Well, this was a pain to make. I had to transcript about two episodes in three days, I went to my first anime convention (WHICH WAS AWESOME!!), and I had an unexpected trip to my grandmother's this afternoon.

Raph: That countdown thing was stupid.

...I know. Oh, and I took down "Kimra's Premonition" due to lack of hits. 23 in, what four months? My bad first oneshot did better than that and it got a review! Also, how is my "Cinderella" fic so popular? I thought it was really bad since it was my first, but it's got a ton of more hits and favorites than even my "Sarena in Wonderland" fic which got a ton of more reviews.

Aneras, can we get back to the story?

Oh yeah, right. This is my last "Leo's Ordeal" chapter.

All: Finally!

Leo: Disclaimer: She owns nothing!

Mikey: Let's start it!

Leo's Ordeal

Chapter 5

"Six people in this family, and not one of us owns a watch?!" Sarena exclaimed as she closed her latest book, listening to her brothers trying to figure out what time it was.

"Beats me," Don replied to Raph's question. "Ask Leo." Sarena's heart stopped. Her beloved Leonardo. He'd been gone for over two months now and she hadn't received any word from him, physically or mentally. She hugged her book to her chest.

"Master Splinter, when's that bum coming back anyway?" Raph asked as he and Don walked over to the living area where she, Mikey, Klunk, and Master Splinter sat.

"And is Leo coming back normal?" asked Mikey. "Or like more normal? Cause before he left he was acting kind of, you know." He made the universal sign for crazy. Sarena beat Raph to his job of smacking Mikey upside the head. She wished she could tell her family that Leo was fine now and was only training to become stronger so he could protect her better. He still remembered what happened during their last fight with Shredder.

"I do not know my children," Splinter said. "Leonardo is on a pilgramige to find the Anchent One, and to find answers." He stroked his beard. "Such things are beyond time."

"Well, I miss having him around," said Donny.

"As do we all," Splinter replied. "We have faith that he will return, when he is ready." Sarena stroked Klunk's fur as the cat rubbed against her on her lap to comfort her.

'Oh my love,' she thought. 'Your family's worried, I'm worried. Please come home soon.' She didn't send it over the link. Leo needed to concentrate on his training. The only time they were together was the off chance that they were asleep at the same time. She froze as a calm feeling came over her from Leo, the first thing she'd felt from her love since he'd left. Her family stared at her as her eyes began to glow blue. She felt Leo's presence around her as her oldest brother's voice filled her mind.

'My dear Sarenaty, I'm coming home. Please wait for me.' Her heart filled with joy at that those words. There was something in his voice that worried her, almost like he was hiding something from her, but Leo's calm drowned it out. He left her head as her eyes returned to normal.

"That was Leo. He said he's on his way home!" she exclaimed as Mikey finished the card house he was working on. The excitement didn't last as the perimeter alarm sounded and then abruptly stopped.

"That shouldn't happen," said Don. Sarena put down her book and followed her braniac brother to their lab.

"If something triggers the perimeter alarm, it should keep ringing until Donny or I turn it off," she explained, standing behind Don's chair as he brought up the alarm's data. "It's not suppose to turn off by its self." The screen became static.

"Unless someone just deactivated our outer alarm system," replied Don. This was not good. It couldn't be Lilly, she would have called first. Who could it be? Suddenly, the whole Lair started to shake.

"Um, what is that?" asked Mikey. Everyone took out their weapons, preparing for battle, as Klunk hid behind Mikey's leg with a small meow.

"Whatever it is, it's coming through the front door," Raph said, pointing at the said door with one of his Sai. Sarena tied her mask around her head as Mikey's card house fell to the ground. The door began to move forward as something tried to push it open. For once, Sarena wasn't worried about having to pay for whatever would become broken. The door's hinges stared to give way as they moved closer. Dust filled the area as the door fell with a loud thump, followed by the surrounding wall. When the dust cleared, there were two giant robots and tons of human ninjas.

"What the? The Foot!?" exclaimed Mikey.

"But how? How did they find us?" asked Donny.

"Don't matter how they found us. They found us. Now let's kick the shell out of them," Raph said. Sarena tightened her grip on her dagger. She could feel Leo subconsciously reacting to her thoughts, as he was currently asleep. She leaped at the closest foot ninja to her and slashed at them with her dagger. She kicked two behind her and punched a third. Dimly hearing Mikey's call to watch her back, she round house kicked two and let out a magic blast at a group nearby. A rumble shook the ground as she saw a robot smash a colum. She began to dimly remember a similer sinario not long ago. One with smaller robots.

'No, not again!" she thought as her eyes began to water. She brushed the oncoming tears away and split kick another two ninja. Sarena rejoined her family as the Foot surrounded them, her brothers and father surrounding her. The Foot near the door cleared away as a figure walked though the surrounding dust, the slithouse all too familiar. 'No, impossible.'

"Oh shell," she heard Raph say.

"No way, it can't be him!" exclaimed Don. Fear began to fill Sarena's body. Why couldn't Leo be here?

"Master Splinter? Any chance this is just another mystical attack?" Mikey asked. Splinter stepped forward.

"No my son, this is real," he replied. "All too real."

"The Shredder?" asked Don. "But, the Utroms sentenced him to exile."

"Yeah, well it didn't take," replied Raph. The dust finally cleared as the Foot Elite appeared. Every time she saw them, she was remined of what they did to Leo. That tore her apart.

"Oroku Saki is gone thanks to you." That voice, she'd recognize that voice anywhere. Her fear was being replaced with rage, pure rage. Leo's soul insintly began reacting to her emotions, trying to calm her down. It wasn't working this time. This was her home, her turf, and she had the right to be angry at this invader. The one who had betrayed her trust and hurt the one she loved. "But the Shredder lives on." The Shredder removed the helmet. Only Leo's presence in her mind kept her from blindly attacking the woman in front of her.

"Karai!" Sarena exclaimed. Her eyes began to glow a very dim red.

"So the daughter of Oroku Saki has become the Shredder," said Splinter. "Why?" Why? Who cared why? Sarena couldn't think clearly, all she think of was revenge. Revenge for Leo, for her family, for Karai's betrayl.

"Honor demands it Splinter-san," Karai replied. Even when she was threatening them, she was still polite. Guess that's something…barley. "After you helped the vial Utrom exile my father, I vowed to avenge his honor." Now she was mad. She dare think the Shredderwas honorable? Aparently Master Splinter had the same idea.

"You dare speak of honor?" he asked. "Your father murdered my Master Yoshi. Your father had no honor!"

"You will pay for your lie, all of you." Her control was now hanging on by a thread. Leo's presence barely helping. "Where is Leonardo?" Her love.

'If he was hear he'd kill you, you traitor.'

"He ain't here!" answered Raph.

"You know, you just missed him, but if you leave right now we'll let him now you stopped by," joked Mikey. How could he joke at a time like this?

"You mock me," Karai said. "The fact you still live mocks me." She put back on the helmet. "That all ends now!" Sarena had had it.

"I've had enough talk!" She yelled. She pointed her dagger at her former friend. "You want a fight Karai? You got one!" Her eyes glowed a full dangerous red.

"Destroy them, leave no one alive!" Karai demanded. As the ninjas closed in on them, they jumped out of the circle, Sarena trying to get closer to Karai, but not secceding. Deciding to take things a little more personal, she ducked into hers and Leo's room, put her dagger back in its sheath around her ankle, and grabbed one of Leo's katanas. As she made to leave she saw the picture of her and Leo, sitting on their bedside table. Not knowing why, she grabbed it and tucked it inside her shirt, using her powers to keep it in place. After all, it wasn't like she had a bra to stuff it into. The stone in the ceiling started to cave. She quickly kicked the screen separating her clothes from the room, knocking everything behind it out of the way. For some unknown reason she turned her family picture face down.

Standing near the door, she looked at the two white roses in their vase, one of which was beginning to burn and singe, and said "Leo, give me strength." Leo's spirit began filling her body. She didn't feel like weak little Sarenaty, the younger sister who always needed to be protected by her brothers. She felt like Leonardo, the strong eldest brother who'd protect those he loved with his life and remain by their side even in death. Her eyes changed from red to blue and she rushed out of the room for the last time. She saw Splinter enter his room, which was now on fire. She elbowed a ninja behind her in the stomach and followed him inside. She watched from the doorway as Karai smashed Master Yoshi's orb.

"Your children destroyed my father. Now I will repay them in kind," said Karai. "I begged Leonardo to let him go, but he would not listen to reason." Reason?!

"It is you who have been blind to reason," replied Splinter. "Oroku Saki was a murderer, but you will not allow yourself to see the truth." He and Karai moved so that they traded places. Her back was to Sarena. She hadn't seen her, but now Splinter did.

"I see clearly rat and you will pay for what you have done to me." Sarena had had enough. She leaped in between the two, Leo's katana facing Karai. Her voice was no longer her own.

"I told you Karai! If I ever saw you again I'd kill you!" Leo's voice spat out her words. "And I always keep my word." She withdrew the sword from its sheath and charged at the woman in front of her. The sheath lay forgotten on the floor. As the two fought, Master Splinter still tried to talk to Karai.

"I reached out to you," he said. "I hoped that you would turn away from evil, but I can see now that it has consumed you." Why was he still talking to her? This woman was beyond reason. She had learned that the hard way. She kicked Karai out of her father's room, knocking off her helmet. At that moment, her emotions were not just her own, her actions, her thoughts, they all were in sinc with Leo. She raised the katana above her former friend's dark heart.

"This is for Leonardo!" It was her own voice this time. Just as she was about to plunge the sword through Karai's armor, a sudden shock hit the back of her neck, right where her psyco chip was. It forced Leo from her mind and her body to shut down. She screamed. Her world went black with one look at the offending ninja and one last thought.

'Mitzi?'

'Rena.' Raph?

'Ya gonna be okay sis. I gotcha.'

He was in Sarena's body again, but it was different this time. It wasn't Shadow they were fighting, it was Karai. He heard her say that this was for him before an electic shock flung him from her.

'Sarena!'

He awoke with a start. That dream again. It had been happening all week. The Foot had attacked the Lair. Karai was the Shredder. Sarena…he'd never seen her, felt her so angry before. Sarena! Something had happened to her. He just knew it. The fact that it was taking so long for them to get home was evidence of that. She'd used her magic to make the boat reach Japan early for Bonnie's sake. One would think that she'd want him home as quickly as possible.

"Same dream Leo?" Bonnie asked from the corner she lay in. Honestly, he was glad they had sent Bonnie after Shadow. It was nice to have someone to talk to, even if that someone was a mirror image of Raph.

"Yeah," He replied. "I just keep thinking that Sarena needs my help."

"Leo, she is capable of taking care of herself you know. Besides just keep thinking about how happy she'll be to see you again." Leo nodded. She was right, seeing Sarena after being away so long would make his painful time away from her worth it.

About a week later Leo and Bonnie walked through the sewers to the Lair.

"Wow, I've been gone so long I actually missed these old sewers," he said. They got to a junction.

"Well, this is where I leave," said Bonnie. "Say hi to Raph and Rena for me. I've gotta tell Lilly to fix the school's plumbing."

"I will and thank you," he replied. "Sarena's really lucky to have a friend like you."

"Hey, any brother of Rena's and Raph's is a brother in law of mine." With that she ran off, leaving Leo with a dumb founded look. He looked towards the Lair's entrance and gasped. It was wrecked.

"Oh no, the Lair!" He shed his coat and unsheathed one of his katanas, cautiously walking inside. The inside was worse than the out. "No, what happened here?"

This is where I'm skipping ahead because I don't feel like transscripting the whole episode. It's basically the same, so I'll just go to the parts where it differs.

Raph: Lazy

SHUT IT!

Leo pulled up the pizza box Angel had left in the phone booth. Inside it was a note from April and the Sewer Sweet Sewer plake Sarena had made in art class back in grade school, crumpled and bent up.

"Leo I'm so sorry. I'm not sure what to say. The others are, Karai said she got them all. She left this. She said you're next. Please be careful." The note said. He crumpled it. His dream had been real.

"No, it can't be. Karai is lying," he said. "They're alive, I know it. Sarena…" He searched the link for her. She was unconscious, but alive.

'I'll find you my love, and the others too. Please wait just a little longer.' He threw the note away and ran off.

The Battle Shell lay beat up in the middle of the street. Knowing from experience, it had seen better days.

"Looks like the Battle Shell took a missle." He looked at tracks nearby it that didn't match the tires. "But these could be Shell Cycle tracks." He noticed something under a nearby railroad bridge. "And that is definatly Raph's helmet." He ran to it as a train rumbled overhead. The glass was completly cracked. He closed his eyes with it in his hands and what happened came to him.

Raph was driving the Battle Shell with Sarena unconscious in the passenger seat. As he'd suspected, Raph had taken her with him. As the helicopter in front of the truck got closer he grabbed Sarena and their helemets, put them on, made sure she was on him tight, and just as the missle hit the truck, Raph's Shell Cycle broke out the back and rode away as fast as it could go.

"Misstress Karai, the ones called Rapheal and Sarenaty have been terminated."

"Excellent."

Raph's bike rode under the bridge, slowed it down and, as much as it pained him to, he leaped up to the bridge's rails with Sarena on his shell, leaving the bike to crash somewhere in the distance. He ditched his helmet, throwing it to the ground and ran across the bridge right before a train headed for Coney Island went by.

"The D train, Coney Island," he realized. He opened his eyes. Leo stared at his brother's helmet for a second longer, feeling sad that his brother lost his favorite ride. "I sure hope Raph and Rena are in better shape than his helmet."

He found Raph under a railroad bridge near Astro Land, drinking a soda. As he tossed it away, Leo got closer. Raph sensed he was near and took out his weapons, not knowing it was him.

"I thought I'd find you here." A smile crossed Raph's face.

"Leo?" he asked. "Leo am I glad to see you." His smile fell. "Leo they found the Lair. They got to us. The others…I don't know what happened to them. I…" He put his hand on his brother's shoulder.

"It's okay Raph. They're all fine. I found them. Everyone is okay."

"I'm glad you're back bro."

"Where's Sarena?" Raph smiled sadly and nodded over his shoulder.

"She's over there. She's waiting for you." He walked over to her, seeing his love in the flesh for the first time in months. She was paler than usual, something he didn't think was possible, and clutched to her chest was a katana, the katana she'd made for him for their fourteenth birthday. Other than that, she looked more beautiful than he remembered. He picked her up bridal style and carried her back to Raph.

"Come on, let's get back to the others." Raph nodded and followed him out.

"Everyone! I found them! They're okay!" They walked into the area they were using as shelter.

"Hey, I heard you guys were having a party." Raph said. Don limped over to his older brother.

"Rapheal! You made it."

"Yeah yeah, whatever," Raph replied. Leo placed Sarena down near some railing and brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes.

'My love, please give me the strength I need to avenge your honor.' Leo?

'I'll be back my sweet. Hold on.' Leo!

It was dark. It had been dark for a while. Ever since that electroshock had gone through her body and had knocked her out. That was probably a week ago. Suddenly she felt a presence standing over her, a warm comforting presence, one that she'd know anywhere. It was slowly coaxing her out of her unconscious state and into the light. As she fluttered her eyes open slowly and her eyes slowly focused themselves she noticed someone in front of her. When her vision cleared the first thing she saw was Leo. Her Leo, the one that she…

"L...Leo," she started. Leo placed a finger on her lips to silence her.

"Sarena," he said. "Don't talk." He removed his finger and replaced it with his lips. Sarena saw his eyes flutter close as hers did. This wasn't like the kisses they had shared before, when he was healing her with a mix his dormant magic and her active one. She knew, for the first time, this was, for lack of a better term, "True Love's First Kiss". Suddenly their mind link was wide open and their love soared through each others' very being. Sarena felt like she was flying. This was the best thing she had ever experienced and, if he wasn't already, she felt Leo, for the first time since they were hatchlings, relax completely under the intense feeling rushing through their link. The warm sensation radiating from him was stronger than ever. It warmed her entire being, right down to her core and she swore at some point it would burn her, but not in a painful way. They clung to each other tightly as though Leo would leave and they'd never see each other again. When they finally broke apart for air, for her sake, Leo placed his forehead against hers gently and whispered "I'll never leave you again." Sarena shivered at that promise.

Somewhere through the haze of her clouded mind she could vaugly hear Raph saying "Well, It's about time."

Okay, I borrowed that last part from "Sarena in Wonderland". I was going to put Leo's fight scene with Karai in so he could tell her that Sarena wouldn't be so merciful if she saw her, but decided not to because I have to go to bed soon and I spent too much time being destracted by Vic Mignogna's voice.

His voice is so cool!

I know!

Sarena and Aneras: squeals!!

Boys except Leo: sweatdrops Girls.

Leo: Hey I was a girl for a while so I can understand.

Raph: What, you're an expert on girls now?

Leo: smirk Yep.

Next will be Coraline, It'll be out sometime before June. Thanks for putting up with my third completed chapter story. I won't be working from the 16th - the 25th because I'll be going away for spring break.

Raph: You mean back to your remote island?

Sarena, please make sure he doesn't trash my stuff again.

...I'll try.

Happy Easter everyone!

All: See you next time!