Note: This chapter has a mature scene in it, plus blood. This is the warning. But this my version of what happens to Leo that leads up to harder times with him later on.

It was first thing in the morning and Splinter came out of his room, and he was seeing his sons walking around. They were up early this morning, he assumed.

Raph and Mikey had finally finished their game and Don was tired too. They were all tired.

"Good morning, my sons. Now that you have rested, we are going to practice lay ups and our toughest battle movements." Splinter instructed.

Don, Mike, and Raph's mouth dropped. They were tired and were ready for bed. They weren't ready for this.

Splinter noticed one of his sons was missing. "Where is Leonardo?" he asked.

"Leo told me he was going out, but that was hours ago." Don said. "He might have come back and went to bed. But he would usually not miss training."

Raph went to check Leo's room. He knocked. "Leo, you in there, bro? It's time for training." No answer. "Yo! Leo! Answer me, bro."

When he got no answer after a third time, he kicked the door open and it was seen that there was no one in the room. This was a concern.

He went back to the others. "That's weird. Leo ain't in his room, Master Splinter." Raph said.

"That is odd, indeed." Splinter said.

"Leo wouldn't miss training." Mikey pointed out. "It's practically his life."

"What if something happened to him?" Don said worriedly. "We still can't forget like that run in he had with the Foot a few years ago."

"Calm down, Donatello. We will find him. He might be over at April or Casey's too." Splinter suggested.

Don dialed April and Randall's numbers and both answered with a no, that he wasn't there with them. Raph dialed Casey and he said that Leo wasn't with him either. He wasn't with Leatherhead either. With those answers, Don went to the lab and picked up the tracker and located Leo's phone, though the signal was nothing but static-like.

His phone was in Midtown, but it wasn't moving. From the time he had been out on his own when facing Karai for the first time, he had bunked topside before in a water tower, so maybe he was doing that?

"If Leonardo hasn't come home in many hours, you should go and see where the signal is." Splinter suggested.

"We will, Sensei." Don replied, yawning suddenly. He went to go pick up his duffel bag when Splinter saw his sons seemed weary worn and looked more like they were about to collapse.

"No, my sons. I see you have now been up all night, am I correct?" Splinter asked.

"Yes." Mikey said. "We were on the way to bed when you came out."

"You all will be on no good to Leonardo without rest. If he can make it up there during the day, you need to rest first." Splinter said.

"But his signal was all static, Father. He might be in trouble." Don got frantic.

"Well, if you think you can all stay awake, then go. Yes, that would present a concern." Splinter said.

With the thought that Leo was in trouble, enough adrenaline kicked into the remaining three's systems to go topside and look for their lost leader.

They got to Midtown and found Leo's phone and swords were lying on a rooftop, without their owner anywhere nearby. This was concerning. They tried to find some evidence of who took him on and who took him.

Don called Splinter back, "We found Leo's phone and katanas, Sensei, but Leo is gone!"

Splinter knew this was concerning. He would never leave his swords behind. "I will join you, my sons. Stay there." he ordered.

"What if he's in real danger?" Mikey asked in a scared tone. He was worried for his eldest brother.

"Leo's a tough turtle, Mikey. He'll make it." Raph patted Mikey's shell.

"Let's hope so." Don said, concerned. "I want to be able to find him before something happens to him."

"And we will, Donny." Raph said calmly.

"I'm calling Randall. I wonder if he'll be able to help us, aside from Splinter." Don said. He took out his shell cell and dialed Randall's phone.

Randall had gotten woke up after the call about Leo. Then his phone rang again. It was Don.

"Yes?" Randall answered.

"It's me again, Don."

"And?"

"We are in Midtown right now. Do you think you can help us track Leo down?" Don asked.

"I can try. Where do I need to come?" Randall asked.

Don proceeded to tell him the coordinates, and April would bring him.

….

Leonardo woke up on a hard, cement floor. He was able to bring his hands to his head, but he saw they were in cuffs, and he saw a chain going upward, and he felt a collar device on his neck. He was a prisoner of his attackers! He just hoped this was all a bad dream.

"Where am I?" Leo asked himself. He looked around and saw nothing but a barren room.

He tried to get his hands out of the cuffs, and saw that his belt and harness was taken off of him. His pads were gone too, but he still had his mask on. There was nothing he could use to take the cuffs off with, and they were bolted securely to the wall. He decided conserving his energy was better.

Without his phone, he couldn't call the others for help, and they couldn't track him down. This was always a problem. He didn't know where he was, but he would find a way to get away. He had bruises all over his body from the fighting earlier, but he wouldn't let that deter him. He didn't have any broken bones that would keep him from getting away, at least not at the moment. Who knows what this enemy was going to do with him.

Leo hoped his family was trying to search for him before something awful was done to him. He would show the enemy he wasn't afraid, but in truth, he was afraid of his situation right now. He hoped they didn't get his brothers too.

Not long after he woke up, the door was heard being unlocked. Leo was sitting near the wall as he saw a man enter the basement, then two more followed. He knew they must be coming down to get him. He was the only thing down here anyone could want.

"Hello, Turtle. Good to see you're awake." The man in front said.

"What do you want?" Leo demanded. He got to his feet.

"The boss has plans to do what he wishes to you. He just said to bring you to him."

"But not before this." The one to the right of the one in front. He had something in his right hand, and it was a little remote control. He pressed a button.

Electrical shock came from the neck shackle, making Leo cry out instantly, it was so sudden. It also made him fall to his knees, and then to his side. He was shocked until he was down completely. Leo couldn't help that he screamed.

When the button was released, Leo was left panting hard on the floor, his body in excruciating pain, his neck especially.

"Just to take some fight out of ya, now get up!" The one in front ordered.

Leo couldn't get up on his own at the moment.

"Get up!"

Leo glared up at the humans. He didn't move.

The two in the back then went up and grabbed his arms. "We said, get up, you stupid turtle!" They pulled Leo to his feet.

"Try kicking them, and I'll shock you again."

The one ninja not holding Leo went up and unhooked the chain from the wall, and leading the way with his hands and neck still cuffed. He was led up the stairs.

He was led down a hallway and to a room that looked like a surgical room. Leo didn't want to be dissected. He began backing up, but was quickly subdued when he was shocked again.

Leo was forced to the floor once again. Then he was picked up and carried to the table, where the cuffs were undone, but then, his hands were forced down onto the table and tied into shackles on the table. They were a little further away from his sides, but not eagle spread. His legs were also spread apart and tied down as well.

Leo feared the worst. He was panting hard just trying to get his breath back. These ninjas were cowards. He really hoped they weren't going to do what they could do since they had spread his legs apart, making him clamp his tail hard to his body.

Once the men made sure the turtle was tied securely, they left him alone.

Leo struggled in the clamps. He had to get free. But it was only a couple of minutes before the door opened and a man in green stepped into the room. Leo held still.

"Hello again, Leonardo, is it?" The ninja asked.

"What do you want?" Leo demanded. "And yes."

"I know you are the leader of the turtles. Getting you out of the picture will be sure to take your family down as a start. I know grief is a good motivator and a way to take others down. But, you should know, I am the leader of this band of ninjas. We are in no way associated with who you think is your ally. My band is now called the Dark Dragons. I am called Yogami." The ninja explained.

Leo struggled some more.

"You won't get loose. We made sure those were going to be secure before using them."

"My brothers will find me." Leo said.

"We'll make sure to give your body back to your family, but not before I have some fun with you. Tell me, Leonardo, are you afraid?" Yogami asked.

"No." Leo replied firmly. He would never give the enemy that satisfaction.

"You will be, Turtle. You will be."

Leo watched at the man went over to a wall, and he pressed a button, and out came a table from the wall. And then something up from the ceiling moved. Down came a spider-like device with dissection tools.

Leo gulped. His breathing picked up. He began to struggle. He was familiar with those devices that he had seen with his first encounter with Bishop.

"I think I'll start with cutting that shell on your back, and then that golden shell." Yogami grinned evilly.

Leo gave him a glare. "You won't get away with this!"

Yogami smiled. "Let the fun begin."

….

April and Randall had joined Splinter and the turtles on the rooftop they had found Leo's swords and phone on.

There were signs of a struggle, and Splinter could smell some other scents were around his son's. Randall was also hard at work using some other senses of his that he didn't use that often. In this case, it was necessary to draw on them. Randall knew what Leo's scent smelled like if he just used his nose normally, but this time, it was telling him to use a very special sense that the others didn't have: his tongue.

Randall flicked his tongue out of his mouth to smell the air around the scene better. The others were watching him do whatever he was doing. When he decoded it for himself, he smelled what seemed to be Foot soldiers. They had taken Leo!

"Foot soldiers were here!" Randall growled.

"I can smell Foot soldiers too." Splinter said.

"I can also smell drugs that they used. I can taste it in the air. I can also smell which way they went." Randall said.

"So can I." The rat agreed.

They both led the way, though Randall let Splinter go first, should they run into more soldiers. The turtles were surprised that Randall had a sense of smell that rivaled that of their father. April was with them too as they followed.

They followed the scents across multiple rooftops and eventually ended down in an alley. Then the gasoline smell got to Splinter's nose. As he was older, his senses also had its moments of not being as good when he was younger. But that was when Randall took over.

Randall's forked tongue was able to pick up some additional smells on the air. "It was a big truck that they loaded him into next."

"We woulda figured that out." Raph said. "The trail ended here."

"So how are we going to find him now?" Mikey asked.

"I can still taste the particles on my tongue." Randall said.

"You can?" April asked.

"Yes."

"We have to try the Foot building to see if Karai has him hidden somewhere. I knew that bitch couldn't be trusted!" Raph held up a fist. He was ready to pound her.

They all went back to April's van. Randall sat in the front with April. "Go back where we left off. I will have to analyze the scent carefully." he said to her.

"I already know it was the Foot!" Raph shouted.

"Raph, let him do what he needs to do!" April yelled back at the red banded turtle.

"His tongue seems to be picking up on things that I wasn't aware of." Splinter said.

Randall smiled. He was lucky they were trusting him to do this. They were going to get the leader back if it was the last thing they ever did. Using Leo's stuff, he was able to follow the scent in the air mixed with that of the truck, if slowly was how it seemed.

…..

Leonardo couldn't help the scream that escaped his throat as his lower plastron was sawed into. He had tried so hard to not scream, but the pain had become too much as the saw dug in deeper. The shell on his back had a good-sized chunk missing out of his left shoulder area. Now it was focused on his stomach.

It had dug deep into the plastron that was over his stomach. There were deep cuts across and square shaped. Yogami had seen that the saw had cut across the lines on the lowest part and up just below his chest scutes, before cutting down to the lower ones. He was wanting to make sure he had plenty of access to the internal organs.

But then, before he felt he was going to raise the scutes out, Yogami thought of something else. He wanted this turtle really tortured and humiliated. He knew this turtle was young, and he wanted to take away a certain part of his young innocence.

Leo was panting hard, tears in his eyes that couldn't be helped because he was in pain. Then, he heard the man speak.

"I bet you've never been with a female before, have you?"

Leo opened his eyes. "What?"

"You're so young and naïve. You aren't even a real adult yet." Yogami mocked him.

"That's none of your… business!" Leo cringed from a sharp, painful jolt.

"Anyone who says that means it like it is." Yogami said. Then he went and picked up something else.

When Leo saw what the new device was, it made his eyes widen. It was a dildo. It made him try to close his thighs and clamped his tail down even more. Fear rose inside him.

"No! NOOOO!" Leo screamed as the man touched his right thigh.

Yogami pulled his legs apart more and requested help. The two ninjas came in to assist him and held Leo's legs apart. Then, Yogami grabbed Leo's tail.

Leo threw himself against the bonds on the table. "NO! Don't do this!"

Yogami ignored him and proceeded to put the dildo into him. It made Leo freeze finally. He bared his teeth in pain. It hurt terribly! His abdominal muscles were so tight just trying to breathe, and from the pain of being cut into moments ago. His carapace hurt too in that shoulder area.

Yogami began to scissor the dildo into him, slowly at first.

Leo moaned in whimpers. "Stop, please!"

But Leo's cries of pain only encouraged Yogami, and he began to pick up the pace, hurting the turtle even more. He tried to find that bundle of nerves, and he felt he soon located them because the turtle began crying out louder than before.

There was a little blood on the table from the scissoring. Leo soon cried out so loud when he felt he couldn't take anymore. That was when Yogami pulled the dildo out of Leo.

Leo had never felt such pain before. The pain made him pass out.

Now, with the turtle out cold, Yogami proceeded to open the plastron to just see what it looked like on the inside of the stomach. If there was one thing he hoped, it would be a long recovery for this turtle, but he wasn't going to let that happen. He was going to kill him following the torture. He was going to do what the Shredder had not done, kill the turtles' leader! But he wanted him to endure some more pain first.

…

The turtles, April, Randall, and Splinter all went to a neutral location and split up. Raphael was so intent on insisting it was Karai who had taken him that he, Splinter, and Don were going to see Karai, to just keep Raph in check.

April, Mikey, and Randall were going to go the other way, the way that Randall was pointing out. April had even called up Casey to have extra back up should they run into a lot of Foot soldiers. She went by to pick him up.

Don had also called Leatherhead to be on standby when they found Leo if he was severely wounded when they got back with him.

Raphael, Donatello, and Master Splinter ran along some rooftops and got back to the lair and got into the Battle Shell and headed towards the Foot Building, where they knew Karai lived. It was a bluish Japanese-like building since her father's building had been destroyed, but with her father's riches, she was paying to have it rebuilt for her own needs though.

The mutants didn't want to face the wrath of Karai's army, though Raph would be happy to dish out punishments as he saw fit if they were messing with his brother, or any other member of his family, even extended members of the family.

Splinter tied off a long piece of rope to a building that was across from the house. Then he shot an arrow across to Karai's roof. They had their climbing shuko spikes or sucker pads ready in case they were needed to bypass Karai's soldiers. Splinter, Don, and Raph slid down to the building and prepared to get inside.

Donny checked the rooftop with his tech-tab to see what was the best way inside. They got down to a window, and he pulled the door to the circuit open and with some re-wiring, he turned the security off in that sector.

"Security is down in this sector." Don confirmed happily.

"Good. Now let's go get our brother!" Raph said angrily.

"Raphael, you need to steady your temper. Leonardo told me she is our ally. Let's not ruin this unless she really has him." Splinter placed a hand on Raph's shoulder.

Raph took some deep breaths to try to get his temper under control. "If she does have him, I'm ready to kick her butt."

"We'll be prepared, Raph. But we can't go charging in there with our heads cut off. We are just going to talk to her to make sure, then if she does, we'll crack heads." Don said calmly. He was worried too, but he was keeping his cool.

Once he was calmer, Raph used one of his sai to pry the window open, and the three of them got inside. They used their sucker pads to get onto the ceilings and went down some hallways. Splinter sniffed out Karai's office area, where she turned out to be.

Karai was waiting for a next meeting when she felt a presence in the room. "What brings you mutants by today?" She asked with a straight face.

Don, Raph, and Splinter dropped from the ceiling. "Where's our brother, Karai?!" Raph shouted before anyone could say anything.

"I do not know what you are talking about." Karai said.

"Our brother, Leonardo. He's missing." Don said.

"I do not have Leonardo. I have not seen him for a long time. I would know if he was here." Karai said.

Splinter tried to sense his son with his special sense of connection to his sons. He smelled in there too, and he didn't sense his son at all.

"We are sorry to have disturbed you, Ms. Karai, but we had to know as we didn't know how to contact you." Splinter said.

"I am honor bound to keep my promises, Splinter-san. I will help search for him if that's what you want." She advised.

"Would you?" Don asked.

"Yes. I am always willing to help out allies in need." Karai said.

Raph still had his doubts about her. She was Foot after all. She had been raised by the Shredder. "Just don't blow it with us, lady." He growled at her.

"You'll have to forgive Raphael. He is just concerned for Leonardo." Splinter said.

"I understand." Karai said. "I have a concern of my own too. Lately, some of my own soldiers have been turning up missing too. It's like half of them are gone without a trace."

"Could they have split off on you for some reason?" Don asked.

"When I took over my father's company and job, there were many of them that didn't like the way I did things differently to my father. It's possible they split off from me, so if some ninjas do have Leonardo, just know that it was not my orders." Karai stared sternly at Raph.

"Do you have any idea where they are, Karai?" Splinter asked.

"No, I do not. If I did, I would order them to stand down and get back here, and they would be facing big punishments." She said.

Then a ninja came into the room. He was shocked to see some of his old enemies back. He was ready to pull his sword when Karai stopped him. "What do you need?" She demanded.

The ninja looked warily at the mutants. "Mistress Karai, there have been sightings of some other ninjas over in Brooklyn the last few nights. These might be the ones that disappeared on us."

"Check it out." She ordered.

"Yes, Mistress." he gave his salute. "But what of these mutants?"

"We are doing business." Karai said. "Leave me."

He backed off. He wouldn't dare cross his boss.

"We will help you." Karai said.

Don and Splinter were pleased to hear this, but wouldn't let their guard down. Raph was still a skeptic of her.

Karai called her ninjas forth that they were going to Brooklyn to scope out some other ninjas to see if they were the missing group.

…..

April, Casey, and Mikey followed Randall's directions that he felt was where to go that he was tracking on the wind. It seemed a little bit slower than usual because they had never done it this way before.

When Casey was getting fed up, Randall was more than ready to take off on his own and figure this out.

"Can't you go any faster?!" Casey yelled.

"I have to analyze the air the right way, and I can still feel it going east of here." Randall pointed out. He was getting annoyed with Casey's constant nagging.

"We're starting to head into Brooklyn. Are you sure, Randall?" April asked.

"Yes. I can smell that truck going that way." Randall replied firmly.

"Alright. Casey, let him do what he needs to do." April scolded her boyfriend.

"Aw!" Casey whined. He sat back and crossed his arms angrily.

"If you let me do my job, we'll find Leo faster." Randall said in an irritated voice. He went on tasting and smelling the air again out the window. It had to be done at street level, so this was how they were doing it.

"I hope the others are making progress with Karai." Mikey jumped in. "I hope she didn't backtrack on us."

"Let's hope not, Mikey."

April drove the van into Brooklyn, across the bridge from Manhattan. Then, Randall directed her as needed. They could only hope to find Leo in one piece when they found him.

They went a little further northeast and did manage to spot some ninjas on a rooftop, heading east.

"We should get out and follow them on the rooftops." Mikey said.

"Gotcha covered." Randall said.

"I'll go too." Casey said.

"Only if you know how to be quiet." Randall growled at the man.

"Why you!" Casey was ready to fight him, but he would surely lose.

"Guys! Stop this bickering. It won't help Leo. Randall and Mikey, you tail them. Casey, you're staying with me." April ordered them.

"Aww, April!"

April stared hard at him. It made him not question her.

Randall and Mikey gladly got out of the van and headed up to the rooftops, being silent and tailing the ninjas, to where they soon went into a warehouse. Mikey used his phone to call April to follow their signal.

Mikey gave Randall an earpiece too that he slipped on in between his second and third fronds to put on his head. They got onto the building's roof and looked down into a skylight.

"Call the others, I think we have something here." Randall said.

April called Don, and he relayed the message. And it came up that there were some rogue ninjas missing from the Foot clan. These must be the missing ninjas.

Karai ordered her ninjas to head there, just as Splinter, Don and Raph now were to assist them with back up.

Randall and Mikey snuck through the skylight. Mikey had his sucker pads on and stayed beside Randall. This was the first time they were doing it like this. Mikey couldn't help but snicker a little.

"Shh!" Randall shushed him. Mikey nodded.

They both followed some corridors and Randall picked up on Leo's scent again. "I have Leo's scent again. He's here." Randall said in a low voice.

"We'll be there soon, just find him." Raph ordered.

"Will do." Mikey said.

Mikey followed Randall since he was the one tracking the scent of his eldest brother. He hoped he wasn't hurt, or worse.

Randall soon found the room where it was strongest. "He's in there!"

"You're sure?"

"Yes."

Mikey got down from the ceiling and Randall vanished for good measure. Randall wore the earpiece like from his experience in the monster world; one on his chin and the piece in one of his ears. It was easier for him since he could vanish. Now they were going to get the lead turtle back.