A/N: Uh…Sorrrrrrry : ( I trid to update, but I just…lost motivation for a looooooong time. Anyways, if anyone still is reading this, here ya go! And drop me a review will ya? Those are what inspired me to come back to this in the first place!
Raph sipped his newly bought soda, which he got without a fuss from a cashier lady. (this was seriously starting to worry him) He sighed as he unwillingly thought of the event that ruined his and his brother's lives.
It was awful. He and Mikey had gone out into the sewers when Donatello didn't return after his supply run. He had found Donnie cornered by a few foot ninja, unconscious. Shredder was standing off to the side, watching and waiting.
He broke out of his thoughts as the ice cold soda spilled all over him. "Shell…" he cursed, wiping off the liquid.
Raph didn't notice him and ran over to the fallen turtle, knocking down any Ninjas in his way. He hoisted him into his arm, left arm draped over his shoulder and yelled back to Mikey, telling him to get help. Mikey shouted something back at him, but Raphael didn't hear, instead getting a hit to the back of the shell and dropping Donnie. He spun around and hit the ground, maneuvering quickly to his feet.
He snapped out of his mind again, looking up as he felt a pair of eyes on him. It was just a little kid, giggling and waving at him. He forced out a smile and waved back, before the kid ran off.
Han stood behind, grinning from ear to ear. Raphael pulled out his weapons and attacked with all force, noticing Leo and Splinter coming to the scene. Mikey yelled out to Raph again and Raph noticed this time, ducking just in time. Sharp claws drifted by his head, nicking the tails of his red headband and shredding them. Oh the irony. Raph rolled to the side, dodging the new attack from Shredder. He glimpsed Leo and Splinter trying to fight their way to him and Mikey guarding Donnie's body.
"Hey, isn't that Raph?" a female's voice whispered a little ways away from him. Raph jumped up and whirled around, glaring at the human duo a short way behind him. It was Casey and April. Raphael scowled and turned back around to walk away, and saw Donnie standing in front of him. He growled and turned left, Fearless was there. He turned right, Mikey. He froze and looked at his youngest brother, guilt welling up immensely. Shell,he looked bad. His arm was in a sling, he had a bandage around his head, and countless bruises and scratches. The most horrible part was the giant scratch in Mikey's shell.
"Mikey…" Raph choked out, a lump in his throat. The youngest turtle looked at him and grinned brightly.
"What, this? I've totally had worse." He bragged. "The arm's not even broken! It just needed stitches and stuff."
Raph looked at him, he was hiding it. It was a lot worse than he was making it out to be. And it was all his fault. Everything. His eyes glazed over and he was seriously starting to lose it, that is, until the Fearless leader had to say something.
"Raph, come on, we don't blame you. Just come back," Leo pleaded. Raph closed his eyes and smiled bitterly. Leo sure did have a way of making him mad. Anything that came out of his mouth just made him want to punch the blue banded turtle. He glanced out of the corner of his eye at Casey and April. There. Right past them was a railing around the hole that lead to the lower level of the mall. If he made a break for it, he figured he could catch Casey and April by surprise. Before either of them could do anything, he sprinted back and hoisted himself over the railing, dropping to the level before and running off. He heard someone following and kept up the pace, turning this way and that in an attempt to ditch them before running out one of the main mall doors and disappearing into the woods.
