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Lies hurt the person who tells them, not just the person lied to.
-Unknown
Getting there had been simplistic.
Smiling, making sure that they all knew that she belonged there. It was all a game, a way to play was to give nothing away that suggested that you were an outsider. Bypassing security to the guarded room had been slightly more difficult, but then again; it had actually been fun. Knocking out the men, moving them to where they looked like they were sleeping. But it was in vain, she would be gone before they were noticed missing or found. Playing the game was easy, but winning on the other hand...
"Excuse me, but I must see your ID" She turned to see a man, another watchman?
…was hard. Right when you thought you had won, there was always something in the way. Another obstacle, another puzzle; more mysterious situations. It never stopped, draining you in till it was ended by two words.
Game Over.
But for her, the two words didn't exist. She wouldn't lose, she wouldn't go down. Nothing would stop her, nothing had ever stopped her. She wasn't going to give up and she would be damned if everything she had protected and sacrificed was put to waste by a pitiful guard.
"Now"
She sighed internally, this was irritating her. Taking care of the first two had been far from difficult, but she rather have done her deed in silence and without detection. But no, she had to be stopped again. Couldn't you steal documents in peace anymore?
The answer was obviously no.
Pretending to drop something at her feet, she went to the ground to look for it in a typical response. Searching for nothing, she felt the guard shift nervously. Analyzing the situation, she knew what had to happen. He was an average sized guy, but it would be best to take him by surprise. Quickly and silently or she would risk alerting the rest of the building.
Picking the move out in her head that she was to execute, she prepared to pounce. It was simple; it took a moment to take down the target. Her muscles were pumped, as was the blood throughout them. Taking a breath, the blessed oxygen gave the signal to spring.
"Wh…"
That's all he could get out before he was on the ground with her slender human arm holding him in a choke hold. He clawed to try and get air that was slowly leaking out, but she shifted from his reach. His body started to go limp; the attempts to escape were growing weaker. Then she stood, dragging the body to where the others were laying their heads on a table.
"And then there were three" She muttered under her breath
Walking from the unconscious trio, she found that she was buzzing. A small amount of adrenaline had been released, she was soaring. Truth was that she had been made to be silent, to be a warrior. Even though it had been small, the feeling of taking someone down had felt good. It had been fun.
Then again, she really shouldn't have said that it was fun.
What she was doing was not fun, she told herself.
She hated what she was meant to be, a killing machine.
It could have been easy to keeping holding onto the man's neck, so that he suffocated. Then it would have been just as easy to just walk away with no thought to the dead man she would have left. No matter how much she tried to forget, the past was there.
Entering the room that she had never desired to be in again, the familiar squeak of the filing cabinet greeted her as a chill ran down her spine. Saki had found it more secure to keep the sensitive information the old fashion way. It couldn't be hacked, it was easy to guard, and you could burn them when you wanted them gone. There were only a few allowed in the room, she was surprised that she was still able to get in.
But he thought that she was back in his army, so that was an excellent explanation of why she wasn't fighting a horde of black ninjas right now. They could always bust in any moment, but she knew they wouldn't.
Bringing the dusty paper, one that she knew hadn't been touched since the day of her departure from the Foot, to the light; she saw it. The signatures from that day, before guilt and before she had had too…
"BROTHER!"
The eldest female turtle felt the guilt wash over her, what she wouldn't give to take it back. She had kept it secret, no one knew except for Karai for the sole reason that there were two names on the paper.
There was the human's, forced to send an order for the separation. It twisted as normal, but it was a scrawl as it was done with anger. It had never meant to be written, the cursed word, but it had been; although it had been struggling the entire way. It was hell bent on not following through with what came with the signature, but there it was; it had started it all.
Karai.
It had started it all, one word.
The pain that had reared its ugly head once more, reopening the wounds that still bled for the brothers. All those years ago, it had started with the name.
She had been there when the orders had been delivered, when they had been told. No one knew who she was, except for the sorrow filled female besides her. Today she was a random doctor, blond hair to make sure that no one connected her to her other forms.
She didn't want to do it, but her sisters…
"What are you saying?" The eldest Elite looked shocked; she knew that the black haired human was trying to detach herself. To avoid emotions, but these were like her brothers…it would be impossible to do so.
"You are to report to the medical lab immediately or you will be escorted there" The other three echoed the same reaction.
"You mean dragged by force" Moto snapped, getting a glare from his elder
"What do you mean dragged?" The elder of the twins asked, freezing the two elders.
They had never meant for the twins to hear, for them to find out what was going on. There would be tears, they wouldn't understand. But they had heard, what were they going to tell them? Leaving them in the dark would hurt them in the sense of not being trusted with the information; but on the other hand, finding out that…
"What's going to happen to us?" The youngest piped up, gaining her attention
She moved a blond hair of her eyes, moving in front of Karai. They both knew what was going to happen, but to protect the smallest of the four was important to her. If she could calm their minds in till the moment the needle entered his arm; then she would.
Alice appeared in her mind, she knew that her youngest sister would have reacted the same way; so the question was how to calm Alice down and not the twins. The answer was simple, but it ached inside.
The best option was the one that she executed.
"There will be no dragging; it's a threat so you don't skip the appointment, some people are afraid of the doctors." She spoke sweetly, but it killed her that the innocent boys were so oblivious.
Telling a lie was the easiest thing to do, their uncertainty seemed to disappear.
They looked at her white lad coat, the slightly tanned skin it covered, which was made just for the occasion.
"Are you a doctor?" Kenji asked in a high voice
"Yes, are you afraid of me?" All eyes were on her as she smiled
"I'm not afraid" Sora boasted
"Neither am I!" His twin agreed, trying to puff up his chest
"You are going to get a physical exam, nothing more" She was getting glares from the eldest male, that she was lying to them. There was more, there was something.
"Are they going to…" A blur of questions came her way and while answering them, the conversation she was keeping the twins out off floated her way.
"You can't do this to them!" Once again, Saturo had no concern for his own safety
"I can't do anything" She could tell that tears were building in the other female
"Take me, leave them alone" Moto just stood there, unsure of what was going on. He had no idea why his big brother was offering his own life in exchange for theirs. What was going on?
"I can't…" The other female shook her head
There was nothing that any of them could do; she wished that she could do something…
"Are we going to get a lollipop afterwards?"
She nodded; her heart breaking.
It was for her sisters, but to hurt another…
She wished she could do something, but there was nothing.
She hated herself, for good reason.
For what she had done…
…and what she was about to do.
Then there was her own calling, confirming that the first injection had been completed and that the others were spared. It was scrawled, with the intention of escaping the horror and sorrow as soon as possible. All you could see was the J, and then it was just squiggles. To get away, to forget.
Jasmine.
The word had ended it, it had given the others freedom. Although one was already consumed and there was nothing she could do. But the three were safe…
She entered the room; only to be almost floored by two sobbing twins. The clipboard in her hand was dropped, hitting the floor with a sound that they all ignored. The two boys held onto her, for good reason. She was their last link to…him.
"Where is he?" The elder of the three asked, her eyes traced the tiles. They were white, the exact opposite of how she felt. A dark heart beat in her chest, as equally sorrowful news echoed in her mind.
To tell them, she didn't want…
His eyes were red, all their eyes were. It had only been an hour since the four had been spilt; but it had been an eternity. Six dark eyes searched her, they wanted an answer.
"He's in the other room"
Smiles came to their faces, her black heart shattered. Tears welled up, they didn't notice. Only when they moved to go past her, to their brother, did they know that something was wrong. Blocking their path with her arm, holding the tallest back; she knew that the darkness was about to invade them, as it had her.
"You can't go in there, not yet"
The words were less than a whisper, cold as ice, yet they still heard.
"Why not?" Sora said in irritation
"He's not…" She couldn't finish the sentence, the words refusing to roll off her tongue
"Did something happen to him?" The youngest pleaded for an answer
She was forbidden to tell them, they were to remain in the dark by direct orders of the master. Saki wanted them to know nothing as the procedure was done to each. But something resisted in her, she wasn't going to do it.
The pain would be greater for them to not know, to see their elder in the state he was now. As a perfect drone, it would shatter them. They had to be warned, they had to know.
"He doesn't remember"
The three words, it wasn't the lie that she had been ordered to tell; that they expected. One sentence, that sent them into darkness.
"He doesn't remember…" Kenji echoed, unsure of what she meant
"Remember what?" His twin asked in desperation
The answer was the hardest to think about, let alone speak. It was poison in her mouth, burning her.
"You…" Time stopped, sound was nonexistent as she paused to let a tear run down her cheek "…your brother does not remember any of you"
This sent chaos rippling through the brothers, tears joined her own.
Hasumoto sank to his knees, staring at the door that he knew led to someone that shared his blood; but nothing else. Sorrow filled the air; the twins clutched their elder, knowing that it was the only big brother they had left.
She couldn't take it, scooping up the clipboard and walking…no running from the room.
To slide to the floor and cry, she wanted to. But she couldn't, she had work to do. Taking the pen, she steadied her hand and wrote her name. With the scribble, she had saved them the same fate. They needed to remember, even the pain.
Marching into the Shredder's office, she dropped the document on his desk. He gave her a curios look, she glared.
"Are you happy now?" She hissed, knowing that she was out of line
His eyes scanned the paper, the signatures and did something that made her blood boil.
He smiled, he fucking smiled!
That was it; she didn't wait for an answer.
"If you touch them, I will personally hand the Utroms your head"
His eyes probably went wide, his face in shock.
But she didn't know if he did, all she saw was his doors as she walked out in defiance.
The threat could have been seen as a bluff, a lie.
But they both knew that it wasn't a lie…
…it was a promise.
Mostly the name was scrawled in pain, but there was a hint of anger. Fury, directed solely and completely at him. The bastard who had caused it all, Saki.
She looked at the signatures, the lies that document hide.
Lies that could never be revealed.
Tucking the folder under her arm, she knew it was time to leave.
Get back to the ones she protected with the signature, the ones that had survived.
Her family, the seven who were unaware.
Not knowing of how many times bonds had been shattered.
Oblivious of the many promises that were broken.
Shielded from the many secrets that were buried.
They had no idea and that….
Without any thought from her, black locks changed to blond; the same color they had been that day. She didn't change it back; she didn't care at the moment. She just wanted to get out of the building.
Exiting the room, she walked down the hall.
…was exactly how she wanted it.
At the moment he was, although he would never admit it, scared.
They had been escorted to a room that was barren of any color and no one, even his brother, was telling him anything. After the conversation with Karai, he was scared. Why the hell had his brother offered his life in exchange for theirs? He knew that Saturo would do anything to protect them, but what was so serious that…
"What is going on?"
His elder sighed "Our master finds that we are a distracted team, he is removing the distraction"
He moved in instinct towards the twins, they were the ones who joked around and messed up during missions. His eyes narrowed, they were going to have to go through him first.
"Them?" He growled in anger
"No,…"
The rage dissipated, he looked over to his elder.
"…me"
His jaw dropped as the door opened to reveal two guards. They moved towards the leader of their team, he stood to resist.
"What are you doing?" The youngest cried, as they the three of them crowded around their brother, hell bent on not letting him go.
The two men didn't reply, only looking to the tallest in the room.
"Can I have more time?" Saturo asked softly
They shook their heads, reaching to secure a hold on either arm. He reached to knock the grips away, but his brother said otherwise.
"Don't"
But why? Why were they taking him?
"Brother!" The twins cried at the same time, reaching out; but he stopped them. Pulling them close, he watched them pull his big brother away.
"Moto, you are in charge" His elder squirmed in their grip to stay in the room a few moment longer
"But…" He wasn't the leader, he wasn't meant to be. That was Saturo's job, not his!
"Say it" His brother locked eyes with him
"I can't…" He tried to reply
"You can and you have too, now tell me; are you in charge?"
He was almost gone, the door almost closed.
"Yes" He yelled, to make sure that his elder heard.
And right before the door closed, all that was seen was one thing.
Not the sobbing twins.
Not his struggling brother.
Not his tears.
Just a smile on his big brothers face.
It had been a lie, the simple word he had said that day.
He had been asked a question, the response he knew at that moment had been a lie.
"Are you in charge?"
He had said yes, truth was that no, he wasn't. The position had been forced on him, he had never claimed it.
It wasn't his place, it was…
"Moto!"
He looked up to see the twins again looking at him strangely.
"What?" He was tired, not physically but emotionally
"We are going to get a drink, you coming?" Sora asked
"I'll catch up" They took the answer and with two more looks of curiosity, left him alone.
Taking a breath, he looked at the empty spot across from him.
"Why so sad?"
He missed him, it was the simple; painful truth.
Thing was that no matter how he hoped, he was never coming back…
A person walked in front of the dojo's entrance, somehow noticing him.
His eyes went wide, blond hair.
Dark blue eyes matched his state of shock.
"He doesn't remember"
It was her.
"Shit"
Then she was gone and he was running after her.
Why was she here?
That's what he was going to find out.
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