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
Inner peace, Breath i breath ou Inner pe- "LEO!" Sighing Leo opened his eyes to see two concerned brothers and one that looked like he was about to blow "What's going on Leo?" Ran stormed up to his once meditating brother,
"What do you mean Raph?" Leo looked up, trying to focus
"You know perfectly well what I mean Fearless!" Raph pulled Leo up, so now he was facing them all "Donnie told us about last night." Raph voice started to crack as he held his head down, trying to hide his face
"Talk to use Leo," Mickey smiled weakly, poking his out from behind his taller brothers
"Like I said before, I'm fine and nothing's wrong, so stop worrying," Leo said walking over to the tree, picking up the katanas that he had placed on the floor or the Dojo
"Leo, you weren't Fine last night." Donnie said, "You didn't even want to go back to your room." Donnie frowned
"Leo, we know something's up, even if you don't tell us." Raph and Donnie, both nodded.
Leo looked down, holding his katana in both hands, clenching them until his hand were going white, Leo can't tell them, he can't possibly tell them, for his and their sake, Leo slowly sat down, Shielding his katana on his back, lowering his head, falling onto his knees, his brothers came running to his aid,
'I need to talk to Raph." Leo mumbled not making eye contact with any of them, "Just for a minute." Leo looked up, this had been the first time Raph had seen Leo look so worn out,
"Guys..." Raph looked back at Mickey and Donnie, pleading with his eyes
"Call us when you're ready," Donnie said while pulling Mickey away with him, walking out of the DoJo.
What was he going to tell him, He had told Donnie and Mickey to go away, just because he wanted to talk about Raph. What did he want to tell Raph? Raph asked himself, looking back at Leo, who was pacing, he was panicking.
"Leo?" Looking up, Leo saw Raph sit in front of him, ready to listen to Leo
"Umm." Leo tried to look everywhere but Raph's direction, he felt so nervous "Take care of them." Leo said, Looking at Raph, his expression had been changing rapidly in the last hour due to Leo, but now he looked worried, confused and maybe even a bit scared
"Take care of- What are you talking about?" Raoh huffed, Leo flinched, breathing out
"Take care of Master Splinter and the guys." Leo corrected himself
"Leo...?" the tension in the room had started to rise "You don't mean-" Leo cut Raph short
"I'm not going away. But if something does happen, to me." Leo stopped to breathing in deeply, feeling his own eyes get glossy, causing his vision to go blurry "I want you to take care of them."
"Leo... I-Is this what the dream was about?" Raph asked
"No- well- maybe... I don't know how to explain it," Leo said, he was about to stand up, but Raph's strong arms pulled him back onto the ground with a thud
"Tell me what happened in your dream."
Sighing Leo continued "Well..." Leo started to tell him everything
"Raph!? What happened, is he going to be ok?" Mickey Yelled running over to Raph
"He'll be fine, Mickey, but Leo said he wanted to talk to you." Raph smiled Walking over to Donnie "He said it was important-," Before could even finish Mickey had run out of the lab, rushing into the DoJo to talk to his oldest brother "That was easy." Raph smiled softly, turning his head to see Donnie standing in front of him
"So, what did he say?" Donnie asked
"He had a pretty bad dream, Don." Raph said, "Dreaming about us dying and all that, I gotta say, his job as being our leader hasn't been too nice to him." Raph leant against Donnie's desk
"Yeah," Donnie eyed him, smirking
"Shut up." Raph said rolling his eyes, Donnie just grinned "Well we have to keep an eye on him,"
"I agree."
Lying down in bed, Looking up at the ceiling, staring at the cracks at the roof, Raph had been lying in his bed staring up at the ceiling for hours now, Raph didn't know what time it was, and frankly, he didn't care, all he cared about was Leo and the conversation Leo and Raph had in the DoJo, Leo had been so scared. A thought that lingered in Raph's head was Leo sacrificing himself for the team, his whole life as a leader or not, he would have been quite happy to give up himself for his family, even more now, due to the dreams.
Raph just felt so useless, his brother had been hurting so much, and he had done nothing about it until today, he shouldn't even be called Leo's brother. Leo's words were stuck inside Raph's head, as the scene replayed out in his head.
"I'm not going away. But if something does happen, to me." Leo stopped breathing in deeply, feeling his own eyes get glossy, causing his vision to go blurry "I want you to take care of them."
"Leo... I-Is this what the dream was about?" Raph asked,
"No- well- maybe... I don't know how to explain it," Leo said, he was about to stand up, but Raoohs strong arms pulled him back onto the ground with a thud
"Tell me what happened in your dream."
Sighing, Leo continued "Well." Leo started to tell him everything "We were all there, fighting enemies, that I guess we have learnt to hate the most, the room was dark and..."
"And?"
"One by one you all got taken away, Donne first, you followed after, then Mickey. I was left alone, I couldn't help, even if I tried, I was stuck watching you three get pulled away, into darkness, then I was left in the darkness myself, all alone." Leo looked down sniffing, but no tears had fallen,
"Leo." Raph said taking his hand, "We'll always be here." Raph said "We ain't going anywhere, anytime soon, and neither are you," Raph pulled Leo over to Raph so he could hug him "Were all strong, some of us in our own special way," Raph chuckled "But we're always going to stick together, were not just a team, were brothers, were family." Leo smiled
Maybe we did something wrong? Raph thought, he felt drained, How could he help, he wanted to do more, but what could he do?
Raph had started to ask himself that over and over again, until his body finally gave up trying to stay up, and fell into a deep, and unmoving sleep,
"NO!" Shooting up out of bed, Leo ran to the door, sweat beading on his forehead, as he opened his door. Looking outside, all three doors were shut, Raph could be heard slightly snoring, Donnie seemed to have actually gone to sleep as the lab was wide open, no noise coming from it, and Mickeys room had an awful mouldy smell coming from it, Probably the pizza under his bed Leo thought. Leo walked out of his room, opening each door.
Raph was safe, lying in his bed, the blankets half on his body and another half on the floor, but
Donnie was gone,
And
Mickey was Gone.
They weren't all safe, They weren't all here, they were Gone. Leo stood in the middle, looking around at all the rooms, slowly Leo dropped to his knees, bring his hands to his face, slowly sobbing in them, trying to not wake up Raphael, but was short-lived, as Leo heard a voice coming from beside him
"Leo?"