Mikey was missing.
Leo's stomach rose up into his throat as he hung up the phone and leaned against the kitchen cupboards. He rubbed his eyes and headed for the living room to tell the others. This was not good - the foot soldiers had been particularly brazen lately, but surely Mikey would have pressed the alarm button on his Turtle Comm if he'd gotten into trouble. "If he wasn't taken totally by surprise", Leo thought. Donatello figured that the Comm was broken, since he couldn't pick it up on the GPS system.
Since April had been mugged and had her wrist broken two months earlier, one of them would always walk her home to make sure it didn't happen again. April always told them that she didn't need an escort, but everyone knew she was glad they were taking care of her - nothing makes a better bodyguard than an angry ninja.
Leo stepped into the living room. Raph and Don were sitting on either side of Master Splinter, who was clutching his cane with white knuckles. The old rat was rarely emotional, but the turtles knew that he loved his boys more than anything. Raphael stood up quickly when he saw Leonardo standing in the doorway.
"April says she hasn't seen him since he took her home last night", Leo said before anyone could ask.
Splinter sighed and then shook as his body was racked with a deep phlegmy cough. He'd started coughing a lot in the last year and it worried the turtles; they knew only too well how short a rat's lifespan was. Don gave Splinter's shoulder a squeeze.
"I'll go topside and start looking around near April's," Leo said. "Raph, you start checking the sewers. Don, you check out all Mikey's favourite arcades, comic book shops and pizza parlours. Let's start with all the places we know he's been and then branch out from there. I'll give Casey a call and get him to help us look".
Splinter stood and walked toward the door of the lair. "I will accompany you Raphael. We must find your brother". Raph looked at Don and Leo and shrugged before following. There was no point in arguing with their sensei about anything.
Don went to the kitchen and grabbed a piece of paper from the shelf by the phone. "Just leaving a note on the fridge in case he comes back", he called to Leo.
Leo was biting his lip and frowning when Don came back into the living room. He gave Don a strained smile, "Let's go find our Mikey".