Leo whimpered and clung tighter to Raph's shouders, "Easy little bro." Raph said gently, trying to sooth the frightened boy.
The Shredder approached the turtles and small boy, his eyes locked with Leo's, "Leonardo, are you alright?" he asked, sounding worried. Raph snarled, his eyes glaring daggers at the metal clad man.
Raph backed away when Shredder got to close for comfort, "Get away!"
Shredder smirked behind his helmet, "And let you get away with my son? I think not."
"He isn't your son!" Mikey snapped, twirling his nunchucks dangerously. Shredder cackled and shook his head before lifting his clawed hand and snapping his fingers. Thousands of ninjas attacked the turtles while one of the Elites appeared behind Raph and snatched Leo up by the back of his shirt before disappearing in a puff of smoke, "LEO!" the three turtles gasped.
The Elite holding Leo reappeared next to the Shredder. Leo whimpered and struggled, yelping when Shredder roughly took him out of the Elite's grasp, "Raph!" Leo cried.
"Hmm, It seems I'm going to have to wipe your memory again." Shredder mused. Leo twisted and thrashed, trying to get away, "What do you want from me!" Leo whimpered, on the verge of tears.
When Shredder didn't answer Leo turned back to the fight with teary eyes as he watched his(As far as he knew) brothers fight the sea of black ninjas and failing. Mikey was the first to be knocked down and held down as ninjas cuffed his hands behind his shell. Next was Donny, who was hit on the back of the head and forced to his knees, his hands also bound behind his shell. Raph was the most difficult to bring down, for he was fighting with determination and rage blinding his senses. Any ninja that came near him was immediately stabbed in either the neck, heart, or head, anything that would kill them instantly and get out of his way of saving his brothers.
Leo looked away, not wanting to see the bloodshed but his head was forced back by a tight grip on his chin, "You see Leonardo? Do you trully wish to go back and live with these monsters? If you anger them enough, you might be like the rest of my ninja, if not worse." Shredder grinned, tightning his grip on Leo's chin. Leo winced and almost believed him, 'NO! He's doing this so he can help me and Donny and... what was the other guys name..? MIKEY! Yeah, Mikey, that was it.'
Leo gasped when a group of ninja's finally took the raging turtle down and chained him like the others, forcing him on his knees. Leo whimpered again when Shredder let go of his chin and carried him over to the bound and angry turtles.
Narrowing his eyes, Leo thought, 'They tried to save me, now I have to try and save them.' Leo growled and spun around snapping his leg up and hitting Shredder in the face. Shredder grunted and dropped him.
Leo landed on his rump but got up no less than a second later and raced over to the turtles, "I hope you guys have a back up plan 'cause that was all I could come up with." Leo groaned as he held Raph's arm. The turtles gave him nervous and apologetic smiles as answers. Leo palmed his face and groaned again, "No offence but you guys stink at rescuing." he mumbled.
"Hey, we were still shocked and a little angry that you had been kidnapped, gotten your mind erased and then turned into a human ok? You used to be the one that made all the plans anyways!" Mikey deffended.
"You let your baby brother tell you what to do?" Leo asked, raising an eye brow.
"Guys." Donny gulped.
"You weren't always our baby brother dude." Mikey grinned.
"Guys!" Donny repeated.
"What do you mean?"
"GUYS!" Donny yelled
"What?" Mike and Leo asked, turning to him. Donny jerked his head towards the Shredder who was stalking over to them, eyes blazing. Leo gulped.
"Leo." Raph whispered. Leo looked at him out of the corner of his eye, "Yeah?"
"There's a lockpick in my belt that I need ya ta grab, but try not ta make it obvious. Then get behind me like yer scared and unchain me." Raph whispered, making it look as if his lips were barely moving so no one else knew he was talking.
Leo gave a tiny nod and huddled closer to him, slowly and carefully searching Raph's belt for the pick. He found it and scooted behind the big turtle and began picking the cuffs. Raph surpressed a grin when he felt the chains loosen, "Good job bro." he praised.
Now that Raph's hands were free he could reach his smoke pelets in the back of his belt, "Hold on ta me bro." Raph growled, throwing countless smoke pelets on the ground in front of him just before the Shredder could reach them. Raph got up, picking Leo up and putting him on hid back and helping Don and Mikey stand. The brothers made their way past the ninjas, away from Shredder's tower, and onto the roofs before the smoke cleared.
Leo burried his head in the back of Raph's neck and held onto his shoulders for dear life, trying not to look down or think about how high up from the ground he was.
The turtles came to a stop when they felt they were far enough from the tower that the foot wouldn't be able to track them. Raph crouched down to let Leo get off his back and then went to help Don and Mikey take off their cuffs.
Leo clung to Raph's leg, his own legs shaking. Raph tossed the cuffs to the side and put a hand on Leo's head, "Relax bro, we won't be up here for long, we're gonna go ta a friends house and take a secret tunnel ta our place."
"Where is your place?" Leo asked, tilting his head in a cute and innocent way that made the turtles faces melt into smiles. Just when Don was about to answer he saw a bit of blood on the side of Leo's pajama shirt, "What the shell?" he gasped, kneeling next to the boy.
Leo gulped as Don lifted the side of his shirt and showed the gash on his side, "How did you get this?" Don demanded.
Leo shifted nervously, "Well, um, when those ninjas attacked me up in my room, one of them cut me." he mumbled.
"And you didn't tell us this why?" Mikey asked, putting his hands on his hips and looking unnaturally serious and stern.
Leo cleared his throat, "You guys were fighting those bad guys, and I didn't want to worry you." he smiled nervously.
Don sighed and shook his head, "Well, your lucky that this cut wasn't deep. We can fix this up at Aprils place." Leo nodded, guessing that April was the friend who's home they were going to. Raph picked him up, carefull of Leo's wound, and he and the others started running across the roofs again. Leo once again burried his head in the crook of Raph's neck and wrapped his arms around Raph's neck tight, but not tight enough to suffocate him.
The turtles finally stopped on top of a roof and climbed down the fire escape and to a window. Mikey knocked on the window while Don kept a look out to make sure no humans spotted them.
A young redheaded woman with green eyes and wearing a pink bathrobe came opened the window and stepped aside to let her visitors in, 'This must be April.' Leo thought.
"Oh thank god you're alright!" April gasped, taking Leo from Raph and hugging him.
Leo gasped, his air supply getting cut off, "April ease up, I don't think he can breathe!" Mikey chuckled, putting a hand on April's shoulder. April smiled sheepishly, "Sorry." she said, putting Leo down.
Leo put a hand on his chest, sucking in the air around him. Don put a hand on Leo's head, "Come on bro, we need to get your side fixed up and then we can go home so you can get some rest." he smiled. Leo nodded and followed him to the bathroom, taking off his shirt and sitting on the toilet.
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The turtle's went down to the basement of April's apartment, Mikey holding a sleeping Leo while Raph and Don moved some crates and other junk around, uncovering the tunnel they had made (see episodes 101-103).
Mikey readjusted his hold on Leo and followed Raph and Don into the tunnel, not bothering to stop and wait for them while they moved all the stuff back in front of the hole since he knew that he would be no help with him holding Leo.
Raph and Donny quickly caught up with him, sighing in relief when they finally reached the lair. Mikey went upstairs, laying Leo on the bed and prying his arms from around his neck. He pulled the blankets up and closed the door behind him, "WHAT DO YA MEAN YA CAN'T TURN LEO BACK TA NORMAL?"
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Remember to check those pics! ;)