Donnie redressed leo's wound and wrapped it tightly. Why wouldn't his older brother wake up? He sighed, and put a new wet cloth on his oldest brother's forehead.
"Please leo." he whispered, "you and master splinter are all I have left." leo stirred, and donnie's eyes widened. "Leo…?"
"Don…" leo barely whispered, but donnie heard it.
"Leo!" he cried, hugging his injured brother gently.
"What?" leo asked, blinking awake, "how long have I been,"
"Three days," Donnie whispered, "oh leo, I'm so happy you're ok."
"Raph?" leo asked, and donnie ducked his head "where is he?"
"I don't know." donnie whispered, "please don't be mad at me."
"I'm not." leo said, his voice becoming almost robotical."it's not your fault."
"But it is leo!" donnie protested, leo shook his head.
"Not." he said, and swung his legs around, donnie steadied him as he sat up. Leo looked around the lab, and donnie knew it was very untidy, but he'd been in a fluster for three whole days, trying to keep leo alive, he had an excuse to be messy.
"I'll clean up." he assured his brother. Leo shrugged.
"OK." he said, "go ahead." Donnie sighed
"Leo, we'll find him, maybe Mikey too, heck, maybe they're together," he said, "we will, I swear." leo looked at him, and Donnie saw that his eyes, those deep blue eyes he had looked into so often for comfort, were broken. His eyes looked like shattered glass, and it almost broke donnie's heart.
"Ok." he said again, and lay back down. "I guess you want me to rest then." Donnie let him pull the blanket up over his head, but he knew leo wasn't going to fall asleep, he'd been out for three days, he needed activity.
"Actually," he said, "Sensei wanted to see you when you woke up, come on," he took the blanket from leo and had him sit up, Leo did, almost as if he didn't care.
"Fine." he said, "let's go." Donnie helped his brother stand, and they walked slowly into the dojo.
"Sensei." Donnie called, "leo's awake."
"My son." Splinter said, looking up from his meditation, "I am glad that you're alright." Leo knelt and Donnie let go of his arm.
"I'm fine." he said, and donnie frowned, his voice was still Monotone, like he'd lost all hope.
"Leonardo." Splinter said, "would you care to meditate?"
"Sure sensei." leo said, and Donnie sensed the concern in his father's eyes, but he closed them and fell into a deep trance with leo. He didn't really want to meditate, so he went out into the lair, it was very quiet, Leo often meditated with sensei, but Mikey and Raph were always out here, bickering or watching tv. He sighed, and a terrifying thought struck him. Mikey was gone, so was Raph. that was the beginning of it. He closed his eyes and rubbed them, no, he couldn't do this to himself. Even if his other brothers never returned, Leo would never leave...right?
ok, I know I promised a longer chapter, but some time needs to pass right here, so this is pretty much the middle of chapter four, the rest is a few months later. super sorry!