10th chapter (or 11th if you include the prologue)! :D

I don't own TMNT.


Raph hears a thud as something heavy falls on the ground. Curious, he decides to investigate.

He walks in the forest, hiding among the trees and bushes until he sees some black, shadowy figures. Foot Bots.

Raph is about to take them down when he notices that they're holding some things. The 'things' are green with orange and purple masks.

Donnie and Mikey? But how-

Did they survive? Or are they just clones or somethin'?

Raph follows the Foot Bots who go to the Foot headquarters. He knows he can't go in through the main entrance without being seen, so he lassos his grappling hook. It wedges into a window ledge, and Raph quickly hoists himself up.

He uses his lone sai - What the shell happened to the other one? - to cut open a whole in the window. The glass drops into the floor of the room, glass shards flying everywhere.

Nobody seems to notice, to Raph's surprise. He uses this to his advantage and slips inside the room.

Baxter Stockman's and the Shredder's backs are facing him. The Shredder's neck is bandaged up from where Raph had injured him.

Raph hides in a corner and listens to what they're saying.

"They are chained up as you requested," Stockman says.

"What about the clones?" the Shredder asks.

Clones? What clones? Raph wonders.

"The clones are ready, too," Stockman replies. "Soon, the purple and orange ones will become depressed and will want to die, like the red one. None of them will even know that they had just seen the deaths of worthless clones!"

WHAT? They were just CLONES?

Anger swelling up inside of him, Raph jumps out of his hiding spot. "I don't think so!"

Stockman and the Shredder turn around.

"STOCKMAN! You said the turtles would never find out!" the Shredder yells.

"Uh, well, I never said that they wouldn't eavesdrop on us," Stockman says nervously.

The Shredder glares. "I will deal with you later. First, I have to get rid of this turtle."

Raph twirls his sai and gets into a defensive stance. The Shredder makes it look like he's going to attack, but doesn't. Instead, he nods towards something in the room.

Confused, Raph turns around sees nothing. He turns back to the Shredder and gets ready to attack-

Something grabs his arms and legs so he can't move.

What the shell? Raph whips around and sees some Foot Bots grabbing him.

Raph struggles to get free but more Foot Bots come and hold him firmly. At the Shredder's nod of approval, they throw him out the hole he created in the window.

They all wait for the thud that indicates that Raph has reached the ground. The building his high, so the fall is deathly.

But the thud never comes.


Leo is still waiting for Don. It's nearly been an hour and he still hasn't come.

"You should go to sleep," April says. She has been waiting with Leo, too. "It's late."

"It's okay," Leo answers. "I'll sleep after he comes back."

"I'll watch out for him. You should sleep; your body needs to heal," April urges.

Leo sighs. "Okay, but wake me up right away if Donnie comes."

April nods and helps Leo to the bed, spreading a blanket over him because he can't do so himself. Then she returns to the living room, looking out the window.

Please come back, Donnie. Leo needs you...


Donnie groans and opens his eyes. What hit me?

His memory comes flying back at him. His eyes widen as he remembers that Mikey got hit by a dart, too.

Please be okay, baby bro.

As if reading his thoughts, Mikey croaks out from the other side of the room, "Donnie? Where are we?"

"I dunno, but I'm guessing that we're in the Foot headquarters," Donnie replies.

"Oh. Okay," Mikey says.

Something isn't right. He's stuck in a room, chained up along with Mikey.

Mikey... that's what's fishy...

The door opens, cutting off his thoughts.

"Your brother will die tonight, and you will watch," a voice says.

The Shredder.

The Shredder walks over to Mikey, taking off his gauntlet. He holds it right next to Mikey's next.

Mikey gulps and looks at Donnie with frightened eyes.

Donnie struggles against the chains and tries to escape, but they're too tight.

The Shredder pushes his gauntlet closer to Mikey's neck.

"Donnie..." Mikey whispers. The Shredder brings the gauntlet down. All Mikey can do is give a startled yelp as he is beheaded.

"I will be back for you, turtle," the Shredder says, leaving the room.

Once the Shredder is gone, Donnie smiles.

Mikey isn't dead. The one who was killed had to be a clone. Otherwise, why would he have a longer mask or make some sort of joke?

Donnie can only hope that the real Mikey is okay.


Mikey opens his eyes and sees that he's locked in an isolated room and chained up.

Where's Donnie? he wonders.

The door opens and an armored person walks in.

The Shredder.

The Shredder is holding something. He drops it onto the floor, right next to Mikey.

"If you never ruined my plans, turtle, your brother wouldn't be dead," he says. He then leaves the room.

Mikey looks down at the thing the Shredder dropped. His heart drops when he realizes who it is.

"Donnie!" he cries, holding Donnie's lifeless body close to him. Donnie is covered with bruises, scratches, and blood.

Mikey silently cries. Why did it have to be you, Donnie?


A/N: This chapter is a little shorter than the rest... sorry about that...

Longest story so far! :D Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing!