Donny's voice trailed after Raph as he left the lair and walked over to his bike. He

climbed on and began the ride to the Dragon lord's old lair, where Venus was heading.

As he began to ride, he remembered when Venus, Leo and Mikey went to China to save

Venus's friends from the Dragon lord, who was there to find a potion to defeat the turtles

and eat them. Luckily, they were able to stop him and put him back where he belongs,

hopefully forever.

Meanwhile, in New York, Donny had been with Renet, helping her

take over the universe or something, Raph never really had listened to what Donny had

said about his adventure. While all of them had been playing with old friends and foes,

he had faced the biggest embarrassment of his whole life, in front of the Shredder. The

thought of that day still made him shiver, and he resolved not to think about it as the

Dragon lord's old lair came into view, and he began to search for Venus.

Carefully, Raph started climbing over the weeds and vines that surrounded the old

building, looking through the windows to see if he saw Venus anywhere. Looking

through one of the back windows, he saw her, lying on the floor, blood from a wound

coming out of her arm. He crouched behind a bush, and called Donny on his turtle com.

"I found her Don, and it looks pretty bad, you guys better get here quickly." Raph

whispered. "We'll be right there," Donny replied, "Keep an eye on her until we are."

"You expect me to stand her while she's bleeding to death!!!" Raph hissed, "Well, I'm

not!!" With that, Raph shut off the com and preceded into the building, using the

shadows to conceal himself from whoever was there, waiting for him to come....

Donny shut his com, and sighed. "why does Raph have to be so stubborn, he's just gonna

get them both killed or worse, all of us killed, I'd better go get Mikey and Leo so we can

get over there and save those two." With that, Donny got up and walked into the living

room, calling for Mikey and Leo, so they could go to the Dragon lord's hideout and help

Raph with whatever evil was trying to get them now.

Raph hide in the shadows of the room where Venus laid, bleeding. He saw that

there were more wounds on her body than he thought, and bruises everywhere. He sat

there; stunned at the damage someone had done to her, and began to feel the rage burning

up. He hadn't felt this way in a long time, and while it felt good, he felt somewhat

ashamed, as if this lack of control of his emotions was the reason Venus was in trouble.

He slowly made his way over to her, looking around for an ambush. He leaned down and

touched her, hoping that she was still alive. Her eyes opened slowly, and she looked at

him, but before he could say anything, she screamed and, managing somehow to roll and

stand up, ran to another room, where Leo, Mikey and Donny stood, wondering who was

screaming. She stopped short when she saw them, and then took a few steps back as if she

was afraid of them, and fainted.

"Raph, what happened?" Leo demanded, bending down to look at Venus's

wounds. "I have no idea, I found her like this in the other room, and when I went to see

if she was all right, she looked at me and screamed, and well, you guys know the rest."

"Yeah, I guess we do, now let's get her home before anything else happens." Donny

said, as he leaned down and managed to gently pick Venus up, with Mikey following

him. They left Raph and Leo looking at each other, and it was obvious that Leo was

trying to convince himself that Raph wasn't behind this. Leo sighed, and began

following Mikey and Donny, with Raph not that far behind, glancing around to see if

there was any sign of the person(s) who did this to Venus.

After a tense ride back to the lair, with Leo driving and Mikey and Donny trying

to keep Venus wounds from getting any worse, they finally arrived at the lair, and hurried

to get Venus into Donny's lab, so he could treat her with whatever she needed. "I'm

gonna need some blood, so don't go anywhere Raph." "All right" Raph said, silently

thinking about how weird it was giving the blood instead of getting it.

Two hours later, Donny finally finished taking care of Venus, and sighed. He

headed into the living room, where he was bombarded with questions about Venus. He

reassured them, then mentioned the fact that they would need to take watches to keep an

eye on her, just in case. Mikey agreed to take the first watch, and the rest of them went to

bed, Raph especially was drained after giving blood. He shook his head and wondered if

Leo ever felt this way during the millions of times he had to give blood to Raph. Raph

shut his eyes and drifted into a dreamless sleep, still worried about the days ahead.

Venus slowly opened her eyes, and looked around the room she was in. "Where

am I? Am I in the lair? God, I hope not." She looked around to see Mikey sitting in a

chair, asleep, and froze. "Oh god no, please tell me I'm not here." She looked down and

realized that she was in the lab room, and realized that she would have to escape quickly

to avoid Mikey waking up. She slid off the table, and walked to the door. Hesitating, she

looked at Mikey and whispered "why, Mikey, why did you have to do this to me." She

then walked through the door, and after writing a short good-bye note, walked up the

ladder and to her new home.