Hey everyone! Here we are at another Tuesday! Sorry, it's so late at night, I have lacrosse practice every day until 7. Anyway, this is a VERY VERY VERY intense chapter! If you are worried about it, I'll put the warnings at the bottom so you can scroll down real fast but it won't spoil for the other readers.
To Skye7Diamond: yeah, my poor baby Mike. :( what will Saki do? Hehehe, you shall see very soon. As for Raph getting in trouble, basically yeah but maybe not the way you think.
To SuperSkySykor58: it is sad that people can be misinformed, isn't it? Nothing to be afraid of you say? Hahahahaha.
To DonellaT'sGHOST: thanks! I really liked that last chapter, honestly. But this one is also one of my favs!
To Beakers47: you want a one shot? I'll get a one-shot out in the next few weeks with some Donnie and April fluff! Ohhhhh yes. A lot of angst for my little Leo and Raph. mweahahahaha.
To Mikey4ever: I know! That chapter always makes me sad but I also love it so...haha.
To Lexy Venzon: hey! A new reader! Hi new reader! *waves* I'm glad you like it! :DDD here's more for ya!
To my guest reviewer: thanks!
To effaraiz: I always love reading your reviews! It actually surprised me how many of you were concerned about Donnie's feelings after Mikey yelled at him, because I didn't put that in anywhere. Of course, things get a bit crazy and Mikey's meltdown is….forgotten…. *evil grin* this is going to be a very fun next few chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own TMNT characters.
Warnings are at the bottom.
And now, enjoy!
Leo woke in a cold sweat, and it was a few moments before he felt a large strong hand over his mouth. And when he did, his eyes widened at the sight of a large man standing over him. Chills ran up and down his body as he recognized the eyes of none other than Oroku Saki.
"Be silent." the man hissed, "you will come with me, or this entire building will burn down with your 'family'" he said sarcastically, "Inside of it." fear pulsed through Leo's body as he nodded, eyes wide. Oroku Saki gently released the hold on Leo's mouth and stepped back, Leo climbed out of bed, trembling.
"What are you-"
"Silence!" Oroku Saki hissed, gripping Leo's arm tightly, Leo pursed his lips together and pulled his sneakers on. Oroku Saki was standing by the open window, where the branch of a tree made it very accessible. Leo shivered as he walked to join the man who called himself his father. "Out." Leo clambered carefully onto the branch, and down the tree while Oroku Saki slid the window shut and followed. Leo had been an idiot and forgotten a jacket; it was chilly and the clouds looked like snow. Oroku Saki gripped Leo's arm painfully and pulled him around the house to where a sleek black car was waiting. He threw Leo into the backseat before tying his hands to the seat in front of him, Leo felt his heart thumping inside his ribcage. Was he going to burn the house anyway? To Leo's great relief, the man simply got into the driver's seat and started the car, Leo looked out the back window as they turned onto another street, and felt panic setting in. what was he doing?! He had been so busy trying not to let others get hurt, he'd forgotten the consequences of getting kidnapped! that's what this was, kidnapping!
"What are you doing?!" he demanded, tugging on the ropes on his hands. "Kidnapping me? We have a restraining order against you! The Hamato's adopted me! I'm not your son!"
"Silence!" Oroku Saki snarled, glaring at Leo from the front seat. "You are my son, I do not care what others say, you will return to Japan with me as I requested." Leo stared at him in disbelief.
"They'll call the police you know, you won't get me very far," he said in determination, Saki did not reply. "You'll get arrested, you know, or sent back to Japan. Once they catch you-you can never come back here again!" Saki growled deep in his throat.
"Leonardo, I did not gag you in an attempt to make you respect me, but it seems that you refuse to respect me either way. If you do not wish to be gagged I suggest you silence yourself." Leo couldn't quite tell if he was being serious but didn't want to endanger himself any further. He leaned his head against the chair in front of him and stared at his knees. How had a day gone from boring to terrifying so soon? It was nearly one in the morning; no one would notice he was gone for awhile, and his phone was still in his room, of course. He had to focus and logically try to get out of the situation.
Donatello yawned and got up. It was going to be a lazy Sunday today, but he didn't mind. He had some experiments he wanted to work on in the lab. He stood and walked down the hallway, but for some reason got a horrible feeling when he passed Leo's door. He frowned. His brother wouldn't be happy to be woken early on a weekend, and what could be happening? But as the brown-eyed teen walked through the game room, the feeling returned and, despite his better judgment, turned around and walked back to Leo's door.
"Leo? You up yet?" no reply. Don groaned at his own conscience and gently opened the door, peeking inside. His eyes grew wide at the sight of Leo's vacant room and he opened the room the rest of the way. The lights were still off and his bed had not been made, and even stranger, his phone was lying on his nightstand on the charger. Don walked into the room, brow creasing in concern. What was going on?
"Donnie?" Mikey's exhausted voice from the doorway made him turn. "What are you doing? And where's Leo?" Mikey rubbed his eyes sleepily.
"I'm not sure where he went, Mikey." Don said, "he just wasn't here when I got up." Mikey frowned, looking around the room.
"Why is the window part way open?" he asked, eyes wide. Don spun and looked at the window. He was right, it was open. "Did he run away? Did I make him mad yesterday? Why didn't he take his phone? Donnie, what's going on?" Mikey's voice was filled with concern and fear.
"I'm not sure." Don replied, "let's go see Mom and Dad, they'll know what to do." Mikey followed him as Don speed walked down to their parent's bedroom, he rapped on the door. "Mom? Dad?"
"It is seven in the morning, Donatello, I assume you have a reason to wake us." Dad's sleepy voice replied with a chuckle.
"Leo's gone!" Mikey blurted. Scrambling sounds came from behind the door and a sleep disheveled dad opened the door, eyes wide in shock.
"Gone?" Don nodded.
"We don't know where he is, and his window was open." he said, rubbing the back of his neck worriedly, "we thought we should wake you up."
"Thank you, Donatello," Dad said, "come, I will look at his bedroom, Shen, dear," he looked behind him at a wide-eyed mom. "Will you please call the police, I do not know what we will find." Mom nodded and Don followed dad upstairs. He had a horrible sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
Leo started awake when the car stopped. His hands were still bound to the seat in front of him, and Oroku Saki looked at him from the front seat. Leo glanced out the window. His eyes widened when he saw the streets of what he recognized as Brooklyn; he and his family had gone here once on a day-trip, visiting Chinatown and all the different sights. The car was pulled into an alley between two abandoned buildings. Saki opened Leo's door and untied his hands before pulling him roughly out of the car and into one of the buildings.
"Let me go!" Leo said angrily, yanking to get away from the man. It was almost nine am, his family would be awake and know he was gone by now. Saki gripped his arm tighter and swung him to stare into his eyes.
"You will cooperate, Leonardo." he snarled, "I do not wish to harm you, understood?"
"You kidnapped me!" Leo said indignantly, struggling. "Let me go, Oroku Saki!" a sting whipped his face to the side. He'd been slapped again.
"I am your father!" Saki snarled, "Address me as such!"
"No!" Leo yelled, "you can't scare me by threatening to hurt my family anymore! They don't live anywhere near here!" Saki narrowed his eyes.
"Master shredder." a new voice said from behind Leo, "I assume this is your son?" Saki pushed Leo away from him into another man, who gripped his arms behind his back painfully.
"Yes, keep him somewhere he cannot get away while I arrange our transportation to Japan, Bradford." Leo was pulled into another room and thrown into a chair.
"Let me go!" he yelled, striking out toward the man, who caught his fist easily. The man rolled his eyes and pulled Leo's arms around the back of the chair, tying them together. "Hey, ow!"
"Don't struggle, Leonardo." he suggested, "you will have everything you ever wanted in your home in Japan."
"I hate Japan!" Leo yelled, trying to get away. The man tied his legs to the legs of the chair and, for good measure, shoved a cloth past Leo's lips and slapped a piece of duct tape over his mouth before exiting the windowless room, closing the door behind him. Leo struggled against the rope tying his hands together. It was thick and scratchy, and there was no way he could get out of it. He sighed, head falling to his chest. He really should have taken those self defense classes when he was a kid, but he hadn't had a great relationship with the man who suggested it, and that relationship was anything but better by now.
"Raphael, you have to stop this!" Mr. Jones brandished a dented panel from the washing machine. "Kicking everything in the house will not help anything!" Raph folded his arms moodily and didn't reply. "And you're always slamming doors around here and…" he sighed. "You have to keep control of your temper."
"Yeah, whatevah." Raph said, turning to go. Mr. Jones grabbed his shoulder.
"I mean it, Raphael, you do know this is your last chance before you go back to Juvie? No one else will take you." Raph tensed. He knew this very well.
"I know. I'm goin' out," he grumbled, walking out the door. He sighed and started down the street, greeted by a voice he knew so well.
"Hey! Raph!" he looked up and smiled to see Tyler running toward him. The kid ran up to him and they both halted, Raph ruffled his hair.
"Hey kid, why aren't ya at practice?"
"It's over for the year," Tyler replied promptly, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his winter coat. "Aren't you cold Raph?" Raph shook his head. He felt the cold, but it didn't bother him. Tyler's head tilted to one side. "Are you upset?" Raph smiled thinly.
"Nah, I'm not upset." he shook his head as they started down an alley. "Just...thinking." Tyler nodded, then frowned.
"I gotta go home now, mom's taking me to the mall to meet Santa!" he declared, Raph grinned. He'd loved doing that when he was a kid.
"Alright, I need to get a jacket anyway," he said, the kid ran off. He, of course, was not planning on going back to the Jones' house anytime soon. He continued down the alley past a black car that seemed slightly familiar, he shrugged it off and glanced at his watch. It was almost lunchtime, but he wasn't that hungry.
"Let me go!" a voice suddenly yelled from behind him, Raph froze. He knew that voice! That voice had comforted him when he tried to kill himself, that voice had tried to stop him from leaving the Hamato's house; it was Leo! What was he doing in Brooklyn? Was it even really Leo? Could Raph be sure?
"Silence! I told you before, Leonardo, I am your father, you will come to Japan!" Raph turned and stood under a boarded up window.
"You are not my father!" Leo's voice yelled, "HELP! SOMEONE HEL-" his voice was suddenly muffled and Raph felt chills down his spine. What was going on? Was that guy with Leo Oroku Saki? Raph grit his teeth. He'd told Leo that if the guy ever touched him again he'd regret it, and he was not planning on being a liar. But what was he supposed to do? Burst in there and discover a superpower? No, he had to call the police, but what if they left before they got there? Raph pulled out his phone and decided to think of that later.
"Hello, this is nine one one what's your emergency?" Raph realized he'd never called the cops before.
"Uh, yeah, um, I think someone's been kidnapped, he don't live around here, but I can hear him callin' fer help inside dis building and some guy is in dere making him shut up, it's like, this abandoned building." he recited the address, "I dunno what ta do...what do ya guys do anyway?"
"We have officers on the way, sir."
"Oh, great," Raphael said and hung up. He really didn't have a great relationship with the police.
"Stop! What are you doing?!" Leo's panicked voice came from the building again.
"If you will not come willingly, you will come unconsciously!" the guy snarled again, Leo let out a muffled scream before falling silent. Raph felt panic rush through him. What was he supposed to do? Burst in there and- he caught sight of the fire escape and a smile formed on his lips. Raph ran over to the rusted ladder and started up it as quietly as possible, reaching the second story landing quickly. He tore off the rotting boards and clambered into the building. It was dark and dingy, but he saw light coming from the floor below the catwalk he was on. The redheaded teen stepped carefully to the edge and looked down. A door slammed and a man walked forward, Leo wasn't with him. He met the second man, who Raph recognized as a kung fu artist on some billboard he'd seen.
"He is being stubborn." the first man growled. Raph narrowed his eyes and looked at the door. It was just a few feet away and below him, that must be where Leo is. Taking a deep breath, Raph grabbed a post as the two men walked away, talking, and slid down, getting a few splinters in his hands as he did so. It was freezing in here, but he didn't mind. He had to figure out what was going on. As soon as he opened the door, a muffled shriek came from a corner and Raph closed it quickly and silently, the men in the other room evidently didn't notice him and he spun, searching the room. It was empty. And then his eyes fell on the closed closet door to his left. He could hear muffled scrambling sounds from inside and pulled it open. Leo's eyes widened as Raph took in the scene. Is former foster brother was tied to a chair in the closet, a piece of duct tape holding what looked like a handkerchief in his mouth. Leo made a muffled sound, which Raph assumed was his name in shock.
"I don't know what the heck you got yerself into." Raph hissed softly, taking out his swiss army knife, "but yer lucky I live down da freakin' street." relief shone in Leo's eyes as Raph cut off the ropes holding his legs to the chair. "Is dat guy yer biological father?" Leo nodded, Raph sighed and untied Leo's hands. "You got some stories I guess." Leo reached up and tore the tape off his mouth, spitting out his gag.
"I'm lucky you were around." he chuckled, "seriously? Freaky coincident." Raph opened his mouth to reply when the door to the room flew open.
Warnings: kidnapping, death threats and violence.
WHOA! Cliffhanger, he's hanging from a cliff! That's why he's called cliffhanger….. Read Between the Lions reference anyone? :D too bad you have to wait till Friday to find out what happens next….MWAHAHAHAHAHA.
Until Friday,
-Jelly