Heya all, sorry about the late upload, got hit slightly with the block, but I'm trying to avoid it by keeping my brain going! lol!
WARNING: Contains drug usage and content you may find distressing.
Chapter Twenty-Five
The Experiments Begin
The following day, Donatello stood in his laboratory and stared at the syringes on a table in front of him.
All were a different colour, all had a different purpose. Donatello knew what he was getting himself into as he stared at them, many emotions were bubbling within his belly as he prepared himself.
Placing his hands together as if to meditate, he took a deep breath and tried to focus, he tried to remind himself why he was doing this, why he was putting his life and sanity on the line.
"For Mona..." he whispered "And for Pandora..."
He also had the laptop next to the syringes so he could record his progress and his medical bed was nearby in case he needed to lie down due to the effects of the drugs, he even had a leather gag to place in his mouth so he wouldn't bite off his tongue in agony and hold in his screams.
Donatello swallowed hard and looked towards the door, he knew his brothers, sensei, sister and niece were sleeping, and he had placed a sign on his door asking not to be disturbed and even locked it to be on the safe side.
"This will not be easy..." Donatello mused "But I must do this!"
He looked over to his laptop where he had prepared a log and began to write:
'It's my first night and I'm preparing to begin my experiments, the syringes are arranged and ready for testing, I know I may be subject to great agony, and I would be lying if I said I have no fear within me.
I admit I am afraid, afraid I might put my life in danger, that and my sanity, but I know why I'm doing this, for the protection of my family, and especially Pandora in her vulnerable state.
I will be testing each syringe, and then study the effects and what I can do to create antidotes so I may be able to save my family if Dr Arden uses his serums on them in battle...'
Donatello stopped writing and turned to the table. He picked up the first syringe and read the note that it had been laying on.
'Torture Serum'
Donatello took a few deep breathes, it was going to be painful, but he needed to know it's effects and he had no other Guinea pig to use it on other than himself.
Placing the leather gag in his mouth and biting down hard, he placed the needle on his arm and injected himself.
At once a burning pain ran up his arm and to his shoulder. In agony Donatello dropped the syringe and fell to the ground writhing in agony, he bit down hard on the leather gag and let out strained screams as the burning flowed through his body as if his veins were filled with hot lava.
He wasn't sure how long the serum burned through his body, but when it reached his brain, he almost screamed out loud but he grabbed a pillow on his medical bed and screamed into it so no-one could hear.
It was the worst pain he had felt, worse than brain freeze or any migraine, he couldn't help but writhe, the pain was so great.
After a while, the pain soon subsided and Donatello lay on the laboratory floor trying to get his breath back.
The pain had made him want to be sick, but he focused on staying strong. Feeling that he was calm and the pain had subsided, he stood up and started to type on the laptop his experience.
'The Torture Serum was the first one I have tested, I had every reason to feel fear when I tested it, the pain was so great I thought I was dying.
I have to find a way to make an antidote for this serum, something that will cancel out the effects on the body, if injected with the antidote, the victim will no longer feel pain and continue to fight.'
Donatello looked away from the laptop then turned to the next syringe which was the Numbing serum, studying it, he had learnt of the effects the serum had, it basically had the same ingredients dentists used in their practices.
'Though I haven't used the numbing serum on myself yet, I did achieve finding an antidote for it after studying it's properties and chemicals it contained, the antidote will help revive the limb that has been paralysed, so that the victim can make his escape or defence if hit with this serum so my experiment will be injecting myself with this then applying the antidote to see how quickly and effective it comes in.'
Donatello held up the syringe and tapped it several times making sure there were no air bubbles. He also prepared another syringe.
Making sure he had the correct syringes, he held up the one that held the numbing serum and gathering his courage injected it into his arm.
At once Donatello felt the serum take effect as his whole left arm went numb, it was like having a limb removed, he couldn't feel it and he couldn't even lift it.
Placing his other hand on the arm, he could feel the flesh, but he couldn't feel his own hand.
It felt weird, not being able to feel his arm even though he could see it and feel it with his other hand.
He looked towards a timer he had on the table and set it before picking up the syringe with the antidote and plunging it into his limp arm.
Watching the timer, he watched as the seconds ticked by and wondered how long until the antidote kicked in.
After about three minutes, Donatello began to feel pins and needles in his arm as the feeling began to return.
Forcing his fingers to move, Donatello bit through the leather gag as the pins and needles ran up and down his arm painfully.
As soon as he got the feeling in his arm back which was exactly seven minutes counting the minutes it took to start feeling his arm again he flexed his arm again.
"Dammit!" he growled as he throw the syringe across the laboratory where it bounced off the brick wall "It's not perfected! It was supposed to restore the feeling instantly!"
He turned to his laptop and began to type another log:
'I have tested the numbing serum, and it does live up to it's name, numbing the specific body part, if Dr Arden was to use it on us in combat, what if we could not use our limbs to fight?
If he hit our arms, we may have a back up with our legs,Master Splinter always taught us to prepare in case our legs or arms were disabled in combat, but only in most most dire of situations, and if the opponent follows no honour, in which case Dr Arden does not!
The antidote does work, but it's not fast enough! I have to make sure it works immediately! If I do not succeed, what will become of us in battle?'
Donatello finished writing then turned away from the laptop and back at the syringes. He wanted to continue working but tiredness was starting to take over his body, at least he hoped it was tiredness.
Turning off the laptop and covering the syringes with a cloth before placing paperwork over them he vowed to get back to work the next night after Master Splinter had done his first round of training with them all.
"I will find out more..." he thought as he left the laboratory and turned off the light before heading to his bedroom which was right next door "I will examine those serums more...and I will be one step ahead of that evil Doctor...I swear on my honour...and my sanity...!"
Yeesh! Donatello has began his experiments on Dr Arden's Syringes with himself as a guinea pig, he is either very brave, or so determined he doesn't care about the agony he has to endure.
Stay tuned in to see how he continues in his discoveries and experiments, will he find what he's looking for, or will it damage him?