A/N: Full disclosure: thanks to my lovely reviewers' questions regarding the last chapter, I had to make some revisions to this chapter to make sure those questions were answered. Thanks to you guys (I love you guys), hopefully I'm not leaving any big holes in the story. You guys are GOOD and some of your questions could've formed some interesting plot bunnies if I wasn't already heading in another direction. Have I mentioned how much I love reviews? Way to make me think! Also, I've got the next two chapters "mostly" completed so I should get those out pretty soon.

Donnie took Leo's T-phone into his lab. Both his injured brothers were resting in their own beds, which was another reason he'd wanted to bring them home rather than stay at April's place, since he knew they'd rest better here. He'd given them both a shot of antibiotics, as well as a shot of pain medicine. He'd told their caretakers, Woody and Raph, to come get him if they started to feel feverish.

He plugged Leo's T-phone into his computer and pressed the emergency button. He read through the algorithm he'd written and actually swore when he found an error. Instead of sending alerts to the other T-phones, only one alert was sent directly to his laptop. He glanced over at his laptop, which sat closed and turned off on the counter top.

He tried to call Sadie. He'd been able to watch her presentation, but Woody had arrived before the university board could ask her questions and he wanted to see how it went. Her phone went right to voicemail. He left a quick message for her to call him.

He sighed and leaned back in his chair. He'd need to apologize to Leo and Mike. They'd been waiting for back-up during a fight in vain due to his error. But his apology would have to wait till they woke up. The best he could do for them right now was to check on them throughout the night. He made a few trips into both rooms. Woody was always happy to see him and would wait anxiously while he checked Mike's pulse and temperature until Don would nod and leave to check on Leo. Raphael was less happy to see him and he got a few growls from Raph for waking him, although he did allow Don to examine Leonardo each time.

Don was tired by morning but pleased that neither brother seemed to be developing a fever so far. He tried to call Sadie again and still got sent directly to her voicemail. He poked his head into Mike's room and quietly asked Woody if he'd heard from his sister. Woody pulled his cell phone out and checked it before shaking his head.

Since both patients were being closely watched, Donatello left the lair and headed to Woody and Sadie's apartment. He jimmied the fire escape window and quietly entered the dark apartment. He froze when he noticed the door to the apartment was wide open. Some of the furniture was shifted from where it should be. He raced to her bedroom but Sadie was nowhere in sight. Her clothes had been tossed out of the drawers and her bookshelf knocked over. He ran to Woody's room and found the same thing. The bathroom and kitchen were both a mess. But there was no sign of Sadie.

He stood completely frozen and tried to force himself to breathe. He was exhausted from the night before and suddenly his brain didn't seem to work at all. He looked slowly around Sadie's room again and felt his adrenaline kicking in. He did another quick search of the apartment and after he determined her cell phone was not there, he raced home.

Leo woke up slowly. He felt groggy and there was a stinging pain in his leg. He huffed in a breath and was grateful when he breathed in Raphael's scent. He pushed his nose further into Raph's neck and relaxed. He stayed there for a few more moments until he remembered what had happened the night before and jerked himself upright, startling Raph awake in the process.

"What?" Raph said, his eyes popping open.

"Michelangelo," Leo said. "How is he? Where is he? How did we get home?"

"We need to work on yer waking up skills," Raph said, trying to pull Leo back down into his side.

"Raph," Leo said, sternly, pulling his arm away from Raphael.

"Leo, he's fine. We brought yer sleeping butts home and Don has been checking on both of ya all night." He gripped Leo's arm again and Leo let him pull him back down. "How's yer leg feel?"

"Its fine," Leo said and got a nudge from Raph. "I don't even notice it," Leo answered back. He wanted to get up and check on Mikey but Raph was so warm. He could already feel his eyes closing again. He nudged his face back into Raph's neck and felt Raph's arms tighten around him before he began to fall back to sleep.

He and Raph both jerked upright seconds later, though, as his door was flung open and Donnie rushed inside. He was talking too fast for either of them to understand him and then he was gone from sight.

"You and yer damn leg stay right here," Raph growled at Leo as he climbed over him and rushed after Donnie.

Leo snorted and slid his legs over the side of the bed. He slowly stood and while the shooting, stinging pain in his leg was pretty awful, he could still walk just fine on it. He walked slowly out of his room and headed towards the lab. He had to stop at the top of the stairs to wait through a particularly bad stab of pain. He stood listening and began to make out more of what Donnie had been trying to tell them. Sadie was missing. Her apartment had been broken into. Leo changed direction.

"I couldn't find her cell phone in the apartment. Every time I call I get her voicemail."

"So it's turned off right now, Don," Raph said, watching Don work frantically at his computer.

"Right. I'm tracking it to the last place it was turned on. We'll start there." He clicked a few more keys and frowned. "It's her university. She said she'd have it turned off during the presentation. Maybe she never turned it back on."

"Maybe she never made it home last night either," Raph said, thinking about Don's description of her apartment. "Someone was lookin for something in her apartment. Was there anyone at her school that was givin her trouble?"

"Wait!" Donnie said, perking up, "Her phone's signal. It's back on!" He noted the new location and scrambled out of his chair.

"I'll tell Leo we're leaving," Raph said as they headed out of the lab, only to find Leo, Mike and Woody standing by the garage door entrance.

"Yer not comin," Raph said.

"We're not staying while Sadie is in danger," Mikey said. And Raph had to give the kid credit. He still looked pale but he was standing solid with the hand of his uninjured arm on Woody's shoulder. Woody actually looked worse off than the injured Michelangelo.

"We don't have time to argue," Donnie said, pushing past them to head into the garage. "If you're in the shellraiser before I drive away you can come."

Mikey and Woody moved quickly and climbed into the vehicle. Leo's movements were slower and more calculated and Raph glared at the back of his stubborn head as they both climbed in as well.

They drove to the north side of town and parked a block away from the address Don had. They quickly scaled the closest building and began moving across the rooftops. Donnie led while Mikey, down an arm as it was, was moving slower to help the inexperienced Woody. And Leo, who was usually the fastest of them, was moving considerably slower, his breath coming out in ragged huffs as he tried to ignore Raphael's glare as Raph kept pace with him.

When they finally reached the building across from where Donnie hoped they'd find Sadie, Leo called out to Donnie to stop. Don's muscles tensed as he desperately wanted to make the last jump to the next building, but all his training forced him to stop and listen to that tone of voice.

"Don't you think it's a little suspicious that her cell phone suddenly turned back on?" Leo said, catching up to him.

Donnie glanced at Leo and then back to the building. He hadn't really thought about the implications of that in his anxiousness to get here. They could be running right into a trap. Sadie might not even be in that building.

"Let's do some recon," Leo said, his voice softer now that he knew he had Don's attention. "You and Mike scale down the fire escape and see what you can see inside that building first."

Donnie nodded and he and Mikey silently started down the closest fire escape. Leo moved to the edge and pulled out his binoculars to start surveillance as well. He zeroed in on window when he saw movement and then swore.

"Sadie?" Raph asked.

"Its Hun and Stockman. Together," Leo said.

"Is that bad?" Woody asked. "Who are they? Can you see Sadie? Would they hurt her?"

Leo glanced sideways at Raphael and took in Raph's grim face. Leo hadn't really wanted Woody to come with them but when he'd gone into Mikey's room to wake him up so they could head out to save Sadie, Woody wouldn't be left behind. And Leo, being a brother himself, couldn't blame him. But Woody had no experience and they didn't have time to sit back and hold his hand through this.

Donnie and Mikey suddenly appeared next to them again and confirmed what Leo had already seen.

"We need a plan," Leo said, catching Donnie again before he could charge off. "The fact that they have Sadie and not one of us for once might work to our advantage. We can treat this just like any other crime with a victim that we come across. Donnie and Raph, you guys head over there. If we do this right, we can actually get rid of Hun and Stockman."

Leo grabbed Raph's hand and swung him around hard so that Raph's face was pressed into Leo's. "They know you're coming," Leo whispered into Raph's mouth before quickly kissing him and letting go of his hand. He watched Raph disappear over the side with Donatello.

He didn't want to stay over here and wait, but there was no way he could fight. He was ignoring the burning in his leg, but he was pretty sure he'd already torn some of the stitches. He was thankful that Mikey wasn't complaining about staying behind either. Instead, he was standing close to Woody and murmuring something Leo couldn't hear.

He stood at the edge of the building and tensed. He'd just sent only half the team in after Hun and Stockman, something he'd never do under normal circumstances. He was beginning to feel panic in his chest. He took a step towards the fire escape but stopped when he felt Mike's hand squeeze his shoulder.

"Give them a chance," Mike said, quietly. "I'll make the phone call."

Leo nodded. He didn't relax, but he didn't step out on the fire escape either.

Expected or not, Donnie and Raph still had the element of surprise on their side. Raph was running on the adrenaline that came from knowing Leo was most likely watching. And counting on him. He knew Donnie was moving for the sole purpose of getting to Sadie. Even if they were outnumbered, that was going to have to be enough. They made eye contact with each other and nodded right before they busted open the apartment door and threw in a smoke bomb.

Sadie's eyes watered from the smoke and she began coughing, made difficult by the tape covering her mouth. She forced her eyes open, though, and stared hard into the smoke. She heard the now-familiar sound of Donatello's bō slicing through the air, followed by loud grunts of the some of the Purple Dragons who had been wandering in and out of the apartment they were keeping her in.

She tried harder to see as another smoke bomb went off. She knew these men had been waiting for the turtles and so far she hadn't gotten a glimpse of any of them. She continued to listen as she heard more grunts and thumps as more dragons went down. She could only hope that it was just the dragons going down and not any of the turtle brothers. She couldn't stand it if Donatello or any of his brothers were injured while trying to save her.

"Nice try, Hun!" She finally heard Raphael yell, followed by glass breaking and another loud thump.

Suddenly Donnie was there, right in front of her, gently pulling the tape off her mouth. "Hey baby," he whispered to her, his big brown eyes locking into hers.

"Donnie," she whispered back, letting her eyes finally fill with the tears that she had refused to shed in front of the dragons. Her hands were suddenly loose and Donnie was dragging her up into his tall, lanky frame and crushing her to him. She quickly returned his embrace and he held her tight as her shoulders shook in silent sobs.

Raphael left Donnie to take care of Sadie while he cleaned up the rest of the scene, quickly tying up Hun and Stockman as well as whatever other dragons were currently lying around the scene unconscious.

He quickly pulled out his T-phone and called Leo. He heard the relief in Leo's voice when he answered and felt a moment of relief himself.

"You've got maybe five minutes," Leo said. "I can already hear the sirens."

Raph hung up and glanced over to Don and Sadie. Sadie had stopped crying, although she appeared to have the hiccups and her eyes were pretty puffy. Donnie was examining the bruises on her arms from where she'd been grabbed and her chafed wrists from being tied up as he explained the next step of their plan with her. They were going to have to leave her here to deal with the police. If she'd be willing to testify to being kidnapped and held, there was no way Hun or Stockman or any of the other men in the room would be released from prison any time soon.

"This guy doesn't look like a normal dragon," Raph said, kicking the older, suited man in the leg after he had begun to groan.

"He's not," Sadie hiccupped out. "He's a professor at my university. He was on the board at my presentation last night."

"What?" Donnie said, eyeing the man closely.

"He recognized some of the tech as belonging to Stockman's guns, Donnie," she said. "And apparently he's good friends with Stockman. They grabbed me right after my presentation. They want the guns back. They wanted to capture you guys."

Donnie pulled her into another hug before reluctantly letting go as he heard the sirens outside the building. He leaned down so he could be closer to her face. "We're going to be right outside this room on the fire escape until they get here. You won't be alone." Sadie nodded solemnly, looking around the room at Raphael's handiwork that had everyone tied up tight.

"They're going to take you down to the station," Donnie continued, "and after they've questioned you, they'll probably give you a ride to your apartment – after they've had a chance to look through there too. Someone ransacked it last night."

Sadie's eyes widened. "Woody?"

Donnie shook his head. "Woody was with us. He's fine." He watched her breathe out a sigh of relief and then continued. "I will be outside the police station and then I will be outside your apartment. And then I'm taking you home with me."

Sadie lunged forward and hugged her turtle to her before nudging both of them towards the fire escape. Even she could hear the officers getting close to the apartment entrance now.

"Who do I say tied everyone up?" she asked quickly as they climbed out.

"Tell em you did it," Raph said, winking at her.