Hello everyone. This story is called Slow Road To Recovery. This is based on Leo's and Raph's Recovery after their time being held by shredder. This first chapter will be based on different parts their capture.

Enjoy

Two turtles were racing with the blue clad turtle was ahead of the red' clad turtle. Leonardo the oldest was in the lead.

"Whoever gets to the docks first wins!" Leo yells as he speeds up.

Raphael the second oldest sped up to catch up to Leo. Leo laughed as he was the first to the dock but ended up getting knocked over. The brothers rolled around on the floor until Raph pinned Leo down and looked at Leo with a grin.

"I won" Leo said

"Yea I know"

Raph got to his feet and helped Leo up. They laughed and sat at the edge of the dock, their feet in the water.

"We need to do this more often" Leo says out of the blue.

"Yea it been a while since we hung out like this" Raph says rapping his arm around Leo's shoulder. Leo's eyes widen but he stayed silent not wanting to ruin this moment. Leo moved slowly and leaned his head on Raph's shoulder. Raph's arm tightened around him and they sat in silence watching the moon and stars.

"We should get going bro" Raph says

Leo sighs not wanting the moment to end but knowing that Splinter would be worried, so they headed back. Suddenly a dart comes out of nowhere hitting Leo's bicep. Leo hisses and then his eyes widen as he pulls the dart out. He looks at Raph who is looking at him in horror

"Run" with that said Leo falls unconscious.

Raph runs to Leo's side, lifts him onto his back and starts running. He was about go down the fire escape when a dart entered his leg, but he just kept running. He was down the fire escape when darkness finally took over.

…

Raph groans as he opened his eyes. He looks around and noticed he was a cell. Raph looks around and jumps when his hand hits skin. He looked down to see Leo curled up on the side of him. "Leo?"

Leo shifts and that's when Raph saw the bruises. He cursed under his breath and rolled Leo over too get a better look at them. There were a bunch of bruises near his stomach and there were also some on his neck but shaped as a hand which made his anger boil…'Did this all happen when I was out?' Raph thinks looking at Leo as he takes in a shuddered breath and coughs slightly.

(Earlier…)

Leo groaned as he slowly woke, he looked around and noticed a slumped figure in the corner of the cell. "…Raph" Leo whispers as he runs to Raph's side, he shakes Raph's shoulder and worries when he doesn't get a reply. Leo puts two fingers on Raph's neck and sighs in relief when he feels a steady heartbeat. He looked all over Raph's body thinking what could have knocked him out…when he saw a dart sticking out of Raph's leg. Suddenly the door opens and Leo jumps to his feet.

"I see you are awake Leonardo"

"Shredder." Leo hissed

"You and your family have been a thorn in my side and I'm tired of it. Now tell me Splinter is and I will make this easier on you"

"Never!"

"Fine we'll do this the hard way" Shredder says.

He snaps his fingers and foot ninjas came out of nowhere holding metal bats. They all circled around Leo and started to attack. He punches the first couple ninjas unconscious and then a metal bat hits his plastron. He cries out and grabs it when three ninjas pull him down. He tries to get out of their grip but he felt more pain near his plastron. He suddenly felt 2 large hands on his neck and they started squeezing it. He tried to suck in a breath but these large hands were blocking his air-way. His last thought before he blacked out was…

Raph…

…

Hours have gone by and Leonardo is still unconscious. Raph holds his brother tightly wondering when he would wake up. Raph growls and starts cursing whoever did this. Raph looks down when Leo moaned softly pain written on his face.

"Leo?"

Leo's eyes flutter open and he looks at Raph. "…Raph"

Raph smiles sadly at Leo's hoarse voice but then frowned in anger. "Who did this bro?"

"S-Shredder" Leo answers eyes closing

"Don't fall asleep on me bro" Raph says grabbing Leo's face "What did he do to you?"

"I tried to wake you up but the dart knocked you out. Shredder came in and told me to tell him where splinter was but I didn't so the foot ninja beat me, then shredder strangled me. I think they drugged me too" Leo says

Raph growls angrily but takes a deep breath, he was about to say something when the door slammed open. The 2 brothers look at the door as foot ninjas walk in. Raph growls when they open the cage door and start walking up to Leo. In a flash one of ninjas stab Leo with a needle. Leo hisses in pain and Raph tries to jump up but the chain were holding him back.

"Put him down now or so help I'll rip off your head!" Raph screams.

They just ignored him and started to walk away with Leo. Leo knows he was drugged and that he couldn't move but he still had to try. Leo groaned as he started to struggle. "Let m-me go!" One of the foot ninja let go and went in front of Leo's eye sight. The others hold him tightly and the one in front of Leo punched him in the face. From being in a drugged state Leo was knocked out immediately.

"Leo!" Raph screamed.

The ninja drag Leo out and shut the door leaving Raph in complete darkness.

…

"Don I'm worried about them it's been days and there's still no sign of them" Mikey says as he paced back and forth.

"I know Mikey but their shell cells are disconnected so we can't track them and Master Splinter is trying to reach them through the spiritual realm" Donnie says.

Mike signs and mumbles "I just hope their ok"

…

1 day

2 days

3 days

4 days

5 days

6 days

Raph's eyes snap open and he looks at the limp form of his brother. Raph growls when they throw his older brother at his feet. Once they shut the door Raph crawls to Leo's side.

"Leo?" Raph asked shaking Leo's shoulder.

Raph pulls his hand back when Leo moans in pain. 'Geez I'm so dumb I didn't even check for injuries' Raph turns Leo over that way he was lying on his shell but...he wishes he hadn't…his eyes widen and he backs up leaning against the wall.

"…Leo oh no" Raph breathes

Leo's chest was split open and blood was flowing fast. Snapping out of his shock Raph takes off his gear pushing it into Leo wound, trying to stop the blood flow.

"ugh…" Leo's eyes flutter open and lock on Raph.

"Leo you got to stay with me man!" Raph yells panicking. Raph barley sees Leo's nod and ties his gear to hold Leo's wound in place. "It's ok we're going to get out of here"

…

"Master splinter! Mikey!" Don screams.

"What's wrong D!?" Mikey screams.

"I found them!" Don screams jumping in excitement

"I knew you could do it D" Mike says giving Donnie a hug.

"Where are they my son?" Splinter asked.

"On the other side of town" Don says gathering everything they need for the trip.

"I am coming with you my sons" Splinter says

"As are we"

The two turtles and Splinter turned to see April and Casey.

"Ok D what's the plan?"

…

Raph sat alone in the darkness with a broken arm. They took his brother for the third time today. When they came to take Leo but Raph broke out of the chains and his broke arm on the impact. But they knocked him out and chained him back up.

Raph growled. "I swear if they bring him in with another injury I will hurt them" With that said the door open and Leo was thrown. Raph noticed Leo had bandages around his middle, his head and leg which made him growl.

"Just han' on a little longer bro Donnie and Mikey will save us" Raph says.

…

Leo had a fever. The wound on his chest is infected and judging on Leo's form they haven't fed him. Raph looked at Leo as he took in a sharp breath. Leo hissed in pain and his eyes opened.

"Raph y-you okay?" Leo asked his voice weak and hoarse.

"You should be asking yourself that bro" Raph says smirking

"Heh ugh" Leo grabs his chest and lays back on Raph.

"Easy bro" Raph says sadly.

"B-but are you ok?" Leo ask again

"Other than my broken arm I'm good fearless"

"Broken arm!" Leo screams trying to sit up but hisses in pain.

"Yes a broken arm but stop moving! Your injuries are way worse so stop worrying" Raph growls.

After Leo settles down Raph says "What did they do to you?"

"Cut me open. Probed me with needles, drugged me. Experimented on me" Leo says.

"Did they feed you?" Raph asked.

"No…you?"

"Yea"

"Good."

Silence came and Raph felt uncomfortable with it. But luckily Leo broke it

"Raph?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm sorry"

Raph's eyes widen and he says "Why ya sorry fearless?"

"I should have been careful of my surroundings I should have sensed them I-"

"Stop blamin yourself fearless. Mike and Don should be here soon. My gut is telling me it's going to ok" Raph says.

Leo nods and goes into a coughing fit. Raph hears something splutter on the floor and he got the smell of metal. …blood Does that mean Leo has internal bleeding? Raph thinks

Thump

"Leo?"

Silence.

"Leo you ok?"

Nothing.

Suddenly the alarms went off scaring Raph making him hold Leo tighter.

"Raph! Leo! Where are you!?"

Raph jumps in excitement hearing Donnie's voice

"In here!" Raph yells "We're getting out of here bro just hang on a little longer"

Then the door opens. "Raph! Are you o-…Leo" Don's eyes widened at Leo's hurt form.

"Don we got to get out of here I don't how much longer Leo's gonna last!" Raph yells.

Don bend down and begins picking the lock. The lock clicks and Don runs to his big brothers. "Oh god Leo" Don's eyes scan all over Leo's body grimacing at every bruise, bandage, and blood. Mikey and April run in the room and Mikey runs to Raph.

"Raph you're ok!"

"Yea I-ay watch out for ma arm it's broken" Raph says

April takes bandages out and put them on Raph's arm. "Thanks. How is he Don?" Raph asked looking over at Leo.

"He's barley breathing we got to leave. Mike you go and get the shellraiser, April can you help Raph, I got Leo" Don says as he picked Leo up bridal style.

Mikey runs out of the room and April swings Raph's good arm around her shoulder.

"I got i-it April" Raph says hissing in pain when his arms started hurting.

"Just shut up and walk with me hothead" April replies

They walk out and see Master Splinter and Casey fighting the foot. Don and April lead the 2 injured brothers into shellraiser and laid them down. Don went over to Raph to look at his arm but Raph yelled "Don't check me check Leo!" Don runs to Leo's side and unwraps the bandage around his middle.

"Oh my god" Don breathes.

Raph, Mikey, and April look at Donnie then at Leo and gasped. There was black around his cut and it was puffy.

"Definitely infected" Don says as he took the bandages off Leo's body.

Leo groans when Donnie starts to clean out his wound. Don unwraps Leo's leg and swears at the bruising. It was blue and purple all around the foot. Don raps his foot with a new bandage and puts ice on it. Suddenly Leo's eyes open, fogged over due to the fever.

"Leo?" Don asked softly

Leo eyes follow to Donnie and he coughs blood hitting his cheeks.

"It's going to be ok bro"

Leo's head rolls to the side and his blue eyes lock with Raph's green ones.

"I told you they would come" Raph whispered softly

Leo blinks then his eyes roll in the back of his head and he went limp. Donnie quickly checks Leo's pulse to feel it rather jumpy.

"We need to get home where is Master Splinter and Casey?" Don asked

"We're here"

"Casey drive and Raph let me reset your arm I've done everything I could for Leo" Don says.

Raph nods and Don takes Raph's arm. "Here bite on this' Don says as he gave Raph a metal slip. Raph bites on it and almost breaks it when Don resets his arm. After Don wrapped it he looked at Leo and checked his vitals.

"Casey make this thing go faster!"

Casey speeds running through stop signs and red lights. Suddenly Leo's body starts convulsing. "No! Leo!" Don jumps on top of Leo and tries to hold him down.

"Mikey get his arms! Master get his legs! April get the pillow over there and put it under Leo's head or he's going to get a concussion!" Don says holding Leo's thrashing body.

Raph looks at Leo tears gathering in his eyes. He was upset he couldn't do anything but with his good arm he grabbed Leo's hand. "Just hold on Leo please"