Ch 29 Destroying The Demon.
Splinter placed his hand on Leonardo's forehead and then on his chest. He shook his head.
"Sensei, what's wrong?" Raph asked with urgency in his voice.
"If Leo's still alive, we need to take care of his wound so we can help him." Donnie implored, he placed his fingers on Leo's wrist and felt for his pulse, he couldn't feel one, but he knew that didn't always mean anything.
"There is something wrong." Splinter told them. "His spirit lives but cannot return to his body."
"What do you mean Master Splinter?" Mikey asked, he was still crying over what he had just witnessed.
Splinter closed his eyes and kept one hand over Leo's heart and the other over his head. "He is trying to come back to us but something is holding him back." He said exasperated. "I must go to the spiritual plane and find him." He turned toward his sons. "No matter what happens, you must not interfere." He ordered. "No matter what."
The three turtles exchanged concerned looks and looked from themselves to Splinter. They nodded and watched Splinter close his eyes again and place his hands back over Leo's chest and head. He began to hum and chant deeply. He took deep calming breaths in and breath out hard as his humming continued.
A few seconds later, Splinter stopped humming and a light seem to glow around him. The turtles watched and waited, their eyes anxious on the brother and Sensei.
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Leo walked down a brightly lit hallway. Several doors lined on both sides. He heard noises coming from all sides. People talking, crying, whispering words of hope and encouragement. But none of the voices sounded familiar so he continued to make his way forward. Something urged him on in a particular direction. He didn't know where he was going but the feeling pulled at him and he followed it.
Finally, he heard the familiar voice of his baby brother, sobbing hard and begging to know why. Why he had done what he did, why he had left them. His questions resounded throughout the hall and eventually, Leonardo came upon a door where his voice was coming from. He smiled, through this door was his life and his home.
He reached for the door and began to step through it, but then another door to his right opened and something grabbed him and began to pull him through the other door. He held onto the knob of the door that led home, it opened slightly and he could hear his brother's voice coming in louder. He clung to the knob and called out. "MIKEY!" He screamed. "HELP ME!"
The pull from behind him got stronger and managed to pull him away from the door that led him home, it grabbed him and dragged him into the other room where freezing cold darkness enveloped him and an angry deep voice whispered to him.
"This time, I will keep you Satsugai-sha."
"NO! I got rid of you."
"I am never gone, I will always be with you and this time I will keep you here with me. Neither of us will ever return home."
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Splinter opened his eyes and saw the door in front of him. He looked behind to see brightness surrounding him. He placed his hand on the doorknob and opened it. Out of the room was a long corridor, also brightly lit. Several doors lined the long hallway leading to other souls. Splinter closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he stepped out into the hallway. He kept his senses opened and attempted to feel for his son.
A doorway to his left gave him a feeling of cold fear. He placed his hand on the door and immediately sensed danger within as well as the feeling of his son. He opened the door and he was greeted by horrific scene of black swirling wind surrounding Leonardo who was laying on the floor in the fetal position with his hands on either side of his head and his eyes closed tightly.
Within the wind was a voice screaming at the young turtle to stop fighting and give into him. A face shown through the swirling mass and stared at Splinter.
"NO!" The face took on a more human form and arms wrapped around the turtle's body. "HE IS MINE!" He told him. "YOU CANNOT HAVE HIM BACK!"
Leonardo opened his eyes and saw Splinter standing in the brightly lit doorway. "SENSEI!" He cried out and reached a hand out to him. "HELP ME!'
Splinter reached out a hand to grab Leonardo but the wind was so strong he could not get his hand past the harsh swirling blackness. "LEONARDO!" Splinter called out to him. "USE YOUR STRENGTH, YOUR LIGHT WILL HELP YOU!"
"I CAN'T!'
"YOU CAN, IT IS UP TO YOU!" Splinter began to back away as the wind picked up and pushed roughly at him. "YOU MUST FACE HIM!'
Leo laid on his shell and looked up at the demonic face that was trying to take him back to the other side. "Unlock your darkness and give into me Satsugai-sha."
"You won't call me that again!" Leo closed his eyes and dug deep down into his soul. He focused on his chi and felt for the courage that raged within him. A bright light began to emanate from his being and push the darkness away from him.
"I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN!' He screamed out and with a loud yell, pushed the light out of his body causing the whole room to light up. The demon screamed at the light and forced itself away from the turtle. Leo sat up and watched as the Demon shrank down into corner of the room.
It pointed at the young turtle. "One day, you will give into the power and darkness you hold within you." It told him. "And I will be there to collect you." With that, it vanished into the wall and was gone.
Leo looked over to Splinter who had been pushed out into the hall by the severity of the wind. He ran over to Leo as soon as he sat up and hugged him. They stared at each other and smiled. "It is time to go home." Splinter told him. They got up and walked back toward the corridor and into the room where home laid just ahead.