I don't own tmnt. Thanks for reviewing you two. This is my first fanfiction by the way. And Karai is with the turtles. Oh.. and April isn't immune to mutagen in this fanfic.
The next day was uneventful. Training in the morning then the four brothers split up, having the rest of the day to themselves. Donatello made a bee line straight for his lab and Mikey got started on his day of gaming. Leo began to meditate in the dojo, lulled by the repetitive sound of Raph's punches hitting the punching bag.
It didn't take long for Raph to get bored. Raph looked over to where Leo sat. He never understood his older brother. Even though Raph had spend his whole life with his brother, Raph had never seen him relax. Leonardo was either training, meditating, or ordering his brothers around. The last one made Raph grit his teeth. "Are you going to keep staring at me Raph?" Leo's voice scared the daylights out of the red-banded turtle. Leo stood and crossed over to his younger brother. "Something wrong? You were glaring at me." Raph looked embarrassed. "No...I was thinking." Leo didn't ask anymore questions and walked over to the door. "Raph." The younger turtle turned to look at Leo's shell. "Yeah?" He asked. "What's it like having a big brother?" His question caught Raph off-guard. "Be truthful." Leo called back to him. "Um...Well, its kind of annoying to be hiding in someone's shadow..." Raph stuttered to a stop, watching Leo. "Why?" He asked. Leo's shoulders slumped. He mumbled something that Raph didn't hear. Before he could ask Leo to repeat himself, he was already gone.
The rest of the day passed in a bored haze. Before they knew it, it was time for patrol. The brothers, plus Karai, April and Casey, gathered in Donnie's lab. "The purple dragons have been busy around the one area, so that's where we are going to start our patrol." Leo said, summarizing Donnie's long and scientific speech. With the whole team understanding what they were doing, they climbed out of the sewers and up onto the rooftops.
Locating the Purple Dragons, they watched silently from above as they loaded a truck full of mutagen. "Looks like they're helping the foot." Karai whispered. The truck drove away, and they stood from heir crouching positions. "We have to follow them." Raph said. "I agree, but I draw the line when it comes to fighting the Shredder." said Leo. Wasting no time, they ran across the roofs of New York City, following the truck.
The truck had led them to an abandoned warehouse near the docks. Watching quietly through the window, they saw the Purple Dragons empty the contents of the truck into a massive container filled with the alien substance. A shelf over in the corner was filled with animal DNA samples. "Looks like he's making a mutant army." Casey mumbled. Inside was swarming with Purple Dragon and Foot ninjas.
"Let's take them down." Raph growled, cracking his knuckles. "No Raph." Leo scolded. "there's too many of them"
"Shredder isn't here and we can take them. Stop them before they do any damage." Raph argued. The others looked to be on Raph's side. Leo bit his lip. He had a really bad feeling about this. "Fine. Lets go."
They had the element of surprise, but it didn't take long for the tide to turn. Raph and Donnie were near the DNA samples fighting foot bots, as was Mikey, at the base of the container. Karai was near Mikey and Leo, Casey and April were fighting hard on the rafters above the mutagen tank. A ninja star flew past April, cutting her hand. Drops of her blood landed in the tank and it began to bubble and change. Casey and Leo stood back-to-back, panting hard. Clutching her bleeding hand, April left herself wide open. A foot bot slammed into her, knocking her off the rafter. Leaping forward, Leo grabbed her around the waist, bringing her feet back to the rafter, losing his footing in the process. Instead of April, Leo fell straight into the tank of mutagen.
Time stilled. Leo's family and friends stared into the green depths, but Leo did not resurface. The tank had no way to empty the contents, so they had no way to retrieve Leo from the mutagen. Forced to retreat and leave Leo behind, the group escaped back down to the sewers where April started sobbing, blaming herself. The ghosts of Leo's memories flashed through her mind. Casey and Donnie tried to comfort her, but she soon passed out, due to the screaming and hissing.
Donnie picked up April and they began to slowly trudge back to the lair. None of them wanted to tell Splinter the horrible news.
They left me...They left me...TRAITORS!
