Your Typical TMNT Fic That I Don't Want to Title

Good Thing You Stayed (Rise)

A/N: Heeey lets pretned I didnt vanish for forever becuase my life got all crazy for all the right reasons lol. But I started a job for the summer that has me working more hours than I thought, my nephew was born, I started a college class for the summer (which is harder than I thought it would be), and I also started dating. Oh and I started to learn a new lanunage lol. But hey I also started a discord for writers and artist to hang and get feedback. Just bond you now? Here's the link for ya: https://discord.gg/bh9PbF8kww 

Leon woke up to a tray full of breakfast resting on his lap. He looked up to see Mikey, Draxum, and Lou standing over his bed. Right. Today is the day he has to try and bring his brother home. He smiled sitting up some more. Mikey sat on the end of Leon's bed smiling.

"Hope it tastes okay. I heard your Mikey is the better cook," Mikey rubbed the back of his neck. Leon laughed looking down at the plate in front of him. He blinked a few times, noticing the gummy worms baked into the batter. Leon poked at the food, curious about how sweet these were.

"Well, I'm sure it'll be good. How could it not?" Leon smiled, shoving a bite into his mouth. Lou weakly patted his leg. He smiled up at his son with pure fatherly pride. Leon's heart swelled, smiling back at him. He tried to ignore how sickeningly sweet the pancakes in his mouth were. He smiled at Mikey to hide how sick all the sugar was making him, at least that's the lie he was telling himself. He would have to eat something salty after his breakfast. Draxum and Lou got up to leave Leon alone so he could eat his breakfast and get ready. Mikey stayed behind wanting to hang out with Leon. Out of all of the alternate versions of his brothers he had grown closest to him. It would be nice to spend his last day here with his favorite other brother.

"Are you scared?" Mikey looked up at Leon. He took note of how hard Leon was trying to down every last bite of the breakfast he had made him. Mikey's heart swelled seeing someone put in the effort to try and enjoy his experimental cooking. No one at home tried to if they thought it would be gross. Leon paused letting the overly sugary breakfast rest on his tongue as he tried to think. Of course, he was scared. He was terrified in fact.

"It doesn't matter if I'm scared to do it. It scares me more that if I don't I may never see my brother again," Leon laid back into his bed staring up at the ceiling. Mikey stared at Leon looking back at the wall. Was he broken for not feeling the same way about his own family? Leon moved his tray to the side tracing the strips on his arms to soothe himself. Mikey crawled up laying down next to Leon. Leon flopped an arm out weakly wrapping it around Mikey's shoulders. It's alright to silently say goodbye sometimes. Not all things need a ceremony to end.

The Mad Dogs were all sitting down in the living room with Draxum and Cj. Yellow was leaning on the back of the couch over Donald. Draxum stood at the front with the portable whiteboard. Raphael anxiously chews on his claws. Leon sat back with a big smile on his face. Though Mikey could see through it. It was just a front to keep his team collected. Donald was playing with one of Yellow's hoodie strings that were dangling over his shoulder.

"To go over this again Raph and Donnie will be sharing their ninpo with Leon while Lou and April will be projected and helping out Mikey. Leo, you open a portal to his room and keep it open so Mikey can find your mystic energy. Keeping the portal in places he's familiar with should make this easier on him. Hopefully, it won't cause his arms to get torn up by his powers more. Then Cassandra and I will help both Mikey's get through as quickly as possible," Draxum used his marker to point to people as he said their names. Mikey curled his knees to his chest. His eyes darted around to everyone in the room. Mikey was sure Leon could use his sword to cut the tension in the air. Cj rubbed Raphael's exposed shoulders. Raphael closed his eyes leaning back trying to get closer to relaxation. Cj just narrowed her eyes on the board invested in the mission at hand.