Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE TURTLES.
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It was silent in the Lair. Raph and Don were sitting near the table, arms crossed and sulking silently. For Raph, that was okay since he did it a lot, but it was kinda weird to see Donny, the usually calm turtle, to be sulking.
Splinter was sitting in his chair, sipping tea (again) and reading the morning paper. Casey and April were eating silently.
Suddenly, the silence was broken by distant footsteps approaching fast. Two seconds later, the door burst open to reveal an out-of-breath Mikey.
Raph huffed. "Finally. What took ya so long?"
Mikey ignored him and instead marched up to Casey. Then, he jabbed his finger, which was bandaged with a blue cloth, into Casey's face.
"Ha!" He yelled, triumphantly, with a huge grin on his face. "You wanted proof? Ya got one!"
At that Mikey glared at Casey before twirling around and around, singing "I got proof!! I got proof!!" over and over again.
Casey stared, before looking at Raph. "Huh?" Raph and Don shrugged to show they have no idea what's going on.
Mikey, by now had stopped twirling and singing, and had seen the shrugs. Once again, he held up his bandaged finger. "This, my friends, is solid proof that Leo is here!"
Everyone stared, even Splinter. Finally Casey asked, "A bandage?"
Mikey nodded furiously. "Not just any bandage!!! It's blue!!!!"
Casey nodded slowly. "A blue bandage...?"
Mikey kept nodding. "Yep! From Leo's blue bandanna!"
The last part caught everyone's attention. Especially Don and Raph's.
"You saw him again??!!" Don immediately asked, jumping up. Mikey nodded. "Yep! I was upset and he came to comfort me!"
Raph had to hold himself back from stomping his foot in impatience. "WELL??!! Was he, or was he not, ya know, solid?"
Mikey thought about it for a second. "Umm...I'm not sure...I mean, he touched me and held me and he seemed solid, but when I touched him, my hand passed through him."
Don scratched his head. "That's weird. Ghosts can't touch things and most of all, people...maybe he's a poltergeist?"
Raph looked at him. "Come again?"
Donny was about to explain when Mikey cut in. "Uh uh!!! Leo isn't a ghost! He isn't a poultry-gist or poulter-hist or whatever!!!"
Both turtles looked at him. "What are you talking about, Mikey?"
"Yeah, spit it out all ready!!"
Mikey suddenly became really excited. "I talked to him, well he didn't really say anything, but I did, I mean he couldn't talk or wouldn't talk, but I did..."
"Mikey..." Raph growled at that point, getting impatient.
"Okay, okay! I asked him if he was dead, and he shook his head! He said no, so that means he isn't dead, which means..."
"We get the point, Mikey." Don interrupted, before scratching his head again. "But that's impossible! How can he be not dead, and still be like a poltergeist?"
Meanwhile, Splinter, Casey, and April were silently sitting, looking at the three turtles who were currently in deep thought.
"Any idea what their on about?" Casey finally asked, looking at Splinter and April. April shrugged.
"Something about Leo."
Casey snorted. "I got that much."
Splinter sighed, causing the other two to look at him. "What's wrong, Master Splinter?" April asked worriedly.
Splinter didn't answer, but stood up. This mere movement caused the three turtles to look at him. Splinter ignored the looks he was receiving, before walking over to Michaelangelo and taking the bandaged finger. He looked at it for a few seconds before turning around, and without another word, retreating into his room.
.....................(in Splinter's room)
Splinter sat in his room in a meditating stance. He only did this when there was something very important that he needed to think about. Splinter let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding.
The bandage was indeed from Leonardo.
Splinter knew because the small little cloth smelled like Leonardo. Splinter sighed and opened his eyes, before wrinkling his nose. There was another presence in the room. A very familiar presence.
Splinter's ears twitched. The presence smelled very much like his eldest son. But that was impossible!
Splinter felt the fur on the back of his neck rise. Whatever the presence was, it was gone now from his room. But he had a feeling that the presence was not yet gone from the Lair.
Splinter took another deep breath before calming his Ki (life-energy).
The Ki of the presence was hard to read, he realized. But it existed. Splinter's ears twitched again. Whatever it was, the presence was of someone who was not dead. At least, not yet.
But whatever the presence it was of, it did not seem to be threatening. No, instead, it seemed to be calm, but sad. Very, very sad.
........................(back outside)
Don sighed as he sat in front of his computer. He had to be out of the living room. Raph, Mikey and Casey were currently at it again. Casey, being a hard-head, wouldn't believe them. Not that he blamed him, Don decided. Even he, himself, was having a hard time believing it.
Don sighed again before resting his head down onto the desk. This was all so confusing. Leo wasn't solid, so couldn't be living. But he could touch, fight, and move stuff, so he couldn't be dead.
So what was he?
Donny groaned. His head hurt.
Suddenly, he shivered. The room was freezing! "Damn! Who turned the cooler on??"
Don growled, before suddenly realizing that the cooler was broken. Donny blinked. Then why was it so cold?
Suddenly, he heard a soft 'beep' sound beside him. Turning to look, he jolted back. The computer was turned on!
But how was that possible? He didn't turn it on!
Don momentarily forgot that question, as he watched in amazement. The mouse was moving all on it's own!
There was a soft 'click'-ing sound and a word-document was opened. (A/N: cool! Someone wants to help write this story!!! LOL)
Don blinked before focusing on the keyboard. Something invisible was typing.
Looking up onto the screen, he saw what was being written.
'Twilight...twilight...twilight...twilight...twilight...twilight...'Suddenly, after the eighth word, whatever was writing stopped. The room became warm again.
Donny stared.
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Umm......
Why is 'twilight' so important?
Anyone wanna guess?
Find out next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
R&R PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!