Disclaimer: Do I own the TMNT? Marco, Pol-NO.

A/N: Hope y'all enjoy this, and I do apologize again for taking so long to update that last chapter. I got into that Revenge story, and couldn't get out. So...onward, to the story, we go! And this part in the story will help open another story later on.

Motherhood
By: TMNTlover4ever
Part 8: He Knows

Michelangelo:

Even though they are our enemies, I still have to give the Elite Guard their props for their head gear. I just love those hats.

The Elite charged at us, waving their weapons and using extreme ninja abilities, nothing new, right?

Wrong. Dead wrong.

I don't know how. I don't think even Donnie knows, but for some reason, the Elite could produce fire from their hands! It was weird.

I had the one with the short axes. He waved them at me, I ducked and aimed a kick at his ankles, he jumped up in time, but as he jumped one of my nunchukas hit him in the side. Causing him to fall to the ground, but he got back up, quickly.

He aimed his hand at me, and all of a sudden, a stream of fire came pouring out! I dodged it just in time, well, my body did anyway. The ends of my poor bandana tails were fried though. But they could be replaced.

I heard a yell to my left and saw Don on the floor, with a burn on his ankle.

"DONNIE!" Raph yelled. He kicked the ninja who had burned Don and checked on him. The ninja landed at my feet, I kicked him in the head, quickly, to make sure he was unconscious. He was.

"Mikey, look out!" Leo said. I turned and ducked, just in time as a fist flew above my hand. I kicked at his ankles, making him fall to the ground.

As he hit the floor, fire came from his hands. I jumped up, landing just an inch away from the fire. Thank goodness the floor was marble, and not wood. This whole place would be blazing.

I then aimed my nunchuka at the head of the fallen ninja and hit him in the temple. He went unconscious as soon as the nunchuk hit. Leo and Raph were in front of Donnie, fending off 4 Elite Guard. Time for my favorite move...

Shell sweep.

I run toward the crowd of ninjas and sweep my leg around, moving on my shell toward the ninjas, my nunchuks twirling around me. I slam into one of the ninjas, and then they all fall. Leo and Raph take this moment and kick or hit them unconscious.

"Good work, Mikey." Leo muttered. He sheathed his twin katana and then ran to Sheri, picking her up.

"Can you walk on your ankle Don?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." Don got up, but started limping. Raph finally put Don's arm around his shoulders and helped him out.

I wonder why the other ninjas flew the coop. I looked around, trying to find the answer which I found out real quick.

The rug on the floor was on fire and the flames were heading straight toward us, and those flames were moving fast.

"Guys..."

"Not now, Mike." Raph grunted.

"Guys..."

"Shut up, Mikey." Raph said.

"Okay, so when the flames burn you, don't say I didn't warn ya!" I said. I helped Raph with Don, hoping to get outside, where the rug ended.

Leo was already in the grass, he kept running...why?...

Grass is flammable too...isn't it? Aw, shell...

Raphael's and my paces quickened as we went to a full spring, dragging Donnie along. I could tell by the look on his face that he was in pain, but I'm sure he wasn't going to complain now.


Raphael:

We ran out the doorway and was in the street by the time the bushes were burning. The fire didn't catch onto the grass fast enough to get us. We made our way into an alley and down the sewers we went.

"You guys can let go of me. I can walk on my own." Don protested.

"Sorry, Donnie, no can do. You need to stay off that ankle. It's burned pretty bad. You should know, Dr. Einstein." I said.

Don rolled his eyes.

"Yes, but I can still limp around." Don said.

"Forget it Donatello. You are not going to win this fight." Leo said, not looking back at us. He had gone into a complete leader...what's the word?...umm...thing. I can't explain it, but ever since he had Sheri in his arms, he was serious, dead serious. And you could tell when he was serious; he had this determined look on his face and he gave orders like crazy. Plus, he would use our full names like Master Splinter does.

"Gees, Leo. A bit uptight, ain't we?" I asked.

"Back off, Raphael! You know we got to get Sheri home. You heard what Don said, they cut an artery and she could die." Leo said, still not looking back. We kept walking, we knew we couldn't stop.

Mike and Don got this look on their faces. They hated it when Leo and I argued. When we did, they would cower into their rooms or the kitchen. Someplace that didn't have me and Leo yelling at one another.

"I'm well aware of what could happen, but you don't have to be so uptight about it." I commented. I knew very well that if Sheri's life wasn't on the line, Leo would have turned around and yelled at me, but he bit his tongue and kept walking.

We finally arrived home and we took Sheri and Don to the infirmary.

"Okay, Don, you need to stay off that ankle, so tell us what to do to help Sheri." Leo said, laying her on a bed across from Don's bed.

"In the medicine cabinet, there is a tube of gel called Neosporin. It's yellow, you can't miss it. Put some Neosporin on the back of her knees, and shin wound. It'll keep the injuries from getting infected." He commanded.

Mike grabbed the Neosporin and put the gel on the injuries.

"Okay, now Leo, remove your bandana from her arm and wipe the blood with hot water. She might move in pain, but keep going. It's for her own good." Don said.

I got the hot water as Leo removed his bandana. I cleaned off the blood. Sheri's teeth did clench and her body winced in pain, but I still cleaned it.

"Now quickly wrap that medical tape around her wound." He said.

Leo completed this task, quickly. About 10 seconds after he had finished putting the tape on, a pinkish color could be seen through the medical tape.

"Gees. It's bleeding fast." I stated. We all stared at it for a few seconds.

"Now, someone please get me that pink ointment in the medicine cabinet." Don said.

Mike did as he was told and handed it to Don who rubbed it on his burn. He had a little sign of relief on his face as the ointment cooled the burn.

"What is going on in-" Master Splinter stopped as looked at all of us.

"You're...you're...15 again?" Splinter said, sounding amazed.

"Yeah, Master Splinter. Why wouldn't we be?" Mikey asked.

"Well, that is for Sheri to explain when she awakes. What happened?" He asked.

"Well, we were looking at Don's smoke bomb, next thing we know, we're in front of Foot HQ. Then, we noticed that Sheri's tracker was in the Foot's building so we went in to rescue her. This is how we found her." Leo explained.

"What is wrong with you, Donatello?" Sensei asked.

"I just got burned." Don stated. He began wrapping his burnt ankle up.

"Yeah, Sensei, it was weird. The Elite Guard could somehow produce flames from their hands. It got my bandana tails." Mikey said, showing his bandana tails to the rest of us.

"Hmm..." He thought, scratching his chin. "I need to meditate upon this matter. Please keep an eye on your brother and on Sheri. And get her a blanket please." Master Splinter said. Then he left to his room.

Mikey went and got the blanket, putting it over Sheri.

We were all pretty tired so I decided I would turn in.

"I'm going to go to bed. I'm pretty sleepy." I said with a yawn.

"Yeah, I'm tired too. I'm gonna hit the hay." Mike said following me out of the room.


Leonardo:

"Well," Donatello began. He leaned over grabbing the crutches he made that were leaning against the wall, "I'm going to my own room to sleep too. I'm tired, myself. You gonna nap Leo?" Don asked.

"Nah. I'll stay here for awhile and keep an eye on Sheri." I said.

Don shrugged. "Okay, whatever," He said leaving the infirmary.

I pulled up a chair next to Sheri's bedside. Yes, I realized that being the leader had it's disadvantages. Yes, I know I shouldn't like Sheri. I mean, I understood what Sensei meant. He never wants me to make the choice between marriage or blood. Save my brothers or my wife...I sighed. It just seemed so unfair that I had to go through this. I had to obey my Master. It's the way of bushido, but at the same time, I have to obey my heart. Which right now says, I should be with Sheri.

I take in a deep breath. I wanted to tell Sheri, but not out loud so anyone else could hear. Now was my chance. I put my hand on Sheri's forehead. Master Splinter had done this to me when I was weak and near death, maybe I could do it too.


Sheri:

"Where am I?" I asked into the darkness.

"Sheri? Sheri? Is that you?" I hear a familiar voice.

"Leo? Yes, it's Sheri. Leo, please tell me it's you."

"Yes. It's me."

"Leo, what's going on?"

"You're weak from...uh..."

"Torture?" I interrupted.

"So, you still remember?" He asked.

"How can I forget?"

"You have a point."

There's a moment of silence.

"Sheri, there's something I've been meaning to tell you." Leo said.

"Yeah, shoot. At least here nobody can interrupt our conversation." I coaxed.

Could it be? Was he gonna tell me? After the Mutant and Human war, I've known thanks to Randal's big mouth. But, was he gonna finally get the guts to tell me?

"Well, Sheri..." He began.

He's choking.

"Leo, calm down. Just guide me back and we'll discuss this in the infirmary." I said.

"But I don't want Master Splinter to hear."

"Why?"

"He's not big on my idea." He explained.

"Idea?"

"Well...ya see...never mind..."

I can hear him sigh.

"Come on Leo. Tell me. We're best friends. We can talk about everything." I coaxed.

"Not everything. This is a guy issue. I'll talk it over with Donnie."

"Okay, whatever."

"You need to come back to us. Come back..." His voice was drifting off.

"Leo...?"

"Come back..."

I slowly opened my eyes, feeling a scaly hand on my forehead.

"Le-Leo?" I asked weakly.

"Hey, Sleeping Beauty." He greeted me with his warm smile.

I groaned. I didn't move. I didn't want to nor could I.

"Leo, what's wrong?" I asked.

"Huh?"

"What's wrong with me? What injuries do I have?" I asked.

"Broken artery, but Don says if we stop the bleeding, it should be okay and heal itself. You have your powers and I'm sure they're working as we speak." He said.

I could feel a tingling in my arm, but I didn't have my powers, right? I thought I lost them. Maybe there was still hope.

The phone started ringing in the living room.

"I'll be right back." Leo said, going to answer the phone.

He was gone for awhile and then came back with it. Thank goodness it's cordless.

"It's for you. Do you wanna take it or should I tell 'em to wait?" He asked.

"Give it here." I said reaching my uninjured arm out.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Okay, girlie. Mr. Saki apparently failed, but I know something that he doesn't." Greg said on the phone.

"Okay, Greg, what do you know?" I asked.

"I know of your new home under the surface..."

TBC

A/N: Okay, peeps here ya go. Another part/chapter of Motherhood. And for fans of 'Revenge' I am trying to work on that. I have many different ideas going through my head and I'm trying to pick the best one, but I'll warn you now, the end of 'Revenge' isn't going to be ahappy one.