Chapter 8: Leonardo: Plan B
Minus ten years
Leo had been pacing the small cell that he and Don had been placed in for nearly three hours.
"So…that didn't work what next?" Don asked after wincing as he moved his injured wrist obtained from their latest escape attempt.
Leo shot him an annoyed look that clearly stated "I'm thinking" to which Don squirmed back and sighed.
Leo was definitely in a mood.
"I'm thinking ok?" he muttered after a minute, as he returned to pacing.
Don fumbled with his mask tails, he was tired, sore from all the beatings they'd received and was simply ready to curl up and not move for a few hours. Not that Leo looked or felt much better. If anything, Leo was worse off, he'd attacked multiple people, trying to get them out and had been badly beaten, repeatedly, for it.
"So…what's the new plan?" Don asked after a few minutes.
Leo paused, glanced his way, and then continued pacing without a word.
Don waited a whole minute before speaking again.
"You don't have one do you?" he inquired softly.
Leo cleared his throat, but kept pacing.
"Leo?" Don urged.
"I'm….thinking…ok? I haven't slept or eaten in nearly a week…" Leo trailed off, shoulders slumping slightly.
"Well, might as well just sit here and do nothing then…" Don sighed before examining his fingernails.
Leo paused, blinked and then looked at Don.
"That's it," he said softly.
"What's it?" Don asked, an eye ridge raised.
"Nothing," Leo said with a grin, "We…do nothing."
Don's eyes widened slightly.
"Um Leo I think you've gone too long without sleep…maybe you should try to res-" he started.
"No, no, if we stop trying to escape, then they'll let their guard down after a week or so and then we can break out, you're a genius Don." Leo interrupted.
Don blinked, before smiling.
"You know…that might actually work…" he chuckled.
Two hours later they're guards peeked in on them to see both brothers fast asleep, the abandoned game of scrabble, that they had requested, beside them.
"I don't get it," one muttered.
The other simply shrugged.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait folks, been really busy. Hopefully this chapter will get a few giggles.