''How this all happened?'' Michelangelo cried, looking at his brother.

''Mikey calm down! It's woould be better if you do a good work and find the first aid kit.'' Donatello said less calmly.

Mikey quickly ran for first-aid kit. He didn't say anything. He didn't even nod. What does this mean?

"Leo, breathe calmly and don't even think to close your eyes." Donatello looked at Leonardo.

Leonardo looked at his younger brother, as if he said mentally, that he cann't hold out long.

"I know that all of this hurts like hell, but I need a painkiller to make you feel better when you will pass out." Donatello sighed with inconvenience.

Leo said nothing and just stared at the ceiling with almost closed eyes. He tried not to think about the pain, but it's just not possible.

Donatello looked at his brother. He looked how Leonardo was suffering. He couldn't do anything, and it was torturing him. He clenched his fists.

"Damn it, where's Raph and Mikey?" he shouted.

Leonardo closed his eyes tightly and turned his head in the other way. Donatello was distracted and looked at his older brother.

''Oh, sorry Leo.'' He said apologetically.

After a few moments, Michelangelo ran into the room. There was a feeling that he ran ten miles without stopping. He was breathing heavily and loudly.

"Don, first aid kit. It's nowhere! I cann't find it!"

"What! What do you mean, it's nowhere?!'' Donatello quickly got up and walked over to Mikey. "Have you looked everywhere?"

"Look at me again and ask the same question!" Michelangelo pointed his finger at himself. He's still breathing heavily.

''G-guys.'' Leonardo said with a weak and dull tone.

They both looked at Leo.

''Sorry Leo.'' Michelangelo's restored his need for air.

"Damn, I remember it was in the bathroom." Donatello said thoughtful, still in a panic.

"Don, we don't have time to think, we need to help Leo!" Mikey pointed to his brother, who still continued to bleed slowly and painfully.

Leonardo heard the whole conversation. He remembered that he put a first aid kit where he picked it up. He already knew who it could be. But even if this is so, then why didn't he kill his family?

"Sorry, we are late." Raphael said, quickly walking into the room with Master Splinter.

''My son!'' sensei quickly walked over to his eldest son.

Leonardo bends his head. He looked at his father a few seconds and then looked at the ceiling again, clenching his fists in pain.

Splinter in his turn, couldn't say anything anymore. For now he saw his worst fears. To lose one of his son. To see his son all bloodied with multiple scratches all over his body and with one deep wound with non-stop bleeding.

"Master Splinter, help me take Leo to the laboratory, and try to calm him down. Shock has passed long time ago, and now he will feel a lot worse. Raph and Mikey. You need to run into the lab and find me a painkiller. Tablets in the blue jar.'' He paused for a second. ''What are you waiting for ? Go go go!"

Michelangelo and Raphael ran out of the room, right in the laboratory.

In turn, Splinter and Donatello gently raised Leonardo, trying not to touch his wounds. Though they tried not to hurt him, the pain is still attacked Leonardo as a cat on a small mouse. Leonardo almost cried, but he decided to keep his screams and curses in his head. He slowly began to close his eye. His head began to bend down. He couldn't do anything.

''Don't close you eyes, Leonardo. You need to take all you strength and patience, until we will arrive in Donatello's laboratory.'' Splinter tried to calm his son.

Leonardo opened his eyes again, still feeling the pain all over the body. He clenched his teeth.

When they were near the laboratory Raphael met them with painkillers in his hands. Donatello looked at him with dull eyes.

"And the water?"

Michelangelo then ran out of the kitchen with a glass of water. He almost spilled water on the floor.

"Everything is under control." Raphael said, and gave Donatello painkillers.

"I wouldn't say that." Donatello took painkillers. His other hand was holding his brother. "Raph do me a favor and help Leo."

Raphael framed his hand. Donatello gently moved away from Leonardo and picked up a glass of water.

They have already come to the lab.

"Okay, now put Leo on the table." Donatello opened the jar, took pills and brought them with water to Leonardo. "Leo, I understand that everything is hurt and maybe it will be painful to swallow, but you have to drink it." Donatello said softly.

Leo looked at her hands and then at Donatello. It was clear that he couldn't move his hands or do something. Don put a glass of water on the table. Leonardo lazily opened his mouth. Donatello gave him the tablets with water. Leonardo began to drink tablets, slowly swallowing the remaining water. Donatello helped his brother to lie on the cold table. Leo did not care if the table was cold or not. His shell didn't feel the cold. Tablets acted slowly and gradually, but he could already feel the effect.

"Now you can close your eyes."

Leonardo slowly closed his eyes. He couldn't feel the pain anymore and it made all more easier and much better for Leonardo and Donatello.

Donatello turned to the rest of the family.

"Guys, it's would be better if you will leave. I don't think that you will like this procedure. Oh, and go to April and ask for bandages." Donatello examined Leonardo's wounds. "I think my bandages won't be enough. Master Splinter, I think you should come here in five minutes."

Everyone came out of the lab except Donatello and Leonardo. Donatello looked again at his brother.

''Oh brother, what did they do with you.''

Living room

All were silent. Michelangelo sat down on a chair. Raphael was standing next to him, crossing his arms. He clenched his fists. Michelangelo saw it.

"Raph, we do not need another hole in the wall."

Raphael muttered something and sat down on the couch.

"I can not understand who could do this?" Mikey said with a sad tone.

"We will find the bastard and I will be the first who break his face.'' Raphael touched his sais and was about to pull them out.

Master Splinter, took him by his shoulder.

"My sons, the best thing, that we can do is to go to Miss O'Neill and ask for help."

"Yes, you're right sensei." Michelangelo looked at Raph. "This is the best we can do for Leo."

"Then let's go now." Raphael ran to the main door. "If we will go faster, it will be better for Leo."

"Hey Wait! Wait for me!" Michelangelo ran for his brother.

Splinter sighed. He thought, that he will go to Donatello and help him. He was about to leave, but he could hear his sons shouting.

"Master Splinter, You MUST see this!" It was Michelangelo shouting. It was filled with fear and panic.

Splinter ran for the exit. When he meet Raph and Mikey , he saw what Leonardo saw at night. The huge scratches on the wall. At this time, there was more blood.
As for our characters. Raphael was just looking at the wall in disgust. From this he was speechless and couldn't move. Michelangelo didn't even looked at the wall. That smell that came from the wall recalling the smell of rotting flesh mixed with blood. Aversion. He didn't want to know whose blood it was. As for the Master Splinter, then it was just a shock. He was like Raphael, couldn't say anything or do anything. He just stared at the wall.

Raphael was the first who took a step forward. After this first step was the second step ... and the last step.

"The blood is fresh." He touched the blood with his hand, stood up and turned to the other.

Splinter also came to the wall and smelled the air that surrounded him. His eyes widened.

"What is it, sensei?" Michelangelo asked.

"That smell was present in the Leonardo's room"

Michelangelo finally removed his hand from his face and looked at his father.

"You mean ..." He immediately understood.

Michelangelo wanted to turn and run to Donatello, but Splinter stopped him.

"No, Michelangelo. We must not distract Donatello."

"But Master Splinter! We need to tell Donnie about it!"

"Michelangelo, we will tell about this to your brother, but not now. Right now, Donatello is busy. And if we tell him now, he can make a lot of mistakes because of excitement . We better not to risk it." Splinter said firmly.

"... I understand, Master Splinter." Michelangelo looked down. "But who did it? I thought, that it could be Leo himself. I mean, he was acting strange, remember?''

"No it's not Leo." Raphael said, touching scratch with hand. "Scratches are too wide. His swords cann't do that. And Leo is not that insane."

''O-okay Raph, we have to go.'' Michelangelo ran away, despite this wall.

"Master Splinter, be careful. I am sure that this bastard will come back to finish his work." Raphael clenched his fists and looked at this wall again.

"You too, my son." Master Splinter went back. When he turned back a few seconds, Raphael had already left.

After an hour

Raphael and Michelangelo came back very quickly. And in time. An hour later, Donatello finished all the work. It was the hardest thing, that he had to do. When he washed Leonardo wound he almost threw up. The smell of dry and fresh blood mixed up and turned into a disgusting and nasty mixture. It was disgusting! Donatello barely washed the smell and the blood on his own hands. He came out of the lab, where the rest were waiting for him.

''How is Leo?'' Michelangelo got up from the couch and looked at Donatello with excitement.

"I don't know. He lost a lot of blood. He had a lot of injuries. I did everything I could. We just have to wait."

"Don, we need to show you something." Raph said.

"And what do you want to show me?" Donatello asked curiously.

With Leonardo

Leonardo slowly opened his eyes. The pain came back again. The pain was so intense that his hands were shaking. With such wounds he couldn't do anything. But he had to. He would better die, than allow someone to kill his family. He will do it at night. But now, he need to rest, because it's still morning. He didn't want to call his brothers or his father. They will torture him with questions. He didn't think, that it would be good if they will know about it. And then he closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

In the sewers

''What is this?'' Donatello in shock pointed to the bloody wall.

"Imagine, found it today." Raphael glared and crossed his arms.

Donatello came closer. He looked at this scratches. They were thick and curves. When he looked at them he felt bad and nasty. Only then, he felt quite familiar smell. Don looked down and jumped back in surprise. His legs were covered in blood.

"Uh, is that Leo's blood?" He asked, without thinking.

''How did you know that?'' Mikey asked.

Donatello began to remember all this stuff. He started to feel bad again. He covered his mouth with his hand.

''Let's just not talk about it...''

Raphael wanted to say something, but he was interrupted by a rustling, which came from behind him and his family members. He quickly took out his sais and turned back. Donatello and Michelangelo took their weapons too.

''What was that?'' Raphael took a step back to his family.

''Maybe it's Leo?'' Mikey shrugged.

"Mikey, how can Leo walk with such injuries? You saw his shape!'' Raphael looked at his younger brother with a look that said 'you are an idiot'.

There was another rustle. It was even louder. Raph turned back on.

''It hurts. It's painful. It hurts. It's painful. It hurts. It's painful.'' they heard it at the end of the tunnel.

''What was that?'' Donatello took a step back.

''I don't know, but i don't like it.'' Michelangelo took two steps back.

Voice was constantly getting louder and louder. As if it approaches to them.

''It hurts...'' voice began to change it's tone.

''It's painfull...'' getting closer and closer.

And in the end, when the voice was so loud, it was like a voice of their older brother. Leonardo.

''It hurts.''

What will happend next?

You will find out soon!

~Hadzuki