Hey guys! The new doctor who episode was on last night! I was so happy! If you've not seen it you totally have to! Now.. I need to get into TMNT mode! ok.. this chapter's a little more gruesome than the ones before.. enjoy xx

A Problem with Spirits

Chapter 12

Leo's body ached. That was the first thing he registered when he woke up. His body was so sore! His arms in particular felt like they had been cut to shreds! His throat hurt too! What happened to him? Wasn't Mary supposed to give him back to his brothers?

He opened his eyes slightly to see his brothers pacing around the familiar cage. he closed his eyes again.

'Oh no.. They've been brought here!' Leo thought, 'I've failed them again!'

he forced himself to open his eyes again, he managed to lift his head but his brothers didn't notice.

Leo looked at his arms to see them coated in dry blood, the cuts looked really gross from here! Parts of his body were bruised, as he sat up his bones popped and his muscles burned in complaint.

He put a hand to his neck and could feel more dried blood and a burn mark.

''What happened?'' he mouthed before remembering he had no voice. ''GUYS!'' He tried to get his brother's attentions but they were looking out the cage. He could see they looked frightened.

He tried to groan but not even a whisper came out his mouth.

He tried to stand up and join his brothers but as soon as he was up he fell back down again. At least it got his brothers attentions.

''leo?'' Leo looked up to see them kneel in front of him.

''You ok?'' Don asked. Leo opened his mouth to speak but quickly shut it and shook his head. ''What hurts?''

''Everything'' Leo mouthed. His brothers stared at him in confusion. he pointed to his throat and mouthed, ''She took my voice''

''Oh yeah'' Mikey frowned, ''I forgot about that.. This sucks.. How are you supposed to be you without speaking?''

Leo looked at his youngest brother for a minute and shrugged.

''We'll figure something out'' Donnie nodded reassuringly, ''There may be a way to get it back''

leo looked at Raph who was staring down at the floor with a guilty expression.

''Raph?'' Leo mouthed as he placed a hand on his red masked brother's shoulder. ''What's wrong?''

Raph looked up into his eyes before throwing himself on him. Leo's eyes widened at the fierce hug.

''I'm so sorry! leo I'm so sorry! I'm an idiot I know!'' Raph rambled, ''I shouldn't have lost my temper! This is all my fault! God I'm so sorry!''

''Raph.. It's ok'' Leo mouthed before realising his brother couldn't see him, He pushed Raph off and forced him to look into his face. ''It's ok Raph. Nobody blames you.''

''But.. You can't talk anymore and you're in pain coza me!'' Raph frowned.

''It's not your fault'' Leo mouths with a gentle smile, ''It's Mary's fault.. Everything will be ok''

The three brothers stared at the mute one. They were hit with a sudden pang of sadness as they realised they'd never hear their eldest brother's voice again. They'd never hear the voice that made them feel safe or the gentleness when they were upset. They'd never hear the protective big brother tone either.

And they knew leo wouldn't be able to lecture them ever again. He would get more and more frustrated as time went on.

''What?'' leo mouthed at his brothers sad expressions.

They said nothing and cuddled up to him.

Mary had now entered her old home, the pastel green walls of the hallway were still filled with pictures of her as a little child. Once she'd turned 7 they'd started to lose interest in her.

he entered the living room to see her father watching sports on tv, she could hear her mother in the kitchen. She could feel her tears in her eyes but there was something in the livingroom that she had never seen before.

There was a baby on her father's stomach.

She could see framed pictures of the little boy around the livingroom.

''Y-YOU REPLACED ME!?'' She yelped the baby started crying. ''N-No.. No..''

She sobbed angrily before going into the kitchen, her mom was making dinner at the hob. Mary growled under her breath before possessing her mother, she made the woman push herself against the flames of the gas hob and set herself on fire.

Her mom screamed and writhed as she tried to get off the hot surface but Mary kept her there until she knew she had died.

''Honny?'' She turned to see her dad at the doorway, he stared in shock at his wife as he held the baby close.

''Daddy..'' Mary stared at her father as if she was about to be told off. ''I-.. I didn't mean to.. I was angry and-''

Her father started crying along with the baby. She narrowed her eyes at them.

''I bet you never did that for me..'' She growled. She used her powers to pull the baby out of her father's arms and she threw it in the oven.

The man ran to save his young son but Mary turned the oven on full heat before grabbing her father by the throat.

He choked and spluttered as tears fell down his cheeks.

She pushed him to the floor.

''Why did this happen'' he breathed. ''Is it not bad enough that my baby girl has died without this happening too!?''

mary stared at her father's dying body, she shook her head in disbelief.

''Y-You.. You actually miss me.'' She sniffled. ''I'm still your baby girl after all that's happened?''

Her father let out a sob before falling still.

He was dead.

She stared at the pale body. She was snapped out of her daze by the scared and hurt sobbing coming from the oven.

She rushed towards it and pulled the baby out, he was burnt up a little but still alive. She pulled him into her arms and rushed out the window. She found her way to the nearest hospital and put the baby down next to the front doors.

She stayed until she saw a nurse come out and take the baby in.

''I'm sorry little brother'' She sobbed, ''I can't believe I did all that..''

She made her way back to the underworld.

The brothers were sitting together when Mary arrived back. She didn't get a chance to do anything before Raph stood up with a growl.

''GIVE HIM HIS VOICE BACK!'' He growled. Mary glared at the angry turtle before grabbing his neck and pulling him into the air.

Raph gasped for breath but kept up his glare.

''RAPHIE!'' Mikey yelped frighteningly.

''I've just killed two people tonight'' Mary hissed. ''I will add you to the list if you don't shut up! I'm not in the mood for your stupid family love thing alright? I just killed my family! I have no family anymore!''

''That's your own fault'' Raph choked out with what little breath he had left. Mary studied him with a glare before throwing him down next to his brothers.

''Your not worth wasting my powers on'' She muttered, ''You're not even worth my time''

She looked over at the family of mutants, Leo looked at her pleadingly and she sighed.

''I'm not giving you your voice back'' She growled weakly, ''I haven't got the energy right now.. I'll send you four home and I might give you your voice back later.. It depends on how I feel''

She turned away from them and they felt themselves disappear.

Once they were gone Mary sat in the middle of the floor and screamed in anguish, she cried hopelessly.

She was a monster.

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