Let's check in with my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Wow, I'll be singing that all day.

I don't own TMNT.

Raph tightened his hold on his sais and rushed forward.

"It can't be his, it can't be his, it can't be his," he chanted over and over into the rain soaked air.

His hands were stained with blood that was not his but blood he knew all too well.

"LEO!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!? LEO!!!" he shouted.

"We shouldn't have split up," Raph thought, "I'm gonna kill whoever hurt him!"

"He's ok," Raph tried to say stoutly, just thinking he could somehow convince himself.

His voice was shaking though. Despite it he pressed ever onward because he knew his big brother was out there, somewhere. Then, as a lightning bolt flashed he froze as a shadow not but three buildings ahead of him jumped off the edge.

"Leo…" Raph released a breath and ran to catch up.

He expected to see his big brother, a little bruised and bleeding maybe but what he found were figures leaning over Leo, one reaching out and doing something and another holding his swords! Raph growled and charged the looming shadows, throwing them backwards and deeper into the alley. He didn't care if they got up or not.

Raph tucked his sais into his belt and flew towards his fallen brother, "LEO!"

He ignored the eyes from the shadows and fell to his knees by his brother's side. He quickly took out his shellcell and sent a signal out to Donny and Mikey. He tucked it back into his belt and carefully lifted his brother into a sitting position, resting his head on his shoulder.

"Don't worry bro, you're going be ok," Raph said as he closed his eyes, trying to ignore the injuries he saw that covered Leo's body.

He sensed the shadowed creatures approaching but he didn't dare move, he'd gut every one of them if they laid one more hand on his brother.

"I-" one of them tried to say something but Raph cut him off.

"You touch him again and I'll rip your head off!"

The group grew quiet, although Raph noticed two of them stepping protectively in front of the previously talking one. A groan brought Raph's eyes back down to his brother.

"Bro?" he asked uneasily.

Leo forced his eyes open, "Raph?"

Raph smiled and sighed in relief, "Thank goodness."

"Raph the Foot, they know where the lair is they're-"

"Shh," Raph said, placing a hand over Leo's mouth, "You shouldn't talk right now bro, you're too weak and don't worry Mikey and Donny are on their way here. We got everything of importance out of the lair. One of the Foot's scientists were more than happy to tell us of the Shredder's plan."

Leo nodded in understanding and kept his mouth closed as Raph brought a hand up to run along a cut on the side of his face.

Raph growled, "They're gonna pay for this!"

"Excuse us but-"

Raph lashed out and knocked the speaking shadow back to the others, smiling slightly as he felt his sai dig into flesh and bone. He settled back down to comfort and protect his big brother. He watched as the other three ran towards the fallen one. One turned back towards him and growled a lot like him.

"You're gonna pay for that!" he shouted and leapt towards him.

Raph put Leo down and stepped in front of him protectively. The sai wielding creatures almost met when two voices rang out.

"Stop!"

Both froze and looked behind them. Raph was shocked to find Leo on his feet, but swaying! He turned and caught his big brother before he could fall. The warrior still cloaked in a shadow turned around to the others. Raph gently lowered Leo onto the ground.

"What is it bro?"

"They're not the Foot, they helped me," he muttered.

Raph's mouth fell slightly open, "Ok, I won't hurt em then."

Suddenly, a flickering light above them decided to shine brightly for three seconds. Raph heard a gasp and looked over to see, humanoid ninja turtles. A team of four, like he and his brothers.

A blue banded turtle was on the ground, obviously the one Raph and knocked back seconds before since he was bleeding. A red masked turtle stood protectively in front of him. A purple banded turtle was helping the blue one and an orange banded turtle stood by the red banded turtle, guarding his team.

Maybe Raph would've taken it easier if they didn't seem just as freaked out.

Yay for bright illumination! It makes the world go round!

Ok, yeah I've had a stressful day so I'm trying to be silly.

Ok I challenge people to review I bet everyone's going to stop reading after the next chapter if not this one.

~Moonsetta