WARNING: Contains violent and bloody content some readers may find distressing!
Chapter Thirty-Two
Caught!
Pandora glared at the clone then took out Mr Swinger, she spun the weapon above her head a few times whilst the clone watched the spiked metal ball yet still with her hands up.
Pandora then swung the ball over to strike yet the clone dodged and ducked avoiding it a few times.
She then leapt to the side to avoid a strike, but Pandora slammed it down at her, making splinters of brick fly up as well as some of the filthy water of the sewer.
The clone then drew Kemeko's tanto and slashed the air a few times trying to get close to the hybrid, but Pandora kept her distance still trying to get at the clone with Mr Swinger.
She hoped that if she could trip her up or wrap the chain around her, she could bring her down and make her answer her questions before she snuffed out her life.
As she used her weapon, she felt the pains from where she had been tortured complaining, even though she had healed a lot faster due to the fact she had inherited her mother's salamander qualities, and the fact she was a mutant, it didn't mean she wasn't still tender, but she knew she had a serious problem to deal with and she was able to ignore the pain to focus on the fight.
As Pandora threw Mr Swinger again, the clone grabbed the chain as it flew past her, and she pulled hard pointing one of her tanto's at the hybrid as she flew forward!
Luckily Pandora saw the blade shining in the sewer light's and she dodged to the side so the blade missed, but not before it sliced her in the side!
Pandora winced but she used her weight to push the clone down and they rolled over the floor and into the shallow water!
Pandora tried to push the clone's head into the filthy water and strike her head, but the clone tried to push back!
Pandora then pushed harder, and she succeeded!
The clone banged her head on the ground in the water and Pandora tried to pull her up to throw her against the wall, but the clone used the hilt of the tanto to strike Pandora in the nose again causing her recoil!
As that happened, the clone stood up shaking the water off her face.
"Gross!" she hissed.
She then leapt for Pandora as the hybrid shook off stars and wiped her bleeding nose, but she was able to jump on her as Pandora kicked hard and knocked the clone backwards.
Then Pandora jumped up and picked up the sharp dart end of Mr Swinger as well as held up her tail blade.
The clone and her then began to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the clone using the tanto and Pandora using the dart of Mr Swinger as well as her bladed tail, she also swiped with her other hand with her metal claws.
"Where's my cousin you bitch?" Pandora snarled as she struck at the clone "Where is she?!"
"You'll never see her again!" the clone spat "The Shredder owns her now!"
"She doesn't belong to him like property!"
"She is his granddaughter!" the clone hissed "The one you call Leonardo stole her from him!"
"He didn't steal anyone!" Pandora screamed as she kicked the clone back "If anyone stole Kemeko, it's that fucker! He tried to steal Kemeko when he killed her parents!"
The clone hissed as she shook off stars and sat up, at the same time she found the tracker and she smirked.
Pandora saw the clone smirk as well as the tracker in her hand and she paled as she realised what it was!
Quick as a flash, she threw a ninja star at the clone's hand making the sharp metal projectile embed in her wrist!
The clone screamed in pain and dropped the tracker and Pandora made a grab for it!
"NO!"
The clone grabbed her ankle and Pandora tripped! But the hybrid was able to grab the tracker as she did a forward roll into the shallow sewer water!
She grimaced at the filthy water filled with waste and debris, but she shook it off as she leapt back on her feet holding the tracker triumphantly!
"Got it!" she cried.
The clone hissed baring her teeth and she leapt up brandishing the tantos.
"Give that back!" she shouted as she leapt for Pandora, but the Hybrid quickly stuffed the tracker into her top and did a few backflips.
"Come and get it!" she shouted before doing a somersault and taking out Mr Swinger.
"You'll never get the Foot down here!"
The clone snarled, her full snake features showing as she went for Pandora, snapping her teeth and spitting venom!
Pandora winced as some of the venom hit her bare skin, but she kept up the fight and dodged and fought back each time the clone struck at her!
"I can keep this up all day!" Pandora shouted as she and the clone fought close and struck and blocked each other's punches and slashes.
"Me too bitch!" The clone snarled then she kicked Pandora backwards then reached down the ground and threw dirt in the hybrid's face!
Pandora cried out and clawed at her face and eyes to remove the debris, and that time was all it took for the clone to grab the hybrid by the throat and slam her against the wall of the tunnel!
Pandora choked and opened her cleared eyes to see the clone snarling at her.
"Gotcha!" she drawled.
"Dishonour!" Pandora spluttered and spat in the clone's face to which the clone recoiled in disgust.
"Disgusting crossbreed!" she snarled "I'll break your bones!"
She then threw the hybrid to the ground and Pandora gasped as she was thrown down like a sack of potatoes on the hard surface!
At the same time, the tracker fell out of her top!
Pandora tried to grab it, but the clone stamped on her hand and picked it up! She then put it in her top then picked up a large rock!
Pandora shook off stars then looked up to see the Kemeko clone lift the rock with surprising strength above her head ready to bring it down on her!
"STOP!"
A loud commanding voice was heard, and the clone looked up distracted.
Pandora also heard the voice as well as saw the clone lower her arms to drop the rock and she quickly rolled to the side!
But as the rock fell, it landed on her long hair, and it pinned her to the ground!
"Pandora!" she heard her parents' shout.
"Kemeko!" Leonardo yelled.
The clone looked up and hissed, and at the same time, she pushed the button on the tracker!
Pandora saw it and she kicked the clone hard in the leg making her stumble and she dropped the tracker!
"What is going on!?" Leonardo demanded, then he saw the clone's snake like features, and he paled!
The other turtles, Monalisa and Splinter saw as well as they too were shocked!
"It's a clone!" Pandora screamed as she tried to get her hair free from under the rock "She was sent by Shredder to save me and come back here! She's alerted the Foot to this position!"
"WHAT!?" everyone shouted.
Leonardo stared at the clone in horror.
"Kemeko?" he asked, still not over the shock at what he was seeing.
"Daddy!" the clone said in Kemeko's voice, still with the snake features on her face "Oh daddy, you found me!"
Leonardo was frozen on the spot as he looked at the clone.
"What did Shredder do?" he asked.
"That's not Kemeko!" Donatello shouted, "That's a fake!"
"Yes, she is!" Pandora shouted, still struggling to get her hair free "An abomination of Dr Arden!"
"And she was about to kill my daughter!" Raphael snarled "I'll tear you to shreds!" he leapt for the clone who growled and started to spray venom at him as the hot-headed turtle jumped towards her and tried to stab at her with his sai!
At the same time, Michelangelo and Monalisa ran to Pandora.
"Pandora! My baby!" Monalisa cried.
"Mom!" Pandora shouted as she pointed towards her failing feet "The tracker! It's over there! The Foot have been alerted! Destroy it!"
The Lizard Lady was shocked, but she looked over and she saw the beeping tracker!
"Oh shit!" she shouted, and she ran over to it, at the same time, Michelangelo tried to lift the rock to free Pandora's hair.
Monalisa used her closed fan and stabbed it through the tracker breaking it then turned to see Raphael trying to stab at the clone who was avoiding his moves and spitting at him.
"Where's Kemeko?" he roared "Where's my niece?"
Leonardo was still in shock until Splinter slapped him in the face.
"Snap out of it my son!" he shouted, "That is not your daughter!"
Leonardo was stunned at the slap, but he was soon brought back to reality, and he ran over to join Raphael as Michelangelo managed to free Pandora's hair and the hybrid jumped up.
"Who are you?" Leonardo demanded as he ran over unsheathing his katana.
The clone turned to Leonardo and her snake features disappeared.
"Daddy?" she asked blinking her now grey eyes.
"Lotus?" Leonardo gasped.
"Daddy…" the clone walked over to Leonardo, but Raphael jumped between them.
"You're not Kemeko!" he spat "You're not my niece! You're a monstrosity!"
"Uncle Raph?" the clone asked in a sad voice "Why are you being so cruel to me? Just like my cousin, honoured sister?"
"Don't listen to her Uncle Leo!" Pandora shouted "Don't!"
"Daddy!" the clone burst into tears "Daddy, why is everyone being so nasty to me? I don't want this!"
Leonardo stared at the clone as he saw her break down, his mind was telling him this was all an act, but his heart was aching and longing to go over to what he saw was his adopted daughter.
"Daddy!" the clone pleaded "Daddy! It's me! Your daughter!"
"Liar!" Raphael spat as he continued to keep Leonardo back from going over to the clone.
All the while, the others watched in horror.
"How could we have not noticed, that this Kemeko is not our Kemeko?" Splinter asked.
"The Foot had us fooled!" Donatello cursed "And we didn't realise!"
"I'm glad I found out!" Pandora spat as she stood up and brandished her claws "I'll rip out her throat!"
She stepped forward but Michelangelo stopped her.
Monalisa turned to Donatello.
"Donnie!" he shouted, "Secure the lair!"
"Already done sis!" Donatello said holding up a remote to which Monalisa winked and mouthed "Genius little brother!"
"Daddy please!" the clone begged "I'm scared! The doctor did this to me!"
Leonardo felt tears in his eyes.
"My poor baby!" he said.
"Leo! No!" Raphael continued to push Leonardo back as well as keep a sai pointed at the clone to keep her from getting close to him and his older brother.
"She's trying to manipulate you!"
"She's not Kemeko, Uncle Leo!" Pandora screamed "Trust me! I asked her the key questions! Only ones the real Kemeko would know! And she failed!"
"She lies!" the clone said.
"Fuck you! Monster! Abomination!" Pandora snapped.
"Daddy! Daddy! Look at me! It's me!" the clone cried.
Leonardo looked at the clone and he shook his head.
"No…" he said.
"Daddy…" the clone wailed "Help me daddy…. help me…. Help me!" as she said the last line, her eyes turned into those of a snake, and her teeth grew sharp again.
"I fooled you turtle!" she said in a loud sinister voice "I had you fooled! Now you're doomed!"
"No!" Leonardo screamed in devastation "Kemeko! My child!"
"She's not your child! She's Shredder's!" the clone snarled "And you'll never see her again! Neither of you will leave here alive!"
She then touched the side of the sewer wall with her hand and smirked.
"They are coming! They will find you! And they will kill you! Like they killed Karai and Chaplin!"
The clone then began to laugh in a demented way.
Leonardo couldn't take any more and he fell to his knees and broke down.
Pandora meanwhile couldn't stand it any longer and she broke free from Michelangelo's grip and ran at the clone!
The hybrid roared and she dived towards the clone sending her to the ground then she lifted her clawed hand and drove it into the clone's throat before she had a chance to defend herself.
The clone choked and gurgled as the hybrid grabbed her throat and tore at it, ripping it away making blood spray into her face!
But the hybrid didn't stop as she clawed and slashed at the clone, roaring and screaming until finally the clone lay dead and disfigured on the sewer ground.
"Fuck you!" Pandora spat, then she stood up, her face bloodied up and her claws dripping as she turned to her family.
Everyone was shocked as they looked at the hybrid and Pandora threw her bloody right hand down shaking off the blood.
"She's finished!" she spat.
Jeez! That was one intense scene! Hope you enjoyed it all the same!
The clone has been destroyed, but have the Foot picked up the signal she gave? Well, tune into the next chapter to find out!
Note: I did take inspiration from Evil Dead 2013 when Clone Kemeko was pleading and manipulating Leonardo. I do enjoy watching that film around Halloween!