Disclaimer:No..."Grumbles" Leo walks into the living room sees me and bolts for his room, "RAPH SHE'S BACK RUN FOR IT!!!!" He cries. "LEO!" I shriek and chase after him. ;) Donnie and Mike collapse in hysterical laughter...Raph creeps away...

Chapter 3: A Talk

Leo got up and wrapped a blanket around him as he moved slowly and painfully out of the infirmary.

"I don't know...Don might be right guys...I'm sorry," April whispered.

"April we can't just let Leo die!!" Raph exploded. Leo halted in the entrance of the kitchen, fingers clutching the blanket, trembling. Mike looked up and saw him.

"Leo..." he whispered. The others got quiet instantly. Leo's eyes flicked across them all, they looked like they had been crying.

"What kind of Cancer is it?" he whispered suddenly. They all gawked at him.

"You knew?" Don sobbed, "and you didn't tell us?" Raph slammed his fist into the table and got up.

"...answer him...answer all of us," Raph spat," You knew?"

"Suspected," Leo whispered as he slumped into a chair, gripping the blanket tight around him,"when I woke up the first time I saw all the bruises...knew what they were from...knew they shouldn't've bruised that bad...I-I...I was scared...I-I was afraid to let you all know...didn't want you to see them..." Tears started to roll down his cheeks. Mike carefully hugged him, knowing that it would unfortunately leave a bruise. Leo leaned into him, sobbing.

"I'm scared guys...How do you fight what you can't see? Something inside? Your own body?" Leo wept,"I've never been so scared guys...I'm...just scared..." Leo clung to Mike, trembling. Don put his arms gently around Leo and Raph put his hand on Leo's shell. It was unnerving seeing Leo so upset but they knew he needed their comfort.

"We'll figure out a way to help ya' bro," Raph whispered. Leo nodded, leaning into them, taking comfort in their embrase. April walked over and put her arms loosely around them all.

Twenty Minutes Later...

Leo was sitting at the table with a cup of Green Tea in hand, his blanket wrapped around him. April and Mike were seated beside him at his right and left. He had gotten control of his near panic-attack, but he was still trembling a little.

"So I have Leukemia?" Leo mumbled. April nodded and Mike lightly touched his brother's hand. Don was researching Leukemia in the lab and Raph was helping him sort through the information. They needed all the information they could get. Casey was calling a friend who was a doctor in an attempt to figure out something about Chemo treatment. Leo was still deeply shook and didn't want to be alone. They had to be careful Leo bruised real easily now. The area where Mike had touched Leo's hand was already showing a faint bruise, causing Mike to flinch.

Leo was still scared, they see that by the way he was sitting, in his posture, but he was in control of himself again.

"You's going to keep you three out of trouble?" Leo mumbled. Mike grinned and hugged Leo carefully.

"Awwww! Come on Leo we can take care of ourselves...don't worry about it! There are other treatments other than Chemo...Don will figure it out," Mike comforted.

Leo snorted and shook his head.

"Mikey...sometimes I think you're only alive beacuse I stop Raph from killing you...either Raph will murder you or Don will for breaking everything," Leo laughed.

April smiled and said," He's got a point Mikey." Mike stuck his tongue out at her, making Leo laugh more.

"Aww come on!" Mike grumbled. Leo hugged him, his golden-brown eyes sad.

"I-I...I love Mikey...I don't want to leave all of you...not yet....not like this," Leo whispered.

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