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Chapter 4:

Leo sighed, as he picked up one of the undamaged vials and found the only remainung syringe. His head was starting to pound and he could feel the tremors starting in his limbs. How long was I out? Uhhg....

Leo opened the vial and inserted the needle tip. the clear liquid filled the syringe partway. Leo sat the vial down and undid his elbow pad.

"Mike grab me...something clean...quick...my head's already poundin'," Leo ordered. Mike shot off.

"You need help with that bro?" Raph asked. Leo smiled at him and shook his head.

"Naw...been doing this for two and a half years...I got it....thanks Mike," Leo replied, smiling at his family.

Leo quickly wipped the syringe needle and then wipped his elbow-pit. The needle pricked forest-green skin and then sank in.

Mike couldn't help but flinch, wincing a little. Don eyed the syringe that Leo held carefully. Leo was focused as he held his hand steady, slowly injecting the liquid into his system. Leo sighed as the last of it was gone. his head stopped pounding after a minute.

"Leonardo...my...son...(sighs)...you said that..." Master Splinter started, his eyes worried.

"Sensei, this isn't something that can be stopped or fixed...I'm...I'm dying...as hard as it is to hear its true....the best thing you guys can do is stop worrying over me and go back to how things were...before you knew....I know your wondering how....Tom siad I'd basically die in my sleep...One quick fit and cariac arrest...I won't feel a thing," Leo interupted gently, his eyes soft, gentle. He put a hand on his father's shoulder and smiled at the rest of them.

"Leo...why do you keep going in for check ups...if...?" April whispered, eyes brimming with tears.

"Tom kept an eye on my condition on the off chance that it would become dormant...vanish in a instant like it appeared," he replied.

"What....what can we do bro?" Raph asked, upset, "You just think we can...just...walk away? Turn our backs and not worry...not-"

Leo punched him in the head.

"WHAT THE SHELL WAS THAT FOR?" Raph shouted. Leo tackeled him.

"Proving a point" Leo grunted. They all laughed as the two wrestled, after a moment Raph really joined in and tried to beat Leo.

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Three weeks later....

Leo sat down on the table and scanned the room, handsin his lap. April was talking to her friend. the CAT scans were done, blood had been drawn...ect. He sighed, it had been hard to convince his family not to come along. The door opened and April came in, beaming. A man came in behind her.

"Well...I looked at your records...Dr. Tom Cowens, he recorded every single check up, the amount of drugs and what kind he had you on. He...his notes are in here with everything-" The man started.

"Just get to the point...please," Leo interupted. The man laughed, but nodded.

"It's gone, the condition," he said. leo stared at him blankly for a second and then looked at April for confirmation. She nodded, looking like she was going to burst into tears. He looked back at the man.

"I don't understand...I accidently forgot a dose the other day...I-I had a fit...I don't....understand," Leo said quietly, looking very confused. His eyes flicking from one to the other.

"Tom said it started suddenly...out of the blue...he and I did some researh this condition...its very rare...it has a tendancy to just...stop...sometimed it comes back...sometimes it doesn't...right now...you're in remission," the man said with a smile. Leo just stared at him, numb, struggling to take in those words.

"Tom...said it was possible..but I-We never really..." his voice trailed off.

April hugged him.

"I think we better go tell everybody...I set up another check-up at the end of the month and we're going to keep meds on hand...just in case," April said gently.

when the news was broke, Leo still hadn't gotten over the shock, all he could do was sit stare. Then suddenly he just started laughing, almost hysterical.

"Uh...is he ok?" Raph asked nervously. They all looked at Leo with a worried expresion.

"He's lost his mind," Mike gasped. Don looked at his brother as if he had sprouted another head.

"I'm fine...Oh...somebody pinch me...'cus if I'm dreaming...wow,"Leo laughed

Mike pinched. Leo yelped. They all laughed. Leo calapsed into another fit of laugher.

A good fit.

Something from joy...

Not pain...

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