I Just Want A Shower
Leo walked out of the lab, he was tired and frustrated. His entire body ached and he felt dirty from head to toe. He looked back at the lab with a sigh before continuing into the hall toward the bathroom.
"Hey Leo," Don called after him. "Don't go too far, I'm going to want to check you out too."
Leo huffed."I'm not that bad Don, just look after Mikey."
"Okay, go and rest then, I'll be in your room to check you out in a bit."
"I just want a shower first Don, I'll come back to you when I'm done." Without waiting for a reply, Leo continued his way toward the bathroom. His mind thinking back about the nights events. He knew he should not dwell on what happened, as his Sensei has told him many times, 'you can not change the past, only learn from it,' but the only way to learn from it was to think about what went wrong, and he knew that was something he would probably be doing well into the next day.
With a heavy sigh, Leo took one last look around the lair, Raph had gone to see Splinter to report on the nights events and he figured he could talk to Splinter in the morning, so Leo then walked into the bathroom. Directly in front of him was the sink with the mirror on top, he stared at his reflection sadly. "At least we all made it back home alive," he told himself, "I should be happy about that." So why was he so upset? Because his baby brother, Mikey, had been injured and, the more he thought about it, the more he blamed himself.
He looked from the mirror to the sink, "No," he told himself wearily, "I definitely want a shower." To the left of him was the toilet and by the toilet was the bathtub, "or maybe a bath." Leo's legs hurt and the thought of standing in the shower felt exhausting. He turned back to his reflection, there were cuts over his arms and legs covered in dirt, blood and cement from the building that had fallen on top of him and now the thought of sitting in water with all that filth floating around him made him feel rather disgusted. His gaze wandered over to the right side of the bathroom where a large shower stall was calling his name.
Leo made his way over toward the front of the stall. It was a fairly big shower stall, one that he, along with Raph and Mikey, had helped Don to enlarge and add three additional faucets, two on the side and one in the back. As the turtles had gotten older and larger, they realized they needed more space. They also realized they enjoyed each others company in more ways then one and playing in the shower became a favorite way to 'relax' with each other as well as help scrub each other's shells. But right now Leo just wanted to get clean, get checked out by Don and then go to bed. He leaned in and turned on the water. While the water warmed up, Leo stripped himself of his mask, elbow and knee pads, belt and weapons, then stepped in.