Yes, I am aware that Tumblr's event Leorai week occurred last week, but my wifi was down at the time and I'm too big of a fan to miss out on such things. So here will be a little book of seven one shots following the prompts of 2016 Leorai Week.

The title of this set is a line from 'My Demons' by Starset (dope song, you should check it out). All of the one shots follow the basic theme of making everything okay, so I thought it was appropriate. Great tune for this ship in my opinion.

DISCLAIMER: Unfortunately, I did not win the powerball, so I do not own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or any characters associated. Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman didn't win the powerball either, but they created this worldwide franchise before anyone else could. However, Viacom and Nickelodeon own it now because they're rich motherfuckers.

PROMPT ONE: INJURED

SUMMARY: Leo breaks into Shredder's Lair to rescue Karai, but things don't go as easy as first intended.

PAIRING: Leonardo/Karai

WARNINGS: Violence (the prompt makes that pretty obvious) & Language

She couldn't help but feel a tremble down her spine as she sensed the presence of him, storming with ambition nearby.

During the deadly, miserable days of being locked up against her will in the place she used to call her home had been absolutely exhausting – every second of imprisonment filling her veins with a taste of dishonor and some deep hint of weakness. Weakness was a foreign emotion – previously banned from her psyche and one of the only things in existence that can make her bones tremble in fear in the thought of. After all of these days of nothing but the company of darkness and fears, she dreamed of nothing more than the escape to anyplace else.

Preferably, any place with him.

And despite her nightly dreams of him helping her break out from the newfound hell, the only thing she feared more than her own weakness was seeing his pure blue eyes enter the door to this horrid place.

Thanks to years of training to be a kuniochi, Karai knew immediately when someone had broken into the Foot Clan's lair that night, and she knew exactly that it could be no one other than Leonardo.

The worst part was that she knew exactly what his intentions were, and that the young ninja would lose his life before leaving her here again.

Karai tucked her knees to the tremble in her chin, hazel eyes glued on the dirty cement below her. Even after days of escape plans and attempts at a breakout, she remained locked in the small cell at the end of the cold, dark hall, helpless to leave the small and dirty place that she had been left in.

Ever since the fateful night of learning that her entire life was a lie, her existence became a constant game of being locked up by the man who raised her and ending up in the dreaded place again and again after many failed escapes. She wasn't assured that her life would be normal ever again, or if she was now subjected to a tale of captivity. She had no doubt in her that Leo would give everything he had in order to free her, but from someone who knew the Shredder more than anyone, the foolish teens hardly had even a chance.

If the anxiety stricken young girl who had been training far less years than Oroku Saki could understand Leo's presence so quickly, she knew he didn't have much time until a very fatal discovery occurred.

"Karai," the whisper hissed from the ceiling corner above, soon the form of Leonardo stealthily crawling closer to her cell.

Karai's eyes widened in panic, thinking of what she could do to get him out of here before it would be too late.

"Leave Leo! You can't be here! Please!" she hissed back, anguished worry filling her voice.

"I'm not going without you Karai, whether you like or not. Just hang on, I've got to get you out of there," he replies, dropping down to the concrete on the other side of the metal gate.

"Why, is it a pleasure to have your company, Leonardo. I was just beginning to grow unamused," the deep and menacing voice from the hallway drenches the air with a thick thirst for violence, his final word confirming his need to take a life at his hands right in that very room.

"Leo, RUN! Get out of here now! I'll be fine, you have to leave!" Karai pleaded, trying her best not to allow the tears to well into her wide eyes.

Leo sighed, carefully laying his hand on the gate. "I'm sorry, Karai. I am not going to let them do this to you anymore. I have to keep you safe, and that is the priority," he responds, a low mumble that only she's meant to hear. Karai shakes her head rapidly in terror, feeling the thunder shake the ground with every coming step of the evil man in the metal suit. Racketing her body with every movement.

"Well, isn't that touching. It is always quite unfortunate that such a petty feeling often ends in the shedding of blood. What was it called again? Love?" a low chuckle builds in the man's throat, scraping his deadly blades against the concrete.

It was then that Leo stood up as high as his body let him and looked straight into the eye of his enemy, his own usual loving and passive blue eyes feeling with only determination and hatred towards the man in front of him. "I am not afraid to face you, Shredder. I am not the child I was before, and I know that I can end you. After tonight, you will never harm another member of my family again," he speaks, and Karai almost trembled from the unrecognizable tone in his voice. That Leo that she had come to know, that she had come to love, was always one of strong spirit and passion, but never had she seen this kind of deep, angered emotion. Never had he shown such a craving for vengeance, such courage to defeat his opponent, such calling that killing the enemy was the only way he could go on ever again.

Never had she seen him act so much like she would.

Shredder's menacing laugh echoes across the room, the echo bouncing off of every wall and corner. "Well so be it, turtle. There is nothing I would enjoy more than taking your life with my hands right in front of the dishonor of a child I have. Karai, tonight you will learn a lesson about playing with Hamato," Shredder threatens.

"You will never have the satisfaction of taking anything else from me ever again. And she will never be your child, she will always be Hamato!" Leo replies, raising his voice and drawing his weapons securely from his belt.

With a raging roar, Shredder pounces into combat, Leo immediately blocking his strike. With that, the battle intensifies, raw fighting and determination to win from both opponents. Karai had never seen Leo fight with such ambition, with such lack of mercy. Her anxiety continued to grow as it escalated, as the blood and wounds from successful hits started growing on both opponents. It was clear that Leo had trained harder than he ever had before in order for this moment, proving himself to be an even more noble warrior than ever before. Karai couldn't believe that the shy, awkward teenager she had first met in what felt like a whole different lifetime was now the raw, passionate and powerful ninja bringing competition to a clan leader who was almost considered undefeatable.

Just when she thought it couldn't get any worse, Leo used a kata that she had never seen before, released with a loud yell of ambition and determination, the sharp blade of his katanas slicing through the air. Within this movement, the weapons split the lock on her fence straight in half, only to turn around and land a strong blow across Oroku Saki's collarbone.

The man yelled in pain and flew to the other side of the room, seconds passing with no activity from him. Karai pushed on the gate as hard as she could, seeing that it could open easily now that the lock was broken. However, the door remained jammed closed by nailing on the floorboard, and she knew she would have to take time that she didn't have to open it.

Leo stared into the darkness that Shredder had flown into, then turned to look at Karai with eyes full of ecstatic happiness and honor and a warm smile growing across his face. Leonardo had never felt better about something in his entire life.

"It's okay now Karai, it's all over. I'm going to get you out of there, and then we are going to go home," he says calmly, limping over to the cell. Karai struggles to let words escape, knowing Saki couldn't be defeated that easily. Things just weren't going to end this simple and she was sure of that.

Leo rose his katana to slice the row of nails holding the door down, making the mistake of having his back fully turned to the darkness. It was then that Karai noticed the bloody metal man emerging from the darkness, silently creeping closer with his large blades risen.

"LEONARDO! WATCH OUT!" she screamed, sending Leo quickly turning around. As soon as his body faced the Shredder, before he could even react or move his weapon, the large blades sliced across Leonardo's chest, ripping deeply into his plastron. Shredder smiled in satisfaction as he saw the young ninja's face freeze in anguish as the devastating blow tore through him.

"NO!" Karai immediately cried, feeling every single organ in her body just stop. No, this couldn't be happening. Not Leo. Not her Leonardo. No. NO. NO!

Karai had lived an entire lifetime of craving vengeance, all from different things over time. All she had ever known was learning what it was to kill, what it was to use blood to take back what was taken from her. Yet after everything that she's been through, she had never experienced this feeling of firing, hateful adrenaline that was taking over her. It was like something that wasn't even her, something that was only pain and death, had taken complete control of her.

Shredder turned his back to Karai, leaning on top of Leo's weak body. His entire plastron was now drenched in blood, but the ninja remained alive, harsh breaths escaping from his mouth.

"You are nothing but a naïve little fool. How could you even expect that a fighter as low as you can defeat me? All that you've done is help me get my fun, and the satisfaction of keeping the life of Hamato Yoshi's oldest child. Next, I will slaughter the rest of your pathetic family and I will finally have my revenge. Goodbye, Leonardo. Thank you for all of the entertainment," Shredder taunts before raising his blades to slit Leo's throat. Leo looks up in pain and fear, a sadness in his eyes that his body could not fully contain.

She wasn't sure if it was the hatred for Saki, fate, or a trigger in her heart from seeing such a state in the eyes of Leonardo that set her off. Yet there was something, whether it was always in her or something that love and grief had taught her, that gave Karai the strength to burst open the door with all of her mite. No matter how it happened, the nails were ripped from the ground and scattered all over the room after Karai had completely kicked the door down, sending her body flying out of the cell. Without even thinking about it, she picked up Leonardo's katana from the floor and sliced the Shredder's throat, feeling a twisted satisfaction from putting an end to all of the evil that radiated from inside that man.

Shredder fell gasping for air, blood squirting from his open neck and all over any silver that was left on the metal. He grasped at his throat in shock, since the entire thing had happened so quickly that he had even been caught off guard. Karai stood out of breath, herself not even understanding what she just did or how it even was possible.

"You will never hurt anyone ever again, Oroku Saki." Karai wheezed with hatred radiating in her breath.

She yanked off the metal top suit, despite his many attempts to stop her.

"Go rot in hell, fucker," she whispered in his ear, before plunging the katana straight in his heart.

When she was sure that Oroku Saki could not return, she didn't take the time to contemplate what she had done before running back to Leo.

"Leonardo," she cried, staring in horror at his broken body. There was close to nothing that wasn't tattered and shredded, and his chest was bleeding at an incredibly rapid pace. It was a miracle that he was still conscious.

"Y-you…You ki-killed him?" Leo whispered, his pained eyes staring up at Karai.

Lovely, beautiful Karai. The one he swore he'd give his life for no matter what.

"Yes Leo," she answered quickly, "He isn't going to hurt us ever again."

A smile grows on Leo's face, warm satisfaction pumping in his heart.

They had won. Oroku Saki is dead.

"Y-you're safe now, Ka-Karai. Y-You're free," he replies.

Karai tightens both of her hands into one of his, feeling so small and so large at the same time. After all of the pain that she endured, nothing stung more than seeing Leo so vulnerable and broken.

"That's right. We're going to be okay now, Leonardo. You are going to be okay," she said, staring down at all of the blood.

"You-you can go home now. Go home. I'm o-okay n-now," he whispers.

"No, Leo. I'm not going without you. You're going to be fine, I promise! We've just gotta go get you help. Just stay awake, okay? Don't close your eyes," she commands, complete panic inside her. She didn't know how to use words, didn't know how to use nonviolence to express how she felt. She wanted to tell Leonardo how much she loved him, that he was the most important person to her in this entire universe, that she wouldn't ever want to live without him. No matter how hard she tried, the words refused to leave her mouth.

However, as the tears started to run down her cheeks, she looked down at Leonardo. And as her eyes in locked with his, their damaged souls baring into each other, she knew that somehow he understood. No words were necessary for him to know exactly how much she loved him.

"C'mon Leo, we're going home," she says simply, delicately wrapping his body in her arms. Karai had never been more gentle with anything in her life, as if he was the most precious thing she had ever handled. She wrapped his arms around her neck and held him up, beginning the run into the night. The run to save her Leo. The run to go home.

Leo buried his tortured face in her torso, taking in the feeling that is Karai. So lovely, so right. The fast beats of her heart and warmth of her chest reminding him that she was there with him and nothing could go wrong again. It was that moment that he knew no matter what, every single thing was going to be okay.

For they had brought each other home the second that they were finally in each other's arms.

And there was no other place either of them would rather be.