Part 9,
I went to Mokeshan and told her of them having my brother. She agreed to help me find him. We went around the place for hours, they didn't want to tell me where my brother was and I didn't trust them. I stayed near Mokeshan, she was the only one helping me, even Blades just watched me search.
"Why aren't you helping me Blades?"
"Sorry, Leo, but I got told to stay out of this. If Terror even caught me trying to help I'll be in trouble."
I went on searching the place even harder. Terror just watched Mokeshan and I. I could tell he didn't think I could find my brother and I was out to prove him wrong. I finally came across a room, empty.
"Mokeshan wait out here, I'm going in here."
"Why? There's nothing in there? We should be searching the places they don't want us at."
"Trust me, this is where I have to search." I walked in, I felt sweat go down my face from worry. I couldn't stand the thought, my brother being held in such pain. Mikey would never take the Shredder on his own, what happened in this fight. I wanted to go back and get the Shredder for what he did, but I knew if I did I would be doing what Terror wanted. I looked around the room that felt cold stone dead.
"Give up, they don't want you to find him. Don't you understand that!" I turned seeing the Shredder standing there, looking at me as the freak he thought I was.
"I understand stuff better than you SHREDDER! You may be some big Ninja Master to where you can fight, but you're nothing without a heart!! And as far as I know, you don't have one!!!" Shredder stepped back, he's never seen me so hard on him since I got here. I've been trying to control my temper and when I did hurt him it was in the DoJo working out. This time it was facing the anger that he caused in me.
"Fine SHELLBACK! Waste your time!!!! Do you think I care!!!! You'll never find your brother, and if you do I hope he's dead!!!!" Shredder turned in walked out of the room. I fell against a wall, feeling a tear run down my dry face. I was hurt and I knew why.
I let my brothers and Master Splinter down. I should have done something, tried something to stop the W's. Not just sit here on my shell doing everything they told me! But than, if I don't do what they say, and they find me trying to stop them, what than, what would happen to New York, what would happen to my Brothers and Master Splinter. I had no choice, but this wasn't me. I should never give in to the bad guys. I was lost with no way to go, but forward.
I stood up, feeling my shell rub the smooth wall going up. I seeing nothing but a empty room, just like my search empty. I couldn't find Mikey, I looked every where, where was I to go now. Shredder was right, they didn't want me to find Mikey, but I couldn't let him be right, I couldn't think of finding Mikey dead. I turned around facing away from the door. I banged my head into the wall. I felt the shape pain go down my shell, but I didn't care. The only thing I cared about was finding Mikey.
As my head hit the wall, it went through it! I looked the wall was thinner than anything, and it didn't take much to break. I saw hallways hidden in the walls. I walked through the hole in the wall and looked around. 'This has to be where they have Mikey!' I thought to myself. I ran down the hall, looking everywhere that I could for Mikey. I found spy holes into all of the rooms, even my own room. They watched me from behind the wall, I wondered if they knew of the Shapers coming to see me.
I came to a stair way going down. I started to go down, than hid seeing a shadow of someone coming up. It was another Red Shaper, I could tell it wasn't Terror, by a yin yang on it's belt, this had to be Peter's dad, Killer. I watched him walk pass, I knew he wasn't going to be any nicer to me than Terror, so I didn't let my face be seen. After he went by I ran down the steps. I felt the fear inside of me, not knowing what I was going to see. Would Mikey be down here? If so is he alive? What if he's not down here? What if I'm found? Does the W's know I'm down here? Are they looking for me? So many questions with no answers.
Once getting to the next floor down I saw a hall with rooms off to each side. I got down into the hall, no one was there at the time. I walked up to the first door. I reach behind the handle, in my head I could hear Mikey doing a game show guy....'and what's behind DOOR NUMBER 1' I smiled thinking of the jokes Mikey use to make. I turned the handle slowly, trying not to make a sound.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I turned to the area the sound came from. The door not yet open, but I knew Mikey wasn't there. It was Mikey yelling 'ah' I ran down the hall, it would have been DOOR NUMBER 11 that I found Mikey behind. I ran over and looked in.
There was a table with Mikey tied down. Around him was a bunch of ppl in white coats. Mikey looked in tight pain, the face on him, not the same loving brother I knew, for there was no smile. I could see there was to much pain in Mikey's face even for him to try throwing a joke. I got closer to try hearing what they were saying.
"You dummy, this Turtle would be no use to us. Why are we trying to saving it?"
"Because you heard what the boss said, he wants all four of these freaks working for him."
"I know Prof. but I still think we should give up on it, let it die and tell the boss it had no hope of living. That way we get to watch it die slowly and painfully and not get in trouble." I couldn't stand hearing this and I wasn't going to just sit there. At this point I didn't care about the pain, and I forgot about New York, I couldn't let Mikey got through this. He never did anything to get this kind of treatment.
I pulled my swords, sweat from my hands went down the handle of the swords. I got down ready to jump. I could see the three ppl in there were all Doctors, no fighters. I saw guns on their belts, so they're ready for a fight. I moved forward a little more, getting ready to jump the nearest guy, the one that wanted to kill Mikey. I didn't care if he lived or died, I just wanted Mikey out of here. I felt my feet tightened as I got ready to jump. My hands held on the swords, as if they would never let go.
I jumped, and it didn't take long for the others to react. I got the first guy out, shoving the sword right through his stomach. The next guy grabbed out his gun, he wasn't to close to me, but I had to get him before the next guy grabbed his gun. I grabbed out four throwing stars, throwing them at once I hit the guy in both of his eyes, two stars per a eye. The next guy backed away and brought his hands towards the sky.
"I give up! Please, I don't want to fight you Turtle!" I nodded my head, only because he was the only one who wanted to save Mikey's life. I untied Mikey, who was now out cold from the pain. I picked up his limb body and dragged him out of the room. I felt his arm was cool, and his head was very hot. He was sick and wounded, I had to do something.
I got him up the steps and through the room. I knew if I went out into the normal hall with him, we would be seen. I put his body in the corner of the room and covered him up with a blanket.
"I'll be back for you Mikey." I said as I went out to get Mokeshan. "Mokeshan!" I said as I found her heading back to her room.
"Leo, I'm sorry. I couldn't find Mikey. I tried and tried, but it's getting late and I think I covered the full place five times."
"It's ok Mokeshan. I found him!!"
"You did?!" I pulled her to the room with Mikey. Than looked her in the eyes, I needed her help more than anything else right now.
"Mokeshan, can you do me a favor."
"Sure thing Leo."
"I need to get away. I have to get Mikey home, I'll come back, I know I can't leave for good. But Mikey doesn't have to be pulled into this." Mokeshan smiled.
"Of course I'll help you Leo. Just remember you don't have much time." Mokeshan took me to a back door. I thanked her than went on my way.
I took a plane back to New York. I didn't have much time and I knew that more than anything. So I hurried. Getting to the lair brought back old thoughts, dreams from my kid years. I lay Mikey down in his bed, I knew the others would find him there. I left hoping not to see anyone.
"And where do you think You're going?!" Ninjara stepped in my way. She must have saw me come in.
"Hello Ninjara, I'm sorry but I have no time to talk. I have to get out of here. Take care of Mikey, the Shredder did that to him."
"How do we know the Shredder did that, for all we know you could have!!" Ninjara was mad at me, I could hear it in her voice. I backed away, she wasn't going to listen to me right now and she was going to take everything out on me. "If Shredder even got that close to hurting Mikey, he would kill him in seconds." I thought the same thing, and I knew she wouldn't believe me if I told her, unless she heard the full story. I looked at my return plane tickets from my round trip. I didn't have time to tell her the story, I only gave myself an hour to get back on the plane and getting here was 20 mins of the time.
"I'm sorry Ninjara, but I don't have time to tell you my full story. I can tell you this, it wasn't me that hurt Mikey and he must be taken care of. Please believe me Ninjara, I would stay if I could."
"Who's here stopping you from staying?!"
"The W's have me, and I must go back."
"What? Do they have you on some drug or something?! Your BROTHERS need you!!! Master Splinter NEEDS you! The W's don't! So why in the world would you go running back to them?! You can't be the Leonardo I know! The Leo I know doesn't give in to the Evil!!! I know, I fought with Leonardo working together and against him. You can't be him!!"
"Believe me Ninjara, I am Leonardo and I only fight when I know that others are not at cost. Right now I have a problem and I don't have time to talk about it." I went to run pass her, just to get out of here. Than I was tripped. I looked up to see Raphael. I saw the scars from my blades cutting him.
"Well, well, well, what have we here! Leonardo!!!" Raphael got down, I felt the sharp point of a sai go to the back of my neck. "Leo, I'm not letting you leave this time. The last time you left you turned on us and kicked my shell, but not again!" I had to fight, I couldn't let Raph hold me here.
I felt his anger, but not at him, but at myself. I saw how mad he was and let it get me down more. I did let my brothers down, and would Raph even understand. I had to get out of this and leave before my plane goes without me, but than something even worst happened. I felt Raph grab into my pocket.
"Plane tickets!" Raph got the tickets from my pocket, in his eyes he had to do anything from keeping me from leaving. "HA! You're not going any where now." I could hear the tickets rip. Raph has just cost me a half of a round trip air fair back to the W's. I looked at the ticket land in front of my face torn up. I rolled over, knocking Raph off of me, he wasn't ready for me to do that. I jumped to my feet.
"Oh Great! Now I have to buy more tickets! Raph, I have to go, I have no choice!"
"Yea! Right Leo! You're Not Going Any Where!!!" I looked at Ninjara as she walked behind Raph. The two of them would fight me till I fall, over letting me just leave. Raphael held his sais in hand, saw the areas that my blades has hit him. He was scared, and still shouldn't be really up.
"What happened to Mikey Leo?" Raph asked as he looked at Mikey on the bed behind me.
"It was the Shredder's doing, he must be taken care of. I shouldn't be your worry right now!"
"Oh yea, you shouldn't be our worry. WHAT SO YOU CAN RUN OFF AND WORK WITH THE SHREDDER AGAIN!!!!! No way Leo!! You're my worry!!! All these years we listened and worked with you!!! DAMNIT You're my brother!! I'm not letting you leave!!!"
"What's all the yelling in here?" Donatello walked in, than went still seeing me. "Leonardo?" I looked down, I didn't want to be found this time, I just wanted to get back to the W HQ so I wouldn't have to face up to my brothers yet. I'm not ready, I'll be ready when I find how to remove these Blades.
"Yea! It's Leo! And he's trying to leave again!!" Raph said walking towards me. "Hmmm I like the odds, don't you Leo? Three against one!" Raph jumped at me. I went down and rolled out of the way, watching Raph crash into Mikey's night stand.
"Raph don't do this! I don't want to fight you!" Than I felt arms grab me from behind, it was Ninjara and she get me in a head lock. Using my shell I got her on my back and flipped her over. I turned to face Donatello.
"Sorry Leo, but they're right. We can't let you leave. Maybe if you stayed and told us how we could help you. I mean we've been searching all over for you, looking to find ya and this is the only place we have you where we don't have to worry about W's jumping us."
"Don, I don't know how you can help me. I just know that the W's have me, and until I can find an answer and get it to you guys, than I'm stuck. Look, I don't have a choice right now, I mean they don't even know I'm gone, and they're going to be mad at me for even taking Mikey away." I could hear the depression in my own voice, but than tried to think of Peter, how depress he is and he's the leader of the Shapers.
"Leo, you got a choice right now. And you're making the wrong one." Donatello said as we walked towards me. Just than I felt what I feared, Terror has found me away from W HQ and was making me pay for leaving. I felt the pain go up the back of my Shell, I fell to the ground. Raph and Ninjara backed off.
"We didn't do anything." Raph said, keeping himself and Ninjara from getting in trouble. Donatello ran over to me, as he saw the pain in my eyes. He looked up at Raphael.
"Go get Master Splinter! Leo needs help! And this time we can't just let him leave us!!" Raph ran out to get Master Splinter, Ninjara turned to see Mikey.
"Don, when you're done with him, you might want to check out Mikey. He's all bloody and I think he's got a few broken bones." Donatello lowered his head, he could tell he had a lot of work cut out for him.