TMNT The Fallen

Chapter Two Regret

When I sprinted out the door to save sensei, I didn't quite think through to how I would get to the place where sensei was. I could've taken the shell raiser but that would be too much noise. I decided to take the stealth bike instead but I had to walk it out far enough to where my brothers couldn't hear it. Time was of the essence and the bike's weight was not helping. I struggled and spurred to walk this thing. I had to take it to the back entrance into the city. From there I could ride. I sped past cars and trucks at lightning speed. All the while, I was trying not to be scared. I was terrified. How could I, donatello, rescue master splinter? Alone, none the less. What was I thinking?! Taking him on by myself? I'm such an idiot! But before I could think about anything else. I had arrived. The home of the shredder. I parked in the darkened alleyway beside the church where shredder resided. Him, and all of his foot soldiers. And worst of all, karai. She was the shredder's daughter. A demon made of his own image. I shivered at the fact that I would have to take them all down, alone. I took a deep breath. And I went into stealth mode and jumped from the fire escape to fire escape on the building beside me. When I finally reached the top, I jumped into the top of the church and snuck into the little, open gap where the glass had been broken. I spotted sensei. He was laying in the middle of the floor, paralyzed. I didn't see any blood so maybe, just maybe, the shredder had left for a moment. I jumped down to help him. But then, she appeared.

Karai had stood up from the shredder's throne. She said to me, "only one? And to think I was ready for a challenge. Just try not to bore me, filthy turtle." She stood and positioned herself ready to fight me with her blade in hand. I positioned myself as well, ready to defend master splinter. I pulled out my Bo staff, twirled it, and said, "don't get too cocky, karai."

We then ran towards each other, fueled by rage. Both negative energy, yet somehow different. My staff and her blade clashed. She swiped her blade towards my face but I avoided it by ducking down and swiping my leg under her feet. She fell. And when she hit the ground, I saw my opportunity and I jumped at it. While she was down, maybe I could get sensei out of here. But as I rushed towards him, I heard her laugh and say, " foolish turtle, did you really believe you could take me down that easily?"

The shredder walked in, with several foot soldiers following him. I stood there, not sure if I was awed by his sharp blades or terrified by them. But he stood there, only about a foot away from my face. He then said to me, "you filthy mutants. You deserve to rot in hell for all the pain and suffering you have caused me! Especially you, hamato yoshi." He paused and ran at me so quickly that I didn't see him. He slammed against the floor. Held one of his blades towards my throat. And continued on to say, " I should de shell you, you disgusting mutant. I have the chance, but I will not take it. For first, you must see the death of your master. Hamato yoshi.

He had me pinned back with one of his blades against the ground. It was so tight around my throat, that I could barely move a muscle. If I tried to move up, I would end up suffocating myself. I could only turn my head to the side. Seeing the fight between master splinter and the shredder. It was a terrible sight to see. As splinter struck the shredder with his fist, the shredder was airborne and flew against the stained glass. Shattering it into the tiniest pieces. The shredder was down, for the moment. Splinter rushed over to me, trying to set me free. We swiveled and moved it with all our might and finally got the blade lose enough to where I could break free. As I popped my head lose. I felt a little dizzy and then I saw what is almost too horrible to talk about. The shredder coming back at sensei. He held master splinter down and would not let him go. I yelled, "sensei!" And tears started to well up in my eyes. When he said to me, "go, my son! Before he kills us both!" I jumped to the top where I had entered the church. Tears were flowing like glistening rivers out of my eyes and down my cheeks by now.

Splinter thought I was gone, but I was still watching the fight. The shredder then said to master splinter, " try to make it out alive." He gave an evil and deceitful smirk. Sensei than ran towards the open gap where I was but the shredder was to quick. He ran and slammed his blades through his back. He then pulled them out violently. I couldn't stop myself from crying uncontrollably now. To see sensei's blood, scattered across the cold and dark church floor of the shredder's kingdom. The shredder then laughed as loud as he could and screamed to heavens, "hamato yoshi, is dead!" All the foot soldiers, including karai, cheered.

I had to run away, this couldn't be real. "It's just not real!" I thought to myself. I jumped down, with blurred vision because of my tears, down the fire escapes. I hopped on the stealth bike and headed back to the sewers. But not to the lair. My brothers could not know what had happened tonight, not yet. "I should've done something. This is all my fault!" My thoughts continued on for hours like this. When I finally reached the back entrance. I left the stealth bike where it was and journeyed into a random and darkened sewer tunnel to cry and scream about sensei's death. And wondered what I could've done to save him. I thought about this for hours and hours on end until I fell asleep on the cold, wet floor. Crying for my father to be here with me.