I actually wrote this after I posted chapter 2 ^^
I just had some inspiration and I wanted it to write so badly :D
"Come mortal, witness your demise" Malzahar, the Prophet of the Void.
He couldn't believe it. He just couldn't believe what he had to do. He had to favor one of his brothers. One had to get hurt, and he had to choose it. How could he? He loved them both, Donnie as much as Raph. Raph as much as Donnie. He couldn't choose but he had to. He had to make the impossible decision. One of his brothers would get hurt, and it would be his choice.
"Listen tha me Leo, take me. Don't let them hurt Donnie" Raph's voice snapped raising his head slightly. Shortly his green eyes met Leo's dull blue eyes. They were wide open, terrified. He really didn't know what to do. Hurting Raph or hurting Donnie. He couldn't make a decision. He didn't want to.
"Raph you're hurt. Take me Leo. Please" Donnie's voice cut in. It was true. Raph was already hurt. Cuts and bruises on his body. But could he really favor Raph for this? He just wanted them to be free. Not to get hurt. He didn't want them to suffer, to be electrocuted.
"No yer not!" Raph growled and shifted his position as much as the straps would allow him to. "Yer not choosing Donnie ya hear me? Take me" Raph snapped and glanced over to his younger brother. His eyes were filled with grief and fear. But at the same time there was determination. He was determined to save Raph.
"Please Leo, don't. He's hurt. I can handle it, promise." Donnie spoke, his voice barely whispering.
"Don't ya dare fearles'. Don't. ya. dare" Raph threatened and glanced over to Leo. He was losing it. He knew he was losing it. He just couldn't choose. How could he possibly choose? It was like deciding who your favorite son was. So how could he choose?
If he was favoring one of them it meant he loved that one more. That would be it. And that was the problem. He loved them. He didn't favor anyone. He loved them both so much. He didn't want them to get hurt.
"The time is ticking, tick tock. Only 20 seconds on the clock" Nighwatch laughed in a singing voice.
"Shut up! All of you" Leo practically screamed and dropped to his knees. Slamming his hands around his head. Trying to block out every word that was spoken. He couldn't. One of them was going to hurt, and if he wasn't going to say anything they were both going to suffer. Raph or Donnie? He couldn't.
"Last change turtle, who's it gonna be?" Nighwatch snickered. Leo hated this, he wanted to take the hit. He wanted to suffer, not his brothers. Leo glanced over to Raph. His body covered with cuts. Then he glanced over to Donnie. His eyes were full of determination. He wanted to take it. He didn't want Raph to get hurt any further. He knew, and Donnie knew, there was a possibility Raph's body couldn't handle the shock.
His eyes landed on Raph's eyes again. His eyes piercing his soul. Begging to spare Donnie. He wanted to take the hit no matter what. Protecting his younger brothers. Leo knew that feeling too. They had sworn to protect Donnie and Mikey once they were little. But right now he had to break that promise.
"I choose Donnie" He barely whispered.
He was empty. Tears were dried hours ago. He was empty, he felt empty. The floor was ice-cold. The bars were the only sight he had seen in the last few hours. He was alone, utterly alone. He stared at the plate in front of him. He was hungry. He was so hungry. His stomach was protesting, it wanted food. His stomach wanted it so badly, but he couldn't.
He wouldn't be able to eat it. He wasn't afraid it might be poisonous. He wasn't afraid it could be drugged. And how hungry it was, it didn't look appetizing. It smelled weird. He was pretty much disgusted by the smell. The sticky slimy substance. How much he wanted to eat something he just couldn't bring himself to eat dog food.
He was going to wait. His brothers would save him, his father would save him. He was going to get out of here. Out of this dark cell. The bars in front of him were freaking him out. He couldn't go anywhere. He was trapped. He could see everything. A large room before him, but he couldn't reach it. The bars were blocking him.
His neck was itching. It had been itching for all these hours right now. He couldn't believe he was actually wearing a collar. He hated the thing. He hated it with his life and he wanted it to be taken off. But the problem was: he couldn't. It was firmly locked. He was never going to get rid of the collar. He had seen the key being melted in the fire. He was doomed to wear it forever.
His head jerked up when he heard the familiar voice. The door to the room was opened. And after that his cage was opened too.
"What a shame, I see you decided to disobey me" Thorn chuckled and stepped inside the cage. He was too cold to protest. His muscles were aching and his head was throbbing. Thorn was a large man with short black curly hair. And he was very, and I mean very muscular.
His biceps were so big he couldn't even wear a normal shirt and he mostly wore nothing or a simple short-sleeved jacket. At least that is what he was told. When he had gratefully introduced himself. His name and his whole backstory about not being able to wear normal clothes. He wasn't mentioning anything else. Not anything about the weird figure who brought him here, and certainly not why.
"I'm not going to eat dog food. I'm not a pet" Mikey spat out. Surprised by his own harshness. Thorn approached him again and this time picked him up roughly. Mikey tried to yank free but he was cold and Thorn was strong.
"You are wrong, you are nothing but a filthy animal." Thorn spat out and began to drag him out of the room. Mikey tried to grab onto everything he could see but his attempts were in vain as he was dragged along the hall. They went into a large room. It was warm. Mikey froze in Thorn's death grab when he saw what was in the room.
"Bad pets must be punished" Thorn stated and brought Mikey over to the middle. Mikey tried everything, he bit, he kicked, he pushed but he wasn't even flinching at Mikey's attempts. He couldn't. He couldn't be serious!
"No" Mikey squeaked.
Leo's shaky hands hovered above the purple button before he pushed it. Raph's device instantly fell off his chest and he stared at him. Betrayal stinging in his eyes. Leo closed his own eyes. He had done it. He had favored Raph above Donnie. In the middle a timer began to ring, indicating the minute was over. Directly after an agonizing scream came from Donnie's throat. His body convulsing on the table.
He was trying everything he could to escape the pain. Electricity flowing through his veins. Everything was a blur. Only the pain existed. Donnie screamed and yelled. Pleading for it to stop but it didn't. The electricity only increased. More pain flowed through his body.
He convulsed, kicked and jerked his restrains. There was a crack indicating he had broken something. He didn't feel it. A broken bone wasn't compared to the pain he felt now. He couldn't even tell what was broken. Maybe it wasn't even broken at all. He didn't feel anything apart from the pain.
Everything was blocked out. He was sure Leo and Raph would be screaming right now but he couldn't hear them. Only pain. Pain was all around him. And somehow he was glad he was in pain. It meant he had spared Raph. That he wasn't suffering at the moment.
He screamed again, the electricity only increasing. Every second was worse than the other. Every second the pain increased.
Never he had felt so much pain in his life before. And how much he didn't want to think it. He couldn't help but to think only one thing:
This was Leo's choice.
A little Mikey scene in between :3
I have already planned something but i didn't want to leave him out of the story for too long so here a scene with Mikey :D
What do you think is going to happen next? With all the fears? How will Raph react? And what will this 'Thorn' do to Mikey?
How will Leo feel after making this decision and what does Donnie think?
Suggestions are welcome, just like reviews :D