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Another chapter. Still once, I'm sorry for the mistakes. Thank you.
Chapter 4: Memories
Donatello had just ended to bandage the painful Leonardo's ankle, sat on the sofa. The leader looked lost in his memories... He felt sad also if one part of his heart was happy for having taken the wound and not Raph.
Probably, the cause were the crutches. Leo hated them because he felt weak and useless. But without them, the leader couldn't go in many places. The pain was still strong for being ignored.
Then, there was Michelangelo's question. Leonardo knew that the damaged vocal chords of little bro weren't his fault. Only for a strong scream!
"Leo?" the genius called, sitting near him.
The blue looked his brother: why Donnie was hesitating?
"Leo, you're so dark and I don't blame you. If you are thinking that Mikey's problem is your fault, well... you shouldn't!".
Leonardo opened wide his eyes, surprised. Still once, Donnie had showed his incredible capacity to understand each problem. A little smile grew on his mouth.
The purple turtle was right. There wasn't faults.
Leo studied the new bandage on his leg: still once, Donnie had done a good job! The pain burned less also in the bones and this created just relief.
"Leonardo, Donatello" Splinter's voice sounded from the kitchen: "It's dinner time".
The blue and the purple nodded, also if their stomachs were closed. They couldn't eat after Mikey's problem. But... the dinner had been prepared by their little bro and not eat it wouldn't have been nice.
"Oh, Mikey..." Leo whispered, limped in the kitchen.
Raph wasn't returned yet.
When the two brothers sat on the chairs, Leo started to think at his little bro. With that problem, Mikey will face a hard month. Poor little bro.
Donnie hid the face in his hands when the tears started to fall down. The situation was too hard.
The genius stood up and walked toward the laboratory for taking Mikey's dinner. A needle, some little sacks for the nourishment and a tube. The purple fixed with pain his hand loaded with the necessary.
"I'm so sorry, Little One" he murmured, starting to cry: "There isn't no other choice for giving to you the food. Without this, you could die!".
In a mad moment, Donnie hit one of his locker for unloading the tension and the anger.
"Now I understand what Raph feels when he hits something" he said, wiping the tears.
I'll always protect my family, no matter what. I'd die for them!
After that thought, Donnie walked out from the lab, returning in the kitchen.
Where will Raph be?
The red turtle was running away with his motorbike between Big Apples roads. The tears ran fast on his cheeks, impossible to stop. Two hundred kilometers at the hour showed a confuse whirl of colors, wonderfully.
For Raph all this hadn't importance. Neither the full moon obscured by big dark clouds. A thunderstorm was coming.
Surpassing a last curve, Raphie stopped the shell cycle. Remaining with the headlights lighted, the red turtle had an anger moment. He took his red helmet and flung it against a wall.
It's happened for my fault... Mikey got the injured because I'm the worst of the world... Mikey, I'm sorry...
With the mind full of thought, Raph listened his shell cell sounding. Curious, he took it and read the number on the display.
"Donatello?" he asked at himself: "I'd want to not answer, in this moment... but I really wouldn't want something wrong for Mikey".
"Hello".
From the other part of that called, Donnie sighed relieved: "Raph, where are you?".
"My business" Raph replied, spiting on the ground: "Mikey and Leo? Are they ok?".
Donnie sighed again and remained in silence for some second. Then, he pressed the bottom of the speakerphone, leaving that Mikey could have listen too.
"Mikey needs you, Raphael... He's depressed and just you can lift the moral" Donnie explained: "Leo is lost in his sadness. As you see, they aren't good. Raph, please, come back home".
Raph swallowed, having understood the secret words hidden in that phrases. In that moment, a memory returned in his mind...
It was the fifth birthday for Raphie and the red child was so happy. Each member in Hamato family had prepared something of special for the little hothead. All except three-old-Mikey.
The orange turtle wasn't find nothing to giving to Raphie and for this, he hid.
Splinter, in the evening, returned to home with a small chocolate cake big enough for feeding his sons. Raph jumped happy when the birthday's song was sung and the presents were given.
Mikey showed just sadness and Raph hit him.
The orange ran in his room, crying and waiting for the night. He wanted to go in the sewers for finding something of special for the hothead.
And so, he did. Mikey ignored the first rule "Never leaving home" and ran in the sewers, starting the search. Luckily, the child noticed a small red object floating in the cold water. Mikey approached and understood: that object was a wood little boat with a red sail!
Happily, he jumped in the water and started to swim for get that play. But the current was too strong for the child and quickly, Mikey plunged underwater.
At lair, Splinter felt something wrong with one of his sons and just when he controlled the rooms of his child, the fear gripped his heart. Mikey was gone!
Starting to look for Mikey, the Hamatos found the small turtle floating on the water. Splinter picked up the child and they together returned to home.
Mikey got the flu and Raphie was really scared but when the little bro found the force for wake up, he gave the little boat to Raphie, wishing him a happy birthday...
"It will better if I return to home" Raph smiled, roaring in the night...