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Short chapter today.

Leather head is coming up soon. In the next few chapter

The lair was a mess. Things were thrown around hazardously, accented by the insanely bright light of all the lamps and ceiling fixtures turned on at once. The glow was physically painful after the darkness of the sewers. I shielded my eyes and final, I saw the full destruction that had been caused here.

All the cushions on the sofa had been slit, there stuffing going everywhere, littering the ground. The books shelves that had house anything from nick-knacks to pictures, to spare change had been tipped over, its content littering the ground right alongside the stuffing. One of the shelves had been ripped out and broken in half, as if it had been broken over someone's head. The walls which once held horrible drawing done by me and my brothers, was knocked in, revealing broken pipes, yanked wire and a shower of rust.

The most horrible was the pictures that had hung all over the living room. The one's we found while scavenging. Almost all of them had been cut from there frames and shredded. It must have been done with a knife, ripping with hands alone wouldn't be this precise.

A scream rose in throat as I hurried to the kitchen to see what else had been trashed. Much to my surprise, the kitchen wasn't touched. If anything it looked cleaner. I ran my hand over the spotless counter.

'This doesn't make any sense. Why would the Krang attack like this? Only some places trashed and others left alone ' Something about this was off something obvious that I couldn't quiet place ' this place doesn't look right. What's wrong? 'I thought back to the times I fought the Krang. There gross stomach brain, there stupid way of talking, there surprisingly painful blasters . . . . . . The blasters. I looked around and it hit me.

There was no scorch make from missed shots. So unless my bro's were taken down by one hit each, the Krang couldn't have attacked here.

Yet, no relief hit me.

If it wasn't the Krang then who was it.

It couldn't have been Shredder, could it? I remember all those horrible story Sensei told us about him and I shivered violently.

Another thought cause my heart to race, painfully loud was each thump.

Master Splinter.

There's no way anyone could take down my father. No way. He has to be here. Somewhere.

"Father." I shrieked "Where are you. Daddy, DADDY" I haven't called Sensei daddy in years. "Donny, Raph, LEO"

"Mikey" a voice said.

I whirled around. Standing there was Raph. He looked at me like a homeless person looks at a Million dollars.

"Raph" I sobbed, rushing him. I wrapped my arm around his shell and buried my face into his shoulder. The sword I was still carrying made this kind of hard, but I didn't care. "I-I-I I was so s-scared. I thought that I lost you"

"Mikey" He repeated, holding so tightly it was going to leave bruises. But I didn't care. My knees felt like jelly and my body like it was filled with lead but I managed to pull away "Raphie, what happened here. Where's master splinter and everyone else. "

"Donny and Leo are out on patrol, they left a few hours ago and Sensei's in one of his deep meditation trances"

"So what happened here? If there wasn't a fight"

Raph shifted uncomfortably "We did that. All of us, except Master Splinter"

"You!" I gasped "Why"

"We . . . we were upset over how we treated you and we needed something to relieve the pain. After making the mess, Leo and Donny still couldn't sit still so they went on patrol."

"So you destroyed everything in the Living room" I said disapprovingly "Do you know the heart attack you gave me when I saw that mess. I thought you guy's might be dead in a ditch somewhere, you idiot "I slapped the back of his head.

He hung his head in shame" I'm sorry"

"You should be" Still really, really angry.

"I'm sorry" he wasn't looking at me and was instead examining a stain on the floor

"You said that already."

"I don't mean about the mess. I mean about what I said" I stiffened and took a half step away. He continued to stare at the floor, occasionally shooting glances my way.

"Yeah" I said after a long moment of silence "Me too. I said a lot of bad stuff"

"Do . . . you really hate us"

I didn't answer. I couldn't answer. I felt numb inside, too unsure about everything to answer.

"Mikey. Mikey, you can tell me the truth, if you do . . . . We deserve it, you know. I promise I'll do my best from now on to earn your trust back"

I looked down, catching sight of the sword pressed towards my chest. I immediately remember why I came back. "Raph, you said Leo and Donny left. How long have they been gone?"

He cocked his head to the side. "Now that you mention it, they have been gone for a really long time."

My blood ran cold "How long"

"6 or 7 hours ago" worry now color there tone. "Why"

"This was sent to me from the Krang" I showed him the sword.

"What" He looked at it as if it might catch on fire "Why do you still have that then, chuck it away" Then he caught sight of the inscriptions and his faced tightened.

"It seems we have some brothers to save now. " was all he said. Then "Those idiot's. If they survive this, I'll kill them"

'If' I mentally gasped now twice as scared as I was before. Raph was always the rock of the group. If he's having doubts, then we are all in trouble.

But still, I nodded "But first, I want to talk with master Splinter about something."

"Okay, follow me"

I chuckled "No thanks, I think I can find my way to Dojo by myself"

He looked slightly panicked "Sorry. I just don't . . . . I don't want you to leave my side again. After losing you, then getting you, then losing you again, and then losing Donny and Leo. I think I would have a heart attack if you out of my sight for more than a few seconds. So do me a favor and let me come along"

"Sure "I shrugged, forcing myself to feel loved and wanted rather than smothered and underestimated." Let's do his together "I took his hand and marched to the Dojo.

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