Tigerclaw time! Writing today's prompt, Tigerclaw/Shredder came back wrong based on S5E4 "End Times," has given me a new love and adoration for Tigerclaw. He may just be my favorite villain, like, ever? So today's oneshot snippet comes with a doodle page.
“Now that Kavaxes is my second in command, you will relinquish the Seal of the Ancients to him.” His voice is hoarse as always, but he speaks as though this is a punishment. “Right now.”
His chest clenches with the decision he must make– disobey his master, or do the stupidest thing he could think of.
“No.” The word burns like acid coming out of his throat. “It is too dangerous, Shredder. I will not allow it.” He tries to stay respectful but the inferno of emotions shows in his tone, harsh and stern.
“If you shall not obey me, then you shall be destroyed!”
Tiger Claw doesn’t even get the chance to be hurt by the betrayal before Rahzar, another reanimated corpse, tackles him to the ground. The Seal is knocked out of his metal paw as they roll dangerously close to the edge, but the mutant tiger kicks the zombie off of him and lunges towards the Seal–
But he is too late. It is crushed beneath the Shredder’s rotten foot and dread settles over him like a thick blanket. The destruction of this world weighs on his shoulders as Kavaxes speaks, having manipulated Tiger Claw with his grief over Saki’s death.
Desperate, he looks back to the Shredder with one final plea. “Master Shredder, we must stop him!”
“Don’t you understand, Tiger Claw? You were right.” It’s the most genuine thing he’s said since his resurrection, and the first time he has heard Oroku Saki in months.
“Kavaxes is my master now.” He’s gone. Saki is really, truly gone, and Tiger Claw has brought upon the end of the world over a stupid crush like a cub.
Don't forget to read the whole thing on Ao3!
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