Concealed
Chpt. 15
So sorry for the long wait...but I jinxed my self and was buried under a mountain of homework and then trajically hit by a bus, but I'm better now! Ok, I'm not...but I can pretend!
Ps: Thanx for the reviews from all you guys while I was on my short break! It really made me get off my ass and finish this!
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"An accident?" Don couldn't begin to decribe the twitch in his voice,"No, that can't be true..."
"I'm sorry if you expected more, but in all reality the ooze to us was a failed expirement," the blue haired man said with a tang of sympathy in his voice looking directly to Donnatello now eyes never fautering making Mike very nervouse.
"The day you were created was the day we were disposing of the ooze for its failure to be able to create stable creatures of vast intelligence and power. We had hoped that these creations would be able to rid us of any war our people would ever have to face but like said it was all a waist of time, but I suppose it wasn't all a waist if it made ordinary turtles more human like in intellect and form."
"So you are no better then shredder!" Mike finally spat before Don could cover his mouth,"You wanted an army of creatures that no one would ever be able to take down!"
The utrom guised in human shape was taken back at first but then simply shrugged,"We are the lesser of two evils if you wish to think of it that way, as long as Shredder holds our technology, none of our worlds will be safe."
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Leonardo was half asleep by the time a thin light landed on his eyes forcing them all the way open. His captor smirked to him as he returned the gaze, once more his mind weighing all his options. Mozar, that was his name, was big, overconfindent and thought strength was the only thing you needed in a battle. His eyes turned to Rapheal who gave him an overconfindent smile, making him roll his eyes.
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The roaring crowd was the only noise to be heard as they descended down a darkened hall way Mozar walking behind. Raph's eyes instantly cut over to the foot soldier who seemed far too calm, his teeth still clamped to his lower lip in frustration but for once during this whole ordeal, he felt it was lucky to be stuck with the borderline socio path. Not for the fact that he was merciless or far too comfortable in combat but his mind seemed to always be calculating something or other. He may be more comfortable being with his brothers who he knew he could trust but he was also figuring out why this boy was so high ranked in the foot clan. As the smirk rolled casually across the boy's face he couldn't help letting himself smirk as well. Who would have suspected a socio path in training would be so usefull?
He sheilded his eyes as a blinding light struck them, but somehow managed to keep himself balanced as he was thrust out the door way. Before the path was completly shut behind him he managed to get a final glance from the smirking general. He caught Leonardo staring ahead mesmerized by something ahead of them, slowly he averted his own eyes to the direction and his heart slowly dropped to the pit of his stomache.
Ahead of him was nothing but a slash of crimson across a layer of golden terrain. A few guards dragging the corpes from the battle arena. The next thing that caught his eye was nothing but teeth that would be glad to make him into a splash on the ground.
"My," Leonardo said in an almost amused tone or it could have been insulting, Raph was far too transifixed on the creature ahead him's jagged teeth to really care,"I've stepped from futuristic New York all the way back to ancient Rome...today has been exciting, a day to never ever forget."
"You have head problems, don't you?" Raph half snarls eyes upon the chain around the giant beast's throat almost praying it wouldn't be lost.
"Don't we all?" he says with a shrug,"If no one is perfect aren't we all alittle insane?"
"If we return home in one piece, I'll personally see to it that you get the metal help you so desperatly need."
The remark didn't seem to reach Leonardo's ears, he simply stared up, Raph's eyes slowly following his gaze. A large glowing neon green cube hung over head their images engraved in it, the crowd began to roar even louder then before.
"And welcome back to The Arena Death Matches!" a loud voice roared over the screaming crowd,"I'm your host Zed!"
"And I'm Raz!" Leonardo's head tilted slightly to the side and his eyes narrowed as he caught the announcers box floating above the crowd. His fists tightened at his sides as he looked across the way to find the emporer of this land smilling back to him, his servants pooring whine into his glass. He took a single drink before setting it down once more and walking out of Leonardo's line of sight.
"I, Leonardo Saki," he whispers hands tightening eyes rising to the monster watching a guard unsnap the chain,"son of Oruku Saki, am no one's form of entertainment."
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Kol let out a breath that had a mix of irritation and exhaustion blended perfectedly into it. His father could be so overbearing at times, in his opionin he could make something ten times as great as Honeycutt but was always left in the dark as his father found a new obsession. He leaned up against the side of one of the many scattered buildings, far from used to the phsycal excersize of carrying his own supplies and marching into the capital of this primitive planet. In the corner of his eye he could see the heavy artillary needed to allow this sneak attack to work and the littered corpses of the enemy.
Most of the towns seemed deserted, it had been no trouble at all setting up a temporary base here, everyone was out at the arena.
"How barbarak," Kol grumbles taking a deep swig from the cantine at his side,"And they honestly wonder why they are losing the war. If they would spend more time conquesting and less time killing each other off...maybe they wouldn't be so far behind us!"
In the corner of his eye he saw a familiar sillohoute in the distance heading in the direction of the space ports. He smiled as one of the soldiers grabbed the female's form holding her back.
"Why hello, Lonae," he said with a pleasant smile, rage spilling across her face,"Tell me what brings you out here tonight?"
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"Good morning, Proffesor," the fugatoid's head snapped back to come face to face with Zaramon, Mozar not far behind him.
"W-what an unexpected surprise," he stammered slightly trying to seem braver then he was but knew he had already failed that by the way he backed away at each of the dictator's steps.
"Please, don't fear me, I really mean no harm," he said a smile on his face, but Honneycut didn't see happiness he saw a dash of greed,"I want you for buisness, you don't need to be a prisoner if you coroporate."
Once more he took a step back trying to real in on his courage shaking his head slowly,"My inventions are not for war. Not anymore."
That made Zaramon laugh loudly and Mozar to smirk and shake his head. The profersor took another step back, his back to the wall now from the action.
"All machines are for war," he stated with a shrug eyes fully upon the shivering robot now,"It just really depends on how you use them."
"I won't," he snapped using up every ounce of his courage he had in him,"I refuse to be apart of this idiotic war for power anylonger! Kill me if you wish but you'll never get my assistance."
Zaramon didn't even pretend to be surprised by the reaction he had already anticipated,"As you wish. It's just a pity your friends will have to die along side you."
He remained silent to that staring off slightly,"What do you mean by that?"
He snapped his fingers and Mozar hit a button next to him on the wall making a hollograghic screen flutter before their eyes. On the screen his friends stood before a giant beast who was released from its chain.
"I can easily save them from their fate, all you need to do is cooperate and you will be unharmed and neither will they."
He stared off thinking of how they had risked their lives to save him, unsure how to proceed with all the advantages and disadvantages splashing across his mind in far too complicated equations.
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"What's your plan?" Raph hisses striving to catch up with the fleaing teenager.
"Do I look like I fight monsters often?" he snapped shoving himself and Raphael away from a sqirming tentacle the crowd screaming harder then before eagerly awaiting the blood shed.
Raph rolled his eyes to the shear stupidity of the statement and the boy had been calling him worthless. Quickly he rolled away as a slimy tentacle slashed down at him.
He felt Leonardo's cold hand slither around his wrist forcing him onto his feet and both were once more fleeing from a shallow grave. He stumbled slightly trying to keep up with the fast foot steps and he saw a vein pop out lightly on the boy's arms straining to drag along the added weight. Stoping he threw his weight forward throwing Raph in front of him, dirt flying high as the monster grew closer but Leonardo didn't move he stood his ground bearing an expression that stated 'do or die.'
Taking a step back he fling himself into the air left leg extended out aiming for the middle of the monster's face hoping it was a weaker point. Before he could even strike onto the beast, his foot was snagged by a snake like tentacle slithering around his ankle. He cursed under his breath feeling the blood rush to his head, his long black hair hanging only inches from the beasts razor sharp teeth. He breathed in slowly as hot breaths and mist of saliva hit his face. Raph staring in horror frozen for the moment as his mind slightly went blank.
Thinking quickly, he remember he still had a few kunais snuggled in his jacket, without a moments hesitation he yanked out a kunai slamming it in the monster's tentacle holding his ankle. With a blood wrenching roar the monster flung its prey aside making him collide with the brick wall surrounding them and roll onto the ground, while raising his tentacles in the air contiuing to screech.
"Looks like the monster wasn't pleased with its meal!" one anoucer cried out.
"Hes not the only one, this slop is freezing!" the other acclaimed as the crowd began to boo at the lack of blood or possibly the poor attempt at humor.
Back down in the arena Raph rushed to Leonardo's side not waisting any time for the monster to revive. He looked unconsciose lying on the dirt ground, he snached him shaking him gently in his arms.
"Hey..." he groaned rocking him harder now, cursing to himself as he didn't even slightly stir,"Hey, Leonardo...this isn't the time for you to call it quits!"
As he shook harder Leonardo's eyes clamped shutter tighter before slowly opening,"Nahhh...sister?"
"Yeah, only I turned male, green and kinda into a mutant turtle," he scoffed watching his eyes fling open and scowl cross his face as he roughly pushed away from him.
"You going to be ok enough to finish this thing off?" he asked helping him up and assisting him as he wobbled slightly.
"As good I am going to be." he grumbled shaking off his pulsing head ache.
Taking a deep breath Raph grabbed the boy's wrist before he could fully comprhend what he was doing. He didn't fully know what he was doing but just kept running feeling the monster soon behind them.
"What-" Raph hushed him with one glance that made Leonardo sigh but not question him as he threw them both out of the monster's path. Leonardo glanced up as the dust gathered around him, realizing the monster had kept going. He smiled to his companion in silent congratulations as he watched the beast crash into the wall.
"Dumb luck, I should have figured it would have been dumb enough to do something this stupid." Raph rolled his eyes knowing no matter what he did he would never please the foot soldier.
"Wow! That's what I call a major head ache!" one annoucer cried over the silence of the crowd.
"I couldn't agree more, Raz! It looks like the puny life forms are the winner! What a shock of the ages!"
"So true, Zed! Maybe these two might be worthy foes for their next competitor!" at that the crowd began to roar as once more Raph helped Leonardo up from the ground.
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Zaramon's eyes widened as he watched the creature smash into a wall, the proffesor for once gloating cheering their victory.
"It seems as if they can take care of them selves Zaramon."
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Its not much, but for those who wanted an update their ya go! I'll too tired to type the rest but I'll have that soon enough and I promise this time to get it faster!