Just a head's up, this chapter will also have attempted rape, once again it was something I thought I could get around but it just seemed to go with the story line. As always keep those reviews coming and thank you to those that do. :) Peace.

Ch 31. A Fight for a Life.

For the first part of the night, Leo attempted to sleep, but he was still very hot and still feeling overwhelmed with dozens of emotions. After a few hours of tossing and turning, Leo got up and finished up with his homework. 'Sleep certainly doesn't seem to be a thing for me these days,' He thought tiredly as he went through his papers, but as the night waned on, he felt himself calming down slightly to where he felt he could try to relax and sleep. It seemed as though he had just closed his eyes when his alarm went off, he moaned and slowly got up and an hour later, he was out the door.

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After Leo had left, Xever walked into Saki's study and produced a tape recorder, "The turtle has made plans," He told him and pushed the play button. Saki eyes filled with anger as he listened to Leo's growing mistrust toward him and the scientists as well as planning on going home with Raphael so they could have Dr. Rockwell look into the blood test. Saki looked up at Xever, "I think it's time I went to see my son play basketball." With a twisted smile of satisfaction, Xever nodded and left the room.

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Raph and the others watched excitedly as the Roosevelt High School Basketball team went on to win the last game of the season. The crowd yelled, cheered and chanted their name as the team hugged each other in fervent euphoria.

"Now we just have our championship to win and we'll be the reigning champs!" Slash screamed out as everyone high-fived each other.

Raph smiled down at Leo who was joining in on the celebration, he thought back on the day and was relieved to see Leo had calmed down slightly and was able to make it through school as though nothing had ever happened. Maybe it was because they had talked last night or maybe it was because the day itself was not as hectic as the day before but whatever it was, Leo seemed to be back to his old self, or so he thought.

"You go get Leo," Donnie was telling him, "We'll meet you in the parking lot." Raph nodded and made his way down the bleachers and over to the boy's locker room. Several minutes later, the team came out still reveling in their victory. Raph stood nearby, watching as one boy after another came out, but as each player made their way past him; he was surprised to see Leo was not yet among them.

Raph watched as Slash and Spike made their way out of the locker room, he quickly walked over to them and halted them before they could leave, "Is Leo still in there?" He queried.

"Still in the shower," Slash told him with a worried look, "Said he just need a few more minutes then he'd be out."

Raph frowned then nodded a thank you to the large turtle. He walked inside and toward the shower where he found Leo sitting on the floor, his knees up against his chest and rocking back and forth. Raph looked at Leo with growing concern as he watched Leo shake uncontrollably. "Leo," Raph whispered, Leo turned slightly and Raph could see Leo's eyes were filled with fear. "What are you doing?"

"I'm so hot," Leo told him with a quaking voice, "I can't seem to stop sweating and I can't cool down."

Raph reached out to feel the water's temperature but quickly withdrew when he realized the water was freezing. "Leo," He grabbed the knob and turned off the water then pulled out his cell phone, "Let's get you out of there and I'll have Donnie get in touch with Dr. Rockwell," Leo looked up at him as Raph placed a hand on his arm, gently coaxing him to stand up and move away from the stall.

As he felt Raph's hand touch his arm, something within Leo stirred and he felt a tightening around his middle. Raph moved Leo toward the lockers, grabbing a towel on the way and assisting him in getting dried off. As he felt Raph's hands move over him, he could start feel a burning heat deep within and the need to force himself on Raph started to overpower him. He attempted to hold himself back but the need to mate was getting stronger the more Raph moved around him. He took a deep breath and noticed the heavy musk that seemed to linger in the air.

Leo stared hard as Raph placed his cell on the bench and reached into his locker to grab his clothes. "I'll call Donnie while you dressed," Raph was saying, he was just about to turn toward Leo and hand him his clothes when he was suddenly pushed hard onto the floor.

"LEO!" Raph gasped as he suddenly felt Leo roughly roll him over, "What the hell are you doing!?"

"We're alone Raph," Leo said with an craze look in his eyes and a very husky voice, "Let's have some fun!" Raph attempted to push Leo off him as Leo attempted to remove his shirt.

"Leo stop this," Raph demanded as the two turtles struggled, "This isn't you; this is that drug you're father….uhhh!" Raph yelled as Leo suddenly forced Raph's jeans down and put his hand inside Raph's shorts and grabbed his tail. "Leo, get off!" Raph screamed out as he attempted to get Leo's hand away from his entrance while still trying to get Leo off him.

"You wanted me to be more aggressive with our love making Raph," Leo told him as he tried to get Raph back onto his plastron, "So let's get it on."

Raph brought up a fist and punch Leo in the cheek causing Leo to spit blood and fall slightly to the side, but the hit did not deter Leo from continuing to force himself on Raph, "Knock it off Leo!" Raph yelled as Leo fell to the side, Raph attempted to sit up but was grabbed by Leo. The next thing he knew, Leo was bringing Raph down on top of him, "Make love to me Raph," Leo implored, wrapping his legs around Raph's middle "I want you, I want you bad…right here and right now!"

"NO Leo!" Raph continued to try and push himself away from him but Leo's legs were wrapped tightly around him keeping him from going anywhere, "Not like this!"

"Raph! Leo!" Hearing loud noises coming from inside the locker room, Donnie ran in and stared wide-eyed at the two turtles wrestling on the floor, "What the hell is going on in here!?" He did a double take at Raph, "Raph, what happened to your clothes?"

Donnie's interruption brought Leo out of his stupor allowing Raph to finally get away from him. Leo shook his head and looked at Raph in growing panic as Raph quickly backed away. "Raph?" Leo stood slowly and backed away while he looked Raph over, the green eyed turtle had a ripped shirt and his pants and shorts had been pulled down to his knees. He placed a hand on his cheek where Raph had punched him and began to back away as he felt the blood along his mouth, "Oh no Raph, what have I done?" He asked as bits and pieces of what just occurred came slowly back to him.

Raph stood up and panted hard, trying to control the anger that was threatening to erupt. He watched Leo back away from him with fearful eyes and knew now was not the time to start yelling, regardless of how much he wanted to. "It's okay Leo," Raph told him as he adjusted his clothes. "That wasn't you, that was the drug," He reached his hand out but Leo continued to back away while shaking his head.

"No, no, no," Leo told him, wiping the blood and sweat from his face. "It's not okay, I know what I did Raph," he said with tears streaming down his face, "And I know what I was feeling, I wanted to hurt you Raph, I wanted to force myself on you and…"

"But I wouldn't let you Leo," Raph told him, "I'm not gonna let you do something that could….."

"But I wanted to!" Leo yelled, he walked away from Raph and grabbed his clothes. "I wanted to kill someone yesterday and now I wanted to force myself on you….someone I love," Leo shook his head and continued to back away. "I can't go home with you Raph." He told him, "I don't trust myself to…."

"Leo," Raph stepped cautiously toward Leo, "We'll work this out," He told him, "Just calm down and come home with me like you said you would."

Leo shook his head, "But I'm afraid Raph," He told him, "What if….what if I try to hurt you again or…" He looked at Donnie, "Or someone else?" He shrank further away from the others. "I don't know what's happening to me and I couldn't live with myself if…." Leo held back a sob.

"That is not going to happen Leo," Donnie said adamantly as he stepped forward "We'll get a hold of Dr. Rockwell and see if he can't check you out sometime soon," He gave Leo an encouraging smile, "Now how bout you get dress and we go home," He nodded toward the entrance to the locker room, "Everyone is waiting for us."

Leo looked from one turtle to the other in contemplation; he rubbed his tired eyes and, taking a deep breath, nodded at him. He grabbed the towel Raph had placed on the bench then went over to a sink to clean himself up of the blood, sweat and tears then proceeded to get dressed. While he was out of ear shot, Raph looked to Donnie. "I thought he was doing better but it's like he did a complete turnaround, any ideas Don?"

"Well, after everything that happened yesterday because of that drug," Donnie mused as they watched Leo slowly move around the locker room, "It is possible that the excitement of the game caused his adrenaline to spike and do what he did." He gave his brother a quick look over. "Are you okay Raph?"

Raph nodded, "Yeah but I'll be better when we get Leo home and have Dr. Rockwell take a look at him." He handed Donnie his cell, "You still got his business card?" Donnie nodded, "Why don't you see if you can still get a hold of him and if he'd be willing to see us tonight?"

Nodding in agreement, Donnie took the cell and walked out the room while Raph waited for Leo. As soon as the blue-eyed turtle was ready, the two walked out of the locker room to meet up with the others. "Are you gonna be alright Leo," Raph asked anxiously.

Leo nodded, "I am so sorry for what I did Raph," He said, "But whatever happened to me back in the locker room seems to have toned down for now," He assured him, "I don't seem to have the need or the strength right now to..." He looked at Raph with shamed filled eyes, "To do what I did," He sighed heavily. "I feel so tired I just want to get to your house and sleep."

Raph nodded, "But first let's see if we can get a hold of Dr. Rockwell," He said as they walked down the hall and toward the doors to the exit. But upon reaching the exit, they stopped short at the sight of seeing Saki and Xever standing in front of the door, blocking their way out.

"Father," Leo breathed out in shock, "What are you doing here!?" Raph watched Leo's face scowl angrily at the other man standing next to him. "And why is Xever here?" He demanded angrily.

"Calm down Leo," Raph whispered, "We don't need a repeat of what happened in the locker room."

Leo took a deep calming breath and wiped the sweat off his forehead as Saki stepped forward, "I've been waiting for you Leonardo," His deep cold voice made Raph's skin crawl. "Now get your things and let's go home,"

Leo and Raph looked at each other in dismay, "But father," Leo said turning back to him, "We won the game and I was going to go out with the guys to cele…"

"Things have changed Leonardo," Saki told him as he grabbed his arm, "There is need for further research," he looked over at Raph before turning back to his son. "We will be leaving for Hong Kong by the end of the week."

Panic seized at Leo as he looked up at his father in shock, "No father, please, I can't leave now," He pleaded as he looked over at Raph, "What about school, what about…"

"You said yourself you had always wanted to go to Japan with me," Saki sneered as he pulled Leo out the door, "Now you will."

"Now wait just a minute!" Raph yelled as he watched Saki drag Leo forcefully out of the school. He was just about to follow when Xever stepped in front of him flashing his butterfly knife. "Give me an excuse turtle; I would love to make an example of one of his friends." He laughed sinisterly as he watched Raph scowl while flexing his fist. The two stared at each other for several seconds; each daring the other one to attack, but finally Raph put his fist down and growled low.

"If anything happens to him I swear you'll end up sleeping with the fishes." Raph threatened.

Xever laughed coldly. "And when next we meet, we will finish this," He waved his knife, "And I'll enjoy hearing you scream as I deshell you."

Raph shook hard in anger as Xever turned and walked out the door. After a moment, he took off after him and saw Xever get into a car on the driver's side and drive off. Behind Xever, Raph could see Leo looking back at Raph with fear and anxious eyes. As Raph watched the car drive off, his brothers and friends came up to him.

"Raph," Casey called out as he reached him first, "What's going on?" He demanded, "What's been happening?"

Raph turned and let out a tired and frustrated groan, he quickly explained what had happened then turned to walk to his car. "I just wanna go home and take a shower and try and think of some way to help Leo get away from his dad." He said with a loud determined voice.

"Hold up Raph," Donnie grabbed his arm and made him look at him. "Is that blood that's on your shirt?"

"Yeah, what about it Don?"

"Is it all yours?"

Raph looked down at the small amount of blood that had splattered on him after he had hit Leo. He shook his head sadly. "No, it's all Leo's." He told him.

"That's great!" Everyone looked at Donnie in surprise causing the tall turtle to shrink back slightly. "Well, what I mean is that I managed to get ahold of Dr. Rockwell and he wanted to see Leo tonight and get a sample of his blood,"

"Well how are we supposed to do that now D…?" Mikey stepped up and poked him in the chest. "His dad just made sure of that,"

"I'm aware of that Mikey," Donnie sneered down at him, "But we still have Leo's blood," He pointed to Raph's shirt.

"Good thinking Donnie," April came over to him, "It's a small amount but it just might do,"

Donnie nodded excitedly, "Come on gang," he told everyone, "Let's get to TCRI."

As the group of teens ran to their cars, Irma Langinstein, who had seen everything take place from the moment Saki walked in, trembled slightly at the thought of Leonardo being taken to Japan. She knew if this was to happen, no one would ever see him again. After seeing Raph and the others leave, she walked down the stairs and out the school, slowly she made her way to her car, her face filled with determination as she decided tonight would be the night she would finally confront her sister's murderer.