Chapter 3
Leonardo
Leo stopped midway in the street, examining the stores nearby. They were all slightly familiar, he looked in the middle of the street and found the sewer drain that was there. His heart jumped in curiosity and went to it, he looked up at the sudden break of silence and saw two tanks moving through the streets a couple blocks from him, he removed the lid and climbed down the ladder.
He stepped down into the sewer tunnel and looked around, the dimly lit tunnel seemed to be the same. As he walked through the tunnel, he thought about what just occurred. How did he get here? Why does he keep waking up in that house? Was he dead? Was he in heaven, or was this hell?
He spotted the lair door and quickened his pace to it, he went to grab the lever, but noticed it was already open. He froze, not sure if he should be scared. He slowly inched closer and closer to the open lair, he peeked his head inside and looked around.
"Hello?" He said loudly.
There was no response, but he still kept his guard up. He stepped inside the lair and noticed something about it. It was completely trashed, not ruined, or destroyed, but trashed. Also noticing the odd stench the lair gave off, it was different, he wasn't use to this smell. He walked to the TV, knelt down and saw the snow globe that Mikey found, on the floor and shattered to pieces. He swept the pieces away and picked up the tiny turtle that use to be inside.
Mikey called it his prize possession, he's going to be devastated to see it destroyed. Leo sighed and stood up, turning his head toward the kitchen, but something caught his eye. He looked on the ground and felt his heart squeeze at the sight of Klunk on the ground, bullet hole in his side.
"Oh no" Leo said, looking away.
"Leo?" He heard a soft and familiar voice say.
He froze, inhaled, then slowly turned his head, facing the person standing near the stairs.
"April?" Leo said softly.
April smiled, then ran up to him and wrapped her arms around him, "Oh my god I thought you were dead! All I remember is seeing you get shot and killed, then all the soldiers came and were shooting everyone! Then I woke up here" April said quickly.
Leo thought about it, "Whoa whoa what? Someone shot me?" Leo asked.
"Yeah…You were talking about where you guys come from…and someone from the building across gunned you down" April stammered, tears running down her face.
Leo was somehow devastated by this fact, gunned down right in front of everyone, in front of his family, he didn't know how they took it, but he knew he had to get back to his world somehow.
"What are we going to do?" April asked with worry.
"I don't know…God I don't know anything…I don't know how I got here, why I'm here…I just…Don't know" Leo said, walking away from April and rubbing his head.
The silence crept on them like a virus, it suffocated Leo, he hated silence, it always felt like his skin was crawling.
"Well…Atleast we're not alone…I have you and you have me" April reassured, but it didn't help Leo, he needed his brothers, he would kill to know where they are. Hell just to know if they're ok.
"You said…you said you saw what happened after I got shot" Leo said.
"Yeah"
"What did Raph and them do?" Leo asked.
"If I remember correctly Raph ran to you first, then Mikey, but Don stayed where he was, me and Casey got blocked off from there sight, we ran through the crowd before I took one last glance, Don was gone and I didn't see Raph, Mikey was alone up there, holding on to you"
Leo felt his heart squeeze, feeling like he did this to his brothers.
"But then, me and Casey stopped cause Casey was looking at something, I asked what he was looking at and he said he saw Don running through the crowd toward the building the shooter was in"
"He was what?" Leo shouted.
"Going for the shooter I guess" April said innocently.
Leo thought about it, Don would never go for the shooter…unless.
"Scarlet" Leo said softly, clenching his hand into a fist.
"What?" April asked.
"Scarlet…she did this…she's the one that gunned me down" Leo said.
"How do you know?"
"I just do" Leo turned around toward the door, feeling something other then hatred, fear, hopelessness, confusion, or guilt. He felt someone's presence.
"Well…how are we-" April started before Leo waved his hand to quit her. He strained his ears to see If he could hear anything.
"What is it?" April asked.
Leo was silent, then he whispered, "We're not alone"
April felt sudden fear, she looked around quickly to see If anyone was near. The odd smell hit Leo's nose once again, he turned his head and inhaled the strange fumes, it was somehow familiar, but it was buried beneath a different odor, like someone sprayed something to cover up the awful fumes. He continued to try and see what it was that was being covered up, looking down, he figured out what it was.
"No" Leo said softly, before turning toward the door, then all of a sudden a flare was tossed through the door, it twirled in the air before hitting the ground, sparking a huge ball of fire to rise up and ignite the rest of the gasoline that was poured around the lair.
He quickly turned around and sprinted toward April, grabbing his hand and dragging her to the kitchen. They stopped at the counter when he heard April's screams.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"
Leo turned around in panic, spotting the sink, he grabbed the nozzle and turned the water on. The weak water sprayed through each tiny hole from the sink head. Leo sighed, slid his sword out of his holster and swiped the sink, removing the head and allowing a much stronger flow of water to run though the head. He pointed the flow at April and she jumped at the sudden wetness.
"What are you doing!" She shouted as Leo soaked her with water.
When she was completely soaked, Leo turned the nozzle to himself and drenched himself in the water. Once they were both soaked, Leo tossed the faucet in the sink, slid his sword into the holster and reached for the knife holder, grabbing sevral knifes at once and then guiding April to the doorway.
The fire spread out more into the main room , it slowly made it's way up the stairs and into each rooms. Leo studied the fire, knowing where it will go next and how big it will be. He grabbed April's hand and ran out into the main room, not having much room to go anywhere, Leo turned around and ran into the bathroom, after April ran in, Leo slammed the door close and stepped back.
They both waited in silence as the flames grew louder and louder. Leo could hear April's heaving breathing behind him.
"What are we going to do Leo?" April asked.
Leo caught his breath, looked around the bathroom and thought about it. Then turned to Leo.
"I don't know"
April looked at him with confusion, "So we're just going to wait here until we die?" April asked.
"Hopefully not" Leo said.
"Oh…That's reassuring" April said with a fake laugh.
Leo felt his throat go dry when the flames hit the door, the smoke seeped through the crack in the door and quickly flooded the bathroom. Leo and April covered there faces, waiting for death.
