Angel woke up with the feeling of cold metal on her skin, and her eyes fluttered open.
'Where am I? Aradion, where are you?'
'In the cage…' A bitter thought answered her.
She saw she was chained to a chair, a mesh cage beside her holding a disgruntled marten Aradion.
'Happy to see you awake…' He thought.
'You too, buddy…but where are we?'
'The dump…'
'OH…so THAT'S the smell…'
'Yup…'
Angel looked at the metal that bound her arms to her sides, and felt strangely…light…
'They did NOT take my weapons…'
'They kinda did…'
'Man, when I get outta here-!'
"It seems the girl is awake."
Aradion hissed, bristling at the man that seemed to haunt Angel's nightmares.
'Shredder…'
"A bit angry, I see…"
"Ya think?" Angel retorted sarcastically, nearly rolling her eyes.
She saw Professor John Perry in the background, and glared.
"It's him…" Aradion hissed out, though only Angel heard the words.
"So YOU'RE the one that tried to kill me! I have it in mind to punch yer face in!"
Aradion agreed, becoming a Clouded Leopard, pacing in his cage, snarling.
"A bit temperamental, I see…"
"Ya haven't SEEN temperamental until Raph gets a hold of ya."
"What makes you think he'll come?" Aradion bristled warningly.
"He's my brother…"
"So? What makes you think he won't abandon you?"
"Because we're family."
Aradion snarled in agreement.
"What makes you think he won't leave you to die?"
"He wouldn't!"
A roar from Aradion seemed to shake the walls.
"What makes you believe in him?"
"I love him!!"
Aradion was attacking the cage in a fury.
"If I were to kill him?"
"I'D KILL YOU!!!"
The cage broke open like it exploded, and tiger Aradion shot out.
The Shredder moved back enough so Aradion couldn't attack without pulling on the link between them, but Aradion got as close as he could, snarling, swiping, hissing, spitting, rage pouring off of him in waves.
"It seems you ARE that failed little experiment…but you're stronger than those fools predicted…"
Aradion only roared as answer, but eventually moved back to Angel, becoming a wildcat on her lap.
"What do ya want?" Angel questioned hotly, Aradion hissing in her lap.
"You are technically my property…thus, I own you…"
"I don't belong to anyone." She retorted darkly, Aradion bristling, extracting his claws.
"That's where you're mistaken…"
Aradion's fur rippled to black.
"Someone like you WILL join me…even by force…"
"No one can make me do anything."
A slap across the face wasn't something she expected, but Aradion reacted like lightning, sinking his fangs into a hand.
He jumped back to Angel, who shook her head slightly.
"Guess chivalry is dead…" She muttered.
"You'd be stronger if you joined me…"
Angel felt Aradion trace the two scars on her cheek with his eyes.
"I'll get stronger another way."
"Don't be stubborn, girl."
"Sorry, but being stubborn's my nature. Can't change THAT, now can we?"
"Not without pain, perhaps…"
Aradion hissed, eyes glowing with hatred.
"I ain't so easy to break. It'll take more than a little pain to make ME back down."
Aradion snarled in agreement, baring his fangs.
A sound like nails on a chalkboard made Angel jump slightly, and she turned to see a strange contraption, a large, clawed hand reaching out.
'…Whoa…WEIRD…'
The creatures were released, showing a mutated wolf and snapping turtle. They had the mentality of infants, and Angel nearly laughed aloud.
Aradion became a ferret, laughing his ass off.
"MAN, this is rich!! I can't WAIT to tell the guys!!" Angel forced out with a grin.
Shredder ordered them to be killed, but the professor vouched for his creations.
He showed Tokka and Rahzar lifting a car easily, and Angel's heart nearly stopped.
'Shit…'
'Double shit…' Aradion agreed.
"I wonder how your 'family' will fare, girl…"