A/N Thank you so much to my awesome supporters you all mean a lot to me. ch 17 coming at you all. Enjoy.

Ch 17 Rough Times

"Mikey is stable for now," Donatello said, with a heavy sigh. "But he has to be monitored very closely for the next couple of days."

"So wait there's still a chance that Mikey could die?" Leonardo asked, his blue eyes wide.

"A very good chance," came Donatello's soft response. The rest of the group gasped and their eyes went wide as well. "There was a lot of damage done to his throat," the purple masked turtle continued, trying his best not to cry. "I tried to intubate him but with all the damage done to his windpipe I wasn't able to get the tube all the way in. So I had to do a tracheotomy so he can breath."

"Oh God," Karai whispered, sinking down to the ground.

"Is it safe to move him to his own room?" Leonardo asked after a few minutes of stunned silence.

"If we're really careful," Donatello said. With that the group, save for Casey and Raphael, went to get Michelangelo moved to his own room. Raphael wanted to help but he was still weak from giving Michelangelo blood earlier and Casey wasn't able to help due to his broken ankle.

"Man this sucks," Casey grumbled, crossing his arms.

"Tell me about it," Raphael muttered as he tried to stand. The red masked turtle ignored the dizziness as well as the pain from his cracked shell as he tried to get on his feet.

"Raph maybe you shouldn't," Casey began, noticing his friend was having a lot of trouble getting to his feet. But he quickly shut his mouth when Raphael shot him a death look followed by a growl.

"I'm fine," Raphael snapped, glaring at Casey. But Raphael had to use the wall to stand. After swaying on his feet for a few seconds Raphael took another swig of the juice. "I'm gonna make sure Mikey's ok," the red masked turtle declared.

"So what you're gonna just leave me here?" Casey said, sounding outraged.

"Ugh just c'mon already!" Raphael growled as he grabbed Casey under his arm and hoisted him to his feet. But the sudden movement caused Raphael to lose his balance and both he and Casey fell to the ground. Raphael landed on his injured shell and he let out a cry of pain. Casey also cried out in pain as his broken ankle twisted as he fell. Within minutes Leonardo was in the room, followed by a concerned looking Donatello, Splinter, April and Karai.

"What happened?!" Donatello cried out, running over to his brother and friend. Donatello went to kneel beside them. But a tug of pain in his shell made him cry out in pain despite his best efforts not to.

"Donatello are you alright?" Splinter asked, looking at his purple masked son with concern.

"Yeah I'm alright Sensei," Donatello said, rubbing his shell, which to his surprise had a crack in it. "Dog-Pound must've cracked my shell when he slammed me into the ground," the genius turtle muttered. Splinter instantly went to check Donatello's shell, which did indeed have a medium sized crack in it.

"I will take care of this," Splinter said, grabbing the necessary supplies. "Leonardo please help Donatello onto the table."

"I don't need..." Donatello began as Leonardo reached for him. But he quickly stopped when he realized it would be pointless to argue. So he allowed Leonardo to help him onto the examining table. After checking Casey's ankle and making sure no more damage was done from the fall April helped Casey to his feet while Karai helped Raphael.

"Lets get you settled in bed," Karai said after steading her red masked brother.

"That ain't happenin'!" Raphael declared, trying to pull away from Karai. But a lightening bolt of pain from his cracked shell quickly made him think twice about that. "I need to know Mikey's gonna be alright," the green eyed turtle said, his voice coming out much softer. "Then I'll rest. I'm not tryin' to be a pain in the ass I just need to know Mikey's gonna be ok."

"Raph Mikey could be out for days," Donatello said, wincing slightly as Splinter pushed gently on his side.

"You have a broken rib Donatello," Splinter said. "Perhaps more. You need to rest as well my son."

"But someone has to monitor Mikey," Donatello said.

"I'll do that," Leonardo piped up.

"Yeah and I'll help him," April offered. "You just rest Donnie. We've got this."

"Thanks guys," Donatello said with a grateful smile. With that Splinter helped his genius son down and guided him to his room while Karai did the same with Raphael.

"Casey you can stay in my room," Leonardo offered. "I'll be bunking in Mikey's room until he's in the clear."

"Thanks man," Casey said with a smile. With that April helped Casey into Leonardo's room while the blue masked turtle went into Michelangelo's room for the night.

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The next day Leonardo was exhausted. His night had not gone well at all. Michelangelo had flat lined twice during the night and Leonardo and had to fight hard to bring him back each time. Splinter was helping his oldest son as much as he could. April and Karai were busy as well making sure Donatello, Casey and Raphael were taken care of. April had wanted to help Leonardo but the oldest turtle was insistent that the red head help Karai take care of the others. Leonardo was just dozing off when he heard a knock on the door. April stuck her head in and gave Leonardo a small smile.

"You look beat," the red head said, patting Leonardo's shoulder.

"I am," Leonardo admitted, rubbing his eyes and stretching.

"Why don't you rest?" April said. "I'll take over."

"Thanks April," Leonardo said with a yawn as he got up and stretched some more. With that the oldest turtle left the room, heading for his room. On the way there he saw Casey heading out, using some crutches.

"Hey," the dark headed teen said with a smile. "I thought you could use some sleep. Your room is all yours."

"Thanks Casey," Leonardo said with another yawn.

"No problem," Casey said, as he sat down on the couch. With that Leonardo went into his room to get some much needed sleep.

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Meanwhile Karai was feeling uneasy. The teen had spent most of the night awake, fuming mad at the situation her family was in. "Damn Shredder to Hell," she grumbled as she paced around the dojo. "He'll pay for this. I should have followed my gut and gotten my vengeance on him from the beginning. But Mikey stopped me. But there's no one to stop me now. I will have my revenge!" With that Karai let out a growl and grabbed her sword and put it in its holder. Letting out another growl Karai headed out of the dojo, intent on going to Shredder's lair and killing him. As she reached the door and grabbed the handle something inside of her was telling her this wasn't a good idea. "Maybe I should tell Father what's going on," Karai muttered, pulling her hand back. "No," she said, shaking her head. "I'm going to do this. If I tell Father or anyone else what's going on they'll only try to stop me. And I can't let that happen. Shredder has to be taken down no matter how far I have to go to do it." With that Karai reached for the handle once again and pulled opened the door. But before she could go anywhere she felt someone grab her shoulder, stopping her from leaving.

"Where do you think you're going?" the person asked. Karai spun around and her brown eyes went wide when she saw who had stopped her.

"What the Hell do you think you're doing?" Karai growled, glaring at the other person.

A/N ch 17 over and done everyone. I hope you all liked it. Let me know in a review please