Chapter 8

Raph P.O.V

I don't know what's happening to Mikey now since he placed us in his pocket but I didn't care Leo and I was leaving to save our baby brother. Leo couldn't leave the base and even if he could he was still miles away, my Captain was still on my case and told me to leave it alone.

Like hell I will

I rather lose this job then lose a brother. I ran out of the station with both of my guns ready and loaded. I was going to tell Donnie but Leo and I talked about it and we didn't want to worry him about this so we were going to tell him later. I took a squad car and drove with great speed to the arcade. Leo called a few of his friends who were in the army that lived in New York to help out the situation. He didn't explain who they were or what they did but he told me they were good at situations like this and he trusted them with his life.

Weaving and dodging traffic I blasted the horn and siren to get people out of my way. When I had the arcade in view I saw the police car I sent over there with the officers hanging behind their car with their guns out. Jessica was standing behind them with her hands tightly grasped together.

"What's wrong?" I asked running up to the officers.

"We have a hostage situation and their refusing to release anyone. We have a call into the hostage negotiation but their too far out and won't get here for a while."

"Give me the phone" I said.

I dialed the phone for the arcade.

"Who is this?"

"This is Detective Hamato who is this?"

"None of your damn business"

"Are the hostages alright?"

"And if they're not?"

"Then you have nothing stopping us from storming the place and either killing you or re-arresting you"

There was a long pause a gulp.

"They're fine hear for yourself"

There was movement and scuffling.

"Hello?"

"Hey their baby bro how are you doing?"

"I have a wicked headache Raph; sorry for everything I should have listened to you and Leo."

"It's okay Mikey I'm going to get you out. How's Mr. Rogers is he alright?"

"He's still unconscious but breathing. Where's Leo is he coming?"

"Sorry baby bro but he's stuck on base still but he's going to fly up after work."

"Just keep calm baby brother I'm going to get you and Mr. Rogers out of there so you and Jessica can go and hanging out doing whatever you two do with yourselves"

Mikey chuckled

"Thanks Raph"

The phone was taken away from Mikey.

"There your proof of life. Now listen to our demands or else you'll be losing a hostage."

"Fine what do you want?"

"A car with no plates, ten thousand dollars in unmarked bills and no police when we leave. If you do all of this we'll release the hostages if not we'll show you what happens when you cross us."

I kept whoever I was talking to on the phone as long as I could because from the corner of my eye I could see shadows move in the alleyway of the arcade.

Mikey P.O.V

Raph is talking to the guy on the phone. My heart is beating outside of my chest; my hands are tied behind my back with cords from the machines here and the side of my head was bleeding from getting it bashed in earlier. I was sitting on my butt with my back against the counter. I don't know why maybe it's all my training with my father but I feel like there are other people in here besides myself, Mr. Rogers, and the three prisoners.

The guy finally gets off the phone slamming the phone back onto the cradle.

"Anything?" one of them asked.

"We'll have to see. Because if he doesn't…." The one on the phone took a metal pipe and tapped the end of it to my head.

The three prisoners laughed wickedly.

The sound of a glass bottle falling and rolling across the floor echoed the room. The bottle rolled from the back room to my feet.

The one that was on the phone signaled with his metal pipe to the one that asked the question to go investigate. The guy grabbed the bat Mr. Rogers kept behind the counter for times he had to throw people out and walked into the backroom. There was the sound of scuffling and the muffled cry of someone getting beaten.

"What the-"the man who was talking on the phone cried.

Another sound of a bottle hitting the ground echoed in the room but this one was different. I fell to my side and covered my face with my knees. Leo showed me this and I've played enough video games to know that what was just tossed was a smoke bomb.

The bomb went off filling the room with smoke I covered my mouth my shirt and closed my eyes tightly. My ears were buzzing from the sound of the explosion but a could faintly hear scuffling and people grunting and yelling. My body felt light as if someone had picked me up and was carrying me.

"it's okay sir everything is fine." The man carrying me whispered.

I kept my eyes closed but I could feel the sunlight's hit on my face. Faintly I could hear people running over to me and being placed on a bed being wheeled away. I cracked my eyes a bit and after the blinding light died down I could see Raph and Jessica by my side talking to me. But everything was muffled so I didn't understand what they were saying. Mr. Rogers was being wheeled into another bed so Jessica went to his side and took his hand into her own.

The moment an oxygen mask was placed over my mouth did I let the darkness take over and fall asleep.

Leo P.O.V

"Okay thanks guys I hope everything goes well after the debriefing." I said into my phone.

I shut my phone letting out a big sigh of relief. My shift was order and I was heading home to get my things together to leave for New York. I got a call before this one that Mikey was okay and was just staying overnight in the hospital for observation. The same for Mr. Rogers and he was going to have to take time off from the arcade to get it back in one piece and to rest his heart.

Walking into the house I was greeted by Sarah and Jessica sitting on the couch waiting for me.

"What's going on Leo?" Erica asked.

"Is Mikey and Mr. Rogers okay?" Sarah added.

"They're both okay they just need to stay overnight for observation. I'm going to ride there so take care of Kaz while I'm gone." I said.

Sarah would have come with me but she had a lot of work to still do and Erica was still really nervous about leaving the house.

I changed into my civilian clothes, giving Sarah a quick kiss goodbye and petting Kaz on the head I took the truck and drove all day and night back to New York to the hospital with my baby brother.

The people I called in to help were friends of mine during boot camp we were all in the same class so I got to know them really well. One of them was my best friend Chris Thompson who just like me after the death of Eric took a different path than he originally wanted to do when he joined the army. The others where two friends I was introduced to through Chris when we would go on liberty in town, Drako a red headed guy whose father was a general in the army before retiring and Usagi a Japanese friend who father and grandfather fought in the US military even during WWII.

All three were Army Rangers trained for situations like the one with Mikey. So when I placed a call into them as a favor they jumped at the opportunity to help out especially with what was now going on in New York. But the thing was they couldn't tell anyone what happened so Raph was going to have to take the heat of what happened but to Raph as long as Mikey and Mr. Rogers was okay then he just be fired and take a job at Casey's auto shop.

Driving back to New York I was going to stay with Casey, April, and Shadow when I get there.

I arrived late so I couldn't Mikey until the morning. I drove to the Jones's place and slept on the couch.

The next day I drove with Casey to see Mikey, April stayed with Shadow since she was running a fever and she didn't want to leave her.

When we got there Mikey was getting dressed in his long sleeve grey sweat shirt with two orange stripes falling vertically down his jack on either sides of his shoulder, an orange t-shirt peeking out from under his jacket, long black pants and black boots.

"Hey Mikey" I said.

Mikey turned around he had a bandage tied across his forehead.

"Leo!" Mikey cried running over to me and throwing his arms around me.

I hugged Mikey back with all my might I was so worried about him when I heard he went in to try and save Mr. Rogers. So this is what my brothers feel with I'm away. I wish I could say that I'll leave so they can never feel this way but the army is part of my life and I wasn't planning on leaving for a while.

Raph walked in with his causal clothes on, a red tang top and long black pant with a brown leather belt and black boots, he walked over and patted me on the back.

"So what happened?" I asked.

"Just suspended without pay on the record. Off the record my Captain was happy to get those guys back in jail. "Raph said.

"And what about Erica's attacker?" Mikey asked.

"He's still on the loose but we have everyone looking for him. How's Erica doing anyway Leo?" Raph asked.

"She's doing fine. Calming down but always stiffens and has a look of terror when the door is either knocked on or she hears something foreign to her. Sarah and Kaz are helping her out but I think she'll need to see someone about this Raph." I said.

Raph nodded.

"I know what you mean Leo I didn't want to see her pushed this far so I would always check up on her but now I think it's best if she sees someone." Raph said.

"Talk to her about it. You're really the only she trust." I said placing my hand on his shoulder.

"Where are Donnie and Jessica?" I asked.

"Jessica is visiting her dad now so she just left and Donnie is stuck at work. Something about information to their latest project going missing." Mikey said.

"Man that sounds bad." I said.

"Yeah but this is Donnie he can figure out what's going on. Plus I heard he's thinking of asking Catherine to marry him." Raph said.

"Really?" I said in a shocked voice.

"Yeah he's really in love with her and he said that she is too." Raph said.

"Man the things you miss being in DC." I muttered.

I wish I could leave and live in New York but I have my orders and I had to remain in DC. Mikey and Mr. Rogers were discharged. Jessica was going to go home with her father then come over to Mikey's place later on. I drove Mikey and Raph in my truck to his place. Donnie was going to come by during his break to see Mikey then go back to figure out what's happening at work.

Mikey place when you first walk in had posters of video games and characters from his comic books lining the walls. A large three seated couch a large flat screen television on a cabinet with his many consoles under it. Two very wide and tall bookcases filled with video games on one side and all of his comics on the other side if the television. A coffee table with a retractable top that could open to reveal more storage inside it with his controllers and remote with batteries inside. On top were his school books and his laptop.

"Really Mikey?" I asked.

Mikey shrugged his shoulders throwing his bag from the hospital on the couch he jumped over and fell onto his back on the couch.

None of us have ever really been to each other's place so seeing Mikey's reminded us of his room when we still lived together. Mikey may have grown up in a few areas but he was still our baby brother who loved nothing but playing with his video games, watching movies on superheroes, and reading comics about them.

Raph was going to stay with Mikey overnight while I had to drive back to DC for work and to check in with Sarah and Erica. Donnie arrive exhausted a little after we just got there he wasn't wearing his lab coat or anything to resemble he worked in a lab. He had on his long purple shirt with the sleeve rolled up to his elbow and grey vest, long grey pants and black sneakers. Something he only wore on days he didn't work.

"What's going on Donnie?" I asked.

Donnie shook his head and took a seat on the couch. Mikey sat up and looked at Donnie with a concerned look.

"Donnie?" Mikey said in a small child voice.

"It's bad guys really bad." Donnie said.

"What's up Don?" Raph asked.

"I'm under investigation for the missing files from O'Neil Tech and if this continues I'll be thrown in jail or worse." Donnie said resting his face in his hands.

"Why would someone believe it was you?" I asked.

"Because it was my assess card that was used to log out the files" Donnie said.

"Do you have someone you believe took your card to frame you?" Raph asked.

Donnie nodded.

"Who Don?" Mikey asked.

"Catherine" Donnie answered.