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Chapter Two: The Rings

There was a thump as the unconscious guard fell under Leo's sharp blow. I guess they weren't expecting company so late on a weeknight. The guard was down almost before I got a chance to peer through the circular window in the labs stainless steel doors. The glass was thick with grime, but I cold see three figures inside. They were guarding the inner corridor. That's where she was.

"Move you idiot! They'll see you!"

Leo's three-fingered hand grabbed my wrist, pulling me away from the window.

"Well?"

He demanded, glaring at me impatiently.

"They need to invest in Windex!"

Leo rolled his eyes and gave me an un-amused look.

"There are three of them"

"Three? No biggie there. Now, what to do with this guy?"

After a long moment of careful consideration, we dragged him to a utility closet under a staircase, and locked him in there. By now the guys guarding the corridor had heard us moving around.

"Now look what you did!"

Huh?

"…B-but…I didn't do anything except-"

"Save it. Here they come."

We jumped behind the door. When the guards opened it to look into the hallway, we sprang into action. Leo grabbed the ankle of the first man. He fell instantly and grabbed his gun.

"Holy shit!"

Don and Raph kept hidden in the shadows, wanting to keep the element of surprise, but watching with tense awareness of the action unfolding. Leo was dodging bullets. He jumped over the fallen man and kicked a second one in the stomach. There was no time to waste. I brought my nun chucks out swinging, pelting groaning humans in black security suits and dodging more bullets. Sounds like my kind of workout! When all the noise was over, I was the only one still standing.

"Leo?"

My brother was crouching over one of the men, his back towards me, unloading bullets from his gun.

"They're just knocked out…"

I breathed a sigh of relief. About that time there was a medley of footsteps headed our way. Two familiar shadows slunk along the wall carefully, and then…

"Leo! What the hell happened to you?"

He came up from the crouching position, slowly turning towards my brother's and I. That's when I saw the wound, and the thick crimson blood spilling onto the tiles below.

"It's…just a flesh wound."

The collective gasps of my brothers echoed my own, our eyes locked on his wounded shoulder. Leo gripped the ring around his neck with a pained groan and shut his eyes. What could he have been thinking…?

I touched my own ring. It had been on my second finger on my right hand, for as long as I can remember having it. It fit me perfectly. Not really easy to find turtle-sized jewelry believe me. I'm not sure what Master Splinter said to the others when he gave them their own rings, but I can never forget what he told me. And I don't know if I'll ever understand it.

"Yo Mike! Snap out of it. We gotta get her and get outta here."

I looked to my sai wielding brother. Donnie was helping Leo, but he was still lost in thought.

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