Symbiosis

|Chapter 32|

POV 3rd Person(Leo 2012):

Leo's eyes trailed the glimpses of his brothers as they walked through the door, watching as the door slowly swung close, hearing the sound of a soft click, the door was shut,  but he couldn't wait for them, there was no time to waste. Standing up from the couch, Leo walked over towards his younger brothers' satchels, "You know something don't you?", Raph spoke up as Leo's hand fished around the inside of Donnie's bag, he pulled out everything inside; note pads, pencils, earbuds, goggles, for some reason he even had an empty mutagen vial, and yet his phone wasn't here. Leo wasn't surprised that his phone wasn't in the bag, Donnie always kept it by his side, keeping it with him just in case someone important called or texted, "Leo. Tell us, what did you find out?". Leo didn't say a word, instead, he kept searching, looking through every zipper, every pocket, anywhere he could find evidence of the calls they had, messages to his counterpart during the months they had been away, he couldn't tell but one of the three were hiding something, but what. Placing Donnie's bag back where it was, Leo moved towards Mikey's bags, "Leo?".

Mikey's bag in turn only contained the vegetables he grew and that's it, his phone was nowhere in sight. Leo's grip on the bag lessened as he stared at the two kids in the room, Jay in the corner and Krisa resting in his hold, "It's nothing...I was just overcomplicating things once again...", Leo placed each bag where it was and turned away from the group, he was overthinking over small things again, he's done this before, thinking that every small thing meant something bad. 'There was no way they spoke to him...not when he destroyed it', a sigh escaped his lips as Leo reached for a cucumber in Mikey's bag, taking a big bite out of it, "Nah man I know that look, tell us and I'll let you know if its stupid or not", Leo took in a deep breath and leaned on the table, holding that breath until finally let it out, staring at Raph, "During our time in the farmhouse, I noticed that something was off about those three...April, did Donnie tell you anything about Leo or how he was doing?"

"No. After some point Donnie stopped telling me stuff, he used to go on talking for hours and hours, but then he just...stopped"

"That's what I mean, something happened during our time there-"

"Then what were you looking for in their bags?"

"Their phones. One night, I heard those two on the roof, talking to someone, but it didn't make any sense, Leo said he crushed the phone, so who were they talking to, also Donnie seemed super secretive- And you know he can't look at people when he lies", chewing on the last piece of the vegetable, Leo walked over towards the couch and leaned on the arm of the old sofa, "Maybe it was that mondo gecko dude"

"Casey could be right Leo, maybe he was just checking up on the others?-"

"Plus you don't expect Donnie to tell you everything, if you do, he'll become more secretive, just leave him be and maybe he'll come around and tell you whats going on in his head", sighing, Leo leaned his back and pressed it against the wall, "You're probably right"

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POV Leo(2022):

"Leo...", the portal closed right behind the two as I walked down the quiet tunnel, "Leo! Wh-", I could tell Mikey stumbled as he tried to catch up to me, each breath he took sounded more breathless by the second, "Leo, where are you going? I thought you said-"

"Mikey, I trusted you", I finally turned back towards Mikey, I was only a few inches taller than him, yet I still towered over him, my eyes glaring at the both of them, "I told you not to tell anyone about this...I wanted- I-", turning away from them, I walked into the lair, and made my way straight towards the lab. "Look, it wasn't my fault, I swear-"

"Terra, just hear him out-"

"No! Just shut up both of you, what evidence do you have that can prove you didn't tell your brother-"