Leonardo stared down from the tree with hiss blue eyes narrowed in concentration, bandana tails flapping in the wind. His gaze was caught as a flicker of movement occured in the far corner of the small clearing. He whipped around, wincing as his injured leg gave a sharp stab of pain. Leo watched three figures entering the clearing and heard one murmer,
"Dude, where is he?"
"Well, Leo was always best at stealth."
Another voice answered. Leo waited until the thred figures were directly under the tree, and jumped, pulling his katana as he went. He hit the ground and turned to face his brothers. Leo smirked at the looks of shock they gave him.
"Work on it."
He said mischeviously before whipping around and hitting mikey on the left arm, causing him to fly into a tree. He followed up with a flip over his other brothers heads, landing just behind them, he whipped around and hit donnie on the shell. Hard. Donnie staggered and fell just as Leo did a round house kick on Raph, hitting him with his right leg. Leo let out a scream of agony, his deep voice resonating through the forest. He dropped to his knees, panting. Raph ran to his side, worry shining in his eyes. Leo waved him off.
"Im fine."
He inseisted. Raphael frowned, but stepped back. Leo stood, wincing at the pain, and limped away.
"Lets go."
He said. Leo looked back to make sure his brothers were following before walking to the raging river several yards away and sitting down on a flat rocm at the edge. He sighed sadly. Feeling a callused hand on his shoulder, he looked into the blazing green eyes of his younger brother.
"Leo! What the shell dude!"
Raph yelled angrily. Leo flinched away from him and stared at the water. He saw a flash of light and looked at the overcast sky before hearing a rumble of thunder.
"Nothing."
He said calmy. Raph glowered.
"Nothing?! Really dude?!"
Raph shouted. He sat down and glared at the water.
"Yes. Nothing." Leo stated. He watched his brother staring at the river. They stared at the foamy water for a few moments before Mikey ran into the bushes. Donnie sighed.
"Ill get him."
His words were wasted as Mikey came back, holding a scarred gray cat. He sat at he rivers edge and cooed. Donnie sat beside him and gently stroked the cats head, leo scratched its ears and raph scratched the stomach of the writhing, squirming cat. Suddenly, the cat gave a desperate wiggle and twisted free, running into the woods. The turtles stared after it. Leo shrugged and looked up at the sky, sighing. He closed his eyes as rain started spattering his face. The cold refrshing wetness calmed him down and helped him forget his pain. He sat there for what seemed like an eternity before hearing a shout from Raph. Leo jumped up, wincing as his leg gave a stab of pain in protest. He looked around and saw mikey swimming towards a strange glow in the middle of the dangerously swollen river. Leo heard a shout from his immediate younger brother.
"Mikey!"
Leo stared desperately at the churning waters.
"Come on mike…"
He murmured, clenching his fists. They stood that way for what seemed like eternity, when a sudden gasp came from downstream. Leo gave a shout of joy and limped as fast as he could through the heavy rain. The river was well over its banks now. A huddled green shape lay on the bank, its lower half sitting in the water. Slipping and sliding in the mud, Leo made it to his baby brother's side. He grabbed him by the arms and tried to haul him out of the water. He felt a hand on his shoulder and recognized it as Donnie's. He stepped back and let his brothers pull him from the water, stopping on a stone at the water's edge. Leo gasped when he saw a blue green tube of mutagen in his youngest brother's arms. Desperately Leo shook Mikey's shoulders. A groan sounded from the youngest turtle brother and Leo pulled him into a tight embrace.
"Don't you ever, ever, do something like that again!"
He gasped. Mikey gave a weak smile that quickly turned into a grimace at the look of fury that was his oldest brother's face. Leo sighed in relief and pulled his brother in for a hug.
"Ever!"
He said again. He felt a hand on his shoulder and stood, helping Mikey up. The heavy rain blurred their vision as they walked down the bank.
"Where do you think it came from?"
"I don't know dude, but wherever it came from, it isn't good."
"No duh mike."
"Shut up guys! I hear something."
They all quieted down at Leo's words. A loud rumbling was coming from farther upriver. A look of horror dawned on Donnie's face.
"FLOOD!"
He shouted. The three oldest jumped ahead, Mikey following a little slower. Suddenly Leo heard a shout and felt something knock into the back of his shell. The sound of shattering glass was heard and Leo stood, covered in mutagen.
"MIKEY!"
He shouted. He felt a burning in his skin and screamed in pain.
"Bros!"
Mikey's shout was heard from behind them. They turned and saw a huge wall bearing down on them.
"Crap…"
Raph muttered. Then the water hit them. Leo thought he was used to water, but nothing like this. He screamed, and was instantly choked with river water. He heard his name shouted from farther downstream, Mikey's voice.
"I'm coming bros! I'll find you!"
He shouted, the burning of mutagen still on his skin, then the roaring of the water filled his ears and the world went black as he was sent, spinning, into nothingness.