Chapter 4 already! I just love holidays ^^
He had vowed to himself not to fall asleep. Mikey needed him and he should be able to protect him if the Shredder would return. But when his eyes shot open after the door being thrown open, he knew he had fallen asleep somewhere during the night.
He immediately scrambled to his feet, ignoring his sore muscles from sleeping on the cold and hard floor. He folded his arms around Mikey again as his little brother awoke slowly too. Raph glanced over to the man approaching him and growled slightly, trying to scare him off but of course it didn't work.
"Don't be rude Raphael, we're going to have a little fun today" Shredder said with a sinister voice, signing Fish Face to enter the room too. "Take the red one" He simply stated, walking over to Mikey himself while Fish Face walked over to Raph.
Mikey whimpered and tried to hide behind Raph but failed as Shredder lifted him by his wrist and took him a few meters away from Raph. Mikey struggled weakly but it was like his body was frozen, too exhausted to move or fight back.
"I won't struggle if I were you" Shredder growled, slicing the chains with his gauntlet. As told Mikey remained life-less, too afraid to move at all. His hands were cuffed behind his shell and the chains around his ankles stayed but were no longer connected to the wall so he could walk.
He was roughly pushed onto the floor and a blade was pushed against his shell, urging him to move. Nervously he glanced back, seeing that Raph was restrained too by Fish Face. And he clearly wasn't happy about that.
Raph was gritting his teeth so hard, Mikey was sure it would snap. The same cuffs were around his wrist, forcing them behind his shell. And just like Mikey he still had the cuffs around his ankles. A low whimper escaped his throat as he felt the knife pressing against his shell.
"Walk" Shredder growled, pushing the knife somewhat harder against his shell. It wasn't hard enough to break it but it was still unpleasant and Mikey was shaking on his feet. Shakily Mikey did as Shredder told and walked outside his cell, through the long hall.
He knew where they were going, and every step he took scared him more than the last as the door continuously approached them. Raph was still struggling with the chains around his wrist and was looking for a way out, an open door, a window, anything they could go through and escape.
He knew the building slightly, they had gone through this hall 6 weeks ago to rescue Mikey, but he also knew that escaping would be hard, very hard. Shredder wasn't going to let them go before he had the location of their lair and could get to Master Splinter.
"I'm sure you remember this room, reptile" Shredder snickered as he pushed Mikey in. The push was so hard, and the restrains around his ankles were too short that he lost his footing, falling onto his plastron. Immediately afterwards Fish Face pushed Raph into the room.
Raph growled warningly to them but ran over to Mikey to help him. The chains around his ankles were limiting his movement greatly but he managed to get to Mikey fast and hovered him up, wrapping him into a tight hug once again.
"Leave Mikey out of this Shredder" Raph growled, glaring towards Shredder. "Torture me, anything you want but just leave Mikey out of this!" He continued, shoving Mikey behind his shell as Fish Face and Shredder walked towards them.
"An excellent idea master Shredder" Fish Face snorted, looking towards the red-banded turtle and narrowing his eyes. Raph bared his teeth and glared back but didn't complain. He knew Fish Face hated him, and the feeling was mutual.
But if him being tortured meant Mikey was safe, he was willing to give Fish Face that little ounce of pleasure. Because he knew the only reason Fish Face agreed with Raph's idea was because Fish Face wanted him to suffer as much as possible.
"R-Raph… y-you can't do t-that" Mikey hiccupped but Raph quickly clamped a hand on top of his mouth, preventing him from spoiling Raph's plan. The red banded turtle gave a quick but assuring nod before turning towards the Shredder again.
"Do whatever you want with me, don't hurt him" Raph said coldly, squeezing Mikey's hand slightly as he noticed the violent tremble behind him. Shredder narrowed his eyes and folded his hand around Raph's throat, hosting him up.
"Agreed" He said in a low tone. "Fish Face, get him out of here and bring Tiger Claw here immediately" Shredder ordered before grabbing the chains around Mikey's wrist and throwing him into Fish Face's hold. Mikey whimpered slightly but Raph remained quiet.
"N-No R-Raph!" Mikey cried out, trying to reach his older brother as he was taken out of the room. Tears were streaming down his face and he was struggling to get loose, to get to Raph again. Raph just flashed a short grin.
"I'll be alright Mikey, I promise" He whispered but Mikey was unable to hear it, and seconds after the door was slammed shut and he was alone with the Shredder. Shredder snorted and walked over to the middle of the room, where the wooden chair stood, the same as 6 weeks ago.
"I'm sure you recognize this chair am I right?" Shredder snickered, slamming Raph into the chair. The red banded turtle grunted slightly as his shell connected with the chair but didn't fight back and just remained lifeless in the wooden chair.
He knew that if he did, Mikey would be tortured instead or worse, he would be killed. Raph looked away from both Shredder and Mikey as his shackles were undone and the straps of the chair were replaced. A cold feeling shot down his spine as he was completely strapped down, unable to move.
"You think you are so tough, do you?" Shredder snorted, looking directly into Raph's eyes. "I'm going to break you until you are just as helpless as your little brother, until you cry like he did every night in my dungeons" He snickered. Raph bared his teeth again and glanced towards the Shredder.
And even Shredder couldn't contain a slight shiver that ran down his spine. Raph's glare was so deathly serious and filled with so much determination. Determination to save his little brother from him, and his eyes were clear, he would kill him the first change he'd get.
"My brothers will get me out of here Shredder, and if you do I make sure you will die, slowly and painfully" He hissed through his teeth, continuing to glare at the Shredder. He couldn't see it, but before he knew Shredder's fist connected with his beak.
Raph growled and spit out some blood forming in his beak, again glaring towards the Shredder. He wouldn't give him that pleasure.
"I always knew the orange one was the weakest of your family, he started crying even before I landed a punch on him." Shredder remarked, making Raph's blood boil hot. Nobody called his little brother weak, especially the Shredder.
"He is not weak" Raph hissed, nudging his restrains. He never wanted to punch Shredder so badly before. He had always hated him, but right now it was even worse, his blood was boiling and his hands were itching, ready to punch the Shredder if he was able to.
Shredder gave a loud laugh. "He was Raphael, you saw him crying on the screen" Shredder said, tipping Raph chin up. "I'll enjoy breaking you, until nothing is left of you, and by the time I'm done with you. You will wish you never volunteered for that idiot"
Raph never had time to protest as Shredder's gauntlet slashed his arms. Sudden pain shot through his body as the warm blood began to stream down his arms, two large slashes on his left upper-arm. He bailed his fists but restrained himself from crying out.
"You will talk reptile!" Shredder growled, placing his gauntlet on Raph's plastron, pushing it. Raph's face was filled with hurt even though he was trying his hardest to cover it up. He stared up to Shredder but said nothing.
Shredder let out an animalistic roar before slicing the same arm again, horizontal, and this time Raph couldn't contain a small cry of pain. Shredder laughed and began pounding in on the helpless turtle, punching his arms and plastron.
Only after 10 full minutes he stopped. Shredder smirked and grabbed Raph head, hosting it up slightly. A large bruise was already forming on his beak, just like his whole body and blood was in his mouth, while it was still flowing out of the 4 large cuts on his arm.
"I said I would break you, and I mean what I say" Shredder snorted before bringing his fist down on Raph's skull. The red bended turtle immediately fell limp in the chair, he was still awake but his face was contracted with pain and blood still oozing from his cuts.
"Master Shredder, you wanted to see me?" Came a new voice. Shredder smirked and turned towards the large mutant tiger. Shredder nodded and signed for Tiger Claw to come towards him. Raph kept his head low, waiting for the pain to subside.
"Take him back to the cell and give them some supplies to clean the wound, I can't have him dying." Shredder snorted, turning around and walking away. Tiger Claw nodded towards the Shredder before walking over Raphael.
"K-Keep your claws away from me" Raph hissed, slightly out of it because of his injures but still capable of resisting. Tiger Claw growled slightly but ignored the turtle for now and just snapped his restrains. He flung him over his shoulder, just like he 'kidnapped' Karai and turned towards the hall.
Raph was too exhausted to struggle, and even if he could he knew it would be in vain. There was no way he could fight off all the people in the dungeon in this condition, not like he wouldn't try, but Mikey would pay if they were caught, and he could never do that.
And he would protect his little brother no matter what, even if it meant his death.
TMNT
So I never told, but this takes place somewhere after the wrath of Tiger Claw, which means Karai is still imprisoned and was never mutated. Do you want me to bring her into the story or not? Honest please 'cause I'm not really sure xD
