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"Donnie! Keep an eye on him, I'm gonna get Splinter!" their voices were swirling in his head, they were curling and flexing like snakes. Behind his closed eyes he was sure he was seeing… what those were anyway? So bright and beautiful…

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I shouldn't throw you that balloon!"

Leo came just in time, Splinter running behind him. Once he saw his son lying there, still, he rushed towards him "Raphael!" he kneeled next to him. "Help me carry him"

Leo held him carefully by his upper body, and his eyes widened in horror. Blood was pouring all over the left side of Raph's face, before dripping on his hand. He closed his eyes for a second to wash away this picture and looked straight on the wall. Donnie grabbed him by his waist. Mikey followed them crying in panic; there was nothing he could do… He just wished his brother wasn't badly hurt. They carried him to the purple masked turtle's lab where they placed him carefully on the table. Mikey stood next to him while Donnie quickly examined him. "Is… is he gonna need blood?" Mikey shivered still panicked.

"No. Luckily it's not something to worry about, he just gashed his eyebrow." he nodded to Leo to get Mikey out of the room.

"Let Donnie do his job, Mikey. Don't worry about Raph, we'll be just fine" he gave his baby brother a fake smile, trying to hide he was worried too. They sat on the couch, Mikey curled up where his brother was laughing in joy moments before.

He fell into his brother's arms crying "I'm scared, Leo" he inhaled deeply and closed his eyes. It's just a nightmare. Raph will be ready to kill me because I threw him the balloon. He will be there. Any second now.

"Hey, don't worry" Leo's voice put him out of his thoughts. "You heard Donnie; it's nothing serious" he patted Mikey's shell.

"But all this blood…" the orange-masked turtle shivered as he recalled the picture in his mind.

"Shh. Donnie would know it if he needed further care. Okay?"

Mikey swallowed hardly. "Okay."

"You can go get some sleep." Leo smiled "It will help you relax"

Meanwhile in Donnie's lab…

"Is he going to be okay?" Master Splinter asked sitting on a chair next to the table.

"He'll be fine" Donnie put on another tape-stitch. "But…" the purple-masked turtle's eyes narrowed when he saw his brother's x-rays. He turned to Splinter. "I- I think his jaw is broken." He stopped for a second, looking at the wall in the other side of the room. "But it doesn't seem to be serious. It's 75% sure it will heal itself. But he has to avoid training for a few weeks." He sighed. "Which is something he won't like."

"Whe- where… I… Donnie?" Raph groaned in pain. He tried to sit up, but his brother stopped him. "No." he said. "You need to rest. Once you feel better I need to examine you further. You may be under concussion. You hit your head real hard." The red masked- turtle sighed and laid himself on the table, staring in the ceiling. "How long have I've been out?" he crossed his arms on his chest.

"Um.. I think it's about ten minutes. And…" He looked towards his father. "Your jaw is broken. You should avoid training and fighting for a few weeks… Luckily, it will heal itself."

Splinter got up. "Raphael.. I know it's not easy for you but… you have to."

Raph took a deep breath and closed his eyes tightly. "No.." he couldn't believe his brothers would fight without him. They would need him. It was proven. If anything happened? What then? Having his family in danger was the only thing he couldn't bear. They only thing he was afraid of. For the first time, after years, he felt tears flooding up his eyes. He held them shut and left out a sigh. "Don't go into any fight without me. You won't make it. You'll get yourselves killed."

Donnie got him by his shoulder. "Don't worry. We won't" he smiled.

His brother opened his eyes and looked straight into his. "You promise?"

"You have our word. Unless we must, we won't fight."

Raph sat up. "But Sensei! What if you get hurt? Then it's gonna be my fault!" he looked around the room like he was trying to find a way to escape.

"You can't! You need me!" he got up and made his way to the hall. You can do this. "Raph!" Donnie yelled, "You need to stay down!"

"Raphael!" he heard his father's voice behind him.

That's it. I'm at the door already. I just-

Suddenly his vision blurred. Everything was spinning around him. He couldn't feel his legs or the floor anymore. Like it was gone. Just at the moment he was falling again, he felt someone grabbing him. "Raph! Why did you got up?!"

Leo led him to the couch. "I would be so happy if you could only do as you're told, even for once!" "You need to lay down Raphael, or you're never going to get well" Splinter covered him with a blanket and sat next to him.

"Don said you're going into a fight without me! You can't! What if you die?!" his brother shouted desperately. "Don't you dare do such a stupid thing! What am I going to do if I lose you?.." the red-masked turtle looked away.

Leo threw his arm around his shoulders "Don't worry. We'll be fine. We won't fight. At least… we'll try not to. But, Raph, we can't just sit here and watch if they attack us!" he gave him a smile.

"No… But… What's the point of this anyway? I- I mean, why everyone tries to kill us? Look at us. In less than a few days, we already had enemies. Uh, why can't we be acceptable for what we are?!" Raph looked at his hand. "I'm getting tired of this. Plus I can't fight! I can't even defend my home and family!"

Splinter put his paw on his shoulder. "Someday people will call for your help. You'll know when this day comes".

Leo's smile faded away. "But Sensei…Humans are not used at seeing… mutants running across the city. So… we.. uh…" he couldn't finish his sentence.

Donnie walked in the room. "Uh, Leo, if you don't mind, I need to check Raph for a sec."

"I'll leave him to you, my sons. Take care of your brother." He gave them a heart-warming look. They watched as he walked to his room.

They both turned to his direction "Sure." The blue-masked turtle helped his brother to his feet. Donnie led them to the dojo. Raph looked at him confused.

"But Don, Splinter said I won't train."

Donnie turned to his brother "We won't train, but there's more light in there."

"Why are you going to look at him?" Leo asked, "I thought you did in your lab"

"I did." He said as they walked into the dojo. "But he may be under concussion. I have to check him. Bring him over here."

"You know, I can walk, I'm not a baby!" Raph complained.

"No, you can't. You barely made it to the hall without collapsing." Donnie said while placing his hands over his brother's eyes, and then removing them. He repeated this a few times "Now I want you to bring your arms forwards, stretched. Like this" he stretched his arms in front of him, holding them parallel. "Try it"

Raph did as he said, while Leo was next to him, in case he felt like falling or fainting again. "You feeling okay? I mean, like falling or something?" he asked.

"I've been better." The red-masked turtle closed his eyes to walk on the chalk line Donnie had drawn on the floor. Leo followed close to him.

"Okay, Raph, we're done. Go get some rest." The purple-masked turtle said and then walked to his lab, nodding to Leo to follow him. Before doing so, he laid his brother on the couch. "Wait here; I'll be right back. And don't do anything stupid."

Raph laughed weakly. "Don't worry. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't. I'm tired."

The young leader left out a relieved sigh. "Okay then. Won't be late." He smiled.

Raph watched as his brother walked away. Hope I'll get better soon. I'm not getting used to this. And he closed his eyes to sleep.

Meanwhile in the lab…

"So, how are the results?" Leo asked, leaning on the table.

"Not good. It's concussion, as I feared." Donnie said looking at his notes.

"And, what now?" Leo stood up, a worried look in his features.

"Um, well, he mustn't watch TV and read, because.."

"Because why?" the blue-masked turtle seemed more worried.

"He- He might go blind." He avoided his brother's gaze.

A shiver ran down Leo's spine. Blind. My brother can turn blind. "Will… will he be okay?" he said, his heart still beating fiercely.

"Yes" he saw his brother was in shock. " Hey. Don't worry. He'll be fine."

Leo took a deep breath " I'm sorry, it was just too sudden. Anything else?"

"Oh, yes, I forgot. He mustn't sleep tight. Otherwise, he'll fall in coma."

Leo's heart stopped. "No…" he whispered. The next moment he rushed in the hall, were Raph was. He was asleep.