|The Better World|
Chapter Two: ~
"Leo!" Donnie rushed over to the spot where Leo was sat last. He must have just gotten up for a walk around, Donnie thought. He must have been feeling better.
His shouts drew Mikey to him. His brother looked around for Leo as well.
"Donnie, where's Leo?" Mikey asked.
Donnie bent down to the spot where Leo was sat. He was defiantly here a minute ago. The flattened grass formed a small circle where the turtle had rested. But Leo wouldn't just take off like that with out telling us. Something told Donnie Leo hadn't got up on his own. Donnie stood back up and looked around. A sinking feeling was forming in his stomach.
"Mikey," he said. "Go get Raph." Donnie continued to stare into the trees as his brother rushed off around the tree behind him. A few seconds later and Mikey's worried voice floated out from behind the tree.
"Donnie." Mikey peeked out from behind it. "Raph's not here."
Donnie stared at his brother. Something was defiantly not right. A sudden sound from behind Donnie made them both whirl around, weapons at the ready.
"Who's there?!" Donnie called, unsure whether it was animal or human. If humans existed in this world.
"Please put away your weapons." A hoarse voice called out softly from behind the bushes. It sounded old.
"Not until you show yourself." Donnie barked sharply, Bo Staff held in front of him. He heard murmurs between this voice and others, though he could not make out what they were saying.
"We mean you no harm." The voice called again. "Please, put the weapons down."
Strangely enough, Donnie and Mikey found themselves obeying the soft voice. It seemed non-threatening. Mikey put his Nuchaku back in his pouch. Donnie only lowered his Staff. These voices seemed to have a hold over Mikey, and made Donnie lower his staff, but he kept it in mind that these voices were hidden and he knew nothing about who or what they were. They did, however, seem concerned, if Donnie could call it that.
"Show yourselves." Donnie said softly. He didn't know why the change of tone.
A rustle sound from the bushes had Donnie and Mikey stare at them as if they were transfixed to it. Then, the bushes parted and slowly an old man, followed by two others showed themselves. They were human, Donnie noted. But very old. Though what was strange was that, even though they looked so old, they gave off a feeling of great strength and power and wisdom. They all had identical, long, white beards and were all cloaked in soft blue and light purple garments only seen probably in movies of wizards. If Mikey or Donnie had ever seen Harry Potter, they would have immediately thought of Dumbledor. The men all had that face where you could never tell what they are thinking. They all wore crystal blue pendants around their necks, which hung long. They had Donnie and Mikey stood, staring into their appearances. When they had climbed from the bushes, they stood in a triangle shape. The one who had appeared first was centre and in front of the turtles while the other two flanked his sides, three feet back. All of them were looking at the turtles.
"We mean you no harm." The first old man repeated. He made a gesture with his hand, palm upwards and Donnie and Mikey glimpsed a very intriguing tattoo, or something like that, imprinted there.
"Who. Are you?" Donnie frowned at them, still staring. He was aware he was doing this but for some reason he couldn't take his eyes off the man.
In answer to Donnie's question, the man smiled. "We are part of you, shall we say." He chuckled at Donnie's frown. "We were created by you. You created this entire world and everything to it."
Mikey, who was behind Donnie, dropped his mouth at these words, eyes widened. He thought Donnie had just made the world. Not the people!
The man continued. "We know all about you, Donatello. Everything you loved and wanted, made and wished for is what helped grow this world. You, and your brothers, are like Gods to this world." The man stopped and took a long look at Donnie.
The turtle in purple only raised his eye ridges. Wow! Is this true? Did I really make all this? A realisation hit Donnie.
"You have our brothers." It wasn't a question. Donnie somehow knew they did.
The man smiled. "Yes. We do. But do not fear for them. We only took them to heal them. You will have them back in one piece. I feel I should introduce my fellow men and myself. I am Argrio." He bowed his head slightly. Then he indicated the man to his left. "This is Grilio." Then the man to his right. "Mishu."
Donnie and Mikey merely politely nodded slightly to show they had listened.
Argrio stepped back a bit and held out an arm, pointing in the direction of the deep forest.
"I think you should come with us so all can be explained. I'm sure you will want to see your brothers." He said.
Donnie looked at Mikey, who looked at him blankly. With no Leo to decide what to do, the leadership was now placed on Donnie. He nodded at his brother in orange and they joined the three men in a long walk back to the human homes.
"Wow." Mikey awed at the city within the trees. Having just come from the trees, the two turtles now got a glimpse of the home Argrio had been talking proudly about. All about them now where beautiful building all either crystal blue, white, or both. Somewhere resting on the ground, others in the trees. Some huge, some massive, others small. Most of them were dome shaped; only few were just rounded at the roof. None were horrible and square like normal buildings. The little group of three men and two turtles moved further into the depths of the city, which they had been told was called The City Of A'Mire.
"It's beautiful." Donnie said softly. He looked at the smooth curves of the buildings. Wonder what material they are made from. It looked like marble, but softer and more fluid like.
"This way, my friends." Argrio was pointing with his palm to a building, which was half underground. The door slid open as the old man pushed a hidden button in a panel. He and the other two stepped aside as they let Donnie and Mikey enter first.
"Wow." Mikey breathed again. He was staring at what he was sure a hospital. It wasn't quite like normal hospitals, but it had all the equipment as they did. |Some people were wearing the same uniform, which could only mean they were staff and doctors. The walls were almost transparent blue. That was the only way Donnie could describe it.
"Follow me." Argrio motion with his hand again, gave a look to Grilio and Mishu, and swept off down a side corridor. Donnie and Mikey stared at each other and made their way after him, all the while looking at this and that. Mikey said an occasional "hello" to a few smiling people who came up to him and greeted him the same. All the people glanced at them excitedly when they went by. Donnie felt a little nervous but at the same time proud. These people looked to him as a God!
Argrio finally led them off to corridors where the people where thin. Only doctors and the odd visitor were around now, most of them looking important. Argrio stopped outside a pair of double doors and smiled at the turtles, gesturing them to go in first.
They did do. Pushing open the blue doors, Donnie and Mikey came into a large room containing a lot of expensive equipment and technology. There were at least twelve doctors and three nurses in this room, all seeming to be keeping an eyes on-
"Leo! Raph!" Mikey shouted in surprise as he saw his brothers suspended in mid air, a few centimetres from the floor, each in a cone of fluorescent blue light. Their heads were down, resting on their plastron and their eyes closed. Their bodies were glowing.
Some of the doctors looked up and smiled at Mikey's sudden shout, but they returned to their work a few seconds later having had a good look at their 'Gods'. On of the nurses walked up to Argrio and bowed respectfully, a glance at Donnie before her eyes turned back to the old man. She had dark hair, on closer inspection was found to be dark blue, blue eyes and a fair complexion.
"Mírúr," she said. "Secí. Eht eno ni der sah na noitcefni." She looked again at Donnie with her blue eyes. "But they are recovering very fast and should be out of here soon today."
Donnie and Mikey frowned at each other. One minute this girl was speaking a different language; next, she had switched to English.
Argrio nodded kindly to her. "Thank you, Secí. But I think it is safe to say that in front of our guests. They are not violent people to our kind." He turned to Donnie and Mikey. "Secí said your brother, Raphael, has an infection. But not to worry. It is healing quickly." He smiled at Mikey's face. Argrio then spoke to a passing doctor, who spoke in the same strange language as Secí had.
Donnie stepped closer to the old man. "Erm, what is. Er, what are you doing to our brothers?" He glanced at Leo before looking back at Argrio.
"Your brothers are being healed. The light they are held in is fixing their wounds. Though Leonardo had no wound, he did have a slight pain in his stomach. Am I correct?"
Donnie nodded weakly. That light is healing them?!
Mikey just stared. Never had he heard of anything like a light healing things. It was all a little weird to him.
Argrio offered them something to eat and a place to sit while they ate. There was a small, staff watch room where doctors had a small break while still keeping an eye on the activity going on in the room. There was a large screen to look into, so Donnie and Mikey could watch the doctors work on their brothers. The food they were given was amazingly tasty. Donnie could understand why Mikey went back for seconds. Mikey usually liked to eat anyway, but this time Donnie guessed he had a good reason. He couldn't wait for Leo to wake and see this place. Somehow, he knew he had only glimpsed a small section of A'Mire's beauty.
After Mikey had finished his third helpings, Argrio had his granddaughter, K'aniá, take the turtles for a wander with his grandson, and K'aniá's twin brother, K'anor. K'aniá, who asked them to call her Aniá, was a beautiful girl about nineteen. She had long, purple hair and purple eyes. She was slim and had a dark complexion. Her brother, who was asked to be called Anor, was exactly like her; purple hair, purple eyes and thin. He did have a slight lighter tone of skin, but apart from that they almost looked identical. They were very nice and had great personalities, which meant they got on very well indeed with Mikey. He and his brother were taken all over the city, introduced to a few people and taken to some spots liked by Aniá. They stopped for a while at a beautiful waterfall set into a small cliff in the forest at the edge of A'Mire. Aniá said this was her favourite place and Donnie could see why. After that, they returned to the hospital as Anor announced that Leo and Raph would be awoken. He was training to become a surgeon there so he knew what was going on.
"Whoa. I'm sure Master Splinter would love this place!" Mikey exclaimed as they walked down the corridors to the room that held their brothers. "Wish he could be here."
They turned into the room where there were now only three doctors about.
I sure hope they weren't all doing anything on Leo and Raph, Donnie thought. He had always been a little wary of humans, and the fact that they were doctors made him all the uneasier. Doctors at home would love to get their hands on something like us.
"Donatello. Michelangelo. I trust you had a good wander?" Argrio strode forward to meet them as the double doors shut behind them.
"It was great!" Mikey couldn't help but say with more enthusiasm that he would have offered his brothers. This seemed to please Argrio as he smiled warmly.
"Good." The old man nodded and turned to the two healing brothers, bathed in blue light. "Your brothers are being awaken." He and the two turtles watched as the doctors swarmed over Leo and Raph, taking up positions on either sides of the turtles; another male doctor walked over to a control panel and flipped a switch. The blue light holding Leo and Raph disappeared and the brothers fell back against the pull of gravity. The doctors caught them and lowered them to the floor where they were already awakening.
"Wha' da.?" Leo mumbled as he shook his head, gaining his vision back, and realising he was on the floor, doctors crouched beside him. He blinked a few times before lifting his head and looking at the humans next to him. Frowning, he placed his eyes on Donnie and Mikey.
"Leo, ma man!" Mikey said cheerfully.
"Don. Mikey?" Leo was still slightly disoriented. He looked at his brothers and then over at his brother in red.
Raph had remained silent, but was frowning at all the doctors around him. What the hell am I doing on the floor? Where the hell am I?!" He stood up, shakily and was helped by Mikey, who had rushed to his side while Donnie aided Leo.
"Yo dude, you okay?" Mikey asked Raph. He held on to his arm as Raph was swaying.
"Mikey.? Where are we?"
"Um, hospital."
"Wha' the.? Where. We were in the woods. How'd we get in a hospital?" Raph was staring at the walls now, talking in his surroundings.
"Erm, why don't you listen to Argrio?" Mikey led him over to Donnie, Leo and Argrio, who had already started to explain things.
"Argrio who?"
~End of chapter two~
Chapter Two: ~
"Leo!" Donnie rushed over to the spot where Leo was sat last. He must have just gotten up for a walk around, Donnie thought. He must have been feeling better.
His shouts drew Mikey to him. His brother looked around for Leo as well.
"Donnie, where's Leo?" Mikey asked.
Donnie bent down to the spot where Leo was sat. He was defiantly here a minute ago. The flattened grass formed a small circle where the turtle had rested. But Leo wouldn't just take off like that with out telling us. Something told Donnie Leo hadn't got up on his own. Donnie stood back up and looked around. A sinking feeling was forming in his stomach.
"Mikey," he said. "Go get Raph." Donnie continued to stare into the trees as his brother rushed off around the tree behind him. A few seconds later and Mikey's worried voice floated out from behind the tree.
"Donnie." Mikey peeked out from behind it. "Raph's not here."
Donnie stared at his brother. Something was defiantly not right. A sudden sound from behind Donnie made them both whirl around, weapons at the ready.
"Who's there?!" Donnie called, unsure whether it was animal or human. If humans existed in this world.
"Please put away your weapons." A hoarse voice called out softly from behind the bushes. It sounded old.
"Not until you show yourself." Donnie barked sharply, Bo Staff held in front of him. He heard murmurs between this voice and others, though he could not make out what they were saying.
"We mean you no harm." The voice called again. "Please, put the weapons down."
Strangely enough, Donnie and Mikey found themselves obeying the soft voice. It seemed non-threatening. Mikey put his Nuchaku back in his pouch. Donnie only lowered his Staff. These voices seemed to have a hold over Mikey, and made Donnie lower his staff, but he kept it in mind that these voices were hidden and he knew nothing about who or what they were. They did, however, seem concerned, if Donnie could call it that.
"Show yourselves." Donnie said softly. He didn't know why the change of tone.
A rustle sound from the bushes had Donnie and Mikey stare at them as if they were transfixed to it. Then, the bushes parted and slowly an old man, followed by two others showed themselves. They were human, Donnie noted. But very old. Though what was strange was that, even though they looked so old, they gave off a feeling of great strength and power and wisdom. They all had identical, long, white beards and were all cloaked in soft blue and light purple garments only seen probably in movies of wizards. If Mikey or Donnie had ever seen Harry Potter, they would have immediately thought of Dumbledor. The men all had that face where you could never tell what they are thinking. They all wore crystal blue pendants around their necks, which hung long. They had Donnie and Mikey stood, staring into their appearances. When they had climbed from the bushes, they stood in a triangle shape. The one who had appeared first was centre and in front of the turtles while the other two flanked his sides, three feet back. All of them were looking at the turtles.
"We mean you no harm." The first old man repeated. He made a gesture with his hand, palm upwards and Donnie and Mikey glimpsed a very intriguing tattoo, or something like that, imprinted there.
"Who. Are you?" Donnie frowned at them, still staring. He was aware he was doing this but for some reason he couldn't take his eyes off the man.
In answer to Donnie's question, the man smiled. "We are part of you, shall we say." He chuckled at Donnie's frown. "We were created by you. You created this entire world and everything to it."
Mikey, who was behind Donnie, dropped his mouth at these words, eyes widened. He thought Donnie had just made the world. Not the people!
The man continued. "We know all about you, Donatello. Everything you loved and wanted, made and wished for is what helped grow this world. You, and your brothers, are like Gods to this world." The man stopped and took a long look at Donnie.
The turtle in purple only raised his eye ridges. Wow! Is this true? Did I really make all this? A realisation hit Donnie.
"You have our brothers." It wasn't a question. Donnie somehow knew they did.
The man smiled. "Yes. We do. But do not fear for them. We only took them to heal them. You will have them back in one piece. I feel I should introduce my fellow men and myself. I am Argrio." He bowed his head slightly. Then he indicated the man to his left. "This is Grilio." Then the man to his right. "Mishu."
Donnie and Mikey merely politely nodded slightly to show they had listened.
Argrio stepped back a bit and held out an arm, pointing in the direction of the deep forest.
"I think you should come with us so all can be explained. I'm sure you will want to see your brothers." He said.
Donnie looked at Mikey, who looked at him blankly. With no Leo to decide what to do, the leadership was now placed on Donnie. He nodded at his brother in orange and they joined the three men in a long walk back to the human homes.
"Wow." Mikey awed at the city within the trees. Having just come from the trees, the two turtles now got a glimpse of the home Argrio had been talking proudly about. All about them now where beautiful building all either crystal blue, white, or both. Somewhere resting on the ground, others in the trees. Some huge, some massive, others small. Most of them were dome shaped; only few were just rounded at the roof. None were horrible and square like normal buildings. The little group of three men and two turtles moved further into the depths of the city, which they had been told was called The City Of A'Mire.
"It's beautiful." Donnie said softly. He looked at the smooth curves of the buildings. Wonder what material they are made from. It looked like marble, but softer and more fluid like.
"This way, my friends." Argrio was pointing with his palm to a building, which was half underground. The door slid open as the old man pushed a hidden button in a panel. He and the other two stepped aside as they let Donnie and Mikey enter first.
"Wow." Mikey breathed again. He was staring at what he was sure a hospital. It wasn't quite like normal hospitals, but it had all the equipment as they did. |Some people were wearing the same uniform, which could only mean they were staff and doctors. The walls were almost transparent blue. That was the only way Donnie could describe it.
"Follow me." Argrio motion with his hand again, gave a look to Grilio and Mishu, and swept off down a side corridor. Donnie and Mikey stared at each other and made their way after him, all the while looking at this and that. Mikey said an occasional "hello" to a few smiling people who came up to him and greeted him the same. All the people glanced at them excitedly when they went by. Donnie felt a little nervous but at the same time proud. These people looked to him as a God!
Argrio finally led them off to corridors where the people where thin. Only doctors and the odd visitor were around now, most of them looking important. Argrio stopped outside a pair of double doors and smiled at the turtles, gesturing them to go in first.
They did do. Pushing open the blue doors, Donnie and Mikey came into a large room containing a lot of expensive equipment and technology. There were at least twelve doctors and three nurses in this room, all seeming to be keeping an eyes on-
"Leo! Raph!" Mikey shouted in surprise as he saw his brothers suspended in mid air, a few centimetres from the floor, each in a cone of fluorescent blue light. Their heads were down, resting on their plastron and their eyes closed. Their bodies were glowing.
Some of the doctors looked up and smiled at Mikey's sudden shout, but they returned to their work a few seconds later having had a good look at their 'Gods'. On of the nurses walked up to Argrio and bowed respectfully, a glance at Donnie before her eyes turned back to the old man. She had dark hair, on closer inspection was found to be dark blue, blue eyes and a fair complexion.
"Mírúr," she said. "Secí. Eht eno ni der sah na noitcefni." She looked again at Donnie with her blue eyes. "But they are recovering very fast and should be out of here soon today."
Donnie and Mikey frowned at each other. One minute this girl was speaking a different language; next, she had switched to English.
Argrio nodded kindly to her. "Thank you, Secí. But I think it is safe to say that in front of our guests. They are not violent people to our kind." He turned to Donnie and Mikey. "Secí said your brother, Raphael, has an infection. But not to worry. It is healing quickly." He smiled at Mikey's face. Argrio then spoke to a passing doctor, who spoke in the same strange language as Secí had.
Donnie stepped closer to the old man. "Erm, what is. Er, what are you doing to our brothers?" He glanced at Leo before looking back at Argrio.
"Your brothers are being healed. The light they are held in is fixing their wounds. Though Leonardo had no wound, he did have a slight pain in his stomach. Am I correct?"
Donnie nodded weakly. That light is healing them?!
Mikey just stared. Never had he heard of anything like a light healing things. It was all a little weird to him.
Argrio offered them something to eat and a place to sit while they ate. There was a small, staff watch room where doctors had a small break while still keeping an eye on the activity going on in the room. There was a large screen to look into, so Donnie and Mikey could watch the doctors work on their brothers. The food they were given was amazingly tasty. Donnie could understand why Mikey went back for seconds. Mikey usually liked to eat anyway, but this time Donnie guessed he had a good reason. He couldn't wait for Leo to wake and see this place. Somehow, he knew he had only glimpsed a small section of A'Mire's beauty.
After Mikey had finished his third helpings, Argrio had his granddaughter, K'aniá, take the turtles for a wander with his grandson, and K'aniá's twin brother, K'anor. K'aniá, who asked them to call her Aniá, was a beautiful girl about nineteen. She had long, purple hair and purple eyes. She was slim and had a dark complexion. Her brother, who was asked to be called Anor, was exactly like her; purple hair, purple eyes and thin. He did have a slight lighter tone of skin, but apart from that they almost looked identical. They were very nice and had great personalities, which meant they got on very well indeed with Mikey. He and his brother were taken all over the city, introduced to a few people and taken to some spots liked by Aniá. They stopped for a while at a beautiful waterfall set into a small cliff in the forest at the edge of A'Mire. Aniá said this was her favourite place and Donnie could see why. After that, they returned to the hospital as Anor announced that Leo and Raph would be awoken. He was training to become a surgeon there so he knew what was going on.
"Whoa. I'm sure Master Splinter would love this place!" Mikey exclaimed as they walked down the corridors to the room that held their brothers. "Wish he could be here."
They turned into the room where there were now only three doctors about.
I sure hope they weren't all doing anything on Leo and Raph, Donnie thought. He had always been a little wary of humans, and the fact that they were doctors made him all the uneasier. Doctors at home would love to get their hands on something like us.
"Donatello. Michelangelo. I trust you had a good wander?" Argrio strode forward to meet them as the double doors shut behind them.
"It was great!" Mikey couldn't help but say with more enthusiasm that he would have offered his brothers. This seemed to please Argrio as he smiled warmly.
"Good." The old man nodded and turned to the two healing brothers, bathed in blue light. "Your brothers are being awaken." He and the two turtles watched as the doctors swarmed over Leo and Raph, taking up positions on either sides of the turtles; another male doctor walked over to a control panel and flipped a switch. The blue light holding Leo and Raph disappeared and the brothers fell back against the pull of gravity. The doctors caught them and lowered them to the floor where they were already awakening.
"Wha' da.?" Leo mumbled as he shook his head, gaining his vision back, and realising he was on the floor, doctors crouched beside him. He blinked a few times before lifting his head and looking at the humans next to him. Frowning, he placed his eyes on Donnie and Mikey.
"Leo, ma man!" Mikey said cheerfully.
"Don. Mikey?" Leo was still slightly disoriented. He looked at his brothers and then over at his brother in red.
Raph had remained silent, but was frowning at all the doctors around him. What the hell am I doing on the floor? Where the hell am I?!" He stood up, shakily and was helped by Mikey, who had rushed to his side while Donnie aided Leo.
"Yo dude, you okay?" Mikey asked Raph. He held on to his arm as Raph was swaying.
"Mikey.? Where are we?"
"Um, hospital."
"Wha' the.? Where. We were in the woods. How'd we get in a hospital?" Raph was staring at the walls now, talking in his surroundings.
"Erm, why don't you listen to Argrio?" Mikey led him over to Donnie, Leo and Argrio, who had already started to explain things.
"Argrio who?"
~End of chapter two~