Chapter 25 Ben's Experiences

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Ben is currently sleeping for the night while his sister is in a coma. Ben is not sleeping so well as he dreams of what has happened to him. He is mumbling in his sleep and is thrashing around. He has tear streaked cheeks from crying in his sleep. He has gone through some very tough experiences and dreams about them constantly. He hardly ever has a good night's sleep. He wakes up with a jolt and hears himself screaming as he wakes up. He sits straight up from the harsh dreams that haunt him.

Mikey and Donny hear Ben scream and thrash in his sleep. They both run across the hall from their room and open up the door to see Ben sitting up in his bed with tears running down his cheeks and sweat on his head and psalms.

"Hey dude are you okay?" Mikey asks softly eyeing Ben warily.

Ben jumps up and looks over at Donny and Mikey as he still has tears running down his cheeks. He sniffles a couple times. The memories are hard to keep out of his head. He keeps dreaming of all the bad times repeatedly.

Ben looks at Mikey and Donny and he nods from side to side. He still has tears rolling down his cheeks and is still sniffling. "I … I have no luck ever," Ben replies sadly.

"Ben, what do you mean by that?" Donny replies as he walks towards Ben and kneels down in front of him.

"I always have bad luck. It all started when I introduced Adam who was my gym teacher to my sissy, Brit. She has always been my favorite but it just got bad after that. She got treated great in the beginning until they got married. Then things went downhill. He abused her and it's my fault. If I hadn't introduced them then none of this would've happened. Then that day that she left him for the last time it was just…just horri….horri….horrible. She called me up and told me what to do and I just listened to her. It's my fault cuz I told her to go the opposite direction than what she wanted to go that my family is..is..is…is d..dea…dead. Why me? They made it look like I was dead to her but I wasn't I was alive and couldn't move cuz they gave me a shot of some sort. I dunno what it was but I couldn't move after it. Then I was in a mental place for some time where I was abused and gained my speech. I really didn't talk that much before all this happened. That place did something to help me talk more. I got abused in there and then Adam got me after that where I was abused by him and his buddies too."

Donny and Mikey give Ben a hug and pat him on the back. "Hey champ listen up because I am only going to say this once. You did a great job in letting it all out. That took real courage and trust in us for you to be able to say that out loud to your friends. Not many people can say their problems out loud and express themselves. You also are very strong to be able to be alive. A little thin but we can fix that," Mikey replies as he pats Ben's head.

Ben smiles at Mikey and locks eyes with him for a moment before he grabs Mikey's hand. Donny looks at Ben and realizes some medicing and therapy is what is needed for him to get rid of his dreams but he has a long road ahead of him. Donny decides to have a talk with Master Splinter in the morning.

Ben remembers all his experiences in great detail. Some he does not wish to but has learned to hide everything until he is asleep. Ben believes he is bad luck and cannot believe anyone that he is not. This causes a dilemma for him not to heal over the years and has a very tough road to heal.

"I think imma go see my sissy for a little bit," Ben replies as he gets up and walks to the lab to see Brit.

Ben stands into the entrance to the lab as he sees Raph holding Brit's hand and seems to be asleep. He just doesn't get it. How can Raph love his sister and care about her enough to fall asleep in a chair holding her hand? He slowly and quietly makes his way to his sister. He does not want to wake up Raph or be on the end of the rampage that comes with Raph. How can his sister handle him and his attitude?

Ben walks over to the other side of Brit and takes her other hand as he kneels down on the floor to be with his sister. Why did this happen to her? Why didn't she just leave him? Ben knows that Brit would never leave him; they were the closest in regards to his other sisters. Ben had only seen his sister for a couple seconds when she was awake. So many good memories were made with his sister. He tries to remember the good times but to forget the bad is not so easy. Ben unconsciously begins to rub circles on Brit's hand as he is remembering all the good times. He slowly starts to have tears swell up in his eyes as he realizes how much he misses his sister. She was the only one who understood him for as long as he can remember. He had lots of people making fun of him but Brit always seemed to be there for him. Brit never required Ben to do anything for her and yet here he is to return all the favors that Brit has done. Ben starts to get tired and yawns a couple times. He eventually falls asleep while sitting in the chair.

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