Sorry for the wait. I had two big papers due yesterday and I had to get them done before I could write anymore ninja turtles. Thanks to Sapphire93, mav32, Kyaserin Marii, aronoiiel, Rose of Hope, BubblyShell22, BigfootSighted, Merdeka21, hmw95, and Lady-of-the-Rings for your reviews. They give me purpose ).

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Leo awakened with a groan. His whole body was sore; what had happened? He remembered fighting the ninjas and the pain from the first wave of shocks… pushing Raph out of the way and being knocked unconscious by the second disc…. Raph! Where were his brothers?

He opened his eyes, studying his surroundings. He was alone in a large room, chained to the wall by his wrists. The room was completely empty except for a large mirror on the opposite wall and was brightly lit. He pulled his legs under him and stood up, trying to keep his weight from straining his arms so badly. He shuddered at the pain the simple movement sent shooting through his body.

Leo tried to remember anything that could have happened to his brothers. Had they escaped, or were they also captives? He didn't remember anything after the second shock, but that meant Raph, Don, and Mikey might have escaped. He clung to that hope and turned his thoughts to where he was. They had been fighting the same ninjas that had attacked Master Splinter, but that didn't help him much. He had no idea who they worked for, let alone where their base was. That is, if he was even at their base.

Leo hated the feeling of helplessness that came over him. He had no idea what he was up against, or even where his family was. He pulled slightly on the chains, testing their strength. He gasped as pain radiated from the center of his chest. He strained his head to see his plastron, wondering what had caused the intense pain. He realized with horror that the crack from the explosion, which had almost completely healed, had been reopened. There was dried blood all over his chest, and it hurt like shell to move his arms. So breaking free of the wall was no longer an option… Leo sighed in frustration and again thought about his brothers.

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Don awoke to dull pain all over his body. He tried to move, but only succeeded in groaning loudly and causing his head to spin.

"Donny? You okay?" a familiar voice asked.

"R-Raph? What happened? Where are we?" the dazed turtle responded.

"We were captured by those ninjas, best I can tell. No clue where we are though."

Don tried to process the information. He still hadn't opened his eyes, and he didn't know if he wanted to. "Leo and Mikey?"

"Mikey's still out of it. He'll be fine, though. He was talkin' in 'is sleep not too long ago," Raph answered.

When Raph didn't continue, Don prompted, "And Leo? Where's Leo?" The lack of response from his older brother caused Don to open his eyes in alarm. "What's wrong?" He looked around the small room they were being held in. There was Mikey, eyes closed and drool dripping down his chin, there was Raph, avoiding his gaze…. But where was Leo?

Raph cleared his throat nervously. "Um… I dunno. He was gone when I woke up. Haven't seen or heard anything since." Don frowned, concerned. Had Leo gotten away, or was he being held somewhere else? Or had he…. Don forced the thought from his mind, refusing to count it among the possibilities. Leo was alive. He had to be.

Don jumped as Mikey snorted and his head jerked up. He had awoken abruptly, probably roused by their conversation.

"What—what's going on?" he mumbled. He looked at them with tired eyes. He stared at Don, then Raph, then…. Mikey's eyes flew open suddenly. "Leo. He wasn't moving. Is he—"

"We don't know, Mikey. We haven't seen him since the fight," Don told his frightened brother. He saw worry flood Mikey's eyes and he looked away. He hated seeing any of his brothers disturbed, but especially Mikey. He was his only little brother, and even though Leo and Raph had the whole 'older brother thing' down, he still felt protective of his baby brother.

Don looked up as the door to the room slid open and a large figure walked in, holding something that took his breath away.

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Raph stared at the object in the man's hands, trying not to believe what he was seeing. The stranger held Leo's katanas, the ones he had helped him forge at the farmhouse after the incident with the Shredder. His breath caught in his throat as he realized what it could mean….

"God, no!" he shouted, refusing to accept the possibility.

"Relax, turtle. Your leader is not dead—yet. Observe," the man said, motioning to one of the walls of the room. It had begun to slide open, revealing a window on the other side. Raph gasped. Leo was hanging from the fall wall, facing them. His head was hanging against his blood-covered chest and his legs were limp beneath him. He was battered and bruised and he wasn't moving.

"You bastard! What have you done to our brother?" Raph yelled, feeling the familiar anger bubble up within him. No one messed with Leo but him.

"Only a fraction of what we will do to him, and you in time. You will watch your brother slowly die from this room, and then you three will die, one at a time." The man turned to leave, dropping the katanas on the floor. "I have a little visit to pay to your 'brother.' Enjoy the show."

Raph fought against the chains that were holding him back, rage blurring his vision. If he ever got his hands on that guy….

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Mikey shuddered as the man left the room. What was going to happen to Leo? Was he going to be okay? He turned his attention to the window, wondering why Leo hadn't noticed them yet.

As if reading his mind, Donnie started talking. "That must be a one-way mirror. To Leo, it just looks like a mirror, but it's a window to us. See, the other side is covered with a very thin, reflective coating. It reflects some of the light, and lets the rest through the window. They keep the room with the mirror side brightly lit so that it reflects a lot of light, and they keep the other room dimly lit so that no light passes through from that side, giving the effect that one side is a mirror and the other is a window."

Mikey knew that Don started babbling about technical stuff when he was scared, and that only made Mikey more nervous. If Don was scared too, then Leo must really be in trouble.

"What makes you think we wanted to know that?" Raph asked gruffly. A heavy silence fell over the room as they watched their older brother through the "one-way mirror." Mikey jumped when he heard a door slide open. Only this time, the door was in Leo's room.

Mikey saw Leo look up as the same man entered his room. Leo's eyes were angry, full of hate. Obviously he had already become acquainted with the strange man. And from the looks of it, they hadn't hit it off.

"I have kept my promise, turtle. Here is a token of my sincerity." The man motioned behind him, and three of the ninjas who had attacked them in the sewers stepped forward, each carrying something. The ninjas dropped their loads on the ground in front of Leo, then turned and walked back out of the room. Leo wasn't looking at the floor—his eyes were still locked with those of the man. Mikey couldn't see what the ninjas had dropped, because the man was standing in the way. He tried to move so that he could see better, but the chains held him back.

The man stared at Leo for another moment before turning and stalking out of the room. Mikey was finally able to see what was on the floor. What he saw made his mouth drop open. There on the ground in front of Leo were Mikey, Don, and Raph's weapons, as well as their blood-soaked masks. They were making Leo believe his brothers were dead!

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Again, I'm sorry about the wait. I hope you like this chapter. I'll try to update again soon.