AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey everyone I'm back!Here's the next installment. thanks for the reviews and i hope you'll enjoy!

Italics: Satoshi's (donatello's) P.O.V on the fight. and his thoughts in general.

Disclaimer:(Only own TMNT in my wildest dreams.)


Chapter 7. Fear

Fear. a condition that can be real or imagined. It is a strong emotion that brings your worst nightmares to life. a mate, a companion. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread. But what if you are afraid of someone who used to be your source of courage and strength? What if the one you used to dread, is now the one closest to you?

"What are you afraid of?"

Satoshi was pacing back and forth in his private laboratory. He couldn't calm his nerves no matter what he did and his younger brother's obliviousness wasn't helping him much either. He stopped pacing and turned to face his brother.

"What am I afraid of? Takeo, has it slipped your mind that we're holding our so-called enemies downstairs?"

"Of course not! They'll wake up soon enough and I'll teach them a lesson they won't forget anytime soon " Takeo said with a smug grin crossing his face.

"What, You're gonna beat'em up just cuz they tried to defend themselves? Or did you actually think that the red one wouldn't react after what we did to his brother? " Satoshi asked in a sarcastic tone.

"Blue already knew it was a lost fight; it's not our fault he chose to be an idiot and fought with us singlehandedly" He paused. "And why are you trying to defend them anyways? Last time I checked, they're the ones who almost had us brainwashed last year!"

"I know, I know! I jus..." Satoshi trailed of.

Takeo shook his head and crossed his arms. "You jus can't shake that mushy feeling you get around them."

The genius turtle sighed and leaned on his desk. "Well 'mushy' isn't the word I would've used but yeah. And I know you've felt it too."

After a few minutes of silence, Takeo suddenly stood up and headed for the door. "I don' expect anythin from you Satoshi; I'm already used to handling situations on my own, so don't sweat it… You just do what you do best; hide in your little happy place an' hope no one finds you." And with that, he slammed the door shut; leaving his troubled older brother alone with his thoughts.

Satoshi sighed deeply and fell back into his chair. Why is everything so damn confusing? He looked at the clock; it was 3:24 am. It'll take another hour or two before the "show" begins. The turtle sighed again and put his face in his hands. Now that he was alone and their prisoners were still unconscious, he had nothing better to do than to reflect on last night's events…

It was a cold night. Clouds covered every corner of the dark sky like blankets. A few feet away he stood, looking like a fearless tiger waiting to jump at his prey. The turtle wore a blue mask; two nunchucks were strapped to his belt and a bow staff was visible from behind his shell.

On the other side of the roof, Satoshi took a deep breath and tapped his foot nervously. I still can't understand father's reasons for sending us out here in our most vulnerable form. He thought. Their father had ordered them to face their enemies in their human form which was considered a great risk to the genius turtle. Who am I to argue with the great Ouroku Saki anyways? He knows what's best for us. Satoshi reasoned with himself.

Next to him, Takeo was looking straight ahead. No signs of hesitation or fear visible through his deep blue eyes.

"My name is Hamato Leonardo Son of Hamato splinter." The blue banded turtle suddenly spoke up. "I am the eldest between my three siblings; two of them, you took away and now…" Leonardo took out his bow staff and pointed it towards them. "It is time I returned the favor."

What is he talking about? I thought there were only two brothers. Did father lie to us? Satoshi's thoughts were cut short as his brother gave them the attack signal.

The foot ninja drew out their swords and charged at Leonardo who was as still as stone. He didn't move a muscle even when their blades were only a few inches away from cutting his face. For a moment, Satoshi thought he'd never move.

He couldn't have been more wrong...

"Master Satoshi?"

Satoshi mumbled something and buried his head deeper in his arms.

Baxter stockman frowned and tried again.

"Master Satoshi, your father has called you to his chamber"

The turtle's head snapped up at hearing his father's name. "M-my father asked for me?" Satoshi asked in a tired voice.

Stockman shrugged and said "Well, it's no surprise. After your recent lack of participation in managing the enterprise; I'd say he's fed up with you"

Satoshi felt his blood boil. "Listen Stockman." He spat. "I might have a lower degree than my brother around here, but I still have my place as Ouroku Saki's son and as your superior" Stockman gulped and backed away a few steps. "So if you know what's good for you, you'll respect me!" Satoshi glared at him for another moment, then brushed past him and walked out the room.

As he was walking down the dark hallway he couldn't help but be grateful that it wasn't the confrontation room he had been called to. The last time the genius turtle was called in to that place, he made his brother commit a crime; the crime that was originally intended for him. Satoshi stopped in his tracks as he noticed the black and red symbol on the door. It was his father's room and the largest room in the whole building."

Satoshi prepared himself to knock but stopped when he heard some voices coming from Saki's chamber. He came closer to the door and sharpened his ears.

"I'm just wondering where you're going with this father. It's not like you to carry out such long term plans just to avenge your enemies"

Sister? Satoshi thought to himself. But what does she mean by a "long term plan"?

"I'm done talking to you Karai . You are my daughter and you shall not question my methods. Now get out. Satoshi will arrive at any moment now"

Satoshi heard someone sigh and approach the door. He gasped and backed away but he heard his sister's voice again.

"They'll find out you know? Sooner or later they'll learn the truth about those two… and when they do, your end game would be compromised as well father"

What?

"If I remember right, it was you and you feelings that got in the way of my plans in the first place karai."

The sound of footsteps got closer.

"… That night, you thought that if you brought them back instead, the other two would be safe; that he would be safe…"

Silence.

"Well karai, you couldn't have been more wrong!"

Saki laughed loudly…

The foot ninja drew out their swords and charged at Leonardo who was as still as stone. He didn't move a muscle even when several blades were only a few inches away from cutting his face. For a moment, Satoshi thought he'd never move. He couldn't have been more wrong.

Leonardo suddenly leapt forward and knocked all of the foot ninjas away with his bow. Then, he jumped back and dogged an attack that came at his head. The ninjas who were knocked off charged at him with their sword but, the blue banded turtle threw half off them off the rooftop with a roundhouse kick.

Satoshi could feel his brother's muscles get tenser by the second as they watched their men get beaten by the blue banded warrior.

The genius turtle's mouth almost hung open as he saw Leonardo walking over a crowd of ninjas like walking over a bridge and snapping their necks one by one with his legs. He was almost done with two-thirds of the whole group when it started to rain; but the small droplets of water didn't seem to cause any problems for the turtle as he pushed the rest of the ninjas off the building with a swift motion.

Upon the arrival of the foot tech ninjas however, the turtle, having many encounters with them, sensed their presence right away and immediately blind folded himself using his bandana while holding his bow firmly in his hands.

It didn't take long for Leonardo to be able to serve full kicks and punches to the foot tech's chests and prevent them from disappearing before breaking their skulls.

Everything was going smoothly for the blue masked warrior and almost every ninja who dared to attack him, died right away. But, Satoshi knew that sooner or later

Leonardo's energy would run low and so would his brother's patience.

The blue banded turtle had killed at least four dozen ninjas and was gasping for air when the elite guards arrived.

With Takeo's orders, the elite ninjas aimed their weapons at the turtle and charged into battle. The rain was pouring violently now. Leonardo's movements were getting slower and his attacks were sloppier but he was still seemed to be fighting with all his might.

Satoshi stood there and watched as Leonardo somehow managed to injure three of the Elites by stealing their weapons and using it against themselves. He turned around to attack the fourth one but no one was there.

Satoshi heard Takeo say something under his breath with a smile. But his smile was gone when Leonardo stopped the Elite's double bladed sword in the air with one of his nunchucks and plunged it into his stomach.

Satoshi saw his brother roar in annoyance and charge at the exhausted turtle with his sword; his ring slipping from his finger.

After that, everything happened so fast…

"M-mickey?"

Slash.

Blood.

A roar.

A red bandana shifting in the wind…

Everything happened so fast. Too fast…

"Well karai, you couldn't have been more wrong!"

Saki laughed loudly.

All of a sudden the door opened and a very upset-looking Karai stood in front of it. Satoshi didn't have time to hide so he just took a step back and gave an innocent smile.

"Greetings sister. I didn't know you were invited to father's chamber as well."

Karai was taken aback by the turtle's presence at first; But after a few seconds she cleared he throat and said, "Ah, yes. Hello brother. I had a few things to discuss with father, but I'm done now. You can go right in." She gave him a faint smile and walked past him.

Satoshi had sensed fear in her voice and from what he'd heard in that room, he knew something was going on.

"Ah, Satoshi. How long have you been here?" Saki asked from inside the room.

The black masked turtle stepped inside and said "Not long, just a few minutes." Saki nodded. "Why did you call for me father? You are aware that I have to monitor our enemies from the lab incase they start waking up-"

"What happened out there?"

"Pardon?"

Smiling, Saki went to his personal laptop and typed something in. "You know that I only arrived at the battle field when those pathetic creatures were half way dead" He waited for Satoshi to nod; Then he continued "I want to know how Takeo managed to stab him with his sword…before the red one showed up of course"

The Turtle sighed and tried to remember exactly what happened when his brother charged at Leonardo…

Satoshi saw his brother roar in annoyance and charge at the exhausted turtle with his sword, his ring slipping from his finger.

"W-well, Takeo and I were wearing our rings just like you'd ordered us to.

It was raining hard so… I guess when my brother charged at him, his ring slid down his finger for a few seconds…

"You're going down turtle!" Takeo spat and reached for his sword but stopped when he heard Satoshi calling " Takeo stop! Your ring! I-it's falling of…your face!"

Takeo didn't care. He didn't care if he transformed back to his original form; he would at least show his real face to his enemy before finishing him.

But he didn't expect to see the blue banded turtle drop his weapons and look at him with terrified eyes.

" M-mickey?"

Takeo saw his chance…

"Takeo revealed his face to our enemy for a few seconds before stabbing him and putting his ring back on" Satoshi looked at his father and quickly added " I-I'm sure the turtle didn't see much…It was raining after all."

Saki was rubbing his chin with his index finger; his eyes were darker than usual and his brows had turned into a frown.

"Did he say something? The turtle. Did he say something when he saw Takeo's real face?"

Satoshi considered telling him the truth at first; but he held back when he remembered Karai's word from earlier...

"They'll find out you know? Sooner or later they'll learn the truth about those two… and when they do, your end game would be compromised as well father"

"No father. Nothing." He had to keep this a secret; he had to know what his father's "End game" was.

Saki gave a small smile and said" very well then." He paused. "Let's talk about the matter at hand shall we?"

"The matter at hand?" Satoshi asked.

"The red one just woke up. He put an extraordinary fight with the two of you last night" He went to his laptop again and faced the monitor towards Satoshi.

The screen showed a red banded turtle chained from his wrists and ankles and hung to the wall. His head rocking back and forth.

Saki turned the laptop to himself "I want you to torture him, make him pay for abducting you and your brother last year."

All the coulor disappeared from Satoshi's face. "B-but what about Takeo? I think he would want to-"

"Takeo has his own job to do and believe me… He is enjoying himself right now" Saki said impatiently. He walked up to Satoshi and placed a hand on his shoulder "Make me proud my son. Go in there and make him go down to his knees and beg for your forgiveness…"

The sound of the red banded turtle's furious roars could be heard from the laptop's speakers. Ouroku Saki smiled at those sounds and tightened his grip on Satoshi's shoulder.

"You go in there and make him TALK."

The sound of his helpless screaming and struggling rang through the turtle's ears. He'd always been aware of his fears. He had always known about his phobias.

But now…He had just realized exactly how much he was afraid. Afraid of facing the creatures whom he was told were his true enemies…


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