Epilogue

Raph had now been gone for almost six months by now. For the first three months, Donny, Leo and Mikey had gone out every night looking for him, but they knew they had no hope of finding their red-masked brother if he didn't want to be found. So now they went out patrolling as usual, confident in their belief that Raph would come back soon. The three remaining turtles were out on patrol, as usual, when they suddenly sensed they were being followed. Spinning around, weapons at the ready, they were faced with an army of Foot soldiers. There were so many of them – just a sea of black – that Leo immediately knew that it would be difficult for just the three of them to fight them all. He wished Raph was here, but knew it was no good – Raph wasn't here, so they would just have to try to manage by themselves. With a roar, Leo led his orange- and purple-masked brothers into battle. It seemed at first like they were winning, but more and more Foot seemed to press in around them. Leo felt himself beginning to tire, and knew his younger brothers must be feeling the same. But there was still so many to fight – they wouldn't be able to do it. It was hopeless. Everything seemed to go in slow-motion just then, maybe an effect of his weariness – he watched the Foot ninja raise up a knife, saw it come sweeping down towards his face, but before it hit him – he blinked and all he saw was the ninja lying on the floor, blood pooling around him. He shook his head, as more ninjas fell to the floor. He saw a flash of red, heard an all-too-familiar war cry – no, it couldn't be…could it?

"Raph?!" he called out, but the remaining foot ninjas were all defeated, and there was no sign of his missing brother. He was beginning to think he had imagined it, when…

"Duuuuude. Hey Don, is that…"

"What, Mikey?....Oh my god. It…it is."

"What guys?" but Leo got no response form his dumbfounded brothers, who were staring up at the roof of a nearby building. He looked at where they were looking…and was shocked to see a black shadow, mask-tails flapping in the wind. The shadow must have seen them watching, for it now quickly turned and sprinted off. But they had all seen the distinct shell on his back – it was. It was him.

Leo smiled, before quickly turning back to his other brothers. "C'mon, guys. Home. Now!" He watched his two younger brothers sprinting off, seeming much more light-hearted now they knew their older brother was alright. He turned back to where he had seen Raph, "Thanks, bro." he whispered, before chasing after Donny and Mikey, yelling, "Last one to the Lair does the dishes for a whole week!"


Okay, so there you have it - my first ever songfic. I hope it wasn't too bad...

Please read and review, letting me know what you thought (even if you thought it was the worst thing you'd ever read in your life, and the time you spent reading this was wasted minutes of your life that you'll never get back). :D

If you on the off-chance you did like it, I would be happy to consider requests for writing TMNT songfics for other songs.