It's Not Your Fault (Open)

[Leonardo]

(ooc; May 2nd. Morning.)

Living Room:

Leo had come home and fallen asleep almost immediately. The Stress of the past few months, regaining his memories and what he'd done. He was ashamed. He should have fought harder. Instead he'd fought people including his family. There'd been a few close calls.

"If I had just been a little bit stronger I could have...."

He trailed off as tears began to form. He could have killed his brothers or his father. Even all of them. And despite everything they'd never givne up and fought to get him back. His family had saved him and right now he just felt like a monster. He would miss some of the people in Facilier's army especially some of the younger members like Olive. But they'd made their choice. He would just make sure not to fight them as he didn't think he could hurt them. Maybe he'd just focus on Malachite or people from Ask That Guy's army.

"I should have been stronger. I'm supposed to protect my family not hurt them." said Leonardo.

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Bruce stumbled downstairs. He was shirtless wearing only his purple pants. He'd woken up and couldn't find a clean shirt so he'd just come downstairs. His stomach rumbled as he headed to the kitchen and overheard the turtle.

"Leonardo it's not your fault. What they did to you. They used magic." said Bruce.

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Kitchen:

Mike walked out spotting the group. He was glad they'd both been rescued. He was just making his way through to grab some food and hoped he didn't run into anyone especially Magnus. The guilt still ate away at him. He'd nearly gotten Thor killed and Magnus had gotten captured. If Sherlock wasn't so stubborn he'd be completely alone but his boyfriend was always there for him. He knew his friends would be too but he was punishing himself. Mike froze as Diamanda came in and spoke. He said nothing and began to pale at her threats.

"You're bluffing." said Mike.

He stepped back nervously as she pulled out the Wicker Man DVDS.

When Marzgurl walked in he smiled weakly.

"I guess I've just had a lot on my mind. I came here to get something to eat." said Mike.

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Diamanda walked in spotting Mike heading to the kitchen and followed him.

"Enough of your pity party! You made a bad call. Get over it! You think you're the only one who's made mistakes in this war! Or before it? Do you know how much Nostalgia Chick, Spoony, Angry Joe, and the others are worried about you? Every time anyone tries to approach you, you avoid them or excuse yourself. This has to stop! If not I'll make you watch a few crossover movies. Some really bad mysteries that make you rethink your definition of mundane." said Diamanda.

She grinned holding up the Wicker Man, the old version and the remake.

"I thought we'd start with a Wicker Man marathon and move on from there." said Diamanda.

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Marzgurl walked into the kitchen spotting Mike and Diamanda, missing her threats entirely.

"Mike? Are you alright? You don't look so good." said Marzgurl.

[Max Goof]

Living Room

IHeart saw Leonardo and felt a bit sympathetic to his pain. Everyone knew that leonardo was going to take this very hard. All these months, trapped by malachite away from his family. Leonardo no doubt felt like absolutely crap about it. IHeart saw Bruce and Donatello come down to comfort him and IHeart gently put her hand on his shoulder in support. IHeart said softly "Leo. Don't blame yourself please. It wasn't your fault. All this was simply magic by malachite. He's the one responsible not you" She then heard a sudden knock at the door. She reluctantly got up and went to open it and she widened her eyes in shock as she listened to max ask to come in. She replied warmly "Come on in max. I'm IHeart" She then turned to the others "These are my allies"
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Donatello tried his best to not immediately check on leonardo the minute he arrived home but donatello couldn't exactly ignore the obvious anymore than he could. Donatello noticed his brother completely disheveled and donatello honestly wasn't surprised. He knew this would happen. Leonardo was no doubt going to take this extremely personally. To the point of obsession maybe. He slowly made his way to the room, slowly checking up on leo before sitting near him, holding his hand out for leo to take should he decide to. Donatello heard some of what bruce and IHeart said and replied "They're right leo. None of this is your fault. You always protect us. But we should've protected you" He then gave a quick, polite wave to max.
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This was way more weirder than anything Max ever dealt with. And he had a internship at his uncle mickey's house of mouse. Max to say the least was pretty scared. He even was considering that maybe it would be nice that his dad was here, at least to give him company in his confusion. He noticed this place looked very similar to home and yet he felt so out of place, like high school again but way worse. He then ran as he saw cars coming and hid in the bushes, intimidated by where he was. In a panic he searched for a house and managed to find one with a small cardboard plaque near the bushes that said Property of Nostalgia Critic. If needing help, please enter through living room front Max quickly rushed to the door and knocked on it.

To his surprise a young girl, one that looked a couple years younger than him opened and didn't look upon him with fear, but more of shock that anyone was here. Max replied "Hi. Miss. I need your help. I have no idea where I am or what's going on" He then awkwardly replied "My name is Max Goof. I was hoping you'd let me in, there's somebody here who might give me answers" He then was delighted as he was welcomed in and introduced to a group. He didn't know any of them but the turtles, the one with a blue bandanna particularly, gave him comfort that he wasn't the odd one out this time. He waved shyly, looking to the one in blue in particular and replied "Hi there"

Kitchen

Critic was distracted by overall events, but at last minute he did manage to get his team to successfully get magnus and bruce home. He thought about the events over and over about the failures of mike and sherlock's scheme but eventually realized the poor dudes were simply trying to help and that they were punishing themselves enough. Critic realized he may have been way too harsh on mike, seeing that the man would literally shrink and hide at the sight of him. Critic didn't want that anymore. He wasn't the dictator of kickassia, he was the leader now and a leader helped others. Critic felt awful of mike's pain and wanted to talk to him. Luckily today was that day, Critic saw margurl and diamanda come by, magnus following him. Critic turned to marzgurl with a simple nod before turning to mike "Heya mike. I haven't seen you in a while. Listen you and I need to talk" He took a deep breath and replied "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I snapped at you about.. well you know the whole fiasco with you and sherlock. Listen I was angry then but I get why you did it. And I'm sorry for being a dick about it then. I'm sorry about all this" Another deep breath "But you can't keep hiding. You gotta let this go. I'm serious. You can't avoid all of us forever"
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Magnus felt a bit like home when he returned from capture. He felt so welcomed. More than he ever did in his police team. Linksano especially kept a watch on him. It made his stomach all butterflies and knots. Magnus looked about before seeing mike and having not seen him for the longest time wanted to race to him to see if he was okay. But critic took his spotlight. Magnus rolled his eyes and replied "Jesus critic, tell us all how you really feel" He then turned to mike to see his reaction and magnus backed away slightly to give mike some room and he replied "Heya mike. I'm glad to see you"

[Leonardo]

Living Room:

Leonardo shook his head.

"I should have fought harder. I attacked my family. I could have killed them." said Leonardo.

He paused seeing Donatello. The one family member who hadn't helped bring him out his spell. He smiled seeing grateful he was ok.

"Donny! You're ok!" said Leonardo.

He paused walking up and hugging his brother. His memories were still foggy like he couldnt' remember everything right away.

"I don't remember everything yet. Some things are a bit of a blur. Master Splinter, Mrs. Potts, Willie, and some of the others think they'll come back with time. Just was too much of a shock to my brain or something. I don't remember if we fought in this war. I didn't hurt you did I?" asked Leo.

He smiled at the others before looking in shock seeing Max join them.

"You have a nice smile." said Leo.

He then blushed when he realized what he just said.

"I....uh.. mean welcome. Nice to meet you." said Leo.

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Bruce saw the brothers reunite which seemed to brighten Leonardo's mood a little.

"Believe me I know how bad things can be. I turn into Hulk and for awhile he was a big rage monster. Hurting people, damaging property. But in time he got better and was less pure rage. He still likes to smash stuff." said Bruce.

He coughed hiding back a laugh seeing Leo's reaction to Max. Looks like someone was developing a crush.

"Nice to meet you Max. Welcome." said Bruce.

Kitchen:

Mike looked up at Critic in shock as he apologized. And in a way it felt like a weight had been taken off his shoulders. He still felt guilty but Critic had been one of his friends. He'd avoided many of the reviewers afraid they sided with Critic and were mad at him. He had been afraid they were all hated him. The anger and disappointment had gotten to him and now Critic was trying to make amends. Critic had been someone he'd admired and been one of the influences of him starting his review show Mundane Mysteries.

"Thank you. We thought we planned everything out. But Thor nearly died. Thor and Magnus were taken prisoner. And then you got mad. I thought I'd lost you. Lost everyone. These past few years I've made friendships with so many reviewers. Some I used to watch and inspired me including you. I almost went home the day after we got back. Sherlock talked me into staying but it's been harder than I thought." said Mike.

Mike paused looking over at Magnus.

"I heard we got you, Bruce and Leonardo back. I'm sorry I talked you into that stupid mission. You were tortured and kidnapped because of my stupid plans. Could you ever forgive me?" asked Mike.

He paused looking at Diamanda and Marzgurl gratefully. He was glad he hadn't lost everyone like he'd thought. He'd just wallowed too much in his own head and thought things were worse than they had been.

"Thank you both." said Mike.

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Diamanda smiled.

"Finally it's out in the open. You screwed up Stone but guess what. That makes you human. We've all made mistakes before this war and during the war. We may make even more. But we can't keep turning on each other and falling apart like this. Or we might as well surrender ourselves to the other armies and be done with it. Well the rest of you can. I would never surrender." said Diamanda.

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Marzgurl nodded.

"I admit I was one of the mad at the plan at first. But I couldn't hate you. You're our friend, you're one of us. We have to stick together. Diamanda's right. We have to stick together, now more than ever. And we'll rescue Thor and the others from both armies that have been brainwashed or enslaved in some way. They won't get away with keeping them all there." said Marzgurl.

[Max Goof]

Living Room

Donny admittedly felt guilty for not being there for leonardo during his release. But he was glad leonardo didn't really have hard feelings, and if anything was concerned about if he hurt him in the past. Donny hugged him tightly, tears threatening to spill "I missed you terribly Leo. It's so good to see you, bro" Donny then listened as leonardo replied that while memories were coming back to him, it was slow and he still had some foggy stuff. He then was a bit surprised as leonardo worriedly asked if he hurt him. He shook his head insistently "No. You didn't hurt me at all. And even if you did you would be forgiven for it. You weren't yourself. But you're back now. And that's all that matters to me" He then turned to see his brother react to Max in a way that donny knew was more than friendly. Leo had a crush. Donny couldn't help but smile a little. Anything to make his brother feel better, donny was willing to put up with it.
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IHeart frowned a bit as leo denied her and bruce's advice, but she wasn't surprised. If it was anything like ma-ti, he was going to have to deal with some of it himself. She then looked interestedly as leo's reaction to max. She turned to max and replied "Well you're part of our house now. Make yourself at home please. There's food and drinks if you want" She then went to sit with bruce, waiting for max to make himself at home. She then replied with a nod "Nope. Not the only one. If anything you're like the hundred and tenth person who showed up here"
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Max though was a bit focused purely on leonardo. He had no idea why he found himself so enamoured already but he liked this turtle. Sure, he was a guy, but that never exactly bothered max. Sure he liked girls but he was very open, and interested, to guys just as much. He did keep it mostly to himself to prevent being bullied but he wasn't exactly going to deny he found leonardo kind of cute. He blushed a bit more as leonardo praised his smile. He replied kindly, and feeling a need to praise leonardo for something back he replied "Thanks. Nice to meet you too. Dig the blue bandanna. Makes you look cut--I mean cool" Max blushed a bit more as he realized he nearly said cute. Damn. He was acting like he was sixteen all over again. Don't do this max thought to himself, don't do this. Be cool. Don't be awkward or dumb. Be cool.

He then turned to bruce who welcomed him "Thanks, nice to meet you" He then went to sit down, giving some space for leo to find a seat and replied "So what's the deal with this place? Am I not the only one who got like forced here?" He then widened his eyes as IHeart said he was not the first "Wow. So this is not new. Is there a reason why we're all here?"

Kitchen

"You're right. I did get mad. Only because I felt like I wasn't respected. But here's the thing, you meant well. You were just trying to help. And we still need you as part of this team. You're a great asset mike and a great friend. Magnus, bruce and leo came back. The best we can do is to work to get thor back. We will. Just takes time" Critic assured. He understood mike took his words to heart and he felt bad for that. He knew mike was upset by the failure. It was punishment enough to fail, but to be publicly humiliated by him probably didn't do him any favors. He sighed again and listened as both diamanda and marzgurl encouraged mike. Critic replied "They're right mike. We will get thor and the other brainwashed or imprisoned back. I'm glad you're here. We need you... I need you"
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Magnus looked as mike looked upon him with relief. Magnus was glad mike was talking to him. He then looked softly as mike asked for his forgiveness, claiming his capture was based upon mike's plan. Magnus shook his head "No. I got captured because I got surprise attacked. That has nothing to do with you. I was clumsy and made a mistake. If anyone is to blame it's the villians that got me. There's nothing you need to apologize for with me, mike. I knew the risks and did it anyway. And I would gladly do it again" Magnus sighed and gave mike a pat on the shoulder in assurance. He knew mike probably felt guilt for his capture but magnus wanted to assure him it wasn't his fault.

[Leonardo]

Living Room:

Leo smiled.

"It's good to be back. I'm glad this was our first meeting since I got here. I fought with Mikey and Raph. And I hurt them. I could have...."

He trailed off as his hands were starting to shake as he formed them into fists.

"It took everything I had to not go after Malachite right there. He took my memories, kept me from my family, and made me fight all of you. But Master Splinter and the others talked me out of it." said Leonardo.

Leo paused hugging his brother again perhaps too tightly.

"This is real right? I'm not going to wake up and be back there again?" whispered Leonardo.

He said it so low only Donny could hear him. He was glad to be free but a small part of him feared this was a dream or an illusion of Malachite's ready to disappear at any moment.

Then his attention shifted to Max and he found himself blushing as he complimented his bandana.

"Thanks. I guess I've gotten used to it being a ninja." said Leonardo.

He paused realizing he hadn't introduced himself as he grinned.

"I'm Leonardo. But everyone calls me Leo." said Leo.

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Bruce grinned.

"I'm thankful to be rescued as well. I spent time as myself and Hulk there. I think they were trying to force him to work for them somehow. But it didn't work." said Bruce.

He was amused at Leo and Max's reaction to each other. It was love at first sight. He hoped they acted on but he wasn't going to push. If it happened it happened. When Max talked to him he nodded.

"You're welcome. Make yourself feel at home." said Bruce.

He paused glancing at Iheart.

"I've been out of the loop. Are Thor, Tony, and Steve okay? And Jane, Pepper and Dr. Tease? Did everyone find a cure for the transformations?" asked Bruc.e

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Kitchen:

Mike smiled for the first time in a while. He still felt guilty but that people were talking to him and not blaming him.

"Thank you. I can't stop feeling guilty about this but I'm going to try to do better." said Mike.

He glanced around as the others spoke.

"Thank you everyone." said Mike.

He looked at Magnus and nodded.

"I'm glad you're back. But it was my plan. I'm just sorry you and Thor had to suffer because of it." said Mike.

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Marzgurl nodded.

"And that's good. That you feel bad. We all do. That Thor and many others are still brainwashed or trapped in those armies. But we can feel sorry about it or do something about it. Make better plans, make inventions. So the next time we do it we bring them home." said Marzgurl.

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Diamana nodded.

"And there's a reason we have a council. To discuss these plans. Do you think I wouldn't want to go with my army of minions and attack? Sure they'd probably get some of them. But my minions don't have superpowers. But we'll figure it out. We always do." said Diamanda.

[Max Goof]

(OCC: Just to be clear, all the transformations are cured now right?)

Living Room

Donny tried to stop leo from self loathing himself. He didn't want his brother to suffer anymore than he had. He tried to be reasonable for leo and assured "Leo. You weren't yourself" He then sighed softly "I should've been there. But I had to be part of backup members here. Anytime a battle happens, we prepare for any sneak attacks. Because that's happened in the past" He sighed again, he demanded and begged critic to go to the battle with his family but he was ordered to stay. It bothered him more than he wanted to. He felt a bit self loathing in his own way. He then listened as Leonardo admitted to wanting to take down malachite but was talked out of it "They're right to stop you leo. He's strong. And we wanted you home not taking down malachite" Donny assured

He then heard Leonardo whisper to him that he wasn't sure this was reality. But a dream. Donny hugged him tighter than before and replied firmly "This is real leo. You're home. You're safe. And I got your back. Now and forever" He then smiled as max talked to him as did bruce and IHeart. He then replied, realizing he forgot to introduce himself too "Sorry forgot to introduce myself too. I'm his brother Donatello but people call me Donny"
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Max didn't feel right to interrupt the conversation Leonardo had with his brother. He then smiled as Leonardo said his name as well as Donny said his name. He nodded approvingly to Donny then replied to leo, smiling a bit, attempting to be likeable "Leonardo huh? That's a really nice name. Italian. Just curious are you Italian? Cause that's cool too if you are. I mean if you're not that's fine too I was just curious" He blushed as he realized how admittedly awkward he sounded. Dang it max, BE COOL Max thought to himself. He then heard Leonardo refer to himself as a ninja. That got max's attention and he decided to be a tad funny, at least to maybe get on Leonardo's good side more "Ninja? Pretty sweet. Remind me not to get on your bad side then" He then smirked, once again playing it up with some humor. He hoped his attempts to be charming were paying off.

He then noticed bruce and IHeart converse about the state of their people and replied to that "So there's people captured here? Dang, it's like a war or something" He then paled a lot as he was told that it was "A war? Wait, that's.. that's screwed up. We should all be home or something!"
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IHeart smiled and allowed the turtles to speak with max more as bruce asked her about the state of affairs. She replied kindly to bruce "Steve and Tease are doing fine. Pepper's been pretty quiet. The transformations have been cured for a while now, most if not everyone has been transformed back and Tony are okay. Tony has been obsessed with finding you. He's downstairs in the lab now though because he said something about 'making them pay' or something like that" She then paled a bit realizing the implication of that and replied "Not that he wanted to leave here but he's been really mad about them hurting you. He told me to tell you he'll be up to say hi again shortly once he's done with that thing. I tried to tell him to come up but he said he wants to fix it"

She then frowned a bit about thor "He... um, I think he's captured at Ask thatguy's now" She sighed "I'm sorry about that." She then turned to max and realized he said it was like a war "Um, max, that's because it is a war"
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Kitchen

"Marzgurl and dia are right mike. We'll figure it out we always do" Critic replied trying to be helpful himself. He could tell mike still felt responsible but critic wanted him to stop that now. Critic replied some more "We have council and meetings and plans for a reason mike. So we can help these people and each other. Blaming ourselves can just hurt us more. We just need to work together" He then turned to hear magnus talk more and he nodded in agreement. He hoped mike was listening to them.
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Magnus shook his head as mike blamed himself still "Like I said mike, I would gladly do it again. I do regret getting captured but now I learned from it and will show those jerks whatfor the next time" He then turned to listen to mike mention thor and replied "Hey. We'll get thor back. We just need a plan for him. We have the tools we just need to use them properly" He was not gonna give up on finding thor. To give up was to lose. And magnus was not going to lose.

[Leonardo]

PostLiving Room:

Leo shook his head.

"I'm glad you weren't. It was hard enough seeing Raphael, Mickey and Master Splinter in danger. Seeing you there would have made me feel worse if I'd been forced to hurt you too." said Leo.

He sighed.

"I want to stop him and yet I don't know if I could either. We didn't fight much against magic. It was always warriors or weapons. I mean we had a few instances but we had magic of our own to fall back on. Maybe we need to brush on that. I think we may all be a bit rusty." said Leo.

Leo hugged him as tight as he could as Donny hugged him back.

"You're really here." whispered Leo, as he was almost afraid he'd wake up and be back in Malachite's army again.

Leo nodded.

"Yeah. Our father named us and our brothers Raphael and Michelangelo after Italian painters." said Leo.

Leo grinned.

"You could never get on my bad side." said Leo.

Leo sighed.

"Yes. There are prisoners in the other armies. Some in cells, and some enslaved to the armies. Like I used to be. And others who were tricked or manipulated into joining. Kids who wanted homes and got adopted not realizing they're with the bad guys." said Leo.

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Bruce nodded.

"I'm glad they're all okay. Well at least safe. I doubt any of them were okay with me being gone. I was worried they'd try to come after me and end up prisoners as well." said Bruce.

Bruce smiled.

"I'm sure he's whipping up some new weapon or update to his armor right now. We'll see each other eventually." said Bruce.

He paused at her words about Thor.

"No! They got Thor?!" said Bruce, in shock.

Mike, Marzgurl and Diamanda

Kitchen:

Mike nodded.

"I hope so. We still have so many prisoners in the other armies. We have to get them all back." said Mike.

He sighed.

"I promise I'll try but it's hard to not blame yourself. It was my plan after all." said Mike.

He paused wondering if that might be a good idea after all.

"I'll think about it Marzgurl." said Mike.

Mike paused at Magnus's words and smiled.

"You're right. We'll get Thor and the others back. Just not as soon as I want." said Mike.

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Marzgurl smiled.

"It doesn't hurt to try. Also maybe consider talking to someone like Mrs. Potts or Splinter. They've helped out a lot of us." said Marzgurl.

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Diamanda smirked.

"We'll get everyone and make Ask That Guy and Facilier wish they'd stuck to those second rate villains and regret taking in the others." said Diamanda.

She smiled.

"Well how about we take a break from shop talk and do something to relax." said Diamanda.