Raph was fuming when he finally came to. So Leo's still alive. I have to get him out of here. Somehow. Whatever it takes.
His hands were now cuffed over his head and the acid was gone, leaving only fury. Whatever was happening, it needed to stop. He had to get control.
Somehow.
He had no idea how long he'd been soaking in ire before the phantom reappeared in the doorway.
"I know your game," Raph erupted. "I know he's still alive. You haven't killed him, so let him go."
In response, the phantom shoved a hand against Raph's chest and pinned him up against the wall. Searing pain shot through his entire shell from the touch, the pressure… more than it should have. Whatever the phantom had done to him, it had left him more susceptible to pain. As if it wasn't enough before.
Raph panted through gritted teeth, desperately clinging to any control he could summon, when his T-phone began ringing. The vibrating against his hip brought an unexpected addition to the pain, drawing a cry from Raph, but the phantom just held on in shock, staring down at the T-phone. When he released him, Raph stumbled a little before catching himself, wincing every time the vibrations renewed against his skin.
"Who is that?" the phantom asked.
A wince forced Raph to delay his response. "I don't know. Why don't you answer it and find out?"
With very slight hesitation, the phantom retrieved the T-phone and Raph felt his muscles involuntarily slacken once the vibration was gone. His mind worked quickly when he caught the phantom staring at the display, but he had no idea what to say or do to make this better.
"Donnie?" the phantom read. "He looks like you. Is he a ninja, too?"
"You won't believe any answer but yes," Raph replied vehemently, panting in an effort to steady his body.
"He's coming for you, isn't he?"
After a pause, Raph answered evenly, the answer surprising him into a mix of relief and despair. "No. He thinks someone else has me."
"But he'll figure it out."
Processing everything rapidly, Raph took a course of desperation. "Let him. Let him come and get Leo. Let him walk out of here with him. Safely. He doesn't have to ever know I'm here. I won't call out. Leo doesn't know I'm here, either. No one does. Let him come, and let them leave."
The phantom backed up a step. "You really do think I'm crazy if you think you'd be enough for me when I could have all three." He dropped the phone and crushed it under his foot.
"No," Raph breathed.
The hood twisted away from him before the phantom strode out the door. "I will have them all."
"No! NO!" Raph yanked on the chains above his head, jerked hard enough to lodge the cuffs under the skin of his wrists. He cried out and momentarily stilled with the shock of the intensified pain. Taking a breath, he then struggled harder, but this new angle allowed him no leverage. Finally giving into the futility of it, he slackened, a single tear navigating its way down his stricken face. "NOO!"