EDIT MAY 4th 2020: Huh, I had no written notes up here from 2015.
Oh well. I'm still editing through this mess.
"When I find that bastard I swear I will lose it and go psycho on him!" Raph bellowed, punching yet another pillar until it crumbled to the ground. Raph looked over to his other two brothers.
Donnie sat looking over a poster of the human anatomy looking for most vital spot that would cause Cobra paralysis and excruciating pain. Donnie always told everyone he was just an engineer not a doctor but from the look on Donnie's face with the poster of the human anatomy and all the medical books that were scattered on the ground this only meant on thing; Cobra was going to be vivisected alive.
Mikey on the other hand was playing with the baby dragon, calling him Leo. Raph and Donnie still remember the battle with Cobra that almost ended with Leo's death. Even though his childlike expression and happiness that he was showing everyone they all knew that Mikey was the one to look out for.
His rage towards Cobra was something that even Raph refused to cross; the only good thing was the little dragon. Raph believes that because the dragon looks almost like Leo when he is in his dragon form that it's the only thing keeping their baby brother sane.
Raph listen closely as Mikey was playing with the little dragon; laughing and smiling reminded him of all the good times he had with his brothers, especially with Leo.
"Got ya!" He laughed but the dragon just flopped up and down on Mikey's shell, if it really was Leo then he knew how ticklish Mikey was.
The dragon looked over towards Raph but the turtle averted his eyes. Not wanting to remember Leo he tried to block out the little dragon and focus all of his attention on finding Cobra and skin him slowly until he told them how to fix Leo. Raph felt two small claws land on his shoulder, he tried to forget about the dragon but his curiosity got the better of him, taking a quick peek he slowly turned his head.
The little dragon just stared him in the eyes and somehow gave him a sense of comfort and protection.
'Something Leo does when any of us needed saving.' Raph thought.
Raph opened his hand to have the little dragon walk into it; instinctively the dragon walked into Raph's hand and still stared at him with his piercing light blue eyes. Raph was so caught up in the moment that he didn't hear Master Splinter call his name.
"Raphael." Splinter spoke. Raph broke out of his trance and turned his attention towards Splinter; the little dragon flew off Raph and landed on Leo's shoulder. It watched Splinter explain the situation with the Tribunal and what to do about Leonardo's state.
"It has come to my attention that we are dealing once again with Cobra my sons. We must tread carefully for your brother's sake." Splinter stated, just giving the news about Cobra and Leo's life in one sentence shredded ten years off but needed to continue.
"The amulet that turned your brother into stone is very powerful, just one look into the eyes will turn you into stone but there is a way to reverse but we need the amulet in whole. If there is even the slights crack the power of Medusa will be lost and your brother will remain in his stone imprisonment forever. I need you three to be on your toes, if any of you find Cobra do not, I repeat, do not engage him. Use your chi to signal the Tribunal and follow him until they arrive."
He holds up a hand when they start to protest.
"They are able to resist the power of Medusa but only a short amount of time, we will use this short window to grab the amulet and return to save your brother. My sons, I need to know that you can put aside your mindset of revenge against Cobra. If you cannot do it for me then do it for your brother." Splinter said, turning his head towards Leo. The others followed suit, the vines continued to glow red and were also growing around Leo more and more.
"Master Splinter, on our honor we will do whatever it takes to free Leo, even if we can't skin Cobra alive the next time we meet. Leo's life is more important to us than watching the life drain out of Cobra's eyes." Raph said, his gaze never broke from his older brother as they watch the pedestal that he was on start to descend into the floor.
Leo was much safer in the underground cavern than out in the open.
"You didn't tell them the rest did you Splinter."
The Hamato family turned their heads towards the voice; it was Kon walking into the room with the book of dark magic floating around him.
"They need to know everything before they meet with this Cobra." Kon stated. Splinter sighed heavily, the stress of Cobra's return and Leo's state was causing him to feel the pains in his heart that were at first only slight but started to grow stronger with every breathe he took.
"Will someone. tell me. what the hell is going on?" Raph yelled. Kon looked Splinter in the eyes and shook his head.
"As your father has told you we need the amulet in whole to return your brother from stone but there is another condition about the amulet and your brother's state that you need to know." Kon said. He watched as the Hamato family held onto every word he just said as if it were there only life line to their brother.
"The amulet not only has to be in one piece but we need the person who cast the spell onto your brother, we need Cobra captured alive and brought here or else the amulet will not work and-"
"WHAT!" Kon was caught off by the outburst from the turtles. Each of the turtles in their own way was trying to find out what possible reason they had to deal with Cobra and not just killing him like they continued to do.
After twenty minutes of Raph yelling and ranting about Cobra and everything that they went though just to kill him and Donnie telling Kon that not only bring Cobra back here alive would be like bring a doe into a den full of starving lions. While Raph and Donnie continued on their never ending road of Cobra, Mikey just stood in silence looking at his elder brother and just placed his mind on an endless loop of everything Cobra had put Leo because of Leo the Lion, just thinking about it turned Mikey's blood to ice; sending shivers up his spine.
"If you let me explain then maybe we can get this over with, time is not on our side." Kon said pinching the bridge of his nose. Raph and Donnie finally calmed down enough to listen to Kon's explanation while Mikey broke out his trance and just blankly stared at Kon. There was an eerie silence until Raph broke it.
"What do you mean time isn't on our side?" Raph asked.
"Let me tell you first about Cobra and then we will get back to my earlier statement." Kon said. Raph nodded and Kon continued with his tale.
"The amulet will only work for someone on two conditions, if they are a descent of Medusa herself or if they are willing to give all of their humanity and will as a human to become what you turtles call a god. Losing everything that once made him a man and turning him into a creature bent on turning their most hated enemies to stones. If they were to agree to this then the amulet becomes a part of them and even if we retrieve we cannot command it and will it to free your brother. Not only that, if the amulet is taken away by force or is a great distance away from its master it will not only stop working but shatter into dust; protecting itself and its master from anyone else trying to use its power."
Raph clenched his fists.
"Now for my earlier statement" Kon added. Walking over to Leo and opening his hand the little drigon jumped off Leo's stone body and into Kon's palm.
"Your brother was turned to stone two months ago and has remained in this state since; I just got through the entire book about the amulet and have discovered once again something dire. The person in stone is still somewhat alive when they are transformed into this state but a portion of their life force is changed into a spirit animal."
"Now we all know your brother's spirit animal is this dragon so we can all assume that this dragon is like your life line to your brother. But at a cost, the dragon's life is connected to your brother and if anything happens to the dragon, it will happen to your brother." Kon said.
The turtles were uneasy as they looked at Leo and then the little dragon, Donnie was the only one with enough courage and strength to ask the dreaded question.
"So if the dragon were to get hurt, say, lose a limb. Leo would too." Kon nodded, "So if the dragon were to die then…" Donnie couldn't finish his sentence but looked up to see Kon nod his head yes once again.
"Yes, and if the dragon were to die then your brother would also, the stone statue of your brother would start to crack and then finally crumble into dust." Kon said looking at the turtles.
Mikey finally collapsed to his knees and started crying, whimpering out Leo's name over and over. Don fell as the strength from his body finally dissipated into the air, using what he had left to comfort Mikey.
Raph stood strong for his younger brothers but sprinted out of the room to the outside patio, the sounds of Raph throwing up everything he had in his stomach sent shivers up the Hamato family's spine. Splinter walked over to the nearest column that Raph didn't punch and leaned heavily against it. Kon closed his eyes and walked out of the room with the little dragon still in his hand. Looking over his shoulder to the Hamato family as it started to crack and crumble from everything that just happened.
'May the forces of good be on your side Kame.' Kon thought carrying the dragon out of the room and into the chamber with the other Tribunal.
"You told them, didn't you?" The Ancient One asked. Kon looked over to the Ancient One and said, "It had to be known."
The Ancient One shook his head and walked out to join his family in their time of grieving.
Kon focused his energy into his hand until a transparent light blur orb appeared. The little dragon looked at the orb and walked into it. The flames that gave the chamber light quickly eased its glow just as the dragon and the orb combined, leaving the room in total darkness. The little dragon changed back into its true form, the blue flame that Leo received from the Chairman. The flame was strong and glowed brightly in the dark chamber.
Kon looked at the other Tribunal member and spoke,
"The flame is starting to fail and when it does, so will Leonardo's life."
give your thanks to Shadow-star Hatake :)
right now i'm the hands of a nasty cold xP so my brain is a bit foggy xD