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A Problem with Spirits
Chapter 10
The three brothers sat together in the middle of the room.
They felt lost, they didn't know what to do!
Raph was silently cursing himself for losing his temper, Mikey was wondering if Leonardo was dead and Donatello was trying to figure out where a ghost would take their brother.
Mary grinned from her place against the wall, she loved seeing the brothers looking so upset.
She drifted away to her cell in the underworld.
The underworld is split between two sides, the good spirits would be in a separate part where it was light and happy but the bad spirits stayed in the dark, cells with red lights were the ones that had murderers that couldn't go anywhere, the ones with blue lights were just bad people some of which are able to go back to earth as a ghost.
Some of the blue cages had people who couldn't go up because they had no personal reason, others had captives in them that ghosts had brought back as punishment and some were empty for the time being.
Her cage had Leonardo in it.
''Hey'' She grinned, Leo looked up at her with a glare. ''Oh yeah.. you can't speak. You might end up being more boring that way''
She used her powers to attach leo to one of the walls, he struggled a little but not much. She sat on the floor across from him.
She knew that Leo could only stay here for a little while,If he's a good person he'll probably be sent back to earth as long as it's pretty much guaranteed he won't talk to anybody.
He can't talk now anyway so that won't be a problem.
There is a slight possibility of him going insane, if he does he'll be sent to the good side of the underworld where he will be cured but will have to remain as a spirit. he wouldn't be able to go back to his brothers, he won't even remember them until they die and join him.
Mary looked up, Leo's head was facing down so she couldn't see him.
He was scared. he knew he was scared but he wasn't sure why.
At first he thought it was because he was trapped in a small cage in the underworld with a ghost, then he thought it was because of the constant screams and groans that echoed around him but it could also be because he had no idea what was happening to his brothers while he was here. He wondered if he'd spent the rest of eternity stuck in here, He also wondered how long it would be until the screaming drove him insane.
''You look down'' Mary mused, ''Care to share?''
''Why are you keeping me down here?'' Leo mouthed mutely, he made sure to shape his lips right so she'd understand what he was trying to say.
''I miss your voice'' Mary frowned, ''I bet your brothers miss you too.. I'll give you your voice back for now so we can chat''
Leo felt his throat close for a second before he began coughing.
''Ow'' He groaned before realising he'd finally made a sound.
''There we go'' Mary smiled.
''Why have you brought me here?'' Leo demanded instantly.
''Because'' mary shrugged, ''You don't like it here and your brothers are scared without you''
''Take me back!'' Leo yelled, ''TAKE ME BACK NOW!''
''Urgh.. nobody elses captives are complaining!'' mary moaned, ''Why'd I have to get the annoying one''
''Why do I have to stay here'' Leo asked tiredly,
''You don't have to stay here for long!'' Mary nodded, ''If you don't go insane you can go back to your brothers''
''But.. The screaming'' Leo grimaced, ''It never stops.. How am I supposed to stay sane?''
''Different things work for different people'' Mary shrugged, ''Surely you want to go back home?''
''Of course I do''
''Well then'' Mary smiled, ''If you go insane you can't go back.. You get kept here as a spirit.. you won't even remember your brothers. There's your motivation''
Leo sighed miserably. Mary released him from the wall.
''Can't we make a deal or something?'' leo asked as he sat down, there were plenty of shows and movies that included making a deal with the devil. He knew he'd have to give her something so he could go home.
''I like they way you think'' mary winked at the poor turtle. ''But I need to go back to haunting your brothers. We'll talk about this deal when I get back'' She took Leo's voice away again.
She floated back out of the underworld and appeared in front of the brothers.
''I thought you three might like an update on how your brother's doing'' She nodded as she placed her hands on her hips, ''He's alive, unable to talk and prepared to make a deal with me so he can come back here before he goes insane.. So overall he's doing well''
''What do you mean by go insane!?'' Don asked in concern.
''Well.. The constant screaming isn't exactly good for your sanity'' Mary laughed as if it were obvious.
''Screaming?'' Raph glared at the ghost, ''WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY BROTHER?''
''It's up to you guys to think about where he is'' mary shrugged, ''Maybe then you'll know what's happening to him''
''Why are you doing this?'' Mikey sniffled, ''Leo wanted to help you! The only reason he didn't is because he knew we'd be in danger!''
Mary disappeared.
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