Hello! I'm back with another installment of Hamato or Oroku! This one is based on The Darkness Within, one of my all-time favorite episodes of the 2k3 series, and the TMNT TV shows overall! Has anyone found out about the streets that were in the last chapter of my last installment? Hm? I'll tell you in the next chapter, promise! Enjoy!
Fear. We face it everyday of our lives. Sometimes, fear can be a friend who fights by your side, making your reflexes quicker, senses sharper. Other times, fear is a liar, confusing you until you can't believe your own eyes. But the very worst fear: that's the fear that destroys all hope. And I'm afraid that my worst fear has just come true.
-Leonardo
"Man, Donnie. Dese late-night ideas yer geek-brain's comin' up wit have gotta stop!" Raph exclaimed from where he was fixing the tires on the Battle Shell. Leo was tinkering with the engine and Mike was fiddling with the above lights.
Don walked over with a welder. "Are you kidding me? When we're done, the Battle Shell will be sweeter then-"
A loud banging on the door interrupted him, and Leo immediately jumped behind the Battle Shell. He didn't know if this was an enemy or a friend, but either way, they were probably unaware of him or out to get him because of some stuff he may or may not have done while in the Foot.
"Guys?! Guys, are you in there?"
While Leo didn't recognize the voice, the other three turtles were already rushing towards the garage door. They opened it, and a girl around 13 was standing there, purple hair in 2 pigtails and wearing a sweater and sweatpants.
Leo poked his head out and cautiously went over.
"Angel?" Don asked, but she was already talking again.
"You guys gotta help me! Something terrible has happened!" she exclaimed, running over to Mikey and digging her head in his shoulder, before finally noticing Leo.
"Uhhh..."
As they all filed into the Battle Shell and introductions had been made, Don buckled himself into the driver's seat while Raph and Leo sat in the back and Mikey sat in the passenger's seat!. "Where are we going?" the genius asked.
"Wall Street and Hanover," Angel replied immediately.
"Take the West Side Highway," Leo instructed, remembering his trip there a few weeks ago.
"Is this about your portfolio? Toony tech stocks, huh?" Mike asked, chuckling as he looked at a map.
Angel suddenly held out a gold coin, and Mike's eyes widened and he frowned seriously.
"Whoa! Gold? No way!" he exclaimed as Raph and Leo looked over in interest.
"Angel, where did ya get a gold coin?" Raph asked.
"My brother gave it to me. He found it at the construction job he was working at; the Volpehart building," Angel quickly explained.
Mike inspected the coin. "It's dated 1611! Huh! Your brother found buried treasure?!" he gasped.
"I told him not to go back! I told him I had a bad feeling about it!" the girl exclaimed, clenching her fists and shaking in anger and mortification mixed. "That was 3 days ago. Since then, nothing." She put her face in her hands.
"What did the police say?" Leo asked quickly.
"They said they were too busy with real criminals to worry about some punk on a treasure hunt!" she answered as Raph took her in his arms.
"I's OK, kid. We'll find yer bro."
With that, Don stepped harder on the gas and he and Mike put determined looks on their faces.
Mike whistled as they arrived to the building. "Man, talk about creepy central!"
As they all walked into the building, Don scratched his head. "I don't get it. What kind of building on Wall St. doesn't have security?"
"Guys! Look at this! C. F. Volpehart, 1616! Whoa! Could this place be any more like Castle Dracula?" Mike asked, pointing at a statue with a man's head on it.
"C'mon, Mike. Get serious, would you?" Leo asked.
"You have come."
Leo and Angel whipped their heads around. "Who said that?" Angel asked.
Leo was surprised she'd heard it too, but kept quiet.
"What? You OK Angel?" Don asked, as Leo put his hands behind his back and looked at the ceiling.
"It's- It's probably just my imagination. I'm a little freaked out is all," she said with a small shake in her voice.
"Come to me. Find the way."
Angel's eyes snapped open, and Leo shook his head to get rid of the sound. Angel walked over to a curtain hanging from the ceiling and lifted it a little, revealing a pyramid with an eye over top of it. She pressed the button and it turned a bunch of different colors. She gasped as the room started shaking and the turtles jumped out of the way as the floor from beneath them rolled out, revealing a flight of spiraling stairs.
They all looked down the staircase and gaped, before Don turned to Angel. "Angel, how did you...?"
"I-I dunno! I just sorta knew it was there."
Leo shrugged and started down the staircase, jumping out of the way of his brothers and then waiting for them. They all followed, including Angel.
When they finally got down there, Leo stuck out his tongue as they made their way through murky sewer water. Behind him, his brothers and friend shuddered.
They came across a door that had the same symbol as the button upstairs. Mike gulped. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Creepsville!"
"What's it say Don?" Raph asked, referring to the writing that he'd just noticed over top of the door. Leo crossed his arms and grumbled to himself; he already knew what it said.
Lasciate ogne speranza voi che entrate
"It says, 'Abandon all hope ye who enter here.'"
"No it doesn't! That would be 'lasciate ogni speranza voi che entrate'! This says 'lasciate ogne speranza voi che entrate,' which means 'all hope abandon ye who enter here'!" Leo corrected.
(A/N, I don't actually know if this is true, but someone put it in a comment on the YouTube video, so...)
Don shrugged. "Same difference."
Leo rolled his eyes as Mike said something about it being 'creepy!'
"Yeah? Well, check dis out!" Raph sia,d gesturing to the sides of the tunnel. A bunch of skeletons lay there, causing Mike to yelp like a girl.
"Can we get a move on?!"
Angel started sniffling. "We gotta find my brother! He's gotta be in here!" she exclaimed, going to pound on the door.
Leo got a tingling sensation in his shell. "Angel, no!"
Suddenly, the red eye above the pyramid started glowing, and so did the eyes of the skeletons. They started standing up, and te turtles and Angel drew into a tight circle. Leo subtly nudged Angel.
"Come meet your doom! Come to me!" the skeletons said as they approached the group...
BAM! I'm awesome! Not really! Please note, this is not going to be a very long story, and I'm pretty sure the chapters will be arranged by commercial breaks, but... *shrugs* I have another story planned for The Darkness Within, it's own storyline. And I don't want to overuse the episode. Review, rant, flame, give me suggestions for One-Shots! Anything will do! BYE!
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