This is probably the shortest chapter ever of this. Sorry, but the next chapter will be longer.
Enjoy please and thanks to Raph's No. 1 Girl and Mike11.
Leo groaned softly to himself as a world of dim lights swirled into the blackness he was currently seeing. He shook his head, straining his eyes to see a clear picture. Wherever he was, it was cold and wet.
He forced his eyes open and moaned when he saw where he was. A cage.
Thick bars surrounded him on all sides. He found the cage was too small for him to get to his feet, the farthest up he could get was on all fours, and even then, his shell scraped the top bars.
"My apologies, Leonardo." Shaun chuckled. He sat in the corner, waiting for the turtle to wake up. "The cage you are in was designed for a large wolf, not a turtle of your size. However, it was the only one uninhabited."
Leo shot him a look, along with a deep growl. "Where are my brothers?"
Shaun sighed, standing. "I'm afraid they escaped. But no matter," he waved his hand in a dismissing gesture. "I will have all four of you soon enough."
"How do you know?" Leo asked calmly. "For all you know, they could be out of state by now or in hiding."
Shaun smirked. "Did Raphael not tell you? He told us stories about you four. You made quite a team back then, battling crime and sticking to the shadows. But one thing he always told us was, "We never leave a brother behind. No matter what." So what have you to say to that now? Hmm?"
Leo ducked his head. He wished there was some way to contact his brothers and tell them to stay away. He didn't want his brothers in the hands of this guy who was out to make a silver penny.
He could see Mikey, cold, shivering, crying and alone, stuck in a tiny cage awaiting his fate. Leo knew that of all of them, Mikey would be the one who was affected the most. He relied heavily on his brothers for protection and comfort. Facing an enemy and a new world alone…Leo didn't even want to think about it.
Raph would be affected the most next. As a hothead and a rebel, he needed space and freedom, not some small area to pace in for the rest of his life. He needed to be able and do his own thing, not do whatever another wanted. Raph would go insane, if not completely mental, alone.
Don would go senseless in a cage. With nothing to fiddle with and nothing to invent…his hands needed to be constantly doing something. He would miss his brothers dearly. He would lose the two most important things to him: family and his inventions. Leo couldn't imagine his brother, genius of the family, stuck in a pen.
Leo shook his head. He had to stop thinking about things like that…they weren't helping. Leo needed his brothers, all of them, to be happy. He would rather die than see his brothers caged up and alone. Leo lived, breathed, and worked for his brothers. He trained for them. He became leader for them. What would he do without them?
"Leave them alone!" Leo screamed at the man as he lunged at the bars as best he could. He knew it was useless, but he needed to do something. He wasn't the one who would sit quietly and accept his fate. If his brothers were in danger, he would do anything, anything,for them.
"Now why would I do that?" Shaun knelt by the bars, running a finger down the cold steel. "You are by far the most dangerous one out of them all. Without you, they won't stand a chance." A thoughtful expression came over his face. "Perhaps I should keep you for myself. After all, I usually do save the best for me. If not, the youngest, Michelangelo would do me fine."
Leo paled. "No, you can't."
Shaun shrugged, leaning back and sitting on the floor beside Leo's cage. "Yes I can. You see, the youngest ones usually break first. I would want one that I could use and show. Raphael wouldn't work; being with him for a month as I did, I saw not a beast to be tamed, but a wild animal."
Leo broke in, his voice full of hatred towards the man. "My brother is not a wild animal." He hissed. "The only animal I see is the one murdering all these poor creatures who never did anything to you."
Shaun narrowed his eyes at the fuming blue clad turtle. "Try and talk me out of it. See how far you get. Do you think I showed any pity for the tiger who died protecting her cubs to the last breath? Do you think I showed mercy to the alpha wolf, attacking me to protect its pack? No." he chuckled. "And you think I'm going to let you out so you can protect your brothers? You think I'm going to show mercy to you because your brothers are too weak?" he shook his head. "No."
Leo felt his heart drop. His brothers…Mikey… Don…no. He couldn't let Shaun take them. He couldn't.
"Heartless monster." He whispered, looking away. He'd failed his brothers. He'd failed Master Splinter. He'd failed Raph.
He'd never gotten the chance to say he was sorry. He never got the chance to show his brother he loved him with everything he was. He would never get to show Raph how a big brother, not a leader, should really act. The last real words he told his brother was that he was a failure.
He was sorry.
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