He was alone...Alone in the dark.
From the dryness in his eyes he judged they were open... But he couldn't see anything... He couldn't swallow...In fact at the moment he couldn't breath... What that meant he didn't know, if he was dead it didn't really matter if he could breath or not, but if he was dead he shouldn't be able to feel anything...
Leo lay on his side, on the stone beside the motionless body of the metal creature that had attacked him...
How long he laid there was anyone's guess, there wasn't really such a thing as time down here...
Red... Red color... Why did that color matter? What was it?
Somehow it was important... It meant something important... What?
Red... Red...Raphael... Raph... That's what the color meant.
Leo raised up his head, his brother was here, or had been here, he was almost sure of it. Pain, dull pain, blinding pain, fire- death-
Leo fell back down again...
He couldn't move yet...
There was a low groan somewhere away in the dark...
Somthing was there-
"Raph?" The sound that came out of his torn throat was hardly a word, but whatever it was in the dark answered him...
Leonrdo felt a jolt of panic, whatever it was back there, it wasn't Raph...
"alone, now were alone, now we can have fun, alone, down here in the dark..."
Something black scuttled towards him... From the sound of it, it had too many legs, it moved like a crab moves, and five glowing points of light swung towards him...
"No- Get back-" Leo forced his legs to kick and somehow managed to scoot himself farther away from the whatever it was... His back came up against a stone pillar, he lay slumped against it... The black thing came closer... just a few feet away now...
It seemed almost afraid to touch him...
For a moment the two of them just sat there, sizing eachouther up, measuring the threat, measuring weakness...
Finally Leo found the strength to speak.
" Where is my bother?"
"Gone... Gone... Gone..."
" Did you hurt him?"
" No... No,can't hurt him... Can't hurt him now... No no no no no ..."
" Where is this?"
" Here... This is here..He's there, we are here..."
" Where is here?"
" This place... "
" Am I dead? Is this hell?"
" NoNo no no...no your... In hell... But not dead no... Not now... Not yet..."
" Are you here to kill me?"
" Yes... Yes yes ... "
" Then what's taking you so long? "
" Can't yet... Must wait...Wait ..Not long... Almost time... Almost..."
" Are you afraid of me?"
" Yes... But not long... Soon I can... Soon..."