Ch 8 Realization
Raph and Donnie walked into the lair looking dejected. There had been no sign of Leo anywhere and now they had to speak with their Sensei and Mikey about it. As they walked in, they noticed the door to the lab was open. They walked in to find Mikey awake and talking with Master Splinter.
Splinter turned as they walked in and looked at them hopefully. They both looked at Mikey before either of them spoke.
"Sensei...can we talk to you?" Raph asked with hesitation as he looked at Mikey.
"I already know what's going on Raph," Mikey told him, "I woke up just after you left and Sensei told me what was going on."
"Yes Raphael, it is okay to speak," Splinter stood up from the chair that was next to the cot Mikey laid on. "Tell me what you found."
I'm afraid we didn't find anything Sensei." He told him.
Donnie stepped forward, "There was no sign of Leo anywhere." Donnie looked down at his t-phone. "I've called him dozens of times and the phone doesn't even pick up." Donnie looked up nervously. "It's like it just dropped into nothingness.
"We'll go looking again tonight," Raph told them. "Right now with it being daylight it's much more difficult to really get out there and do a through search."
"And I'm going to go with you." Mikey said as he started to get out of bed.
"No your not." Splinter, Donnie and Raph all told him simultaneously.
Mikey looked down disappointed and climbed back into bed.
"Mikey," Raph said coming over to him and putting a hand on his shoulder. "You still need to rest a few more days before we can have you running around and getting into trouble."
"Yeah," Donnie told him. "Besides, I'm sure Leo will turn up soon anyway." Mikey looked up at him with a smile. "You really think so."
"Sure," Donnie smiled back at him. "He probably just wants a little time to himself."
"Makes sense." Raph agreed, trying to sound hopeful. With that he and Master Splinter walked out of the lab and into the kitchen. Donnie walked over to check on Mikey's wound. "Looks good." He said as he unwrapped the bandages. He got up to get supplies to clean and put fresh bandages on his pastron. As he did this, Mikey looked up at him curiously.
"Do you really think he'll be home soon D?"
Donnie gave him a half heart felt smile, "I'd...I'd like to think he will be." He said after several seconds of silence. Donnie then got up and went to his computer. He flicked it on and began typing away. At this point, Raph walked back in with a slice a pizza for Donnie and some soup for Mikey.
"Master Splinter says you should lay of solids for a few days Mike." Raph told him as Mikey gave him a disgusted look at the bowl on his lap.
"But dude." Mikey whined. "I'm starving!" Mikey looked from the soup to the pizza, "You know I need my pizza, come on Raph...hook a turtle up!" Raph shrugged and walked over to Don with his slice as Mikey huffed and fell back onto his pillow. "Whatcha doing Donnie?" Raph asked.
"I'm checking traffic cameras near our manhole cover to track Leo's movements." He told him. "I've started back at the time when we came home after the battle with the foot and since then I don't...Wait a minute!" Donnie scanned the computer excitedly. "I found him." He pointed to the screen. A shadow could just barely be seen moving around the alleyway. "He stepped out of the sewer at exactly 3:07 am." Donnie turned to his other brothers. "And from what I can see, he was alone."
"Can you track his movements from there?" Raph asked.
Donnie shook his head. "He went up to the roof and there are no cameras that would see him up there since they all point to the streets, and he would know to avoid the few that do point to the rooftops." Donnie rubbed a hand over his face. "Do you think it's possible that he ran into the foot?" It was a fear no one wanted to voice but Donnie couldn't think of any other reason Leo would not have returned home by now.
"It's certainly a possibility." Raph said.
"Well, why not go there and find out?" MIkey asked.
"We can't just rush in there," Raph told him. He brothers looked at him in surprise, for a moment there he sounded just like Leo. "What?" He said looking back at them. "For all we know it could be a trap."
"True." Donnie said. "Karai has done it before." His brother nodded as they remembered that night long ago. He turned to Raphael. "Well Raph," He said, "What do you think we should do?"
"Let's call Casey and April and have them ask around and check their resources." Raph told them. "Then we go out tonight and check out Shredder's lair." He said pounding one fist into an open palm. Donnie agreed and they made their calls.
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Happy New Year everyone. Hope everyone had a fun, safe, and wonderful holiday. But now it's time to get back to school and work. What fun. Anyway, I've had this story in mind for a long time, really looking forward to when the 'Nick' show introduces the beloved rabbit. Please let me know what you think, looking forward to reading some reviews. Take care and good health and fortune in the New Year.
