I'm so glad that I got so many rewievs. I can't thank you guys enough. However, on to the next chapter - it's gonna be a harsh one. By the way, I've written this chapter while listening to "Sound the Bugle" from Spirit - Stallion of Cimarron by Bryan Adams...

Enjoy…

The rain was still pouring down outside, landing hard on the shell of the lone turtle, a turtle who was still searching for something to hold on to. Mikey frowned to himself. Leo and Raph were alive. He could feel it deep down, still trotting further into the city, hidden in the dark. A low sniffle escaped him. What if - they weren't alive? With the rain still hitting him hard in the face, Michelangelo looked up at the new moon.

"I'm gonna find you," he whispered to himself, standing still and looking upwards. The stars were hidden somewhere behind the dark clouds, but the moon still shone down on him.

"Both of you…"

He slowly walked into an alley, looking for just a small clue. What he found, was a lone man lying next to a dumpster, clad in a large trench coat. A small voice trickered Mikey to take a closer look. What if it was one of his brothers? The shadow looked up, a pair of gray-blue eyes looking up, though there wasn't much life behind them. Apparently, the human was too tired or too drunk to notice that the person standing near him wasn't like himself - but an amphibian.

Mikey hurried on to the next alley, before the man would start to wonder, what he had seen.

"LEO!" the young turtle cried into the night sky, as if he was waiting for a voice to call back to him. But the air was silent, at least until a new cry plunged through it again.

"RAPH, WHERE ARE YOU!"

And as if it had worked, the shell cell rang. Mikey froze. Was it Donnie? Or maybe one of the others? It could also be Splinter, having awoken from his sleep and found the lair empty. It could be April or Casey… Finally waking up from the trance, Mikey grabbed it and could only stammer a low "Hello?" into it.

"Mikey?" a horse whisper responded.

"Raph, where are you? Where's Leo? Are you okay?" Mikey hysterically asked, his heart beating faster and faster, making it almost unbearable. The other end was dead for a second, though he could hear his brother breath.

"Raph, please…"

"Don't look after me," came the respond back, making Mikey pause. Why not? He could hear that something was wrong. Raph was fighting something back. And why was it only 'me' and not 'us'? What about Leo?

The rain started beating down harder, just as Mikey's heart did. Thunder was heard in the distance.

"Why, what happened Raph?"

"It -" Raph's voice fainted away, his breathing sounding louder in the shell cell, "It doesn't matter. Just stay home with Donnie and Sensei…"

"NO!" Mikey yelled, tears starting to stream down his eyes. His chest was hurting, he was afraid. The thunder was slowly approaching. He could even hear it two seconds later in the other end of the cell phone.

"I'll find you, Raph. I'll find you and Leo and-"

"Leo's gone, Mike," Raph snapped, sobs echoing through the line, "I couldn't save him…"

Mikey's heart stood still. It couldn't be. His oldest brother couldn't be gone, not now, not ever. When they were kids, Leo had promised to keep the monsters away from beneath his bed, for the rest of their lives. Mikey had believed him. He couldn't be gone, it was wrong.

"R-Raph…" Mikey sobbed slowly gaining a little control of himself, "Please tell me where you are." Mikey awaited the answer, listening to the hors breathing from his brother. It was getting rapid. Mike could almost feel Raph panicking in the other end.

"No, "NO! I - I can't Mikey, please just stay away, I beg ya…" Raph's voice cracked. He was crying. The thought of his toughest brother ever crying, made the turtle even more afraid. He knew Raph well, more than anyone would have ever known. Raphael wasn't crying from pain or because he was sad - he cried, because he was afraid… Mikey was terrified. What had happened to his brother, and who had killed Leo? So many questions were building up inside of him, and he couldn't even get Raph to tell him, where he was.

"Raph,"

"Mike, they'll kill ya if ya find me," Raph roared, "Just stay the hell away from me!" With that, the line was broken, leaving Mikey with the thunder as the only sound around.

"Raph…" Mikey whispered, sinking to his knees. His mind was a big mess, all the thoughts twirling around like they were caught in a tornado. But he couldn't turn around now. Raph needed him, though he didn't want the help.