Emily had no sense of time or location. She would be roused from half sleep by being dragged out of the cell and thrown into the lab. She was usually anesthetize and would be woken up when she was thrown back into the cell. Sometimes they tried to question her. Sometimes they tested her for contact with the brothers' mutagen. She was fed once a day, but she rarely ate it. She only continued to attempt to survive because she hoped and prayed for Raph to find her and save her from this torment. After what she thought was a week, she doubted rescue was coming. She knew she was taken by the Foot, but she knew that the people around her were not Foot. That severely cut her chances of being found. All she could do was continue to hope and pray.

Raph ran silently across the rooftops, his breath barely making a whisper. His face was hard and expressionless, a statue headed for a quiet neighborhood. He slowed as he reached the familiar skylight and climbed down the fire-escape into the second floor office. It was pitch black and silent in the room, but Raph could hear the sounds of the last class from the main gym.

The main room became quiet ten minutes later and the metal doors to the rest of the building were locked. A single set of slow footsteps walked towards the office. Raph tensed beside the filing cabinet, preparing himself to be seen by an outsider. He prepared for the curses for the insults, for the fear.

Mr. Potter flicked on the light in his office, his arms full of gear that needed to be duct taped back into submission. He glanced up after a few seconds and steps into his office, his eyes falling on Raph, motionless in the corner.

"Who…what…what…" he stumbled backwards and dropped the gear, his hands raising up in the air.

Raph also held up his hands, slowly. "Mr. Potter, my name is Raphael, but Emily calls me Raph."

"Emily?" The brief mention of his would be daughter who had been missing for over a week stopped him in his tracks. "You know Emily?"

Raph nodded. "I know she told ya she left her father's place and was livin' with friends. My brothers and I, we're those friends."

"She…lives with you? What are you?"

Raph motioned for him to sit down as he took a seat not far from him and began to tell him about his entire past, from his first memories of Splinter telling them of the ooze and stopping with his introduction with Emily in the alley. Mr. Potter was speechless, his eyes glassed over as he stared at Raph. "I'm here," Raph started quietly. "'Cause Emily is missin'."

"Missing? Did she run away? Did her father hurt her? What happ…"

"The Foot took her. I told ya 'bout them. They're tryin' to get to us, we know it." Raph sighed, rubbing his forehead, wincing at the memory of her kidnapping.

Mr. Potter stood up quickly, his chair screeching back. "Are you going to get her back?"

Raph looked up helplessly, letting his shield of stern invincibility fall. Mr. Potter saw the pitiful look in his eyes, saw the desperation in his face. "We've been tryin'. I've been out there every night lookin' for her. Don, the smart one out of us, has been researchin'. I haven't had a night of peace since she was taken. Every time I close my eyes, I hear her scream my name."

Mr. Potter sat back down heavily in his chair. "Does her boyfriend know?"

Raph's face clouded. "Boyfriend?" His mind began to quake with fear. Did she have someone on the side? Was he just a filler, someone to satisfy her physical needs.

He nodded. "She didn't admit it, but she seemed happier than normal, and one of the other girls said she asked her how to look pretty for a guy. I put two and two together. Does he know?"

Raph's heart rate returned to normal. Emily had surprised him with a beautiful shirt, tight jeans, and high heels. She had done up her hair and worn tasteful makeup. She had asked the girl how to look pretty for him. His pulse quickened again as he prepared to tell Emily's mentor she had been sleeping with a giant turtle. "He knows. I wouldn't call him her boyfriend exactly. We haven't gone any dates."

"You're…she…Emily has feelings for you?"

Blood rushed to his cheeks in shame as he nodded. "We've been together for over a month. The only reason she got taken is 'cause she wasn't in my room. She woulda been, but she hurt her ankle and wanted to sleep in her own room."

Mr. Potter nodded. "I should be shocked. Emily is like my daughter, and I had someone different in my mind. But she seems, happy with you, so I have no complaints. But, please, you have to get her back."

"I know." Raph whispered, standing and walking to the window. "We'll keep you in the loop. If I don't come, it'll be a human. Either Casey or April. They'll introduce themselves." Raph hopped out the window and began climbing up the fire escape, turning on his ear piece. "Any leads?" he barked, his gruff façade plastered back over his fear.

Don sighed into his end. "One. I already sent Leo. A friend of ours claims to have heard word about a captive woman."

"Alright."

Raph started the jog back to the lair when his earpiece flared to life. "Raph!" Leo shouted.

"Go for Raph."

"I found her! I found Emily. I know where they have her." Leo was breathless with excitement.

"Where?" Raph growled into the earpiece, stopping dead in his tracks.

"East Side, 15th and 10th. Don't run in, I'm on the roof looking over it."

Raph took off running, leaping over the gaps between alleys. After over a week, he would save Emily, have her in his arms again. Within minutes, he was panting at his brother's side, overlooking a nondescript warehouse. "Are ya sure?" he gasped, exhausted from his sprint.

Leo nodded. "Reliable source says she's here with minimal security. I think the two of us can take it." Standing, he prepared to leap down to the fire escape. "And Raph," he looked over his shoulder. "Fire covers vengeance very nicely."

Raph nodded solemnly and followed him to the fire escape. Leo had given him permission to kill anyone that got in their way. Usually they sought to protect life, but this was an extenuating circumstance. The two ran to an unlit door, testing the door. It was locked, but Leo kicked it in without a moment's hesitation. The two brothers, weapons drawn, rushed through the hallways, impaling and striking countless foot ninjas as they passes, blindly running through hallways. Raph darted down a well lit corridor and kicked open a door into a lab.

Brightly lit with harsh fluorescents, there were IVs, needles, blood bags, microscopes, and x-rays neatly organized throughout the small room. In the center was a medical gurney with leather straps. Glancing around, he saw a familiar ankle injury on one of the x-rays, a slight fracture of the side of the talus. Emily sustained the same injury during her fall from the fire escape the night she was taken. Looking at a table, she saw her name on a file folder. Grabbing it and tucking it into his belt, he took off running down the hallway.

"Raph," Leo murmured into his ear piece. "She's gone."

Raph took off running to the hallway he knew Leo took. The room was barred, with chains attached to one wall. But scratched into the floor was one word, Raphael. Though distorted, it was Emily's curvy handwriting.

Raph cried out in pure rage, bashing his hand against the wall. "Where is she!" he screamed, sinking down to the ground on his knees.

Leo dragged his brother out of the warehouse as he poured gasoline on the floor, lighting it once they were clear. Raph was sobbing as Leo pulled him into the sewer and guided him home. "Raph, I know this is hard on us all, but," Leo took a deep breath, stopping his younger brother. "I know there's something more."

Raph nodded, his body still convulsing from the sobs. "Em and I, we, we're seein' each other. We've been sharin' my bed for about a month. I love her, Leo."

Leo looked at his brother with a sad sigh, pulling him into a tight hug. "We'll find her." He whispered in his brother's ear, giving him another squeeze before leading him back to the lair. Raph handed Don the file he took and went into the dojo to work away his anger. A few hours later, Don came into the dojo nervously.

"Raph, were you and Em, uh, intimate?" He asked tentatively.

He stopped abusing the heavy bag and looked up, startled. "What the.."

"It was in the file." Don rushed. "They said subject was known to be in an intercourse ridden relationship with second mutant. That's you, Raph. They also were disappointed that she didn't have any genetic contribution from you with her at the time of the kidnapping."

Raph nodded. "We've been sleepin' together for a month. We didn't that night 'cause of her ankle. But why were they lookin' for that?" Raph suddenly became suspicious.

Don sighed and held out a paper. "They're trying to create us."

The picture was an analysis of DNA from all four brothers, from a non-mutated red eared slider turtle, and a highlighted sequence that mutated them. The sequence was labeled as a commonly occurring human growth hormone.

Raph was terrified. The Foot under Shredder had already tried to create mutants, but not turtles. "But why do they need Em?"

Don shuffled a little. "As far as I can tell, they're keeping her for three reasons. For contract transfer from us all, especially you, to act as a human shield if we catch them, and it appears they're going to attempt to create the mutation by fusing turtle and human gametes. Emily is the source of the human contribution."

Raph shut down, his mind was blank. They were experimenting on Emily, on his Emily. To try and make more of him. More mutants.

He was a shell going through his daily activities for another week. He only came to life when he dared to look at the picture he kept on his nightstand. A picture of the two together, Emily sitting in his lap with her arms thrown around his neck. He would trace her face and her wavy hair with his finger and hope and pray that she would be back in his arms soon.

AN: Since no one has bothered to go to my profile to vote on the fate of this series, how about this, just send a review with your two cents.

Here's the jist. There will be a book two. The question I am having is whether or not to include Emily. So either she's in it as Raph's love bug or she never existed.

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