Raph is back to being an instigator to Cyrus again, but this time, a lot differently.
Chapter 12: Envy and Challenges
An hour went by after when Cyrus got accepted into being a new member of the Ninja Turtles and he was starting to embrace it and feels like he really belongs here. He sighed heavily and sat down on his bed, just thinking. Thinking that this will turn into something good for him, in hopes to control his powers.
Then, he took a look at himself in the mirror and sees him with the pads, belt, sash and the brown bandana and sees that he's amazed by how things change in a quick snap.
He looked at himself and said, "This is like a new life for me."
Then, as he was looking in the mirror, he sees Raph coming in, which spooked him a little. Then, he turned around and saw his face looking extremely ticked, but a mischievous smile was added. He can tell that something is going wrong.
"So...you're one of us now, huh?" asked Raph.
"Yeah, I am."
"Well, all I have to say is...congratulations."
Cyrus looked at Raph and sees that it was somewhat halfhearted or maybe not as impressed with him being a member here. Raph smirked at him and said, "If you plan to stay here, you oughta to deal with me."
"How?"
Raph made a little push at Cyrus and he could tell that he's testing him to see if he could lose his temper. Cyrus looked at him and asked, "Were you about to push me?"
"Me, push you? No, of course not. If I was pushing you, I could do this."
Then, Raph shoved Cyrus a little and Cyrus was starting to lose it, but then, he remembered to keep himself in composure and said, "Sorry, Raph. I'm not gonna lose my cool."
Raph could see that this is gonna be tough, so he pushed him hard from Cyrus' shell and fell down on the floor. Raph laughed maniacally and asked, "What are you gonna do now?"
Cyrus picked himself up and stood up, dusted himself off and said, "Nothing."
Then, Cyrus walked away from Raph and then, ran up in front of him and then, pushed him down the ground and then, used his sai to try to harm him. Cyrus rolled his eyes and said, "No matter what you do, you can't make me lose it."
"Oh, I'll try to make you lose it. I'll make you so angry, you'll be thrown out of the lair!"
"I'd like to see you try, but it's not gonna work on me." Cyrus said, calmly.
Then, Raph felt agitated and then out of the blue, punched him in the face and fell down on the floor. Raph panted furiously and Cyrus groaned softly as he got up.
"Come on, kid. Get mad! Let me see you lose your temper!"
Cyrus didn't want to get mad and said, "No."
That was the straw that broke Raph's back and he got on his face and asked, "What did you say to me?"
"I said 'no'."
Then, Raph grabbed Cyrus by the shoulder and looked like he's seething and his eyebrows were lower by the minute based on anger and then, he threw him towards the wall and threw everything he could around the room at him. Raph was laughing maniacally as he threw everything at him and said, "Come on, kid! Let me see you lose it!"
"Stop it!" Cyrus yelled.
"Oh, yeah! That's what I'm talking about! Come on, destroy me!"
Cyrus was getting fed up with it and wanted to use his powers and then, his firepower strikes out of his hands and wanted to throw it at Raph, looking upset and irritated by his antics, but then Cyrus remembered what Splinter said to him about getting angry and what he could do if he could lose control of his powers and then, he calms himself down and stopped the firepower and said, "No, thanks."
Raph was more irritated and aggravated and asked, "WHAT?"
"I'm not gonna destroy you."
Raph was started to lose it and then, strangled his neck and said, "Listen, kid! If you think you're new here and have the others favor you, you've got another thing coming! The reason why Leo, Donnie, Mikey and Splinter wanted you in is because they're playing the sympathy card. I liked it better when there's four of us and we're doing fine until you come around and you've been here for a day! You should just go away and if you have any respect for us and for your ninja skills, you'd...leave...tomorrow!"
Raph tightened his neck and Cyrus felt like he's gonna lose air any second and slapped him in the face and threw him against the wall. Cyrus started coughing and try to get his air back and tried breathing again.
"Yeah? See how that feels?"
Then, Raph draws his sai and plans to use it in his throat until...
"RAPH!"
All of a sudden, Raph turns around and sees Leo behind him, looking upset and mad about this. Raph said, "Get outta here, Leo. This does not concern you, although you brought him in here."
Leo heard Cyrus breathe crazily and cough hard. He asked, "You okay, Cyrus?"
Cyrus continued breathing and panting furiously and only nodded his head as a 'no'. Then, Leo turned to Raph and asked, "What were you doing? Scratch that, what were you thinking?"
"I wanted to make him lose control of his powers and that you guys should kick him out!" Raph exclaimed.
"Are you crazy?"
"No, you're crazy for bringing him here and being one of us. We don't know anything about this kid and I don't care about him at all. He should never have been here in the first place!"
"Raph, he's one of us. Even if you don't see it, he is one of us. And I thought you were okay with him here."
"I was until I saw him wearing all the pads and the brown bandana and that you guys entered him into our group. And I'm not gonna have him be the better student than me."
"Are you jealous of Cyrus, Raph?" asked Leo.
"It's none of your business."
"Look, Raph. You need to get used to him being here and that he's one of us now."
"If he has any respect for us, he'd leave now!"
"And go where? He's got nowhere to go."
"I don't care. I want him gone!"
Then, Raph storms off the room leaving Leo a little upset and somewhat disappointed in Raph that he's ultimately jealous of Cyrus being here. Then, Leo sighed heavily and looks at Cyrus and asked, "You okay, Cyrus?"
Cyrus felt like he's emotional damaged by that argument and said, "I feel like I'm in the way."
"Cyrus...you're not in the way. You fit in just fine."
"How? I can sense that he's gonna call me a 'monster' again."
"How would you know that?"
"He forced me into using my firepower to burn him and to make me lose it."
"But you didn't."
"I know."
"So, you did the right thing and you have learned from Splinter. You already learned how to stop yourself from being angry and lose control of your powers. And when he tried to make you lose it, you said 'no' a million times and then stopped yourself from doing that."
"You sure I did the right thing?"
"Of course. No matter what, you're still one of us."
"I hope so."
Leo sighed and said, "I'm sorry this happened to you."
Then, he patted his shoulder and left the room, leaving Cyrus alone, feeling like he's emotionally scarred between that situation with Raph and thought to himself, 'No matter what I do around Raph, it's like it's not good enough.'
Then, he sat down on the bed and curled himself up in a little ball, hid his face so that no one can see him cry.
Was that sad or what? Raph shouldn't have hurt his feelings like that. Stick around for more!
