[One of them says the Krang's words to him right in his ear and Leo shakes hard, because it's not the right voice but he can still hear it exactly as it was that day. It's hard to stay focused, hard to keep his thoughts in order, but he has to, he's the leader and he has to keep his head.
"'He never should have made you leader,' says Misaka, pointing out the obvious."
Donnie pulls away from him, and for a second Leo is panicking for an entirely different reason, because if he loses Donnie in the crush of bodies he's not sure he'll be able to find him again-
But then he feels Donnie curling against his shell, his arms wrapping around him, and one of the vices on his heart eases just a little. He hasn't lost him, he still has him. Screw whatever these weird goopy girls say, he's getting them out of here.
The sudden pressure of the goggles on his head startles him.
He wasn't expecting Donnie to give them to him - if anything Donnie needs them more, to block out at least one of his senses before he gets completely overwhelmed. But instead, he has them, and he sees things in a whole new light, literally.
The girls, the Krang debris, the blood, all of it falls away, and he sees the dimensions of the room, the door they need to get to somewhere on the other side. They're barely over halfway, and the distance still feels impossibly far, but there is an end, if they can get there.
He can still feel the slimy, slithery touch of the Krangified sisters on his body, can still hear their treacherous whispers as they lob all the cruelest words he's ever heard or thought about himself back at him, but he can't see them anymore. He can see the goal. He can move to the goal.]
Thanks, Donnie.
[First, he needs to get Accelerator.
He can't see the girl talking to him, and he only caught the tail end of what she said, but he can tell from the way Accelerator just looks broken that whatever it was, it wasn't good. He's never seen Accelerator like this, emotions raw on his face like he's been torn open.
(He's the same age as Mikey.)
Leo still has a hand on his arm, but now he yanks him in closer, trying to get his arm around his shoulders. He wishes he had Raph's power, right now, so he could become bigger, as big as he needs to be, to pick them up and run them right out of here, but he doesn't have Raph's power, and he can already tell that trying to open a portal while he feels this strung out wouldn't end well. So he just has to bundle them both as close to him as he can and get them out of here, however he can.]
Hey, Accy, I got you. We're leaving, okay? We're leaving.
[He says it to bolster his own confidence, too. He can't see them anymore, but he can still feel the crush of bodies in front of them, pushing them back.]
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"'He never should have made you leader,' says Misaka, pointing out the obvious."
Donnie pulls away from him, and for a second Leo is panicking for an entirely different reason, because if he loses Donnie in the crush of bodies he's not sure he'll be able to find him again-
But then he feels Donnie curling against his shell, his arms wrapping around him, and one of the vices on his heart eases just a little. He hasn't lost him, he still has him. Screw whatever these weird goopy girls say, he's getting them out of here.
The sudden pressure of the goggles on his head startles him.
He wasn't expecting Donnie to give them to him - if anything Donnie needs them more, to block out at least one of his senses before he gets completely overwhelmed. But instead, he has them, and he sees things in a whole new light, literally.
The girls, the Krang debris, the blood, all of it falls away, and he sees the dimensions of the room, the door they need to get to somewhere on the other side. They're barely over halfway, and the distance still feels impossibly far, but there is an end, if they can get there.
He can still feel the slimy, slithery touch of the Krangified sisters on his body, can still hear their treacherous whispers as they lob all the cruelest words he's ever heard or thought about himself back at him, but he can't see them anymore. He can see the goal. He can move to the goal.]
Thanks, Donnie.
[First, he needs to get Accelerator.
He can't see the girl talking to him, and he only caught the tail end of what she said, but he can tell from the way Accelerator just looks broken that whatever it was, it wasn't good. He's never seen Accelerator like this, emotions raw on his face like he's been torn open.
(He's the same age as Mikey.)
Leo still has a hand on his arm, but now he yanks him in closer, trying to get his arm around his shoulders. He wishes he had Raph's power, right now, so he could become bigger, as big as he needs to be, to pick them up and run them right out of here, but he doesn't have Raph's power, and he can already tell that trying to open a portal while he feels this strung out wouldn't end well. So he just has to bundle them both as close to him as he can and get them out of here, however he can.]
Hey, Accy, I got you. We're leaving, okay? We're leaving.
[He says it to bolster his own confidence, too. He can't see them anymore, but he can still feel the crush of bodies in front of them, pushing them back.]