Chapter Three

Narrow Escape

After a few minutes the turtles and Mona had taken down most of the Purple Dragons and only a few remained standing.

Mona had gone for the leader and was spinning her fans trying to distract him.

"You think you can get away with such atrocities?" she snarled "I have a plan for people like you! That that's death!"

The leader growled.

"You don't scare me freak whore!" he growled as he watched her fans and the light bounding off the razor sharp metal.

The turtles watched as Mona taunted the leader, the other dragons had run out of bullets and their weapons were broken and useless.

Leonardo was tempted to jump in and help but he trusted his sister to be careful in a situation like this as she had been confronted like this before.

Raphael on the other hand was twitching with nerves and he wanted to step in and help his mate and Donatello and Michelangelo looked ready to leap on him if he tried anything.

"You think you can keep me distracted slut?" The leader growled as he moved around Mona who never took her eyes off him for a second.

She was doing a distracting dance to keep him watching her until she got an opening to take him down.

She finally saw an opening and got ready to strike with her fans, but the leader instantly pulled out a gun and pointed it at Mona's head!

Mona gasped in horror and the leader instantly fired the gun!

"MONA!" Raphael screamed in terror.

"NO!" cried the others.

As the shot echoed around the alleyway, Mona's hair swished around and she stood up straight in shock as blood flowed from the side of her head!

As the leader had fired the shot Mona had managed to move her head, but not quickly enough so the bullet had grazed the side of her head!

"MONA!" Raphael shouted as he dived angrily for the leader "You son of a bitch!"

The leader turned to the wrathful turtle that charged at him with his sai and fired his gun again! The bullet struck Raphael in the shoulder causing the turtle to fly backwards yelling in agony.

"RAPH!" Mona, Donatello and Michelangelo screamed

"Brother!" Leonardo shouted in horror.

Raphael lay on the ground groaning as blood pumped from his shoulder in a steady rythum, The leader was distracted so Mona threw her fan at his hand before he could fire another shot and chopped his hand clean off!

The leader yelled in pain and stared in shock at his amputated hand before Leonardo threw some shurikan stars at him impaling him in the head and throat.

Mona quickly raced to Raphael's side and held him in her arms.

"Baby..." she whispered as tears filled her eyes "Baby are you ok?"

Raphael groaned as he stared at his blood wound, he could hardly speak as he was in a lot of pain but he smiled at Mona grateful she was there.

At the sight of their enemy defeated, the other thugs raced off in terror. At once the other turtles ran to see if Raphael was alright.

Donatello instantly studied the wound and saw that despite the bullet was fired at close range it did not go straight through Raphael's shoulder and must be lodged somewhere within his body.

"We got to get back to the lair!" Donatello cried "I have to remove the bullet!"

The other turtles agreed and Leonardo and Michelangelo helped Raphael to his feet to help him back to the lair.


Back at the lair, Splinter was watching a soap opera in the TV area when he heard the turtles return.

As he watched them come in he almost had a heart attack at Raphael's wound.

"What happened!?" he demanded in a terrified voice, he also saw Mona's head wound and her clothes were stained from the blood.

"Purple Dragons!" Leonardo cried breathlessly "The ringleader almost shot Mona, but Raphael tried to help and he was shot in the process."

Splinter nodded understanding and ran into the medical room with Donatello as the other turtles placed Raphael on the bed and removed his pads, belt and other gear so Donatello could work on him.

Raphael groaned in agony and Mona tried to give support by standing near him.

"That head wound needs treating Mona!" Donatello insisted as he prepared his tools.

"I'll be fine Donny!" Mona replied as she continued to comfort Raphael.

Leonardo instantly started cleaning Mona's head with a damp cloth.

"You're lucky that bastard didn't blow off your head sister." he commented, Mona agreed as Leonardo continued to clean her wound.

"Don't worry about me." Mona insisted "I can heal faster than normal."

"I'll still examine you though!" Donatello replied sternly "Even though you can heal faster I still want to make sure the wounds not infected!"

"Deal with Raphael first Donatello." Splinter said as he stroked his hot headed son's hand.

Donatello complied and prepared some aesthetic for Raphael.

"I'll need to remove the bullet." He said "And check around to make sure there's no damage to the internal organs or arteries."

He analysed everyone.

"If anyone wishes to stay and help, get scrubbed up now!"

"I'll help!" Leonardo offered.

"I'll look after the others." Splinter volunteered as he tried to coax Mona and Michelangelo outside.

"I'll be alright babe." Raphael soothed to Mona stroking her cheek "Just let Donatello see your head when he's done with me."

Mona agreed and after kissing his head, reluctantly followed Splinter and Michelangelo outside whilst Leonardo and Donatello worked on Raphael who was starting to relax as a gas mask was placed over his mouth.

Once outside, Splinter sat Mona and Michelangelo on the sofas in the TV area nearby. Mona was clearly showing worry over her mate's condition as well as pain where her wound though cleaned up still showed.

"You are indeed lucky Mona." Splinter commented "If you had not moved, you would have had your head shot off!"

Michelangelo, who had kept a clam brave face throughout the battle and the journey home suddenly, went pale and he fell at Mona's feet and began to cry into her lap.

Splinter and Mona were stunned but Mona began to caress Michelangelo's head and shell to comfort him.

"Mikey?" she asked "What's the matter?"

Michelangelo said nothing for a few minutes as he cried but he then began to talk in a muffled voice.

"I didn't want to show it in front of my brothers but I was scared!" Michelangelo sobbed "I was scared you were going to die right there! Right now! And now Raphael's hurt!"

Mona felt tears sting her own eyes and she leaned down to hold Michelangelo close and comfort him.

"Shhh Shhh." She whispered "It's ok..."

Splinter also tried to comfort Michelangelo as best he could. He knew the youngest turtle, despite being able to show no fear in the face of battle and laughed in the face of danger, he knew how scared he would get if his loved ones got hurt and often got emotional.

Though they were all worried for Raphael's condition, Mona and Splinter tried to comfort Michelangelo.

"Just seeing how that guy almost blew off your head!" cried Michelangelo looking up from Mona's lap, his mask soaked from the tears he had cried "I never felt so scared! I don't know where I'd be without you big sister! I was scared when Leonardo almost died from that attack at the Foot Headquarters, I was scared you were going to die!"

Mona remembered that incident when they were attacked by Arashi and the foot and Leonardo had been stabbed in the stomach, if it wasn't for her quick thinking and the healing serum Dr Arden had made from his cruel experiments, Leonardo wouldn't have been here.

"It's ok Mikey." Mona soothed as he held Michelangelo close to her "Just calm down, I'm here, I'm not going anywhere."

Splinter sighed at the touching scene of Mona comforting his youngest son. He knew how much Michelangelo loved and treasured Mona as a sister, there had been times he had been upset from nightmares or other incidents and Mona had always been there to comfort him.

He looked towards the medical room and bit his lip as he thought about Raphael's condition. He knew Raphael to be a tough turtle and he hoped he would be ok.

Looking across to Mona, he could tell how scared she was for her mate but she was staying strong for the weeping Michelangelo.

As he waited, Splinter started talking quietly in Japanese praying everything would be ok.

Oh Noes! Raphael's been injured! Will he be alright? Find out in the next chapter!

Aww, poor Michelangelo. He loves his big sister so much!

Note: Some readers may recognize the remembrance part from 'A Warrior's Journey' for those who haven't read it, you can find it here: s/8305719/1/A-Warrior-s-Journey