Jack took a step forward towards the turtle standing in the living room. "Oh my god… Leo… where have you been? It's been what? Seven months?" She was grinning from ear to ear as she walked towards him.

The turtle said nothing. But as soon as the woman was close enough, he turned around. One hand shot out and grabbed her by the throat. She couldn't even scream as she was shoved up against the wall. Leo's eyes were glazed over as he seemed to look past her, not at her. Small hands clawed at his as it tightened on her throat cutting of the air and blood flow. She had never been in a real fight before.

That's when her instincts kicked in. Everything Raphael had been training her for clicked. She flipped her legs up and kicked Leo in the face, twisting herself to get his grip to break on her neck. It worked. He dropped her and looked at her stupidly, seemingly surprised by her abilities.

The woman was on the floor, gasping for breath as she scrambled back. "Leo." She coughed. "It's me. Jack." She looked up at him, her big eyes trying to connect with his but it wasn't working. It was like he didn't know who she was anymore, or he didn't care.

Leonardo dove at her. Rolling out of the way, she reached down on her thigh for her weapons. They weren't there. They were in the bed room. She crawled and tried to scramble down the hall towards the bedroom to retrieve them but a hand circled her ankle. Yanking her back, her face bounced off the hard floor as she tried to get away. Leo flipped her over and his fist connected with her gut. "Stop, Leo! Please! What…" She moved her head as his fist went to strike her. There was another hit to her side, then another and another.

When she stopped fighting for the moment Leo paused. Jack took the chance to slip out of his grasp. Jumping to her feet she ignored the bruises forming and throbbing already as she launched her own set of attacks on him. Small fists connected as she danced around him, frustrating the turtle. He screamed as he finally grabbed her by the throat and threw her across the room.

Jack's body collided with the large television and entertainment center. The glass, plastic, and plywood cracked and shattered as the electronics and stand fell on top of her on the floor.

The scream alerted the others to the brother's return. Raph was the first one of his room. "Jacquelyn?" He asked as he walked passed his brothers door.

Mikey rubbed his eyes as he opened his door. "What's going on?" He followed his older brother out towards the living room to investigate the strange sounds.

Donatello opened his bedroom door just as Raph recognized the turtle standing in the middle of the room. "Leo?" He almost smiled. "It's about time you got home. I was about to send a rescue party after you."

But the blue banded one said nothing just drug his feet towards the shattered entertainment center.

"Hey… What happened to the T.V?" Mikey asked, unable to see the woman buried beneath the debris.

Raph stiffened as he watched a blur streak across the room and tackle Leonardo. It was Ant. The young turtle hit their 'Leader' so hard the bricks on the wall behind him cracked. Leo grunted as he tried to punch at the younger turtle but Antonello dodged it. His smaller fists connected with Leo's side as the assault began.

The other three could only stare for a moment, confused as to what was taking place.

"Ant what are you doing! That's our brother!" Donnie called out, afraid to step in, not wanting to fight either of them.

"No!" Ant shouted as he took a fist to the face. "It's not!" The younger turtle kept getting between his elder and the broken T.V. behind him.

Leo let out a guttural scream as he ripped a sword from its sheath on his back. He was enraged when he couldn't reach his true target. Swinging the blade wildly, Leo slashed at Ant. The younger turtle refused to move out of the way. Instead, he caught the blade in his hand. The cold steel sliced down between his two fingers and almost severed his hand in half but Ant refused to let the sword go. Tears were welling up in his eyes, fear or pain, Raph wasn't sure.

Raphael took a step forward. "Leo stop this!"

Leo didn't even acknowledge him. That pissed Raph off some more. "Leo!" He shouted as he dove at his brother. A strong arm circled his sword arm and pulled it back to prevent further harm on Ant. The smaller turtle fell to the ground, cradling his damaged arm and hand. "What the hell is wrong with you Leo?!"

He was thrashing around in Raphael's grip like a rabid animal. Not a trained ninja. Using his own arms to try and pin his brother's in place he yelled. "A little help Mikey!"

Rushing over Michelangelo got in front of his brother and tried to help Raph keep Leo under control. "Uh.. Raph?" Mikey frowned as he struggled against his fighting older brother. "Leo doesn't look normal."

"Fuck." Raph mumbled. Reaching up he grabbed the remaining sword and threw it across the room so it was out of the way. "We have to restrain him until Don can figure this out."

Donnie was busy wrapping up Ant's hand for the time being. It would need some major repair later though. "Just… Hold it still okay." He tried to stay positive.

Antonello shook his head. "I'm not worried about me. He was trying to kill Jack."

The boys seemed to freeze for a moment, until Leo howled again. Raph swept his leg under Leo's and with Mikey's help, got him to the ground. Raph had to practically lay on top of him as he thrashed and squirmed on the floor. After retrieving some rope Mikey helped tie Leonardo up on the floor and Raphael glared down at the thrashing turtle who was practically foaming at the mouth now.

"Where is she?"

Leo didn't answer, coherently.

"Where the fuck is she!" Raph pulled his fist back ready to hit his brother in the face.

"Raph…"

His head whipped around and looked at the young wounded turtle that had come to her aid when he was oblivious. He felt a knot forming in his gut. Guilt, regret, more anger. Jack was hurt, so was Ant, this was his fault.

Ant simply pointed to the T.V. or what was left of it. Raphael dove over the sofa and looked at the pile of plastic and glass. He saw blood leaking out from under it onto the area rug. His heart almost stopped. In haste he starting shoving broken pieces to the side and throwing them behind him. When he caught a glimpse of skin, he remembered to breathe. "Jacquelyn?" He was gentler as he moved the last bits of glass and plastic and wires off of her. There was a deep gash on her forehead and cuts all over her from the broken glass. Blue and purple marks marred her skin in the shapes of fists he knew belonged to his brother. But the woman wasn't moving. "Come on Jackie… be okay." His eye was burning and his vision was blurry until he blinked. Large hands slid under her limp frame and pulled her onto his lap. She whimpered slightly but still didn't open her eyes.

"Raph you should come see this." Donnie's voice called from behind him.

Glancing over his shoulder Raphael glared. "What?" he snapped.

"I think I found the cause of all of this." Donnie held some small object in his hand as he approached, Leo was now silent, passed out on the floor. He looked down at Jack before he knelt down and lifted up the edge of her shirt. "She really should be in a hospital, but I know you won't agree to that. So… Take her to her room and patch her up as best you can, she probably has a concussion and a cracked rib or two besides the obvious cuts and bruises. Then we need to talk."

Cradling the woman against him Raphael silently walked past the others and made his way to her room. Her room was clean, untouched almost, although he saw the hurriedly discarded clothes half hanging out of the hamper. The ones she had just changed out of before she was to come back and fall asleep with him.

His chest hurt.

He should have told her about his past. Everything. It was a stupid thing to get upset over, he still thought so, but he didn't want her to be angry at him for anything. Now that she was unconscious he regretted not telling her everything. Kicking the blanket off the bed, Raphael laid Jack down as gently as he could. Leaving for a moment he returned with the first aid kit that was normally tucked in the closet. Kneeling down beside her bed he took gauze pads and dabbed at the gash that split her forehead open. It cut down from the middle of her hairline to her right eyebrow. Raph couldn't help but think how lucky she was it didn't go lower or she could have lost her eye.

It was awkward putting the bandages on someone else but he applied the butterfly bandages to her face and a few of the larger cuts on her arms and legs after dabbing them all with antiseptic. Dropping the bloody cloths to the floor Raph sighed and wrapped one of her small hands in his.

"I'm so sorry." He mumbled. "I never… I am never going to let anyone hurt you again." He took a deep breath and looked up at her still face. He hesitated before he brought her hand up and gently kissed her knuckles. He left the room quickly, wanting to get back as soon as he could. Rushing into the living room he was glaring, his heart pounding. "Someone tell me what the hell is going on here?!" He shouted.

Donatello was kneeling before Ant with a needle and scissors and gauze as he tried to fix the youngest turtle's arm. He was stitching together muscle tissue and skin, trying to pull the two halves of Antonello's hand back together. "Leo was being controlled by something." Donnie answered without looking up.

Mikey was still sitting on top of their unconscious brother, who was still tied up, face down on the floor. He was frowning. "How's Jack?"

Raph looked at him and shook his head. "What do you mean controlled?" He was biting off every word with extreme care. His fists were flexing at his sides as he tried to not just lunge over and pummel his brother.

"I found a small electronic device stuck to the back of his neck." Donnie glanced at him briefly. "It was glowing slightly until I removed it. Once it was removed it stopped glowing and Leo stopped fighting. It appears to have some sort of purple fluid in it. I want to test it as soon as I am done here. I need you to just make sure Leo doesn't wake up and freak out again. I don't know if there will be any residual effects." Donnie paused and looked at Raph to make sure he was understood.

Raph snorted. He didn't want to be out here, he wanted to go see if Jack would wake up anytime soon. But he wouldn't abandon his brothers. He'd stay, if only to ask Leo what the hell happened as soon as he was awake.

After finishing the stitches and bandages up on Ant's arm, Donnie got to his feet. "Don't touch it, or play with it. Don't even try to move your fingers. I don't…" He sighed. "I'm not sure how well the muscles in that hand are going to heal." Shaking his head he disappeared into his room to test whatever little gadget he had pulled off of Leo.

Raph hunched down in front of their once missing brother and glared at his calm sleeping face. The rage inside him just continued to boil. He was pissed at himself for not noticing the other turtle enter their home. He was pissed that he wasn't there to protect the woman he cared about. He was pissed that his brother attacked her. He wanted answers so he could go sulk and beat himself up for the other things.

"How are you doing kid?" Raph asked without looking away from Leo.

Antonello shook his head. "I'm sorry Raph. I… I tried to stop him. I heard them fighting I should have been out here sooner." He hung his head.

His eye darted over. Shifting slightly he put a hand on the younger turtles shoulder and forced him to look up. "Don't apologize. This is not your fault. We will sort all of this out, don't worry. You just focus on getting that hand better." He squeezed his shoulder a bit before turning back to Leo.

It was a little while later that Donnie emerged from his room, slamming the door behind him and muttering a few curses under his breath. "Damn it…" He came over to his brothers and sighed. "This little implant," He held up the little electronic device. "Was injecting Leo with a concoction of a hallucinogen, a numbing agent, and a mutagen variant that I haven't seen before. It also had traces of a minor paralytic and another few substances I have yet to Identify." Hunching down beside Leo he peeled back his brother's eyelids. "I don't believe there will be any residual effects. However I don't know how aware he was of what he was doing. I don't know when he will wake up either."

Raph had to swallow down the anger grumbling in his chest. Getting to his feet he jerked his head to the side and motioned for Mikey to move. Then with his help they lifted Leo off the floor and carried the unconscious turtle down the hall to his bedroom.

"Should we untie him?" Mikey asked as they stared down at Leo's sleeping form.

"No. He can suck it up if he wakes up normal. Besides, he has to answer a few questions." Raphael turned on his heal and left the room. Mikey hesitated a moment before following his brother out.

Walking through the living room, Raph ignored Ant as he stood and went to follow him. He headed to the other side of the house and to Jack's room. He grabbed a chair from the corner and brought it over to the side of the bed. Sitting down with a sigh he reached over and gently pulled a light blanket up over the wounded girl before he took one of her hands. He brought her hand up in his as he propped his elbows up on the edge of her bed.

"I'm sorry Jacquelyn. I wasn't there to protect you." He hung his head. "I… I should have been better. I should have been smarter and stronger." He squeezed his eyes shut, his eye burning as he felt something dripping down his face. The aching in his chest spread like a fist that wouldn't stop hitting him. "You are too important to me… I can't let anything happen to you. Never again."

He sat there in silence for a long while just gently stroking her hand making sure she was still breathing and didn't seem to be in pain. But after a while he started to talk. He told her everything. Starting from the beginning, he spared no detail as he told her about his life. Everything from his training to his failed love life to the death of Splinter.

Mikey peered into the room and listened to his brother talk to the unconscious woman. He frowned and shook his head as he walked away. He had never seen his brother in such an emotional state. He had never been so attached to anyone. Even his other romantic interests, he had never gotten so involved with. Not like this.

Returning to the living room Mikey fell into the couch and looked over at the mass of broken things piled up on the floor. He could hear Ant wincing behind him as Donnie went back to tend to the massive injury. Mikey put his hands over his ears for a moment before he shook his head and got to his feet. Grabbing a trash bag from under the sink he brought it back to the living room and attempted to pick up the broken and dismembered television set and stand.

"Aw man… even the xbox is busted." He mumbled under his breath and his shoved the broken console into the bag. It took him a good few hours to pick up and bag the larger pieces. By the time he was on to sweeping up the glass and smaller pieces of debris, Donnie had come over to help. "How's Ant?"

Donnie sighed and held the dust pan for him. "He's in a great deal of pain. I did my best to mend his wound, but I'm not a real doctor. I tried to get his muscles and bones back into the proper places but…" He shook his head. "Ant is still just a kid. I know he doesn't remember anything before us, but I'd say he's only about fifteen, sixteen max, and after a massively destructive injury like that to his hand I'm not sure how much function it will have once it heals. He may be permanently maimed for the rest of his life. It's not like it's just a scar, it's a debilitating injury." Donnie stood with the dust pan in hand.

"And Leo did it…" Mikey added as he held the bag open for Donnie to dump the trash in.

"Yeah. Leo did it. That's one of my concerns. If Leo wakes up and is himself, I'm not sure how much of this he will understand… But then, I'm afraid that Ant won't know how to react to the real Leo." He glanced at his brother. "I sent Ant to his room with a handful of pain killers. Hopefully he can sleep through some of the pain."

Mikey tied the bag shut. "What about Raph?"

Donnie paused. "Hm?"

"Raph is furious. Leo was trying to kill Jack. Do you think he is just going to let that go?" Mikey looked up at him. "I know he hasn't said it but it's pretty obvious that Raph cares for her like more than anything else… To have his brother try and kill her?" He shook his head.

"That's what concerns me the most Mikey. Raph's temper, it's so unpredictable I just have no idea how he is really going to react when the two of them wake up."