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Chapter 9: Found

splash....splash...splash Three sets of feet raced along under the trees, a light rain drenching them. The lead runner vaulted a log and landed in a crouch before leaping back up and taking off. The two others dropped down behind the first and panting got up and sped off to catch up with the leader. Blue bandanna tails whipped back as the leader sprinted ahead. Don and Mike struggled to keep up with Leo. Leo suddenly stopped, whirled around and dropped down, examining the ground quickly. Don and Mike stopped and stood sucking in huge gasps of air as Leo examined the tracks below. Leo looked up and to the right, eyes flicking over the area. He glanced at his brothers and got up. After a minute they nodded and he took off again. They followed suit. Leo leapt over another log and heard Mike yelp as he landed wrong. Leo stopped and turned. Don was examining Mike's ankle.

"It's just twisted a little he should be fine in a minute," Don panted. Leo nodded. Don glanced at Leo and winced, his brother's bandaged abdomin was streaked with lines of blood.

"Your bleeding again Bro," Don panted, pointing. Leo glanced down and nodded.

"I'll be fine...Mike? Can you put weight down yet?" Leo asked. Mike nodded.

"But we aren't going anywhere untill you let Don check the stiches," Mike said firmly. Leo sighed but relented, allowing Don to unwind the banages. Leo put his arms up and rested them on his head as Don quickly examined the area.

"The stiches are holding....miraculous as that is...mostly he just broke the scabs again," Don said with a shake of his head. The rain was picking up and Leo eyed the sky wearily.

"We best get moving...I don't want to lose their trail..." he said urgently. Don quickly replaced the bandages and secured them. Leo nodded and then took off at a light sprint, making sure Mike's ankle held. He glanced back and saw his brothers right behind him, with a grin he picked up speed and glued his eyes to the trail, watching the tracks below.

One hour later...

The rain was pouring now and the guys were soaked, Leo had lost the trail in the rain and was circling the area trying to find it again. Leo growled, muttering irritablly under his breath. Don looked around and tried to figure out where they even were. Mike sighed and looked around.

"Found it!" Leo shouted and bolted in that direction, Don and Mike scrambled after him.

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Raph stood at the edge of a small cave, eyes flicking from tree truck to tree trunk. The girls were asleep in the cave behind him. They had moved camp twice in the last day were getting tired of waiting. Where the shell are you guys? I'm going crazy with these two...why did I have to be the guy that got tossed in with these two huh? Ahhhggg....shesh Mikey could've at least....wait...who's that? Raph tensed and looked closer, a man stood off to the side watching them. From where Raph was standing the man couldn't see him but he could see the cave and Adar's light skin. Raph gritted his teeth and flexed his bandaged hands. He waited nervously and saw the man bring something to his head...a cell phone. Raph growled and circled around, treading carefully.

"Yeah sir I've located them again...ow!!" the man yelped. A knife sent the cell phone spinning before landing embeded in the trunk of a tree. Leo leapt forward with a growl his other knife flashing as rain poured off him. The man screamed at the sight of the bloody and mud covered warrior. Leo's eyes flashed firecely he quickly pinned the man down and held his knife to the man's throat.

"Hello John...Next time you see him...tell Johnson...Adam's coming," Leo growled as he slammed his fist into the man's face. The man went limp instantly. Leo stood up as Don and Mike jogged into the clearing.

"About time you got here," Raph grumbled as he dropped down to meet them. Leo grunted, Don laughed and shook his head, and Mike hugged him. Raph shoved him in the mud.

"Hey! Come on now!" Mike yelped from the ground.

"Been wanting to do that all day," Raph laughed. Leo chuckled.

"Who are they?" Jade snapped.

"OHHHHH ONE OF THEM IS SOOOO CUTE!!!" Adar squeeled. Raph groaned and shook his head, muttering darkly. Leo raised an eye ridge, Don chuckled and Mike grinned.

The distingtive sound of someone being slapped and a loud "OW" reached their ears.

"See what I've had to put up with," Raph muttered.

Leo smacked him on the shoulder, chuckleing softly. Jade dropped down as Leo and Don gave Raph his stuff. Raph grinned wickedly as he flipped his Sais and twirled them before lodging them in his belt. His red mask was quickly soaked making it darker and him appear fiercer. Jade eyed him, suddenly a little wary. Adar bounced down and stood behind her grinning a waving at Mike. Mike, who was now standing and dripping mud, blushed and looked at Don who was struggling not to burst out laughing. Leo ignored them as he and Raph talked.

"Yeah they've been followin' us...we had ta' move twice ta'day...where're da' others?" Raph said quietly.

"Don picked out a remote spot where they could wait for us," Leo replied, "We best get moving...If Johnson's searching this area I don't want him to find the others...." Raph nodded. Leo looked uneasy and shifted nervously.

Leo whistled sharply and Don and Mike looked his way.

"Don get that tracker going we need to get to the others fast," Leo ordered. Don quickly got to work and started configuring where they were in relative distance to the others.

"We're about a day away...due north," Don said quickly. Leo nodded and after a quick scan shot off to the north, the others behind him. JAde and Adar stayed where they were for a minute before realizing they were being left behind and jogged after the guys.

"Are ya' two coming?" Raph shouted back.

"Yes," snapped Jade. Adar rolled her eyes.

One day later....

Don shrugged trying to loosen tired muscles. The girls were taking a nap as Leo tried to make contact, he hadn't been able to all day. Raph paced nervously and Mike sat in the grass, malicously ripping pieces from the ground and flicking them away in boredom.

Leo growled, stoood up and slammed his fist into a nearby tree. Raph stopped at looked at him. He had suddebly gone pale.

"Leo?" Raph asked softly as he approached. Leo looked at Raph and then bolted the way of the camp. Raph scrambled after him. Don and Mike shook the girls awake before sprintig off after their brothers.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Leo's angused shriek reached their ears as they entered the clearing. Don scrambled into the clearing to find blood everywhere.

"NO! Nononononononono!" Don cried rushing foreward in search of Fawn. Raph stood staring in horror at the area. Leo was on his knees off to the side, sobbing. Mike froze and found that he was having trouble breathing. The battle-shell's back doors were flung open. Jade gasped and stopped, Adar froze and gripped her sister's arm looking at the area with wide eyes. Don was dashing around in a panic.

"I can't find her!" Don said frantically, "I can't find Fawn!!"

Mike stumbled foreward and looked into the battle-shell...no one. Leo wouldn't move...he sat there clutching something, staring at it. Mike walked up and froze.

"No," he whispered, hand going to his mouth in horror, as he took a step back. Don's frantic cries could be heard in the distance. Raph was staring at what Leo was holding.

Rose lay limp in Leo's arms, blood covering her plastron and soaking her hair, blue eyes open and lifeless.

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Mwauhahahah! Hated to do it...tears up....Reviews please?