ADRENALINE
Adrenaline was pumping through the veins in Raphael while his abnormal emerald eyes were cold and empty. His skin was shining with sweat, his biceps were bulging, and parts of the hothead's knuckles started bleeding from the force of impact.
Over and hour he's been giving the dangling bag before him a beating, and it was all Leo's fault.
He had complained, AGAIN, about Raph not respecting him as a leader. About Raph not listening to simple orders.
It was all over in an instant when the Hothead punched Leo square in the face and stormed out of the room.
"Who does he think he is!?" Raph thought aloud. "He isn't my keeper and I ain't his soldier!"
The Bag was worn out by now and the red banded turtle was heaving when he came to a halt. But it still wasn't satisfying. He hungered for something that would squirm, and what better to ease that hunger than street thugs needing a pummeling?
Grabbing his Sais from off his bed, he snuck out of the lair. It wasn't that hard of a task because everyone was otherwise occupied. Leo and Splinter were meditating in the dojo, Mickey was on the TV watching a sci-fi/alien movie, and Don was in his lab doing god knows what.
Everyone rarely noticed when he snuck out, and he was determined to keep it that way. The top world just always gave him more freedom, and air. Definitely better than the stench of the New York City's sewers.
He navigated through the sewer tunnels and towards one of the closest manhole covers, climbed up the ladder and pushed himself up. Once he was on the roofs he began hunting his prey. Listening for any scream, gunshot, or the taps of running feet. Sure enough he heard a woman cry for help and shot off towards it. What he found was just what he needed. There were four men cornering a young lady in the dead end of one of the alleys.
"Don't worry, we're not gonna hurt ya." One of the scraggy men said sinisterly. "We're just gonna take all your money and belongings you happen to have on ya." He scanned her body, eyeing her clothes in a perverted way, "All your belongings."
They all started laughing as the Lady tripped and fell onto the hard concrete. She then curled up into a fetal position with her head in her hands. "Please... Don't.." She whimpered while the man reached down to touch her.
Though, just before he was able to, Raph leapt down and punched the man across the face at lightning quick speed. The brawn turtle stood strong and threatening, his teeth bared. His appearance could make the bravest men break down in fear.
"You punks picked the wrong night." He growled before beginning the beat down.
A little after
The red masked mutant stopped at the edge of a tall building and sat down. The sidewalks were somewhat deserted, but there were still small amounts of people walking by.
He beat the punks, tied them up, then 'disappeared'. He heard police sirens nearby so he guessed the lady called em. Now he was sitting there in silence, listening to the world around him. It was times like this Raph had time to think. Think about what life would've been like if he wasn't a mutant turtle, constantly hiding from society.
There was a loud group of teens walking across the street that caught his attention. They were laughing and having a good time. Some looked drunk while others looked sober. One of the boys started kissing the girl next to him, making Raph feel worse. Being a mutant, he knew he would never get to be with a girl.
April was ok, but definitely not for him. Every other girl (in this timeline) who knew they existed were their enemies. Him and his brother will protect the city with their very lives and no one would know. They even saved the world, and they still got nothing in return.
I guess this is what it feels like to be a hero with a mask. Only their mask can come off. He thought. It's nailed into our skin.
The slightest sound behind him broke his train of thought. He froze. Then barely avoided a beam shot towards his shell. Pulling out his sais, he glared at the surrounding Krang. "This is just great." He grunted sarcastically.
"It is the one known as the turtle Raphael. Surrender to Krang so Krang may capture you." One of the droids demanded. There were around 15 of them and closing in with guns at the ready.
"Fat chance." Raphael replied rebelliously and that was all the ninja had to say before the guns started raining down on him. He dodged every beam and was able to get close enough to stab two of the droid's chests, short circuiting them both to the point their true brain forms came crawling out. Raph took the empty avatars and slammed them into the unlucky Krang standing by. The force of the impact caused the robotic parts to go flying everywhere.
Continuing on with the fight, the red masked mutant let his anger control him as he sliced, kicked, and punched the Krang till there was only three left. Raph got a glance towards the coward that ran and hid behind a brick chimney, while he fought the other two.
"Go back to your stinkin world and leave this planet the fuck alone!" He yelled with an annoyed rage.
He threw his sais at the two, not allowing them to do anything in defense. Both Krang brains ran away shrieking while Raph retrieved his weapons and headed over to the hiding alien.
The droid had a blinking light on its wrist and was speaking into it. Seeing the hothead, it only had a chance to yelp before he stabbed it. The brain thing came out, but didn't run away. It just grinned up at Raph, who looked at it strangely before he felt a stabbing pain in his left shoulder. Looking over he saw a dart sticking in his skin. "Awe, shell" he cursed.
"Hello Raphael." A voice greeted with disgust.
The hothead whirled around in a ready stance and immediately growled, narrowing his eyes dangerously.
"The dart you were just hit with injected a very strong sedative into your bloodstream." Karan smiled. "You'll be out like a light in a minute or less."
Raph tensed and gripped his sais tightly. He lunged towards her with amazing speed and pinned her on the side of the roof as she gave a startled cry. His sai was inches away from her throat. "Karai, you son of a..." Raph tried but slowly lost his voice.
She smirked triumphantly underneath him, "You're done turtle."
Foot soldiers came out from the surrounding shadows, each holding either chains, or weapons.
He shook his head in an attempt to block the haziness in his vision, then he faced Karai.
Growling once before his Vision turned black.
Back at the lair
"NOOOO!" Mikey screamed at the TV. "Everyone knows you DON'T go towards the creepy thing! Don't go towards the creepy thing!" The teenage girl on the screen was being dumb by asking an alien creature if it was lost, thinking it was a dog, even though it clearly wasn't. The prankster was completely zoned into the movie staring at it with puzzled disbelief.
Right when the girl was about to touch the 'dog' it bite her hand off then slowly ate her alive while she screamed bloody murder. Mikey flung his hands up and down in exaggeration.
"See! I told you not to go towards it, but did you listen? NO! So now you're dead." He all but screamed.
"Mikey! Would you keep it down!? I'm trying to work!" Donnie's voice came from the lab. A loud boom and a puff of black smoke followed shortly after, making Mikey cringe a little. "You've got *cough* to be kidding *cough* me!"
The genius came out of the smoke throwing a coughing fit. He babbled on and on about things Mikey didn't understand at all, but what the orange banded turtle did get was one of his freako experiment's exploded and Don was mad about it.
Leo and Splinter came out from the Dojo to see what caused the sudden noise. Splinters expression was a knowing one, so was Leo's with a hint of annoyance in his eyes.
"What was it this time Donnie?" The sword wielding turtle asked in exasperation.
"Oh nothing... JUST some of the chemical solutions that took me HOURS to perfect mixed with some of the mutagen and EXPLODED IN MY LAB! MONTHS OF HARD WORK IS RUINED!" The distressed mutant yelled towards the leader. Donnie rarely got mad, but when he was, it was better to be in another room. So Mikey slipped away and headed towards his room, forgetting all about the dumb horror movie.
On the way there he caught a glance at Raph's room door.
Raph and Leo got in another argument earlier that day and no one's seen Raphie since.
Maybe he's cooled off by now… Mikey thought.
Opening the door he automatically saw Raph's punching bag, it looked utterly destroyed with dried blood stains in the shape of fists. Then he looked around the room finding an empty bed, empty bench pressing equipment, and an empty room.
It was clear that the hothead snuck out again. He debated whether he should tell the others about this or not, ending with the decision to just keep it to himself. Raph would get mad at him otherwise. He shrugged and walked to his room.
To Be Continued...