Warning: Contains distressing content and strong language.
Chapter Ten
Anger Unleashed
As Pandora strode away towards her room, Michelangelo ran up behind her and reached for her with his good arm.
"Little Geisha!" he called out, but Pandora didn't turn around, but that didn't stop the turtle as he reached out for his niece and grabbed her arm.
Pandora stopped and whipped around to punch whomever had grabbed her, but she stopped when she saw her favourite uncle.
"Mikey?"
Michelangelo pulled her towards him.
"Little Geisha." He said in a sympathetic tone.
"Why?" Pandora sobbed "Why my dad? Why mum? Why Uncle Don?"
"Oh sweetheart." Michelangelo said as tears ran down his face and he opened his arms (Or rather is unbroken arm) to Pandora and she leaned into his chest and cried.
"Why?" Pandora wept "Why, Why, Why, Why?"
Michelangelo held his niece close, his own tears falling.
"Little Geisha." He said "I know, trust me, I know, I'm upset too! I'm heartbroken Raphael's lost his voice."
"I'll never hear speak again!" Pandora wept "That bitch! She did this!"
Michelangelo looked down at Pandora as he held her close.
He remembered only too well the face of the woman who had stuck close to Arashi's side and took pleasure in their suffering just as much as he did.
The same woman who had shot him down with her crossbow and broken his arm, but luckily didn't kill him too.
As he observed the sobbing Hybrid in his arms, he couldn't help but wonder if he could trade places with Raphael, he be the one to lose his voice, or be in the induced coma like Monalisa so Pandora still had her parents, but then he thought of how much Pandora loved him as an uncle and how she considered him her favourite one and the one she was closest to.
Even if he could trade places with her parents, she would be equally devastated, and he wasn't sure if he could provide her with the humour he had that would lift her spirits, but in truth, he didn't feel like joking or laughing himself, he just felt so helpless.
"Pandora." He said "I wish I could make it all go away…bring your father's voice back, wake your mother and Uncle Donnie from their induced comas, trust me I would in a flash, but I can't."
Pandora looked up at Michelangelo and sniffed wiping her eyes.
"Look Geisha." Michelangelo soothed lifting Pandora's chin so she was looking at him in the eyes, "If you need anyone to talk to, or shout at even, you know you can come to me, alright?"
Pandora didn't speak but she just nodded and blinked.
"And if not me, everyone else here in Mutopia." He said "And Tyroth's a good one to let off team at, he can take anything."
He wasn't sure if recommending Tyroth as a verbal punchbag was a good idea, if there was anyone who would be a good listener, it would be Sephie, but Tyroth had the strength and if Pandora wanted a sparring partner to vent her frustrations, Tyroth was the perfect candidate.
Pandora looked up at her uncle, her sobbing had ceased, and she was starting to calm down which soothed Michelangelo's spirits and he gently released her.
"Thanks Uncle Mike." Pandora said quietly as fresh tears fell.
Michelangelo gently wiped them away and kissed his niece's forehead.
"Everything will be alright sweetheart." He said "James, Dahlia and Devina will do their best."
Pandora's stomach tightened as she thought of Devina, and how angry she felt towards her that she hadn't used her magic when she needed to most because she had gone to help Tyroth instead.
Yet the more she thought about it, it wasn't Devina's fault, and the Vampiress had only tried to help a friend, as she would have done if the roles had been reversed.
Pandora sighed and looked at Michelangelo.
"Thank you, Uncle Mike." She said in a small voice "I'll…I'll be alright, I just need to have time to think…"
Michelangelo gently let go of Pandora and the hybrid looked down the hallway.
"You sure?" he asked, "I know you're upset, but promise me you won't do anything silly?"
Pandora blinked as she looked at her uncle.
"Silly?" she asked, "How can I do anything silly?"
Michelangelo took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry Geisha." He said, "I just worry about you, I know you won't do anything crazy, not now at least, not after what's happened, and given where we are." He gave a forced chuckle and stroked Pandora's cheek.
"Just please." He said, "Don't suffer in silence," he said, "We're all here for you."
"I know." Pandora forced a weak smile at Michelangelo "Thanks." And she turned to walk down the hallway.
Michelangelo watched her go, then turned to walk back to look for the other Knights and his family to report back to them.
After leaving Michelangelo behind, Pandora began to walk towards her room, but then she felt the same anger before returning as she thought of her father now mute, and her mother and uncle Donatello still in their induced comas until their bodies had been purged of the venom.
She wasn't sure if she could rest or do anything else with the feelings she felt within.
Even though Michelangelo had given her some much-needed comfort, it wasn't enough to keep those angry, hateful, and furious feelings away.
Clenching her fists, she decided to head to the Dojo to blow off steam.
Her wounds had healed thankfully due to the fact in had inherited her mum's salamander abilities, and even if James and Dahlia had given her orders to take it easy, she felt she couldn't do so, even if she had wanted to, given what she was feeling.
Stopping off at her room to change her clothes, find Mr Swinger as well as her claws and tail blade, Pandora set off for the Dojo.
It was a welcome sight for her, and like her father she loved a good workout to clear her head.
She clenched her teeth as Raphael came into her mind, and she could still hear James's words in her mind telling her the same devastating news.
Pandora clenched her fists and walked over to the wooden blocks she used for striking her claws on.
There was already evidence of claw marks and slashes from when herself or even the Chicago Knights attacked them.
Putting on her claws, Pandora crouched like a tiger and began to slash and claw at the wood, sending up splinters and wooden dust as she did.
As she slashed, she could see Hanako in her vision, her smirking face, and her hands all over Arashi.
He could hear her evil laugh as she stabbed Raphael and took away his voice, she had gotten so close to killing him, and Pandora couldn't stop her.
It was disgusting, and she wanted more than anything to destroy that evil woman.
But it wasn't just Hanako she saw, she also saw the Venomous Five, especially the Cobra and Black Mamba, Cobra who had tortured her and had thrown her before the Shredder to kill her, and Black Mamba who had hurt and poisoned her mother.
Pandora kept slicing and dicing at the wood until there were many deep grooves and splinters littered the ground, yet she still didn't feel satisfied.
She then began to kick at the wood, she kicked, then sliced again then did a few backflip kicks, all the while she kept seeing Hanako, the Black Mamba and the Cobra, yet each time she struck, she could see in her mind they were laughing at her, mocking her and she wanted so badly to make them bleed!
Finally, she gave a scream and kicked one of the blocks so hard it shattered!
Pandora was so shocked she almost lost her balance, and she stepped back and looked at the broken wooden blocks and wondered just how she had gained the strength to smash it with her foot!
She looked at the mess around her as well as the broken wood and she bit her lip before starting to clean it up as quickly as she could.
As she was cleaning up, she started to feel a wave of exhaustion, she felt sleepy and drained, almost like all the adrenaline she had before had suddenly disappeared.
Kneeling on the ground, the hybrid decided to get her breath back before continuing the clean-up, a few splintered pieces of wood still in her hands.
Pandora tried to breathe, but it wasn't long before she felt faint.
She couldn't remember when she last ate, not had a drink, but right now, it was far from her mind as she lay down on the dojo floor and closed her eyes….
"Pandora…. Pandora…"
Pandora soon heard voices, and she opened her eyes, those voices were of those she knew! And how she had longed to hear them again.
"Mum? Dad?" she looked up and she could see Raphael and Monalisa leaning over her.
Both were looking happy and as if nothing had happened to them, Monalisa's eyes were shining with love, and Raphael's were burning with pride.
Pandora felt a smile curl on her face seeing them.
"Mum! Dad!" she cried "You…You're, okay?"
"Wake up sweetheart." Monalisa said "You've been asleep for a while."
"How long have I been asleep?" Pandora asked as she sat up and looked around, trying to find out where she was.
"A while." Raphael said with a chuckle, "But it's okay, a teen like you should be allowed to sleep in on the weekend."
Pandora blinked as she looked at her parents, but she smiled as she looked upon them and reached out to embrace them, just as they leaned towards her.
Yet as she did, she saw fear in their eyes then Raphael gave a choke as a blade appeared through his throat!
Pandora screamed in horror then looked to Monalisa who gave a yell in pain as a slashing was heard, then she choked as white froth built up between her lips!
Then Black Mamba appeared behind Monalisa as she grabbed the Lizard Lady by the back of the neck and held her up like a fish.
Hanako pulled the gurgling Raphael back as blood erupted from his mouth and down his plastron.
Both were smirking and mocking as they looked at Pandora, their eyes filled with icy blackness.
Pandora gasped in grief, but it soon turned to fury, and she readied her claws and crouched ready to pounce on them, but she soon felt someone jump onto her back and push her to the ground.
"Oh, I think not!" a voice was heard, and Pandora saw some clear thick liquid drip next to her face, she turned her eyes to see Cobra smirking down at her.
"You can't save them, little girl!" the golden snake taunted "You're not gonna save them!"
She then let her tongue extend so she could lick the hybrid's face and all the while Hanako and Black Mamba laughed and cackled over Monalisa's choking and Raphael's gurgling.
Pandora gritted her teeth as she tried to push back against Cobra, she pushed against the ground and failed her tail about, but nothing seemed to work.
"Get off me!" she screamed "Get off me!"
She snarled and dug her claws into the ground, a screeching roar erupting from her throat "Get the Fuck…Off…Me!" she screamed and pushed up with all her might, Cobra fell off her back and she brought her legs up behind her then looked up at Hanako and Black Mamba crouching and ready to spring like a tiger!
Black Mamba and Hanako looked shocked but didn't have a chance to move before Pandora gave another primal roar and sprung up towards them with her claws outstretched!
Yet before Pandora could reach the two evil women, she felt herself get pulled back, then the images of Hanako, Black Mamba and her dying parents faded….
"Pandora? Pandora! Wake up!"
Pandora opened her eyes and she rolled onto her back only to see Sephie and Amber looking over her with very worried expressions.
"Whaa?" Pandora moaned groggily as she looked at her aunts.
"Pandora? What are you doing in here?" Sephie asked "What happened?"
"What's all this?" Amber demanded as she looked at the broken piece of wood and splinters.
Pandora looked at the mess of wood then saw she had been laying on the floor of the dojo, it was then she remembered where she was and what had happened.
"Oh God, Aunt Amber, Aunt Sephie…I…I…" she sat up.
"Did you break this?" Amber asked.
Pandora looked down ashamed.
"I…I…I didn't mean to!" she said in a small voice "I was just training, and I…I guess I just kicked too hard…"
Amber analysed the broken wood as Sephie helped Pandora to her feet.
"Come on Pandora." She said, "You can explain what happened later, let's just get you washed and to your room, I'll see if I can get a couple of sandwiches and some water from Louie."
"I'll ask Louie for you." Amber offered, "And I'll see if Leona can put together another one of those." She pointed at the broken post "It kind of needed to be replaced anyway." She muttered quietly.
"Thanks Amber!" Sephie said gratefully as she led the exhausted Hybrid out of the Dojo and to the residential quarters.
"Poor girl." She thought "She's been through so much, and I still have to know the full story of what happened."
She thought of Raphael and his condition, but she also thought of Monalisa, not yet awakened from her induced coma until James, Dahlia and Devina were sure she and Donatello had been purged of the venom in their systems and she felt sad and worried for them.
But she couldn't help but worry that Pandora was taking it a lot harder than she thought, and she wanted to talk to her about it, but she couldn't force Pandora to talk, at least not until she was ready to.
Pandora's so upset and angry, and even her favouraite Uncle couldn't comfort her like he could before.
The Hybrid is showing signs of pure aggression and it seems it's adding to her strength, in the way she kicked that wooden post to splinters! Yikes!