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Little Black Box part 1
When Donatello went outside the room and closed the door behind him he was met with curious eyes. Leonardo stood up from the sofa, master Splinter opened his eyes and Raphael stopped his endlessly walking around. They now all looked upon Don.
" So is he going to live?" Leo asked stepping up to Don.
Don sighed. " I don't know… it's hard to give him a diagnosis. I've never seen this before."
" My son," master Splinter came walking up to him on unsteady legs. " Will he be able to stay alive until I pass away?" the old rat's eyes were more hurtful than comforting to Don and he himself began to feel a known pressure built up behind his eyes.
" I don't know," Don exclaimed and saw how the old rat lowered his shoulders and turned around to walk away again.
" My son, ever since you found that little room in the dark end of the sewers horror and pain has been afflicted on this family and the ones who come near us. Like miss O'Neil's child, Casey's crash and now my youngest son's deadly illness. " The old rat turned around and looked at both Raph and Don. " Perhaps you have fallen upon something that should not have been awoken."
" You mean like an old tomb?" Leo suddenly suggested and a high sigh from Raph was heard.
" Well do you have anything better to suggest?" Leo growled and looked upon his hot headed brother.
" Do our fearless leader actually believe in ghosts?" Raph sniffed and went closer to the blue clad turtle. " Ya think that we have might woken up the DEAD?"
" Beat it Raph," Leo growled. " If anyone is to blame, it is probably you, since it took us so god dam long time to find both of you, because you had a broken leg due to your clumsiness!"
" Are you calling me clumsy?" Raph raised his voice as he raised a fist in the mean time.
" SONS!" Master Splinter's voice roamed through the lair with such a strength that it made them all look at their father. " We do not want any fighting between brothers!"
" Fine," said Leo and looked at Raph. " We're not brothers anyway."
Even Raph just had time to raise a brow to Leo's sarcastically remark before he was thrown to the ground by a hard fist to his jaw. He landed on the hard concrete of the floor and felt how his eyes suddenly saw black and how his healing leg was smashed to the ground.
" LEONARDO!" Splinter cried out and took a look at his son. Don immediately ran over to Raph on the floor to help him up and Leo just looked surprised and stunned at his fist.
" I…" he said and looked up upon his brothers and his master and sensei. The look and the fear was written in his eyes. How did he do that, and why? He never used to hit Raph like that just because of a sarcastic remark, that could never fall him in.
" Leonardo my son, are you all right?" the old rat asked and walked further over to his oldest son.
" I don't think so, sensei," Leo still looked at his hands, and then over at a surprised Don and Raph.
" I think it is best if I go now," he turned on his heel and walked with long wide steps out of the lair.
" Leonardo!" the old rat held forth a hand in hope to stop him.
Don watched as their father walked after their oldest brother and saw how fast he walked without the support of his walking stick. There was something quite wrong in this whole picture.
" Don?" Don felt a hand on his arm and looked down on Raph. " What just happened there? Tell me, did Leo hit me?"
Don did not answer.
A/N: In the following chapters there will be more revealed!! Of course...
