Illusions

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Numbing legs and a sore shell. I slowly straighten my spine reaching my arms high. Yawn~ I could never understand how Leo meditates for so long. Man he's crazy.
My brownish red eyes peered toward my terrapin brothers.
The deep scars litter them. One caught my concern. An facial wound which was forcing my body to examine. Unconsciously my body moved closer grabbing a thick blue torn bandana, slowly removing it.
Bam! The air that once filled my lungs was knocked out along with my legs. Nice...Leo sure knew how to protect himself. He just put me on my shell.
A hand held out in front of me...
"Careful Don, I almost thought you were," he trailed off leaving me to guess what he was thinking. I shook my head well I did kinda deserve that.
Anyway I sigh and clear my dry throat," Hey uh Leo I was needing to ask you but can i examing your eye again?"
His shoulders slightly dropped as if already knowing what my findings would be.
He inhaled, "Don you know i," he paused thinking carefully before he continued," alright but just don't let the others know, okay?" His blue eye showed some sadness and a plea, "don't please, don't."
I nod and lead the way to our little hideout.A cave not too far from the old farm house we used when we were trying to stay off the shredder's radar. I tapped a small cot and he slowly sat down leaving the thick  fabric to hold his weight.
"Ah! Raph okay! Okay~ uncle! I give!" Don and I both snickered knowing Mikey had probably just picked the wrong time to mess with Raph for the fifth time today. I then sensed Donnie move, he was standing in my blind spot, but I didn't mind too much. He was worried about it ever since I got it. Not that I blame him.
He pulled my left eye lid back and up revealing more of the eyeball. It was paler in contrast with the other.

Raph growled to himself about Mikey's water balloon trick that left him soaking wet and water still dripping from his shell as he plopped down in a make shift chair. His eyes widened when Donnie moved to go get a flashlight so he could get a better look at my blind eye. 

"Donnie! Seriously how many times are you going to pick at Leo's eye?!" I could tell by his tone he was furious with his knuckles and fists ready to pound Donnie within an inch of his shell.

"Raph you know it is best to watch over this kind of injury, And don't hold that tone with me," Donnie came back and began to shine the light at my left pupil but no activity for example to blink away the new brightness or pupil size change occurred.  

Donnie's aura shifted to red. He was pissed like never he had never been before, worse then the time,I broke the toaster, but I just sighed, "Don you know that," he cut me off and hissed kicking a small tool box,"Damn him! Why the eye?Why not the arm or leg? But no he had to ruin your fantastic eye!?"

The tiny cave went silent while Mikey awkwardly entered  keeping his mouth quiet. I tensed up when Donnie moved to grab a bit of gauze and some sort of eye medication but that wasn't the only reason. A ghost like monster  appeared to be beside the brown toolbox and when it's head turned toward me I couldn't help but crawl farther back on the cot toward the rough cave wall.

Raph's head cocked to the side as if wanting to understand me sudden actions. Mikey was staring at Don trying to figure out what he was planning to do with the gauze.  

The gross zombie like ghost figure slowly took three steps forward while I struggled to breath normally. 

"What's the matter blue turtle,cat got your tongue?" The demonic deep vocals shook me to my very core. I gulped and softly said in my mind," it's not real," and reaped it over and over. However the beast smirked with some of it's entrails slipping down and sliding across the sod.

"Leo...Leo...LEO!" Raph, Mikey, and Donnie were shaking my arms. I looked over to my brothers but the dog had disappeared and I was a mess of panting as if I'd just been running for a whole marathon.   "Oh there's more to come dear turtle we have much to show you," and low growl echoed behind me.

All at once my brothers began yelling asking me over and over again if I was okay and if I feel any pain and where. I just hope they never have to see what I have too.

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