"Leo, watch out!" Donnie shouted as a ninja punk rushed his brother from behind. Leo turned around quickly and delivered a swift blow to the Foot Soldier's chest. The ninja punk stumbled backwards, taking another one down with him. Leo jumped back around as he felt someone press up against his shell.

"Donnie!" He exclaimed as he saw it was only his brother. He turned back around again, having their backs covered by the other.

"This doesn't look too good," Donnie observed as the Foot Soldiers formed a ring around the turtles and began closing in. Leo and Donnie held their weapons defensively, readying themselves for the oncoming attack.

"Like, dudes, is there a party goin' on or something?"

"Yeah. And, uh, how come weren't invited?"

Everyone turned and looked in the direction of the two new voices. Standing in the doorway was Mikey with his nunchucks and Casey with a baseball bat. Almost immediately, half of the Foot Soldiers ran towards the newcomers and the fighting resumed.

While Casey fought the oncoming ninjas, Mikey ran towards his brothers. "Dudes!" He shouted gleefully as he raised his hand for a high-five. Leo and Donnie both raised their hands and intercepted the high-five.

"Dudes, we have to get out of here. We can't fight all these guys and expect to walk away," Mikey told them.

"He's right, Leo. We have to get outta here while we still have a chance," Donnie agreed.

"We can't leave without Raph! He's still in here somewhere and-," Leo started to say.

"We know he's here, Leo. We can come back for him later when we have a plan," Donnie pointed out.

Leo sighed heavily. He didn't want to leave Raph here, but what choice did he have? If they stayed any longer, they would have their shells royally kicked and possibly be captured themselves.

"Leo's go," Leo concurred. Donnie and Mikey nodded their heads and began to weave through the crowd. They managed to get through and met back up with Casey, who was still fighting the ninjas off with his bat. As Leo and Mikey ran through the door, Donnie grabbed Casey's arm and dragged him along for their retreat. Leo hesitated slightly as they exited the area, looking back towards the warehouse where Raph was being held captive. Mikey came up next to his brother and gently tugged on his arm.

"Come on," he said as the turtle trio and Casey began a long walk home.

- ¤- ¤ -

Kurai watched over the caged turtle until he had fallen asleep. Her amber eyes swept over the bruised and battered turtle once more before she walked out of the room. She walked down the hallway and into the main room, where she had left the ninjas to fight the other turtles. A surprised look fell over her face as she saw the group of Foot Soldiers huddled in a circle, the sub-leader talking to them from the center.

"I don't mean to interrupt, but please tell me that you captured the turtles," Kurai asked as she approached them.

"They escaped, Kurai-san," the sub-leader reported. He bowed slightly to her. "We are ever so sorry."

A growl escaped from her throat. "Oh. That's great, just great." She whipped out a gun from the holster strapped around her leg. She narrowed her eyes and aimed the gun and the ninja's forehead. "I should kill you now, you-."

"Put the gun down, Kurai," a deep voice ordered. Kurai turned her head towards the one who had talked. She widened her eyes as she saw who it was. "Shredder!" She put the gun away and turned towards Shredder. "I didn't expect to see you here."

Shredder held his hand up. "Not now. Come with me." He waved her over as he began to walk into another room.

Kurai looked back to the ninja sub-leader and frowned. "I'll deal with you later," she told him before turning around and trotting over to Shredder. She came up beside him and looked up at him. She tilted her head slightly as she asked, "What is it, boss?"

"Krang has told me that you have managed to capture on of the turtles," he began, without looking down to her. "I know that the others were here.Did you manage to capture them as well?" He asked as they entered a small room. He stopped walking and turned towards her, crossing his arms over his chest. "Well, did you?"

"That's a funny thing actually. You see, I let your soldiers do the fighting and what happened was.," she started to babble. Before she could say anything else, a harsh slap came across her cheek. She winced slightly and silenced herself, not wanting to upset Shredder any further.

"How could you let them escape?! All you had to do, was capture the other turtles! How hard is that?" He fumed. He held up her chin with his hand. "Now, what I want you to do is get me those other turtles." He let go of her and shoved her towards the door.

She backed out of the room, bowing slightly. "I shall do my best, boss." She turned, exited the room and began readying the troops for an attack on the turtles.



I know it's kinda short but.oh well! Hope you like it and of course more to come from yours truly. ^.^