Hello readers! i'm sure most of you, if not all of you have heard of Scribe of Turesa, her stories are quite spectacular and hard to miss. These are Prompts she wrote up and after reading through them (there were five prompts) i decided to try to do a one-shot for all of them! this is the first one, so, please read, review, and i hope you enjoy it!
Prompts by Scribe of Turesa
Prompt One~ Broken window, raining outside, blood on the carpet
Brothers Forever
written by AKA
The coldness blew in, through the shattered window.
Leonardo, bent over double and grasping the broken table for support, murmured," Raph?! Raph, where are you?!"
He could hear nothing but the sounds of the storm outside, the thunder clashing like the footsteps of God. The rain kept a steady beat, blowing in, causing Leo to shiver with cold.
His feet were bleeding, cut from the broken glass and his form was bruised and cut.
Nothing except a mocking echo answered his pleading calls for his brother. Leo groaned, as he tried to look inside the dartkened building, an occasional and ominous flash of lightning his only illumination.
***
It had started out simply enough. A race, a competition between Leo and his fiery brother. Then, a nasty spat about the victor. Arrogant words exchanged, pride damaged and then, physical wounds inflicted, as the argument grew more heated.
***
Leo looked down at his body. His body was bruised from Raphael's hard fists, his shoulders cut from a lucky swipe from Raph's Sais.
"RAPH!" Leo yelled louder as he stumbled into the room," Raph, where are you?! Please, Raph, Answer me!"
***
As the argument evolved into a bloody, mindless, monstrous brawl, attention had been attracted. Unwanted attraction…
"So, the two brothers fight? This should be entertaining!" one of the Elite Foot grinned.
Raph and Leo were locked in battle, trying to force the other off when, suddenly, red-amber eyes met golden-brown ones. Silent words were exchanged as they suddenly drew back, looking down upon themselves with horror and shame.
The Elite ninjas growled, hissing their displeasure and suddenly, Raph and Leo found themselves surrounded.
***
Leo's eyes had widened with horror, and now, he groaned as he yelled," RAPH!"
"Here…" came the grumbling whisper.
Leo darted into the dark building, listening for any sign of his brother…
***
Raph and Leo had become separated, and, as Leo fought off his attackers, already weary from his battle with his brother, he saw Raphael struck down and tossed off the building.
"RAPH!!!" Leo screamed as he ruthlessly attacked his enemies now, slashing heedlessly as he struggled to get back to his brother.
He could not, and was forced to flee, to hide, until the Elite passed away from him.
"Raphael…" Leo wept silently, hoping against hope, praying to whatever Deity owned this universe, that his brother was not dead… not after what they had nearly done…
Leo crept out from the dumpster and returned to where he had seen his brother fall.
Then, he had noticed, the broken window, within the building that Raph had been thrown from. A flash, a memory hit him and he swiftly scaled the building, entering the broken window. He fit right through it. He saw then, the trail of blood that led into the dark building.
***
Now, he searched frantically for his brother.
"Leo…"
Raph struggled to sit up, as he gritted his teeth," My damn leg is broken bro… what are you doin' here?!"
"I'm not going to leave you!"
"You're an idiot is what you are! You know the others can't do without ya bro!"
"And I can't do without you, bro." Leo retorted quietly as he helped Raph, putting his arm under his brother, helping him to limp along.
Suddenly, they found themselves surrounded.
Raphael snarled," Lookit the buzzards!"
Leo added," They have no honor."
Raphael looked Leo in the eye, as his brother turned to him.
"We fought like enemies, like rivals… let us die as brothers!" Leo whispered fiercely.
Raphael snarled," Right on, Fearless!"
The name was not spoken as a jibe. It was spoken with courage and wrath meant for their enemies.
Leo drew his sword, Raph his Sais, and, despite their injuries…despite their physical wounds…. They fought better then they had ever done before.
Leonardo, with his arm supporting Raphael, bloacked attacks with his katana and his right leg, his left leg supporting the two of them, pivoting and crouching. Raphael used his whole leg to kick out, used his sais and forearms to block and attack.
They fought as one, whole warrior.
As Brothers.
As it should be.
Leo growled as he and Raph were both beaten to the ground. For six precious and glorious minutes, they had prevailed... but then the Elites had overpowered and overcome the borthers' valiant efforts. Raphael growled under his breath as he felt cold steel on his neck.
The Elite Ninjas all prepared to deliver a final blow…
"HERE COMES THE TURTLE TITAN!!!"
Raph groaned," Oh, for the love of…
Donatello and Michelangelo, arriving as if from thin air, knocked away their attackers.
"You mess with one of us, you mess with ALL of us, ninja losers!" Mikey yelled.
"You got that right!" Donatello yelled, whirling his bo, holding it out like a shield, guarding Leo and Raph.
The two younger brothers defended their older siblings, and Raph could hardly believe it when, a moment later, the Elites vanished into the night like nightmares one has woken from.
Mike turned around and whistled," Dude, what happened to you?!"
"I took a walk through the park, Mikey, WHAT DO YOU THINK?!"
"Where did you come from? And how did you know we were in trouble?" Leo asked softly.
Donatello chuckled slightly as he responded," Are you kidding? you guys were 30 minutes late, so Splinter sent us to look for you. He mentioned that he felt you guys were in trouble... and ya know what? He's never wrong. We tracked you via some tracers i planted on your shells, since the Shell Cells, we found broken on the rooftops."
"Yeah, dudes, like, good thing we were only fashionably late, right?" Mikey grinned.
Raph only glared at him, grudgingly grateful for the rescue.
Donatello examined Raph's leg briefly before helping him up. Mikey helped Leo to his feet and chattered on, but Leo and Raph looked at each other, briefly exchanging words only they could hear. They had done more then win a battle that night, they had learned a lesson… one that they would never forget.