Ch.2: Tears of Pain

(Cody's POV)

Tears couldn't explian my feelings after I saw Serling crash. He had given up his life for me. To protect me from that dracus uncle of mine. It was Darius's fault that Serling ended up like this! It was all his fault!

Well, I wasn't going to let him win. I would make sure that Serling got repaired. Make better even than before even.

Wiping away my tears, I was about to call the guys for them to help me get Serling back to the penthouse when Leo beat me to the punch. He had borrowed a hovercraft, and was just now descending right before us.

With his help, we loaded Serling upon the hovercraft and flew all the way back to the penthouse. Don, Starlee, and Mikey were there to greet us when we arrived, their faces displaying sorrow as they helped me and Leo carry Serling over to the lab.

Raphael and Splinter arrived a little bit cheering over their victory over Dunn, but when they saw all of our sour expressions, plus a damaged Serling, their attitudes instantly changed.

I asked them all to leave the lab, and let me work in peace. Luckily they heeded my wishes. And once they were gone, I hugged Serling's metal body and cried, getting out as much pain as I could before I set to work on repairs.

Serling gave his life for me. It was now time for me to return the favor.

(Leo's POV)

Never in my life have I've seen Cody so sad. I mean from the holovid Serling had us watch, it seemed like he been the only true parent Cody ever had. In fact, when we first arrived in the future, he sounded a lot like Master Splinter. Claiming that the world was to dangerous for a little boy like him. And after today, he could have been proven right.

Cody needed a protector. He needed someone to care. My brothers and I can't stay in the future forever to watch over Cody's back. Only Serling could, and he had performed the noblest sacrifice. Please, I begged, please let him be alive.

(Don's POV)

Over the years I have invented many things, but never would I thought that a machine would put his life on the line to save a young boy's life. Serling may have just been a robot, but unlike a normal machine he expressed a loyalty stronger than anything else.

And to think that we thought of him as useless. Just a scrap heap that would get in the way, while we concoted our plan to rescue Cody. Boy were we wrong. I just wish we could seen that potential before he sacrificed himself to stop Turtle X.

Hopefully, Cody will be able to repair him again. I'd like to help, but stepping in right now just wouldn't feel right. This a fight little ninja must battle alone.

(Raph's POV)

If you had told me I wouldn't have believed you, but given the evidence I guess I did. Man, and to think I gave him such a bad rap on our way to rescue Cody. It's not that I didn't like the tin man, he just didn't seem like the rescueing type. Being all proper and organized and all.

Who would have thought he had it in him to give up his own life. Now that was the true way of the warrior. In scary way he was almost similiar to me. Facing death in order to save his loved ones from danger.

Whenever Cody gets him repaired, I'm going to start treating Serling with more respect then I gave him credit for. The bot had earned it, and I hoped that he would be alright.

(Mikey's POV)

I just about cringed when how badly damaged Serling was after Leo and Cody brought him back to the penthouse. The bot was seriously wrecked, and given his fight with Turtle X it was easy to see why.

I've been reading up on superheroes my entire life, and even had the pleasure to meet a few, but what Serling did took the cake. The machine had proved all of me and my brothers wrong.

He wasn't just some useless piece of junk, he was a hero. A true bonafied hero.

(Splinter's POV)

Sorrow hangs heavy in the air as we wish for the wounded to heal. Tears cascade, planting doubt, but growing hope. A noble sacrfice has been made, in the name of loyalty, and in love.

Father, friend, protector, and aid, Live, don't dissapiont us.