Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Half Heart Hero Spiritbound

Chapter 14

The siblings searched for Leo and the rest and called out their names as they made their way down the sewer. There was no trace or sound from the turtles as they searched all over the fewer. A few minutes passed and everyone was worried. Then one of the yokai called out saying that they found them. They looked and saw that the creatures were gathered around something. What could it be?

The group took a look and saw something in the rubble. On the concrete floor was Leo, Mikey and Donnie but it was worse that horrified them more than ever. They almost vomited to see the sight of what had happened to the three brothers. Their collars are still on their necks and their bodies were completely drained of blood, very shrunken and white. The adrenaline boost wore off leaving them limp and dead, as if they lost too much blood. Their weapons had been destroyed and some of their clothing had been ripped into pieces and Donnie's glasses and goggles had shattered into pieces. They didn't even breathe or move. It wasn't a pretty sight to see and it shattered their hearts completely.

Shira and the others ran up to the corpses of the turtles, horrified and shocked. They could see that their breathing was still shallow. They're still alive, but almost close to death.

"No," April panicked, bending down to see them completely drained and defeat.

"Guys, we gotta get Leo, Donnie and Mikey back to the lair before it's too late," Shira cried desperately. The sisters agreed. Raph carried Leo up around his shoulder while Reika carried Mikey up with her super strength. Tomoka, Manako and Shira then carried Donnie up in their arms and all the five turtles hurry to the lair, followed by April who trailed behind. Feeling their pulses, Tomoka begins to feel their consciousness with her mind and can sense that Leo, Donnie and Mikey are gonna fade away, their heart rates slowing down and their blood being drained slowly. "No, you can't leave us!" she pleaded. "We need you!" She held back a sob, not wanting her boyfriend to fade away into dust.

A while later, Shira, April and the turtles returned to the remains of their broken lair and found Splinter still lying in the center of the needle room. Tomoka knew there was no time to waste. She had to save Splinter first. Putting the three turtles down on some pillows, she crushed and administered a dose of mutagen, then she grabbed her own aid kit from her waist and started to tend the wounds. She took out bandages and medicine to clean the wound, and a lot of aid stuff she mentions. Shira and the others stood with Tomoka while Reika kept a close eye on the three bodies as she felt their pulse. Their heart rate is getting slower and dropping fast. April began to cry, tears leaking from her eyes. She didn't want her three childhood pets to die. She's not ready for this.

Reika grabbed a syringe and injected the three souls with the mutagen. She hoped that those would work if the turtles get their blood back. "Guys, you're gonna be okay now.." she whispered, begging them to wake up. "Please be okay..."

"Okay," said Tomoka as she finished up with Splinter, "the mutagen is now entering his bloodstream." She exhaled in relief backing away once the mutagen is in Splinter's body. They waited for once for a while.

"Master Splinter?" Manako whispered, hoping that the wise master would wake.

"Nothing's happening," Raph muttered, turning to the girls.

"Why isn't it working yet?" Tomoka asked nervously.

They all waited for a long while until the old rat's eyelids flutter weakly. His tail was alert and he could barely speak. Shira sniffed the rat's body for any breathing. Leaning back, the sea turtle's eye grew wide with surprise. "He's alive," Shira gasped, although her sea turtle senses tell her that he is truly alive and well.

The others are so happy that he was okay as Splinter's strength returned. But this little happy moment didn't last long. "I'm sorry. This was all my fault," Shira told him, sadly.