Hungry Slider

chapter 10 Mystic Matches pt3

POV: Mikey

Death is weird. Like a haze of what once was. As if the world had a layer of reality over it. So as I floated along I found it interesting. I'm not mad at Leo and don't wish to come back. I only watch with interest. So when Leo left his room for the first time in a month I was there. His physical body looked terrible and from the way he acted his mental state wasn't better. Ralph kept yelling at him which could not have helped. But I think what got me to care so much about Leo's current state of being is the fact that my brothers though it was a good idea to hand him off the battle nexus. He was ok with weapons and over the next couple months he remastered the katanas. His physical state looked a little better but his mental being was still wrected. Then the first battle came. At first he sucked, losing the first part of the fight but by the middle he became brutal and almost a machine in the way he would wipe Yoki out. match after match he started to rise on the leaderboard. His fans went from some drunk that had nothing better to do to hundreds of Yoki. the matches got switched up sometimes. Like a few times where weapons weren't allowed. These matches got the most views as Leo ripped into his opponents, permanently wounding them. Or they would use mystic weapons. Especially the teleport katanas. He would be anywhere he needed, flying through the air to sliding down low. It was like the flash but upgraded. All of this and he still acted as though the world wasn't there. Like reality was a second thought. Every night he would cry. I would try to hold him but i could never truly hug him again. I would try to cry with him but without a mortal form no tears would come. I was probably his biggest fan that he would hear cheering for him. All things have an end good or bad but when this was not what I expected. He walked out on stage his marking shimmering in the bright lights of the nexus. Donnie and Ralph slept as the second slider came on stage. The idea of other mutant turtles had not occurred till now and now I felt completely stupid. Leo's eyes widened at the sight. His face sunk as the countdown begun. Three, his pupils began to grow.two, saliva poured from his mouth. One, he sprung at full speed at the other turtle. He tears into her ripping skin. She tried to fight as she was taught to but Leo and was completely lost. His teeth seemed to enlarge and sharpen as he attacked. His eyes now fully black and hands becoming claw like in shape. His markings glowed bright as he attacked. The audience boomed with excitement and horror as Leo killed and ate the poor other slider. This was caught on live tv and seen by thousands of Yoki. The poor turtle's shell and bones had to be ripped away from Leo. The only bone he kept was the femur which he snapped with his teeth in front of everyone. In the morning at least ten Yoki who thought they could beat my brother had quit the battle nexus all together. Once my brother caught wind of this they had taken Leo home to have him stay in his room. Ralph seemed more scared then angry and Donnie was scared he had gotten hurt during the battle. That night I witnessed something that I wish I could have stopped. Ralph boarded up the door to Leo's room trapping him inside. At this point I felt so sad that I tried to sleep but every time I closed my eyes I thought of all the bad things. I just something good would happen...