Someone was stroking his cheek softly, moving his body around and something wet but warm moved over the lower part of his body.

Donnie shuddered, waking up with a start and whimpering as he scurried away from whoever was touching him. Not again...please..Not again "Please..."

"Shhh..." A soothing voice, and the hands returned to brush his face. "Don't be afraid, Donatello." Leo said. "It's just me."

Donnie was still whimpering but nodded his head to show that he understood, Leo wouldn't hurt him. Still not wanting to be touched, he tensed up as Leo brushed against his face.

Leo finished cleaning him, putting the towel away before he wrapped his arms around him, pulling him close. "My love..."

Donnie started to struggle in Leo's arms, he didn't complain before but now...he just didn't want to be touched. "D.don't touch me..." He whimpered, his mind stil slightly hazy from before.

"Shh..." Leo brushed the back of his fingers along the other's cheek. "Be still. I won't hurt you."

"Don't...wanna.. Be touched." Tears were forming in his eyes as he tried to squirm out of the others arms.

He knew he shouldn't, but he felt hurt. He held onto the other tighter, burying his beak into the top of the younger turtles' head. "I won't hurt you." Leo whispered, hot tears leaking from his eyes and dripping on Don's skin.

Don continued to struggle a little more and then just stopped, letting Leo hold him while they both cried. "I.I know." Hesitantly he brought his arms around Leo, loosely at first, and then he just clung onto him and cried into his chest.

Leo held him, stroking along him and giving him as much comfort as he could.

"It hurt so bad and...I didn't.." He curled up tighter, feeling safer being close to him.

"I know..." He kissed his forehead softly. "I won't ever let him touch you again. I promise."

"M..Mikey...I wanna see Mikey...but he doesn't...I did that to him...Your brother...." Donnie was talking quietly, his voice shaking and not making complete sentences as he just tried not to think...Not to feel. Just crying as he clung to Leo, know that Leo wouldn't hurt him.

"Shh, we'll go see him soon. I promise we will. He's safe." He gave him a few more calming kisses.

"He doesn't want to see me I...I did that to him..." Donnie's voice was faint again, like we wasn't even thinking about what he was saying, he didn't want to think...

"No, Donatello. What you did, you did out of love. Everything the Shredder does he does out of greed."

"You don't abuse those you love." His sobbing was getting quieter, holding on tightly to the older turtle.

"It'll be alright. It wasn't your fault."

"It was...It hurt so bad..He didn't...and I didn't..."

"Shhh." More soothing kisses. "I know. I know."

"I wanna go home..." His voice was even quieter, basically just a breath.

To this, Leo had no answer. All he could do was hold Don tighter against himself.

Don kissed Leo gently, just above the top of his plastron where his head with tucked up. It was just a soft affectionate gesture. He trusted Leo. Leo wouldn't hurt him, he'd help him.

Leo held him tighter against himself, kissing his head softly in response and stroking along the other's carapace. "I'll get you home." He said suddenly. "I'll get you out of here."

"h..He's going after Mikey..." Don said quietly curling up tightly to Leo. He wanted to go home, he wanted to be with his father and be as far away from all this as possible, but he could live with the pain and the shame as Long as Mikey was safe. Don had come to trust Leonardo, but he worried about with Raphael was doing to his brother.

Leo hesitated, the thought of letting Mikey take the heat and allowing Don to go free struck him - but he knew his master would never be satisfied and he knew Don would never leave his brother. "I'll go check on him. He probably hasn't touched him yet."

Don nodded, but still clung tight to Leo, not wanting Leo to leave him, even though he wanted to make sure his brother was safe.

And Leo didn't seem like he had any plans of leaving, touching along Don gently. Many emotions battled within him, anger that made him grit his teeth and a pain that made his heart clench. A child-like possessiveness made his touches bolder, more intimate, and when he pressed his beak against Don's neck he could smell his master's scent all over his lover. He growled at the back of his throat.

Don squirmed as the touches started to feel more intimate. "Leo...Don't..Please..." The low growl made his whimper, suddenly not feeling so safe in the others arms. He quickly wriggled out of Leo's arms and curled back up. "I..I don't want to be touched..."

A sting of jealousy and rage lit up inside him. "Not even by me?"

"I...just want to be by my self for a while...It hurt Leo." Don had tears in his eyes again as he hugged himself tightly. The tone in Leo's voice was starting to scare him, but...It shouldn't, Leo wanted to protect him right?

"If that's what you want." Leo sneered, moving away from Don and getting up on his feet. He hissed when the effort shot a fresh wave of pain from his wound.

When Don heard Leo hiss in pain he quickly turned around to look at him. Even though he was still shaking, he got up and guided the other back to the bed. "Y..you should rest." His voice was worried, he knew that Leo had gotten pretty hurt when he stood up to the shredder.

But Leo pushed him away, glaring. "I don't want to be touched." He said darkly.

Don flinched at the dark tone and instantly moved away. He knew he'd hurt Leo. "I..I'm sorry." Don moved away from Leo, since he'd apparently hurt the other to the point that he didn't want to be near him. Mikey didn't want to be near him, and now Leo...His heart sunk and he openly cried as he curled up on his old position on the floor, hugging his pillow tightly.

Leo watched him, for a moment feeling remorseful, but then he turned away, walking towards the door.

Don's eye were wide as he heard Leo going for the door. He didn't want to be alone... But he didn't want to force Leo to stay either. But instead of telling his to say he just asked. "C...can I use the Shower while you are gone?" He was still leaking both Leo and shredders cum from underneath his tail and he felt sick every time he could feel it.

Leo clenched his fists. "Do it. Or I'll find you too repulsive to touch ever again." A part of him was screaming at him to stop, to calm down, to think, but it was drowned out by the roaring anger and displaced aggression inside him.

Don curled up tighter but nodded his head. "Yes...Master..." It didn't feel appropriate to call the other by his name anymore, calling him by his name was more...Personal. And at the moment Leo seemed to find Donnie as disgusting as he felt himself to be. He shakily got to his feet and made his way over to the bathroom.

He left the turtle be then, despite his pain he slammed the door shut behind himself, strode down the corridors to Raph's room and pounded on the door. "Raphael!"

Raph growled as he heard his brother pounding on his door, he was already pissed off with his slave he didn't need his brother pissing him off aswell.

He’d let Michelangelo rest, since his throat was sore and he had some rather painful injuries. Right now the slave was curled up in his blankets, Raph didn’t really care if he was asleep or awake, as long as he was behaving.

Storming over to the door he threw it open and glared at his brother. “What the hell do you want.”

The pounding startled Mikey away, at first he raised his arms to protect himself, but then he realized that it was just someone at the door. He cowered, remaining as still and quiet as possible.

Leo wasn't sure why he'd even come to Raphael, the pain made him feel like throwing up and he was starting to get a throbbing headache. He looked over at Michelangelo a moment before turning back to Raphael. "Don't touch him anymore."

"That ain't you concern now is it." Raph sneered, crossing his arms over his plastron. "I heard you got in big trouble with Master Shredder. What's wrong, Master take away your little fuck toy. Shredder Junior?!" He growled, not in the mood to hear Leo out. 

First Leo had stopped him from playing with Mikey when they were all together, then he stopped him from having his way with Don, and now he was telling him he couldn't touch his own slave how ever he damn well pleased. Mikey was his property, if he wanted to touch him he'd do it. It was his right.

Leo flinched when Raph used that nickname, his fists clenching and his eyes blazing. With a scream of pure rage he jumped at Raph, ignoring his injury as he attacked him.

Raph was surprised by his brothers attack, but that didn't stop him for meeting him with equal force, paying no mind to his brothers injury as the two fought.

Being at a clear disadvantage, Leo was quickly overwhelmed by Raph, yet he fought valiantly, punching, kicking and pulling cheap shots whenever he could.

Mikey was terrified, backing up against the wall and curling up.

Leo had landed a few cheap shot's but Raph was also fighting dirty, going for Leo's side as much as he could to get a full advantage. He soon had Leo pinned to the floor, snarling down at him and baring his teeth. "The fuck's wrong with you, Leonardo." He growled, using Leo's full name to show that he wasn't messing around here.

Leo coughed, blood splattering on his lips and running down the side of his mouth. He glared back at Raph, but his eyes were blank and there was a distinct lack of spark in them. "Don't... call me that."

"Call you what?" Raph was still pissed that Leo had banged on his door just to start a fight with him, but he could see in his brothers eyes that he was hurt, and not just physically with his shoulder.

"I'm not like him..." Leo said, his breathing shallow. "Don't call me that..."

"Like who? Master Shredder?" Raph was confused at that, Leo'd had that nick-name since they were kids, he'd never reacted to it before now. He stopped pinning him down and stood up, noticing his shallow breathing. "What the hell's this about Leo?

Leo rolled to his side, clutching at the wound and continuing to breathe deeply. He wanted to ask Raph for help, but... but he couldn't. He couldn't endanger his little brother, he couldn't drag him into this... He realized he was in the same kind of trap that Don was. Carefully, he got to his knees, pain coming with each movement. "If they... if the come for Michelangelo... you have to tell me..."

Raph helped Leo to his feet and forced him onto his bed, seeing that his brother was clearly in too much pain to go back to his room. "If Master Shredder wants Mikey than he gets Mikey. Our slaves belong to him not us, we just gotta look after 'em for him."

Leo reached out then, wrapping his fingers tightly around Raph's arm. The fire was back in his eyes when he looked up at him. "I said, you have to tell me."

"Alright fine. Jeeze Leo. Why you suddenly so interested in Michelangelo? You wanna trade Donatello or something?" Raph took his brothers hand away from his arm, looking slightly worried.

That just made Leo's glare intensify. "Donatello is mine." He growled.

"He belongs to our Master. He vowed himself to him not you." Raph snapped back, knowing that there would only be trouble if his brother was getting attached to his slave. "Where's Donatello now?"

"None of your business." Leo sneered. "Don't touch him."

"You're staying here till you get your strength back." Raph snapped not leaving any room for him to argue. "Either I go bring him here or I'm sleeping on your bed tonight with Donnie chained up in the room with me."

Leo's eyes went dark, and he tried to reach and grab Raph again. "Do it and I'll kill you." He said.

"You can hardly move Bro." Raph snorted.

"Donatello will be fine on his own. He's not disobedient."

"From what I heard he was mixed up in whatever the hell happened between you and Master Shredder. What the hell'd you do to get in his bad books?" Raph had no idea how Leo had managed to piss off their master, he was always the perfect soldier. Whatever it was had to be because of Donatello.

Leo tensed. There were already rumours? Something cold settled in his stomach, and for a moment he feared for himself. Maybe master Shredder would start seeing him as more of a problem than an asset, especially now that he was wounded... He shook his head. "He's got nothing to do with that."

"Somehow I don't believe that." Raph grunted, but didn't push the matter any further, tilting his head to look at Leo's wound. "What'd ya do to piss his off anyway?"

"That's none of your business." Leo repeated.

"Like hell it ain't. I dragged ya ass home and since then I've been picking up your slack. If Shredders pissed at you then I gotta pull your weight even more...I got My own damn problem too, Leo."

The older turtle laughed, but it turned into coughing. When he regained his voice he mocked Raph: "You're a spoiled brat, Raph. Can't handle being responsible for more than a few days? Pathetic."

"Piss off, Leo. I get punished by our Master on a weekly basis, you piss him off once and suddenly everyone's talking about you. You're always so damn perfect and you freaked out the one time you fucked up for a change instead of me. Suddenly Shredder ain't so proud of little Shredder Junior huh?"

"Maybe that's because I am better than you."

Raph stood over Leo, his eyes narrowed and dangerous as he pushed down on Leo's plastron, close to his wounded side. "I ain't the one who almost got himself killed the other day. I'm starting to think Donatello is a bad influence on you Leonardo."

Leo hissed in pain, shoving Raph with as much strength he could muster. "Don't lecture me, little brother."

"Stay down or I'll make you stay down." Raph growled, taking a step away from the bed. "I don't trust Donatello on his own, and you ain't going anywhere."

He glared at him, but knew with just one look that he wouldn't be able to change his brother's mind. "Fine. But if you touch him there'll be consequences. Just tell him I ordered him to come."

Raph grunted, not confirming or denying whether he agreed to what Leo had asked him or not. He turned and walked away without another sound.

Leo sighed in frustration, leaning back down on the bed and glaring at the roof a moment. Then he turned his head to the side, looking at Michelangelo who was still curled up against the wall. The younger turtle flinched at the dark gaze, quickly bowing his head down to avoid it. 
Leo continued looking, feeling nothing but hate and anger towards the other. If it was up to him, master Shredder could have that one. As long as he left Donatello alone.

Raph came back into the room, dragging a crying an struggling Donatello with him, pushing him into the room in front of him where the slave fell to the floor.

This caught Mikey's attention. "Donnie?" He rose, moving closer and reaching out to his brother.

"What did you do?" Leo snapped at Raph.

Donnie looked up at the call of his name, feeling someone moving closer to him, instinctively his flinched back away from them. He gave a weak smile as he saw his brother reaching out to him, but didn’t make a move towards him.

“I dragged him back here like I said I would.” Raph’s eye’s narrowed at Leo

"I told you not to touch him." Leo growled, turning to Mikey. "And you! Don't touch him either!"
Mikey jumped, freezing mid-movement as he'd planned to place a hand on Don's arm. "B-but..." He started.

Donnie flinched again at Leo's growl, whimpering slightly as he curled up tighter. He didn't want to be touched, but at the same time he didn't want to deny his brother the contact. "M.master?" Donnie knew that Leo was still mad at him, he didn't want that anger to be taken out on his brother.

Leo pointed at the corner at the opposite end of the room. "Stand over there and don't touch anything or anyone."

Donnie was still crying, but nodded his head and stood up on shaky feet to curl up in the corner, burying his head in his arms and just shivering, not making a sound.

Mikey shook his head in confusion, turning to Leo. "What happened? What did-"

"Quiet." Leo snapped. "That's none of your business, and if you know what's best for you, you'll stop asking questions."

"Don't talk shit to My slave Leo. You don't get to order him around anymore 'en you order me." Raph snapped.

"Do you think you have any right to tell me what to not do, Raphael?" Leo sneered. His breathing had become heavy and strained, his hand clutching at his wounded side. "You've already done things to my slave that I didn't allow you to do with mine."

"I told you I was bringing him here and he refused to come, all I did was drag him over here. I could of just done a hell of a lot worse...I respect your property, you respect mine remember. Now Don't threaten Michelangelo again."

"Fine, think you have some kind of control over him if you want to." Leo said, defeated, tired and beyond frustrated at this entire situation. "Master Shredder is going to take them both away soon anyway."

"How'd you piss him off enough for him to take them off us?" Raph growled, not liking that he would lose his own slave apparently from what Leo had done.

"It's my fault when Saki's happy, and it's my fault when he's angry!" Leo said helplessly. "I did everything!" His eyes turned glassy. "I did everything."

Raph blinked at Leo's defeated tone, shocked out of his anger slightly. "What Happened Leo?"

But Leo had turned away from him, closing his eyes tightly while his lip quivered.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, he put a hand on his brothers arm. "Leonardo... If you do not tell me then I will find out from rumours. And you know the other foot ninja will make you the bad guy in this...What did Saki do?" He hadn't missed the fact that Leo hadn't referred to the human as their Master like they usually did. Was Leo also having second thoughts about staying in the foot?

A moment of silence, then Leo shook his head. "No, let the Foot ninjas talk. I don't want you involved."

"I'm gonna get dragged into it through Mikey anyway if Donatello is involved." Raph pointed out.

"Not as long as you keep your mouth shut."

"Since when have I been good at that." Raph tried to joke. "Plus I got a reason not to let go of Michelangelo. If he's going I need a pretty good reason to lose him."

"You won't have a choice." Leo said bitterly. "And you know it."

"Yeah but I wanna know what's going on. Don could be put to use, but Mikey ain't good for much else other then a slave 'cause of the agreement."

He laughed, a short humourless sound. "Don't you get it, Raph? There IS no agreement. Not anymore."

"What?" Raph was confused. Was Donatello rebelling? The agreement was that Don would willingly be a slave if Mikey was kept alive. Raph looked over at the smallest turtle, he was a bit battered and bruised, but still very much alive.

"He's going to do whatever he wants. That's what he always does."

Mikey had been listening silently, but now he spoke up: "What?! So everything Donnie did was for nothing?!" He felt anger flare in his chest.

"Course he is. 's what he's always done. What? You think he actually cares about us?" Raph scoffed, he didn't care if it was open defiance, his brother seemed to be just realising what Raph had known for years. Maybe Leo wanted to leave aswell now? "Pipe down pipsqueak, I'm trying to work out what's going on here." He snapped back at Mikey

Leo didn't answer this time, just closed his eyes again.

Mikey's mouth closed into a tight line, and he stepped back, going over to Don and kneeling down next to him. "Donnie? What happened?" He asked quietly.

"Now what did ya mean. There ain't no agreement?" Raph didn't understand that. Mikey was still alive so unless Donatello was rebelling the agreement should still hold.

"Shredder..." He shook his head, he didn't want to think about that, about anything right now. His whole body was shaking with the force of his crying. He couldn't tell Mikey, couldn't burden him with something like that. Not after he'd been forced to watch Don get used sexually and after Donnie had...

"I told you," Leo said quietly. "He's going to do whatever he wants. We're expendable now, Raphael. He doesn't need all of us to fight in his cause."

"Shredder what?" There were tears in Mikey's eyes. "Don... please tell me what's going on."

Raph just stared at Leo as those words sunk in. Looking back at his slaves he knew that Leo was right. He'd wondered if Shredder planned to train the others, until now the two turtles had been his prized soldiers due to them being mutants and stronger and more durable for fighting. 

Saki didn't need four of them though. Raph suddenly realised that his little dream of leaving would probably have to be a reality, now that Leo saw how bad Shredder was maybe he would go with him.

"D.doesnt m.matter." Don sobbed, looking up at Mikey for the first time since he was dragged in. "He...hes not gonna touch you." That couldn't happen to his baby brother, not after everything else had happened. "h..how are you..holding up?" The last time he'd seen Mikey was in the infirmary with a bad throat, Don couldn't help but looking at the black eye.

Mikey frowned. "I'm fine, Donnie." He placed a hand on Don's arm. "Are you hurt?"

"I..." yes! yes, he was hurt, both physically and mentally. But he shook his head, flinching as Mikey touched him. He didn't want to be touched, but he knew that Mikey wouldn't hurt him. He was just glad that he'd managed to have a shower before Raphael had dragged him over here, otherwise Mikey would be able to smell what had happened.

"I know you think I can't handle myself, but I'm not a kid, Don." The tears in his eyes threatened to well over. "So stop keeping things from me cause... cause that hurts more than anything else."

"I...im sorry." Donnie felt his heart sink even more, he just wanted to protect Mikey, but he realised that he could be over protective as well, he just wanted to keep him safe. He didn't have any right to be this upset, Mikey had been raped as well and the day after he'd had to watch Donnie willingly getting used. 

"I..I'm so s.sorry." Slowly Don uncurled himself and gently hugged Mikey, quickly tightening his hold untill he was practically clinging to him as he cried into his shoulder.

Tears rolled down his cheeks, and he realized how much he'd missed being this close to his brother, to just hold him and touch him, and not in the way they'd forced him to but because they needed one another. Because they loved one another. So he hugged him back, shivering in withheld sobs. "It's okay..." He spoke quietly. "It's okay."

"I..it.h.hurt so bad a.and.i..I c.couldn't... I d.didn't..." He shook his head as he heard his brothers reassurances. It wasn't okay, nothing that had happened was okay. He just wanted to take Mikey back to the lair and curl up on the sofa while Master Splinter watched with stories. He just wanted them home and safe... Maybe he could convince Leo to come with them? He didn't want to leave him behind to be abused by Shredder anymore.

As Don spoke, it started to dawn on him. Shredder... touches... pain... if it'd been torture, Don wouldn't be like this, he could handle torture. But... Mikey felt like throwing up, and he resisted the urge to push Don away. Instead he held onto him tighter. Would the Shredder really...? Why? Why the heck would he want a mutant turtle that way? No, it was this place, it was making him think things, it couldn't be that, Shredder couldn't have... 

"Donnie..." A whimper. He wanted to ask, but at the same time not.

“Don't." Don sobbed. If Mikey asked then he'd have to tell him. He didn't want to, not after everything Mikey had already been through. He already felt disgusted at himself, and Leo had basically said that he was as well. He basically said that he might find him too repulsive to ever touch again. He should be happy that Leo may not ever touch him sexually again... so why did it hurt so much to think that Leo might be disgusted with him?

And something in Donnie's voice made him not ask. "Are... are you hurt? Can I help you?"

Donnie shook his head, it hurt the most when he walked, but at the moment it was just a painful ache. The drug had basically left his system and most of the pain was mental not physical, he was lucky he'd slept with Leo not long before, so he'd at least been partially stretched, if not still a little sore. Mikey was helping him just by being there, and seeing that his baby brother was okay.

Mike went silent then, holding Don close and leaning against him.

Donnie nuzzled into Mikey's neck, glad that he hadn't asked about what had happened, though he had a suspicions that his little brother had already worked it out. 

Raph had been watching them and also started to guess about what might of happened. "Tell me what went on with you two and Saki." Raph's eyes narrowed at Leo, it wasn't a question. Raph demanded to know, now.

"What do you think happened?" He answered. "I don't know exactly what master Shredder plans but he..." Leo swallowed. "He did the same thing I've been doing with Donatello."

"Bullshit." Raph stated bluntly. "I saw you with Donatello. You didn't fucking rape him. You wouldn't let me penetrate him' cause I'd only hurt him. You was pleasuring him for gods sake!" Raph was now sitting next to Leo on the bed, looking back at the two slaves. " and Mikey weren't as bad as that after I got carried away with him."

"Are you that incredibly ignorant, Raphael, or do you really believe in what you're saying?" Leo shook his head at him. "The only good point you've made is that they'll be worse off with the Shredder. Remember when we were kids? They put us through all those tests, but Shredder wouldn't let them do the really damaging ones? Well, those two are ripe for the picking."

"I ain't an idiot Leo. I understand just fine what sort of bastard Shredder is! I know that he don't care now there's more of us. And ... " Raph stopped, could he trust Leo with his plans to leave? Maybe they could all get out of here? "Saki raped Donatello. And unfortunately for you, the rules say he's in his rights to do that 'cause Donatello's 'just a slave'. So what'd you do to piss him off so much with ya?" Raph need to know how much shit Leo was in before he planned to do anything else.

Leo made a face. "I... I offered myself instead." He didn't look Raph in the eyes. "I didn't want him touching Don."

Raph cringed. Shredder wouldn't of reacted well to that at all, one of his top warriors offering himself up to be raped in place of a slave. "Why did ya do it Leo." Raph knew that Leo had a huge sense of honour, but he wasn't stupid, he knew better then to piss of the clan leader unless it was for something really important to him. 

Then he thought of something. Something that started to piece together how Leo treated Donnie and how protective he was of him. But... 

"Do ya have feelings for Donatello?" His voice was just a blunt question. If he was right then Leo was in more shit than Raph had thought.

Leo glared at Raph, growling: "No. I don't. I just don't want anyone else touching him."

"You don't piss him off like that Leo!" Raph growled right back. "Your smarter then that."

"Shut up, Raph!" Leo snapped. "You don't understand anything."

"I understand more then you think." Raph grunted, looking back over at the other two. "You're staying here tonight, up to you whether Mikey and Donatello are allowed to stay together." At least no one would come looking for Leo in Raph's room, and if they go to Leo‘s room, Raph would be there to hold them off and by Leo some time to escape.

Leo narrowed his eyes at him, but didn't answer, instead he looked at Don and Mikey. Mikey met the other's gaze, almost daring him to tell him to let Don go.

Donnie didn't see the way Leo was looking over at them, he just stayed clinging to his baby brother as he cried. He hated feeling this weak, he needed to be strong for Mikey.

Finally, Leo looked away. He didn't have the strength to argue. He'd come up with a proper way to assert his dominance later.

Mikey relaxed, turning back to Don and brushing along his carapace.

"Right." Raph nodded, taking that as Leo agreeing to let the two slaves stay together. "Mikey! You do whatever my brother tells you to." His eye's flicked to the loose floorboard for a second before glaring at his slave, he'd have to trust the other not to mention his secrets, hopefully he'd already learnt his lesson.

Mikey noticed where Raph was looking and it made his heart race, he swallowed hard. "Yes... master." He mumbled.

Raph grunted at the others answer, but accepted that he would behave. "You want anything from your room before I turn in for the night?" He asked Leo, turning back to his brother. "There's stuff in my draw if you want ta get Donatello to change ya bandages."

Donnie looked up at the sound of his name, having not been paying attention to what the two 'masters' had been talking about.

Leo was glaring at the ceiling. "No." He answered.

Donnie squeezed Mikey tightly before loosening his grip and moving away. He wiped at his eyes as he stumbled over to Leo, cringing slightly from the pain in his rear before looking over his masters injuries.

Raph watched him for a moment, opening the draw with the first aid kit before walking over to the door and heading off to Leo's room for the night.

Leo had closed his eyes, and Mikey kept as close to Don as he could to make sure nothing happened to him.

Wordlessly Donnie started to gently change Leo's bandages, cleaning the reopened wounds as best as he could. He stayed completely focused on his actions, only occasionally looking up at Leo's face to see if he was in pain, or back at Mikey.

But the fight with Raph had worn Leo out completely, and despite how hard he tried he couldn't stay awake. He fell into a deep sleep.

When Leo's breathing had become slow and steady, Mikey moved closer, poking the older turtle's cheek.

Donnie watched Mikey, but his hands were too busy to stop him from poking the sleeping turtle. "Mikey? What are you doing?" He asked softly, not wanting to wake Leo up when he needed to rest.

"He's totally out of it." Mikey poked Leo so hard that the older turtle's head turn to the side, a small frown on his face before he relaxed again. Mikey's eyes glittered with excitement when he looked at Don. "We could leave and they wouldn't even know it."

Donnie finished up with the bandages and frowned at his brother. Leo didn't even lock his door anymore, Donnie had never attempted escape, it was too dangerous for Mikey... But Mikey was here now, and Donnie could protect him. "It's... not a good idea right now..."

"Dude, if what they said about Shredder using us as lab rats is true, this might be our only chance." Mikey's expression had turned serious.

"Mikey... I'm not at my best, and Shredder said he's going after you next." Donnie looked back down at Leo, he didn't want to leave him behind, Shredder was after him now aswell.

"Yeah, and if I wasn't clear enough - I don't want to be here when he does come for me." Mikey placed a hand on Don's shoulder. "We have to at least TRY."

Donnie nodded, he needed to get Mikey away before Shredder got to him but... "Leo said he would help us get home." He suddenly remembered.

Mikey snorted. "Yeah, he seemed real eager to help us."

"He's injured" Don defended his sleeping master. "I... I trust Leo."

"What's he done to make you trust him?" Mikey asked, completely confused and perplexed. "All I've seen him do is..." He clenched his fists. "Nothing that makes me trust him, anyway."

"Just... I just do Mikey." Don looked away, he didn't really know how to awnser that. Leo had been good to him... most of the time. And he was trying his best to block the time that... he didn't want to think about that, he just wanted to forget all about it.

Michelangelo stared at his brother. "So that's it? We're just gonna sit here and wait?"

"We need to get out of here... But, we need Leo to help us. He grew up here. He knows how to get out without being seen." Donnie desperately just wanted to go home, but he wanted to take Leonardo with him aswell.

"You could have just said yes." Mikey muttered, walking off to lean against the wall, sliding down and hugging his legs in silence.

Donnie sighed, looking down at the floor. "I'm Sorry Mikey... I just don't want to risk things getting worse... If we get caught then Shredder...." Donnie shuddered, not even wanting to think about what happened to him happening to his baby brother.

"We're already caught by the Shredder, if you haven't noticed."

"It could be worse." Donnie said as a matter a fact. "I hope you never have to learn that first hand.... We're getting out of here." He promised.

Mikey rested his chin against his knees, glaring at the wall. He decided not to answer.