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Chapter Fifty-Two

Escape

"Leo!" Raphael screamed as he tried to fight back five ninja who surrounded him and Mona.

"Leave him alone!" shouted Michelangelo as he tried to fight several ninja to get to Leonardo and Arashi.

"LEO!" cried Donatello as he was pushed back by three ninja

Leonardo spat up blood as he tried to pull the bladed bo staff from his stomach, he looked up at Arashi as he lifted up his katana to bring down on him.

The other turtles and Mona fought mercilessly and desperately as they tried to get close to Leonardo.

Arashi laughed as he lifted Leonardo's katana above his head and got ready to bring it down on the blue masked turtle.

"See you in Hell...Leonardo..." he smirked "Prepare to die a most dishonourable death!" Leonardo choked up more of his blood but he couldn't move, all he could do now was accept his fate.

"Leonardo!" screamed Mona, she punched one ninja in the face then snatched his knife from his hand.

"Get away from him you filth!" She snarled as she threw the dagger towards him and the blade embedded in the evil man's shoulder.

Arashi gave a roar of pain and dropped Leonardo's katana before falling to the ground. The ninja who stabbed Leonardo cried out in horror then turned to see Mona's tail appear and whack him backwards.

Mona then used her bladed fan to cut the staff in half causing Leonardo to collapse to the floor grasping his wound and gritting his teeth in agony.

"Leo!" cried Mona, tears of fear streaming from her eyes as she tried to help Leonardo "It's ok, I'm here"

She took Leonardo into her arms and held him close as she tried to inspect his wound. She cried harder as she looked at his wound, the staff blade was embedded so deep she couldn't see it and she knew that if she tried to pull it out, she would risk Leonardo losing more blood.

Leonardo choked again, more blood pouring from his mouth, Mona could see he was trying to tell her something.

"Shhh Shhh" she soothed trying to keep her voice steady even though she was panicking "Just stay with me"

She looked at Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello as they tried to fight off the remaining ninja.

"Donny!" she shouted "Leo's in a bad way!"

Donatello gritted his teeth and screamed in anger and frustration at his brother's condition. He slammed his bo staff into the ground and used it as a structure to spin around on as he kicked the ninja's down.

As soon as they went down, Donatello yanked his staff out of the ground and ran over to assist Mona. Raphael and Michelangelo managed to fight off the ninja that surrounded them and ran over to help.

As they did, Arashi lay on the floor wincing and groaning over the knife wound in his shoulder, he looked over to where Mona and the turtles were trying to tend to Leonardo.

Gritting his teeth he tried to pull the dagger out of his shoulder.

He looked over to the other Foot Ninja who were getting up again after being knocked over.

"T...Ta...Take them!" he ordered through the pain in his shoulder.

The Foot ninja nodded and went for the turtles, but Raphael and Michelangelo got up and tried to defend Donatello and Mona as they tried to help Leonardo.

"We have to get him back to the Lair!" said Donatello, his voice was shaking but he tried to stay calm.

Mona looked around but tears of frustration and hopelessness fell from her eyes.

"I don't see a way out!" she wailed, she looked down at Leonardo who was going pale and weak from his wound.

Donatello gritted his teeth and pulled Leonardo's arm over his shoulder and shouted back to Raphael and Michelangelo who fought determinedly against the Foot Ninja who tried to get closer to them.

"Keep them busy!" he shouted.

"No problem!" yelled Raphael, Michelangelo said nothing as he struck a Foot Ninja across the jaw with his nun chuck.

"You have no honour!" snarled Raphael as he stabbed one ninja in the chest with his sai "Attacking a warrior when he's down!"

Donatello and Mona moved Leonardo away from the battle and Donatello looked around the room trying to look for a way out.

Mona also looked around and as she did, her hand brushed against a button under a piece of cloth.

In doing so, she accidently pressed the button and she felt the floor open under her, screaming she fell through grabbing the side as she did so.

"Mona!" cried Donatello, he then saw the trapdoor.

"I think I found a way out!" cried Mona "This may lead to somewhere under the Headquarters! Get the others! NOW!"

Donatello nodded and shouted to Raphael and Michelangelo.

"Guys!" he shouted "Retreat! Retreat!"

"What!?" cried Michelangelo slamming his nun-chucks against two other ninja before turning around.

"Trapdoor!" shouted Donatello "Hurry!"

Michelangelo grabbed Raphael and pulled him back "Hurry Raphael!" he shouted "We got to get out of here!"

Raphael turned around and saw the trapdoor. He didn't want to retreat like a coward, but because there were so many ninja and Leonardo was seriously hurt, he had no choice.

He punched another ninja down and stepped back.

Arashi saw them trying to escape and yanked the dagger out yelling in pain as he did so.

"Don't let them escape!" he shouted.

Donatello quickly jumped down the trapdoor with Mona and Leonardo then Michelangelo jumped down the trapdoor. Raphael stepped back and hesitated for a moment.

"Raph! Come on!" shouted Michelangelo.

Raphael lifted his hands and gave them the middle finger then leapt down the trapdoor following his brothers and Mona.

"NOOOO!" shouted Arashi in anger and frustration.


Everyone yelled in fear as they slid down a chute down the trapdoor and they landed on a smelly murky floor.

As they fell, Donatello tried to throw himself first so he could cushion Leonardo, he succeeded and Leonardo landed on his brother's stomach.

The others followed and rolled onto the murky floor.

Michelangelo looked up where they had slid down.

"Whoa!" he said "That was a lucky escape!"

"We won't be so lucky if those Foot Ninja come down after us!" said Donatello "Let's get out of here!"

Raphael ran over to help Donatello carry Leonardo who was gasping in agony.

"Hang in there bro" begged Raphael as his heart broke at the sight of the wound in Leonardo's plastron.

"I wonder where these leads to?" said Michelangelo "It's a sewer for sure!" said Donatello "But we got to get out and find the Battle Shell! Find the first manhole!" he ordered.

Mona and Michelangelo ran on ahead and looked around for a way out.

They knew that if the Foot did follow them, if they got out of the manhole, and blocked it, the evil ninja wouldn't be able to follow.

"Can you see anything?" yelled Donatello, he looked over to Leonardo who continued to groan and gasp in agony.

"Stay awake Leo!" he begged "Don't you give up! We're taking you home! You'll be alright!"

Raphael gripped Leonardo hands as he carried him and tears flowed from his eyes.

"Don't you fucking dare give up big brother!" he wept "Not when we just got you back!"

"Guys!" Mona shouted "Here! Here's a manhole!"

"Mona! You're an angel!" cried Donatello, he and Raphael ran over and Michelangelo and Mona went up first to open the lid.

As Michelangelo pushed the lid off and helped Mona out, in doing so he saw the Battle Shell in front of them.

"What a stroke of luck!" he said, he and Mona then helped Donatello and Raphael get Leonardo out of the sewer and pushed the lid back over the sewer hole.

Donatello lay Leonardo on the ground and inspected his stab wound.

Leonardo gasped and groaned, he was starting to feel drowsy and the pain in his plastron was starting to cease.

Donatello went pale as he stared at the wound.

"It's so deep!" he said "So deep the blade has gone right into the body! It seems to have pierced his kidney and intestines!"

Everyone went pale in horror and Leonardo gasped again in pain as he struggled to breathe.

"We have to get him back to the lair!" said Donatello "Mikey! You drive the van!"

"I'm on it!" said Michelangelo as Donatello handed him the keys and he jumped into the driver's seat and started the engine as Raphael, Donatello and Mona jumped into the back and placed Leonardo on the floor.

Mona laid Leonardo's head in her lap and Raphael covered him with a blanket so he wouldn't be cold.

"Stay with us Leo" sobbed Mona as she cradled his head. Raphael bit his lip and clasped his older brother's hands as tears streamed from his eyes.

Donatello also continued to talk to Leonardo as he slipped in and out of consciousness.

"You must stay awake!" he ordered "We'll have you home soon!"

"Please don't leave us Leo" begged Raphael "Don't you dare leave us"

Mona looked into Leonardo's eyes as her tears flowed.

"Look at me Leo" she whispered "Just keep your eyes on me! Leo! Look at me!"

Leonardo looked up at Mona, as he looked into her eyes, there was something about her that made her look more beautiful, she looked like she had a shining light around her and her face even though she was crying, looked so radiant, almost like an Angel.

Just looking at her beauty, he wanted to tell her what he had wanted to say for ages, he couldn't stay awake anymore; it was if some force was pulling him away from the ones he cared about, he had to tell her, he had to let her know.

"I...I...I love you...Monalisa" he whispered, he tried to keep his eyes open and look into her teary eyes.

"Leo..." he heard her voice shake with terror "Leo...no...Please don't leave us! No! We just got you back! Leo! NO!"

Hahahahahaha! Another cliffhanger! Will they make it back to the lair and save Leo? Or is it too late?

Find out in the next chapter!