The Evil Inside

Author's Note

I am so sorry I haven't updated in a whole month! I've just had a really busy past few weeks, a sleepover on two weekends in a row, dance rehearsal for six hours on one of the, and just this last weekend I had two dance shows on the Saturday and Sunday, all while having a four-week science project due on Tuesday. But this is my last week in school before I leave year 8 and start the summer holidays. I will try to update quicker next time but in the meantime, here's chapter 2.

Chapter 2: Darkened

Mikey's POV

That dream was terrifying; well I'd say it's more of a nightmare than a dream. I woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning today over one stupid dream that terrified me. It started off in a white room …

(Dream)

In the white room, there were four glowing orbs – each coloured golden.

As I moved closer towards them, I felt a wave of happiness flow through me. I smiled. But the feeling didn't last long, as it was soon replaced with a cold atmosphere. I looked towards the orbs again to see that they were fading. The room grew colder and the walls turned grey, as the orbs darkened.

I watched as their late faded away until they all turned dark grey. What's happening to them? My thoughts were interrupted by a loud crunching sound. I looked towards the darkest orb to see a large crack going down the middle.

I gasped as a sudden burst of emotions ran through me; pain and fear were all I felt. The lights turned off. It was pitch black. I ran forwards, every now and then tripping over my own feet; I couldn't see a thing. I jerked suddenly as I almost fell off what felt like a cliff edge. It was kind of like an edge of a cube. I had almost run off one of its edges.

Lights turned on behind me and I slowly turned to face them. Once I saw that there was nothing there, I allowed myself to relax.

Suddenly something charged out of the darkness and right towards me. That something was like a shadow only it had red eyes. As it got closer and closer, I panicked and began walking backwards so I could get away; instead, I soon realised that I'd made a big mistake. Being as clumsy as I am, I managed to move too far backwards and stumbled off the edge. I screamed as I fell into darkness.

(End dream)

After that, I awoke with a start at 5am and couldn't get back to sleep. The dream really bothered me so I decided to meditate on it (and if I'm meditating it must be serious). My brothers found me in the morning, sat in a lotus position in the dojo. They asked me what I was meditating on and I told them it was nothing. They didn't need to know so there was no need to get them worried, after all, it was only just a dream … well, nightmare.

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(Rooftops)

Leo's POV

I gasped as my body turned cold and my eyes immediately shut. It was as if I'd just teleported because when I opened my eyes all I could see was a dark room with one light in the middle of it. Horror movie much?

A shadow suddenly stepped out of the darkness, its fangs and red eyes making it look even more intimidating. It charged towards me, claws out, and I drew my swords. I used my katanas to shield me just before it managed to hit me.

"Hello, Leonardo." It sneered; its voice sounded as if a thousand people were speaking.

"What and who are you?" I asked as I struggled to push against. The creature grinned.

"I am darkness … a shadow." It replied, its white fangs gleaming in the darkness. "I have had many names, including Shadow but the one I prefer most is Demon. It just sounds so evil, so mysterious." Demon replied, it suddenly swooped down and pulled my legs from beneath me. It then sped behind me and put its claws to my throat; pausing my movements to get up. A cold chill ran down my spine.

"What … do you … gain from all … this?" I rasped as a drop of red blood slid down my neck.

"All I gain from this is pleasure; I only do it for fun." Demon answered. This confused me.

"But … why?" I asked, Demon loosened its grip and rolled his eyes at me.

"I live in the spiritual plane, there's nothing fun there. All I do all day is just sit around. Plus if you were an evil spirit and had special powers, wouldn't you use them to have fun?" The shadow replied and I took the opportunity Shadow presented me.

Because it had loosened its grip, I was able to bring my hand up and push his arm away giving me the chance to get away. I rushed to my feet and got to the opposite side of the room.

"Well done, Leonardo. But you will not escape me." It threatened. Demon let out a loud roar and a cloud of black dust appeared. Once it cleared, it revealed a large blue dragon glaring at me. It flew forward, my swords disappeared and I cowered away as the being crashed into me.

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Mikey's POV

Leo suddenly gasped and we all turned towards him. His eyes slid shut and his head drooped down so it was resting on his shoulder, though he continued to stand.

"Leo?" I asked. Raph pushed past me and started to shake our older brother.

"Leo!?" He shouted and Donnie had to pull him back. Raph spun to face him. "Donnie! What's wrong with him?!"

"I don't know Raph." Donnie countered. "So stop shouting at me."

As Raph and Donnie continued to argue, I turned back to Leo. I watched him for a minute … nothing happened. I was about to interfere in the argument when Leo's eyes shot open … red eyes shot open.

"Uh … guys." I said, Leo's eyes locked with mine.

"It's not my fault this happened Raph, so I don't know why you're blaming me!" Donnie shouted.

"Guys!" I interfered, a bit louder this time; Leo's mouth formed a grin.

"Stay out of this Mikey!" Raph growled but still didn't turn to face me. The two of them were sucked into a world of their own, where all that mattered was their argument.

"GUYS!" I shouted and they finally turned towards me.

"WHAT!?" They both screamed.

I pointed to Leo and said, "Our brother looks like a demon!"

"L … Leo." Donnie stated. Raph stepped forward slightly.

"What's wrong with ya?" He asked. Leo's red eyes scanned over all of us.

"Let's have some fun, shall we?" Leo said as he pulled out his katana. His green skin turned grey, his shell turned dark slate grey and his plastron turned slate grey. He charged forwards; swords at the ready.

Leo slashed at Raph, who deflected the attack using his sais.

"Leo, what's wrong with ya?!" Raph shouted.

"Why nothing Raphael, I'm perfectly fine. It's only a game." Leo smirked and managed to break out of Raph's hold. He sweep kicked Raph's legs from beneath him and raised his katanas for the finishing blow. Before he could, though, he was stopped by Donnie using his boe staff to knock one of his swords out of his hands. The sword slid across the rooftop till it hit one of the rooftop's boarders. Leo growled and spun around to glare at Donnie. Donnie didn't back down, though, instead, he ejected the blade out of the end of his boe staff and charged at Leo.

Donnie prepared to do a kick at Leo but at the last moment, he switched to a punch instead; hitting Leo in the chest and knocking the air out of him. Just as Donnie was about to knock him out, though, Leo suddenly kicked Donnie's legs from beneath him and Donnie fell to the ground.

I ran forward and managed to get a hit on Leo's arm using my nunchucks; my brother dropped his last sword. He let out a loud howl of pain and gave me a piercing death glare. He bared his fangs at me and growled. I backed away a little as Leo's newfound fangs were quite intimidating. Out of nowhere, though, a black fog surrounded my brother and everything went silent.

Then, out of the fog came a giant blue dragon. My brother and I gasped as Leo's chi spirit pinned me down to the ground. He brought his claws up, readying himself for the finishing blow.

"No Leo! Stop!" I shouted and suddenly Leo froze. He shouted in pain and shook his head. The black fog covered him again and he emerged as Leo but when I got a good look at him, I saw that his eyes kept changing from a normal red.

"Guys!" Leo called.

"Leo?" We questioned, Leo's eyes were still flashing red.

"What is it?!"

"Are you okay?"

"What's wrong with ya?!"

"Guys listen to me!" Leo started. "Break my swords!"

"What?" I asked. Leo's eyes were flashing slower now.

"Just do it, break them!" Leo ordered and his eyes stayed red. He growled and turned towards us. I spotted one of his swords at the edge of the roof. Donnie and Raph went far the sword Leo had dropped while trying to talk to us and I went for the one at the edge of the roof.

I ran to the other side of the roof; I saw out of the corner of my eye: Raph distracting Leo while Donnie reached for the sword. Raph wasn't really fighting Leo, he knew he wasn't in control. It wasn't his fault this happened. I grabbed Leo's weapon and took a moment to study it. What's his sword got anything to do with it? I searched for any differences the sword had gained and managed to find one. His sword handles were black. That must be it!

"Guys! Smash the handles!" I ordered and Donnie turned to me.

"What? Why?" He asked and I rolled my eyes.

"Just do it!" I shouted. Donnie threw the sword on the ground and used his foot to smash the handle. Leo screamed in pain and grimaced while holding his head as his body started flashing between normal and possessed. While he was distracted, I took the opportunity to smash his other weapon. As I did so, the volume of Leo's screams increased and he fell to the ground. I looked back at sword to see it wasn't broken but had its normal handles back; red leather with gold diamonds.

The shouted stopped and I looked up to see Leo lying on the ground, still as ever. My brothers and I weren't sure what to do. We could either run up to him and risk being attacked or stay behind but risk Leo needing our help. He suddenly groaned and got up so he was on his hands and knees.

" … Leo?" I cautiously asked and Leo's normal midnight blue eyes met mine.

"What … happened?" Leo asked, confused.

"You mean … you don't remember?" Donnie asked as Leo stood up.

"What's to remember? We were on patrol and then it went black and I suddenly woke up here." Leo answered and looked at us, even more, confused now.

"Leo … you were possessed or something." Raph replied and Leo took a step back in surprise.

"I … I don't remember."

Author's Note

Once again, I'm so sorry I took so long. I mean I had a very busy past three weeks. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will try to update sooner this week.

Wolfangel33 xx