Well…it hasn't been forever! Uhh…wow, I don't really have anything to say. I guess I'll say thanks for everyone who's reviewed so far! I'm too lazy to get all the names but I appreciate it! Happy New Year's!
Without all my usual babbling here we go!
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-----Back to Splinter's POV-----
I clutched my heart like an old man and fell back into my chair. "He's alive?" I murmured, mostly to myself. I glanced at my sons to see their reactions.
Of course Raphael had already seen but he was still horrified after reading it again. His hands were clenched by his sides as he took stock of his brother's reactions. Donatello was still standing in his original position his eyes moving back and forth very quickly. He had to keep reading the note to make sure he didn't miss anything. Make sure the situation was really as horrible as it seemed. By his frown it seemed they were. Michelangelo had sat back on the couch, looking almost as if he were cationic. That was probably not a good sign.
I took in a deep breath to calm myself. I knew Raphael would be right by my side as I checked to make sure Michelangelo was not in fact cationic. Donatello would politely wait until we were sure my youngest son was okay before asking me who it was. For the letter did state I knew who it was. And I did. I knew. That would be an interesting father/sons conversation.
"Michelangelo, my son, are you alright?"
When my young son looked up at me it broke my heart. He had such an innocent expression. He still believed no one could be that evil. If only, just for him, no one with that much built up hatred didn't exist. Just for him I wish the world spun around rainbows and flowers. In the most childlike voice I had heard from him in a while he spoke.
"Who could even pretend to write? Who could write it and mean it, Sensei?"
Don spoke up. "Yeah, and I'm serious Sensei. He says you know about him. And that he turned Chuck against you. Who's he-if it is in fact a he, and who is Chuck?"
There it was. The question I had dreaded ever since I let Leonardo go. Of course I never thought I'd have to explain it in circumstances like this. I thought they'd find something of his in my room or something. But to tell them their brother I basically left for dead wanted to viciously kill them…I never expected that. I gave out a sigh and looked down, ashamed of what I was about to tell them.
"You might want to take a seat. This is a kind of long story." I informed them as I went to sit in my chair. They did what I said; a bit afraid of the tone and body language I was giving them. I just knew after this terrible tale my sons would never look at me the same again. I would lose some of their trust. This is why I had hoped to keep it from them forever.
But I didn't. I swallowed my pride and told them the whole, long story. I told them how I found Chuck. They were told how they treated him, what kind of kid he was. All of the major events that led to the 'drowning' of Leonardo were told of. I didn't hold anything back. Not that I thought he couldn't survive, not that I intentionally let him go, not that I never spoke of him again, not any of it. Though I kind of wish I did.
Raphael's mouth was partly agape. His normal furiousness and frustratedness was gone. This was one time I could not read what he thought. Donatello had wide eyes and was leaning forward, as if wanting to hear more. Michelangelo took on both expressions. I had expected him to babble on and on about what happened with endless questions. Against his nature though he was silent, as if thinking it over.
Although I was their father, the one who was always strong, I sunk into the chair, wanting to just disappear. I was afraid of their reactions. What if they (rightly) blamed me? What if they never wanted to see me again? What if they got mad and left only to get killed by Leonardo? What if they never looked at me the same or loved me again? What if my lifelines turned against me? What if…
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O.o Yeah, I know, short chapter. And nothing even happened in it! What is wrong with me? -----sighs----- I promise next chapter will be more exciting and definitely longer…
