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Chapter 3: The Shell…?

Leo rushed over to a bruised Don and turned him over. "Don… you okay? Please say you are!"

Don slowly opens his eyes. "Hey, Leo… glad you could join the party…" Don said and closed his eyes.

Mike looks over Leo's shoulder. "Is he gonna be okay?"

Leo looked at Don, "yeah, Mikey, he just needs some time to heal…"

Mike looked off to the right of Leo and spotted Casey. "What the shell?!"

"What is it, Mikey?" Leo looked off to the right and sees Casey, a bloody mess.

Leo looked at Mike. "Here, come help Don." Mike went over and picked up Don, holding him up.

Leo went and kneed next to Casey. "Awe, man, he's a bloody mess…" He looked around Casey and spotted a sai in his hand. "A sai..?" Leo said to himself and then looked around for Raph.

"Where the shell is Raph at?" Leo asked himself.

Mike looked around. "I don't him anywhere…isn't that Raph's sai in Casey's hand?"

Leo looked at the sai. "Hate to say it, but you're right, Mikey…I wish you could be wrong though."

Mike gulped. "Do you think that Raph put that sai in Casey's hand?

Leo took the sai out of Casey and picked him up. "I wouldn't think Raph would do such a thing. Now lets hurry and take these two to the lair to take care of them."

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At the lair, Don and Casey on in two beds, covered with bandages and ice on every bruise they each have. Mike and Leo are sitting at the end of their beds, looking on. Mike is swinging his feet and gripping the chair and the bottom on it. He looks at Leo.

"What's on your mind, bro?" Mike asked.

"Huh?" Leo brought his head up. "Oh, nothing, Mike."

"You know, bro… I don't buy that as a good answer." Mike said, trying to make Leo smile at least a little. Mike sighed and looked at the ceiling.

"You know, Leo, you can't keep blaming yourself whenever something happens to someone who you care about." Mike said still looking at the ceiling.

Leo looked at Mike. "What are you talking about, Mikey?"

"You know exactly what I'm saying. What happened to Master Splinter is not your fault at all. Sure, you may feel responsible for it, but we all do." Mike looked at his brother and Casey, still knocked out.

"Mike…that's in the past now, this is now, and we need to figure out who did this to Don and Casey, and why Raph's sai was there without Raphael near it." Leo said.

"I know your thinking about Splinter too… I can see it in your eyes, bro." Mike commented.

Leo was speechless. Could it be that Mike was right?

Leo stood up and started to walk towards the exit of the lair.

Mike got up quickly. "Where are you going? Last time this happened one turtle got captured and another got bruised and broken."

Leo kept on walking. "Don't worry, Mike… I'll be back in a few minutes…"

"But…" Mike trying to find an excuse for Leo to stay, "but what if they wake up?" Mike asked in a panic.

"Then tell them to sit put until I return. If it makes you feel any better I have my katanas with me, so I doubt I'll get attacked. See you, Mike." Leo said and then walked outside the lair.

P.S. - sorry this chapter was a bit short.