Viper's P.O.V.
I woke up to a warm touch, someone's skin against my own. I could feel them breathing, their chest rising and falling with a pace that matched my own. I was in someone's arms.
I swallowed and tried to think about who would be holding me. The last time I'd been held was months ago. Mikey used to cradle me in his arms when I had a panicked attack. Which happened alot back when my sister...
Focus Viper.
I took a deep breath, which immediately made me wince. I suddenly realized just how much my body hurt. I remembered Donnie talking about needing to restrain me...
Whoever was holding me nuzzled their face into my hair by my neck. "It's all right. I'm here. You'll feel better soon." My breath hitched.
Mikey
Wait, Donnie said I needed to be restrained. I... had hurt one of them. At least, that was what I had remembered deciding. What else could have happened? The images of Mikey yelling at me filled my thoughts. I cringed.
"Shhh, relax." Mikey mumbled in my ear.
I began sobbing.
No no no... Stay away! I don't... I can't. I don't want you to get hurt. Stop! I'm a monster!
"Camellia I'm here. You'll be fine. I know it hurts, but we're trying to fix it."
No! I'm horrible! I hurt one of you! Stop! Let me go!
I desperately tried to shove away from him but he held firm to me.
"Please. Just sleep."
My sobbing was growing violent and ragged. I wanted to melt into his touch. To stay in his arms forever, but I couldn't. I wanted to remember.
Why couldn't I remember?
I eventually stopped cry and fell limp again. I shook with a mixture of pain and fear, something that seemed to be in an unending supply lately. I tried to straighten my scrambled thoughts to no avail. Every time I tried to grasp at a thought it quickly slipped from my grip. I gave a frustrated sigh and tried again.
I found myself thinking of my parents. The mental pain almost outweighed the physical kind.
Almost.
I didn't have to deal with it long though and soon I was picturing Kayla playing dress up when she was six. I hated when she did that. It always ment that she was planing a tea party, that I would always have to attend.
Hmmm, tea. I wonder if Splinter has any made. Ooo, or maybe Leo. What is Leo doing? Probably mediating. That geek...
My thoughts gradually grew fuzzier, I didn't even notice when Leo started calling for help.
Third point of view
One hour earlier:
Raph enjoyed the feeling of the cool night air on his skin as he jumped from roof to roof beside his leader. He and Leo had just gotten done with their raid on the hospital and we're now one their way back to the lair. Slung over the hot head's shoulder was a duffle bag carrying the anesthesia needed to keep their friend under for the next few days until Donnie made what would hopefully be an antidote.
"We're turning into a group of common criminals." Raph announced.
"We've only taken what we've needed." Leo said with an annoyed eye roll.
"Right." The red masked ninja grinned. "It's not like this is the second night in a row we've done this."
Leo laughed despite himself. "Sarcasm noted."
"Hey... Leo?"
"Ya?"
"Are you worried... about Viper I mean."
Leonardo looked over to find his younger brother avoiding his gaze. Embarrassment clouded the hot headed turtle's face. Through the darkness Leo could see the pink tint of Raphael's cheeks peeking out from under his mask. He knew why his younger brother was asking. He wanted to know if he alone in his concern of Viper's physical state.
"How could I not be?" The blue ninja could hear the hot head give a sigh of relief. Had he really been that worried about it?
"Because, Donnie's going to fix it. He always does..." Soon the only sound that could be heard was the soft sound of their careful footsteps.
Raphael hadn't sounded too sure of himself. Leo did his best not to sigh in frustration. His family was starting to fall apart. Viper was deathly sick. Mikey was upset about something, and it wasn't just Viper. Raph was growing distant from them, and he was pretty sure that Donnie hadn't slept in over two days. All they needed now was another disaster.
Little did he know, the universe was happy to give him another one.
"Leo, look out!" The blue leader didn't have time to react before Raph suddenly slammed into him, knocking him out of the way of a shuriken. Raph rolled off his brother with a growl and stood up. "You alright?" Raph asked, offering his hand to his teammate.
With a slight nod, Leo took the red ninja's hand and stood up as well. His eyes fell upon the shuriken lodged in the wall right where his head had been. If Raphael hadn't... No, he needed to focus.
He scanned the area, ice flowing through his viens when his eyes fell upon a frightening sight. "Foot, four o'clock."
With a frown Raph turned to look in the direction his brother had stated. He could feel his heart rate spike, his hands becoming clammy. Across the street were what looked like over thirty foot soldiers.
Or bots, He reminded himself.
"Head for the lair, don't look back." Leo commanded, pulling his katannas from their sheaths.
"What?! Are you crazy?!" Raph growled, grabbing his own weapons from their holsters. "There's way too many of them for you to take on."
"We can discuss it later. You need to get that anesthesia to Donnie." Leo was already getting into a fighting stance, ready to fend off any attackers that went after his brother.
Raph swallowed trying to decide what to do. Before they had saved Viper, Karai had lost control of the foot to the Shredder. Besides the time they had taken Viper, they hadn't seen much of them. So the sight of what looked like a miniature army of foot soldiers was a bit startling. He couldn't just leave Leo here. Not against that. What they should do was retreat together, but he knew that fearless wouldn't do that in a million years, and he thought his pride was bad.
"I'm not leaving you."
Before Leonardo could respond, their enemy attacked, leaving his remark unspoken. They weren't foot bots, which was new. The few patrols they had went on and encountered them, they had been robots. Not this time though. They were very much human. So they were forced to hold back, their honored code not allowing them to kill. What made it worse was they were twice as skilled as any foot bot they had run into over the last year.
Leo knocked another attacker out, dodging out of the way of another one. They just seemed to keep coming. What really put him on edge was the fact that he couldn't see his brother. If he hadn't been shouting out taunts the entire time, he would have had no idea where he was.
The blue clad leader could feel his breathing getting hard. Sweat covered his body thickly, stinging the cuts that were littered all over. If this kept up he was going to pass out from exhaustion. He was pretty sure that adrenaline was the only thing keeping him going.
A blood curdling scream cut through the night. His heart nearly jumped out of his chest. He sheathed his weapons and dodged in and out of foot soldier. The fact that he had just gotten a gash in his arm? He would be fine. The fact that he felt like collapsing, he could deal. He had one goal, to get to his brother.
Leonardo almost froze when he made it to the source of the scream. Crimson colored the ground like it had rain blood. Raph laid on the ground, his head pinned beneath a foot soldier's foot. The irony of the situation was lost on him as he knocked the man holding his brother in place out.
"Raph! Talk to me!" Leo yelled, fending off attacks.
Raph groaned. "Nggh. My leg."
"Raph, just stay awake! I'll be there as soon as I can. Try calling Donnie!"
"Broke m' phone." Raph mumbled through clenched teeth.
Before Leo got the chance to toss Raphael his T-phone, a figure jumped down infront of the person he was fighting.
Faster than he could blink the attacker was knocked out. He was moving too fast for him to get a good look at the new arivial, but he looked around seventeen to eighteen years old. His short blonde hair was noticeable against his navy blue attire. He didn't seem to be armed.
"Hold still." A voice hissed from behind Leonardo. He twisted around to see a girl about the same age as the blonde haired boy. She was obviously from Asian decent. Her long silky back hair was pulled into a french braid, giving her a tight, clean look.
Raph growled, glaring at the girl as she tried to hold his leg still.
"You're going to bleed out if you don't stop." She said with a matching glare. The red clad ninja stopped pulling against her grip finally noticing the fact that she was pulling a first aid kit out of her back-pack. That wasn't the only thing he noticed. On her hip was gun. Needless to say it wasn't a comforting sight for the injured turtle.
Raph clenched his jaw shut tightly as she began wrapping his leg with bandages.
"This is only to stop the bleeding. You're going to need stitches." She gave him a serious look that dared him to blow off what she'd just said.
"Who the shell are you?"
"I'm angel." She grinned and stood up, putting the medical kit back in her bag. "Pip! New orders! Get this one out of here!"
The blonde boy tilted his head, as if processing what Angel had just said, simultaneously ramming his elbow down on one of the foot soldier's necks making him go limp and collapse to the ground. "What about you?"
"I wasn't asking. Now I gave you a order! Move your pretty butt and take the injured one to a safe location."
Pip frowned as if he didn't particularly like the command, but he stopped what he was doing and ran over to where Raph was laying down.
"Oh shell no. I'm not going anywhere with him." Raph spat, moving away from his touch.
Leo glanced at the foot still remaining. Ten in total. With his current state there was no way he was going to be able to fend them off by himself, and he didn't have enough strength to carry Raph out of here. Plus he was pretty sure he had injured his ankle a little while ago.
His heart was pounding like a drum. His breathing was ragged and rushed. His muscles ached like he had just got done putting in six straight hours of training.
With as skilled as these new ninja's were he wouldn't be able to keep them off Raph much longer, even with this new girl now helping. He needed to get his injured brother away from here as quick as possible.
"Go with him Raph." Leo yelled over the clashing of his swords against his opponent's.
"Has everyone here gone crazy?!" Raph yelled, once again moving away from Pip's grasp. "I am not going with him."
"I don't bite." Pip gave a smile, showing off his perfect white teeth. Raph really didn't like new people, especially when they looked like models. Not that he had met someone who looked like that in person.
"Ya, well I do." Raph snapped, the distrust in his voice evident.
"Shell Raph! I can't carry you out of here." With a growl Leo knocked his opponent back a few feet, giving himself a chance to dodge an attack from the left. "We don't have a choice. You'll have to suck it up and let him help you."
The hurt ninja looked over at his brother. He was obviously at his limit.
Raph sighed, Damn it Leo.
Refusing to meet Pip's eyes with his own, Raphael held his hand out to the human male. "Let's just make one thing clear, I hate you."
Pip laughed and grabbed his hand. "That's fine."
Hey guys! I know that this might not be the most entertaining chapter ever, but I hope you guys like it. I would have update sooner, but I've been dealing with some family matters. I'm so close to being able to do the fluff part of this story. I'll give you guys a hint on what the future chapter are going to be about.
-Who doesn't like a good surprise party?-
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