Ch 24. Face to Face with a Demon

Donnie, Mikey and Raph stared down at the possessed turtle in surprise before looking up at one another. Donnie gave out a small laugh and placed the dart gun back in his belt.

"We did it." He said with a nervous chuckle. "We actually brought him down."

"Yeah," Mikey replied. "Not as hard as we thought it was going to be."

"No time for celebrating." Raph put his broken sais back in his belt and looked around. "Let's get him out of here before Shredder and his men show up."

They were just about to bend down and take their brother's limbs when several whips were suddenly wrapped around their chest and they were yanked hard backwards on their shells. They gasped in shock when Leo suddenly stood up and brushed himself off.

"Well that was pointless." He told them, shaking his head and walking over to them. "You guys are so predictable." He told them. He stood in front of Raphael and backhanded him so hard, the red turtle fell to the side with a grunt of pain and spat out blood.

"So pathetic." He sneered down at them in the demon's voice. They looked up and noticed Leo's eyes were now endless pools of black and filled with hate and anger. "No wonder your brother gave into me so easily."

"Liar!" Raph yelled out. He struggled to get back up and glared at the demonic turtle. "Our brother would never give into you!"

The demonic turtle grabbed Raph's face and squeezed hard as he leered down at him. His eyes seemed to go right through Raph's soul and Raph couldn't help the shudder of fear that went throughout his body. "Oh he did." The demon purred. "He came to me and took my hand...like an old friend." He pushed Raph away, and Raph looked down at the floor and shook his head in disbelief.

The demon glared mockingly at Raph before turning and looking over his shoulder. "Saki!" He called out. The turtles watched as Shredder along with the rest of his mutant army came into view. Leo bent down and snatched Raph's t-phone. He turned to look at Shredder and waved the phone under his nose. "Now, let's make a phone call."

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Back at the lair, Splinter sat in his meditative pose, but his mind was not at rest nor was he meditating. His mind was on his sons and the voice that continued to sound over and over again in his head. He knew it had been the voice of his wife, urging him to help Leonardo. But how, HOW could he help a son whose soul had become possessed by an evil entity. He has searched through his ancient book hoping to find some sort of information that would help him but nothing seemed helpful. Splinter let out a deep sigh as he once again thought about all he and his sons had gone through since his sons had gone to the surface.

He stood and rubbed his eyes; he was tired, so very tired of so much. he wanted his sons to come home, he wanted to try and have a happy normal life, he wanted to have his daughter with him, but so far, that kind of a life seemed so far away. He was just about to make his way to the kitchen when the sound of a ringing telephone came from his room.

He walked over toward his room and stood in the doorway. A strange feeling of foreboding came over him. He remembered the last time he felt that way, it was the last time he had seen Miwa when she was still under the control of Shredder's brain worm. And that time he knew something was not right. He had long ago learned to trust in his senses. And his senses told him, this phone call was going to lead him to something far worse then last time. He reached over and, with trembling hands, picked up the cheese phone.

"Moshi moshi." He answered. The voice on the other end sent a chill up his spine.

"Hello father." Splinter grimaced and set his jaw. He closed his eyes and swallowed hard. It was Leonard's voice on the other end, and yet he knew it was not his son. The voice was cold and filled with hate. And although it sounded like his eldest, he could hear the demonic entity deep within.

"Hello my son." He answered, hesitantly. "Where are the others?"

"Oh, you don't sound happy to hear from me." Leo replied mockingly. "It's been so long since we've seen each other, I thought you would be happy to hear from someone you thought long dead." He replied. "You know, like that time you found out Karai was actually Miwa." He sighed sounding annoyed. "But if you rather know about my brothers, well, they are here and they are doing fine, for the moment." He laughed. "Of course, how long they stay fine is up to you. And I know you all too well so just come over to Shredder's lair and let's get this over with. Okay...dad."

"I will come, but you must promise not to hurt them."

"I promise nothing." Now it was the demon's voice talking to him. "I only promise your death upon your arrival. And if you don't get here soon, I'll take their lives one by one, starting with your baby Michelangelo. Sound fair?"

Splinter closed his eyes. "I will be there." He hung up the phone and went to grab his cloak. He made his way to the sewers and with a heavy heart, made his way to Shredder's lair.

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"Dad is so predictable." Leo said as he roughly tossed the phone at Raph, it fell to the floor and cracked. "Always the protector. He never changes." He sighed as if bored. "Oh well, who can blame him. After all, he lost his first family after he failed to protect them." He sneered at the turtles while they glared hotly back at him and continued to struggle in vain at the whips that held them. "I mean come on!" He sounded exasperated. "His wife dies in his arms while his daughter is raised by a low life like Oroku Saki." He laughed loudly and pointed at the scowling human. "And how many times have one or all of us gotten into trouble because of his failure to protect us."

He looked up in mock annoyance. "And then he gets killed trying to save the earth, but hey...his death gave us a chance to travel through space and have some great adventures!" He tapped his chin. "You know, we've done more in our sixteen...seventeen years then he has in his forty!" He laughed. "Some ninja master."

"That's enough you jerk!" Mikey screamed."Splinter is the best father ever and you would know that if you were the real Leonardo!"

"Oh Mikey." He petted his head and then roughly pushed him onto his shell by pushing his palm against his forehead, Mikey grunted." You've always been the baby so of course you would think that." He grinned evilly at Raph. "But there are some of you that think differently. Right Raphael?"

"You sick twisted peace of Sh..." Raph began, struggling in the whips.

"Raphael!" He slapped Raph across the face again. "How many times must I tell you, ninja's do not use language like that." He shook his head. "It amazes me how you can be looked upon as a serious warrior by anyone...or any woman." He hummed in mock curiosity. "Speaking of woman, how is Mona Lisa?" Raph bared his teeth wanting so badly to just charge and kill. "Oh right." Leo said, snapping his fingers as though he just remembered something. "Mona Lisa is no longer around because she found her original mate, the Newtralizer." He threw his head back and laughed. "And their off traipsing about the universe in each other's arms and you're stuck here. So sorry about that." He said sarcastically.

Raph clenched his fist and held back tears. "I'm gonna kill you." Raph told him.

"Don't let him get to you." Donnie whispered to him. "He's not our brother." Donnie turned toward the demonic turtle. "And if Splinter's ancestors defeated you once before, then so will he."

The demon turtle turned toward Donnie. "He'll try but this time he'll fail and I will destroy him and the rest of you." He smiled coldly at them. "Of course if you would agree to give yourselves to me like your brother did..."

"Our brother would never give himself to you." Mikey screamed.

"Not willing." Donnie added. "What did you do to him?"

"Oh a little of this and a little of that." He said mockingly. "It was slow and painful but like I said, one can only fight a demon for so long before they have to give in." He turned toward Donnie looking thoughtful. "You know, Donatello. I could really use that mind of yours." He placed his paw on the genius's head and rubbed it." I could do so much for you, give you what you want."

"Never!" Donnie shook the hand off.

"Now don't say no until you've heard me out." He grinned down at him with a twisted expression. "You know April and Casey have been getting it on since we went to upstate New York, right?" Donnie looked up at him horrified. "Those three days we went on our little outing." He made quotation marks with his fingers.

"What if I was to do away with a certain dark haired, gaped tooth hockey playing kid and make April fall in love with you?" He looked at him enticingly. "Bring her here, force her to give into you." He glared. "What would you give for that?" He questioned. "Maybe you'd be grateful enough to have a threesome?" He started laughing at Donnie's sick look.

"That's enough!" Raph screamed again. This time the demon smacked Raph across the face with his ring hand. He stared at Raph coldly as blood fell from his lips. He smiled and looked at the blood that dripped off the ring almost mesmerized.

"Maybe before I kill you...I'll have some fun with you first." He told him while continuing to stare at the ring. "Maybe I'll force you to endure what your brother did." He looked back at Raph. "Would you like that Raphael?" He asked, his voice low and husky. "I'll force myself on you, let you know what it's like to be forced to endure unwanted pleasure like he was." He smiled evilly at the memories. "You know he was raped by Shredder several times because of you?" He brought his face close to Raph and stared at him intently. "How many times can you endure it?"

A sob from Mikey caused him to turn away from Raph and smile toward the youngest. "Maybe Mikey instead."

"Stay away from my brothers." Raph yelled, struggling in the bindings. Leo stood up and was about to make his way over to the youngest when a loud voice sounded above.

"GET AWAY FROM MY SONS!"

Leo looked up toward the ceiling and picked up his sword. "Well it's about time."

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