Time for a new story that I've been working on for the last couple months. Well... to be fair, it's not exactly new. I know, I have absolutely no business writing a new story write now, but this one is actually done. Anyway, this is a story my cousin wrote when she was still writing fanfics. She's not anymore. She still had this story plus a few sequels that never got to see the light of day. So I asked her if she wanted her stories to be read and she said yes. Depending on how this story goes, I'll also post the sequels.

I re wrote her stories, made some changes, but ultimately kept the main story plot. I hope you enjoy.

BTW, there is a made up language that is used in this story so I'll be sure to write down the words or phrases and their meanings before the chapter starts. Like this:

Kuna: Hello

Hunoi: Brother

Dahwey: 'A form of exasperation' similar to ugh

Kusadd: Bastard

Vaos: Guardians

Chapter 1

Far away, in a galaxy light years from earth, sat a rather large, green planet called Verterra. It's a very lush planet filled to the brim with all kinds of unique flora and fauna. The plant life gave off a pulsating glow under the light of the two moons overhead. Everything seemed so peaceful.

But not everything was. On top of a hill behind a quiet village sat what looked to be a large palace, with dome like rooftops and large pillars. It looked like a home for royalty. Underneath this palace was a dungeon. Cold, dark and damp, the prisoners inside sat quietly as they waited for their nightly meal. It was all they could do while being chained up. In one particular dark cell, sat a figure leaning up against the cold wall. The figure's hands were cuffed in front of him with thick metal braces. A fairly short, thick chain started from the cuffs and ended at the wall furthest from the cell door. The figure shifted uncomfortably on the cold, hard ground. The tight black shorts he was forced to wear wasn't helping much.

Suddenly, the cell door began to open. The stone slab scraping against the stone floor was very unpleasant on the ears, but the chained figure learned to drown it out. The chained figure looked up to see someone had stepped inside. The dim lighting coming from outside the cell wasn't much, but it was enough to see who had joined him.

He had two guards on either side of him, both armed with spears. He had skin black as the night sky. He was slim, save for a few muscles. He wore white, wide legged pants, and a chunky gold headpiece atop his head. The headpiece is set liberally with black and blue gems and colorful feathers. It had a sharply angled design. It was tall and gaudy looking, but despite how heavy it looked, it was actually quite light on his head. He also wore a necklace laced with sharp teeth. He gave off this sense of elegance... and arrogance. His long, thick tail swished lazily behind him and his golden eyes peered down at the chained figure sitting on the floor. "Kuna, hunoi." he greeted, an almost twisted smile spreading across his face.

The figure on the floor looked up and glared, his own golden gaze burned into the elegant one's. This one was more of a dark blue color with red markings on his skin. Two streaks on each of his cheeks and one running down his back and along the length of his tail that was currently lashing back and forth angrily. His hair, long and jet black ran down one side of his head as the other side was shaved down. He had a bit more muscle to him and looked like he could easily take out the person standing in front of him if he wasn't chained to the wall. "What do you want?" he sneered.

"I cannot visit my dear, younger brother?" he asked, feigning hurt.

"I do not wish to see you."

"Oh, you wound me brother." the elegant one placed a hand over his chest, keeping up his façade. "It is this attitude that placed you down here in the first place."

The chained figure stood, coming eye to eye with that of his brother. "I am here because of your jealousy, Kai."

The brother, now known as Kai, chuckled darkly. "You are here because you could not accept your fate, Beloose."

Beloose rolled his eyes before taking another look at his older brother. "I see you are not even wearing our family's heirlooms."

"Dahwey Beloose." Kai waved it off with a look of disgust. "Those items were not suited for me. I need these people to know who I am and establish my dominance."

"So, you are over compensating?" Beloose spat and Kai glared at him. "You are a disgrace to our family. Kusadd."

Kai's fist suddenly connected with his brother's jaw. Beloose fell back with a grunt. Kai's guards stepped forward, ready to finish the job, but Kai stopped them by holding his arms out in front of them. "It would be wise to watch what you say." he stared down at his defenseless brother. "As punishment for that slip of the tongue, you will not be getting a meal tonight. Next time, I will not be so nice."

"You will not get away with this, brother. I swear it." Beloose said.

"Oh, I already have, hunoi. You see, your vaos tried to stop me, but they were easily destroyed. There are none left in your territory. No one knows that you are down here, but me and my trusted men. No one will come to save you." a sinister smile spread across his face.

"Then why keep me alive? Why not just end my life now?"

"That would be much too simple. And besides, do you not wish to know what is happening in the village? What is happening to the villagers?" Kai maliciously teased.

"So you wish to make me suffer by torturing my people?"

Kai shrugged. "Precisely." he laughed as he made his way out of the cell, leaving his brother in the dark once more.

Back on Earth, it was a night like any other. The guys were out on patrol, only now it wasn't as light hearted as it used to be. Neither of the brothers had anything to say. No light hearted teases, no seeing who's the fastest with a race, no ninja hide and seek, even Mikey wasn't saying anything. They all just ran along the rooftops in a pretty tense silence. It was really unlike them, but after what happened with Splinter, it was really hard to get into the spirit of things.

About three months ago, Master Splinter had just gotten over his bout of really bad pneumonia. It was a close call. No one knew if he would make it despite all the help he was getting. Everyone, including April and Casey, went out of their way to make sure that Splinter was okay. When he fully recovered, everyone thought they were in the clear. He was up and about, acting like his old self again. Until one night, Splinter, who had been feeling a little fatigued, had told his sons that he would be heading to bed. It was pretty late so the turtle brothers didn't really think anything of it.

What his sons didn't know was that he still wasn't feeling very well, not because of the pneumonia, but because of something else. Not wanting to worry his sons anymore, he decided that he would try to get some sleep and if he still wasn't feeling well then he would let his sons know. Too bad he never got that chance.

Splinter reached his room and shut the door. As he headed over to his futon, he suddenly clutched his chest and collapsed, barely making a sound. He had died in his room that night and his sons didn't know until they went to check on him the next morning.

So the guys had to wake up the next morning to find their father on the floor of his room, unmoving. It was devastating. Especially for Leo. He, of course, felt responsible for what happened, thinking that he should have known that something was wrong. Since then he's been more than a little tough on his brothers, which in turn made his grieving brothers rebel a little bit. Raph spent even more time away from home, Don spent more time in his lab, working on some experiments to keep him occupied. Mikey did try to keep the family from falling apart for a while, but when Leo would berate him over the smallest of things, he eventually gave up doing that and became a bit more resentful towards his brother.

It's not that he thought Leo didn't care about him. Mikey knew he was stressed out over Master Splinter's death and having to take full responsibility as "head of the family", but that didn't change the fact that Leo made him feel like he was useless. Like he was a burden on him or something.

They soon came to a stop when they heard a commotion coming from an alleyway. Naturally, they went to investigate. Purple Dragons were inside a jewelry store, openly robbing the place. As a couple of them exited through the broken down side door, Raph and Leo quickly took care of them. Don and Mikey followed, taking out another couple of dragons that heard what was going on. Soon the rest of the herd had flooded out, makeshift weapons at the ready.

They all jumped in for the kill as did the turtles. Leonardo quickly sliced through pipes and kicked them away. One of them wrapped a chain around Raphael's wrist to attempt to get the upper hand. Raph stepped on the chain making the Purple Dragon stumble forward right into Raph's raised knee. Donatello pole vaulted over a few of them and swept their legs out from underneath them with his bo. Michelangelo's nunchaku were a spinning blur as he knocked out several of them.

The fight continued until something caught Mikey's attention. There was a light coming from around a corner, deeper in the alleyway. One of the dragons that Mikey thought had been knocked out took the opportunity to creep up behind the turtle with a pipe.

"Mikey, look out!" Leo's voice called, snapping him out of it. Leo made the save before his brother got his head caved in. "Focus, Mike!" Leo snapped.

"Sorry." Mikey said simply.

Soon all of the gang members were down and out. Leo sheathed his swords and angrily turned to his youngest brother. "What was that, Mikey?"

"What was what?" Mikey played dumb.

"What was with you getting distracted like that?" Leo asked, practically fuming.

"Look, I thought I saw something."

"And that was enough for you to take your eyes off of what's actually important."

"For a second, yeah. Look, it's not a big deal." Mikey said dismissively.

"Not a big deal!" Leo snapped. "You almost got your head caved in!"

Both Raph and Don kept themselves from getting in the middle of this argument. Mikey rolled his eyes. "Okay Leo, I get it."

"I don't think you do. Remember when I told you that if one of us goes down, then we all go down."

"Yeah, yeah, you've given that speech to me already. Like five years ago."

Leo sighed, frustrated. "Let's get outta here guys." he headed back up to the rooftops. Raph followed him.

Don stayed behind a bit with Mikey. He still wasn't really sure how he felt about this new attitude his little brother had picked up. "Mikey..."

Mikey shook his head. "I don't wanna hear it, Donnie."

Let me know what you think.

Also, if you want to read the original. My cousin's user name was Mikey'schick and the title is the same as this one.