His head was spinning.
"Ha" he moaned in pain, "where... Where am I?" The last thing he remembered was... Cave in... His eyes widen in realization 'the Shredder'! He had to get out of here... Whatever this place is. For the first time, the thought accord to him that he has no idea where he is. Somewhere in the sewers, but more than that? He had no idea. 'Maybe the under city?'
Quick glance around told him that can't be right. The walls weren't as high or as smooth as they might be if he'd fall into one of the abyss of the under city. The place was too dark too. The under city had a constant glow from something unknown to them, but the fact was that they never had a trouble with seeing down there. No, this place had a soft yellow light, instead of the white hard one in the under city.
And... He frowned. There was absolutely no way for him to be in the under city. The tunnel they were in before the cave-in, one of the most old and dusty tunnels (stupid, stupid, stupid, he should have known it would happen, he should have known it would cave with strong enough hit, he should have known its wasn't fit to be a battle field) was very far away from the under city.
So, not the under city. Good. He hated the place. It wasn't one of the first times he had to fight completely without his master's guidance, nor the first time he fought his master when he wasn't completely in his right mind- if he was under someone else's control, or his feral nature taking over- but it brought back bad memories all the same. Raph often teased him for being the 'teacher's pet' and 'Mr. Perfect student/son/leader (at least Leo had to be grateful for the variety of insults instead of a single one. That way he could pretend the insults amused him without much of a struggle) But the truth was that he needed his master support very much.
So, if this place isn't the damn place he hated so much, where was he? He pushed himself to stand up and ended up muting a shout of pain (not that there was anyone around, but from past experience, it's always better to be safe than sorry. Mostly because 'sorry' meant his head wasn't his appropriate place on his shoulders). He stopped all attempt to get up at once, and for the first time since he came back to his mind, he looked directly in front of him.
There, above the place his leg supposed to be, there was a huge rock. "Great. Just what I needed", he mumbled to himself. The fact that he didn't felt it before wasn't good. Wasn't good at all. Still, there could be worst. He reached out to belt, pulling the only object that was left to pull- his T-phone. He praised the button, waiting for the comforting light of the phone. It didn't come. A memory of his baby brother using his phone to play when they waited on the rooftop came to his mind. "So, no battery either.", he mumbled out loud, because it became hard to bear the dead silent. It felt almost like a grave. His grave.
Shaking his head, he chased the thought away. He WON'T die away from his brothers, where they won't be able to say one last goodbye. Besides, this place couldn't be that deep if he was still alive after that fall. And if it wasn't deep in the sewer system, it would be easy for his brothers to find him, especially if he wouldn't move from where he is now.
And talking about movement... He eyed the giant rock ahead of him.
He struggled under the piece of earth, trying to move, and checking his ability to. He stopped when the pain became unbearable, and stared forward in exhaustion.
And stopped dead on.
In front of him, was a yellow sign with the writing 'HA2510' on it. He gave a long sigh. 'Oh no...' The tunnel he was in was an old tunnel that linked the sewers to an old fresh water pound, from rain water that got socked in the ground and met the foundation stone, the last line, and stayed there. This was one of the lowest tunnels in the system. It was a miracle there was even working lights here. He must have broken a couple of bones he didn't feel in his legs and broke his shell more, or the tunnel they were in was lower than he originally thought. Of course, the endless 'follow the leader ' games they played as kids when there wasn't anything else to do brought them much farther away from home, but never that low. If his brothers wanted to come here, they would have to take the maze of maintenance tunnels, not to mention locate him first. It would be hours in the best case, days in the worst, until his brothers came to his rescue.
'Don't worry Leo' he tried to calm himself down, 'you have no trouble waiting for them, as long as it would take. Just make sure you are safe in the meantime'.
He started digging through his belt, but froze. Everything he had there fell, except from his useless phone, that he always put on the bottom of his belt, because he almost never used it during missions. 'That would need to change'. he noted to talk to Donnie about the expend of the battery life if he gets out of here. 'When'. When he gets out of here.
He tried his luck, hoping he missed something, and when he came up with nothing, he started searching around him for Something-anything- he could use as a weapon. Except for so small rocks they were more of a thick sand then rocks, there was nothing around him.
No armory, no movement, no brothers.
Fear started creeping to his heart. If one of the foot survived the full, and was free to move, he would die.
But after long minutes, when he heard nothing, he understood there were no one there but him. Still, the situation couldn't possibly get worst.
He couldn't be more wrong.
