A/N:
With Halloween just around the corner this idea came to mind.
Raph
centric, one shot, set in the 2003verse.
One
Day:
By: LOSTrocker
"YES!
THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!" Mikey announced in a loud voice
that
echoed off the den's walls. He finished off by doing an
awkward pose that
ended up sending him to the floor. "I'm
okay!" he waited for his
brothers to come to his aid, but when
he found they didn't, he unwillingly
got up himself. "Yeah,
don't mind me, I'm fine."
"And what day is that Mikey?" Donnie asked him.
"The day you finally get a brain?" Raph questioned playfully.
"No dudes, check out the calendar!" Mikey pointed to a nearby calendar.
All his
brothers turned to find what got him so excited. It was October
31,
Halloween. It was circled in bright orange.
"Yer point?" Raph asked.
"Geez, ya got to be kiddin' me!"
Mikey continued. "C'mon, this is
the only day that us turtles
get to venture topside and wreak
havoc on the
humans!" this ended in an evil laugh but he stopped
short the moment that
Master Splinter came out. "I mean, of
course, if it's
okay with sensei."
Master Splinter gave this matter some
thought before he officially gave his
word on it. He didn't mind
his sons going to the surface
come Halloween but
he worried about their enemies presence.
He was positive that they were
just
going to be out as his sons were – they always seemed to
be. Splinter not
only took his sons safety in the matter but the
civilians as
well.
Mikey was losing patience. He gave his father the best
sad face he could come up
with an added: "Pwease!?"
Splinter
laughed to himself. It was so hard to deny Michelangelo. "All
right,
all right," Splinter finally agreed. "But I beseech you, please
be
careful my sons."
Mikey wasn't the only one who was
excited. Leo and Donnie were
too, they
were just able to compose themselves better then their
over hyperactive
brother.
The three of them
exchanged hi threes after their father's okay. Raph on the
other
hand, remained by himself. Unlike his brothers, he wasn't too
thrilled
about this day.
"We will!" Mikey promised his father and he was the first out the den.
"Hey, wait up!" Donnie called after him, chasing him in the process.
Leo
waited for all of them to take their leave, but when he found that
Raph
wasn't budging, he was curious. "Aren't you coming?"
"No." was Raph's answer.
Leo glared at him. Why
did his hot headed brother have to be such a downer,
especially
for their youngest sibling? "Raph, don't do
this today."
Before Raph
could retort, Splinter stepped between them. He gave a wave of
his
hand, signalling
Leo to leave so he could take care of this. He didn't
want his
sons fighting today, at least for Mikey's sake. Leo didn't
argue,
he left.
"My son, what troubles you?" he asked
him. "Why do you
not wish to go above
with your brothers? I am certain that you are
tired of being cooped up
down
here."
"That's not the point sensei." Raph
returned, going to storm away to
take refuge in his room but
Master Splinter wouldn't let him off that easy.
"Then perhaps you care to explain?"
Raphael could fight his way
out of this but he knew he would lose, and he
really didn't feel
like having the shell kicked out him today. He had a
terrible
headache as it was, he didn't need the help. So, he gave
into
Master Splinter.
Raph sighed. "It's jest that we
get one day out of the whole freakin'
year to have the freedom
to walk topside with the humans, jest one!" Raph
raged. "I
don't want jest one day Master Splinter, I want more then
one!
Shell, I want to walk among them as much as I want without
any sort of
judgment and bein' called a freak!"
Splinter understood very well where his son was coming from. He too wouldn't mind to walk topside. However, they had to use extra precaution; after all they weren't like everyone else. They were mutants, creatures that were created for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. It wasn't their fault. If he could give his sons the normal lives they craved, he would, but the truth was, he couldn't. This, and their world was all he could give.
Master Splinter put a comforting paw on
Raph's shoulder. "I know it is
not easy for you boys here, but
you must not forget there are those who do
accept us for who we
are."
Splinter had a point. There was April, Casey, Taylor,
Angel, and a few others
that considered them either family or
friends. It wasn't much, but it was a
start. "Do you think
that someday that we will ever be accepted, fully?"
Raphael
asked his father.
"I think in time humans heart can heal
and understand things they do not,
they would have to get used
to us." Splinter made known.
As much as Raphael wanted to
agree with his father he knew if that day ever
did come, it would
come but not until the far off away future.
END.