Hello, everyone! First, before I start, I want to thank all of you for just giving my story a chance, and reading it! It means a lot that you all took the time to read, and I just want you all to know that I feel so blessed to have readers like you! XD *cheers* for all! Okay, so, sadly, my fanfic will be coming to an end soon. The last chapter will probably be posted in a couple of days, but for now, let's just worry about this one! Read on!
Raph definitely did not expect this.
Splinter, Mikey, and Donnie came bursting through the front doors of the building. His Sensei then kicked the Shredder away from Leo, causing him to fly a few feet.
Mikey and Donnie then took their chance, while the enemy was still in shock. They both tackled Dogpound to the ground, making him release his grip from Raph.
"Bros!" Raph yelled in relief and shock.
They both managed to knock Dogpound to the ground, and made sure he was going to stay there for a little while, by tying him up.
"Raph, where's-" but Donnie was cut off by a cry from his youngest brother.
"Leo!" Mikey shouted.
Mikey sprinted over to his eldest brother, and what he saw made him teary- eyed.
Leo was face down, unconscious, on the ground in a small pool of his own blood. But that wasn't the worst of it...Leo's shell was cracked from the middle, up. It had a small width, but all in all, his shell still split.
"Donnie..." Mikey trailed off. "Donnie get over here!"
Donnie sprinted over, for he knew that Leo's condition must be bad...but he was wrong. It was worse than he ever imagined.
"Can- can..." Mikey couldn't finish.
"His shell heal?" Raph finished for his youngest brother.
Honestly, Donnie didn't know if their shells could heal. For all he knew, Leo could have a cracked shell for the rest of his life...
But another loud shrill echoed throughout the building...it was their Sensei! They were so caught up with Leo, that they forgot about the fight in front of them.
"Sensei!" Mikey yelled, as he barged into the fight.
"I'll buy you some time, Donnie," Raph said. "Just do what you can to help him, okay?"
"Thanks, Raph," Donnie said. "Now go!"
Raph turned around, only to be smacked down by Fishface.
"I am so sick of you," Raph said, as he recovered, and threw himself at his enemy.
Mikey charged in, only to find Splinter on the ground, with the Shredder throwing punches at him. Fortunately, his Sensei managed to knock the Shredder off of his feet with his tail, which gave him time to recover.
Five Foot ninjas struggled to get Raph off of Fishface, but there was no way he was going to let go of his enemy. Raph kept throwing punches and said, "This is for Leo! And that!" as he continued to beat Fishface.
Mikey saw Dogpound advancing towards his red- banded brother, for he broke out of the ropes, so Mikey ran at him, full- speed. He rammed into his enemy's side, and he went crashing to the ground. Mikey, nunchuks in hands, didn't even wait for Dogpound to recover, before he jumped on him again, and started pounding on him with his weapons.
Splinter recovered from the Shredder's punches, and looked around for a weapon to use.
Then he saw them. There, in the corner, collecting dust, and forgotten about, were Leo's katanas. A katana was the most honorable of all Japanese weapons. They believed to have a soul, and were given to leaders, but the Shredder must have tossed these aside when he captured his son. So much disrespect...
Splinter ran over to the ancient blades, and picked up both of them, ready to fight against his enemy.
The Shredder recovered, and stood up, with a mad gleam in his eyes.
"Hamato Yoshi," the Shredder boomed. "You made this too easy for me. You came here, instead, and brought the rest of your pathetic disciples with you...You led them and yourself into a death- trap. My death- trap."
"No," Splinter said. "I came here to rescue my sons. And you will pay for what you did to them all!"
"You will pay," the Shredder countered. "You will pay for what you did to me all those years ago!" as he took out his own sword.
"You were the one who killed Tang Shen!" Splinter yelled. "She loved me, not you! But you were jealous, and you had to get back at me. If you couldn't have her, then no one could..." he said as his face darkened, remembering.
"But you made me kill her!" the Shredder screamed, as he lunged at Splinter.
"How!?" Splinter asked, as he blocked the Shredder's blow with Leo's katana. "You made the choice to kill her! YOU! Yes, I admit that I wasn't as understanding as I should have been, but you took her away from me, and yourself! And now, you want to kill my sons!? Why take so much away from me!?" he yelled, as he pushed the Shredder back a few feet.
"You," said Splinter in a softer tone, "are too blind to see that I have tried to forgive you for what you have done all those years ago..."
There was a short pause.
"But," continued Splinter, "you have not. I tried to forget what you, Oroku, did to me, and to Tang Shen. I tried so hard to forget all of my sadness and anger...and I did when I saw those four little turtles in that pet shop. I decided to get them, and when the mutagen turned us into what we are now, I still loved them. I received a second chance at family and at love, Oroku."
"But-" the Shredder was cut off.
"No," said Splinter abruptly. "You have made it so hard for me to still keep forgiving you. First, you take my eldest son, Leonardo, and torture him into making him tell you where I was! Not to mention, that he is probably on the verge of death, right now, because of you! Then, you took my youngest son, Michelangelo, and hurt him severely!" his voice raised, as he raised the katanas and pointed them towards his enemy.
"You have no honer, Oroku. No honer!" Splinter continued. "You have done the unforgivable to Tang Shen and my sons...and you will pay for what you did to her, to them, and to me!" he yelled as he attacked the Shredder.
The Shredder was totally taken aback by Splinter's words, that he failed to block the katana blade that slashed across his armor. Splinter slashed the blade with so much force, that it went through the Shredder's armor and cut the front of his chest.
The Shredder let out a cry, and fell to the ground, dropping his blade, and clutching his wound.
"Now you know the pain of how it felt when you cut my sons!" Splinter yelled.
While Splinter handled the Shredder, Raph handled Fishface, and Mikey handled Dogpound, with Foot ninjas all around, Donnie handled Leo.
He dragged his eldest brother away from the fighting, and closer to the exit, just in case they had to make a quick get-a-way.
Donnie moved frantically, patching up all of Leo's cut wounds, from Fishface, and he was pretty successful. He then moved to the tough one, that the Shredder implanted on him. The one that ran from his shoulder, down to his wrist. All Donnie could do for that one was patch it up as best as he could, to stop the bleeding.
He didn't have the right medical equipment here to treat it. If only he was back in his lab...but no. He had to stay, just in case his brothers and father needed help. But Leo...
He was torn. He couldn't abandon his family and leave them to die, but he also couldn't save Leo if they stayed. And besides, what was he going to do about Leo's shell? He has managed to fix small cracks in his other brother's shells, but this...this was probably the one thing Donnie couldn't fix.
Donnie guessed that Leo probably wouldn't be able to stand for a few weeks, at the most. According to them, that was quite a long time for one of them to be out, like this. Half of Leo's shell was completely split, and Donnie knew that this kind of thing probably never would heal...Leo would live with his cracked shell and all of these scars forever. It would be a painful remainder to him of what he faced...
Just the thought of it made Donnie start to tear up, but he had to keep focused.
He felt Leo's pulse, for what seemed like the hundredth time, for he was always worried that he was dead. But, when he felt his pulse this time, it was weaker than it had been before, and seemed like it was dropping. He saw that Leo was breathing more and more slowly, which concerned the poor turtle, a whole lot.
"Guys!" Donnie desperately called out. "Leo's getting worse!"
"Can't you help him, or something!?" Mikey yelled back, as he was kicking Dogpound.
"I did everything I could do, but I need to get him to my lab if I want to save his life!" Donnie yelled back.
Raph thought for a moment, and then said, "Just go, Donnie! Go back and save Leo! We can take 'em!"
"Raph-" but Donnie was cut off.
"Do ya want Leo to die!?" Raph interrupted, as he knocked down Fishface.
"Donnie, just go!" Mikey yelled, agreeing with his older brother.
"No-" but Donnie was cut off again, this time by his father.
"Donatello, go save your brother, my son! Now!" he ordered, as he evaded the Shredder's blade, for he already recovered.
"Hai, Sensei!" Donnie said, finally giving in.
When he went to pick up Leo, something hard hit him in his side, and he fell down with a thud. Donnie looked up to see a Foot ninja, for he hit him with the hilt of his blade. Donnie reacted quickly to the ninja's next attack.
He swung his blade, aiming for Donnie's head, but he evaded it, with ease. He also evaded and dodged out of the way of all of their other attacks. Donnie then used his Bo Staff, and swung it hard at the ninja. He fell and did not get up.
Donnie felt victorious, but some Foot ninjas took notice of this, and six more rushed over to Donnie, preventing him from getting to Leo. Donnie managed to fight them all off, but more kept coming.
Meanwhile, Splinter was still fighting the Shredder, but his enemy seemed to become stronger. Poor Splinter felt his enemy get bigger and bigger in his eyes. The Shredder used his wound, given to him by Splinter, as his motivation. He had to take down the rat where he stood!
The Shredder then hit Splinter with his fist, and sent him crashing down to the ground. He laid there, too stunned and in pain, to move. Leo's katanas were on the floor in front of him. The Shredder then walked away from him, heading in a different direction.
Little did he know he was heading towards his eldest son, Leo.
While the rest of the turtles were pre- occupied with their enemies, the Shredder picked up poor Leo, and strode over near the entrance with him. He turned around, Leo in his grasp, and screamed, "Stop!"
Everybody stopped fighting, and turned their heads towards the Shredder.
"No!" Splinter heard Mikey call out.
"Let him go!" he heard Donnie say.
"Why!?" he heard Raph call out.
Splinter then recovered, got up, and turned to face his enemy. He saw that the Shredder was holding up an unconscious Leo in his left hand, and there was a blade at Leo's neck, in his right.
"Oroku! Let my son go!" Splinter ordered, with a hint of worry in his voice.
"I will," said the Shredder, which confused everyone. "I will...if you lay down your weapons, and surrender to me."
"Why, you little-" Raph said, as he started to advance on the Shredder.
The Shredder placed his knife closer to Leo's neck, and the blade was so sharp, that at the slightest touch, a small cut formed.
"Raphael, stay!" yelled Splinter, as he put his arm out for his son to stop.
Fishface, Dogpound, and the remaining Foot ninjas went behind their Master, watching the terrified faces of the turtles and the poor rat.
There they were, in a showdown, with Leo's life hanging on a thread.
Well, I thought I'd switch it up again! Poor Leo, I know :( But, I hoped you all liked it, and I'll update soon!