"Rage against the dying of the light." Aatrox, the Darkin Blade
Donnie was silently crying. Clutching to Raph's side. Curling up in a ball and rocking back and forth. Continuously shivering from the electric shocks he had received. He had been a sobbing mess all these hours. He came in, crying hysterically. He wouldn't calm down, too upset what has happened. He couldn't even bring himself to tell Leo it wasn't his fault. He wanted to but he couldn't. All he could was cry in Raph's protective arms.
Leo was slowly dying from inside out. The pain in his heart growing every minute. Seeing his little brother hurting like that was just too much to bear. They didn't deserve it, Donnie didn't deserve it. And it was his fault he was in pain.
Eventually Donnie calmed down too until he was only sobbing in Raph's plastron. Raph had still his arms around the sobbing turtle but he wasn't shaking as much as he did before.
"I'm so sorry Donnie" Leo sobbed as he watched his little brother finally going quiet. Tears were no longer streaming down his face. Either from having cried to much or just from exhaustion. Donnie cracked his eyes open for the first time in these hours and whimpered slightly. Raph shifted his position so Donnie would be more comfortable and smiled slightly.
"It's n-not your f-fault" Donnie stuttered and tried to smile but failed miserably. Leo shrugged the apology off of him and avoided Donnie's glance. Donnie would maybe forgive him but he could never forgive himself. He had hurt his brother, hard. Donnie noticed Leo's avoiding graze and tried to scrawl over to his older brother but stopped halfway when his knees began to buckle.
He felt the strong arms of Raph around him again but kept his eyes on his blue banded brother. "Leo please" he pleaded but Leo wouldn't respond and just glanced away. How could he face his brother when he had hurt him? He couldn't even help him, he could do nothing. He never failed so useless in his life. Raph was fierce fully beaten, Donnie was hurt because of him and he had hurt Mikey too. Because of his choice, again.
"Don't ignore me Leo, please. I don't blame you" Donnie cried out but was held back by Raph's arms. Leo just stared in front of him. Unable to face his crying brother. Donnie collapsed and buried his face in Raph's plastron. He couldn't stand Leo blaming himself, He couldn't stand Leo hating himself for hurting him. He needed to understand he wanted this. That he could've killed Raph if he choose him.
"How touching this is" A girl voice snickered. It was a hollow and dark voice which send shivers to all the turtles. "Because I am so generous I'll aloud you to see your brother" They all jerked up at the mentioning of their brother. As promised the door slit open seconds later revealing a dark woman. She was floating just as Nighwatch was.
She wore dark clothing and had long white hair which was floating in the air. Her eyes were glowing purple just as her hands.
In some kind of dark sphere was Mikey. Crying in the purple glowing ball. The woman snickered at the reaction and threw Mikey on the ground, in the middle of the room. The dark sphere snapped and Mikey rolled over the ground for a short distance before coming to a stop. He quickly pulled himself up and clenched his left arm. Covering it with his hand.
"Mikey!" Leo chocked out and ran over to his youngest.
"Leo" Mikey exclaimed out of relief and buried his face in Leo's plastron. Leo quickly scanned Mikey's body for any signs of injuries and was horrified when he saw the collar around his neck.
"Oh baby bro, what did they do?" Leo whispered as he trailed towards the collar. Mikey flinched heavily and turned his head away.
"Can you get it off?" Mikey's voice was silent and barely above a whisper. Mikey glanced hopefully towards his older brother but Leo shook his head hesitantly.
"I'm sorry, I can't. I don't have the key" He slowly said. Mikey's face fell even more and he wiped away his tears with his right hand. Unintentionally revealing the burn mark on his left arm. Even Donnie and Raph could see it from where they were. His whole left upper-arm was red and there was some kind of symbol burned on it.
"Mikey" Donnie croaked and reached out for his only little brother and he instantly threw himself in Donnie's arms.
"I wanna go home" He whispered in Donnie's plastron. Donnie stayed silent and patted Mikey's shell in comfort.
"I know little brother and we will" Donnie promised and kissed Mikey's forehead. Mikey snuggled closer towards the protective grip of Donnie and Donnie threw his arms around Mikey's sobbing form. On accident Donnie trailed along the huge burn mark on his arm. They both flinched at the contact. The whole skin was swollen and was extremely warm.
"What did they do?" Donnie whispered and folded his arms stronger around Mikey's body. Mikey sniffled slightly and glanced over to Donnie's brown eyes.
"H-He said he owned m-me" He cried and ran his fingers along the big burn mark. Donnie frowned at the statement. It was a slave mark. Just like the one from the VOC. And actually he'd seen it before. Everywhere in the building was this mark.
"I'm so sorry little brother" Donnie whispered and kissed Mikey on his forehead. His own fingers trailed along Mikey's neck and found their way to the collar. Mikey immediately looked away but didn't pull away. Donnie's fingers ran along the iron collar and towards the big lock. The lock was located on the front and on the back was a small circle, allowing something to be attached to it.
Like a leash or a chain. Donnie just hoped whoever did this wasn't going to use it that way.
"O my …. What happened to you guys?" Mikey suddenly cried out when he realized that his brothers were taken to. All of the brothers exchanged some glances before Raph began to speak about what has happened. Leo still refused to meet Donnie's or Raph's eyes and he certainly refused to talk about it.
He just couldn't help himself but to feel guilty about the whole ordeal. And couldn't get around the fact Nighwatch managed to break him so fast.
Short Chapter oh well :/
and i'm so exited right now! :D one week to go, A chinatown ghost story ^^ Can't wait!