This is my first TMNT story so constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. I hope you like it. Disclaimer: I don't own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

"Wahoo! Bet you can't beat me, guys!" shouted Mikey. They were doing their nightly patrol, but since there was no crime, the four decided to have a little fun by having a little race. Mikey was winning by a lot as usual.

"Next time, let's play something that Mikey doesn't have an advantage," moaned Raph, "like hide-and-seek."

"How can he go so fast without breaking a sweat," said Don. He was already panting and his legs began to ache.

"Come on, guys. Let's try to give Mikey a taste of his own medicine," encouraged Leo. Don and Raph silently nodded out of agreement, and with a burst of energy, all three of them raced to catch up to their youngest brother.

Mikey looked behind him. Surprisingly, Leo, Raph, and Don were catching up. "Oh, no, if they win, I'm stuck with all the chores for the night." Mikey instantly built up speed and ran even faster. Pretty soon, the finish line – a rooftop near the docks – came in sight. "Almost there."

Leo, Raph, and Don noticed that Mikey picked up pace so they gathered every last bit of energy they possessed and doubled their pace. Soon Leo was racing head of two of his younger brothers and getting closer to Mikey. Mikey noticed that Leo was nearly head-to-head with him so he began to taunt his older brother. "Come on, Leo; let's see if the youngest can beat the leader AGAIN!"

"With all that energy you're expending and still have enough to talk, you are sure to lose this time, Mikey," Leo taunted back.

"That's because I don't need to expend all my energy. With you four slowpokes, I can win this easily."

"Let's see about that, little brother." Soon both brothers were head-to-head with each other in an epic battle to finish first. It was pretty obvious that Raph and Don were going to lose, but Mikey and Leo weren't about to give up. Each summoned all their energy as their sights were fixed on that lone rooftop. For a short while, Leo was ahead of Mikey by a little bit, but at the last minute, Mikey summoned his one last ounce of energy and jumped in front of Leo. He ended up winning by a few seconds.

Both stood on the rooftop panting. "That was pretty good, Leo. You almost beat me. That's the closest anyone's come to beating me, but I still won. After all, I'm the BATTLE NEXUS CHAMPION!"

"Keep it down, Mikey," Leo commanded, "but, yeah, thanks. Nice job."

Now the two brothers waited for Raph and Don to finish. Don was coming ahead with Raph a few feet behind. Pretty soon, Don was declared the third place winner with Raph coming in last.

"Amazing." – pant – "I came in" – pant – "third place." He panted some more. "I always lose." Don managed to say and then collapsed on the ground.

"I know. I'm the one who usually claims third place," Raph remarked.

"You just need more agility and speed, Donny," said Mikey, "but no matter how fast you are, you can never beat the BATTLE NEXUS CHAMPION!"

"Alright, that's it! I'm sick of hearing you say that!" Raph then chased Mikey around the rooftop while Mikey laughed and continued to taunt his brother.

Leo, on the other hand, began to hear a noise amidst the shouts and laughter that sounded like a helicopter. "Guys, cool it!"

Raph and Mikey ceased running around. "Why yah stoppin' me, fearless?" Raph angrily asked. He wanted to tackle Mikey to the ground.

Leo didn't pay attention to Raph and listened for the noise again. It was definitely a helicopter. Normally, this wouldn't have bothered him, but something about this helicopter didn't seem right. His suspicions were correct when the helicopter hovered above where the Turtles were standing, and the door was opened to reveal Agent Bishop.

Don jumped into standing position, and all four turtles immediately drew out their weapons and got into a defensive stance. Leo stared hard into the steely glint of the man's eyes through his shades. "What do you want, Bishop?"

"I need one of you to assist me with a very important experiment of mine whether you do it willingly or not." Then all of the sudden, a group of genetically enhanced soldiers jumped out of the helicopter. "Soldiers, you know what I want!" shouted Agent Bishop. At that instant, all five genetically enhance soldiers rushed into battle with super speed, super strength, and powerful guns.

The Turtles leaped into battle as well, but unfortunately, they were all worn out from their race so doing battle was especially difficult for them. Adding super powered humans to the mix made it even worse. Still, they fought as hard as they could. Leo used his katana to deflect lasers and tried to disarm his opponents while Raph used his sais for long range combat as he threw them into the barrel of the guns. Soon, Leo and Raph were shell to shell clawing their way out of Agent Bishop's soldiers as more and more seem to jump out of the helicopter and into the battlefield. On the other hand, Don and Mikey were cut off from each other. As Don used his bo staff to disarm his opponents and knock them into unconsciousness, Mikey was spinning his nunchucks while backing up. It seemed that the majority of the soldiers decided to fight him. When Mikey saw that he was at the edge of the building, he leaped into action, swinging his nunchucks violently and narrowly dodging lasers.

"Hey, Don, a little help here?" called Mikey as more soldiers rushed in to do battle with him.

Don noticed that his little brother was in trouble and rushed over to help Mikey, but as he tried, it seemed as though his opponents were trying to keep him separated from his youngest brother. Don also noticed that Bishop's soldiers were trying to keep Raph and Leo separated. "Guys," Don called out to all of his brothers, "they're trying to isolate us from each other!"

Leo noticed that Don was right. He knew that they were trying to isolate them from each other to make it easier to capture one of them. But who were they trying to capture? thought Leo. Putting this thought aside, Leo barked out an order, "Try to watch each other's back, guys."

Don tried to fight his way towards Mikey when he noticed Agent Bishop with a tranquilizer pointed straight at MIKEY! The soldier shot the tranquilizer.

"Mikey, look out!" Don shouted to his younger brother.

Mikey turned around and faced Don. "Huh?" But it was too late. The tranquilizer dart hit Mikey's neck, and soon Mikey lost consciousness.

"Mikey!" Don called out and instantly jumped into the circle of soldiers who were about to take Mikey. Don stood on top of Mikey as he used his bo staff to viscously defend his fallen brother. Leo and Raph noticed Mikey being tranquilized and rushed over to help Don.

As Leo and Raph took on most of the genetically enhanced soldiers and fought with rage and newly founded energy, Don checked Mikey's vital signs and was relieved to find Mikey still alive and healthy. Don kept guard over Mikey, often fighting a soldier who came too close to him and his little brother, but while one soldier was fighting Don, another one hit Don hard on the head, knocking Don out cold. Both soldiers took Mikey and called off their comrades. They jumped onto the helicopter with Mike in tow. Raph and Leo saw Don out cold and Mikey being taken away. Both turtles rushed to Mikey's defense, but the soldiers easily thwarted the two oldest turtles.

"Goodbye, Turtles. I have what I want now," Agent Bishop said menacingly. He closed the helicopter's door and flew away west with Mikey.

Leo and Raph just gaped at the disappearing helicopter. Their little brother was gone, and there was a hundred percent possibility that Mikey will be tortured, hurt or even worse killed in Agent Bishop's experiment. "MIKEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Raph shouted to the now gone helicopter. In pure rage and fury, Raph took off and chased after the helicopter.

"Raph, wait!" Leo called out, but Raph didn't listen. Leo picked up Don and carried him firefighter style and chased after Raph.

Carrying a two hundred thirty pound turtle on his back while already worn out from a race and battle and worried about two brothers were taking their toll on Leo's speed as he ran after his brother. For a minute there, Leo didn't think he would be able to catch up to Raph. Leo was also worried about Don. He was afraid that Don might have a concussion or worse, severe brain damage from that hit. Those soldiers' strength was powerful beyond their capabilities. Not only Leo was worried for Don, he felt sick with guilt and worry for his youngest brother. He couldn't protect Mikey, and now Mikey is gone to God-knows-where. Big brothers are supposed to protect their younger brothers, but Leo failed Mikey…and Don. If he didn't find Raph uninjured, he might as well failed Raph and failed as a big brother. He almost let tears escape through his eyes. Luckily, Leo found Raph kneeling on a rooftop about a mile away from the battle scene.

Leo slowly walked towards Raph like one might walk towards an injured and frightened animal. "Raph?" Leo gently said.

Without turning around, Raph began say between angered breaths, "They took Mikey, Leo. They freakin' took him! Our little brother is gone, and I couldn't save him! Who knows what that man will do to him? If they…if they hurt or kill him, I'm going to rip Bishop apart or die trying!" Then Raph began to scream in agony and rage.

Leo calmly waited for Raph to finish his rant and raging screams. When Raph was done, Leo calmly said, "I know Raph and don't worry. We will find Mikey. We don't let someone take our brother away without getting him back. Come on. There's nothing we can do now, and Don needs some medical attention."

Raph snapped at the mentioning of his second youngest brother. "Don? How is he? How bad is he hurt? I'm gonna kill Bishop if…"

Leo cut him off. "I don't know, but it can't be too bad," Leo reassured. "Come on. We need to get home."

Raph nodded and got up. Both of them began sprinting back to the manhole which will lead to the Lair without saying a word. It was only when they were halfway there that the silence was broken.

"Leo?" Raph began to ask.

"Mmmhh?"

"Who's gonna tell Mater Splinter that Mikey was captured?"

It was the question that neither of them wanted to answer, but it was also the thing they did not want to do the most. Breaking the news to your father that one of his children had been kidnapped is not a very easy task but heartbreaking and emotionally devastating.

Finally, Leo said, "I will. It's my responsibility as leader." For once Raph didn't argue. "But I need to take care of Don first."

"I'll take care of Don for yah, fearless," Raph offered.

"Thanks, Raph."

The two brothers with one in tow, raced to the manhole covering to break the sad news to their father that the youngest has been captured.