Leo's worst nightmare
Leo has always had fears about losing his team, but now more than ever his dreams seem to be interfering with Leo thoughts, so what will happen, will Leo tell them, or will he push them away, trying to be all tough.
Note: This story takes place during season 2 of the 2012-series. this story is right before "Fungus Humongous", so all the normal characters will be present
Lying down in bed, Leo tugged the blanket over himself, tossing and turning, he finally gave up when the blankets had fallen to the ground. Disoriented, Leo Looked over at his alarm clock, according to the clock, the current time was 2:34 AM. Good Job Leo, Good job.
Sighing, Leo slowly sat up, feeling the warmth of his bed leave him, as the cold made its way up and onto Leo's tired skin.
Thinking about his dream, he groaned, Sleeping for Leo recently had been a nightmare, literally, Leo was almost as scared of it as he was scared of the shredder, and most nights he had to convince himself to got to sleep, but the thing was, if he didn't sleep, his dream could become a reality, either way, Leo's dream could come true, and that's what Leo most feared.
Leo's dream had revolved around three things, the first being his brothers getting hurt, then them getting pulled away into a dark abyss, with Leo powerless to stop them and in conclusion Leo being all alone, in a fog of darkness.
"Why- why can't I get a good night sleep?" Leo grumbled to himself, "May as well, get up- Won't be able to get back to sleep-." Leo slowly stood up, dizziness almost taking over his body, shaking it off, Leo opened the door.
The lair was dark, cold and dark, it was early December, and winter had hit New York hard, the temperatures had gone way below the monthly average, making it extremely hard for the turtles to stay at the top of there game. most nights there nightly patrol had been cancelled by Donatello, due to very Low temperatures or a snowstorm. they had all been cooped up in the sewers for a little less than a week now and Raphael had been more than angry, throwing tantrums about little things, like the sewers smelling worse than they have ever, the TV not working or Donnie making to much noise in his lab, leaving Raph to storm out of the Lair more than once.
Revolving back to Leo's dream it played out in his head like a movie, The three turtles had been magical all placed in a room, dark fog had surrounded them, they could only see after a meter in front of them, weapons all at the ready, they were fighting, different people, one second Leo was fighting the shredder, then the next, Shredder turned into smoke and Tiger Claw appeared and started to fight him, this was also happening for the rest of Leo's brothers.
Donnie had been the first one to be taken away in Leo's dream, trying to defend Raph from fish face (who Raph had just started fighting,) but suddenly Slash appeared from behind Donnie, turning around, he grabbed Donnie by the head and smashed him into the ground, taken out, Slash dragged him into the dark smoke, blood following him, screaming, Raph charged after Donnie, but he too was knocked out by being bit on the neck by Fish face, and Raphael had to been pulled away.
Now it was just Mickey and Leo left, Mickey was had been fighting a few different people, Bradford, dog pound and Rahzar, but now he was up against the Squirrelanoids, but soon enough, he too had be taken out and slowly taken away, in as the rest, a trail of blood, after that, all the villians had now dissapered, leaving Leo all alone, him crying out for his brother, wising they would come back, but every time he tried to run after them, he felt like someting was cutting in up on the inside, it was horrible.
Trying to block the thought out of his head, Leo walked down the stairs. walking past the DoJo, made him think of Master Splinter, then Kari popped into his head, Leo just needed some time to relax, but for some reason, he just couldn't focus.
Leo noticed that blue sparks had seemed to be coming from behind him, slowly turning around, he could see the Lab doors opened ajar, and he could hear slight mumbling over a low sound of tools being used. walking over to the lab, Leo placed his hand on the inside of the door, moving it slightly, causing Donnie to look up at the sound, he seemed more concerned than happy to see him.
"What are you doing up?" Donnie asked Leo as he stepped inside
"I could ask the same to you." Leo folded his arms
"I'm working on something for April." Donnie smiled
"Don," Leo looked at him, Leo felt that he was almost about to cry, (not because of April), but he couldn't do that to his smart brother, breaking down to seek comfort, no, Leo can't, but it was damn tempting
"Is something wrong?" Maybe I'll leave being all 'tough' to Raph, Leo thought to himself "You can tell me, Leo.' Donnie said
"I've-," Donnie stuttered "it's really nothing," Leo said trying to convince him
"Leo," Donnie said walking up to him
"I just had a bad dream." Leo sighed "Can you just go and get some sleep." Leo pleaded, "I know April is 'important' but please go to sleep." Leo looked like he was going to cry.
Donnie was about to protest until he saw Leo's face, he looked so tired and drained, and yet so determined to get his smart brother into bed, then remembering it was early in the morning, sighing, Donnie obeyed his big brother. The two walked outside together, walking over to his brother's bedroom, stopping at Donnie's door.
"Thank's Leo... Just promise me you'll go to sleep too, Ok?" Donnie asked as he walked into his room, turning around to his brother.
"Sure, Goodnight Donnie." Leo smiled
"Night." Shutting the door slowly, Leo turned around and started to walk over to the entrance of the Lair, after hearing a door shut, Leo looked down
"I have to get out of here, I need some air, I need something." Leo looked up, "But, I-I can't, I need to protect my brothers, I-." Leo was cut shot, feeling a hand being placed on his shoulder, spinner around quickly, Leo put a hand on his Katana, about to wipe it out, until he noticed who the hand came from "Donnie-." Leo dropped his right hand,
"Leo, What happened?" Donnie stood there, he wanted to help Leo, but Leo didn't want help, he felt he couldn't do that to Donnie, "Please don't be Raph." Donnie came over to Leo, which was still in shock from when Donnie had placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I-I... Don." Leo felt his whole body go numb. He had to be strong for his family, he couldn't be weak, he had to be a leader
"Leo? LEO." Falling to his knees, Donnie ran up to him, catching him in mid-fall, Leo as looking at the floor as if it had sprouted 4 little heads. Leo could feel his head thumping with thoughts, "Come on," Donnie gradually helped Leo to get up, supporting him "Let's get you to bed." Leo looked over at Donnie which was helping him walk, his breath started to speed up
"No no no no," Leo fell out of Donnie grip, running over to the couch, "Please not sleep, anything but sleep." Leo pleaded. Leo was now crouching behind the couch, Was he scared of sleep, maybe he had a dream.
"Leo, please come with me, I promise you'll be safe." Donnie held out a hand, Leo poked his head out from the couch,
'F-Fine." Leo slowly stood up, brushing off the feeling of wanting to vomit, Leo walked with Donnie to his room.
Walking into Leos room, Donnie could see his bed was a mess, the blanket was on the floor, his table was a mess, even for Leo, and the katana blades that were once propped up on his wall, were now with Leo, packed away on his back.
"First let clean up this room," Donnie said as he started to make the bed, Leo walked over, placing his katanas upon the wall, looking at them for a second then walking over to his table to make it a little neater than it had been. Donnie had finished making the bed, looking over at Leo, he smiled in content, Leo found enough energy to summon a smile grin, but it soon faded away.
"Goodnight Leo," Donnie said as he walked over to the door "We'll talk later, but right now you need rest." Donnie shut the door behind him, leaving Leo by himself, looking around Leo sighed, taking of what was left of his equipment, getting into bed, Leo had fully laid down when he looking over to the clock, Leo could now see that it was 2:57. Turning his head back, Leo stared up at the ceiling, Was he going to have the same dream? He didn't know, yawning, Leo started to close his eyes, falling into a deep sleep.
~~~~~~~ Raph POV
Gregory stretching ou this arms, he turned to his side. The sound of two doors opening and closing, and the pitter patter of feat, were all Raph could hear, Groaning, Raph slowly lifted up the blankets from his bed, dropping them onto the bottom of the bed.
Raph had finally put on all his gear, grabbing his sias, twirling them he placed them into there pockets.
Going over to the door, Raph Opened it ever so slightly, to see all the doors now open, so walking out of his room, Raph sleepily walked to the kitchen.
"Goodmorning, Raph," Donnie said while pouring the last drops of water into his cup of morning coffee.
"Hey, Raphie." Mickey smiled, Leo looked up but said nothing, all he could think about was Raph getting pulled away, in a battle to save Donnie.
"Morning.' Raph grabbed a seat,
"Do you want some cereal?" Mickey asked as he poured coco pops, into a cereal full of what looked like, Fruit loops, Nutreal grain, and something else that Raph never saw before.
"I'm good, not hungry anyway," Raph said, "And don't call me Raphie." Mickey only giggled.
"What's up fearless? Cat got your tongue?"
"What do you mean Raphie, Ice Cream Kitties in the freezer," All turning there heads to Mickey everyone went silent, as they heard meowing coming from the fridge.
"It's an expression Mickey," Donnie patting his brother's shoulder.
Leo looked down he didn't know what to say, should he tell them he had a dream about them supposedly dying, probably not
"Leo?" All three of his brothers were now looking at Leo, he felt there worried and concerned eyes stare at him, he felt so comfortable
"I'm going to meditate" Leo murmured, as he got up, looking at the ground, well at least he was going to meditate, until a hand grabbed his, turning around, Raph had gripped onto his wrist
"Whats wrong?" Raph asked, staring deep into Leo's eyes, Leo looked away as he could feel the waterworks coming into play, Not now, Not now!
"Please Raph," Leo said, trying to get his hand free from Raph's grip, only for Raph to hold onto his wrist tighter.
"Leo talk to us," Leo turned his head to each of his brothers
"Please Leo." Mickey weakly smiled
"I'm going to meditate." Leo finally said, pulling his hand away from Raph grip, and walking out of the room, leaving the three turtles speechless
"Donnie?" Raph and Mickey turned to Donnie "Is something wrong with Leo?"
"Well..." Donnie stuttered "I think he just had a bad dream, from what he told me last night," Raph looked at Mickey then back at Donnie
"Last night?" Raph raised an eyebrow
"I tell ya later."