Summary: Raphael's known for making mistakes, but he went too far. After slitting the throat of an enemy, his life begins to take a turn for the worse. As he is about to meet his end, one of Bishops scientists saves his life, and everything changes. Above his angst and drama, however,
a sinister plan emerges and all Raphael has ever known is at stake.
Rated: T for strong language and strong concepts
Disclaimer's note: I do not own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Mirage Studios holds the rightful ownership.
"We're ninja's for fuck's sake! I can kill whenever I wanna and whoever I wanna. You knuckleheads do know that the bad guys do get up after gettin' their brains scrambled."I was pissed…really fucking pissed.
It had all started when I had rushed out of the layer because Leo was lecturing me about following and becoming a cog in the wheel of our family. He had no damn right. And I wasn't going to follow him, because everyone knows that he doesn't always make the best decisions. Yet he acts oh so perfect. Splinter obviously didn't see what I saw, and he started in about how I should respect my brother as leader. I laughed and said, "No offense sensei, but when Leo becomes a leader I'll respect, pigs'll be flyin." Leo and I got into a big fight and I left to blow off some steam.
There were purple dragons just an alley away from the manhole that leads upward. They picked the wrong day to be smuggling meth. I dropped in on their little party and knocked a few heads around without a problem, but there was this annoying dick with a chain. He kept on hitting my legs with it like he was an idiot or something, and it hurt like a son of a bitch. I went into rage mode and everything went black.
When I woke up, at least seven of the dragons were all stabbed up and bleeding. One was hanging on for life.
"Help…me." He pleaded. I recognized him. He was the mother fucker with the chain. I got mad again. All the anger inside—from Leo, Kasey turning into a pansy for his girl, Splinter forcing me to follow stupid Leo, and Don dating this girl online even though he knew it wasn't safe—it pushed me over the edge. I slit his throat. It felt good. I snapped back to the present to see Leo folding his arms and looking oh-so smug.
"Yes. We are ninjas. We have an oath to protect everyone, even Dragons, by not killing them." Leo was such a fucking hypocrite. If it was one of Bishop's men, he'd have sliced them up without any worrying.
"Raph, man, what's gotten into ya? I go over the edge sometimes, but I never slit any throats." Kasey was a fucking traitor. I told him everything that had happened, and I had hoped it would've made me feel better. It didn't. He told Splinter and Leo. Leo told Don and Mikey.
"You shut the fuck up, ya pussy. You're turning into a soft-headed freak for April. Don't get me wrong; she's a nice dame, but she's screwing you up." I clenched my hands into fists. Splinter had taken away my sai. Now all I had was my fists.
"Raph, I ain't turnin into nobody different! I told ya that a million times! You're just jealous 'cause I'm spendin more time with her than you." He folded his arms and put on that smug face I hated.
"No. I. Ain't." I could feel the anger begin to boil over. I could almost feel my fists pound his face.
"Dudes…" Mikey squeaked, "Why don't we talk this over some pizza." He lifted the box up into the air, hoping the mood would settle.
My shoulders dropped. I couldn't beat Kasey up. He was my best friend. I couldn't blame him. I did kill someone. "Shut up, Mikey." I growled.
Mikey gave me that kicked puppy-dog look, and there was something else. Something different about the way he looked at me. He looked at me with fear.
I couldn't look at him. I ran out of the lair as fast as I could, hoping that there weren't any dragons on the other side of that manhole.
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