TMNT One Shots

Please Don't Leave Us Leo [Part Two]

2018 series

I can't seem to recall when it all started. Nothing had changed it seemed. You were always laughing. Always smiling and making stupid jokes or pulling pranks. How long were you just pretending?

My vision blurs for the 10th time as my eyes lose focus. I quickly sit up in my chair again, inhaling sharply to stay alert. I stayed up all night, just...staring. Not at you. Or, at least, not for more than a few minutes. I stared at the bed sheets hiding you, the monitors, the I.V drips...I didn't want to lose track of anything for a single moment.

I stood from my chair and started pacing the room to stay awake. That's when Mikey sat up from one of the cots, rubbing his eye. He held his Teddy bear close to his chest as he walked up to me.

"Hey buddy"  I spoke softly. I was hardly audible over the croak that drowned out my voice. I cleared my throat. "Leo's okay. You should get back to sleep" I told him. I heard him sniffle and my heart sank.

"...bad dream" was all he had to say for me to open up my arms. He lay his head on my chest as I engulfed him in a tight embrace. We sat there for a while. Just listening to Leo's breathing.

"Have you slept?" Mikey asked after a few minutes had passed. When I didn't respond, He looked up at me with concern. "You should get some sleep Donnie".

I looked down, my eyes becoming glued to the blue mask in my hand.

"Donnie, look at me" Mikey stood in front of me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "He's going to be fine. You've done all you could for him. Go get some sleep, please. I can keep an eye on him for you. You won't be able to help if you're all groggy".

As much I didn't want to admit it, he was right. I needed sleep. I was so exaughsted I could barely keep my eyes open. I let out a sigh and nodded.
"Okay...if anything happens, anything at all, come get me okay?"

"Of course bro" Mikey said escorting me out of my lab. I looked at Leo one more time before making my way to my room. I stopped when I passed by his room and looked at the door. I was tempted to go inside. I didn't know why really. Apart of me wanted to open that door and see his smiling face. Of course, when I did open the door all I found was a dark and empty room. I slowly walked in and looked around. His weapons were scattered across his desk. Pizza boxes and soda cans littered the floor. In the corner sat a broken mirror. Leo hadn't let anyone in his room for months. And now I could see why. How long was his room in this depressive state? The last time I was in here I didn't take the time to look around. All I remember noticing was that dam note sitting on his bed for us to find. I looked at the bed and immediately teared up thinking back to that night again.

"Leo, the guys wanna go out swimming, you in?" I asked. There wasn't a response so I gave the door a knock. "Leeoooo? You in theerree?" I said pressing my ear up to the door. Still nothing. I assumed he was sleeping. I would have walked away if I didn't know how much he loved swimming. If I didn't wake him up and bring him along I'd never hear the end of it. "Leo, I'm coming in" I said opening the door. The first thing I saw was a yellow piece of paper sitting on his bed. I walked over and picked it up. As I read the note my heart started to pound in my chest. He was sorry?? For what?? What did he mean he'd be gone by the time we got this?? Towards the end it mentioned how he'd be jumping off the nearest building. I dropped the note and  sprinted through the lair. I heard my brothers calling out for me but I didn't process what they said. My heart was pounding in my ears. When I made it outside I looked around until I saw a familar figure standing on top of an abondaned apartment building.

"LEO!" I called out. He didn't seem to hear me. I used the drone on my battle shell to fly up the side of the building. I reach the top and appear about 10::: feet behind him. He was standing on the edge looking down while sobbing.