Turtle Tots: WORLD TOUR!
Terror in the Shadows-a demon of dark descent
Hi, everyone, forgive me if I didn't do the usual last chapter. I'm a little frightened. I'm going under the knife tomorrow....so wish me luck.
After the turtles had been sent to bed, Mikey trembled ob his mat.
The room....was fairly okay, but there were hundreds of candles flickering everywhere....
....making a shadow on each wall, something skulking in each corner......
A large Yin-Yang symbol was painted on the wall, nearby. This room had been a dojo once.
But it just wasn't Splinter's comfortable, homemade Dojo you could fall asleep in, even on mats.
His brothers had closed their eyes, but he doubted they were really sleeping. He knew them too well.
This was just like being in that scary little town.....though the Princess had been nice, not scary.
As for that fanged nightmare.....he thought otherwise.
Don turned again.
He just wasn't getting any sleep.
It was like trying to sleep that night in England. They had each felt terrible, and they finally dozed off, exhausted around midnight.
Well....at least he didn't have a fever.
But....what about that......
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.....scary, boneheaded, weirdo?
If Raph could've, he would've kicked its shinbone.
Literally.
If he wasn't too busy running away from it.
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Leo wished his panda had been with him. It would be easier to sleep.
They had finished their job.
Grampa Yoshi was happy now.
But....he just didn't feel sleepy.
There was a mat laid out for Splinter. Hopefully, Father would come soon. This room was so foreign and alien to him....
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Mikey turned.
Well...he might as well......
The wall began to brightly glow a bloody red. Mikey bolted from to a sitting position, letting out a small shriek.
Don gasped.
"Huh?!"
And a nightmare, a living, breathing nightmare sank from the wall, slowly....into the room.
Raph slowly backed up, heart pounding.
He tried to scream, but no sound came to his dry mouth as he backed into the center of the room, his brothers coming close.
Everyone gripped each other, no caring if this was girly or weird....or simply not suitable for big turtles like themselves....
The four twitched as the spector slowly stepped into the room, staring at them with crimson violet eyes, trembling and whimpering with terror.
Someone....
Anyone.....
Help.....
But no one came.
The wraith hissed.
And it spoke.
"Silence, little kami!"
It's voice was terrible, like a serrated blade, scraping and scratching as it hissed like a rattlesnake. It growled, it mocked, it twisted, it sent shivers up the child who was being
tormented by that entity only he or she knows residing in the shadows of the room...
"If you scream..."
The creature clenched its bony claws, as if to emphasis this by making them scrape against each other.
"....I shall eat your souls!"
That didn't exactly sound reassuring.
Don shuddered, willing this nightmare to end....to wake up, safe and sound in the dojo, with sunlight streaming on their faces.
Or back on the ship, on the never ending journey.
Or....best yet, at home.
But no.
The tears kept falling as the four continued to bite back cries, slowly turning to look at each other.
Three....
Two.....
One.....
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The petrified screams finally broke loose as the four bolted, not bothering to slide the door open as they crashed through the paper walls, Leo, Raph, Don, and Mikey fleeing like a
nightmare was pursuing them-
Splinter and the Ancient One started as Splinter turned.
"Children!"
His sons......they all looked....terrified!
What on earth....
The turtles practically flew down the stairs-with some difficulty, they were quite a few of them-and made a beeline for the rat, each choking back sobs.
Looking absolutely bewildered, Splinter held his arms open as they rushed into him, still crying frantically.
The rat gathered them in close as the Ancient One watched.
"It is alright.....shhhhh....."
But they still seemed quite scared. It looked like you could no sooner rip them off Splinter with a crowbar, let alone your bare hands.
"It is alright, little ones. It is alright now."
The Ancient One stepped closer, now rather curious.
What could have frightened them so?
Splinter looked up with a slightly bemused smile.
"My apologies, Ancient One. They are....not used to sleeping alone just yet."
Splinter withdrew slightly, looking at each turtle in the eye.
"Come along, children," he said gently, attempting to guide them back towards the stairs. They seemed...reluctant, but slowly went back up, Splinter coming from behind.
"I will stay with you."
The Ancient One had to smile, and rubbed at his scalp.
"Feh.
Kids...."
Thank heavens he had adopted Yoshi, Matshimi, and Teng Shen at ages eight, eight, and seven.
Otherwise, he might've torn out the hair he had left.
It was a fine, sunny morning as the turtles hurried out of the compound, the senseis slowly walking behind them.
"Bye, Ancient One!" called Leo, doing a small handstand before hurrying away.
"Don't forget to write!" exclaimed Mikey, doing an invisible hopscotch on the ground. Raph snickered.
"What are you talking about, you can't even read yet!"
"Oh, yeah."
The Ancient One sighed.
He was going to miss these little terrors....Matshimi taunted him one day about him becoming a grandfather.
The Ancient One had scoffed, exclaiming that could, would, and should never happen.
...looked like, even in death, Matshimi got the last laugh.
"Well, my friends, I suppose that this is it."
The Ancient One seemed to want to go on a walk. Splinter couldn't blame him. It was so much to take in on one night....
The rat and Ancent One bowed retrospectively, seven paces away from each other.
"Safe journey, Splinter-san."
"Until we meet again, Ancient One."
The two parties turned in the opposite directions, and began to walk.
Don turned to give the compound one last look before they left it-possibly forever.
His eyes widened.
"Guys, LOOK!"
Splinter and the others whipped around.
The turtles took immediate steps back, even as Splinter stared blankly into space.
Don extended a trembling finger, despite Sensei's warnings that it was not polite to point.
"THERE IT IS AGAIN!"