This idea has been floating around in my head for a while now and I finally decided to write it down.
This is my first "Human"/Alternate Universe so please be nice… X)
Leonardo is 17, Raphael; 16, Donatello; 15 and Michelangelo is 14
XD
This is gonna be fun
Outlanders
Prologue:
Leo sighed before turning to look up at the building squished between Star Bucks coffee and City Hall and collected himself, as he slowly exited the police car, where he had only to wait a second or two for the officer to walk around from his side of the vehicle; allowing the teen to follow him up the stairs to the door.
"Beth." The uniform clad man called, as he held the door open momentarily for Leo to duck inside after him then proceeded to walk further into the room looking around the desk for the person who should have been manning it.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm here." A woman complained as she meandered from the next room with several folders in her arms. "Leo." She proclaimed upon seeing him and absent-mindedly thrust the papers into the officer's arms, causing him to struggle slightly for a grip on the stack as the woman circled the desk and talk to the kid face-to-face. "How ya doin sweetie?"
"Fine." Leo stated with a small smile. "I'm sorry about this." He added immediately.
"It's gonna be okay." She said putting a comforting hand on his shoulder and attempted to fix his mess of black hair as much as she could. "It wasn't anything serious and the jerk probably deserved it anyway."
"Don't encourage him, Beth." The officer insisted.
"Oh shut up, Paul." She ordered; waving away his argument like it was a particularly annoying fly, with left him to respond with the loud sigh of someone who dealt with this kind of thing all the time before he moved to place the files on her desk and pulled a set of keys from his belt.
"Come on kid, I'll take ya in." He proclaimed as he walked up to a door and Leo gave one last smile to Beth before following the officer.
They didn't say a word as they walked; with left Leo with no risk of distraction while he ignored the holding cells where various members of gangs and hoodlums sat around swearing up a storm and generally being unpleasant to each other.
He only looked up again when Paul suddenly stopped and couldn't help but sigh again as the man unlocked the cell on the end to reveal his slightly younger brother sprawled out on the bench like he owned the place.
"I see they gave you your own cage this time." Leo declared sourly, causing Raph to open a single eye, as if he wasn't worth the effort of opening both.
"And I see you forgot ta take yur happy pill again." He commented dryly.
"That's enough ya two." Paul stated as he pulled his key from the lock. "Raphael, yu're free ta go."
"Thank you, officer." Leo proclaimed respectfully as Raph threw his legs over the bench and strolled over to the door with his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah, thanks man." He added choosing not to make eye contact with his brother.
"Just do me a favor and stay out a trouble." Paul declared morally. "Yu're a good kid; I'd hate ta see somethin' happen ta ya." With this he proceeded to ruffle Raph's hair slightly before walking away to let them talk. However it took nearly minute of silence in the man's wake to finally find the two brothers making eye contact, but only momentarily.
"Let's go home." Leo stated simply and turned to walk away without another word, leaving Raph to mutter something under his breath before following.
…
"Ya always gotta take the high road, don't cha?" Raph yelled to his brother, as they walked down the sidewalk outside the station. "Well if ya gotta be all high an mighty, ya could at least tell me how 'wrong I was.'" He added loudly, even though his brother was plenty close enough that there was no need for the volume.
"Would it do any good?" Leonardo asked without looking back, causing Raph to just stuff his hands in his jacket pockets and glare at the window of a building they were passing. "I don't tell you what to do because I like it, Raph." He added sagely. "I do it because the things you like to do are illegal."
"For yar information; that jack-wad was the one that started it, not me." Raph complained.
"Yeah and like every other time; you had to be the one to finish it, right?" Leo countered.
"Here's an idea, instead a automatically thinking it's all my fault, you could trust me for once and actually take my side." Raph stated demandingly.
"I do trust you." Leo insisted; finally turning around to face him.
"Ya got a funny way a showing it." Raph yelled back, getting right up in his face.
"I just don't want you to get hurt." Leo stated; calmly taking a step back, so they could talk normally again.
"I can take care a myself." Raph insisted quickly.
"I know you can." Leo shouted back suddenly angry as well. "But what if you take on the wrong 'jack-wad' next time? What if he has a gun?Is it really so wrong for me to worry about my brother?"
Raph opened his mouth to protest that but for some reason he couldn't think of anything to say.
"I get it Raph, you don't like it here." Leo started again. "None of us do." He added in a calmer voice as he really did understand where his brother was coming from. The orphanage where they had lived all their lives had shut down forcing them to transfer to New York where it was loud and crime ridden.
They had barely been there a month and already Raph was on a first name basis with at least half of the local police officers, mostly for taking out his rage and frustration on gangs of street thugs; which was probably the only reason he hadn't been put away for the rest of his life.
But what's more was that his brother had never really been as angry as he was now. True he'd always had a knack for hitting things when they ticked him off and usually took a great deal of pleasure in it. But this was different; he seemed to almost actively pursue things to punch.
Like he was on the hunt
"I don't care how much you want it to be different; you're still my little brother, Raph, and it's my job to worry about you." Leo insisted after another minute before turning to walk away again, leaving Raphael to think over his words.
…
They didn't say anything more for the rest of the trip, even as they walked up the short set of stairs and through the orphanage's front door at exactly 12 minutes past 1:00 o'clock in the morning.
"What are you guys still doing up?" Leo demanded upon seeing his remaining two brothers lounging on the lobby bench.
"Mikey wanted to wait for you." Donnie answered as his only little brother remained crashed-out in his lap; dead to everything but his dreams.
"Doesn't look like he succeeded." Leo commented with a laugh as he moved to ruffle Mikey's shocking blond hair and smiled at the little joy his baby brother could give him; even in his slumber.
He was about to carry the little pest to bed himself when Raph walked up to perform the task instead. "I got it." He said before effortlessly lifting Mikey into his arms; so gently that the kid didn't even stir, then headed down the hall to their room leaving his older brother to make a move to follow before noticing that he was alone.
"Donnie?" He asked noticing how his remaining sibling had more or less remained where he was as they moved around him, just watching the floor in deep thought. "Everything's okay, he's not in any trouble." Leo reported trying to calm his brother's overactive mind.
"That's not it." He answered before reaching up to rub his temple in clear discomfort causing Leo to sit next to him on the bench.
"Another headache?" He asked rubbing his brother's back gently in an attempt to provide some comfort.
"I'm starting to think this city doesn't agree with me." Donnie complained sourly before moving to stand up, only to reach for the wall as he nearly lost his balance.
"Hey easy!" Leo ordered getting up to catch him before he fell and quietly took him to their room down the hall before heading to the bathroom for some aspirin and a glass of water.
"Get some sleep bro." He stated once the task was done and Don quietly lay back against his pillow to close his eyes. "Everything's gonna be fine." He added in a whisper, more to himself than anyone, yet his brother still responded with a simple 'yeah,' even though Leo knew it would be a cold day in July before one of his little white lies managed to fool Donatello.
I really don't know how long this story will last before I run out of ideas. I'm kind of hoping that by posting it I'll be jump started. But until then; I will post a chapter every "Thursday."
And for those who want to know what they look like, I've made a picture of the guys as human, it's on my Deviant Art page, User Name: XIIIthHazard.
;)
