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Here's the next chapter. Still don't own the turtles… or Splinter… or April and Casey… You get the idea. Enjoy!

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Leo silently crept through the sewers, trying to calm his heavy breathing. His chest was killing him, and all he wanted to do was lie down and sleep, but he had to make sure Master Splinter was okay. The thought occurred to him that it really was just a dream, but after their experiences with his last dream, he wasn't willing to take a chance.

He was getting close to where he should find Master Splinter, if he remembered correctly. He stopped and leaned against the wall of the sewer tunnel, clutching his bandaged chest and trying to catch his breath. If he needed to fight to help his master, he needed to be as rested as possible; which, at this point, wasn't much.

He strained his ears for any sounds up ahead, and then cautiously made his way forward. He suddenly froze as he heard a steady tapping that was rapidly approaching. He made ready to hide from whatever was coming when he gasped. That was his sensei's walking stick; he would recognize that sound anywhere.

Leo walked toward the sound, ready to warn his father of the danger. He rounded a corner, opening his mouth to speak; he stopped dead in his tracks, beginning to tremble a little at the sight before him. Master Splinter was standing in the middle of a circle of the ninjas from Leo's dream, holding his staff in a battle-ready stance.

Leo watched as the ninjas drew their weapons—mostly katanas with a few bo staffs—and advanced, ready to attack Splinter. Leo also drew his swords, prepared to jump in and protect his father. One of the ninjas behind Master Splinter raised his sword and was about to attack when the rat spun around and knocked him backwards with a quick kick to the chest.

Leo waited no longer; he quickly engaged the ninjas nearest him in combat. His sore plastron protested every movement of his arms, but he had to save his master.

"Leonardo!" he heard his master exclaim in astonishment. Leo didn't look up, didn't answer. He was too intent on staying alive. He grunted as one of the ninjas broke his bo across his shell. That on hurt, he thought, quickly knocking the offending ninja to the ground.

Leo fought to keep as many ninjas away from his master as he could. But he was getting very tired, and the pain in his chest was becoming too much; he didn't know how much longer he could hold out.

Suddenly, the ninjas around him stopped fighting and withdrew, leaving a very confused, very sore turtle behind. Leo sank to his knees, again clutching at the wound on his chest. He felt a warm paw on his shoulder, and heard his father saying, "Leonardo, my son, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Master Splinter. Just a little worn out." The rat eyed his bandaged chest and seemed about to say something, then merely sighed and helped the turtle to his feet.

"We will discuss this in the morning. Let us go home and get some rest."

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Don woke up at 4:30 in the morning to Mikey roughly shaking him. "What the shell do you want?" he moaned, wishing his brother would leave him alone.

"Leo's gone, Donny. I got up to go to the bathroom and I came in here to check on you guys and Leo wasn't in bed so I looked for him downstairs but he isn't there either and he's not in our room or in the bathroom and I'm really worried!" Mikey took a deep breath and looked exhausted by his rushed speech.

Don was instantly awake. Leo gone? He remembered the feeling he'd had a while ago and was filled with dread. His oldest brother had been out of bed an hour ago… Where could he have gone?

"Help me down, Mikey," Don told his brother, swinging his still-aching legs over the side of his bunk. Even with his brother's help the jump sent pain shooting up his legs. As soon as the pain subsided he and Mikey went to wake up Raph, who was already sitting up in bed.

" What's wrong?" the hot-headed turtle asked.

"Leo's missing. He's nowhere in the lair," Donny answered.

"Aw, shell." Raph climbed out of bed and helped Don down the stairs. Mikey went to look for a note or any evidence of what happened to their brother. Don sat on the couch, trying to think of where Leo could be. Suddenly the lair door slid open.

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Raph was getting ready to storm out of the lair and search for his older brother when the door slid open and in walked Master Splinter, supporting a thoroughly exhausted and wheezing Leonardo. Raph gasped and ran to relieve his sensei of his burden.

He laid his brother on the ground, kneeling beside him, and looked at his father. "What the shell happened?" he demanded.

"I am not entirely sure. I was ambushed in the sewers on my way home and for some reason Leonardo was there as well. We defeated the ninjas but your brother was too fatigued to walk home on his own." The rat eyed his three younger sons, looking at the bandages and bruises covering their bodies. "And what happened here? Why are you all injured?"

"Uh… well, Leo had this dream, and then it came true, and there was an explosion and we were all hurt, but not too bad, and we came home and went to bed, and then I woke up and Leo was gone so I woke everyone up and we were really worried and then you came home and…" Mikey was breathing heavily by the time he finished his second run-on of the night.

"I see… I think," their sensei said. Donny had hobbled over and was checking Leo for new injuries.

"He doesn't seem to be hurt any more, but he's pulled some stitches and he'll probably be sleeping for quite a while. But he should be fine." Raph breathed a sigh of relief. They had barely been home for four hours before something else went wrong, but at least everyone was okay.

"I believe we should all go to bed now. We will talk further in the morning. Donatello, look after your brother, then get some rest."

"Yes, Sensei," Donny replied. Raph helped his younger brother carry Leo to the lab and lay him on the bed.

"You need any help, Don?" he asked, already half asleep.

"No, that's okay. He can sleep here tonight. I'll just fix the stitches and then come up."

"Alright," Raph said, happy to be heading to bed for the second time that night. Hopefully this time he could sleep without any interruptions.

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"Hey Raph?" Mikey asked his brother as they collapsed into their beds.

"Hmm?" his older brother mumbled.

"Why do you think Leo knew to go look for Master Splinter?"

"I dunno… It's a Leo thing. Now shut the shell up and go to sleep." Mikey couldn't fall asleep immediately. He listened to his brother's snores and thought about what had happened that day. He rubbed the back of his head and winced at the dull pain in his skull. At least it wasn't as bad as before…

Mikey closed his eyes and finally fell asleep, thinking about his oldest brother's freaky ability to see the future.

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The strange ninjas stood on the rooftop, all looking at their leader. "So the rat escaped? That's unfortunate, but not important. He was not a critical part of the plan. We shall report that we were successful and move on to the next stage—destroying the turtles one by one."

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Okay, first of all I want to apologize for an inconsistency I just remembered. After the explosion, when Mikey went to sleep, he was in the lab. Later, when he woke up, he was in his and Raph's room. I'm really sorry, just pretend that didn't happen . I'm writing this as I go and it's hard to remember everything, but again I'm REALLY sorry.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It's about to get really exciting.