Chapter 34

They all ran through the forest for at least five minutes before they came to an abandoned building… or at least it looked abandoned.

"This is it?" Leo asked the scientist

"Yes" he answered

Raph pressed his sai against his throat "I really hope you're not lying… I hate liars"

"No, I-I'm n-not lying"

Raph pushed the scientist ahead making go inside first "Good, then move"

The scientist walked inside and everyone followed it was dark and eerie "Something's not right" Leo muttered

"Oh how right you are" a voice bellowed right before the lights came on

They were surrounded by ninjas and a lot of them. Standing on a little balcony above them was a smirking Lance "Looking for this" he held up a vial with some clear liquid in it "Well you're gonna have to get through my army of ninjas first and quite a few other obstacles" he backed away into the room behind him "Good luck with that" Mikey growled "Ninjas attack" he ordered before disappearing

"Oh I so didn't see this coming" Rico said his voice dripping with sarcasm

Raph pushed the scientist out of the way and Leo dropped the other still unconscious one on the floor. Whatever happened to them they didn't really know or cared, they got what they wanted. Mikey was the first one to fly into battle knocking away quite a few ninja with his nunchaku and plenty of bone shattering kicks. His brothers were behind him all the way taking down any other ninjas that may have gotten past Mikey. Everybody did their share of fighting and Mikey, out of anger and worry for his son, did a little bit more. The only problem was when they took them down more would show up in their place and after a while some even got back up. The fight took up too much of their time leaving them wondering if they would make it back to save Mason's life.

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Back at the farmhouse Paige was distracted by someone knocking on the front door. She got up from her kneeling position next to Mason and went to answer it. The door opened revealing a distressed looking Jessica.

"Jess, what are you doing here?"

"I heard about Mason. Where is he?" she asked

Paige sighed "He's right here" she stepped from the doorway and pointed to the weak turtle on the couch

Jessica slowly approached him and sat on the edge of the couch. She stroked his cheek gently and was sort of shocked when she got a response.

Mason's head turned towards her touch snuggling closer to it "Mason" she whispered softly

Mason's eyes slowly slid open with a groan "Hey Jess" he whispered "You're here"

"Of course, I came down here as soon as I heard" she sniffled

Paige quietly, but hesitantly slipped out of the room to give the lovebirds their much needed privacy.

"I appreciate that" he offered her soft smile "Thanks"

Tears spilled out of her eyes before she could stop them. She didn't even bother to wipe them away; just let them roll down her cheeks and hit his chest. Mason reached up and wiped them away for her.

"I'm sorry I didn't want to cry in front of you" she whimpered "I'm just so scared"

"Shh, I know you are and it's okay, but can I ask you something?"

"Yeah sure, what is it?"

"Kiss me"

"What?" she asked rubbing at her eyes

"Kiss me" he repeated "Just in case they don't make it back in time"

"Don't think that way Mason, they'll be back and you'll get better"

"I know they're gonna try their hardest, but just in case…" he took a deep breath "One last kiss"

That just restarted the water works "Mason…"

Mason's hands cupped her face "Please" she sensed a hint of begging in his voice and saw the puppy pout he was giving her. She couldn't just ignore that, she leaned down and pressed her lips against his. Nothing too sensual, but just enough to show how much she cares about him. She slowly backed away, their lips just centimeters apart

"I love you" he whispered

She smiled "I love you too" she said back getting all choked up and rested her head on his plastron

Mason hissed in pain. Jessica's head shot up quickly pretty much destroying the romantic, lovey dovey moment.

"Mason, what's wrong?"

"It hurts" his voice was strained

"What hurts?"

"Everything" he muttered through gritted teeth. One arm wrapped around his stomach and the other gripped the top of the couch. He let out a ragged scream alerting the others in the farmhouse

"What's happening?" Dirk asked entering the room

"I don't know, he said everything is hurting him"

"It's gotta be one of the symptoms"

Then the pain seemed to end as soon as it came.

"Are you alright Mason?"

"For now…yeah" he panted

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"Guys we're wasting time with these guys" Mikey yelled over the mass of ninja "They're trying to distract us from getting to Lance"

"We know Mike" Leo yelled back dodging a sword and noticed the number of ninjas had dwindled "Raph, Rico clear us a path to the balcony"

"On it" he heard Rico say before he and Raph took out ninjas blocking the way. This time no more replaced the fallen. They waited to give boosts to the others "Let's go guys"

Melanie and Sierra were the first to get up there, then Don and Mikey followed by Alex and Dimitri

"Move it Leo" Raph called out

Leo finished off another with a kick to the face and then took off toward his brother. He jumped into his brother's clasped hands and was shot up onto the balcony. He pulled himself up over the railing and looked back down

"Can you guys handle things down here?" Leo asked

"We got this Fearless. You guys focus on getting the antidote" Raph told him

Leo nodded and followed the others to the other room.

"You ready Rico?"

"Oh, you know I am babe"

Raph nodded to him and they both jumped in to battle

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