A dragon Secret
Chapter six: The Foot
Two weeks have past and the turtles still where playing a cat and mouse game with the dragon. Donatello stared frustrated at the computer screen before him. He had a file on it with a the info about the dragon. On the file was everything. Guessed height, skin color, where it appears. What Donnie doesn’t have was a good picture of the dragon. It always managed to avoid Donnie’s camera.
Donnie opened another file on his second screen. Leonardo. Ever since he noticed Leo was acting strange, Donnie started to take notes of his brother behavior.
The more Donnie started to watch Leo, the more he noticed things. Donnie sighed. He had a feeling Leo and the Dragon have a connection between them. Donnie had some theories, but he wanted to keep them to himself for now. He needed more evidence before he confronts his younger brother.
Donnie placed his hands on the keyboard and started typing. ‘Third day, getting more anxious and jumpy for no reason. Stays more in his room and starts avoiding us. Stares at the clock as if he needs to be somewhere. Father still waves Leonardo’s behavior off. Wonder if he will let Leo go on the mission tonight or use another lame excuse to keep him home.’
“Donnie! It’s time! Let’s go!”
Donnie saved the file and closed his computer before coming down the main room. “What’s the point of hunting it? We never will catch it.” Donnie heard his blue banana brother saying. ‘There we go again. Leo will get benched and don’t join another mission.’
“We will! If everyone work together!” Raph argued with Leo again. Donnie sighed and took his phone out as it will take a while before their done.
“And what do you mean by that?!” Leo growled.
‘Growling? That new.’ Donnie looked up from his phone. ‘Another thing to add to today’s list. Wait are those claws and fangs?’
“Fine than stay home!”
“I will.”
“Let’s go guys.” Raph said, walking to the door. Donnie put his phone away and watch out of the corner of his eye, his second youngest brother.
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While his brothers left the lair, Leo battled his instincts for control. “You okay?” April asked when she sees the blue turtle hands shaking. “I’m fine.” Leo said with a growling voice even when he felt his tail growing slowly.
“Clearly you’re not.” April said as she watched Leo’s eyes shift into his dragon eyes and his tail sweeping over the ground.
“You should go now that your brothers are gone.” Splinter worried as he watched his son struggling to stay in control.
Leo immediately started to walk towards the exit of the lair as soon he had his dad’s blessing. His instinct was screaming louder and louder at him while he was climbing the ladder to the surface. April had a hard time keeping up with Leo as he was already on the rooftop when she only just reached the surface. ‘Someone anxious.’ She thought.
Leo pulled his gloves out as fast he could before changing into a dragon. “Feeling better now?” April asked when Leo was done.
“Much better.” Leo said stress relived. “But a flight around the city would help even more.”
April smiled and placed the backpack on Leo’s back before jumping on. Leo takes off and flies around the city. While flying around Leo started to relax some more. April wasn’t talking too much either and just enjoyed the view.
Leo was making a turn when he suddenly let out a cry of pain. April jumped off immediately when they landed on the roof. “What the?” she said when she saw an arrow sticking in her friends wing.
Leo growled in pain again when April managed to pull it out. “Thanks.” Leo cursed when he and April got surrounded by the foot clan. They all stared at them as if they are waiting for something. “Get on.” Leo whispered to April.
“Why? We can take them!”
Leo threw April on his back and took off just in time as the foot attack him a second later. “Come on we could have taken them!” April yelled, hitting Leo on the head with her hand. April jumped when another arrow passed by her face.
“Too many!” Leo said. “You need to get back to the lair.”
“The lair?!” April said in disbelieve. “I’m NOT leaving you alone here, Leo!”
“April listen, I’m going to lead them to my brothers. They can help defeating them, but they will figure it out when they see you on my back.” Leo explained, landing on one of the rooftops. April hesitated, before jumping off. “Fine, but don’t get caught or I’ll be kicking your stupid ass.”
Leo gave her his trade mark smile. “I won’t.”
April sighed and watch Leo take off with the foot clan following in persuade. Leo try to fly as fast he could with his injured wing. “Come on, guys…Where are you?” Leo said to himself.
Leo immediately dived and hit Donnie on the head with his paw to get his attention. “Hey!” Donnie looked up angry. ‘The dragon!’ Donnie stared at the dragon while it circled around him very close. The dragon looked at him with pleading eyes for some reason. ‘April’s stuffed backpack?’ Donnie thought when he noticed the bag on the dragon. Donnie stared in disbelieve when he finally put two and two together. “Leonardo?”
Donnie watched Leo take off with the foot clan after him. “The foot!”
“Raph! The dragon! It’s here!” Mikey scream at their eldest when he spotted the dragon flying away. “Come Donnie!”
Raph ran past Donnie after the dragon. “What’s going on, Nardo?”Donnie followed his brothers. “The foot are chasing it!” Donnie said.
“But why?” Mikey asked.
“Don’t ask me.”
“Let’s ask them!” Raph said as they ran after the foot.
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Leo groaned as he crash landed in a small park. The bola finally got aimed right. It got around his wings, causing the crash landing. Leo tried to get the bola off his wing quick as possible, but the sleeping darts and arrows started to fly around him.
Growling angry at the foot that was surrounding him. One of the foot attacked him with a sword, but stumbled back when he felt his clothes being cut. Looking up he saw a sharp blade on the end of Leo’s tail. The foot narrowed his eyes and attacked Leo again, this time with the whole group.
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Behind a hill, the turtles looked down at the battle between the foot and the dragon. “We need to help him.” Raph said, looking down at the dragon. “It may be a pain in the ass for months now, but it doesn’t mean it deserves this.”
Everyone nodded and jumped down attacking the foot. Leo roared as a few sleeping darts hit him some more. Leo hit the shooters away with his tail and growled at the remaining foot only to be followed by a screaming pain. One of the foot members had shot him with a grabbing hook, sending electric through his whole body. Leo kept screaming until he passed out from the pain.
“Tie it up and get ready to portal it.” One of the foot said to the others.
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Donnie shot one of the foot away, looking up where his second youngest brother was fighting. ‘Leo!’ Donnie thought when he saw the foot take down Leo with the electric grapple hook.
Donnie fought his way to Leo, but was too late. Leo was hauled into the portal before Donnie even could get there.
“Ninja Vanish!” a thick American accent said and every member of the foot clan retreated in a minute.
Raph and Mikey looked around. “Where did they go?” Raph asked. “Where did the dragon go?”
“They took him.” Donnie said in defeat. “We need to get him back.”
“Wait, the foot capture the dragon?” Mikey asked confused. “Why would they need the dragon for, Donnie?”
“How I’d supposed to know?! For battles in Battle Nexus maybe? What I do know is that we need to get him back!”
“Since when are you so worried about the dragon?”
“Since I’ve discovered that the dragon is one of our own!” Mikey and Raph just stared dumbfounded at their Purple bandana brother. “It’s Leo! The dragon is Leonardo!” Donnie said frustrated.
Mikey and Raph started laughing loudly a second later. “Good one, Donnie!” Mikey laughed. “Leo a dragon!”
Donnie stared annoyed at them. “Wait, you’re serious?” Raph whipped a tear away.
“I’m always serious.”
“Come on, let’s go home and tell what happened to the REAL Leonardo who’s at the lair.” Raph and Mikey still laughed as they walk away from a annoyed Donnie.
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