Chapter 10-Light Vs Darkness, Dragon Style

In a fit of rage, Dark Fang aimed at Mikey and the acolytes and breathed out his dark fire.

Mikey reacted to this straight away by moving in front of his family and friends and unleashed his light fire beam to counter the attack. Mikey then charged towards his opponent and bites his neck, but Dark Fang manages to shake him off roughly to a point where he caused Mikey to fall hard on the ground.

Before he could get up, Mikey roared in pain as he felt Dark Fang pin him down and his claws dug into his neck and chest, but Mikey unleashed his light fire beam right into his face, causing him to loosen his grip and back off far enough to allow Mikey to get back up.

As this was going on, Mikey's brothers, Master Splinter, the Ancient One and the other acolytes looked on with terrified and concerned expressions on their faces, but they also featured hope because they believed in their hearts and minds that Mikey would defeat the Shadow Beast for good.

Donnie knew already that Mikey needed him and his other older brothers to support him in any way they can, so he took a few steps forward and inhaled deeply before shouting with all his might.

"Come on, Mikey! You can do it, bro!"

"Yeah, you can do it!" Leo shouted in agreement.

"Go, Mikey, go!" Raph cheered loudly for his baby brother before everyone else joined in to yell their support to him as well.

Mikey heard them all cheering for him. They believed in him, so he knew that he should believe in himself too.

With that in mind, Mikey gave an almighty roar before charging in full force to ram into Dark Fang's chest, causing him to lose his breath and cough up blood since the impact had caused him to break a rib or two, whilst Mikey got slightly dizzy due to the hard impact he made with his head. Despite his injuries, Dark Fang took the advantage of Mikey's setback and used his sharp claws to stab him in his side and shoulder, causing him to roar in agony.

"Mikey!" Leo and his brothers cried out in horror as they saw the attack unfold.

Said brother came back to his senses from the shock and pain of the attack after hearing his brothers call out his name and used his light fire beam to hit Dark Fang in the chest, releasing him and causing the end of one of Dark Fang's claws to break off and stay embedded in his shoulder.

Mikey knew that he was starting to feel weaker due to the blood loss and had to finish this sooner or later, so he flew into the air to tempt Dark Fang into following him, which he did, in order to keep him away from his family and friends, who all watched him go higher into the sky with worried looks on their faces.

Once he had reached a suitable height, Mikey stopped with Dark Fang doing the same at a far distance whilst wearing a dark-looking smirk on his face. A moment later, Dark Fang unleashed his dark fire upon Mikey, only for it to be countered by Mikey's light fire beam. Mikey then appeared out of nowhere through the smoke to tackle him in his already broken ribs, causing Dark Fang to roar in pain as he and Mikey spiralled downwards towards the ground.

However, Dark Fang managed to break loose from Mikey's hold and whack his tail into his face, but Mikey quickly snapped back into focus and headed straight for the killer blow by combining his light fire with his fangs to create a deadly bite to Dark Fang's neck as they both continued their dangerous descent towards the ground.

The group on the ground started to see the two dragons quickly descend near them and they all ran to get further away before they could get caught in the impact as soon as they landed.

The two dragons landed hard with a big explosion, and once the group got closer to the newly made hole in the ground, their eyes widened as they gasped at what they saw; Mikey was on top of Dark Fang with his fiery teeth still in his neck, which seemed to have caused the shadow beast to stop breathing since his chest was still and his eyes were no longer glowing red and were instead looking dull as a sign of no life inside them.

After sensing that his opponent would not rise ever again, Mikey loosened his grip on Dark Fang's neck and he watched in surprise as Dark Fang's body suddenly began to turn to stone and crumble under Mikey's weight before he took a deep breath in and letting out a mighty roar of victory.

Then, Mikey's body began to glow and slowly start to transform back into his mutant turtle form in mid-air before landing on his feet and collapsing onto the ground, with his breathing laboured and wounds bleeding badly.

"Mikey!" His brothers shouted in unison they quickly ran to get to their wounded little brother with everyone following them from behind.

Once they reached him, Donnie checked Mikey's pulse, which was weak but still there, before he assessed the deep puncture wounds on his side and shoulder, which still had the end of Dark Fang's claw embedded in it. During this, Leo had Mikey's head supported on his lap and Raph was on Mikey's other side and was looking at him in concern whilst firmly but gently holding his little brother's hand in his.

"Mikey, can you hear me?" Leo asked his brother softly but loud enough for him to hear him, and Mikey slowly opened his eyes and tried to focus on his brothers before developing a pained but warm smile on his face as he clearly saw his brothers who smiled back in relief knowing that he was responding.

"H-Hey…, b-bros…Ngh…," Mikey croaked out before cringing to the pain from his wounds and aching body.

"Hold on, bro…, ya gonna be ok…" Raph said whilst trying to keep himself from losing control of his emotions after seeing his brother wounded and barely conscious due to the severe exhaustion and injuries.

"Guys, we need to find more bandages for him, he's losing a lot of blood and we can't move him until he is stabilized!" Donnie announced as he tried to stem the bleeding from Mikey's side with both hands, which was partially working but he could see the blood slightly seeping through in between his fingers.

"We will go find what's left from the rubble!" Faragi said with the other acolytes and the Ancient One nodding in agreement before following him towards the tower's remains to find any medical supplies that may have survived the destruction.

In the meantime, Mikey's brothers and Master Splinter did their best to keep Mikey awake by talking to him.

"We're so proud of you, Mikey…" Leo praised his little brother whilst he gently stroked his bruised cheek to comfort him.

"Yeah, you both stopped and defeated the most powerful beast of the twilight zone, Mikey! Thank you for saving us, little brother…," Donnie said whilst he continued his attempt to stem the bleeding.

"Yeah, bro…We never knew ya had it in ya…," Raph said before giving Mikey's hand a gentle squeeze.

"Indeed, you have made your family proud, Michelangelo." Master Splinter said soothingly to his youngest son before giving him a soft kiss on his forehead.

"Rest now, my son, we will take care of you and everything else…." He continued after noticing how Mikey was trying really hard to keep his eyes open, despite his severe exhaustion.

"B-but…" Mikey began to feel anxious and tried to speak up but Leo had cut him off.

"It's ok, Mikey…, we're all ok and will be here when you wake up. We promise…" He said this to him with a determined but warm smile whilst his other brothers nodded to confirm their part in the promise as well.

"…O-Okay…L-Love you…" Mikey whispered before he relaxed and fell asleep seconds later, whilst wearing a small smile on his face.

"Love you too, Mikey…" "Love you too, Michelangelo…," His brothers and father/sensei said in unison with smiles of their own before they went straight to work on stabilizing their brother/son.