𝕀𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕤 ☭ Leonardo Hamato

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            The day Casey Jones had come running into the lair with a broken-hearted expression and a black bag was the day in which we learned about his family. Leonardo could remember the scene perfectly, him in the dojo, practicing his katas while everyone else did their thing until Raph had called out for his presence. With a sigh, he placed his katana back in its seath and gently displayed it on the wall.

           Jogging over, he opened the screen door to reveal April and Casey in the pit, talking to each other in loud voices. "What is it Raph." He asked the red clad turtle who shrugged and pointe to the bickering humans. "Yo, I get that you're worried about something but I don't get what." Mikey intervened into the conversation, holding his video game controller and playing an retro game without looking back at Casey or April.

          "How are you saying that they went missing? You live in the same apartment for turtle's sake!" April argued to the teenage boy. "I don't know, all I know is that they were in their room and then when I wake up the next day they're gone without a trace!" Casey defended, letting his hands up to show defeat.

             "How could you not have heard anything going on next door? You said you found a shuriken, there would have been a fight, right?"

              "I don't know, H is pretty hard to beat but if they had been outnumbered in their room then they would have gotten overwhelmed."

               "Maybe it happened while they were outside?" April asked, pacing back and forth. Leo had enough and it seemed Raph had too. "Can ya' explain what's wrong cause I don't understand and ya' bickering ain't helping nobody." Raphael complained, leaning on his punching back with his arms crossed.

                 "Alright, have you ever heard of Casey's friend, Zukuzi Huro?" April asked, Donatello surfaced from his lab at the right moment. "Who?" Mikey questioned, turning to the red head. "I believe you once mentioned them in passing conversation." Donatello informed before April could even get a word in.

                "Well, long story short. They live with me an' they just up and disappeared yesterday." Casey explained, turning to be able to look at everyone's reactions. Leo couldn't believe it. "How?" Leo asked, glancing at Raph with a worried expression, this could be a threat to them and other civilians.

"I had come home and H was in their room, I knocked on their door but they didn't say anything. I didn't pry, knowing they liked being alon' and that when they don't answer then they don't want to be walked in on. Lil' sis comes back from school with dad and we eat dinner and they ain't still there so my dad told me to check up on em. I go up and their room is empty, only finding this." He shows a shuriken with a symbol engraved in it. "An' this." He sets the weapon down and takes off the bag that was slung over their shoulder, sitting it on the couch gently and crouching to open it up.

The bag opened to reveal a canister of mutagen. "Mutagen? What were they doing with it?" Donatello questioned, circling the pit and reaching in and gently grabbing the green and blue chemical they were so familiar with. "And what happened for there to be a foot clan shuriken in the wall?" Leonardo follows up, expertly holding the weapon between his green fingers.

"I dunno guys but I don't know who else to turn to. I can't just tell my dad and lil' sis our sibling got nabbed by a psycho who wants to kill us all." Casey looked crestfallen, April comes up next to him and gives him a silent side hug as a sign of comfort. "Well then, wat' are ya' gonna tell em?" Raphael asked from beside Donatello who kept looking at the canister to see if it was marked in some way.

Mikey piped up from behind April and Casey, popping his head between theirs. "What about you say they went on a mandatory last minute trip?" Michelangelo suggested, everyone looked at him with surprise. "That's, actually a good idea." Leo said, an expression of bewilderment on his face. "Where did you learn what mandatory was?" Donnie commented, tearing his eyes away from the mutagen.