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Isabella felt so odd not being able to dance. Before her stitches, she danced almost every day. The time she had once used to practice she now used to try and find more information on the vigilante. There were times where she would have to do other things cause her eyes could only take so much strain from her computer screen. She tried teaching Murphy new tricks, he now knew how to shake hands which made Isabella very proud. Murphy was her first dog since her mom was allergic to anything with fur. But even with her puppy as a nice distraction Isabella wanted to dance. So she did everything she could think of, she organized her studio apartment, color coordinated her closet, she even started a new painting which ended up becoming a picture at night of a man in black standing over the ledge of a building. She knew she was obsessing but couldn't seem to help it. Maybe if she had been able to dance her focus would not keep coming back to the vigilante.

It was Thursday night finally and she was waiting for Syn to come over. Every Thursday Isabella made a new nail tutorial/nail health video she would post to her blog, IzzyPopNails. Syn or Emily helped out a lot. They got free manicures and Isabella got more feedback on how good or weird her ideas were.

She got her camera and nail supplies all set up before she quickly recorded her opening to the video, explaining what she would be doing that night. She had been getting a lot of requests to do a 'how to properly take care of your nails' or other types of nail health videos lately so she decided to just do something quick and simple on taking care of nails this week.

Syn should be here soon...

Isabella looked at her navy clock before Murphy began to bark at the door. She got up from her set-up nail station to get the door. She looked to see Syn through the door's peephole. Opening the door, Syn smiled and her dog Sting, a small chihuahua came bursting through and started playing with Murphy.

"Hey Izzy!" The two girls hugged before Isabella let her inside.

"What will you be painting on me tonight?" she wiggled her fingers and smiled. Her smile was electric.

"Did you get your teeth whitened again?"

"I did!" She smiled wider and revealed a little piece of green lettuce in between her two front bottom teeth. Isabella cracked up, pointing to her own bottom teeth, bending over holding her side. Syn pulled a compact mirror out of her bag and laughed.

"That's hysterical!" She tried getting it out but was laughing that it took some time before she got the tiny piece of lettuce.

"Let's do this!" Isabella nodded as she turned on the proper lights and angled the camera down so that the main focus was on their hands.

Half way through the video recording, Isabella noticed that Syn hadn't made a sound. During the recordings Syn usually had a hard time being quiet, just cause it wasn't in her nature to be that way, but today she was stone still and quiet. Only moving when Isabella would move her hands. When she was done and turned off the camera, Syn was still quiet as she looked at what Isabella had done.

"Are you okay Syn?"

Syn nodded and smiled up at her, but it looked forced. Isabella raised an eyebrow, letting her know she wasn't buying that she was okay. Syn sighed, her eyes flickering to the coffee table.

"I saw your computer..." Isabella's eyebrows rose even higher.

What does that...

She looked to see her laptop displaying her vigilante research.

"Okay..." Isabella was confused, "What's wrong Syn?"

Syn pulled herself up from her chair and sat on the couch in front of the laptop, looking at the screen.

"Have you actually seen this vigilante?" Her usual peppy voice gone, she sounded nervous. Isabella paused before sitting down next to her.

"Why?" Syn's grey eyes snapped to Isabella.

"I have... I've seen him jump from the rooftops across the street from here when I've been walking Sting at night... Not every night but..."

Isabella's eyes widened as the fear became apparent on Syn's face.

"Why are you afraid?"

Syn looked at her, shock and disbelief written all over her face, "How are you not!? Someone's out there playing judge, jury and executioner!"

Isabella put her hands on Syn's shoulders to steady her now shaking body. Sting whined as he came up to Syn, licking her exposed leg through her ripped jeans.

"We have no way of knowing that person is going around killing people. In fact, this person saved my life."

Isabella explained her encounters with the vigilante. Syn's eyes got wide just like Emily's but she seemed to be getting even more scared.

"Oh my god Izzy..." Syn looked down before she pursed her lips, "Why did you fight back against the gunman? The guy just wanted your wallet."

Isabella pulled back a bit, blinking in surprise, "Cause I thought I could handle it. I didn't want to hand over my-" Syn cut her off.

"But you weren't able to handle it! You could have been killed!"

"I know!" Isabella tried to compose herself, she didn't want to fight with Syn. "Which is why I'm grateful for the vigilante."

Syn was shaking her head, "If you had just handed your wallet over they probably wouldn't have done anything more. Your money is not worth your life..."

Isabella glanced down at her left shoulder where her stitches were covered by her purple v-neck. Looking back to Syn, her eyes narrowed a bit.

"What's this really about Syn? Why are you acting like this? Why are you so afraid?"

Syn's face turned extremely pale.

What in the world is she thinking about? She's as pale as a ghost... it looks like she's seen one...

She finally moved, licking her lips before swallowing, "I've never told you about my brother..." Isabella shook her head, confused by the change of direction in their conversation, "My brother was my best friend Izzy." Isabella noted the keyword was in that sentence.

"Aaron was only a year older than me and we grew up pretty much inseparable. When he was at college in New Jersey I went down to visit him this one weekend in November. I was so excited to see him because it had been months and I couldn't exactly go down every weekend. I met him after his shift at the university's bookstore. He wanted to show me the campus and where his classes were..." Tears started streaming down her cheeks, like a flood being unleashed. "There-" Syn swallowed before she managed, "was this disturbed man that came to the campus that day too... He had a small looking rifle with him... and started shooting at everyone...!" Syn was visibly shaking and before Isabella could do anything, Syn got into the fetal position, her head resting between her legs.

"Aaron and I were behind where the man was and could have gotten away... But Aaron..." Her voice broke before she continued, her voice harsh now, "He wanted to try and stop the man." She looked at Isabella.

The breath Isabella hadn't realized she had been holding came rushing out as she saw the haunted look in Syn's eyes. The light that usually was there was gone, making her grey eyes look like steel.

"I'll never forget what I was feeling when Aaron ran up to that man. I couldn't do anything but watch as Aaron and that psycho struggled... Aaron wasn't... he..." Syn closed her tear-filled eyes, her head between her legs again. "He was shot and killed before my eyes Izzy." She sobbed and Isabella immediately put her arms around the poor girl. "The gunman shot himself right after that...!"

Isabella stroked Syn's back, trying to help her calm down.

"Syn... I'm so sorry... Your brother was so brave."

Syn violently jerked her body away, eyes narrowing. Isabella was stunned by the glare Syn gave her.

"No! He! Wasn't! He was an idiot trying to play hero! If he had just run like I wanted to he would Be ALIVE!"

Syn completely broke down, wailing into her hands as Sting started whining loudly. Murphy started whining as well. Isabella picked up her puppy, unsure of what to do.

TISSUES!

She let Murphy down and dashed to her bathroom. Syn was calming down some once her eyes were dry.

"I'm sorry," Syn said, trying to get her breathing under control, "This... vigilante just brings back so many painful memories and feelings. The fact that I think our street is a place he watches... Makes me terrified. Someone who thinks they're above the law... I don't..." Syn trailed off.

Isabella was quiet as she watched her friend collect her bearings. She had never once thought to be afraid of the vigilante. She had only ever seen him save people. But... she knew he was likely the one who had fought with bad people if he was the one behind those Yakuza men being arrested. The vigilante was certainly making dangerous enemies by doing what he did. Even making enemies with the police who were trying to take him in. Isabella had not really thought of the dangers this man was putting himself through. The two times she had seen him he had seemed so strong and there had been an air of mystery around him but almost like he wasn't afraid of what was going to happen to him, like he could handle himself. Isabella had been more interested in who he was and why he was doing this.

But from what Syn had said about her brother, it made her question if the vigilante was a hero or some crazy guy playing hero...

Leo's POV

Ever since his and Raph's fight Master Splinter was being harder on their training. He had decided to have the brothers fight in pairs, Donnie with Mikey and Leo with Raph. So far Raph hadn't done anything but follow their father's instructions to work together. Leo could tell though that Raph really liked going on patrols, it was the only time he could be alone beside when they slept.

Raph was keeping his anger in check but Leo knew that was only in front of their father. Police reports of criminals being brutalized told him and his brothers that Raph was taking his frustration out on them. Leo had been planning on talking with Raph that night but a text from April had stopped him. She told him to watch the news that night with his family and apologized but told him that she could not dissuade her higher ups to not cover this.

The police were bringing their investigation to the public, asking if anyone had any information about the vigilante to come forward and help the police bring this person in. Leo's eyes narrowed as he sat with his family in the living area, all eyes on the TV screen as the police commissioner and Detective Harris and Lee were done giving their speeches. Master Splinter turned off the TV.

All four of the brothers were silent but Leo quickly glanced to Raph, who was sitting on the couch by Mikey. Splinter stroked his beard before he sighed.

"All of you," he turned to look at them, "are not going to be leaving home for awhile."

"What! Why!?" "Sensei!" Mikey and Raph said at the same time. Splinter raised a hand, silencing them.

"Until the police are not actively searching for you." Leo's lips were in a hard line.

"What if we went out together? Or in pairs?" Mikey asked.

"Yes we can't leave the good people of the city to suffer," Donnie chimed in, "The probability of crimes being committed would go up exponentially!"

Leo watched as their father let his head fall forward.

"It is time we all get some rest. We will discuss this further tomorrow."

All of the brothers were unsure what Master Splinter would decide. Leo was worried about what Donnie had said. Over the past months they had been patrolling, city gang members had been arrested and the overall violence in the city had decreased. Naturally the police would investigate this, even if the results were good. Raph said it was cause the cops wanted all the credit when it came to stopping criminals. Leo knew that it wasn't entirely inaccurate but that by trying to track down the vigilante, to the police they were just doing their job.

Making it to his room, Leo wasn't tired so he decided to try and finish his game of The Witcher 3. An hour went by and Leo could feel his eyes growing heavy, indicating he should go to sleep soon. Teeth brushed, Leo laid down on his bed, looking up at his ceiling. His walls weren't covered like his brothers. The key to a clear mind was your personal space being clean and clear of distractions or so he had believed. Mikey had a mix of his sketches and comic book cover posters. Donnie had posters too though the only one Leo could understand was the poster of Albert Einstein. Raph had band posters and muscle cars on his walls though one time Leo had accidentally discovered that underneath some of his brothers posters were Playboy pictures.

In some ways Leo envied his younger brothers. With Splinter choosing him to be their leader it came with a lot of responsibilities, some welcomed, others were harder to deal with. He liked that he was the one with the final say when it came to a lot of situations and that Splinter did take his word on many things. But he realized that even though he liked being the leader, it did bring on stress that his brothers didn't understand.

It was his job to keep them all safe but he did wish sometimes that he could be as relaxed as his brothers could be. They had their hobbies, Donnie invented things, living for his next success or complicated fix up that inventing brought with it. Mikey was the best gamer out of all of them, could draw all types of things from the abstract to realistic and was a natural at using his rocket skateboard. Raph loved working on the truck they had gotten and would do woodcarvings along with recently trying to learn how to play the drums. When Raph brought in the drumset, it looking brand new, Leo immediately knew Raph had stolen it. Which honestly wasn't new in their family. They had to steal and dumpster dive most of their lives. But what Leo felt was that although he was a skilled fighter and an excellent ninja, he felt like his brothers were more talented with their wider range of skills.

Leo shook his head before taking off his mask and turning over to sleep.

I could try finding something to be good at tomorrow, we might not be leaving home for a while if Dad decides to not let us out until the police...

Closing his eyes, he soon found himself having a nightmare.

He was battling the Foot Clan alone in an abandoned warehouse. He looked for his brothers but suddenly was under water being pulled down. Looking around panicing he saw his brothers off in the distance... with beautiful mermaids around them. His brothers were smiling, a look of bliss on their faces. Leo looked down to see what was pulling him. A blonde mermaid smiled at him sweetly. Leo turned to see his brothers swimming to the surface with the three other mermaids. Leo tried to follow but was still being dragged down by the mermaid who was now changing, morphing into a shark. Teeth opening up at Leo, he jolted awake. He looked to see it was only 4 AM. Growling a little, he threw his pillow over his face.

What the heck was with that dream...?

I hope you liked this chapter! I like doing Raph and Leo's POV and there is a reason I am doing Leo's POV too. It may not be apparent to you all to why I am but I have plans for him in my story! Trust me when I say that I am really excited for the romance I have in store for the characters but that I am also excited about the adventures that are just ahead. It's a slow burn romance though, don't expect any of the characters to be head over heels just yet. I want it to feel natural. And as for one of the reviews I got, asking if there would be a love triangle... You'll have to read to see!