Advanced Warning: This may be the last update in a while due to the start of school!
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Raph lay on the cold metal floor in what seemed like days. Was it days? He couldn't remember. He couldn't feel anything. Everything was so cold. Maybe that was because of the simulation, or maybe it was because the insides of him seemed to have frozen.
He couldn't believe what he had just done. He hadn't trusted Leo: His mentor, his leader, and his brother. How could he have done something like that? He'd rather have his brother die by himself than die with him? Is that what the simulation was meant to prove? What was wrong with him? He'd die for Leo, wouldn't he?
What Raph didn't realize while he was pondering this matter, was that two men were standing uncertainly in the doorway.
"He's been like that for almost thirty minutes…It's like he's gone catatonic or something." The first guard muttered to his ally.
The second guard shuddered. "I don't like this at all. Ever since Agent Bishop started taking orders from that Shredder his experimentations have gotten creepier…well creepier than usual anyway."
"What's even so special about these turtles? Agent Bishop's encountered far stranger beings that are more of a threat than these four."
"I'm telling you that Shredder's messing with his head. In my personal opinion I think both of them are completely mental. I mean, who wants to capture a whole bunch of turtles anyway? I mean sure, they're mutated but they're turtles. What's so special about turtles?"
The first guard shrugged. "I'm not about to question it. Come on, let's get him back to his cell before Agent Bishop Throws a fit that we haven't put him back yet."
The guards advanced towards the turtle and each grabbed one of his arms and began to drag him. It was like dragging a dead weight. It was almost as if the turtle had given up, or apart of him had died. The guards exchanged uneasy glances and hastened to get the turtle back in his cell and get him away from them as quickly as possible.
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Donnie gave out an irritated sigh as Leo continued to pace the cell. He had been doing that for the past two hours since Raph had left. Sure there wasn't much else to do, but couldn't the guy just sit still for once? It was bad enough that Leo and Mikey weren't speaking to each other and he was stuck in the middle, but it was another story when both of them were getting on his nerves. While Leo was pacing, Mikey had taken to the task of finding little ways to entertain himself. As of right now, Mikey was tapping his teeth repetitively while Donnie was trying to gain some quiet.
Donnie began to grind his teeth as Mikey began to tap out some irritating tune on his teeth.
'Calm… Just…Be…Calm…GAH!'
"I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" Donnie thundered, jumping to his feet, startling both Leo and Mikey."What are you talking about Don? We haven't been doing anything." Leo said.
"That's my whole point! If you're pissed at each other yell, scream, punch each other…Do SOMETHING! You're not the only two people in this stupid cell or chamber or whatever it is! This is just as uncomfortable for me as it is for you two!" Donnie snapped.
Leo shrugged. "I have nothing to say." He said coldly.
"Oh come on! How old are you? Five? Get real Leo! We're not going to be getting out of this place any time soon so we should just get everything out of our system and move on. Or else we'll never be able to work as a team!" Donnie said impatiently.
"What am I supposed to say?" Leo exploded.
Donnie was donned speechless as Mikey looked between the two brothers in uneasiness.
Before the argument could lead any further, the door opened and Raph was thrown in before the door shut again.
Leo ran over to his brother, who had made no move to get up.
"Raph! Are you okay? What did they do to you?" Leo asked, grabbing on to Raph's shoulders.
Raph looked blankly up at Leo before shrinking away from him as if he had the plague. "What are you doing here?" He muttered.
Leo looked at him confusion. "Raph…I've been here all along."
Raph shook his head as fear took over his shoulders. "No…You jumped. I saw you. You jumped off that cliff. Oh God…You're haunting me aren't you? Because I didn't jump off the cliff with you…" Raph's voice trailed off.
"What are you talking about?" Leo asked as Raph began to shiver.
"It's cold…The cold is following me…"
Leo looked at Donnie worriedly who had his mouth set in a grim line.
"He's traumatized."
"But how?" Leo asked.
Donnie shook his head. "It doesn't make sense…You and Raph on a cliff? And you jumped off and he didn't? You guys never left the premises, not to mention that that never happened…Right?"
"Of course not! If I was going to jump off a cliff I wouldn't have Raph jump off with me!" Leo exclaimed.
Donnie tried to hide his uneasiness by that last comment and turned back to his brother who had fallen asleep.
Donnie shook his head. "Let's just leave him alone for now, we can question him more later…"
And once again, Leo took to pacing as Donnie watched his younger brother who hadn't moved from his spot on the floor.
Donnie studied his brother carefully before deciding to approach him.
"What's up Mike?" Donnie asked casually.
Mikey averted his gaze to the floor and hugged his knees.
"I shouldn't have yelled at him…" He said quietly.
"It's okay Mike…These things happen. We all say things we don't mean. Raph knows you didn't mean it."
"Does he really?" Mikey asked skeptically.
Donnie gazed at his brother and noticed that Mikey's face was filled with doubt…That had never been on his face before…Not once.
"Mike…Do you want to tell me what's going on?" Donnie asked softly.
Mikey bit his lip. "I…I did something bad." He whispered.
Donnie raised his eyebrow. "What did you do?"
"I…I took…" Mikey trailed off.
"Drugs?" Donnie asked.
Mikey's head snapped towards Donnie. "How did you know?"
Donnie gazed at him refusing to answer until Mikey gave a sigh of defeat.
"OK, you caught me. But it's not what you think."
"That's everyone's excuse." Donnie said.
Mikey's fists shook as he looked at him. "You don't know what it's like. I want to take a hit so badly and just get away from this…Escape. But I can't, and it sucks. Drugs were the only thing that took me away from my family. And I don't have anything to help me get away now."
"What do you mean…Escape from your family?"
Mikey sighed. "Look…Leo's depression messed me up badly. I had never seen him like that before. I wanted to help him, I did. But he just shut me out. I think that's when it started. That was what put me over the edge. I didn't know who to talk to about it; I didn't know what I could do to help him. It just seemed like everything I did was useless…Like I was useless. I mean, if I can't even help myself, how could I have helped my brother? I…I went out for some fresh air one night. There was a man…He was high…I…Scared him into handing over whatever stash he had. I wanted to see if it was worth it, and to me…Getting high was worth it."
"Does anyone else know?" Donnie asked.
"Angel does." Mikey muttered.
"Angel? Why does Angel know about this?"
"I can't tell you." Mikey said firmly.
Donnie's eyes widened. "Is she the one supplying you with the drugs?"
Mikey refused to look at Donnie.
"Oh Mike…" Donnie whispered.
'What the hell is happening to this family?' Donnie thought.
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April stared up at the white ceiling. There was somebody who kept on visiting her…But there were no visitors allowed…And she didn't know who he was.
Suddenly, he was there again. "Hi April."
She whimpered and shrank back from the figure.
"I see you still haven't let go of that shuriken." The man said, gesturing towards the metal still clutched in April's pale hand.
"Go away!" April said, covering her ears and squeezing her eyes shut.
"April," The man said seriously. "Your friends need you. You need to snap out of it."
"No! You go help them! I don't want to!" April screamed.
"I can't April…I'm just a ghost. I know what you're afraid of." He whispered.
"I'm not afraid! I'm not!" April shrieked.
"Yes you are. You're afraid of losing them, like you lost me. You know me April. We were going to share an apartment together…."
"No!" April shrieked, shaking her head.
"But we were attacked…I was going to take you out to dinner that night…I was going to propose to you…They found the ring in my pocket…"
Casey grinned down at April. "Let's have a toast."
"To what?"
"To a new beginning."
"NO!" April screamed again.
"The guys found you just in time. You would've died if it hadn't been for them…But they were too late for me…"
"NO NO NO NO!" April screamed, beginning to thrash down on the bed.
"It's your turn April…You can save the guys like they saved you. It's not too late…"
"I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CASEY!" April yelled in irritation.
But Casey had gone and April gave out a frustrated sigh and threw the shuriken across the room.
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Bishop walked across the cold metal floor and approached the door leading to his prisoners.
"Leonardo…Take your brother and come with me." Bishop said hotly.
Leo glared at Bishop and didn't move. Raph had at least sat up by this point. But he was rocking back and forth and muttering to himself.
Bishop glared back at Leo and slid something out of his sleeve that looked like it resembled a clicker and clicked a button which caused Leo to double over in pain as electric currents shocked him throughout his body. He slowly stood up, pulling Raph with him who had begun to scream at this point.
Bishop smirked. "Very good."
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Leo was thrown into a metal room and cursed himself as they dragged Raph away into a room next door.
As Leo gazed around the room, the room began to change into a setting…The setting was a rooftop in New York at night. Leo gazed along the rooftop and saw the Shredder on the next rooftop over.
"Shredder." Leo hissed before taking off across the rooftops following the Shredder as he leapt from roof to roof.
Finally, they ended on top of Foot headquarters and faced each other. Leo reached up instinctively and was surprised to find his swords.
Weren't they taken away?
"Face me Leonardo." The Shredder hissed.
Leo averted his gaze from his sword and lunged for the section where he knew the ootrom would be located.
Then, it was almost as if another part of him had taken over as he began to stab repeatedly, there was red everywhere, and he wanted more of it…More, more, more.
"Leo…Stop."
"Never." Leo hissed maliciously.
"Leo! What are you doing?" Came a cry from behind him.
Leo turned around to see his brother looking at him in horror.
"What? He deserved it!" Leo said defensively, turning back to finish his job.
As he turned back he saw not the Shredder, but Raph. Raph with a gaping wound in his stomach…Raph with blood bubbling and gurgling out his mouth.
"Raph…No…I didn't mean to! I didn't mean to!" Leo screamed.
And the simulation ended.
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Karai gazed over the city that would soon be her father's within a few hours. Right now her father was speaking to his army about their course of action.
Karai closed her eyes. So many deaths had occurred within just a few hours of her father's plan being put into action.
And what had become of the turtles? Were they hurt? Dead? What did her father want with them?
As Karai gazed out at the city…She couldn't help but feel that sense of longing that had eaten away at her since she was a child. She wanted to so be those people down below, walking hurriedly back to their homes, to their families.
As a child, Karai had watched children with envy. They had a loving home, a loving life, loving parents…Who never cared about training…Who never cared about taking down their enemies. A child's greatest worry was the amount of homework they got and whether or not they would be able to make it home to be able to watch their favorite TV show in time.
Karai sighed and turned away from the window. As much as she loved her father…She couldn't help but fear him.
Why couldn't she just be normal like everyone else?
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OK, that's it…Hope it wasn't too bad! " In case you haven't figured it out all ready…The darkest hopes, secrets, and dreams of most of the TMNT characters are going to be revealed in this fic as I see it anyway. So please review and also, I'm having a hard time on trying to figure out what Donnie's worst fear would be, so if anyone has any suggestions or ideas please send them in a review or a PM thanks!
