Title: Racing
Day: 30 Days of Drabbles, Day
Prompt: Racing
Fandom: TMNT 2003
Word Count: 199
Author: aquietwritingcorner/realitybreakgirl
Rating: T
Characters: Splinter
Warning: Canon temporary character death
Summary: Splinter needs to go faster.
Notes: The anguish Splinter had to feel at this moment lives in my head rent free.
Racing
Faster, faster.
He had to hurry.
He could hear it coming.
He could sense it.
Faster, faster.
He had to make it there in time.
He couldn't delay.
He needed to stop it.
Faster, faster!
He raced through the woods, through this unnatural forest.
He could feel the darkness closing in.
He could hear the hoofbeats.
Faster! Faster!
He could hear his own wooden shoes beat against the uneven ground as he ran.
He felt breathless, but in a way that had nothing to do with running.
He felt fear close around his heart, sending it into a frenzy.
Faster! Faster!
He emerged into the clearing.
He scanned the area, hoping not to see his nightmare come true.
He nearly stopped breathing when he saw the group on the ground—but this wasn't the group he was looking for.
Faster, Faster!
He quickly looked up, praying he wouldn't find what he was looking for.
He froze as his eyes landed on another group.
He felt his world freeze.
Faster! Faster!
He rushed towards it, praying it wasn't true.
He knelt among his sons, anguish ripping at him as he realized he was among their bodies.
He wasn't fast enough.