Chapter 4

(Casey's POV)

Once Donnie was able to re-stitch Lena without her trying to tear Leo apart. It got to a point when Leo was anywhere near her or in the same room as her, she'd go berserk. So for safety precautions we had to restrain her to the operation bed. After Lena's third time trying to kill Leo, Don knocked her out. Lena's limp hand would tense from time to time, and it always reminds the battles she faces. Both battles aren't easy ones to face either; one, is letting go of her parents and two, trusting someone who's life is the only way out of her prison.

"How is she?"

I jumped and turned to find Raph leaning against the doorframe. I relaxed and looked back at Lena. I shook my head.

"I don't know, Raph." I felt Lena's hand squeeze mine and a moan escape her. I sighed. "How am I going to help her through this?"

Pulling up a chair, Raph sat next to me. His eye were on Lena as her chest slowly rose and fell. The two of us sat in silence, deep in thought. I haven't been in Donnie's lab other than to get patched up, and I have to admit, it was pretty awesome. There were blueprints for Raph's new bike and other inventions scattered across the lab. To the left of the bed are medical supplies and tranqs; just in case Lena wakes up and goes off again.

"We're here to help, Case. Neither of you are by yourself with this." Raph spoke; snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Thanks Raph." I tore my eyes away from my niece.

"Don't mention it." He slapped his hand onto my shoulder. "Mikey, made some dinner. Why don't you come in and get something to eat?"

"What if she wakes up?" I asked. "She'll freak."

"Case, don't worry you're not going far." He got up and motioned for me to follow. "Plus, if Donnie finds out you're not eating….."

"I know, I know…" I waved him off and followed. Don gets into his 'doctor mode' when someone is acting 'off'. Then the aroma of a fresh greasy pizza surrounded me. My stomach growled loudly.

"Come on, Bonehead." Raph laughed as yanked me the rest of the way to the kitchen. Leo, Don, and Mikey turned their attention to us as we walked through the door.

"Hey Casey!" Mikey got up and put a slice on a plate before sitting back down.

"Any change?" Don asked.

I shook my head before sitting and biting into the slice. Raph walked out of the kitchen.

"Is there anything we can do, Don?" Leo asked eating his own slice.

"We have to let her do this on her own." Don held onto his coffee mug.

Splinter walked in next and sat at the head of the table. Mikey grabbed him some pizza and retrieved his tea and set it in front of him. Splinter nodded a thank you as Mikey returned to his own food.

"How is your niece, Casey?" He asked as he took a sip of tea.

"She's still out." I answered then heard the door to the lair open.

"She will be alright."

"I hope so." I mumbled and April walked in. I smiled at her. "Hey, babe."

"Where's Lena?" She asked.

"In the lab." I got up. How long has it been since I left? "I should probably go check on her." I threw my half eaten pizza away and rushed to the lab, but was stopped.

"You need a break. Go on patrol with the guys, I'll watch her." April's hand was on my arm.

"But-"

"I'll stay with April, just in case." Donnie stood up.

April's hand went to my cheek. "We'll be fine. Go."

I kissed her before gearing up and joining the guys on their nightly patrol. The Foot better not be out, for their sake.

(Lena's POV)

Casey's voice has been coming in and out throughout my journey in the dark. I felt blind, like, when Saki first took me as prisoner. To be honest, it's scaring me. Saki could come out of anywhere and take me back. Maybe I was still in his clutches. I have no idea where I was right now, though.

"How is she?"

The turtle named Raphael's voice came in. What the hell did he want? There was a long pause.

"I don't know." Casey's voice came next.

"We're here to help, Case. Neither of you are by yourself with this." Raphael sounded closer.

I strained to here Casey.

"Thanks Raph."

"Don't mention it. Mikey, made some dinner. Why don't you come in and get something to eat?"

"What if she wakes up? She'll freak." Casey bugged.

I waited for them to continue talking, but they both stopped and were gone, probably in the kitchen. Unfortunately, once they left, the fear of being hunted drowned me again. I knew the only way for this to stop was to kill Leonardo, but every single time I had a chance I'd freeze or someone stopped me. That's not the only problem here. Also I DIDNT WANT TO KILL HIM! He has a family, like I did, and a great one too. What happened with my parents is still hard to cope with, and Saki was asking me to do that to another? I won't do it! I can't!

"Hey Lena."

Hello! Someone's back! I focused on the voice.

"I don't know if you can hear me, but your uncle talks about you non-stop. If everything he says is true, which I know it is, you'll pull through this. You're strong enough to prove Shredder wrong."

That accent….it's Raph. Why was he talking to me? Not that I mind or anything; it definitely made me feel calmer and safe.

"I can tell your trying. Like, right before I started talking, your hands curl into fists," I felt his hand on mine. "Your face gets this worried, but determined look," His hand left mine and went to my cheek, "I can't stand my brother, but I'm glad you don't really want to kill him." He chuckled softly and his hand left my face. Raph paused. "We're not the bad guys, and I wish I could've proved it and done something for you the night your parents died. I went on patrol by myself to get away from Leo."

Leo's name made me flinch.

"Oh right, I forgot about that, sorry." He took a breath before continuing. "Anyway, I saw some Foot leaving an alley and I went to check it out, but I found your parents. You just got there and ran to them. I didn't know what to do. I wanted to go down and try to help, but I thought I would've made matters worse because I'm a mutant. I'd probably scare you or you'd think I killed them….Listen, Casey's just not himself anymore, you gotta wake up for him." And with that he was gone.

Raphael was there when my parents were murdered? Why was he telling this to me now? I needed to ask him, but if I could just wake up!

(Raph's POV)

Patrol sucks! Casey's all worried about Lena, we're all on edge about the Foot, and…..well…..uh….I'm worried about Lena. Not that I like her or anything because that would be weird. She's Casey's niece for crying out loud! He'd kill me if I went out with her. Anyway, it always comes down to the same problem; I'm a mutant, she's human. Let it go.

"Raph, this way." Leo called.

Casey chuckled and punched me as I change directions. I gotta get over this, but seeing her like this is just making my feelings worse…more like stronger. I rolled my eyes and continued our patrol. Hopefully we'd be able to bust some skulls. Yeah, that's what I needed. Leo stopped suddenly and the rest of us skidded to a halt.

"Foot." Casey growled.

I pulled my Sais out and spun them. Payback. I sprinted after them and went into the alley. I could faintly hear Leo yelling, but I ignored him. Before I could even process what happened, Mikey was in front of me holding me back from my shoulders.

"Dude, let's go." He told me calmly.

"We gotta go after them!" I pointed my Sai in the direction of the disappearing ninjas.

Casey's phone went off and he answered it.

"Guys, Lena's up." He said before hanging up and booking it back to the lair.

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