Leo screamed as he fell on his face. The other three backed away from me with looks of absolute terror on their faces. Master Splinter appeared by my side. "What is happening to Leonardo?" he demanded. "Nightmares." I answered as I struggled to turn him onto his back. "I've managed to retain the curse to his arm, but the cloth won't hold forever.." I kneeled by Leo's head and put his head and shoulders on my lap. His breathing was ragged. "Curse?!" Raph yelled. "No time to explain. I need to draw them both ." Leo grabbed his head and screamed again. "What do you need?" Splinter asked urgently. "Twenty-one white candles, a flute and a dagger." the boys scrambled to get them.
I started to untie his mask. Raph retrieved the candles, Mikey a wooden flute and Donny the dagger. "Set the candles around the both of us and light them. Hand me the flute and dagger and put these in your ears." I handed Splinter, Donny and Mikey small wads of wax. They did so and sat at Leo's feet. "Raph, turn off the lights and put these in your ears." I ordered as he finished lighting the candles. He did so and joined his brothers.
They watched my every move. I took a deep breath and began singing in my native tongue. I moved to the tempo of my music. I took the dagger, raided my head and pricked myself just above the dip in my clavical. I then set down the dagger and picked up the flute. I pressed my left thumb into the nick I made, holding it there for a few seconds to make sure every crevice was filled with blood. I placed my thumb on the end of the flute. Then I roughly placed my middle and forefinger to the nick, making the blood flow even faster. I drew a line on the back of Leo's arm from the cloth just below his elbow, to the back of his hand. From there, I split it into three lines, one going to each of his fingers. I put the flute to my lips and began to play.
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What ever Mesa was playing, it seemed to soothe Leo. His face relaxed and his breathing slowed. Her song seemed to vibrate the room, and my very soul. I had to sit on my hands to resist the temptation to take the wax out of my ears. The flames of the candles grew and shrank to her music. I noticed the blackness beginning to recede into Leo's hand and later back into the finger it had spread from. There was now only a black spot on his fingertip.
Mesa stopped playing, set the flute down and started singing again. She picked up the dagger and stabbed her left hand until the tip was visible just under the skin on the back of her hand. At this point, tears were rolling down Mesa's cheeks and her voice was quavering. She shakily set down the dagger and grabbed Leo's hand. She winced sharply as she stuck his finger into the hole she had just made. She sucked in air and exhaled darkness. She did this ten more times. Mesa took out his finger and put his hand back by his side. Mesa visibly sighed and wiped her hand on her pants.
She tilted her head back and opened her eyes super wide. She rubbed around her irises with her ring fingers and then drew circles around Leo's eyes with her tears. She licked her right forefinger and drew a line from his nose to the top of his head. She took the flute and wiped off the blood. Mesa rubbed around her irises again, but with her right thumb and forefinger. She then wiped the tears down the sides of the flute, brought it to her lips and began to play again. This tune felt a lot stronger than the last one.
When she finished, she kissed him on the forehead and stood. Mesa held her arms out to her sides, threw her head back and started to spin. She spun so fast, She was nothing but a blur. The candles went out and the lights turned back on. All four of us stood, just awestruck. Mesa was leaning on her knees, panting. She looked up at us. Sweat, blood and tears mingled together on her face. "He... is... safe." She tried to straighten herself, but instead crumpled to the ground.