Yay. New chapter already. Still don't own anything, oh well. I'll... figure something out.
The Scientist turned from Leo to face Donnie in one fluid movement. His maniac grin never faltered, even with Raph growling with as much menace as he could muster.
"Because I, for one, am very excited for this. First, I am going to get to know you all. Everything about you." He turned to walk up to Mikey.
"And depending on your... certain attributes, you will be spending much more time with me or other people like me. Sounds fun, right?" He patted Mikey on the head, who cringed and tried to shy away.
It was more than Raph could take. "Hey numbskull! I thought of something more fun than all of that! I call it 'Let us go before I take your spine and bend it into a pretzel!' And while you're at it, why don't you call off your watchdogs there and just give me and you five minutes alone without these chains on."
The Scientist just kept smiling. It was really starting to creep Raph out.
He sighed happily as if he were carressing a cat contently. "You see? Already getting to know each other. Such progress!" However, he did wave the other men out of the room.
Raph just snorted, too confused with that response to fire back a proper reply.
Leo decided to go for a less violent approach. "Listen, ah... sir-"
The Scientist turned in surprise, still smiling. "Oh! Yes, introductions! I am Dr. McVay. And you wonderful creatures are...?"
Three out of four turtles glared at the word 'creatures.' Leo, who was trying to get on McVay's good side, spoke up before his hot-headed brother could add anything.
"Well, I'm Leonardo, and these are my brothers. The one in the purple is Donatello, the one in the orange is Michaelangelo, and the one in the red is Raphael."
McVay smiled genuinely for the first time, without the strange creepiness they had almost become accustomed to. Almost.
He moved his hands in a placating gesture. "You see? We are finally getting to know one another!"
Donnie rolled his eyes. He was really starting to hate this guy. And it wasn't just because he had his brothers chained up like prisoners. "I don't know about you," he whispered to Mikey, "but I am so ready to be out of here."
Mikey glanced his way. "You and me both dude. This is so not the five star hotel I ordered."
Donnie smiled. His brother was always the optimist, even in the worst circumstances.
McVay turned to Donnie. "Say something?"
Mikey and Donnie stopped smiling. "No. We didn't." He decided that the less this guy knew about them, the better.
McVay's eyes travled over the two turtles briefly. He broke into a wide grin. "Ok then! Just remember, secrets don't make friends!"
Raph glowered while Leo tried glaring at his immediate younger to stop. They weren't going to get anywhere as long as the only thing everyone did was argue.
McVay walked slowly over to Raph, who was practically seething with rage. No one hurts, pats, or accuses his little brothers.
With the smile still on, the Dr. stood only about a foot away from the red-banded turtle now. He turned around to speak with the turtles who seemed more willing to come to an agreement.
"So, I am about to leave you four alone. And while I'm gone, I want you all to consider this offer-"
"We won't consider anything you have to offer!" With that, Raph kicked out as far as the chains on his ankles would let him, and with one quick movement he had the Doctor's neck wrapped up in the short length of chain on his right leg. And he squeezed.
He blocked out the yells coming from his brothers, knowing they would be screaming for him to stop, that the Dr. hadn't hurt any of them.
'Not yet he hasn't. I'm not willing to take that chance.'
He didn't see the door slam open, didn't hear the people yelling orders. But he DID feel the pain. Elecricity coursed through his body, and didn't show any signs of stopping. He grit his teeth and let out a short cry. He wouldn't scream, not for these bastards.
Raph forgot about the literal death grip he had on McVay, and only when the pain stopped altogether did he realize the Dr. was five feet away, being taken care of by his little 'helpers.'
Raph sagged in his chains and let his head fall. He didn't have the energy to look up at anything, so he settled for closing his eyes, still taking in deep breaths and trying to calm his heart beat, which was beating erratically.
'Should probably let Don look at that later, doesn't feel too healthy...' And the sweet release of darkness welcomed him.
"Raph! Raph! Come on, man, wake up!" Mikey's cries joined his brothers while Dr. McVay was being looked over by his goons.
'More like 'loons' now,' His mind wandered absently.
'No, gotta focus. Raphs hurt.' He didn't know his older brother was unconcious. All he knew was that his body looked... lifeless.
Not until the Doc stood up did he realize he'd been yelling for three minutes now.
For the first time since meeting him, McVay wasn't smiling. It was more like a scowl now.
He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his eyes. One lense was cracked.
"Well. I guess we know which one of you will be taking the less desirable tests. If any one of you even think about trying something like that again, I will make sure your stay here will be more than unpleasant. I've had other animals worse than that one, and they didn't last more than a week here, I can assure you." He spat on the ground before waving away his loons again.
His smile returned as if he hadn't just told them their brother might die.
"Now, where was I... Ah yes! The offer. It would have applied to all four of you, but after that little stunt the angry one pulled, he is no longer in this. It's like this: You all cooperate with me and my men in our tests, and we won't hurt you. Not too much anyway."
He walked slowly over to the unconcious turtle, knowing the red-banded turtle couldn't hurt him now.
"Lucky for the rest of you, your brother has 'volunteered himself as tribute.'" He chuckled at his pun.
"He will be taking the least desirable tests thanks to his actions. There is still one more group of tests that aren't exactly... happy, but I have all the time in the world to observe which one of you would be the most fitting, and which one of you would be," He patted Raph's cheek and Leo growled. The scientist looked over curiously. "... Very important to me."
The Doc walked over to Leo slowly and Mikey whimpered. He didn't want to see anymore of his brothers hurt.
His glasses glinted in the light as he looked up at their eldest. He leaned in close and whispered something Mikey couldn't hear, but he suspected it was nothing good by the way Leo's eyes widened and his face paled.
To his surprise though, as McVay pulled back, Leo nodded his head slowly as if he were agreeing to something.
The Dr. smiled again. "Wasn't so hard, now was it? You see, we can cooperate."
With that, he walked towards the exit, petting Donnie's plastron on his way out. Mikey shivered as the door closed. That man was way too creepy for his taste.
The three concious terrapins were as silent as the fourth. Mikey couldn't stand it, not knowing something. Even when they were younger, any time he thought his brothers were hidiing something, he would bug them until they cracked. Raph never would, so his best chances had been Leo and Donnie. Leo had too much patience, leaving Donnie as the winner.
He missed those times.
"What now?" Mikey asked no one in particular.
Leo and Donnie looked sorowfully over at their little brother. With a mental jolt, he realized there were tears on their cheeks. His own too.
"I'm so sorry Mikey. We don't have an answer. There is nothing we can do." Donnie told him with a wavering voice. Leo nodded blankly, still thinking about what he had agreed to.
Mikey looked at his limp older brother and choked back a sob.
'I'm sorry Raphie. I'm so sorry. Just hang in there, alright? We'll get you out of here...'
Yay! Ok, so that was fun. If any of this is confusing at all, tell me and I will be sure to fix it. Tell me if you like it, don't like it, want there to be something totally random like an alpaca in there... That was weird. Ok then.
Thanks for reading, I'll work on the next chapter right after I get, I dunno, three reveiws? Starting small! Alrighty, see ya next time!
(Sorry if this wasn't long enough, I'm workin on that.)