It wasn't too long before the door unlocked and opened again. Leo stood up, ready to fight if he had to.
"Time for a first test, Turtle." A big black haired man said to him.
Leo tried backing away first, but they continued to move toward him. "Stay away from me!" He warned.
"Don't try anything stupid, Turtle. Guys."
Leo looked around him and saw there were guns aimed on him. He didn't want to die or be darted again.
He knew he didn't have a choice. He allowed two strong men to come forward and unlock the shackle on his leg as they were preparing to escort him to his first test. But he had also tried getting away from them the moment he was out of the room. But his struggles had been in vain. The men held him good and tight.
Leo was taken down a long hallway and then put into a room that was like a dojo. 'Well, at least I can still train. But what am I going to train with?'
As he pondered what was going to happen, several men now stepped into the room. There were about 8 of them. Leo knew he could beat all of them easily. They didn't look to be armed. And he wasn't either.
The humans charged at him one at a time and Leo easily defeated them all.
He was a little breathless when they were done. But then, one lone ninja came out from behind the doors and gave Leo two swords. "Here you go, Turtle. You will only be using these while you are in here, and nowhere else."
Leo was proud to have his katanas back. He recognized them as his own.
Soon, more ninjas filed into the room, with weapons of all sorts. Leo was sure he could beat them all too. There were 20 of them.
The fight began and Leo easily out dodged blows and strikes aimed for his body. He could tell that the ninjas were aching to do some damage to him.
He fought well, though did end up with a wound in his right thigh. Blood dripped down his leg as he continued to fight. He tried to ignore the pain, which made it harder to focus.
But Leo did manage to beat all the ninjas. He was panting real hard right now and was bleeding pretty bad from his leg wound.
The ninjas all retreated back behind doors. Leo just stood there, expecting more to come out. But instead, one man came out with a box in his hands.
"Take it easy, Turtle. I'm here to help you. I need to take a look at that wound. It's deep." He said.
Leo saw a gentle look in his eyes and lowered his swords. He put them in his belt. He wasn't going anywhere without his precious swords.
"Ok. But no funny stuff." Leo said and let the doctor come over and treat his leg.
The doctor had Leo take off his belt and tie it around his leg to stop the bleeding. So Leo took the swords out and lay them on the ground. He sat down to all allow the treatment.
The doctor cleaned the blood from his leg, and then gave Leo an injection after some explaining that he needed stitches and he was going to numb the area.
Leo let the doctor stitch up his wound, but he kept an eye on him the whole time. Then the wound was bandaged. Leo was helped to his feet.
He had untied his belt and put it back on his waist. But then, the doctor made a fast move and grabbed the swords and made a mad dash for the door, while also carrying his own supplies.
"Hey! Those are mine!" Leo called after him and followed. He ran a little fast, but the pain stopped him from moving too fast.
The doors closed before he could get there and locked. He tried pounding on the door. "Give me back my swords!"
No one entered and he was in there for awhile. He calmed down and sat down, but he had to keep an eye out.
While he was in there, he began to feel his stomach starting to growl from the lack of food. He hadn't eaten since before yesterday. But Leo wasn't going to beg for food either. He wasn't going to give them the satisfaction of any pain or hunger.
Some more men came in soon after he had sat down, and he looked up at them. He was now at their mercy. With a wounded leg now, it left him with a slight disability.
"Get up. Its time to take you out of here."
Leo slowly got to his feet. His leg throbbed beneath the bandage.
Two men came over and grabbed his arms and began to lead him out of the dojo. Leo limped all the way. He hadn't wanted to show he was in pain, but they figured he was, as they did walk him slowly so he wouldn't damage his stitches.
He was taken back to his cell and the shackle once again put on his ankle. When he was left alone, he wondered if he was going to fight again tomorrow. His stitches could be torn out if he did.
While just sitting on the floor and resting his injured leg, his mind was constantly on his family. Were they looking for him by now? He was sure they would be. But if Leo never did manage to escape from this place, he hoped Raph or Don would be a good new leader. This time it wouldn't be up to him to decide.
The growls from his stomach began to get louder. He put a hand on it and rubbed it. As much as he didn't want to think about food, but he did wonder if he was going to be fed here. If he was going to be kept here for a long time, he was going to need food.
Towards evening, Leo had once again fallen asleep out of boredom, but was awakened to the sound of the door unlocking.
Once again, it was Victoria. Leo struggled to get up.
"Don't get up Leonardo. You could injure your leg all over again moving that fast, and I have a surprise for you." She said.
Leo stopped struggling to get up, but he kept his leg tucked close to his body.
A cart was wheeled into the room and it had a dish with a cover over it. Leo's eyes widened. She was going to feed him after all.
"Here, here's some food and water for you after all the work you did today in the fighting room. You did good despite the injury you got." Victoria said.
"What is it you're giving me?" Leo asked, wary of the food.
"I didn't know what you like basically, so I just had you served up what some normal turtles like. A salad." She said.
"A salad will do just fine." He said.
She handed him a plate after it was uncovered. He took it gently from her. But he didn't dive into it right away.
She also had some salad and was going to eat in the room with him. She noticed that the turtle wasn't touching his food right away.
"What's wrong, Leonardo? Don't you like what's in your salad?" She asked.
Leo was poking at the food but not touching it.
"I waited this long to feed you because I wanted to make sure the drugs were out of your system first. You need to eat. What? You think it's poisoned or something?"
Leo just glared at her.
"I'm eating the same stuff and I promise you, there is nothing wrong with your food, Leonardo." Victoria said. "You will need your strength and energy."
"You're not going to make me fight again tomorrow, are you? With this leg, it could tear the stitches." Leo said.
"Of course not. I am not that heartless when it comes to injuries. I give the patient time to heal before any serious action is done again."
Leo breathed a sigh of relief for that. And with a strong, loud growl from his stomach finally, Leo couldn't take it anymore and he began eating the salad.
"I have a courtyard in the middle of my complex here, and I will be sure to let you outside on nice days. Since I know turtles need some time to sunbathe and just be out in nature. I'm sure you will enjoy it there. Just don't get your bandages and stitches wet for right now." She said.
Leo was a little more pleased to hear that, that he wasn't going to be stuck here inside all the time.
After he was finished eating, Victoria took both their plates and wheeled the cart back out of his room, leaving him alone again.
Though he had just been fed, he hoped he wasn't going to be deprived of food entirely. He had been glad for the food and water. But he still wanted to get out and go home.
…
Back in NYC, Leo's family were now searching for him at Foot headquarters and everywhere else they could think of to find him. Without his phone, it wasn't easy to track Leo down. But Don was looking everywhere he could find on the Internet too.
Raph felt guilty for disobeying Leo's orders a lot again and fighting with him. Mikey wanted his oldest brother back and to be the leader again. It had taken over 2 years for Leo to come back, and he just wanted him back at home where he belonged.
The guys would go out every night to find him.
….
The next day, Leo was led to the courtyard so he could get some fresh air. There was nothing but flowers, a pond with fish in it, a sitting table with chairs, a bench, and a very decorated courtyard.
He still limped on his sore leg, but at least they weren't making him fight again today.
Food time was only in the evening, but Leo was given 3 glasses of water every day. He could get it free choice if he got it from the sink in the room, but he couldn't reach it while being tied at the ankle.
Leo knew these humans didn't trust him not to run off, so Victoria had wanted to keep Leo shackled at the ankle.
In the courtyard, Leo soaked up as many sun rays that he could. He loved being able to relax, but he knew he couldn't fully relax here. And so far, he didn't entirely know why he was here. But he was happy to be entirely loose here in this courtyard.
The courtyard had 4 square corners. The walls were too high for him to jump out of and they were also in a tall building. So Leo just had to endure the best he could.
Victoria would wait until after his leg healed before she moved on with anything else. And approximately, it only took a little over a week for the wound to heal with stitches in it and then take them out.
Over the week, Leo had been fed really good. And he wasn't rejecting any food. He ate what he liked when given it. And Victoria learned of human foods that he liked. She would take notes on this so it could be ready ahead of time.
So far, aside from being taken away from his home and family, and he had been put up in training against ninjas to test his fighting skills, everything else had been pretty nice at this place. But now that his leg was healed, things were going to get more heated for Leo.
While doing some research on turtles, Victoria had recently discovered some other things about turtles and was going to discover some things about this turtle no matter what. Even if he hated her in the end for it. She also wanted to study his breathing and how long he could last with a bit of pain involved.
The way she had seen Leo's plastron move and almost seem like it was elastic, she wanted to test how strong it really was. She would do all the other tests before resorting to anything else. But on the list of things to do first before starting these tests, she wanted an x-ray of Leo's internal organs in his abdomen first. They would begin in the morning.
