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Chapter Thirteen: Bittersweet

"Lauradane..." Donnie said. I must have been too absorbed in my thoughts because I didn't hear him. He tried again, somewhat louder, "Lauradane!" That did it. I jumped a little at the sound of his voice. I didn't know he could get so loud. Wasn't Donnie supposed to be the gentle one? I looked at him questioningly. "Sorry, what?" I inquired. Donnie was pointing at the bandage on my leg. I had just now noticed that he had replaced my makeshift bandage with an actual bandage and it had been properly cleaned.

"I need to check your wound and see if your bandage needs to be changed," he stated.

"Right now?" I whined, and then yawning added, "Can't it wait for a little while? I'm so tired."

"If I don't do it now it might get infected," Donnie replied, shaking his head.

"Oh, alright," I huffed even though I knew he was right.

Donnie grabbed his medical kit and went to work on my bandage. He carefully unwrapped it to avoid reopening my wound. Unfortunately, a piece of the bandage stuck to the wound and when Donnie tried to remove it, the scab that had formed came with it reopening the wound. This resulted in a yelp from me. Donnie turned to me saying, "Sorry, Lauradane."

"It's okay, Donnie," I grunted through clenched teeth as the pain subsided.

With the bandage removed, Donnie inspected my wound. Just then, Raph and Mikey burst through the door to the lab. "What happened?" Raph asked, trying to catch his breath.

"Are you okay?" Mikey asked, also trying to catch his breath.

"Everything's fine, guys," I replied before adding, "Donnie was unwrapping my bandage and it got snagged on my wound."

"Ouch," Raph and Mikey said at the same time, recoiling.

"So..." Raph began. "How'd ya get that, anyway?"

"Not being careful enough, I guess," I answered, frowning at the memory. "When we climbed to the top of Foot headquarters, I went through the broken window. Well, I did alright until I tried putting my legs through. The one leg caught against a particularly jagged piece of glass and it cut down my leg."

"Oooh..." Raph said, wincing.

Donnie piped up just then having finished his inspection of my leg, "It looks good and is definitely not infected." He began to rewrap my leg with a fresh bandage. "All set," he said, smiling.

"Now can I rest for a bit?" I asked, yawning again.

"Sure," Donnie answered. Turning to a Raph and Mikey he said, "Let's leave Lauradane and Leo alone for a while so they can rest."

A hush fell over the room at the mention of Leo's name. He still had not woken up. He lay as lifeless as ever. The only sound coming from him was the sound of his breathing. Frankly, I thought it sounded pained. His bruises were in various stages of healing; some were yellowish green while others were still a reddish purple. His split lip had started to heal as well. I hoped that these were all good signs. Still, if he was healing, then why hadn't he woken up yet? I had woken up from my unconscious state. Why hadn't he? What is really wrong with him?

No one said a word. There was nothing to say. We all looked at each other and saw each other's pain at the mere thought of Leo. We quickly turned our gazes away, the pain being too much.

Hanging our heads, we all sat in silence. I silently sobbed for Leo who had risked his life for me and now lay battered and broken while on the edge of life and death.

After what felt like an eternity, I finally broke the silence. One thought consistently nagged at me. "Donnie?" I asked. Donnie's head snapped up at the sound of his name. "How long has it been since..." I trailed off, not wanting to finish.

Donnie looked like his heart had been ripped out of his chest. He knew what I had asked and that I didn't need to finish my sentence. With a heavy heart, he sighed. Blinking back tears he whispered, "Two weeks."

Taken aback, I repeated his words also whispering, "Two weeks." Had it really been that long? I had just woken up. Two weeks? Really? There's no way, I thought. There had to be some kind of mistake. Deep down, however, I knew that I was only fooling myself. For two weeks, Leo and I were unconscious. I had woken up, but he hadn't. It hardly seemed fair.

My self-induced pity party was interrupted by a series of loud beeping. Donnie rushed over to the monitor containing Leo's vitals. His eyes went wide as he scoured the screen.

"What's wrong, Donnie?" I asked nervously.

"Wrong? Nothing's wrong," he replied joyfully. "Leo...well, he's going to be okay."

"Of course he's going to be okay, Donnie," I said in confusion and then added, "We all think he's going to be okay."


 * "I don't think. I know," he answered sternly. "Look."

Donnie showed us the screen. There were many sets of numbers, but I couldn't make sense of it. From the looks on Raph's and Mikey's faces, I knew they didn't understand it either.

Just then, I heard a low groan. Looking at Leo, I saw some movement. His hand twitched, clenching and unclenching as if reaching for something. Then, I heard the low groan again. Leo slowly opened his eyes. Amazed, all we could do was stare at Leo. His eyes searched the room and when they found and settled on his brothers Leo smiled weakly.

"Donnie...Raph...Mikey..." he said faintly. I smiled too as I looked at his eyes. They were the happiest I've seen them. Leo met my gaze and the joy disappeared from them. In its place was sadness and guilt. He glanced away as it became too much for him. I was confused. I was happy beyond words that he woke up, but why did he turn away? Why couldn't he look at me?

My thoughts were broken up by the reunion currently taking place. Donnie, Raph, and Mikey had surrounded their eldest brother and smothered Leo with hugs.

"Good to have you back, bro," Raph said, smiling at Leo.

"We thought we were going to lose you," Donnie said, a single tear rolling down his cheek.

"We missed you, Leo," Mikey added, hugging Leo with all of his might.

No way am I breaking up this reunion, I thought. Whatever has Leo so upset about me will have to wait. The Turtles' big brother had just woken up. Let them have this moment. They need this moment. When everyone leaves us to rest, then we'll talk...

To Be Continued...


 * This was from the first movie. I know it was Leo's line, but I couldn't resist.