Why Things Were p.13

TMNT/ OC/ fanfiction
PG-13- Violence/Gore/Language




2 more days went by and Seth's recovery seemed to work well with the presence of his little brother. Him and Levi seemed close...as if they'd know eachother their whole lives. Levi stayed by Seth's side a lot and it seemed to do Seth good so no one objected to it.

But questions were now arising. How did Seth fall into Bishop's hands? What happened to John the night he disappeared? And what did Shawn mean when he said he 'saw it coming'?
Everyone had these questions drumming in their minds and decided now was the time to get answers.
Leo: "Don...I need you to talk to John about the night he disappeared. It might tell us more about what happened."
Don frowned but nodded and sighed- "Okay, Leo..I'll talk with him."
He heads off to John's room.

John lifted his head from his book at the sound of knocking on his door. He got up and opened the door to see his father standing before him.
Don: "John, may I come in? I need to talk with you."
John frowned but stepped aside- "Of course, father."
Don walks in and closes the door behind him- "Have a seat, John."
John sat down on his mattress and looked at his father who was now at eye level with him.
"What is it, father?"
Don sighs- "I need you to tell me about the night you disappeared...it may be able to help us know what happened."
John frowned more and looked down at his book and closed it up and set it down beside him on the bed. "I had gone to the park that night just to get out and relax..I was drawing. The park was pretty much empty. But after a while a young woman with black hair came and sat down on a bench near where I was. Moments later her phone rang and she started talking talking to someone...she called him by name...Seth."
Don goes wide eyed in disbelief.
John: "At first I refused to believe it was the same Seth we all know. But when her conversation ended our old enemy Vladimir came out into the open and started threatening her to give him Seth. He was using the woman to get to Seth."
Don is now pacing having trouble taking it all in- "Seth was seeing someone? B-but..."
John: "When I tried to escape and come home I was attacked by a few more ninjas and rendered unconscious. When I woke up I was in Bishop's lab. He did experiments on me and opened me up..."
Don stopped pacing now and tears rolled down his cheek and he threw his arms around his son and wept. "I'm so sorry I wasn't there to help you, John."
John: "It is not your fault. I did not have the chance to call for aid..."
Don held his arms around John for a while and they embraced eachother. Finally Don let go and wiped his tears- "Thank you, John. That's all I need to know..."
John watches his father turn and head to his door then walk out.

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Mikey and Emily were already interrogating Shawn.
Mikey: "Just tell us what you saw, Shawn."
Shawn: "I already told you!! I kept seeing that psycho ripping Seth open! I-It happened like every night but I thought it was just nightmares from that Saw movie I watched with Uncle Raphie!"
Mikey and Emily frowned and looked at eachother.
Shawn: "but..."
Their attention once again focused on Shawn.
Shawn: "That girl that we saw dead on the news...she was in the dream too...a-and holding a knife...a-and luring Seth to Bishop..."
Mikey: "The starbucks girl?" 00
Shawn nods.
Emily: "What could that girl have to do with this?"
Mikey: "I'm not sure...but I think Leo should know about your dreams, Shawn."
Shawn looked down sadly at the floor and Emily wrapped her arms around him holding him close.
Mikey gets up and heads off to speak to Leo.


On his way there him and Donny collide into eachother almost knocking themselves both to the floor.
Mikey: "Donny? You going the same way I am?" 0o
Don: "If you're going to see Leo, then yes."
They both look at eachother a little surprised and wondered if they both even were going for the same thing. They'd soon find out because moments later they both walked into the dojo and were greeted by Leo who was now panting and sweating from his workout.
Don: "I just got done talking to John.."
Mikey: "I just got done talking to Shawn!" 0o
Leo nods- "Good...and what did you guys find out?"
They both were silent a moment.
Don: "There was a girl somehow involved in all this..."
He tells Leo everything John told him.
Both Mikey and Leo listened intently with shocked expressions.
Mikey: "W-well thaz just freaky...because Shawn was saying he kept having dreams of the girl luring Seth to Bishop and Bishop going all mad scientist on him!" 0o
Leo's eyes broaden- "Dreams?"
Mikey: "Ya, he said he got em every night since he watched that horror movie with Raph."
Leo: "Dreams that occur 3 times or more are usually more than just dreams...they're visions."
Mikey: "Visions? My son saw a vision?" 00
Leo: "Sounds like it...I wish he had told us this...we might have been able to prevent it."
Don and Mikey get quiet.
Leo: "So some girl was in on this...Seth had been seeing someone? Or at least staying in contact with her somehow..."
Mikey: "Raph's gonna be steamed..."
Don: "What should we do, Leo?"
Leo thinks a moment. "We need to confront Seth and get the truth."
Don: "Should we tell Raph first?"
Leo: "He does need to know...but I'm afraid he might jump the gun before we get anywhere with this information. I'll talk to Raph personally. Then him and I will talk to Seth. Seth won't most likely talk about it to everyone. So it will be just me and his father."
Don and Mikey nod.

It's not long before Leo manages to pull Raph aside and tell him the updated information. But it also wasn't long before Raph was storming to the lab where Seth was. Luckily Leo managed to grab Raph before he got inside and ruined any chances of Seth telling the truth.
Leo: "We can't have you storming in there, Raph! Seth will just wanna run out and avoid you more! We need to approach him calmly!"
Raph: "Ya sayin' mah son was datin some human chick without any of us knowin it, she was using him, delivered him ta Bishop, AND YA WANT ME TA BE CALM?!?!?"
Leo growls- "We need to get his side of the story!!! Only he knows what was really going on!! He might not have been in a relationship with her at all! This could have just been them staying in contact and her leading him in the wrong direction!"
Raph growled- "I honestly don't care what he was doin with the girl! The point is he's been doin things without us knowin it and he almost died because of it!!"
Leo: "You're not gonna go storming in there screaming at your son! We are gonna talk to him calmly and get the truth!! And that's FINAL!"
Raph glared- "Oh ya? Watch me!"
Leo: "Is this how Eve would want you to act?!?"
Raph freezes and tenses up and gives Leo a fierce glare- "You leave mah wife out of this d*mit!!"
Leo: "She wouldn't want you doing this!! Think about it!!! She was never harsh with Seth! She always spoke to him with a level head! You need to do the same!"
Raph was tense and looked like he was going to turn into Satan himself. But surprisingly he took a deep breath and turned his back to Leo.
"Fine."
With that Leo and Raph walked into the lab.