Leonardo snarled. For once, he couldn't understand why Raph was being so hard. Raph, who was usually the first to punch then ask questions, trusted this kid, May, who clearly had a history of gangs and breaking the law. Even though her parents were Casey Jones and April O'Neil, Leo couldn't trust her.
He growled, watching them talk happily as though she weren't everything he and his brothers stood against.
"Leo?" Donnie came up to him. "What's on your mind?"
"Traitors," Leo spoke loud enough for everybody to hear. "And how easily they disguise themselves as trustworthy." Leo made direct eye contact with May, before turning towards Donnie.
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Donnie nodded. Leo smiled. His brother got him. He always did.
Leo could feel Raph's glare on his back, but he ignored it. Raph was being the stupid one. Raph was being the naive on. Leo hadn't done anything wrong, and he couldn't wait for May to strike. He hoped he would be there to gloat about how he, as usual, had been right this whole time.
Raph stood. "I'm going out. May, you coming?"
"Yeah." The girl stood to follow. Her puppy eyes made Leonardo sick. He had to hand it to her, she was a good actress.
"I'm coming with you." Leo told them. Raph looked ready to argue, but he held back."Fine."
They left. Leo kept behind Raph and May. He noticed how May kept behind Raph. He wasn't turning his back to her, not for one second.
The city was fairly quiet. Raph seemed to move with a purpose. Leo wondered what was on his mind. His brother knew where he was going. When they got to a certain street, Raph stopped heading for a destination and started aimlessly looking around the city.
With a pang to his heart, Leo understood. He had assumed Raph had gone out every night just to visit May, but he was wrong. Any time Raph was spending with May had to have been fairly short, hardly an hour or so. Raph had really been combing the city for any signs of Splinter. He had already checked the neighbourhoods they had passed through earlier.
May suddenly gave a cry of alarm. Leo followed her line of gaze and saw what she was looking at. Raph saw it, too.
"Foot."
"Fuck."
Eight or nine Foot soldiers were headed straight for them. The turtles braced themselves. "May, run." Raph instructed.
"No."
"Now, Jones!" He snarled.
May turned to run. Even she was smart enough to listen to Raph when he took on that tone.
Leo stood side-to-side with his younger brother, pulling out his katana blade, poised for the fight.