Chapter 21 Trip Home

Donny steadies Brit as he hears her raspy breathing after she is in the van. He puts up a breathing machine on her face. Her breathing is still raspy but she is starting to stable out at least through her breathing.

Raph is watching wearily as he has tears in his eyes. He is fuming and breathing really heavy. Donny notices his brother as he is about to wrap up Brit's shoulder temporarily until they make it home.

"Raph, it's gonna be alright. She's tough and she'll be just fine," Donny replies evenly hoping to convey to his brother to calm down. Raph looks at Donny and shakes his head from side to side.

"I promised I wouldn't let anything happen to her! And look at her! She is injured. I was supposed to protect her dammit! Why her?" Raph replies angrily as he folds his arms across his chest. He keeps looking at Brit not wanting to miss anything that could happen to her.

"Raph, calm down you are not helping anything. Look at Ben. He just got his sister back and now she doesn't even know he is safe and with us. Yea, she got injured but we also accomplished our mission tonight. If it wasn't for you she could be dead right now. Think about it. She never would of opened up to anyone after everything she has been through if you hadn't been able to get her to open up in the first place. If that hadn't happened she could be dead by the Akudo or worse she could of went to get Ben herself!" Leo proclaims.

"You want to hear it Leo? Fine, your right but it still doesn't change how I feel," Raph replies.

Donny cleaned and wrapped Brit's shoulder while Leo and Raph were arguing.

Meanwhile Ben is looking at this scared and unsure if he made the right decision to go with these turtles. He looks between them all and notices that the orange masked one smiles at him warmly. He doesn't feel so down but it still doesn't change the fact that it seems like Raph is in love with his sister and he's not so sure how he feels about that.

Mikey walks over to Ben and sits down next to him. He smiles warmly at him. "Hey it's Ben right?" Mikey replies cheerfully.

"Ya," Ben replies depressed. He is extremely worried about Brit and knows that she can't be taken to a hospital.

"Hey Brit's gonna be alright. She's tough and she'll make it through this. I remember when we first met her and she was so damaged beyond what we could believe could happen to one person."

"What happened?"

"Weird story actually. You see Raph here," Mikey points to his brother, "was in one of his moods and went for a walk one night. He heard your sister and her husband arguing in city park. She was being yelled at and physically abused. Raph saw that she needed help and decided to take action. He broke the street lamps and attacked the guy just enough to knock him out. Then he carried Brit down to the sewer where we live at. He called us and we came to get her. She was so injured that we didn't want to risk just carrying her to where we live at. She wouldn't open up to anyone at first except for Raph. Kind of weird but hey he helped her through some of her unsureness and depression. She still has some there when certain things happen but I have faith she will fully recover in no time," Mikey replies cheerfully.

"Wow, I wonder if she ever tried to get me back before all this happened?" Ben replies.

"You mean a lot to your sister. If you didn't then she wouldn't of tried to come after you. She considered even trying to come up to get you by herself but knew that would just of ended up a failure. She calculated what her chances were and asked for our help in the end. She's smart and tough. You were on her mind a lot. Trust me. I've been there worrying bout my brothers and my sensei. Sometimes you don't know what you lost before it's too late," Donny replies as he realizes how depressed Ben looks. He looks so helpless as he is watching his sister.

Just as they make it to the tunnel and are about to get out Brit starts to scream and is struggling with something as she is writhing in her sleep uncontrollably. Donny looks at her as he calculates in his head whether or not she is going to injure herself and others in the process of her being transported and decides that the best course of action will be to sedate her so that she will sleep more calmly and they can safely transport her to the lair.

Meanwhile Brit's dream like state has her questioning everything she has fought for from being in love with Raph to saving her brother. She does not know what to believe and is very confused beyond belief. She has no clue as to what to believe.

In her dream she is being beaten beyond what she could even fathom to happen to her. Adam and his gang are all sourrounding her and she doesn't even recognize all of the faces as she sees herself being surrounded by atleast 20 people. She is beginning to shake in her dream because she is so scarred and frightened about what could happen to her and more importantly how her brother and Raph will live without her. She thinks all of this is real and does not have any idea that she is in a coma like state.

The gang surrounds her so close that she cannot even move more than an inch in any direction. Everyone in the gang has some sort of a weapon ranging from swords to num chucks to sighs to bos to arrows to anything you can imagine. She looks around at all the weapons and realizes that she is not going to make it out of here alive. Many people have life made easy where she has always had to fight for everything she has from getting out of her marriage to falling in love with a creature that is so different from what people could not even fathom to fall in love with to finding her brother and failing him. He will never forgive herself for not being able to protect her baby brother and more importantly he has no family left because of her.

By now Brit had tears rolling down her eyes as she is thinking about what the consequences are going to be not only for but for the ones she loves as well. Without even expecting it Adam has her up in the air by her throat choking her and he is laughing that menacing victory laugh at her struggling. Out of reflex she tries to grab his arm to let her know but it is a failed attempt because as soon as she grabs his arm her arms are grabbed by one of the gang members and tied behind her back. Her arms are criss crossed and tied very tightly where her skin is starting to turn white.

"Where are all your friends now? Huh? You worthless piece of shit. Let's see what we can do to have some fun with you as you have no family left and no one who cares or loves you. Ben was so easy to kill and it was so easy to talk them freaks out of rescuing you because everything always seems to be your fault as you have no sense of consequences for your actions. Your poor brother is dead because of you. You don't even care do you? You didn't care bout the rest of your family why would I even think that you would care bout your last blood relative," Adam rants on to Brit in an attempt to destroy her which he succeeds as Brit starts to sob uncontrollably.

Adam nods at one of the gang members who comes into the center with Ben's body and just throws it to the ground which makes Brit sob even harder as she realizes she has no one left to love anymore and is giving up on life because it is not worth it anymore. She has no reason to live anymore. No love. No family. No life left in the world. The pain is so bad that she starts withering and is unsure as to why her body has such a strong reaction if there is nothing to live for anymore. She cannot even argue back to Adam as he still is choking her.

Just as she was giving up she sees Raph and Leo in the in the shadows making their way to Brit. The sneak up towards where Brit is and are very lucky to have not gotten any notice by the gang. They both have weapons ready as they make a beeline for the gang. They charge into the gang as they see that they are out numbered and very slim chances of winning. Leo takes the right and Raph takes the left.

Leo drops kicks two guys at one time while Raph side swipes two off their feet and throws them both against the wall from the impact. Brit is starting to calm down as she realizes she has people who still cares bout her and decides that she will fight for them no matter what it costs. She is still very confused as to where everyone else is and how her brother died but decides in due time she will figure everything out.

"Raph and Leo I need you to hold her down while I give her a sedative. Mikey you take Ben and turn on the machines in the lab. Make sure you turn on everything including the heart monitor and oxygen machines along with anything you can think of. He doesn't need to see me giving her this," Donny replies as he goes into Doc mode.

"Come on Ben let's get to the lab so your sister can get better," Mikey replies as he helps Ben up and they start running to the lair.

After Ben is out of eye site Leo and Raph both take a side and hold down Brit as she is shaking and writhing really bad. Donny has the sedative already on hand in the form of a shot. He waits until it looks like she is held tight enough to where the shot can be safely administered and gives her the shot in her right thigh.

Donny, April, Justin, Leo, and Raph safely transport Brit to the lair as there is much work to be done and so little time to save her.