No Matter What Always Stick Together/TMNT 2003

The Monster Hunter

It is said that a terrible monster roams these woods. A creature from a forgotten age that brings terror and fear in the dark of night. Yes, there's a terrible monster roaming these woods...and it's me, booga booga!

- Mikey

Four Days Later 

At Casey's Grandmother's house

The area was covered in snow, the turtles try to warm. Casey went out to get some wood for the fire place while the group stays inside. 

"Where is Leo?" Cheyenne asks Donnie who looks at her. "He is in the Barn." Donnie said to her. "Is he..." Cheyenne said to him making Donnie cut her off. "Yes." Donnie said to her. "It's not his fault." Cheyenne said to him. "He said he didn't protect her. If he did she would have been here with us." Donnie said to her. "He is too hard on himself." Cheyenne said to him then the door creaks open and Casey walks in with his shoes covered in muck, and it leaves tracks across the clean floor as he walks into the house. "No! No! Aah! No! Casey's Jones, I just mopped the floor! Ah! Out! Out, you big, careless jerk!" April yelled at him while Cheyenne and Donnie watch as April swinging the mop at Casey until he catches hold of the mop. "Hey! You can't kick me out of here, girl-zilla! This is my grandma's house. Ipso functo, it's my house." Casey said to her making April growls at him and he backs up. "Uh, uh, guys. I'll be outside if anyone needs me." Casey said to them then he makes a quick exit making Splinter laughs while he meditations on the floor. "Yeah, right, if I need a Neanderthal, I'll give a yell." April said as she walks out of the room while Raph and Jamey walk down the stairs. "Hey, where is everybody?" Raph asks them. "Casey's been ejected from the ball park and April's in the kitchen." Donnie said to him. "I think Mikey and Tasneem are out exploring the woods." Cheyenne said to them. "Despite the explicit instructions to stay near the house." Splinter said to them. "Right, I think Tasneem wanted to tug Mikey outside." Jamey said to him. "And Leo?" Raph asks them. "He's – he's kind of been moping around out in the barn all morning." Donnie said to him. "Again?" Raph said to them. "Your brother has suffered injuries, both physical and spiritual, Raphael. And he will need the support of all of us, if his wounds are to fully heal." Splinter said to him.

In The Barn

Leo was standing in front of a furnace in which a fire burns. Leo was now wearing bandaging around his plastron and carapace, and one arm is in a sling. Leo swings a stick a couple of times, and then drops it, slumping over in a depressed manner. Leo sits down on the floor and he rubs his eyes then he pulls out the necklace he given Jesse. Leo find it in his belt when he wake up last night, he didn't even need the group to tell him that she was not with them.

Leo clenched the necklace in his fist, the silver charm cool against his palm. "I swear by this necklace that I will save you from the clutches of the Shredder. No matter the cost." Leo said as he looks at the necklace, Jesse was the one who always had his back and now she was in danger. He wouldn't let anything happen to her, Leo knew the odds were stacked against him, but Leo was a fighter. He wouldn't rest until Jesse was safe, Leo puts the necklace on.

Back in the farmhouse, April sits on the couch near Splinter. "Oh! What is it about Casey that gets under my skin?" April asks as Jamey sits down next to her. "He's so – so...oh!" April screams making Jamey give her a look. "All I see is couple fighting." Jamey said to herself. "Master Splinter, maybe you could teach me to meditate, so I wouldn't get so angry at him." April said to him. "Even meditation has its limits." Splinter said to her. "He's right, have you seen Raph?" Jamey asks her. "I guess Raph try to meditation thing." April said to her. "Yep." Donnie said to her while Cheyenne was cutting apple to eat.