Part 8
"Our Story begins hundreds of years ago. Before Earth was born. There was many planets being born at this time, God's hands were full making worlds, and the devil fought to take over the worlds that God made, working to make evil everywhere. God had a fight that he could not handle on his own. Than one day, he made a planet, it was made into two parts. There was the part pure good, than there was the part pure evil. This planet was the help he needed. Where the good and the evil would work to decide what world would have what problems. Each side had warriors that would never to be defeated by any power that's under the power of God" Peter sat back and Mark picked up the story.
"The warriors would have to only fight when needed, but the bad half hated the good half and wanted to destroy it. If they got rid of all the good there they would be more powerful than God and be able to take over all worlds. This planet is called the Planet Shaper. God had to make a born leader for each side, so the Shaper that was born with the shape of their planet on the belt would be the new leader of their half of the planet Shaper" Marked looked at Peter, knowing this was more the story for Peter to tell, but also seeing Peter's eyes, a feeling it was something that hurt him to talk about, but they knew the story had to be shared.
"In the late 20's human years, the leader of the good half was killed. The Bad half's leader... Killer, had a plan to win over good . He came to the good half in search of the good leaders first born. He found the two Shapers that were in lead, and got a hold of their kid. Taking the kid back home he started to bring the kid up in the Evil ways. The mother, my mother tried to get her hands back her son. Going to save him, was what Killer was hoping for. Once She got there, Killer used her, to be the holder of the next leader of the Evil world, this child would be the first child born by two yin yang shapers. Meaning the leader would be half and half and would have 30 zens to pick the way of his/her life." A tear went down Peter's eye as he told his story. "My mother lost the baby for a zen, and got the child back after a long hard fight. The baby, child... was, um is me."
"I was born in the early 30's human years. I spent a zen under my dad, learning the ways of evil, with my older half brother by my side. My half brother you know, he's Terror." Peter looked at the door, hoping no one would hear his voice in here. "After a zen, I was freed by my other older brother, his name was Jim. Jim came with a army to save me, and that they did. I got taken to my mother, and my step dad. I was there for 3/10 of the zen. To watch my three half brothers be born." Peter stopped to take a breath. I saw Mark wanted to tell the story for his brother, but wasn't there to be the one to tell it.
"After my third younger half brother was born on May 4, if you can tell I use a lot of human years and dates, but trust me, it's different where I'm from, I'm doing this to help you understand it. We didn't know how little time he had on our world. It was 10 days later when Killer and Terror made there big attack on the good half of our world. I was with my step dad at work. He was wife to the leader of the world and looked forward to me being the new leader of the good half, since I was a born leader. Jim was there, and so was the new born there with my mom." Peter stopped talking than looked at me. "The rest of my story will have to wait, this is too hard to tell all at once. You will learn, but later." The two of them melted into the ground.
I sat there watching where the two of them were, I wonder if he's ever told anyone this story. It seemed he was having a hard time telling the story, it must be a painful thought. What ever happened next must be why they are here. When I look at Peter I saw depression in his eyes. I haven't yet to see a smile on his face. I wanted to hear the rest of the story and see how they got here and why they were here, but I must wait.
I walked into the DoJo, Shredder and Blades looked up at me. I wanted to do some Kumite to keep my mind off of all of what's going on. I looked over at the two of them already working out together. I needed someone else. I walked out of the DoJo, I didn't want to get in the way of Shredder and Blades training. I walked out bumping into Mokeshan. It's been awhile since I've seen her.
"You looking for something Leo?"
"I just was going out to see if anyone would do some Kumite."
"I'll work with ya." She walking towards the DoJo. As we walked in Blades and Shredder walked out. We worked out, she was good. Better than the Shredder. Working out with her felt good, because it was a harder fight and it let out a lot of my anger. She was the person I've always dreamed of meeting and now I'm on the floor working out with her, Kumite with her.
"So Leonardo, you've been here for awhile now. What do you think? Is it as bad as you thought?"
"Yes, and worst. I really hate it here. Things in my life has gone all down hill."
"Leo, why don't you start hanging out with me, I'll make your stay better." For some reason I felt as if it would only be right if I said yes. I saw something looking at her.
"Sure, I'll be honored to work with you Mokeshan." She smiled at me. And put her weapon to the side. I could tell our Kumite was over for now. We stood at Ki Ot Suke than Rei to each other.
"Come with me Leo. I'll show around here, and make you feel at home." I walked with Mokeshan as she showed me parts of the place that I've never been too. It was awhile of me hanging out with Mokeshan, she taught me the ways around the place, and where not to go because Terror hangs out at. It was later that night though, when I really got to know Mokeshan. We spent time together going around the place talking...
"My questions for you Mokeshan is that, I would read about you being a hero in my old magazines, and most of those magazines were from the early 50's. How come you look the same?"
"Well Leonardo, the answer for that questions is a long story. If you're up to hear it?"
"My ears are open, I have no where else to go."
"Well it started after I was known by the ppl in my home town in Japan. They called me a hero for a few small things I did. I never looked at myself as a hero. I just did what I thought was right. It was in late 1957, I was outside the DoJo on a nice day working on my Kumite." She sat down with a cup of tea at a table, I followed. As she told her story.
"This kid, he looked real young came running in, in the middles of the class. He said there was trouble, that his sister was in danger and I must go help them. I followed the kid, for I was never one to let anyone down."
"Once we got to where his sister was said to be, a bunch of Ninjas came out around me. I backed away ready to fight. I could feel pure evil all around me. Not one since of Good. There was a smell of fire, like I just enter a cave of it. But we were out side in the woods. There was no sound at first, besides the foot steps of the young boy as he ran behind the Ninjas. I heard his cry. 'I brought Mokeshan, let me have my sister back! You promised!' Than I saw the one he was talking to. It was my first time to see Terror. Looked as red as the devil and I could swear he was."
"He laughed at the pour kid. We called the kid, Blades, he was always good with knifes and swords. I stepped forward to speak to this thing of evil that stood in front of me. 'What is it that you need to have called upon me.?' Terror smiled and looked at me, pointed towards Blades and one of the Ninjas grabbed him. 'I have lost my brothers, and I have come to you to ask of help to find them. My name is Jason, and I'll bring you no harm if you listen to me. Oh and if you don't listen to me, than you can say Sayonara to the two kids that I hold.' I had no choice but to listen to Terror, Blades was one of my best students, I couldn't let him be killed. I could feel the danger I was walking into."
"Once upon the ship he took out the blades and placed them on my arm, I laughed him. 'You think you can hold me with just these blades? I can cut them off when I wish.' He smiled and told me not to try later I found out why, now I'll warn you. DO NOT LET YOUR BLADES GET HURT!"
"Why?"
"Because Leonardo. It will kill you. To cut the blades or hurt them it will hurt you, but to take them off the wrong way, like cutting them off will kill you."
"Oh, that's a good reason why not to hurt the blades."
"Later I learned the story of his brothers being lost here on Earth, at first he just said that he wanted to save them and take them home. Later I found they didn't want to come with him, and that he has destroyed their home, I don't know how though, because I've never really talked with them, yet they seem to know who I am. Terror holds all the best fighters from my home town, having us work for him."
"That still doesn't answer my question about your age."
"Well you see, as long as you wear the blades you don't age. I also know of a shot that Terror has that will make anyone stop ageing at the age of 21. He used it once."
"Ah, ok." After spending the day with her, I found I made a new friend. I returned to my room to find the two shapers sitting there waiting for me.
"Welcome back Leo. You ready to go on hearing our story?"
"Sure, I seem to be hearing a lot of flash backs today." I smiled and sat down to hear what they had to tell me, the story that Mokeshan couldn't because she didn't know.
"We were at my dad's work as I said before. I was learning how to lead our world. Jim was standing by my side. A screen turned on, it was a count down, but for what we didn't know. My dad tried to track the countdown with a computer, another screen came on, with my dad, Killer. 'You have but mere minutes to give me back my son, or you'll be asking for a war.' 'We would rather have a war, than let you have the next born leader all to yourself.' 'Than so be it, say good bye to your home, your ppl, this war is soon to be won, by me.' I watched in horror as my step dad told our babysitter to get us home, to a safer place. She grabbed the new born, Jim and I and headed out. I saw my mom and dad waving bye to us from a window as... as..." He stopped talking for a bit and bowed his head down. I watch a tear come from his eye. Mark walked over to him and put his arm around his back.
"Go on Peter, it's ok." Peter looked up at him and than looked at me.
"A bomb hit the building my mom and dad were in. I didn't want to leave the spot, I could smell the fire coming up, taking what was left of the building. Our Babysitter grabbed my hand and started to walk the other way. Once we got a few blocks away from the blast that killed my mom and dad. She told Jim to take me home, and not to look back. To get to a safe place and stay there. But as we left her, as she went to save others, we saw a blast one that took out a few blocks, and took her out just as well. I couldn't stand the thought of losing my family and friends."
"I was feeling crushed by the sound of each blast, it was a sound I'll never forget, one that will hunt me for ever. Once we got to our home, my other two brothers slept through this as if nothing has happened. Jim and I picked them up and brought them to our ship. As the five of us was on the ship we waved bye to our world, leaving to find a safer place. Looking back at our world, seeing what we have lived out, than seeing the last blast. It was over, my home was gone. But evil could not take rule, for there was still some good shapers left, us. Before being truly gone from our world another ship noticed us, it was my other half brother. He followed us."
"We crashed here on Earth in the late 40's, in Japan. It didn't take long for some ppl from the US who was doing some studies in Japan to come to our crash sit. The form we saw were frogs, so that was the shape we took. The humans took our ship, and saw us, shaped as frogs. I'm not sure of what they said that day, but they picked us up and brought us to a lab. Where they hide our ship and put us in a cage with other frogs. We watched the human, not knowing if he was friend or foe."
"That night when my brothers were a sleep, I sat awake. Looking out the window, getting the feeling of the new world. My brother said it was the planet of the Gods, and it's called Earth. I still don't know why he called this world the planet of the Gods, but when I heard Earth the first thought that came to my mind was Entertainment. I felt the new wind hitting me in the face, but it wasn't long till that wind was broken by the guy coming back in the room. He picked up Jim and went to a table. That night I watched as this thing killed my brother. I didn't know what to do, how to save him. But what ever I could do, it was too late." Peter brought his head down. You could tell this story hurt him to tell, the depression in his eyes grew deeper.
"Now you know our Story. Leo, we're not here to bring danger to Earth, we have no where else to go, and even if we did we would be bring that world just as much danger. This is where we have to stand for our fight, just as you Turtles have to." Mark said putting his arm around Peter. "Remember our Story, remember we're friends." The two of them formed away into the ground. I wondered if this would be the last time they came by to talk, if that was all they wanted me to know, or if they would help me get away. They are hunted by the W's.
I went to sleep that night, thinking how much us Turtles and the Shapers are alike. We're hunted by the Foot Clan and the Government. The Shapers are hunted by the W's and the Government. We each are a set of four, but there leader if filled with depression, what would the other Turtles do if I went depressed on them. I knew now I had to fight this anger even stronger, and stop myself from losing all hope.
'BANG!!!!'
I jumped to the sound of my door opening hard. It sounded as if someone was breaking into my room. Over me stood the Shredder.
"What do you want? And don't you ever knock?"
"Well first of all, I don't knock if I don't want to. Terror wants you NOW!!" I got up, the Shredder looked very mad, but of what I had no idea. I walked down the hall Shredder not to far behind. A kid came running out of a room for what I had no idea, but he bumped into Shredder.
"Gomen Nasai" The kid said backing up. The Shredder looked at him and pulled out a sword killing the kid for no reason.
"SHREDDER WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!! He said EXCUSE ME!!! He's on our side, or did you forget!!!!!"
"I'm having a bad day and he got in my way! Leave me alone SHELL BACK!" Shredder took lead in front of me, he must of have been having a bad day, but I wasn't with him to know what he went through, and in away I didn't want to know.
We got to a room. Terror was standing near a door, looking at me. He walked over and put his hand on my arm. I looked at him, something was up, but no one was telling me.
"Leo, I'm so glad you can make it. You see Shredder here has been having a bad day, but he did something right for once." I looked over seeing the Shredder up against a wall, as if he's in pain. I listened to what Terror had to say. "I sent him out without you today, because you were busy with Mokeshan, and when he returned a few of the kids carried this." He opened the door that was behind him, there was Mikey's body lying on the ground behind him.
I ran over to Mikey, putting my arms around him. I felt the blood from Mikey's face cover my hand. I could hear him breathing hard, like it hurt. I could see blood coming from his mouth and eyes. I looked back at Terror.
"He needs to be taken care of! Tell me WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?" Terror smiled, he could tell this was the first time I was really letting my anger out. I looked at Shredder as death filled my eyes. I knew he was the one to do this to Mikey. Terror snapped his figures some kids came in and tried to take Mikey's body from me.
"No!! Don't touch him!!! I'll take care of him!!!" I kiai, pushing the kids away. Terror grabbed me back, he didn't drop me in pain because he wanted me to watch the full thing. One of the kids walked over and before even going down to pick Mikey up he Geri Mikey in the face. "Why did he kick him!!! Mikey can't do nothing, it isn't fair to hurt him like that!!" The kid just went on doing what he was told. He picked up Mikey's body and pulled it out of the room. I looked at Shredder, and once Terror let go of me, I was on top of Shredder.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Hey, if your brother didn't try taking me on alone he wouldn't be here, now would he?" Shredder did a half smile, as if he enjoyed this. It was all to evil for me, I mean Shredder was cruel, but he would kill Mikey with no problem. Why did Shredder let Mikey live like that, the pain Mikey is going through it would be more honor to die in battle than die slowly. I backed away from the Shredder, than ran out of the room.
Anger wasn't one of my normal feelings, I mean this much anger. I've always watched Raphael and his anger. I never felt Raph could make the right choices while being so mad. So I figured neither could I. I would wait till everything slowed down, till I could think. Than I would face the Shredder off, right now was not the time. In the meantime I had to find out where they took Mikey.