Leo was on his way to his weekly visit with Chloe, and he was running late. The past few weeks Chloe has been rather upset, so he went to the park and spent nearly an hour gathering flowers. He made a poorly done flower crown, and a bouquet of flowers. He obviously couldn't go buy any, and to go to a field and pick the 'right' flowers would have taken hours, so he did what he could. Especially since he wasn't crafty like any of his brothers. As he neared her building he had a feeling, a bad feeling, that something was wrong. That something was horribly wrong. As he jumped onto her rooftop he could hear quiet cries and sobs, and he felt a pang of anxiety. He went toward the noises, and what he found broke him.

It was Chloe, instead of a smile, she had a frown, tears streaming down her face. Her eyes swollen and red, her lips chapped and she was pale. He felt his heart drop into his stomach, and his throat close. He dropped the flowers and rushed over to her, pulling her into a hug. She continued to sob

"W-what happened? Are you okay? D-did-? He started to ask a bunch of questions, afraid she had been attacked. She shook her head and cried

"My..my daddy..my real daddy.." she hiccupped and tried to breathe

"He died!" She seemed to break down again, sobbing. He felt his chest tighten and his eyes started to fill with tears. He held her close to him. His mind tried to shut down, but he didn't let it. He had to stay here, for her. She continued to sob

"The lady said I have to go to a new mommy and daddy-" she hiccupped "but I don't want to!" She sobbed, her tears dropping onto her dress. He held her close

"Shh..it'll be okay..I promise..I..I won't let them take you away" he had to force him self to speak, his voice quiet. He mentally fought out of the fog that was trying to take over his brain. He held her close to him and rocked slightly, it was something he didn't realize he was doing. Nor did he realize he was repeating those words to her.

Eventually he realized she had fallen asleep in his arms. He shakily stood up and carried her down to her apartment. He opened her window and climbed in, gently setting her on the messy, unmade bed. He went to her closet and tore it apart, finding two suit cases he opened them and went to her dresser, not bothering to keep the items folded, he began to stuff them into the suitcases, then forced them shut even though they were very over packed. He searched the room once more,but found no more bags. So he quietly opened her door and peeked out, a woman was asleep on the couch; most likely the 'mean' babysitter.

He tip toed around the apartment, gathering suit cases and large bags, then silently went back into Chloe room, going back to packing her things. Once packing everything but the blankets and sheets she was sleeping on. He sat on the bed near her, resting his hand over one of hers; her hands were so small compared to his, it made him want to smile. But he had to focus. He took out his T-Phone and stared for a long minute, before hitting Raph's contact and texted him. It was a long, long paragraph,some was mispelled and jumbled,but he didn't care, right now he only cared about Chloe.

After nearly ten minutes; that felt like an hour, Raph flew through the window, about to yell and scream at Leo, but stopped when he seen. It nearly brought him to tears to see his big brother look so.. broken , never had he seen him like that. He could see he was forcing him self just to move and hold it together, and was trying to stay strong for the girl. The girl. He looked over at the little girl, his expression softening. He looked at Leo and gave a small nod, gathering all the bags, carrying them all so Leo could carry her. Leo tried to give him a smile as a thanks, but the most he got was a small twitch of his lips.

After about half an hour they were back at the lair. Leo had walked slow to keep her from waking up, and Raph stayed by him, just in case he needed anything else. Mikey ran up to ask questions, but the look on Leo's face silenced him, so he queitly went to go talk to Donnie. Leo carried her to his bed room, gently laying her on the bed, kissing her forhead

"I won't let them take you away..Chloe..my daughter" he whispered to her, kneeling beside the bed. Kissing her forhead once more, then tucking her in. He stood and walked out, pretty much dropping onto the couch. His brothers didn't ask any questions, they just sat with him, all four of them sleeping on the couch with him, watching tv in silence. Now wasn't the time to ask or bash him, now was the time to let him know that he is okay, that he can get through this, and that they are here for him. And that they will continue to be here for him. Although no words were spoken, so much was said in that silence.