Ch 1 Wounded

Splinter sat in the dojo on one of his tatami mats in a lotus position, he was meditating. The lair was quiet and he knew his sons, currently out on patrol, would not be home any time soon. Or so he thought...

The sound of quickly approaching footsteps alerted the brown rat and, sensing trouble, he immediately got up and made his way to the entrance of the dojo. From there he could see the the entrance to the lair and hear the many footsteps along with loud echoing voices that argued back and forth. Splinter rolled his eyes as he quickly recognized the two quarreling voices of his sons Leonardo and Raphael. As he waited for them to make their way in, he couldn't help but notice the other voices and extra amount of footfalls.

As Splinter peered out over the lair, the first thing he saw caused his eyes to widen and he quickly hurried across. Donatello entered the lair first followed by Leatherhead carrying what appeared to be a very hurt Michelangelo. Eventually followed by a very agitated flying Pigeon Pete, a floating Dr. Rockwell, Slash and the two arguing turtles.

"This is all your fault Leo!" Raph was screaming at his blue brother. "If Mikey doesn't pull through I'll make you wish you did run off with Karai!"

"Enough Raph!" Leo yelled back. "I did what I did to try and help her." Leo defended himself. "How was I suppose to know..."

"Brothers, Please" Slash interrupted as he tried to calm them down. "Right now let's just..."

But Raph would not let up. "I hope your happy Leo," He looked at Leo accusingly. "Now we know where you really stand!" Raph looked hurt. "Whatever happened to turtles first?"

"You don't think that I..." But Leo could go no further with his thought as Master Splinter quickly intervened.

"Enough!" He shouted at his two bickering sons. "What has happened?"

Slash turned to address the wise rat. "Master Splinter," He bowed. "Michelangelo was injured during a fight with the foot clan, currently Leatherhead and Dr. Rockwell are aiding Donatello in tending to him ."

"He was injured trying to save our Fearless Leader here because HE prefered to run after Karai instead of looking out for his family!" Leo was about to retort but Master Splinter intervened.

"Raphael" Master Splinter spoke sternly to him. "That will do." He walked over to the door of the lab and was about to walk in when he turned back to his sons. "I will check on your brother and then I will speak with you Leonardo regarding this matter."

"Hai, Sensiei." Leo responded.

Leo and Raph continued to glare each other down while Slash tried to calm down Pete.

"So much blood," He moaned. "Poor Michelangelo, I can't believe what happened." Slash pulled out a piece of sourdough bread and patted Pete back.

"He'll be fine Pete." He soothed. "Just relax and sit down."

While Pete ate his bread and tried to calm down. Leo began to pace in front of the lab door. He kept thinking about the last two hours. He couldn't understand how he could've been caught off guard like that, and Raph constantly reminding him of his blunder was not helping.

A few minutes later Splinter walked out with Leatherhead in tow.

"Michelangelo will be fine." Leatherhead told everyone. "He lost a lot of blood but the wound is not infected and he just needs to rest now." He walked over to where Slash and Pete were sitting."Dr Rockwell is helping Donatello with the wound." Slash nodded at this piece of news.

Splinter turned to Leo. "Come to the dojo." He told him. Leo followed his Sensei, keeping his head down. As he walked away from the group he couldn't help but notice the angry look he got from Raphael and the uncertain looks from the others.