TMNT - Worlds Change

Forty-one

Mikee POV

We were matched in speed – blade for blade colliding with each other. With every turn, another glimpse of Iris just made my anger and hate grow stronger. Until today, Shredder was just the enemy, just hurting us because he could. But today, he finally became what everyone claimed he was – A monster.

"No quips? No banter? My, you really did care for my daughter didn't you?" With his words, I slammed into him, sending him flying across the room.

"She was never your daughter!" I flung myself forward, forgetting all ninjutsu, all weapons, all form – I was just throwing fist after fist. I don't know when Donnie got the door open, but I kept throwing fist after fist.

"To be a father you have to love! And you never loved them! Any of them! Now, you've taken her one chance at finding happiness, her chance at being loved – and I will make you feel every ounce of pain that you deserve for it!"

Venus POV

I was the first to see her body. I couldn't process what was happening – she wasn't here, she was safe, she was in Japan. That couldn't be her. Not here. That's when Mikee's words rang out. Shredder was broken and bruised, in a way I had never seen. The anger that welled up in Mikee was strong, and that made him more powerful than any of his brothers – even more powerful than I had ever seen Leonardo. His hands were bloodied, and his eyes were trained on Shredder as he kept swinging. The battle outside the room was dying down when at last a single figure descended from the rafters. A ragged breath left my lungs as I fell to my knees.

Mikee POV

A hand grasped my wrist as I swung back. All the rage I was feeling, I wanted to turn and take on everything that was in this room, every person that done nothing to stop this man in front of me.

"Mikee... It's ok. You can stop now." Her words were soft, and her touch gentle. I glanced back to see it was her. My hand began to tremble.

"Are you real? Is it really you Iris?" Before me stood Iris, completely unscathed. I turned from Shredder, and pulled her into my arms, all of my joy and sorrow filling the tears that ured from my eyes.

Yet, even that didn't last.

Iris and I both clutched each other, as Shredder's blades buried in each of us. I had failed to protect her, twice.

Leo POV

I lunged forward to bury my katana in Shredder's chest, but I just wasn't fast enough. The two of them both clutch to each other.

"Donnie, we need to get them out of here now! They need medical treatment ASAP!"

Shredder looked up at me with labored breathes and smiled.

"The Foot shall never be removed from this city, or from your lives. The imprint they have made will forever leave you broken." With his dying words, he moved to grip a button on his chest, but Raph's Psi pinned his hand.

"I'm not doing explosions again man. Ash is too hard to get off the shell." Raph stood at my side as we looked down at our mortal enemy, as he withered away to the peace of death.

"He honestly didn't deserve that. To get to meet peace that way." Raph reached down and removed his weapon.

"He'll pay for it wherever he's going." I pulled my sword from his chest and we made our exit from Shredders stronghold.