"So, maybe this isn't the best idea." Leo murmured to himself, rubbing his palm to his forehead. They were running out of resources, ideas, and time. "But we don't have much of a choice."

"Hey, I mean, better than mine, right?" Raph half jokingly said, and looked at his brother's face, disappointment lining on his forehead. "Hey hey, don't you worry," he wrapped an arm around over Leo's shoulder, "if this doesn't work, Renet can always take us back again. Right, Renet?"

He watched as the trainee sat cross-legged and fiddled with her scepter. The glowing red was more of a pale pink, meaning it was cooling down.

"Uh—yeah!" She said, only half listening to Raph. But her nose scrunched up when she realized Raph was comforting his brother instead of arguing. It was rare to see those two get along with plans, and for Raph to agree with his plan? Renet groaned lowly, she knew they had to fix this ASAP.

Thankfully, Raph let go of Leo—'cause she was already a little freaked out about how different they were—and walked to Mikey.

"Mike, any updates?" Raph asked, Leo put him on watch for the Shredder, that bozo should come soon.

"Nah bros, Donnie's still wandering around, I guess. He should come soon. This is the place where he gets–" His shoulders visibly tense, and for a second he lost his wording. Despite Raph trying to comfort Leo with his plans. Mike knew it was a hasty idea, but as Leo said, they don't have much of a choice, and as his brother being leader, Mikey was every step behind him, following commands as always, or least tried. "–Anyway," Mike said, clicking his tongue in thought, "who's getting Donnie out of here before we fight?

"You." Both Raph and Leo said simultaneously.

"Me?!" He said in a shriek, and covered his mouth, "you don't want me to fight?" He whispered rather harshly, glaring mostly at Leo.

"It's not that Mikey." Leo paused, stabbing his tongue against his cheek, Mikey was the most sensitive out of the three of them, and he knew his wording had to be outright perfect. "it's just Donnie's close to the Shredder, and we need someone with fast reflexes to get him out of there, and you're the best we got."

"Yeah," Mikey's voice lowered; "I guess you're right." Mike nodded, "I am the fastest out of you two. Ha! Ha!" He exaggerated, bouncing on the balls of his feet, wanting to use his bragging rights at every chance he can get, but he froze in what seemed like mid-air.

In a distance there was a small yell, barely they could hear, "… You're not my friend!" And it felt like everything came crashing down.

"It's not in these tunnels, brah." Mikey said, hands suddenly clammy and head jerking in every direction to know where the two were coming from.

"Renet, stay at least 30 feet from us, for your own safety." Leo suddenly said, watching at their friend nod and then turned at his two younger brothers.

"Let's move." Leo waved at the two, eyes delving into the deep shade of white as they heard the faint conversation coming from the West side of the tunnels. It wasn't too far, but if they didn't hurry…