Leon ran through the corridor of the theater. He needs to get away. He needs to! Seeing a door to the left, he made a mad dash towards it and opened it and closed it behind him and went to the corner and hugged his legs near his plastron and tried to get his breathing under control.
Back in the theater, Raph was trying to comfort Miguel who was sobbing hysterically as Donald suddenly shut down as he was just staring at his hands on his lap. April was holding both CJ and Splinter.
The Hamato Team didn't know what to do. They just stayed silent before Michelangelo stood up and went to Miguel and gave him a hug and the box turtle instantly latched onto his counterpart who just continued to sob.
Donatello didn't know what to do but he sat down next to his counterpart and patted his shell in comfort and Donald started to shake with barely contained whimpers.
Raphael sat next to his distraught counterpart and tapped his arm gently. Raph smiled tearfully but he couldn't help but worry for Leon.
Back in the halls, Leonardo and Nidas were looking for the young slider.
"Leon?!" Leonardo called.
"Kid, answer us!" Nidas called out worriedly.
They heard a faint sob in a single room and went there quickly. They opened the door gently and closed it behind them and instantly saw the young slider in the corner.
"Leon...?" Nidas gently called him and Leon lifted his head from his arms.
The sight just broke both Leonardo and Nidas. Tear stains from his eyes and the tears just kept coming.
Leon let out a miserable and sad chirp as he tried to wipe the tears away but they just didn't stop and the two just stood in front of him, not knowing what to do.
Taking a small breath, Nidas made the first move and sat down silently next to the young slider, who Leon looked at with tears in his eyes. Leonardo followed suit and sat down next to him.
"Are you okay?" Leonardo asked softly and Leon shook his head and hid his face in his arms while letting out a miserable chirp.
Nidas raised his hand but hesitated before putting it on Leon's shell and rubbed it gently.
Leonardo put an arm around Leon and started to hum softly even though his throat was damaged. Leon looked up at him as Nidas put an arm on his shoulder as well and leaned his head on top of Leonardo, who was resting his chin on Leon's head. Leonardo just continued to hum a soothing and gentle song and it seemed to be working as it was calming Leon's breathing and erratic heart beats down.
Once the song ended, Leon took a breath and Nidas wiped his tears away.
"You okay now?" Nidas asked him gently and Leon took a breath.
"Y-Yeah. I'm okay. For now." Leon said with a small sad smile.
"We... We saw what happened." Leonardo hesitantly said as Leon looked at him in slight shock.
"Y-You did...?" He asked in a meek tone.
"Yeah, but I've been there, Leon. I did something similar to what you did and it also took for my brothers to save my shell as well." Leonardo said as Leon smiled a bit more.
"You must've been scared..." Leon muttered to which Leonardo nodded.
"Yeah, I was scared that I might not be able to see my family again but as long as they're safe, that's all that matters." Leonardo said.
"Man, us and our self-sacrificing instincts." Nidas said, which got a small laugh from Leon.
"I don't think I wanna sacrifice myself again anytime soon." Leon said jokingly as silence took over.
"Can... Can we stay like this for a moment?" He asked as he looked at the older turtles.
"Of course." Leonardo smiled and they just enjoyed the peace and silence of each other's company.
"It's been minutes, Dee... Are you sure they're alright?" Miguel asked worriedly as he was silently eating some ice cream cake.
"I'm sure they're fine, Miguel. But I'm just as worried as you are." Donald said as he ate some apple slices.
"We're all worried for Leon, dudes." Michelangelo said as he was eating some Napoleon ice cream.
"Did... Did you see how scared he was?" Miguel whimpered as he wiped the new tears that stung his eyes.
"I think we all did, Mikey..." Donald said sadly.
"I just hope he's okay." April said as he gave CJ a cup of ice cream and ate it silently but enjoyed the ice cream as well.
"Red, slow down! You'll get a brain freeze!"
They looked over to see Raph shoving spoonfuls of ice cream into his mouth again and again.
"Raph, please, you'll get a brain freeze if you continue that." Raphael said.
(Gonna change Donald and Miguel to Mikey and Donnie now)
Raph just whined before eating more slowly now but they could see his eyes shining in concern and worry for his blue brother.
The doors of the theater room opened and they all instantly looked towards it and were instantly relieved to see the three Leos. Leon was riding Nidas' shell in a piggyback ride.
"Leon!" Mikey cried and went to his brother who Nidas let down.
Mikey hugged him instantly who hugged back as the ornate box turtle whimpered and chirped on his plastron. Donnie was next to follow and put his arm around Leon but the slider could feel him shaking.
Big strong arms engulfed the trio as Raph held them all close.
"Don't... Don't run away like that again, Leo..." Raph shakily said and Leon just smiled softly and nuzzled his brothers.
Everyone just smiled softly at the sight as Nidas approached CJ who looked up.
"Sensei?" CJ asked but was surprised when Nidas pulled him in a hug.
"Sorry. Just... Just let me do this... son." Nidas said shakily.
CJ didn't know what was wrong but hugged back.
"Okay... dad." CJ said softly. The two were then pulled into the hug via April and Splinter as they hugged together with their boys.
Leonardo smiled softly before feeling arms around him and saw Michelangelo giving him a hug. He returned the hug as Raphael and Donatello joined in followed by O'Neil and Jones.
They calmed down after a few minutes before going back to their seats. They even made sure to bring some ice cream with them since ice cream sounds nice right about now.
The movie resumed as the next part started…
