Mating Rituals (The BAU Investigates)
a/n: I love leaving my readers on their toes by giving them cliff hangers. This is the second last chapter and I still don't own Criminal Minds or TMNT damn it. The word for this chapter is behind. Enjoy! :)
Chapter 4
Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid stared at Donatello. "I'm sorry what?" Asked Morgan.
"We wanna help save our brother and sister." Donnie stated.
"It isn't recommended that we let the family members of missing persons help with the investigation." Reid said. "Not unless there are exceptional circumstances."
"These circumstances are exceptional." Raph said. "Our lives depend on people not knowing about us. And the more people know about us the more we are at risk." He paused. "And besides we ain't got a lot of people to support us through something like this."
"I'll see what I can I do." Reid said.
Meanwhile in that small house in the rural New York state Leonardo had been forced to enter his sister again. Neither of them wanted to do this, they were being forced into breaking their code of honour and pretty much going against every moral fibre of their being. Just to avoid having their brains splattered all over the walls. He left the room ensuring that ninja were too preoccupied to hear him.
Leonardo heard the door shut. He rolled off of Sam. "Samie he just left the room." He told her.
"I know the door just shut." Sam responded. "Wait does that mean that he left last night too?" She asked.
"I'm guessing so. It's a pity we can't use this time to send a message to someone letting them know where we are" Leo said lying on the bed.
"Maybe we can. Think about it. If he leaves then he is probably going to visit Jody and Crystal. If we are stealthy enough then we might be able to send a message to Donatello." Sam said.
"And by we you mean you." Leo said. "What would be the point in us both going."
"I would need you to keep watch while I sent the message to Donnie's techtab."
"Why his techtab?" Leo asked.
"Because if they are well again they will be out looking for us. And Donnie always takes his techtab with him." Sam explained.
"I'm glad you're here. I wouldn't know where to begin with this plan." Leo said. Sam shot up in bed.
"Was it you or Jody that had to clean his office yesterday?" Sam asked.
"Me how?" Leo answered.
"Did you see a computer or something on his desk?" She asked.
"Yes, it was a laptop." Leo answered. He noted the look in Sam's eyes. " Are you thinking what I think your thinking?"
"Yes, that laptop is the control centre to the microchips that he put in our systems when he hit us with the tranquilizers. If we can stop the transmission then it stops the entire system from working" They heard a voice coming from the hall and lay back down and pretending to cuddle one another.
The next morning they went straight down stairs. When the creepy guy left Sam jumped into action when creepy was out of earshot. "Jody, do you know how to work a circuit breaker?" She asked him.
"I sometimes deal with them at my parents house." He answered.
"Good when you two are cleaning the basement out, then we need you to take out the working breaker for the plugs and hide it well. It is the only way we are going to let his laptop run out of charge. But wait until this afternoon, I need enough charge to send a message to our brother. He knows how to track IP addresses and shit like that."
"You two are either very brave or very stupid." Crystal commented as she began to think of the preparation for that afternoon's lunch.
"A bit of both possibly." Sam commented.
"This might be dangerous, so Crystal we might need you and the baby to stay away from the fighting if any breaks out." Leo told her.
Later that night Leo and Sam heard the door to Crystal and Jody's room closing. "Come on." Leo said. When they got to the door Leo put his finger to his mouth. They crept across the landing and jumped downstairs to avoid the creaking steps that they hadn't quite figured out.
They made it to the office. "The laptop is on his desk. Keep the light off and go quickly." Leo said. Sam nodded and went inside. She went straight to laptop and turned it on. There was just enough charge to send what she wanted to. Quicker than ever before Sam typed.
Donnie, you have to track this IP address. We are in the house it was sent from. Hurry we aren't the only ones here.
Samie
Sam hit the send button and then had an idea. "Leo I'm going to try and disable the tracking chips and shockers before we go back upstairs."
"Just make it fast." Leo responded looking at her. Sam found the correct file.
"Who has this amount of tech and doesn't encrypt the server?" Sam asked rhetorically.
"He does, now hurry up." Leo answered.
"I'm done," Sam said she pressed a button "now." She closed the laptop over and left the room. The brother and sister team made their way back up to their bedroom and closed the door.
The other three turtles were out in the city looking for them, despite being the ones who were helping the FBI look for them. Donnie stopped on a rooftop. He had received Samie's message. "Raph, Mikey. You guys are never going to believe this" He said as he read what it says.
"What does it say?" Mikey asked pushing past Raph.
"It's Sam telling me to track the IP address that was sent with this message. And that there are other people with them." Don explained. Raph realised that this meant that they were still alive. He took charge.
"Mikey call agents Reid and Morgan. Donnie we'll head back to the lair so that you can do your thing." He smiled and couldn't help but think, 'Thanks sis' .
They made it back to the lair. Agents Morgan and Reid were in the lair too. Right now Reid was looking over Donnie's shoulder. "How long before we have a location?" He asked.
"Could be any moment now."
"My son. Is what your brother said true?" Splinter said entering the lab.
"Hai sensei. Leonardo and Samantha have contacted us. Or at least Samie has." Donnie said smiling wide at the thought of seeing his brother and sister again.
"Good that means that they are alive, but if whoever has them ever finds out that they contacted us then they might not be for very much longer." Splinter told them.
Donnie got a message from Garcia asking if there was anything else in the message. Don quickly messaged back saying that there was nothing else other than tracking the original IP address. She called him. "Talk to me turtle." Garcia spoke down the phone to him.
"I was thinking just track the address and send your people with us to where ever it was sent from." Don said.
"Sounds good, you track the computer and I will find out who owns it and their address."
"Speak to you soon, bye." Don hung up and ran into his lab to boot up the computer. He now had the original IP address that he could track. He couldn't get an actual name for this guy but he could get the address that would help him find his missing siblings.
By the morning he got the address and called Garcia. Garcia then passed on the address that Don had found and informed the BAU. The team was getting ready and stopped by the warehouse.
The three turtles and Splinter came up to street level. "Hey you kids wanna come with us." Morgan asked them. Mikey and Raph looked at each other and nodded. Don had his reservations and then remembered what was at stake before agreeing. "Good because we have some spare bulletproof vests that you might be interested in." Derek climbed out of the SUV and gave the turtles bulletproof vests. They left the warehouse and went to the address that was just out of town.
At the creeps house everyone was doing what they were told to do in the hope that Donatello was able to find them. It had occurred to Leo that they could have left after Samie disabled the tracking chips and shockers. But it also occurred to him that Crystal and Jody needed someone here to help them incase things got too serious or the police arrived.
It was about half an hour after breakfast when the door was knocked rather loudly. "FBI, open up!" Came a male voice. Leo was standing on the stairs polishing the banisters when this happened. He had a good mind to hide when a familiar voice sounded.
"Wait, I got this." It was Donnie. Leo was confused, why was he with the FBI? "If I can pick the lock on the door then we are in and we can secure the house."
"Go for it kid." Came the first voice again.
The handle went down and Leo was still standing there. He was torn between being reunited with Donatello and telling the others they were free. He ran out of time, the door was open and Donnie was standing there holding a bent paperclip. "Leo!" He called out louder than he intended to.
"Don." Leo said. The two brothers ran over to each other. Don noticed Leo's arm but would question him about it later. "Leo where are the others? Sam said that there were others here."
"Jody is in the basement clearing boxes and refitting the circuit breaker to turn the plugs on again and Samie is in the kitchen with Crystal." Leo answered.
"Come with me kid and I have friends who will take care of you until we can find your sister."
Leo went with Agent Morgan, he knew the others were alright and the FBI had it covered despite the fact the madman who had kidnapped them was still in the house. He didn't doubt his ability to protect his sister, and his brothers seeing as he had noticed that Raph and Mike had followed the FBI in the house, but for now it was best to leave this to the proper authorities.
After 20 minutes of getting people out of the house other than Sam, which was beginning to worry Leo. The Bureau had found the creep. He was running out of the house with a shot gun in his hand. It wasn't pointed at the agents, it was pointed as Sam. "Come any closer and the freak gets it." The others were watching distraught. Probably why they didn't let family members deal with these situations. "I'm not going to shoot you. I just want to talk." Said one of the agents. Leo thought that he was young and a little skinny compared to some of the other guys on the premises. "Why don't you let the girl go home with her brothers. Her dad really misses her and her brother. The other turtle you kidnapped." The Agent said.
"Hey Agent Jerome, who is the skinny guy that is trying to get my sister away from that creep?" Leo asked JJ.
"That is Spencer Reid, he is good at doing the negotiations when it comes to this kind of case." JJ responded to his question.
"I hope so for my sister's sake." Leo responded. There was no doubt that Sam was in immediate danger, and there was also no doubt that he was feeling completely useless with his arm injury.
"I mean it I will shoot." The creep said again this time twice as loud. The Agents remained calm. Leo could see the worry on the faces of his brothers and was sure his was the same
"No you won't because if you shoot then you will just make it worse for yourself." Agent Reid began. "I'm going to give you one last chance to let Samantha go." Spencer said. He had been told her name several times and knew that naming her would humanise her. "You don't want her brothers to witness her being shot." Spencer was still holding his gun.
The sound of two bullets firing rang out through the near-remote location. The first bullet was fired into Sam's back and the second was fired into the creeps skull. The chances of both of them surviving was very slim, but they had to get to a hospital fast to ensure they both did. Or at least Sam.
After he was shot Leo ran out as did the others to where their sister was lying. "Samie speak to me. Say something." Raph screamed.
"Yelling at her isn't going to help Raph." Don said. "Come on sis stay with us." He was panicking. They had come up here to find Leo and Samie, and now it looked like there was going to be a missing member of their team. The paramedics removed the four of them before asking them if there was any one of them that had the same blood type. To this Don volunteered, saying that they were identical twins. And an exact match. This was a relief because it would be pretty hard to find blood that her body wouldn't reject.
They got to the hospital and sat there for about five hours waiting for Sam to get out of surgery. They called Splinter and he rushed straight there in the battleshell. "My sons." He said a little flustered. "Leonardo you are safe." He said glad that at least one of his two previously missing children were relatively unharmed by their kidnapper. Other than his broken arm. "Sensei. He shot her point blank for no reason." Don said his eyes filling with tears.
"Don't worry I am sure your sister will survive this my son." Splinter reassured Don. He sat beside him and rubbed circles in his shell.
"But what if she doesn't dad." Mikey asked in a small voice. The turtles rarely called Splinter dad or father, so he knew that his youngest was hurting at this turn of events.
Raphael's birthday came and went. And Samie still wasn't awake, everyone put a smile on their faces and tried to have fun. But not even the birthday turtle could manage a smile as he blew out the candles on his cake wishing for his sister to wake up.
Two weeks after the surgery Sam opened her eyes. She began to panic not knowing where she was and having a breathing tube down her throat. Splinter decided to get a doctor after Samie attempted to pull the breathing tube out.
The doctor came in with a team of nurses and walked over to Samie. "I need you to take a deep breath. Not right now when I tell you to. And then cough it out, again not now when I tell you to." He told her. Sam nodded. He asked the nurses if they were ready with the oxygen mask and the spare tubing incase they had to re intubate Sam's throat.
After a couple of seconds of choking and coughing Sam managed to take a shaky breath and had the oxygen mask put over her face. The doctor took some vital signs and then left the family alone. "Hey guys, does anyone remember what happened?" Sam asked in a whisper.
"Sam you were shot in your shell and the bullet is lodged in your spinal chord. The doctor doesn't think he can remove it without killing you." Don explained.
"Well that would explain why I can't feel my legs." Samie whispered half joking. The others laughed a little because they could feel how nervous this was making Samie feel. And honestly it was better than the alternative.
Another week and three days past and it was time for the family to celebrate Samie and Donnie's birthday. They decorated Sam's hospital room the night before and brought presents for the twins to open. Sam and Don exchanged gifts first as per the family tradition. "Happy birthday." They both said at the same time. Sam got Don a book about fusion energy. And Don had gotten Sam a new Bo Staff but then found out that she had been paralysed by that bullet and went to the bear factory to get her something else. So he gave her a rainbow coloured bear dressed in a doctors outfit. And when she pressed its stomach it sang her favourite lullaby Oborozukiyo.
It turned out that the so called experiment that the creep had made Sam and Leo do got her pregnant. So Sam was panicking about whether or not her baby was going to be alright, despite not even liking kids. Leo was feeling really guilty for letting his sister be put in this situation.
Leo sat at home one night while Sam was in the hospital. "Sensei, you know how the creep that kidnapped Sam and me. He forced us to sleep together." Splinter looked at him curiously, wondering where this was going. "Neither of us wanted to and he watched us the first time. He even threatened to blow our brains out if we never." By the end of his explanation Leo was crying.
"It is alright my son. You and your sister have been through a lot and I think it is necessary that you both talk to a counselor about what happened to you." He told his son.
"You think that spilling our guts to some human about our personal issues is going to help us?" Leo answered.
"I think that this unborn child growing inside your sister needs to know that it has a supportive family behind iŧ." Splinter said. Leo thought of something that he hadn't before.
"Sensei, what if it's twins?" He asked.
"I don't know my son. What made you think of that?" He responded.
"Samie and Donnie are twins and there is a greater chance of having twins if there are already twins in the family." Leo answered silently thanking the twins for telling him that.
"Don't worry my son. We can cross that bridge when we get there."
"You mean when Sam has her egg and before it hatches?" Leo asked.
"My son you and your sister have been through alot and I know that you are both scarred physically and mentally. Your arm and your sisters spinal cord and shell."
"My arm is nothing it will heal, but there is very little chance of my sister ever walking again."
"Don't interrupt. I was going to say that all that really matters right now is that you are both safe." He finished. Leo leaned against him as if he was a little kid and cried all the while his father comforted him telling him that things will get better for them.
a/n: One more chapter to go and that will be the last one. I know this one seems a little short but it did seem longer when I was writing it. Hope that you are enjoying it. :)