Raph's POV

I blink rapidly, trying to get use to a sterile white room. I feel panic well up inside, but like my anger, I bury it inside me. I close my eyes and try to meditate, Master Splinter always said it will 'help me reach the inner-depth's of my soul'.

Hopefully that means remembering what the shell happened to get me here.

Flashback

I storm out of the lair, the anger I feel fueling my speeding pace. My sai's are tight in my grip and I welcome the power they offer, I need it. I had another fight with fearless leader, and i need to get the angry fire out of me. I jump to the next rooftop, my feet flying off the rooftop like a pigeon off a tree branch.

I hear a thump from the roof behind me.

I turn around like a bullet, expecting to see a foot bot or mutant on the Shredder's side, but what I saw simply made me roll my eyes. Looks like fearless leader followed me. I glare at him and speed up my pace, I know I can't beat him but i can at least prove I won't give in.

"RAPH! BEHIND YOU! "

I hear Leo scream. The surprise is enough for me to listen. All around us Bishops men stream out.

I look for Leo, but I end up seeing something i never want to see. Leo is on the ground with two men holding him down and five men pointing guns at him. I turn to get over to him, but then...black.

Leo's POV

Fear and dread crept into my bones when I saw one of Bishop's men shoot Raph with a stun gun I was being held down by two men and then I can hear guns cocking all around me. I see the fear in Raph's eyes. Just when I think this entire situation couldn't get any worse Bishop speaks to me.

"Not to worry Leonardo, I wont hurt your little brother... yet... I want to study you two. I understand that you think your brothers. But I am curious of how petshop turtles can be related."

Before I can respond my world went black as well...

No POV

Raphael woke up first, he found he was strapped down to a table, the same table that all four of them had at one time also been strapped down to. And his youngest brother nearly dissected.

Raph looked around to see where his older brother was, he saw him across the well lit area from him he saw Leonardo with his head hung low and from what he could tell, his eyes were shut.

Raph felt a pang of guilt for having a fight with him just before he left the lair with Leo hot on his heals.

"Leo, hey Fearless... wake up! Yo Fearless!"

Leo stirred but before anything else could happen another light came on, this time directly in Raph's face. A sinister voice said to him.

"It's good to see your awake Raphael, as you can see your 'brother' is just fine... for now."

Raph struggled violently and shouted at Bishop.

"Where are we! Why did you take us!"

Bishop came into view and said in a smooth voice.

"For genetic testing. I want to see for starters if you two are really related before I disect you both."

Raph could feel the blood drain from his face at those words, but he knew he had to be strong for Leonardo who was helpless right now while he was unconscious on the table.

Raph gulped but found his voice and said.

"It doesn't matter if we are blood brothers or not Bishop! Master Splinter raised us together, in my book that's enough for me to know that we are in fact brothers!"

A groan could be heard and Leonardo's head started to raise, a quiet voice was heard.

"Raph... Where are we?"

Bishop answered him.

"Your in my lab Leonardo, now that you are with us we can begin the genetic testing."

Raph struggled again as he watched helplessly as Bishop stuck a needle into Leonardo's forearm and drew blood out.

Raph yelled at him.

"Leave him alone!"

Bishop gave him a sideways grin and said to the hot headed turtle.

"Your next Raphael."

After handing the blood sample off to a man in a white lab coat he brought over a different needle and stuck it into Raphael's forearm and drew blood as well.

Raphael could do nothing but watch this happen.

Bishop looked at his men who were standing by and said.

"Take them and lock them up. This is going to take a while."

Both turtles were taken to a cage in a different room away from the exam tables and thrown inside on the hard ground.

Raph tried to break his brother's fall but he had a hard time getting a hold of him before they hit the ground hard.

None of the men said a word as they locked the cage door and left the room.

Raph sat up and dragged his brother over to the far corner and said.

"Leo, come on man, don't do this to me... not now. Fearless wake up."

Leo's head bobbed as he tried to regain consciousness.

Raphael shook his brother gently and told him.

"Come on Fearless, remember when we were kids? Remember how stubborn you could be? Well that has not changed. Don't listen to Bishop, we are brothers. Splinter raised us all together."

Leonardo groaned and looked up at his distressed brother and said weakly.

"R-Raph? W-where are we? Wha happened?"

Raph was happy that his brother had come around and said to him.

"We were captured by Bishop. Right now we are in a cage waiting to be dissected."

Leo looked into his brother's green eyes and said.

"Like hell that will happen, did he stick us with needles? Why do I have a little blood on my arm?"

Raphael looked at his brother's arm and sure enough there was a slight amount of blood there as well on his own arm.

"Bishop drew blood from us to do a DNA test. He wants to see if we are actually brothers."

Leonardo couldn't believe it...

"Raph, you know we are brothers... right? Weather we are blood brothers or not. Splinter rocked us all to sleep in the same rocking chair, he fed us from the same kitchen, we played together, laughed together, fought together, trained together we all did everything together. In my eyes we are brothers, we always have been."

Raph looked down and said to him.

"What if that test comes back that we are not related?"

Leo shook his head and told him honestly.

Before speaking he wrapped an arm around Raph's shoulders and told him.

"to me, it doesn't matter, Splinter never treated us any differently then if we were actually blood brothers."

Raph looked at the cage bars and didn't say a word.

Leo could sense his brother was deep in thought.

Nudging him he said half playfully.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

Raph shook his head and looked over into his older brother's blue eyes and told him.

"I was just thinkin about when we was kids... ya remember the time we had our first fight? Yous and me?"

Leo thought about it but said honestly.

"Not really... must not have been very important."

Raph half grinned at him and said.

"Back then it was... Splinter had just given me a new toy to play with..."

Flashback

Five year old Raphael had just gotten a new toy for being good and not loosing his temper that seemed to get worse as he got older.

Leonardo wanted to play with it too, but Raphael told him no.

During the night Leonardo crept over to the play area and got Raphael's new toy and began playing with it. Accedetily he woke Michelangelo up, the youngest turtle started to play tug of war with the eldest, but to Leonardo's horror the two snapped in half and Michelangelo went sailing across the room from the force of the pulling match.

Leonardo knew his little brother was going to be angry with him.

He tried to hide the toy from Raphael under the couch cushion and return to bed, he had forced Mikey never to tell what had happened.

But as little brothers are, Michelangelo told Raphael what had happened the following morning.

The red clad turtle held his temper until practice, during a sparring match Raph said angrily.

"So, Leo, seen my toy lately?"

Avoiding a kick to the head he told him.

"Nope, haven't seen it."

Raphael could feel the blood boiling in his veins when his brother lied to him.

"YOU IDIOT YOU BROKE MY TOY LAST NIGHT! MIKEY TOLD ME ABOUT IT THIS MORNING! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU LYING TO ME!"

Raphael punched Leo in the gut seeing his brother distracted.

Doubling over Leo tried to regain control and swept kicked Raphael off his feet.

"I didn't mean to Raph, besides Mikey was the one that tried to take it from me, he tried to..."

Before he could finish explaining Raph lept into the air and kicked Leonardo square in the chest sending his older brother flying to the ground.

"YAMITE!" Raphael! That is enough you do not treat your brother that way!"

Raphael spun around and looked directly at his father and said hatefully.

"He is no brother of mine! I hate him!"

Splinter took his cane and smacked Raphael's bottom with it and told his son.

"You never say that to your brother, he is your brother Raphael. No matter what."

Raph recovered from the strike and told his father defiantly.

"No he is not! He will never be my brother! You told us we was pet shop turtles! They ain't related! If ya ain't blood ya ain't brothers!"

That comment was like a knife to the heart, Splinter told his son in a calmer voice.

"Raphael, I am not your blood father, does this not mean your not my son?"

That made Raphael's tirade stop short, he saw the hurt on his fathers face and bowed his head in shame. He looked over at his brothers and saw Mikey with tears in his eyes, Donnie who looked at him curiously and Leo who was looking at him with a pained expression.

Taking a deep breath Raphael told his father.

"Your our father, Master Splinter..."

Splinter looked at his other three sons and said.

"Training is done for the morning, go have some free time. Raphael you and I are going to have a talk."

Raphael swallowed hard as his brothers left the room, Splinter stood in front of him tapping his fingers on his arm in anger.

Splinter looked down at his son and told him heatedly.

"Sit down, NOW."

Raphael sat down on the floor of the dojo, as Splinter paced in front of him angrily.

"Raphael, it is true that while not all pet shop turtles are not related some are my son. You and Leonardo are alike in many ways. I have been watching you two for the past five years and I believe you two if not all of you are all from the same mother."

Raphael looked down at the floor and told his father.

"Sensei, I am sorry for what I said... I didn't mean to say it like that... it came out wrong."

Splinter knelt down to his sons eye level and put a hand under his chin and said to him.

"Then how did you mean it Raphael?"

Raph looked off to the side and couldn't find the words he wanted to say.

Splinter cleared his throat and told his son.

"You know I can not allow you to speak to your brother in such a manner and let it go with out consequence right Raphael?"

Before anything else could be said the door to the dojo burst open and Leonardo rushed inside.

"Sensei, its my fault, if I had not been out of bed in the middle of the night... I would not have woken Mikey up and I wouldn't have made Raph mad! If your gonna punish any one punish me! I started the fight Sensei!"

Present Day

Leo chuckled at the memory and said.

"Yea I think I remember that now, man was Sensei mad."

Raph was silent for a moment and then said.

"Ya never told me why you took the blame? I mean, you have always been Splinter's favorite student, and at times I think son too. Why would you take a punishment for me?"

Leo reached over and wrapped his arms around Raph and told him softly in his ear.

"Cause we were brothers when we started, and we will be brothers to the end..."

Raph didn't have a comment for that as he leaned into the hug and said softly.

"Thanks Leo. If we work together we will get through this."

Leo pulled away and nodded.

"Yes we will Raph."

A/N: This is written with my friend MistyStar123. Tell me how we are doing? Review please.