TURTLES NOT MINE!!!!!!!
Raph and Don were waiting by Leo's bedside when they heard the lair door open. Both turtles jumped up and ran for the door.
"Master Splinter, are we glad to see you." Said Donnie.
"Sensei, I wanted to call you but Braineak here didn't." said Raph.
"Ok, my sons I am glad I am home. I must see Leonardo, then you both will tell me everything." Said Splinter as he walked towards Leo's room.
"He's in the lab Sensei." Said Donnie. Splinter headed for the lab instead. He walked up to the door took a claming breath and went in. There on the lab table he saw his eldest son. He looked pale and very still. His arms and legs were in casts and the smell of blood was in the air. Splinter walked over to Leonardo and placed his hands over Leo's chest, and closed his eyes to concentrate. FEAR, ANGER, PAIN, EMPTYNESS... Those strong emotions were vibrating throughout Leonardo's being.
"Raphael, boil hot water, Donatello go to my room and seek out my box of herbs beside my bed. Go now!" said Splinter, as both turtles moved fast. Splinter turned back to Leonardo. "Leonardo, my son, I am here. We will make you well, and all will be ok." Splinter pushed these words into Leonardo's mind. No response was made, but Splinter knew his words were heard.
"Here you go Sensei." Said Donnie.
"Here's the water Sensei." Said Raph
Splinter took both items from his sons and began to mix the herbs into the water.
"Raphael, Donatello, lift Leonardo I need him to drink this." Said Splinter.
His sons picked up Leo and Master Splinter made Leo drink the herbs. The boys then laid Leo down and turned to their Master.
"What's going to happen Sensei? Will those herbs help?" asked Donnie.
"They should bring the fever down. Leonardo will wake in his own time. He should be fine while we go to the kitchen to talk." Said Splinter.
"Yes Sensei." Said Donnie, and Raph.
They walked behind their Sensei trying to think of what they could say that would satisfy their Masters questions. Splinter went to the stove poured himself a cup of tea and sat down waiting for some answers. Donatello started the tale, and Raphael joined in whenever he thought Donatello was telling it wrong. Just as the story was finishing April and Michelangelo walked in. Mikey took April to see Leo. April walked in to the lab, saw Leo and broke down crying. "OH Mikey will he live?" asked April tearfully.
"Of course, now that Master Splinter's here, no problem." Said Mikey hopefully. April walked towards Leo and bent to kiss him on this cheek.
"Oh, Leo get better, come back to us." Said April and then she and Mikey left to the kitchen to get filled in on what Splinter thought.
"Leonardo has many emotions in him right now. But I believe he is in the Bartow World, a world between life and death. He is making the choice as we speak weather to live or pass on. Whatever did this to him has giving him much fear. My sons I want you to think back to a few nights ago. Did you hear anything, feel anything? You must think." Said Splinter
"Sensei, we were all asleep. Leo wanted to stay on the couch. He had a feeling. That was it." Said Donnie.
"I didn't hear nothing." Said Donnie
"Me either Sensei," said Mikey.
"Well it is obvious something attacked Leonardo, and I believe, that something has some kind of powers, preventing the effectiveness of the medications you used Donatello." Said Splinter.
"He will be ok won't he sensei?" asked Mikey
"We will make sure that he is ok my son." Said Splinter.
"I must go back to him now. Michelangelo make us all some dinner, Donatello you come with me. Raphael set the table, and April please make yourself at home." Splinter then got up and he and Donatello went to check on Leonardo.
Donatello and Splinter walked into the lab. Leonardo was on the table twisting and turning and moaning in pain.
"Sensei, what's happening?" asked Donatello as he raced over to his brother to hold him still.
"I do not know my son. The herbs I gave him should make his fever go down. He is still burning up. We need to cool him down now. Go fill up the tub with cold water and ice now." Said Splinter as he took over holding Leonardo down. Donatello rushed out of the lab and went to the bathroom. He filled up the tub with cold water, ran into the kitchen (where Mikey, Raph, and April looked on with fear) and grabbed a bowl and filled it with ice. He then ran back and forth through the kitchen and bathroom until all the ice was gone and then ran back to the lab.
"Raph, I need your help." Cried Donnie. Raph ran from the kitchen to the lab.
"What the shell is going on?" asked Raph as he saw Leo moaning and moving his head back and forth.
"The herbs I gave him are not working. We need to get him cooled down now." Said Splinter. Raph and Donnie picked Leo up and carried him to the bathroom. The put him in the tub and waited. Donnie checked his temperature every 2 minuets. It was not going down. A half hour later his temperature finally dropped and Leo began to shiver from the cold. Raph and Donnie took Leo out, dried him off the best they could with the casts now wet and took him to his room (which was more comfortable). They placed him on the bed and moved away for Master Splinter to look him over.
"His temperature should return soon. I believe he will be ok." Said Splinter with relief.
"Yes!!!" all three turtles screamed and gave each other high three's. April hugged each turtle and Master Splinter she then went to Leo and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Michelangelo will you kindly finish dinner, I wish to meditate for a little bit. Donatello please stay with Leonardo." Said Splinter as he moved to go to his room.
"I'm glad you came back when you did Sensei. If you didn't I don't think Leo would be alive right now." Said Donnie.
"My son, you did a wonderful job. Sometimes modern medicine is not always the way. Please come and get me when dinner is ready or if there is any change in Leonardo." Said Splinter.
WELL THIS IS AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANY TO STOP. IT'S ABOUT TIME LEO WAKES UP AND WE FIGURE OUT THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE ATTACK ON LEO. TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR SOME MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!