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Chapter 29

The sounds of the cheers was almost overwhelming for the turtles, they didn't know what to do, were they supposed to be scared? Happy? Happy that it's finally all over. Leo couldn't help but smile, Don slowly walked toward Leo, then lean over close, "Leo? What are we supposed to do?" He asked quietly.

Leo tore his eyes away from the people and looked at his brothers, seeing each on of their eyes on him, expecting him to do something, but truthfully, Leo didn't know what to do.

"I…I don't know" Leo whispered

Leo held up a hand a waved weakly at the crowd of people that surrounded them. "Holy crap" They heard Mikey say loudly. Leo looked and saw Coplan on the ground, head still detached, but his body was different. The top was split in two and the rest was covered with impale wounds. His body showed every single injury he gotten since they got to the city, which can only mean one thing.

He's really dead.

"He's dead" Mikey whispered, he howled in joy and wrapped his arms around Raph, Raph laughed in disbelief, not knowing what else to do.

Leo watched his brothers and then felt Don's hand on his shoulder, he looked at Don and saw him smiling, "We did it" He said.

Leo smiled, nodded his head and felt a tear roll down his cheek. It was all over, they were finally at peace. Leo never thought he would see this day, he watched Mikey let go of Raph and quickly run at Don, almost tackling him to the ground. Don balanced himself and tightly hugged Mikey. Leo looked at Raph and saw him smiling as well, he walked to him and wrapped his arms around Leo.

"We did good bro…We did good" Raph said softly

"Yeah…Yeah we did" Leo said, feeling another tear roll down his cheek.

Then they all saw as a man walked up to them holding a microphone, followed by a camera guy.

"I'm here with the saviors of our town, hello gentleman, can you tell us what happened here?" The guy asked

"We kicked but! That's what happened" Mikey shouted, Don laughed and gave him a noogie.

"We saved the town, no further comment" Raph said with a smile.

"The mayor wished to present you with the key to the city, how do you feel about that?" He asked

"The key to the city? Why us?" Don asked

"You guys saved us! There was no doubt in our minds that that man would have killed many more people. He's considering you the savior of the city" The news guy said

Leo was dumbfounded with this information, "One moment" He heard Raph say, then pull Leo aside with Mikey and Don.

"Leo, do you think we really deserve the key to the city?" Raph asked

"Cause if you think about it, we started this whole ordeal" Don added

"Yeah but we stopped it and stopped him from killing everyone, don't you think we should be rewarded?" Mikey asked

"Not this honorably at least" Don said

Leo thought about it, then turned around and faced the camera, "We don't want the key to the city, we were just at the wrong place, at the wrong time. It was out job to stop that man from his plans and we did, no reward needed" Leo said to the camera.

"The mayor still wished you to speak to the people, he has many questions for you four" The news guy said

"We'll think about it, but for now, we just want to go home" Leo said with a smile.

He turned around and faced his brothers, "Let's go home guys" He said. They walked pass the crowd, pushing people out of the way as he screamed in their ears. They heard sirens draw closer and closer to clear everyone out of clean up the place, who knows what they will do with Coplan's body, hopefully tie cement bricks to his feet and throw him in the ocean for the sharks to eat.

They walked peacefully out of the crowd and headed for the sewer drain.

"So what now?" Mikey asked

"I don't know, I guess just follow where life takes up" Leo said

Mikey smiled, and then noticed the steel plates on Leo's plastron, "What's with the plates?" Mikey asked

"Long story, we'll tell you all about it when we get back to the lair" Raph said

"Cool! Cause we got some nutty stuff to tell you, like the zombies, and Donnie's tongue" Mikey said

Leo stopped and turned around, "What happened to your tongue?" He asked

Don sighed and stuck out what was left of his tongue, it was noticeably shorter and stiches were seen across the wound.

"Jesus Donnie! What did you do?"

"Long story" Don answered

…..

2 days later
12:34 AM

Mikey laid in bed, staring up at the ceiling and pondering on what he should do. He's been closing his eyes and trying to fall asleep for almost three hours, he didn't get a good sleep last night either. He had a feeling sleeping was going to be difficult after the events that occurred. He clenched his fists around the pillow and held it against his face, groaning softly.

"Screw it" He said softly and jumped out of bed. He walked to his door and opened it silently, stepping out, he walked quietly to Raph's door. Opened it silently and peeked inside, face down on his pillow, snoring like an old man. Mikey envied his brother and his ability to sleep like that. He shook his head and closed the door.

He maneuvered to Leo's door, which was already open, and peeked inside. He saw Leo sleeping more peacefully looking then Raph, Mikey smiled and was about to walk away.

"Mikey?" Leo's voice softly hit Mikey's ears.

"Yeah?" Mikey answered, shocked that he was awake.

"Is everything ok?" He asked.

"Yeah! Just getting myself some water" Mikey lied.

"Ok…Just try to get some sleep" Leo's voice was slow and dreary sounding.

"You got it" Mikey said and walked away.

He made his way down the stairs and went to the kitchen, but stopped, seeing Don's computer light shine through the lab doorway. He moved past the pile of debris that they needed to get rid of. They were slowly cleaning this place up, they just had to get rid of couple more debris piles before it was clean. They replaced the T.V., The only thing that really took damage in the explosion. He peeked inside and saw Don reading something with the computer light on him.

"Whatcha reading?" Mikey asked

He saw Don jump and looked behind him, "Jeez Mikey, you almost gave me a heart attack" He said

"Sorry"

"What are you still doing up?" Don asked

"Can't sleep, probably won't be able to for a while" Mikey admitted

"Figures" Don growled.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked.

Don sighed, "Nothing…It's just….Keep this between us" Don pleaded.

"OF course" Mikey took a seat near him and listened.

Don sighed, "I can't stop thinking about her"

"Scarlet?"

"Yeah…I mean…She betrayed us, and she was Coplan's wife, and she was a complete bitch…But I can't stop thinking about that kiss…I don't know why" Don said.

"You kissed her!" Mikey exclaimed.

"How do you think I lost my tongue" Don sighed

"You said that Coplan kicked you in the chin and that's when you bit it off" Mikey said

"Well I wasn't going to tell Leo and Raph that I made out with her and she bit off my tongue, I would never hear the end of it" Don admitted

"Ok ok…But…I don't know what to say, just try to forget about her I guess" Mikey wasn't very good at the therapy deal.

"I'm trying…It will just take some time" Don said.

It was quiet in the lab, Mikey inhaled and remembered the book in Don's hand, "What book is that?" Mikey asked

"Oh uhh…Don't tell Leo…but while we were in the city, before I came back to get you, I swiped Dr. Coplan's diary" Don said

"His diary? Why take that?" Mikey asked

"I got curious, before he became psychotic, he seemed to have had a pretty good life…says he wouldn't do anything to get rid of it…But what I find odd is that he threw that all away so quickly" Don said

"Donnie…That guy was crazy, he needed help" Mikey said

"I know…Still makes me curious" Don confessed

The silence returned, until Don broke the silence, "What do you think is going to happen to us?" Don asked

Mikey thought about it, then answered with what he thought the true answer was.

"I don't know"