A dragon’s Secrect ch7
Chapter 7 : Save him
“For the last time, I am telling the truth!” Donnie said frustrated. For the last fifteen minutes Donnie has been trying to convince his brothers to go back and save the dragon.
“Says you, but do you have any proof?” Mikey said as they have been laughing the whole way back to the lair with Donnie’s nonsense.
Donnie opened his mouth, but closed it at again. He didn’t have any. Only his theories. And knowing his brothers they won’t convince them unless he has some hard proof.
Mikey laughed again when they entered the lair. “Orange! Quite down! I cannot hear what April is telling me!” Splinter scolded. “Why are you even being so loud?”
“Donnie is trying to convince us that the dragon is Leo. Which totally can’t as he’s here and the foot clan has captured the dragon.” Raph told April and Splinter. Splinter and April looked worried at each other, like they know more than they are willing to tell. “You need to find the dragon and save it.”
“What? Why?” Mikey looked confused at his father. “Why is everyone so worried about the dragon?
Donnie face palmed. “Because the dragon is Leonardo!”
“Donnie, you really need to lay off the coffee.” Raph said to his second oldest brother, only to get a frustrated groan and throwing hands in the air as responds.
April look with doubting eyes to Splinter. Splinter knew what she was asking him and nodded. If it’s the only way to convince the others, then they have to break the promise they made. April grabbed her phone. “Is this prove enough?” she asked, holding her phone out to the three turtles.
“Ha! I knew it! I knew Leo was the dragon!” Donnie grinned when he saw Leo changing back into a dragon on the phone. The others stared at the screen, watching the replays. “Leo is the dragon…” Raph mumbled to himself. “WE GOT SAVE HIM!”
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The turtles jumped down a abandon build’s roof. “You sure it’s here, Donnie?” Raph asked, staring down at the abandon building across.
“If the noise and the goons patrolling isn’t enough proof for you, then yes I’m sure. Leo’s phone location is in the building across.” Donnie tabbed on his wrist band.
Raph nodded. “Let’s go.”
“Woah!” Mikey said as they entered the not so abandon building. The building was full of Foot members and equipment. Everyone’s eyes turned to the roaring sound in the middle of the room. In the middle of the room, there was the dragon in steel cage, banging his head and tail against the cage and getting response by getting electrocuted by some foot members.
“Leo.” Mikey said with a soft voice. “Is it me or is he more…”
“Feral?” Raph finished his youngest brother sentence.
“He is.” Splinter said as he studied his son. “We need to be careful once we’re close to him.”
“Agreed.” Donnie said while tapping on his wristband. “We do not know what he will do in this state.”
“Alright guys, let’s split up!” Raph spoke in his leader voice. “Pops and April free Leo, while we distract the foot.”
Everyone nodded and split up. “Hey Lieutenant stink foot! Let the dragon go!” demanded Raph, while standing in battle position. “Why do you even need him?”
“I can ask you kids the same.” Lieutenant said, not even surprised to see the turtles. “You have been hunting it for a month’s now and still fail to catch it. Besides we needed some money and a customer payed us up front. Now attack!”
Raph changed his grip on his tofu’s as the foot members attacked him and his brothers. While the brothers distracted the Foot, April and Splinter sneaked closely to the cage. They took down the guards easily.
‘Blue...’ Splinter looked worried as he stood as look out while April tried to unlock the cage. Leo growled as he kept banging against the cage until the cage disappeared into the ground. Leo immediately grabbed the foot member that came running towards them with his mouth, biting down and shaking it before throwing it as a rag doll away.
Leo looked for to his next victim. April. Growling dangerously and showing his fangs at her, Leo walked slowly towards her. April moved backwards, tripping over a tick wire cored, until she was against the wall. “Leonardo! No!” Splinter yelled, jumping between the dragon and the female teen. Splinter held his arms out as blockage even when he knew his son easily could over power him.
Leo stared at them, fangs still showing and growling, before turning his attention towards the attacking foot members. Leo tried to fly away, but couldn’t as his wings were injured. Leo attacked them instead.
Splinter sighed in relief, before turning to the teen. “April, are you al-“ Splinter bent down in front of April and placed a hand on her shoulder. “April?”
April was staring before her shaking like a leaf. She never been afraid of him like now. “It’s okay.” Splinter grabbed her into a hug, stroking her hair. “It’s okay, you’re safe now.”
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The foot Brute cursed as he tried to keep up making origami foot soldiers, only to be sliced by the turtles. Mikey kicked another paper foot soldier into smithereens. Mikey grinned, until he bumped into someone. Turning around he saw Leo up from close by. Leo stared back at him, but not with the lighthearted eyes Mikey’s used to.
“L-Leo?” Mikey stuttered. Leo growled at Mikey, leaning a bit closer to him, Leo sniffed at Mikey. Mikey gasped when Leo launched himself, mouth wide open, towards him. Mikey stared in fear at his brother shoulder. He thought Leo was going to bite him! Leo pulled back, revealing a origami foot soldier or what’s left of it. Leo looked at him with the now turning to ashes foot soldier, before turning back to the fight.
Mikey stood there for a second, thinking what just happened. “Jgaah!” a voice scream from the left. Mikey didn’t react fast enough to avoid a kick to the face from the Foot member and crashed head first against the concrete wall. Mikey slides down against the wall unconscious.
The foot grinned behind his mask, but immediately screamed in pain when Leo bite down in his shoulder throwing him against some other foot members. The Foot members crawled back up surrounding Leo and Mikey.
Leo moved over to Mikey, fangs showing and growling angry at the closing in foot members. A brave foot member attack first with his katana, charging towards the dragon, only to be cut by the bladed tail.
More foot members attacked Leo and every one of them met the same fate as the others. Either being slashed by his tail, throwing away like rag dolls or slashed by his claws. From the corner of his eye, he saw someone reaching for Mikey. Leo immediately turned towards the intruder, grabbing him by the shoulders and digging his claws deep into the persons flesh. “Leo!” said the person right before Leo wanted to bite down.
Leo looked confused. He knows that voice! Looking better at intruder he saw a red bandana with familiar eyes. Sniffing the scent up from the intruder, it was familiar as well. It even had some scents from the orange one on him too.
Trusting the familiar scent, Leo released the intruder and pushed him towards the wounded orange one.
Raph rubbed his shoulders confused, but was grateful Leo didn’t bite his head off as intended. Raph kneeled next the youngest turtle. “Mikey?” Raph gently shook Mikey’s shoulder, watching Leo defending them as a angry mother protecting her young. “Wake up.”
“Raph!” Donnie landed next to him with April and his dad. “What happened?”
“I don’t know.”Raph said, watching Leo attack the foot. “I’d saw Mikey on the ground and-“
“Leo’s protecting Mikey.” Donnie finished. “We need to get him out of here.”
A roaring pain was suddenly heard. Looking up the turtles saw the Foot firing grabbling hooks towards Leo and running electricity through them, while firing tranquilizing darts. Leo grabbed the hook that was on his plastron and pulled it out while wincing.
“Take it down!” someone yelled.
Leo pulled on one of the cables, sending the person other end towards him. He bites in the weapon, crushing it with his jaws before throwing it away. Roaring through the whole building, Leo unleased a sea of fire around the whole building.
The foot scream and ran away out of fear. “We need to go, now!” Splinter said looking away from the raging dragon.
“But, Leo….” Mikey said worried. Splinter didn’t answer and pushed the others out of the building. They all watched the building burn. “Leo!” they screamed once the roof collapsed. Out of the fire and smoke, a dragon figure flew up in the sky, before crashing into the ground. Splinter held his arm out before anyone could run towards him.
Leo pushed himself up in sitting position, panting for air. He growled and showed his fangs towards his family, ready for a fight even when he had trouble with staying awake or even moving.
Splinter walked towards Leo, reserving threating growls from the dragon. It didn’t stop Splinter from coming towards him. “It’s okay, my son.” Splinter placed a hand on Leo’s muzzle. Leo panting for air slowed down as he started to calm down by the touch. “Stop fighting it. Go to sleep, Leonardo.”
“Dad?” Leo whispered before falling forward into Splinter. Splinter grabbed Leo and placed him gently down on the ground, stroking his head as the others joined them. “Let’s go home.”
“I’ll carry him.” Raph bent down, allowing his brothers to place the sleeping dragon on his back.
“Wait! Let me-“ Donnie grabbed Leo’s bandana and muzzled Leo for safety reasons. All of them walked back to the lair in silence.
