Trust in the Shadows

Fungus Humungous: Part 2

Alyssa's POV:

{From here until Leo wakes everyone up, the story will take place in Alyssa's nightmare}

I wave a hand in front of my face to clear the mushroom smoke, but everyone else has disappeared when it clears.

Me: "Hello?"

No one answers, so I turn around to look behind me, but no one's there.

Me: "Guys?"

Mikey: "Yo, big sis!"

I turn in surprise to find the guys spread out in the living room of the lair, watching TV and reading comic books.

Me: "Mikey?"

Mikey: "'Sup, home slice?"

Me: *chuckles* "What's going on?"

Raph: "What do you mean?"

Me: "I thought we were all looking for April."

April: "What do you mean?"

I turn to find April walking into the lair.

Me: "April. You're...ok."

April: "Of course I'm ok."

Donnie: "Yeah. Are you ok, Ally?"

Me: "Yeah, I just...Never mind."

Mikey: "Hey, you mind grabbing the extra pizza from the kitchen?"

Me: "Uh, yeah. Sure thing, dude."

I walk into the kitchen and grab the pizza from the counter.

Raph: "While we're young, Estella."

I scoff with a chuckle as I walk back into the living room with the pizza.

Me: "I should've never told you that part of the..."

Yet again, everyone's disappeared, the only noise coming from the living room being the random channel on TV.

Me: "Story. Guys? Ok, if this is some sort of joke, it's a little annoying. Raph? Mikey?"

I walk further ahead, down the hall, and towards the hallway, when I hear Leo's voice from behind.

Leo: "Alyssa, what happened? Where is everyone? What—Why is there...?"

Leo looks down to my right with eyes widened in horror. I look down to find my tantos gripped in my hand and covered in...No. No, this...This isn't real. I rush down the hall to check everyone's rooms, and every time I open the door, Leo's already there, looking down at the mess I've made with a look of betrayal, shock, horror. Then he looks at me with pure hatred. When I rush back to the living room, he's already there, so I rush to place my hands on his shoulders, but he jerks away before I can.

Me: "Leo. Y-you have to believe me. This wasn't me. I—No. No, I couldn't have... I'd never—"

Then, I feel someone's hand on my shoulder, Leo glancing to and from whoever it is before stepping further away from me, or rather, from us.

Leo: "I trusted you."

My face becomes more confused as I see my pre-mutation father smiling widely at me. I jerk away from Dad until I stand between him and Leo, but they seem to get further away.