Next chapter. This is a biggie, so read carefully.
And.. prepare your tissues. You will need them.
The team stops at a rooftop. "Don," Leo says, "What does this, experiment do?"
"It's some kind of, stimulator. Or.. hallucinogen," Donnie says, keeping a sharp eye out, "I can't remember which."
"What does it do?" Raph asks gruffly.
"I don't know yet, Raph," Donnie says.
"Then figure it out!" Raph yells.
"Hey cool it!" Mikey yells back.
Leo pinches between his eyes, "Mikey, yelling at Raph will not solve the problem."
"Yeah but-!" Don puts his hand over Mikey's mouth, stopping him from giving them away.
"We need to keep going. The next point is up ahead." Leo starts off and the others follow. Raph is still steamed from the argument. They jump and run to the next checkpoint, a mile and a half down the road. Leo stops and signals for the others to do so as well.
No one from Kraang Tech is in the area. "I thought there would be butt kickin'," Raph grumbles, eyeing Mikey.
"Be patient, Raph," Leo says quietly.
"If there's goin' to be no butt kickin', I'm goin' home," Raph decides. As if on cue, Kraang droids jump out of the shadows and surround them. They train their guns on the Ninja Turtles.
Raph takes out his sais, his green eyes going white. "You said you wanted a fight," Leo states, pulling out his swords.
"Just stay outta my way," he threatens. Raph charges at the first robot. The others attack as well, each going for a fourth of the circle. Metal litters the ground. Fighting something, actually fighting something that fights back, it feels good for Raph. He feels his blood pumping, his head clearing of anything but the fight.
A Kraang bot out of the fight circle takes out a different kind of gun. It inserts something into the empty barrel and charges it up. The metal arm aims at one of the turtles.
Raph leaps over one of the bots and slices its circuits. "Ha!" He stands there a moment, looking for some more.
But then something embeds itself into his skin. He looks down. It's a dart with deep pink feathers, the signature color of Kraang Tech. He rips it out. Donnie sees the dart in Raph's hand.
"What's- Ah!" Raph feels a jolt to the head. He drops the dart and holds his head. The pain renders him to his knees. He sees overlapping images. 'Chloe, Hazel, Leo, Donnie, Yoshi, Leo, Chloe, Hazel, Spike, Leo, school, Spike, Mikey, Casey, April, home-'
"Raph.." Donnie says, still occupied with the Kraang droid. Raph's vision goes back to normal, but the thoughts stay there. Then the thoughts turn to voices and his vision goes dark.
"She's my girlfriend Raph, how could you!"
"I had to do your homework. Heh, why bother! You aren't going to get anything from it! Brute!"
"He's going to have large spikes on his shell, and whoa! What if he tried like, to get revenge because you rant about us so much! ..Why do you do that Raphie? That's mean."
"Jerk!"
"Hey, want to go to a cafe sometime...? Raph..? Raph! Hey listen to me!"
"Man, why are you still hung up on her. She hates you, Raph. She hates you."
"Anger is self-destructive-"
"You're nothing but a hot headed jerk!"
Raph holds his head harder, only to make the headache worse. His sightless vision starts to fade into red. =Halt= A kraang droid says. Raph looks up, his eyes completely white. He attacks the robot, demolishing it. He finds more and they become scrap metal. The others finish the robots they were fighting, to find there aren't anymore. Raph stands on the rooftop, steam coming from his nostrils in waves.
"Uh, guys, Raph is acting weird," Mikey points out. Donnie picks up the dart.
"He was hit with this," he says, showing Leo.
Leo looks at his brother. Raph's back is to them, "Raph..?" He asks, starting forward.
"Leo be careful, we don't know what it is," Donnie reminds him. Leo still inches forward. He sets a hand slowly on Raph's shoulder.
Raph feels it and his eyes cross white and his vision stays red. He turns around and kicks Leo back. "Raph!" Mikey yells. He and Donnie move in closer to help Leo. But Raph doesn't take too kindly to it.
"Stupid!"
"Bully!"
"Rebel!"
"I hate you!"
Raph sees three forms in front of him. The only word that he can think of is threats. He twirls his sais. "Uh, guys...?" Mikey says, panic setting in.
"What's wrong, Mikey," Raph taunts, "Scared?" Mikey does not like the tone Raph is using, neither do his brothers. "You're always scared," he says. Mikey tries to avoid him. He takes out his nunchucks and swings the extended chain.
"D-Don't make me.." Mikey threatens, but that's all he gets out.
"Like you could hit me," Raph says, amused, "You always think we'll clean up your messes, you mistakes! I'm sick of it! You think you can take anything and put in your comic!"
"Raph leave him alone!" Donnie says. Raph stops and looks away from the terrified boy. Donnie readies his staff.
"The genius," Raph doesn't even hesitate. "You know, with that big head of yours, how can you not find Spike!? That's impossible! You don't want to find him do you!" Donnie blocks Raph's sais, but it's no use. He ends up on his back. "You can't even get the girl with that brain."
"Raph," Leo says. Raph looks up and chuckles darkly. Leo doesn't flinch, at least not outwardly. "You aren't yourself. Try to calm down."
"You know, Fearless," Raph spits, turning around, "I can't imagine how you haven't figured it out yet."
Leo stares at him, his katanas behind his shellpack. He doesn't want to fight his brother. "Figure out what?" He asks.
"You don't?" Raph says, mocking him, "You hear that world!" Raph yells, "Lame-o-nardo doesn't know why I skipped school. Well, guess what?" Raph rushes him. Leo is pinned. "I loathed you. You and your.. luck." Leo punches Raph, only to get his weight off him. He stands up and takes out a katana.
"Don't make me do this," Leo says.
"Don't make you do what? Hurt me?" Raph chuckles, "We both know the greater warrior between us."
"At least I don't lose my temper," Leo says.
"I bet you have."
"Not as much as you," Leo says, "Calm down, this isn't you."
"You all want to know why I've been, 'not myself'?" Raph asks, "Well here it is! I was holding back. Now I'm not anymore." Leo tries to see the green in his brother's eyes, but there is none.
"What did it do to you?" He asks. Raph charges at him again and Leo has a hard time keeping up.
"Splinter forces me to go to a stupid drama club! Hazel can't stay off ma shell! Chloe sends me reeling! This is me, isn't it! Letting loose! Taking out my anger! Kicking shell!"
"You're killing him!" Mikey yells. Raph pauses.
The past few minutes have been a haze for him. He saw targets and went after them. He couldn't hear anything, it was all a blur. His vision clears as he stands up. He looks around. Mikey is holding an arm close to his chest. He has bruises on his face, no doubt more under his coat. Raph's eyes fade out of white, back to his normal look. The red goes away.
He turns around. "...G.. G-Guys…?" He whispers. He sees Donnie. His legs aren't bent the correct way. A red spot, forming a bruise, is around his eye. The purple mask is tangled in his hair. Then he hears something right next to him. He looks down.
Leo is laying right by his foot. His sword is just out of his reach and he is on his chest. Raph starts to panic outwardly when he sees his sai sticking out of his brother's shoulder. He starts to really panic. The adrenaline is still going through his system.
"Dude..?" Mikey says. Raph looks at him, regret in his eyes. Mikey is purely frightened. He's scared of his brother. Raph looks at his hands. They are covered in red. He looks at each of his brothers, horrified.
He steps away from Leo. "Raph.. we need you to calm down-" Raph breaks into a sprint and disappears across the rooftops.
You know when I said it can't get any worse? Well, that doesn't work anymore. HE CRACKED!
*sniff* Imma.. Imma go sit in the corner.. *walks away and cries*