Ok well I know that I wanted to make this a really long chapter but I needed to get this up, the next will be longer. I hope. Thank you all for reviews and promise I will address individual reviews next chapter. For now…enjoy…

Raphael sighed as he leaned against the door frame of his brothers' bedroom. He rubbed his tired eyes before looking back at his sleeping brothers, finding some comfort in the peaceful look on the leader's face.

He heard the gentle, almost silent footsteps of their father approaching, before feeling a soft paw rest on his shoulder.

"Raphael…my son, it has been a long day, rest…your brother will be there in the morning"

Raph shook his head softly "Will he?" he asked quietly "How am I ta know that I'm not dreamin' Masta Splinter?"

Master Splinter smiled softly at the concern his son in red was showing "I understand…I too have found myself at strange hours going to check on you and your brothers only to find my dreams of you four together…were just dreams"

"But now…here he is, our Leonardo brought back by the most unexpected of saviours"

Raph rubbed the back of his neck "It was unexpected, feel kinda bad for the guy…guess there's more of Leo in him than we first thought…but..what about our Leo sensei? Is he really back? Will he be our Leo?"

The elderly rat gave his son a questioning look and gestured for him to continue.

"Well…ya know…like something's up cause Donny just took Leo straight ta bed afta cleaning him up, and I heard him in there sensei, Donny was crying…and not tears of joy for having Leo back…"

"I understand my son, we shall ask your brother in the morning, for now he needs rest as much as we all do…including those too stubborn to show it" Splinter added with a small smile.

Raphael smiled back and nodded "alright Masta'…" he muttered softly watching the elderly rat retiring to his own chambers. The red masked turtle took one last look at his sleeping brothers before quietly closing the door, leaving them to rest peacefully.

Leo tossed and turned as he weakly fought against his restraints, feeling them wrap tighter around him. He struggled trying to free his arms when suddenly he felt the floor give away from under him.

With a silent yell and the crash of his shell hitting the floor, Leo jerked back into reality. The leader was greeted with darkness when he opened his heavy eyes. His breath hitched and he tried to make himself as small as possible, not knowing where he was, or what was in the darkness.

Leo was in too much of a panic to acknowledge the fact that his restraints were now made of fabric sheets that wrapped around him.

Donatello woke with a start, sitting up in bed trying to find the source of the crash. His eyes fell on a dark shape curled up on the floor shaking.

The medic turned to the bedside table and turned the lamp on, soon a soft warm light embraced the room, revealing all its secrets.

The frantic turtle, shied away from the sudden light, trying to block the intense glow. His eyes widened when he caught sight of someone sitting on the bed by the light.

''Wait? Bed?...I-I'm in a bedroom''

"Leo?" Donny asked softly, seeing the ill turtle was confused and overwhelmed by whatever had occurred in his dream.

Leonardo could feel his eyes start to gently sting as tears gathered…"D-D-Donnie?" his voice rasped softly.

Donatello's heart sank at hearing how broken his lover sounded. He slowly got to his feet and walked over to the turtle in blue, taking it slow so not to spook his mate. Once Don was sitting in front of Leo he could see the shine of tears in the leader's eyes.

"It's me baby…you're home…you're home with me" he muttered softly freeing the tangled turtle from the bed sheets.

As soon as he was free, Leo weakly wrapped his arms around his lover and let his tears fall "home..'m home…I'm home…" he muttered between gasping sobs.

Master Splinter watched his sons from the door way, having originally come to investigate the cause of the crash, he had stopped when he saw the light from the room come on and stood silently observing Leonardo and Donatello from afar.

The elderly rat found himself wiping a stray tear from his eye as he listened to his broken son sobbing while his lover comforted him.