CHAPTER 10: THE FINAL BATTLE.
Three light rays came out one from each book/portal and the clouds of the sky gathered to a huge one, where the rays went in to. Shredder snapped his fingers and an army of Foot Soldiers came out of nowhere. Then he said:
"Stop me if you can!" The army surrounded the Turtles and started attacking them immediately. Mikey fought with his Hot Nunchuk Fury and Donnie beat as many as he could with his Bo. Raph took care of the strongest ones and Julie and Leo fought together with their katana. But more ninjas they defeated, many more ninjas just popped out. It never ended!
"There must be a way to stop this waterfall of ninjas!" Raph said kicking some of them away. "We must break the barrier!"
"Maybe if we attack together maybe we can break it!" Donnie said. The others nodded and make their way through the ninjas and miraculously reached the barrier.
"Now at three, we all jump and hit the barrier with all our strength!" Donnie shouted.
"1…2…3!" They all ran very fast, jumped and hit the barrier as hard as they could. Julie thought about her family, how much she cared about them and how much she wished to see them happy again.
But all went wrong. As they hit the barrier, a huge and amazingly strong electric shock hit them. They flew high and landed hard on the ground, almost unconscious because of the great shock.
"Hahaha! Deluded fools! The harder you hit the barrier, more damage it will cause you! It's useless to strive, you'll never win!"
"But it has to be a way!" Leo thought. Any kind of way! Then he had an idea! He could use the fire of the blue dragon, his most powerful attack.
"Guys! I have an idea! I'll use the fire of the blue dragon!"
"Are you crazy? You're already weak, that attack will exhaust you! You can even get killed!" Mikey shouted. "Don't do it!"
"I must if it's the only solution!" The fire of the blue dragon…it was the attack Leo used in the fifth season of the 2k3 series! Julie thought. Would he really use it?
Leo rose and took his katana. He concentrated with all the energy he had left. A blue fire soon covered the katana and became huge. He started to run towards the barrier, jumped and shout with all his strength:
"FIRE OF THE BLUE DRAGON!" He hit it and the blue fire covered the barrier, but it repulsed the attack away. The fire hit Leo instead, who landed on the ground again.
"Not even your strongest attack can beat me! I am invincible! Soon the whole world will knee in front of me and you can't do anything to stop me!"
"No!" Julie thought. It couldn't end like this. If the fire of the blue dragon had been a little bit stronger, it would have reduced the barrier to dust! But was there something stronger? Yes, Julie knew it now. The fire could reach its maximal power if the feeling used to create it was strong enough. Leo's fire was created because of the strength of his soul and his courage, but to reach the maximal power, the fire needed just one thing:
Love.
Julie rose, staggering.
"Julie! What do you want to do?" Donnie asked.
"What I have to save the earth." She answered. She took her katana and concentrated. She thought about all the things that she loved: her family, her friends…she thought about Leo, his smile, his eyes and everything about him that warmed her heart. She thought about how much she wanted to end this battle so she could hug him again, the only boy she ever felt such strong feeling for. A great fire covered her katana. She ran, jumped and hit the barrier.
The earth started shaking and the barrier broke like fragile glass. But Julie didn't fly away. She felled but maintained the balance. She ran towards Shredder with her katana tight in her hand.
"NO! I CAN'T BE DEFEATED BY A BRAT!"
"Yes you can be! DIE!" Julie jumped and hit Shredder. She cut him in half. There was a tremendous explosion. Shredder, Baxter Stockman and the Foot Soldiers flew in the portal in the middle. The other books disappeared in a beam of light and only one was left. The Turtles were thrown away by the impact with Julie who flew and fell in the ground without moving. A haze of dust was on the place. When it disappeared, the Turtles rose, exhausted after the battle.
"Are you all right?" Donnie asked.
"Yes…" Leo turned his head to search after Julie. He saw her some meters away, unconscious.
"Julie! Julie!" He ran to her, knelt in front of her and took her weak body in his arms.
"Julie, wake up! I beg you!" He shaked her a bit, but she didn't move. She would never wake up again.
"No! Please! You can't leave us! Your family needs you!..." The tears started flowed down without control. Raph laid a hand on his brother's shoulder.
"Leo…" He had never seen him cry like this.
"They need your smile, your good mood; you can't leave them like this! And above all…you can't leave me, because I…" His voice almost stopped but finally he could say it:
"I love you…" The tears covered his eyes, he could barely see anything. He held Julie closer to him. A gentle breeze blew on them. A sweet and soft breeze that consoled everyone that felt it…
"Leo…" He opened his eyes. He couldn't believe it. He lowered Julie to see her face better. Her eyes were open and glittered because of tears.
"JULIE! You're back!"
"Yes…I was in the darkness, but you brought me back home!" Leo smiled, crying more and hugged her tight. Julie hugged him too. Leo was real, he was not an illusion. The other Turtles were a little bit chocked but happy. After some minutes, Mikey said:
"Ehm…what do you think, can we go home now?" They all laughed and Donnie went to take the portal that was left, that was floating in the same place Shredder stood. Meanwhile, Leo said to Julie:
"Rest now, promise me that!" She nodded tired smiling, staying in his arms and laying her head on his chest, closing her eyes. Donnie opened the book and thought about the destination. In one second, everyone disappeared in a wave of light.