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Chapter3: Searching and a Warning

Rose glanced at Fawn and couldn't help but smile, Fawn was just starting to round with pregnancy. She half expected the father to be Raph, since she had flirted with him the most, but she noticed how Don kept glancing at Fawn and smiled. The two made a good couple, Fawn had definatly become less aggressive, the two had the mental capacity to understand whet each other were talking about. April hugged Rose.

"It's good to see you again," April said.

"Same to you...I just hope Leo's ok," she sighed, "its not like him not to 'link' up if he's going to be gone longer."

"How long did he say he'd been gone...um wait did you say that he'd gone hunting?" Don asked. Rose smiled at the guys shocked reactions. Mike had stood up and was staring at her in a confused expression.

"Like killing an animal and eating it kind of hunting?" Mike said, startled.

Rose laughed, "What you didn't think we went shopping for food did you? Don't tell me you didn't think Leo would know how to butcher an animal? Shesh he was right partially right about you guys...all you saw him as was a leader..." Her voice had a bitterness to it by the end.

Raph flinched, remebering the vicious fights that had lead to Leo and his family leaving, Leo shouting about wanting his own life.

"Rose...we were idiots...please he's our brother...you know how much we regret all that..."Don sighed. Rose looked at Don.

"I know...I'm still worried how he's going to react though...Don the answer to your question is a week...he's been gone a week...he was only supposed to be gone three days...its four days longer than he said he be," Rose sighed. A loud crash made her look up.

"Mommy!!! Jake and Luke broke Daddy's stuff!!!!" Lenora shrieked. Rsoe moaned, rubbing her temples. April put her hand on Rose's shoulder.

"Raph...your stongest here...grab the boys by the upper lip of their carapace and lift them off the ground...they'll know their in trouble and they'll go limp...they're used to Leo doing it," Rose sighed.

Raph gave her a startled look but nodded.

"Where they at?"he asked.

"Mommy they stole my doll again!!!" Leonora shrieked, her little voice full of anger. The two boys came running down the hall, laughing, Jake had a doll in his hands and Luke waved at him. Leonora rushed Jake, he tossed the doll to Luke. She went after Luke only for the event to be repeated, back to Jake. Raph sighed and grabbed the boys like Rose had told him to. The doll hit the ground as the boys froze. Lenora scooped up her doll glaring at her brothers she stormed off only to be stopped by Don.

"All right young lady, thats en-,"He started. The boys started laughing, but Raph's deadly look silenced it.

"LENORA HAMATO!" Rose shrieked. Don gasped, on his knees. Lenora rushed off.

"Mikey get her...I'm going to tan her hide," Rose growled. Mike shot off to get her.

"Donny? Are you ok?" Raph laughed.

"Shell...she hits like Leo..." he grunted, slowly getting to his feet. April,Casey, and Fawn couldn't help but laugh. Mike came back holding Lenora over the shoulder and carrying the doll in his other hand, he was breathing hard. she was pounding her fists on his carapace and attempting to kick him in the stomach.

"She fast," he gasped. Rose nodded.

About twenty minutes later the house was some what clean and the kids were in their rooms.

"Don...if you don't mind would you come with me to look for Leo? If he's hurt I won't be able to lift him." Rose asked. Don nodded, kissing Fawn as he followed Rose out. Rose paused at the door.

"Are your you guys can handle them?" She asked nervously.

"We got got dudette," Mike laughed, "The boys are sacred silly of Raph...I don't think we'll have any problems."

Rose managed a weak smile.

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Leo struggled to his feet, swaying as another wave of firey pain wracked his system. Johnson had said that he had about an hour before his system shut down. Johnson said that they weren't far from the forest...and Leo's family. Leo gripped the table as he tried to get his legs to work. Finally his legs moved and he got to the partially opened door, grabbing the handle as pain hit him again. He made it out the door and into a living room calapsing onto the floor and fighting a scream. Rose! Johnson's coming....get out of the house! I-I...I Love you all of you...if...go to New York...my brothers will take care of you...Take my journal...make them read it...I Love You...

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Rose dropped down and picked up a fierce looking knife. Don blanched at the sight of it.

"Is that Leo's?"Don gasped.

"His hunting knife...he was here...,"she replied, touching a foot print impression, moving her hand over to a deer track. Don followed the prints and found a blood trail accompanying it. I Hope that isn't Leo's.... Then he stopped.

"Wow...that is huge...look at the rack on that thing," he gasped, staring at a huge buck that was sprawled on the ground already beginning to decompose. Three arrows logged in the beast's body.

"King, Leo finally got him...but where's Leo?" Rose asked worridly, looking around. She spotted a broken bow and arrows spilled out on the ground. Signs of struggle littered the area.

Rose suddenly got really pale.

"We've got to get back to the house," Rose shouted as she shot toward home, "Leo just warned me that Johnson's coming!"

Don sprinted off behind her, nearly passing her. concern for Fawn and the baby giving his feet wings.

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