This is Chapter 2 of my story, and sorry, but I made this one through Raph's, Donnie's, Mikey's, and Splinter's point of view the next morning, after the incident between Leo and the Shredder. Don't worry, Leo will be brought up in the next chapter! And I know I brought this chapter up the next day, but I really couldn't wait any longer! Read, relax, review, and most importantly, enjoy!

It was 5:00 in the morning. The start of a new day. Up at the surface the sky shone with streaks of pink and orange, as the sun rose ever slowly into the misty colored sky. The air was cool, and crisp, as the sun shone through onto the buildings of New York, making them glint ever so slightly.

Unfortunately, the turtles and their Sensei woke up to the dark, smelly sewers, underneath the wonders of New York City. But no worries! This was there home, and they have lived there for about fifteen years. And besides, they have got each other, an unlikely, but amazing family that- wait a second. Where's Leo?

The turtles woke up only to find that three of their brothers were there. That didn't make any sense.

"Our Fearless Leader never oversleeps," Raph grunted. Then a small smile crept across his face. "Ha! Splinter's gonna have a fit when only three of us show up for morning training. Leo's so dead when Sensei finds out his star pupil is sleeping on the job!"

"Well, shouldn't somebody wake him up before-" Donnie's speech was interrupted by the sound of his Sensei's entering.

"Oh no," whispered Mikey. "If Leo doesn't get down here soon, then-"

"Then what, Michelangelo?" Master Splinter cut in. "I will have to punish him. I am especially disappointed in Leonardo, since he is your team's leader. I know he went out for a patrol last night, but I never expected him to be this tired...Raphael!" Splinter shouted.

Raph jumped at the sound of his name. "Yes, Sensei?"

"I need you to wake up your brother. Make sure he knows we are all waiting for him."

"Hai, Sensei"

Raph climbed the stone steps up to the landing, and turned the corner to find himself at the door to his eldest brother's room. This was Raph's idea of the best day ever. His older brother was finally in trouble. Mr. Perfectionist was now going to find himself facing Sensei.

So, instead of knocking, Raph blundered himself into Leo's room, making as much noise as he could, and when he looked up, he saw nothing. All he saw was his brother's bed and television. But no Leo.

"Huh...This is weird," Raph said in confusion. "Fearless should be back by now, unless...Aha! He must be in Mikey's room."

Raph heard some shifting and noises coming from his youngest brother's room last night, so he thought Leo must have went in there to calm him down from whatever nightmare his poor brother was having. But what Raph didn't know was that Mikey had a nightmare, but Leo wasn't there to help him.

So, when Raph opened the door to Mikey's room, Leo wasn't there either.

Immediately, he thought he must be in Donnie's room. But as much as he wanted to believe it, there was something inside of him that didn't shift right. When he opened the door to Donnie's room, the last possible place Leo could be, there was no sign of him.

"Ah, shell..." Raph said to himself. "A nightly patrol is only supposed to take a couple of hours, three at the most. Leo should be back by now." Raph sighed. "But, ya never know. Fearless is probably still out there, acting his proud, smug, little self. He's probably takin' down the Foot as I speak."

But Raph knew something was up.

When he got back into the training room alone, his family looked at him in confusion.

"Where is Leonardo?" Splinter asked.

"He's...he's not there" Raphael managed to speak.

"What do you mean, Raph?" Donnie and Mikey said together.

"I checked in all of the rooms and, and there's no sign of him! Nothin'. He's not here!"

Silence flooded the room. Raphael avoided eye contact with his brothers and Sensei. Nobody knew what to say in that moment.

"Well..." Mikey managed to whisper. "He still could be out there, maybe finishing off some bad guys-"

"No, Mikey...Leo should be back by now," as Donatello rested his hand upon his youngest brother's shoulder.

"Donatello is, unfortunately, correct" there Sensei said calmly. "Leonardo is never late to anything. What makes you think that he would be late for morning training today when it was his first time going up to the surface by himself last night?"

"You're right, Master Splinter," Raph said. "How about givin' Leo until noon to show up. If he's alright, then he should be back before then."

"Then it is settled," there Sensei agreed.

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They waited and waited and waited, but their eldest brother never showed up. They all started to worry. Will Leo ever show up? Where is he? Is he hurt? They did not know.

Out of all the turtles, Raphael was the most upset.

What if something happened to him? What if...what if he's not coming back?

These questions rolled around the toughest turtles head until he could bear it no longer.

When it reached 11:45, Raph knew. He just knew his big brother was in trouble.

"He's not coming back, guys!" Raph screamed so unexpectedly that it made his brothers jump.

"He's...he's not? But, but why?" Mikey whimpered. "You...you don't know that Raph! L- Leo could still b- be out there!" he screamed between sobs.

"Does it look like he's comin', Mikey! Tell me, when has Leo spent this much time away from us?" Raphael asked violently. Not giving Mikey the time to come up with an answer, he shouted, "NEVER! Never has Leo spent this much time! He's probably out there all hurt and there's nothin' he can do about it!" Raph was filling up with so much anger and so much guilt that he screamed, "He's probably dead for all we know!"

Nothing but Mikey's silent sobs echoed through the lair.

Then Mikey burst out into violent tears and stormed out of the room, only to find himself with his shell up against a pipe, a few feet away from the entrance of the lair. He knelt down, sobbing into his hands.

"Raph, give Mikey a break, will you!?" Donnie ordered. "His oldest brother is missing and I realize that it is hard for you, but it's also hard for Mikey! He's our youngest brother and you can't tell him these things like that!"

"What, Donnie, this isn't hard for ya?" Raph said in a wise tone. "What, are you Mr. Tough Guy now, huh?"

"Of course it's hard for me, shellferbrains!" Donnie bellowed with such force that Raph shuddered. "I care about Leo as much as you and Mikey do, alright? I want him back too, but you can't say these things to us, especially Mikey, because, because we might actually start to believe it...".

"Well...well..." Raph was at a loss for words. He just made his youngest brother cry by telling him something that could be true..."Donnie..."

"Raph, it's oaky-" Donnie was cut short.

'No! No it's not oaky! I shouldn't have said it and, and I'm sorry I did. I don't believe what I said was true, that he's, he's dead, but..."

"Raph, it's going to be alright. I'm here for you," Donnie said, who was trying to calm his brother down.

Raph then looked up at his brother, and Donatello saw the raw and passionate emotion that Raphael had been trying to hide.

"Donnie...I don't want him to be dead..."

"I know Raph, so let's just hope Leo is alright."

"But, but what if he's not?" Raph was starting to lose it, and he knew it.

Donnie, who was trying to take his brother's mind on what might actually be true, said to Raph, "Well, let's go help out Mikey. He really needs it right now," as they left the lair to comfort their younger brother.

I think this chapter is longer than the first one, which I'm really happy about! So, I hoped you all liked it, and the next chapter is going to be all about Leo, and what's happening with him. Review, review, review PLEASE! I need some ideas to fix the previous chapters, and I need ideas to make future ones. Thanks for reading, again!