A/N: Thank you to me ever loyal reviewers and readers. remember English translation is in parenthesis. Ch 8 coming at ya and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer.

Ch 8 A Bad Situation

"Leo!" Mikey cried out catching his brother before he hit the ground.

"Put him on the couch," Donnie instructed. Mikey carried Leo over to the couch and placed him on it.

"Raph get me a cold wash cloth," Donnie instructed.

"Right," Raph said running out of the room. Seconds later the red masked turtle returned with a cold washcloth. Donnie put the cloth on Leo's head. After a couple of minutes Leo let out a groan.

"Leo are you ok?" Mikey asked.

"Leo what happened?" April asked, her blue eyes filled with concern.

"Yeah why'd you pass out like that?" Casey asked kneeling down beside Leo.

"I ran," Leo answered sitting up.

"Well yeah," Raph said with a slight annoyance to his voice. "But why were you running?"

"And where's Splinter?" Donnie asked looking around for his father and master.

"They took him!" Leo cried out jumping up suddenly. "They ambushed us! Splinter tried to reason with them but they attacked him! It's all my fault! I'm sorry guys! I didn't mean to.."

"Whoa whoa whoa take it easy Leo," Raph said putting a calming hand on his older brother's shoulder.

"Yeah bro just slow and tell us what happened," Mikey said gently.

"Yeah who took Splinter?" Donnie asked.

"The Elite Guards took him," Leo said. The group gasped and their eyes went wide.

"B-but how did they find us?" Donnie stammered.

"We were taking a walk," Leo explained. "And they just appeared. They left this note. It was addressed to you Mikey." The blue masked turtle handed Mikey the note he had found. Mikey read the note and his blue eyes got wide.

"What's it say Mikey?" Raph asked peering over Mikey's shoulder. Mikey quickly pulled the note close to him, preventing Raph from seeing it.

"Did you read this Leo?" Mikey demanded a little rougher than he had meant to.

"No I just grabbed it and ran home," Leo said quickly. "Why? What does it say?"

"Nothing that concerns you," Mikey said.

"If it concerns Splinter then it concerns us," Raph said bluntly. "Now let me see the damn note."

"No!" Mikey shouted shoving Raph away from him. "Like I said," he growled. "It doesn't concern you. It was addressed to me and only me."

"Mikey..." Leo began.

"Just leave it alone damn it!" Mikey shouted causing everyone to jump. "Please just leave it alone," Mikey said in a much calmer voice.

"Mikey those guys have Splinter," Raph said. "There ain't no way we're just gonna..."

"Raph Mikey's right," Leo interrupted. "We need to leave it alone."

"Huh?" Raph said with confusion. "Leo there's no way..."

"No Leo's right," Donnie said suddenly. "If Mikey says to leave it alone then I think we should honor his wishes."

"Thank you Donnie," Mikey said with a small smile.

"But Mikey you should really let us help you," Donnie said. "But if you don't want our help we can't force you."

"The Hell we can't," Raph growled crossing his arms in front of him and glaring at Mikey. Mikey didn't notice because his attention was on Donnie. Suddenly Raph let out a growl and leapt towards Mikey tackling his younger brother to the ground. "Give me that damn note!" Raph shouted.

"Get off of me Raph!" Mikey shouted, trying to shove Raph off of him.

"Raph get off of him!" Leo shouted as he and Miwa went to pull Raph off of Mikey. It took them along with Casey to succeed in pulling the red masked turtle off of his orange masked brother.

"Damn you Raphael!" Mikey hissed breathing heavily his blue eyes filled with rage. "Why can't you just leave things alone?!"

"Because," Raph said jerking away from his siblings. "You've got no right to keep things like this from us! Splinter is our father too and we have the right to know what's goin' on!

"If I want or need your help I'll ask for it!" Mikey shouted balling his fists up.

"Ok you two need a serious time out," Miwa said standing between her seething mad brothers. "Seriously I mean it just chill out ok?"

"Tell that to him," Raph and Mikey said together.

"Argh I can't take this anymore!" Mikey shouted throwing his hands in the air. "I'll be in my room!" With that Mikey stormed out of the room. Within a few minutes the group heard the slamming of his room door.

"I'll be in the dojo," Raph growled as he too exited the room.

"I better see if I can calm Mikey down," Miwa said as she exited the lab.

"Wow that was intense," April said softly as she sat on the couch.

"Boy and I thought Raph had a temper," Casey said sitting next to April.

"Leo are you ok?" Donnie asked noticing the Leo was staring off into space.

"Huh?" Leo said shaking his head. "Yeah I'm fine Donnie. I'm just worried about Splinter."

"Yeah me too," Donnie said with a sigh. "And Mikey's secretive attitude and Raph's temper isn't helping matters."

"Yeah tell me about it," Leo said with a sigh of his own. "I just hope Miwa is able to talk some sense into him."

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Meanwhile Miwa knocked on Mikey's door. "Mikey?" the brown eyed teen said softly.

"What do you want Miwa?" came Mikey's surprisingly calm voice.

"I want to talk to you," Miwa replied. "Can I come in? Please?"

"Door's open," Mikey said. With that Miwa opened the door and walked in. Shutting the door behind her Miwa sat down on the bed beside her brother. "Alright Mikey talk to me," she said putting her arm around the freckled faced turtle.

"About what?" Mikey asked.

"You know about what," Miwa said. "That note. What's it say?"

"Here," Mikey said handing the note to his sister. "See for yourself." Miwa too the note from Mikey and read it.

"Mikey this says you have to meet them at Shredder's lair at midnight tonight," Miwa said her brown eyes wide.

"Yeah," Mikey said getting up and pacing. "I know. And it says to come alone otherwise they'll kill Father."

"So what are you going to do?" Miwa asked.

"I have no choice," Mikey said. "I have to meet them. And I have to go alone."

"Mikey you can't," Miwa protested standing up.

"Miwa it's the only way to get Father back," Mikey said.

"How do you know they'll release him?" Miwa asked her voice coming out high pitched. "I mean they could just ambush you and not let Father go. Then what?"

"I'll cross that bridge when I get to it," Mikey declared as he picked up his nunchakus and put them in his belt.

"I'm going with you," Miwa insisted.

"No Miwa you can't," Mikey said. "You read the note. If anyone comes with me they'll kill Father."

"They probably plan on doing that anyways," Miwa pointed out. "I mean do you really think Shredder is going to allow Father to live?"

"You have a point," Mikey said.

"Damn right I do," Miwa said. "Which is why I think we should include Leo, Raph and Donnie. After all their Splinter's sons just as much as you are."

"Yeah I know," Mikey said with a sigh. "You're right Miwa. Come on let's go tell them." With that the brother and sister went to inform their other brothers their plan

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Meanwhile the Shredder was hatching a plan of his own. "Is it complete yet Stockman?" Shredder asked looking at the tall, skinny African American standing in front of him.

"Oh yes Master it is complete," Baxter Stockman said nervously handing Shredder a vial.

"Good," Shredder said taking the vial.

"B-but there's something you should know Master," Stockman stammered.

"What?" Shredder said impatiently.

"This may not be safe," Stockman said. "I haven't had a chance to test it yet."

"Is there more of this?" Shredder asked holding up the vial.

"Oh yes Master there is," Stockman said pointing to three other vials on his desk.

"Good," Shredder said. "And don't worry about a test subject. I already have the perfect one in mind."

"Yes Master," Stockman said as the Shredder walked away.

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Once Shredder was in his room he called, "Bradford!"

"Yes Master?" Dog-Pound said entering the room.

"Bring the rat to me," Shredder ordered.

"Yes Master," Dog-pound said as he exited the room.

"Masutā (Master?)" Kito said from his place beside Shredder. "Sorehanandesuka (What is that?)" Kito indicted the vial Shredder was holding.

"Watashitachi no mondai o kaiketsu (A solution to our problem,) Shredder said. "Kono baiaru de, watashitachiha Karai to Kenshen no omoide o issō suru koto ga dekiru hitsuyō ga ari, wareware wa sentaku shita nin'i no memori ni ire (With this vial we should be able to wipe out the memories of Karai and Kenshen and put in whatever memories we choose.)

"Soshite, anata wa ratto no tame ni motte iru mono o okonau hitsuyō ga? (And what need do you have for the rat?)" Kito asked.

"Ratto wa, watashi no tesuto no taishō to narimasu (The rat will be my test subject,)" Shredder said his eyes filled with hate. "Sore wa kare o korosu baai wareware wa, kore wa jissai ni dōsa suru ka dō ka o kakunin shinakereba narimasen ka (We shall see if this really works or if it will kill him.) Just then Dog-Pound came in with an unconscious Splinter with him. "Kanpekina taimingu (Perfect timing,)" Shredder said. "Jikan wa, tesuto ni kono soryūshon o irete (Time to put this solution to the test.)" With that Shredder walked towards Splinter fully prepared to wipe out his memory.

A/N Hope you all enjoyed ch 8 and as always review please.