A/N I feel like a broken record lol. But thank you so much for the reviews. Anyways here's ch 15 for ya and the usual disclaimer applies. Enjoy.

CH 15 A Narrow Escape

The rockets exploded and engulfed the room in flames. Slash grabbed Raphael, April, Casey and Karai and threw himself on top of them knowing his hard shell would protect them against the flames. Leatherhead grabbed Dr. Rockwell, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Mondo and did the same as Slash did. Leatherhead's thick skin had protected him against flames before so he knew it would protect all of them as well. Once the flames died down some the group emerged from the ashes. "Man what the Hell just happened?" Mondo asked as he coughed.

"Donnie just tried to kill us that's what happened!" Casey exclaimed through his own coughing fit.

"Is everyone ok?" Leonardo asked, leaning against the wall to catch his breath. Everyone nodded. Except for Michelangelo. The orange masked turtle had his eyes shut tight and was leaning against Leatherhead for support. "Mikey what's wrong?" Leonardo asked, going over to his little brother and putting his hand on his shoulder.

"Nothing I'm good," Michelangelo said opening his eyes slightly. But when he did he immediately shut them again letting out a groan in the process.

"Mikey you obviously ain't ok," Raphael said, reaching for his brother. But the stretching motion caused his injured shell to be pulled more and he sucked in his breath and retracted his arm.

"What about you Raph?" Leonardo asked, looking at his slightly younger brother with concern. "How's the shell?"

"Eh I've had worse," Raphael said with a grin. But when he saw the look on Leonardo's face his grin went away. "Look Leo I'm fine," Raphael insisted. "Really I am."

"This is all my fault," Leonardo said, his voice full of regret and guilt.

"Leo you couldn't have known this was going to happen," April said gently, putting her hand on Leonardo's shoulder.

"No April you don't understand," Leonardo began.

"Look Leo why don't we talk about this later?" Karai said. "Right now we should go home and make sure Mikey and Raph are ok."

"You're right Karai," Leonardo said with a sigh. "I'm just dreading telling Sensei what just happened." The rest of the group nodded knowingly as they made their way back towards the lair.

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A little while later the group had reached the lair and were greeted by Splinter. "What has happened?" the brown coated rat asked, alarmed to see so much soot and dirt on the group.

"A lot," Mondo said with a sigh as he guided Michelangelo towards Donatello's lab with Slash right behind him. Slash was carrying Raphael.

"Leonardo," Splinter said, looking at his oldest son. "What happened? And where is Donatello?"

"Shredder has him," Leonardo informed his father. "And what's worse is Donnie's under some sort of mind control."

"Mind control?" Splinter repeated, his brown eyes wide.

"Yeah," April said. "He's on the Shredder's side now. He attacked us."

"Yeah," Casey chimed in. "And he built these rockets and nearly blew us all away!"

"But don't worry Father we'll get him back," Karai said, putting her arm around Splinter.

"I'm sorry Father," Leonardo said, lowering his blue eyes in shame. "This is all my fault."

"You must not blame yourself Leonardo," Splinter said, putting his hand on the blue masked turtle's shoulder.

"Yeah Leo there's no way you could've prevented what happened," Karai put in. Leonardo looked at his sister then looked at Casey, who nodded his head.

"Yes there was," Leonardo said letting out his breath. "I have a confession to make." But before Leonardo could continue Dr. Rockwell came out of Donatello's lab.

"How are Michelangelo and Raphael?" Splinter asked, looking at the mutant monkey.

"Raphael will be just fine," Dr. Rockwell informed the group. "His shell was cracked but it was a small crack and I managed to tape it back up."

"What about Mikey?" Leonardo asked.

"Michelangelo has a pretty severe concussion," Dr. Rockwell replied. "I suspect that he had had a injury prior to this. And the explosion made matters worse. But if he rests for the next day or so he'll be just fine. In fact both he and Raphael have been asking for you all."

"Thank you my friend," Splinter said with a smile as he went in the lab with the rest of the group right behind him. When they got in they saw Michelangelo laying back with his eyes closed with Mondo right beside him. Raphael was laying beside his younger brother with Slash right next to him. When Michelangelo heard the others enter the room the orange masked turtle opened his eyes and smiled at them.

"Hey guys," he said in his usual cheerful voice.

"Hey Mikey," April said with a smile of her own. "Hey Raph. How are you guys feeling?"

"I'd be a lot better if I didn't have to lay on this cold hard thing," Raphael grumbled, crossing his arms.

"Looks like we have the old Raph back," Karai said with a smile.

"Finally," Casey muttered. "But seriously you guys aren't hurtin' or nothin'?"

"Nope," Raphael said gruffly. "Lucky for me I can't feel nothin' below my waist anyways so I'm great." Everyone exchanged looks of concern and Raphael looked at them and grinned. "Guys it was a joke." This caused everyone to let out sighs of relief and small laughs.

"Good one Raph," Michelangelo said with a laugh. Then he winced and shut his eyes. "Oww that hurts," he groaned, rubbing his head.

"Just take it easy there Mikey," Mondo said gently.

"Eh I'm ok Mondo," Michelangelo said.

"Perhaps we should get you both settled in your rooms," Splinter suggested.

"Sounds good to me," Raphael said as he began to slide himself off the table. But he was caught by Slash before he could get to the ground. "Slash I got this," Raphael insisted. "I was gonna.."

"Perhaps it would be better if Slash were to carry you Raphael," Splinter said gently.

"But Sensei I was gonna use my hands and.." Raphael began.

"I'm afraid I must agree with Splinter," Dr. Rockwell put it. "With the injury to your shell I'd rather you now risk further injuring yourself."

"Fine," Raphael grumbled, clearly unhappy with the situation.

"Don't worry Raph," Casey said, trying to sound cheerful. "You'll have a new chair built in no time."

"Yeah," Raphael said. "Just wish Donnie was here to build it." Everyone nodded sadly as they began to go to their respective rooms. All except for Leonardo. He stayed behind, feeling more guilty than ever. Suddenly Leonardo felt a hand on his shoulder. Spinning around the blue masked turtle saw Splinter standing there looking at him with concern with the rest of the group behind him.

"What is troubling you my son?" Splinter asked.

"I.." Leonardo began, unsure how to begin. "I got something to tell you Sensei. But its..its not easy to say."

"Leo you know you can tell us anything," April said, trying to sound as supportive as possible.

"Ok," Leonardo said, taking a deep breath. "Here goes." With that Leonardo told everyone the events that had lead to Donatello's capture. When he was finished he looked at the stunned faces of his family and friends. "I'm so sorry you guys," Leonardo said the tears building up in his eyes. "I let you all down. We lost Donnie because of me."

"Leo bro we don't blame you," Michelangelo said after taking in what his oldest brother had just said.

"Mikey you don't have to say that," Leonardo said softy.

"No its the truth Leo," Raphael put in. "You couldn't of known what was gonna happen."

"They're right Leo," Karai chimed in. "You're not to blame here."

"Sensei?" Leonardo said softly as he walked towards Splinter, who had remained silent through all of this. "Sensei," Leonardo began again. "Please say something."

"What can I say Leonardo?" Splinter said quietly. "There is nothing I can say that will change the fact that my son is gone and under the control of my greatest enemy because of your actions. That is something you will have to deal with yourself. The fact that had it not been for your foolishness your brother would still be here with us." Then without another word Splinter turned and walked out of the room leaving a devastated Leonardo behind.

A/N well there you have it folks ch 15 done. I hope you all enjoyed ch 15. Review please.