Wow, just can't stop writing and getting all the words out. Love the reviews. Keep them coming. And the sound effects were a nice touch. Thank you cocoabeans05 :)

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Ch 11. Playing the Game.

"Raph!" Casey ran into the Hamato house looking excited. "We've found your SUV."

"SO!" Raph yelled. "I don't care about the car!" He looked at him like he had two heads. "I care about finding Leo!"

"The car being found brings us one step closer to finding Leo." Casey insisted.

"What do you mean Casey?" Donnie asked as he and the rest of the Hamatos came out into the living room.

"You better sit down for this." Casey advised. "Detectives Slash and Spike found the car about five miles outside the city." He told them.

"They put detectives on the case for a missing car?" Donnie asked, looking confused.

"It's been twenty-four hours since Leo went missing so I already put in for a missing person report. And Slash and Spike remember Leo from when they investigated his aunt's murder." Casey explained. "When they heard he was missing, they took sometime yesterday while they were off from work and looked into finding your car thinking it would lead them to Leo."

"Okay then enough about the car Casey." Raph said, leaning forward on the couch. "How's that gonna help us find Leo?"

"Well, the car was found by a sheriff who had it towed to the nearest impound. The Detectives went over there and checked it out." Casey took a deep breath and looked at Raph with concern eyes. "They found blood on the passenger seat, along with Leo's cell phone which was all smashed up."

"Blood?" Mikey questioned. Everyone looked at each other with horrified faces before looking back at Casey, hoping for some sort of reassurance that he knew Leo was okay.

Casey looked at his friends nervously. "There wasn't a lot of blood but they did confirm it was Leo's and that got them thinking that maybe Leo was knocked unconscious and his attacker drove your car to that spot where he had another car waiting for him."

"Yeah, and?" Raph demanded.

"And, they checked the steering wheel for finger prints and found a match through their data base."

"So whose fingerprints are they?" Donnie asked, also leaning forward on the couch.

"Some guy named Jeffrey Moore." Casey told them triumphantly. "Any idea who he is?"

"Yeah." Raph said, an angry scowl on his face. "It's Leo's ex."

"Okay." Casey stood up and took out his cell phone. "We now know who has Leo." He said while dialing a number. "Now we just need to try and figure out where he would've taken him."

"The sooner the better too Case." Raph began pacing. "After all this time, who knows what that maniac could be doing to him."

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Leo vomited into the toilet for the third time that day. He took deep breaths and held onto the toilet's rim as he tried to steady himself. He got up shakily and slowly made his way over to the sink and once again, rinsed his mouth and washed his face in an attempt to cool himself down. It was rather difficult with the shackles still on him but at least Jeffrey had placed the shackles to the front of him, loosely enough so he could move his wrist without chaffing them and he was no longer chained to the wall. After he was done at the sink, he made his way back to the mattress and laid down on his shell exhausted. He weakly stared up at the light through the door. 'Need to think of a way outta here.' Leo thought as he rubbed his hot and tired face. He looked at his hands and sighed; the ring Raph had given him was gone, taken by Jeffrey while he had been unconscious. He once again struggled to get his hands free of the shackles but to no avail.

Leo looked around the small room he was in. It was cold, damp and the only light came from above through the door. But when Jeffrey came down last time, he had brought Leo a very small flashlight, and although it did help some, the light was dim and did not provide as much light as he hoped. Just enough to help him see his way to the small bathroom in the corner. As he laid there, he thought back to the last time he saw Jeffrey.

Late last night

"I hadn't had time to add electricity down here for you." Jeffrey told him walking down the stairs. "It was everything I could do to set up the plumping so you could have a little bathroom down here, that's why it took me so long to bring you here." He laughed. "I wanted to have everything set up so you'd be as comfortable as possible.

He knelt in front of Leo. "Now I'm going to fix your shackles so they're to the front of you." He told him, holding up the key that would release his bindings. "If you try ANYTHING…I'll leave you down here…alone…for a very…very…very long time." His voice was low and dark.

The two stared at each other and Leo nodded his head and allowed Jeffrey to free one hand while the other remained shackled to the wall. Eventually, Jeffrey had both hands shackled to the front of Leo and the chain that was bolted to the wall removed from the bindings. Leo watched as Jeffrey once again walked back toward his lantern and began going up the stairs. He suddenly stopped and tossed a small black flashlight at Leo. "Something to keep you warm while I'm away." He laughed and left Leo alone and concealed in the dark once again.

Present

Leo shook his head as he thought about what he had said that last time. And now he understood why he had been having those weird feelings of being watched. He thought back to the times when he saw the man across the street and the light shining in the distance when he collected his things at the storage bin. 'Jeffrey'. He thought. 'It had all been Jeffrey.'

Leo took deep breaths to try and quell the nausea as he once again played the flashlight around the small room. Since receiving the small flashlight, Leo had inspected the room dozens of times, trying to find something that would lead to an exit, but no matter how many times he went over the room, he could find no sign of another door. The room had no windows and the walls had been reinforced with concrete, making it almost impossible to get out.

After a while of looking, Leo decided the only way out was the door at the top of the stairs. But first, he would have to find a way to get the iron shackles off and so far he had found nothing that would assist him in that task either. 'Gotta find some way outta of these.' He seethe to himself as he again struggled to get out of them.

The door opening above his head let him know Jeffrey was again coming down the stairs. He was carrying a cup of tea and the lantern he carried gave an eerie glow about the room. "I was just bringing you another cup of tea." He said. "I know how much you like it." He placed his lantern on the small hook.

"I don't want another cup of tea Jeffrey." Leo told him sternly. "I want you to let me leave this place and go home."

Jeffrey struck Leo across the face and he fell to the side with a moan. "You mean you just want to go back to him!" Jeffrey yelled. He threw the cup across the room and then grabbed Leo by the shoulders. "Isn't that right?!" He said shaking him. "You just miss your precious boyfriend! That pathetic freak of yours! You do anything for him but where were you when I needed you!" He shoved Leo roughly against the wall and grabbed his lantern. He made his way toward the stairs. "I'm only sorry I missed him when I tried to get rid of him the first time." He turned back to Leo and scowled at him. "Next time, though, I will not miss." He removed the gun hidden under his jean jacket and waved it under Leo's beak, staring intently at him. "Next time...he...will...DIE!" He place his gun back in his pocket and turned to leave.

"Please Jeffrey." Leo begged sitting up. "Please just leave Raph alone." He touch his throbbing cheek. "There's no need to kill him."

"Isn't there?" Jeffrey sneered looking back at him. "He took your honor."

Leo looked at him confused. "What?"

"You pathetic…."Jeffrey turned away from Leo and grit his teeth. "You spread your legs for him, scream his name….you let him take your innocence!" He seethe angrily. "But what about me Leonardo!" Jeffrey turned angry eyes back to him and let the lantern drop to the ground. "Where were you when I needed your love, huh!?" He walked toward Leo and Leo backed himself against the wall shaking his head in shock at Jeffrey's outburst.

"Where were you while I sat in that hell hole day after day and night after night!?." He screamed and brought his face close to Leo's till their noses were almost touching. "I loved you and you give yourself to that piece of filth!" He grabbed Leo's chin and pinched his cheeks roughly. "I told you…you were mine and I would never let you go." He forced Leo's head against the wall while Leo whimpered from the rough manhandling. "NEVER!" He took his hands off Leo and stood up. "And you think I would just let you go and be with someone else while I sat rotting away in jail!" He shook his head and laugh." You're just as stupid as you look if you think you can find someone who can replace me." He began to walk toward the stairs again. "But you'll see…I'll deal with this Raphael and then…."He patted his side and bent down to pick up his lantern. He then looked back at Leo. "Then you won't have to think about him anymore." Leo watched as he started up the stairs.

"JEFFREY!" Leo cried out. "PLEASE STOP THIS! "He pleaded "You were right and I was wrong." He told him in desperation. He waited with bated breath, hoping and praying Jeffrey would heed his cry. He heard Jeffrey stop at the top of the stairs and stared intently through the darkness.

"What did you say Leonardo?" Jeffrey asked a little calmer, slowly working his way back down to him.

"I said." Leo closed his eyes, swallowed hard and steadied his breathing. "You were right…I was wrong."

Jeffrey walked over to him and placed his hand tenderly on the cheek he had just struck. "What was I right about Leonardo?" Leo watched as he gently placed the lantern down and stare vacantly at him. Leo could see Jeffrey was on the verge of insanity. He spoke slowly and calmly, trying to keep his voice steady as he tried to think of what he could say to keep Jeffrey's mind off of going after Raphael.

Leo took a deep breath. "I was stupid…to think I could find someone else." Leo leaned his head into Jeffrey's hand. "But I didn't know what else to do." He looked into Jeffrey's eyes and hoped he would see the sincerity in them. "You were in jail and my mom was gone and Bradford…Bradford was going crazy." Leo placed his hand over Jeffrey's. "I was scared." He whispered. "I had no one left to turn to and I…I only knew of one other person who could possibly help me so I left." He placed his other hand on Jeffrey's cheek. "I didn't want to, but I didn't think I had a choice." Leo's voice shook as he told Jeffrey what he was sure he wanted to hear.

Jeffrey stared at Leo." You could've gone to my family." He told him.

Leo gave a light chuckle. "Your family hated me for what I am." He reminded him. "They wouldn't have taken me in." Leo looked deep into Jeffrey's eyes. "But now we're together again and…and if you go and kill Raphael." He licked his lips, praying Jeffrey was taking the bait. "Then you might get caught and I'll be all alone again." Leo closed his eyes and forced his lips against Jeffrey's. They kissed for a few seconds before Leo pulled back and stared intently. "Don't let that happen Jeffrey." He urged him, his voice low and husky. "Don't take away what we now have."

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Casey finished the call on his cell and turned back to the Hamatos. "I spoke with Detective Slash." He told them. "Seems this guy Moore was in jail in California for killing two people after getting drunk and hitting them with his car."

"Yeah we know all that Casey." Raph was getting impatient. "Tell us something we don't know."

"What you don't know is that he got out on a technicality back in March of last year and hasn't been seen by his parole officer since the beginning of April and now there's a warrant for his arrest." He sat back on the couch. "And, with the cooperation from the LAPD, Spike was able to go through Moore's emails and phone records." He looked at them intently. "Guess who he's been in contact with?"

"Leo's dad?" Mikey said, rather excitedly.

"Close Mike." Casey told him. "Chris Bradford; they were corresponding back when Bradford first went to prison last year."

"You're kidding." Donnie told him. "Leo's step-dad and his ex have been in contact with each other?"

"Leo told me that Moore was a student of Bradford's back in LA." Raph said. "Leo thought Bradford may have hooked the two up as a way of keeping tabs on him."

"Where does this lead us Casey?" Splinter asked him.

Casey looked thoughtful for a moment. "Didn't you tell me Bradford use to teach here in New York?" Casey asked, reaching for his phone again. Raph nodded. "Then that's the next piece of information to look into." He dialed the phone once again. "We'll see what information we can get on Bradford."

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Jeffrey stared at Leo for several moments. "What do we have Leonardo?"

"A second chance." Leo said. "You talk about my honor being taken?" He asked as Jeffrey nodded. "Then what would you do to restore it?"

Jeffrey suddenly got a wild and excited look in his eyes. He placed both his hands on Leo's face and stroked his mouth as his breath quickened. "I would marry you."

Leo was taken aback from that announcement. His eyes roamed over Jeffrey's face. "You..you want to marry me?" He asked in disbelief. "But you…."

"Have loved you from the moment we met." He said as he continued to stare at Leo with anxiety. "Something like you, so precious and beautiful, needs to be cherished and protected." He licked his lips in anticipation of the thought of keeping Leo for his own. "Taken care of and brought to a place where no harm can ever come to you." He smiled and forced his lips on Leo's. He brought his hand down on Leo's leg and began to slowly run his hand up along Leo's calf, knee and thigh until his hand eventually made it's way into the pant leg of Leo's jean shorts.

But Leo didn't fight back. He had to keep up the charade. Keep Jeffrey thinking he wanted him so he wouldn't go after Raphael. So he forced himself to ignore the hand snaking up his leg and he kissed him back, tenderly and deeply, opening his mouth and allowing Jeffrey's tongue to mingle with his.

They broke the kiss and Leo looked back at Jeffrey with a smile on his face. "Then lets do it." He told him, trying hard to sound eager. "Let's get married right now." He held his hands up hoping Jeffrey would undo the shackles that bound his wrist. "Take me upstairs and let's declare our love for each other."

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Casey hung up his cell and looked back at Raph and his family. "Their going to look into Bradford and get back to me." He told them.

"Get back to you?!" Raph yelled in disbelief. He looked from Casey to his family and jumped up angrily. He grabbed his keys to his motorcycle and started walking toward the door.

"Raphael!" Splinter called out to him. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to find Leo!" He yelled out.

Donnie ran over to him and put his hand on his shoulder before he could open the door. "Where Raph?" He asked. "Where are you going to look?"

Raph took deep heaving breaths. He shook hard as he leaned his bandaged head against the door and banged it with his fist. "I should have listened to him!" He cried out. Tears began flowing down his face. "He kept telling me he felt like someone was watching him...watching us." He whispered. He felt Donnie squeeze his shoulder. "I should have believed him." Donnie gently took hold of Raph and led him back to the couch. "Why didn't I listen?" He looked at his family as the tears ran down his face. "Why didn't I believe him." He put his face in his hands. "Why didn't I try to find a way to protect him? Protect us?"

Mikey wrapped his arms around his brother's shoulders and brought him into a hug."We'll find him Raph." He told him as his tears joined with Raph's. "We'll find him and we'll bring him back home." He whispered. "I know we will."