-1Please forgive me, the flu season is among us and I am a teacher. Surprise, surprise...I have it. Bear with me I'm trying to keep updating.

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A blinding light flooded into the darkened cell for the first time in over a week. As best as their (faulty) internal clocks could determine it had been at least three days since Donnie had been taken and Mikey returned. Brining their confinement to a pain filled one week and four days.

Never had time traveled so slowly.

Their captors had finally decided to be gracious enough to toss a few pieces of bread into their cell. It had been as the same as the water bottle. Just appearing and only in enough to barely keep them alive.

Mikey had become increasingly quiet and as neither Raphael nor Leonardo were big talkers much of their time was spent simply sitting in silence. The occasional touch from one to the other was often the only reassurance that they remained together.

In the moment before the blinding light flooded into their hell Leo was helping Mikey eat the 3rd to last piece of bread. They were saving the final two slices and 1/5th of the water bottle for when Donnine returned. They refused to speak their concerns aloud but after nearly four days...they weren't sure he would be back. Even Leo and Raph had been forced to eat and drink a little, after Leo blacked out from dehydration.

When their darkness was shattered Mikey fell forward into Leo, a strangled scream as he struggled to cover his eyes with his missing arm. Leo what he could to cover his brother from the light. He had been facing the door(?) when it opened and now he was utterly blind. Despite his best effort to force his own eyes open Leo found himself unable to do so...the pain blinded him. Raphael had been napping facing the far wall when the light had invaded. He coiled up out of instinct and shielded his eyes with his arms.

As soon as the light appeared it was gone and darkness settled around them once more.

All was silence except the timid whimpering from Mikey as he cradled what was left from his arm. Leo moved off of him slowly his hands still gently rubbing circles on his brothers shell.

"Easy Mikey, Its over" Leonardo's tones were very strained from lack of use.

Raph rolled onto his hands and knees before sitting up guardedly

"Everyone alright?" Raph's voice joined Leo's in the silence.

"We are ok Raph, he just hurt his arm." Leo said softly still trying to quiet his whimpering brother.

"What the hell was that about?" Raph's voice was course than usual as he crawled to join his brothers

"I don't know for a second it seemed like there was a door."

He didn't need to say go check it out, he could already hear Raph moving toward it.

The sound of Raph patting the walls could be heard as Mikey's keening finally came to a stop.

"Nothin'" Raph muttered.

Leo wasn't surprised he just nodded and helped Mikey slowly sit up.

"Get back over here by us." Leo ordered

Raph would have said something any other day, any other place. But for now when weird shit happened he wanted to be as close to his family as he could be.

"Leo I'm so hungry..."Mikey whimpered.

Raph could nearly feel his brother weince.

"We all are Mikey but we have to save what we have for when Don gets back."

Mikey grew silent again, leaning against the cold un giving wall, what else was there to do. Raph gathered their supplies and brought them back to Leo. With invisible openings the last thing they needed was to have their life line gone. Time passed between them and silence fell.

Mhm.

Leo stirred hearing the sound. Mikey had shifted and was now using Raph's shoulder for a pillow. He was sleeping and for once no dreams had caused him to stir. Leo forced himself into greater awakenings. Sitting up off the wall, ignoring the jolts of pain that coursed through his body. A small sound of stone of shell told him Raph was awake.

Hmhm.

Leo rubbed his face with callused hands.

"Ra-" Leo started.

"Not me." Raph cut him off.

"M-Ma- … Me." Came a voice from the side of their cage.

Silence.

"Don!" Raphael's throat felt like it would tear when he spoke louder then he should have, he could care less.

As Raphael was pinned under Mikey Leo moved towards the noise. Not as though it was very far to move, their whole was as small as ever. When he reached Donnie he would find him sitting up.

"Don, take it easy."

"Leo I'm fine .Just-" His tones were slurred like he was just waking up.

"Don let me make sure you are ok. Just hold still" Knowing the condition Mikey came back to them Leo was more then a little concerned and would not be pushed away by his brothers hands. No blood, not enough to be concerned about...his nose had dried blood but nothing life threatening.

What ever drug was bounding around his veins was slowly fading away and Donnie tried to speak again.

"Leo. I'm alright. I promise. " His hand fell quietly on his brothers trembling hands.

"How's Mikey?" He diverted his attentions almost at once and Leo fell silent.

"Leo? " Dons tone became littered with fear.

"He's alright Don." Raph spoke where his brother lacked the ability. "He's hurt but he's alive. What happened to you?"

"How badly hurt is he?" Don moved the attention again away from himself and back to the youngest.

"Bad. But he's been eatin' and drinkin'. Right now he's asleep. "

Leo nodded in the darkness at his brothers words, despite he knew he couldn't be seen.

Don was moving to stand and pulling an unsteady Leo along with him until they nearly tripped over Mikey and Raph. Don knelt, his hands moving over Mikey making mental notes of his sleeping brothers injuries. He was vaguely aware that Leo was doing the same thing to himself.

"Leo. I said I'm not hurt, they didn't lay a hand on me." and despite the shutter that escaped Don at the mention of 'them' Leo could find no proof of any other injury.

"Thank god." Leo spoke softly, his hands finally stilling and coming to rest in his lap. Content finally that nothing was wrong with Don.

Raph spoke finally as he forced the water into Don's hand. "Then what happened?"

Don emptied the bottle and at once regretted it. "Sorry." Don muttered.

"Don't worry about it bro, we've had our share." He passed him the bread but Don only ate one piece, despite the hunger in his belly.

"Don." Leo spoke. "What did you learn?"

Their was silence for a moment as another shiver caused Don to drop the empty bottle. No one said anything, and he was grateful. As the final bit of the shutter finally finished Don spoke through clinched teeth.

"Bishop."

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