Here's the next section. I wanted it to go with the chapter before, but like I explained I had to take a break from the computer.

Mikey slowly became aware of garbled sounds. He allowed himself to bask in the confusion and pretended it was music. Then he slowly became aware of a deep throbbing in his legs. This introduction of pain also caused the sounds to clear. He mentally groaned when the sounds separated dragging him back to reality.

"So then we make a full force attack from the bottom and fight our way up."

Mikey snickered to himself. Not Raph's ugly voice again. If Raph's voice was going to be the first thing he heard when he woke up, he'd have to make an insult to Raph be the first thing he said. His sensei's voice cut through his devious planning.

"I'm glad to hear your plan, my son, but I think a more subtle two pronged attack would be better."

Attack? Mikey's head briefly filled with his favorite attack combos from Assassin Creed. Then a thought raced through his brain. Donny! Wait where was Don's voice. Where was Don? Was Don ok? Mikey vaguely remembered trying to get Don to respond to him while he lay collapsed over Mikey's broken legs. Mikey started to voice his question to the detached voices of his brother and sensei when he opted for the more dramatic rout.

"UUUUUUUUuuugah" Mikey let out a long drawn out dramatic groan. That should get their attention.

"Mikey!" Raph's gruff voice shouted. Ouch. Raphy. Quiet down won't you! Mikey felt Raph's calloused hand grab his and another hand slid beneath his head.

"My son, are you alright?"

Mikey cracked his eye slightly and twisted his face into a grimace. Then he slowly reached his hand upward toward Raph's face. "The light . . ." he wheezed "it's calling me." He hand reached Raph's face and he threw his eyes open. "AAAAAAH!" He shouted. "A monster! Save me!"

Raph's startled face quickly morphed into anger and he threw Mikey's hand back down onto his chest.

"YOU! YOU ARE SOO-" Raph cut off his own sentence with an exasperated growl and stopped away from the couch, much to Mikey's enjoyment. His laughter filled the room.

"You're . . . ahahah . . oh, man. your face! hahahah! So worth it!" Turning his tear filled eyes toward Splinter, Mikey was pleased to see a slightly amused smile grace his father's face.

"I'm glad to see you're feeling better, Michelangelo."

Mikey slowly finished his laugh. Then turned to urgently back to his father. "Is Don ok? He wasn't responding! It was like he was paralyzed earlier."

"Shhh." His father cut him off. "Donatello is alright. He was indeed paralyzed earlier, but he is now up and being very helpful."

Just then the door to Don's lab slammed open and into the wall.

"Guys! I did it! I'm in!" Don rushed through the living room and into the kitchen and rushed back out, this time with both hands filled with coffee mugs. "You know, for a large evil organization, they're not protecting their online information and security very well." Don disappeared back into his lab and Mikey could hear Don sit back down into his chair heavily.

Splinter and Raph moved to join Don in the lab and Mikey panicked. "Wait! Raph! Don't leave me here! I want to join!" Raph looked back over his shoulder and snickered. "Should have thought of that earlier, chucklehead. This 'monster' ain't savin' no one."

Mikey turned his puppy eyes to Master Splinter, but was met with calm reproval. "Rest my son. We will bring the meeting back out to you in a minute." Then both continued their journey to the lab.

Annoyed Mikey slunk deep into the couch. Well, if he couldn't go with he could at least eavesdrop. Closing his eyes, Mikey tuned out his other senses and focused on what he could hear. The lab wasn't too far away so Mikey was able to catch most of the conversation.

"….flipping through their security feeds. I'm not altering what they see at all so I should go undetected for a while. I figured it would be a good idea to get a view of Leo and see what kind of shape he's in. It might affect our plans."

"Good thinking, my son."

There was a pause in the conversation then Raph's voice filtered through. "Geez. They've got way more ninja than I thought."

"Actually, Raph. You might be seeing some of the same ninja twice since . . ." Another pause. "Wait, what are they doing? That's a lot of ninja to be in one place."

A deep growl from Raph then, "There's Shredder."

A gasp then a low, "Shell."

"My son!" Then a crash as something hit the floor.

Alright. That's enough. Mikey was going to find a way in there. Slowly, Mikey slid his hands the floor, purposefully ignoring the pain in his legs. Carefully he rotated his center of balance and moved his broken legs above his head, allowing them to hang in the most comfortable position and changing his center of balance to compensate. Mikey allowed himself a congratulatory chuckle. Can't keep this ninja down! Then he walked himself over to the lab slowly and carefully. Luckily the door to the lab was still open.

Mikey noticed the test tube on the floor first. So that must have been what fell. Then he caught a glimpse of what everyone was staring at.

Leo.

Battered and bloody Leo. So they didn't save him after all. Mikey lost his balance then. As he was falling, he tried to rotate to save his legs the fall but it didn't seem to work. Mikey braced himself for the impact, but a furry hand caught him. Mikey gave a sheepish smile up to his father.

"Didn't want to stay?" He offered as an explanation. Splinter simply gave him a reproving look and turned toward Raph.

"Raphael." His brother didn't turn right away. Mikey realized Raph was shaking and his fists were turning white. Splinter called him again, "Raphael!" With a quick jerky movement, Raph turned his head and immediately moved toward Mikey. Gently but quickly, he lifted Mike off the floor and onto the lab cot. Then he swiftly turned back to face Don's monitor.

Now off the ground, Mikey got a better view of what was going on. Several ninja were holding Leo on his knees and Shredder was saying something. Apparently Don wasn't getting any sound from the foot 'cause the feed was silent, but Mike realized that Leo looked dazed. He wasn't reacting to whatever Shredder was saying. Suddenly one of the ninja yanked on Leo's mask and force his head up. Don gasped and Mikey realized Don was scribbling insanely fast on a notepad. Mikey looked back at Leo and winced. Something had choked his brother. Everything was purple, swollen and bruised. And Mikey knew he didn't have anywhere near the medical know-how that Don did, but those two gashes across Leo's plastron couldn't be good.

Shredder had stopped talking and the ninja yanked Leo to his feet. Raph growled and started to say something but Don cut him off. "I think . . . I think they're going to force him to fight!" Don's voice was filled with horror and Mikey was caught off guard for a minute. I mean, sure Leo didn't look like he was in top shape but what was so horrifying about a fight. Mikey figured Don must know something he didn't and continued watching.

One of the ninja surged forward and Mikey saw Leo jerked toward the offender. He felt his heart jump into his throat when Leo didn't move, but sighed in relief when Leo jerked out of the way last minute. Three more rushed toward his brother and Mikey winced when a mean looking club struck Leo's left shoulder and the katana grazed his right arm. He had to admit he was startled when Leo threw the club wielder to the ground and then dropped to the floor himself. It became very apparent why though as a sword swung right above his brother. Mikey heard Don hiss in displeasure as Leo brought himself into a handstand and threw the ninja behind him. Mikey spared a glance toward Don and realized Don was still scribbling on that paper.

Raph chuckled and Mikey's eyes darted from Raph back to the screen. He smiled. Leo had swept several more ninja to the ground. Then Mikey tensed. Leo wasn't moving! That guy was going to . . . "Why are you looking behind you!" Mikey shouted. Then the club struck Leo and Don shook his head. Leo flew back into a couple of ninja and then suddenly he was on the ground. Confused, Mike processed that his brother was indeed tussling with just one ninja.

"End it Leo!" Raph was clearly getting into this as much as Mikey was. Leo was still rolling! Then a good hit to the face, and Leo was back up.

"Wait!" Don interjected. "Where did that blood come from?" Mikey was about to give a snarky response when he caught a glimpse of Leo's shell. His breath caught in his throat. Oh, shell. They'd whipped him. . . those . . . they'd whipped him. They'd whipped his brother. Leo's back was all blood but the darker rivulets made it very clear that the blood was coming from the wounds that tore his brother's shell and legs apart. Mikey turned away. He couldn't breath and look at Leo at the same time.

He looked back up when he heard Raph's growled, "YES!" Leo was holding a katana to one of the ninja's neck and was inching toward the door. Don wasn't as pleased. He quickly stood up shouting at the screen. "NO! LEO! They don't care!" Obviously Leo had realized this too as he thrust the ninja to the side and moved to block. Mikey couldn't help smiling. Even as injured as he was, his brother was the perfect model of swordsmanship. He practically danced taking on all the ninja at once. Then it was over. Someone threw themselves at Leo's chest and threw him to the ground. There was practically a dog pile on his brother and bile rose in Mikey's throat. They were going to kill him! Over and over they struck Leo and Mikey felt a rage boil up from his chest.

Mikey suddenly realized that Raph was growling and moving toward the door. That's right. Enough was enough. They were going to get Leo NOW. Mikey tried to join Raph, but his legs reminded him of his handicap. Don was still scribbling. Mikey made a noise and Splinter turned toward Raph. His cane flung out and he stopped Raph from moving any further. Grabbing his arm, Splinter led Raph out of the room.

Mikey turned back toward the screen. They were still beating Leo, but Shredder was now on the floor. Suddenly Shredder waved his hand and said something and the ninja piled off Leo. Mikey could hold back a gasp. Leo was pulp. His face was all bloody and his plastron was cracked. One of his hands was definitely broken and the wounds on his plastron were bleeding heavily. Several of the ninja pulled Leo up by his arms and mask and Don groaned. "Don't do that!" He whispered angrily. Mikey watched as the pulled his brother from the room and as Don frantically began switching camera views to try and find them again. He watched as Don followed them through the hall and as they pulled his brother into a room. He watched them chain Leo back up and then he turned away from the last time. Forget his broken legs. They were rescuing Leo TONIGHT.