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A Forest full of horror

Chapter 6

The four turtles looked around themselves at the dark silent hall.

''dude'' Mikey breathed, ''I really don't like this''

''So.. what now?'' Don asked worriedly.

''We search for the source'' Leo nodded determinedly.

''Should we split up?'' Raph asked as he looked at the two sets of stairs. ''there's a lot of ground to cover''

''I'm not sure that's a good idea'' Mikey shivered.

''We won't split up'' Leo smiled gently at poor Mikey. ''It'll be safer if we're together''

''Up we go then?'' Don asked as he eyed the stairs. ''Or we could go down?''

''Up'' leo nodded. ''But we'll check for any rooms first''

they spread out along the hallway to see if there were any rooms but the doors were fake.

''Leonardo..'' a whisper floated through the hall towards the turtles they stared at the downstairs. ''You dared to come back... Leonardo.. You. will. PAY!''

''Like hell he will'' Raph growled as he shoved Leo up the stairs away from the voice, they all made their way up but a scream from below stopped them.

leo felt something grab his ankle.

''Huh?'' He looked down to see a black smokey hand. It griped harder and pulled before grabbing the other ankle too and pulling him down.

''LEO!'' the brothers yelled as their brother was pulled down. they ran after him and grabbed his wrists.

''PULL!'' Mikey yelped as they pulled leo away.

''AH!'' Leo grunted in pain as cold nails were dug into his skin.

''Leonardo.. must. die...'' The voice hissed as it released Leo sending the four brother flying up the stairs. they leapt to their feet and ran to the next floor.

''You ok?'' Don asked as he looked at Leo's ankles.

''never better'' Leo panted.

''How tall is this house'' Mikey asked tiredly, ''I wanna leave now! The demons are already attackin' us! they have something against Leo!''

leo cringed at the mention of his name.

''what?'' Raph asked,

''I may have made a few enemys'' Leo grimaced, ''I think they may have died and are possibly haunting this place''

''But that doesn't explain anything'' Donnie frowned, ''They can't just come back to earth whenever. there's got to be a cause for them to return''

''Like revenge?'' Mikey asked with wide eyes.

''That would be the reason for them to want to come back and cause damage but there's gotta be a way they got here'' Donnie explained. ''Like.. someone who knew how to open doors to the underworld to bring them here''

''There used to be a guys like that around here but he disapeared'' Leo frowned, ''he called himself ''The Ghost Lord''!''

''Well.. You're ''Ghost Lord'' Has been hiding here... and my guess is that he's been waiting for you. That would be why he took your friends, he wanted you to come here'' Donnie shuddered. ''I'm guessing he's gonna do whatever it takes to get to you''

''Then you three should get out of here'' Leo's frown deepened, ''You need to be safe and he'll use you guys to get to me''

''We ain't leavin' you here alone'' Raph growled, ''But maybe Mikey should go''

''HEY!'' Mikey hissed, ''Why do I hafta go!?''

''Cause you're a coward!'' Raph smirked.

''I am not!'' Mikey growled, ''I'll prove it!''

''Enough!'' Leo scolded. ''Lets keep moving''

they looked at the next load of stairs before moving into the hallway to see what was in the rooms.

They walked around looking for any sign of Leo's friends but there was none. They went up the next flight which went up into a darker, dirtier hall. the stairs were somewhere else in the hall.

''Lets see if we can find them'' leo nodded.

They walked forward slowly they could hear the sounds of claws on a wooden floor. They came from one specific door which the boys decided to leave alone. there was a door at the end of the corridor.

it creaked open and revealed a hallway filled with candles.

There was a growl coming from within and a black shadow moved towards them.

''we should fight it'' Raph nodded, ''We need to get passed''

''I'll do it'' Mikey nodded as he swallowed his fear he'd show Raph he wasn't a coward.

''Don't bother Mikey'' Raph hissed, ''You'll be too scared to actually do any damage''

''I'm not a coward Raph!'' Mikey shouted angrily before running towards the demon.

''MIKEY!'' Don yelled fearfully.

There was nothing Mikey could do to fight the spirit. It grabbed him and tore at him with it's claws, it threw him into each wall and sucked his energy out of him. it slammed him to the floor, Mikey looked over at his brothers.

''I told you I wasn't afraid'' He croaked before being dragged into the darkness.

''MIKEY! NO!'' The brothers bellowed as Mikey's pained screams echoed around them.

there was a flash of bright light and the lights came on to reveal the empty hallway.

''No..'' Leo whispered as Don fell to his knees with his hands over his mouth.

''MIKEY! MICHELANGELO!'' raph screamed as tears ran down his face, ''COME BACK!''

''H-he can't Raph'' leo shuddered, ''He's... he's gone.''

''NO! GIVE HIM BACK! GIVE HIM BACK TO US!'' Raph screamed in anguish, ''HE'S JUST A KID! HE'S OUR BABY BROTHER NOW GIVE HIM BACK RIGHT NOW!''

''Oh god'' Donnie choked, ''What if they've killed him''

''They haven't Don'' leo knelt next to his little brother and put a gentle hand on his shoulder, ''We have to keep going, we need to save Michelangelo. He's our main priority now.''

''I'm gonna kill the idiot who caused this'' Raph snarled, ''they're gonna pay''

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