LFLS [Unofficial] Sequel

Chapter 3: Always Finish Your Fights

They all met back at the ladder to the surface, Mikey had to help Leo get his bandana back on since he seems to have trouble remembering how to tie it. His Odachi was on his hip, it hadn't been touched by him till maybe three weeks ago, he ended up having a panic attack when he held it. Flashing back to all the people he cut down.. To April. But he pushed any of those thoughts away this time.  

He was ready. He had to be.

 When they reached the surface Leo could still see a sliver of sunlight fading from the sky as night took over, right, the only really went out at night. He could see his breath as he exhaled, there was no mask over his mouth to lessen the sight. Even that was still an adjustment for him.

"Alright Mad Dogs, Donnie go with Mikey, Leo, your with me. Well go around 39th and circle back the usual route on tops got it?" 

They all nodded, Mikey and Donnie each giving Leo a pat on his shoulders before heading off. Raph signed to him just to stick close, Leo nodded, he knew it was Mikey's idea, and that they should all stick together.. But with Donnie's tracking devices and Raphs parental instincts he figured it'd be fine to get some alone time before meeting back up for their walk home. He didn't want to overwhelm him or have it be weird between him and Donnie.

He took it slow with Leo, carefully explaining what they did when they're on patrol. What they're looking for, what bad guys look like. How to signal the others with Donnie's watches if they need back up or get lost. All the basics. 

 "I'm sure you don't need me to explain it all, but it makes me feel better going over it so we both get a good refresher" Leo nodded, sticking close and surveyed the area as they pass. He heard a distant scream and tapped Raphs shoulder signing. 'woman scream, 300 feet, danger?' Raph looked to where Leo was pointing and nodded, "You head it from that far? Right, lets check it out, lead the way" Leo nodded, putting a hand up to his chin, almost like he was reaching for something.. But turned and leap onto another roof trying to pin point where the sound came from while Raph alerted the others.

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Leo landed in the shadow on the ally, taking in the scene before him. Some bigger man was holding a woman at gunpoint wanting her purse and who knows what else. Leo stepped forward still masked by the shadows of the overlapping buildings, tapping his sword against a metal trash can to alert them both of his presence. 

They both looked over to him, the man smirking, "Awe did your boyfriend come to save you~? Well too late! I'm the one holdin' the gun, and I've enough bullets for the both of ya!" 

Raph dropped behind him, matching the stature of the criminal. Leo signed something 'attack?'  and Raph smiled, "He says, your toast" Raph gave him the 'go' sign and He ran into battle.

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Leo was much faster then the man planned for, and looked nothing like what he imagined either. Whatever came to stop him wasn't human. With one swing the gun was cut in two, the woman got her bag and ran the other way. 

"Good work Leo! Maybe Mikey was right abo- Woah woah woah Leo that's enough buddy-" But Leo hadn't planned to stop there. In the short time it took for the woman to exit the ally Leo had pinned the man and had his sword less then an inch from his neck. He looked up at Leo then his eyes darted over to Raph. 

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Leo raised his sword, clearly about to do the unthinkable. Raph watched his brothers eyes but whatever trace of humanity he saw earlier was just.. Gone. Raph knew what that felt like, to shift into another mind for the sake of survival. He could tell Leo wasn't doing this because he wanted to, something in his mind was telling him if he didn't something worse would happen to him.. He was sure of it.

"Leo stop!" 

Just before the sword pierced the strangers neck he stopped, he looked to Raph, confused as to why he'd want to stop him. This is what they did, they fought bad guys right? Did Raph want to do it himself? That.. Might make sense? But he followed orders. Getting up and putting his blade back on his hip, leaving the rest to his brother. Did they have a special way they liked to do it? Maybe that was it.

Raph helped the man up, "Go the therapy dude, seriously, if we catch you making trouble again I might not stop him next time-"

"Y-y-yes sir-alien-monster thing-!" 

The man ran down the ally, probably in search of a new pair of pants after that.. He turned back to Leo just as Mikey and Donatello dropped in, "You can't do that Leo-" Raph said walking back towards him, "That's not how we roll and you know it"

"Woah woah Raph chill" Mikey cut in, wrapping an arm around Leo, "I'm sure whatever it was he didn't mean to! Its he's first mission back we can cut him a lil  slack right-" 

"You didn't see what I saw Mikey." He took a deep breath, and got back to his normal volume. "He's not ready, we're going home."

"But-"

"Mikey, don't push me on this. We stopped two crimes from happening tonight I think we did enough. Back to the hideout." Raph went first, leaving Donnie and Mikey to wonder what happened.. Mikey turned to Leo, asking since that seemed like the best option if Raph didn't want to talk about it right now. But Leo didn't seem to know what he did wrong either..