~ Drum roll please… and believe it or not Lenni, I see good in Shredder too, there will be repercussion for what he does, you'll see what I mean. Enjoy guys… is this a cliffhanger too? Can't remember.

Shredder raised the whip and let it slap across Nancy's back. She gasped out loud more from surprise than from pain. As the whip slammed down on her again, Nancy felt a tingling of pain that made her eyes tear. On the third lash, Nancy cried out loud. Shredder counted out loud, fifteen lashes, then stopped.

Nancy's breathing was coming in heavy gasp, her head hanging. Her back burned with pain, from the top of her shoulders all the way down to her buttocks. The underwear protected her rear a little but they were nearly torn by the whip.

"Hey Shredder," Shredder turned and found himself staring at Raphael who was now on the other side of the fence, his brothers with him. A part of the fence was rolled back somehow.

"How did you?" Shredder stammered.

"It's called, getting pissed off and climbing to the top of the fence. I found several latches that were very easy to unclip and rolled the fence back." Raphael stepped towards Shredder, making him step back. "Now you would have been luckier if I found that out sooner."

Shredder screamed at the foot to get the turtles as Leonardo cut Michelangelo loose. Shredder went to grab Nancy when he was tackled. Michelangelo looked down at him, slammed Shredders head onto the ground and started to punch him over and over and over. Among the chaos, he heard a voice.

"Mikey?" It was coming from Nancy but it was so quiet, it took him a moment to figure that out. Leaving Shredder unconscious on the floor, Michelangelo went over to see how bad her back was. Remembering Shannon's legs, he didn't touch her back, but went around and looked in Nancy's face. Tears were streaked down her cheeks. Getting the keys from Shredder Donatello walked over and told Michelangelo to pick Nancy up.

"Nanc," Michelangelo said. " I need you to wrap your legs around me so you won't fall when Donatello unlocks the shackles." Nancy nodded her head. He helped Nancy wrap her legs like her told her to and Donatello unlocked the shackles. They found her wrists were rubbed raw from hanging there. Nancy slumped onto Michelangelo, as he was careful not to touch her back. Looking around, Michelangelo saw that Leonardo and Raphael took care of all the foot. Donatello wrapped the sheet around Nancy's back as she hissed from the material rubbing over her.

"Nancy," Donatello said to her. "Put your arms around Mikey and hold the sheet so it won't keep moving on you." He helped her with that as Raphael and Leonardo walked over. Raphael kicked Shredder.

"What should we do about him?" Raphael asked. Nancy tried to look over her shoulder but stopped when she felt her back stretch.

"Just leave him," Nancy said. "Please let's just leave." They listened and took Nancy home to the sewers. Once there, Michelangelo helped Nancy lay on her stomach in her bed and Master Splinter came over with some ointment and pain reliever. Once he was done, Master Splinter told Nancy to call if she needed anything and left. For a little while, Michelangelo stayed with Nancy until she fell asleep. Then he joined his brothers in the living room.

"What happened, Mikey?" Everyone wanted to know. He explained that he went out to think and told them about the talk he had with Master Splinter about Nancy and him. Just when he thought that he was coming to a point to make a decision, everything went black. Michelangelo also told them about Nancy's parents and how nice they were and how they treated him really well. He didn't tell them about the humiliation that Nancy went through when Shredder ordered the foot soldiers to strip her. Or of how they pulled her arms apart when she tried to cover herself from them.

"Oh and Raph," Michelangelo said.

"What?" Raphael responded.

"Nancy's friend, Mary likes you." Michelangelo told him. The rest of his brothers ooohed at Raphael until he threatened, playfully to shut them up.

"Oh, did anyone grab a book bag that was on the ground?" Michelangelo asked. Donatello went and picked one up.

"This one?" Donatello asked.

"Yeah, check this out," Michelangelo took out the three movies that Nancy put in there and showed them to his brothers.

"Oh, lets watch them!" Leonardo exclaimed. For the next few hours, they watched all three movies and commented on how it was kind of scary how close they sub station on the movie was almost the same as theirs. As the second movie finished, Michelangelo slipped away to check on Nancy. She was sound asleep on her bed. Michelangelo went over and slowly sat down on her bed, checked to make sure the sheet wasn't irritating her skin. Then he leaned over by her ear and brushed some hair off of her face.

"I heard what you said when you were talking with your mother," Michelangelo quietly whispered. "I love you too." He had to take a moment and sigh, this was hard for Michelangelo. "That's why I'm letting you go. I'm going to get you back home and destroy the technodrome once and for all, so you'll be safe." With that, Michelangelo got up and left the room and went to his. Inside he sat on his bed and for the first time, in a long time, he cried.