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Darkness, thats all he saw was the darkness. Around him he could hear the hustling of his brothers panicking, worrying, trying to help. Donny would mutter every so often though he couldn't make sense of what he said. Raph would call his name faintly and he knew that he was worried about him. He imagined the door being closed off from Mikey shutting him out from the trauma.
"Fight it Leo. Fight it." His head filled with the voice to open his eyes, to do something letting them know he was okay. But he couldn't move. Stuck in the position on the table he had been in from that morning. He lay there lifeless.
What felt like minutes must of been more as he faintly heard his brother hug him goodnight and a door gently close. They knew he was alive, but why couldn't he move? Speak or even blink. Frustrated he screamed... only no one but him could hear it. It was cold in this place, unwelcoming and damp. The faint smell of antiseptic reminded him he was sick. Reminded him he was being cared for. It was all too much this fight.
He tried to sleep but his mind wavered to places darker than he thought could be possible.
"So, stuck in a rut i see. Well most filth animals end up here before they die." A deep voice crept through into his mind.
"Who's there? I ain't no filthy animal thank you. Reveal yourself."He fought back with his voice croaking as if he hadn't got one.
"This is what happens to us you see, before we die we go to a place called the Crossworlds. Its like a train platform for wherever you end up. When your train arrives you get on a go. But meanwhile i'm your host." A figure appeared before him a shadow man... no real features.
"And who says I'm dead? The Crossworlds is not a place i'm planning to stay at. How do I get out?" Leo tried to shout at this figure but he couldn't seem to get his voice to be loud.
"Get out? Don't make me laugh only once has a disgusting creature left the Crossworlds. And thats because he was strong enough to escape. You are weaker than my last victim.. and he was a weightlifter." He laughed in the face of Leonardo. The strongest turtle the guys knew.
"Look I will escape this. Wait til morning when my brothers come back. Just hearing their voice and ill be kicking your damn ass to the ground." He raised his fists, it was the first bit of movement he had made since being hurt, this guy was bringing something out of him he didn't know he still had.
"Morning... if you last that long my friend. When they arrive you will fail and I will laugh in the face of a so called leader." The figure walked backwards fading into the distant blackness of Leo's mind.
"Friend? We are not friends you punk. Mearly someone who I will watch fall as I rise above you." He watched as the figure left, laughing like a demon as he faded. Thinking hard about what time it could be he figured it was about 1AM currently in the real world.
"Six hours Leo, six hours til morning and the guys come back. I got this, I got this." He drifted into a deep sleep knowing that come morning he was going to give it his all and awake. Proving to himself, his brothers and whatever that demon figure was that he was strong, he was fearless and he was Leonardo.