From fantastically long back to diabolically short. -_- My muse hates me sometimes. *whacks Muse*

Muse: Hey!

Curse your mischievous reptilian self! Now I'm going to go listen to some Thousand Foot Krutch...

Dark Don checked over where Dark Leo's previous injuries had been. They had just got back to their lair, after the awkwardly silent flight back, and then the whole unpleasant experience of being in Darius Dunn's presence. "I don't see why this is necessary," growled the blue turtle, who just wanted some time to himself right now. Unfortunately for him, the purple turtle wouldn't allow this.

"It's necessary because we DON'T want them possibly having used some of those infernal trackers! We do not want them to find this new lair of ours."

"Who cares, if they come they might get Dunn for us, and then we'll be done with him." Dark Don snickered.

"You know that was a pun right?" Dark Leo blinked.

"No, I wasn't aware I was making one at the time I said that." Dark Don sighed.

"When you guys try to be funny, you're awfully pathetic, and when you're trying to be serious, you actually wind up being amusing." The purple turtle shook his head. "Ah well, you're clean, better go hit the shower to get all that aerial rich-place smell off you... it's driving all of us nuts." Dark Leo sighed.

"Yeah, sure, whatever."

"Hey."

"What?"

"Are you alright? First you save that Jones kid, then you hesitate when we came to complete the last phase of the plan, and NOW you do lots of sighing... what next, presenting their Leo with a bouquet?" Dark Leo gave Dark Don a sour look.

"I just have a lot to think about."

"Then why did the symptoms start before you were caught?" Dark Leo shook his head agitatedly.

"I don't know," he growled. Dark Don sighed this time and patted the cot again.

"Sit back down. I'm no Doctor Don but I might be able to help you." Dark Leo nodded and sat back down.

"I'm not talkin' about anything other than what happened in the penthouse though," he said flatly. "And if you so much as-"

"I won't tease you or tell anyone else about this," Dark Don promised. Dark Leo nodded, apparently satisfied. "So, what happened when you woke up?" Dark Leo shrugged.

"They started talking to me like I was an idiot... At least, Michelangelo did."

"Might I ask what he said?"

"'Yum yums go innie, you no come outtie!' I told him to shut up." Dark Don laughed.

"How very like you. I probably would have been more verbal."

"And more like an offended dictionary."

"What happened next?"

XxXxX

Dark Don sat in silence for awhile. "I never knew that that Raphael could be such an ass." Dark Leo shrugged.

"He gets on Leonardo's nerves and mine, I'm not surprised he brought out more anger in me... But I am surprised that he didn't even give me a chance."

"I am too. According to Darius' records, Raphael eventually became friends with the Inuwashi Ganjin, even though they DID try and kill them and almost succeeded in killing Cody." Dark Leo shrugged.

"If we're done here, I'd like to get to bed."

"One more question." Dark Leo paused. "Why didn't you accept Leonardo's offer to stay?" Dark Leo was silent for a moment.

"It would have been betrayal," he finally whispered. "I couldn't leave you three morons to fend for yourselves. Cheese Head has nightmares, and Red has self-esteem issues. You... you need someone to talk to who at least partly understands your technobabble." Dark Don gave the blue clone a playful punch to the shoulder.

"No kidding. And we all need you to play Fearless Leader as well. Hey, don't ever change... At least, not too much." Dark Leo gave him a not-so-gentle shove.

"Can it, we're supposed to sound like bad guys, not those stories that make females start cooing." Dark Don grinned.

"If you say so, big brother."

This was first sparked from some vocabulary words Madame Strawberry sent me, but, like with the other one, it went far from my original idea. And I have to admit, that though I did want to explore all of Dark Leo's feelings from the weeks of capture... when I tried writing them, they just seemed... plastic. Fake. So I cut them out and skipped to the end of the explanations. :) And I liked having Dark Don and Dark Leo discuss Raph's behavior. XD And I liked having Dark Leo explain just why he didn't take Leo's offer to stay, even though taking it would meant A) He wouldn't have to go with the Peacekeepers, B) He wouldn't have to go back to Darius, C) He wouldn't have to go back to brothers who would supposedly have no problem poisoning him, and D) He'd have a reliable food source. So even though they get all annoyed with each other and stuff in public... let's just say that they're really just big ol' softies. :D Oh, and the weeks without Dark Leo would have served to show them just how much they needed him. XD Even IF they would still refuse to believe they do. :P

Read and review please! Even though it is abominably short!

P.S. Thanks go to my bro for helping me think up the HILARIOUS title! *insert the trollface here* Happy April Fool's day! Though I won't fool you guys... you're too nice. D: