TMNT The Fallen

Chapter Nine Infection

I was in my lab. Thinking about what I had become. And what had happened to my brothers. How had they gotten that virus? How was I going to cure them? I would eventually have to find them again and get a sample of their blood to figure it out but first. I had a tingling shiver down my spine. I dropped a vile on the floor. "Dammit!" I yelled. I started to feel a bit funny. Many theories wandered around in my head. But the one that stuck out the most. What if one of my brothers. Passed the virus on to me? No. That couldn't be it. Just in case, I had some antidotes in the freezer. My eyes became hazey and I couldn't see what I was grabbing. So I just grabbed one and chugged it down.

I woke up in my bed. With an ice pack on my head, Mikey's teddy bear beside me, and blankets and pillows surrounding me. I felt dizzy but I couldn't help but wonder who brought me here. I heard sniffling outside my door. I cracked it. I said, "April! What's wrong?" She stood up and hugged me. I blushed. "Oh, Donnie." She said. "I thought you were-" I put my finger over her mouth. I already knew the words that were about to come out of her mouth. How long had I been out? And what did I do? All I could remember was drinking some strange substance from a vile in my freezer. I said, "shh, April. I'm okay." And I hugged her. It felt like an eternity. Like nothing could separate us. I never wanted to let go. But I did when she said, " Don, where's your brothers? And what happened to your mask? I thought it use to be purple." I pushed her away. It felt like my stomach dropped a million miles. I started to stutter. I couldn't tell her. Not now. Oh no. It was happening. All over again. I was doing the same thing I did with my brothers. She was all I had left. I had to tell her. She stared at me, wide eyed. Her beautiful blue eyes, waiting for an answer. If anybody deserved one it was her. So all I said was, "April, you'd understand if I gave you an explanation later, right? I don't feel comfortable with telling you right now." I knew she was going to leave for sure. But instead. It only made her respect me more. She said, " I understand." She walked away into the living room.

Now to figure out what happened after I passed out. I walked into the lab astonished at what I had seen. I just stood there in shock. There was blood all over the floor. Glass shattered. My equipment had been pushed on the floor. I saw bloody handprints. They looked to be mine. They traced back from the freezer and stopped at my staff all the way on the other side of the room. But that's not even the worst part. I saw something. Writing in blood. I must have done it. On the floor, written in my own blood said. They will all pay for the pain they have caused me. I just fell to the floor. What came over me? Was it the virus? Or something more? A demon, perhaps? I sat there for what seemed like hours in my own blood. Shaking, staring at my hands. And clawed with them into my head. It felt like I screamed and screamed. But nobody came. I don't think a sound even came out if my mouth. My whole body started to twitch. My reality started cutting in and out. I curled in a ball, surrounded by blood on the floor. And the silver mask I had on. The ends were drenched with blood. And I knew. Something was wrong with me. I had to tell April the truth. I had to go back and help my brothers. But my body wouldn't stop shaking. Before my body finally shut down completely. I saw April. I also saw my brothers. Taking her away.