I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. I had a Halloween party and I couldn't get to my computer. So here's the next chapter. I hope everyone's enjoying this story, and thanks to everyone who's supporting this story. : )

Chapter 8

"If we run into trouble or find anything, contact the rest and meet back here." Leo returned to his role as leader.

We went over the plan one last time before heading out. Then we separated and I kept my Kamas in my hands, ready for anything. Raphael was on the same page as me, this is still a mission to spy on Shred head, but it was still the Foot. Kristen scurried after us as we searched our section of the property. We stayed silent as we looked for any traces of the Foot or Bishop. To be honest, I was a nervous wreck. The people who were trying to kill the turtles could be in a close proximity to our home. If I had the skills I would make Bishop and Shredder pay. I looked at my phone to check the time, it was 10:00. We've been out here for two hours and no one has reported anything. I jumped when Raph's phone rang. We found a place to hide and he answered his phone.

"Mike, what you find?" Raph's eyes narrowed. "What happened?" His hand clenched around his phone and he growl softly. "Did you call Don?" Raph started pacing. "Okay let's get back to the house. Be careful." He hung up and started heading back to the house.

"What happened?" I jogged after him after I gave Kristen a confused look which she returned.

"I'll explain later. As for now, we gotta get back." He kept his attention to the path ahead.

Kristen and I started jogging a few times because he was pissed about something and was focused on trying to find a way to hurt someone. I was going to ask him again about what happened, but I knew he wouldn't tell me. As we got into the house, I was met by sad faces. What the shell is going on here? Mikey sat at the table with his head in his hands and Sarah and Don stood next to him. My heart was pounding.

"Where's Leo?" my voice cracked.

Mikey shook his head and Sarah came to my side. Don took a long breath. I stared at the both of them.

"Where's he?" I asked again backing up a step.

"Bishop has him."

My heart stopped. "No." I shook my head and fell to the floor. "Oh god, no, no, no, no." tears blurred my vision as I stayed seated on the floor. I had to go find him, and return him to safety. Sarah came next to me.

"We'll get him back, Buck." Sarah put her hand on my shoulder. I squeezed my eyes shut, and my imagination made up an image of Leo strapped to a metal table, unconscious. I stood up and went to the back door, but Raph grabbed me.

"Let me go!" I tried to break free, but he had a tight hold on me. "He needs help now! Raphael, let go!"

"Hey, I would like to go now and beat the shell outta Bishop, but we can't." He held me tighter.

I stopped struggling. He was right, if we'd rush into this without a plan we could ALL be captured. I sighed. Wait, did Raphael just argue about rushing into battle? Wow, that was weird. Slowly, Raph let me go.

"Then what do we do?" I asked still freaking out that BISHOP has Leo!

"What's going on?" My parents came downstairs.

"Bishop has Leo." I answered my sadness turning to anger.

"I'm guessing that's bad." Mom said.

"YES! It's bad!" I started pacing. "We have to go save him! I don't know what Bishop has in mind for him, but it's not going to be a pizza party."

"We are going to save him. You, your friends, and parents are going to have to stay somewhere else for now." Donnie interrupted my breakdown.

"How close are they?" Jim asked.

"About a mile away." Mikey answered quietly.

Jim automatically agreed and started packing. I went over to Mikey and put my hand on his arm; he looked at me. His eyes were full of fear for his brother. I knew how he felt; I was terrified for Leonardo.

"We'll get him back." This was all I could say before I went up and fill my turtles shell backpack with clothes. Sarah and Kristen followed me up. They sat on my bed and watched me pack.

"Where are you going stay?" Kristen asked.

"I don't know, Steve." I kept my eyes on my bag.

Where will we go? I didn't want to leave the guys here with Bishop and his troops so close. I won't leave. I'm staying here. I stopped packing and looked at my friends.

"Call me crazy, but I'm staying here."

"Bucky, don't be stupid." Sarah rolled her eyes.

"You're going to get hurt again." Steve added.

"I'm not going to let them go into this alone. They don't know what Bishop can do." I tried reasoning with them, but they were sticking with the idea that I was crazy.

I kept my bag in my room and joined the turtles downstairs. Mom was on the phone with Taylor telling her she has to stay with her father for a few extra days. Of course, Taylor started arguing with Mom, but finally gave up after five minutes. Jim dropped off Kristen and Sarah off at their houses and got us a room at a hotel nearby. We couldn't stay at a relative's house because most of them had small houses and we would take up too much room. We were just about to leave when Raph noticed I didn't have a bag.

"What are you doing?" He asked annoyed.

"I'm staying here."

"No, you're not." He started pushing me towards the stairs.

"Yes I am." I shoved back.

"You have to go someplace safe. Leo will kill me if anything happens to you." He picked me up over his shoulder and went upstairs.

Leo likes me? I couldn't help the smile that crept over my face. I quickly shook it away. I can't be all smiley I was supposed to be mad. Raph was being his usual self and it's keeping me from helping Leo. Raph put me down and motioned to my bag.

"Finish packing."

I zipped my bag up and put it on. I stormed past him and went downstairs. I headed over to Donnie.

"I need to help." I begged.

Don sighed and put his hands on my shoulders. "It's too dangerous. I'm sorry, but you can track our tracker signals. You'll be able to tell exactly where we are."

"Then why aren't you tracking Leo's." It would make this whole situation a lot less complicated.

"Because his phone was destroyed." Donatello explained.

"Alexa, it's time to go." Jim called in through the garage.

My emotions were swirling around me like a tornado. I don't want them to have to fight Bishop on their own. Donnie was right, though, it is too dangerous for me. I wasn't a ninja like them. I was just an ordinary girl, but they are like family to me. It wasn't right to have my family go into a fight alone, but I can't get through to any of them. Ugh, why were they so stubborn?

"Go on. We'll get him back." Donnie said. "Oh and here's a carrier for your Kamas." He handed me a bag. "I don't think the hotel will appreciate you carrying your weapon around in the open."

I put my weapon in the bag. "Thanks Donnie." I held the bag close to me and shuffled to the door. I turned around to them and took a quick looked at them. They were all worried for their brother and were nervous about Bishop. It just looked like it at least. Raph of course was trying to hide how nervous he was, but I know he probably was. "Please. Be careful." I received a few nods and I followed my parents into the car.