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Leo tried his best to meditate, like Splinter had told him to, but he just couldn’t concentrate.
He was constantly thinking about useless stuff, when he needed to not to think of it.
‘Is there a multiverse?’
‘Do I have brothers in every universe?’
‘What if the kraang..’
“..rth to Leo?” Mikey snapped his fingers in front of Leo’s snout.
“Huh? Wha happen?” Leo tried his best to imitate that one Mickey Mouse meme.
“Did you just meditate??” Mikey gasped.
“No.” Leo said while shrugging.
“But I did think about the world’s largest fork, I mean how big can a fork be?” Leo continued.
Mikey sighed and chuckled.
“Someday you’ll get there bro.”
three days later
Leo was once again, trying to meditate.
Or maybe in this case, ‘trying’ was the wrong word, because he actually was in deep meditation!
Leo felt and saw all kinds of things.
He couldn’t explain anything about it afterwards.
One thing he did see and could explain, was some kind of alien-yōkai-creature.
He tried his best to explain to Donnie about how it looked and how it felt to see it, but Donnie couldn’t make sense of any of it.
Only one adjective stuck to Donnie’s mind ; cyclopean
two days later
Leo once again was meditating, now getting better and better at it.
What he didn’t know was that his body was unconsciously trying to make a portal with his own ōdachi, all while he was in deep meditation.
Raph had to rip the ōdachi out of Leo’s hands, because Leo was not being careful at all and almost stabbed Donnie.
“Jesus christ.” Raph sighed as he finally threw the ōdachi somewhere far away from Leo.
“Leo, are you with us?” Donnie waved his hand in front of Leo, showing more panic than usual.
“Is he hurt?” Mikey asked, and poked Leo in the cheek.
“Nahhh I’m fine.” Leo said very tiredly.
“Yeah, he’s fine” Donnie agreed and got up.
“What were you thinking?!” Raph asked and got next to Leo.
“What? Oh, I was thinking, what would a penguin and an alligator make if they fused?” Leo smirked.
“What?? No! That’s not..” Raph said as he facepalmed, Donnie rolled his eyes and Mikey chuckled.
“You were literally swinging your ōdachi like crazy! You almost hit Dee!” Raph said, mentioning at Donnie to prove his point.
“What? I-I was just meditating? Or.. well.. trying to?” Leo said furrowing his browbones.
Raph put his hand on Leo’s shoulder.
“Hey man, sorry I yelled at you. It’s okay, nobody got hurt. Just, maybe next time when you meditate, leave your katana in your room?” Raph sighed.
“Yeah.. yeah, apology accepted.” Leo chuckled.
“Did I hurt anyone though?” Leo continued, wanting to be sure.
“We’re okay bro! Don’t worry!” Mikey exclaimed.
“I’m glad.”
A mere day later
Donnie got more and more information from Leo about these alien-yōkai-creatures (or as they call it, ‘Ayō-creatures’)
He has gathered all the information in one big paper.
It read :
Ayō-creatures
- Crab-like claws
- One eye hole in face?
- Purple-y??????
- Robots?
He tried his best to find any similar sightings from the internet, or maybe April, the newly graduated journalist.
Nothing.
Who knew it was so difficult to find some weird hallucinations made by your brother?
Right as Donnie was about to leave to meet up with April for more Ayō-discussions, he heard shouting from the dojo.
He ran there as fast as he could, opened the door in a hurry and barged in looking around.
“Leo’s at it again!!” Mikey yelled from a corner, retreating in his shell.
“Leo snap out of it!” Raph yelled as he once again tried to stop Leo from swinging his katana around.
“Why didn’t he put his katana away before meditating?!” Donnie yelled.
“HE DID!! I don’t know how he got it back!!” Raph yelled back.
“He really needs to take a break from meditating..” Donnie sighed as he took out his tech-bō, put on the ‘tranquilizing’ mode and pointed it at Leo.
He shot and.. missed??
‘Oh come on!! I only have three of these darts ready!’ He thought, scrunching his nose.
He aimed, shot, and.. missed
again!!??
“Donnie, help me!!” Raph yelled, trying to keep Leo still.
“I’m trying!!” Donnie yelled back.
Mikey squaked somewhere in the background, not liking arguments.
Finally, the third and last shot landed right on Leo's shoulder. It didn't even take 5 seconds, and Leo was crumbling on the floor.
Mikey, the smartest in this situation managed to catch Leo's head before it hit the floor.
"Thanks.. Dee.." Raph rasped out in between heavy breathing.
"Yeah, no problem" Donnie answered, going to check on Leo.
two days later
Donnie didn't sleep. Mikey and Raph barely slept. April missed school to come to the lair. Splinter was unsurprisingly unbothered, as he usually is, unless anyone's life is in danger.
"Why hasn't he woken up?" Mikey asked Donnie, hoping for answers.
"I'm trying to figure it out.. it's like he's deep in hibernation, but that doesn't make any sense considering it's late spring.. his brain activity seems normal enough, his heart is beating and none of his organs have failed him yet." Donnie rambled, rubbing his forehead.
He groaned in frustration.
"I don't know what's wrong with him!" He raised his voice, wiping his eyes, not wanting to cry over his stupid dumb brother who wasn't even hurt.
"I think you should take a break Dee.." Mikey sighs. "Maybe get some sleep while you're at it." He continues, looking at the dark eyebags on Donnie's face.
"What if he wakes up? What if something goes wrong?" Donnie rambles, rubbing his temples, staring at Leo's lifeless body laying infront of him on the table.
"Stop Dee. If something happens we'll wake you up, yeah? Raph'll look after him, and me and April will research.. this whole situation." Mikey comforts him, putting his hand on Donnie's shoulder, slightly pushing him towards his bed.
"But.."
"Ah ah" Mikey immediately says, pushing him towards his bed more, helping him take off his battleshell.
Donnie lays on the bed defeatedly, immediately realizing how tired he actually was.
"Thanks Mike.." He mumbled before falling asleep.
Mikey smiles slightly, going back to Dee's lab, where Leo, Raph and April were.
"Dee's asleep!" He exclaims proudly, receiving a dollar from Raph.
"Aw man, I was sure he would refuse" Raph chuckles, before getting serious again.
"So what's the plan?" He asks.
"Mikey, you go search for anything in the Mystic Library. Raph, you keep an eye on Leo, and maybe Donnie as well. I'll go search for anything similar on the net. Is that clear?" April speaks in a commanding tone.
"Yes ma'am!" Both Mikey and Raph salute at her, before doing what they're supposed to.
hours later
"Ugh.. what time.. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED??" Donnie shouts as he walks into the lab.
Raph and Leo are on the ground, unmoving, Mikey is nowhere to be seen, and April is barely conscious, leaning on the wall.
"Dee.. the Yō.. whatever things were.. they're real, they- they beat them up- I- I'm sorry I.." April manages to say, before succumbing to her injuries.
In a flash, Dee was at her side, cradling her as he looked around, trying to analyze what to do next.
There was no apparent injuries on any of them, no-one was bleeding, yet everyone was passed out. He did the only thing he could think of.
"DAD!!"