Sorry this last chapter didn't come out sooner but yeah here it is. The ending of this story has come at long last though it took forever... Enjoy.

Everything was in slow motion, each of the younger turtles watched stunned as Leo fell from the building. They each saw before them images of the past where they had treated their brother like nothing more than a nuisance.

"Leo!" they all screamed.

Each turtle became unfrozen and they ran forward toward the edge of the building not knowing what they would find. Raph was the first to reach the edge and looked over not knowing what he would find, picturing his older brother on the street below. As Donnie and Mikey joined him, they all looked over the edge though they really didn't want to. Raph's amber eyes widened as he looked over; hanging there by his fingertips was Leo who looked up at them/

"Leo?" Raph asked kind of stupidly.

"You're alive." Donnie said looking down at him as Mikey uncovered his eyes.

"Hey guys, a little help here." Leo told them still hanging there as he looked back at his brothers.

The younger turtles each grabbed an arm except Mikey, who grabbed his eldest brother's shoulders. They were all mentally kicking themselves as they thought of all the times they had ignored Leo or put him down. Standing there, each of the younger turtles looked down somewhat ashamed by their actions toward their older brother. Yet Raph wasn't going to allow himself to be overcome by emotions on anyway that made him seem weak, he looked at Leo.

"Why did you do that?" Raph asked staring at his brother. "Why are you even out here?"

"Raph..." Donnie muttered quietly.

"It's alright." Leo told Donnie with a half-grin.

He looked over his three brothers and gave them all a half grin before looking around the area.

"I'll explain once we get underground." he told them. "The Shredder could come after us again."

Raph. Donnie, and Mikey all looked at one another before nodding; following Leo back into the sewers. The eldest turtle walked a ways down one of the tunnels before he turned back to face his brothers.

"So you going to explain now?" Raph asked staring at Leo.

Blue eyes stared into amber before they flickered away to the youngest, Mikey, who was shaking slightly. Leo's eyes softened as he wrapped his arms around his jokester of a little brother to comfort him.

"It's alright, Mikey." he said softly as the other two watched. "Nothing bad will ever happen to you or Donnie or Raph."

"But what about you?" Mikey asked once Leo pulled away.

"Well that's the thing I made a vow to protect you guys from anything that threatened your lives even at the cost of my own."

"What no." Donnie said outloud. "You can't do that Leo."

"It's the vow that I made though."

The eldest turtle looked at the three who looked back at him their expressions varied between them. Mikey looked sad and shocked, Donnie's look was one of thoughtful guilt of how he had treated his brother and Raph though he tried to hide it looked guilty and ashamed.

"We should get back." Leo told them after a few minutes of silence.

The blue banded turtle grinned at his brothers as he turned toward the direction of the Lair. As the four teenagers entered their home they were met by Master Splinter, who just stared at them before pointing to the dojo silent.

"We're in trouble." Mikey whispered quietly.

A they moved off, Leo could only grin though his mind was on the vow he had made all those years ago.

"No matter what guys, I will protect you from anything that comes at us." he thought as Splinter began to speak.

Kind of an abrupt ending to a story that has taken so long to write.

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