In the previous chapter, the heroes set out to destroy the zomborg factory. And after fighting a large group of both zomborg and Foot-ninja, our heroes no stand face to face with Overlord himself, and he have made some upgrades to himself.
Now comes the final battle and chapter.
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Chapter 18
A Warriors Sacrifice
The seven mutants threw themselves behind the machines of the hall as they avoided an energy blast shot from Overlord.
"Aw man, it's like fighting Stockman for the first time all over again." said Mikey.
"See it from the bright side. At least Overlord is smaller, and only have two arms." said Donnie.
"And we're twice as many this time." said Leo "Work together and be careful. Let's do this!"
"Finally!" shouted Tyroth as he rushed out of cover towards Overlord, sidestepping the energy blasts and delivering a full-body tackle to the stomach of the cyborg, forcing it to take a step backwards in order to keep its balance. Overlord counterattacked by swinging his left arm at Tyroth, who barely managed to dodge it.
The other mutants broke cover and surrounded the mech, attacking the joints whenever they got the chance, all while Overlord swiped at them and fired his energy cannon. Leo dove between the legs and slashed at the knees, while Raph, Mona and Sephie assaulted the elbows by jumping at them. Donnie and Mikey knocked the arms of course, by hitting them with both their weapons and feet, so that Overlord had a harder time to actually hit anyone. But despite that they managed to strike the joints several times, there was no sign of real damage.
The chaingun on Overlords left arm started to rev up, and started spewing bullets at the mutants around him. The mutants quickly broke off their attacks and dove for cover as the bullets dug small holes in the concrete floor and ripped some of the machines to pieces.
Once the gun stopped firing, the turtles and Mona jumped out of cover and threw a lot of electro-shurikens at the large mech, Sephie followed by firing three electro-arrows. All projectiles hit their target and the electricity surged all over the metal plating. As soon as the electricity was unleashed, two small hatches on the sides of the upper arms opened and two small tesla coils emerged. They absorbed every last volt from the projectiles, leaving the mech unharmed with the coils sparking with electricity.
"Hey, that's cheating!" Mikey shouted. The coils started sparking more violently and a lightning-bolt shot from one of them, barely missing the mutants. "And that's just plain unfair!" Mikey shouted from behind his newly acquired cover. Overlord once again revved up the chaingun and unleashed a barrage of bullets together with several lightning-bolts and energy-blasts, as well as a few rockets, not really caring if he had any of the mutants in his aim. Machines and support-pillars were destroyed and the mutants got several cuts and bruises from the flying debris.
Tyroth and Sephie exchanged looks and nodded to each other. Using one of the sill unharmed machines as a stepping stone, Tyroth jumped at Overlord, reaching a height of seven meters thanks to the extra height of the machine. With his sword over his head, he prepared to bring down all might he could muster on the head of the mech. Seeing this, Overlord started raising his right arm to shoot Tyroth before the dragon would get a chance to strike. Two arrows struck the mech's visor, exploding, causing Overlord to stagger and missing his chance to shoot.
The blade hit the head and the air vibrated of the impact as sparks flew. However, Overlord managed to punch Tyroth in the side of the chest, sending him flying to the side hitting the wall, very hard. Terrified, Sephie looked at her downed mate and were relieved to see that he started to get up again, but he was injured and dizzy from the impact as well as the punch and could only manage to pull himself onto one foot by using his sword as support with his right hand.
"A worthy effort, but ultimately futile." Overlord taunted as he walked closer to Tyroth. His armor showed very little signs of damage, despite the onslaught. "I studied the damage you inflicted on my cyborgs and designed this new body to counter those specific weaknesses. You and your whore have been a thorn in my side for far too long, Tyroth, and now it ends." Overlord quickly turned around and unleashed yet another barrage from his chaingun at the mutants, forcing them to once again take cover behind whatever they could. Tyroth had hit his head harder than he thought and on the border of unconsciousness, barely aware of his surrounding, but through a great deal of willpower did he manage focus on the large figure in front of him. It was Overlord, pulling back his right arm, ready to deliver the final blow.
As the metal fist came closer, the world seemed to move in slow-motion around Tyroth, still refusing to give up even though he probably had no chance to survive. If he only could muster enough strength to get to safety, he would be able to recover from his injuries and fight back, even if he'd only postpone his own death. Unwillingly, Tyroth closed his eyes.
An image flashed before his closed eyes, the red star-like sphere he found in his own mind, pulsating stronger than before.
Overlord's punch came to a dead halt when Tyroth caught it with his left hand. His friends were shocked by the sudden turn of events as well as his new-found strength, but the one that was the most shocked was Overlord himself. He knew that Tyroth couldn't stop such a powerful punch, let alone do it unharmed. The bones in his arm should have snapped by the force, but they didn't.
Tyroth opened his eyes, glowing red with some form of energy, he then pushed away Overlord's arm so hard that the mech almost fell over. Overlord quickly regained his balance and looked at his nemesis, who got back up on both feet. His entire body had a faint red glow, which moved almost like fire. He raised his sword, which was encased in the same red glow, and slashed at Overlord. Even though the blade itself didn't reach its target, the energy acted as an extension and left a surprisingly deep cut in the armor.
"This is the end of the line Overlord." said Tyroth with a voice of authority, as Overlord examined the cut across his metal chest in disbelief. Tyroth then turned his gaze at his mutant friends.
"You'd better take cover." he said "This is going to get messy."
"What the shell is going on?" Leo asked.
"I-I-I-I don't know." stuttered Donnie "Some form of energy manipulation, maybe?"
"But how?" Sephie asked, concerned about her mate.
"I'm not sure. Inherent ability or maybe magic. Your guess is as good as mine." Donnie answered.
"Magic?" Mikey asked.
"We've seen stranger things than magic before." said Raph. He was about to say something more but was interrupted by Tyroth's glare. "Right, cover."
The six mutants quickly hid behind some of the machines that were furthest away from their friend; surprisingly enough there were still undamaged equipment in the hall. They were ready to move at a moment's notice should they need to help Tyroth or evade the attacks of Overlord, the latter was the most probable situation.
Tyroth and Overlord stared at each other for a moment. The mech made the first move, firing the energy cannon. Tyroth dodged it as he dashed towards the cyborg. As the distance between them decreased, Overlord started to rev up his chain-gun. A quick slash from Tyroth's sword sent a crescent-shaped energy-wave at said gun, cutting straight through the attachments. The chain-gun fell to the floor, the barrels still spinning but slowing down.
Overlord threw a punch at Tyroth, forcing him to jump backwards. As soon as Tyroth had landed, Overlord unleashed the majority of his rockets. With a mighty two-handed swing, Tyroth countered with a large energy-wave. The result was a large explosion as the two attacks collided, with a few of the rockets surviving and being thrown all over the hall, causing more damage. Overlord followed up with several blasts from his remaining cannon, and Tyroth used his sword to strike away the blasts to protect himself.
"This place can't take much more of this. It's going to collapse!" said Leo "We need to get out of here!"
An energy-blast flew towards Tyroth, who used the energy around his blade to trap the blast. He spun around and released the combined energy at Overlord, who barley dodged it. The blast struck a heavy-duty power cord, sending a powerful surge through the power grid.
"That's bad!" exclaimed Donnie "That blast might overload the generators. If that happens, the whole place can explode!"
Hearing this, Tyroth shouted to his friends.
"Get out of here while you still can! I'll deal with this fiend!"
"But what about you?" Sephie asked.
"I'll be fine, now go!" he shouted while dodging yet another blast.
"But..."
"GO!"
"Come on, Sephie." said Leo as he grabbed her by her wrist and pulled her away from the battle.
Looking at her mate, she silently formed the words 'I love you'. Tyroth saw this and managed to word 'I love you too'.
As soon as Tyroth saw that his friends had managed to get outside, he focused completely on the fight with Overlord. Both of them determined to finish the other one, and none of them were backing down. But the battle had gone on for a long time and both were tiring. The mysterious energy that Tyroth used started to falter, while Overlord's own supply of fuel was almost gone. As the building started crumbling around them, the damage had taken its toll on the building, they knew that one way or the other, this ends now.
Managing to channel as much energy as he could muster into his sword, Tyroth charged towards his foe. Overlord started charging his energy-cannon to its breaking point, ready to unleash it all at his nemesis.
As Tyroth neared Overlord, he jumped with his sword raised above his head, in response; Overlord raised his cannon to keep his aim at Tyroth. The blade was swung, the blast was fired, the two forces collided as the sword cut into the barrel of the cannon.
Outside, any eventual Foot-ninja had already fled and the six mutants had just cleared the wire fence through a large hole Leo had cut with his katana, when an explosion was heard from the Foot-base. Several more followed and fires started to burn as leaked chemicals were ignited. As the mutants watched and prayed that their friend would make it out, a final explosion caused the entire building to collapse.
"NOO!" Sephie cried as she ran back towards the now ruined building, tears forming in her eyes.
"Sephie! Wait!" Donnie called, but she didn't listen. All she thought about was to save her beloved. She ran over the still hot debris, the last explosion had extinguished most of the fires. Falling to her knees, she started to dig away as much debris as possible, not caring that she burned her hands, knees and feet, while the tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You can't be dead, you can't! You promised that you'd be fine!" she said. The turtles and Mona hurried over, to try and comfort poor Sephie. Then she uncovered something. Tyroth's sword, broken in two.
"No..." she said as she picked up the broken blade. The others saw this and came to a sad realization.
"He didn't make it..." said Leo. Tears started to form in everyone's eyes. "He gave his life to stop a monster and to save us."
"It can't be true..." the youngest turtle said in disbelief. Sirens could be heard, moving closer to the ruin.
"We must leave." Leo said reluctantly. The mutants helped Sephie back to the battle-shell, which was parked not far away. Then they left.
Nobody spoke on the way back to the garage. Sephie held the two pieces of Tyroth's sword close to her, wishing that it was all a bad dream. Mona watched over Sephie, so she wouldn't accidentally cut herself on the sharp remains.
Once back in the garage, they parked the battle-shell and took the hidden elevator down to the lair. There, they were greeted by Splinter, April and Casey.
"Ah, good. You have rescued Sephie. I am so proud of you, my children." Splinter said, then he noticed that they were only six. "Wait, where is Tyroth?" he asked concerned.
Nobody said anything, but the look on their faces confirmed what the old rat feared. He lowered his head with a sad expression, which told April and Casey why Tyroth wasn't with them.
"He's gone?" April asked cautiously to which she received a weak nod from Leo.
"He can't be dead." said Casey "He's indestructible." April and Casey then saw the broken sword in Sephie's arms, and tears formed in their eyes as well.
"It is a sad fact of a ninja's life. Of any warrior's life" Splinter said "Sometimes, not everyone makes it back home."
After a short story about what had happened during the rescue, Splinter said a prayer for their fallen comrade.
"He lived a warrior, and died a hero. May his honorable soul join those who gave their lives to protect others before him, and may he find peace."
The group spent several minutes in silence to honor their friend. But the silence was interrupted when the entrance to the lair opened. They all turned to the door and couldn't believe what they saw. Limping through the entrance, was Tyroth, alive. Battered, bruised and wet but still alive.
Sephie immediately ran over to him and threw herself into his arms, causing him to fall flat on his back. She hugged him so hard that it seemed as if it would be impossible to separate the two. Her tears of sorrow and pain had been replaced by tears of happiness and love.
"Please be careful." he said a bit weakly "My... well, my body hurts."
There was a large amount of chatter in the air as the rest of the group rushed over to Tyroth and Sephie.
"You're alive!" "Way to go!" "How did you survive?" "Thank goodness!" "I told you that he was indestructible!"
"Please, give him some room to breathe." said Splinter as the younger ones swarmed Tyroth. Once he had some room, Tyroth got back up on his feet. All of a sudden, Sephie punched him hard on his arm.
"Ouch!"
"That's for making me think that you were dead!"
"I guess that I deserved that."
"Not to interrupt the reunion," Leo started "but how did you survive? And what happened to Overlord?"
"With determination, an accelerated healing rate and an astronomical amount of luck." Tyroth said. "And Overlord is dead; I saw when he was torn to pieces when his body exploded. During the following explosions, the floor caved in and I fell into the sewers. To make matters worse, I was swept away by a flood, possibly caused by last explosion. I woke up, what, five minutes ago, not too far away from here. I think you can guess how I got here."
"Yeah, that takes a lot of luck," said Donnie "but I think that you need a medical checkup."
"Sounds as a good idea. I'm sore all over, probably have fractured bones here and there, one of my wings are dislocated. On top of that I have a very annoying ringing in my ears, my sight is a bit fuzzy and I think I might have a concussion."
"Then we better get you to bed." Donnie said "Mikey, give me hand."
"Sure thing, Donnie."
Later at the Foot's headquarter.
"So, everything was destroyed?" Arashi asked "And Overlord was killed as well?"
"Yes, sir." answered the Foot-ninja that stood before him.
"What about the turtles and their friends?"
"All except the dragon managed to escape, he was still inside the factory when it exploded. I doubt that he survived."
Arashi would have smiled at this news, but he had learned that when it comes to these mutants, you can not be certain of their death unless you personally executed them.
"Hmm, I see. Once things have calmed down, I want that pile of rubble searched for anything we can use. Now, leave me."
"Yes, sir." the ninja said and left the throne-room.
"Good riddance, Overlord." Arashi said for himself "You cost me more that it was worth. Still, if we can salvage your weapons, we might have the edge we need to deal with the mutant ourselves."
He smirked.
"I promise you master, that when we free you from your frozen prison, I will personally present you with the severed head of at least one of the turtles."
Meanwhile, at an unknown location, a dark figure stood and looked at an image in a ring of green flames. An image of a world colored mostly blue and green. The figure grinned, revealing a set of sharp teeth.
"Soon. Very soon." the figure said with an inhuman voice.
To be continued...?
And with that we end the story that is 'Mutant Vigilantes'. I hope that you all have had just as good of a time reading it as I have had writing it. There may be more stories in the future, hence the cliffhanger, but don't hold your breath.
By the way, love how my spell check-program through out this fic has suggested that 'Arashi' should be replaced by 'crashing' and 'thrashing'.
To finish things of, I would like to thank Bloodrayne666 for her support and the loan of her Monalisa.
Be seeing you.
This is TyrothDarkstorm signing off.