Note To Readers: It's been awhile huh? I've been writing my original screenplay, and took a little break from the norm. So I'm back and ready to continue. There will be 3 more chapters (including this one) about the turtles training and I hope to end the story with 16 to 18 chapters. So here it is.

Chapter 12: Cave of Trails Part 2

The four brothers continued their path. Leo then held his hand out. They were stuck at a crossroad." Don, run back to Mickey's trail. Tell me everything you see. Raph, Mickey, look for a navy blue flower around us."

Donatello leaped with grace through the cave as he rushed to the area they left before. Man, I wish I never gave up on that hoverboard plans. We would have been in and out of this cave in seconds.

I remember the first time we tested them. We strapped them on and flew all through the sewer. We found that old secret chamber were all that toxic waste was. We had to fight of all those

After 15 minutes of searching Don returned with this blue flower. Leo took it and examined it. "What is it?" said Don. He had never seen a flower in his studies before. It's all new to him.

Leo sniffed the flower. " This way," Leo spoke as he sped off into a corridor. The brothers had trouble just keeping up. Suddenly he stopped. He looked around grabbed Don and threw him in front of them. Suddenly the sealing came crashing down. Leo jumped back and used his legs to hold it up, while Mickey used his arms, and Raph pushed off his back.

Splinter's voice began to echo again through the cave. "My second youngest. This is your trail. You are use to taking your time with your strategy, It is time for you to know what pressure is." Suddenly the cave wall opened up and revealed a wall of gears and knobs that connected to the ceiling trying to crush them. You must solve this puzzle before your brothers give out. Time waits for no one. Know what's important to you."

Don began to hyperventilate. "Hang in there." Don looked over at the string. He leaped up, and pushed his bo staff between the wall and the ceiling and looking at the gears. He began to twist the knobs. " Okay this one goes here and this one here."

"DON!" yelled Mickey. " HURRY UP!!"

"This thing is killing me!" yelled Raph.

"Don't waste your breath!" responded Leo. " Just try to keep this wall up.

Don continued to try and fix the knobs and gears. " and this should be the last one…" Don turned the last knob. All the brothers screamed in pain as the ceiling doubled in weight. " What happened?"

"Don," Leo spoke. "Maybe science isn't the answer to everything."



"Are you crazy?" He yelled Don. "Science can explain everything. It explains how gears line up and how they all fall together, and how the force… the force! I probably using to much strength if I loosen up my grip…"

" THE KNOBS DON'T HELP!!" screamed Leo. " You have to give it up Don! Sometimes…Sometimes you have to get out of whatever you do without thinking logic and follow your instincts…"

" but,"

" Know what's important to you," said Leo. " Do it!"

Suddenly everything felt like it was in slow motion, as Don felt the queasy feeling flow through his body. He runs over to his trapped brothers. He holds out his staff to Mickey. " grab it!" Mickey gripped, and Don swung as hard as he could, as he ripped Mickey from under the wall. He then reached it out for Raph.

" take Leo, I can hold it a little bit longer." Raph declared, as he began to hold it up more. Leo slid out. Don looked at Raph, and held out his staff. " Go on, I can't…"

" What are you taking about?!" Don yelled. He ran back under the ceiling and began to push Raph forward. "Go!" Don pushed him out the trap. The ceiling dropped with a huff of destruction and dust. The brothers looked for their fourth, but they couldn't see him through the dust. Suddenly, Don crawled out dust, covered in scars and bruises. He looked up at his brother, and then passed out.

"Is he trying to kill us!" yelled Raph. He looked over at Leo, who stood motionless. "I'm talking to you DE FACTO!!"

"No, he's not." Leo replied. "He's training us."

"Are you serious?" asked Raph. " This is the reason why you grind my gears! Master Splinter throws us in trouble, and you say it's a test! That is the reason I say I should be the leader, just so I can prevent these things from happening."

"WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN!" Leo yelled back. " We are not in any real trouble. IF YOU WEREN'T SO CONCETRATED ON BEING THE LEADER, YOU WOULD TRUST ME ENOUGH TO KNOW I WOULD NEVER LEAD US INTO ANY TROUBLE!"

" AND WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?!" screamed Raph. " Do you even know?"

Leo looked at him, with an unsure face. He looked at his brother, clearly passed out. He walked over and picked up Donatello, carried him on his back and began to walk. "We have to continue on. "

" What?" Raph was shocked. He couldn't believe what had happened. He simply followed his brother, as he passed the wall marked with a purple line.