Raph moaned, around him he could dimly hear voices, shouting, but he didn't heed them... There was so much pain... So much pain... His chest was open...His body cracked and broken... Open to the air... His blood ran out of him freely... He couldn't think... Couldn't breath... It hurt so bad...
His eyes rolled and his mouth opened and blood poured out of it...
Why couldn't it just stop?
Why couldn't it just end?
Everything had gone wrong... They had killed Shredder... But they had killed themselves too...
But... It was worth it... It was all worth it...
Raph swallowed the blood in his throat... Gentle hands... Shaking... Wake up Raph... Don't do this to me Raph...
Sorry... Can't fight anymore...
No more...
His heart stopped again...
ELECTRICITY!
Raphs body jerked and twisted as Donny jump-started his heart-
Sweat poured off Don's forehead as he rushed between his brothers- both were flat lining
Vinny was trying to stay on his feet as his blood was pumped into Leo's body...
"CLEAR!" Donny cried
Leo's body arched and was still...
"CLEAR!"
Electricity -
"CLEAR!"
Nothing-
"NO- NO -COME ON LEO!"
Blood suddenly spurted- Leo's eyes opened- the heart monitor spiked- his eyes locked on Donny's-
Vinny gasped and clutched his head in his hands-
Splinter did the same-
Donny saw something in Leo's eyes-
Something terrible...
Then they closed...
Donny choked and stumbled to his brother, he couldn't hear the machines over the drumming of his own heart- he glanced at the monitors-
There, slowly, weakly, Leonardo's heart beat appeared on the screen...
He was alive...
But only just...
Donny let out a strangled sob and dashed away the water in his eyes-
He turned to Splinter, the old rat was shaking all over and swallowing, in that one split second of awareness both he and Vinny had experienced what Leonardo was experiencing... It left them shaking and sick...
Donny locked eyes with his father,this was it, this was the last desperate struggle... The last battle...
" Dad, we got to work fast... Hand me that needle, we have to close the wound on Leo's neck... I need you to breath for Leo while I work... Vinny, take that out of your arm, if you lose any more blood you will go into shock... I need to to pinch this artery closed- when I say- "
Donny grasped the needle...
And picked up the scalpel...
To sew up the muscle he had to cut the outer skin...
His hands shook as he looked down at his brother...
He saw the deep red slit in his throat...
Swallowing the nausea, Donny made the first incision-
Leo made a noise...
Oh God- he could feel it-
He couldn't stop now-
He cut deeper-
Leo's throat constricted-
A sound- inhuman-broken- agony-
Donny felt something vibrate and realized what it was-
Leo-
His voice box-
It had been cut in two...
Splinter saw it too... He saw it through the torn place...
"Keep going my son, don't stop-"