all five turtles watched as raph12 talked to himself.
on the screen...
"leo... im so sorry. i-i cant belive i did that" said raph12 as tears welled in his eyes
'i know i will never know what you went through, and if i was in youre position right now... i would have broken down already... how do you do it leo? how?" raph12 fell to his knees, put his hands over his eyes and begain to sob. "only if you can hear me right now, i would take back every thing i ever said to you. im so sorry leo and i hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me"
off the screen...
"but i can hear you Raph" said leo12 before he too covered his eyes with his hands and began to sob.
leo03 started rubbing the back of his shell to comfort him. leo03 then realised, what leo12 went through is something no one can fix. that is is 100 000 times worse than they thaught. way worse then what leo03 himself went through.
"im sorry... so so sorry" said leo03 in a comforting
"but... what about donnie and... and Mikey?" asked leo12 as he looked up at donnie03
donnie03 sighed "lets find out. where are they?"
"in a shack some where in the woods" answered leo12
donnie03 the scanned the woods for shacks "which one?"
"what do you mean witch one?" asked leo12
"there are two shacks in the woods" answered donnie03 "there pretty close too"
"wait... two shacks and heir close to eatch other? like how close" asked leo12 in slight
panic
"i dont know. why?" asled donnie03
"do you guys have a creep in this dimention?" asked leo12
"never herd of him" answerd raph03
leo12 sighed "the creep is an unkillable creature that got created the day after i woke up" explained leo12
"inkillable?" asked mikey03 with an over dramatic gulp
"but how did he get created" asked donnie03
leo12 tensed up at the question and everyone seemed to notice.
"it's ok, you dont need to answer that right now" confirmed donnie03
leo12 sighed "sorry im just... not comferable talking about it"
"thats totally fine. we are not going to force you to tell us anything" said leo03
"thanks guys... hey umm, where is your master splinter" asked leo12
"he went off to do some spiritual training" answerd leo03 "he will be back someting tomarrow"
leo12 just nodded
"why dont you get some rest. we can make our plan to free the others in the morning" said donnie03
"ya... im just worrie about what slash might do to them without me there" said leo12
"well, we can check on them with this" said leo03 guesturing to the dimentional portal
"can we check now?" asked leo12
"ok, lets gust guess this one" said donnie03 as he braught up the inside of the creeps shack
"wrong one" said raph03
"whats behid door number two" said mikey03 as donnie03 braught up the inside of slashes shack
on the screen you could see mikey12 sitting close to the back corner and donnie12 was helping april12 look for clues to escape.
on the screen...
"lets face it. leos gone and we are never giving out of here" said donnie12
"do you know what leo would say right now" asked april12 as she put a hand on donnie12's shoulder
"what" asked donnie12
"never give up hope. that was the most important lesson to leo. and do you know why?" asked april12
"why?" asked donnie12 as he turned tawards april12.
april12 removed her hand from donnie1's shoulder when he faced her and said "because that was the only lesson that kept him from breaking down and falling apart"
"thats why he is still with us" said donnie12 in realization
"exactly" said april12
"but.. how do you know? he never talked to us about this" asked donnie12
"im the only one he told" explained april12
"but why? we are his brothers" asked donnie12
"he said raph wouldent let him out of his sight after he told him. mikey wouldnt understand and... well... you know how casey is" explained april12
"what did he say about me?" asked donnie12
"he thought you still blamed yourself for what happend because of your... argument back in new york" said april12
"oh" said donnie12 as he looked down
"do you really blame yourself? for what happend?" asked april12
"ya, i did... and... still do" said donnie12 looking into april12's eyes
they both herd a sniff in the backround and turned tawards mikey to see him crying
"i blamed myself too" that was the only words mikey12 could chock out before he began to sob.
mikey12 put his left hand over his eyes because he could not use his right arm. donnie12 sat on mikey12's right and april12 sat on mikey12's left. donnie12 put his hand on mikey12's shoulder, carefull not to move his arm.
"i think we all blamed ourself for what happend to leo. he protected us. he tryed to keep us from harms way. he was being a good leader, and an amazing brother" said donnie12 in a comforting tone "it was leo's choice to be leader and to protect us. it was his choice to lead the kraang away. not ours... but if anyone was to blame, it would be me"
"donnie..." said april12
"no, it was my fault... I argued with leo, I gave the kraang time to get to us. I got shot with that lazer gun. I held everyone back... its my falt" tears were now welling up in donnie12's eyes.
in the 2003 univers...
all five turtles saw the whole thing. the 2003 turtles stared at the screen with a soft exprastion and leo12 had silent tears running down his face.
"i can't belive he still blames himself, but atleast it makes sence why. i have no clue why mikey would. he was the most inocent out of all of us. unless..." said leo12
all the 2003turtles looked at leo12
"unless what?" asked leo03
"unless he thinks its because of his lack of being involed more. maybye its because he wasnt NOT inocent. maybie he thinks he could have fixed evry thing if he just... tryed harder" explained leo12
"how would you know that?" asked raph03
"because thats how i felt" said leo12 "i thaught i failed them in that construction site. i thaught i was too weak...hopeless. i thought i didn't try hard enough. that i could have done better" answered leo12
"i know about the burden. the burden you carry as a leader...but... how did you become leader?" asked leo03
leo12 giggled " i asked
"you just... asked?" asked donnie03
"ya" leo12 giggled again "it was after the verry first time we went to the surface"
mikey03 yawnd "what time is it?"
"its about one thirty. why?" asked donnie03
"thats way too early for this turtle" said mikey03 as he got up and walked tawards his room "wake be at breakfast" Mickey then went into is room and closed the door before going to sleep.
"he wakes up when breakfast is ready?" asked leo12
"ya. why" asked raph03
"our mikey usually makes breakfast" answered leo12
"well our leo here doesn't know how to use the toaster" said raph03 "he is the most skilled ninja out of all of us but he cant figure it out"
leo03 crossed his arms when leo12 was the only one who chuckled
"seriously, whats wrong with that! whats so funny!" said leo03 as he looked at leo12
and un crossed his arms
"because i do exactly the same thing" replied leo12
leo03 smiled at that "really"
"ya" said leo12
both leo's then began to laugh for only ten seconds or less.
"do you want to stay I'm my room? i can sleep out here" offered leo03
"no, its ok. i can stay out here" said leo12
"i think you should, your leg needs as much support it can get" said donnie03
leo12 gust nodded yes at donnie03's statement. leo12 grabbed his crutch and stood up. leo03 supported leo12's left side as they went to and up the stairs and to leo03's door. when they finally got to leo03's door, leo12 was exhausted. the two leo's, Raph, and mikey went into leo03's room and layd leo12 on the bed.
"i will go get a cold cloth" said donnie as he ran out of the room
Raph03 went to speak, but leo12 cut him off.
"i know. I'm burning up. got it" said leo12
"how did you know?" asked raph03
"your donnie is not the only dr. don i know of" answered leo12
" ?" asked leo03 with a half smile
"thats what Mikey called him every time he would do something for me" said leo12
raph03 laughed "seemed accurate"
donnie03 then walked in with a cold, damp cloth.
"this should bring your fever down a bit" said donnie03 as he put the cloth on leo12's forehead "you also need to keep icing your leg every so often. it looks pretty swollen" donnie03 then put the ice pack on the bed beside leo12. it was on leo12's left beside him because the bed was on the left side of the room when you walk in, and the foot of the bed is facing the door.
"thanks guys" said leo12
"thanks for what?" asked leo03
"for everything you have done since i got here. even if it is one thirty in the morning" explained leo
"no problem, you are rechnacly our brother" said raph03
"and we always help our brothers" said leo03
donnie finished by saying "no matter what"
Authors note: i will be trying to make my chapters a lot longer, so then you will have more to read each time i post. that does NOT mean i wont post as often, i will still post asap every time, i love to write this story. i hope you enjoy my story and thankyou for reading. chapter 16 will come up soon.