Thank you so much guys for your reviews and the favourite! :D I am one Happy Chicky! As promised, This chapter will start to get better but warning, it will be suspenseful and so will a few of the ones in the future ;D Mwahahaha. However, I do apologize for those first 2 chapters being so depressing.
I was going to post this tomorrow, but I really needed some chill out time and was dying to post this one, so here you go! I will stop talking now and let you get on with the story. :)
The cold wind whistled through the leaves as the grey sky began to come in around the city, darkening the sky. It was going to rain soon, with thunder and lightning. People were racing around the roads getting their groceries before the storm hit. Some were clueless as they raced across the roads in front of cars.
The turtle brother sighed and shook his head. If Leo was here, he would be in his disguise down there, trying to make sure no one was putting themselves at great risk.
Leo... That name seemed so ghostly now. Seemed so empty, so lost.
The first clap of thunder could be heard now, along with children's screams as they clutched their mothers legs for added safety.
Raphael sighed, stood up and began to venture back home. He was in a better mood today after visiting his brothers final resting spot yesterday, though he was still extremely depressed.
He began to feel paranoid. Was he being followed? He spun around, clutching the handles of his twin sai's. After a few minutes, he continued his walk. The same thing happened again.
"Ok, what ever bone head is watchin' me, back off 'n' get a life" Raphael hissed.
A ghostly voice echoed around the rooftop. "I lost my life years ago" it said.
Raph felt cold shivers run up his spine and spun around, coming face to face with a very pale, pretty much see-through girl. Her long blonde hair flickering in the wind.
"Who da shell are you?" he asked defensively.
"Raphael Hamato, I am a ghost... I have no name now, I don't remember it" she said, her voice very haunting and beautiful. It continued to echo as she spoke and the red clad turtle began to wonder about his sanity.
"Why are you here?" he asked, thrusting his sai under her throat."How do you know my name?!"
"You can't kill me, I am already just a lifeless figure." her pretty little voice said. "I'm here to give you an option; a warning if you must"
Raph hesitated and put away his weapons, listening for what this strange girl had to say. "And?"
"Your brother, Leonardo, his memories have not been activated yet. We ghosts have been watching you terrapins as a family, we may not physically feel anything anymore, but we know pain. When we die, we guard each other and open our memories which activates our ghost life. If we don't do this, the dead stay the way they arrived in our home place."
Raphael slowly breathed out. His brother, his big bro... He blinked.
"Now after 6 months, we have decided he does not deserve to live among us. He is still young, skilled, intelligent, brave and loyal to his peers. The world needs more creatures like this. And so, we have a proposal for you, Raphael..."
The red banded turtle cocked his head to the right, curious to her 'proposal'. "Continue..."
"We would like to return your brother to you, in one piece, living and same as the way he was before, but at a price..."
He felt his heart skip a beat. Leo...He slowly smiled, but it quickly turned to a frown. Always had to be a price to something good...
"You will have 48 minutes to find where we place him after the wakening takes place. If you fail, you lose him for good and we have permanent access to his body. It will dissolve from the coffin and never be seen by any living creature again. Capish?"
Raph smiled. "Wait...before da count down starts, can I bring dis up wit' my brothers and Sensei before givin' my answer, even tho I already know it?"
The ghost thought for a minute. "You have 25 minutes to do so, hurry"
"Also, how will I know where ta meet ya?"
"I will be in the room with you" she said, he voice sounding sad. Her cold grey eyes watching the hotheaded turtle.
The turtle nodded and raced back to his home in the sewers, throwing open the door and standing in the center of the room. His younger brothers came racing towards him in a hug.
"You were gone for hours Raph! Don't do that to us" Donatello begged, holding back tears.
"Guys, give me da lecture later, dis isn't the time" Raph announced.
The brothers pulled away in confusion.
"Look I know dis sounds weird, but we could get our bro back... All it involves is a game of hide and seek"
Suddenly Master Splinter entered the room. "Raphael, where did you get such idea?"
The big brother sighed. "I met a ghost..." he answered, almost ashamed of such thing. He began to explain what would happen and how, leaving the master stroking his rat whiskers and his little brothers wide-eyed and big-mouthed on the floor.
"You are running out of explanation time..." the ghost whispered impatiently. Raph turned his head to face her.
"Okay, okay. Take a chill pill" he said, earning odd looks from his family. They couldn't hear or see the dead woman in the room though they felt a light presence.
"I want Leo home..." Mikey whispered.
"We all do Mikey... I just... I don't know about this" Donatello answered.
The brothers eyed their Sensei, awaiting his opinion.
"It could very well work, I have a good feeling about that, but are there any more numbers to the price?"
Raph watched the ghost, she seemed to smile. "Just his body and memories if you fail, nothing more" she said.
"No..." he answered to his Sensei. The elderly rat slowly smiled.
"Let the game begin!" Mikey cried, leaping from his sitting position and landing well-balanced on his feet.
The deafening clap of thunder echoed around the city and made its way down into the sewers.
Suddenly there was a bright blue light but It quickly dimmed.
"Your task has been set. You have 48 minutes to find you brother" the ghost said, almost snickering.
'We can do this...' Raph thought. Although he really wasn't so sure he could.
Could the brothers pull this off, or would they fail their big brother...again? Raphael bit his lip and took off in the direction of the bedrooms. Splinter began checking every spot in the dojo before heading off to help Michelangelo search the sewers while Donatello drove around town in the Battle-Shell, looking out for anything strange.
Minute after minute after minute passed and still they had no result. The clock was ticking and they were losing...
Duh Du Duhhhh O.o I torture myself with this story! Hahaha. Hope you guys enjoyed that chapter! Reviews! xD
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