A/N: I couldn't think without writing this, so please read this and tell me if you want me to continue it. It'll be slow going, but I couldn't concentrate on The Vampire Comes Out at Night without typing this little thing. Thanks!
Raph growled, his shell clicking gently against Don's. Mikey had his back to his brothers.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish Fearless was here, Raph thought to himself, facing the Foot with his Sai drawn. This was an army of ninja they were facing; plus Shredder and Karai, who stood at the fore.
"So, you decided you had to attack us when we're one short?" Raph snarled, twisting his weapons.
"The blue one will be killed later," Shredder said in his metallic voice. "He will suffer knowing he could have helped you but didn't!"
With that, the Shredder and his army attacked. Raph, Don, and Mikey fought and fought, swinging punches when they were disarmed.
The foot suddenly drew back. Shredder seemed to smile as he walked slowly forward. Raph's chest was heaving with exertion. He put up his fists, though, as Shredder raised his spiked gauntlet.
"No!" a voice suddenly called. Something banged into Shredder, metal on metal, and the overlord flew backwards into his legions. Raph turned to see his rescuer, but all he saw was a hulking shadow. "You will leave them alone!" the shadow ordered, seeming to stand up and standing almost seven feet tall.
Raph thought he recognized the voice, but wasn't sure.
Shredder stood up again and looked at the new comer. "Who are you? You have no business here tonight."
"I have much business with you," the figure said, shifting. "And you will leave them alone if you know what is good for you."
"You would dare to fight us? When we have you overpowered eighty to four?" Shredder sneered.
"Those who fight without honor, die without honor," the shadow said. Raph inhaled sharply. That sounded like… Leo!
The figure stepped forward. It was Leo… Sort of. Instead of his organic body, their brother seemed incased in a metal suit. The arm raised and a machine gun fired.
The Foot fled. Shredder stood among the bullets dinging off his armor and sneered.
The cyborg's machine gun sunk into his arm and popped back out, a normal hand. Well, metallic normal hand.
"You'd better get out of here, Shredder," Leo said, his voice chilling. "I have not forgiven you for what you did to me."
"It was lucky for you those Utrom filth rescued you," Shredder sneered, but he backed off and disappeared.
"L-Leo?" Don asked, stepping forward. Leo swung around to face his brothers and they saw that he was almost all metal. Only half of his face was visible.
"Hi," Leo whispered, his metal half of his face expressionless and staring at them with one red eye. His organic face showed remorse and sorrow.
"What… What happened?" Don asked, putting his Bo away.
"I'll tell you later. The Foot are still around."
"Dude, you're like… a robot!" Mikey cried, putting his nunchucks away. Leo seemed to chuckle, but the metallic tinge to his voice made it eerie.
"The correct term is "cyborg", Mikey. Part organic, but in my case, mostly mechanical. To sum it all up, the Utroms saved me from Shredder a few weeks ago when I was on a training run. I was beat badly. They saved what they could… But I depend on this suit for survival now."
Leo seemed sad as he walked towards the edge of the building. "You think you can keep up?" he asked teasingly. They were only a few blocks from the warehouse, and Leo went slowly so his brothers could keep up easily. They were very tired after the battle.
When they got to the warehouse, Donnie keyed the code into the elevator, which pinged and appeared for them. All four stepped in, a little crowded with Leo's new body.
Don eyed it as they traveled down to the lair. When the door opened again, Leo was the first out and he waited for them.
Master Splinter appeared out of his room and gave a small gasp at seeing his eldest son again… In such a different way.
"My sons, who is this?" he asked carefully.
"It's me, Master Splinter," Leo said before his brothers could intervene. "Leonardo."
"Leonardo?" Master Splinter repeated, confused. "What has happened?"
"That is a story best suited for telling in the dojo, since we can all sit in comfort," Leo smiled. At least, half of his face smiled. The other half was a metal plate, sculpted in a kind of reminder of Leo's real face, the red eye staring.
"Can I get us some food?" Mikey asked. "I'm starving!"
"Okay," Leo agreed. He moved off towards the dojo.
"Umm... Do you want any?" Mikey asked, uncertain.
"Yes, Mikey, I do eat to sustain the organic parts of me, and I could use a bite. Thanks." Leo disappeared into the dojo, followed swiftly by Don and Raph. Master Splinter gathered his walking cane and joined his sons. Mikey entered with pizza slices on plates.
"So, what happened?" Don asked around a bite of pizza.
Leo was sitting across from them. His metal body was crouched, the joints apparently locked. "Okay, listen closely," he said, putting aside his pizza.