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Chapter 8: The Rescue
Shredder's base, that was their aim. Mikey seemed a lot less light hearted than usual. He just sat in the Battle Shell in silence on the journey to Foot HQ. April had hacked the system for them so that the security was down, and Casey was driving the Battle Shell while the turtles reviewed their plans. They had connected communications via the Shellcells so they knew when one of them had found her.
They had to split up to cover more of the base though as Foot HQ was huge. From some plans April managed to get for them, they found that Stockman's lab was extended over several floors. Mikey had been told the floors he had to check, several times. As they approached the entrance they were to use, a rather stupidly placed air vent, Casey stopped the Battle Shell.
"This is ya' stop guys" he announced.
They entered and each climbed to their designated levels. Mikey came out on an empty corridor, it was so quiet. He ran down it glancing in each room until he saw a lab, probably Stockman's.
"I found part of his lab" he told the others over the shellcell. He entered carefully, in case it was a trap, but found it wasn't even protected. "Uh... April, did you cut out Stockman's security?" Mikey asked as he moved further in.
"Yeah Mikey, you should undetected if you're entering his lab" he sighed in relief, and relaxed a little.
He walked to the desk where there was a series of test results and vials on there. He tensed up again. It was Violet's blood, according to all the sheets on the desk, a series of abusive tests on Violet had been carried out. He told the others in dismay what he had found.
"If she ain't o.k. I'm gonna..." Raph cursed, but he suddenly stopped and they all heard him gasp.
"RAPH? What is it?" Leo urged him to tell them.
"I... I..." he muttered but snapped himself out of the shock and quickly said "I found her guys, head back to the Battle Shell"
He then turned off his shellcell so his brothers could no longer hear him and approached the room he had seen Violet in. He kicked down the door, in desperation as he hurried to get to Violet. He was so angry at what he saw but he knew he had to try and keep his cool. Violet was in a foetal position, and seemed to be out cold. She was in a far worse state than he remembered. He used his sais to break the chains bonding her to the floor and picked her up carefully, trying to avoid hurting her.
She groaned as he did so, but he merely soothed her.
"It's alright Violet, I promised I'd protect you, and I will"
She didn't open her eyes but she muttered something at him that sounded like "I love you" but it could've been "thank you" as it was said so quietly due to her weakened state.
A teardrop escaped one of her eyelids. She had obviously been beaten up again; Raph's guess was by Hun. He felt burning tears in his own eyes as he ran onwards. He didn't want to lose her, especially since he blamed himself for what happened. He was also worried the longer he wasted, the less chance she had.
"Hang in there" he whispered to her. She simply smiled to show him some recognition.
He rushed to the Battle Shell where he placed her safely within it. Donny could look after her now. As Casey drove away, Raph glared out the back of the van at Foot HQ, he despised it, and if he ever got to Stockman or Shredder, he'd...
"What's wrong Raphie?" Mikey approached his brother. He was trembling, probably due to the mixture of anger and shock.
"I'm fine" Raph sighed. Mikey looked worried but left Raph to it.
"She should be alright now" Don announced as Casey pulled up to the warehouse connected to their lair. They all took her down to her room so that she could rest, but none would risk leaving her alone again. This was one mistake that couldn't be repeated, caused by the constant worry of her being taken again.
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She finally awoke properly about two days later. Don was in her room, working as usual. It looked as if he'd moved part of his lab in there so he could work and look after her. She looked around in confusion but sighed in relief to find herself back in the lair.
"Donny?" she asked quietly as she became more aware of her surroundings. He jumped, almost surprised to find her awake, but immediately dropped what he was working on and ran over.
"Violet!" he beamed as he hugged her lightly to avoid her injuries.
"What happened?" she asked as she found she felt weaker.
"Don't you remember?" he asked calmly.
"It's all so... vague and incomplete" she shook her head as if she couldn't believe it herself. Donny explained what they suspected to have happened to her, Violet just sat there quietly taking it in. "You should rest, you know" Don informed her. She nodded but continued to sit up.
Eventually she answered, "I know, but I can't, I want to see the others" She looked at him in hope of being allowed to get up, her eyes big and tearful.
"Oh all right" he agreed "But you've got to stay close to me" he smiled.
She slid herself to the side of the bed, and attempted to stand up. She nearly fell over, but Don stopped her and supported her.
"Come on then" he said as he helped her out the room. The others were almost straight there as soon as they got out of her room. They were all so happy to see her around again.
"Shouldn't you still be in bed?" Leo teased her as he hugged her.
"Well, shouldn't you be training?" she returned at him.
"She got ya' there Leo" Raph informed his brother smugly.
Until this point, Mikey had been standing aside quietly, but he couldn't bear it any longer. He advanced towards her and embraced. Don let him support her and backed away.
"I missed you" he whispered to her.
"Not as much as I missed you" she whispered back.