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Leo woke up with a groan.

His head hurt.

He was chained up.

It appeared he was in some sort of dungeon.

He heard a strange sound. Was it a whimper or a growl?

He looked next to him.

Just about ten feet away was someone all too familiar.

Kiko was chained, unconscious, and injured badly.

So he wasn't the only one that didn't make it home.

She must have put up more of a fight than he had...

She appeared to be dreaming about something...

He soon realized that she was making the strange sound.

hmmm... Leo said to himself.

Five minutes later...

"YAHHHH! Get outta my head!"

Leo whipped around as fast as he could.

Kiko's eyes widened in fear and rage.

It took her a moment to notice Leo's presence.

"Great... just great..." she mumbled sarcastically. "Beat it! I know you're not real!"

Had she gone nuts?!

Leo just gave her a confused look.

"Get away from me! I know it's you!" she yelled.

"What are you talking about?" Leo finally said something.

"Get outta my head you creature from hell!" she screamed.

She kicked him in the jaw.

"Oh come on!" Leo shouted.

"You're real..." Kiko breathed a sigh of relief.

"No duh, what the hell is wrong with you?!" Leo yelled.

"Shut up!" the Foot Ninja replied. "I don't have to explain myself to you!"

The blue masked turtle turned away.

"I will tell you this though." Kiko said. "You can't rely on your senses."

Yup. Leo was sure she had gone nuts.

Still, there seemed to be some truth to her words.

A flash of light appeared.

Suddenly Leo wasn't chained anymore.

He wasn't in the dungeon anymore.

Kiko was gone.

He was back in the lair.

The other turtles were looking at him.

"You okay man?" Raph asked.

"Yeah, Raph didn't mean to wack you that hard." Mikey said.

"I'll get ya come ice." Donnie said.

"No. No. I'll be fine...' Leo said.

What just happened?

Was it a dream?

Splinter walked in.

"What is going on in here?" he asked, his voice full of concern.

"Raph knocked Leo out." Mikey said.

"Are you all right?" Splinter turned to Leo.

"I guess..." Leo replied.

"I didn't mean ta hit ya that hard bro." Raph said.

"I'm fine. Let's go patrol." Leo said.

"You sure?" Donnie came in with some ice.

"Yeah. Let's go." Leo said.

The other turtles followed him, a little unsure if Leo was really okay.

They reached the surface.

Foot Ninjas everywhere!

The turtles prepared for attack.

Weapons colliding, katana blades slashing!

Two Foot Ninjas charged Raph. The red masked turtle jumped in the air and the two ninjas' heads collided, knocking them both out.

Mikey was having fun as usual.

KOing ninjas left and right while screaming. "Booyakasha!"

Donnie was dodging attacks with his bo staff.

Leo was in the middle of fighting three Foot Ninjas at once.

The fight lasted a while until suddenly the Foot Ninjas stopped.

"What the-?!" Raph started to say but was cut of by a raspy cold voice.

"You're too late..." the Foot Ninja said, barely staying conscious.

Blood trickled down from his forehead where Mikey's nun-chucks had hit him.

"For what?" Leo muttered under his breath.

The turtles felt a low rumbling under their feet.

The other Foot Ninjas looked amongst themselves, pleased by what just happened.

"The bomb was lit..." the Foot Ninja said, his voice more confident than before.

"What bomb?!" Raph drew his sai.

"Your sensei is DEAD." the Foot Ninja ignored Raph's question, the darkness in his voice was clearly heard.

The turtles froze.

Tears filled Mikey's eyes.

"N- no..." he choked.

"See for your self." the Foot Ninja taunted. "We told you."

And with that, the ninjas disappeared.

"C'mon." Leo said with urgency.

The found the nearest man hole cover and jumped in.

"Oh...no..." Leo muttered so low the other turtles didn't hear him.

"It...can't...be..." Donnie held back his tears.

Raph remained silent, he had no words.

There was ash everywhere.

Black burn marks stained the walls, blood ran through the water they were standing in.

"Sensei!?" Mikey called, desperate for an answer. "Sensei?!"

His calls were unanswered.

They walked along for a few minutes and almost lost hope when.

"Sensei?!" Mikey called.

A cry of pain echoed through the tunnel.

"Sensei!" the turtles said together.

They ran to the source of the cry.

Splinter was laying in the water badly injured.

The water around him was blood red.

A single Foot Ninja stood just feet away with a katana in his hand.

"Leave that pleasure..." a familiar voice said.

A person all to familiar to the turtles walked out of the darkness. "To me."

The Shredder...

Then the truth hit Leo like a five ton weight.

Shredder had made sure Splinter had survived the explosion!

Just so he could finish him off!

Shredder grabbed the katana and walked toward Splinter before noticing the turtles' presence.

He was a mad man!

Leo noticed someone in the background leaning up against the wall.

She stood there with a hard to read expression.

Kiko...

Shredder pressed his foot hard on Splinter's chest resulting in a loud CRACK.

The harder he pressed the louder the crack.

Splinter struggled to breathe.

Before he could stop himself, Leo charged for Kiko.

Kiko quickly blocked his attack with her dagger and kicked him across the room.

"...Run..." Splinter managed to say.

"But sensei..." Donnie said. "We can't just leave you..."

"...Get...out...while...you...can..." Splinter said through the pain of his ribs cracking.

Even through Shredder's metal mask, you could see his menacing smile.

"Yeah, that's right. Run away like the coward you are." Kiko whispered into Leo's ear.

Her breath was as could as ice and sent shivers up his spine.

"But remember... you can't hide forever..." she said.

"No, you listen." Leo whispered coldly. "You come after my bros and I'll come after you."

"I'll take my chances." Kiko half laughed, half whispered.

The other turtles started backing away.

Leo looked into Splinter's eyes.

They had a message all their own. Save your selves, it would be better for one to perish and four survive than all to die. Take care of your brothers, they need you. I love you my son.

Leo nodded to the silent message, it hurt him to do so.

The turtles ran and turned into another tunnel. Leo hesitated before catching up to the others.

He peaked around the wall and saw the scene they had ran from.

He heard Shredder's evil laugh as he picked up the katana.

"No..." Leo muttered, feeling tears come to his eyes.

Kiko stood in the background.

She had the hard to read expression she had on earlier.

The blue masked turtle blinked back the tears.

Shredder raised the katana before bringing it down.

Leo cringed at the sight.

He heard Splinter's last cry of pain and then it was all over...

Their father was gone...

Shredder walked over to Kiko and stood behind her with his hands on her shoulders.

"Well done my daughter." he said. "If it wasn't for you none of this would have happened."

Kiko smiled a menacing smile.

Wait... she was Shredder's DAUGHTER!

That's why she seemed so strange to Leo!

That was the thing he couldn't explain!

But that meant...NO!

Leo ran, faster than he ever had before in fear that The Shredder was chasing him.

It felt good to run from his fears.

Tears blurred his vision as he ran.

He stopped and looked back.

Darkness and singed wall was all he saw.

He eventually caught up with the others.

They made it to the surface.

"He's gone..." Donnie blinked back the tears.

Mikey was never one to hold back his emotions.

Therefore it was no surprise when he burst into tears.

Raph punched the brick wall not caring that his knuckles turned red with blood.

"Did you see it?" Donnie whispered to Leo so only he could hear.

Leo nodded grimly.

"Was it quick?" Donnie whispered.

"Yes..." Leo muttered under his breath.

"At least he didn't suffer..." Donnie said trying to comfort his emotionally scared brother.

"All my fault..." Leo muttered as he looked away.

"WHY?!" Raph screamed to the sky. "WHY?!"

He continued to scrape his bloody knuckles against the brick wall.

Mikey turned to Leo and embraced him in a hug, desperate for comfort.

Mikey was a teenager yes, but he still had the mind of a child.

"All my fault..." Leo muttered again.

"Who the HELL is Kiko and how are we gonna take her DOWN?!" Raph snarled.

"Not that easy..." Leo said. "She's...the daughter of The Shredder..."

Everyone looked at Leo.

"How do you know that?" Mikey said through the tears.

"I don't wanna talk about it..." Leo turned away.

The turtles headed to find their new home...

A flash of white light appeared.

"SENSEI!" Leo shouted as he sat up.

He was chained and back in the dungeon.

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!

Kiko had a smile on her face, definitely not a friendly smile...

"I told you not to rely on your senses." she said.

Had he been in some sort of trance?

Was Splinter alive?

"You're..." Leo turned to her.

Was that part of his vision true?

"You're...Shredder's daughter?!" he said.

"Took ya till just now to figure that out?" Kiko laughed at his ignorance.

Just then...

The sound of a door flinging open filled the room.

A person in a hood walked in.

"It's time..." he said.

Kiko and Leo froze...