New Girl In Town Alternate Ending: Leonardo

Leonardo

Feeling guilty for abandoning his brothers to see Karai once more, Leonardo had come to his senses and quickly raced to Snakeweed's lair to assist his brothers.

After he arrived at the lair, Leonardo ran up to his brothers and joined their group.

"Nice of you to join us Leonardo." Raphael greeted Leonardo sarcastically.

"Nice of you to invite me, Raphael" Leonardo replied with an identical tone.

Snakeweed screeched as the two brothers bantered.

"Now what chief?" Michelangelo asked.
"Go... for the head." Raphael hesitatingly ordered.

"Fifth time's the charm." Michelangelo smiled and ran up to Snakeweed.

But before Michelangelo could even attack Snakeweed, Snakeweed lashed out at Michelangelo with one of his tendrils.

"Mikey!" Leonardo exclaimed.

He raced towards Mikey and pushed him out of the way before Snakeweed could get hold of him.

Unfortunately this selfless gesture resulted in Leonardo being snatched by his feet and sent crashing into a concrete wall headfirst, rendering him unconscious.

The three brothers returned to the lair, breathing hard and carrying a groaning Leonardo by the arms and legs.

"Help!" Raphael cried out to Master Splinter.

Master Splinter entered the room and ordered the turtles to set Leonardo down.

So they set him down on the concrete seating and put a pillow under his head.

"That could have been me..." Michelangelo realized gravely.

"Sensei this is a disaster, this is all my fault. I don't know what happened. I just... froze up. I mean I have no problem risking my own life, but risking my brother's..." Raphael explained as Master Splinter pressed the back of his hand on Leonardo's face to check his temperature.

"Now do you see the price of leadership, responsibility...?" Master Splinter asked.

"Yeah. I hate it." Raphael answered

"Do you understand Leonardo's burden?" Master Splinter asked.

Raphael nodded "I need him Sensei. I need him to wake him so I can tell him, how much we appreciate him. How much I appreciate him."

"And you will my son, when the time comes for him to awaken." Master Splinter reassured Raphael.

Time passed and Leonardo was lying on the concrete couch in the lair, still in a semi-conscious state.

His brothers huddled around him, filled with concern. Wondering when he would ever wake up.

As the three brothers waited anxiously for Leonardo's awakening, the sounds of the television could be heard in the background of the lair.

"Space... the final border. These are the voyages of the starship..."

"Endeavor..." Leonardo murmured in his semi-conscious state.

"What did he say?" Michelangelo asked.
"I think he said endeavor." Donatello answered with surprise.
"Why would he say that?" Raphael frowned.

"...To bravely go where no man has gone before."

Leonardo smiled and opened his eyes. His favourite television program had revived him.

"Leo don't scare me like that, I thought we lost you..." Raphael hugged Leonardo tightly and quickly released his grip.

" I didn't realize you cared so much." Leonardo face softened.

"...Uh yeah, but don't get used to it." Raphael quickly added and walked away to play on the Space Heroes pinball machine.

It was particularly difficult for Raphael to admit his feelings to his brothers, even more so with Leonardo, with whom he had a past of bitter rivalry, insubordination and defiance.

"He means well you know, but touchy feely isn't exactly his thing." Donatello placed a hand on Leonardo's shoulder.

"Yeah." Leonardo smiled.

"Thanks for saving me bro!" Michelangelo wrapped his his arms around Leonardo's neck and hugged Leonardo from behind.

"Ahhh!... You're welcome Mikey." Leonardo replied with a choked voice.

While Mikey and Donatello headed towards the kitchen, Raphael came back to see Leonardo.

"Leo..." Raphael addressed his brother gently.

"Yeah?" Leonardo replied curiously

"I just want to say, that I really appreciate everything you do for us, as our leader." Raphael told his brother.

"Thank you Raphael, that means a lot to me." Leonardo smiled.

Raphael smiled and hugged Leonardo once more.