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It was a wonder how the species survived. \n\nThe Triceraton female moaned out her pleasure, “You’ve done enough, slave.” She pushed him back, “If you haven’t reached your climax yet, I’m not going to lay here and wait for you.” She pulled out a pouch from her clothes on the floor. “A little extra something,” she placed the bag in his hands. “I hate that little sex slave my husband has and can’t wait for you to buy his freedom.”\n\nRaph took the pouch and looked down at it, “How much?”\n\n“Five hundred,” she answered while she got dressed. \n\nRaph did the math in his head, “That means that I only need about a thousand more.”\n\n“You’ll earn that in no time,” she said as she made her way to the door. “Just get that thing out of my house. I can’t stand his crying.”\n\n“Yes, Ma’am,” Raph nodded as she left. \n\nHe got himself dressed then limped his way out of the room. His escort was waiting for him. “Good fight today,” the Triceraton guard said. \n\n“Thanks,” Raph answered. \n\nThey got to the lab where they now had Donatello. He had made them four transmat devices and now they had him working on other projects for them. The genus Turtle looked up when the door opened. “Raph!” he ran up to him. “Let me help you to the bed.”\n\n“Do you think you’ll be fighting tomorrow?” the Triceraton asked.\n\nRaph shook his head, “As much as I want to, I don’t think I will be able.”\n\n“I will check in on you tomorrow anyway,” the Triceraton replied before taking his leave. \n\nRaph let Donnie guide him to the bed and laid down. Raph lifted the pouches he had, “Thirteen hundred today.”\n\nDonnie took the pouches, “That’s a lot.”\n\n“It seems Mozar’s wife doesn’t like Mikey,” Raph explained. \n\nDonnie added the pouches to the others, “You need eight hundred more to free Mikey.”\n\n“Maybe I will go fight tomorrow,” Raph grunted as he shifted his position. \n\nDonnie turned, “No you won’t. You are going to rest tomorrow. Mikey can last one more day.”\n\n“But…,” Raph tried to argue, but Donnie cut him off. \n\n“No! I will not let you risk your life any more than you already do. And as soon as Mikey is free, you’re going to be taking more time off.” Donnie sat on the bed next to Raph, “I’m being selfish here, but I can’t survive here without you.”\n\nRaph reached up and pulled Donnie down into a kiss, “I’ll take tomorrow off then.”\n\nDonnie nuzzled Raph neck, “Then you can take your time.”\n\n“Okay,” Raph rubbed Donnie’s carapace. “Things are going to be complicated when we get back.”\n\n“I love how you still say ‘when’,” Donnie smiled. “It means that you haven’t lost hope.”\n\n“I will get us home,” Raph insisted. \n\n“I know you will,” Donnie agreed. \n\n\n**\n\n\nMikey had no idea how long he had been Mozar’s slave. He lost track of the days. It wasn’t like there was a sun up and sun down in the middle of space. It didn’t matter anyway, Mikey never really got out all that often. Mozar did take him a couple of times to watch the fights, but not often. Raph played to the crowd, showing off his strength and flexibility. His fighting style was a mess, but it got the job done. \n\nSometimes, if Mozar was feeling mean, the Triceraton commander would show Mikey a video feed of Raph and Don together. It was painful to watch, because he could see Raph look at Donnie the way he used to look at Mikey. \n\nIf they were falling in love, then where did that leave him? He would cry about it sometimes, but Mozar’s wife would threaten to beat him and sometimes she would. He had fallen into a state of depression and Mozar was starting to lose interest. \n\n“You’re not as cute as you used to be,” he would grumble. \n\nThis only made Mikey fear that Raph would feel the same way. \n\nHe was laying on his pallet when the door flew open. “Good news,” Mozar’s wife announced. “You’re freedom has been bought.” Mikey sat up and looked at her as two guards entered the room and picked him up. “Get him out of here,” she sneered. \n\n“Am I being taken to my brothers?” Mikey asked as he was pulled behind the two guards but he didn’t get an answer. He pouted the whole way to the lab, but perked up when he saw Donnie. Tears streaked down his cheeks as he ran to collide with his brother. \n\n“Hey, Mikey,” Donnie soothed returning the embrace. “It’s okay.”\n\nMikey looked up at Donnie, “Where’s Raph?”\n\n“Resting in the back,” Donnie answered pointing with his chin. \n\n“Can I go see him?”\n\nDonnie nodded and led Mikey to the back room. Raph was laying on the bed with his back to them. His carapace was covered with scars. He turned when they entered the room. “Mikey,” he managed to smile though the exhaustion. \n\nMikey ran over to his side and knelt down, “Are you okay?”\n\nRaph nodded, “Now that you’re free, I’m gonna take a few weeks off and rest.”\n\n“I’m sorry,” Mikey sobbed. \n\n“Why?” Raph asked.\n\n“You wouldn’t be in this situation if you had never met me.”\n\nRaph’s hand came up and caressed Mikey’s cheek, “I would be dead if I hadn’t met you.”\n\n“What?” Mikey breathed. \n\n“I was so lonely that I wanted to die,” Raph started to cry. “I was thinking of how I was going to kill myself. Then you came into my life and gave me a reason to live.”\n\nThat look was in Raph’s eyes, the look that told Mikey just how much he was loved. “You still love me,” Mikey smiled. \n\n“Of course I do,” Raph smiled thought the tears. \n\nMikey looked over his shoulder at Donnie, “But you guys love each other too.”\n\n“I’m sorry, Mikey,” Donnie shifted his feet. “The only reason Raph’s with me is because I can’t be alone. We didn’t mean to…. Yeah, I love him.” Donnie cried, “I’m so sorry.”\n\nMikey got up and walked over to Donnie, “It’s okay.” He embraced his brother and Donnie wrapped his arms around him. \n\n“I still love Leo,” Donnie sobbed. “And I know Raph still loves you.” He pulled away and looked down at Mikey, “I’ll leave you two alone.”\n\nDonnie left and Mikey went back to Raph. “I do understand,” Mikey said sitting down.\n\nRaph scooted over and had Mikey lay on the bed next to him. “Leo’s gonna need you,” he said. “I want you to know that it’s okay if you two get close. If you know what I mean.”\n\nMikey nodded, “You’re saying that I can have sex with him.”\n\nRaph smiled, “I’m saying that you can fall in love and not feel guilty about it. We’ll work it out when Don and I get back.”\n\nMikey started to cry, “Are you going to stay with Donnie and have me be with Leo?”\n\nRaph was shaking his head before Mikey finished, “No. I will want you back.”\n\n“Good,” Mikey smiled.\n\n“I just hope that you will want me back.”\n\nMikey’s smile faded, “I love you and will want you back. Even if you come back all mangled with scars.”\n\n“I hope so,” Raph leaned in for a kiss. \n\nMikey moved so that he was straddling Raph’s hips, “It’s going to be a while.”\n\n“Yeah, it will be,” Raph smiled, Rubbing Mikey’s plastron. “You’re going to have to do most of the work.”\n\nMikey moved down and removed Raph’s pants then removed his own. “I think I can manage,” Mikey grinned then it faded. “Will Donnie be okay with this?”\n\nRaph chuckled, “Why do you think he left us alone. We don’t have Mozar demanding you leave and we have time before you have to be out of here.”\n\n“Okay,” Mikey started to grin again. “How do you want to do this?”\n\nRaph turned so that he was on his plastron, “I don’t have the energy for much of anything else. Sorry.”\n \n“That’s okay,” Mikey smiled, “as long as we’re together.” He leaned forward and kissed Raph. \n\n\n**\n\n\nDonnie could hear the churrs coming from the back and fought back the bit of jealousy. He was the interloper in the relationship, not Mikey. He focused in on his work until it was near time to have Mikey go. \n\nHe sat quiet so that he could hear if they were making any noise. He heard the gentle rumbling of Raph’s snoring and knew that it was alright to go to the back. He found Raph and Mikey tangled together on the bed and gently woke them up, “It’s time for you to go.”\n\n“Bye,” Mikey whispered and kissed Raph before getting up. \n\n“I love you,” Raph breathed, holding Mikey’s hand for as long as he could before distance parted them. \n\n“I love you too.”\n\nMikey followed Donnie to the front of the lab and got up on the transmat device. Donnie wiped tears from his eyes, “Did Raph tell you that he’s going to be taking it a little easier from here on out?”\n\nMikey nodded, “Yeah.”\n\n“Just fifty thousand more,” Donnie smiled. “I know he can do it.”\n\n“You guys come back to us, okay,” Mikey sobbed. \n\nDonnie nodded, “Until then, I want you and Leo to be together.”\n\n“Yeah,” Mikey smiled. “Raph said the same thing.”\n\n“I know that you had a crush on Leo when we were younger,” Donnie smiled. \n\n“If you knew that, then why did you go after him?” Mikey couldn’t stop the tears from falling.\n\nDonnie blushed, “The same reason I went after Raph. I’m selfish and afraid of being alone.”\n\nMikey got down off the platform and hugged Donnie, “I’m not mad at you for any of it.”\n\n“You are way too kind,” Donnie cried. Mikey pressed in and gave Donnie a gentle kiss and Donnie’s eyes went wide, “What was that for.”\n\n“I had a crush on you too,” Mikey smiled. “But you and Leo couldn’t see me as anything other than a sickly little brother.”\n\n“I’m sorry, Mikey.”\n\n“We’ll figure it all out when you get home,” Mikey chuckled. “I think mom and dad would freak if we started swinging.”\n\nDonnie laughed, “Where did you learn that term?”\n\n“I watch more grownup things now that I share a room with Raph,” Mikey smiled. “And I’ve seen lots of porn,” he said as matter of fact. \n\n“I don’t see you as a sickly little brother anymore,” Donnie nuzzled him. “I love you, Mikey”\n\n“I love you too, Don.” Mikey turned and got back on the platform, “Send me home.” Donnie pushed the buttons on the panel and Mikey was gone. \n\n\n**\n\n\nLeo’s eyes were heavy as he tried to open them. There was an oxygen mask over his beak, a heart monitor on his finger and an IV in his left arm. He took a deep breath and blinked a few times, trying to clear his vision. \n\nA small warm hand grabbed hold of his and the scent of his mother managed to reach his nose around the mask. He turned his head to look at her. His body felt heavy. \n\n“You’re okay, Leonardo,” she soothed. “You’re safe.” Her other hand came up to rest on the top of his head. “You were hibernating.” He nodded his understanding. It had been years since the last time he and his brothers hibernated. They were equipped with warm packs under their clothes to hold off the winter cold, whenever they went out now. \n\n“How long?” he managed to ask.\n\n“A little over a month,” Shen answered. \n\nHe swallowed hard, “Mikey?”\n\nShen shook her head, “Not back yet.”\n\nLeo nodded, “It took two months for Raph to earn my freedom.”\n\n“How did he look?” Carla asked from the doorway. \n\nLeo’s eyes were focused enough to see that he was in a room at the farm. “It’s taking its toll on him,” he answered honestly.\n\n“Why was he the one chosen to be the fighter?” she asked. “The three of you are better trained.”\n\n“It wasn’t our choice,” it was still hard for Leo to talk. “I guess he was picked because of his size. I would have gladly traded places with him, but I don’t know how well he would have handled being… where I was.” Tears stung his eyes and he turned away from them. \n\nShen soothed him and kissed his cheek, “You’re safe now.”\n\nThe usually level headed and emotionally schooled Turtle cried uncontrollably for the first time in nearly ten years. \n\nIt took him another few days before he was able to get out of bed and as soon as it was warm outside he would lay out in the grass and bask in the sun. \n\nThe weeks passed and he was soon told about the events that occurred while he was away. The Shredder attacked with a vengeance and burned the Jones family business. The whole family has left the city and has moved out to the farm, relying on the saved family fortune to support them all. \n\nThe Foot was also attacked, so Shen was moved out to the Farm for her safety. It was now like a game of chess. Brother against brother and New York hung in the balance. Nagi had his politicians and Saki had his. They both had businesses, off the books and public. The only members of the Jones family still in New York were Sean and Scott, both working with the Foot from legal angles against the corrupt lawyers and cops on the Dragon’s payroll. And Honeycutt was proving to be a valuable asset, messing with the Purple Dragon’s computer systems.\n\nLeo wanted desperately to be with his father and to help in the fight, but he was told to stay put and recover. He was an obedient son. \n\nIt was mid-April and Leo was doing his part by helping with the planting and tending of this year’s crops. He had fully regained his strength, but he was still below his previous skill level. And he suffered nightmares every night. He would wake up and it would take him a few minutes before he realized that he was safe at the farm. \n\nHe was tending to the tomatoes when he saw the portal that opened near the house and Michelangelo drop from it. The sea-green mutant sat up and started to cry. His sorrow could be heard with each sob. Leo was on his feet and running towards him in a heartbeat. \n\nMikey saw him and scrambled to his feet to run towards Leo. “Mikey!” Leo cried out as the tears started to flow. They collided with each other and embraced. They both cried as they held tight to each other. \n\n“Mikey!” Shen’s voice caused them to pull away. Mikey turned and ran to her. \n\n“Mommy,” he cried as he ran and he fell into her arms. \n\nCarla stood on the front porch tears streaming down her cheeks. \n\n\n**\n\n\nOne of the rules with the slaves is that they have to be kept together on the same Asteroid Ship and were to never be split up so long as the fighter was still working for their freedom. With Mikey free there was nothing keeping them on Mozar’s Asteroid Ship and the two Turtles were teleported to the Home Worlds so that Donatello could assist in the construction of the transmat device there. \n\nThe levels for the fighters were the same on the Home Worlds as they were on Mozar’s Asteroid Ship. Only, on the Home World, there was an extra level. The Grand Arena was a one and done grand championship. The victor earned the freedom of his or her group and the losers die condemning the rest to a lifetime of slavery. \n\nOver the course of a month Donnie continued with Raph’s training while he gave his body time to heal. He still fought in the lower circuits just to have something to do while Donnie worked and to bring in a few tokens. \n\n“I’m gonna do The Grand Arena,” Raph said out of the blue one night.\n\nDonnie hit his arm, “What happened to not taking unnecessary risks?”\n\n“I can do it,” Raph said through a mouth full of food. \n\n“I can’t lose you.”\n\n“You won’t,” Raph insisted. \n\n“Please don’t do it.”\n\nRaph looked away, “I’m sorry, Donnie, but I’ve made up my mind. I just can’t take this anymore.”\n\n“But…,” Donnie sobbed, but Raph cut him off. \n\n“I’m doing it.”\n\n“Okay.”\n\nRaph gave himself a few weeks of rest before applying for The Grand Arena. He was put on the roster and was told that he would fight in three days. \n\nOn the morning of the fight, Donnie was permitted to go to the arena to watch. He sat in a special section for slaves. They were all there to watch the fight and learn their fate. Donnie expected an elimination format, like it was in the other arenas. But his heart sank when he realized that he was wrong. \n\nAll twelve combatants were standing in the arena with their weapons out. Raph looked small compared to some of the others. A horn sounded and the fighting began. There were times when Donnie lost track of Raph, only to find him using the limited assassin skills that Yoshi was able to show him. One by one combatants died and slaves were dragged crying from their seats. \n\nThere were a few times Raph was knocked down, but he managed to recover before another was able to land a fatal blow. It was down to just Raph and two other fighters. They were both larger than he was and they shared a look that Donnie did not like. \n\nThey both charged Raph together, deciding to take the smaller fighter out before facing each other. But Raph decided to take a gamble and threw one of his bladed weapons at one of the fighters. Raph had impeccable aim, a trait that Yoshi and Nagi were impressed with. The blade thudded in the chest of the larger of the two fighters and he fell to the ground. \n\n“No!” shrieked a slave next to Donnie. She dropped to her knees in despair, “Why?” A guard came in and dragged her out of the room along with three other slaves that looked to be her children. Donnie’s heart broke for them. \n\nHe turned his attention back to the fight in time to see Raph take a hard blow to the plastron. He flew back and landed in a pile of the dead. The other fighter’s lips moved, but the roar of the crowd was too great for Donnie to hear anything. \n\nThe remaining three slaves with him were on the edge of their seats. One glanced at him with a look full of sorrow before turning back to the action. \n\nRaph wasn’t moving as the fighter made his way towards him. He had a long weapon with a pointed end and he raised it high above his head, ready to thrust it down into Raph. Dread fill Donnie, but he couldn’t look away. \n\nRaph’s movements were quick and his arm was a blur as he threw his other weapon. The other fighter fell back with the blade protruding from his head. The slaves next to Donnie all cried out, but he was able to breathe a sigh of relief. \n\nRaph managed to stand, briefly before stumbling. There was a blade in the back of his thigh that he must not have realized was there before. He most likely landed on it when he landed on the dead fighters. He fell forward in the middle of the arena and didn’t get back up. \n\n\n**\n\n\nLeo and Mikey laid by the river and basked naked in the summer sun. Mikey curled up next to Leo and planted a gentle kiss on his lips. They had spent a lot of time together over the past couple of months and had ended up developing a sexual relationship. \n\nLeo rolled Mikey onto his carapace then got on top, “I love you.”\n\nMikey brought him down into a deep kiss breaking it only when they needed to breathe, “I love you too.”\n\nThey made love by the river before getting dressed and returning to the house. They walked hand in hand, taking comfort in each other and taking their time. Then they saw the flash of the portal through the trees and started to run. They heard Donnie screaming for help before they saw them. \n\nDonnie sat holding Raph in his arms. The larger emerald Turtle was covered in blood soaked bandages and was unconscious. Tears streamed down Donnie’s face as he held Raph close to him. “Please hurry,” he cried out.\n\nPeople rushed from the house to their side. Raph was taken from Donnie and carried into the house by the time Mikey and Leo got there. Donnie sat covered in blood with Shen at his side. “What happened?” Leo asked, dropping to his knees next to Donnie. “I thought that he was going to take it easy.”\n\nDonnie shook his head, “I should have talked him out of it.”\n\n“What?” Mikey pressed.\n\n“He fought in The Grand Arena. It was so horrible. There were twelve fighters in the arena at once and he was the only survivor. Since he was no longer a slave, the Triceratons didn’t really treat his injuries. They just bandaged him up and teleported us home.” Donnie fell in to Shen’s arms and cried. \n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Raphael tried not to think about the pain in his left hip as he willed himself to maintain his erection. Triceraton Females were ugly, in his opinion anyway. No wonder why the males had sex slaves and raped their servers in the mess hall. It was a wonder how the species survived.

The Triceraton female moaned out her pleasure, “You’ve done enough, slave.” She pushed him back, “If you haven’t reached your climax yet, I’m not going to lay here and wait for you.” She pulled out a pouch from her clothes on the floor. “A little extra something,” she placed the bag in his hands. “I hate that little sex slave my husband has and can’t wait for you to buy his freedom.”

Raph took the pouch and looked down at it, “How much?”

“Five hundred,” she answered while she got dressed.

Raph did the math in his head, “That means that I only need about a thousand more.”

“You’ll earn that in no time,” she said as she made her way to the door. “Just get that thing out of my house. I can’t stand his crying.”

“Yes, Ma’am,” Raph nodded as she left.

He got himself dressed then limped his way out of the room. His escort was waiting for him. “Good fight today,” the Triceraton guard said.

“Thanks,” Raph answered.

They got to the lab where they now had Donatello. He had made them four transmat devices and now they had him working on other projects for them. The genus Turtle looked up when the door opened. “Raph!” he ran up to him. “Let me help you to the bed.”

“Do you think you’ll be fighting tomorrow?” the Triceraton asked.

Raph shook his head, “As much as I want to, I don’t think I will be able.”

“I will check in on you tomorrow anyway,” the Triceraton replied before taking his leave.

Raph let Donnie guide him to the bed and laid down. Raph lifted the pouches he had, “Thirteen hundred today.”

Donnie took the pouches, “That’s a lot.”

“It seems Mozar’s wife doesn’t like Mikey,” Raph explained.

Donnie added the pouches to the others, “You need eight hundred more to free Mikey.”

“Maybe I will go fight tomorrow,” Raph grunted as he shifted his position.

Donnie turned, “No you won’t. You are going to rest tomorrow. Mikey can last one more day.”

“But…,” Raph tried to argue, but Donnie cut him off.

“No! I will not let you risk your life any more than you already do. And as soon as Mikey is free, you’re going to be taking more time off.” Donnie sat on the bed next to Raph, “I’m being selfish here, but I can’t survive here without you.”

Raph reached up and pulled Donnie down into a kiss, “I’ll take tomorrow off then.”

Donnie nuzzled Raph neck, “Then you can take your time.”

“Okay,” Raph rubbed Donnie’s carapace. “Things are going to be complicated when we get back.”

“I love how you still say ‘when’,” Donnie smiled. “It means that you haven’t lost hope.”

“I will get us home,” Raph insisted.

“I know you will,” Donnie agreed.


**


Mikey had no idea how long he had been Mozar’s slave. He lost track of the days. It wasn’t like there was a sun up and sun down in the middle of space. It didn’t matter anyway, Mikey never really got out all that often. Mozar did take him a couple of times to watch the fights, but not often. Raph played to the crowd, showing off his strength and flexibility. His fighting style was a mess, but it got the job done.

Sometimes, if Mozar was feeling mean, the Triceraton commander would show Mikey a video feed of Raph and Don together. It was painful to watch, because he could see Raph look at Donnie the way he used to look at Mikey.

If they were falling in love, then where did that leave him? He would cry about it sometimes, but Mozar’s wife would threaten to beat him and sometimes she would. He had fallen into a state of depression and Mozar was starting to lose interest.

“You’re not as cute as you used to be,” he would grumble.

This only made Mikey fear that Raph would feel the same way.

He was laying on his pallet when the door flew open. “Good news,” Mozar’s wife announced. “You’re freedom has been bought.” Mikey sat up and looked at her as two guards entered the room and picked him up. “Get him out of here,” she sneered.

“Am I being taken to my brothers?” Mikey asked as he was pulled behind the two guards but he didn’t get an answer. He pouted the whole way to the lab, but perked up when he saw Donnie. Tears streaked down his cheeks as he ran to collide with his brother.

“Hey, Mikey,” Donnie soothed returning the embrace. “It’s okay.”

Mikey looked up at Donnie, “Where’s Raph?”

“Resting in the back,” Donnie answered pointing with his chin.

“Can I go see him?”

Donnie nodded and led Mikey to the back room. Raph was laying on the bed with his back to them. His carapace was covered with scars. He turned when they entered the room. “Mikey,” he managed to smile though the exhaustion.

Mikey ran over to his side and knelt down, “Are you okay?”

Raph nodded, “Now that you’re free, I’m gonna take a few weeks off and rest.”

“I’m sorry,” Mikey sobbed.

“Why?” Raph asked.

“You wouldn’t be in this situation if you had never met me.”

Raph’s hand came up and caressed Mikey’s cheek, “I would be dead if I hadn’t met you.”

“What?” Mikey breathed.

“I was so lonely that I wanted to die,” Raph started to cry. “I was thinking of how I was going to kill myself. Then you came into my life and gave me a reason to live.”

That look was in Raph’s eyes, the look that told Mikey just how much he was loved. “You still love me,” Mikey smiled.

“Of course I do,” Raph smiled thought the tears.  

Mikey looked over his shoulder at Donnie, “But you guys love each other too.”

“I’m sorry, Mikey,” Donnie shifted his feet. “The only reason Raph’s with me is because I can’t be alone. We didn’t mean to…. Yeah, I love him.” Donnie cried, “I’m so sorry.”

Mikey got up and walked over to Donnie, “It’s okay.” He embraced his brother and Donnie wrapped his arms around him.

“I still love Leo,” Donnie sobbed. “And I know Raph still loves you.” He pulled away and looked down at Mikey, “I’ll leave you two alone.”

Donnie left and Mikey went back to Raph. “I do understand,” Mikey said sitting down.

Raph scooted over and had Mikey lay on the bed next to him. “Leo’s gonna need you,” he said. “I want you to know that it’s okay if you two get close. If you know what I mean.”

Mikey nodded, “You’re saying that I can have sex with him.”

Raph smiled, “I’m saying that you can fall in love and not feel guilty about it. We’ll work it out when Don and I get back.”

Mikey started to cry, “Are you going to stay with Donnie and have me be with Leo?”

Raph was shaking his head before Mikey finished, “No. I will want you back.”

“Good,” Mikey smiled.

“I just hope that you will want me back.”

Mikey’s smile faded, “I love you and will want you back. Even if you come back all mangled with scars.”

“I hope so,” Raph leaned in for a kiss.

Mikey moved so that he was straddling Raph’s hips, “It’s going to be a while.”

“Yeah, it will be,” Raph smiled, Rubbing Mikey’s plastron. “You’re going to have to do most of the work.”

Mikey moved down and removed Raph’s pants then removed his own. “I think I can manage,” Mikey grinned then it faded. “Will Donnie be okay with this?”

Raph chuckled, “Why do you think he left us alone. We don’t have Mozar demanding you leave and we have time before you have to be out of here.”

“Okay,” Mikey started to grin again. “How do you want to do this?”

Raph turned so that he was on his plastron, “I don’t have the energy for much of anything else. Sorry.”
 
“That’s okay,” Mikey smiled, “as long as we’re together.” He leaned forward and kissed Raph.


**


Donnie could hear the churrs coming from the back and fought back the bit of jealousy. He was the interloper in the relationship, not Mikey. He focused in on his work until it was near time to have Mikey go.

He sat quiet so that he could hear if they were making any noise. He heard the gentle rumbling of Raph’s snoring and knew that it was alright to go to the back. He found Raph and Mikey tangled together on the bed and gently woke them up, “It’s time for you to go.”

“Bye,” Mikey whispered and kissed Raph before getting up.

“I love you,” Raph breathed, holding Mikey’s hand for as long as he could before distance parted them.

“I love you too.”

Mikey followed Donnie to the front of the lab and got up on the transmat device. Donnie wiped tears from his eyes, “Did Raph tell you that he’s going to be taking it a little easier from here on out?”

Mikey nodded, “Yeah.”

“Just fifty thousand more,” Donnie smiled. “I know he can do it.”

“You guys come back to us, okay,” Mikey sobbed.

Donnie nodded, “Until then, I want you and Leo to be together.”

“Yeah,” Mikey smiled. “Raph said the same thing.”

“I know that you had a crush on Leo when we were younger,” Donnie smiled.

“If you knew that, then why did you go after him?” Mikey couldn’t stop the tears from falling.

Donnie blushed, “The same reason I went after Raph. I’m selfish and afraid of being alone.”

Mikey got down off the platform and hugged Donnie, “I’m not mad at you for any of it.”

“You are way too kind,” Donnie cried. Mikey pressed in and gave Donnie a gentle kiss and Donnie’s eyes went wide, “What was that for.”

“I had a crush on you too,” Mikey smiled. “But you and Leo couldn’t see me as anything other than a sickly little brother.”

“I’m sorry, Mikey.”

“We’ll figure it all out when you get home,” Mikey chuckled. “I think mom and dad would freak if we started swinging.”

Donnie laughed, “Where did you learn that term?”

“I watch more grownup things now that I share a room with Raph,” Mikey smiled. “And I’ve seen lots of porn,” he said as matter of fact.

“I don’t see you as a sickly little brother anymore,” Donnie nuzzled him. “I love you, Mikey”

“I love you too, Don.” Mikey turned and got back on the platform, “Send me home.” Donnie pushed the buttons on the panel and Mikey was gone.


**


Leo’s eyes were heavy as he tried to open them. There was an oxygen mask over his beak, a heart monitor on his finger and an IV in his left arm. He took a deep breath and blinked a few times, trying to clear his vision.

A small warm hand grabbed hold of his and the scent of his mother managed to reach his nose around the mask. He turned his head to look at her. His body felt heavy.

“You’re okay, Leonardo,” she soothed. “You’re safe.” Her other hand came up to rest on the top of his head. “You were hibernating.” He nodded his understanding. It had been years since the last time he and his brothers hibernated. They were equipped with warm packs under their clothes to hold off the winter cold, whenever they went out now.  

“How long?” he managed to ask.

“A little over a month,” Shen answered.

He swallowed hard, “Mikey?”

Shen shook her head, “Not back yet.”

Leo nodded, “It took two months for Raph to earn my freedom.”

“How did he look?” Carla asked from the doorway.

Leo’s eyes were focused enough to see that he was in a room at the farm. “It’s taking its toll on him,” he answered honestly.

“Why was he the one chosen to be the fighter?” she asked. “The three of you are better trained.”

“It wasn’t our choice,” it was still hard for Leo to talk. “I guess he was picked because of his size. I would have gladly traded places with him, but I don’t know how well he would have handled being… where I was.” Tears stung his eyes and he turned away from them.

Shen soothed him and kissed his cheek, “You’re safe now.”

The usually level headed and emotionally schooled Turtle cried uncontrollably for the first time in nearly ten years.  

It took him another few days before he was able to get out of bed and as soon as it was warm outside he would lay out in the grass and bask in the sun.

The weeks passed and he was soon told about the events that occurred while he was away. The Shredder attacked with a vengeance and burned the Jones family business. The whole family has left the city and has moved out to the farm, relying on the saved family fortune to support them all.

The Foot was also attacked, so Shen was moved out to the Farm for her safety. It was now like a game of chess. Brother against brother and New York hung in the balance. Nagi had his politicians and Saki had his. They both had businesses, off the books and public. The only members of the Jones family still in New York were Sean and Scott, both working with the Foot from legal angles against the corrupt lawyers and cops on the Dragon’s payroll. And Honeycutt was proving to be a valuable asset, messing with the Purple Dragon’s computer systems.

Leo wanted desperately to be with his father and to help in the fight, but he was told to stay put and recover. He was an obedient son.

It was mid-April and Leo was doing his part by helping with the planting and tending of this year’s crops.  He had fully regained his strength, but he was still below his previous skill level. And he suffered nightmares every night. He would wake up and it would take him a few minutes before he realized that he was safe at the farm.

He was tending to the tomatoes when he saw the portal that opened near the house and Michelangelo drop from it. The sea-green mutant sat up and started to cry. His sorrow could be heard with each sob. Leo was on his feet and running towards him in a heartbeat.

Mikey saw him and scrambled to his feet to run towards Leo. “Mikey!” Leo cried out as the tears started to flow. They collided with each other and embraced. They both cried as they held tight to each other.

“Mikey!” Shen’s voice caused them to pull away. Mikey turned and ran to her.

“Mommy,” he cried as he ran and he fell into her arms.

Carla stood on the front porch tears streaming down her cheeks.


**


One of the rules with the slaves is that they have to be kept together on the same Asteroid Ship and were to never be split up so long as the fighter was still working for their freedom. With Mikey free there was nothing keeping them on Mozar’s Asteroid Ship and the two Turtles were teleported to the Home Worlds so that Donatello could assist in the construction of the transmat device there.

The levels for the fighters were the same on the Home Worlds as they were on Mozar’s Asteroid Ship. Only, on the Home World, there was an extra level. The Grand Arena was a one and done grand championship. The victor earned the freedom of his or her group and the losers die condemning the rest to a lifetime of slavery.

Over the course of a month Donnie continued with Raph’s training while he gave his body time to heal. He still fought in the lower circuits just to have something to do while Donnie worked and to bring in a few tokens.

“I’m gonna do The Grand Arena,” Raph said out of the blue one night.

Donnie hit his arm, “What happened to not taking unnecessary risks?”

“I can do it,” Raph said through a mouth full of food.

“I can’t lose you.”

“You won’t,” Raph insisted.

“Please don’t do it.”

Raph looked away, “I’m sorry, Donnie, but I’ve made up my mind. I just can’t take this anymore.”

“But…,” Donnie sobbed, but Raph cut him off.

“I’m doing it.”

“Okay.”

Raph gave himself a few weeks of rest before applying for The Grand Arena. He was put on the roster and was told that he would fight in three days.

On the morning of the fight, Donnie was permitted to go to the arena to watch. He sat in a special section for slaves. They were all there to watch the fight and learn their fate. Donnie expected an elimination format, like it was in the other arenas. But his heart sank when he realized that he was wrong.

All twelve combatants were standing in the arena with their weapons out. Raph looked small compared to some of the others. A horn sounded and the fighting began. There were times when Donnie lost track of Raph, only to find him using the limited assassin skills that Yoshi was able to show him. One by one combatants died and slaves were dragged crying from their seats.

There were a few times Raph was knocked down, but he managed to recover before another was able to land a fatal blow. It was down to just Raph and two other fighters. They were both larger than he was and they shared a look that Donnie did not like.

They both charged Raph together, deciding to take the smaller fighter out before facing each other. But Raph decided to take a gamble and threw one of his bladed weapons at one of the fighters. Raph had impeccable aim, a trait that Yoshi and Nagi were impressed with. The blade thudded in the chest of the larger of the two fighters and he fell to the ground.

“No!” shrieked a slave next to Donnie. She dropped to her knees in despair, “Why?” A guard came in and dragged her out of the room along with three other slaves that looked to be her children. Donnie’s heart broke for them.

He turned his attention back to the fight in time to see Raph take a hard blow to the plastron. He flew back and landed in a pile of the dead. The other fighter’s lips moved, but the roar of the crowd was too great for Donnie to hear anything.

The remaining three slaves with him were on the edge of their seats. One glanced at him with a look full of sorrow before turning back to the action.

Raph wasn’t moving as the fighter made his way towards him. He had a long weapon with a pointed end and he raised it high above his head, ready to thrust it down into Raph. Dread fill Donnie, but he couldn’t look away.

Raph’s movements were quick and his arm was a blur as he threw his other weapon. The other fighter fell back with the blade protruding from his head. The slaves next to Donnie all cried out, but he was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Raph managed to stand, briefly before stumbling. There was a blade in the back of his thigh that he must not have realized was there before. He most likely landed on it when he landed on the dead fighters. He fell forward in the middle of the arena and didn’t get back up.


**


Leo and Mikey laid by the river and basked naked in the summer sun. Mikey curled up next to Leo and planted a gentle kiss on his lips. They had spent a lot of time together over the past couple of months and had ended up developing a sexual relationship.

Leo rolled Mikey onto his carapace then got on top, “I love you.”

Mikey brought him down into a deep kiss breaking it only when they needed to breathe, “I love you too.”

They made love by the river before getting dressed and returning to the house. They walked hand in hand, taking comfort in each other and taking their time. Then they saw the flash of the portal through the trees and started to run. They heard Donnie screaming for help before they saw them.

Donnie sat holding Raph in his arms. The larger emerald Turtle was covered in blood soaked bandages and was unconscious. Tears streamed down Donnie’s face as he held Raph close to him. “Please hurry,” he cried out.

People rushed from the house to their side. Raph was taken from Donnie and carried into the house by the time Mikey and Leo got there. Donnie sat covered in blood with Shen at his side. “What happened?” Leo asked, dropping to his knees next to Donnie. “I thought that he was going to take it easy.”

Donnie shook his head, “I should have talked him out of it.”

“What?” Mikey pressed.

“He fought in The Grand Arena. It was so horrible. There were twelve fighters in the arena at once and he was the only survivor. Since he was no longer a slave, the Triceratons didn’t really treat his injuries. They just bandaged him up and teleported us home.” Donnie fell in to Shen’s arms and cried.
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