Chapter 9
Sad Past
It had been a few days since the day Selana was declared dead. Her sisters were alive and with the turtles now, only cause they pitied them. Katana was talking alittle bit to Leonardo, but she didn't say much. Sunny tried to be cheerful, but it wasn't happening, and Melana hadn't said a word since it happened. Raphael had been up in his room the whole time and Splinter was the only one who saw, as he was trying to cheer him up and give him tutoring.
" So where are your parents ?" Leo asked. Raphael finally came down and sat on the couch. Donatello glanced at hime from where he was sitting with Melana at his side. Raph looked at Katana for the answer since he had heard the question.
" Well our mom was killed by our dad." Leo looked shocked.
" Why ?"
" I don't know, but I suppose that is why Selana was the way she was."
" What do you mean ?" Mike cut in.
" Well we were gone at the time and Selana was at home practicing on her horse. She was about 5 by then. After she was done, she had gone out to get her dog at the end of the pasture. Well when she found the dog, his head was gone. Selana freaked out and ran back to the barn where her horse. Well actually her mother's horse was dead. His head was gone too. She got really scared for her mom and went running to the house screaming. When she got in there it was too late. Her mom was lying on the floor with her head cut off too. There was blood everywhere. Her dad was still there and he was sitting on the couch like nothing was wrong. It was that day that the sweet little girl turned bad. She was more fierce that day than she ever was, even when she became a hybrid. She attacked her dad, but of course with him being so big and her being so small and young at the time, she didn't stand much of a chance. He knocked her out and took her and got us and we ended up down here. We were sent to that lab and turned into what we are."
The turtles were shocked by what they had just heard. It was a horrible thing for Selana to see. Leonardo had some sympathy, but since he didn't like Selana, he didn't show much of it. Raphael noticed how nice he was being to Katana.
You fucking bastard ! You treat my girl like shit, but you treat her sister like she was a queen and she is the same thing Selana was. I bet you were jealous of me.
Raphael was still boiling with anger, but he tried not to show it.
" So did you guys ever see your dad again ?" Don asked.
" Well we did once. It was about 4 years after we were sent there. I believe that Selana and Melana were about 9 years old, Sunny was about 8, and me being the oldest was about 11 or so. Our dad came back to check up on our progress since he was getting paid good money for doing what he did to us. Selana was still mean though. That gray horse she had, Mystic Illusion, was the son of her mother's champion horse. He meant everything to Selana. He is also, I believe, the grandson of Secretariat. Her father found out and wanted to take him from her and sell him or race him. He wanted to do something with him that would earn him money. But when her dad tried to take him, the horse attacked and Selana had heard his cries. So she came out and I swear, she had the darkest look I had ever seen on her. None of us went near her or tried to stop her. She yelled out that he had killed her mother and till the day she died she hunt him down. He laughed, but had underestimated her fighting ability. ASSC 300 had been training us hard. We learned, but we were not as advanced as Selana was. She took her fighting seriously. She attacked our dad and left him with three clawed marked scars on his face. He was angry, but there was also fear in his eyes. Selana had to be sedated and taken back in. But after that, our dad lost interest in her horse and just left it be. He left and we haven't seen him since. But Selana knew that he was alive. She vowed to get him back." Katana said.
" So, I wanna know, how exactly does this experimenting effect you ?" Donatello asked.
" Well it changed our looks for one. Sunny was the only one who developed marks like the little leopard patterns she has on her face. But it made us agile and quick. Gave us much better sight than humans. Our senses are stronger, but we do become more dangerous. It changed our DNA. We have mutated genes in us." Leonardo looked at her for a moment.
" What do you mean mutated genes ?" He asked, suddenly interested. Raph rolled his eyes.
Exactly what she said, moron !
" Well let's take the theory that ASSC 300 had. They said if we, as in one of you and one of us were to....breed so to speak, we would be able to have a child, because some of our genes match. Since were both have mutated genes, it is enough to make a baby." The turtles all went wide eyed, but it was Raphael that was hit hardest.
" Would it be easy to conceive ?" Raph asked.
" Well I guess. I mean we have no problems so even having sex one time could get one of us pregnant. We are capable of having human and mutant babies alike." Raphael turned and looked out the window.
What if she was pregnant when she died ? My baby went with her. God ! Why did I let her go ?
He got up and went outside to stand on the porch. Splinter who had been listening intently noticed Raphael and had seen the tears in his eyes. He stood and went with him.
" What's wrong with him ?" Sunny asked.
" I think he and Selana had slept together. He may be thinking that she was pregnant when she was killed."
" Oh." Sunny said putting her head down.
" What was the real Selana like ?" Don asked. " I mean she was nice and quiet when she was hear, but then she turned out to be the Black Tiger." he added.
" Well she was nice. She had dreams that she wanted so much to come true." Katana said. Raphael and Splinter walked back in, but no one wanted to bother Raph as he sat down.
" What were her dreams ?" Don asked.
" Well with that horse she had, she wanted to go to competitions and stuff. I think she wanted to race him, but he already getting to old and he hasn't had the training for it. So she might have changed it to jumping. But after a while, she said that she would just do it for fun. She other important things to do. I don't know much about her other dreams, but I know her goal was to kill our dad one way or another. But she was nice. It's just that ASSC 300 would give her something that changed her for a while. It made her more dangerous. Her eyes can turn red, cause they were mutated after all the experimenting, but they occur most when she is under that cerium or when she is really pissed. She was the worst of us all. She could kill people in second if she wanted to. But she never wanted to hurt anyone until her father did what he did. That's when she vowed to kill him and get anyone who stood in her way. She destroyed ASSC 300 because she knew that they would go out hunting for more victims to endure their experiments and she didn't want people to go through the same thing that we did."
There was silence in the room. Donatello then remembered that creature that had been killing people.
" Hey have you guys ever heard of that thing that lives in the sewer ? I mean that creature thing ya know ?"
" Ya we know about him. He should be going into hibernation soon. That's why there had been so many killings. ASSC 300 had made it, but they couldn't contain it. He got away after killing 6 staff members. That thing is dangerous. No one wants to go near it. I would recommend that none of you do either. That thing only wakes up in the summer and fall. He sleeps through winter and spring. He is a combination of different animals put into one to make the ultimate weapon. Of course he is what they wanted with the exception of the untamable part." It was strange to think of Selana now. It wasn't her fault she had so much anger. She had been locked in a lab almost all her life and had seen her mother's dead body. To think it was her dad that killed her mother is what added to the fuel and she became the mean, no mercy Black Tiger. Raphael felt bad for how he had talked to her those last moments. But that kiss and her words of
I Love You were the only things that made Raph feel slightly better. He should have told her too that he loved her and maybe she would have come back.
" Well I think it is time for bed now, so we should get going." Leo said, trying to sound like boss. Raph didn't move an inch. He stayed right where he was and when Leo looked at him, he gave the dirtiest look Leo had ever seen. For once Leonardo kept his mouth shut. Katana followed Leo up the stairs to his room. She had been staying there with him, but hadn't been near him when she did. She stayed on the other side of the room. Sunny also went up with Mike and she too stayed away. Donatello got up with Melana who still hadn't spoken. They went to his room and she went to his window. She starred out at the sky filled with millions of shining stars. Tears came to her eyes as she saw a shooting star pass by. She made a wish.
Please by the slightest chance, let my sister; Selana be alive.
But she knew that deep down inside it was useless. She watched the sky and the stars for a long while. She turned to look at Donatello who had been starring at her. He turned away, but not before she saw his face flush red. She looked back at the sky.
He likes me. Selana how did you ever make it with Raphael ? Was it as good as you had said ? Maybe loving a turtles was the only way to get the real love you wanted, because you didn't have to worry about them choosing other girls. Maybe they know what love is. I wish you were here to help me, sister. I miss you a lot. But I know that you will always be watching us. Some how we'll meet again. Your sister, my twin. I can feel everything you do. I love you sister Selana. I will follow in your footsteps and be brave. I will not love with my eyes, but with my heart.
She turned and looked at Donatello who pretended to be doing something else. He shifted uneasily under her gaze. She gave a small, uncertain smile.....with my heart. She turned and laid sat on his bed. He watched her intently. She was so quiet and sad. He just wanted to cuddle close to her and hold her.
Great ! I'm falling in love with a girl who probably thinks I am more of a freak than that sewer creature is.
Raphael was still down stairs starring at the wall. It was so strange without her. He used to hold her right then and kiss her. He thought back to the night when they made love. How she would say that he would come to hate her. How she had been right about him breaking his promise. But to her he had broken it, but to him, he still knew that he loved her and that he wished she could come back to him. But she was gone and he would have to move on with his life. He had to learn how to live without. Maybe there was someone who would love, but he had too many doubts and he knew that no one could love him the way Selana did.