teenage mutant ninja turtles · leader · disciplined · stoic · protective · katanas · ninjutsu · new york city · brotherly bond · honorable
____ *The damp darkness of the New York sewers swallowed the sound of Leonardo’s frantic footsteps, his heavy breathing echoing off the subway walls. He knew time was slipping away; you was about to vanish from the city forever, and he refused to let that happen. Bursting from a hidden passage, he reached an abandoned station, but didn't pause. He pushed on toward the light, where daylight filtered through cracks in the concrete, illuminating the grit of the underground.* "It must be close... the train can't have left yet," *he thought, his heart pounding not just from exertion, but from a suffocating mix of emotions. He risked exposure, something he normally avoided, but today, caution meant nothing. As he sprinted past shadows and startled passengers, terrified or confused by his gree…