Near Death CH. 2
It was cold and dark, Raphael slowly woke up to the sound of an evil laugh which he realized was very familiar. He looked up to find Spike with his younger brother Donatello tightly in his grip. "DONNIE!" Raph rushed to his feet, "Let him go Spike!" Spike just laughed and held Donnie, who was struggling to get free, closer to his face, "Tsk, Tsk Raphael… I thought that this is what you wanted. I thought this is how you wanted to go along with this path." He squeezed Donnie so hard he crushed all of his bones and then he dropped the dead turtle. Raph's eyes widened, "DONNIE! NO!" He screamed in vain as Spike laughed evilly and walked away.
Raph woke up screaming and with tears flowing down his face. Donnie and Mikey rushed into his room with worried looks on their faces. Raph looked up as they rushed to the side of his bed, "Raph?! You okay dude?!" Mikey asked. "What happened?" Donnie questioned. Raph was breathing heavily, but he pulled Donnie into a tight hug, "Thank god! It was only a dream!" Tears had begun to flow down Raph's face. Donnie smiled and hugged his older brother back, "its okay Raph…" "Donnie…" Raph pulled out of the hug and looked Donnie straight in the eyes, "Spike… he was there holding you in his hands… he crushed you… killing you instantly…" Donnie didn't know what to say. "Who the shell screamed?!" Leo asked walking into the room. Mikey looked at Leo, "Raph had a nightmare about Spike killing Donnie." Leo looked over at Donnie who was trying to comfort Raph, "You okay?" Raph looked up at Leo and shrugged, "I just can't stand the feeling of losing one of you…" Leo sighed. He felt sorry for his brother, he wanted him to feel safe in their own house, "Would it make you feel better if we watched some TV and had some pizza?" "I guess…" Raph mumbled. Leo and his brothers walk out of the room and into the main room to find their sensei, Master Splinter waiting for them, "My sons, what was all that noise last night?" "Well sensei… we were just coming back from a patrol…" Leo responded. "Oh really?" Splinter questioned, "Then how come Michelangelo and Donatello are bandaged up?" Leo looked back at his two brothers. Mikey hid behind Raph while Donnie was rubbing the back of his head, sweat dropping, "Hehe… uh…" "Well?" Splinter questioned once more. Leo sighed, "Last night, we encountered Spike… he attacked Donnie and Mikey." Splinter stood there thinking over the answer Leonardo gave him, but suddenly he yelled, "Leonardo! Donatello! Michelangelo! Raphael! Look out!" Right then the ceiling collapsed. Leo grabbed Donnie and jumped out of the way while Raph grabbed Mikey and jumped away from the wreckage. "Don… are you okay?!" Leo asked with a hint of panic in his voice. Donnie coughed up some dust and nodded, "Y-Yeah… I'm fine…" Leo looked over at Raph who had gotten Mikey out of the way, "Hey Raph! You and Mikey okay?!" Raph looked over Mikey who was trembling in fear from what had just happened. "You okay Mikey?" Raph calmly asked his little brother. Mikey nodded, but the widened his eyes even more, "RAPH! LOOK OUT!" Raph quickly looked behind him to see Spike sending his club straight at him. "Gah!" The blow sent him flying into the wall. Mikey got up in terror, "RAPH!" He looked behind him to face Spike, "Y-You… son of a b****!" Mikey charged at Spike with knunchucks spinning. Leo turned his head to the commotion, "Mikey! No! Don't!" Mikey didn't hear his older brother's warning and lunged at Spike. Spike smiled and hammered Mikey to the ground. Raph opened his eyes to find Spike pounding Mikey with a great force. "MIKEY! NO!" Spike tossed Mikey's limp body into the air and swung his club at Mikey causing him to collide with the wall. Raph couldn't control his anger anymore and tackled Spike causing him to fall to the ground. "Spike! If you hurt my brothers anymore I swear to god I will kill you!" Raph put his Sai up to Spike's neck. Spike just laughed, "Just call me Slash now…" He swatted Raph off of him and retreated out of the lair. Raph slowly got up to see Donnie above him, "Raph?" "D-Donnie?" Raph responded, but suddenly he shot up, "Where's Mikey?!" Donnie looked over at Leo who was over where Mikey was. Raph rushed over, "Leo! Is Mikey going to be okay?!" Leo looked over Mikey's injured body. There was cuts and scrapes all over his body, but the worst injury that was visible on their little brother's body was a large pool of blood that was coming out of his chest. Raph sat Mikey up just enough so he had a clear breathing stream. "Aw shell…"Raph mumbled. Leo sat there silently just staring at his brother, "Donnie… get the bandages…" Donnie nodded and rushed to his lab. Raph and Leo carefully picked up Mikey and laid him down on the couch. Donnie came back with a roll of bandages and started to patch up Mikey's wounds. "How is he Donnie?" Leo asked. Donnie was silent for a couple moments the sighed in relief, "He'll be fine… thankfully…" "Thank god…" Leo said in relief, but noticed how Raph was staring at Mikey, softly rubbing his cheek. "Raph? You okay?" Leo asked. Raph shrugged and carefully picked Mikey up and laid him in his lap, "He hurt my baby brother… he nearly killed him!" Raph clutched his fist and tears started to flow down his face. Donnie and Leo shared a worried look. "My sons… are you all alright?" Splinter asked. Leo was about to answer when Raph cut in, "SHELL NO SENSEI! Spike nearly killed our baby brother!" "Raphael… I know your upset… but getting angry will not help Michelangelo get better!" Raph sighed. He slowly picked up Mikey and carried him to his room. Raph carefully laid Mikey down on his bed and rubbed his head, "Please be okay baby bro... please…"
End of CH. 2