I opened my eyes to see I was in Donnie's lab. How did I get in the lab. We had followed the footbots, and Hun..., and then Tigerclaw...

"DONNIE!" I shot up as I yelled. A second of dizziness hit me from sitting up to fast. I blinked several times before I was sure I wasn't going to pass out. I slowly stood up and walked out of the lab. After searching the entire lair, I realized that I was alone. I stood in the middle of the lair trying to not panick. Ok, so I am alone. No need to freak out. I had to get to the lab somehow. That means Leo and Raph are okay. Right? Breath Mikey, they are fine. But were they fine? How do I know for sure. Then and idea struck me. I hurried to the lab and sat down in front of Donnie's computer. He had a security camera setup after Sensei passed, to make sure no one snuck in while we were gone. It never occurred to us that simply having Sensei stay behind had given us a sense of safety that we would have a place to come back to. I opened the security footage a rewound it till I got to where my bros were carrying me to the lab, then pressed play.


(3rd POV)

Raph laid Mikey on the cot in the lab.

"We have to go find Donnie" Leo said after a quiet moment. "We will track his Tphone, see if we can find him." BANG. Raph kicked one of Donnie's projects across the room.

"IF?! We WILL find him Fearless. We wouldn't have even lost him if ya had sent me instead!" Raph jabbed his finger into Leo's shoulder.

"And how the hell were you going to get there? If you remember, you had at least ten guys on you! I should have gone after him, instead of sending Mikey!" Leo yelled back.

"Maybe if you trained Mikey better instead of babying him, then we wouldn't have ended up in this situation! We both know that after all this time he hasn't made any progress! Then he wouldn't be passed out on the table! I mean I know Hun is better than the normal purple dragon, but this is ridiculous!" Raph accused.

"Well maybe if you stuck around then I wouldn't be spending all my time trying to find you and actually train them!" Leo retorted. "Look, we are just wasting time here arguing. If we want Donnie back, then we are going to need to go now. The sun will come up."

"What about Mikey?" Raph asked, glancing at his baby bro.

"He is fine, just passed out. We will need the two of us if we are going to find Donnie. Besides, it would be best if we didn't have to keep an eye on him while we search for Donnie" Leo stated and headed out to the Shellraiser, with Raph in tow.


(1st POV)

I stared at the screen in shock. My brothers didn't think of me as reliable. I mean, I know I played the roll of the baby brother well, but they saw me as a hindrance? I pulled at my wrist wraps trying to calm down when a piece of paper fell out. I looked at it in surprise, I hadn't put it there. Quickly wiping up the tears I felt forming in my eyes, I picked up the paper and opened it.

Pier 13. Come alone if you want your brother back ALIVE.

T.C.

I grabbed my Tphone and stared at it for a few moments, debating whether to call Leo and Raph. Then I looked at the paper and the words Alone and Alive seemed to stare back at me. Then Leo's words rang through my head. ' It would be best if we didn't have to keep an eye on him'. I grabbed my nunchucks and headed out the Lair. I would have to do this alone.


(3rd POV)

The room was dark except for a small lamp sitting on the desk in front of Donatello. He had come to a few moments before and found himself alone. He tried to move, but found himself tied pretty tightly. The only thing that was surprising was that he wasn't gagged. The door creaked open and a figure moved in the shadows.

"Hun, what do you want? My brother's are going to get me out of this. It would be easier if you just let me go" Donnie tried to sound calm. The figure let out a low chuckle that seemed almost like a growl. The figure seemed to get bigger as it got closer, to big to be Hun.

"That is what I am counting on" Tigerclaw replied as he leaned on the desk leisurely.

"Tigerclaw? But you went back to Asia!" Donnie exclaimed.

"Yes, but I am still missing an arm. I never did get my payback for that" Tigerclaw said conversationally.

"I am not going to tell you anything" Donnie hissed, realizing that Tigerclaw might ask for the lair's location.

"Oh, I don't want to anything from you. You are merely bait. I wonder if you turtles realize what your greatest weapon truly is?" Tigerclaw knelt eye to eye with Donnie, grabbing his face to make sure he didn't look away.

"What do you mean?" Donnie asked, getting a bad feeling.

"What is it that makes you guys so strong. That pulls you through each and every fight? What would cripple you the most if it was gone? Is it your genius? Is it Raph's fighting skills? Is it Leo's leadership and strategies?" Tigerclaw mused. The sound of commotion outside the room brought a smile to his face. He then pulled out a roll of duct tape and covered Donatello's mouth. "No, I don't think you guys even know what it is. So I will make it mine."