Anyways, just a friendly warning: THIS IS A RATED 'R' STORY! So just remember to be mature, 'kay?

Anyhow, this story won't be as bloody as the previous. It will be much more emotionally trying and emotionally torturing than the other, however. But don't worry, it won't be that bad. :grins:

DISCAIMER: I don't own anything, except the title of the story and the title of the chapters and the story plot. Everything else, I'm just borrowing.

This story takes place right after Leo left. (read 'In the Moon's Bloody Shadow' first to understand)

So, a few things to note:

ITALICS will be personal thoughts.


Chapter 2: Sadness settles

Raph jumped forward and caught Mikey just as he was about to hit the ground. "Mike? MIKEY?" He yelled, shaking his youngest brother a little.

Don knelt beside Raph. "Don't, Raph. He's out cold…"

Raph looked up at his elder brother. "Why?"

Don frowned, before standing up. He stepped over Mikey's feet and peered into the room. Immediately, he staggered before he sat down heavily onto the floor, breathing heavily.

"Don?" Raph questioned, looking wide-eyed at his brother, before laying Mikey gently to the side and standing up. "What's wrong? What's in that room?"

Don suddenly looked at him. "DON'T RAPH!" He yelled, almost begging, but too late, Raph had already gone inside the room.


Raph peered around quickly, allowing his eyes to adjust, when he realized that this was a closet.

Raph blinked. He could've sworn that there were dark splotches in here…

Suddenly he paled. Those splotches weren't some sort of horrid paint job. They were blood.

Shit. Shit, shit, shit. No wonder Mikey fainted and Don almost did too! Raph thought as he slowly grasped the true horror of what April told him. They hadn't abused Leo. They had almost murdered him.

The blood was everywhere. Everywhere on the walls, on the floor, there was no portion of the room that wasn't caked with inch thick blood.

Raph shuddered, before stepping outside again. He closed his eyes before leaning onto the wall, trying to get together his bearings.

"My son?"

Raph opened his eyes and quickly looked down to the floor. "I need to go to the bathroom." He muttered, before rushing off.


Splinter watched him go, before glancing at his two remaining sons and at a weeping April. He glanced into the room and immediately understood.


Raph dunked his head into the cold water before raising his head and glancing at his reflection.

And almost fainted.

There was small splotches of blood splattered onto the mirror. Raph quickly glanced onto the floor, but saw footsteps a bit larger than his, outlined in blood. "Shit." Raph whispered, as he followed the stumbling footsteps as they staggered back and tripped over the edge of the bathtub.

Raph's eyes scanned the bathtub, before recoiling in horror. The bathtub was outlined with red and there were bloody hand marks as if someone had tried to grasp the edge of the tub, but slipped.

"Oh god…" Raph whispered, as he sank down onto the bathroom tiles, still staring at the tub.

"You get it now?"

Raph didn't move as he heard Casey move behind him.

"Damn. How the hell are we gonna fix Leo up now?" Raph asked, more to himself than Casey.

"You really changed." It wasn't a question. "April was right." A sigh. "As she always is."

Raph snickered. "Yeah. Just like Leo is…was." He whispered, wincing at the past tense usage.

Raph suddenly looked behind him at Casey. "I'm sorry. Really. I…didn't know…no, I did know, but—"

Casey cut him off. "Yeah. I guess I was being real hard on ya'll as well. Whatever Leo did, seemed to have returned you to norm."

Raph let out a soft chuckle. "Yeah. And I'm glad too…but not at the cost of us loosing Leo…"

Casey nodded. "We're gonna get him back…"

Raph suddenly grinned. "DUH! If we didn't, then we wouldn't call ourselves 'family'. We ain't leave no one behind. And besides…it's a great chance to kick the Shred-head's ass!"

Casey suddenly laughed. "I wouldn't mind getting my hands on him either…of all the things he did…what he made you guys do…" Casey hissed, looking angry again.

Raph nodded, looking angry and determined at the same time. "Whatever happens, we're getting Leo back, and the Shred-head's got a one-way ticket to hell!"

"Count me in!"


Leo drew his knees up, trying really hard to ignore the aches and pangs of pain that shot through them.

So far, the Foot let him be. But he could see the moon starting to set; it wasn't long before morning and the deal to start.

The rain had stopped and the clouds had moved on, allowing the moon to peek through. So far, he'd been in enemy territory for a good six-seven hours.

Leo jumped as he heard thunder growling in the distance, before groaning. When will it finally stop raining? He asked himself, knowing that only he could answer himself.

Darker clouds covered the moon again, and rain began to pour down. Leo sighed as he felt his body go numb by the freezing rain.

Leo suddenly sneezed. He sighed. Not a good sign. How am I supposed to fight the Shredder if I'm sick?

Leo just finished that thought, when he began to cough violently. When he finally stopped, he sneezed again and felt blood trickle down his chin. Leo let out a small breath as he wiped the blood away.

Leo watched his breath rise again as he sat still, just watching the shadows on the ceiling. Dimly he wondered what his brothers were doing, and wondered whether Emily was doing okay…

He sighed as he leaned back into the cool rain. Strangely, he felt hot. That was kind of weird, since it was freezing a second ago…

Leo shrugged. Right now, he didn't really care. He was going to die anyway. And he'd die in enemy hands without honor…Leo sighed. He deserved it all. After all, he'd abandoned his brothers and friends…

The moon peeked out from behind the clouds for a second. Leo glanced at it, before looking away again. The moon was setting.

The deal was only effective in the day. But day was slowly approaching…and so was the deal.


Sorry for the short chappie! But tune in for the continuation.