Disclaimer: Read the Prologue for it. P
Warning: Major angst for everyone!!!!
This takes place when the turtles are 12.
'Dreams can give wings, but if enough is enough, then they can be the gateway to eternity' --My own quote (you'll understand later.)
Authoress stares so much her eyes almost pop out.
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"Master Splinter!" Mikey said, panting a bit. They were currently running across the sewers trying to find Leo.
Even though Splinter didn't look at him, his ears twitched backwards, indicating that he was listening.
"How're we gonna find Leo?"
Splinter stopped. Mikey, who was right behind him, almost ran into him, but stopped right before that happened.
Unfortunately, Don, who was behind him, ran into him, knocking him over, and Raph who was running behind Donny, ran right into both of them.
Splinter turned around to look at his sons (who were splattered on the floor). Splinter had a panicky look on his face that he rarely got.
Splinter was about to tell them that he did not know, when suddenly, a sudden gut feeling flashed through his mind. Snapping his head to the left, he saw a ladder leading to an open hole. Splinter suddenly knew.
"Up."
He felt six pairs of eyes stare at him.
"Huh?" he heard Raphael asking, but Splinter paid no heed. He quickly strode over to the ladder and began to climb up.
Halfway up, he looked back at his sons. "Stay here." He told them sternly, half hoping that for once they'd listen to him. But he knew that that was unlikely.
But Splinter left it at that and disappeared through the open hole.
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Raph snorted once Splinter was out of view. "Come on!" He said and began climbing up as well.
His two brothers looked at each other before silently following him to the surface.
On top, they were greeted with a night sky splattered with stars. It was dark, but not as dark as it was in the sewers.
Looking around them, the turtles realized quickly that they were in the cemetery that they had been in before.
Suddenly, in front of them, they spotted Splinter, crouching behind a bush. Quickly, they rushed over.
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Splinter almost smiled when he felt his sons rush next to him. Almost. This was not the time.
All four of them silently watched the scene in front of them with wide-eyes.
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Leo could've laughed. It was so refreshing to stand outside without fear of being caught! The sky was so beautiful!
Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning around, he saw Rebecca smiling at him.
"Come on!" She whispered. "Come join the others!"
Leo cocked his head at that. "Others?"
Rebecca laughed. "Yeah! We're not the only ones here you know!" She waved her hand towards a bit further away from them. Leo looked and saw a group of children, about fifteen or more, standing around laughing and chattering.
Leo suddenly felt afraid. So many humans! He drew back. "I can't Rebecca!" He whispered. "They're humans. And I'm...well...a turtle."
Rebecca smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry!" With that, she dragged him gently towards the group of children.
As they neared, the children looked curiously at them, but didn't stop their chattering. One of them, a girl, broke out of the group and skipped over to them.
"Rebecca! I was afraid you wouldn't make it!" She happily exclaimed, hugging Rebecca.
Rebecca laughed. "I'm glad to see you too, Chloe! Sorry I'm a bit late. I brought someone else along too."
Rebecca waved towards Leo. Chloe took one look at Leo and stilled. The children who were happily chattering away, suddenly went silent.
Leo gulped. He knew that this was a bad idea. Leo turned to flee, when suddenly someone grabbed his arm. Looking back, he saw Chloe holding his arm.
"Wait!" She said. Then she smiled. "It's okay." With that, both she and Rebecca gently dragged Leo nearer to the group of children. They gathered around Leo, all very interested and amazed at what he was.
"Cool!" One boy exclaimed. "Is that real?" Another boy asked hesitantly, looking at Leo's shell.
Leo laughed and nodded. This just fuelled the kids' interest in him. Leo soon found himself laughing and chattering freely with them all.
Then, one boy brought up the subject of how they got here. One girl said that her uncle got pissed at her and slit her neck. She also showed them the cut on her neck as proof.
Another said that his dad choked him to death. A third said that his arm got twisted so hard that it came off and he bled to death. A fourth got stabbed multiple times.
Suddenly, one of the kids turned to Leo. "So, whatchya here for?"
Leo shrugged. "Mental abuse."
The kids nodded in sympathy. "Yeah." One kid spoke up. "I got that too. Finally I got tired of it and committed suicide."
Another kid said that she was the victim of sexual abuse.
Chloe nodded in sympathy. "I got that too." She said sadly.
Leo looked at her sadly.
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Raph stared in surprise. His elder brother was standing in the middle of a group of kids, looking as if he was having the time of his life.
Suddenly, he felt a pang of guilt as he looked around the group. Many kids had dried blood on them, while others were missing limbs. One kid even had a head missing!
The group also varied in ages. There were kids from age fifteen to even an infant.
'Leo shouldn't be here...' Raph thought guiltily, looking at Leo again.
He felt Mikey shift next to him. His little brother was staring at it all wide-eyed with horror.
Suddenly, he heard Donny whispering. "Master Splinter?"
Splinter looked at him.
"Why are there so many...?" Don didn't finish, but hinted a little towards the kids.
Splinter sighed. "Because my son. They are Effluoerros. Forgotten Wanderers. They were victims of different kinds of abuse and thus met an early death."
Mikey looked up at Splinter. "But why?" He asked, a hint of childish naivety in his voice.
Splinter sighed sadly. "Because sometimes, one does not wish to have a child to look after. So, they find it easier to abuse the child until it dies."
Mikey stared at Splinter with even wider eyes. "Is Leo here because of that?"
Raph snapped. "NO, Dunderhead!" He growled. "Leo's here because we were stupid and took him for granted. I was stupid and I took him for granted!"
Mikey looked at Raph. "So?"
Donny would've laughed at that if the situation was not so grave.
"Because, Mikey," he answered, "We yelled at him too much and made him feel bad. We pushed him away until he gave up."
Mikey blinked before realization hit. "But I don't want Leo dead!"
Don smiled sadly. "I don't think any of us do Mikey. But unfortunately, Leo doesn't know that."
"Then let's go tell him!"
Splinter couldn't help but chuckle. "It isn't so easy, my son. We must—"
Splinter was cut off by as sudden yell from a child. "The Angels!!!! The Angels are coming!!!!!!"
The child yelled, pointing upwards.
Everyone looked up, including Splinter and the three turtles.
One of the stars was glowing bright white. The glow became bigger and bigger, until they realized that the glow wasn't really a glow, but a bolt of light heading straight down to earth.
In a split second, the bolt of white light hit the earth and everyone had to cover their eyes because it was so bright.
Then once the light had receded, they saw one figure standing on each side of a door.
As the light disappeared all together, they saw that the two figures were tall, with pale golden hair, pale as snow, blue eyed, and wore white silk cloth. On their backs were two white wings. They were angels.
Behind them was a door. It was open and it revealed a place beautiful beyond comprehension.
The Gates Of Heaven were open.
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