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Chapter eleven
Leah shouted out when she nearly died in her dream. The turtles came running in as Lee called to her worriedly. She rushed to Lee's bedside as she answered all his worried questions about why she'd cried out. Leo stood by with a smile at seeing her happy. Lee groaned and grunted as he moved his stiff body. Leo could tell he was tired as Don suggested she leave him and let him rest.
"Leah, you might need to rest as well," Leo advised as Leah nodded.
She told her brother goodnight, and it wasn't a minute later he was back asleep. Leah was in good spirits despite her still throbbing head and slightly swollen eyes her nightmare forgotten for the time being. Nothing could break her good mood now, not even her impending death. Lee was okay, and that was all the mattered at the moment.
"How are you?" Leo asked walking her back to the couch.
Leah smiled, "A lot better now thanks," she replied.
"May I take a look at your back to see how your healing is coming along?" he questioned curiously.
The girl nodded, "Sure," she replied as he led her to the kitchen and pulled her shirt up.
Leo pulled the smaller bandages off as she waited to hear his evaluation, "Wow, Leah, you seem completely renewed," he said with wide eyes.
"Yeah, I figured as much," Leah agreed when she felt his hand on her bare back stroking it.
Her body responded instantly as a spark flew through her veins. A sigh escaped her lips while she enjoyed his touch. She knew she liked him, but for her to have a response surprised her more than anything. Leah had never had a boyfriend, her first kiss, or even had an attraction to any boys though she got plenty of love letters. The girl wondered how it would feel to kiss him as he ran his hand across her various scars almost tracing them.
"I feel really bad for how I first treated you," Leo told her, surprising her.
"It's okay; really, I understand why you did it. Trust must be earned," she replied turning to face him in order to sound more sincere.
He frowned, "But you had already earned it, and I was just being a jerk," Leo explained, "And for that I'm sorry"
She grabbed one of his hands, "Leo, it's in the past. All that matters now is the future," she said looking him straight in his eye.
Leah saw the look he was giving her one she'd seen so many times in the movies. She tilted her head up to his as if giving permission and he slammed his mouth into hers. When he pulled her against his body making sure there was no visible space between them, she couldn't help the moan that escaped her lips, and it only drove him harder as he pushed his tongue into her mouth. She accepted it as he held her almost crushing her he needed her so bad. Leah allowed him to lead her to his bedroom.
When Leah woke up the next morning, she had no clue where she was until details of what happened in the middle of the night came flooding back to her. She blushed remembering how loving and gentle he had been. The girl attempted to get out of bed as stealthily as possible, but Leo was a ninja. He reached his arm out, pulled her back against him, and kissed her neck.
"Where are you going?" he questioned his breath tickling her ear.
She smiled and rolled over to kiss him, which turned into a long make out session. Eventually, she broke the kiss, and began to put her clothes on.
"I'm going home for a much needed shower and change of clothes. Not to mention I need to inform my grandmother on current events," Leah explained when Leo frowned.
"Just be careful okay. I couldn't stand to lose you after last night," he said seriously.
Leah smiled, "Was sex that good for you?" she questioned.
Leo shook his head, "Not just the sex, Leah," he answered making her heart pound.
She sighed like a lovesick puppy, and left the lair.
The minute she lifted the manhole cover she joined the mass of moving people, and soon escaped the constricting bodies and made it to the rooftops. She ran quickly and gracefully stretching her stiff muscles all the while replaying the previous night in her head.
"So you are the one called Donatello?" Lee asked the turtle as it checked his nose.
"Yes, hold your breath while I change this bandage. It's gonna hurt, but it needs oxygen to heal," Donatello explained as he ripped it off.
Lee grunted from the pain, "Thanks, how is Leah?" he asked concern for his sister in his voice.
Donatello stopped his doctor act to answer the question, "She's doing fine though I wonder how long she has been having nightmares," he asked curiously.
Lee sighed and shook his head, "She has been having them for about a year now. I'm convinced it has something to deal with this change the Foot says she is going through, and I just feel so helpless. There is absolutely nothing I can do for her, and I have always protected her. Now though…," Lee trailed off with another sigh.
Leah's twin saw Don's eyebrows travel down in confusion, "What change?" the turtle asked the human.
"I wish you could tell me," Lee replied in frustration.
"What does her change consist of so far? I might be able to help," Don questioned.
Lee scoffed but told him anyway, "You are smart, but I doubt you'll be able to help us. Her change so far has consisted of her hair changing from the dark brown it was to the white now; her body heals within the day she is injured. She is also getting stronger, but it isn't just her body her mind continues to grow as well," Lee explained trying to pull every detail he could from his brain as he paused to think at some points.
Don frowned, "You may be right. I might not be able to be able to help," the turtle agreed reluctantly.
"After living with her so long I should have known something like this would happen. There has always been something different about her that not even me, her own brother, can understand," Lee said troubled.
"I'm sure it'll all work out," Don comforted his patient.
Lee shook his head, "I'm afraid that it won't. If I lose my sister I don't know what I would do. If she dies…," he couldn't finish the sentence.
Don frowned. If she died her brother would not be the only one who would be upset. The entire family was aware of Leo's affection towards her. He watched her differently than he did April or any other female. It was obvious he would be devastated if something happened to her. The brainy turtle could not understand how Leo fell so quickly for the female. After thinking it over for a second though, he actually could see why Leo did. The girl was stunning, and a very talented ninja. Then there was the thing that drove it home, she did not reject his affection as she had done Raph.
Lee chuckled, "I'm sorry for bothering you with my worries. I don't mean to be a bother," the human said thinking Don's long pause was one of annoyance.
"You're not bothering me at all I assure you. It's just why would you be worried she would die?" Don asked.
Lee let his head fall back not realizing he had lifted it, "Last night, Hun said if she didn't get help with her change she would die from it," the sorrowful young man stated leaving an awkward pause between the two.
Leah chatted with her grandmother for about an hour before deciding to head back to check on Lee and see Leo. She smiled. She had told her grandmother what was going on, and took a much needed shower. The girl changed into a pair of blue jeans and a girlie t-shirt and left to return to the sewers.
She traveled along the building tops making good time when a quick movement caught her eyes behind her. As she studied the unfamiliar thing, she tripped. Leah fell hard grunting as her cheek brushed the hard cement. The girl coughed as the breath returned to her, and when she looked up she was caught off guard when she was surrounded with Foot. She was even more surprised when she saw who was leading them, Karai. It had been years since she had last seen her.
"Leah," Karai said, "It has been a while and I see you are...well," she paused displaying the sarcasm directed to her fall.
"And I see you have grown," Leah replied wishing desperately she had her sword.
Karai smiled, "As have you. My father has requested with most urgency that you return. You do not have much longer until you," she took a breath, "expire."
Karai's words caused Leah to shiver. The thought of death returned to her and the temptation of returning to the Foot filled her before her father's face appeared in her mind. The girl frowned knowing Karai could feel Leah's desperation, but she would rather die than return to the Foot.
The Foot leader gave Leah a sad look, "Leah, please, if not for the Foot than for yourself. Come back to us," she all but begged.
Leah laughed humorlessly, "The organization would never allow that. I would be forced to rejoin, and that will never happen. The only thing that would remotely sway my opinion is if you could bring my father back to life, and I highly doubt that will happen," Leah explained with a scowl.
Karai shook her head, "I could honor your decision if what you say were true, but your father is still alive," she replied
Leah cocked her head to the side, "You are mistaken. I saw my father at the funeral, and I am sad to admit he was very much dead," Leah disagreed.
Karai raised an eyebrow at her rival, "The master told me that your father would be searching for you now that you have begun the change," Karai stated firmly.
Leah's chest had a knot in it as she had a flashback. She and Lee were young and it was after one of their ninja lessons. Her mother and Master Saki had been talking about a mistake, a mistake that had made Lee. They had said she was the one they were looking for. She pieced the information together the information Karai had told her and her memory. Could she and Lee have had different fathers? It would make make sense of the things their mother and Master Saki would say.
Leah was stricken with disbelief. Her mind raced. She and Lee were twins. This couldn't be true. Karai was just trying to mess with her mind, confuse her.
"What else has been said about my father," Leah asked after her long pause.
Karai understood Leah's shocked expression, "You didn't know did you? You didn't know you and Lee are half-blooded," she stated the questions.
Leah's eyes widened, "How," she wondered to herself, but Karai answered her.
"You see I used to be very jealous of you, and never understood why father always favored you. I know now why. You are a product of science. Stockman took one of your mother's eggs and fertilized it creating you, and then implanted you directly on the uterus, but something crucial had been forgotten. Your mother's egg that had already been released by the ovaries had yet to pass out of her due to the fact she did not have a period because of her new pregnancy. It appeared your mother also loved another and during her time with him she conceived again with that egg creating Lee. It was so rare that Stockman nearly had a heart attack," Karai chuckled.
Leah looked at Karai her mouth agape. She felt like someone had punched her stomach," That does not explain my change," Leah replied.
Karai sighed as if it were a chore to explain this to her, "You are not completely human. Your other half is some form of alien," the Foot ninja said.
Leah scoffed. She knew this had to be complete bullshit. Rage grew inside of her that she would reel her in like that. She ran at Karai picking her up by her throat as the entire Foot back up on was on her like a school of piranha. The girl had no choice but to drop Karai and deal with the rest of the Foot ninja. Leah was going to win when a fire of pain pierced her shoulder. She shouted looking at the blade stuck in her body. The kunoichi groaned as Karai pulled the blade from her shoulder.
"Do not test me Leah. You are unarmed and without company. What possessed you to believe you could have won that fight," Karai spat acidly.
Leah held her wound as the blood squeezed between her fingers as she calmed herself down. She could have continued fighting, but found it unwise.
"You are lying!" Leah shouted emotionally unstable, "It is impossible!"
"So is the existence of mutants living in the sewers, "Karai said sarcastically, "The proof is in your nearing change."
"Impossible!" Leah continued in denial as she was about to have another go at Karai a searing pain of unannounced power pulsated in her chest.
Both Karai and Leah's eyes widened as a scream erupted out of Leah's mouth. The hole in her shoulder no longer matter, she just wanted the pain to go away. Karai screamed for her ninjas to retreat, and they all left leaving her alone to deal with the horror overtaking her. She laid there twitching as the pain slowly began to recede. She tried to get up infirmly, but failed as she fell to her knees and vomited.
Lee was feeling much better after all the rest he got, and could even move around. He was happy as he lifted his tired body from the twin size bed that served as his gurney. Lee found that he was even more stable than he had originally thought. He couldn't hide his grin as he entered the turtle's main area of living.
"Lee, glad to see you up, your sister was worried sick about you," he heard Donatello say.
Lee smiled, "I'm sure she has. It really was a mistake to go out that night. I wasn't completely healed from our last fight," the human replied.
Don frowned disapprovingly, "You shouldn't do that anymore," he said sternly.
"Trust me I've learned my lesson," Lee laughed then began to search around, "Where is Leah?" he asked.
Don's eyes traveled down in confusion, "I don't know. I'll ask Leo," Don answered looking for his eldest brother.
"Hey Leo!" the brainy turtle called seeing Leo head towards the dojo.
"What Donnie?" Leo replied sticking his head out of the doorway to the dojo.
"Where's Leah?" Don asked.
Just then the door opened and Leah walked in. She looked like hell and her face was more pallid than usual. Lee suddenly noticed a rather large wound below her shoulder. Her face held a blank look on it as she walked into the turtle's lair. Lee was instantly filled with dread and despair. His sister did not look like his sister at that moment and it scared him like nothing else had ever managed to do.
"Leah, are you alright," her brother asked frantically worried as he moved his tired body towards her.
"Lee, I'm going to die," she stated as he hugged her and she began to cry.
It was then Lee felt one of the turtles. The human ninja was extremely surprised at this emotion. It was one of love and need. As Lee looked for the source of this emotion he found it in Leonardo. The turtle desperately wanted to help her. It was then a knife pierced through Lee's heart. Lee had been protecting his sister since they were both born and that protection included from guys. Leonardo wanted his sister. Lee shook his head concentrating on Leah.
"No, I will not allow that. You can count on it. I won't let you die," Lee soothed pushing his thoughts into the back of his head as she buried her head in his shoulder.
Don was in a world of shock when the girl came in. He could feel no emotion within her when she walked in. It was like someone had robbed her of her spirit. It wasn't until Lee came to her did he feel the drastic wave of pain and hopelessness that had overcome her. It was then he felt Leo beside him fire up also. Leo felt the same thing Don had. The brainy turtle sighed. He had a feeling something bad was going to happen and Leah knew exactly what it was. The change she was predicted to have must have more to it than Don originally thought.
The siblings parted and they began speaking in whispers to each other. Leah was explaining something to Lee and the turtles could not hear her. They knew it was the same thing that had upset Leah when they saw her brother stiffen and his face drain of color. Finally the whispering stopped, and they just stood there frozen in place. Leah then began to help Lee to sit on the couch for the shock had rendered him for a moment unable to stand.
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