TmnT: The Anti-Verse

The couples were asleep except for one. Leonardo was up with Aurora, holding her hair for her while she threw everything up into the bucket. He was caressing her back with his fingers, trying to bring the sick woman some comfort. When the heaving stopped, she pulled her face from the pail. 


“I shouldn’t have eaten that shrimp...” she moaned, still feeling the affects of the nausea. “Did you eat any?” 


“No,” Leo told her. 


“It’s probably under cooked,” she groaned, tipping her face back into the pail to heave once more. When it was over, she carried the pail to the bathroom to dispose of the contents in the toilet. She then turned the sink taps to rinse her face and mouth out. 


Leo followed her into the bathroom and took the pail to rinse out in the tub and placed upside down on the tub edge to dry. Aurora was busy brushing her teeth and reaching for a bottle of tylenol in her travel bag. “Feel a little better?” he asked. 


“Mhmm....but crappy. I think I should keep that bucket by the bedside just in case. She popped a few pills for the headache and joined Leo back in the bedroom where he had already placed a brand new bucket. “Thanks,” she said sweetly as she pulled the covers up over her chest. 


He pressed his palm to her forehead. “No fever, at least,” he said, now rolling onto his side and draping an arm over her.

“Thankfully…” she whispered, closing her eyes. Heaving tired her out and she needed to recover from the stress on her stomach. Sleep came relatively quickly and she managed to get a dream or two in before her stomach flipped once more and she woke up to quickly catch herself with the pail. This time, she managed to avoid waking Leo and took herself to the bathroom on her own. She planted her hands on the rim of the sink, peering at her pale and disheveled-looking self. “Fuck…’ she grumbled, irritated with an unusually angry stomach accompanying her mood. Once she let it out, she felt immediate relief from everything but the nausea. She turned the taps, splashed cold water in her face, and brushed her teeth for the third time tonight.

Another glance in the mirror to fix her mussy hair and she turned the light off. When she crawled into bed, she realized Leo did not wake up once during her absence. Climbing over him was the quickest way back to her side of the bed so she did so…

...and did not wake him.

An odd surprise. Usually this would stir him slightly, but he did not budge to turn and cuddle her again. She sat up against her pillow and looked him over. “Leo?” she asked softly, hoping he may turn and attempt to bring her close, but he did not move. “Um….Leo,” she repeated, gently tapping him on the arm. Still no movement.

Panic swept over her and she quickly looked him over. Unable to see in the darkness that well, she quickly reached for the switch over the headboard. The room was filled with light and right away, Aurora saw a few small tiny syringes protruding from his shoulder. “Oh my g….!!!!”

Something quickly forced itself into her neck and Aurora yelped as a second sharp spike joined it. Her hair was pulled harshly and her neck craned until she saw her attacker.

There was a man in black with his face covered with a ski mask. Whatever he put in her neck worked fast and her limbs instantly fell limp. She heard him talking, but the words were jumbled. Aurora toppled over onto her pillow. Her eyes closed partially and she felt so weak and unable to fight back. The intruder waited a minute before scooping her up into his arms and carrying her off. He took her from the cottage and out into the night. Aurora tried to listen, but the urge to sleep kept threatening her.

Heavy whirring overcame the voice of the abductor. Aurora was placed on a chair and sat upright with restraints while her captor fiddled with the restraints on others present. Through her fuzzy, tunneled vision, Aurora could see other forms…little ones.

Then came the words that she dreaded most…

“Put those babies to sleep…” a man said. “Don’t want them screaming the whole way.”

Aurora’s panic grew. They took the children! Alex and Athena were on this thing! “S-stop…” she could barely manage.

“And make sure that one is out too,” the man added.

Her voice was already weak and she felt her head spin more as another needle pierced her skin. “Leo….” Blurred vision grew worse but she managed to see who else was on board this transport, likely a helicopter. Everyone was unconscious. “Emerald…” she whispered, seeing her friend close by. She was heavily restrained and unconscious. At least Athena would have her mother close.

The chopper did not take off for a bit and the door opened and closed several times as armed soldiers climbed in. There was talk of eliminating the “Damn CEO” on board between these men.

For the final time, the door closed and the chopper lifted off. The captain and several men lined the walls, buckled in and congratulating themselves on a job well done.

“The company will no longer have to entertain or look after these abnormalities,” one man said to his partner.

The other soldier laughed and agreed. “Got paid big bucks for those freaks and left one to finish the job. He has a history with Madame CEO. Leave a monster on the island with only 2 weak and helpless women and he’ll slowly regress…”

“Oh you guys are cruel…” the first soldier laughed. ______________________________________________

The fear was real. Island employees were missing and not a single boat was in sight.

Blossom heard Holly’s panicked screaming as she came rushing over to the large villa.

“Blossom! Mikey is missing and I woke up with a syringe in my arm! Everyone’s gone! Leo, Aurora, Emerald, Don…” Holly cried out as she ran up the steps. She was greeted with a sad sight…

Blossom was holding a paper and tears streaming down her face.

“What’s that?” Holly asked, taking a seat next to Blossom and gently tugging the paper out of her friend’s hand. It was a short handwritten letter.

Enjoy your remaining time on the island. We left you a gift to alleviate the pain of your son and husband’s absence.

“What? What does that mean? Who would take everyone?!” Holly jumped to her feet and quickly went inside the villa, leaving Blossom on the patio.

The tearful CEO looked out at the morning horizon, her heart broken and fearful. What would become of her family? Why did they take them? Who were these people? When Holly returned to the patio, she stopped short of the steps.

“Blossom…look,” Holly said.

The young CEO glanced where Holly pointed and the girls both saw a solitary figure coming towards them. Tall and in his signature purple bandana. Donatello was approaching the villa looking confused and heartbroken.

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