TMNT One Shots

I'm here

2012 series

TW: Blood

Leo's POV

How could I have let it get this far? How could I have failed them?
I'm their leader. Failure is not an option. I can't let any of them die. They're counting on me.

I look across the once peaceful view, one that was supposed to be a night of harmless fun now turned into a battle field.

We were outside in an empty field, training and just having fun in the middle of the night. I insisted we go. I didn't think anything of it. I thought that we could have this night all to ourselves. But of course, their always had to be evil lurking in every corner waiting for us.

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"Mikey you ditz!" I laughed after Mikey lost his grip on his nunchakus. They flew into the tall grass.

"Oops" He smiled sheepishly.

"Fetch" I said pointing in the direction where his nunchakus went flying. Mikey let out a "howl" and took off.

I liked this field. It had a lot of open space for us to train, the clumps of tall grass and trees surrounding it hid us from human view. It was a nice place to get away for a while.

Thats what I thought anyway...
Of course I had to be wrong.

Mikey was taking a while to get back.
After some time had passed I started to get worried. Raph and Donnie stopped battling when they caught sight of the worried expression on my face.

"Hey, everything okay Leo?" Donnie asked.

I shook my head. "I don't know. Mikey hasn't returned yet".

"He probably got lost" Raph joked.

A second later we all heard him scream. The looks on Raphs and Donnie's faces told them they too felt their hearts drop.

"Mikey?!" I called out as we all ran into the tall grass. We ran in the direction we heard his voice and continued to call out for him with no reply. Eventually we reached the end of the tall grass and into another open area of the field. That's when we saw Mikey, wrapped up mercilessly tight in chains connected to someone none of us had seen before. He was big, about twice our size. He was either made of or covered head to toe in metal armor. His arms could extend Into chains and had sharp blades at the end of them.

"MIKEY!" Raph called out. Mikey looked up from his huddled position, revealing a deep gash made through his chest. I gasped. He was bleeding...a lot.

"GIVE US BACK OUR BROTHER!" Raph shouted getting into his fighting position.

Our new found enemy let out a laugh. "You want him? Go an get him!"
Before any of us could react he pulled his arm back while retracting his chains lifting Mikey off the ground before flinging him several feet across the field.

"MIKEY, NO!" I called out.

"THAT DOES IT!" Raph said sprinting towards our foe. Donnie pulled out his staff and joined him while I ran to check on Mikey.

"Mikey, are you okay?!" I said falling to my knees at his side. I quickly glanced up at the others to make sure they were doing okay. They seemed to be holding him off for now. Mikey let out a groan bringing my attention back over to him.

"Le...Leo?" Mikey said sounding weak.

"I'm here-" I said grabbing his hands. "I'm here Mikey". He tried getting up but I stopped him. "Hey woah don't move baby bro" I said.

"But I have to...help" he said. "I'm... fine-" he winced in pain.

"No, it's okay Mikey-" I scooped him up in my arms and stood. "Everything's going to be okay" I said looking around for a hiding spot. I took him to a big rock behind the tall grass just a few feet away and sat him behind it. "Stay here, okay?" I put a hand over his cheeck. "I'll be back. Just stay put. And don't fall asleep. You can stay awake right buddy?"

He looked up at me and smiled best he could. "no problem bro-" he was inturupted by his own coughs. I saw blood seeping from his mouth and my eyes widened. Mikey looked up at me worried. "Leo, am I going to be okay?" He asked suddenly frightened.

"Yes" I said now placing both hands on his cheecks. "You're going to be just fine. Stay here" I stood up and pulled out my katana while charging towards our enemy.

-

We were able to defeat him in the end, for now. I had come up with a plan to trick him. We circled him up and down, getting him tangled In his own chains. He tripped, finally defeated. As he was falling, however, he swung at me. I was sent flying with a cut through my chest, just like Mikey. I crashed into the dirt just a few feet away from Mikey's hiding spot. He wasn't sitting up anymore. He layed still on the ground.

"Leo?" I heard Mikey groan. He sounded so faint.

I grunted while rising to my hands and knees. "Hang on baby brother," I said, "I'm coming". My vision started to go dark as I crawled over to him. I pushed through though. I didn't stop until I was at his side. I collapsed next to him. "Mikey..." I called out for him. His eyes were closed, and I didn't get a response. "Mikey, little brother..." I reached out for his hand that layed motionless beside him. "I'm...here Mikey" I rested my hand on his. "I'm here" I whispered once more.

I heard our brothers running up to us as I lost consciousness.

TBC!

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