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matrixxsystem · 7 months ago

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Terrapin Soup Part 15 (END of book 1)

Leo felt a weight across his chest, but not in a bad way. It was warm, comforting, and with the cold air around him this warmth was like a life line. There was a slight commotion from somewhere in the room but he didn't want to focus on it, he didn't want to open his eyes. He just wanted to hold onto this warm feeling and drift back into the void of sleep.. But like all good things, they never stayed long for him. The warmth started to shift and move, Leo reached out but his arm wouldn't grab a hold, it was weightless in fact.. Oh. That's right. Leo slowly opened his eyes with a low sigh, his eyes drifting from the missing limb over to the yokai heater who'd been napping beside him in the medical bed. He smiled a little when his eyes focused in on him and he was able to see Usagi better. "Sorry, was I too heavy? I didn't mean to wake you-" Leo pulled Usagi back with his good arm, too tired to care who else saw him being this affectionate to his boyfriend. "Mn.. No, no I was waking up cause my body is stupid. You're warm, it's nice.. You could stay a little longer.. If you wanted..." Usagi chuckled a little laying back down and getting comfortable, "If you're sure. It's sometime in the night, or early morning I guess? So you should go back to bed."

Leo nodded a little, half listening as he closed his eyes again. "What about you?" He said quietly. "You keepin' watch or somethin? Bet Donnie put you up to it didn't he-?"

"Maybe, but I would've anyway. How's your uh.. nub?" Leo let out a tired laugh, gently resting his head against Usagi's. "Greeeaat babe, just fine.. It's okay, really... Much better now actually. Did anything interesting happen while I was knocked out?" Usagi thought about it for a moment, about what exactly he should tell Leo cause he didn't want to make him upset or worried. "Well.. I went out and got some more medical supplies while your brothers and dad patched you up so I wasn't there for all of that. But I might've had a bit of an argument with Donnie after getting back.. I-It's fine now though we sorted it out I think. I got to meet that sister of yours again, that was nice.. I helped Mikey make dinner, we talked a bit about.. Food things.. He seemed open to trying new things but I didn't push it. I told him I'd talked about it with you before a few times and that you were also open to the idea. Not that it was a lie but I was right to assume mentioning you being okay with it helped the conversation." Leo nodded a little as he listened, he was back to being half awake at this point. "Mhmm.. That's.. That's good" Usagi chuckled a little, hearing the tiredness in Leos voice was cute to him. "Would you like me to keep talking to help put you to sleep? Or should I stop if it's distracting?" Leo was quiet for a moment, thinking about it apparently. "Mm... You can keep talking, I like the sound of your voice."

"You make it very hard to resist kissing you, you know that right? When you say things like that." He smiled a little lifting his head to kiss Leos cheek, "I'll keep talking, for a little. But if it's keeping you awake let me know and I'll stop." Leo nodded, smiling at the kiss, god he was lucky to have Usagi think such nice things about him.. And to stick with him after all this, after everything he's seen... "Let's see," He started, trying to think of what he could ramble about. "Oh I know. I'll talk about what I did while you guys were getting the other parts for the pins, we weren't able to see each other for a little while so you don't know. Hyo is recovering really welly thanks to you, he wont say it but he appreciates you doing that for us. And after everything, he probably approves of you more than he lets on." He took Leos good hand in his, gently tracing some of the lines and scars up his arm. "While we couldn't hang out I took on a few missions, I apprehended a few bandits, took out a few murderers.. Oh and I got to meet that Draxum guy you mentioned before, I guess he's like you're other dad? That's what Mikey says at least.. He's... Interesting, I wasn't sure what to make of him at first but he has a lot of good ideas. He seemed a little against the yokai hunters like me at first.. But I can understand that, he had this grudge against humans for such a long time, and his sole mission was to the yokai.. So I guess hunting them, even the bad ones, was something he didn't take kindly to. But- It's not like we wont get along just because of that, if you guys can change his mind about humans I'm sure he'll come around to this sort of this too eventually, at least a little bit." Leo gave a quiet hum in response, still listening for the most part but it wouldn't be long till he fell back asleep.

Usagi kept talking about what he did on his missions and on his days off for maybe an hour or so, when he paused to check Leo was fast asleep again. He smiled and closed his eyes too, relaxing a bit and letting himself fall back asleep too. Everyone else in the lair was probably asleep or at least in their rooms by now so there was no point in trying to keep himself awake as long as Leo was okay. And maybe by the time they woke up Leo would have the strength to get out of bed or eat something, that was a nice thought.

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"Hey- Leo, hey." More noise.. And bright lights. Leo rubbed his eyes and yawned as he woke up again. It was probably morning now. He opened his eyes and saw his brothers, he was a little surprised to see them all, he didn't know why but he had this idea in his head that they all had better things to do then look after him right now. "Mm I'm up- I'm up." He looked over and didn't see Usagi. "Keep your shirt on he's just getting coffee don't worry" Donnie said, watching Leo's confused expression at the lack of rabbit in his bed. Leo looked back at him and nodded a bit, "I uh.. Sorry, about making you guys worry.."

"Don't sweat it lil bro, Usagi filled us in on what happened for a most part. But uh.. He didn't know much about the arm thing, we were kind hoping you could explain that. If you're okay to talk about it now-" Leo glanced the other way to the lack of right arm and figured he should give at least some form of explanation. "Oh.. Yeah... That. No I can- I'll tell you what happened.." He moved his arm helping himself sit up a bit more, it was still so weird to suddenly not have his arm there for support even with something that felt as simple as sitting up. "I was on my way out actually, I opened a portal to the room I broke into first, there was a hole in the roof big enough for me to fit into, that's how I got in unnoticed first. And I took out the lights and cameras too, I was trying to be smart about it. But there were sensors around the battery that I didn't notice I guess. That's what tipped them off, and as I was going through my portal someone shot some kinda tranquillizer at me, and got my leg." He paused for a moment reaching over the the cup of water on his bedside table and took a few sips before picking back up. "So when I woke up I was in this room strapped down to a metal table, and this scientist lady kept trying to interrogate me, didn't go well, for her haha.."

Everyone looked a bit worried hearing Leo talk so casually about being drugged, captured, and interrogated like that.. To bad they didn't know the story was about to get much worse. "Yeah so I couldn't give her any good information so she decided torture was the next best thing and started using weird medical knives and stuff to try and see how strong my body was- She even had this cool looking hammer which if she hadn't broken my arm with it I would've liked to get one of my own.."

"She what?!" Raph stepped closer, eyes wide in a mix of confusion and worry for his little brother. "Yeah I didn't count cause, ouch, but she kept wackin' my right arm and breaking the bones in it to see how long it'd take to break em or get me to talk? I'm not really sure, I wasn't really able to focus that much when it was happening-"

"How are you so casual about that-? Are you okay??" Leo tilted his head a little, unsure why they'd even ask that, he was home wasn't he? "Yeah? I mean, I'm here..? And hey Usagi came and got me before.. Before I..." He looked back at his shoulder, seeing the stitches from where he was stabbed earlier, thinking about how he snapped again, after all these years.. He killed her, and the guy before her. He tore her apart, soaked in blood and letting his teeth rip into her flesh and tear pieces of her limbs.. Was it just because he felt threatened? Hungry? Both? He really wasn't sure at this point, he didn't want to admit it... But he really had fun tearing her apart.

"..Leo? You okay?" He perked up and shook the thoughts from his head, looking back to his brothers, "Y-Yeah, sorry.. Just thinking... I'm just, really glad Usagi came when he did. That's all.." Raph nodded a little and stepped closer gently patting the shoulder on his good arm. "Us to.." He wasn't sure what exactly to say, he wanted to know more but he wasn't about to press the matter if it was something Leo didn't want to talk about right now. "Well.. It'll defiantly be an adjustment, but I think with a little training you'll be right back to going on missions with us and stuff-!"

"Wait you mean I'm suspended from missions?"

"W-Well, I mean.. Just for now- You're injured after all! C'mon you know you need time to recover I can't just expect you to get right back to that stuff after all this and- Donnie help me out here-"

"Mhmm, yeah Raph's right this time. No hardcore fighting till those stitches come out cause I'm not going to be as nice and give you anesthetic next time. You have about a month left to make sure it all heals then two weeks after the stitches are out to make sure the wounds are properly closed and healed. That and you'll be having a bit of pain and whatever so you probably shouldn't push your body too hard while all that's going on.. Don't be a dum-dum, just focus on getting better so you don't end up with an order for bedrest or something worse got it?" Leo huffed and laid back, "Fiiiine, this is so stupid.. At least tell me how long it'll take to get all the pins made, that way I'll have something to look forward to."

"Well.. If I push my other projects aside for this, which I already planned to do, maybe two weeks? Once I get that first pin down the others should be easier. It just depends on how long that first one takes me. But hey with you on house arrest for the next month and a half you'll be the first to hear of any updates on it, sound good?" Leo huffed again at him calling it house arrest. "Ugh, yeah fine. Not like I have much of a say on the matter anyway.. If I can't leave can I at least have Usagi over more often?"

"Uhhhhh- That's a question for dad, but probably. I don't really care, as long as you're mushy shenanigans don't interrupt my work I don't really care what you do. And he knows where we live, you could portal him in here at any time, or sneak him in, it's not like we could really stop you-"

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It's been three weeks since Leo lost his arm, he'd been having a really good recovery so far. And having Usagi there to help him and make his dumb ass take it easy was a big plus. Seriously when he came over it was like putting a cat on someone's lap to keep them seated, he just didn't have it in him to move an inch with Usagi acting as his weighted blanket..

"Hey Leo, come to my lab when you have a sec."

"Oh? Is it the pins?"

"Uh.. No. No I'm still working on that- It's taking a bit longer then I thought cause the wiring is so damn tiny.. But I have something just as cool I've been working on! And I think you'll really like it."

"Lemme guess, and if I don't you'll just be crushed?"

"Yup!"

Leo sighed and nodded, setting his mug down and pushing his chair back in before following Donnie back to his lab, it was pretty early in the morning which mean he'd pulled another all nighter. Donnie was kind of known for that while Leo was the opposite, since his sleep schedule was all messed up and he started having trouble sleep at certain times he started going to bed early, and waking up early too. Still not was early as Raph who was often up at six in the fucking morning- But he was usually up before nine or so. Along with Mikey who'd started getting himself into the same schedule as most students since he planned to go to school as soon as he had a pin of his own. Fair enough..

Leo trailed behind Donatello as he walked into his lab, a bit curious what Donnie was so excited about.. "Okay, so you know how you no longer have a right hand?"

"No. I've actually never noticed."

"Oh ha ha. But seriously, I started thinking about it.. And I mean you've gotten really good at being left handed, n-not that you had much of a choice."

"Sooo..?"

"Right-!" He pressed a button on his wrist tech and a panel of the wall opened up, exposing a secret compartment with something inside that was covered with what was probably a blanket. He took the object out, keeping its cover on and handed it to Leo. "Introducing~" He pulled the cover back when Leo had a grip on the piece underneath it, revealing a prosthetic that was mirrored off Leos left arm. "Woah.. Donnie this is-"

"I was going to paint it and try to match your skin tone or something but I figured we could let Mikey do that as the resident artist-"

"Donnie-"/

"Oh and get this I added some sensors inside, so when something touches the arm you'll be able to feel it, it's not really fully functional since I'd have to connect it to your nerves witch would be painful, and invasive.."

"Don-"

"But we can talk about that later! The sensors also function so that the fingers work, they uh- They also aren't at 100% yet.. I had a bit of trouble finding a work around that didn't involve having to open your arm back open so I wasn't sure if-"

Leo rolled his eyes and pulled Donnie into a hug, "Oh my god you never shut up do you brother-" He said with a laugh. "I love it. Really, it's.. It's really cool. And hey, I'm sure you'll end up making upgrades eventually, don't sweat the small stuff. As long as it can hold a sword I'll be good. It.. Can hold things like a sword right?"

"It can!" He waited for Leo to pull back and held his bow out placing it into the palm of the hand to show Leo that the finger gripped around the staff, then with a little pull was able to get the fingers to let go. "I spent a few days having April trouble shoot some things with her classmates to get it to work like that y'know.." Leo patted Donnie's shoulder with a smile, "I bet you owe her big time huh? Well guess there's no time like the present, how do I put it on?" Donnie's eyes lit up seeing Leo excited to try the arm on, he helped him put the arm on and adjust it, "Okay the sleeve inside comes out so if it sticks to your arm when you take it off don't worry you didn't break it. And its water proof for the most part just don't soak it in water- Not that you would but, y'know.. It isn't a shield either okay? It can take a beating sure but it's not bullet proof or anything."

"Yeah yeah, don't be stupid, I got it." Donnie gently slapped the back of Leo's head as he finished adjusting the arm, "I'm telling you to be safe dum-dum. Can't have any more parts of yours going missing.." Leo looked down at the arm, gently lifting it and watching it bend. "This is.. Really cool... Does anyone else know about it?"

"Nah.. I figured after everything we could have a secret of our own for a while. I won't mention it till you want me to." Leo nodded and thought about it for a moment, his signature shit eating grin spreading across his face when he got an idea. "I have the perfect plan then. If you're up for a prank~?"

"Im listening..?"

"It involves stealth, timing, mischief, and a little bit of fake blood if we have it- Perhaps even some dramatic acting?"

"Brother, I couldn't think of a better way to reveal my genius- I'm in, just tell me what to do"

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