Hey, wassup? Sorry I've been so late with stuff, I just procrastinating like normal lmao Enjoy!


The last few things were loaded into the Battle Shell, and Raph smiled. This was gonna be great. Don would have more time to work, and Leo would get cured (hopefully with his memory), and everything would be as good as it could be. What with their lives and all.

Now they just needed to get Leo out of the Lair.

"Come… on!" Mikey demanded, pulling on Leo's arm. The other turtle growled at him, teeth bared.

"Leo!" Don yelled from where he was grabbing the last of his things. "Come!"

Leo ran over happily, tongue out. "Wh-!" Mikey demanded, then pouted and crossed his arms. "Why's he listen to you!"

"Because," Don said, and left it at that.

Mikey whined, taking his bag and going up to the Battle Shell.

Don chuckled, rubbing Leo's head. "C'mon, let's get to the highway before the sun comes up. We don't want anyone to see us."

Leo nodded as if he understood, and followed Don to the elevator.

When the elevator door opened into the warehouse, Leo immediately ducked back into the elevator. Mike and Don looked at him in confusion.

Moonlight shone in through the one-way windows, and Leo shook as he covered his head, whimpering. Don looked around for anything that could have triggered this response, but he saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"The moonlight…" someone from behind him whispered, and he looked at them as Mikey tried to console Leo.

"What?" the genius asked.

"The moonlight," Raph said louder. He went over to the windows and started putting down the covers one by one. Don immediately started to help him, and soon it was dark in the garage other than the light coming from the van, and Mikey turned on the garage light.

Leo slowly started to take his head out from beneath his hands. He smiled, jumping up as if nothing had happened. He walked over to the van, and Don and Raph looked at each other.

"It makes sense that he would be afraid of the moonlight, I guess," Don mused, rubbing his chin. "He doesn't like what it can turn him into. He's probably going to try and avoid it while we're at the farmhouse, until I can find a cure for him."

The others nodded, understanding.

"Well," Mike said, clapping his hands, trying to break the sullen mood a bit, "let's get going!"

Everyone smiled, gathering into the moving van and April and Casey's van. Splinter was riding with their human friends so that he didn't get a migraine from being in a confined space with his sons for 4 hours.

"Alright, road trip!" Mikey smiled as they closed the door and started the engine. They waited a few minutes so they weren't seen near April and Casey's van, and took the time to get Leo settled. He was going to be moving around a lot, so Don gave him a mild sedative (to his standards; they'd all seen how hard it was for the Foot to take him down with traqs) to keep him from running around, but not strong enough to put him to sleep. Just… calm.

"I'm driving!" Raph called, sitting in the driver's seat.

"Shotgun!" Mikey called immediately after, diving into the passenger's seat.

"Fine! I'll take care of our dog brother!" Don called back to them, but there was no hostility on his face as he said it. He settled in the back of the van, bags shoved to the side and his equipment in boxes in April and Casey's van. Safely. Away from any antics that were sure to happen.

Leo curled up on Don's lap as they pulled out of the garage about ten minutes after April and Casey and Splinter. The van was silent for the first few minutes, until Mikey put on the radio quietly. Leo's ears twitched, but he didn't otherwise react. Don ran his hand over his brother's soft fur absent-mindedly, reading a book over his shell. Leo occasionally adjusted himself, and Don always made sure they were both comfortable.

"You guys doin' okay back dere?" Raph asked after about 45 minutes.

"Yep! Thanks, Raph!" Don smiled at his brother.

Leo's head lifted up, and he looked around, hazily placing his surroundings. Don realized he may have fallen asleep and chuckled. "You good, bud?" he asked, stroking his brother's fur again. Leo made a rumbling noise, almost like a purr.

Don leaned over a bit, grabbing his duffel bag. He took out a screwdriver and something to tinker with, and sat back, letting Leo lay back on his lap, although he seemed a bit more interested in what Don was doing, now.

Don looked at his brother, moving the screwdriver around a bit, watching as his brother's eyes followed it without hesitation. Don chuckled, waving it a little further away, and Leo shifted to keep a good eye on it. Smirking, he threw it gently across the van towards the opposite wall, and Leo ran after it. Don chuckled as Leo brought it back to him, even if it only took a few steps to get there and back.

Leo put the screwdriver in front of him, and Don wiped it off with a cloth as he rubbed his brother's head, making his eyes roll back in his head happily as he panted.

Mike turned around and smiled at them. "You guys having fun there?" he smirked.

Don just looked at him.

The genius and Leo played the makeshift fetch game for a while longer, and then Don decided to give Leo a small pill just to keep him from getting too riled up from the game. Leo took it without struggle, something he hadn't expected, as he'd had to sneak the other pills into his food.

The medicine took a few minutes to set in, but the change in Leo was visible. His eyelids drooped a little, and he swayed a bit before landing back on Don's lap, where he stayed for the rest of the trip. Don smiled, going back to petting his fur as he stared out the windshield. They arrived about an hour later, and Raph got out to help Leo into the house, and Mikey followed, now having the duty of watching him.

Leo was sat on the floor near the couch, and Mikey sat with him, making him do classic dog tricks, which Leo did with ease. Don, Raph, and Casey brought all the heavier bags in, while April and Splinter brought the lighter ones.

When everything was moved in, Mike went to the kitchen to make lunch; everyone was hungry from not eating for the duration of the car ride. Raph sat with Leo with the TV on, and Leo watched happily as Raph pet his head idly.

April sat in the chair a few feet away, glancing at Leo every so often. She knew he was absolutely harmless in this state; or, so far, he had been. They didn't know if Shredder had some kind of bug on Leo, something that could make him snap. Shredder was evil enough to do that, to lull them into a vulnerable state, and then have Leo turn on them.

She pulled her knees up to her chest and leaned her head on them. This was ridiculous. She was just being paranoid.

Leo looked at her, with his big, blue eyes, as if hearing her thoughts, and she smiled back at him. He panted happily at that, and April felt slightly reassured. Maybe it would be okay.


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