Damn you, inactivity! Sorry I haven't been active lately, but I had a sleepover on Friday and I have State Testing Tuesday to Thursday. But I did henna, which was fun. Anyway, if I haven't mentioned it (I have), there will be a sequel to this story! It's still in progress in my journal, but I think I'm getting close to the end. I think. Those updates may be pretty slow, but, *shrugs* Anyway, enjoy!

Raph paced outside Leo's door, debating whether or not to go in. Leo had been pretty pissed back there, and Raph didn't want to know if being mad affected him in the day.

Finally, he decided to knock. "Uh, Leo?" he called, just loud enough for Leo's advanced hearing to pick up.

"What is it, Raphael?"

Raph opened the door a crack. "Can I come in? Ya've been in 'ere fer, like, an hour an' a half!"

He heard mumble a 'sure', so he stepped in and saw Leo almost done picking up his room, currently holding a few Japanese books.

Raph chuckled a little. "Fer a guy wit'ou' muck stuff, yer room c'n still ge' messy!"

Leo spared him a glance. "Well,I have the smallest room, so it just looks messier."

Raph got down on his knees and started picking up a few books as well. "Wha' happened ta Don helpin' ya?"

Leo put the books on his shelf in alphabetical order by author, then title. "Well, he only was going to do that because I thought you guys made the mess. He shouldn't have to help me clean up my own mess. Besides, he's not as organized as me..."

Raph peered at the alphabetical book. "I dun t'ink anyone is."

Leo rolled his eyes as he grabbed the books Raph was holding. "Honestly, Raph, I wanted to say that I'm sorry for blaming you guys for the mess. And for not believing you when you told the truth."

Raph waved a hand dismissively. "I woulda blamed us, too. We're us."

Leo chuckled at that as he stood up and made his way to his bed. "The issue now is, what do I do about these?" he asked, holding up his pillow and blanket.

Raph took them from his and inspected them. "Ya know how Splinta taught me ta knit?"

Leo bit his lip to hold back a laugh as he nodded. Raph beamed widely.

"He taught me ta sew, too."

Leo finished sweeping up a broken vase he'd dropped when Raph came in with his hands behind his carapace. "Ya c'n barely tell dey was ripped!" he exclaimed, putting the fixed bed items.

Leo beamed widely as he grabbed them. "Thank you, so much!" He put them back where they went, being careful of the pile of broken glass.

Raph glanced at the clock. "Le's hope Mike's almost done wit' lunch; I'm starvin'!"

Leo chuckled as he and Raph made their way to the kitchen. April and Mikey were making PB&J sandwiches. Mike looked up at them while April looked further down. "You're right on time! It's almost done! Can ya grab Don and Case?"

Leo nodded and went to the living room, where Casey sat in front of the TV, quite angry at the news that was on. "Ya believe dis, Leo?" he asked loudly through his gauze. "That's da t'ird bank robbery dis fuckin' week!"

Leo glanced at the TV. "-$30,000 was stolen-"

Leo grabbed the remote off the couch and shut off the TV. "Lunch is ready. Go eat before you break the TV out of anger."

Casey bit out a growl and went to the kitchen. Leo headed for the closed lab door and knocked. "Don? It's lunch time!"

"Could you bring me my food, bro?" Don's voice rang out from the other side of the door.

"Sure."

Leo came back a few minutes later with 2 plates, each with a sandwich on it. He used his foot to open the door and stepped in, putting one of the plates next to where Don was working.

Don looked up. "Thanks." He grabbed a half of the sandwich and ate as he analyzed a blood sample; Leo's, the leader guessed.

Don then rolled over to the computer on his swivel-chair. "I found a few things that could help us with your, um, condition. Like, why some stuff is happening. What do you wanna know first?"

Leo sat in a chair. "Oh, probably why I was flat-out rabid last night?"

Don opened a file calmly. "It says here that when a werewolf mark starts glowing and/or burning during the day, the werewolf tends to get a little more, um..."

"Rabid?"

"Yeah. A little bit more rabid when they get sad or angry. Remember? You were sad when we got out of Shredder's."

Leo was about to say something else, but Don stopped him. "Wait, how did you know about last night?" he asked suspiciously.

Leo took a bite out of his sandwich, pretending not to hear the question, but Don managed to look him in the eye. "Leo..."

Said teen sighed in defeat. "I got April to tell me," he muttered, but Don heard it.

"Of course you did," he said, chuckling bitterly.

Leo looked up at him. "Actually, I wanted to know the part that she missed, too. Please?"

Don harrumphed. "Fine."

Good enough! I'll try to update quicker next time! I already said that, but I'm still saying it! Review, rant, flame! Gimme feedback! BYE!

TMNT LLII