Symbiosis

|Chapter 10|

~Six Months Later~

POV Mikey:

'Nights inside Dimension were different compared to Earth. I'm not sure about outside New York, but at night on Earth everything is quiet, almost all humans go back to their homes and rest for the night, but here, no. In this dimension, Kraang droids were the only thing that went to sleep at night, but the animals were wide away, the creature's never sleep, searching for god knows what, if I was  blind, I would have no idea when it is night, but the only thing that gave away the time of day was the sun, the sky darkened just a bit, changing from a bright pink to a darker pink. Sounds from the monsters and creatures that live in this dimension echoed through the night, making some nights impossible to fall asleep, while other nights if were lucky are slightly quiet, but during the restless nights I lay there staring at the dark pink sky, I question everything, wondering if this was all just one long nightmare. However, most nights I notice Leo is still up, and when I say that, I don't mean laying there with his eyes still open, no Leo will be sitting there and sometimes I even catch him, walking around the island, whispering every single character of the Kraang alphabet. Once in a while, I'll sometimes hear him talking to himself, most likely talking to Venom or the device on his wrist, repeating characters that are either perfectly pronounced by his wrist thing, or I'm guessing fixed by Venom'

'I could go over the characters over and over again like Leo, but I finished learning them, last week I repeated the characters like him, but now...I kind of got bored of the alphabet, I wanted to know more, to learn more, but I couldn't move on without Leo...so, I did the only thing that filled the long hours at night, every night while Leo was wide awake, mumbling to himself, I practiced. Not the Kraang language instead I practiced my Japanese, practicing accent, the wording, and the many ways one sentence can be worded differently...every night I practiced, sometimes I could hear Leo repeating the words I said, switching back and forth between Kraang and Japanese, sometimes when he was wide awake he would ask me the meaning of what I said was, I would tell him, however...'

'There are rare- special nights, where Leo is fast asleep, too tired from the previous week he stayed awake, and tonight was one of them'

"私の言っていることを理解できないのはわかっています、レオ、でも..."

(I know you don't understand what I'm saying Leo, but...)

Laying on the ground, I just looked up at the sky, waiting for the knowing echo of the words I just spoke, but there was nothing, shifting my head over towards Leo, staring at his shell as it faced me, I wanted to test the waters, to see if what I thought was true, "Hey...Leo", there was nothing, but I knew this didn't mean I was free. Pushing against the ground, I slowly stood up never taking my eyes off Leo and Kris, it wasn't Leo who normally woke up to me getting out of bed, it was Kris. Every single time I tried to get, being as quiet as I could Kris always woke up, causing Leo to wake up as well, but this time I was lucky, pushing the tarp back up their bodies, "そろそろ真剣に友達を探す時期が来たようだ..."

(I think it's time I seriously look for my friend...)

Standing at the edge of the camp, I switched my gaze from Leo to Kris, they both looked so peaceful, Kris laying in the crook of Leo's neck as her head rested on his chin and Leo lying on his side with his hands making a small border around Kris, 'She's gotten so big since we found her', I knew they needed each other, but I knew it even more as I watched Leo use his arms to protect her, protecting from everything...they deserve each other, "それは私が写真に写っていることを意味するのかどうか..."

(whether that means I'm in the picture...or not)

I knew they couldn't hear me, but as I turned around, part of me wished one of them woke up, that Kris would cry, wanting her uncle to hold her, or for Leo to make me stay, but I knew I needed to do this. 'Foods stocked and water bottles are filled, all of this should last them about a week, I'll be back by then with more food, and hopefully back with Leatherhead by my side'. Turning towards the other side of our island, "Michaelangelo?", a deep voice spoke up, it sounded so tired, yet I knew who it was, but as I turned towards the voice, the voice's face was there, "Don't tell Leo that I just left, tell him that I left an hour before he wakes up-", Venom stared at me only to switched his gaze back over to Leo, I could tell he was hesitant, "Please...just this once do this for me...", Venom just stared at me only to hear a sign moments after as he nodded, disappearing just as fast as he appeared. Sighing quietly I turned around and walked my steps got louder and louder as the speed slowly picked up, until I was sprinting, racing towards the edge, and as I pushed off my foot I flew, soaring through the air, landing on the next Island, 'I needed to do this...', I turned back towards the island, noticing how ironic everything was, Leo was asleep for once with Kris by his side, well neck, and the air silent, not even a sound from the monsters or creatures, tonight was the perfect night.