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Chapter 13

He groaned feeling the pain in his arm, his head, his everything. Those bricks had not been forgiving. And neither had the Elite guard. He tried to push his eyes open. To remember where he was. He only remembered he wasn't home. Keith had gone and attacked it. His mind raced. But did Raph and Rai stop it? He only hoped they had.

Leo lay there in stillness for a few minutes longer, trying to regain his strength. He listened for sounds of April doing anything in the apartment. Or even if any of his brothers had come. But the place was silent. He opened his eyes and looked around.

Empty.

Leo slowly sat up and winced at the pull in his arm. He looked down at it. It was securely bandaged and wrapped tightly all up his arm. He rubbed the back of his head, taking a deep breath. He slowly stood and walked over to the kitchen.

Empty.

He couldn't be alone in here. Leo knew he had heard voices around him before. And more than just April's too.

April's room.

Empty.

Bathroom.

Door open and room empty.

Leo rechecked the living room.

Again empty.

He rubbed his head. What had happened? Leo spotted a note on the front door and crossed the room, snatching it off the door and reading it.

Leo,

Rai and I got to the lair in time. There was a skirmish with Keith and the Foot, but everyone is ok. Though the lair is destroyed. I'll make them pay soon. No matter what you say. Ok maybe I'll wait until we're all set up at a new place first.

Anyway, we're going to look for a new home while you are resting. And I mean it. REST!! April and Don are leading us to a place they think will work. I'll call ya soon.

- Raph 3:33am

P.S. April says not to stress your arm. Don needs to stitch it up when we can go back for the medical supplies.

Leo reread the note, then set it on the table by the couch. He slowly sat on the couch. Something didn't sit right with the note. He couldn't put his finger on what though. He bit his lower lip and rubbed his chin. There was no evidence that the note was wrong... He looked at the time. 3:40am. They hadn't left that long ago. He pulled out Raph's cell and dialed Rai.

"Hello?"

"Rai, is everything going ok?" Leo asked.

"No... didn't Raph..." Whispering filled the line. Then Rai came back on. "What do you mean by everything? The search for a new place or how all of us are doing?"

Leo swallowed. Something wasn't right. It was his brotherly instincts kicking in. "All of you."

"We're good."

"Is everyone with you?"

Rai hesitated. "Yes. Don't worry. Just rest and we'll come get you soon."

Leo didn't like the way Rai hesitated. "Ok."

"Good. Talk to you soon." Rai hung up.

Leo slipped the cell into his belt. Rai had hung up fast. Too fast. He was lying about something.

He reached for one of his swords, wondering if he had brought them to April's with him. He would need them if he was going to go find out what exactly was going on.

Each case was empty.

Leo stood and looked around the room. He was sure he had brought them. They were in their case on his back. He knew it. They just had to be around here somewhere. He quickly searched the living room and kitchen.

Nothing.

He ran into April's room. They had to be in here. But they weren't. And now he knew something was not right. He had to go find out what. And he had to do it now.

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Rai walked to the center of Central Park with Raph and Casey. It was 3:42am on the dot. His stomach was uneasy. He didn't like lying to Leo. He didn't even know Raph had lied with the note. So now he worried Leo would know what was going on and risk hurting himself to help them. He swallowed and forced the thought from his mind. He didn't have to worry about that. Leo didn't even know where they'd gone. Heck, Leo probably thought they were in the sewers. He focused his attention back at what they were doing. They had to get this right the first time.

Raph stopped dead center of the park. "You two ready?"

"Yep," Casey said, hockey mask on and hockey stick in hand.

Rai took a deep breath. "Yeah."

"Don't worry about what happened," Raph said. "It had to be done. Now Leo will stay safe."

"I know. Didn't make it any easier."

Keith stepped out from behind a row of trees and smirked. "It's good to see you all again."

Rai jerked his attention to Keith and glared, arms crossed. "Hi Keith."

"Hello Keith," Raph growled. "Ready for a fair fight this time?"

"Oh I'm quite ready." Keith pulled out his sword.

Two dozen Foot soldiers came out into the open, swords flashing in the moonlight.

"Hey that's not fair!" Casey exclaimed.

Keith shrugged. "Too bad."

"He doesn't know the meaning of fair. Just like Shredder," Raph sneered.

"I'm touched," Keith mocked.

"Too bad the feeling ain't mutual," Casey threw back.

Keith shook his head. "Yes. Too bad. Too bad indeed."

"What have you done with the others?" Raph demanded.

"What others?"

"Don't play dumb with me! You know darn well who I'm talking about," Raph yelled.

"Oh those others." Keith smirked. "Warehouse. Somewhere on the east side of the city. Not like you'll even get out of the park though." He pointed his sword at them. "Round them up."

The Foot soldiers darted forward, eyes scowling at Raph, Rai, and Casey.

Rai pulled out his sai and blocked two swords. He had stayed mostly behind Raph and Casey so he would get less of the ninjas attacking him. It was part of the plan. But still there were a lot of ninjas. And he had to ditch them soon. He threw a punch to the right and caught another sword with his left sai, jerking the blade from the ninja's hand. He made the sword fly right. Four of the ninjas ducked and dove for cover. Rai caught two punches from the two ninjas on his left and hurled them over his shoulder. They landed with a thud.

Raph glance at him and glared. He turned and caught a sword with his sai.

Rai ran. That was the cue. He ran left into the trees. Not looking back. And not drawing attention to himself. With the other ninjas focused on Raph and Casey, he didn't think he had to worry about that. But then again, there was still Keith. And he didn't want to be spotted by him. He emerged from the park a few minutes later and jumped into the back of the battle shell. "Warehouse on the east side of the city," he said to April, trying to calm his breathing as he climbed up to the passenger seat.

April nodded grimly and floored the battle shell. "How's it going in the park?"

"Not too bad," Rai admitted. "They're still fighting."

"I hope this works."

Rai nodded. "Me too." He bit his lip. There was more then one warehouse on the east side of the city. What bothered him was not finding the right one in time.