*Leo's POV*
"What happened to him?!" Mikey asked on the verge of crying.
"Hang on, this may be a trick," I stated leaning closer to see this turtle more accurately.
Green eyes, lightning bolt crack in the shell, attitude filled in every move... I went to touch the little turtle, but it growled at me.
"Yeah, that's Raph," I stated.
"But why is he so small?" Mikey was freaking out.
Kitanna was staring at the little Raphael, whose eyes were locked with hers. She gently reached down and went to pick him up. He growled a little, but stopped as she scooped him up in her hands.
"It has something to do with what was in those containers. Mikey, what happened to them when they were in there?" She asked, still looking at the turtle.
"They were sprayed with some type of purple smoke!" Mikey responded, sob in his throat.
"Purple..." Kitanna mumbled, looking at her hand.
"Alright, I think we should go get Sensei. He would know what to do," I suggested.
"What? We've never asked Sensei to join us on a mission. And if we asked him for help we would seem weak!" Mikey retorted.
He had a good point. I loved the city, and never wanted to go back to living in the sewers 24/7. "Okay, well, what do you suggest? Donnie can't come in and use that stupid chemical to split Dogpound in two..."
"That's it!" Kitanna exclaimed. "The substance Donnie made that exploded wasn't unstable after all, it was sabotaged before it could be complete. Baxter must have blown it up somehow and made a solution with the opposite effect!"
"How do you know all that?" I asked.
"Slightly from knowledge, mostly from an event," she replied sheepishly.
I rolled my eyes and smiled to myself.
"Okay, what do we do?" Mikey asked.
They both looked at me.
"Uh... We obviously can't just leave him here," I pointed out.
The little Raph squeaked with what sounded like delight and hopped onto Kitanna's shoulder. Of course.
She laughed. "I think I know whose carrying him," she remarked as she knelt down and scooped up the sai and mask. She tied the mask around her wrist and put the sai in her belt.
"Alright, the best way to go would probably be the way Raph came from," I stated.
They nodded in sinc. I started down the hallway, both of them following closely behind.
"...Are you sure she'll come, Master Shredder? She is pretty smart, especially with that half mutation she has..." Dogpound's voice echoes through the halls.
We all froze in our tracks.
"I will not hear about that child! Once I am done with her, she can no longer be able to tell her sister the truth! I'm lucky enough to have sent Karai away for this to be able to happen!" The Shredder's voice hollered.
I felt a light tap on the shoulder. I turned to see Mikey, nodding his head in the other direction. I nodded slightly and began stealthily walking back the way we came.
When we were a safe enough distance to whisper, I asked Kitanna, "What did he mean by you telling Karai the truth?"
Kitanna looked down. "When I first met you, I did not know that the Shredder was not my father. But the battle we had with him last, I had a vision of the past."
"What did you see?" Mikey asked, fully into the conversation.
Kitanna's eyes flashed with sadness. "I saw from my younger self's point of view. I saw a burning building, a man fighting Shredder, and my mother and sister.
"The man standing up to Shredder was delayed. Shredder took this as an opportunity to kill my mother and... kidnap my sister," Kitanna said, sounding like she was trying hard to squeak words past the lump in her throat.
Mini Raph had a sad look on his face and rubbed his head against Kitanna's cheek. She chuckled and rubbed his head.
That's odd. That seems like Sensei's story...
"...I know I left that stupid purple masked turtle here somewhere!" Someone called from the door down the hallway.
I heard Kitanna growl behind me, "Baxter..."
I unsheathed my katanas and slowly crept towards the door. The others tried to follow me, but I waved them back. All I was going to do was see if he had left the room.
I peeked through the doorway and saw that no one was there.
"Alright guys, all..." I was interrupted by something grabbing my legs and dragging me into the room.
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*Mikey's POV*
"Leo!" I screamed as the door shut behind him. All I heard was the clanging of metal. I heard Leo's katanas drop and his grunts of struggling.
"Let me go... Omph!" Leo cried as the sound of his voice dimmed.
I ran over to the door and looked through the key hole. Leo was in one of those containers that Donnie and Raph were shoved in before!
"Leo!" I screamed again.
But it was too late. The purple smoke enveloped him in the container.
I about pounded the door down, but a hand grabbed my shoulder. I turn to see Kitanna, holding a finger to her lips and motioning me to follow her.
I obeyed, following her through the hallways and back to the vent we entered through. She jumped up into it, me close behind. What was she planning to do?
***End Twelve***
