Loving Myself And Purple

3

Leonardo went back to the main room where the others were.

"So did it work?" Raph asked

"Yeah it worked alright. He went into heavy detail about it." Leonardo told them

"So what happened?" April asked, even she wanted to know what happened in the prison dimension

The older terrapin sighed and told them, down to last detail just like Leo had done. Their eyes widen, even Splinter turned down the volume to his show just to hear him better. When Leonardo was done Mikey sniffed and ran up to the old scarred war vet and hugged him. He hugged Mikey back letting the turtle sob on him.

"It's okay, Mikey. Leo is safe and sound, he's alive because of you. You saved Leo's life... My life." Leonardo told him wiping his tears away

"Now I know why Leo didn't want to tell us anything. Even after the invasion he was more worried about us and our injuries and mental state rather his own." Donnie looked down

"That's just the way he... We are. We put other's first because we think that we don't matter. We're insnificant and everyone else has so much potential." Leonardo explained, "Leo acts like nothing matters to keep you guys from seeing how scared he is. He makes jokes and wise cracks because he wants to bring a little joy to you all. He says he's the face man because the thinks that he can't do anything useful or bring anything to the team."

"That's not true! Not at all!" Mikey yells out, "Leo matters so much to this team, to this family. He has a lot of potential he just needs someone to show him that he has it! Without Leo, we wouldn't be whole."

Leonardo puts a hand on Mikey's shoulder, "Tell him that when he wakes up."

"Wait if Leo is knocked out fast asleep, shouldn't you be asleep as well?" Donnie asked him

"Nah, I've smoked weed before and my body just treats it like pain killers. I actually have insomnia due to the war and the will to fight for hours on end." He told them, "My brain will be tired but my body won't be. Hell I can even fight in my sleep."

"You can?" Raph's eyes sparkled

April smirked, "Sure you can." she rolled her eyes in a slightly playful manner

"I can and I have before. It happened during a fight. It was me, Donnie, and Mikey and we were outnumbered by some Kraang-atized people. We were all so tired you could see it plain as day. Our bodies were screaming at us to just lay down and rest and we were fighting the urge to. Backup was taking its time getting to us, it looked like it was over. All I remember was closing my eyes for a second and when I opened my eyes there were like about 4 dead Kraang-atized people around me." He chuckles, "Backup arrived and we were able to get some proper rest, we slept for 2 days straight."

"That's so cool!" Raph exclaimed

"Got anymore war stories?" Donnie asked him

"I have plenty, some are good, others are bad." Leonardo warned them, "I'll be happy to tell them only if you'd be happy to listen."

Mikey dragged the older version of his brother to the couch while the others sat or laid down in front of said couch to listen to his war stories. Leonardo paid no expense as he told them all of the weird, funny, and heartbreaking things he had experienced over the years.

"Wait so you're telling me that I accidentally turned you back into a baby?" Donnie asked laughing

"Yup... And then you accidentally turned yourself into one later on down the line. You kept biting and attacking everyone cause you couldn't see anyone." He chuckled

"What was I like?" Raph asked

"Hmm, you were the same. Always worried about others instead of yourself. When you died I blamed myself for months on end until Donnie snapped me out of it by beating my ass. Like he literally beat me within an inch of my life." Leo smiled

"That doesn't seem like a happy memory..." Raph pointed out

"Yeah to you. But here's the thing. He told me that he would keep punching me until I stopped feeling sorry for myself. He cried that day as well and then after Mikey bandaged me up and scolded Donnie we cuddled for a while."

Donnie shuddered, "I'm still not use to the fact that we dated in the future."

"Believe me sometimes I would wake up and be like how are we dating. You hate almost everyone and physical touch and yet here we are. But back to Raph here, we found your body and was going to give you a proper burial but someone had a better idea. So with some help from Draxum, Donnie made a robot of Raph and put his brain inside of it along with a few digital memories and information about people."

"I was a robot?!" Raph smiled brightly

"Yup. For 2 years. The kraang found out and while on a mission they tore you apart. Material were scarce so Donnie couldn't fix you. You were just happy that you had a second chance and made sure that we all escaped safely." Leonardo sighed

"What about me?" April asked

"You are one badass commander. Leading troops and making sure that we don't do some dumb shit. You were always a bit too busy with things so we didn't hang out much, but when you did you made the most out of it." He told her

"Did I die?" She asked afraid of his answer

"You did, but it was during our last stand against the kraang. Right before we sent Casey back in time, you fought with everything you had. Right up until your last breath. Completely human, but also totally unhinged and feral." He smiled

"That's the April O'Niel way!" She exclaimed

He laughed seeing them smile and laugh. He was glad to be given this second chance, he couldn't ask for a better life. He looked down at his severed limb.

"Hey Don-Tron I have a favor to ask of you."

Donnie looked at him, "What do you need?"

"Do you think you could make me a new arm?" He asked, "As much as I like this one I don't think that I'm going to need it."

"Why did you get it then?" Donnie asked

"To fight. It served as a new limb and as a shield. So do you think you make me a new one?"

"Of course. It might take a a couple of weeks to get everything, but it's manageable."

"Thanks." He got up and streatched sighing as his bones popped and creaked, "I'm going to check on younger me. Hopefully he didn't vomit in his sleep."

He walked off towards his old room still smiling as everyone went back to talking about how cool he was and how awesome they were in the future. He was glad that they don't lock him in a cage or tie him to a chair and demand answers.