Chapter 2

"Hey Leo time for your check up."Donnie said.

He sat on the couch where his older brother slept. He gently placed his stethoscope on his brother's chest, and wrote down some notes. He then got the cloth from his brother's forehead, and damped it in the bowl.

"It's been a week Leo, well, less but feels like it."

He placed the cloth around his brother's head and sighed.

"Mikey, locked himself in his room, and he doesn't want to get out until you wake up. Raph is somehow doing the same but he knows when he's suppose to eat and get his bathroom break. Don't even know how Mikey's managing, maybe he sneaks out at night. What's that? Oh me, well, I'm trying to find a cure for this poison but, found nothing. Don't worry, I'll search more then I'll find one, promise. But could you please wake up? I don't understand, you were okay when we came back, well maybe not okay, but you were awake. Wish I didn't let you sleep."He mumbled."Well I guess that's it for now, hope you wake up soon."

"Donnie?"

"Wahha! Raph! Give me a heart attack next time!"

"I'll put it in my list."He said and sat next to his brother."How is he?"

"His condition is not stable. His temperature is rising then falling, rising then falling, he's not getting better, nor worse."

"At least not getting worse."

"At least.."

"So, what are we dealing with here?"

"Something big, I'm surprised from his condition."

"Nah, I'm not surprised, Leo's strong and that's why he is. He is not sick, he's just taking a nap, that's all. Right Leo?"he held his brother's hands. "Come on Leo, show him that you're just taking a nap."

Nothing. He didn't move at all.

"Ookay. Don't worry just take your time, we can wait, for a while."

Still nothing. Donnie couldn't help it but chuckled.

"Don't know if it's okay that I'm finding it funny, but that's embarrassing."

"Nah, it's not embarrassing. Leo's playing around, right Leo?"

"Ri..ght.."He whispered.

They swore their hearts skipped a beat as their brother spoke, he opened his eyes and smiled.

"Hey.."

"LEO!"They both screamed with joy.

"How many times do I have to tell to stop scaring heck out of us?"

"Ten times, maybe more.."

"Vote for more."

"So how do you feel?"Donnie asked.

"Dizzy and feel weak. Is it okay if I go back to sleep?"

"No!"They both screamed.

"Last time we let you sleep you woke up a week later!"Raph explained.

"Really? Went so fast."

"Got to disagree with that."Donnie admitted."It felt like a month to us."

"Good took a long break from me."He slowly sat up careful not to feel worse. "Wait. Where is Mikey?"

"Well he has been-"Donnie was interrupted.

"Guys. You're voice is so loud, I'm trying to sleep!"Mikey complained as he stood outside his room? His eyes widend when he saw his older brother sitting on the couch waving at him. "Leo... LEO!"

He ran to his brother and took him in to a squishy hug.

"Dude I missed you! Please don't go all sleeping beauty again!"

"Okay.. Sure... I... Won't.. Can't.. Breathe!"

"Opps sorry dude."

After when they sat with their brother, Donnie then decided it was time to explain to them about the poison. He went to his lab to get the research that he made about the poison. As the others waited, Leo noticed from younger brother's expression that something was bugging him.

"Boy I sure would like to drink something exciting."Leo said in a fake exciting voice. "I wonder if Mikey is up to making my favorite drink which is.."

"Pizza Milkshake!"Mikey said excitingly. "Do you want some?"

"But you look tired Mikey I think I'll just-"

Before he finished his brother had already flew to the kitchen.

"He always falls for that.."Leo thought.

"How do you get rid of it anyways?"Raph asked. "Don't tell me you drink it."

His brother shuddered as he thought of how would it taste if he really drank it.

"So why did you want him to leave?"

"What's up? Why are you upset?"

"Trying to find away to apologize."

"Apologize? Why?"

"Because its my fault that you're hurt. The dart was meant to be shot at me not you."He said.

"It wasn't your fault that I'm poisoned, I'm the one who should have came up with a good plan. I lead to trouble, I got punished for that."

"Punished? You don't deserve to get punished just for doing a tiny mistake."

"It wouldn't have been tiny if it was you or Mikey or Donnie."

"So you just die for doing a mistake?"

"What makes you think that I'll die?"

"I don't think you'll die. I'm afraid that I might lose you."He admitted."Don't you think that it was enough that we lost Master Splinter?"

"Hey."Leo said in a calm voice, he reached his younger brother's chin and lifted it up until their eyes met. "I'm not willing to die without a fight, I'll fight for you guys and I'm not going down easily."

"Promise?"

"Promise, don't worry about my I'm sure I'll be okay."he patted his brother's head happily.

"Okay, and thanks."

"Anytime brother.."

"Oh Leeooo!"Mikey said happily. "Got you your favorite milkshake!"

He gave him the glass of pizza milkshake and Leo couldn't help it but stick his tongue as he was disgusted.

"What's wrong? I thought you like it."Mikey pouted.

"What? Who said that I don't like it? It looks.. Um.. Nice. It's just my stomach isn't feeling good right now, I'll drink it later."

"Okay, I'll put it in the fridge so you can have it cool and refreshing!"

Then Donnie finally came back, he held a sketchbook under his arm and held his med-kit bag.

"So what did you find Donnie?"Leo asked.

"I'll tell you everything but I need to check on you first."

Donnie got his stethoscope out and placed it on Leo's chest.

"Okay.. Inhale."he inhaled. "Exhale..."He exhaled. "Okay good."

Donnie got the notebook and wrote down the results. "How do you feel?"Donnie asked

"Feeling weak and lazy."

"Okay, are you in pain? Does it hurt in this area?"Donnie pointed around Leo's chest.

"No."

"Do you have trouble breathing?"

"No."

"That's good."He took some notes and sighed.

"Can you tell us now what's going now?"Raph was starting

to grow impatient.

Donnie took his sketch book and flipped through pages, he cleared his throat and showed them a page. The page had a drawing of Leo's body system.

"Okay as we all know that Leo got hit by a dart last week. The dart had a poisonous chemical that was emptied in Leo's system. I made a research about it, the poison comes from a very rare plant, there were people who got poisoned in several ways, whether they ate that plant, touched it and so on. Some people also got poisoned by a dart. People started using that plant as a weapon in war, putting it in darts and even bombs because of how lethal and deadly."He paused for a moment so the information could sink in his brothers' minds.

"So what the poison does is live inside the body, until.."

"Until?"Raph asked

"Until it reaches the heart and finishes it."

"Isn't there a cure?"Leo asked.

"I'll make a research and tell you."

"You said its living inside me, can you locate it?"

Donnie showed them the sketch of Leo's body system.

"Fortunately it's not near your heart, because you would have felt unbearable pain in your chest, you would have also had trouble in breathing."

Then he pointed at the legs.

"Most of the people who got poisoned, had the poison start from the legs, and maybe that's where it would start in your body."

"What if there isn't a cure, do you think there is a another way that I could survive it?"

"The people who survived this survived without knowing there was a cure. It all depends on the person's body and health."

"So you're saying that there might not be a cure?"Raph asked.

"I...don't know. Hopefully there is."

A moment of silence passed and no one said a word, until

Leo broke the silence.

"I'll be in my room if anyone needs me."

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