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Here is the next chapter, tried not to take as long to do this one so it is actually a fairly short chapter. I hope you guys enjoy it!

~wolvesfinalden

TMNT: The Destiny Lies Within

Chapter 7: Comfort and Healing

Leo watched as Don examined Destiny in his lab. He'd been at it for almost an hour now, which made the leader a bit uneasy. He looked over to Raph to find him still at his punching bag, beating the hell out of it. He figured it was trying to let his anger out on the bag, something Des always told him to do when he felt pissed off or the slightest bit angry.

April had been helping Don with Des but she retired to the kitchen for the moment. She sat at the table they had looking over a paper. Leo had wanted to ask Don if he found something or had a simple clue but he didn't bother his brother. If something came up Don or April would have said so. The turtle then looked around to see where the youngest brother was. He didn't say a word the entire way back, which worried Leo a little. He saw his brother by the tv, he was clicking through channels stopping on a news story.

Leo didn't pay a lot of attention to the news but decided it would keep his mind off of Des for the time being. He walked over and sat beside his youngest brother. Mikey only looked slightly at Leo before returning his eyes to the screen.

"In latest news a break in happened earlier tonight at a local jewelry shop. Witnesses say that they could only make out what seems to be teenage boys. If you have any other information please contact the local police."

This was what bothered Leo about the surface. People can do both wonderful and terrible things. It was hard to believe that this was where April and Destiny come from. Leo had saw firsthand just how cruel the world could be. That night always played in Leo's mind, Des's tears, her mother's words, and how uneasy she was when she had reached what she used to call home.

"Hey guys!" Don yelled across the room.

Leo and Mikey shot up from the couch, while Raph immediately stopped punching his bag. All three hurried over to Don, who had been accompanied by April.

"Did you find anything out?" Leo asked him.

Don paused for a moment before he answered his older brother.

"Yeah I did. She should be fine now but the mouser bite caused her to go into that mode, if you call it that. It had almost hit one of the veins in her neck, which could have been fatal. Since she doesn't have a lot of experience fighting like that her lion half must have took control over her." Don explained to them.

Leo was relieved she was fine, though made a mental note to help Des train some more so that it wouldn't happen again. He then looked passed Don to see Des asleep on Don's examination table. She was still in her lioness form, probably still recovering from the incident. Slowly Leo walked passed Don and approached Des.

Not wanting to wake her he sat down beside her on the chair Don had sitting beside the table. Leo looked at the spot on her neck where the mouser bit was, it was now covered in bandages. Leo smiled at his brother's handy work. Don was the brains of the family alright, he took it upon himself to learn how to treat wounds and any other kind of medical emergency they might have. Leo was grateful for that since they couldn't exactly go to the hospital or anything, not without freaking people out that is.

"Well she looks alright now Don." Leo heard Raph say behind him. "Good to know that medical stuff you've been looking up comes in handy."

"Yeah well it wasn't exactly serious, she wasn't hurt that bad and it didn't seem to bother her." Don told them.

"She should wake up soon anyway now. I'm surprised she hasn't yet." April added.

"I thought that too but I'd give her more time because she might be mentally exhausted. For all we know she might have been fighting to get control back over herself." Don defended her.

"That's true." April admitted.

She then looked over at the time and saw it was really late.

"Well boys I better head back home. It's later than what I had thought." She told them.

Leo looked up at the time and saw it was around one in the morning. Looking back at April he began to speak.

"Do you need one of us to go with you back?" Leo asked her.

April then sighed and shook her head.

"It's fine guys really. I can make it back myself." She said.

Raph then walked over to her and made his way out.

"I'll escort ya back. I need to get out for a bit anyway." Raph stated not taking any moment to make his way out of the liar.

Mikey looked back at Raph while Leo and Don just sighed as they watched him leave. April then hurried after him not objecting the hot-head. Leo shifted his gaze back to Des before hearing Don speak up.

"Well I'm going to head to bed, if you're going to watch her." Don said looking over to Leo.

"Yeah go ahead Donnie. I'll stay with her." Leo said, then turned to Mikey. "You should get some sleep too Mikey."

The youngest turtle paused before nodding. He took one more look at Des before he started to head to his room. Don was about to follow Mikey but stopped for a second.

"Don't worry Leo." Don almost whispered.

Leo looked up from Des and over to his brother.

"She'll be okay, she should wake up soon. If she doesn't in about an hour try to wake her up yourself. Just so she can understand what was happening, if she's not in a lot of pain or feeling funny, she can go ahead and go back to sleep." Don told him.

Before Leo could answer back, Don had left the room going to bed. Leo smiled softly, Don might have been hiding it but he was truly worried about her from the second they made it out of the building. Looking back at Des he stroked her head.

"You're really growing on everyone Des. Including myself." Leo gently whispered.

He sat beside her for about an hour. Raph had come back during the time period and said good night to Leo after looking over Destiny one more time. Now the turtle was about to try and wake her up, when her eyes fluttered open. She looked him in the eye then slowly began to get up.

"Careful Des." Leo said in a low whisper so he wouldn't wake the others.

"Leo, what happened?"

It took him a few minutes before he answered.

"You went berserk and Raph held you down. When I told him to let you go and he had done so, you just stopped and passed out. We took you back here and Don worked on you making sure you were okay."

Leo watched as she slowly nodded her head. He could see she was struggling to remember what had happened.

"What do you remember?" Leo asked her.

She paused for a moment trying to recall what she could remember.

"We were in the building I was keeping watch, until some of the mousers came. When I got rid of most of them two snuck up behind me and when I turned around on clamped its mouth around my throat. I was able to shake it but once it was off I remember feeling strange. Then I couldn't move my own body to my will, I could see what was happening but it was like I was out of my own body watching what happened. When Stockman showed up everything went blurry. It only cleared up when Raph tackled me and I heard your voice saying to let me go. Once he did my mind was back but I still was unable to move my body." Destiny explained.

The turtle nodded his head. From what she described it made sense now.

"Leo, do you have any idea why that happened?" She asked him hoping for an explanation

He nodded as he looked over at her.

"Donnie said after he was done looking you over he thought that the mouser bite had done it. At first he wasn't sure why but before he went to bed he told me that he thinks that when the mouser bit you there it caused your lion form to take control. The reason why it might have done that might be because you haven't fought a lot in that form or have been in that much danger. So when it got its attack in it almost hit a fatal spot on you." Leo tried to explain and remember what his brother had told him about an hour ago.

"I see so it was a means to protect myself."

Leo nodded as he looked at her. She seemed okay now but he was still worried about her.

"Are you in any pain now or do you feel funny?" he asked her.

"I don't think so. I feel fine now."

Leo then got up and offered a hand to her. Destiny slowly changed back to her human self and then took Leo's hand. Once she was up Leo began to walk out of the room.

"Come on, we should get some sleep then. Don said you should be fine if you didn't feel off or were in pain."

"Okay."

The two then entered their room and layed on the bed. Des fell asleep first leaving a wide awake Leo. He sat in the bed as he was lost in thought. Things were only going to get more dangerous now. Leo looked back down at Des who was sound asleep. He smiled at her, she made him feel happy every time she was near him. He wasn't sure why but he also felt strange around her however he couldn't explain the feeling. It was a moment later that the thought struck him.

'Master Splinter always told us stories for bed about a prince and a princess falling in love or something like that. Along with the stories about Yoshi and Tang Chen. I wonder if that's what is happening to me. Am I falling in love with Des?' he thought to himself.

Looking back at the girl he smiled and wrapped his arm around her, bringing the girl closer to himself. Leo then finally closed his eyes with one thought that crossed his mind before he let sleep take him.

'I guess I'll find out sooner or later, if that's what is happening then sure enough the curse is going to affect me as well.'

That's it for this chapter. Again sorry there wasn't a lot going on in this chapter. There will be more in the next one I promise. Anyway thank you guys for reading and I hope you enjoyed it. Also remember to leave a review and if you haven't yet fav/follow the story if you like it. Thank you guys so much and until next time.

~wolvesfinalden