Chapter 11

" Wait, what do you mean the Krang?" Raph questioned.

" I mean our arch nemesis, the Krang!" Donnie shouted.

" Wait, you mean the alien robots?" I cut in.

Donnie opened his mouth about to say something but Raph interrupted...

" How do you know about the Krang?"

Realizing I revealed too much, I simply responded " Lucky guess?"

" Donnie told you didn't he." Raph said flatly.

" Yeah." I admitted.

" Anyway!" Donnie's voice raised, " How are we gonna get him back, I mean we can't just leave. Leo is in no condition to go out and fight the Krang."

" I'm fine guys, really." Leo put in.

" No your not." Donnie snapped back.

Knowing Donnie was right Leo didn't fight back.

" Okay here's what we should do," Donnie began. " How about we hope Sensei can take of himself for just a while longer. We can also get started fixed our old home..."

Hey, now I don't have to go talk to Donnie about fixing their old home. I thought to myself. I kinda zoned out after that. But I was quickly back in the real world when I noticed that all of them were staring at me.

A little bit embarrass I said. " What? Sorry, what did you say?"

" Were gonna divide into two teams. Leo and Raph are gonna stay here to try and find out anything about Splinter's kidnapping. While Mikey and I go back to our lair and try to find anything we can spare to rebuilt it. Do you want to stay here or come with us?" Donnie explained.

" Oh um, I'll go with you and Mikey." I decided.

With that, Donnie, Mikey and I headed off for their old home. It was a fairly decent walk. Not too far but still, it was far enough. When we arrived it look exactly like we left it. Their home was destroyed. Bricks everywhere and a giant hole in the wall where Shredder bust through it or something.

" Whoa" Mikey gasped.

" So just out of curiosity," I began, " How did Shredder make that big gash in the wall?"

" I don't know, but I'm sure that there will be some evidence that will tell us something." Donnie responded. " Alright guys let's split up and see what we can find."

Mikey went by the hole in the wall, Donnie went left to where we were standing and I went right. I started picking up bricks that we could use to fix the hole. But then I noticed a trail of broken glass. Of course I was going to follow it. It led to this little room with the door slightly open. I opened it.

Standing in the doorway, I was looking around the room. There was broken test tubes all around it. Guessing that was what the trail of glass was. Now entering the room, I went to the desk that was in there. It had a bunch of weird looking technology on it. For example there was a what look like a turtle shell shaped phone of some sort and a piece of something that look like it had the Olympic sign on it. Beside the desk was a miniature robotic turtle.

" This use to be my old lab." a voice from behind me spoke.

I turned around to see Donnie standing in the doorway. He walked up too me smiling at the ground. He put his hand on the robotic turtle's head.

" This is metalhead." he explained. " I once used this as a weapon instead of my BO-staff."

I looked at metalhead. It was all dented and was missing an arm.

" Donnie, I didn't mean to intrude..." I began.

He silenced me with a simple hand of my shoulder and a side smile. I was great full for this moment alone. Finally we could have some quality time just to our selves. But that moment was quickly over when Mikey poked his head in.

" There you guys are!" he said.

Donnie quickly jerked his hand away from me and turned around.

" Did you find something Mikey?" Donnie asked.

" Yeah, you guys better come see this." Mikey responded.

Mikey led the way. We followed him to where the hole was in the wall. He started digging through the broken bricks looking for what he found. When he found it Donnie's eyes went huge but I just looked confused. Mikey was holding up what looked like a creepy giant Nerf gun.

" Umm what is it?" I asked still confused.

" It's bad news that what it is." Donnie said sounding spaced out while walking towards Mikey to inspect the Nerf gun.

" Okay what is it really?" I asked again.

" It's a Krang gun." Mikey responded in awe.

" Yeah, this leaves us two options," Donnie continued, " Either the Shredder stole from the Krang or Shredder and the Krang are working together."

" And that's bad right?" I assumed.

" Yeah it's very bad." Donnie emphasized, " We should get back and report this to Leo and Raph."

" What about our home?" Mikey wondered.

" It can wait, this is more important." Donnie concluded and already started running home.

We arrived sooner then I expected. We all rushed over to Leo who was leaning against the wall for support and Raph who was on Donnie's laptop.

" What is it guys?" Leo asked sounding concern.

" We've found a Krang gun at our home and we think that the gun made the hole in the wall..." Donnie started to explain but Mikey interrupted.

" Yeah and we think the Krang and Shredder is working together."

" Thank you Mikey for finishing my story for me."

Raph put the laptop aside and stood up. Crossing his arms and narrowing his bright green eyes he asked.

" How do you even know that the Krang took Splinter in the first place?"

" Well," Donnie began, " The metal finger you and Taylor found this morning. At first I thought it could have been one of Shredder's spikes but when I looked at it for a while longer I realized it's a finger from a Krang's robot body."

" Yeah but that doesn't prove that they took Splinter." Raph pointed out.

" Yes but, I found a scrap of Splinter's fur wedged in the gear that allows the finger to bend. So I'm guessing the Krang somehow found us and took Splinter, but of course Splinter fought back and must of kicked the finger right of the Krang's hand." Donnie explained.

" Wait, if the Krang and the Shredder are working together," Leo started to explain, " Then perhaps when we escaped Shredder that night maybe the Krang were with him. They used the blaster gun to make the hole in the wall and then when we ran off Shredder told the Krang what direction we went in and they followed us. Maybe that's how the Krang found us."

" You could be right Leo." Donnie agreed. His facial expression showed that his was concentrating very hard, thinking about what Leo said.

" Alright let's go kick some Krang butt." Raph said sounding very excited and pounded his first together.

" We don't know where their hiding though," Donnie put in, " I don't think the Krang would be hiding in their normal hide out or even with Shredder. They both probably found a new place to go."

" Yeah but it couldn't hurt to check." Raph pointed out while taking his weapons out and spinning them in his hands.

" Okay fine, but were only going to check alright? And Leo I think you should stay here." Donnie added.

Leo just looked away.

" Taylor can you stay here with Leo?" Donnie asked.

" Yeah sure."

Donnie, Raph and Mikey ran off. I turned around to go help Leo back to his moss bed but he already started limping there.At least he's getting better.I thought.

I went over to join him at his bed. I sat down beside him and looked at him sympathetically. I really did feel bad for the guy, I mean he's been hurt for almost a month now. I've seen the turtles for a week when Leo first got hurt and then the two weeks after I didn't see them, so it's been three almost four weeks.

" How ya doing Leo?" I asked.

He looked at me strangely but responded. " Good I guess. I wish I could have gone with them though."

" Ah, it's okay. You'll be back on your feet and fighting bad guys soon enough, just you wait and see."

" But that's the thing. All I've been doing is siting and waiting to get better. My brothers are out there right now trying to find Splinter. I should be there too." he claimed.

I didn't know what to say to that so it got kinda quiet. I was going to try and start the conversation again but I didn't have too because Leo started it.

" So Donnie told me how I use too scream at night." He started awkwardly, " Then you came over and did something.." he paused, " Then I stopped screaming at night after that. Do you know why?"

" Umm yeah I think so," I told him, " Well by the look of it, back then you're wounds looked liked they were getting infected so I cleaned them out and that must of worked because you seem to be getting better."

" Yeah, Donnie said you were really good..." he continued but I cut in.

" At cleaning scratches?" I laughed.

" Yeah I guess so."

My eyes went wide,my heart swelled up inside and I felt really happy. I might have over reacted but at least I knew that Donnie talked about me. I wondered if he says anything else about me. I had to find out so I asked.

" Really? Cool, so did he say anything else about me?" I hinted.

This time Leo's eyes went wide and he was at lost for words. His mouth was opened but nothing was coming out of it. When he did manage to say something he said.

" No, no. Nothing after that." he stammered.

I couldn't tell if that was a lie or if he was just nervous to talk to me. We don't really know each other that well, he was unconscious for the most of it. Seeing it in his eyes that he didn't want to talk about this anymore I quickly came up with another topic to talk about.

" So Leo, what kind of weapon do you use?"

" Well I use double katanas, which is a type of sword." he explained while taking his katanas out of there pouch thing-y. They were a beautiful shiny metal with red rapping around the handles. Also, in the red rapping are little yellow diamond looking things for decoration.

" Whoa. Those are so cool." I said while lightly brushing my finger tips over the katanas. " So what are the weapons that your brothers use?"

" Umm well, Raph uses twin sai." he responded but quickly added, " There basically over grown gardening tools."

" Oh, so that's what he was holding. The things with the three spikes and the handle..." I trailed off realizing I sounded really stupid.

He must of notice because he let out a little laugh. But then continued explaining.

" As you must already know, Donnie's weapon is a BO-staff. And Mikey's are nun-chucks."

" Yeah. So did you want to take a walk around the room?" I offered because I realized Leo was shifting around a lot and getting stiff.

" Umm yeah, okay sure." he responded while attempting to get up.

" Do you need help?" I offered.

" No," he grunted, " no I'll be fine." he reassured me. He picked up his katana and used it for support. He got up and started walking around. He was limping but refused to let me help him. When I couldn't stand it anymore I pleaded...

" Come-on Leo, let me help you. Please! You can lean on me."

" No, I would be to heavy."

" Are you calling me weak?" I teased but said with enough sternness in my voice hopping to convince him to let me help.

" That's not what I meant.." He began but wincing in pain after every step he took. Finally it looked like that's what convinced him to let me help because he nodded his head in approval and I took his arm and put it around my shoulder.

We took a few steps but I soon realized that he was too heavy for me. I mean I could barely hold him up last time when Raph helped me and now this time I was doing it all by myself. We took a few more steps. I looked down at the ground, soon to realize that my shoelace was untied. I was gonna tell Leo to stop because I had to tie my shoe but it was too late. I tripped over my shoelace and flew on the floor. I sent Leo flying too. Now we were both lying on the ground.

Normally I would have been grossed out if I ever fell on the sewer floor but I got use to the sewers ever since I met the turtles so I wasn't grossed out. I started to get up but I crawled quickly over to Leo because when I fell to the ground Leo came with me.

" Oh my gosh Leo! Are you okay? I screamed.

" Yeah yeah. I'm fine." he said out of breath. When we fell it must of knocked the breath out of him.

" I'm so sorry. Are you hurt?" I asked.

" No more then I already was." he responded playfully.

I helped him up. We walked back over to his bed and sat down. I kept apologizing to him over and over. I felt so bad but he kept telling me that he didn't get hurt and that he was okay. But that didn't make me feel any better. The thing that made me stop apologizing was approaching foot steps. We looked up and saw Raph, Donnie and Mikey coming back.

" So where they there?" I asked.

" No," Mikey responded, " We checked the Krang's hide out and Shredder's. They weren't there."

" I told you guys they wouldn't be. It's way too obvious. They probably found another place to hide." Donnie reminded us.

" Did you check TCRI? Leo wondered.

" No we didn't get the chance. Anyway they can't be staying there. The first two floors are accessible to normal humans so they can't hide there and the third floor has Krang air, Shredder wouldn't be able to breath it." Donnie pointed out.

" If there even working together. Plus if they are working together then it doesn't mean that they have the same hide out." Raph added.

Mikey let out a big yawn and said. " Well I think we should get some sleep."

We all agreed and went to bed. This time I slept on the floor and Donnie slept in his bed. Believe me, he didn't accept my decision right away but I refused to take his bed again so I made some what of a sleeping bag with my blanket. It didn't feel right sleeping in Splinter's bed. So the floor it was. I didn't fall asleep right away so I began to think to myself.

Man, I ran away from home just two days ago. I wonder what my parents are doing. Do they care I'm gone? Did they even notice. They must of by now. I know my brothers don't miss me. What about my friends? Or X-friends. Do they miss me? What about school! They have to notice that I'm gone. I wonder if someone is out looking for me right now? Maybe my parents got the cops involved? Nah they wouldn't do that for me. Would they? So much has happened in the past two days. Splinter went missing, Leo's still recovering. Also just a few weeks ago I said to myself that I liked Donnie, like like him like him. Honestly, I think I love him. I'm only 14! I'm way too young to fall in love already. Liking someone is fine. Yeah, I only like Donnie, a simply crush that's all it is. I'll get over it. I can't possibly love someone at 14, can I?