Before I start, Thank you Evie McPhey for your review!
Also I know in fungus humungous they said each of them had different fears but I couldn't bury Raph under cockroaches or something ^^ Leo's fear is roughly the same though.
"Your legacy shall drift away; blown into eternity, like the sands of the desert" Nasus, the Curator of the Sands.
There are moment in life you think you experience your worst fear, your worst pain or your greatest loss. In this life as a ninja we get a lot of injuries. We fight for justice. There were many night we came home, battered and broken. Like our first fight with the Shredder which had nearly cost us our lives. If it wasn't for Xever and Bradfort we could have been killed that night. Nobody to remember us besides our sensei and April. Unknown by the human race.
We fight every day and experience fear every day. We had so many fights in which we weren't sure we would come out alive. Didn't even know if we would make it.
But what is worse than fearing for your own life, is fearing for the ones you love.
It had been 8 hours since Leo was brought in. His brothers were taken long ago. He didn't even know if they were alive, if they were hurt or if they were doing okay. Fear of losing control. That was Donnie's fear. As Nighwatch had told them.
So many scenarios he had thought about. About what Nighwatch could possibly do to Donnie. He thought about it so many times. He was planning on 'cracking' them. But he just couldn't figure out how he could brake Donnie with this fear. How could Nighwatch make him lose control? So much that he would lose himself.
Leo didn't know what this could be, and he hoped Nighwatch didn't know this either. But from the way he said it, he did. But Donnie was strong. He would pull through, just like the rest. Leo just hoped he would be taken instead of his brothers. He felt terrible leaving them alone. Failing them. He was always trying to protect his little brothers.
The fear of being rejected by humans. Just like Donnie's and Raph's fear it kept ringing through his mind. Mikey knew humans rejected them. They all knew it. With an exception of April and Casey. And of course the people who worked for the Shredder. Mikey was always the youngest and most vulnerable. But at the same time he had the strongest mind. He could pull through. Just like Donnie, just like Raph.
Leo frowned slightly. Just with Donnie he had no idea how Nighwatch was going to crack him. They had been rejected so many times by the humans. 'Monster' 'freak' all those kind of things. He didn't even want to know what Nighwatch was planning to do with him. He didn't even want to know what he did to his other two brothers.
Raph's fear of fear itself. He had always known Raph was afraid of something, even if he wouldn't show it. Cockroaches was one thing but Leo knew he was afraid of something else. But this was just plain ridiculous. Out of all 3 he feared for Raph the most. He wasn't hoping it but once Nighwatch did manage to crack them…..
He saw how Raph had freaked out by the cockroaches. He didn't want to see Raph so broken and scared. And if it was true what Nighwatch said he wouldn't just be afraid of one thing. Everything would scare him. But just like the rest, Raph was strong. He was tough and he wasn't going to give up without a fight.
A short breath escaped Donnie's mouth. Shortly he grunted and shifted his sore body slightly. There was a weird feeling in his stomach and he didn't like it. Next to him he could clearly make out the rasping breaths of someone. He wasn't sure if he wanted to know who it was. He tried to move his hand but he soon found out that even this was impossible.
Thick leather straps were applied around his wrists, ankles, upper legs, shoulder joints and torso. He grunted again. Somehow he was glad it were leather straps. He had seen many series where the hostages would be bound with zip cuffs or chains. Leaving agonizing marks on the wrists. Apart from the fact they weren't really comfortable, they weren't cutting in his skin.
Another short breath escaped his mouth and he forced his eyes open. A bright light met his eyes. He grunted and closed them again. The bright light was making his head throb painfully. He struggled weakly against his restraints, trying to find a way out. He hated this. He hated being strapped down. He hated not being able to do anything.
"Donnie ya okay?" A heavy voice came from his right. His eyes jolted open again and turned his face to the right. His heart sunk into his chest when he saw Raph's body on the same table as him. Strapped down the same way. His arms to the side. Leather straps on his wrists, ankles, upper legs, shoulder joints and torso.
His chest was shortly rising and falling but what concerned him the most was his body. It was all red and covered with so many cuts. Heavy bruises were on his body and he was obviously in pain.
"Raph what did they do?!" Donnie exclaimed and jerked his restrains again.
"Nighwatch wasn't happy with me kicking him. I'm okay. I'll survive" Raph grimaced and breathed out again. His voice was weaker than normal and he seemed tired. Utterly exhausted. "What about you? How do you feel?"
Donnie shrugged slightly. "Head is throbbing but I'm okay" He frowned and stopped struggling once he realized he was strapped down firmly and there was no way out of this. Raph's eyes slowly closed again. His chest was still falling and rising in the same rhythm.
"Have you heard something from Mikey or Leo?" Donnie bit his lip upon the question. Even if Raph knew the answer, he wasn't sure if he wanted to know. Seeing Raph like this was already bad. He was in so much pain. Even if Raph didn't want to admit it, Donnie knew he was. He had seen Raph being taken away.
He didn't even know what has happened to Mikey or Leo. Fear of the fear itself, fear of losing control. Did he know the fears of Mikey and Leo too? Was he hurting them right now? Was Mikey okay? Was Leo okay? So many question and he didn't even know if he wanted the answer.
"No…" Raph breathed out which snapped Donnie back to reality. No. None of them knew how Mikey or Leo were doing. They could be dead for all he knew. They could be tortured right now. Leo wasn't someone who would give up easily, neither was Mikey. He just hoped they didn't do anything stupid.
He glanced over to the door in front of him when he noticed that footsteps were nearing. Instantly he frowned. This Nighwatch didn't have any footsteps. When he dragged Donnie outside the cell, leaving his brothers, he noticed he didn't have footsteps. He was sort off floating above the ground. And if it wasn't Nighwatch it meant it had to be someone else.
When the door did open the first person he saw was indeed Nighwatch but he was dragging someone along with him. Shackles around his wrists and ankles. Donnie's eyes widened when he saw Leo standing there.
"Leo!" Donnie rasped out. Leo's eyes widened too when he saw his 2 younger brothers on the table. Strapped down. Raph's body filled with nasty cuts and bruises. Nighwatch chuckled and locked the door.
"Donnie, Raph!" Leo screamed in response and wanted to run towards his 2 little brothers but Nighwatch held Leo tightly, enabling him to run over to his brothers. "What did you do to them?!" Leo hissed with venom in his voice and turned towards Nighwatch. He only laughed in response and grabbed Leo's face with his cold hands.
Nighwatch's mouth slowly turned into a grin and he brought his face dangerously close to Leo. "Like I said. I am going to break them. And you're going to make sure of that" He breathed out and turned Leo towards his brothers. He duplicated himself again, 2 duplicates this time. One of them walked towards Donnie and one towards Raph.
Raph hissed slightly when the Nighwatch duplicate implanted a weird device on his plastron. Wires were running from the device towards a machine in the corner of the room. The same device was applied to Donnie's plastron.
"What are you doing?" Leo hissed and struggled to get free. He wanted nothing more than to help them. To free them. Raph, Donnie and Mikey. To walk out of this together. With nobody being harmed.
"Listen closely 'cause I'll only tell this one time. This device is connected with a strong electric current. In one minute they'll both be electrocuted." He started. Leo froze in place, no! he didn't want them getting hurt. "However you can prevent one of them getting hurt by pressing this button. Choose wisely, you can only save one."
A small device was pushed in Leo's hands with 2 buttons. One of them was purple and the other one was red. One for Donnie and one for Raph. Leo's eyes widened when he realized what he had to do.
He had to favor one of his brothers. One of them would get hurt, electrocuted. And he had to choose which brother would get hurt.
I'm evil right? ^^