Chapter 10

Bitter Rivals

Mona: "Leo!" she cried as she pressed against the filled glass cylinder where Leonardo floated. Donatello tapped through the controls and released his brother from his prison. The chemicals drained as the glass cylinder was slide upward. Leonardo fell into Mona's hands, as she laid him on the floor. "Wake up!" She shook him on the shoulder but she relieves nothing from him.

Don: "He unconscious." He placed his head on his stomach where the heart was. Then he lifted his head as he looked at Mona waiting patiently. "Don't worry too much, He alright." Then he placed his hand on his forehead.

"Come on Leo. Please wake up."

Inside his own mind Leonardo looked upon his imagination sky. 'I failed…I failed to everyone…' Then he looked at the drafty grass he was standing on. The scenery seems blessed with no war or no fighting seems involved. 'What can I do…everywhere I go I end up suffering…'

Raph: "You better not be thinking what I'm thinking." Leonardo spun around to see his ruthless brother who seems to be older and yet buffer. But something was different about him; he was missing an eye, wearing newest shiny black leather trench coat and punk black gloves to match his coat. But he was still wore his padding and his red bandanna over his eyes.

Leo: "Raph…" He replied unsteady, Raph just huffed.

Raph: "No mushy stuff okay? Come on you idiot they need you right now, I need you." Leo was confused as his brother walked off from him. Leonardo chased after him.

Leo: "Raph!" He cried as he tried to follow but it's seems Raphael was faster then him. "RAPHAEL!!" He shouted his loudest.

Finally back from his mind, Leonardo eyes widen as he sit up straight and looked at his side to see the others waiting for him.

Leo: "Where am I?" He said briskly, Donatello calmed him down as he placed his hand on his shoulder.

Don: "Still in the mutant labs and were getting out of here, you in?" Leonardo remembered as he nodded his head.

Leo: "Let's go." The trio left a yet another room to find the rest of the family but as they ran pasted a window that viewed the battle dome, Mona halted as she peeked through.

Mona: "Raph…" She ran off to the entrance of the battle dome. Everyone else noticed where she ran through too.

Leo: "Mona!" He followed.

In the battle dome…Slash and Raphael faced-off in the middle of the dome.

Slash: "Raphael, it's been awhile, we last fight." He smiled deeply as he raised his metal claw; with included three sharp blades. Raphael raised his Sai, he smirked.

Raph: "as long I have my sai to make this a fair fight." Slash smirked also.

Slash: "I'll be looking forward to it…" Raphael yowled as he ran towards him, Slash also ran towards him.

Raph: "This is it Slash!" He slashed his sai at him at the same time Slash tried to attack as each of their weapons locked together. Raphael swift aside and re-attacked, Slash blocked as he tried his second attack move on him, but Raphael back-flip away from him as he landed on the floor on fours, showing his sai beside his face. Then he was off again slashing many times at his rival. Slash might be strong but quick too as he blocked every move his rival made. During another attack move Raphael was gonna make that was the high attack, Slash grabbed his wrist before he completed his move. Raphael gasped as Slash bended his wrist behind his back and grabbed his other hand in the process. Raph growled as Slash closing his face beside his.

Slash: "After I'm done with you, I'll continue my revenge on your brothers starting with our sweet little Michelangelo." Raphael angered as he knew Mikey couldn't stand up against him.

Raph: "You're not done with me yet." He chucked then nudged him that made Slash fell to the floor except avoiding falling flat ground, Slash stopped himself with a single hand supporting him and swing his leg at Raphael's legs that made him dropped him to the ground. Then Slash quickly got up and shot out a hand around Raphael's neck. Crushing his rival's lungs, Raphael was nervously breathing despite for air so instead he gritted his sharp teeth at him.

Slash: "I had enough of your remarks! Mikey's prank, Leo's wits and, Donnie's smarts! All of you thought I couldn't impress Master Splinter and thought I had stolen the stupid artifact from that freak! And it started with you criticizing me!" Slash crushed his lungs even more as Raphael widen his eyes and it's seems his pupils reduced to smaller.

Mona: "Raphael!" She cried out that had startled Slash as he looked at his side seeing Mona running and throwing her daggers at the same time. Slash blocked every dagger she thrown with the help of his metal claw weapon. Raphael looked at his side seeing his mate trying to rescue him one again. Slash noticed as he moved his rival's head to look at him.

Slash: "She can't save you Raphie as you know this would be the perfect burden for you and besides she cute." Raphael was pissed off now as he grabbed his sai and slashes it across Slash's face. Slash yelped as he moved away from Raphael. "Damn you!" Raphael stood up breathing heavily once again. Mona stopped halfway as Leonardo came beside her; both of them watched the rivals face each other unknowing what to do. Raphael ran towards his rival as Slash slashes his claws at him. Raphael dodged his moves as finally he grab hold on his weapon, he pulled it hard as the leather scarp snapped. Slash's metal claws fell to the ground as Slash was impacted to the wall. Slash opened his weaken eyes to see Raphael huffing.

Raph: "I'm sorry Slash…." He ran towards him once again as Slash stand his ground as he slashes his elbow at him but Raphael ducked his attack as he gave a mighty dragon punch at his face. Slash then grabbed his legs and back flipped him to the ground as Slash trying to doggie pile him, Raph lifted his legs as Slash landed on it, Raph swung him over and quickly stood up on two. Slash angered as grabbed his claw along the way as he rammed Raphael against a wall. Slash then stabbed him at the side of his stomach, the trio gasped.

Mona: "Raph!" She cried. Raphael was speechless as he looked straight at Slash's eyes. Raphael eyes narrowed, he could feel his blood trying to bleed out. Slash clawed deeper in his body, as Raph spit out blood.

Leo: "Slash!" Slash became startled as he looked at his side, seeing Leonardo running towards him with his katana drawn. "Damn you!" He slashed his katana at him but Slash already redrawn his weapon and moved away before Leonardo could hit him. Raphael landed to his knees, sweating and breathing heavily at the same time, Mona came to aid him.

Mona: "Raph…" She placed her hands on his wound trying to block it, but Raphael nudged away from her.

Raph: "Not yet…." He stood up letting his wound bleed as Mona tried to regain her strength from worries. "I'm not done yet!" He ran off leaving Mona crying out her tears.

Mona: "RAPH!"

Leonardo slashed his katanas at Slash but he wouldn't give up that easy as he punched Leonardo to the chest then to the face. Leonardo fell to the ground feeling disgraceful.

Leo: "I can't do it…" Slash approached him with claws in hand.

Slash: "I swear Leo…I depended on you that you know I was telling the truth….but now I don't know!" He then dive his claws at him but Raphael rammed him off to the floor. Slash landed hard and painful.

Slash: "You still wanna fight Raphie?" He said as he looked upon Raphael smiling.

Raph: "Yeah…." Slash quickly got up and faced Raphael once again.

Slash: "Even with major wounds. You still wanna fight me…" Raphael breathed for his strength.

Raph: "Come on…gimme your best shot!" Slash grinned as both ran towards each other. Slash was the first to move as he swings his metal claw at Raphael, but Raph dodge away and returned attack at him with his sai. Slash moved aside as the sai flew past him. Slash quickly slashed his claw at Raphael's arm making long claw marks as Raphael back away from Slash with a bleeding arm. Raphael growled as his pain continues to spill.

Slash: "Is that what you want?" He said smiling, Raphael leaped forward giving him a kick, as Slash slammed himself to the ground. Groaning in pain and anger to the top, Slash got up and slashed his claw at Raphael. Leonardo gasped.

Leo: "Raph…." Raphael looked upon Slash with one eye, as his hand over thy other. His left eye was bleeding like hell as Raphael wiped it away, and Leonardo realized his brother the one in his dream. Slash grinned as Raphael could only see with one eye.

Raph: "Damn…" He realized it Slash had made him one-eyed blind.

Mona: "Raphael!" She cried out as Raphael spun around to look at her. She was crying dearly till she noticed what Raphael was actually staring at.

Raph: "Mona, watch out!" Mona obeyed as she jumped away from shooting bullets. Mona looked who did it and it was Sean Filch along.

Sean: "How dare you interrupt their battle!" Raphael growled as he ran towards him. Sean aims his handgun at him. "Stay down!"

Leo: "Raph no!" Sean fired as the bullets went directly at Raphael. But unknowing to Raphael, Slash had blocked the path of the bullets. Raphael halted as the bullets hit Slash. Like bee strings through a soft skin. As Sean run out of bullets, he throws his handgun away.

Raph: "Slash…" He approached his rival that lay on front face to the ground. He moved him on the shoulder but wasn't given for a reply.

Sean: "So much who better." He turned around as Mona grabs him by the clothes and hung him high.

Mona: "You're impossible!" Sean smirked as Mona throws him to the ground and looked at Raphael still trying to wake Slash up.

Raph: "Slash…even if were rivals we use to be friends….best of friends…" He shook him more. "Dammit! Why did you waste your life away!" Slash moaned that startled Raphael as his rival stood up. He looked at kneed Raphael.

Slash: "Tough skin that why…" He said staring at Raphael, Raph shook his head and look again.

Raph: "Why did you do that?" Slash was confused.

Slash: "Do what?" Raphael stood up and cross armed.

Raph: "Get in the way." Slash smirked as looked away from him.

Slash: "Like you said we use to be friends. Best of friends…" then he and Raphael looked at Sean Filch, who stood up looking at the two mutants.

Sean: "uh oh." Slash pick him up. As Raphael stand beside him cross armed.

Raph: "Look like you lost Mr. Filch." Sean struggled in Slash's grasp.

Sean: "I don't quit easy!" Then suddenly a voice boomed in the room as everyone looked at the control room.

"Dr. Filch is right. We don't quit easy." Mona gasped as she noticed Donatello and Sara were in the hands of the mutant hunters.

Mona: "Sara! Donnie!"