A/N: The usual thanks are in order here. Here's ch 10 for ya and as usual see ch 1 for disclaimer. Enjoy.

Ch 10 A New Lead

Slash and Mondo Gecko were going from roof to roof hoping to see some sign of the Foot. The two mutants had been searching for hours but were coming up with nothing. "Man this sucks Slash," Mondo Gecko grumbled as he hopped off his skateboard and went to the roof's edge to look out.

"Tell me about it," Slash muttered, going to stand by his companion. The snapping turtle and gecko stood there in silence for a few seconds. Then Mondo Gecko let out a sigh. Slash groaned to himself. "What is it now?" he growled. Like Raph Slash hated showing emotions and feelings. But the mutant also knew that Mondo Gecko was a lot like Mikey. Sensitive and caring. And as much as Slash hated to admit it he'd grown to care about the younger mutant. Their relationship was a lot like Raph and Mikey's relationship. While Mondo Gecko annoyed Slash to no end sometimes he still hated to see him miserable.

"I can't help but worry about Mikey," Mondo Gecko said. "I mean he must be goin' through Hell right now. And I hate that."

"Stop thinkin' about things like that," Slash said, his voice coming out rough.

"Don't you think about those things?" Mondo Gecko asked, turning his head to face Slash. "I mean I know you care a lot 'bout Raph. Don't it just piss you off to think 'bout what's happenin' to 'im?"

"We'll find 'em," Slash said, his eyes determined. "And when we do we're gonna make whoever took 'em pay. And pay dearly." With those words Slash let out a growl and swung his mace, hitting the stone wall and making a huge dent in it. Just then they heard a beeping sound. Picking up his communication device Slash pressed a button. "Talk to me Rockwell," he growled into the receiver.

"I do believe I have a location to where the turtles may be being held," Dr. Rockwell informed Slash. "I'm sending you the location now. I've already informed Leatherhead of this and I am heading there myself as we speak."

"Good," Slash said. "Have you told Splinter yet?"

"Not yet," Dr. Rockwell said. "I didn't want to get his hopes up in case I was wrong."

"Probably better that way," Slash said as he closed his device. Then he got the location from his device and turned to Mondo Gecko saying, "We've got a possible location for the turtles."

"Then what are we waiting for?!" Mondo Gecko shouted, grabbing his skateboard and hopping on it. "Lets go." With that Slash lead the way and the two mutant were off hoping they'd be able to find their friends.

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A few minutes later Slash and Mondo Gecko had met up with Leatherhead and Dr. Rockwell and the foursome were heading towards their location. Unfortunately for them they ran right into trouble. Namely Tiger Claw and Karai. "Oh great," Karai muttered. "More mutants."

"More like targets," Tiger Claw declared, as he shoved past Karai and took out his laser gun.

"Oh please," Dr. Rockwell scoffed stepping forward.

"The only target around here is you!" Slash shouted, swinging his mace.

"Slash allow me," Dr. Rockwell said. Slash nodded and the mutant monkey faced the pair and using his helmet, which amplified his psychic abilities, he sent Tiger Claw and Karai flying backwards and into the wall. Growling the pair got to their feet and Karai pressed a button. Within minutes about a dozen Foot Bots were on the scene.

"Finally some action," Slash growled.

"Oh yeah this is gonna be awesome!" Mondo Gecko cried out. With these words the mutant gecko race towards his foes shouting "Cowabunga!" With that the fight was on. Leatherhead and Slash took out quite a few Foot Bots but it seamed that the more they took out the more came in their place. Mondo Gecko helped out as much as he could and he succeeded in distracting Karai long enough for Dr. Rockwell to give her a blast, knocking her backwards once again. But the orange skinned gecko forgot about Tiger Claw and soon found himself face to face with the assassin. Tiger Claw growled at Mondo Gecko and swung his chain, catching his opponent by his legs. Tiger Claw pulled the chain which swung Mondo Gecko around hard causing him to crash into Dr. Rockwell. Both mutants fell to the ground and Tiger Claw picked up both of them and threw them hard into Leatherhead, who had demolished the Foot Bots and had his sights set on Karai, who was battling Slash at the current moment. Leatherhead caught his friends in midair before they could hit the ground. This distracted him long enough for Tiger Claw to attack. Tiger Claw tackled Leatherhead and threw him into the wall, causing a huge dent to form. This just left Slash and Karai.

"You're the ones who took Raphael," Slash growled, as he swung his mace at Karai. Karai had to jump quickly to the side to avoid being hit.

"Wait you guys know the turtles?" the teen ninja asked, the surprise clear in her voice.

"Yeah we do," Slash snarled, as he grabbed Karai by her arm and lifted her off her feet. Slash put Karai's face inches from his and hissed, "If you tell us where they are maybe I'll be nice and not break you in two." But Slash didn't have a chance to make good on his threat because just then Tiger Claw hit him hard in the back of the head knocking the snapping turtle out.

"Lucky for you girl I felt like having pity on you," Tiger Claw growled as Karai got to her feet.

"I didn't need your help," Karai snapped, glaring at the tiger. "I had it under control."

"Didn't look like it to me," Tiger Claw sneered, giving Karai a superior look. Karai let out a groan and rolled her brown eyes.

"Let's just go," she hissed. With that she and Tiger Claw were off, heading back towards their lair. Little did they know that Mondo Gecko and Dr. Rockwell were still conscious and the pair were following close behind their enemies.

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Meanwhile back at the Shredder's lair all was not going well for the turtles. The four brother had been in their Hell for over a week now and they were beginning to lose hope. Mikey was a mess and spent most of his time curled in in a ball shaking and crying. Raph tried to comfort his baby brother as much as he could but with his broken shell there was little the red masked turtle could do. Donnie barely spoke or moved for that matter. Raph knew his genius brother was bad off from all the beatings he had received. For some reason Donnie seamed to be the favorite when it came to the daily torture. And Raph hated it. He hated this whole damn thing. And what made matters worse was the fact they hadn't seen or heard anything from Leo for days aside from the time when Raph saw him. Suddenly Mikey's soft voice came, "Raph?" he said softly.

"Yeah little brother I'm here," Raph said, groaning as he rolled to his side so he could face his brother.

"Do you think Leo's dead?" Mikey asked, his voice barely audible.

"You can't think like that Mikey," Raph said, putting as much force into his words as he could. "You gotta think positive."

"That's not easy," Mikey said, his voice cracking. Raph could see tears going down his little brother's face as Mikey's body shook from the sobs.

"Hey c'mon Mikey don't do that," Raph said, fighting the urge to cry himself. "You gotta stay strong."

"I k-know R-Raph," Mikey sobbed, curling himself up again and wincing and a stab of pain went through his broken arm. "I h-hate it h-hear. I w-wanna go h-home." Raph opened his mouth to respond but to his surprise he heard Donnie's voice say, "I think we all want that Mikey." Raph turned and to his surprise he saw Donnie laying next to him. Raph sighed and put his arm around his purple masked brother.

"I don't think I can handle much more of this," Donnie said, his voice barely above a whisper. Just then the door opened and Dog-Pound appeared. Raph and Donnie glared at the wolf as Mikey uncurled himself and wiped the tears away. The freckled faced turtled would be damned if he was going to give his enemies the pleasure of seeing him cry. Dog-Pound unlocked to cell door and stormed towards Mikey. Raph growled and tried to stop Dog-Pound. But a stab of pain went through his shell and he was unable to do so. Donnie forced himself to sit up, ignoring the pain as he did so. The two brothers saw Dog-Pound grab Mikey by his shell and drag him away.

"No!" Raph cried out, trying to stand but failing. "Mikey! You leave him alone you bastard!"

"Say goodbye to him freaks," Dog-Pound growled as he dragged Mikey out of the cell. "Because this is gonna be the last time you'll ever see him." With that Dog-Pound let out a cruel laugh as he dragged a terrified Mikey out of the dungeon.

"No!" Mikey cried out, unable to keep his fear under control. "Help me! Raph! Donnie! Help me please! Splinter!" With this last cry the dungeon door was slammed shut leaving a shocked and furious Donnie and Raph behind.

A/N well there you have it folks. Ch 10 complete. Did you enjoy it? Let me know in a review please.