User blog:Leofan13/A Clash of Two Worlds: Chapter Twelve

So, I just realized I haven't updated my story in a while. So without further ado, here is chapter twelve.

Chapter Twelve: Hope Springs

Donnie looked at me with the saddest eyes I've ever seen, and then quickly turned away. He looked at me again, and again he turned away. He seemed to be struggling with something. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out.

"What's wrong, Donnie?" I asked, confused by his behavior. "Is it Leo?"

Donnie shook his head no.

"Your brothers, then? Did something happen to Raph and Mikey?"

Again, the answer was him shaking his head.

"How about Master Splinter?"

Again, no.

"Well, what is it, then?" I questioned. I was really starting to worry. Donnie seemed hesitant to answer and simply shifted his weight from one foot to the other. He stared at the floor trying to avoid my gaze.

"Donnie, please?" I asked, more panic creeping into my voice than I wanted. Donnie looked up at me again at the sound of my voice. He sighed. Then, with his voice barely above a whisper, he blurted out, "We couldn't save them."

"What?" I asked. I wasn't sure that I heard him correctly.

"We couldn't save them," he repeated, a little louder this time.

"No! My poor family!" I cried, desperately trying to hold back the tears that were imminent. "They're still in the hands of that...that monster?! We've got to get them out of there!" I began to frantically pull at the wires that were connected to me. "Come on, stupid things!" I yelled.

"Lauradane, please!" Donnie cried, also near tears. He grabbed my hands, willing me to look at him. I stopped what I was doing. When I finally looked at him I saw all the pain and frustration I was feeling reflected back in his eyes.

"Lauradane," he began softly. "I'm so sorry. We were all set to rescue your family. Leo had given us the orders and we had started trekking towards them. We were about halfway there when we heard Leo cry out. We quickly whirled around and couldn't believe our eyes. Leo was on his knees, clutching his plastron, and he...he...was bleeding...from his...mouth." Donnie stopped, tears threatening to overflow. Shakily, he continued, "L-Leo is m-my b-big b-brother. It h-hurts m-more th-than anything to h-hear him c-cry out in p-pain like that." Donnie tightly squeezed his eyes shut as the tears ran down his cheeks.

Seeing him cry, I couldn't hold back any longer as I began to cry, too. I knew exactly what that felt like. Shredder had had a tight grip on my young son. He had made my son cry out in pain, too. There isn't a more horrifying sound than that. It pierces right through your heart. All I could do was hang my head and cry as Donnie continued.

"Then, when Shredder kicked Leo in the face, Leo had stopped moving. You weren't moving either. It was all so...horrible," he said, and added, "We knew then that we had to save you and Leo. If we didn't, then I don't think either of you would have survived."

I didn't know what to say. Here I was, angry that my family had been left behind only to find out why. It couldn't have been easy for them to make a decision like that. Donnie, Raph, and Mikey had made an executive decision to save Leo and me. I realized then that even though my family had been left behind, Leo and I hadn't been. We would heal. We would live to fight another day, and then we would rescue my family.

To Be Continued...