A week later, Randall and Mikey were out together again, catching up, but at the same time, patrolling.

They ran into a group of Purple Dragons first and thwarted them. There weren't that many of them. They had been trying to rob a jewelry store.

Kahn had also taken to have his minions follow the Purple Dragons too. And on this night, he had some of the Foot Clan attack the two friends after they were done dealing with the Dragon group.

"Aw! Give me a break!" Mikey whined.

"Take them down!" Randall ordered.

Together, they went to fight the Foot soldiers too. Randall took to vanishing to fight them. It was just easier on him that way. Mikey did manage to push the emergency button on his phone.

That was when some of the Foot soldiers turned on their infrared vision and could see Randall moving about invisibly. His body was warmed up enough from heat lamps and the day's heat.

Mikey let out a yelp of pain when a sword cut across his left bicep, then he got a punch to the face. It stunned him. Then he was kicked in the shell, sending him onto his hands and knees. "Randall…" Mikey moaned.

Randall heard his name, but was still busy with more ninjas. "Mike, stay awake!" he yelled.

But while he was distracted, there was a sudden blow to the back of his head. He cried out as he went down, unconscious.

Mikey was also knocked out with a blow to his head too.

The ninjas didn't want the turtle. They picked up the unconscious lizard and carried him across rooftops back to their hideout. Though, halfway there, they stopped and tied Randall's hands behind his back, and his legs together in case he woke up before they would get there.

When they did get him there, he was put in a small room where a shackle was put on his neck and his limbs were all left tied up for now. They would let him wake up before going in to see him.

…..

Mikey's brothers arrived to see what they could do to help him and Randall when they had gotten the call for help to this location. They found Mikey unconscious and bleeding on the roof.

Don instantly took to wrapping Mikey's bicep where he had been cut.

"We have to get him back to the lair." Don said.

"But where's Randall?" Leo asked.

They all looked around and didn't see him anywhere. Remembering what happened over a year ago to him, they looked for Randall everywhere close by, but nothing. He had obviously been kidnapped.

"Mikey might be able to tell us when he wakes up. Is he going to be alright, Don?" Raph asked.

"He's going to be fine. But the blow to the back of his head makes me think he might have a concussion." Don replied. "We'll track Randall down after we get Mikey home and treated."

They soon got him home and in the infirmary. His heart was beating fine. He hadn't lost that much blood before his bros had come to his rescue, but he would need rest.

Splinter stayed to look after Mikey while his brothers went to go track down Randall. Thanks to the implanted tracker, now they could track their friend down without all the guesswork. It was deep enough in his body to where they wouldn't be able to find it without digging into his flesh.

…

Randall had woken up not long after he had been put in the room. He was lying on the floor currently, glaring up and baring his teeth at the redheaded man.

"Now, Lizard, you will help me get this piece of jewelry from the museum." Kahn ordered. "If you don't, I will see to it that your turtle friends are destroyed!" Kahn threatened his friends.

Randall growled. "I'll never help you, you stupid human!"

Kahn smashed his staff into Randall's middle, making him cry out in pain.

"Do not threaten me, Lizard. You are in no position to threaten me. So what's it going to be? Get me the jewelry, or do we kill the friend you were out with?" Kahn demanded. He was trying to make him think that they had Mikey too to get Randall to cooperate.

"And if I do… help…?" Randall managed to say breathlessly.

"I won't have your friend harmed. I will see to it that you are set free." He was lying.

Randall felt he was being set up, but if he was going to save Mikey's life. "How do I know you have my friend or not?" he demanded.

Another Foot member came in and showed a video to him to make him think it was Mikey. Mikey was strapped to a table, about ready to be dissected.

"Alright, I'll do it." Randall agreed.

"With your abilities, this will just be a quick trip to get me the jewel, and you can be reunited with your friend." Kahn gloated. "Take him to the truck and take him to the museum."

"Yes, Sir." A man replied.

Randall's shackle was undone from his neck, but his limbs were all still kept tied until they got to the museum. He felt like he had lost circulation in his hands the ropes were tight on his wrists.

When they got there, just before the Foot was set to untie him, Kahn reminded him, "Remember what will happen to your friend if you disobey me!" he warned Randall.

"I remember, you asshole!" Randall growled.

With those words, he was slammed across the face. He glared up angrily at Kahn.

"Don't backtalk me!" Kahn growled down at him. Then he had one of his men call back to the ones on camera and they began cutting into Mikey's left arm. Mikey screamed in pain.

"Stop hurting him! Fine! I'll cooperate!" Randall yelled frantically. 'As much as I hate to cooperate for these losers.' he thought to himself.

"Good, Lizard. Untie his legs until we are ready for you to turn him loose." Kahn ordered.

"Yes, Sir." A man replied under his uniform. He untied Randall's legs, but his arms were still left bound behind his back. They took him into the building.

A picture was shown to Randall of what the diamond they were after looked like. It looked like a good-sized piece of jewelry. He could see why they wanted it. It was gorgeous!

"You go in there and you use your talents to get through the lasers in the building. You get it and bring it back and you will be reunited with your friend." Kahn ordered.

"I get it!" Randall said angrily.

"Untie him." Kahn ordered.

Randall's hands were now undone. "Don't think of trying anything stupid, Lizard. I will make sure the turtle suffers more if you don't do what I want you to." Kahn warned him.

Randall stood there, rubbing his wrists for a moment to get feeling back into them. He growled.

"Now go!" Kahn ordered.

Randall went into the building as ordered to do. He saw what they meant about lasers on the floors and such. He went to the walls and vanished because there were security cameras.

He went through several rooms and eventually, found the one with the diamond in it. It was in a glass case. Randall saw the camera and he went over to it and in one hard whip of his tail, he smashed the camera and it fell to the floor. Then, he went over to the wall where the switch was and turned it off, making the lasers disappear.

Then, he went over to the display case and he rammed himself into it, breaking it. He grabbed the jewel and put it in his mouth while carrying it back out through the building to the Foot ninjas.

When he reappeared to them, Kahn demanded, "Do you have the jewel, Lizard?"

Randall opened his mouth and took it out. "Had to hide it to get it through." he replied.

"Now give me the jewel." Kahn ordered.

"I don't really think you have my friend at all." Randall smirked. He was trying to outsmart this crook.

"Oh, you think I don't, hmm? Show him!" Kahn ordered.

The video was shown again.

Mikey was being cut into again! More screaming. Randall saw there was something off about 'Mikey' in the video.

"That's not my friend!" Randall exclaimed. "I just wanted to see what your little scheme was in order to let me loose. And now that I am, there's no way I'm letting you have this piece of jewelry." He bounced it in his right upper hand.

"Give me that jewel!" Kahn ordered.

"No way!" Randall mocked him.

"Get him!" Kahn demanded, and his men began to try to subdue the lizard again. Randall put the diamond in his mouth again and he climbed the wall again. He got out of their reach, but one man took aim at him with a bow and arrow and shot at him.

Randall saw it coming and tried to dodge it. He stopped short of it, but the impact of it made Randall jerk his head so bad that the diamond was forced the back of his throat and he suddenly swallowed it!

Kahn's staff came up and hit Randall in the spine, making him cry out in pain and he fell to the floor, winded. Kahn came over and grabbed Randall's head.

"Now, give me my diamond!" Kahn ordered angrily.

Randall licked his lips. He knew this was trouble for him.

When Kahn realized what the lizard had done, he said angrily, "You're going to wish you hadn't done that. Get him and take him back to the hideout. I will still have my jewel, one way or another." he ordered.

Randall got up and then, he struck out against the Foot leader. He snapped and jumped onto him, knocking him down. Then, he vanished and started attacking other Foot members too.

One Foot member turned on his infrared and saw Randall invisibly. He went up to attack the lizard and he managed to get in a good blow across Randall's face, making him turn visible again.

Kahn was ready to deal with him this time, but then, the Hauler pulled up just in front of the building and the three turtles jumped into action. They began fighting off Kahn and the Foot. Randall was so glad for the back up.

"How did you guys find me?" he asked.

"Your tracker!" Don replied while fighting off some Foot ninjas.

Randall had forgotten about the implanted tracker. Then, this was a good thing. It had just saved him from something much worse.

Leo gave a flying spin kick into Kahn's side and it made him go flying into the wall. They all went about attacking the Foot until they were all down.

Once they were down, Don, Raph, and Leo got Randall into the Hauler and they took off.

"Tell me you guys have Mike?" Randall asked, concerned.

"Yes, we have him, Randall. He's a little banged up, but he's going to be fine." Don replied.

"What happened?" Leo asked.

"We were patrolling and I remember them coming out of nowhere after a Purple Dragon raid fight. Mike got beat up real bad and I was drugged. It seems they wanted me to do a job for them. The leader wanted me to steal a gem from that museum." Randall explained.

"Did you do what he asked or were you fighting him all the way?" Raph demanded.

"I tried to resist, but he tricked me into thinking they had Mike. They used some torture on him to make me think they had him. Yes, I took the diamond, but was going to take it back. But, while dodging an arrow, the stop made me end up swallowing the diamond." Randall stated nervously.

The others knew this was trouble.

"I'll have to get an x-ray when we get home." Don said, "and we'll go from there."

When they got home, Randall had to see the state that Mikey was in first. He saw he had woken up and was happy to see him back. Splinter had taken good care of him. His main injury had just been an arm cut. He didn't see any further damage done contrary to the video.

Don got his x-ray machine ready and Randall agreed to it without hesitation.

After the picture was taken, it showed a big ball-like picture in the bottom of Randall's stomach. It was blocking the way into the small intestine. This would definitely mean surgery.

Randall didn't want surgery, but this diamond was too big to wait for it to pass through his system.

Don figured it wouldn't be such a big deal surgery, but he knew it would carry risks too. He called April over and the two of them prepped Randall for emergency surgery.

Randall watched as April put a needle into a vein on his right upper arm. "I don't want to go through with this." he admitted.

"I know, but we have to get the diamond out of your stomach." April replied, "and back to the museum."

"I know, I'm just saying I don't want it." the lizard whimpered in a nervous voice.

Sedation followed and the surgery was started.

Everyone else waited to hear how the surgery went and that Randall was going to be just fine.

It was a simple enough surgery, though very invasive. Randall's vitals had remained strong and stable. The diamond was removed from Randall's stomach and he was sewn up again. Bandages were used to cover up the stitches for while he would be recovering.

The guys got to take a look at the diamond that he had swallowed and knew now why he had had have the surgery. It was too big to pass naturally. Don disinfected it before it would go back to the museum.

Before sunrise, Leo and Raph took the diamond back to the museum where it belonged.

Randall woke up a few hours later from anesthesia. He was groggy and couldn't really feel his own body at the moment. Don wanted it that way. He knew he would be sore for awhile. He saw he was now in the infirmary next to Mikey.

"How are you feeling?" Don asked.

"Tired. Can't feel my body."

"You'll gain feeling back in awhile. I have you on some strong painkillers at the moment." Don stated.

"Good. How did it… go?" Randall was still tired.

"It was just fine. Hopefully, Leo and Raph got the diamond back to the museum before it was discovered it was gone." Don said. "You'll just have another scar added to your body. You'll be on bed rest for a few days."

Randall knew he didn't have much of a choice. He would later see the bandages around his middle.

Mikey was glad he wasn't the only one who was injured. He and Randall could go through a recovery together, except that Randall wasn't going to be moving about as soon as Mikey.

Mikey had had a concussion and a cut arm. He had a really bad headache at the moment. For the moment, they both were getting some rest.

…

Mikey was up about two days later. He felt a little better, but his head still hurt. He just wore a small bandage on his bicep. Don had diagnosed a mild concussion from his blow to his head. He would need to take it easy for a couple of weeks to be sure it didn't cause any other problems.

Raph joked that Mikey had a hard head that he was able to feel like he could do other things now, but in truth, Mikey was in no condition to do much at all but rest. Even if Mikey made a joke that Raph got irritated with, he wouldn't be allowed to hit his bro on the head either.

Randall was still on bed rest. He could feel the pain of the surgery he had had by now. The painkillers had worn off. He didn't feel much like eating. His head hurt too from the blow he had taken. But if there was one thing for sure, he was mad that he had been taken advantage of. His friendship with Mikey had been.

The lizard vowed that he would get rid of Kahn one of these days too, if someone else didn't do it first. He had done it with Hun and Yogami. He knew Casey would be happy to take care of Kahn for betraying him and his friends. He had been using Casey from the start to get to the turtles, and now him. He wasn't going to stand for that!

First, he would let himself recover and just wait for the right time to take out Kahn too. For his and his friends' honor.