Category: TMNT 2012

A normal everyday mission and run in with Baxter Stockman leads to the unveiling of a long covered secret, a revel that will change the brothers lives forever.

Hello, this is my first fan-fiction story it's just a little idea of mine, hopefully me spelling and grammar will not be too atrocious please enjoy. Also I do not own TMNT they are the creation of Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Nickelodeon so please do not sue me.

Chapter 1

Mikeys P.O.V

The turtles stood at the edge of a giant building the lights of the city burning bright behind them; they had just fought off the foot in order to safely recover some information about Baxter Stockman who had been up to some slippery business as of late.

"Ninja's out" said Leo doing a back-flip off the building to disappear into the dark alley, leaving a breathless Karia glaring after him.

"Ya boy" Mikey yelled as he and his brothers followed suit, throwing out a "booyakasha!" before jumping off the building in style complete with a twist and flip

"What can you tell us about the Intel Donny?" asked Leo as the ninjas raced through the alley as quick as light and as quiet as shadows

"It looks as though Stockman has been experimenting with the mutagen again, from what I could tell from his notes and what we found in the lab I would say he's trying to pair it with electricity somehow" answered Donny as he raced arms out behind him after Leo

"I get why Baxter stockfly working with mutagen again would be bad, but why should we be made if he's playing with electricity? What should we care if he wants to go fly a kite?" Raph mumbled as he followed his two older brothers away from Stockmen's lab and toward the sewers.

"Oh oh could we fly a kite guys" interrupted Mickey enthusiastically not really paying attention to the conversation

"Because Raph, whatever bug boy is up to he is doing it for Shredder" stated Leo in his no nonsense manner, "and no Mikey" he added in an afterthought "we don't have time for that right now"

"Oh man, we never do anything fun" whined Mikey

"Except save the world, battle robots and aliens...keep the city safe from.."

"I said Fun Leo" Mikey glared at his older brother, sometimes he didn't think Leo even knew what fun was! All he ever did was train, Mikey knew it was to keep them safe but seriously dude it gets old. Mikey frowned to himself deep in thought lei needs to loosen up. Mikey let his mind drift back to ice cream pizza and ice cream kitty as the brothers entered the layer, Donny heading to his lav with Leo to go over the in-tell and the mission while Raph headed off to feed Chomsky leaving the tv all to Mikey. Mikey plopped down grabbed a bag of chips and started flipping through the channels

Leo's P.O.V

"So what are we looking at Donny" Leo asked as he scooted around to stand beside his genius brother as he stood slumped over the notes they had taken from Stockman's office and his open computer screen

"Like I said before Leo stockman has definitely been working with mutagen as we saw with the containers in the lab..its also mentioned in the notes" said Donny distractedly as he scavenged through the paperwork. Leo frowned as he remembered the mutagen containers they had discovered in the lab, although they hadn't know their purpose they knew that they were probably meant as a weapon as a means to cause harm and pain. Something neither Leo or his brothers could stand for, so in the midst of battle after Karai and her foobots had discovered them, Leo had rambled in sword into the control panel dismantling the system and draining the mutagen and foiling whatever Shredder's plan for them had been. But Leo doubted that what he'd done would keep Shredder down for long, he'd only bought them some time to figure out what the evil mastermind and his puppet were up to.

"what's got me puzzled" Donny's voice pulled Leo out of his thoughts "is what Baxter planned for all the electricity you saw the grids, and it's also in the notes but Baxter's notes are so scattered and I just DON'T see the connection"

Leo sighed as he placed a comforting had on his younger brothers shoulder 'don't worry D if anyone could figure this out it's you" Donny turned his big brown eyes to Leos "thanks Leo"

"No problem D" Leo returned the smile, "don't stress it Donny it'll come to you" Leo turned to leave stopping at the door to turn a smile back to his little brother who was already busy on his computer, "and D" said Leo gently one hand on the door "don't stay up too late, we had a long night you' need your sleep"

Leo turned rubbing his eyes heading to his own room the weight pulling at his eyes just another reminder of the overwhelming exhaustion Waring on him. It had been a long day, between the training, patrolling, the stealth mission which turned into an all out fight with Karai; all in all they should all be tired. Leo couldn't wait to curl up in his bed and drift into sleep, although he knew he probably wouldn't get a wink of sleep. The wheels in his head wouldn't let him, there had been something in the lab that had been…..familiar. Leo couldn't put his finger on it but he could sense something in the air something telling him something was going to happen something big. Leo had always had a bit of a sixth sense especially when it came to his brothers, he could always tell when they were hurt when they were sad when they needed him. It's why they could never sneak up on him, why Dr. Prankinstine himself could rarely play a prank on Leo (well except water balloons), and although it galled his brothers when he could tell they entered a room, or when they were trying to sneak off, they were silently fascinated by it. It seemed to them that their big brother had inherited Splinters sixth sense. Except that wasn't it not entirely anyway.

Leo shook his head trying to clear it, he knew what he thought he'd sensed but he knew it wasn't so. Memories flashed through his head, it was like a smell that was bringing up bitter taste of memories up with it. Leo closed his eyes as he settled on his bed hugging his knees to his chest. "No no no" said Leo quietly to himself "don't kid yourself it isn't…. it can't be he's.. gone...You failed him" Leo felts his throat tighten as the tears threatened to flow, he had failed! All those years ago he'd failed his deepest darkest fear had been realized that day, that terrible terrible day all those years ago. He'd been so small to small to protect his brothers and him that day that day in the sewers. Leo shut his eyes as the failed to hold back the tears the tears that were now pouring down his usually stoic face. This was the reason: the reason he trained so hard, why he wouldn't let his brothers out of sight, why he was always so afraid of losing them of failing them. Because I have! I failed them I failed him, Leo though the tears streaming down his face his breath coming out in shutters as his body started to quake. Splinter never blamed him, when Leo had pulled himself from unconsciousness days after the event he'd broken down into tears blaming himself, his father had rapped him up in a hug rocking him gently and telling him that there was nothing he could have done, that he had been to small to young and that it wasn't his fault, that he was lucky to have survived. That day had changed Leo changed him in a way his younger brothers would never understand. That day had made Leo the oldest brother in every sense of the word. From then on Leo was more focused, more determined, he trained more and worked harder. Leo stifled a sob as his grief threaten to overtaken him. That day he had lost something he had lost part of himself...his other half...and that is what he had sensed in Stockman's lab. "N..not p..possible" his sob came out in a whisperer, as a flicker of hope a kindle made its way into his heart.

TBC

What is Stockman up too? Who did Leo 'fail'? What does Leo mean by 'not possible'?