A/N: Sorry for the lateness of this chapter. As long as I'm apologizing, I'm also sorry that it is shorter than previous chapters, it seemed to be dragging on to me so I decided to cut it short. Besides, I love to torture y'all with my terribly horrifying cliff hangers, Bah hahaha! Ahem, enjoy!

Chapter 8

Virgil was sitting against his cell holding his knees up to his chest and his chin resting on his knees. He wasn't thinking about anything, just staring off into space. In this state he could loose track of time and forget about the pain. He heard the door open and looked up to see who entered. Other than the occasional ninja delivering his meals, no one had bothered him for over 24 hours. He wished he hadn't looked when he saw who came in. He didn't bother to fight the quickening of his heart beat and the hastening of his breath when Dr. Stockman walked into the lab. He was too tired and in too much pain to realize, or even care, that he was showing his fear. Stockman smiled at the reaction, loving the feeling of power and superiority it gave him.

"Good day my young experiment." He said in his usual smug demeanor. The fear never left Virgil's eyes as he glared at 'the good doctor'.

"No sarcastic reply today? Oh well, on to business. I am sorry to say that your previous services are no longer required."

This caused a million thoughts to cross Virgil's mind at once. No more shock treatments. No more painful experiments. But this is where the pleasant thoughts ended and realization set in. No more use for me. What are they going to do with me now? They won't just let me go. His eyes widened momentarily at this last thought, but then he narrowed them and continued to glare. Stockman started to laugh,

"No, we aren't going to kill you," he said correctly guessing at Virgil's anxiety, "not yet anyway. The Master still has use for you."

Virgil couldn't help the dispersive snort he let out.

"Yeah, well nothing your Master has planned could be worse than what you've already done to me." Virgil knew that his only hope now was rescue (the improbability of this happening was becoming more apparent to him every minute) or a quick death.

The smile that played at Stockman's lips was the most sinister that Virgil has ever seen and he couldn't help but gulp in nervousness,

"How does leverage sound to you?"

"NO!" Virgil leapt up and charged Stockman only to be stopped by the walls of his prison. He knew who he was going to be used against and why they wanted him.

"Leave him out of this!" He hissed threateningly.

"Or what?" Stockman asked nonchalantly. He knew, just as Virgil did, that the threat was empty.

If looks could kill, Virgil would have revenge for all the pain the man standing before him had caused.

"What do you want? You name it and I'll do it. Just leave him alone. Please." He knew that no amount of begging or pleading would help, but that didn't stop him from trying.

Stockman's face lit up with genuine amusement as he started to chuckle. His chuckles turned to laughter as he turned headed towards the door.

"Stockman, wait!" Virgil cried out in desperation, but Stockman did not pause as he walked out and shut the door behind him.

"STOCKMAN!" Virgil screamed as he pounded his fists on the alien plastic holding him back. Through the haze of his anger Virgil saw the tiniest of sparks when his fists hit. A small triumphant smile made its way onto to his face. All he needed now was time, but he didn't know how much he had left.

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Raph just couldn't shake the fact that this plan didn't sit well with him. He couldn't help but feel like something was going to go horribly wrong. But he steeled himself anyway and swore that he would do his best to see that this plan succeeded. It won't fail because he wasn't putting his all into making it happen. His resolve got stronger as they approached the appointed site, but so did the bad feeling.

Raph wasn't the only one to have second thoughts. Mikey was nervous beyond anything he has felt before. His doubts lingered on his ability to pull off his part of the plan. He's never done anything this extreme before. Leo has had some crazy plans before, but they all worked out and everyone always came out alive and relatively unscathed. This is what steeled Mikey's resolve when they arrived at the back entrance of the meeting place.

"Just stick to the plan," Leo said, looking directly at Raph, who glared back, "and we'll be fine. If something goes wrong, we abort, meet back at April's and go from there."

Richie nodded with the others but he vowed to himself that he wasn't going to leave without Virgil, no matter what.

"Donnie, you're on." Leo whispered to his purple banded brother.

Donnie nodded and pulled out a device that would unlock the door and turn off any alarms associated with the lock. The devise was one of his own design, made from spare parts found lying around the junk yard and discarded items from the lair. Donnie was in his element as he hooked up the devise to the security device by the door and punched a few keys. The red light soon flashed to green as the group heard an audible shlink as the dead bolt slid, unlocking the door. Donnie put his invention back in his bag of tricks he carried and stood with a cocky smile that said, 'what-would-you-guys-do-without-me?'

Leo and Mikey cracked small smiles, while Raph just rolled his eyes.

"Let's do this already." Raph said impatiently as he walked into the building.

Leo watched his brothers as they entered the building. It was a trap and they all knew it, but Leo's plan used this to their advantage. He knew that Shredder had to be stopped tonight, at all costs. This went beyond their clan feud. This affected the entire planet and Leo refused to let the likes of Shredder through the world into chaos only to 'pretend' to be its savior for his own profit. Leo shock his head in disgust at letting his thoughts distract him, and followed after Richie, taking up the rear.

'It's now or never' Richie thought as he steeled himself for what he was about to do.

Leo paused. Thinking he heard a noise from behind, he turned and looked back. They had only walked about a hundred feet inside, so no one could have gotten behind them.

Leo barely registered something rapping around his torso before he was hit with a blinding pain. The edges of his vision went white and then started to spread inward. The pain was so great that he didn't even notice that he had fallen to the floor as his body went rigid. Leo happened to fall so that he was facing the other way. The last thing he saw was Richie slumped against the wall and his brothers trussed up the same as him and the look of intense pain on their faces.

Soft and muffled voices, as if from far away, was the first thing to break through the blackness, then the sensation of floating. He was being carried, but where to? And where were his brothers? Who ever was carrying him stopped and set him down, none too gently. He heard a rough grunt to his left and recognized Raph. A soft moan from his right told him that Donnie was there too. A thud sounded from the same general direction as Donnie indicated a fourth. After that there was silence when there should have been one more. Something was wrong.

Leo tried to open his eyes to see but they refused to obey. His brain was working, but his neural pathways apparently weren't. He tried to listen for any clues as to the identity of the fourth person drooped, but those stupid voices were distracting. One voice was a male and the other was female. The female's voice sounded cold and…pleased. Wait, he knew that voice…Karai! His eyes shot open and he swiftly got up on his knees even without the use of his hands and arms. Leo fought off the dizziness that consumed him after his hasty movement.

After he recovered, Leo looked to is left and saw that Raph was coming to, and then he looked to his right and saw that Donnie was also waking up. On the other side of Donnie was Mikey, but he wasn't moving. Panic began to take over until he saw the steady rise and fall of his brothers'plastron. He gave a mental sigh of relief. Now all he had to do was figure a way out of…wait, something was missing, no someone was missing. Where was Gear?

By now Raph and Donnie were also sitting up, although a little more sedately than he did, and Mikey was beginning to stir. No one seemed to notice that they were awake yet, which was fine to Leo.

"Where's Gear?" Donnie mouthed the question, not wanting to draw any attention.

Leo tried to shrug, indicating that he had no idea, but his restraints prevented the movement, so he just shook his head. He looked towards Raph and saw that his brother was working himself into a rage. It is going to be a challenge to keep him level headed for much longer. Raph spared him a glance and Leo gave him a look that said, 'Keep your temper under control'. Raph rolled his eyes and looked away, but Leo noticed that Raph had relaxed, but only slightly.

Mikey had finally sat up and shook his head. He had a pounding headache and his skin stung where the strange restraints were in contact with it. What were they anyway? Some sort of metal chord? And do they have to be this tight? Mikey started to try and loosen them but a faint hissing sound beside him made him stop. He looked to his left and saw Donnie a few feet away and he shook his head ever so slightly, indicating that now was not the time. Mikey gave a slight nod to show his understanding. They had to wait for the right time. A look beyond Don showed Leo and Raph sharing one of their looks. But he, like Leo, had noticed the absence of their friend.

They had been taken totally by surprise which was not only a jibe to their training, but it also hurt their pride being capture before they even knew what was happening. Mikey really wanted to make a witty comment to lighten their bruised egos but he knew that would draw attention to the fact that they were no longer unconscious. He would have to save the jokes for later. But Mikey might as well have said what he wanted because someone did notice.

"Mistress, all the turtles are now awake." A ninja declared, catching the attention of Karai and the turtles.

"Excellent" Karai said as she made her way towards them. "Now we may fulfill the agreement."

"What agreement?" Donnie asked.

"Yeah and where's Gear?" Mikey added. He didn't really care why they were here, he just wanted to find Gear, rescue Static and go home.

The smile that played on Karais lips made Mikey gulp.

"Why don't I let your friend explain that? After all, this was his doing."

"What are you playing at Karai?" Leo growled. "Your tricks won't work."

"It's no trick Leo." All four turtles turned shocked expressions towards the person who spoke. It was Gear.

"But why?" Donnie asked, disbelief lacing his voice. He was usually good at judging character.

"We accepted you as an ally and friend." Mikey stated, more harshly than he had ever spoken before.

"No Mikey, he's no friend of ours. A true friend would not betray us." Leo stated coldly. Richie dropped his gaze, looking ashamed.

"Saki offered to free Static if I delivered you and your family to Karai and I accepted his offer." Richie couldn't even make eye contact with any of them as he spoke, but he did at his next statement,

"Please you have to understand that it was the only way to stop him from using Statics' powers for his weapon and save the planet." He was pleading with them, wanting and needing for them to understand.

"It was the only way-" Richie started again

"You little prick." Raph growled, cutting him off. He had reached his limit. His anger had boiled over and was spilling out. "We trusted you!" He shouted, feeling the ultimate betrayal.

Raph had had enough chit-chat. It was time for their actions to speak for them. He started to struggle against his bonds. He was going to rip the little traitor apart for this betrayal, but as his struggles became stronger an electric current was once again sent through his body. It wasn't as intense as the first one but it was still strong enough to make him keel over onto his side. The others could only stare at their brother as he convulsed on the floor. He recovered from the quick shock and sat back up, his breathing a littler heavier from the adrenaline and the pain it caused him.

Karai was enjoying the scene playing out before her immensely, however her master did want his prizes undamaged so he could be the lone source of their destruction. So she had to put a stop to her amusement and not let the hot headed one destroy himself.

"From what your friend informs me, if you continue your struggles you will receive more electric jolts, each one increasing in voltage." Karai commented nonchalantly.

This presented a problem.

"Where is the rat?" She asked, her voice cutting the silence that followed.

The turtles all froze at this question and looked at Richie with hatred in their eyes and promise of death if anything happened to their master.

"I-I don't know. They never took me to meet him or showed me their hideout. I figured that four would be preferable to none."

The turtles let out a collective sigh of relief at this information.

This did not settle well with Karai. "The Shredder will not be pleased, but this problem can be easily remedied. Take them to their cells."

Ninjas surrounded the turtles and pulled them to their feet, forcing them towards the door.

"Wait!" Gear cried. "We had a deal. Where's Static?"

Karai's laughter echoed through the large room.

Mikey stumbled when one of the ninjas shoved him forward and it resulted in him getting shocked. He cried out in pain as he fell to the floor. The others tried to go and help their brother but they were forced to walk on ahead while Mikey was commanded to get back on his feet. He complied through his gritted teeth and gave his brothers a weak smile to show that he would be alright. Leo was desperately searching his mind for a way out of their current situation, but everything he came up with depended on them getting free of their bonds. He sighed is resignation. There was nothing any of them could do since even the slightest movement could set their restraints off.

When the turtles had left, Karai turned towards her last nuisance. Gear was livid with anger and it showed on his face and in his posture. Karai smirked.

"I had an arrangement with your father and I demand-"

"Your demands are mute." Karai interrupted, "You failed to bring in the rat and so you forfeit your bargain!"

The anger was quickly replaced by shock and surprise.

Karai snapped her fingers and Gear was surrounded by Ninjas with their weapons stopping just inches from him.

"Put him with his friends," She ordered. "I'm sure they have something they want to say to him. That will teach him to go against the Shredders will."

A/N: Please review and feel free to offer ideas for this story. I have the story line mostly planned out, but if someone gives me a good idea, I'll see if I can work it in. I'm thinking one or two more chapters left in this story, so I need those ideas soon!!