Winds of Change

Disclaimer: I only own the Turtle children and the wives. I also own Yukio but rather not, he creeps me out.

Warning: This chapter gets pretty bad with torture scene. Yukio does not go easy with Rama.

Chapter 39: End of rope

Don sighed, "We know thanks to your meditation links with Rama, that she has been moved about three times in the last week. Yukio is back now though and I am willing to bet that they will move her one more time before they feel safe, possibly move her twice if Yukio wants to throw us off further and take her back to one of the other bases they have all ready been to, before moving her to the base he works from."

Leo nodded as he listened glancing over a map of the city with markings on it showing where they had known Rama to have been, Leo had even allowed a few hits on the known bases of the Foot, but not where Rama was held, if only to make it seem that they were looking for her and wanted to get her back.

"I wonder if Yukio would have his place somewhere in the centre of these other bases, or more likely outside it to throw us off. I am thinking it is outside, or possible close to one of the other ones as we would not think of it being close to one of these ones." Leo muttered.

"Yes right in the middle would be too expected Yukio is too smart for that he would want to throw us off which means outside of the ring," Don agreed.

"True, but if your enemies know you have these bases here, it stands to reason that most would logically look at something in between all of them. That means if you don't want to be found you go outside the ring by a certain distance," Leo suggested, "which makes me think the base is in the ring of these but closer to one maybe two of these other places. Look into it Don get me the information on the building and businesses around them both inside and outside of the ring to cover all our bases. Get back to me with them."

Don grinned, "Jen, Jessie and I will get right on it" He assured his brother as he gathered up the map and headed back to start checking into the new lead.

Leo scowled his face turning slightly grim as his mind turned towards Ramiela, she had suffered a week of torture and they all knew Yukio was back home by now and he himself must be part of putting her through hell on his own basis. Though of course Yukio had to tend to other things not around the Foot.

Leo hated the very fact that she was still prisoner, doing her best to fight and maintain while getting what the family needed but at the same time he was proud of her for the exact same thing. Of course the young Kunoichi gained some strength from her slight mental contact with family though it was often haphazard.

Still when they did connect Leo did his best to instruct her how to fight the mind altering drugs, the Foot might be using to keep her from using the mental aspects of Ninjitsu.

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Jessie was doing his bit searching on the internet for his section of buildings that might lead them to where Ramiela was, he was fighting back the many complaints he wished to unleash on the Jonin of the clan, knowing Leo would put him quickly in his place if he gave in.

Not that he hadn't gone a few rounds with Leo over the last week and the discipline Leo dished out over those last few times made him not too eager for going for round three for he had a feeling that the turtle would dish out the harshest punishment for a third infringement in the same area.

Instead Jessie concentrated on his own lessons and throwing himself into his work with Jenate Tech.

"The longer Rama is trapped inside that hell hole the more chance they have of killing her."

"Easy Jessie, you have every right to be worried for her, and we know she is in danger but Rama has been trained for it plus she wanted to do this. Yukio being back is bound to turn up the heat on her, find ways to hurt her further or degrade her even more. He'll want to break her physically and mentally" Don spoke calmly, yet with great sympathy for the youth.

"You are NOT being very reassuring or comforting Don," Jen snapped, "I doubt this is what Jessie needs to hear at the moment."

Don turned and gave his wife a small smile, "He may not want to hear it, but he has to be prepared for it, to be ready to support Rama and be strong for her when we do get her back and we will!" He insisted, "if Jessie isn't prepared for it he may make Rama feel worse, so far better to have him ready it won't be as complicated. You two are bound to have some troubles when she comes back because no one can go through that sort of stuff and not suffer some consequences from it."

Jen gave a tremulous smile realizing that Don was right she thought back to her own daughter that she had lost to SiDs in her first marriage. The messy divorce and the time when she had closed herself off from everything but work.

Even after meeting Don her continued fears about losing her baby had bothered her during her second pregnancy with Abby, how she hadn't wanted Abby sleeping alone in her crib afraid to let the baby out of her sight when it was sleeping.

Don had been very patient and supportive through it all, he became even more so when it came time for training to begin as Jen didn't want Abby going to war.

"You are right they both have to support one another" she concurred, "the main thing to remember though Jessie is you will not be alone we will be with you and here for you. Rama knows she can rely on her family."

"We are here to help you Jessie in any way, so let us help if you should need it. Don't ever be afraid to ask for help."

Jessie gulped as he considered what may lay ahead of him and Rama, true Rama had suffered torture before at the hands of the scientist but they had not wanted to hurt her or degrade her, in the way the Foot clan would.

The Foot might even kill her, though he was aware that the family was hoping to act before then. Besides Yukio would want the information he could get out of her but if he came to the conclusion he wasn't going get it then that left one path.

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Yukio stared at the prisoner chained in with arms above her head and towards the ceiling the chains just long enough to reach the overhead rafters but not allow her to drop her arms, legs splayed a part and chained to boards near her feet. She had been chained in such a way that anyone could get to her from any direction front, rear and either side. He had come to admire the handiwork he had done with her and to test her reaction.

She had been whipped with an electric whip, and left chained for hours on end, muscles would be protesting at not having any relief from this unnatural stance but Yukio was not done with the punishment just yet. He walked around her seeing the slight trembling of the muscles the wounds that had been bleeding had scabbed over. The girl's head hung down she barely seemed to raise her head to defy him as she had in the past, with insults.

He sent orders to his soldiers and then set lighting to just around the perimeters of the room, and that just enough while it remained dark around the turtle, she would remain like that for twenty four more hours, while the Foot had some fun, if they so chose to. He decided as he left the room, knowing the Foot would be more willing to enjoy those orders without him there.

'Perhaps after this she will be ready to tell me what I need to know. If not I will find another way to break her body and soul.' He vowed to himself as he turned back to more pressing deals that needed his attention.

Perhaps he himself would go make use of the chained Kunoichi somewhere in that time frame.

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Rama noted the blinding light that had been in her face turned off. Her arms and legs were aching she longed to move them to find some relief from the pain and wondered what was coming next. She heard Yukio leave the room, from the soft opening and closing of the door and her senses unaware of anyone but herself in the room.

However the privacy was not to last for soon she heard the faint sound of someone entering, not Yukio he was very good at hiding his presence in every possible way.

She spotted a few soldiers coming into the room and figured they would be beating her all ready beaten body some more, she rattled the chains a bit but the soldiers were aware she could not break free, the chains and shackles were too tight not giving enough room to break out.

Rama realized what the next torture was as she felt a soldier force himself on her. She who thought she could never, would never be raped because she would not allow it. She was too trained, far too good of a fighter was in such a position that she could do nothing to prevent it.

Her attackers however were able to do as they wished with her and Rama trembled with anger and fury at the thought, found her body reacting instinctively to the moves of the sexual act and fought to keep from crying out in any way.

She knew rape was about power, and they were truly going show her at the moment they had that it and were willing to wield it. Using all her mental skill she tried to block out what was being done, to stop any reaction her body might give. She wanted control of that much at least.

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Back in her cell she found herself being violently ill, she wanted to huddle in a ball. Trying to keep from crying, yet finding there was no way to stop the tears that fell.

Her muscles were spasming from being held so long in the spread eagle fashion, she had lost count of how many had used her...and that is how she felt totally used, dirty.

She hated herself even more for the times she had cried out now and again for those cries seemed to encourage her rapist making them comment that she wanted it. Some had forced her at knife point to say she liked it, wanted more.

Rama was too disjointed to try and reach her family, to connect with them at this point she was hurting too much to gain control at least just yet. Besides she didn't want to admit what she had been forced to endure, for who knows how long.

The very thought made her throw up again.

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Yukio watched her in the cell, a sinister smile crossed his face this torture had been quite worthwhile.

'Poor Kunoichi, you think she would know what was expected of her. I suppose I have at least insured she has finally had proper training in that area. Still, she is ready now I think to truly answer to me.'

Yukio sent orders to a couple of his soldiers to bring the turtle to him, in his office.

He smirked a bit when she was brought in protesting and screaming. "That is enough of that noise," he barked, "you should thank my soldiers for training you so well in the art of being a true Kunoichi."

Rama huddled on the carpet, unable to rise for her muscles were still protesting too much for her to get up and move or do anything. Too weak, too tired. She sat with head hung waiting and not caring what ever may come.

"You are pathetic and not worth my time. I have wasted enough on you. I think I will kill you now." Yukio declared.

Rama tensed a little at those words. "If I die you will never teleport as we do." she said softly, "so go ahead and kill me."

Yukio snorted, "You wish to buy your worthless life with that information?" he shook his head in disbelief, "come now Ramiela you haven't told the truth to anything we have wanted. "I am sure I can get that from another of your clan one who would be more willing to talk."

"Possibly," Rama gave a weak nod, "But I am the one who learned to do it first and I taught my clan no one knows it better then me. Granted I probably couldn't teach it very well now," she admitted wearily, "so it is lost to you."

Yukio considered, she was clearly broken he could tell it. Sensed it she was only using this to spare her life for now and in the state she was in, it was highly unlikely she would be willing to tell lies and not play games with him.

"I could learn through another member of your family." He declared, but even as he said it he was aware that possibly the only one who might divulge it was possibly Aiden. Kaliann was too much like her father and the other four turtles well they were not as weak breaking them would take much more time.

Plus, he wanted this, he needed to know this and the sooner he could learn the basics the better. He could report on it and besides it may help in destroying the rest of her family.

Far better he learned it now!

Rama heard his hesitancy, it was faint but there she just laid where the foot had tossed her at Yukio's feet not even talking as if to say anything more was more then she could manage.

She gave the very air of one who had been defeated and was now too weak to fight back, her life was in his hands and Yukio could take it or not, and she at the moment might very well welcome death for it would mean the pain and suffering she had endured would finally be over.

Rama gave just one moment, a very brief, thought to Jessie, wishing him her love and she was sorry.

Yukio fell silent allowing a sword to touch the back of Rama's neck as if measuring and preparing for the killing blow. He paused for a moment "I will spare you for now but you will show me how your clan achieves this without any games or you will be killed but only after I have punished you so severely you will think that you have had it easy up until now."

TBC