Red is for Revenge

Chapter 2:

Chapter 2:

The boys led me through the sewers to their lair where I soon met Master Splinter, their sensei. He wanted to tell me the story of how they were created. I told him, “It does not matter to me how it happened just that it did. The past is always important and must not be forgotten of course but I need not understand how it happened for I just know that mutagen is what caused it.”

He simply replied, “Yes the past is the past but we must take lessons from it so we do not make the same mistakes we did back then, but I do not regard any of the things that happened as mistakes for to me they are truly a blessing.:”

“I can see that sir. I can see that it changed you in ways that you did not think possible and yet it opened your mind to things in which you once kept them closed.”

“Indeed it did. You are quite wise for one so young.”

“It runs in my family I guess you could say. That and our famous sixth sense I was gifted with that as well.

Our conversation was interrupted by a cry of pain that escaped my lips. I do not know where the pain came from just that it hit me suddenly. I woke up on the couch later. “What happened?”

“We found this in your arm somebody must have thrown it during the fight it was coated with poison. You could have died El,” Donnie said holding a dart in front of my face.

“Damn it,” I replied rubbing my head. “What type of poison was it?”

“A poison meant to torture whoever got hit with the dart.”

“Did you get it all out of me?”

“No I don’t believe so there could be some coursing through your veins right now.”

“You said a poison meant to torture someone right?”

“Yes that is what I said.”

“Ah it must be like Abdul’s Curse then.”

“What is Abdul’s Curse, El?”

“I’ll tell you the story of Abdul for you to understand it fully. Abdul was a very kind, wise, fortunate and loving man. He cared for every person and everyone praised him for his kindness. One day Abdul came in contact with some thieves on the road. They were sent to kill him by an evil king who envied Abdul for what he had and how beloved he was by the people. They poisoned him with a special poison meant to torture him and ruin his brain causing him to slowly sink into insanity. After he was attacked Abdul met a beautiful young lady whom was a princess. He didn’t know it but she was the daughter of the evil king. They fell in love and the poison slowly ate away at his mind. The princess did not know of the poison but she did the best she could to cure her lovers madness. She did the only thing she could think of and ran to the royal gardens and fetched her mother’s favorite flower. Abdul loved the girl to no end and he tried to save himself from the madness he was sinking into. The girl ground up the flower and gave it to him and prayed to her god to save her love. She cried for two days and couldn’t think of anything to do to save her beloved so she did the only thing she could. She kissed him and told him all the feelings she felt for him and held his hand. Suddenly he stopped going mad and became the most kind and charitable person again. The evil king died the next day. Abdul had been saved by the girl’s love but at one consequence. He was forced to kill the king that poisoned him for his wickedness after he was saved by the love it was the only way for him to stay with the one he cared for and be sane again. That is Abdul’s Curse. He had to kill to live.”

“That’s so tragic,” Mikey said. “He did all those things for love and even killed the girl’s father. Wouldn’t she be angry at him for doing that and what does this have to do with the poison?”