I'm No Hero

Chapter 9: Darkest Hour

Leo's POV

I was skeptical. Moon just called me Leonardo, but as soon as she questioned what Space Heroes was, I knew something was up.

"Raph. Do it." I said, not taking my eyes off of Moon.

"Finally." He muttered before lunging at Moon.

Her eyes widened and she bent down, flipping him over her shoulder. Ninjutsu. That's new.

"Who are you!?" I demanded.

"Don't you remember me, Leonardo? I'm the girl you conned for weeks!" She snarled before lunging towards me.

I swiftly brought up my cane and tried to hit her, but she caught it and yanked it out of my hands before kicking me.

I cried out and fell backwards on my shell.

Everyone else started attacking her and she dodged expertly, trying to get out the door, but then Raph finally caught her and slammed her into the wall, pinning her hands behind her back.

"Who are you?" He demanded.

"It's her Raph! They did something!" I said, grabbing Casey's hand and getting to my feet.

"Don't be so sure, the Kraang could have made a fake." Donnie said.

"No. She said that we conned her. A Kraang bot wouldn't say something like that. They've twisted her memories." I explained.

"Maybe they're using the worms." Raph suggested.

"No, she wouldn't act like this. It has to be something else." Donnie said.

"I bet it's in her bag!" April said.

"The bag is full of poison you nitwits." Moon snarled before pulling her legs against the wall and pushing.

Raph stumbled back and dropped her. Moon grabbed a sai from his belt and threw it at me.

I narrowly dodged it.

"Moon! It's us! Don't you remember!?" Mikey said as he tackled her.

Donnie ran over and started wrapping a rope around her. Then Raph carried her to a chair in the kitchen and tied her to it.

"Check the bag." I said.

Donnie grabbed the bag and emptied it onto the table. A bunch of bottles rolled out, looking exactly the same but having different labels.

I picked up one and read it. Pizza powder. I looked at the other stuff and they all looked the same. Poison. I took off the label and threw it to the side so Mikey didn't see and try to eat it.

This was all poison.

I saw another bottle and this one was completely differnt. Instead of powder in was a liquid and it was bigger and longer. The case was a tinted glass, not clear like the others.

I picked it up. Memory serum.

"Donnie. This is it." I said, handing him the bottle.

"No! I need that!" Moon exclaimed as she lunged forward.

Her chair started to tip and I quickly caught and corrected it. She glared at me with hate clear as day in her bright eyes. My stomach twisted with hurt.

"I'm going to take this to the lab, but it might be a while before I'm able to find an antidote. She might be a captive for a bit longer than any of us would like." He explained, walking around the table towards the door.

"Rope won't keep me from escaping." She told him defiantly.

"That's what you think, sister." Raph rolled his eyes.