25: Raph
GOOD-BYE (Part 2)
"Leo!"
"My King!"
"RAPH!"
I jerk awake, Leo's voice echoing through me. On my chest is Spike, looking at me with these big eyes. I smile.
"Hey, buddy," I say. As I move to pat his shell, I feel a pain in my chest around my neck. The whip, the explosion, all of it comes back.
"LEO!"
I snatch Spike and run, panic flowing through me. Leo couldn't have fallen into that abyss! He's waking up! I know he is!
Mikey and Donnie are outside my door when I open it.
"Leo got threw in the black abyss."
That's all I have to say. All three of us run over to Leo's room and throw open the door.
His room is a mess! His posters are all over the floor. There is drops of blood by his messed up bed and there is a bunch of other crap everywhere. In the center of the bed is Leo, laying on his stomach, head buried in his pillow. As we near him, we notice that his sheets are bloody.
"I think I'm gonna puke," Mikey grunts.
I crawl onto the bed and turn Leo over. Donnie gasps and lunges to observe Leo's bloody wrists. Mikey curls into me when he sees Leo's bruised face. I graze his cheek before shaking him.
"Leo? Leo, you need to wake up. Leo, please."
"Raph," Donnie mumbles.
"Shut up, Donnie," I hiss.
Mikey takes one of Leo's hands and holds it. "Leo, bro, if you don't wake up, I'm gonna make sure I put a dozen rats in your bed."
But he doesn't move. I put Spike on Leo's chest. Spike churs and does his little stomping thing before lying down.
"You hear that, Leo," I say, rocking back and forth. "He likes you. And since he likes you, you have to wake up and…and say hi. Please, Leo. Please…."
Please!
