Disclaimer – I do not own TMNT no matter how much I wish I did XP
- Warning - some gore
Leonardo's POV -It's been over four days since master splinter left to speak with the ancient one and also three days since I last heard the crude dark voice that had been haunting my mind, maybe it was just stress or something after all... I did have a lot on my mind recently though the nightmares have not stopped... each night a member of my family gets slaughtered in my nightmares. One thing is for sure though, Raph still thinks I'm out of my mind after that outburst before, maybe he is right, I mean no one else could hear it so maybe it was just me... maybe I am going crazy...
"Watch'a doing in here alone... in the dark...?" Came the rough voice of Raph from my bedroom doorway.
"Meditating" I simply say
"Well it's creepy, you've been shuttin' yourself in here, in the dark way to much lately so knock it off and come out" He complains
"What's the matter? You miss me?" I mock, smirking slightly as I say so.
"Like hell I would!" He growls, he obviously hates being mocked.
"Can you go? I want to be alone..." I ask quietly.
"No way Leo you've already been in here for over 4 hours doin' nothin' today! Come out, you're freaking Mikey out"
I sigh knowing that he wouldn't leave me alone in peace, bowing my head slightly as I rise from my meditation position on the floor, glancing at Raph as I walk silently past him, He just stares at me as I do so, not really sure of what to say to me.
"Bro... Is somthin' bothering you?" He says.
I stop walking then turn back to look at him, now showing a fake smile and simply mutter... "No Raph, everything is fine, nothing is bothering me okay?" with that I continue walking. He didn't need to know about the nightmares... after all he just thinks I'm crazy anyway...
"LEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Mikey runs behind me in a panic.
I sigh. "What did you do now Mikey? Cant you just stay out of trouble for two seconds?"
"I uh... I uh... maybe.. kinda..." He stutters, obviously not wanting to confess what he did.
"Just say it Mikey, I'm sure you've done worse things"
"I kinda threw a cushion trying to hit Raph with it..."
"What's so bad about that? Its just a cushion..." I ask, wondering why he is so panicky.
"It maybe... accidentally hit master splinter's favorite antique mirror, making it fall off the wall and break into hundreds of tiny pieces of sharp glass" He stutters nervously.
I stare at him, this isn't good... master splinter loved that mirror... it was given to him by one of his dear passed friends. "Mikey..." I say his name firmly
"I'm sorry, but Raph shouldn't have moved out the way! He's a wimp for avoiding the pillow!" he pouted childishly.
"Did you at least clean up the glass?" I ask.
"Uh..." He looks away nervously.
"Right, I'll take that as a no then shall I? Go clean it up." I say while folding my arms.
"Um... yeah I gotta go do stuff so I cant... Bye!" he runs off
"Mikey get back here!" I yell, though I know he is probably not listening to a single word I am saying.
This did not surprise me as Mikey hates any form of cleaning, I guess this just means that I'll have to go clean up the broken glass. I sigh walking into the hallway, sure enough the floor was covered in pieces of broken scattered glass. Crouching down about to pick up some of the pieces when I pause for a second.
"Leonardo..." It was that voice... The grim, cold, vile voice that drove me to shiver.
"You again? Why wont you stay out of my thoughts..." I whisper quietly.
"I have my first request for you, Leonardo." The voice sounded more... vicious today than it did the last time I heard it, if that's at all possible.
"How do I even know you are real... and not just my stressed mind playing tricks on me?" I sigh.
"Do you really want me to prove just how much power I have? Do you want to risk me doing something to one of your family members?"
I stay silent after he mentioned my family...
"I didn't think so" The voice continued.
"What do you want...?" I whisper quietly...
"Uh... Leo?" Came the voice of Don from behind me.
I turn to look at him quickly.
"Are you okay? Who were you talking to?" He asked
"If you mention me to him now, I'll slit his throat in his sleep." The voice said in a warning tone.
"I was just... no one... I wasn't talking to anyone" I mutter quietly then look down.
"Well if you say so, hey what happened in hear? Why is the floor covered in glass?" Don asks, slightly confused.
"Mikey broke the mirror, I was just going to clean it up..." I looked at him, silently wishing that Don would hear the voice... just once... so I that I know I'm not going crazy...
"Now for that task I wanted you to do..." The voice continued, I look down as it speaks.
"Need any help with that bro? That's a lot of glass to clean up..." Don asks.
"I want you to pick up that piece of glass..." The voice said...
It was entrancing... I picked up the glass... I hated doing what it told me to do but at the same time... I just did what it told me to do...
"So uh... can I help?" Don repeated his question upon getting no answerer.
"I want you to slowly pull the glass across the flesh on your arm... I want you to draw blood. BLOOD." The voice said, laughing a little afterwards.
"No!" I shout loudly... but then I did something I never thought I would do in a million years...
….I did it.
I dragged the glass shard over my wrist several times, drawing a large amount of blood from the now opened wound.
"Wh- Why did I just... do that...?" I asked myself... still in disbelief that I actually... did that.
"L-Leo... w-why did you just...!" Don stared at me in shock... he was scared and it was easy to tell, he grabbed the glass from my hand then called Raph loudly"
Raph came running in at Don's call. "What? What's goin' on? I was- Leo! What happened?" Raph stared at my arm in shock.
"Watch him! I need to go get some bandages, don't let him near the glass" Don ran out, seconds later.
"Well done Leonardo... you did as I asked... and dare I say, it was so fulfilling to actually see you under my command for once I will enjoy watching you suffer until the time comes." The voice laughed "S-SHUT UP!" I yelled.
"Leo! What the shell is the matter with ya!?" Raph growled...
Just then Don came rushing back in then applied pressure to the wound with a damp cloth until the blood stopped then wrapping a bandage around my wrist.
"T-thank you..." I mutter.
"Leo what the shell! Why did you do that! Idiot!" Don shouted, for once loosing his cool head.
"I just... did..." Was all I said back to him.
Raph just stared at me angrily...
"I'm so sorry, I didn't want to do it" I whispered.
Raph just shook his head, Don pulled me into a tight hug.
"Don't do anything so stupid EVER again" Don said firmly.
"Your brothers are so clingy... aren't they Leonardo?" The voice said, sounding slightly amused.
I stayed silent
"To be quite honest. I think they are all losers, I don't think they deserve life... its a good thing for you that they are good blackmail material for me to use against you" the voice laughed "there's nothing you can do. No way you can fight back."
I snapped
"You know what... I don't care who the fuck you are... but you can get your fucking voice out of my head before I get you out myself! SCREW YOU! NEVER INSAULT MY BROTHERS!"
"Woah! Leo calm the shell down are you out of your mind!? First you slice yourself, then you shout out to no one!... Don he's crazy." Raph muttered angrily.
The voice was whispering fast foreign words, Raph was talking as was Don, it was getting to much to listen to all at once...
"SHUT UP!" I yelled at the top of my lungs "JUST EVERYONE SHUT UP!" I stood up, Raph grabbed my arm.
"You arent going anywhere until you are sane!" Raph shouted " Please just calm down please... down make me make you..." Don says nervously.
TBC -
