Ch.4: A Time To Forget pt.1

Lucy suddenly entered Raph's room to see the turtle struggling to the golden snake band off of him. A grin spread up the female cat's face as she approached. Raph stopped struggling for a bit when he heard someone else's footsteps. He grinned at seeing Lucy.

"Lucy!" said Raph "what's going on? I can't get this thing off,"

"And you never will," said Lucy her voice close to a hiss.

"What?" said Raph.

"This is payback Rapheal" hissed Lucy "for how betrayed my trust in you, Ms. Marson. You had us both fooled,"

"I don't understand" said Raph "what did I do?"

"You killed her," growled Lucy her eyes glowing with hate as she recounted what had happened in her mind.

(Flash Back)

It was a masacare. Blood painted the floor and walls, as two bodies lay dead on the floor. Leo couldn't believe what had just happened a few minutes ago. Don looked over the edge of the couch to see that killing had ceased, and that the murderer stood crying over in the corner of the room.

His sai was held out in the dim light it's once gleaming metal tainted with the scent of fresh blood. Never before had Donny and Leo seen Rapheal cry, especially right now. Their red-clad brother was not one to show his emotions openly, but this time there was no stopping him from letting those feelings out.

Horrible images kept on flashing through his mind, but he didn't dare put the mixed images in place. Ms. Marson was gone, and now, so was Michealanglo. Both dead because of him. Rapheal couldn't explian what had happened. It was just supposed to be a simple visit to the old lady that had been so kind to Raph.

The next thing anybody knew, this was all that was left. Raph banged his fist againist the wall.

"What happened to me!" he said "why did I do this? Why!"

"Welcome to your future Rapheal," whispered a snivley little voice inside his mind.

"That... voice?" thought Rapheal. Why did that voice sound so familiar? So hated?

Looking back at what he had done Rapheal's eyes glanced from one of his two brothers that were still alive. Only one question haunted Rapheal's mind during the silence that overcame him. Will they forgive me?

(End Flash Back)

Raph was stunned when Lucy finished telling her story. He murdered Mikey and Ms. M? Why? What could have made him attack them like that? His mind kept throbbing up and down with questions that he wasn't to sure he wanted answered.

"After that" said Lucy "you were back to your old self, but I hated you ever since because of what you've done. Like I told you before you tried to make ammends by taking care of me sometime later, but I'll never forgive who you really are. You're a murderer,"

"What does that have to do with right now?" asked Raph.

"That snake your wearing is a special kind of control that feeds off of you" said Lucy "the more you feel the more power it gives to that cannon General Aspa showed to you earlier. This world is falling apart all because of you,"

"Not for long it's not," snapped Raph and jumped, pinning Lucy to the floor. Lucy just laughed.

"Go ahead" she said "kill me. Just like you did to your brother and my master,"

The red-masked turtle's grip on Lucy loosened at the reminder of the dreadful tale that Lucy told. Seeing that this was her chance Lucy jumped out of Rapheal's grip and knocked the red-clad turtle unconious. Standing over her now unmoving target she said.

"You were always weak Rapheal, to bad this is the end,"

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Meanwhile Rapheal's brothers were on an intercept course for the Cobra Base. The lone white building stuck out like a sore thumb along all the rest.

"The Cobra Gang" said Cody worriedly "they're the worst criminal organiztion since the Foot in your time,"

"If they're worse than the Foot" said Mikey "we're going to have quite a battle on our hands,"

"Our first priority is to rescue Rapheal" said Leo "then we'll worry about how tough they are,"

"Coming in for a landing," said Don gentley settling the Hovershell on top of the Cobra Base's roof.

Breaking in through the skylight the turtles followed by cody and Master Splinter snuck into the Cobra Base. A quick survey of the room told them Rapheal had to be somewhere else. Waving a hand as a sign that they should split up Leo along with Cody and Master Splinter went to the left while Don and Mikey went to the right.

"Don" said Mikey "I have a bad feeling about Raph. Something isn't right,"

"I've felt it too Mikey" said Don agreeing with his brother "to bad I don't know what it is,"

The two turtles approached the edge of the hallway and started making their way down it looking at all the rooms that coviyently lay spread out around them.

"Rapheal could be in anyone of these rooms," said Mikey.

Don had to agree, there was no telling which of these rooms Rapheal was held prisioner in. Guess there was nothing to do but search them all. with each taking a side the turtles began to peek through doors. Just so happens a few doors later Don found the entrance to the main lab.

Calling Mikey over both turtles entered amazed by the technology all around them. Okay, mabye that was just Don, but still they were amazed. Raph had been right when he thought that Don would have more fun in this place than O'Neil Tech.

The sound of a shout of pain reached their ears and both turtles quickly headed for the source of the noise. When they saw who was making it they were in shock. There was Rapheal, hanging from a wall and being beaten to death by a white cat standing just a few feet in front of him holding a whip.

Fresh cuts had been pierced all over Rapheal's body with tiny trickles of blood starting to flow from the wounds. Every time the whip snapped across another part of his body Rapheal would cringe in pain as it teared away another part of his flesh.

"We got to do something," said Don.

"But what?" asked Mikey.

Not knowing that his brothers were there Rapheal's focus turned back on the cat who was giving him such a turough beating. She had been grinning a wide smile ever since General Aspa allowed her torture him. Back in his mind part of Rapheal wanted to beat the snot out of her, the other part wanted to know if what she earlier was true.

"Take a picture" snapped Rapheal back at Lucy "it will last longer,"

"To bad you won't," said Lucy readying her whip for the finishing blow, but before she knew it the weapon was knocked from her hands.

"Uhuhuh" said Michealanglo now standing in full veiw so both Rapheal and Lucy could see that he was really there "that's no way to treat your house guests,"

While Lucy's attention was focused on Mikey Donatello creeped up from behind the machines and started to unchain Raph. Notcing his brainiac brother was there too Raph realized that the whole family must be in the building.

"Thanks Don" said Raph after he fell to floor trying to restore the circulation in his hands "where's the others?"

Before Don could even answer a great crash was heard and both turtles turned to see that Mikey and Lucy had both crashed into one of the machines. It was only at that moment that Don noticed the golden snake band on Rapheal's arm, but he wouldn't ask about that until later. right now they had to help Mikey.

Back at the agreed revendous piont Leo and the rest of the gang were waiting for Don and Mikey to see if they found Raph. Minutes later three turtles arrived running away from what looked like a gaint snake. It was Don and Mikey, and they had Raph!

"We got to get out of here now!" shouted Don.

No time to wiast the six of them climbed back out the way they had come in and escaped from General Aspa just before he put the snap on them. Everyone except Raph imedatelly turned to the Hover-Shell for their fast get-away. He stood there for a moment staring down at General Aspa hissing in rage and Lucy looking at Rapheal with vengence in her eyes.

Finally boarding the Hover Shell Raph looked down at the snake band clinging to his wrist wondering about all he had seen and heard during his time at that base. Questions upon questions tumbled around his mind like a bad memory. He needed answers. He needed...the truth.