WARNING: Contains strong language and some sensitive content.
Chapter Six
Anger Unleashed
Mona walked out of the room, the tears started to fall and she began to stride through the decorated halls to go back to her and Raphael's room to have a quiet cry, she couldn't bear being in the same room as Tyroth and Amber's parents and seeing all the family love as well as hear what Tyroth had said about Arashi and Dr Arden.
"There's no thanks to those monsters!" she sobbed, "They ruined lives! They tortured me! Stole Tyroth's DNA, hurt Jen...They're worse than the fiends that took my life! How can Tyroth even think about thanking them!?"
As she walked towards the residential area, she suddenly heard a voice behind her.
"Mona!"
Mona recognised Tyroth's voice but she kept walking.
"Mona! Wait up!" Tyroth called again and Mona soon felt his huge hand on her shoulder.
The lizard lady turned around to face the red dragon mutant, her eyes blurred from the tears she cried.
"WHAT!?" she barked.
Tyroth jumped at Mona's outburst, he had seen her mad, but never aimed at him.
"Mona! Please….can't you tell me what's going on?" asked Tyroth.
"As if you didn't know!" Mona screamed "I heard what you said! You thank Arashi and Dr Arden!? After what evil things they did!?"
"Mona!" said Tyroth "I didn't mean that! All I was saying was that these events just happened to bring my family together! Even if I wished things had been different! I was being sarcastic about saying thanks to them!"
"Oh well isn't that great(!)" Mona spat "You got your family back because of the men who tortured and experimented on me and you! And almost killed Jen! Maybe I should let them know where my family is! Then maybe we can share your luck at being reunited with them!"
"Hey! Don't say things like that!" Tyroth shouted "That's going too far!"
"Too far?" Mona yelled "Too far?"
"Mona!" the furious Lizard Lady soon heard Sephie and Amber's voice and she saw the gecko and marine iguana run over as well.
"Guys!" cried Amber "What's going on!?"
Tyroth and Mona looked towards Amber and Sephie.
"Stay out of this!" Mona said sternly.
"Mona!" Sephie cried as she ran over, ignoring the Lizard Lady's words "What's gotten into you!?"
Mona glared at Sephie.
"Isn't it clear to you?" she asked "It seems your lover is grateful to Arashi and Dr Arden that he has his family back!"
Sephie looked shocked.
Amber quickly cut in "Well...he was just saying that everything happens for a reason! Even if what happened is something we wished didn't!"
Mona said nothing, she just breathed heavily.
"A reason...?" she gasped, almost too angry to speak.
"It was horrible time Mona!" said Sephie "But Tyroth and Amber have a point! Everything happens for a reason!"
"You don't understand!" Mona shouted "You don't understand! Neither of you!"
"What do you mean we don't understand?" retorted Sephie "Of course we do! We know you're upset!"
"So you see my point?" asked Mona as the tears continued to flow.
"We know you're upset Tyroth has his family again! And almost all of us wish we could share the same luck! I sure as hell do!"
Amber nodded in agreement.
"You're not the only one suffering Mona!" she said.
Mona turned away from Amber and more tears fell.
"None of you have suffered what I have!" she shouted "None of you! I despise Arashi and Dr Arden for what they did to me! To you Tyroth! And to you Amber! What they did was evil! Cruel! Disgusting and unforgivable!"
"We know!" said Tyroth "We know how you feel...and I never said I genuinely thank those monsters! They did despicable things! Yet through all that...something good came out of it!"
"Yeah!" said Sephie "Think about it Mona! After what happened to you, it was horrible! And I said it myself I could never have gone through what you did! But after all that...look where you are now! And all you have now!"
Mona stood silent for a moment, and the three mutants wondered if they had gotten through to her in a way and their words to her had sunk in.
But when Mona looked up, they saw in her eyes more fury.
"Maybe I should send a few thank you cards to the Purple Dragons too!" Mona snarled in a low tone "After they raped and practically murdered me!"
Amber's jaw dropped and a few tears erupted from her eyes at Mona's outburst.
"Mona..." Tyroth started.
"Those bastards ruined my life!" Mona screamed "And they paid with their blood! I'll never see my family again! And even if I did get lucky to see them again, they would see a monster!"
After listening to Mona's words, Sephie could stand it no longer.
"What the fuck Mona?" she cried angrily "What's wrong with you?"
Mona looked at Sephie again.
"You don't know?" shouted Mona "You really don't know? My best friend who I confide in doesn't know how really I feel?"
"Mona!" Sephie yelled "This isn't fair!"
"Fair!?" Mona screamed "I'll tell you what's not fair! Being snatched from the ones I love! Raped! My virginity taken by force by a gang of evil thugs then they dumped me in the sewer for dead!"
As Mona screamed, Amber's eyes widened and more tears fell, not just because of Mona's words, but it was the first time she heard how Mona was mutated.
"Mona!" Sephie screamed back "You're not the only one whose not got her family here, you know! I miss mine too!"
"At least you had Tyroth!" Mona shouted "The whole of Mutopia to comfort you! I had no-one! For two whole fucking years I had no-one! You can't understand and you never will!"
"Mona..."
"No!" Mona shouted "Just leave me alone!" she then turned on her heel and ran off towards the residential area leaving Tyroth, Amber and Sephie dumbstruck.
"Oh shit..." said Tyroth.
"Dammit..." Sephie cursed.
Amber meanwhile stood there staring at where Mona had stormed off.
Sephie looked at the marine iguana and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Amber..." she said.
"Jen-Jen?" Tyroth said as he looked at his sister.
Amber's eyes were filled with tears as she had tried to take in what Mona had said before she stormed off.
"What...what happened to her?" she asked in a small voice.
Tyroth sighed sadly.
Sephie looked at where Mona had vanished to and looked at Tyroth and Amber.
"I don't think Mona's going to want to talk for a while." She said "We better leave her be...when she's ready we'll try and talk to her."
"That is if she wants to talk..." said Tyroth with a sigh.
Sephie looked saddened.
"Come on..." she said "Let's go sit down...we'll explain everything Amber..." she then lead Amber to a bench.
As the girls sat down, Tyroth looked towards where Mona had vanished and shook his head sadly, feeling hurt from the Lizard Lady's harsh words, but a little guilty as well.
Mona soon arrived at her and Raphael's room, she slammed the door and collapsed on the bed sobbing her heart out.
She stayed there for several minutes, but despite crying and screaming into her pillow, she couldn't shake the feeling of anger, devastation and disappointment within her, she wanted something more to help shake away the feeling inside.
Looking up from her pillow, she could see her fans on the dressing table next to Raphael's sai.
Her anger was soon fuelled to the want and desire to go out and fight crime in Chicago, that was what normally made her feel better, that or some training in the dojo, yet she felt that punching bags and straw dummies wouldn't curb her negative feelings.
Standing up and wiping her eyes, Mona walked to the wardrobe and pulled out her leather one piece and long coat.
She took off her normal ninja gear and got dressed, making sure her tail was hidden up the coat, she also put on a scarf and gloves as well as her black cowl to cover her face.
She then thought of Tyroth, Amber and Sephie and whether they would try and talk to her, or find her after her outburst.
"If they have any sense..." she thought as she pulled on some long boots "They'll leave me alone to cry...and won't even know I'm not here...and if luck is on my side...I'll sneak back into Mutopia without them ever knowing I was gone, I know most of Chicago now especially with the patrols we've been on whilst staying here."
Now fully dressed, Mona picked up her fans then walked back to the door then towards where the exit was, she knew all the Mutopians would be at the party so no-one would be at the entrance and stop her.
Making sure her scarf was tightly wrapped around her neck and her cowel was over her face, Mona walked to the entrance of the sanctuary and into the dark rocky tunnel to head to the surface.
So Mona's exploded on Tyroth, Sephie and Amber, and now she's left the sanctuary! Very unwise considering her state right now!
What will happen next! Stay tuned to find out!