Title: Figure in the Shadow – Chapter 11

Author: Raphshell

Pairings: Raph/Leo

Rating: M

Summary: Raphael sees someone in a new light, someone he never expected to fall for. Now he is sickened with himself, and knows there is no way his own brother would ever return his feelings.

Soon Raphael and Leonardo had begun their journey back to the lair in silence, again. Raphael took a deep breath of air, wanting to speak, but not sure what to say. He was terrible at expressing feelings and he just knew that if he spoke, he'd probably start tripping over his words and accidentally lash out at Leo. Though admittedly, a part of him was becoming so frustrated with the pent up feelings he had to resist the urge to tackle his brother to the ground and simply have his way with him.

Why did Leo suddenly have all this interest in hanging out with him anyway? Was he deliberately trying to drive Raph crazy? Did he not realize that his mere scent alone was overwhelmingly sexy? God his brother could be so stupid sometimes. Mike and Don had easily figured out what was going on, and he was sure that Splinter knew as well by the meaningful, understanding looks he had been receiving.

When they finally came to a manhole cover, Raph hung back behind his blue clad brother and not surprisingly found himself checking out his ass as Leo bent forward to lift the heavy lid. Raphael was grateful the darkness concealed the faint flush that stained his cheeks as he imagined all the things he would love to do to Leo's ass. If he wanted, he could simply reach out and caress the smooth, muscular globes that were taunting him so.

Leo stood back up, and began his decent down under ground effectively shaking Raphael out of the trance he had momentarily fallen into. With a frustrated sigh, he followed his brother down the ladder.

Just as his foot hit the bottom rung, both he and Leo froze in their tracks as the strong feeling that someone was nearby hit them simultaneously. Quickly, Raphael bounded back up the ladder followed by Leo. Shell, they rarely ever had a close call like that with exceptions to the times when Saki had his foot ninja's underground searching for them. Quickly, they worked together to place the lid back over the manhole as quietly as possible.

"Jeez" Raphael said finally breaking the silence once they were safely out of view from seeing eyes. "that was a close one"

Leo frowned "It sounded like a fairly large group of people down there"

"You don't think Saki has anything to do with it do ya?" Raphael asked as he fingered the sais safely tucked in his belt.

"No…I don't think so, they were being much too loud for Foot ninja"

"Could be the Purple Dragons" Raphael suggested.

"Could be," Leo agreed, "or maybe it's only people working underground. All I know, is that we'll have to watch our backs. We'll have to take the long way back, just to be sure no one is following us."

Raphael nodded in agreement, but couldn't shake the feeling that it wasn't merely a group of people working in the sewers, and that whoever it was, had a purpose that didn't involve the well being of the Hamato family. Raphael glanced sideways and caught the hard look on Leo's face that told him his brother was thinking the same thing.

Soon, they were lifting the lid off of another manhole, and much more carefully this time, making their way back down into the sewers. Neither spoke, or made so much as a tiny splash despite the endless trail of water flowing at their feet, as they were on high alert for other pedestrians who might have been dwelling in the sewers.

It was another Ten minutes of walking before the dead give away of distant feet sloshing through the water, and hushed voices made the two of them freeze in their tracks. They were walking directly towards the sound, and were forced to turn back in haste.

To the horror of Raphael and Leonardo, another set group of people, who were far to close for comfort, sounded as if they were now closing in on them from the opposite direction as well.

With only one way to go, Raph and Leo dove into the tunnel leading south, and hoped for the best. If anyone else was to show up on this route, they were effectively screwed. Once they came to the end with no problems Raphael was about to step out and start down the left tunnel, when Leo suddenly jerked him back, and pulled him into a small space inside of the wall. Only seconds later, two males, and one female, were barely visible in the darkness except for the dim glow of the battery operated lamp they were carrying. They all appeared to be in there early twenties, possibly students judging by their backpacks, walked past them without so much as glancing sideways.

Once the people had disappeared from view, Raphael and Leonardo kept hidden in the small space, straining to hear for any indication someone else might be nearby. Raphael had been so caught up in his fears of being seen, that he didn't notice just how small their hiding spot was, and how they were actually pressed up against each other until Leo shifted ever so slightly, causing his plastron to lightly scrape at his. Raphael felt a shudder of pleasure work its way through his body at the movement. Just to feel it again, he found himself ever so lightly grind his lower plastron against Leo's. The vibrations that jolted through his stomach into his cock were maddening, and he felt himself growing hard, fast. It was all he could do to keep back moan in his throat as he revelled in the moment.

God the feeling of Leo's chest pressed against him, feeling the heat coming off of his brother was overwhelming. Even Leo's breath's were careful and deliberate, yet matching the rhythm of Raph's with perfect timing. Leo breathed out as Raph breathed in, Leo breathed in as Raph breathed out. The pattern kept their chests moving together in perfect harmony, never breaking apart, just like it would be if he was buried deep inside of Leo, always moving together, fighting to melt into one.

Raphael had to focus all of his energy into not letting himself drop down right then and there. He found himself wondering what was going through Leo's head at the moment. Was he thinking the same thing at all? Surely he wouldn't be so dense as to not notice how fucking erotic this moment was. Raphael turned his face towards Leo's hoping to catch a glimpse of something, anything in his expression to indicate if he was feeling something for Raph as well. Leo's gaze shifted from the empty tunnels, and met Raph's stare. Damn if it wasn't so dark in here, maybe he would have half a chance at reading his brother's expression. Yet Leo was so close and unmoving even if they were clearly alone in this moment. Raphael knew that they should be making a run for it before someone else came along, yet Leo was as unmoving as he was, gazing back. God their faces were so close, they were sharing one breath right now. Raphael felt his mind begin to cloud over as his as his instincts began to take hold. He didn't remember lifting his hand and placing against Leo's face, he didn't remember leaning forward slowly as he gently pressed his mouth against Leo's, and unfortunately, because of his current state of mind and the lack of lighting in the sewers, he didn't notice the horrified expression on his brother's face.

As soon as his mouth touched Leo's, reality hit hard and fast when his brother jerked backwards and wasted no time planting a fist in his mouth.

The impact snapped his head back with a loud crack against the brick wall behind him, leaving him momentarily stunned and flustered. Raphael realized that nothing killed a hard on faster than the simultaneous throbbing pain in the beak and skull.

Yes, Leonardo was still staring at him, and although it was still to difficult to read the expression on his brother's face, he didn't need any light to know that Leo's face would be set in a hard, disgusted, yet bewildered glare.

Raphael felt like throwing up. What the fuck had he just done? He actually deluded himself into thinking that his brother was a sick twisted fuck like him? He couldn't speak, his emotions were stirring together, bubbling their way up to the surface and at any moment he could possibly explode. He was outraged to say the least. He was outraged at himself for not keeping himself in check, for allowing himself to ever think of Leo in such a way. He was outraged at Leo for ignoring all the signs, for going through life pretending that he would find someone on the outside to love him for who he was.

Leo was still there staring, waiting for some type of explanation that Raphael knew he couldn't give. He noticed that although Leo was still crammed into the small space with him, his body was no longer pressed against his. No, Leo was now tightly pressed against the wall behind him, distancing himself from Raph, even if there was only a mere couple of inches. It didn't matter though, two inches might of as well of been two miles. Leo was so disgusted with him, that he couldn't stand the thought of allowing his skin to come into contact with Raph's.

Leonardo finally broke the silence "Raphael" he said carefully, his voice as sharp as the steel blade of his katana. "What the hell is going on?"

Raphael opened his mouth and closed it again when no sound came out. This was too much, he couldn't stay here, all he knew was that he had to get the hell away from Leo, and fast. He turned and ducked out of the space, running down the tunnels, and towards the exit that would take him back up to the streets. No sounds came from behind him, and he was mostly relieved that Leo wasn't coming after him.

He pushed himself through the manhole, and took off in a hurry. He thought about heading for the rooftops, but then decided against it because he knew that's probably where Leo would be headed, and the last thing either one of them needed was to run into each other. An apartment building came into view with a clothes line full of men's clothing that appeared to be about his size. He climbed up the fire escape of the building and selected a dark red hoodie along with a pair of jeans, and quickly put them on. He memorized which apartment he took the clothing from so that he could return them later that evening, before turning to head towards the busy streets of Manhattan.

Raphael found himself deep in thought, fuming with himself over what happened, and was horrified at the prospect of ever facing Leo again. Maybe the best thing he could do would be to leave for Japan in the night. He still hadn't had the chance to discuss it with Mike or Don, but he could always wait until he was sure everyone had gone to bed before returning home then pack up a few belongings and sneak up to Mike and Don's rooms and tell them he would be leaving. He would say goodbye to Master Splinter as well and be out of there before Leo got out of bed in the morning.

It was fucking cowardly, and he knew it. He wanted to take the easy way out and it was a strange, foreign feeling to him. Raphael had always prided himself on standing up for what he believed in and never backing down, but then again he had never hit on a brother either. How the fuck did one face up to something like that? No, the cowardly way was looking more appealing by the second. He wasn't ready to face Leo and hell, he knew he would never be ready for that, but he had to get away and think things through. Had to find a way to get over these wrong feelings and stop lusting after his brother.

Raphael was so lost in his thoughts that he almost didn't see the magazine cover staring up at him from the trashcan he had just passed. Something tugged at his consciousness as he came to a halt. Slowly, he turned back around and glanced down into the trashcan. With a shaking hand, he reached down in and pulled out a tabloid magazine. He almost threw up on the spot as a big bold photograph of none other than Leonardo sleeping on a sofa, for the world to see with the headline 'I'm Dating A Mutant Turtle' splashed out above it.

'Nonononono this can't be happening. Who would do such a thing?' Raphael thought wildly. Then it dawned on him, filling his soul with black fury. 'Marissa'.

Oh fuck, that's why the sewers were crawling with people. People out looking for them. Raphael's fists tightened in rage, crumpling the edges of the paper as his breaths came out in short gasps. He would fucking kill her. Fucking. Kill. Her.

Never in his life had he wanted to rip someone's head clean off of their shoulders like he did with Marissa, with the exception of maybe Saki.

Before he could think of going after her, a new problem arose in his clouded mind. His family. Where they still at home? Did they know what happened and get away, or were they waiting for he and Leo to arrive back home? What if they hadn't found out yet and were sitting ducks? Fuck! Raphael reached for his shell cell only to discover that he didn't have it with him. Fuck!

Raphael raced down the street until he got to the nearest pay phone. Quickly, he dialled their home number and waited. No one answered, but the message on the answering machine was left by Donnie saying that they knew what happened but they couldn't stick around and wait because the sewers were crawling with people, and that they had gathered up some of his and Leo's belongings and were headed up to the farmhouse with April. He also said that Casey stayed behind and was out looking for them and would bring them up to the farmhouse as well.

Raphael hung up the phone and felt somewhat relieved that they were at least safe. However his relief was short lived as the cold fear came trickling back into his soul. Leo was still out there and had no idea what had happened. What if he tried to head back down into the sewers and got caught. Fuck, what if he never left the sewers in the first place? Raphael had just left him down there in a hurry knowing that there were people everywhere just because he was a big fucking coward. What if Leo had been spotted before he had the chance to leave as well? Questions raced through his mind as he thought of endless possibilities. He knew he had to calm himself down and think rationally. Leo would have gotten out okay, he was a ninja after all, and was the stealthiest out of all of them. He couldn't call Leo, because he had accidentally broken his shell cell a few days ago.

When he really thought about it, Leo was probably doing the same as him at the moment, wandering around trying to clear his head in hopes that he wouldn't run into Raph. Knowing Leo though, he would have stuck to the rooftops where he was much more comfortable.

Raphael quickly dialled Casey's number, but there was no answer so he left a message on his machine telling him that he knew what happened, but Leo wasn't with him and that they would meet back at his apartment once he found his brother.

Hanging up the phone, Raphael ducked his head low under the hood of his sweater and

made a dash towards an alleyway with the magazine tucked under his arm. He climbed up the nearest fire escape and was soon flying across the rooftops in search of his brother.

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Leonardo had finally slowed to a stop after running for what felt like hours. The burning sensation in his lungs was a welcoming feeling. Right now feeling anything besides the numbness that had set in since his brother blatantly kissed him was a good thing. He didn't know what to think. He had been taken so by surprise that his initial reaction was to hurt Raph. He had never felt more confused in his life, and when he stopped and thought back on everything that had been going on lately, the kind, yet weird behaviour of Raphael, his sudden plans to leave for Japan with no good explanation, his negativity towards Leo having a girlfriend, the partial conversation he had heard between Raph and Mike, the odd looks he had caught Raph giving him lately, had all added up. Why had he not put these things together before and realized what was going on? Damn it, was he that blind? Or was he just in denial?

He had no idea how to deal with this. He knew he had to talk to Raph about this but how the hell should he bring this up in conversation? He didn't even know the extent of Raphael's feelings. It was probably just lust that would pass in time, but what if it wasn't? What if Raph's feelings had grown into more than what Leo could handle at the moment? In retrospect, punching Raph in the face probably wasn't the smartest move, but how else could he have reacted to something so unexpected?

Leonardo leaned against the edge of the roof, and peered over the side, staring at nothing in particular. He didn't know what would happen next, but he had to find Raph and start straightening this out. Only now he didn't know exactly how he was suppose to get back home with a sewer full of people wandering around. Which brought him to the second nagging question, why the hell were people down there? What were they looking for? Leonardo dreaded to hear what the answer to that might be. Those people didn't appear to be working for Saki, but what if he had hired a massive amount of people to search the sewers for their home? He wouldn't put it past their enemy to do something so outrageous in order to locate them.

Leo palmed his face in his hands as he tried to clear his thoughts. Maybe he should try and find Raph out in the city before attempting to go back home. Clearly, Leo would be the last person on earth Raph would want to see right now but with the sewers so full of people it wouldn't be safe for them to go down there on their own. Besides, he knew that Raph would be trying to avoid him and probably wouldn't attempt to go home for hours yet.

Leonardo turned away and got ready to jump down to the next roof top, but not before he put a hand to his mouth. He could still feel the burning sensation where Raph's mouth had momentarily made contact with his.

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It took a couple of hours searching the rooftops of the city before Raph spotted the form of what was undoubtedly Leonardo heading in his general direction. Sudden overwhelming nervousness and dread filled him at the sight. Fuck, he had been okay when he thought Leo might have been in some kind of trouble, but nope, he was obviously safe, and now Raph was going to have to face him whether he wanted to or not. This would have been so much easier if they would've had their phones on them so he could have simply called Leo to filled him in on what happened without actually facing him. He then would have found alternate transportation to the farmhouse while letting Leo travel with Casey and then spent his time alone in the woods or locked up in his room where…Fuck! His room that he always shared with Leo! Raphael groaned to himself as he realized that there simply was no getting out of this. He wished that he could have at least lied and said that he was drunk and didn't know what he was doing when he put the moves on Leo, except that he had spent the entire fucking evening with him so of course that wouldn't work.

Anger clawed it's way back into Raphael's stomach as Leo leapt onto the same roof as him and stood at the opposite end, studying Raph with a frown as there was something horribly wrong with him. 'Well that's just fucking dandy Leo' Raphael thought bitterly 'I'll stand here like a moron while you decide if what I have is catchy or not'

He knew he shouldn't be mad at Leo right now, as Leo had every right to be disgusted after Raph decided it would be a swell idea to throw himself on him, not to mention the fact that he was about to shatter Leo's little world even more once he presented him more good news of Marissa's betrayal, but he couldn't help himself. More and more it felt like it somehow had to be Leo's fault for always being around, driving him crazy fucking around with his dumb ass girlfriend. For always being in his head, and a constant presence. For being so self absorbed that he couldn't see that he has been killing Raph. Yes, Raphael had himself convinced that Leo was at least partially to blame for what had happened, and by the time he and Leo met up in the middle of the roof, he was spitting angry and found himself glaring uncontrollably at his brother. Once Leo caught the look on Raph's face, his own morphed from confusion, to surprise, to out right glaring back.

"Well Leo looks like your little girlfriend's out to do us all in. Congratulations on that" Raphael spat sarcastically as he thrusted the paper at Leonardo. Inside Raphael was a complete mess. What the hell was wrong with him? Why was he being such an asshole right now and blaming Leo? Apparently old habits really do die hard.

Leo was completely confused, but refused to let it show as he grabbed the paper Raphael had pushed up against his chest. If Raph was going to be an ass, then he could be one right back. He unfolded the tabloid magazine and felt the world drop away as he stared at the picture of himself. He saw the headline and couldn't speak or move. Marissa…She really did this? Leo dropped to his knees as let the magazine fall in front of him. He felt bile rising in his throat, and had to swallow it back as a cold sweat broke out on his forehead. What the hell had happened? When had she taken this? Why did she do it? A million questions raced through his mind. All those people in the sewers…they were looking for him. He had put his family in danger, this was his fault entirely, and now he didn't know how he would ever make things right.

Raphael's heart sank as he watched his brother collapse to his knees, and decided that he was now pissed off that he wasn't pissed off at Leo anymore. Raphael palmed his face. He really needed to get a life.

"Leo" Raphael said more gently "This really ain't your fault. I called home once I found out, but Donnie left a message saying that they had left for the farmhouse, and that Casey stayed behind to bring us out there. So everyone's safe okay?"

Raphael was surprised to hear Leo chuckling "Don't try and comfort me Raph, not right now. This fucking well is my fault."

With that, Leo stood back up, leaving the magazine abandoned at his feet. "Go find Casey, I'll meet you at his apartment in an hour" he ordered.

Raphael raised an eye ridge "If you're going to see an old girlfriend about this, I'm coming too."

"I want to do this on my own Raph. It's private." Leonardo warned.

Raphael snorted "This involves all of us now. I think Don and Mike would agree on that."

"Yeah well Don and Mike aren't here right now are they? If you must know, I don't feel up to dealing with you as well at the moment" Leo snapped in anger. "Now please let me do this and we'll discuss your issues later."

Out of it's own accord, Raphael's fist swung out to connect with Leo's face, which he easily blocked. "Back off Raph! I'm doing this alone!"

Raphael wasn't sure if he wanted to kill Leo or if he completely agreed with him. He didn't even mean to take a swing at him, but his emotions were all over the place today, as he was sure Leo's were too.

He watched as Leo turned north towards Marissa's apartment, and leap onto the next rooftop. He waited for Leo to get far enough ahead before he followed his brother. As fucked up as things were right now, as angry as he was with his brother and himself, for some reason he felt he had to be there for Leo. Not to get involved in on whatever Leo had planned for Marissa, but to be there for him if he had to help pick up the pieces later.

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It was as if multiple explosions of anger had been set off in his chest in a rapid succession, burning him to the core. He had never felt anger and betrayal like this in his entire life. Why had he been so blind to see who she really was? Raphael really was right about her all along.

Leo jumped down onto Marissa's fire escape and climbed through her window. Silently, he walked to her room where she was lying asleep in bed. Leo withdrew his katana and hurled one of his weapons at the wall behind her bed with a loud thunk.

Marissa jumped up out of bed and stared wide eyed at Leonardo. "Get out Leo." Marissa snapped trying to keep her voice steady.

Leo stalked towards her and yanked his weapon out of the wall behind her. He then pushed her up against the wall and put his blade to her throat.

"Stop it" Marissa cried unable to keep the fear out of her eyes and voice.

"You listen and listen good, you spoiled selfish bitch" Leo hissed "you have ruined us, drove our family out of our home and on the run."

Tears began to fall from Marissa's eyes and her mouth trembled "I'm sorry Leo" she whispered.

"I don't want to hear apologies" Leonardo sneered "What I want is for you to do whatever it takes to fix this. I don't care if you claim the photo's were fakes or what you do. I also want all the copies of any other photos you may have taken of me or any other evidence of my existence. Do you understand?"

"Yes…The pictures a…are in the top drawer" Marissa sobbed pointing to her dresser.

Leo removed the blade from Marissa's neck and stalked over to her dresser. He found an envelope and peered inside. Sure enough, she had an assortment of photos ranging from 5x7's to 8x10's.

"Is this everything?" he demanded.

Marissa nodded in response with one hand to her throat where the blade had been so dangerously close to cutting through the skin.

Leo walked to the bedroom door and turned once again to face Marissa. "I expect you to go through with this Marissa, and I don't ever want to see or hear from you again is that understood?"

Marissa nodded once again with tears still running from her eyes.

"My family is first and foremost the most important thing in my life. If you even so much

as think of doing something to hurt them again, I will hunt you down and I will kill you. The next time I won't show you any mercy." With that, Leo turned and left Marissa's apartment, hoping he would never have to deal with her again.

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From a safe distance, Raphael watched his brother leave Marissa's apartment with an envelope tucked under his arm. He debated going after Leo, but decided that it would be best not to risk pushing any more of his buttons than he already had that evening and to meet him back at Casey's apartment like Leo originally planned.

Soon he was back at the apartment, and thankfully Casey was anxiously awaiting their

arrival.

"Thank god yer back" Casey said with relief as he slapped Raphael's back. "Uh oh, you didn't find Leo yet?" he asked worriedly as it dawned on him that Raph had come back alone.

"Yeah, I found him and told him what happened." Raphael filled Casey in on the events of the evening, leaving out the part where he had made a pass at his brother.

Casey whistled. "Damn, you think he let her live?"

Raphael shrugged "I dunno, he was pretty pissed. I know I was and still am angry enough to kill her."

"She's still alive" came Leo's voice from the balcony as he slid the glass doors open. "I made sure she understood that she had to do whatever possible to fix what she did, and to never try and contact me again or I would kill her."

Leonardo grabbed the tall metal garbage can beside the stove and dumped the contents onto the floor.

Casey raised a brow "Urm whatcha doin' there Leo?"

"Sorry, I'll clean it up, but right now, I have to burn this evidence." he replied holding up a large envelope.

"Are those the pictures?" Raphael asked.

"Yup" Leo replied not quite meeting his eyes as he walked past, and back out onto the balcony garbage can and lighter in hand.

Raphael watched his brother light the contents on fire, seemingly mesmerized by the fire as his gaze never wavered from the metal can.

Casey watched his red clad friend, slightly puzzled by the almost longing look he was giving Leonardo. 'Weird' he thought with a shrug, and turned to leave the room. He had a few things to pack up before leaving for the farmhouse in the morning.

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Marissa sat on her bed still crying when David finally showed up. Seeing his friend a broken mess cut him deeply.

He walked into her room and sat down beside her and gathered her into a hug. "What happened hon?" he asked as he stroked her hair.

Once she calmed down enough, she filled him in on the details.

"So what are you going to do?" he asked hoping that she had enough sense to fix all this and get it over with.

"What he wants me to. If I don't I think he really will kill me next time."

David frowned. "God Marissa, we need to get you out of here before he does find you again."

Marissa shook her head "He won't come after me as long as I set things right."

"How do you know?" David cried "You said the guy wears swords. What kind of a crazy person goes around wearing swords in New York?

Marissa glanced down at her hands folded on her lap. "The kind who's life depends on it." she answered quietly. "He was right David, I betrayed him in the worst way possible way, and I have to do what I can to make things right. I know it won't begin to make up for what I did, but I have to do something."

David nodded and put his chin on her head. "Okay…well if you need my help, I'm here for you."

Marissa smiled at her friend "Thanks, but this is my mess, and I think I have to work this out on my own."

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Raphael woke up the next morning with an enormous kink in his neck. He really hated Casey's stupid sofa and often ragged on his friend about it. Normally Raph wouldn't care, but whenever they sat on it to watch the game, he always ended up with a couch spring up his ass. Of course Casey always insisted that the couch was perfectly fine if you sat on it the right way. That drove Raph crazy to no end, it's not like they ever had brand new furniture. Hell, all of the sofa's they ever owned were ones that were abandoned by the road. They were never in perfect shape, but they certainly never had huge holes or springs popping out of the fabric.

He heard a rustling coming from the kitchen and knew it had to be Leo, because like him, Casey always slept in as long as possible. Leo had ended up sleeping on the air mattress in the spare room last night, which was a bit of a relief for Raphael. He really didn't want to spend the night in the same room as Leo. In fact, he had no intentions of leaving the sofa from hell until he heard Casey up and about as well. Yep, he was still a huge coward, but he knew if they were alone, Leo might try and talk about what happened., and even if he didn't, Raph couldn't face the awkward silence that was sure to hang between them.

He listened as Leo prepared breakfast, and then finally knock on Casey's door to wake him. A few minutes later, Casey stumbled out of his room, mumbling incoherently.

Raphael sighed to himself as he kicked off his blankets. 'Time to face the music' he thought bitterly.

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After they had eaten, and cleaned up after themselves, the three of them headed down to the truck parked along the side of the road. Leonardo glanced up and down the street hoping no one would see them.

'Ah shit…' Leo thought with a frown. They wouldn't be able to ride up front with Casey, they were going to have to ride in the back under the cab. No way would they be able to risk being seeing sitting up front. That meant him and Raph were going to be stuck alone in awkward silence for the next several hours. Leo stole a glance at his brother, who's slightly horrified expression revealed he had the same fears.

They crawled into the back of the truck and deliberately sat as far from one another as

possible, both refusing to look at the other as the truck started, and pulled away.