Oh my gosh! this chapter was torture! I'm really sorry if it goes too fast, but a lot happens in this chapter. Sorry about the ending, but I didn't feel like doing medical research tonight. Sorry! Next chapter! Review Please! :)!

-Leah by Michelangelo

Ch. 8-Its time I take something from you.

"Let the girl go!" I yelled to Shredder.

"Weapons." Saki stated. I glared at him, and threw my sais to the floor, one of them imbedding itself in the roof. "Hahaha." He chuckled darkly. "On your knees."

"No." I stated defiantly.

"Kneel." He repeated, motioning to Xever, who held the knife closer to Mona's throat. My eyes widened and my shoulders drooped in defeat as I fell to my knees. Shredder gestured to Rahzar and Tigerclaw and both of them came over and restrained her.

"Let her go." I stated again, clearly enunciating each word.

"Xever, prepare to end her suffering."

My eyes shot open. "You monster! We had a deal!"

"I would never honor any deal with a Hamato! Your Sensei took everything from me, so I took his daughter from him. But again he took her from me! I will kill you and destroy Yoshi the way he destroyed me."

"You'll never be able to break me." I stated.

"Oh but I think I will." He laughed and unease crept up into my stomach. "All I have to do is destroy the one thing you care about most." Shredder approached Mona and my breath hitched.

"No!" I yelled, desperately trying to free myself from Rahzar and Tigerclaw's grip.

"Oroku Saki!" Shredder's eyes widened as he turned to face his addresser, Hamato Yoshi, his other three disciples standing behind him. He ran over to the turtle and pushed Rahzar and Tigerclaw away, grabbing him in a headlock. Raphael was strong, but he was too severely injured from earlier to put up a decent fight. Shredder slid out his blade and he pointed it at the turtle.

Splinter froze with terror in his eyes. Raphael, no...

"Hamato Yoshi, my old enemy, you have taken everything from me. And now it's time I take something from you." The Shredder plunged the blade deep into the turtle's side, tearing through flesh. Raph gasped, but didn't cry out. Saki smiled sadistically, ripping the blade out mercilessly.

Raphael's green eyes widened in shock as he fell to the ground.

"No!" Mona yelled trying to free herself from Fishface's grasp, to no avail.

Splinter's eyes widened, his face mirroring his son's pain before it stiffened in anger. The mutant rat let out a furious battle cry and charged the Shredder. The bitter taste of anger filled his mouth, his eyes on fire as he attacked Saki.

I dived into battle after my father, my anger completely taking over. Normally Donnie would have rushed to Raph's side, but he couldn't this time, because there were too many of them. The only way to protect Raph from further harm was by keeping the Foot away from him. Footbots came at me, and I tore them apart limb from limb before charging Tigerclaw. Our blades met and the tiger growled at me in Japanese, "You are no match for me, turtle."

"Wanna bet?" I snarled, dangerously. He slashed at me and I dodged it, lashing out with my katanas. I cut his arm and he grabbed it, staring at the blood on his hand for a moment before coming after me yet again.

Master Splinter and the Shredder faced off. With a cry of indignation Splinter went in to make the final blow, until he realized what he was doing and hesitated. Shredder took advantage of the opportunity and pinned the rat down, raising his bloody blade to the mutant's throat. "Turtles, throw down your weapons or your sensei dies!"

My eyes widened from where I stood fighting Tigerclaw. I glared at the Shredder vehemently before throwing down my weapons. Don and Mikey followed suit.

Shredder laughed, "Fools. Now your fate…will be his!" Saki began to plunge the blade in a downward strike.

"NO!" They all yelled, their backs to a certain red-banded turtle, who had slowly and laboriously managed to push himself up to his feet, grabbing the sai that had been stuck in the roof. Raphael clutched at his side with his left hand, his right raised the sai, using every last ounce of his strength to hurl it as hard as he could manage. The middle prong hit home, stabbing Shredder from behind, plunging right through the gap in his armor.

All the attention flew to the red banded turtle. "I-don't-think-so." Raphael gasped out, taking breaths between every word. The emerald green turtle's face filled with pain and he collapsed, hitting the ground hard. His hand hit the pavement, and unclasped, completely limp. Mona, his brothers and father stared in horror as Raphael fell like a sack of bricks, a pool of blood quickly surrounding him.

"Raph!" they yelled, rushing to his side.

"We must get Master Shredder out of here! Fall back!" Bradford exclaimed and within seconds the Foot were gone. Fishface was distracted and Mona was finally able to free herself, flying to Raphael's side.

The Clan paid the fleeing Foot no heed, surrounding their injured family member. Mona Lisa collapsed beside him, pressing her forehead against his, her tears falling down onto his face. "No! Please, no! Raph! Raph! I love you. I love you so much! Please, Raphael, please don't be dead! I need you! If you die, I'll never forgive myself! Please! Please! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I never should have left you! I'm sorry, please don't die."

Leonardo put a hand on her shoulder, tears clouding his eyes. "Mona…he's-" His voice caught in his throat and he couldn't bring himself to go any further.

I knelt down beside my brother's deathly still form. I pressed a hand to my older brother's face and closed my eyes, a tear running down my cheek. Goodbye, Raphael, my brother. All of a sudden my eyes snapped open. "Leo."

"What is it Don?"

"He's still breathing." All hell broke loose. Sensei knelt down my side and confirmed what I had just discovered.

"Oh my god!" Leo said his eyes shooting wide open. "What do we do?!"

"Give me your masks, all of you!" Leo collected them all and handed them to his nerd brother. Donnie pulled off Raph's mask as well and began frantically trying to slow the bleeding. "Sensei, I need you to stay here with me. Leo, get the Shellraiser, we need to get Raph home ASAP. Mikey, Mona, go with him. Mikey, take care of her, try to calm her down."

I struggled to pull Mona Lisa away from Raphael, all the while trying to comfort her as best I could. She was hysterical, blaming herself, insisting that it was all her fault. I reassured her repeatedly, but she was frantic. She wouldn't stop blubbering. I tried everything, and nothing worked, so I tried the one thing that I, as a gentleturtle would never do in any normal circumstances. I slapped her. "Mona! You're not going to be able to do anything for him like this! You want to help Raph, you have to be strong! He'd want you to stay strong. Pull yourself together!"

She sniffled, but her blubbering ceased. "Thanks Mikey," she whispered.

I hugged her. "Anytime, Mona. Don't worry, if anyone can save Raph, it's Don." I hope. I thought, hugging her tightly, hiding my teary eyes from her line of sight. I hope.