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Chapter 1 of These Are Not Our Masks!

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“This person clearly wasn’t media literate enough to truly understand the beauty of Jupiter Jim Pluto Vacation 4, so I graciously decided to school them.” Donnie puts a hand to his chest smugly.

Leo taps away at his phone with a smile on his face.

Donnie’s phone vibrates.

“Gasp! ‘Just because I have a five head doesn’t mean I know everything!?’ How do they know how big my forehead is!?”

Leo glances at a make believe audience with a smirk.

“Just block ‘em Donnie.” Raph advises.

“But then they win! And I have never lost an internet battle before!”

“What about that one time in the Atomic Lass forum?” Mikey comments.

“We don’t speak of that.”

Raph chuckles before something catches his eye.

“Hey guys! Shiny trash!”

The other three ooo at the prospect of something cool having been thrown away.

They all stare at each other for a second before sprinting towards the alleyway, shoving and pushing all the while.

So distracted, none of them notice the several figures rushing away further into the alley.

Leo swipes the item first.

“Ha! It’s mine-!” He pricks his finger and drops it out of surprise.

Raph snatches it up.

“Wrong! Raph’s got it! And he ain’t sharing!”

Leo pouts and holds his hand.

“No fair, that thing has it out for me! It bites!”

“It can’t bite, Leo. Masks don’t have teeth.” Donnie corrects, hand snaking up to try to get it from Raph.

“Oh is that what it is?”

The item is a metallic red with black, almost lace looking patterns. The sharp areas are constructed almost like some kind of warrior’s helmet.

Raph smacks Donnie’s hand away and raises the mask up high.

“Looks like it, and I told you, Raph ain’t sharing!”

“No fair! This is the coolest trash we’ve found in weeks!” Mikey whines, trying to climb up on his shell.

Raph picks up Mikey with his other hand and places him back on the ground.

“Spiky guy gets the the sharp mask thing! Those are the rules and I’m the spikiest guy here.”

A thought occurs to Donnie.

“Maybe I should take a look at it with my goggles.”

“You are such a sore loser.” Leo nudges him.

“You do remember pieces of the armor we’re looking for wound up in the trash, right?” Donnie raises an eyebrow.

“None of the pieces looked nearly as cool as this mask does.”

“For once, Leo’s right. It’s got the coolest color a turtle can wear.” Raph smirks as he places it on his face.

Donnie is less than enthusiastic at being called out despite their statements being mostly correct.

He swipes his goggles down and his heart nearly stops.

The mystics in the mask are at extremely high levels, but that’s not even close to being the biggest issue.

It’s spreading.

“Take it off.”

“Come on Donnie, red’s not even your color. How’s it feel being fab, big guy?” Leo comments, leaning on Raph’s arm.

Something squirms out of the sides of the mask.

“Take it off!” Donnie screams, reaching out.

Leo only has time for his eyes to widen before a fist suddenly slams into the side of his face.

He’s sent flying right into a wall where his shell painfully absorbs the blow. Most of it, anyways.

This is a harder hit than Raph usually ever gives so he was completely unprepared.

“Raph! Why did you do that!?” Mikey rushes over to Leo.

Donnie grips his tech bō tightly.

“R-Raph?”

His brother turns to him slowly before grabbing him by the throat and lifting him up.

Donnie struggles, hitting a hand against his arm.

Mikey looks back and gasps.

“Raph! Stop! What are you doing!?”

Raph cocks his head sharply to stare at Donnie, completely ignoring Mikey.

“Help Donnie, I’ll be fine.” Leo winces.

Mikey frowns but nods and goes back to them.

Raph sees him, looking with a calculated gaze.

He uses Donnie to hit Mikey with and sends them both tumbling to the ground.

They both groan in pain.

Raph moves faster than he should be able to at them.

Leo suddenly moves just as quickly, his odachis drawn and being used to block the next hit.

“Guys, I am definitely not going to be able to hold him back for long! We need to do something!”

Donnie comes to his defense, jabbing his tech bō into the crook of Raph’s neck and sending a wave of electricity through him.

Raph actually growls at them.

No.

It’s more of a roar.

The tendrils coming from the mask squirm like they’re in pain until Raph opens his mouth wide and bites down, chomping the bō into two pieces.

Donnie barely catches the half that wasn’t in his grip.

He stares down in horror at knowing that this could easily have been an arm, potentially his or Leo’s.

Mikey takes this opportunity to jump onto Raph from behind and tries pulling the mask off.

Raph slams him right into the wall behind them as hard as he can.

Mikey shouts in pain and slides down onto the ground when Raph moves away.

Leo goes back to having to keep Raph from hitting him and Donnie.

Things only get worse when a bunch of Foot Soldiers suddenly start rushing into the alleyway.

“Donnie. Grab Mikey.” Leo says so seriously that Donnie is caught off guard.

Donnie dives to avoid Raph grabbing at him and pulls Mikey close to him.

“I got him, but we need a way out!”

Leo looks at Raph and smiles unsteadily.

“I won’t leave you behind big guy, promise.”

Donnie wracks his brain for Leo to be able to keep that promise somehow.

“If you buy me time, I could try to get my battle shells to-“

“I love you guys, tell dad what happened!”

“What!? Leo-!” Donnie is interrupted by the portal that appears under him and Mikey.

Leo closes it right away, barely avoiding any of The foot getting to it.

Raph quickly gets fed up and starts coming after Leo again. There’s no opportunity for him to open another portal with both his brother and The Foot being so unrelenting.

His odachis get broken anyways when Raph grabs and snaps them like they’re two twigs.

Leo has no way of defending himself against the blows anymore except with his arms and dodging.

Raph’s ferocity and the sheer numbers against him leave Leo open to something grabbing his ankle.

He flails in the air before realizing what exactly wrapped around it.

The Foot stop attacking and even Raph seems more still as the looming figure approaches.

“Draxum! What did you do to my brother!?” Leo yells through gritted teeth.

He wants to wipe the smug look off the dumb sheepman’s face.

Draxum approaches Raph first, examining him like he’s window shopping.

Raph growls and looks ready to use his strong jaw against the helmet Draxum wears but seems held back by something unseen.

“He’s twitchier than I thought he’d be. No matter, the job has mostly been done.” Draxum observes.

“Stop pretending I’m not here! Tell me!” Leo insists, swinging in the air due to his angry movements.

Another vine approaches Leo, this one with a flower right in front of his face.

Leo stares at angrily and with confusion before it sprays him in the face.

He coughs as the pollen irritates his lungs.

“Ew, seriously!? Talk about….insult to….injury….” Leo trails off, the energy in his body waning.

His eyes slowly shut despite how much he doesn’t want them to.

When he wakes up again, both his arms and legs are held against a wall with thick vines.

He struggles heavily against them.

“You’re not getting out of there, turtle.”

Leo looks over at the source of the voice.

“Foot Recruit. They bump you down to prisoner guarding duty?”

She punches into the wall next to his head.

“No! I just came to relish in your capture.”

“Then why did you do that!?”

Foot Recruit removes her fist.

“Because you are always annoying but I’m not allowed to hit you yet.”

Leo tilts his head.

“Not that I’m complaining, but why not yet?”

She smirks.

“You’re going to be working for us, just like your brother.”

Leo tenses.

“What are you talking about?”

“You’re a fool for assuming Draxum didn’t make more than one mask.”

“How many did he make!?”

“Are you too dumb to remember how many brothers you have?”

Leo struggles more violently.

“Do you even want us working with you!? You hate us! Let me go and we can go back to being enemies!”

Foot Recruit turns away.

“With me? No. Draxum and I are partners! You’ll working for us both, for the entire clan! We’ll get the rest of the Dark Armor in no time with you out of the way.”

Leo’s heart nearly stops.

Could Draxum have…?

He really, really hopes not.

Especially if he’s about to experience what it does.

Leo swallows nervously.

“You think Draxum sees you as an equal? You’re human. He’s trying to get rid of humanity. All that’ll happen is him using you or worse!”

Foot Recruit scoffs.

“I know what I’m doing and what you’re trying to do. Draxum warned me.”

“Warned you!? About what!?”

“What he made you to do. It made me see why you kept interfering so well. It also made me see that you’re only pretending to be so dumb.”

“I am not pretending! I swear!”

“Silence! There’s no escaping your destiny, turtle. You’ve already done so for too long. Be honored to be a part of the Foot Clan.” She walks off.

“No! Come back!”

Someone else takes her place in the room.

“I see you were trying to put my work to good use.” Draxum smirks.

“Your work? Trying to take credit for the less absent father in my life?” Leo fakes a cocky smile.

Draxum walks close to him.

“I would have been in your life if I knew you existed sooner, and if you hadn’t been fighting me this much.”

Leo immediately feels uncomfortable from this proximity.

“You dropped me off a roof! Am just supposed to believe you!?”

“Fair point, which is why I made these.” Draxum grabs his face.

Leo tries to thrash his head around but the grip is too strong.

“Don’t touch me!”

Draxum tightens his hold as one of his vines holds up a new mask.

The expression of it looked like both a tragedy and comedy mask, one half of each. It’s metallic blue with a square checkered pattern and red lines over the eyes.

It reminds him of a jester.

“I would prefer keeping your face unobstructed, but no matter. I’m sure the skills I gave you will triumph.” Draxum starts bringing the mask to his face.

Leo keeps struggling.

“Wait wait wait! Can’t we talk first!? You can try to convince me again! Or explain your evil plan! Don’t you want a nice evil monologue!?”

“I could, but I won’t give you time to stall.” Draxum places the mask on him.

Leo screams out as something feels like it’s digging into his skull.

Draxum takes a step back, arms folded over his chest while he waits for the yelling to subside.

Eventually it does and the vines finally release Leo.

He falls onto his hands and knees.

“I’m aware that Lou Jitsu has given you a name twice before. While he has immense physical prowess, names are not included in his talent. When I imbued these masks with some of my own mystic energy I corresponded commands with your true names. Artemis! Show me what you can do!”

Portals start appearing all over the place despite Leo not having his weapon.

He slides into one and Draxum’s eyes dart to each of them to try to guess which one he’ll leave from.

The moment he sees something come out of one his vine grabs it.

It’s just Leo’s fanny pack.

Draxum gets pummeled into by a blue blur that disappears before he can react.

It happens over and over again as Leo propels himself through different portals at high speeds.

Draxum sends out his vines again near every portal to stop him.

When one does catch him, he rips it apart and tosses it through another portal to hit Draxum in the eye.

While he’s distracted, Leo tackles him and goes for the throat.

“Artemis! Stop!” Draxum commands.

Leo barely stops with his fingers mere milliliters from Draxum’s neck. His breathing is heavy, but at the same time, it sounds like he was just itching to finish the job.

“Get rid of your portals.” Draxum orders.

Leo hesitates but the portals go away one by one.

Draxum smiles widely.

“Excellent.”

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