Chapter 7
Devastating Secrets
Raphael walked in the house after watching Selana work Mystic Illusion. They went for a ride out in the fields to keep the horse in shape. He sat down on the couch and breathed in. Ever since that night that he had made love to Selana, he had felt more complete. She loved him. It was obvious. He hadn't gotten the nerve to tell how he felt about her. She hadn't said it either, but he knew she wanted to. He wondered what life would be like with her. Would they get an apartment or a real house together and live like normal people ? Well as normal as a turtle and experimental girl could be. Kids had crossed his mind once, but she was human and he didn't think that it would be possible to have a child with her, but as long as he had her, what did it matter ?
Mikey walked in and handed Donatello the profile box and he started going through the disks. Leo was talking to Splinter like he always does. Raphael knew that Leonardo didn't like Selana. He gets angry when he sees his brother glare at her the way he does. Then Leonardo came down stairs and looked around. He glared at Raph who gave him an equally dirty glare.
" Where's your girlfriend ?" Leo asked like an obnoxious snob.
" She went out to ride her horse." Raph growled. Leo snorted and laughed.
" Ya right ! She probably went back to the lab to tell them where we are so she can get us killed." Raph stood up and balled his fists.
" No she didn't you bastard !" Leo came and got in his face.
" You better watch what you say ! You may be happy to have her in your bed, but I am not happy to have her in our house." Raph suddenly struck out and hit Leo in the face. He got up and knocked Raph to the ground and started to hit him. Donatello and Mike instantly got up and tried to stop the fight, but the two fighting turtles pushed them out of the way. Raph gave Leo a good hard kick to the gut and sent him to the floor. Raphael pulled his sais and swung at his brother with rage. The sharp point of his sai cut Leo's arm and drew blood. Leonardo pulled his katana's and started to swing at Raphael. The two brother fought with rage and hate. Raphael was angry with him for saying those things about Selana. It wasn't right. Someone finally accepted him and his brother went out and tried to hurt them both. Then there was a stick that hit them both in the head. The fallen turtles looked up to see Splinter there with a glare on his face. Raphael got up and backed off only for the sake of Splinter. Leonardo got up and stood before him.
" I am very disappointed in you both. You are acting like babies ! What is the meaning of this fight ?!"
" Leo is talkin shit about my girl !" Raph yelled, more at Leo than at Splinter.
" Ya well, your girlfriend is not what she says she is ! She is hiding something !" Raph was about to lunge out at him again, but Splinter stepped in the way.
" We will discuss this separately. Raphael, you go and walk. You need to cool off and Leonardo, you come with me." Leo followed him upstairs and Raph stomped out the door. Donatello and Mike looked at each other and shook their heads. Donny sat back down and started to go through the files that Mike had given him. Mike looked at Don for a moment before asking.
" What do you think Leo meant when he said that Selana is hiding something ? I mean she hasn't done anything to us and if she was trying to get us killed, wouldn't she have already done it ?"
" I don't know Mike. I mean I think if she was planning something, that she would have done it already, but she might be hiding something. She does keep to herself a lot and I have to admit that it makes me wonder." Mike remained silent and started to go through the profile list with Don. He looked at the name tags on the disks.
Black dog, Razor, Shane, Beast 1, Beast 2, Lily, Katana, Sudonnia, Melana, Sara, Tara, Selana....
Mike stopped and looked at the disk with the name Selana on it. He looked at Don.
" It says Selana on it." He said quietly. He handed his brother the disk and waited as Don loaded it into the computer. He opened the file and when it came up with the information, he hadn't been prepared for it.
Raphael had walked for awhile already. Something he then came across didn't smell to great. He breathed in and then remembered the smell. It had been the same scent that he smelled at the aqueduct where that killer creature supposedly lived. He walked into the alley and looked around. There was no strange creature there. He looked around and then at the floor. He backed up in shock, but regained himself quickly. He pulled his sais just in case of a close encounter. He knelt down and looked at what the figure was. It was a dead body that had been torn up and eaten. His stomach was wide open and his guts laid across the ground. His heart was there next to him, but a bite had been taken out of it. Part of his head was there, but it was hanged by a little strip of skin. His eyes were not there and his lower jaw had been torn off. Raphael stood again and looked at the remains that lay everywhere. It was a bit much for him. He walked out of the alley and looked around. There was a pay phone and he quickly went to it and dialed the number for the police station. After they said they were on their way, he quickly disappeared into the night and headed for home. It was late already and he wondered if Selana was back yet.
When he arrived at the house, everyone except Selana was there. They all looked at him. Everyone but Leo had some look of pity on their faces as they looked at Raph.
" What ?" He asked annoyed. Donatello took a deep breath and was about to tell him when a loud crash came through the front door. They all got up and pulled their weapons. Some men with dark suits came in and quickly darted them with a tranquilizer gun. The turtles and the rat fell to the floor in a black sleep.
Selana came back to the house and looked around. There was no one there and the door was crushed. She looked at Donatello's computer laptop and at the file that was still open. She sucked in a breath and fell to her knees.
" No. Why did they have to find this ?" She realized that the people from the lab had taken them and she was the only one who could do something about it. She darted for the door and jumped onto the horse. He was instantly alert and knew he was going for a run. She urged him into a gallop and took off. This horse was able to take the pounding and willing to run as far as he could go. He was loyal to Selana.
At the ASSC 300, the turtles woke up and looked around. It was a clean room, but they were in some sort of cage. Raphael got up and looked out, but he couldn't see anyone around.
" Raphael, there are some things about Selana you gotta know." Don stated.
" Not now !"
" Raph, she's not even completely human !"
" I don't care what she is !" His brothers starred at him in disbelief, but said nothing more about it. They knew better than to piss Raphael off. But Leonardo might be the one to take the chance. Raphael punched the wall and looked up just as five men came into the room. They glanced at the turtles and then went to work on the computers. Raph balled his fists and starred down at the men. He wanted so badly to hurt them. Their weapons were taken away from them, but that didn't bother Raphael as much as long as he got them back.
" Get one of the turtles for me." One of the men said to another. A bald head man started to them with hand cuffs and chains. Another two came to the barred gate and held guns ready for anything. Suddenly there was a growl, but nothing could be seen. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks and looked around. Obviously one of the men had noticed who it was and was trying to calm the person down.
" Take an easy Tiger." She growled again.
" I know you don't like people messing with your food, but we were just doing our job." The turtles then knew that they were talking about the Black Tiger. They looked at the vent screen were he was talking to her, but she could not clearly be seen. But through the dark screen; gleaming red eyes could be seen. Mike backed up alittle bit, but said nothing. He was still shaken up by her. Donatello stood in front of him in case of anything.
" She wouldn't attack her people, would she ?" Leo asked.
" Maybe. It sounds like she would. But the question is. If she does attack them, why ?" Leo nodded and watched them. Then the bald man advanced on the gate door. There was a loud growl and then the screen cover flew off and a clawed hand came out and got one man in the face. He screamed and fell to the floor holding his torn face and trying to stop the blood from coming down. Black Tiger jumped out and growled at them. Her face was covered as usual, but her red eyes could clearly be seen. They glowed with hatred. It was strange though. She was against them and she seemed to be with the turtles. One of the men started to her, but she flipped him over her shoulder and elbowed his nose, causing it to break and bleed. Then she grabbed his arm and twisted it so much it broke to were the bone came out at the elbow. She kicked him in the stomach and sent him to the ground. She then jumped at another man and knocked him to the ground. Her growls were loud and aggressive. She slashed another man with her claws and gashed his face. She fought like a tiger. She was like a wild animal that would not give in to anything from anybody. Her moves were agile and smooth. The Black Tiger elbowed another man in the back of the neck and sent him to the floor with a thud. There was blood everywhere, but the men were alive. None of them dared to move. She then looked at the turtles.
" Nice fightin lady, but why the hell did you do that for us ?" Raph asked more angrily than grateful. She looked at him with a look that he had never seen in her red eyes before.
" I will tell you later. As for now, you must get out of here." She went and opened the gate and the turtles came forward. They looked at her evilly, but she just turned and went to what looked like a cabinet of some type. She pulled out their weapons and handed them back to the turtles. Raphael looked at her confused, but accepted. For some reason, his brothers didn't seem that surprised at her actions. She turned and headed for the door.
" Why don't we go through the vent ?" Mike asked.
" Because I have closed them off."
" Why ?" Donny cut in.
" I have my reasons. Lets just get out of here." They followed her out of the room and headed down the halls. She had her pair of sais with her and kept ready for anything. The turtles watched her and Leonardo gave her evil looks. Then a man showed up around te corner, but before he could pull his gun, Tiger grabbed his arm and twisted it. The bone popped out and he screamed until Tiger clawed his throat and cut his vocal cords. They starred at her in disbelief.
" And to think at some point she was nice." Mike commented. Raph looked at him in confusion.
" Is there something I'm missing here ?" But the Tiger silenced them, before Mike could say anymore. They came to another door and she opened it carefully. Then they saw three other girls dressed in black. Their hair wasn't covered like the Tiger's was, but they did have masks over their faces. The other girls came to the back of them and watched them as the turtles were led to the door. Tiger opened it and there was the outside. Mike smiled in relief and stepped outside. The other girls looked at Tiger and then so did the turtles.
" So Black Tiger, do you mind telling us why you are and your sisters are helping us ?" Raph asked.
" Because I care. I want my sisters out of here as well so that they may not be tortured by these people anymore. You still do not know who I am, do you Raphael ?"
" No I don't know." He said keeping a glaring eye on her.
" And who are these sisters of yours anyway ?" He added. They all looked at them as they took their masks off.
Katana looked at Leonardo who was not glaring at her anymore. Now he was admiring her. She raised a brow, but said nothing. Sudonnia had frizzy hair and was also quiet. It was Melana that caught the eye of everyone, for the simple reason that she looked like Selana. Her hair and eyes were a different color, but everything else about her was just like Selana.
" You like Selana." Don noted.
" That is because Melana is the twin sister of Selana." Tiger said. They looked from her to Melana.
" What a minute. Selana said that she didn't know her family."
" That was a lie. She does know who they are."
" And she said she came from Europe." Raph added.
" That was true. Her father was the one who sent her here. It was her mother that was dead, but her father still lives. He wanted to get money from ASSC 300 using her as their experiment so he sent all his daughters here."
" Alright then what kind of experiment is she ?"
" Feline Hybrid." Raph looked at her in shock.
" Well she isn't as mean as you are."
" That is where you are wrong." Everyone looked at her, but Raph was the one that was questioning.
" What do you mean that I am wrong. She was nice. She gave a damn about me and everyone else."
" So do I or I would never have helped you. Raphael do you have any idea who I am ?" He starred at her for a moment.
" No. And why the hell should I care ?"
" Because once you promised Selana that you would love her always and that you would never hate her for anything. I know now that you are going to break that promise." He starred at her.
" What I do with Selana is none of your business."
" Yes it is."
" Why ?" She slowly undid her mask and took of the head piece to reveal her long shining red hair and the blinked her eyes to turn them green. Raphael backed up in shock and hurt.
" Because I am Selana."