TMNT - #30, 37, 73, 86
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#30 - General TMNT
Title: The Dead
Fandom: General TMNT
Characters: Any
Prompt: 030 - Death
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
They were the Dead, and I was among them.
I could feel them, hear their whispers.
They stared into my eyes expectantly.
I stared back, bound tight in a nightmare.
One stepped close and lifted a hand, beckoning.
Voicelessly, I told him to leave.
He backed away, whispering to the others that I was not yet ready.
I blinked... I lay on the ground, fighting pain in my gut.
My family gathered around, thankful I had survived.
But, somewhere deeper than before, I heard the Dead speak into me…
Say your farewells, you will be with us by the dawn.
#37 - General TMNT
Title: Beat
Fandom: General TMNT
Characters: Any
Prompt: 037 - Sound
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Fast and hard, a rhythm sounds in my mind.
I try not to listen, I force myself to ignore the song.
I tell myself that it means nothing, it is nothing.
It is just a distant cadence, a march I don't intend on stepping to.
I refuse it, I fight it, I damn it.
I take heavy breaths to hide it.
I scream out loud to drown it.
I can't let myself get lost in the tune, the drumming, the pulse.
I cannot let myself hear my heart beat in my ears.
I must not allow myself to be afraid.
#73 - General TMNT
Title: Steps
Fandom: General TMNT
Characters: Leonardo
Prompt: 073 - Light
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Five steps to the light.
I will be safe there… out of the dark, where it stalks me and follows my scent.
Four steps to the light.
It lets itself be known. Footfalls I can barely hear. Toying with me, taunting me.
Three steps to the light.
I will be there soon, where it fears to go. I feel it now... heavy breaths on my neck.
Two steps to the light.
A rush of displaced air… I must fight back the pain… stay on my feet… ignore the blood in my eyes.
One step to the light.
One more...
One...
#86 - General TMNT
Title: Jerusalem
Fandom: General TMNT
Characters: Michelangelo
Prompt: 086 - Choices
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
This isn't why we came to Jerusalem.
What is that? A bottle. A rag. Fuel. Fire. A Molotov cocktail...
"Hey, you - put that down..!"
He's crazy
"I meant place it down not throw it!"
It's heading towards that car. The gas tank...
"Aw, man..."
If I can catch it, it'll still explode, but the tank won't go. Everyone else will be safe.
"Everybody get back!"
I can still protect myself. But... my life, or all of theirs? One or many? I'm still running towards it, so I guess I made my choice.
This isn't why I came to Jerusalem.
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