Donnie
I pulled out the map and unfolded it. A smaller piece of paper fell out that said, Find the missing piece and return the jewel. "What- There's nothing here!" I cried out. "It's a blank piece of paper!"
Mikey looked over my shoulder. "It's not blank..."
I glared at him. "What do you mean, it's not blank?!"
"I mean, it's not blank. It's a map, just like he said." Mikey pointed at the paper, which had a large chunk out of it.
I was about to snap at him for being stupid, when I realized. Cartography was one of his character's skills!
"Of course! We can't see the map, but you can, Mikey! Oberon is a cartographer!" I exclaimed, handing Mikey the map.
Raph snorted. "Juuuust great. We're stuck in a video game and the only one that can see the map and guide us is this idiot!"
"Raph, shut up. Mikey, where are we?" Leo cut in, peering at the blank paper over Mikey's shoulder.
"Okay... Let's see... There are labels here..." Mikey peered at the map. "Down here, this looks like the jungle we were in, with a hippopotamus. It says 'From The Deep', so maybe that means it's a level... There are levels..." He was muttering partially to himself at this point. "So, we're here, next to... 'The Mighty Roar'."
"'The Mighty Roar'?! What does that mean?" Raph demanded.
"It's the next level." Mikey determined.
We all looked at each other, slightly pale. What else could this game throw at us? Lions? Tigers? Whackos with huge guns on motorcycles?
As it turned out, that third option was right on the money, as literally, a group of whackos on motorcycles with huge guns came barreling towards us.
"RUN!" I yelled.
Apparently, nobody needed to be told twice, as we all started barreling for the trees. I got there first, followed by Leo. Raph and Mikey, however, both looked terrified. There were moving slowly, and Mikey was huffing and puffing.
Finally, they made it, and we all dispersed into the trees. Raph and I went one way, getting separated from our brothers.
We crouched in the undergrowth as a few guys stopped their motorcycles and talked.
"There's no way we can fight them..." I mumbled. Then, I got an idea. "Give me something."
"What? I'm not your sidekick!" Raph snarled.
"Yeah, well, reality check, according to this game, you are my weapons valet." I hissed. "So help me out!"
Still not completely satisfied, he pulled off the backpack and opened it, pulling out a boomerang. "Can your big brain use this, genius?"
I grinned. "I think I can." I steadied my arm, and aimed at the guys, throwing the boomerang. It arched beautifully, but missed the target. "Shell." I grabbed Raph and started running, despite his protests. His weakness was speed, and I couldn't let him lose another life. The two remaining bars on his forearm were taunting and slightly worrying.
Suddenly, a huge mass of something slammed into me from the side. I fell, tripping over Mikey and landing sprawled on the ground. We disentangled ourselves as Leo came running out of the trees, waving his hands and shouting "KEEP RUNNING!" Behind him were a solid row of maniacs on motorbikes. I was about to grab Raph and book it, when the boomerang whipped through the guys, killing all of them in one swipe and coming back to me. I grabbed it out of midair.
"Boomerang." I smirked at Raph, lazily tossing it to him. I liked this. I could pick on Raph all I wanted, and he couldn't do anything to me this time. He was the weak little nerd now.
"We gotta keep going, you guys." Leo told us. "There might be more."
Mikey coughed. "I... can't-" He puked up blood. I noticed blood staining his shirt.
"Uh-oh."
"Mikey!"
He disappeared in a swirl of flesh and blood. Then, the sky dinged and he landed on Raph, who gasped at the sudden weight. "Get off!"
Mikey got off Raph, then looked at his wrist. One bar faded away.
"Guys, we can't waste anymore lives." Leo spoke the obvious. "Mikey, where do we go now? Where's the next level?"
Mikey took the map out of his pocket, and walked to a cliff. At the bottom was a large lake.
"If we can jump down there and land safely, we should be able to make our way to the 'Bazaar'." He told us.
"Who's willing to be the sacrifice?" Raph asked me and Leo. "You two have three lives each."
i nodded, and leapt off the cliff into the water.
