Why not?

Chap 16: Protecting

No one said anything after that. But we were all wondering the same question. 'Why would he take the footage of those events?'

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We had reached Leatherhead's home. We were a little tired, but it was nothing we couldn't handle. 

We all looked to see the train cart to be alive with light. We saw a big shadow that was probably Leatherhead's, but we couldn't see Mikey's. But we were able to hear Mikey's voice. It was very quiet and we couldn't make out what he was saying, but we knew it was him talking. "Donnie, double check to see if Mikey's phone is in there," I whispered.

Donnie looked at his phone and gave the thumbs up to signal that this was indeed the place. "Do we need to scope out the perimeter?" asked Raph.

"No, the front door should be the only exit. If Mikey tries to break the window to escape, we'll hear him," I answered. 

With that, I took a deep breath and yelled, "Mikey, we know you're in there!"

We heard shuffling in the cart. I waited a few second before I yelled, "Mikey, if you come out now, then nobody will get hurt. And don't try sending out Leatherhead. Don't be selfish and let someone else pay for your crimes!"

Then Raph yelled, "You got 30 seconds Mikey!"

We waited for a minute until we heard the door open. The mutant who exited the train wasn't Mikey. It was Leatherhead. "Leatherhead?" I questioned.

"Stay out of this you lizard, we want Mikey," said Raph as he took out his sai and pointed it at LH.

"My friends, please, listen to me," began Leatherhead.

"I'm sorry Leatherhead, but we don't have time for this," said Donnie.

"No, you don't understand," continued Leatherhead.

"No, YOU don't understand. Something is seriously wrong with Mikey. He-" said Raph, but Leatherhead beat him to it.

"Beat Casey half to death? Yes, he told me everything. And I mean EVERYTHING! He seems to trust me a lot, and yet you guys can't seem to do the same!" yelled Leatherhead in frustration.

"Leatherhead, move out of the way. You're starting to become a problem," I asserted.

"NO! You guys are the problem. If only you knew the truth. At least, that way, you guys wouldn't be so ignorant," said Leatherhead bitterly.

This made Raph go off. He never did like being called names. He lunged at Leatherhead, but he simply smacked Raph to the side. I had no choice now, "Guys, take down Leatherhead!"

Leatherhead's eyes widened as me and Donnie jumped at him. He knew he wouldn't be able  take down both of us at the same time, so he lunged to his side.

When me and Donnie landed on the ground, Leatherhead swiped his tail and made the two of us fall.

Raph then came up running to LH and attempted to stab him, but LH pushed Raph back to his spot.

Then, Donnie came up and smacked Leatherhead with his bo staff. LH was barely stunned and grabbed Donnie by the face. "Oh not again," pleaded Donnie.

LH shaked him like a rag doll. I came from behind Leatherhead and sliced his back. I didn't want to make the cuts too deep, but blood was still seeping out the cuts. Leatherhead roared and threw Donnie against the train cart.

He turned to face me. That's when Raph came yelling and was going to kick LH in the face, yet LH retaliated and grabbed his leg, throwing him back to his original spot yet again. He was really not letting Raph leave that spot.

He looked at me dead in the eye. But something was peculiar. His eyes didn't show his berserker look. LH was in control. He knew exactly what he was doing. 'Why is he protecting Mikey so much?' I thought.

Leatherhead was about to punch me, but I backflipped out of the way. He ended up punching the ground instead. He swiped his tail again, but this time, I jumped to avoid it. I wasn't going to make the same mistake last time. 

Then, out of nowhere, Raph and Donnie kicked LH from the back, causing him to fall flat. They both landed on his back. "Hey Leatherhead, I been meaning to ask, where did you learn your sense of vocabulary?" asked Donnie as he smirked.

LH jumped up making the two turtles fall. LH grinned back, "You taught it to me Donatello. Michelangelo did as well."

"Mikey taught you?" said Raph in disbelief.

LH grunted and smacked Raph back to his place on the wall. Again. "Stop throwing me against the wall!" yelled Raph.

"Stop making fun of Michelangelo. You have no idea what that's done to him," said LH.

We all stopped. "What has it done to him?" asked Donnie suspiciously.

Leatherhead paused. "Uhh, it... actually, why am I even talking to you about this?"

"You brought it up," said Raph as he put his sais away.

I sheathed my swords and Donnie tucked his bo staff behind his back. "Look, I'm not allowed to tell you," replied Leatherhead.

"Why not? He's our brother you know. We deserve to know what's going on with him," said Donnie.

"Well, I'm just not allowed to tell anyone. And besides, you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

We all didn't move. "You know what Leatherhead? Fine. We'll just make him tell us," said Donnie as he lifted up his T-phone, "Because even though I don't know how, he's already running back to the lair."

Leatherhead grunted. "Do you need to be patched up?" asked Donnie after he noticed the cuts on LH's back.

"No, I'll be fine. It'll heal on its own," answered Leatherhead.

"Yeah, sorry about that," I said.

"No worries."

Leatherhead must've known he wasn't going to be able to stop us because he didn't move when we all left. We started running back to the lair before Mikey could escape once again.

End of chapter 16

It's been a while since I updated this. But I was busy with another story. Anyway, this story is going to come to an end pretty soon, just wanted to make sure that was clear. BYE!!!