The Shape of a Turtle
Part 4
As time went by Terror did come to my room, to see why I never left it. At this time, I was use to the room, and treated it like a cage. I knew if I left Terror would put me to work doing evil, and that was one thing I could never do.
"Turtle! Why do you hide in your room? Do you think I don't notice you?" Terror said as he walked in. I stood up too Ki Ot Suke. I did so on my own terms, I felt as if this was a persian for me, than I'll treat it like one, and treat Terror like a gaurd over me.
"Sorry Sir, but I haven't been feeling to good." I said, "Besides, since when am I hiding if I'm in my own room?" Terror just looked at me.
"You're going to have to start work soon, and that means I want you up and about the place. No more just hiding in your room." Terror walked over, to me. "I want you up every morning at 7am, you eat than start to work in the Dojo. Starting tomorrow." Terror walked out, and he didn't seem happy, that made me happy. Just than I noticed something out the window. I walked over to see, but than it hit me, I'm four floors up. What could be out side my window.
When I looked out I saw a kid, wearing a hat and coat holding to the side of the building. "Gomen Nasai" I said. The kid looked up at me.
"Hi" The kid said looking up at me. To my surprise it was a kid Turtle. A mutant Turtle. He looked up at me. "Oh Gehn Kee Dehs Kah"
"Gehn Kee Dehs Kah So" I said replying to the kid. I needed to see if the kid spoke english. "Who are you?" I asked, testing to see if the kid could understand me.
"I'm a friend. I'm here to help you Leonardo. You're brothers are in NY and don't know where you are." The kid got up near the window and grabbed out a small laser and burned the bars near the window. "I know you can't leave, but I can get in." He got into my room and took off the hat and coat, his face shown through, it looked like me, but younger.
"You speak good English. Where are you from?"
"I'm from Saki Japan, but I have lived in the US. I know english real good." He walked over and jumped up onto my bed. "Now what we have to do is fine away to get you out of here."
"Good luck with that. I'm trapped here. I got these blades in my arm, they are nothing but trouble." I shaped the blades out of my arm. The kid looked at them than looked up at me and smiled.
"But you are good, and the blades are not finding the evil they need to live. You care for someone, and you care for this person more than anyone else in the world. This person you care for is the one you need. Tell me who this is, and I'll get the person and than the blades can be removed." The kid got near the window. Than I noticed on his belt he wore a peace sign.
"I care of my Sensei, his name is Splinter. Master Splinter. He's been like my father all my life." The kid went to jump out the window. I smiled and bowed to the kid. "Dohmo Arigato Gozeimas" He smiled back at me.
"Do Itashimashite" Than he was gone. I thought about the peace sign on the belt and of what Shredder told me, but than I cleared my mind, that kid couldn't be one of the ones Terror wants, could it? I sat and thought about the young Mutant Turtle, where did he come from and who was he? I didn't know the answer, but for some odd reason, I trusted him.
The Next morning I was up and out the door to get some food. I knew I had to do what Terror said, or I'll be toasted. I walked down to the DoJo and than saw the Shredder training on the East side of the room. I turned and walked to the west side, to be as far from Shredder as I could. Shredder's eyes went up, seeing me walk in the room. He went to walk out and bumped right into Terror.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm not staying here, as long as that Turtle is in the same room as me! I don't like those Turtles and I will not work around them!" Shredder said pointing over towards me. "I hate those Turtles! You're doing a mistake taking one of them in here! He'll get away and warn the others, I know he will! I tried to hold these Turtles so many times, but failed each time!!"
"That was you Shredder, this Turtles isn't going any where. I want you working with him, in fact, I'm teaming you two up. Shredder you have to show the Turtle the ropes around here. He's now going to be spending a lot of time with you." Terror smiled and looked over towards me, my head went down, not shredder anything but that, I thought.
"No! You can't do this!"
"I will, and I did. Now Shredder, go talk to the Turtle, you're going to have to get to know him." Terror walked out of the room on those words. I looked down, knowing Shredder isn't going to be easy to get a long with.
"Look Shredder, I wont hold you to what Terror said. You can go on your own, I'll learn the place on my own. We don't have to get to know each other, because to tell the truth, I don't want to get to know you." I said pulling my swords out and I started to go over my Kata.
"What's wrong. Am I too much for you!" Shredder said with a smile, he could tell I didn't want him near me, and his job was to make my time here as bad as he could make it. "Well guess what! I'm going to keep to what Terror said, doing that I'll get back at you for all the times you destroyed my plans in the past. Meaning, your time here, is going to make you want to run home crying to your rat."
"Shredder, I know I want to hang out with you as much as you want to hang out with me. But we're not made for each other, so go and find yourself a friend to hang out with." I put my swords away and went to walk out.
"Oh, but I remember being taught to keep your friends close, and the ppl you hate closer." Shredder said with a smile, he was up to no good and I knew it. Shredder wanted to drive me crazy, and he wasn't going to leave me alone. I than figured I could use that, if he's near me all the time, he'll be the one wanting to get away.
"Ok, Shredder. You got it, we're now a team. Until we get away."
"That's if we get away." Shredder said looking at me. You could tell he was only doing this because of two things, one he did want to get back at me for causing him so much trouble and two he feared Terror.
It was weeks of Shredder driving me up the wall, coming in the Dojo when I was working out and he would mess me up. Eating he would try and put stuff in my food, he was acting like a little kid, trying to get even with a classmate. I didn't let Shredder get to me, and it got to him that I didn't care. I was use to Mikey doing weird stuff all the time, and Shredder could never top that kind of stuff. Terror would watch us, and he seemed like he was having fun. We were his entertainment.
It was a dark night when Terror first came to me to do a job for him. I was reading a book on Japan, learning more about the area we were trapped in. "Leonardo, it's time for you to earn your keep here." A voice came from near the door, I didn't need to look up to tell who it was. And I knew if I fought back in words I would be in deep pain. "There's person who's been driving me up the wall, he's a cop here in Japan. Your job is to kill him. I don't care how you do it. I want his body thrown in front of me by the end of the day." I looked up from my books, Terror's eye were bright red, you could tell he was mad. I stood up and grabbed my swords, I knew this day was coming, Blades has warned me of this day. He told me to do as told, or it will be the worst pain I've ever felt.
"What's the name of this person?" I asked walking towards Terror. He grabbed out a file and threw it at me. I looked at it, and Terror turned into the dark halls, leaving me to go through the file. "I can't believe I'm thinking about going through with this, I'll live the rest of my life in dept to this person." I looked out the window, just than a shadow showed in the door, I turned to see the Shredder.
"We have work to do Leo!" Shredder said, than he walked out. I followed, not far behind. I figured I would let Shredder do the work since he was use to it. I looked at the window one last time, wondering about the kid Turtle I saw, was it only a dream? Was anything really there? Do my brothers know I'm in Japan? All these questions, with no answers. I really need to know.
We got to a house, it was skinning, much more skinner than the place we were staying at. I looked at it, as I never seen this kind of building before. Everything in it's own place, with little rooms. This was Japan life, I've always pictured the stuff I see in the old karate movies, the places where Ninja Master's live. We got in a window, the hall was a skinning as it looked. I didn't feel right moving through the place, I felt as if my shell, or the sword holders on my shell would knock anything and we'll be caught. Once we got to the room, the guy was a sleep. Shredder stopped and looked at me. "It's time Leo, do your job."
"I can't Shredder, can you do this, you're better than I." Shredder smiled with a laugh. I knew he wasn't going to let me out of this, but I couldn't kill him, he was a cop, he fought for good, just as I have most of my life, and I still believe in good. The blades in my arm brought through another pain, I knew I had to do as told, but why this?
A few days later. I sat in my room. It was my first time alone since the night I did my first job for the W's. It was a new feeling, one I enjoy for some reason, but at the same time felt the pain for the person. It was as if the Blades I wore feed on the blood from the kill, and they wanted more. I looked at my swords, still not clean from the fight. Picking them up to clean I heard a noise from my window. "You're brothers know your in Japan, but it's up to you to tell them what's going on." I turned to see the kid Turtle.
"How do I tell them what's going on?"
"That's up to you Leonardo. You're their leader, they should hear you out...." It was like a blink of the eye the kid was gone, I was alone again. I could feel what he said, in every word there was something there. I was their leader, but how would I face them. Do I tell them about the cop I killed, or do I stay quiet about that.
Everyday I did as told. I would wake up, go to the Dojo work with Shredder, eat. And for my free time I would hang out with Blades. He was a good fighter and would spend time with me in the Dojo. And than there was the times I was sent with Shredder to work. I just wanted out of this, I didn't want to be the one doing the killing. Shredder treated it as if it was nothing. He said we should take turns on doing the killing, yet I fought against it each time. Shredder just went with the flow. The more I did as was told, the more I felt the blades taken control, I felt powerless. I wanted free.
I would sit near the window and think of Master Splinter and my brothers. I missed Mikey's pizza, Raphael and his jokes and temper were both missed. I really missed having Donatello by my side working on stuff. They were all so close to me, yet so far away. I missed Master Splinter, he was my father and teacher all in one, yet I haven't seen him, now for about 2 and a half years. I would wonder if my brothers were here in Japan looking for me, and I wonders how Mikey and Ninjara were, if they were wounded or not. Only if I had answers to my many questions.
It was raining out the day I first saw my brothers since Roy's. I was out with the Shredder, it was my turn to do the dirty work. Shredder was covering my back, when a sai went into his leg.
"Hey ShredHead long time no see! To bad you haven't worked on your speed." I knew the voice, I turned to see Raphael. He was looking at Shredder and didn't notice me yet. I backed into a shadow, I knew if Raphael saw it was me that put a sword into the Lady we were sent after for getting to close to finding the W's HQ, Raph would kill me. Shredder fell at first from the pain in his leg but than stood up. He grabbed out his sword.
"I watch one Turtle fall apart everyday. Now I'll be able to see a second, but you I can kill!" Shredder held his sword high and brought it down towards Raphael. He did a Jodan Uke with his sai that he didn't throw, than he grabbed his other sai from the ground near Shredder. I couldn't let Shredder kill Raphael, I had to help, but if I was seen working with Shredder my brother would never hear me out. Shredder brought his sword back and swinged again at him, this time Shredder pulled back from Raph's Uke and stabbed Raph in the front shell. Than I looked to see Donatello's bo come down on Shredder's back. Shredder fell hard to the ground. Raph looked up and around.
"Where's the person with him?" Raphael said, holding his sore.
"I don't know? I just got here, you really should wait for me Raph!" Donatello said kicking the Shredder over. "Where he is, I bet the guy took off and is long gone from here." Donatello picked Shredder up and started to tie him to a chair. "Raph, help me get these blades off so he can't cut through the rope. I watched from the dark closet I chose to hide in. Don and Raph pulled at the blades, but they didn't come off. "Only if Leo was here, he would be able to cut these blades off." Raph looked down from Donatello's words. I could see they missed me, just as much as I missed them.
"Yea, once ShredHead wakes up, he better tell us where Leo is!!" Raphael said holding a sai to Shredder. I felt as if I came out to them now something would go wrong. I had to get out of here without them knowing I was even there. "And if that note lead us to the wrong place and Leo isn't here in Japan, I'm going to find who wrote that note and use it as aspirin!!"
"Raph, clam down, we'll find Leo." Donatello said. Just than a cop car drove up outside. "No time to question Shredder now, we have to get out of here." Raphael looked at Shredder.
"We can't just leave him here! He knows where Leo is!!!"
"We don't have a choice Raphael! Let's get out of here! We'll question while he's behind bars!" The two of them went out the window. I came out of the closet and untied the Shredder, carrying him I took him back to W HQ and too his room. The job was done, and I knew my brothers were looking for me. But what would they do, if they knew I was one of the W's now, how could they save me? Was I ever going to be saved? I went to my room, and sat looking out the window. The W's were strong, but they would never stop my dream of going home.