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A Forest full of Horrors

Chapter 4

The doors opened and the four brothers slipped out of the plane into the dark world around them, Leo motioned for his brothers to stay behind him as he made his way into the rainforest.

''AAHHH!'' A scream sounded from the village and Leo shot off, leaving his brothers behind.

They rushed after him but stopped at the edge of the trees so they wouldn't be seen, they could see Leo with three villagers.

''They're after us'' They heard one of the men whimper, ''WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!''

''Calm down'' Leo soothed, ''I'm back. I can help.. do you know where the demons usually stay''

''The abandoned house'' The man replied with a shudder. ''They live there... they're spreading though''

leo looked over at said house and noticed the area around it was covered in an eery mist.

''They went in there after sending you the letter'' he man bowed his head, ''They've not come back''

''Leo's eyes widened as he looked at the man.

''No.. That can't be true'' he murmured.

''I think they're dead''

''NO!'' Leo yelped, ''Th-they're not.. I know they're not.. they can't be''

''They'd just got a baby'' The man hissed miserably. ''She's all alone in the house right now'

''No ones been caring for her?'' Leo frowned.

''no''

Leonardo shook his head angrily before motioning for his brothers to follow. They ran to keep up to him and eventually they reached a small shack.

Leo went to the window and looked in before smashing the window and jumping through, his brothers followed.

''Why are we breaking in to these random people's house?'' Mikey asked curiously.

''They're not random.. they're close friends of mine'' Leo hissed. he picked up a picture that was lying on the table and he smiled at it.

It was of a couple who looked madly in love and very happy.

''Carla and Diego Fernandez'' Leo sighed. ''God I hope they're ok..''

there was a small sniffle coming from one of the rooms, Leo carefully walked towards it and peeked round the door.

''Wow..'' he breathed as he stared at the cot. ''They have a baby..''

The four turtles went up to the cot to see a little baby girl in a light pink dress staring up at them.

''H-hey there'' Leo sniffed softly as he picked her up, ''You look just like your mom''

''leo'' Donnie nudged his brother and pointed to a piece of paper nailed to the wall. leo grabbed the note and sat down in a seat so he could cradle the baby easier. He read the note with a feeling of dread deep in his stomach.

Leonardo.

My husband and I wrote you a letter and I dearly hope you have come back. I'm sorry if we're not there and I'm sorry that I left the baby n her own.

Diego and I had heard of the demons terrorizing the villagers and we became fearful for ourselves and, more importantly, our baby. We decided to see what we could do and we're going to go into the abandoned house.

If we're not home by midnight tonight... It means that we have died in our efforts to help the village.

We pray that you help Lola in any way you can. It must be hard for you but please.. she needs to be safe! Protect her like you did for the village.. after all.. you're her uncle.

We're sorry to have caused you such grief. We hope your brothers have forgiven your absence and that you will forgive us for our stupidity.

We've missed you ghost

Carla and Diego

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Leo closed his eyes to prevent his tears from falling, his best friends were dead..

''No..'' Leo mumbled.

''Leo'' Mikey frowned as the baby fussed for food.

''We need to stay here for the night'' leo nodded as he looked at his brothers, ''I need to feed Lola''

Leo took the baby to look around the house for food while the three younger brothers read the note for themselves.

''Do ya think we're gonna go into the ghost house?'' Mikey asked curiously as he watched Leo place the full and sleepy baby in her cot.

''probably'' Don nodded.

''hey'' Raph frowned as he looked in the box. ''Look at this''

He pulled out a long brown/green cloak and showed it to his brothers.

''hey!'' leo grinned, ''They kept my cloak''

''Why'd ya have a cloak'' Mikey asked as Leo put it on.

''It was my way of blending into the environment'' Leo grinned, ''Helped me out a lot! and it gave me the reputation of being a ghost of the jungle''

''Awesome!'' Mikey laughed, ''But they know who you are now?''

''yeah. on my last day I revealed myself. They were totally fine with the mutant thing'' leo smiled as he pulled the cloak off, ''That's why I liked it here so much.. they never judged you''

''That is pretty cool'' Raph smiled, ''I don't blame ya for comin' home late''

''Aw man'' Mikey grumbled, his brothers looked at him in confusion. ''I left the cake undecorated.. I wanted to eat that!''

''Cake?'' leo frowned.

''We were gonna throw you a party to welcome you back home and to celebrate that we were a team again'' Donnie explained, ''But then you ran off to save the village''

''Oh..'' Leo suddenly felt very guilty, ''I'm sorry guys!''

''it's ok bro'' Raph smirked, ''You brought us here instead, it's just as good.. but Sensei's gonna be mad..''

''Oh yeah!'' Leo cringed, ''I completely forgot to tell him! I hope he's not too worried''

Little did they know that Splinter was extremely worried and had April and Casey searching the entirety of New York for them.

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