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Chapter 2: Blood and Fire

Leo groaned and rolled over, or tried to. Thick leather straps held him down. Leo's eyes traveled around the room and gulped. Syringes, knives, and other various devices known for torture lay on the table beside him. Like his brothers Leo had gotten taller and most shockingly he had bulked up a great deal, he resembled Raph at seventeen in muscle mass. His new height though, kept the lean look that he had always had in play though. If he were standing he would be at 5'5" now, Rose had grown too, though still had to look up to look Leo in the eyes. Leo tested the straps and found them loose on his right wrist. Leo worked the strap on his wrist, rubbing his wrist raw in the process. He gritted his teeth and finally jerked his arm back nearly smacking himself in the face in the process. Leo finished untying himself and got up. His abdomen was wrapped.

*Flashback**

The buck lept up antlers connecting with his stomach. He was tossed aside. he scrambled to his feet, clutching his side as he tried to follow the buck. He collapsed blood soaking the grass below him.

*End Flashback**

Leo shuttered.

"Stupid, Stupid, should've waited...dang it," Leo grumbled as he looked around the room. The door opened suddenly, Leo whirled around, fists clenched. A man Leo hadn't seen in five years leaned against the door frame.

"Well...Tim told me you were smart..." he whispered.

"Johnson," Leo growled. Johnson grinned.

"Oh...and you do speak. Good...that will make things easier," John said quietly. Leo tensed as Johnson whipped out a syringe. Leo jumped back avoiding Johnson easily. Suddenly Leo yelped as a jolt of electricity went through his body. Leo dropped to his knees, reaching up Leo touched his throat and found a shock collar around his neck. Johnson grabbed Leo's arm as he was recovering and jammed the syringe in. Leo's eyes glazed over and the edges of his vision grew blurred. His breathing became ragged.

"Now...I have some questions..." Johnson said with a grin.

"Not going to answer them...dimwhitt," Leo managed.

"Oh...I think you will...just give the poison a few seconds...it's liaised with a truth serum, " John whispered into Leo's ear.

Leo groaned as his body shuttered, his arm was on fire, it slowly spread, the fire eating at his insides. Leo couldn't stop the screams as the fire tore into him. He heard Johnson ask something and to his horror heard himself answer.

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A cabin came into view. It wasn't large, but is wasn't small either. Rose lead them up and in. The inside looked like a tornado had gone through it. Rose looked scared.

"Kids?" she asked nervously.

"Mommy!" called a girl. A young girl turtle came rushing into the room, black pig-tails flying behind her.

"Mommy Jake and Luke stole my doll agian!" she said angrily.

"Where are they?" asked Rose with a sigh.

"In their room," she answered confidently. Rose gave the girl a stern glance.

"Lenora what did you do to them?"she said fiercely. The girl gave her mother an innocent look.

"They stole my doll," she insisted, "and they hid it."

Rose went to the boys' room. Raph following as the others attempted to calm the angry girl. Raph nearly had a heart attack when he saw the two boys tied up and staring at them with confused looks. rose rushed forward. RAph couldn't hlep but laugh after the boys were free.

"She got spunk," Raph laughed.

"She's Leo's daughter through'n through," sighed Rose, "as stubborn as he is and loves ninjitsu just as much."

Jake and Luke hid behind Rose, eyeing Raph with both interest and caution. Rose dropped down and after a flurry of quick hand movements Jake hung his head. Luke flinched as Jake's hands fluttered quickly.

"LUKE HAMATO!" Rose roared. The poor kid flinched. Rose gave Jake a piercing glare that was an obvious equivalent to her shout.

"GO. GET. YOUR. SISTER'S. DOLL. NOW," she ordered. the boys shot out of their room and outside.

Raph laughed. Rose sighed.

"They don't look too bad...I thought you said the boys were a handful," Raph said as they left.

"The house was clean when I left," Rose replied.

Raph stopped dead.

"Ah shell," he muttered.

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