1(A/N: Another chapter by... HALEY! And Haley is looking for a beta...)
FLASHBACK
"Hey Leo, want to go for a run?" I ask. Leo looks at me, and grins.
"Sure. I'll go with you Don." He replies. I grin and lead the way.
After many turns and twists, we come to a stop. I sit down on a rooftop and gaze out across the city, panting. Leo's breath was still calm when he sat beside me. He's so much more 'in shape' than I am.
"You okay Donny?" He questions. I nod and try to calm my breath. "I'm sorry if we went faster than we should of... It's my..." I cut him off by shaking my head.
"No, it's not your fault. I just wish I was as much in shape as you and the others are. You guys exercise so much more than me... Sometimes I just feel like I can't keep up."
"Donny... Did Raph or Mike tell you this?"
"No... Well... Yeah, but I thought it too." I answer. He looks at me, concerned.
"Don... You keep up with us just fine. You only think that because Raph and Mike told you that. They were being immature. If anyone in our family is 'least in shape' it would be Mike." Leo said. I laughed lightly. He smiled again. I smiled back. "Those guys just make me kind of angry sometimes."
"Leo... How do you cope with your anger?" I ask him. He looks at me and smiles wider.
"I scream." He answers.
"Scream?"
"Yes. Scream. Into the night. I'd go out on a night like this, and scream on a rooftop. Like this." He stood and screamed really loud. I winced. "That way, only the night can hear me screaming."
Only the night can hear me screaming.
I like that.
PRESENT
"Give... It... Back... RAPH!!" Mike yells. I wince and continue working. They really need to quit bugging each other.
"No way, Mike. I'm not going to let you give that thing to Don. He might kill somebody with it." Raph snaps and glares at me. Mike is still pulling at the katana in Raph's hand. I feel anger start to bubble up inside of me.
"Him and Leo were closer than we were, so it should go to him!" Mike argues. At least he is backing me up on this one. "And he would never do that!"
"Did you see what he did to Leo? If you give it to him, then I guess you're next." Raph snarls. Mike swipes at Raph, and ended up socking him right in the nose. Blood began to gush out and Raph wiped his face. He looked at the liquid. Raph looked up. "You really shouldn't have done that."
A brawl begins. I look at them, terrified. Blood was splattering the carpet. This happened because of me? I stand and pull them apart.
"Stop!" I shout. Raph and Mike are panting, and the former was glaring at me. "Do you guys think that Leo would really want this to happen to us?" Raph continued glaring at me. I rolled my eyes and ran off. I didn't even know where I was going.
But before I even knew it, I arrived at the rooftop Leo and I used to hang out on all the time. I remember a conversation we had one day.
Only the night can hear me screaming.
I look around the area, to make sure no one was watching me.
Then, well...
I screamed.