A/N: Hot damn I'm on a roll today! Watching the 2003-2010 series while writing me is giving me the creative juices necessary to get my material down. Sooo, we have conflict! But, this story isn't over, nooo not by a long shot! We got tons more fun to have with our turtles and lovely fox. I hope you're enjoying this! Read and Review please!

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Previously: "How romantic, your boyfriend came to rescue you like a damsel in distress. Aren't you so happy to see him again?" Magdalena blurted into the speaker, she was pulling Shiho's strings like a puppet on stage. Poking at all the right exposed nerves to make her angry. Very angry. The result was Shiho pulled with all of her might on the shackles and chains, what she didn't know what they were wired. Her clone giggled as she pushed a button and sent bolts of electricity into Shiho by the neck and wrists. The fox howled and collapsed to her knees with her arms thrown around her middle.

"No, no, Big Sister. Mustn't break the chains. Daddy paid a lot of money for those! Sit tight, I'm sure Casanova will be here soon," Shiho could smell her burnt skin from where the shackles came in to contact with her wrists and neck. Slamming her palm against the wall, the fox fought to stand again and give another try at the chains, using her strong jaws and pulling with what little strength she had.

Again, Magdalena shocked her with more amusement than ever, watching her host scream and writhe in the pain was almost arousing. Over and over they played this game of pull and shock until Shiho hadn't the ability to even lift her head and laid on the floor of her room on her side. Heavily panting and twitching occasionally from the shocks, the fox prayed either for Leo to bust in the door any second or for death to just make its graceful appearance.

"Hehehehe, don't die just yet, silly. Leonardo isn't here! I want to play with him a little bit," That girl was more sadistic in her sanity than Shiho was in her Madness, because she chose to be that way. Tightly, Shiho clenched her teeth together and willed for Leo to find her. He had to, he was her only chance of getting out of her. But he was here, he was downstairs trying to get to her, which meant he still loved her, he had to. Or he wouldn't be risking his shell for a girl like her.

"Hurry, Leo.."

The turtles were steadily making headway through the Foot ninja, making them drop like flies under their skill. They'd had more than enough time to master their arts from when they were just teenagers and battling the Shredder and his Foot Clan. At a polished age of 24 years old, they had more than enough moxy to handle the ninja clan now. With the aid of Master Splinter, the boys were unstoppable using each other as weapons and allies to make their way up the elevator shaft to get to their fox.

"Donnie, gimme some whip action!" Called Mikey with a smug smile, running straight towards his brother's bow staff. Donnie caught on as Mikey grabbed a hold of the staff and was swung around while swinging his nun chuck in his right head. He popped off 4 ninja in one swipe and landed on his feet with his hands held above his head. "And the crowd goes wild!"

Leo and Raphael stood shell to shell fending off another pair of ninja with staffs of their own. They clashed weapons and grunted as the ninja tried to push the turtles down into a defeat. But, Leo wasn't having any of that nonsense today, not from anyone. "On three, Raph…"

"You got it, bro!" Pushing his own opponent back at the same time as Leo, Raph grinned his signature smile when he was about to get his way and win.

"THREE!" Leo shouted as both ninjas came sprinting at the turtle brothers. At the same time, they ducked and the Foot goons ran right into each and smacked skulls. They fell over in a pile on top of each other with painful groans.

"Ooooh, that's gonna leave a mark," Mikey teased, sticking his tongue out. Leo punched the elevator command button for the doors to open. If they were going up ten flights of stairs, they'd have to take the lazy approach to save as much of their strength as they could. When the silver doors slid open, Leo nearly jumped out of his shell.

"WOAH! Who the heck are you?!" Backing up, the leader bumped into his brothers with a slight stumble in his step as Marcus stepped out of the elevator. Splinter growled with a sneer as he sniffed the air.

"You are him, aren't you?"

"Ahh, you must be Master Splinter. And this fellow here…Leonardo. I've heard quite a bit about you from my girl. Seems you're the one she's so crazy about, the one that made my sweet Shiho impure," Leo knew in an instant who he was and tightened his fists around his katana, his teeth clenched together in a sneer. Marcus knew how to get under Leo's shell already, talking about Shiho; calling her impure from her claimed virginity.

"Where's Shiho?" His voice growled, more menacingly than his brothers had ever heard. It surprised them, even more so when he pointed one very sharp katana between Marcus' eyes. "Bring me, Shiho." The scientist chuckled with ease and waved the sword out of his face with the back of his hand, not a shred of fear present in him.

"She's waiting, won't you join me in visiting her?"

"Leave me alone, Maggie, I don't want to see your wretched face!" Shiho snarled and lashed out with a shackled hand, the chains jingling as she moved. Magdalena twirled the electric rod she was holding in her fingers and paced back and forth in front of the ever angered vixen.

"Funny, my face is so wretched yet I'm you exact copy. You're so mean to me, Shiho. Your baby sister. Sheesh, I'm gonna have to tell Daddy that you're being so rude, he won't like that," Stepping forward, the blonde pointed the sparking rod at Shiho and narrowed her piercing blue eyes. If she wasn't such a bitch, she might actually be pretty. She was Shiho's clone after all. "In fact, I think I'll punish you right now and save Daddy the trouble!"

As if she was swatting an insect, the blonde clone smacked her host in the chest with electric rod, sending wave after wave of electricity into her already battered body. Shiho's eyes crossed and her vision blurred, she could hear the disturbing giggling of her younger clone, almost tauntingly in her ear.

"Come on, scream already. Scream so those ugly reptiles can hear you and come bursting through that door to save you," With her foot on Shiho's shoulder, Magdalena pushed her roughly into the wall behind her. The vixen's head smashed against the barrier making everything in sight spin. She wasn't ready for the second spark of electricity bestowed upon her and without any control screamed from the pit of her stomach. A blood-curdling scream that even made the blone flinch.

Like the clone anticipated, the bellowing echoed and traveled into the elevator shaft where Marcus had pulled the turtles in at gun point. He wasn't taking any chances and was making sure he had all the cards in his hand. Leo flinched when he picked up on the sound and panicked, he'd never heard Shiho scream like that before and his heart nearly stopped. Dropping his swords to the floor of the elevator, Leo grabbed the scientist by the collar of his dress shirt and suit and pinned him against the wall with his feet dangling off the ground. Raphael found it amusing watching the human squirm and smashed the heel of his sai into Marcus' hand that held the gun and caught it when it fell.

"What is happening to her, Marcus? Answer me or you'll be sorry!" That spine-tingling growl returned to Leo's voice. At first, Marcus was afraid, he hadn't anticipated the turtle would jump so suddenly but slowly started to laugh.

"Uhh..okay? Is this guy like…all there in the head?"

"Obviously not, Mikey." Donnie whispered back. Leo's gripped tightened.

"By the sounds of it, she's getting reacquainted with her pretty little clone. What are you gonna do, Leonardo? You can't kill me, you'll never find her without me," Leo seethed with fury, his glare alone could curdle dairy. With frustrated roar, he dropped Marcus until he fell to his backside with a thump. "Thought so,"

In the holding cell, Shiho had long since collapsed again under the surges of sparks and the lack of strength in her legs. Her clone simply cackled and tapped her shoulder with her thunder stick and kicked her host in the belly over and over until she gagged and spit out hot, acidic blood that ate a hole through the floor.

Behind them, in the observatory, a light clicked on and the speakers cracked with Marcus' voice. With a raised brow and a twisted little smile on her glossy, cherry lips, the clone jammed her foot one last time into Shiho with a snicker.

"Alright, Maggie that's enough. Back off for a moment, we have a little reunion to watch," The blonde glanced up to the tinted glass and did as she was told and backed away to the opposite wall. The only door in the room unlocked and Leo was the first of the turtles to burst inside and frantically scan the room.

"Leo! Over there!" Donnie called, his finger pointing to the far wall where Shiho lay in a sprawl on her side. In a sprint, Leo slid on his knees and dropped his swords with a clatter on the floor beside her and turned the fox over to see her face. He thought he was going to be sick. Her skin as paler with dark blue veins crawling up her neck, her arms beaten and battered, and from the corners of her mouth trickled that acidic red liquid. Gathering the practically broken fox in his arms and lap, Leo called out to her.

"Shiho? Shiho! Wake up, come on, wake up! It's us…me, Leonardo," When she didn't respond, he signaled for Donatello to join him. With all the courage he could muster, he slid the unconscious fox over into his brother's arms and stood with his katanas firmly placed in his hands. "Donnie, try to get her up so we can make a run for it."

"Got it,"

Magdalena chuckled again and approached Mikey and Raph, making them cringe as she came closer. The similarities between her and Shiho were almost sickening, she looked just like her. But they knew they were two totally different creatures. One was an absolute nutcase and the other was also a nutcase but not by any choice of her own.

"My, my; Shiho certainly has interesting taste in friends," True to her vixen nature, the blonde wiggled a finger under Michelangelo's chin and made him giggle. "I'll have to get me one of these,"

"You know, for a crazy little sleaze ball, she's kinda cute!"

"Really, Mikey?" Raph slapped his brother on the cheek to snap him out of it. Magdalena seemed to have the same seducing allure as her host, but lacked the personality. Above them, the speakers crackled to life and Marcus began to speak.

"Maggie, why don't you fill out guests in on your big sister's special abilities? Go on, don't forget to tell them about the nice, hefty check we were going to get from their old pal, The Shredder, for her taking them out." Collectively, the brother's gasped and Splinter dropped his staff in disbelief. Magdalena only chuckled like he'd told a casual joke as Donnie looked at the fox in his arms. Leo's rage was building as he stood protectively in front of Shiho and Donnie.

"What are you talking about, Silver? Don't you dare lie,"

"Now, now Leo, there's no need to snap at Daddy. Why, don't you know? Your little girlfriend over there was a weapon built to take out your little family after you gave the Shredder so much grief. He hired Daddy to make Shiho stronger, a more powerful force that couldn't be defeated But you guys ruined Daddy's chance at a lifetime of wealth and power by sticking your nose where it didn't belong and destroying the Shredder before she was ready!" Those eyes, bright blue and terrifying, started to glow as the clone began to corner the mutants.

"You…you mean…her DNA-" Donnie started.

"Was tampered with using that ooze that Shredder obtained from the TCRI building. It's simple really, using that creepy stuff he created the madness and her bone crushing strength. You didn't really think she just had this lust for snapping spines did you? No, no silly turtles. Those teeth were meant to crack shells," The way the clone said the last few words made every one of them tremble, Donnie even backed away from Shiho and left her on the ground.

Leo looked back at Shiho for a moment. He didn't understand completely.

"Then…that's why you were trying to destroy her so she didn't turn on you! And when she said she was protecting us, she was keeping our existence a secret so you wouldn't come after us," Leo was starting to put the pieces together. She was telling the truth that night.

"Yep! Really, Leonardo, if you had learned from the beginning that she was a weapon made to kill you all, would you have really let her live?" Magdalena let that sink in. Leo's arms started to drop and the tips of his katanas scraped against the floor. He wasn't sure what he'd do to her if she had been absolutely honest about herself. "The only reason she didn't kill you that night is because she'd only been told that she was being amped up for a job that Daddy needed handled. Daddy never got to finish working on her and tell her that what she was meant to destroy. She didn't know any better," But, she had told them that she had no idea who the Shredder was. She must have lied with that too, Leo couldn't blame her now. She was saving her own skin too.

"So! Now that we have you all gathered here, we can let the show begin. And Daddy can exact his vengeance on you for ruining everything," The clone giggled when Shiho started to wake up, she knew what was about to happen. In the observatory above, Marcus pressed the button to release Shiho's shackles as she started to stand. A growl that could only be described as primal rumbled in her chest. "Farewell, Leonardo. Precious little turtles, I hope you enjoy your time with your monster,"

The blonde fox ran out through the door and quickly locked it before any of them had a chance to stop her. The Madness within Shiho was about to awaken and they were trapped like rats…well, at least Splinter was. Quickly, Donnie moved away from the changing hybrid and ducked behind his brothers, bow staff ready in his hands. They all began to back away from her at the same time as her head started to rise.

"Oh no," Leo choked, her eyes had become bright in their chemical reactions and like she had told them, her irises had become thin like a snake. The sounds coming out of her were horrifying enough to make their blood turn to ice in their veins, her growls and rumbles almost cat-like despite her fox genes. Like…like a jaguar. "Guys…I don't think this is Shiho anymore. We gotta snap her out of it,"

Slowly, Shiho- no, that wasn't Shiho, that was a monster- stalked the turtles and Splinter with a look so crazy in her eyes they weren't sure if they'd ever get her back. Saliva pooled and dripped from her now engorged canines as she cracked her knuckles. She might be lost in the Madness, but she was still coherent.

"What's the matter, Leonardo, afraid of a little fox?" But it wasn't his girl's voice. It was sinister and dark in its tone. He wasn't going to fight her; he didn't stand a chance if she knocked him down. Those jaws of hers snapped at them, making them gasp and jump.

"Oooh Daddy! Look at her! She's going to eat them and they aren't even going to try!" Magdalena had her hands clasped together as she bounced up and down behind the tinted windows, watching everything from above. She watched Shiho stalk and whip her tail wildly back and forth, even her ears became angular and flat against her head. Marcus couldn't wait to watch those turtles suffer.

"Oh shit!" Leo shouted, Shiho launched herself at him first and he held his weapons up in defense. One hand and the other, she swiped her long claws at her lover in an attempt to open his throat. Leo grunted under her weight as she pressed down on him with her feet on his chest and her canines crunching the air.

"Leo, No!" Raph shouted and threw a sai right for Shiho's head. She ducked and jumped from Leo's chest and landed on the balls of her feet. All of the brothers dispersed and surrounded the wild fox with their weapons ready, Splinter had to stand idly by and watch and hope for the best. In his old age, he was no match for the maddened fox. The challenge brought a wicked smile to those dark lips that Leo adored, her teeth crossing together in her grin with a chuckle.

"Come on, boys. Let's dance," Raphael was the first to charge, a roar bursting from his chest as he swung and kicked, she dodged every one before ducking between his legs and grasping the crest of his shell by his shoulders. Her long, slithering tongue slurped up his neck as she cackled. "Mmm, Raphie, you never told me you tasted so good. I might have chosen you instead had I known you were so delicious..."

"Raph! Watch out!" Donnie cried as Shiho started to lunge at his the back of his neck with bared teeth, aiming for his spine when Mikey body slammed her to the floor and rolled until he landed on top of her. Raphael shivered in disgust; he came close to losing his shell that time. Leo struggled to find the strength to join his brothers but couldn't bring his weapons to rise. Mikey went in to smack in her in the head with one of his chucks but she caught the chain between her teeth. He hesitated.

"Aw man," With a snarl, the vixen snapped the links and flipped the turtle over her head to smash his shell against the wall. Mikey slid down with a groan and a hand over his head and holding his busted weapon in the other. Donnie ran straight at her twirling his bow staff above his head as he jumped and brought the staff down towards her head. She caught it between her hands and lunged forward with a snap in her jaws.

"Bwah! Guys! If we manage to hit her hard enough in the head, we might just…ugh!" Shiho was throwing punches high and low to knock him down but he deflected her blows with the ends of his staff. "We might just be able to knock her out and reset her brain! AGH!"

With the broad plane of her shoulder, Shiho rammed into Donatello until his shell hit the wall. Holding his bow staff to her throat, the crazed fox swiped wildly with her claws and cut a deep slice into the brim of his shell behind his head when he ducked. The fox froze when she heard Leo running at her with his swords at his sides and yelling. With his feet tucked up, Leo jumped and kicked her in the shoulder and sent her flying off of Donnie and rolling on the floor. A maniacal growl, borderline scream, launched out of her throat as she attemtped to stand. Those bright eyes bore holes into Leo's shell as she glared.

"Daddy! They're winning do something!" Frantically, the blonde fox pressed her hands and nose against the glass as she watched Leo cross his swords and shove them with all of his might into the floor, piercing it, and pinning her down by the throat. If she moved, her neck would be cut open.

"Shiho! Listen to me, you have to come back!" The maddened fox thrashed as he pinned her down by the wrists and pressed his knees firmly into her thighs. She made the attempt to lunge up and snap at him, but the sharp edge of the blade startled her backwards until she hit her head with a loud smack. "Shiho? Shiho! It's me, it's Leo. Don't you remember me?"

All of his brothers groaned as they collected their dignity after getting their butts kicked by a girl, picking up their weapons in the process and gathering around Leo. Marcus watched, anticipating his creation to spring from the floor and finally finish them off. But when she didn't move, he growled in frustration. Surrounding Leo and the fox, the brothers exchanged worried glances as they watched her fight with her sanity and her darkness, arching her spine and howling and hissing.

"Shiho, come on. You know me, you know Donnie, and Raph, and Mikey, and Splinter. Please, you can fight this!" The glow in her violet eyes intensified which made them all tighten up. But Leo held up his hand when he noticed her pupils slowly but surely regaining their round shape and slide shut behind her lids and her canines inching their way back to normal. "She's coming back, back up guys,"

Leo removed his swords out of the floor and let go of his hold on the fox. She was coming back slower than he had anticipated and couldn't think of anything else left to do except for one thing. Into his arms, he shifted her and moved her legs onto his crouched thighs so he could hold her. In the light, he caught the glinting of his shard necklace and turned her face towards him by her cheek in his palm. Almost inaudibly, Shiho groaned as the hideous ache in her muscles returned and her head throbbed from being cracked against the floor. Leo stared at her, looking for any sign that she was still Shiho.

"Oh no, he's about to go all like…romantic comedy on us guys,"

"Shut up Mikey!" Both Raph and Donnie smacked their brother in the head.

"Ow!" The noise died down and Leo listened for her breathing. It was faint, but it was there. Tossing aside the notion that she might slip away again into the Madness, Leo brought those glossy lips up to his and sealed their mouths together. To his surprise, he felt the returning pressure of Shiho kissing him back and her hand lifting to the back of his neck. The motion made all of the brothers jump, thinking she was still Mad. They relaxed the second they heard Leo slurp against her lips with a deepened passion.

"Eww…hey guys, yoo-hoo! Earth to Leo sucking Dudette's face?" Leo's brow twitched in agitation and looked up to his idiot baby brother with a very stern 'You called?' face. "Uhh, I hate to like, interrupt your reunion and everything. But we still got a mad scientist and a blonde babe trying to kill us? So if you aren't to busy making out-"

"Alright, Mikey! I got the picture," Leo stood with Shiho draped in his arms, her eyes opening and the glow was all but gone. Instantly, he squeezed her tight against his shell. Tucking his face against her cheek and shoulder, Leo shuddered in a barely contained sob. "I thought you were gone,"

"I thought you didn't love me," There was a teasing tone in her voice and he knew for sure that she was back. He could see it in that smug little grin of hers. "Leo, you came for me. You all did. But…why?"

Splinter stepped forward and tapped his staff on the ground so he could speak. Hesitantly, Leo set her back on her feet, only to have her fall right up against him in her weakened state. It seemed that in the Madness, she had more adrenaline than her little body could handle. With his arm firmly wrapped around her waist, he held her up.

"We came because you are family, it is what we do for each other,"

"But…but I lied," Her voice was small, she was ashamed.

"We can see why, but you know, you could have told us. We probably would have hunted this guy down sooner," Raph added. He would have loved to get his hands on Marcus, he was waiting for his window of opportunity. Leo looked down at Shiho and she up at him, she was spellbound by the glint in those warm eyes of his and leaned her cheek against his chest plate. "Now, if you don't mind, I think we got a score to settle with a certain clone and scientist upstairs,"

"Don't worry, this one is on me," Donnie chided with a chipper tone. Out of the pack he kept on his belt, he withdrew a few small explosives and tossed them up at the tinted window. They detonated and glass rained down on the turtles who ducked and covered their heads. "Whoops,"

"Thanks a lot, Einstein," Raph snorted and was the first to jump. With the power in their legs, they all jumped from wall to wall until they were up in the observatory. Leo jumped last with the limp fox in his arms and couldn't believe his eyes when he got up inside.

"What the…where'd they go?! Creepy! I didn't even get that girl's phone number-OW!" Another punch to the skull.

"Knucklehead."

"I don't understand, why would he just leave?" Donnie asked as he searched the narrow room in case that clone was hiding. From Leo's arms, Shiho was the one to answer the question.

"Because he knew that if he stayed I'd come after him. There was a reason he was trying to get rid of me, because he's afraid of me when I'm not chained up. He'll show his ugly face again, though. Make no mistake about that, his little cronie too. Ow…" Shiho rubbed her neck with her palm and hissed in pain quietly.

"Let's get home, Donnie will fix you right…are those burns on your neck?" Tilting her delicate chin up with his thick finger, the family gathered around Shiho and examined her neck and arms.

"Yeah. To keep me under control, he puts a specially designed set of shackles on my throat and wrists. When I get out of hand, he shocks me into submission. Maggie was pushing my buttons and playing with it like a toy before you showed up," Donnie took a look at the track marks in her arms. He could only imagine what had been shoved into her now pathetic veins, they looked awful. Swollen and dark blue, the veins stood out on her arms like tattoos.

"Come on guys, we got a long drive ahead of us. If we want to get back to the city by morning, we need to leave now," Leo ordered. His grip on Shiho tightened as they all managed to get back downstairs and find April and Casey waiting with the van, the sliding door ready and opened for them to jump in on the run. Needless to say, Casey had taken care of all the Foot that was giving them trouble.

In the van, Leo's brothers and Splinters were all out cold; exhausted from their fights. But he stayed up, Shiho tucked between his legs and clutching his shell. He wasn't able to say anything to her, the words just weren't coming into his head in the right order. When they got home, he'd talk to her. He'd fix what he'd done to her and make sure she never was unsure again. For now, she rested; she slept like the dead against his chest but did so with a smile of serenity.

"Good to have you back,"

A/N: Oh jeez, where'd they go?! Hehehe, yesss, hang in there for later chapters folks! I'm gonna try to make this as exciting as possible. Gonna play into that guilt Leo seems to be so famous for, Shiho gonna get her some. UNFF! I'm so jealous ; ~ ; I wanna be Leo's girlfriend! hAHA, I'm so glad this story is keeping people interested. It's a lot of fun to write, thanks folks!