Just a quick reminder for a quick chapter: we left the boys staring at the television screen in shocked silence.

Abducted Pt. 6

Leo

As usual, Leo was the first to recover. "So what now?"

As if on cue, a huge rumble of thunder boomed overhead. Raph punched his fist into his palm. "Now we go beat some answers out of the punky purple dragons."

Donnie shook his head worriedly. "I dunno. Come to think of it, I really doubt the purple dragons know anything. The foot clan just uses them as thugs to steal stuff. They wouldn't let the purple dragons in on an important thing like this."

Leo nodded. "I know, Donnie. It's a long shot, but it's the only shot we've got."

Donnie furrowed his brow. "Yeah. Unless…" He snapped his fingers, his face lighting up. "Unless…"

"Unless what?"

Donnie pulled out his T-Phone, jabbing furiously at the screen. "Unless the tracker on her T-Phone is working."

Raph blinked. "You have a TRACKER on her T-Phone?! Way to violate privacy!" He froze, then tugged out his own T-Phone and eyed it in disgust. "Is there one on mine, too?"

Donnie paused mid-type. "Well…yeah."

Raph's eyes widened. "WHAT? Oh, that is it! T-Phone, self-de…"

Donnie leapt up, placing a firm hand over Raph's mouth. "Relax, shell-brain! You don't have to be so dramatic; I just added them for situations like this. Besides, the tracker only works when it's activated." He turned back to his own T-Phone. "When I gave you guys the phones, the trackers weren't on. So it's unlikely Ara's is, but it's worth a…" Donnie's eyes shot open wide, and he let out a triumphant whoop. "It's on! It IS on!"

Leo was at his shoulder in a heartbeat. "Where is she?"

"She's at the… at the…" Donnie punched a few more things into his T-Phone, "at the old Paasche Building."

"The old what?"

"It's an abandoned skyscraper at the edge of town. I think it's scheduled for demolition in a few weeks, but it's been empty for years. Who knows how long the foot have had it for a hideout?"

"Let's go." Leo turned to the door, only to have a firm hand grasp his shoulder. He turned to discover it was Splinter's.

"Perhaps… you shouldn't go."

Leo blinked. "Sensei?"

Splinter closed his eyes for a moment, clearly conflicted. "You heard Ara. She knows how well you four fight, yet she thought you had no chance against the obviously huge force at work there. I can't let you throw away your lives on an impossible mission, at least not without forming a decent plan of attack first."

Leo shook his head. "We don't have the time or resources to form a better plan than get in, get Ara, and get out. She's saved our lives before, Sensei. Now that we have the chance to return the favor, you want us to sit here and let Shredder have her? We can't do that. Especially now that we know where they're holding her." Leo reached up to his shoulder to grasp his father's hand. "I know that you're worried, and that's understandable. But I also know that if you don't let me do this, I'm never going to be able to forgive myself."

Raph barked out a short, tense laugh. "If you don't let ME? That all goes for us, too. Ara's like family now, and we're not abandoning her." Nodding in agreement with Raph, Leo's three brothers took their places behind him.

Leo looked deep into his father's eyes. "Sensei, you have to let us do this. Please."

Splinter gazed at his sons for a few more moments, then nodded. "You are right. But please…" Splinter squeezed his son's shoulder. "Be careful."