-Redemption-

Summary: Takes place during the 2007 CGI movie. Leo finds out who the Night Watcher is in a completely different way...

Disclaimer: I do not own the turtles. *Imagines what it would be like if I did and grins evilly*

A/n: Sorry for leaving you guys off like that last chapter. Luckily I have the next few chapters written, so I hope to fall into a pattern of posting up a chapter every Sunday and Wednesday ^^

Warnings for swearing and blood.

"Donnie! Donnie what's happening?" Leo roared, grabbing his quivering brother's shoulders and kneeling down beside him.

Don spit what was left in his stomach onto the ground. His face was pale and sweaty. He visibly shook in his feeble position on the floor of the battle-shell, tears leaking from the corners of his eyes.

"Donnie," Leo said more calmly, rubbing soothing circles over Don's shell in an attempt to sooth the clearly frightened turtle. "You need to calm down Donnie. Tell me what happened."

Leo could sense Mikey standing a few feet behind him, his baby blue eyes wide with fear and confusion.

Wordlessly, Don pointed to his fallen shell-cell, which was still open from where he had dropped it on the floor previously.

Leo followed Don's finger to the fallen shell-cell. Glancing questionably at his brother, he reached forward and brought the small device to his ear. He felt the air shift beside him as Mikey crouched down next to him to hear what was happening on the other side.

For a moment, the only sound that reached Leo and Mikey's ears was the sound of humming static. Frowning and pressing the shell-cell closer to their ears, Leo and Mikey strained to penetrate through the static to the other noises that could vaguely be heard through the buzzing hum.

Leo heard the sound of someone running, their feet slapping the asphalt hard. With it he heard the sound of heavy and fast breathing and panting. Dimly in the background, he heard something being shifted and moved. There was a sudden moment of silence, then April and Casey's frantic voices broke through the buzzing static. Their voices were raised and panicked, though Leo couldn't make out the words they were frantically shouting.

But then Leo heard a sound that made his blood run cold. Over the sounds of panting, heavy breathing and raised voices, there was one sound that stood out from the rest. It was a blood curdling scream that ripped through the night and sent shivers racing down Leo's spine.

"Raphie!" Mikey cried out, choking back the sob that threatened to break free. "What's happening to him?" He demanded, tears rolled freely down his cheeks now and his innocent eyes shone with fear and pain, pain for his brother and fear of what was happening to him.

Another scream, this one louder than the first, sent Mikey stumbling back, crouching on the floor of the battle-shell next to Don. Mikey started shaking life leaf as more tears streamed down his cheeks. "Donnie what's happening to him?" He shrieked in fear, gripping Don's arm tightly with a sweaty hand, his blue eyes wide and demanding answers.

Leo gripped the phone tightly in his hand, the sounds of Raphael's pained screams echoing through his mind. His hand started shaking, but he found he couldn't let the shell-cell go, holding on to it like a lifeline. He guessed in a way it was a lifeline. It was the only tie he had to Raphael at the moment, even though what he was hearing from the other end made his stomach lurch and his blood freeze in his veins.

"Donnie what's happening?" Leo demanded, voice shaking despite his best efforts to control it. "What's happening to Raphael?"

"They…they had to set his leg," Don murmured, his legs to unsteady to support him. "April…April had to set it straight. Must have been worse than I thought…"

Leo turned his attention back to the shell-cell, taking a deep breath in an attempt to calm his nerves. "April? Casey? Pick up guys, pick up!"

"Leo?" April's voice sounded weird and disjointed when she picked up her own phone and pressed it against her ear. "Leo where are you guys? Raph…"

"Calm down April," Leo said, though he was fighting to keep his own nerves in check. "What's happening? How's Raphael?"

"Leo, you guys have to get here, now!" April's voice was shrill and her breathing hard and fast. "Something's happening!"

"What? What's happening?" Leo demanded, clutching the shell-cell tighter in his hand.

"Casey what's happening?" April suddenly screamed from the other end of the line.

"April? April talk to me!" Leo yelled his nerves shattering as his heart pounded wildly in his chest. "April?"

"Leo!" April sounded like she was crying, her voice cracking as she talked into the phone. The sound of static filled Leo's ears and was threatening to drown April out. They were losing signal.

"April, tell me what's happening!" Leo yelled, feeling a sense of rising panic build up in his chest.

Don and Mikey watched with wide eyes, unable to move, and feeling utterly helpless as the scene in front of them played out, and they were helpless to stop it.

"Something's happening to Raph," April's voice was full of panic, and starting to break up through the growing static. "He's…coughing…blood…everywhere…he's…"

"April? April!"

"Leo…help…"

"Hang on April, we're coming!" Leo yelled, April's frightened voice fading before being completely replaced by static. "April can you hear me? April?"

Leo yelled in frustration and flung the shell-cell away from him. It clattered to the floor, laying silent, dead.

"Leo, what happened?" Don was the one now demanding answers. He had managed to calm himself down enough to rise to his feet and move towards his eldest brother.

"I don't know," Leo gasped, trying desperately to calm down the wild beating of his heart. "I lost signal with them. But…something's not right. We need to get to Raph, now."

"On it," Don said, grounding his teeth firmly as he slid himself behind the wheel of the battle-shell. The engine roared to life, and Don pressed his foot down on the accelerator, hard. The tires shrieked and skidded on the asphalt before lurching forward.

Leo and Mikey stumbled forward, managing to brace themselves against the wall before they went flying.

"How long?" Leo demanded, carefully making his way over to one of the spare seats and slumping into it.

"I don't know. Five minutes, maybe," Don said, eyes glued to the road ahead, his foot never easing up on the gas.

Mikey shakily made his way to the seat opposite Leo and fell into it. "Donnie, can't this thing go any faster?" He demanded.

"I'm going as fast as I can!" Donnie snapped, casting a quick glance over his shoulder at his younger brother before snapping his attention back to the road in front of him.

Leo gripped the arm-rests tightly. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't control his breathing. A sheen of sweat coated his brow and he felt droplets roll down the back of his neck. Suddenly, he felt as if he had been slammed from behind by a bus. His stomach dropped and his breathe escaped him in one big rush.

"Leo? Leo what's wrong?" Mikey cried out in panic, seeing the distant look in Leo's eyes and the sudden change in his posture. He was bent over, like his stomach was in pain, and had his head clasped tightly in his sweaty hands.

"Something's wrong," Leo managed to gasp out between his grounded teeth.

"What?" Donnie asked with worry, turning around the best he could to face his brother whilst keeping one eye on the road ahead of him.

"Something's happening to Raphael. I can…feel…it," Leo mumbled before his eyes rolled into his head and he slumped to the ground, unconscious.

A/n: Because I've been feeling sick lately, and had to stay home from school as a result, I've had a lot of free time on my hands to just write chapter after chapter for this story. *Sighs happily* I love it when my Muse is working for me ;)

Anyway, most of today and last night has been spent on doing a rough draft of plot outlines for each chapter of this story, and as a result, more plot bunnies were born and I know what direction I want to take this story in. Though I still have to give it a few tweaks, I'm happy with the way it's coming along. I'm also happy to tell you guys that this story will hopefully be a longish one, somewhere around forty chapters or so, I think…