I'm going to try to POV with one of the turtles. This is just an experiment to see if I can capture the personality of them and if I can, I will continue with it in the future! My only worry about doing this kind of writing is not being able to display the character and make them act like they would in the shows. I've read a lot of TMNT FanFics that involve getting the Turtles point of view and in my opinion the hardest one to capture I think is Leonardo because he's the leader and does most of the heroic work so I'm going to take a shot at this…here I go. Please review what you think of it thanks! xD
BTW: This chapter is a little gory so be careful if you don't like that sort of thing
: Chapter 15:
"Should have listened to Don, Should have listened to Don" Those words kept bouncing around in my stubborn, hard-headed skull. It's good to learn when to go by the advice of others and not think everything you do will be right, and going into this "Cave" after all the signs literally spelled "DANGER," was just one of the dumbest ideas I've ever had. I don't mind risking my own life to put an end to Hun and the Purple Dragons, but risking Raphael's too? Sometimes I had to second guess my role as a brother and not a leader.
We walked into that tunnel and followed that strange red light until it brought us to the very end, little did we know, the very end was literally, the end. Not the end of the subway, but the end of our journey because my stupidity and blindness got Raphael and I captured by the Dragons. Thankfully for those cheating bastards, we fainted before we even reached their lair on the other side because if we had been conscious, I was almost certain we would have kicked the living shell out of them. I'm no scientist like my brother Donatello, but I figured the temperature and pressure coming from that tunnel is what caused us to black out and now here we are, chained to a wall being kept like animals. We were gagged and I don't know about Raph, but I was sweating uncontrollably.
"Should have listened to Don, Should have listened…" My guilty conscious wouldn't give me a break. I rolled my head across the wall and looked at Raphael who was looking straight into my eyes. He didn't look angry at all like I would have expected, he almost looked helpless. Does he think this is the end of us? I wish I didn't have this rag in my mouth so I could tell him "There was no way we are going down without a fight" but knowing Raphael, I probably don't need to tell him that.
: At April's Apartment (Austria's POV):
With enough thought and a well-executed plan I decided to pay my "father" in the hospital a little visit. I know I'm deciding this out of the blue but I needed to speak with him, find out what he knows about the Purple Dragons. What? You really thought I was just ganna sit around and do nothing while Leo and Raph got all the fun? Sadly, there was no one I was going there alone with an unpredictable physco-maniac and I needed someone to come with me. Casey and April were out of the question, they would never let me go back out into the city after what happened yesterday. I don't think I could take Michelangelo seriously on this mission but I had a really bad feeling that Donatello wouldn't let me go either. Of course he wouldn't, he's been keeping a full profile on me ever since I woke up this morning. You know the weird part? I didn't mind it either. I thought it was…kinda sweet that he cares so much about me. My stomach got light and fluffy again and I smiled down at the dishes in my hands.
Ok so…Mikey it was…great. I finished washing the dishes and put them on a towel to dry. I wiped my hands with a paper towel and rolled down my sleeves. I took a deep breath and walked into the living room.
"I'm boooored" Mikey was lying upside down on the living room couch flipping through the channels on the TV.
"Here goes nothing" I walked up to him and grabbed the remote
"What the-"
"Listen Michelangelo I need to talk to you" I grabbed his wrist and pulled him off the couch making him land on the floor with a thud.
"OK OK! Feisty little-"He started to get up off the ground when I yanked on his arm, making him stumble and fall into the kitchen. Way to draw attention to yourself Aus.
"Listen Mikey I need you to do me a favor "
"Hell no! Not after that!" He dusted off his plastron
"PLEASE! It involves stealth and awesomeness? "I folded my hands and raised my bottom lip over my top. He looked behind him to make sure no one was listening then smiled at me
"What kinda favor are we talkin about here?" He leaned in close to me and grinned
"I need to go to the hospital my dad's in and find him" I whispered
He jerked away and widened his pure white eyes at me. "SAY WHAT?!"
I pulled him low to the floor and shushed him. "Please Mikey, It's the only way were ganna get information on the Dragons"
"What are you ganna do when you find him? Squeeze out all the good juicy facts then stab his arm with a needle full of gasoline?!" He was whispering/yelling at me like I was some kind of crazy drug addict.
"I was planning on skipping the killing part, even though I told Raphael I wanted to kill him" Mike looked at me and made a disgusted face
"You did what now?!"
"That's beside the point. If he tries to kill me again ill unplug his oxygen mask or whatever and that will be the end of it but PLEASE Mikey I can't do this alone!" A grabbed his hands bandana strings and yanked on them until he begged for me to stop with the answer I was looking for.
"Ok Ok!…I'll do it…but you have to buy me one large pepperoni pizza all for myself once we get back!" He held out his hand for me to shake
"Deal" I grabbed it and yanked it up and down "Let's go. Suit up"
"Guys come quickly!" April ran into the kitchen and got our attention. We jumped up in a worry and followed her to the small table Don was sitting at. He looked so tired it almost made my heart melt and not in the lovey romantic way.
"I just lost contact with the guys" He was typing furiously at his keyboard and pressing buttons on his headset. "I don't know what happened I can't reach them at all. The signal is completely lost"
"What would cause that Don?" Casey asked with his arms crossed.
Don stopped typing and slowly turned in his chair so his feet hung off the side. "Yesterday, the guys found this mysterious corridor. I told them it wasn't safe but Leo insisted on going in. I think that's why I can't contact them at all."
"When were you going to tell us this?!" April looked horrified
"I didn't want to worry you, I'm sorry. I thought they would make it through"
"So what do we do now?" Mike asked
Don sighed and moved back to face his computer. "I don't know. We can't send anyone else down there it's too dangerous. Were just going to have to wait"
"How long are we ganna wait? They could be in trouble!" Casey was whaling his arms around in the air like a madman. "My best bud is down there!"
"And both my brothers are down there. I know how you feel but we can't make stupid rash actions just because were afraid" Don kept typing into his computer. I felt so bad for him, all this pressure just piling down on his shoulders like a mountain on the earth. If everyone wasn't around I would walk up behind him and massage them like I did yesterday.
"We'll wait a few days, if they don't respond… I'll go down" He said softly
There was no way in hell I was letting the first person I ever cared about in my life just walk straight into his death. If Raph and Leo disappeared down there that means he would too.
"I'll go with you" I sad with an unsure tone which was totally unintended
"Absolutely not!" April yelled
"With all due respect, you can't really stop me" I stood up straight and rolled my shoulders back.
"Austria…I don't want to lose you too" Don was using that little puppy tone that was starting to get on my nerves the way it made me suddenly listen to him "I'll go down with better equipment so I don't lose communication with you guys. I'll be fine"
It's like he knew the really reason why I wanted to go into the subway but he was right too. At this point I didn't care if we found the Dragons hideout or not, it was a matter of his safety.
"I guess I'll have to compromise then. If you die down there, I die up here"
: Somewhere in the abandoned subway:
I struggled with all the energy I had left in my body. I thrashed back and forth to try and shake the chains but who was I kidding, we were trapped down here. I needed to rely on my other senses to try and figure out where the hell we were. Master Splinter always told us to "use anything we could to help us in a fight" and finding out where me and my brother were being held hostage was the first part of this fight. I couldn't see anything except dull shadows of objects in the room. I could feel the tacky, moist air falling gently over my sweating body. I lifted my head to the ceiling and sniffed the air. I could only smell one thing, seawater so I tried to get an idea of where this place was. The only thing I could think of was the docks but Donnie said the Dragons weren't there anymore. So this raises the question, do I trust my intelligent brother, or my own instincts? I suppose leaders like myself ask themselves these questions a lot.
Suddenly, my skin tightened and my body became stiff as I heard footsteps but they weren't just any human footsteps. They were heavy and irregular just like someone I know all too well. I growled as his stench filled my nostrils. He walked up to me with a smile on his ugly square shaped face. Hun wasn't just your average human being. He was large, built for combat and incredibly powerful. Definitely not someone you want to underestimate in a battle.
"Well Well Well. Have fun getting in here? The aerospace technology was designed by Baxter Stockman himself. Too bad he's no longer with us" his hand was almost as big as my entire body. He grabbed my face and pulled it close to his, making the chains attached to my arms and legs rattle. "If it isn't the turtles" His voice was deep and cunning. "Where's the rest of your bang gang?" He suddenly pulled his hand away and brought it down on my face with excessive force. I could hear Raphael scowl as I lowered my head moaned from the pain. "I have no idea how you found this place but I can certainly tell you how your leaving it"
He pointed to three huge German Shepard's that were attached to a chain on the other side of the room. These weren't your averages pooches though, they were extremely large and their muscles poked out from their skin and were easily visible from a mile away. I had no doubt in my mind they were some form of mutation like my brothers and I. When they barked and growled the room shook and caused dust to fall from the ceiling. Their teeth were as long as razors and they were walking in their own pools of saliva.
"Pieces" He said with a grin then started executing a deep, malevolent chirr. I swear if I didn't have this gag in my mouth I would be cussing him out like a sailor but getting revenge on Hun wasn't my main priority right now. I needed to us out of these chains and fast before we became dog food.
I started to mumble and scream. I needed this thing out so I could get some answers from him. He look at me and raised on brow.
"Ungag him, I think the freak is trying to tell us something" He grinned
Two Purple Dragons forcefully yanked the rag off me. My mouth was dry and tasteless making it hard for me to talk.
"You're after a girl…" I used a deep threatening tone. I almost scared myself because I sounded so violent and serious. Hun lost the smile and looked at me expectantly.
"What do you know about her?" He slammed his fist on the wall next to my head. The vibrations rattled inside my skull, giving me a temporary headache.
"I know you're after her Hun and I'm telling you, you'll never get your gruesome claws on that girl!" I yelled the best I could but my voice choked when I tried.
"Look here, Leonardo is it? I don't think you fully understand what this girl is capable of. Since you're going to die anyway, I'll just tell you what you failed miserably to protect" Hun took a few steps back and ripped to gag from Raphael's mouth. He instantly growled and threatened to drag Hun's sorry ass straight to hell.
"Austria Westly, daughter of Mercedes and Lewis Westly"
"Is that her stripper name?" Raph grinned which followed and punch in the gut from a Purple Dragon goon.
"You'll be amazed what information you can find on people with the right resources. Turns out her father used to work for us believe it or not. As of now he's on our most wanted list. Betrayed the Dragons 7 years ago during a heist near Broadway and took all the goods for himself and you know what he used all that cheddar for? Research, on creating a superhuman. Want to take a wild guess who that is?" He grinned, showing his uneven teeth.
I felt like someone just shot an arrow through my heart. My breathing suddenly began spasmodic and I felt my eyes drift to the ground below Hun's feet. "Austria" I whispered. Hun chuckled and patted my head like I was another one of his dogs.
"Makes sense though. After the experiment was successful, Lewis got millions of dollars from the company. Because their research was illegal, he was paid under the table so no one ever knew about it. Sneaky little bastard he was. It still makes me sick to my gut so I struck a deal with the guy" Hun pulled out a pocket knife and started fingering it with his hand. "He loses his research, I let him live. It was a Win Win deal. I even had my men deliver the message "Personally" all the dragons started chuckling and rubbing their hands together like sinister clowns. "So I put a price on the girls head"
Raphael had his head lowered but his expression was still displaying excessive amounts of rage and fury. He was exhaling deep, spry breaths. Any moment now he would explode and seeing Raph like that even made me a little on edge.
"Do you have any idea what she's capable of?" Hun asked
"No but I have a feelin your ganna tell us" Raph remarked
"Imagine being able to heal your own body at an incredible rate and re-growing limbs like it was completely natural. Not only is she regenerative, but the documents that came with her after she was born, show that she may even be immortal."
I couldn't believe Hun was finding some joy out of the sick, twisted minds of mankind. Actually, I could believe it considering he is practically one of them.
"So, I suppose you know where she is" Hun raised the knife under my chin and tilted my head up. I looked him straight in the eye and I felt my brow pinch into a raged expression.
"You can tear my body to shreds Hun…I'll never tell you where she is" I felt the tip of the knife slowly sink into my flesh. He kept the same smirk on his face as he pushed the knife deeper into my throat. I felt the warm, sticky blood begin to trickle down my neck and fall under my plastron but I stayed strong even as he slightly twisted the weapon and pulled it out.
"No! Leave him alone you worthless shit!" I heard the rattles from Raph's chains and I knew he was struggling again to break free.
"You will die here. I think I'll let you suffer just a bit longer, and then it's the dog's turn to put a beating on you two freaks." He took the knife that was now veiled with my blood, and threw it directly at Raphael. It landed in his shoulder, making him scream and curse like a madman. I watched in horror as the blood from his arm flowed down and finally fell from his fingertips. Hun and his gang laughed then walked off into the darkness feeling satisfied as Raph threw his head back and gritted his teeth.
"Raph! Are you alright!?" I tried to yell over his cries of pain
"Yeah Bro…I just hope ya don't have Aids" He smiled under his torment. I tried to laugh with him but I couldn't under the circumstances
"Bro we gotta get outta here" He moaned
"Thank you for stating the obvious" I teased, trying to get his mind of the pool of blood that began to muster underneath him.
"If I could just get the knife outta my arm…" He began to pull his shoulder towards his face. He opened his mouth and grabbed the end of the knife with his teeth "This is gunna hwurt wike hell" He mumbled and slowly began to pull his head away from his arm with the knife still tightly clenched in his teeth. He growled and had to stop for a minute to catch his breath then continued the painful withdrawal until the knife was free floating under his mouth. His wound began to bleed; restarting the waterfall down his arm and onto the floor. He lifted his head up and let the handle of the weapon sink until he got a good hold of it.
"Be careful Raph" I warned him as he began to saw at the chain on his left arm. It looked like a pretty sharp knife but it most likely wasn't strong enough to break these dense metal clamps. In the time it needed to anyway.
About 10 minutes past and Raph still wasn't free after all his power and effort was being centered into this one task that certainly meant life or death. The bad part was I heard footsteps coming from across the room. Hun was returning to finish us off.