Raph jumped down from the nearest rooftop and walked over to a huddled shadow, "What're doing out here? You should've stayed inside with the others"
"I couldn't sleep" Jillian responded, "I keep on dreaming of Mikey and where he might be. I was hoping that I was gaining another power but it's just wishful thinking"
"The Bounty Hunters are still out here somewhere" Raph sat down next to her.
"Oh, I want them to find me" Jillian said with so much vengeance that it kind of reminded Raphael of himself a bit.
Jillian looked out towards the city lights as she wondered which part of New York Mikey had found himself in. She couldn't stand to go home and try to rest with Donnie and Elodie around the den. She felt like she wouldn't be able to find any rest until her turtle was back safe and sound with his family and her.
"We'll find him" Raph spoke up, "We found the Bounty Hunters when they had kidnapped Rain"
Even though what Raph had said was supposed to make Jillian feel better, an eerie feeling ran over the other two.
"This is all my fault" Jillian sighed.
"Don't say that, Jill, we both know that that's a load of crap" Raph told her, "This isn't your burden"
"Then whose are they?" Jillian wiped away a tear from her eye, "Cause it's certainly not yours. So let's just call it what it is"
Jillian looked down to her glaive and sighed. The moonlight glimmered in the brilliant reflection that the blade had given off.
"It's no ones fault, Jill" Raph told her, "What Mikey did was very brave"
"I would've never thought of that" Jillian spoke up.
"Me, too" Raph agreed, "To take the Ruby Pendant while we were in battle. I have to admit that was really clever. I wouldn't have been able to do it. I was too focused on the fighting at hand"
Jillian nodded in agreement to the turtle as her mind flashed back to the gruesome fighting. She remembered how she kept on cutting up the Bounty Hunters, expecting blood to come out of them. But nothing seemed to have come out of them, she knew why. They weren't human, whatever initiation that the Bounty Hunters go through to be what they are makes them more and less human. It was the thing that frightened her the most when it came to growing up as a magically gifted child.
"What do you think he's doing?" Jillian asked, "Do you think he's scared out of his mind now? I hope he isn't"
Raph looked down to the cars below as he tried to hide his worry. That's the one thing that he didn't want to think about. He wouldn't be as kept together as Leo would be, or strategizing like Don, and especially not rageful like how Raph would be. Raph's never really seen his brother as anything else other than his goofy self.
"He's most likely thinking about you" Raph answered honestly.
Jillian felt a small tear fall down her cheek and splash onto the blade.
"I'm definitely going to give him hell once we rescue him" Jillian let out, "I'm going to electrocute him so much that he'll feel unexpected zaps throughout the rest of his life"
"You and me both" Raph laughed.
"He brought it upon himself" Jillian smiled, "That stupid little lovesick turtle"
Raph slowly nodded as he thought to himself before he jumped up to his feet, "Come on. Let's go. We've got a lot of ground to cover and not that much night. Hurry up!"
"I don't want to go back just yet" Jillian told him.
"We're not going back, Jill" Raph told her.
"Then where, Raph?"
"To look for Mikey" Raph replied, "Maybe even rescue him. You down?"
"But what about the scanner?"
"We can just narrow down the search by ourselves"
"And the others?" Jillian asked, "You know they will be pissed that we went without them. What if we get caught up in a trap like last time?"
"We won't" Raph smirked, "Not unless we give them so much of an ass-kicking that they won't be able to walk straight. There are a few docks just right up there"
"That's what you were doing" Jillian pieced together as she jumped up to her feet, "You didn't come out here to look for me, didn't you? You came out this way to go rescue Mikey. That was your plan all along"
"And you weren't?" Raph pointed to Jillian's weapon.
"No" she answered too quickly, "I mean, yes. But I just got scared. I didn't want to go alone. I didn't want to jeopardize anything. Everyone would've been mad that I've gone out to face them. They're after my people and I'm just making myself known to them. Donnie said that it could be anyone of those docks around New York City. The reason why I stopped was because I didn't want to get caught and risk having Mikey see me scared out of my mind"
"Good thing I'm here then" Raph smirked once again, "I won't let anything happen to you as long as I am your friend. I made the same promise to Mikey a long time ago. Now I'm out here to keep my promise"