Symbiosis

|Chapter 28|

POV Leo:

"Mmmmmmmm-", cold...

Everything was so dark and...

So cold...

My body felt so heavy as I tried to lift my hand, I wanted to block the lights that surrounded me, yet I felt so heavy...

I felt useless

"Raph?...", everything inside this foreign room sounded so loud, yet as I pressed mh cheek on a cool surface, I knew all too well I was in my room, my safe haven. I tried so hard to ground myself, "Raph?!-...", wincing in pain, I pressed my forehead harder against the table as my voice rang in my ears, there was no sound of medical equipment monitoring my vitals, "Donnie?", the med bay was so oddly quiet for once, no beeping from the heart monitor, not even the sound of the IV dripping was heard. Leaning my elbow on the cool surface, I reached for my left arm, and felt no cuff, not even an oximeter was placed on my finger, groaning annoyingly, "I gotta really go to the bathroom...Mikey?", Donnie has always been the type to watch his monitors constantly, and if he wasn't the security system should have alerted him by now.

Something cool touched my shoulder and a rag was dragged my forehead, sending shivers down my shell, another person continued to check my face, "Wow what's with all the attention. You guys miss me that much?", no one said anything, reaching for my arms, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N pulled me up from the table, holding me still as I tried to stand, yet I couldn't, I draped my body over his head as he continued to drag me towards something, 'I hope to god that they're taking me to the bathroom, but...why isn't anyone talking'

Leo!

Can you hear me

"S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., why do you sound so weird...", my words slurred as the door creaked very loudly, someone ushered me inside, placing me on the cool tiled counter, something felt off, in the entire time I've kept my eyes closed, nothing has felt right, dragging the ends of my fingers across the counter, I noticed something new, the grooves between each tile...their gone.

"Donnie, did you remodel the bathroom-"

"Terra!- Kraang dam- here talk to Mikey...Mikey! Terra's gone nuts-"

"Mikey where's Mikey?", pressing my hands on the counter, I rubbed my hands over my face and peeled my eyes open, I was ready to see the bathroom Mikey and I decorated, the fairy lights lining the walls, the paintings Mikey created on the walls, and yet all I could see...was me, standing alone in a dimly lit bathroom.

The days—no...the months of memories flood my mind. During the entire year I spent with Angie and the ki—my kids inside Dimension X—I protected them. I tried to get us out of there. " V—", the letter was stuck on my lips, but...I couldn't say a word, my lower lip hung, trembling as I took in the sight I saw, 'The kids...where are the kids?!', turning away from the mirror, I stumbled over uneven tiles, "JAY?!-", I could hear the sounds of voices, sounding so much different than Venom's, they didn't matter, I needed to find my kids, my family, "KRISA?!-"

"Leo!", turning back towards the bathroom, I stared into the flickering light inside, a voice was speaking, 'The Kraang?! Their tracking us?!', rushing inside the bathroom, I noticed the device lighting up the mirror, and reached for the device, glaring at it as a voice continued to speak through, calling out my name. ".̸̛̺͙͍͗͒.̸̛̩̄̋.̴̭͌́g̴̱͛͌̿n̸̠̤̘͊͘͝ã̶̡̛͕͍͌å̴͕̑͆r̵̜̮̐̌k̴̰̩̜͆̐͝ ̴̗̣̓͑̈́ͅȇ̸͉̘̒͜i̴̡͔̹̾͆͗d̸̛͓̋͆.̷̮̮̝̈.̷̨̑.̴̲͕̒", for the first time the phone went silent as I dropped it to the ground, crushing it below my foot. "Venom. System. Any news from Mikey's whereabouts?-", pushing the door wide open, I looked around the abandoned lair and noticed the small blanket I put the kids on.