Leonardo and splinter leaped into battle ,fighting side by side ,their movements mirrored each other,The rat used his cane ,and in his hand it could beas deadly as any blade,his ears layed back as he feinted right then ducked left,his enemy's dropped to the ground unconscious, or not far from it,splinter was a force to be reckoned with,here was the master,even his sons,with the exception ,perhaps of Leonardo,could not compare with his speed and skill,this was no sparring match-this was war...

"Raph!"

Leo motioned towards the corner where at least 20 soldiers were surrounding their brother...

"Go protect Donny...I'll take care of the others..."

"Sure thing fearless!"The red banded turtle grunted ,before turning around and running towards Donatello...

" you guys sure know how to throw a party!"Mikey shouted,as he ran up the wall and out of his attackers reach,Leo winced as one throwing star came dangerously close to decapitating him,his little brother was getting too cocky...

"Mikey!Focus !"

"Chill out man ,I got this!"

"Michaelangelo!listen to your brother!"

"Yea,yea,sensei ,I'll be careful..."

"Guys!I am TRYING to diffuse a BOMB! I need QUIET!"

"Really dude?"

Leos swords swung in a wide ark over his head,he brought them down ,and the men fell ,no one was quick enough to escape his blades,soon he had to move to a different spot to stand on...

His skill was perfect,his aim true,and with a minimum of effort he managed to take out all the ninja in front of him,but as deadly as his strikes seemed he was careful not to kill...t

Donnatello kept his back to the fight,Raph stood as a barrier between the foot soldiers and his brother ,he was twice as strong as the humans,but he wasn't quite as fast-one ninja managed to duck under his arm,and make it to Donny-

He turned around a second too late,he didn't have a chance to defend himself-the hilt of the sword struck him on the head-the crack was audible even over the sounds of the battle-Raph realized too late what had happened-he let out a roar of rage and charged the man standing over his brothers body-the human wasn't quick enough-he fell with both of Raphs sai imbedded in his chest...

"How is he?" Leo shouted ,leaping back to avoid a killing blow and whirling around to fell his attacker-Raph knealt beside Donny -grimacing when he saw the ugly gash running across his scalp...two black circles made his eyes appear sunken-like a skull...

"Not good!we need to get him back to the lair-"

Splinter broke through the line of soldiers cutting him off from his sons,and came to fight beside Leonardo -turning he called to the red banded turtle-

"Raphael!you and Michaelangelo take your brother and retreat!we will hold them off!"

As much as he hated leaving his father and elder brother,he new there was no other choice,he bent down to pick up Donny,and that's when he saw the timer on the bomb...

10...

"Oh shit..."

9...

Raph looked around -he saw a broken window by the far wall-

8...

This warehouse was directly over the docks-if he could manage to throw the bomb out of the window-it would fall into the ocean-

7...

Raph leaned over the device and wrapped his arms around it-

6...

Sweat beaded on his forehead and ran into his eyes-it weighed a ton-his fingers felt like they were going to snap from the strain of lifting it-

5...

Suddenly Mikey was there beside him- between their combined strength they managed to move it towards the opposite side of the building-

4...

If the windows had been any higher off the ground they couldn't have thrown the bomb threw-together they swung it back -

3...

It crashed threw the glass and hurled down like a comet towards the water below-

2...

Raph turned and shoved Mikey out of the way-

1...

There was a flash of white -a sound -like an avalanch on the mountainside-his skin burned-he couldnt see-couldnt breath-and then he knew no more...