He didn't know what else to do. His two older brothers were missing, and he had no way to find them.

The two eldest had given up on trying to find a way out. Raph sat down in the same corner as last time, with his shell to the two meeting walls. He was playing with one sai, trying to balance the tip on one of his three fingers. Leo had given up trying to cure his boredom, so he had sat on his legs, hands on knees. He steadied his breathing and closed his eyes. Maybe he could reach his Sensei. It took a few tries, but Leo had finally made it to what Splinter had explained as the Astral Plain. He hoped that his Sensei would also be here.
"Master Splinter?" Leo asked. He looked around, but the only thing that met his eyes was a white abyss. "Master Splinter!" Leo said again, louder. Still no answer. Leo tried one more time. "Sensei!"

'He's not here' Leo thought, frowning. He was starting to fade out of the meditation and back into the real world when he heard a familiar voice.

"Leonardo! My son!"
"Sensei!" Leo yelled again.
"Leonardo, my son. What are you doing here?" Splinter asked as he watched as his son walked closer to him.

"I was hoping to find you. We need help. These footbots came out of nowhere and started attacking us, next thing we know we're trapped in this box that keeps getting colder." Leo explained.
Splinter's eyes went wide. He knew for sure that Shredder was the cause of his sons imprisonment, he also knew how dangerous it was for his sons to get too cold. They were cold-blooded after all.

"Where are you my son" Splinter asked.
"I'm not sure. But I do know that we were headed deep into the Community forest before we got stuck in the box." Leo said.
"This is valuable information, Leonardo. I will inform Donatello. Leonardo, you must promise me that you will do what you can to keep you and your brother safe." Splinter said, as he opened his eyes to the real world. Leo's icy blue eyes also shot open to see that their situation hadn't changed.

"Have a good nap?" Raph asked, dropping his sai.
"It wasn't a nap. I was meditating to see if I could get a hold of Splinter" Leo replied, watching as Raph picked up his weapon from the ground.

"Well? Did you?" Raph asked.
"Yeah, and I told him where we are, but it was really quick." Leo answered.
"Hopefully the brainiac can find us" Raph said, mainly to himself.

Raph softly chuckled to himself as he started to remember when Donnie had complained about Raph always calling him 'brainiac'. Turns out, Brainiac was the name of a super villain in the comics they used to read as kids. Raph only started calling him the name because in the comics, Brainiac was really smart, and Donnie was really smart. Then the name just stuck. Raph smiled at the memory before looking up to see Leo once again closing his eyes and breathing deeply.

Raph rolled his eyes, he would never understand meditation. Sure, Master Splinter had made him try it for a training exercise before, but only Leo had mastered it. Just like his older brother to always be perfect and show him up. Raph looked around at the little box they were both trapped in. It had most definitely colder, but only Donnie would know just how many degrees colder.

"You ever gonna stop meditating and actually focus on the real world?" Raph asked, breaking Leo from his concentration. Leo sighed, he would never get any peace and quiet with Raph around. Opening his eyes, Leo looked straight at Raph and didn't look away.
"What?" Raph asked.
"Why do you do that?" Leo asked back.
"Do what?"

"You know I'm meditating to try and get a hold of Splinter." Leo explained, "So why do you do that?" Leo asked again. Raph stated to understand what Leo meant.

"Because you've already contacted him, so doing it again is probably pointless." Raph started before talking again, "And you have to help get us outta here."

Leo looked down at the floor. He knew his brother had a short fuse, so he probably shouldn't tell Raph what he was feeling. Leo had always done his best to keep his emotions in check, but Raph knew just what buttons to press.

"I don't have to help with anything" Leo said calmly.
"What!?" Leo could feel it, Raph was about to explode, but he didn't care. "Of course you have to help. We have to get outta here!" Raph yelled.

"I don't have to do anything" Leo repeated a little louder this time.
"What's wrong with you, Leo?" Raph asked, standing up. "You have to get us out of here or we'll freeze!" Raph finished.

"I don't have to do anything, and I'm sick and tired of having to do stuff" Leo said, standing up as well.
"I always have to make sure that you and the others are safe and if you aren't I get in trouble. I have to train extra hours and make sure I'm always in between you and danger. I always have to be the responsible one and I always have to take the blame. For once in my life, I don't have to do anything. You and I can freeze in here and never get out for all I care!" Leo yelled.

Raph was speechless.

He had only seen Leo yell a couple times, and he had never seen Leo so distressed. He watched as his older brother sat back down and folded his arms across his knees and hid his face. Raph stayed standing, thinking about what just happened.

Leo always had responsibilities and Splinter had always been putting pressure on him to be perfect.
Raph sighed, he hated showing weakness and being soft, but when it came to his brothers he would do anything.

"Look, Leo. Um, I, we didn't. Ugh. Well, we all, we're. We, I didn't mean to." Raph said, stumbling over his own words. Leo almost smiled at Raph's words. He knew his brothers cared about him, and on a normal day he didn't mind having to take responsibility, but everyone has their breaking point. And Leo just crossed his.
Raph heard Leo sigh from under his arms.

"No, I'm sorry I blew up on you. Lets just focus on getting out of here, I guess." Leo said as he stood up as he gave a semi-forced smile. Both turtles shivered, they look to each other as Leo gave a knowingly look. They needed to find a way out of here, and fast.

"How much longer do you think we can stay in here?" Raph asked.
"I don't know. Not much longer." Leo said as he did his best to stop his teeth from shivering.
Both brothers knew being cold-blooded had it's downfalls, as they couldn't stand the cold for very long. Leo started to notice as they walked around the limited space they had, Raph started to shiver more violently.

"You okay?" Leo asked.
"I'm fine." Raph answered, not turning to face his brother.
"Raph, don't do this." Leo warned.

"I'm not doing anything, I told you I'm fine" Raph answered again, starting to get mad.
"Raph, I know something's bothering you. Please just tell me. We don't know how long we're going to stay in here, so if you don't tell me what's wrong we won't ever get along." Leo said, gently and cautiously walking towards his younger brother.

Raph took in a shaky breath and sighed. He stepped forward to face his brother, but his ankle gave up from under him and he fell to the ground. Leo's quick reflexes kicked in and he caught Raph before his head hit the ground.
Unfortunately, the sudden weight pulled on Leo's shoulder and he gave a short yelp and quickly dropped to the ground with Raph.
The two mutants said nothing as the caught their breath. Leo smiled at how ridiculous they looked. With Raph's head almost on top of Leo's leg.

"What was that?" Raph asked, as he pushed himself up into a sitting position.
"You tell me. You're the one that almost fell face first on the floor." Leo answered.
Leo's mind immediately went to the cause of the fall and remembered that Raph had fallen because of his leg. "Are you hurt?!" Leo asked, rushing his hands down to feel for anything out of the ordinary. Raph just rolled his eyes as his big brother scanned for injuries.

Leo's hands brushed down his legs and towards his feet. When a hand grabbed his left ankle, Raph gave a small gasp of shock and pain. Leo's hands immediately drew back, afraid he had hurt his brother.

"Ow, that kinda hurt." Raph admitted as he chuckled. Leo reached his hands down and slowly felt around Raph's ankle.
"I think it's dislocated." Leo said.

"Great." Raph said sarcastically.
"When did this happen?" Leo asked.
"When the footbots pushed us in here." Raph said, hiding his face as if he were embarrassed.

"Well, you won't be walking for a while." Leo decided. As Leo pulled his arms back, the strap from his holder brushed against his shoulder and he hissed in pain.

"What's wrong?" Raph asked.
"Nothing. It's nothing." Leo said as he stood up. Raph lifted one eyebrow and grabbed Leo's leg.

"If I couldn't get away with it, neither can you" Raph answered. Leo only rolled his eyes and sat back down.
Leo said nothing, but only pulled back his strap to show a small but deep gash in his shoulder.
"What's this!? Why were you hiding this from me?" Raph asked.

"We h-have to get out of here." Leo said, pulling the strap back and standing up before Raph could protest.
"W-we won't get anywhere with my ankle and your shoulder" Raph pointed out.

"No, it's-s fine. We will get-t out of here." Leo said.
"It's t-too cold." Raph answered back, wrapping his arms around himself. Leo sighed and watched his breath travel up.
He walked back to his younger brother and sat down next to him.
"Donnie'll find u-s" Leo said, closing his eyes. Raph followed suit, and the two were drowned in silence.