Hospital Love

Leatherhead

The next day when Leo and Raph got to the hospital they saw a giant crocodile going crazy, lashing out at everyone that tried to go near him. Doctors and nurses were trying to sedate him as others were trying to hold him down, but he was too strong. Mikey suddenly ran past Leo and Raph right up to the crocodile, who tried to attack him straight away. Mikey dodged the attack enough not to get hit in the face, but not enough to dodge it entirely and got scratched on the shoulder but he ignored it and hugged the crocodile tightly. "It's ok Leatherhead. It's all right. You're at a hospital, you're safe now." Mikey spoke loudly for the raging crocodile to hear him, but his voice was calm and level. Mikey pulled away from Leatherhead and looked at him with a soft smile. "It's me, Mikey. Remember." Mikey placed his hand on Leatherhead arm. "I'm your friend."

Leatherhead's fogged eyes un-fogged, his silted pupils became round and he blinked a few times. "Michelangelo?" Mikey smiled in response and looked at his brother for a spit second. Donnie knew this was Mikey's way of telling him to sedate his brothers large friend now, so he did. Leatherhead growled as he felt the needle enter his neck. "It's ok LH, it's just time to sleep now. There's nothing to fear anymore, I promise." Leatherhead smiled as he let the drugs do their thing and closed his eyes as sleep took over his body.

The doctors took Leatherhead back to his room. Mikey looked at his shoulder and sighs. "Donnie, can you patch this up for me please?"

His brother comes over and gets him to take off his hoody and his shirt, so he could see the wound. "I'll need to get some antiseptic and a band-aid, luckily you won't need stitches this time." Donnie tells his little brother after looking at the wound. "Oh, Leo and Raph just came in by the way." Donnie informed his brother before walking away to get the supplies he needed.

Mikey turns around and smiles at the two taller turtles, Raph blushes like a mad man. "Hay guys, I'll be right in once I get this sorted out." Mikey tells them, gesturing to his shoulder.

Leo couldn't help but hiss as they came up to Mikey. "Does it hurt?" Leo asks, knowing full well it's a stupid question. Of cause it hurts, it's bleeding and everything.

"Not really. It stings a bit, but apart from that it's fine." Leo was surprised by Mikey's answer, as was Raph. "I've been friends with Leatherhead since I was four, so I've basically got used to his strength. This isn't the first time he's accidently caught me, I'm just glad this won't scar. This way, if I can hide it from him long enough it will heal, and he won't have to feel guilty for something he didn't mean to do." Mikey explained, and Leo understood now why it only stung. Mikey's body was basically trained for Leatherhead's strength. Just like Leo and Raph in a way, just without the ninjutsu skills.

"What's wrong with 'im? If ya don' mind me askin'." Raph questioned the smaller turtle.

"He went through a very traumatic experience that has caused him a lot of very realistic nightmares and when he wakes up, he can't tell he's woken up. So, thinking he's still in the dream he attacks, thinking we're trying to hurt him. We can't send him somewhere that could help either because he sustained some serious injuries that haven't healed yet, and they can't heal properly if he keeps having the nightmare. With a lot of arguing we managed to get someone that could help, come to him. So far, we've discovered that he responds to my voice and my touch when he's in his 'blinded state' as it's being called. He's gotten a lot better now, this has been the first time in weeks he's had a nightmare, and he calms down a lot faster than he used too. Still only responds to me though. I think it's because I was the first person that wasn't afraid of him and became we're such good friends that we're basically family, but we still don't know for sure." Mikey explained to the two older turtles.

"What about his family? Surly he'd respond to them." Inquired Leo, a tad bit confused.

"If he had a family then maybe he would. He was an orphan like Donnie and I. That's how we met actually. He came to the orphanage Don and I lived at and no one wanted to go near him. They all judged him because he was different, bigger than everyone else his own age and they heard that he had a bad temper. I didn't care, even back then all I wanted was to make people happy and I knew he needed a friend. So, I became his friend, pretty soon after our friendship everyone saw what I saw. I nice guy with a big heart that wouldn't hurt a fly." Mikey smiled, obviously living the memory of those day all over again. "You know, once when we were little someone had made him snap and I could tell he was seeing red, so I jumped in and calmed him down, telling the boy that made him snap to leave, which he did. Leatherhead had calmed, and he always get very tired, so I got him to his room and made sure he was safe and sound in bed. Then, just as I'm about to leave he grabs my wrist and says in a quiet, tiered voice. 'You were my hero Mikey, still are and always will be.' The next day he didn't explain himself about it, so I thought nothing else of it, never really have." Mikey explained.

"Sounds like ya mean a lo' ta 'im." Raph states with empathy.

"I think you should ask him what he meant that day." Leo says with a soft smile.

"Yeah, maybe." Was Mikey's reply. Donnie then comes back and fixes Mikey with calm, skilled hands.

"Wow, you're very good at that. It must just come naturally to you now. I always have a bit of trouble patching myself up." Leo states, genuinely amazed.

Donnie blushes from the compliment but looks at him with slight confusion when Leo talks about patching himself up. "He does ninjutsu like we used to." Mikey explains.

"Ah." Donnie state with a nod. "Well I'll be happy to patch you up whenever you need it." Donnie takes a piece of spare paper from the front desk and writes on it. "Here's my number so if you ever need help with patching yourself up." Hands the paper to Leo. "Give me a call." Donnie smiles before walking away, leaving Leo blushing like crazy.

"Can you feel, the love tonight." Mikey sung, making Raph chuckle and Leo blush even more.

"Yeah. He feels, da love tonigh'." Raph jokes, with a big smile on his face. Trying his best not to laugh as was Mikey.

"Oh, shut up Raph! Aren't we here to see dad?!" Leo proclaims with a face as red as a cherry tomato before walking off quickly, sending Raph and Mikey into a fit of laughter as they followed the blushing turtle.

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