Ancient Prophecy.
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Chapter 7.
"You knew how dangerous it was and you still completed the spell!" Leo yelled at Serena not caring who was listening.
"Leonardo your brother is supposed to be resting!" Splinter scolded but was ignored.
"Why didn't you use another spell?!" the young leader fumed at his girlfriend who was quickly losing her cool. He'd managed to keep his cool after Witch had told them that when you use a healing spell that heals fully it draws on the person's life energy, Serena had been lucky that she'd simply passed out and was unable to use her powers. "You must be pretty powerful," she'd told Renie, "cause that kind of spell's killed more than one witch over the centuries." Leo had kept quiet at first deciding it best to bring it up once Raphael was safe at home, but then Serena had begun excitedly telling them about the Book they were looking for and what it contained and he'd snapped. "You could have died!" He clenched his fists and squeezed his eyes shut trying to control his emotions.
"If I hadn't cast that spell then Mikey would be dead right now!" She snapped and added more quietly, "Besides, I . . . wasn't exactly the one casting the spell at the time." She blushed slightly trying not to look anyone in the eye.
"What?" The turtle asked darkly.
"Well, when Mikey got hurt I sort of let the magic take over," she explained still avoiding all eye contact, "the magic chose the spells not me." All were silent and she finally looked at Leo seeing the anger in his eyes at what she had just admitted but there was more fear and concern, "It really was no big a thing and it's not like I haven't got by without my magic before so. . ."
"Bella told me that was the one thing a witch should never do." Leo stated quietly still clenching his fists and looking at the floor, "How could you let that happen?! How could you let yourself loose control when it's so dangerous?!"
"I'm sorry I wasn't thinking and the magic just took over," the human girl turned away and wrapped her arms around herself, "it's happened before and it saved my life so no matter how Aunt Bella feels. . ." she paused only briefly holding herself tighter, "felt about it, I trust magic far more than she ever did and as you can see Mikey's fine and so am I so can we just drop this now, please." She almost cursed as the first tears began to fall and was glad that all the turtles and Splinter were behind her.
"Renie," Mikey stood up and walked over to her, "thanks for saving me girl." He pulled her into a bear hug and let her bury her face in his shoulder as she began to sob.
"Leonardo," Splinter placed a hand on his son's tense arm, "while Serena is an accomplished witch she has not had the battle experience you and your brother's have had. You yourself know that in the heat of battle split second decisions are needed. Serena made one that saved Michelangelo's life and brought you home before any more harm could befall you. I am sure that in a similar situation she will do things differently from now on in order to gain the same results more safely, am I correct Serena?"
"When'd you let it take over last?" Raph interrupted, his voice still far too weak sounded from the bed and he rolled his eyes when he received confused looks, "you said you'd let the magic take over before. When'd you do that?"
"When my parents died." Leo perked up at this, she'd never told him all the details of her parents' death and all he knew was that there had been some kind of accident. "My parents and I were on a plane coming here to visit aunt Bella when something happened and the plane began to plummet." She still saw the flashes in her mind as the people around her screamed and cried, "my mother held me close to her and whispered that if I trusted in my magic enough everything would be okay and I felt the magic take over. The next thing I knew I woke up a little way away from the wreckage virtually unharmed aside from some minor burns and a few nasty bruises. I was too little then though, my magic was only strong enough to protect me and my parents died in the crash. I was the only survivor." She smiled and looked over to Leo, "They figured my mother and father somehow protected me and I pulled myself away from all the carnage. Two months later I met you." He smiled back and took Mikey's place giving her a hug. The occupants stayed silent for some time through shock at what she had told them.
"I'm sorry; I just don't want to loose you." He kissed her forehead felt his plastron grow damp with her tears, "Just let it out." He whispered in her ear.
Xxx
"The witch from Los Angeles is here helping your sister my love." Hex massaged the swordsman's shoulders and kissed his neck.
"My sister becomes more skilled by the day," he mused out loud, "and that witch is quite powerful. What of the one you fought here, the one with those turtles, do you think she is of any concern?"
"Possibly, she has potential. But she is still young and has a long way to go before she is any real threat to us," the dark haired woman came to face him and sat provocatively on his lap, "We must find all of the tomes so that we gain all of the spells and rituals necessary to carry out our plan."
"What of the other Tomes?"
"I have yet to locate any of them; the one we were after in Los Angeles has been moved."
"The blond?"
"Possibly, but if that was the case then she must have already known where it was and that would mean she most likely knows where the book is here." She leant down and kissed his neck.
"And what, my dear, are you talking about?"
"She is still here searching," Hex replied rubbing his chest, "if she had found it then she would not be here, she would be searching for one of the others hidden across this sickeningly magic less globe."
"So the girl is here aiding my sister against me and in turn Sayuri aids the girl in locating the book hidden in the city." He picked her up and walked over to the bed.
"Yes, and if I am correct then there is someone else who is after the books," Hex gasped in pleasure as he began to kiss her neck and chest, "incidentally four of my demons scouring the city for dear little Yuri have been slain."
"Oh?"
"Yes, a band of Tatsu's ninja found their remains," she chuckled, "it would seem they did their own share of damage though for the foot saw Yuri and the Witch fleeing just as they found the demons."
"They didn't go after them?!" Zuko growled sitting up.
"They're human Zuko," she reminded him, "you remember the little demonstration Tatsu was given before the demons were sent out. No doubt on finding the four demons that slaughtered eighty of their comrades in five minutes, they felt it unwise to pursue anyone who could destroy all four with only two warriors."
"I suppose you're right," he then smiled, "they were injured though?"
"That is what was reported." She laughed, "Tatsu informed me that Yuri left a trail of blood behind her, whether it belonged to your sister or the witch they could not tell me."
Xxx
"Will you hold still?!" A voice heard from a room a few doors down not long after Leo and Serena had left to return to the lair. The voice was loud enough to jolt Raph out of his sleep, Splinter twitched an ear towards it and Mikey and Don looked at each other.
"But it hurts!" A voice they recognised as belonging to Witch, or Elyssa as she'd told them to call her.
"It wouldn't hurt as much if you stopped squirming!" The first voice snapped and Raph had a nagging feeling he knew that voice as well.
"Oh, it so would!" There was a pause, "Ow! See!"
"You are such a baby!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"I have a low pain tolerance okay little miss, I feel no pain!" Don shook his head and rose to his feet to see if he could help and noticed Splinter accompanying him.
"I feel pain!" Yuri bit back as she tried to get at the claw marks making their way across the witch's abdomen, "I just choose no to inform the entire world about it when I'm hurt!"
"Need a hand?" Both girls jumped at his interruption and Don entered without being invited closely followed by his master. The turtle took the antiseptic wipe from Yuri and smiled at her, "You disappeared before we could thank you."
"It is good to se that you are still in good health, Yuri was it?" She nodded at the old rat, "We are forever in your debt for bringing Raphael home to use from the clutches of the foot clan."
"You owe me nothing," she said bowing, "I am sorry to hear that he has been injured further." She shot Elyssa a look when the girl stifled a giggle, "Something funny?"
"No! Not at all!" The blond said her eyes widening, "Ow! Don!"
"Sorry." He apologised and got up to search for something to dress it with.
"How is your brother?" Elyssa asked Don who began wrapping her torso with gauze.
"Healing." Don resisted the urge to finish by saying that his brother wasn't healing nearly fast enough for his liking.
"Raphael is still very weak," Splinter informed, "Dr Chase has informed us that his bones are healing well and it will not be long before she will be happy to allow him to return home with us."
"Well that's good news right?" Elyssa asked glancing over at Yuri who was staying quiet. "Sayuri?"
"The doctor's here go home for the night unless there's an emergency right?" She had her arms folded across her chest and was peering down the hallway in the direction of Raph's room.
"Normally, why?" Don stood having finished what he was doing.
"That Dr Chase left before we did," Yuri's fingers unconsciously twitched itching to reach for her blade, "I didn't see that Dr Everett go home though. They usually leave for home at the same time." Splinter frowned and twitched his ears as if listening for any possible sound that could be a threat.
"Do you believe something is out of place child?" Splinter asked mentally stopping himself from running to his vulnerable son's side to protect him.
"I'm not sure," she scowled, "I don't like Dr. Everett."
"Oh well then we should run as fast as we can because you've never hated anyone before have you?" Elyssa said sarcastically yet without malice, "This is the justice tower! They're not going to let some creep that wants to lock us all in a lab work for them! You really need to take a break once in a while and relax!" At the look Yuri gave her the witch decided it best to stop talking.
"Perhaps we should return to Raphael's room," Splinter took a step so that he was close enough to place a gnarled hand on the purple haired girls shoulder, "I am sure that he wishes to thank you himself." Don smiled not missing the twinkle in Splinter's eye; Raphael always seemed to perk up whenever his pretty little saviour was mentioned before the dragons had taken him. Now he came to think of it she hadn't actually come up since Raph had woken and Don wondered if seeing her again might make his brother feel better. The four occupants exited and made their way down the corridor but Splinter stopped them before they got to the room and Don heard talking.
"You're not worthless you know that right?"Mikey asked watching his brother carefully for any indication of what Raph was thinking, "Why'd you do it Raph?" Raph turned his head away less than willing to talk about it. "Was it us? Was it me?"
"No!" Raph's head snapped back to look at him and the turtle instantly regretted it, wincing in pain.
"Then what?!" Mikey pleaded, "Why would you hurt yourself?! I just don't understand Raph. If there was something wrong why didn't you tell us?"
"I. . . I just. . ." he sighed, "I don't know."
"I don't buy that Raph!" the young turtle was getting angry, "I thought you trusted us! But there was something so wrong that you were . . . We all love you and you do something like this!"
"Please, Mike," hot tears fell from his eyes as he turned again and tried his best to bury his head in the soft white pillow, "I can't do this right now, please . . . I . . ."
"No!" something inside Michelangelo was telling him that he was upsetting his brother, that he should stop, but a stronger part of him was terrified of the weak being on the bed, so unlike the brother he grew up with. That person was the strongest person he knew, he was the turtle Mikey always went to, to chase the monsters away. But here was his brother looking so small and helpless and refusing to accept help, it didn't occur to him that Raph was still far too weak to be dealing with anything, he didn't notice the heart monitor speeding up as his brother began to panic. "No, I want an answer! What did we do to make you do that?!" Mikey grabbed Raph's shoulders and shook him in desperation blocking out the cries of pain.
"Mikey stop!" Don rushed in and pulled his youngest brother away from the second youngest who was panting heavily. Unfortunately Mike was fighting him and Don had to slap the boy, "Mike look at him! You're hurting him!" This seemed to bring him back to his senses and Mikey stared over at the bed where Splinter was whispering comforting words to a near sobbing Raphael.
"Oh God!" Mike took a step away from the scene shaking his head, "Raph, I . . . I'm so sorry, I. . ." He bolted for the door and rushed past the two worried looking girls standing just outside the door.
"Mikey wait!" Raph managed before coughing and crying out in pain again.
"I'll get him." Elyssa offered and set off after the teen, leaving Yuri feeling awkward and out of place standing just outside the room. She walked in and drew closer to the bed watching the touching scene and remembered what it was like not to be alone in the world. It was then she began to feel uneasy again, who ever was out of place was giving off a hatred so strong it was almost suffocating but she couldn't pin point where it was originating from.
"We're not safe here." Yuri stated as the feeling got stronger so much so that she wasn't entirely sure it was only one person any more.
"What do you mean?" Splinter asked as both his boys looked in her direction.
"Something's here and it's getting closer," she said drawing her sword, "something is very wrong and I think it would be safer if we get Raphael out of here, now!" They watched her jump into the room and a laser blast ricochet off of the wall where she had been standing mere moments before. Don blanched and began unhooking the machines from Raphael as Yuri peered around the door before shutting it. "There are ten of them including Dr. Everett. We need another way out!"
"How?" Don asked trying to stay calm, "Raph can barely move and . . ."
"Then we fight." She said simply, "be ready to move!"
"But Yuri!" he stopped when he'd realised she'd already gone and the sounds of gun fire and fighting could be heard, "She's worse than you!" He said to Raphael who smirked, "How much can you move?"
"Not much." Raph said sitting up with great difficulty, "but I ain't gonna be the reason you're all in a lab somewhere."
"I will aid Sayuri." Splinter rose and gripped his walking stick, "Donatello, I am trusting you to get your brother to safety." Donny merely nodded and helped his brother up and out of bed.
"You okay bro?" Don asked feeling his brother's body shake even though he must have been supporting all of Raph' weight, he'd lost way to much body mass since everything had kicked off. "Raph?"
"I'm okay." The younger said through gritted teeth. Don nodded and they made their way slowly over to the door where he listened and figured that Splinter and Yuri had managed to push the fight further down the hall so he opened the door sure enough they were in the opposite direction to the lifts he knew were some way to their right. He reached to his belt and pulled out his cell and rang for Leo.
"We need the chopper!" Donnie ordered down the line as soon as someone picked up.
"What's wrong?" Leo's voice returned laced with concern.
"We're under attack," Don grunted as he shifted Raph's wait causing his brother to cry out again, "Sorry, Raph." He apologised and the hot head nodded, "I don't know who but all I know is Splinter and Sayuri are keeping them off my shell so I can get out of here, but that's not going to happen unless I have someway of getting off the tower, preferable a way that doesn't involve hurting Raph more than I have to."
"We're on our way."
"Have you seen Mikey?"
"He's not with you guys?"
"No," Don cursed as a new bunch of men poured out of the elevator, "They're Bishop's men!" Don pulled Raph into another room and gently placed Raph down on the floor.
"I'll bring Casey!" Leo said just as Don hung up. His bo staff drawn Don leapt towards their attackers.
Xxx
"I hurt him!" Mikey sobbed into the shoulder of one of his heroines.
"You didn't mean to and I bet he's already forgiven you." Elyssa rubbed his shell and looked out over the water at the now rising sun in the horizon.
"But what if I've made things worse?" he whispered then yelped as an old woman suddenly appeared behind them.
"There you are." Elyssa yelped and turned to face the new arrival.
"Grandma?" Mike looked at the tiny old woman with grey hair held back into a bun, wearing a pair of blue, loose cotton pants, with an equally loose white, long sleeved shirt and a pair of reading glasses perched on the end of her nose.
"Boy, your family needs you in there." She said and looked at her granddaughter, "we must hurry, you go with . . . I'm sorry your name?"
"Michelangelo."
"Michelangelo and find his brothers," she said turning to the building, "I will find his father and Sayuri. Be careful these enemies are using advanced weaponry so be ready to use your techno magic if needed." Elyssa nodded and grabbed Mikey's hand and cast a spell and suddenly the two of them were at the end of a corridor occupied by several of Bishop's soldiers and Donnie fighting a loosing battle.
"You find Raph!" Elyssa shouted then made a gesture towards those overpowering the bo wielding turtle. The men were thrown back against the wall hard and didn't get back up, "I'll help Don!" Mike watched for a moment as the girl threw spells at the men before scanning the corridor. When he didn't see his brother he began checking every door until he found Raph in a room around three doors away from the fight.
"Raph?" His brother looked up but relaxed when he realised it was just Mikey, "you okay bro?"
"Don?"
"Witch is helping him." Mikey replied then placed a three fingered hand on his brother's face, "I'm sorry Raph I didn't mean to hurt you earlier, I guess I was scared bro."
"Forget it bro." Raph coughed a few times and clutched his side, he was glad he was drugged to the eye balls otherwise he was be in a lot more pain.
"Come on, let's go!" Don said running in and carefully placing an arm around his shoulders, Mikey copied and took the other arm, causing more cries to erupt from Raph's lips, "we have to get to the roof, Leo will meet us with the chopper."
"Right," Elyssa waved her hand and a small window appeared, "Grandma?" Mikey saw the old woman through the window, "we're making our way up to the roof."
"Go! We will catch up with you." Elyssa closed the window and they made their way quickly and carefully to the elevator.
Xxx
"Child, there are more!" Splinter yelled and knocked two out at the same time with a spinning kick. Yuri leapt to her left as something was thrown at her and it exploded creating a hole in the floor.
"Master Splinter, we should withdraw and gain the upper hand." Yuri panted and ignored the wounds she'd received battling demons earlier that night. The old rat nodded and the pair leapt through the hole and down to the next level where they found yet more corridors. The lights were out but Splinters sharp eyes detected a door ahead of them.
"Come, we must find Donatello and Raphael!" he began making his way over to the door but stopped as it began to open and a figure stood in their path.
"I'm afraid the samples I took from your sons have been depleted and I require more."
"Bishop!" Splinter spat growling, "You will not touch my sons!"
"I will do what is needed rat." Bishop adjusted his glasses and walked towards him as four more soldiers flanked him.
"I'm guessing this is the leader." Yuri asked crouching into a fighting stance.
"He is a monster!" Splinter told her, "Be careful Sayuri, he is a worthy opponent but he is without honour and will stop at nothing to get what he wants."
"I have an interest in you as well young lady," he smiled at her, "after all an opportunity to study a member of a race lost centuries ago is hardly an opportunity my team are willing to miss." Yuri frowned surprised that he knew something of her race. He turned to his men, "take them alive." The men advanced and fired their guns, Yuri managed to deflect most of the shots but a few managed to catch her. Ignoring the pain caused by the shots meant to disable she charged and took the closest out quickly with her sword then spun and knocked the next out with a well placed kick. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed that Splinter was battling Bishop and she went for the last two. They were more skilled than the first two and one managed to connect to her face throwing her back and knocking her off balance. She rose unsteadily and gripped her sword just in time to see the one to her right throw something and it landed on her shoulder moments before jolts of electricity were sent through her body.
"Miss Sayuri!" Splinter called seeing her fall to the ground unconscious. "Do you really think you will get away with this?"
"The freaks that use this place will not be around for a while," Bishop smiled, "I am afraid it seems they are otherwise occupied on the other side of the planet. And they will know nothing of this intrusion until they return to find you all gone."
"Quite a plan." Bishop turned to see the last of his men slump to the ground and an elderly woman approached them.
"And you are?"
"My name is Rose," she replied adjusting her glasses on her nose and pushing her sleeves up slightly, "now if you'll excuse me we are leaving." She told him and sent a spell hurtling towards him; he tried to dodge but the orb of light changed direction and expanded. Finally it engulfed him and he too slumped to the ground. "I'm sorry to meet you on such an occasion I have heard a great deal about you from an old friend of mine, but I believe your sons are awaiting us on the roof with our means of escape." Splinter wanted to ask questions as to what she was talking about and how she knew about his family, but she snapped her fingers and they were suddenly on the roof.
"Yo! Master Splinter!" Casey ran over to them and scooped Sayuri up. "Everyone's watin' in the chopper. We was worried they got you or somethin'"
"We must leave quickly!" The rat replied to the human and followed him into the craft relieved to see all of his sons present.
"She okay?" Mikey asked as Casey laid Yuri down next to Raph who had passed out from over exertion and pain.
"She won't be if we don't get out of here safely," Rose snapped then looked at her granddaughter who was fussing over a nasty cut on Donatello's forehead, "Lysie, no doubt those government thugs have a way of tracking us in this thing, you had better use your techno spells to make sure they can't and I'll create a fog think enough to cover our escape."
"Techno magic?" Casey repeated as he joined Leo in the co-pilot seat. Don watched the blond girl reluctantly pull away from him and sit cross legged in the centre of the chopper, then she chanted a few words and she began to glow an electric blue.
"Any and all electrical gear, save the stuff in this craft is disabled," she said getting up and picking up the first aid kit once more to finish dealing with Donnie's head wound, "they won't be able to see us using anything electrical period." Rose waved her right hand and a dense fog suddenly developed causing a curse to slip from Casey's lips despite being in Splinter's presence.
"And now they won't be able to see us by any normal method either." The old woman walked over and began to check over Sayuri for anything serious that needed attention.
Well there's another chapter, I hope you like this one too and thanks again for all the great reviews I'm really glad you like it! I will try to update as soon as I can. Toodles, Angel xxx.