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Chapter 6

Leo ignored the agonizing pounding in his head as he slowly opened his eyes. His vision slowly came into focus. He put a hand to his head and slowly sat up, trying to keep from getting lightheaded. He leaned against the white wall behind him and closed his eyes to rid the nauseating feeling he now had.

"I see you have finally awoken, Leonardo." Said turtle looked up furiously, though his head felt like it was about to split in two. That was the last person- no…monster he wanted to see right now.

Shredder frowned as he approached the turtle on the other side of the small room, not expecting his reaction, "I am not pleased with your behavior towards my daughter. I believe you both owe me an explanation." He informed the injured turtle as he unleashed the blades of his gauntlet and pushed them under Leo's neck.

The blue banded turtle glared at the so called man in front of him, not faltering as he faced his death, "Karai doesn't owe you anything." He informed the Shredder firmly, "And like I'd ever do anything for you."

Shredder growled and pulled his hand back, ready to strike. Leo's eyes widened in surprise and he turned his head to the side as the blades came towards his bruised face. His eyes were closed tight in anticipation but the strike never hit him. When he realized he was still alive he slowly opened his eyes to see that the blades were now on either side of his neck, embedded in the wall. He then looked up and continued glaring at the blood shot eyes of his enemy.

"That is not the answer I was looking for, freak." Shredder ground out in a threatening tone. Leo's glare never faltered, no matter how scared of the man he really was.

((Aprils farm house))

Mikey pouted as Donnie listened to his breathing with a homemade stethoscope.

"So will he be alright?" April asked from behind.

Donnie sighed as he put the stethoscope down and looked towards her, "He'll be fine." He then looked back at Mike with a frown, "If someone would just stay out of my lab…" The orange banded turtle laughed nervously as Donnie rolled his eyes and looked away. He had already 'Informed' Mikey that if it happened again…a certain turtle would wish he had never touched anything the first five hundred times he was told not to.

Mikey moved to the side of his purple banded brother and tried to look at the TV as he heard the opening of his favorite show, "Dude! The new episode of Crognard is finally on!" he exclaimed as he pushed Donnie out of the way to get closer to the TV. Suddenly the power went out and Mikey sunk to the floor crying for the TV to come back on.

"Awe man! You've got to be kidding me!" Casey said in frustration.

Donnie stood from the floor, "It's just a blown fuse, Ill fix it in two shakes of a turtles tail." He informed as he went to find a flashlight.

As he left the room the fire in the fireplace blew out. Splinter, Raph and April moved to look at it as Don approached behind them and shined the flashlight down at it.

"Great. Looks like we need more fire wood." Raph sighed in annoyance.

Suddenly Donnie's flashlight flickered out and everyone looked over at him as he flicked the switch, "Are you kidding?"

Splinter sighed, "Raphael go get some fire wood." Said turtle nodded, already planning on doing just that since it was his turn anyway.

((Shredders Lair))

Karai sniffled and wiped her eyes as she heard heavy footsteps coming down the hall. She frowned as she recognized who it was. Shredder. As she listened closer, she could distinctly make out the sound of something dragging behind him. She stood and ran to the front of the cell, dreadful of what she might see.

Her worries were only confirmed as Oroku Saki entered the small prison room. It had three cells. Only one was usable though, thanks to Karai and her past escape attempts. Kara's hands quickly found their way to cover her mouth as she fell to the floor in shock. Her eyes welled up with tears as her love was thrown into the old cell once again. She quickly crawled over to him as the tears fell softly down her pale face.

"Let this serve as a warning Karai. If I see or hear that you have been doing anything with that…freak, you will not see him alive again." With that, Shredder locked the cell and started toward the door of the prison room.

Karai looked up at his retreating form in anger, "I hate you!" she yelled after him.

Saki stopped before he left the room, hearing what she had said. Then without a word he left the room.

Karai looked back down at Leos battered, cut and bruised body when she heard a groan, "I'm so sorry Leo." She cried, "This is all my fault."

Leo weakly lifted his arm up and wiped the tears away from her eye, "Karai. D-don't say that. I'd never blame this on you. I'll be probably be mostly okay by tomorrow." He informed her with a smile.

She smiled back, making her tears fall faster. She knew what he said wasn't true. He was still weak from when he was ambushed. Leo moved his hand to the back of her head and gently guided her down to his face and kissed her on the lips. Karai blushed as they separated making Leo smile, "You look cute when your flustered." He whispered, making her blush deepen.

Suddenly she leaned in, kissing him once more, but this time deepening the kiss, making Leo moan in surprise and pleasure. As they began to get more passionate, Karai bumped into his side, making him whimper in pain. She quickly sat up with regret, "Leo! I'm sorry. I shouldn't have-"

"Karai." Leo cut her off, "I told you that it's alright. It's not your fault. None of this is your fault. If you want to blame someone then blame the Shredder." He commanded as he slowly sat up, "You just caught me off guard is all." He said with a smile. She rolled her eyes at him before laying down beside him. She didn't care what the Shredder had told her. She wouldn't let him take Leo from her again. Ever.

((Aprils Farm House))

"RAPH!" Mikey called out into the night, "He's been gone for hours." The orange banded turtle mumbled to himself in worry before calling his brother's name once more.

Casey watched Mikey wonder around the edges of the woods before joining in, "Raph! Can you hear us?" He asked.

April looked over at him, "Don't you think he'd answer?"

"We need to split up and search for him." Splinter commented as he walked down from the porch of the house. Everyone came over to meet him when they heard him, "April. Casey. You will go that way. Donatello. Michelangelo. You two will go that way."

"Split up?" Mikey asked.

"April and Casey go off, alone? Together?" Donnie asked.

Splinter frowned, "Enough. You will do as I say with no complaints. You work better with your brother Donatello." Splinter informed sternly. Donnie groaned as Splinter started back to the house.

April watched Splinter walk back towards the house, "What about you, sensei?" She asked.

Splinter stopped but didn't turn around, "I will wait here in case he returns." He informed them before continuing on his way. Casey Pulled April along with him when she stayed where she was and Donnie frowned as he watched them, making Casey laugh in victory at the purple banded turtle as he walked beside Mikey.

"Raph!" Mikey called out as he followed behind his brother, "Raaaaaaph!" he yelled once more before finally giving up with a sigh, "I don't know D. You think he got lost? Maybe he got eaten by a rabid squirrel!"

Donnie frowned, "I do not think that. No. I'm just freaking because Casey and April went off on their own."

"Why?" Mikey asked him as he stopped walking, "Because they forgot to bring a compass?" he questioned innocently.

Don stopped walking, "No generous." He turned around, "What happens when two teenagers who like each other go out into the woods alone?"

Mikey thought about what Donnie had said and shined his light at two squirrels, "Gaaaaah!" he yelled, "They get eaten by squirrels!"

The purple banded shook his head at his little brother, "You know what. Forget I said anything." He mumbled as he turned to walk in the direction they had been walking in before. Mikey looked around the area before running to catch up in fear.

"Hello! What's this?" Don asked himself as they came up on an old shed.

Mikey looked peered him and looked at the shed, "Whoa, let's check it out…You first." He said as he nudged the other turtle. Donnie frowned and led the way to the swinging door. He slowly opened it, ignoring the loud creaking noise it gave.

"Um, helloo." Mikey said as he looked in. Don slowly stepped in, cautious of what might be inside as he shined his light around the room, Mikey right behind him. Donnie gasped as he found the bottle of medicine that had made Mikey sick earlier that day surrounded by candles. Suddenly, without warning Mikey pulled him over to where he was, covering his brothers mouth after he screamed. He shook in fear as he showed his brother what he had seen.

The pile of what seemed to be plants started to move and Don shook his little brothers hand from his mouth, "Uh…hello? Mikey asked in fear.

It suddenly stood with a roar, making the turtles call out in fear as they tried to escape the shed. When they got outside the monster stopped, not able to leave the old building and that's when they noticed the red bandana on it.

"I think that's Raph!" Donnie informed his brother.

Mikey stared at the creature before him, "He's all leafy and weird looking…like a salad!"

"Something must have infected him." Don thought out loud as he started thinking of ways they could cure their older brother.

"What?" Mikey asked before he was suddenly tied up by a vine and pulled up into the air, "Holey-" the rest of his sentence was muffled as the vine wrapped around his mouth.

Donnie ran over to his brother who looked to him desperately for help, "Hold on! Ill cut you down!" he informed. Mikey's attention though was drawn to the area behind his brother as he saw movement. His eyes widened in fear and he tried to yell at his brother making him turn to see what his brother was looking at.

He was suddenly thrown into the tree that Mikey had been tied up in. As he shook off the dizziness he felt he gasped as he saw a pitchfork thrown at him. He yelled out, thinking for sure that he was going to get hit but when he looked it was stuck in the tree with the end of his bandana tails caught with it.

"Donnie" Mikey called out after getting the vines away from his mouth. The creature then pushed him out of his path as he walked over to Donatello, making the orange banded turtle scream as he tried to stop.

Don was stuck against the tree trying to get free of the pitchfork when the creature walked over to him. He looked over at it fearfully and screamed as it attacked him.

((Master Splinter))

Splinter sighed as he looked into the woods. April, Casey and his sons had been gone longer than he was expecting. Raphael should have been found by now. He lowered himself to the ground and began meditating beneath an old tree at the edge of the forest.

He stayed as quiet as he could be so that he could better hear everything around him. He stayed like this for only a few minutes when he heard a scream. His eyes snapped open and he jumped to his feet, "Donatello!" he called out as he ran towards the direction that the scream originated from. When he got far enough into the woods that he could no longer see the old tree that he was at he stopped. He wasn't sure where he was going. He needed to be patient. He closed his eyes and listened for anything else that would lead him in the right direction.

Suddenly he heard the sound of struggling and he looked around. It was April but the sound seemed to be coming from everywhere around him. Suddenly she came limping around a tree, "Sensei…HELP!" she called out as she reached out for him. Suddenly her feet were caught in some vines and she was pulled away.

"April!" he yelled as he tried to run after her. His feet were also caught in some vines, making him trip as April was pulled away into the darkness, "No!" he growled in anger. He broke the vines that started to tighten around him as quickly as he could before he raced off into the direction that April had been taken, using the trees as cover from the creature that was attacking him.

He arrived at the old shed and stopped as he finally saw the creature. It had April and Casey tied up in the vines that had taken April away and it took them inside. He could faintly hear his youngest son calling out from inside and knew that he needed to get in there.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Splinter called out to bring the monster out of the shed. He had seen a green glow coming from inside and knew that it couldn't be good. The door slowly creaked open and the creature stepped outside and looked around for the intruder, pitchfork in hand.

Yoshi stayed behind a tree as he listened for its footsteps. When he was sure it wasn't looking he threw a shuriken that he had with him at its head, making it turn around in anger. He stepped out from behind the tree with his hood up and took a fighting stance, pulling out Leos single Katana that he now carried with him.

The creature mistakenly charged at the ninja master, tripping when the rat quickly dodged the attack and hit some of its pressure point areas before being thrown back. He slid to a stop on his feet and swung the katana towards the creature, not expecting it to be blocked by the pitchfork that it had. Splinter was pushed back and the creature went on the offence.

Yoshi jumped back as the pitchfork was swung at his head. He then blocked a swing from the pitchfork before he was hit, locking their weapons in place. The creature was stronger than the ninja master though and the Katana was sent flying into the air much to his surprise but he didn't let it show. While the creature was caught off guard, thinking that the rat was defenseless, Splinter kicked it in the face. Casey's mask flew off onto the ground and the creature kneeled over in pain, holding its face.

Splinter quickly stood up and moved to finish it off when it suddenly caught his paw. The creature picked him up and slammed him on the ground before throwing him in the opposite direction. Though he was a little hurt, Yoshi shook his dizziness off and looked around for anything that he could use as a weapon when he spotted the Katana that had been thrown earlier. As the creature made its way over to him he grabbed the Katana and stabbed the creature in the nose as it tried to attack him once more, making it roar out in pain. When the creature tried to get away to heal Splinter pulled the sword out and ran towards the shed.

"Master Splinter!" April called out happily.

Splinter looked towards the back of the shed in confusion as he saw Raphael's bandana on top of a pile of plants, "What is this?" he asked.

"It's Raph! Long story…quick! Get us out of here!" Don called out. Splinter frowned and cut Donatello and Michelangelo down before cutting April and Casey loose. He then turned and made sure they were all okay.

Don suddenly screamed as he saw that the creep had recovered and was coming after them again. He and Mikey then quickly barricaded the door, hoping that it would keep them safe but they all stood ready to fight, facing the door in case he broke in.

Suddenly the side door busted open and the Creep reached in to grab them, making everyone call out in fear. They all attacked at once succeeding in cutting its arm off and damaging its head. Everyone stopped attacking, thinking that it was dead. Without warning its eyes started glowing again and it opened the bottom parts of the doors and walked inside.

The creep knocked April and Casey against the wall and threw Donnie and Mikey out through the roof, leaving Splinter by himself. The creep picked up his arm that had been chopped off and sewed it back to himself. Splinter went in to attack it thinking he could catch it off guard but he was knocked back towards the table with the medicine on it. The creature growled out fearfully and that's when Splinter found out that the creature had some kind of connection with it. He picked it up and waved it around, confirming his theory as the creature tried to follow it. He threw it to April so he could think of how to stop the plant creature.

April ran outside, the Creep behind her and threw the medicine to Donnie. He yelled out in fear as he realized what was happening and threw it to Mikey to regain his senses. They played keep away with the Creep while April and Casey worked on getting a chain to tie it up. Splinter had his own plan in mind and knew he had to act quick as Mikey was tied up again by vines from the Creep so that it could finally grab the medicine.

Splinter ran towards the creature and got Donatello's help to get into the air to smash the bottle with the katana. As the creature was distracted, April and Casey tied chains around it to keep it in place, "That's what you get for massing with my mask freak." Casey ground out.

"That should hold him." Donnie informed Splinter as he sheathed the katana, "Now we have to get him back to the lab."

"You can save Raphael?" Splinter asked.

Donnie sighed, "Honestly, Master Splinter…I don't know. I'll do all I can." Splinter nodded as he watched the creature.

A/N- I'm soooooo sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out. With school back in session it's hard to keep A's and B's and write for this story but I promise ill update when I can! I Know this chapter is mostly are write of the first season 3 episode but I needed to get that out of the way before I could continue with the rest of the story. It's happening the same night that Leo was brought back to his cell if that makes sense. If that's confusing to anyone ill reply to any questions you have in the next chapter. I'll try to have the next update out by next month at the latest! Thanks to everyone who is still reading this story! And also thanks to Crystal Violeta, Insanity 21, Brittany, BlueTurtle2003, and last but not least guest! Lol I'm so glad you guys like this story! Thanks for keeping me going!

-ArcticFox-

P.S. - I did most of this chapter in one night so I could update faster so please excuse any mistakes! Ill fix them later but feel free to point them out for when I do! ;)