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So... yeah, we get to learn more about my OC, and we are actually going to have someone other than Leo be tortured (stop the presses!)

Leo slowly dragged his eyes open. He was met with blinding light and a woman staring at him. Concern was filling her eyes.

"Am I dead?" Leo asked. Of course he wasn't dead, no one could be in this much pain and be dead.

"No, sweetheart. You aren't dead. I'm Courtney and I found you outside. Can you tell me who you are and what happened?"

Leo was unsure at first but saw in her eyes that she wanted to help him.

"I'm Leo, or Leonardo. I don't have a home, I was walking along the streets when a... gang jumped me and beat me up." Leo made up the story off the top of his head.

"Do you have any family?" Courtney continued to ask.

Leo's thoughts immediately went to his brothers. Te Shredder had them. Splinter would be worried out of his mind.

"I... uh... no. My mom abandoned me at the hospital and my dad died when I was four. I didn't want to be sent to the orphan house so I ran away and lived on the streets my whole life." Leo was actually impressed with the story he came up with.

"Oh, Leo. I'm sorry, well I found you and I took care of your wounds. You were pretty beat up. A lot of cuts and a broken arm. You can stay here as long as you want." The woman gave a sympathetic smile before asking, "how old are you?"

"Nine." Leo said.

"Well, Leo, you're going to be here for a while considering your condition." Courtney smiled.

"Mom! We're home from school! You said you had a surprise!" A girl walked into the room. She looked to be around the age of thirteen. She was followed by two others who looked to be around the same age. All girls. They stopped dead in their tracks when they saw the young boy. "Who's he?"

"Rayn, Dyane, Marissa, this is Leo. I found him last night." Courtney said to her kids.

Concern filled all of the girl's faces. "What happened?" Marissa asked tentatively.

"He was jumped by a gang. He is going to be recovering here for a while." Courtney explained.

"Doesn't he have family?" Dyane asked before walking over next to her mom.

"No, he's an orphan." Courtney said sadly.

"How old is he?" Rayn knelt down beside Leo.

"Nine," Courtney replied before kneeling too.

"I'm sorry, Leo, wasn't it?" Dyane said.

"Yeah, it's fine. I appreciate your hospitality but I have to go. There's something I need to do." Leo began to get up but pain hit him in the chest and he fell beck with a grunt of pain.

"Leo, you needed a lot of stitches on your chest. You won't be able to move a whole lot." Courtney warned.

"But-" Leo began.

"Rest, kid. Everything will be fine." Rayn laughed as she, her sisters, and Courtney walked out of the room.

...

Raph woke up to see Mikey and Don hanging by chains on the wall opposite him. It didn't take him long to realize he too was chained. The chains were positioned just so their toes could touch the ground, in a word, it was painful.

All he remembered was being drugged by foot ninja after watching Leo being dragged to his death.

The reality hit him full force...

Leo was dead.

The tears came immediately. His brother, after all the things he had been through, was gone. He wasn't even given a chance.

Raph had failed him.

How would he tell Splinter?... if he would ever get the chance.

His sadness was replaced by hatred, pure hatred. He hated himself for not being able to save Leo. He hated the Shredder for killing Leo and capturing him and his brothers.

He was brought out of his loathing by Don and Mikey stirring.

"Rph?" Mikey slurred as he drew his eyes open.

"Hey Mikey," Raph quickly wiped his tears on his arms so his brothers couldn't see.

"You don't have to hide the tears, Raph." Don said sympathetically before breaking down and quietly sobbing himself.

"I can't believe he's gone." Mikey said through the tears running down his pale green face.

"Let's get out of here and finish the Shredder once and for all, for Leo." Raph said. His eyes were firm yet held unshed tears.

The door opened to reveal the Shredder.

"Ah, you're awake, freaks." His cruel laugh sent Raph over the edge as he struggled against his chains.

"Uh uh, Raphael, I wouldn't do that if you value Michealangelo's life." The Shredder put his gauntlet to the orange clad turtle's neck.

Raph immediately stopped struggling. He wasn't about to lose another brother to this monster.

"That's a smart turtle." The Shredder said as if talking to a dog.

"Let us go." Don said firmly.

"And why would I ever do that?" The Shredder brought his mask close to Don's face.

"You've already broken us by killing Leo. You may as well just let us go, we'd fall apart on our own." Don said.

"Ah, little turtle. I want to see you break, not just have the knowledge I broke you, but watch you slowly deteriorate into nothing." The Shredder watched as Don's face contorted into a mask of anger.

"Like we would let you have the pleasure." Raph glared.

"Oh, Raphael, don't you see? I didn't even do this! I am not at fault for this whole incident." The Shredder turned to face the red masked turtle.

"I don't see anyone else mutating brothers into nine year old kids then killing them." Raph said, choking slightly on the last part.

"But who caused him to go out?" The Shredder taunted, looking each turtle in the eye.

Raph had to suppress a tear. He knew if he hadn't said those hateful words, Leo never would have turned into a kid.

"I see it in your eyes, the guilt, the knowledge of who is really at fault for Leonardo's death." The Shredder sneered.

"You." The Shredder shut the door to let the pain seep into the three brothers.

Well, not my best work but if you review I will not only give you a cookie but give you an awesome chapter really quickly :)

this chapter was kind of off topic from the rest of the story, but just wait... you'll see what this is for :)