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Leonardo was surprised to find that he was still alive the next morning. He wasn't surprised, however, to find that he ached all over. He blinked and tried to lift his head, but his vision blurred at the sudden movement and he had to take a moment to compose himself.
Leo tried to move again, but found that he was chained to the wall by his wrists and the restraints dug into his skin. He gasped in pain.
"Looks like Fearless is finally waking up," said a voice to his left. Leo's heart sank at the words. He tried to turn his head to the source of the voice, but found it too painful.
"Raph…?" he croaked, his voice sounding sore. Raph snorted.
"Who else would it be?" he asked bitterly.
"You got captured too?"
"Yeah, and not just me. Mikey, April and Master Splinter are here too, but only Mikey's awake." Leo's heart ached painfully as Raph spoke, almost unable to believe the words.
"How you feeling, bro?" Mikey asked, but Leo decided to ignore the question; instead asking one of his own.
"April and Master Splinter got caught too?"
"Yeah."
"What about Don?"
"We haven't seen him," Mikey said quietly. Suddenly he whimpered. "You don't think the Shredder… got rid of him, do you?"
"I'll kill him if he has," threatened Raph with and growl. Leo frowned.
"I'm sure Donnie's fine, Mikey. Maybe he didn't get caught."
"I hope so. Then maybe we've got a chance of getting out of here." Mikey replied. Leo and Raph were surprised that Mikey was actually thinking rationally for once. Pressure does strange things to people.
"You know, I only got one question," said Raph.
"What's that?"
"If the Shredder's captured us – why aren't we dead yet?" Leo was annoyed at his brother's lack of tack, but that was a question that had been nagging him too.
"I guess we'll find out soon," he replied grimly.
Somewhere in Tokyo, Aguri Totsuka reread the email he'd just received in disbelief. He would have considered it a prank if it were not for the photos included. He'd had them double and triple checked – they were real. Aguri's hands shook with excitement – if Oroku had what he said he had… It was the scientific discovery of the decade, the century even! But then, Oroku Saki was not known for his trustworthiness… Aguri would have to make sure first.
He returned to his computer and quickly wrote a reply. He hit the send button before he could change he mind and immediately began to look for a flight to New York. He had to finish his work here first, but he could be out there in 5 weeks, maybe 4… Oh, if Oroku has what he says he has! He would be rich! A real life sentient mutant. More than one in fact! The possibilities were endless.