A.N:

Sorry about the delay in uploading this just a lot on my plate now because of the holiday and ending of the fall semester. But don't worry this will be completed. And to those who were very patient I will tell you two facts about the upcoming chapters.

Yes there will be one or more character deaths and yes Mikey will finally come back to his senses.

Until then be my faithful zombies and be rewarded for you patience.


Chapter 7

Shadow treated Casey and April's injuries and let them stay with her and Leo. Leo stayed upstairs in Mikey's room so Casey and April took Leos. In the morning April and Casey went to get Shadow some groceries so she could work with Mikey to try and bring him out of his catatonic state. Leo tried his best but Mikey still couldn't register what was real and what was make believe. In his mind he was still reliving Leo's "dead" so they had to get him to move on and see what was really in front of him. Casey and April dropped off groceries and went to check on Splinter. Before they left Shadow gave them a disposable cell phone to call her if they needed anything. While Shadow watched what Leo talking to Mikey about their childhood together and the memories they made Shadow received a phone call from April and Casey.

Picking up Shadow knew something was wrong.


"This is Shadow."

"Shadow it's me April you need to get down here." April said.

"Hold on. Leo I need to take this" Shadow said getting up and walking downstairs.

"What's going on April?" Shadow asked.

"Splinter is dead. His body is outside of the lair with the security system on. Casey is trying to get the body now but…Oh God….Raph. Raph must have killed him while we were out." April cried into the phone.

"April calm down and breathe. If you can bring Splinter's body here so Leo and Mikey can say there's goodbyes to him but if you can't we'll try again later. Don't get yourselves killed down there." Shadow warned.

"But-"

"But nothing April. Splinter gave his life so you guys could get Mikey out of there and to try and wake Raph out of whatever is happening to him. Don't let what he did go to waste." Shadow stated.

"Alright" April sniffled. "We'll call when we get there." April said.

"Okay I'll tell Leo and Mikey." Shadow said hanging up.

'Great more problems. Not only do we have to get Donnie still but now Raph has killed his father. What more do you have to do to punish this family and myself' Shadow thought.


Shadow climbed the stairs to Mikey's room as Leo finished telling Mikey about their eighth birthday together.

"Leo, Mikey there's something I need to tell you guys." Shadow said.

Leo stood up immediately and walked over to Shadow and whispered to her, "How bad?"

"I wouldn't be here telling the both of you this if it wasn't." Shadow whispered back.

Leo and Shadow turned to Mikey looking blankly at the both of them with his head tilted to the side.

Leo pulled Shadow away from Mikey and continued to whisper to her, "Do you really need to tell him now? He's barely able to registrar what's going on now."

Shadow shook her head.

"It's better to hear it now, cry and move on then to wait and make it worse." Shadow explained.

Leo turned to look at his baby brother with sympathetic eyes.

"Fine but the moment he starts to freak out you need to stop and get out so I can calm him down." Leo warned.

Shadow nodded.

Leo and Shadow walked over to Mikey with Leo sitting by his brother's side and Shadow sitting in front of them.

"My friends I'm afraid that I have some bad news about home." Shadow said.

"Home. Father. Donnie. Raph." Mikey whispered so soft it could be barely heard.

"Yes Mikey. Casey and April left a little while ago to see Splinter and to try and talk to Raph about releasing Donnie. But when they called me I knew something was wrong." Shadow took a deep breath and continued "Guys I'm afraid that your father has passed away." Shadow said.

Leo turned to his baby brother who even though showed no emotion or change in facial expression had tears rolling down his cheeks. Leo pulled his brother into the crook of his neck and let the tears fall onto his chest while rubbing circles on his shell.

"It's okay Mikey. I'm here. Don't worry baby brother everything will be alright." Leo whispered.


Shadow watched the exchange as an outside to the relationship Leo had with his siblings. Leo even through everything he has gone through loved his family to the bottom of his heart. Shadow stared at Mikey who was still in his catatonic state but something was different a twitch from the arms that laid at his side and the blinking of his eyes to rid himself of the tears showed her that he was starting to return to normal but he needed a big push to get him out of it. Something every drastic was about to happen to break him from his endless state of nothingness. Hopefully it would help but if not it would push the young mind off into further darkness.

'Sorry Leo and Mikey but with events like this happening too quickly this calls for more drastic approaches.' Shadow thought.

Shadow left Leo to calm Mikey while she waited for Casey and April after several minutes Shadow checked her phone to see she received a text messaged from April saying that they found Raph and he was fighting Casey right now. Shadow texted back asking if they needed help and she said no that Raph was too tired to fight like he usually did so they would call once they got Splinter's body and were on the way to her place.

With time to spare and Leo comforting his brother with the news of their father's death Shadow took Kaz to the one place she had to go when she was feeling alone.


The only good thing about that day was that the cold air was a bit warmer and Shadow didn't have to constantly rub her hands together to keep them warm. Shadow walked a few blocks until she got to her location with Kaz. Walking more until she found them Shadow bowed her head and said a little prayer. Kaz looked from Shadow to what she was praying at and sat beside her. Shadow peeked and looked at Kaz and smiled then moved her attention to her reason for being there.

Two grave stones with names inscribed into them covered with a bit of frost and dead leaves from no care. Shadow brushed them with the sleeve of her jacket then with the tips of her fingers when she cleaned off their names.

"Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I found another soul that needed help and I couldn't pass up the chance to try and help them. I don't know how much longer I can stay and help but hopefully the amount I can do with Kaz will be enough to keep them together." Shadow said.

Bringing her cold fingertips to her lips and placing them on the top of one of the tombstones then the other Shadow whispered,

"I love you guys. Wait just a bit longer."

Shadow turned and waved to Kaz to follow her. Kaz turned his back to see the grave with each family members names inscribed on them even the last one she try to clean as well as the others.


As Shadow started walking home she received a call from April to tell her that while Raph did do a number on Casey they were able to fight him off and were bringing Splinter's body home. Shadow and Kaz booked it into high gear and ran off to return home to tell the others. When Shadow arrived home she called down Leo and Mikey to join her in the living room. Kaz went to his bed and Leo brought Mikey gingerly down the stairs over to the couch and sat with him. The door barracking the back was moved, Leo gripped Mikey's hand as everyone watched April and Casey carry in Splinter covered in their jackets as a sign of respect and placed him on the ground in front of Leo and Mikey. Leo bent down to see if it was truly their father when Mikey gripped his hand tighter and shook his head no.

"Me" Mikey muttered.

"Mikey I don't think-"

Leo looked up to Shadow who was shaking her head no.

"Slowly Mikey and breath with me." Leo said.

Mikey nodded his head slightly bending down he removed the jackets and uttered a small gasp. Shadow peered and watched the family and friends look at the body of the once proud and strong father now just an empty shell of his old self. Shadow didn't know Splinter enough to show as much emotion as the others but she too felt a prick in her heart.

Splinter laid in front of everyone with his hands intertwined together and his arms lay against his chest.

"He looks peaceful." Shadow muttered.

"Yes" April sniffled. "Yes he does."

"Peaceful" Mikey muttered almost cracking a smile.

"Raph you bastard you have gone too far now" Casey muttered under his breath gripping his arm tightly.

Shadow looked at Casey and asked April to get the first aid kit in the kitchen so they could help Casey with his injuries.

"I'm fine" Casey shouted as Shadow usher him to the couch.

"I'm going to take Mikey to his room to let him rest." Leo said.

"Okay call if you need anything up there." Shadow said.

Leo left with Mikey leaving Shadow alone with April and Casey to have a real talk about what happened down there.


"Do I even need to ask?" Shadow stated looking up at Casey and April.

April was wrapping Casey's forearm with graze when she shook her head.

"It was bad Shadow. Raph barely recognized us and went into a fit of rage accusing us of murdering Splinter." April said.

"Yeah he seemed even more aggravated than ever even clutching his head more and pounding it on the wall saying shut up over and over to himself. My best friend reduced to that." Casey said exasperated.

Shadow looked at Splinter then at Casey and April with a quizzical look on her face.

"Shadow?" April asked.

Shadow moved towards Splinter stared at his hands.

"What are you doing there?" Casey asked.

Shadow bowed her head and muttered, "Sorry for this but I need to see if I am right."

Shadow slowly pulled Splinter's paws away from each other and placed his left hand at his side. Talking his right hand into her own Shadow, Casey, and April saw how tightly closed his hand was. Shadow pulled apart the tightly bounded fingers until a small object fell and landed on Splinter's chest.

"What the hell!?" Casey stated.

"Shadow what's that?" April questioned.

Shadow closed Splinter's hand again and placed it to his side. Picking up the small object and raising it over head to get a better look at it Shadow smiled and looked from the object to April and Casey saying.


"A clue to all of this."

Shadow held out the small object revealing to be a small pill.

"That looks like Raph's medicine" April said with s shocked looked on her face.

"Looks like it and if I'm right we're about to get the answers we need." Shadow said holding up the small blue and white pill between her forefinger and thumb.

"Look out Raph we're about to find out your secrets." Shadow said.