A/N: thank you to PhGim.7, V, flikaroo, Mezza999, Pen-Woman, myfinalfantisy, and Shiane Ventures for reviewing ch 12. Ch 13 coming at ya. Enjoy and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer.

Ch 13 Showdown

Tiger Claw followed April's scent until he reached an ally where the scent stopped. "Where are you girl?" he growled taking some rope and tying Casey up and hanging him from a fire escape. "I know you are here," the tiger growled sniffing the air. "You may as well come out. I promise no harm will come to you from me. But if you continue to hide I can promise you harm will come to your friend." Then he got to the dumpster where April was hiding and smiled. "I have got you now," he hissed as he threw back the lid. But April was ready and hit Tiger Claw with a metal curtain rod she had found. This surprised the assassin and he stumbled backwards. This gave April a chance to run. But she knew she couldn't leave Casey. But her dark haired friend was still unconscious and the red headed teen knew she wouldn't be able to carry him. "I'm sorry Casey," she whispered as she began to run back into the street. But Tiger Claw had quickly recovered from the hit and grabbed April by the back of her shirt before she could make it. "Ugh let go of me!" April shouted as she swung at Tiger Claw in an attempt to get loose.

"Not a chance girl," Tiger Claw snarled. "You are lucky Master Shredder had need of you otherwise you would be dead right now." With that Tiger Claw hit April hard in her head knocking her out. Tiger Claw picked up Casey and slung him and April over his shoulder and began to walk away. But suddenly he felt his feet go out from under him and he landed hard on the ground dropping April and Casey in the process. "Who dares interfere with Tiger Claw?" he roared standing.

"I dare," a voice said. Tiger Claw looked and saw Raphael charging towards him. "Ah I was beginning to think you were a coward," Tiger Claw said a small smile going across his muzzle. He jumped out of the way of Raphael's attack and delivered a hit to his broken arm causing him cry out in pain and stumble and fall. But Raphael quickly recovered and despite the pain in his arm and head Raphael took out his sais and he attacked. Tiger Claw pulled out his sword and swung. The two connected but Raphael was soon on the losing end since Tiger Claw was stronger than he was and he had a broken arm. Raphael grunted and strained against the larger mutant's weight. "Give it up turtle," Tiger Claw growled. "I have easily defeated your brother, Kenshen and I can easily defeat you." At the mention of his brother's name Raphael's anger began to surface and the red masked turtle got a burst of energy and with all his weight and strength and shoved Tiger Claw away from him. While Tiger Claw was distracted Splinter was making his way towards the unconscious April and Casey. But Tiger Claw caught the older mutant's scent and pulled out a gun from his belt. He fired a net at Splinter catching him off guard and trapping him. Raphael's green eyes went wide and he cried out, "Sensei!" This gave Tiger Claw the advantage and he hit Raphael hard in the head knocking him out. "That was almost to easy," Tiger Claw scoffed. He then went and picked up April and Casey and headed back towards his lair. What he didn't know was that during the battle Raphael had put a tracking device on his belt which would lead him right to the lair. Splinter used his claws and ripped the netting that bound him and raced towards his fallen son remembering Donnie's warning about another head injury. "Raphael," Splinter called out gently shaking his son. "Wake up my son. Please wake up. After a couple a minutes Raphael groaned and opened his eyes. "Raphael," Splinter said with a sigh of relief. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine," Raphael said with a groan as he stood. "I see Tiger Claw is gone."

"Yes and I am afraid he took April and Casey with him," Splinter said.

"Well luckily I put a tracking device on him," Raphael said pulling out his T-com and pressing some buttons. After a couple of minute Raphael said "I got a fix on him. Come on Sensei we need to call Donnie and Leo and head there."

"I agree," Splinter said pulling out his own T-com and dialing. After a few rings he said, "Leonardo is not answering."

"Yeah neither is Donnie," Raphael said closing his T-com. "We'll try again but right now we need to follow the signal."

"No Raphael I will go," Splinter said. "You need to go back to the lair."

"Sensei there's no way that..." Raphael began.

"Please Raphael do as I say," Splinter said. "I will call Leonardo and Donatello and meet them there. We can handle this. You need to rest. I will not risk you further injuring yourself."

"But..." Raphael began but he stopped when he saw the look on Splinter's face. "Fine," Raphael said with a sigh. "I'll go. But I don't like it."

"Thank you Raphael," Splinter said. With that Splinter headed towards Shredder's lair. But little did he know that Raphael had no intention of going home. Instead the red masked turtle followed his father making sure he kept a safe distance so he wouldn't be detected.

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Meanwhile Leonardo and Bradford were having a battle of their own. Xever was still pinned to the wall much to his frustration. "Ugh come on!" the Brazilian cried out. Finally he was able to break free but this caused a great amount of pain to go through his shoulder and he fell to the ground. "Ah damn it!" he cursed holding his shoulder. Finding a spare cloth he tied it around his shoulder to stop the bleeding. "Time for some pay back," the criminal hissed getting out his knife from his pocket and spinning it in his good hand. With that Xever charged at Leonardo with his knife extended. However Leonardo suddenly jumped to avoid Bradford's hit and Xever ended up stabbing Bradford in his leg causing the bigger man to let out a howl a pain as he fell to the ground. "You idiot," the brown breaded man shouted as Xever pulled his knife out of his leg.

"You shouldn't have gotten in my way man," Xever said with force.

"Me?!" Bradford shouted his blue eyes fiery. "You're the one who..." But he didn't get to finish because Leonardo hit him hard in his chest while he was distracted causing him to fly into Xever knocking them both to the ground.

"Well as much fun as I've been having," Leonardo began. "It's time to end this." With that Leonardo kicked over some shelves that were nearby and they fell onto Bradford and Xever pinning them. Satisfied Leonardo left as he heard the police sirens in the distance. What he didn't know that they weren't heading towards the building where Bradford and Xever were. This gave the duo a chance to make their escape and head back towards the lair both of them knowing Shredder would not be happy with them when they returned.

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Meanwhile Leonardo was starting to head home when his T-com rang. "What's up?" the blue masked turtle said.

"Leo it's me," Donatello's voice whispered.

"Donnie?" Leonardo said with surprise. "Where are you? And why are you whispering?"

"I followed Karai and Mi-I mean Kenshen to the Shredder's lair," Donatello whispered. "I'm outside right now but I'm gonna need some help."

"Where are you?" Leonardo asked. "I'll be right there."

"Track me," Donatello replied. "I'll wait for you up on the roof."

"Right," Leonardo said as he hung up and hit some buttons on his T-com. Luckily Donatello had taught everyone how to track the other T-coms before. Then Leonardo's T-com rang again. "Donnie?" Leonardo said.

"No Leonardo it is me," Splinter's voice said.

"Sensei?" Leonardo asked. "What's wrong?"

"April and Casey are in danger," Splinter said. "One of Shredder's mutants has captured them and is talking them back to his lair.."

"What?!" Leonardo exclaimed his blue eyes wide.

"I am already heading there," Splinter informed his oldest son. "I have tried to get a hold of Donatello but..."

"Donnie's already there," Leonardo said.

"What?!" Splinter said the surprise clear in his voice.

"Yeah he just called me," Leonardo explained. "I'm tracking him now so I'll meet you there Sensei."

"Be careful my son," Splinter said closing his T-com. With that the father and son began to make their way to Shredder's lair via different routes. They just hoped they would make it there before anything bad happened to their friends.

A/N I hope you love this chapter. Please review.