Chapter 5: In the Shredder's headquarters

Splinter explained "Leonardo's" fate. Michelangelo started to laugh a lot, and Raphael grinned evilly but Ninjara stayed serious.

"At least his big mouth stays closed a while!" Raphael said and looked satisfied.

"This isn's fun, Raph! We need Leonardo!" Ninjara growled.

"Oh my God, what a fate! This is so hilarious! Leo is MUTE now!" Michelangelo laughed.

"I agree with Ninjara. This isn't a funny situation. Leonardo would know what to do, and he can't communicate with us", Splinter growled. That made Michelangelo laugh even more.

"You guys are too serious and can't see how funny this really is! We have a leader that can't speak! How hilarious is that!" Michelangelo laughed.

"Very funny", Raphael replied and smirked at Donatello. Donatello turned pale.

"Now I know how Leo feels!" he thought in his mind.

"Are we going to go the the Shredder or not?" Leonardo asked angrily.

"Yes. We go now. Leonardo, come with us!" Splinter said. Donatello came to them, and they left. Raphael came to Michelangelo and whispered to him:

"Heh, Leo's self-esteem suffers from this little thing- he can't command us now!"

Michelangelo giggled. Leonardo had heard that and felt furious. But he couldn't say that he was Donatello, otherwise he would have ruined everything he had planned.

Shredder was waiting for the turtles. He had his Foot Soldiers with him. When he saw the turtles and Splinter coming, a cruel smirk appeared on his face. They hadn't got Casey Jones with them, and that makes Shredder even more satisfied. They came to them and stopped in front of him. Shredder looked at them ruthlessly.

"Well? What's the answer?" he asked.

"We have talked about this... and realized that there was only one thing to do... We have to give Donatello to you", Splinter said.

"Hmm, but the world will be in danger then", Shredder said.

"We'll stop you!" Splinter growled.

"OK then, and I have to keep my promise. Release the hostages!" Shredder said. All the hostages were released, except April.

"Hey, where's April?" Michelangelo asked.

"Hm, I think I'll keep her", Shredder said and smirked.

"But you promised!" Ninjara shouted.

"You son of a...!" Raphael started.

""Why did you lie to us?" Splinter asked.

"The game with you is always unfair to me. I have to win something in this battle... and my prizes are Miss O'Neil and Donatello!" Shredder replied. He took Leonardo and disappeared with the Foot Soldiers.

"That... should I say what? He took Don AND April! Now we really need Casey- and I know where to find him!" Raphael shouted and left.

"Oh my God... This is going to be tougher than I expected. I wish you were alright, Leonardo. We need you", Splinter said and hugged Donatello. Also Michelangelo had calmed down.

"This isn't fun anymore, sensei", he said silently.

"This isn't FAIR, Mikey!" Ninjara said.

"You both are right. This isn't fun or fair", Splinter said.

"OK, now what?" Michelangelo asked.

"Let's go home. Raphael will find Casey Jones and bring him to us!" Splinter replied.

"That's a good idea. Come on, Leo", Ninjara said. They started to walk towards their home.

Shredder brought Leonardo to his headquarters. Leonardo would have never believed that he could enter that huge black building like this. He had expected a stylish way to enter it, not this farce. He was really worried about the situation, and Shredder's decision to keep April made the situation even worse.Shredder led Leonardo to his lab.

"Here's your desk and equipment to build me an energy bomb. Now, start doing it!" Shredder growled. He left, and Leonardo noticed that no one had left to look after him. So he left his equipment to the desk and started to look for information about Shredder in the Internet.

"Hm, I don't understand anything about bombs but I do understand something about the Internet!" he tought in his mind. He clicked the link that opened him the map of the headquarters. He saw that there were black dots in the map, and they moved around. Leonardo knew that those dots described Foot Soldiers who were moving in the headquarters. He looked for the prisons of the headquarters. He found them- they located somewhere underground. He looked for a way to get there so that no one would notice him. It was really difficult because there were Foot Soldiers everywhere. Finally he found a secret pipe that led to those dungeons. He was about to close the computer when someone said:

"I knew you would try something stupid."

"What the...?"

"Turn around, Donatello", Shredder's cool voice said. Leonardo turned around. He saw that he was surrounded by Shredder and his Foot Soldiers.

"Eh... Hi", Leonardo grinned carefully.

"I knew you would want to help the world. That's why I kept your friend here. Now I can kill both of you!" Shredder growled.

"You didn't need me?" Leonardo asked.

"No, I have my scientists. I just wanted to kill you, so my plan worked! Now your team is in trouble- they lose the genius!" Shredder said.

"You are wrong, Shredder!" Leonardo said with his own voice.

"WHAT!" Shredder shouted.

"I'm not the turtle you wanted to kill! And I promise that you can't kill me either!" Leonardo said and took Donatello's bo. Shredder got furious and shouted:

"Kill him!"

The Foot Soldiers attacked Leonardo but Leonardo started to fight against them. He was a skillful fighter also with a bo. He could easily beat the Foot Soldiers. Soon they lied on the floor, and Leonardo stared at Shredder.

"Now there's just you and me, Shredder!" he said.

"Very well, I'll kill you alone then!" Shredder growled and attacked him. The fight was a long and desperate war about life and death. Shredder was much stronger than Leonardo who just protected himself. Shredder was a better fighter than Leonardo, and Leonardo had to admit that. He was in trouble but he didn't want to give up.

Meanwhile Raphael brought Casey to the turtles. Splinter drinking tea, Michelangelo watching TV and Donatello admiring Leonardo's swords. At last he could hold them. They were so beautiful, and it was no wonder that they were precious to Leonardo. Splinter saw that Raphael returned.

"You brought him", he said.

"Yeah, and I also told the situation to him", Raphael answered.

"We must stop the Shredder somehow! He can't hurt April or anybody else!" Casey shouted.

"Calm down. We need sensible thinking, not radical actions. Leonardo can't talk anymore, so someone has to replace him", Splinter said.

"Yeah. I heard about Leo's fate. That's a sad thing", Casey said.

"I'm glad someone understands that!" Splinter growled and looked angrily at Raphael and Michelangelo.

"What?" both turtles asked. Donatello couldn't be quiet anymore. This was getting too ridiculous, so he stood up and said:

"That's anough!"

"Leonardo?" Splinter asked.

"WOW! Don's little gadget has caused more problems than we expected- now Leo talks with Don's voice!" Michelangelo said.

"I am not Leonardo!" Donatello growled.

"And also thinks that he's Don!" Raphael murmured.

"Quiet! I want to hear more. What do you mean... whoever you are?" Splinter asked.

"Leo got a plan... that we could change bandanas and weapons and that he could go to Shredder instead of me", Donatello sighed.

"WHAT!" Ninjara screamed.

"Are you sure?" Splinter asked.Donatello sighed and replied:

"Yes. He wanted both save me and the world. He's going to sacrifise himself", Donatello replied.

"Oh no! We can't let it happen!" Splinter said.

"Let's go and stop him!" Raphael suggested and they went.