"LET THE TOURNAMENT, BEGIN!" Yelled the Dameo from in front of the other royalty members. May felt a bit out of place due to the fact that everyone else here had someone else to talk to and they knew what in the world was going on.
The fighting started and so far the turtles and Splinter were doing very well. Then after about five minutes or so, warriors that were about to be defeated or rather killed, transported somewhere else leaving the lone warrior as the victor. Leo won, followed by Mikey and Master Splinter. But as May looked over to see how Donny was doing, he wasn't there. "Oh no, Don's the first one out of the guys to lose." She whispered to herself. "I hope he's okay." She then looked at Raph's cage and found him victorious as well.
"Second match! Begin!" Dameo yelled out once more and this time the walls that separated the fights parted and created new match ups. May gasped as she noticed Master Splinter and Mikey were in the same cage. She smiled though when Splinter bowed to Mikey and then disappeared letting Mikey become the winner. Splinter transported right next to May.
"Master Splinter, why did you give up?" She questioned.
Splinter just smiled, "I have already won this competition, now my sons must determine if they are as great." He patted May on the back and then sat next to The Dameo.
As the tournament continued May grew more and more anxious to the next battle. Who would be victorious? Who would fail? She really hoped that the turtles would stay safe and sound throughout the competition, but her luck faded as Leo's battle was the last of the matches.
She watched her student teacher with patience just as he had taught her. Just as he was about to attack the rabbit man Leo stopped and ran to the opposite side. He dropped his kantanas and then fell to the ground. May stood up in her chair and rushed to Splinter. "LEO!" She yelled holding tears back. "Master…Splinter sensei, what just happened?" She cried "He just fell!" She fought back tears.
The Dameo stood and started to yell at some of his servants. Splinter stood and held May's shaking hands, the rabbit man looked as if he had just died and come back from the grave.
"Miss Gibson, run to the Healer's Pavilion. Leonardo will be there. I will come shortly after. Hurry." And with that May ran as fast as she could out of the balcony area.
She past a guard who also looked distressed and stopped him, "Sir where is the Healer's room?" She yelled. He gathered his thoughts for a moment and then responded, "Go all the way down the hall and take a left. It should be the next room on the right with a open door." May nodded in understanding and continued to run.
Her heels of her shoes clacked against the empty marble floor. Luckily there was no one to get into her way as she raced to find the Healer's den.
She passed a room with an open door and heard an evil laugh come out from it. She stopped as she recognized that horrible voice. "The Ultimate Ninja…" She whispered under her breath. She took off her shoes so that it seemed like she had passed the room already and sneaked to the room. She held her breath as she propped herself against the wall that the door should have closed.
"I have done it." The ultimate ninja exclaimed. "Leonardo is no more! I will now become the master of the multiverse!"
"Master we must proceed to the next stage in our plans." Said an unknown voice to May.
"Yes, we must find my father. Was the letter sent to him?" Asked the Ninja to the unknown voice.
"Of course the servants delivered it to him merely minutes ago." Suddenly from out of the shadows came two ninjas dressed in all black. May screamed, but they covered her mouth and dragged her into the room shutting the door. "Master, a spy." The one caring her spoke through his mask.
"Ahahaha. Miss May Gibson. Or rather Princess! So you know about the little plan we have huh? Hahaha!" The ultimate ninja walked over to her and grabbed her arm from the shadow ninja's grip.
"You fiend! I thought you were over the fact that Leo is better than you!" She yelled. He frowned and threw her to the floor. "Well yes I was but now I want revenge again! And this time I will destroy my weak father and become the Master of all creation! Ahahaha!" He cupped her face. "And you shall be my queen. Come on Princess, what do you think?" He smiled.
May spit in his eye. "NEVER!" She screamed and kicked him in the chest. She got up and tried to run but suddenly a huge red dragon blocked her view from the door. May gasped and walked back in fear running into the Ultimate ninja. "Fine then. You know too much Princess and along with destroying Leonardo-san I will finish you as well!"
He grabbed from his side pocket a small knife and raised it up. May took a battle stance and spit in his face once more. "You Bitch!" The Ninja screamed at May and slashed the knife across her face. May fell face first to the ground. May tried to stand up but her body wouldn't respond. The last thing May could make out was the sound of the Ultimate ninja's laugher fading as she blacked out.
Master Splinter hobbled along as fast as he could to find the Healer's Pavilion as his son Leonardo was being treated. As he arrived to the room he exclaimed, "My son!" and hobbled once more to Leo's lifeless body. Donny and the rabbit warrior Leo was facing before the incident were in the room watching the healer determine what was wrong with Leo.
"Donatello, where is May?" Splinter asked the genius turtle.
"I don't know sensei, I haven't seen her since the match-ups began. Is she okay?" He asked worried.
The Healer stood up, "He has been poisoned but the source of the toxin eludes me…" he responded to Leo's health.
"Leonardo? Poisoned? Who would do such a thing?" The Ultimate Ninja entered the room. "I swear I will personally get to the bottom of this incident." He bowed to the group taking off his mask.
Master Splinter saw a hint of guilt in The Ultimate Ninja's eyes and became curious. "Stay with your brother Donatello, I must speak with the Dameo." and hobbled away.
May tossed and turned and then coughed as she started to wake up. Her chest was on fire. What in the world had just happened. The Ultimate Ninja's face then appeared in her head and she clutched her skull as she cried remembering all the awful things she heard him say. He was the one who poisoned Leo and he wanted to kill his father. May had to stop him. She gasped. "LEO!" Remembering that he was in critical care. She carefully stood up and slowly walked out of the room. Her dressed seemed like it weighed a million tons and even now as she was walking she felt completely tired.
"No, I gotta make sure Leo's okay…" She kept on telling herself as she took more and more steps.
She then made her way out of the room and into the hallway and started to pick up the pace on her walking.
"The girl!" "She's still alive!" "We must kill her!" May heard voices from behind her. She looked over her shoulder and saw three shadow ninja's running towards her.
"Shit!" May darted down the hallway. She turned left at the end of the hallway and cried as she saw the door-less room otherwise known as the Healer's Pavilion. The shadow ninja's were right behind her, she could practically feel their breaths on her neck. 'Just a bit more.' May thought as she turned into the room. She screamed as she saw Donny and the rabbit man fighting even more shadow ninja's. Her only thought was to run to Don and she did.
"Donny! Help!" She gasped and threw herself onto him. Donny hugged her back in shock.
"May what in the world-" He couldn't believe what his eyes just shown him. May was teary-eyed, her dress was ruined, makeup all over her face and a scar with blood gushing out of it from her chest. To make matters even worse, she had three more ninja's following her.
Usagi noticed the girl from the ceremony pervious to the battle and realized what kind of condition she was in. He attacked the new coming ninja's and knocked them out using the back of his sword.
Donny couldn't hold onto May as he fought. She would just end up in worse condition. "May I'm sorry." He said throwing her down as a ninja leaped towards him. She landed on a blanket that was used for the paitents of the Healer's. Not wanting to be a damsel, May tried to stand up to fight. She saw one of Leo's swords near her and she held onto it. Out of the corner of her eyes she noticed the rabbit guy fighting off the ninja's in another room. He sounded like he needed help and so she rushed in there as fast as her body could move. "Hey!" She yelled in the room trying to get some of the ninjas to come her way. A few did and she prepared herself to fight. However, she felt cold as metal chains tied her limbs close to her body. One ninja had trapped her and without Leo's katana in her hands she was doomed.
Another ninja was closing in on her. This was the last straw. May was a goner for sure. She closed her eyes and waited, but all that had happened was a clash of metal on metal right in front of her. She opened her eyes to see a slouched over turtle in front of her. "Don-"
Just then Donny came running to help. "LEO!" He screamed.
May's heart leaped for joy. As the turtle turned around revealing a gasping Leonardo, he cut the chains that tied May together. "LEO!" she ran and hugged him. "You're okay! You're alive! I'm so happy!" She cried into his chest.
The astonished Leo hugged May back. "I'm okay. Don't worry about me." He patted her head. Usagi and Donny continued to fight the ninja's as Leo tried to calm May down. He then noticed a liquid was on his own chest and was dripping down his torso. "Leo it's awful! I know what's going on!" May continued to cry. Leo tried he hardest to hold onto May, fight off ninjas and move to the side. "What do you mean?" He asked.
"Leo! The Ultimate Ninja! This is all his fault! He's the one who poisoned you and the Dameo! He's crazy! He wants to rule the universe or something and then and then…" She paused, "He tried to kill me!" She cried. Leo then noticed May was bleeding. She had a nasty wound on her chest. "The Ultimate Ninja did this to you?" He asked angrily. May nodded. Leo picked May up and then ran over to the Dameo.
"Stay here. I need to fight. Protect the Dameo!" He yelled. May nodded. She watched her friends fight off the ninjas in total horror. ' The Ultimate Ninja is going to win. He's going to kill us. I…I…don't want to die…" She cried while watching the fight. Suddenly the ninjas took off and the four of them (or rather five including the Dameo) stood in silence.
The boys tried to catch their breaths as they looked around the room trying to find a leftover ninja.
"Guys," May tried to stand up "The Ultimate Ninja, he's…he's." she tripped trying to walk over but Usagi caught her right in time. "Miss, you're injured." He noticed.
May nodded. "No, I'm okay. We need to tell everyone about his plan!"
"Whoa. Hold on. We need to cover your wound May." Leo sat her down.
May pouted. "No! I'm fine!" She tore off the bottom material from her dress and tied it around her chest to soak up the blood. "See! Now let's go!" She was determined.
Just then the Healer awoke. "What in the name of-" He noticed the distressed May and the mess around his room.
"Please, can you help her?" Usagi asked the man. He nodded and took out a few supplies from the drawer against the wall.
"Leo, are you okay?" Donny asked his elder brother.
"Yea, just a little shook up by the whole situation I guess." He looked down at May.
The Healer removed the bandage May tried to make with her dress and then wiped the blood off of her body. The boys continued to chat as May closed her eyes and let the Healer work his magic.
"Leo, if May says is true we are in a lot of danger. The Ultimate Ninja is a complete lunatic!" Donny whispered.
"Yes we must stop this madness." Usagi added.
"Let's just wait for May. I don't trust her to be alone with the shadow ninja's after her or The Ultimate Ninja."
"All done!" The Healer exclaimed. May sat up and looked at her chest. It was almost as if she had never had been cut. The Healer clapped his hands three times and then smiled. I have called on Daiea to give you a new outfit. She shall come momentary. May smiled, out of all of the people she met here, Daiea was her favorite. She sat up and looked over at the animal triangle. The three boys sat facing each other with their arms and legs crossed.
"Who are you by the way?" May asked the rabbit.` He smiled at her expression. "My name is Usagi. I am a warrior of this dimension." May smiled. One more person she had met from here that she liked.
"May! What happened?" Daiea squealed from the entrance of the room. She floated over to May. "Sorry Daiea, I got in a fight. But I really did love this dress!" May sounded desperate.
"Well I have a better one for you!" Daiea lifted her hands and a dark blue silk dress appeared in her hands. She handed it to May. "And shoes dear!" May had not had on shoes after she took them off trying to sneak up on The Ultimate Ninja. "Thanks Daiea. They look wonderful!" May smiled.
Daiea laughed, "Now hold still…" She created a bright blue bubble and threw it onto May. The boys seemed worried at first but when the bubble cleared and May had on her dress, shoes and her hair and makeup was fixed.
Suddenly the ground shook and everyone's head turned to Leo. "Well guys, I guess that's our cue." He said standing up. May nodded and followed the boys out of the room. "Thanks again Daiea!" She waved and hurried after her friends.
The group arrived at the platform May once looked out from to see the fight only to find the red dragon, The Ultimate Ninja, a purple and blue creature and Mikey in the area. "Mikey!" May gasped. He was the only of the turtles left.
"Come on, let's go down there and help!" Leo waved them down a staircase heading to the area. As they climbed down the staircase they heard voices coming from below.
"Hey isn't that Raph?" May asked. They hurried down and came face to face with Raph, Master Splinter, a dinosaur looking creature and the Dameo. "Guys you're okay!" May exclaimed and ran past her group to hug Raph and Master Splinter.
"May what happened to your dress?" Raph asked. Leo nodded his head to his brother. "It's best you don't know." Don told him afraid his anger would send him right to beating up The Ultimate Ninja.
The Dameo was awake this time and he noticed that his son and the dragon, Drago, were fighting. "This cannot be! Drago has returned and has the war-staff. This is not good! The war-staff focuses power from the heart and if true evil uses it, there is no telling what horrors await. Come, let us put an end to this mess!" The Dameo exclaimed and transported the group with the bubbles that they had used when they came to New York.
They arrived in the battle stage only to find The Ultimate Ninja on the floor defeated and the dragon with a stick thing in his hands. The stick then turned red and a swirly vortex appeared out into the sky from it.
"Oh no, with his evil heart Drago has torn a rift between the worlds. It will destroy all that it touches!" The Dameo yelled to the others. May held onto Donny's arm. The staff fell from the dragons hands and both Drago and The Ultimate Ninja and Leo, Raph, Usagi, and the dinosaur man ran to it. They knocked it even further away and suddenly the vortex thingy began to grow. The staff lifted into the air, as did everyone else. Raph threw his sai onto the stick and held on so that he would not be sucked into the vortex. May felt her body rising and watched Gyoji being sucked into the red vortex gone forever.
"Turtles! Grab on!" The dinosaur man yelled as he threw his ax into the ground. He caught Don's bo, and Don held onto Usagi's legs and Usagi Grabbed May by the ankles. May reached her hands out to Leo floating above her and caught him by the ankles. Leo then held onto The Ultimate Ninja and Drago held onto him. They wobbled like Jello and just when May thought she couldn't hold onto Leo anymore, Leo's grip on The Ultimate Ninja failed and they floated into the vortex.
The Dameo watched his son float into the vortex and died a little inside. His son was lost and he could have stopped it. "Dameo quickly!" splinter yelled not wanting his children to endure the same fate. With a heavy heart the Dameo sealed the vortex and every fell to the floor. May landed on her side and knocked the wind out of herself. Usagi stood up and helped May to her feet. "Are you alright May-san?" He asked.
"Yea, I'm okay-" May responded but was lost in thought as Mikey smacked the heck out of his opponent in the Big brawl final. He did it accidentally but that concluded that Mikey was the victor. May just laughed as Mikey paraded around his brother bragging about his victory.
"Michelangelo of Dimension Third Earth, I crown you, Battle Nexus Champion!" The Dameo exclaimed atop the viewing platform. May stood next to Mikey as a royalty member and crowned her warrior. Mikey had a huge grin on his face as the crown was placed on his head and the audience roared cheering him on. The Dameo handed him a glass trophy with a gold coin at the top of it and Mikey's smile grew. He laughed and waved his trophy in the air. "I can't believe I won!" He exclaimed.
Raph pouted behind him. "That makes two of us!"
May smiled at the orange bandana turtle. "Great job Mikey!" and kissed him on the cheek.
Usagi bowed to Leo, "It was an honor battling beside you and your family Leonardo. I hope someday our path's will cross again." He smiled. "It is I who is honored. You saved my life." Leo bowed back. May turned around and hugged Usagi. "You must come and visit us Usagi!" She smiled. "Come and visit New York!" She laughed.
Usagi smiled, "I will have to visit your kingdom indeed, princess." He responded as May giggled.
Splinter and the Dameo walked over to the group. He raised the staff to Mikey's trophy and said, "Farwell and good battle to you all!"
They then transported in the bubble thing again and arrived back in the lair.
"Wow. It's like it almost never happened." Donny thought.
"Oh it happened alright, and I've got the trophy to prove it!" Mikey boasted. "It says Battle Nexus Champion, which is me! The ultimate warrior of the multiverse! Which is me! Haha!" He smiled.
"You only won on a technically!" Raph yelled back.
"Um. Technically I kicked your sorry but in battle, remember?" Mikey reminded his hotheaded brother. May stepped aside as she knew what would happen next. Raph charged at all three of his brothers and started to fight with them all. May nodded in disapproval as Master Splinter whispered, "Yes, it is good to be home. Oh and I believe my stories are about to start. May, will you quiet down my sons while I make some tea?" He walked away.
May sighed. "Oh great turtle duty." She watched them fight for about fifteen minutes or so and once Mikey stopped tormenting them she took away his trophy. "This is nice Mikey. You better put it someplace special that everyone can see!" Mikey took it from out of her hands.
"Good idea May! That's a great way to show it off to everyone!" And with that Mikey skipped away. She handed Donny her hand and he sat up. "Thanks May." He rubbed his bald green head. She laughed, "No problem."
Raph grunted and pushed Leo off of his back. "So May, why the heck did you change out of your dress?" Raph asked standing up. "Oh well…"May didn't want to tell Raph the truth. He would go nuts. "I didn't like the pink one. This ones more comfy instead. Why do you ask?"
"Nothin, it just looked good on you."
Donny walked over to help his elder brother up with a look that said, "I-hope-May-knows-what-she's-doing."
May crossed her arms. "So this dress doesn't look good on me Raph?" She twirled around in it as it lifted up and showed May's upper thighs. "NO! I just- uh…" Raph didn't know what to say and because he was embarrassed at this point, he gracefully walked away.
May laughed. "Two down, and two to go…You guys can go without me tricking you, right?" she grinned. Donny nodded, "Yea, I have some things to do in my lab anyways."
That left just May and Leo standing there face to face.
"Well…?" Was all May could say before the turtle walked away and sat in the dojo in his mediation form. She sighed. "Turtles…"
Just another average day when your best friends are teenaged mutant ninja turtles.