Leo sighed as he stared at the knife in his hand, tears rolling down his cheeks. He slashed his arm with the knife and set the knife aside. All he could do was blame himself. He noticed her picture on his nightstand and grabbed the picture. The photo was of them when Laila first joined him watching Space Heroes.

"Laila, this is all my fault. I should've…." He paused; more tears ran down his face. "I should've protected you…I failed you Laila, I failed to protect you." Leo went into the kitchen, still having tears roll down his face. April was eating a slice of pizza when he walked in. April noticed the tears on his face.

"Leo, what's wrong?" April hugged Leo and he broke down, crying on his shoulder. "Leo..."

"Laila….she's…..gone." April's eyes widened as she hugged Leo tighter.

"Well, you can go find her and see if she's okay..."

"April, she's…dead." Just him saying that made him breakdown even more. Leo let go of April, grabbed his tea and went back in his room. April was still trying to comprehend it. She had just seen Laila alive yesterday. Leo felt like a failure. He promised Laila he'd protect her. He failed her. He noticed an old photo album of him and Laila. Leo didn't want to look at it because it'd only hurt more. All he saw in his dreams were her and he kept hearing her voice but nobody there. He remembered Splinter saying that everything happened for a reason. If that was true, why did God take Laila back to heaven? What he didn't get is why Laila even went to face Slash in the first place. Then there was a knock at Leo's door.

"Yeah?"

"It is me, my son." Leo unlocked the door and let his sensei in as he sat down on his bed, crying. Splinter pulled him into a hug and Leo cried even more.

"It's all my fault, Sensei."

"Leonardo, everyone here knows how you feel. She had great meaning to us all…" Leo knew Splinter was affected by this severely also.

"Sensei, I loved her, with everything I had in me." Leo's body trembled as he cried. Splinter rubbed his shell.

"She may be gone, but never forgotten." Splinter let go of his son and left. Neither of them noticed Laila, alive, and in the windowsill.