No Escape

Part 6

Leo turned around and walked toward the ninjas. The ninja with the cuffs walked up to him and held them up.

"I don't need the damn cuffs." Leo said.

The ninja looked at him, held the metal cuffs and swung it at Leo, smacking him in the head. Leo grunted as his vision blurred for a second, then he felt the ninja slap the cuffs on his hands. Then the other ninja threw the sack on his head, cutting off his sight. A ninja shoved him forward, and his feet began working as he walked unknowingly toward his second test.

He couldn't shake the feeling that this test was going to be worse than the last one. The last one was brutal. What was this one going to be? Even more brutal? More painful? Leo didn't know, and he wasn't looking forward to it either.

He felt the ninja's hands on his shell, pushing him forward. He grunted, and continued walking. HE felt like he was in prison, but prison would be better. It was a cold place; cold and lonely. Like he was isolated from the whole world.

After this thought, he was forced to stop. They removed the cuffs, and removed the sack.

Leo squinted at the sudden brightness. After his vision returned to normal, he noticed he was standing in the large room he was in during the first test. Three wooden doors, one window at the top, but it acted as a mirror, refraining Leo from seeing inside.

Then the intercom sparked on.

"Welcome... To your second test... In your last test, your strength was tested. Now we will work on your physical attributes... Starting with your ears... We will test how much your ear drums can take before we start seeing problems." A nerdy man's voice said.

Leo swallowed, feeling a knot in his stomach.

"Beginning in 5... 4... 3."

Unexpectedly, a piercing, high pitched noise rang through the room, hitting Leo like a brick wall. He instantly fell to his knees, and forced his hands up to cover his ears. It felt like someone was squeezing his brain.

He yelped as it continued to pierce his ears. He pressed his hands harder against his ears in agonizing pain, feeling every inch of his ear drum slowly shrivel up.

He yelled as the pain slowly got worse. He tried focusing his vision on the door, but his vision was blurry. He pumped energy through his feet, and sprinted toward one of the three doors. He slammed into one, grabbed the door knob, and tried to get it open, but it wouldn't budge. He cursed, and slammed his hands against the door.

His legs felt numb, he felt like fainting. But he couldn't, he had to keep himself conscious.

He tried ramming his shoulder through the door. He screamed as he slammed his fist through the door. He felt a crack, but he didn't stop. He kept ramming his fist into the door, feeling like his brain was about to explode.

After a few more agonizing minutes of slamming his fist into the door, the door fell to the ground. Inside the room was three Purple Dragons. They instantly covered their ears as the noise entered the room.

Leo ran to one and rammed his fist into a man's nose. As he fell to the ground, Leo ripped off his bandana and tore it in half, sticking both sides in his ears.

It didn't get rid of the noise completely, but it lessened the pain. Leo fell into a corner, watching the Purple Dragons cower in pain. He caught his breath, and closed his eyes, trying to get his senses back to normal.

After a few minutes of darkness, he opened his eyes. Closing his eyes just made the pain worse, and his eyes hurt. He saw the Purple Dragons on the ground, rolling around, trying to cover their ears.

Leo cringed as one of them screamed bloody murder, removed his hands and slamming them on the ground. There was blood dripping out of his ears, blood coming out of his eyes, and nose. Then he started to have convulsions.

Leo looked away, not able to stand the sight. He felt everything go incredibly numb, his arms flopped to the floor, making the ringing more dominant.

He shifted his body and began to crawl. As he crawled past the dying Purple Dragons, he felt his vision become incredibly dark. Once he made it outside the door, he hit the ground, feeling his muscles go disoriented. He was then embraced by darkness.