanded. The gladiators with their electrical weapons sparking ran forward and towards Bianca.
"This should be fun…" Bianca dodged the first guy by flipping over him and then kicking him in the back. Snother came from the side of her and she fell to the ground trying to duck, but she swung her legs under the alien and he fell onto his stomach. She did the same with the next bunch until the largest gladiator was standing, he was the Triceraton named Traximus, which Bianca thought to be weird but ignored it as she continued to dodge. She rolled onto the ground and then from the ground kicked the Traximus in the chest with both feet and he fell back onto some other equipment for fighting lined up on the wall. "So it's true, the bigger they are, the harder they fall." Bianca jumped and swung her arms under her legs so her hands were in front again.
"Stop, enough!" Called Gruel as he looked at the bunch of gladiators sprawled out on the ground in fury. "Extra rations to whoever can take down the new meat!"
"Now does this seem very fair…?" Gruel pressed another key. Bianca tried firing up her body again but her cuffs shocked her, and it hurt a lot more than it did in the prison. "Gah! What?" She barely tried again and got the same result. Her eyesight was starting to blur from the shocks. "I stand corrected." She growled.
"I'll have your head for making a fool of me!" Said the pink alien with the blue hair, brown fur and tail. He charged forward with two jagged swords in his hands and she dodged them both by flipping backwards. She did that until she found herself up against the wall where the equipment from before fell over and she lifted a spear with her foot and then shot it towards the alien. It caught onto his foot and nailed him in place and he fell over.
"Nice try, monkey butt!" Bianca taunted.
"Insolent beings! Can't you do anything right?" Gruel looked around furiously and light up his whip and was about to aim it at a poor gladiator on the ground but Bianca intervened, picked up one of the jagged swords the other guy was using and stopped the whip by wrapping it around the sword and then cutting it in half.
"How about picking on someone your own size?" Bianca growled.
"Gladiators do not help each other." Gruel barked.
"Well I'm not gladiator, and I especially don't like seeing someone get hurt for no reason!" Bianca argued.
"Don't make you have to tell you twice, the offer still stands." Gruel announced. The other gladiators began to get up but hesitated at first to fight, but Traximus didn't as he grabbed an ax from the ground and began to charge. Bianca and him fought long before she was able to cut the handle off the ax so all Traximus had been a stick and she sent him to the ground. He looked up at her and sighed in defeat.
"Finish me, it is your right as victor and you'd be doing this slave a favor."
"Psht, yeah right." Bianca mocked as she threw the sword down on the ground as it clattered and echoed through the dungeon type place. "I'll do what I want, thank you very much." She said with a smirk as she held out her wrists for Traximus to take to help him off the ground. "And you should wash your mouth, no one should ever wish for their life to end when there's still something to fight for."
"There is nothing left for me." Traximus said shamefully as he looked away.
"Yes there is: freedom, your self-worth, pride." Bianca stopped as she waited for Traximus to finally look at her. When he did, she continued. "You have plenty to fight for." Traximus smiled a little bit but it was interrupted by a blaring alarm that went off. Gruel laughed triumphantly.
"Oh look, it's your turn again." Gruel said happily as Bianca gave him a pretty awful scowl. "Have fun being clobbered alive!" Bianca sighed, looked at Traximus one more time and winked with a smirk on her face.
"We'll see about that when I come back!" Bianca said confidently as she stepped up to the ledge and got onto the platform that took her up to the top of the arena.
"Here's our fiery new rooky, the Itonaminian!" The announcer declared as the crowd cheered loudly.
"The name's Bianca!" Bianca yelled over the cheers. She saw her next target before her, it was a horrifying looking creature, larger than the one she had to fight before and it wasn't anything related to a human or Cyclops like the last guy. She sighed and cracked her neck and her wrists unlocked. "Now…let's dance…"
"Let's see how you fight with no food, meat!" Gruel laughed as Bianca left the food line with an empty triangle plate. She sat at a table by herself until Traximus, the Triceraton from before graced her presence.
"Here, you'll need your strength to keep up with that spirit of yours." He said as he dumped some of the yellow substance food onto her small plate.
"Thank you, but I'm done fighting, you need it more than me." Bianca sighed as she pushed the plate away from her.
"Where did your fighting spirit go?" Traximus asked.
"I don't think I have any more fight left in me. I'm worn out."
"You've ben doing so well. We have been living as slaves for so long, I had almost forgotten what it was like to fight with honor."
"I had good teachers…" Bianca said with a small perk in her lip when she thought of the guys and her training together.
"And that's why you must stand tall for your fellow Itonaminians."
"Right…" Bianca groaned as she forgot about the whole alien title she's recently received. "What can you tell me about Itonami?"
"You should know more than I."
"You'd be wrong. I was born there, at least I think I was, but I have never lived there. I grew up on another planet."
"I hope I can fill in some holes. I have never been to the planet myself, but it had always been a dream of mine to once see the Triceraton Republic, before the 'good' Prime Leader Zanerman took over, to be allies with Itonami. They were honorable, strong, and a proud race not unlike our own, with unique abilities that tied into the earth. Though from what I remember a fire element was rare to find on Itonami, I had only heard the royal family obtaining such power and passing it on through the generations."
"Huh." Was all Bianca could do to make noise. That was a lot to take in.
"Maybe you have some royal blood in you." Traximus said with some hope in his voice that made Bianca laugh dryly.
"Yeah right, I could only dream of that. I think I just got lucky, though luck has a weird way of showing itself." She continued to look at her palms.
"You must never give up hope. For how could you when you have reminded me that there's always time to fight for what you believe in."
"Really?" She said finally looking up at him.
"Even if you don't end up having royal blood, you show true power and the spirit of on."
"Thank you Traximus." Bianca said as she placed a gentle hand on his forearm.
"Now, don't give up."
"I won't, thanks to you." Bianca said as she rose to her feet. Her name was just called and she knew it was her time to join the 'good fight'. "Oh, just in case my cards are dealt out right for once, in the event I do not make it back down here after the fight, make sure to look after some fellows who will be joining your ranks soon. They're off-worlders who are dear friends of mine. Knowing them they'll be in a heck of a lot of trouble to end up here. If you could tell them that I'm okay, that'd be great."
"But why wouldn't you come back?"
"Because I'm going to win and play with part of a royal, even if I'm not, you said so yourself, maybe I could be, and that might change the playing field."
"I wish you the best." Traximus said with a smirk.
"Thank you. I wish you to stay safe too. For I wouldn't want to lose a valued friend like you." Bianca said with a small two-finger salute with a smile.
"Likewise." Traximus said with a laugh.
"Now our fiery favorite of the day will be facing one of the all-star gladiators trained by the very best in the Triceraton Republic!" The announcer yelled and the crowd went crazy when the really buff Triceraton with weapons galore displayed across his armor came out and took in the small piece of fame.
"Oh great…" Bianca growled. "Alright big boy, let's rumble." Bianca's fists demagnetized and she charged forward with fists ablaze, literally. The fight was intense and filled with gasps and uproars from the audience as each side put up a valuable fight. But finally, Bianca got the better of him, took away most of his weapons, and to her surprise, he was helpless without any of them and went down in an instant. The crowd cheered happily and the Prime Leader rose from his seat and thrust his fist forward and then stuck his thumb down. The crowd gasped at his decree.
"I wouldn't be so quick to vote." Bianca said with a smirk as she rested the newly acquired sword over her shoulders gallantly.
"And why's that, off-worlder?" Prime Leader Zanerman asked with a hint of humor in his voice.
"Because: I am a member of the Itonaminian royal family!" She announced proudly lifting up her sword with confidence. "I deserve the rightful respect and a proper council with the Prime Leader."
"Are you serious?" The Prime Leader laughed. Bianca flew up to him and crossed her arms and stared at him in all seriousness "Hm. Fine, I'll humor you. Let's talk in my office." Bianca smirked as she landed on the ground happily and bowed her head in respect.
"Lead the way, Prime Leader Zanerman." He turned around without another word and two guards stayed between the two of them as they walked to his office.
"So, how would you prove to be an Itonaminian royal?" He asked calmly, still amused with the accusation, as he sat down in his office chair.
"Do my powers not explain my lineage?" Bianca asked as she placed fireballs in each of her hands. "Only the royal family has this select elemental ability. It's a great honor to be in a presence and I'm insulted. I might as well turn around and head back to Itonami with the horrible news of no agreements with the Triceraton Republic." Bianca turned around and was about to walk away when she heard the screeching of something on the floor.
"Wait, wait, wait." The Prime Leader quickly got out of his chair, causing the squeaking, and sounding frantic. Bianca hid her smirk from him and once composed, she turned around and amused him this time. "What, agreements were to be made?"
"You know, the types of agreements along the lines of an alliance."
"Why would we agree to such terms, what do you have to offer us with your world gone dark?" The Prime Leader asked, as if he had all the pieces on his side.
"My planet is not dead, Prime Leader Zanerman, it's simply in a stasis cycle." Bianca hoped that would be a good enough lie, I mean it could happen, right? "My people are forced to rest under darkness to regain our strong connection to the elements."
"Then why, with you claiming to be a royal, not with your fellow Itonaminians?"
"Because before the cycle started, it was my birthright to gain the trust of the Triceraton Republic and welcome them as allies and as great warriors, whose power rivals with our own." Zanerman had to think for a moment and then nodded his head and held out his hand for Bianca to shake.
"We welcome your council." He said graciously as Bianca placed her hand in his and shook it. "You have the whole Triceraton Republic's deepest apologies for our rash behavior, when we have trespassers, we don't waste time with sorting things out." He then looked at her wrist as he was still shaking her hand and gasped, "Oh, and allow me to remove those awful restraints." He snapped his big meaty fingers together and the guards went over to Bianca and removed the cuffs. They dropped to the ground loudly and Bianca rubbed her wrists gingerly.
"Thank you, Prime Leader." Bianca said with her head held high. "Now, let's cut to the chase, if I promise our warriors to fight along side you against the Federation scum, what will you bring to the Itonaminians. Alliances are all about mutual gains."
"I'm glad you asked." Zanerman said with pride. He stood up from his seat at his desk and walked around towards the door, signaling her for to walk beside him as he talked. "We have cap-I mean, associated ourselves with a highly intelligent physicist who has agreed to build a tele-portal device for us. A device that can be used to bring in entire armies into a capital city undetected, planting bombs in the center of planets. We'll be, unstoppable."
"That's what I like to hear." Bianca said with a nod of her head. They came to a doorway and with a special key that Zanerman kept on his person, he opened the door and inside was a lab.
"Professor Honeycutt." The Prime Leader announced loudly. "I hope you have improvements on the tele-portal." Honeycutt turned around from the work table and was about to answer but gasped suddenly and was about to speak when he saw Bianca but from behind the Prime Leader Bianca put a finger up to her lip and pleaded with her eyes for him to stay silent. He coughed to cover up his shock.
"I have not." He finally answered. Zanerman growled at the answer and was about to smash something, as he turned around but remembered her was in the face of company and composed himself.
"A minor setback. Someone's morals are in the way." Zanerman stated sheepishly. Bianca pretended to look disappointed or indifferent and crossed her arms. The Prime Leader turned back towards Honeycutt. "Such a pity, it looks as if your friend aren't going to make it." The screens in the room turned on and Bianca had to hide a gasp as she saw the turtles in the arena fighting a horrifying monster. "Of course, if you were to agree to build the tele-portal device for me, I could stop the match. Set your friends free."
"I already told you. I won't do it. I can't!" Honeycutt argued.
"Ahem…" The Prime Leader cleared his throat. "Well then, let's watch as your four friends are torn to pieces in the arena. And know, you could've saved them." The three of them watched the fight intently. Bianca was so nervous she was clutching her fists so tight they were turning white and she almost made herself bleed. But thankfully Bianca released her grip when the turtles made a miraculous comeback and won the match.
"Booyah! As the boys would say." Honeycutt cheered as he danced in place. Bianca had to bit her tongue to keep from laughing. "My friends seem to have broken your statue, Prime Leader, so sorry." Bianca regained her composure and got into acting mode again.
"Are we going to have a problem, Prime Leader?" She asked disapprovingly.
"No, Your Highness, everything's under control. That was a test; I wanted to see their true potential. Now that we have the statistics, we can find a more compatible opponent." Zanerman responded calmly. He went over to a side table and turned on a communicator and yelled at some Triceraton guards. "I want those four off-worlders destroyed, do you hear me, destroyed!" Suddenly as he was yelling an idea struck him, and Bianca got worried. "No wait, I have a better idea, something very cruel."
"Do tell." Bianca encouraged, as she was desperate to know what he was plotting.
"A last warrior standing free for all challenge tonight!" The Prime Leader announced. "To honor our alignment and to be rid of those vile creatures."
"Sounds, fitting." Bianca forced a smile.
"Would you like to join me for the rest of the fights?" He asked.
"I would prefer to stay down here, I would love to hear more about this tele-portal machine from the creator himself." Bianca reasoned.
"As you wish, Your Highness." Zanerman bowed politely and headed towards the door as he continued. "I'll have my guards at the door for when you're done."
"Thank you." Bianca bowed. The door closed and Bianca slouched in place and sighed in happily.
"You have put on quite and act, haven't you?" Honeycutt said with a smirk in his voice, since he couldn't actually smirk with the robotic mouth.
"What can I say, I go to an art school. Acting's been programmed into my head." Bianca winked as she straightened.
"Well done." Honeycutt applauded. Bianca mock bowed and the two stayed in there for quite some time. Bianca tried pleading with Honeycutt to come with her to escape and head into the arena to save the boys as well but Honeycutt didn't think that would be a good idea since he mentioned how if he did anything that the Prime Leader didn't approve of, it could risk the lives of the boys. Soon after, some guards knocked on the door of the lab and announced that the free-for-all gladiator fight was about to begin and Bianca followed them towards the special seating where Prime Leader Zanerman was waiting for her.
"Would everyone please rise for our glorious Prime Leader Zanerman and the Triceraton anthem." The announcer stated. "And please welcome our guest, Bianca, a member of the Itonaminian royal family and our previous fiery rooky." The Prime Leader waved to his public but once he stopped he turned to his officer next to him and commanded,
"Commander, bring the Fugitoid here. I think we would be better able to persuade him to build us his tele-portal device, if he has to witness the demise of his friends firsthand."
"As you wish, Prime Leader." The commander bowed and exited the suite.
"Yes, a splendid idea, Prime Leader." Bianca said approvingly. Zanerman smiled at this and then turned back around to his public.
"My fellow Saurians, I am proud to lead the Triceraton Republic. And I am also proud to give you this day of games!" He announced. The doors slid open behind Bianca and Zanerman and the Prime Leader turned around with a smirk clear on his beak. "Ah, Professor Honeycutt, just in time to enjoy the spectacle."
"This is barbaric!" Honeycutt protested.
"Tonight's special event, in honor of our esteemed guests, shall be all gladiators against the four terrapin off-worlders! A fight to the death!" Prime Leader announced and the crowd went into frenzy.
"Traximus…guys…" Bianca whispered under her breath. She was genuinely worried now.
"No!" Honeycutt yelled.
"Yes. Unless, you construct the tele-portal device for me." Zanerman looked at Honeycutt expectedly but when the robot didn't answer, the Prime Leader continued to smirk. "No? Well then," He turned back to the public to announce: "Let The Games Begin!" As the gong rang out to signal the start of the fight, Traximus threw down his blade.
"We will not fight!" Traximus announced. "We will no longer die to amuse the Prime Leader. His time is at an end!" Bianca cheered on the inside but on the outside she decided to speak up.
"These constant uproars are unacceptable. They will not suit well with our military leaders of Itonami, for we fight with loyalty in all warriors." Bianca said as she rose from her seat.
"My apologies, your Highness." Zanerman bowed apologetically. "These gladiators will be punished for shaming you."
"You must have trained them better than this." Bianca stated. "I do not wish to be cheated out of a good fight, Prime Leader."
"Guards! Seize them!" Prime Leader announced loudly as the Triceratons on their flying vehicles cornered the gladiators including Traximus back into the entrance they came out of.
"Traximus…" Bianca whispered silently to herself as she looked over the ledge.
"This is your last chance! Build me the tele-portal device or your friends will perish!" The Prime Leader demanded.
"Never!" Honeycutt yelled.
"You have sealed their fate." The Prime Leader growled. "Saurians, I give you Monza Ram and his all-star warriors." He turned to Bianca expectantly. "Does this please you?"
"Not until I see them in action." Bianca answered. Prime Leader Zanerman nodded and rang the gong to commence the fight. Easily, the guys took down the so-called 'all-star' team in no time flat. Zanerman not happy with the results gave a thumb down.
"I'd say it's time to give up the act. This is getting a little too boring for my taste." Bianca throws off the royal robe she was given when she entered the suite and rushed over to one of the televising vehicles. "I'm gonna have to confiscate this. Royal business!" She threw the Triceraton in the seat out of the circular vehicle and took the controls.
"What!" The Prime Leader roared. As Bianca was steering the vehicle towards where the guys were, suddenly Raph and Mikey take one end of a nunchuck and slingshot Donny towards the vehicle she was driving. Donny even had a line planned to say to the Triceraton he was about to take down.
"Your show's been pre—Bianca?" He was surprised to see her in the seat instead of a Triceraton.
"Need a lift?" Bianca asked with a laugh.
"Shell yes!" Donny said happily. He sat behind her but on the rim of the vehicle's seat, since it's only meant to hold one person. Bianca floated down towards the rest of the guys and pops her head over to yell,
"Hop on!" They did as she said and each of them grabbed on to the vehicle and Bianca flew off.
"I don't think I've ever been happier to see you." Mikey cheered.
"That sounds insulting, so I'm ignoring that." Bianca sighed as she continued to steer.
"Guards!" The Prime Leader yelled and suddenly the just reunited gang was being shot at. The vehicle was getting a lot of damage.
"Can't you fly this thing?" Raph complained.
"Hey I just got a hold of this baby, you wanna try!" She yelled. Then a warning sign on the monitor went off, the more thruster was struck and Bianca was starting to lose control. They were headed towards a building, the building where the Prime Leader and Honeycutt were. "You better jump, now!" Bianca yelled as she and the guys all bailed from the ride and landed safely in the suite.
"You've gone against our deal, Your Highness." Zanerman growled as he pointe at her accusingly.
"Your Highness…?" The guys questioned simultaneously.
"What have you been up to?" Mikey asked.
"I've been busy surviving. Where have YOU been?" Bianca asked accusingly.
"Uh hello? Fighting for our lives!" Raph argued.
"How do you think I've survived this long?" Bianca countered.
"Touché." Donny sighed. Suddenly the gang was surrounded by Triceraton guards with guns ready and aimed at them. Leo looked around frantically and then got a crazy idea. He held up a sword to Zanerman's neck threateningly.
"Drop your weapons or you'll be looking for a new leader!" Leo yelled.
"You'll never make it out of here, you'll be shot down like dogs." Zanerman stated, though very nervous with the sword near his neck.
"Zip it, wind bag! You're our ticket out of here." Raph yelled.
"Man, I really hope they're all really fond of this Zanerman guy. Really, really fond!" Mikey pleaded.
"From what I've seen, only Traximus has had the guts to rival against his leadership." Bianca mentioned.
"You met Trax?" Raph asked in surprise.
"Course I did, why do you think he looked out for you?" Bianca asked with a smirk.
"You told him to?" Leo asked in shock. "He gave this whole speech on how we reminded him of how to fight with honor."
"Yeah, I got that speech first." Bianca smirked.
"Drop the hardware or your Prime Leader's lizard cutlets." Raph threatened when he realized that they still weren't standing down.
"Do…do as he says." Zanerman hesitated. Soon the guards slowly put their arms down on the ground and stepped back.
"You know, it's not everyday that four off-worlders can bring the Triceraton Republic to its knees." Said an announcer on the speakerphones.
"So what do we do, Fearless Leader?" Raph asked.
"I don't know; I'm trying to think through all the racket overhead." Leo stated as he put his fingers to his temples to calm him down. Raph looked up at the screens above the arena that displayed the announcers talking and shot it with the weapon he got ahold of.
"That help?" Raph asked with a smirk.
"Actually, yes." Leo admitted. "Okay, let's try this: Professor Honeycutt, take us to your lab, Prime Leader you're coming with us. Everyone else stay put and do not move a muscle."
"Leonardo, I've never seen this side of you." Bianca said so only Leo could really hear her. She was actually very impressed. He blushed of course.
"Hehe, well, desperate times come for desperate measures." Leo answered bashfully. "Just, don't tell Master Splinter." As the gang with the Prime Leader held captive turned the corner, the Triceraton guards picked up their guns and began firing again.
"Call off your goons, now!" Raph ordered as he shoved the Prime Leader forwards past the corner they passed so he could be seen.
"Hold your fire, and pull back!" Zanerman pleaded as he held his arms up in defense. When the guards ceased firing, Raph dragged Zanerman back to the group and forced him forward.
"Which way to the lab?" Leo asked Honeycutt.
"Well there are actually several roots." Honeycutt stated. "The Triceraton home world with it's interconnected network of asteroid cities is a bit of a maze, really." Raph not happy with the answer held the Prime Leader by gunpoint again.
"Show us the fastest way, Spike. Now." Raph demanded.
"As you wish." Zanerman complied as he approached a wall and pressed a button. The triangle door opened and a wind from inside the room forced them forward and everyone went tumbling forward and fell onto the ground in the lab.
"Next time, let's take the path always traveled on." Bianca complained as she managed to get off the ground from under Mikey's leg.
"You wanted fast, didn't you?" The Prime Leader asked/
"I've got your fast right here!" Raph threatened.
"Mikey, give me a hand welding the doors and hatches shut." Leo ordered. "Donny, help Professor Honeycutt to gather up everything he needs to construct his tele-portal."
"You got it!" Mikey said.
"Uh-huh." Donny mused.
"Raph, Bianca, you've got guard duty." Leo stated.
"Yeah, whatever." Raph huffed.
"Gotcha." Bianca nodded.
"Excuse me, Leonardo." Honeycutt approached Leo nervously. "You don't actually intend for me to build the tele-portal do you?"
"It may be the only the way to solve the problem." Leo answered honestly.
"But if I'm captured the knowledge will surely fall into the wrong hands." Honeycutt argued.
"You can use it to transport you and the device somewhere the Federation and the Triceratons can't follow. Like, Earth, for instance." Leo suggested.
"If you don't build the tele-portal, we'll never get home to save Master Splinter." Donny chimed in.
"And I won't be able to save my brother." Bianca added.
"Yes, by all means, help your friends, build the tele-portal." The Prime Leader pushed eagerly, liking the turn of the conversation.
"You keep out of this." Raph growled.
"I'd shut your yap if I were you." Bianca said as she light one of her fists on fire.
"The danger will always be there whether or not you build the tele-portal." Leo explained.
"What's to stop them from ripping apart your robot body and downloading all the data from your brain?" Donny asked.
"Slag! Why didn't I think of that?" Zanerman gasped with a face palm.
"Good one, Don." Mikey groaned.
"There's no need for fueling the thoughts of the enemy, Donny boy." Bianca sighed.
"Sorry." He said sheepishly.
"Yes I see…" Honeycutt sighed and then snatched the laser gun from Raph's hand and held it up to his metal head. "I'm afraid the only sensible solution is to blast me into scrap metal right now."
"Wait, Professor, I was just saying…I didn't mean…" Donny tried to formulate a proper sentence to make the situation better but it wasn't working.
"Whoa, Doc, please, destruction is never the answer." Bianca stated calmly as she held her hands up in defense.
"Please, you're our only hope." Leo pleaded.
"Mm, alright. But you must promise me one thing. If all goes wrong and it looks like we're about to be captured, then you must destroy me so that my knowledge will never be used for evil and destruction." Honeycutt demanded.
"It won't come to that." Leo argued.
"But if it does come to that will you swear on your honor to destroy me?" Honeycutt pushed. The gang exchanged nervous looks before giving in.
"We swear." They all said in unison.
"Where's the fastest ship out of here?" Leo asked the Prime Leader.
"Mm, now let me think." The Prime Leader thought. "You four turtles, her 'Highness' and Professor Honeycutt will have to make your escape in my personal cruiser. It's in my private space dock hanger."
"Alright, let's move." Raph growled as he was itching to leave. Everyone nodded and they all cautiously exited the lab and sneaked down the halls until they found their way to the hanger bay. It was three stories high and to get to the ship Zanerman mentioned we'd need transportation.
"We'll need to snag one of those gliders." Leo suggested.
"On it." Mikey said excitedly. Mikey went over to the vehicle and attempted to steer it towards the group but he went in reverse instead and hit the wall behind him and fell onto his shell.
"Nice." Bianca mocked as the group walked over to the glider instead of expecting anything else from Mikey.
"I'll drive." Professor Honeycutt suggested. He took the controls and was able to glide them safely across the different days.
"My ship is in the next bay." The Prime Leader announced. Suddenly there was a loud noise from below them and they noticed that a Triceraton knocked over a barrel he and his team of guards were hiding behind.
"Guys get down! It's a trap!" Leo announced as the Triceratons began shooting.
"They don't even know the definition of being discrete, or of an ambush." Bianca argued as she used her fire to block the shots that came to the glider.
"Mikey, fire overhead!" Donny ordered as he and Mikey used the laser guns they obtained to shoot at the ceiling and cause debris to land on the guards. The glider continued to carry the group towards the bay that contained the Prime Leader's ship. Once they found the gold painted ship, they were about to lower themselves into it when they were still being shot at and Raph demanded,
"Order your troops to stand down!" Zanerman nodded and began waving his hands out in defense.
"Stand down, I order you to stand—AH!" Prime Leader Zanerman got knocked off the glider when it was hit by one of the guard's lasers and he fell onto a platform. The guards headed towards their leader.
"What about our hostage?" Raph asked.
"No time. Leave him!" Leo ordered.
"But, he was our ticket out of here!" Bianca complained.
"Come on!" Leo yelled as he grabbed Bianca's hand and led her down into the ship. They got to the control hanger and everyone got in seats and strapped in.
"Mr. Sulu, ahead, warp factor—AH." Mikey was joking until Raph hit him over the head.
"Knock it off, Mikey." Raph growled.
"Isn't it fortuitous that my robot body comes with a piloting program?" Honeycutt said with a hint of happiness in his voice. He plugged himself in and when he started the engines, the plane jetted off faster than everyone thought it would. "Yes, well, perhaps a few upgrades would be in order."
"I got a few upgrades right here." Bianca said stepping in the pilot seat and strapped in and took the controls from Honeycutt and steered the ship more smoothly.
"Where'd you learn how to pilot a ship?" Leo asked curiously.
"I learned Triceratonese while allying myself with the Prime Leader and hanging out in the lab at points." Bianca answered, as she was half focusing on Leo and half focusing on driving in space.
"Again, how'd you do that?" Mikey asked still dumbfounded by the situation.
"I told him I was royalty from Itonami. He brought it." Bianca explained.
"Really? You, royalty? What an idiot." Raph laughed.
"I know right." Bianca laughed too.
"That would make sense though, only certain Itonaminians like the royal family are gifted with the ability of fire." Honeycutt stated.
"Not that again…I did it as a joke to live and stop fighting! That was my third monster that day!" Bianca complained. A few dots appeared on their radar.
"Looks like someone doesn't want us to leave." Leo announced.
"Ah yes, let's see…" Honeycutt looked over the controls quickly. "Evasive maneuvers subdirectory files would be good now."
"On it." Bianca complied as she began typing away at the monitor. "And…acquired!" Bianca said happily when she got the routes to take.
"Hang on!" Honeycutt announced, with good reason since Bianca was about to take them on a trip. There were three ships behind them and as each one exploded, Mikey announced it like an umpire.
"Strike three, you're outta there!" Mikey cheered when the last one was gone.
"No, we're out of here!" Bianca corrected happily.
"Well gentlemen, and lady, it should be fairly smooth sailing from this point." Honeycutt announced
"Oh what a—" Bianca was going to relief but when a bunch of other Triceraton Republic ships and asteroids appeared she stopped herself. "You just had to say something to jinx us." She growled.
"Unless we happen to run into the entire Triceraton space fleet." Honeycutt corrected himself.
"Well let's give them a show, shall we?" Bianca said as she pushed the engines harder to go faster.
"Attention Professor Honeycutt, this is Commander Mozar. Return at once to the Triceraton home world, or face the wrath of the Republic's fiercest warriors." The commanding officer ordered.
"Can't say I'm happy with our choices." Leo stated, he pushed a button and activated the weapons systems and locked on targets.
"Oh yeah, I'm definitely up for a chase." Bianca said happily as she continued to push the engine. "Peace, Morzar!" She said as she hung up on the commander.
"Master Splinter always says, there is no greater weapon than the unexpected." Leo said happily.
"Hm, I really must meet this Master Splinter someday." Honeycutt stated.
"We ain't out of the woods yet!" Raph announced as he and Mikey ran towards the pods in the back of the control room that controlled the lasers.
"Better get the shields up and running!" Bianca stated as she started programming the ship to do her bidding.
"Oh yeah!" Raph cheered as he started taking down a lot of Triceraton ships.
"Don't get cocky, kid!" Mikey yelled across the room.
"Feeling confident in your piloting skills?" Leo asked.
"Never better." Bianca said with a smirk.
"Okay, let's try and lose them in that asteroid field." Leo suggested as he pointed out to the asteroids scattered before the ship.
"Challenge accepted." Bianca laughed as she got into videogame mode and started steering the heck out of the ship and losing tons of the Triceratons in her dust and to the asteroids colliding into them.
"Well, I can say the difficult part is over." Honeycutt announced once they were out of the belt. Suddenly a bright light engulfed most of their vision and once it dimmed they saw a bunch of Federation troop ships appeared out of nowhere.
"Again, why do you insist on jinxing us?" Bianca yelled frantically at the poor robot.
"Oh my." Honeycutt gasped.
"And the really difficult part is just beginning." Leo announced.
"Hello Professor Honeycutt, I believe you have something that belongs to me, or should I say, you are something that belongs to me." General Blank's voice echoed in the control room of the ship. "Did you really thing the Federation would give up its most valuable scientific mind without a fight?"
"This is worse than fangirls…" Bianca complained.
"They wanna fight? Then let's show them where they can find one." Raph declared.
"Back into the asteroid belt!" Leo ordered.
"Uh, why are headed back towards the Triceratons?" Bianca shrieked.
"I think it's time our friends get reacquainted." Leo explained.
"Alright, let's start up another war." Bianca smirked as she headed back into the asteroid belt as asked. It didn't take long to get the Federation on their tail and then to find some Triceraton ships heading their way. Bianca leaned back and forced the ship to shoot straight up and avoid the collision of the two different groups.
"We can't avoid them forever." Donny complained.
"We don't need forever, just enough time for you and Professor Honeycutt to build that tele-portal." Leo explained.
"Hm." Honeycutt looked around once the ship was leveled out again. "That planetoid should provide an ideal spot to construct the tele-portal device." Honeycutt said as he pointed forward. Bianca nodded and headed straight for the planet. Once they had landed, Honeycutt lead the way to the hanger bay of the cruiser where they stored a lot of the supplies for the ship.
"You fellows will need atmosphere suits to work outside the ship. Fortunately, the Prime Leader's cruiser is stocked with special form fitting suits that can configure to a multitude of alien anatomies." Honeycutt explained. Everyone slid into suits and pushed the green button located on their arms and soon the oversized suits shrunk and adjusted to their frames. Mikey then came out from around the corner.
"Unfortunately there are only four of them." Mikey complained as the suit barely hung on his form.
"You look dapper." Bianca joked, as it was hard for her to stay serious. The gang each split up into groups. Raph, Donny and Honeycutt went outside to construct the tele-portal while Bianca, Leo, and Mikey stayed in the ship looking out for anything on the radar. For a while, everything seemed peaceful until Mikey did a quick glance at the radar and found a bunch of blinking lights heading towards them from either side.
"Guys, I'm picking up massive energy signals on the scanner. Looks like the Federation and the Triceratons fighters are headed our way." Mikey gasped.
"We need more time." Honeycutt stated.
"You'll have to stall them." Donny agreed.
"How?" Leo asked desperately.
"Just keep them talking, anything to stall them from attacking." Donny suggested.
"Hope this things has three-way calling." Mikey hoped. When he was able to patch through to both ships, he gave a thumb up to Bianca.
"You're good to go." Bianca signaled Leo as he sat himself in the commander's chair. Two screens appeared before Leo: one of General Blank from the Federation and one of Commander Mozar from the Triceraton Republic.
"General Blank, Commander Mozar, I am Leonardo of the planet Earth." Leo addressed formally. "I demand an immediate cease fire."
"And why should we agree to your demand, earthling?" Mozar asked skeptically.
"Because if you blow us up, you'll blow up Professor Honeycutt with us. Then nobody gets the tele-portal. However, we'll give up the Fugitoid, for a price." Leo announced.
"We will?" Mikey asked in surprised.
"Don't think that was in the job description for stalling." Bianca agreed.
"I'm trying to all-stay, for ime-tay." Leo explained in gibberish.
"Atta boy." Bianca said with a wink and two thumbs up.
"But first, we'll need, uh, to broker a truce between the Federation and the Triceratons. We want assurances, that neither side will use the tele-portal technology for destructive purposes." Leo explained.
"Agreed." Both Blank and Mozar stated at the same time.
"Huh?" Leo, Mikey, and Bianca gasped.
"Wait, don't you guys wanna argue about it some more." Mikey asked hopefully.
"No, the Triceraton Republic is eager to settle this matter peacefully." Commander Mozar explained.
"The Federation is equally eager to avoid unnecessary conflict." General Blank agreed.
"Now bring us the Fugitoid." Both Blank and Mozar demanded.
"Goodness, where was the diplomacy beforehand?" Bianca asked to herself.
"Okay, but first we'll need to, finalize your agreement, in writing of course, that is, once we can determine a neutral meeting place mutually acceptable to both sides." Leo mentioned.
"Naturally the Federation will require assurances of nonaggression from the Triceratons." Blank stated.
"We Triceratons have always honored our treaties." Mozar stated. "It is the Federation who should provide assurances of nonaggression." Mozar accused.
"Are you accusing us or treachery, lizard?" Blank asked, appalled at the accusing tone in Mozar's voice.
"You Federation slime didn't force 150 planets under your rule by acting honorably." Mozar explained with distaste.
"Well maybe if you Triceraton buffoons hadn't manage to blow up your own home world, you wouldn't be living on a bunch of floating rock fragments." Blank argued.
"Hairless ape!" Mozar insulted.
"Overgrown lizard!" Blank countered.
"This is better than a day time talk show." Mikey laughed.
"Should've made some popcorn." Bianca smiled.
"How are we doing out there, Professor? Did we buy you enough time?" Leo asked into the communication device in the chair.
"I'm gonna say…no." Raph answered no as lasers began to fire from Federation ships invading the area.
"So much for honesty and honor!" Bianca complained. "You are both dishonorable races and should be ashamed of yourselves! Why in all the galaxies do you insist on fighting so aggressively against each other? Find your humanity!" Bianca pleaded.
"Stay out of this!" Blank and Mozar both yelled.
"Come on, let's move!" Leo suggested as he and Mikey got into the pods that controlled the weapons system.
"Raising shields!" Bianca announced. "Brace for impact!"
"This is an outrage! It goes to prove that the Federation cannot be trusted." Mozar roared.
"It seems that the Triceratons are not to be trusted either." Blank stated.
"Hey, at least we got them to agree on something." Mikey laughed. Once the fire ceased from the ships, as they were preparing to land and attack on the ground, the three in the ship put on their helmets and headed towards the rest of the gang by the tele-portal.
"Please tell me you're ready, Don!" Leo pleaded.
"We're ready!" Donny announced.
"But it hasn't been tested yet!" Honeycutt protested.
"Tell them that." Bianca mused pointing to both sides of them with soldiers shooting at them.
"No time like the present!" Rap suggested hastily.
"Hurry up, everyone get inside!" Leo demanded as he encouraged Raph and Mikey to stop firing and get inside the safety of the pod . Honeycutt powered up the tele-portal and it seems to work at first but suddenly the lights flicker and it shuts off.
"Well that was pretty light show and everything, but there's no time for entertainment when we're about to be blown up!" Bianca panicked.
"I'm guessing it's not supposed to do that." Mikey mused.
"Gee, you think?" Raph sighed.
"Everyone back to the ship!" Leo ordered as everyone complied and left the tele-portal. A huge laser from one of the Triceraton planets fired down on them and blew up the cruiser.
"Uhm, what ship?" Bianca asked.
"Back inside!" Leo yelled and everyone listened again.
"The capsule won't hold much longer." Donny announced as the glass above them was starting to crack.
"Oh dear…" Honeycutt gasped when it did and the explosion took most of the tele-portal with it. "I'm afraid we have no choice now, you must destroy me and the knowledge that I possess." Honeycutt made something appear from his wrist. "This is an EMP fail safe control, it will overload all my circuitry and wipe out my entire memory core." He placed it in Leo's hand. "If you don't destroy me now, an ultimate weapon of destruction will fall into the hands of lunatics who will not hesitate to use it." Honeycutt pleaded.
"I…I can't…" Leo stuttered.
"You swore, on your honor." Honeycutt argued. Leo exchanged nervous looks with everyone, wanting to know desperately what would be the right thing to do. thankfully neither of them had to make that decision as a bright light cast over the group. "H-How can this be? My tele-portal didn't work."
"Well, somebody's did." Leo yelled.
"This feels kinda familiar…" Raph said as he felt his body start to disassemble.
"Yeah, and I didn't like the first time." Mikey complained.
"I'm gonna be sick again…" Bianca groaned as she held covered her mouth with her hand.
so so SOOOOO happy to be done with space. for those of you who didn't know, i really didn't enjoy these episodes since they didn't have much to do with the plot of my story but by request i put them in, AND NOW THEY'RE DONE WOO! but you know i'm kinda happy i wrote them now, they played a part with bianca's past and powers :)
please review and fave please and tell me your thoughts :)
love,
~whitefire