Summer in China
Part XIV: His Loving Family
By: Michelle
Venus parted from Leonardo's lips. "What is it?" Leonardo demanded to know what now.
"I, I thought I heard something." She shrugged her shoulders. "We really should start fishing now."
"I know." Leonardo bent over and picked up the two poles, handing one to Venus.
They began to cast there rods when Michaelangelo ran to them.
"Mikey, what's wrong?'
Trying to catch his breath he exclaimed. "Raph...Raph fell off the roof and ...is hurt badly."
They dropped the rods and began to run back to the house.
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"Relax Raphael relax. Donatello come here." Splinter looked at Donatello and instructed him. "We need to lay him on his back."
"But, he has a broken leg. We can't move him."
"We have no choice. I can't put the bones back in place with him laying on his leg." Splinter comforted Raphael. "Shh. My son. Close you eyes. We are going to try to move you."
Raphael nodded and closed his tear filled eyes.
As they gently moved him, he screamed aloud. One man from the village knelt down to assist Donatello and Splinter hoping to help ease the discomforting pain Raphael was in.
As Raphael was moved to where he was laying on his back, Mai Li pushed her way through the crowd of villages. The man assisting Splinter tried to get Splinter to understand him, but couldn't. Mai Li knelt by Splinter and helped translate
"He says he has a son that is a doctor and can send supplies."
"Tell him we'll appreciate that." Mai Li translated to the man in her native tongue. He got up and rush to his house to phone his son.
Splinter gently put his hands around Raphael's right leg. "It's broken in two places." Just as Splinter said that Michaelangelo arrived with Venus and Leonardo.
"Oh My!" Venus was in shocked at his appearance.
"Mai Li can you comfort her." He looked up at Leonardo. "I need you and Donatello to hold him from moving when I place the bones in place. Michaelangelo, go get the first aid kick from where I sleep."
With all following orders, Splinter began. "Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Raphael screamed out loud and tears poured down his face. In all directions, he could see comforting faces from his family and villagers, but that did not dull the pain.
"Calm down. Shh. It's OK my son. Just one more." Raphael braced himself as the pain shock from his leg throughout his whole body.
As Michaelangelo arrived with the first aid kit, Mai Li suggested to Venus. "We should go make pain killers." Venus nodded in agreement and went inside the house.
"Gause. Wood. Not enough material to make a cast. Guess these will do for the moment." Splinter began to make a splint to support Raphael's leg. By now most of the villagers left, Splinter hope the man could get some items from his son.
When finished, Splinter had the guys lift Raphael and bring him in the house. "Put him in Venus' room." They elevated Raphael's leg and Splinter began to exam the rest of Raphael. Raphael's face was as red as his bandanna. His eyes flooded with tears and were bloodshot. He left hand was swollen.
Venus brought in some tea for Raphael. Her eyes were full of tears as well. "We put Raph's medicine in the tea. You know how he fights to take medicine."
"Thank you Venus." He held the bowl up to Raphaels' mouth to drink the tea. When Raphael finished, he hand the bowl back to Venus saying. "He'll be fine. It wasn't your fault." He took a deep breath and followed her into the kitchen.
"Is he alright Splinter?" Mai Li questioned as she started on making a soup.
"He's alright. He has a broken leg and a sprained wrist. He'll be fine." He placed some ice in a bag and walked out the kitchen and into the room where Raphael laid.
When he got there, Raphael was falling asleep. Splinter placed the bag of ice on his wrist and looked at his son. Raphael was drowsy. The stuff Mai Li and Venus made was working quickly. It was better that he slept though.
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Later on that day, the man stopped by with supplies to make a cast and a brace for Raphael's wrist. Splinter was so grateful. He knew there were still some good humans left in the world. Later, Mai Li told him that the man was once a doctor himself. That's how he knew what to get without anyone telling him.
While Raphael was asleep, Splinter and Donatello made a cast for Raphael's leg. When he awake, his family gathered around him questioning him how he felt.
'I'm OK" He would respond still drowsy from the medicine. Venus feed him his soup and he fell back asleep. That night, Splinter stayed by his side despite Venus begging to nurse him. She felt it was her fault for Raphael getting injured. He felt love inside his heart. He didn't know his family cared about him this much or Venus.
Part XIV: His Loving Family
By: Michelle
Venus parted from Leonardo's lips. "What is it?" Leonardo demanded to know what now.
"I, I thought I heard something." She shrugged her shoulders. "We really should start fishing now."
"I know." Leonardo bent over and picked up the two poles, handing one to Venus.
They began to cast there rods when Michaelangelo ran to them.
"Mikey, what's wrong?'
Trying to catch his breath he exclaimed. "Raph...Raph fell off the roof and ...is hurt badly."
They dropped the rods and began to run back to the house.
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"Relax Raphael relax. Donatello come here." Splinter looked at Donatello and instructed him. "We need to lay him on his back."
"But, he has a broken leg. We can't move him."
"We have no choice. I can't put the bones back in place with him laying on his leg." Splinter comforted Raphael. "Shh. My son. Close you eyes. We are going to try to move you."
Raphael nodded and closed his tear filled eyes.
As they gently moved him, he screamed aloud. One man from the village knelt down to assist Donatello and Splinter hoping to help ease the discomforting pain Raphael was in.
As Raphael was moved to where he was laying on his back, Mai Li pushed her way through the crowd of villages. The man assisting Splinter tried to get Splinter to understand him, but couldn't. Mai Li knelt by Splinter and helped translate
"He says he has a son that is a doctor and can send supplies."
"Tell him we'll appreciate that." Mai Li translated to the man in her native tongue. He got up and rush to his house to phone his son.
Splinter gently put his hands around Raphael's right leg. "It's broken in two places." Just as Splinter said that Michaelangelo arrived with Venus and Leonardo.
"Oh My!" Venus was in shocked at his appearance.
"Mai Li can you comfort her." He looked up at Leonardo. "I need you and Donatello to hold him from moving when I place the bones in place. Michaelangelo, go get the first aid kick from where I sleep."
With all following orders, Splinter began. "Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Raphael screamed out loud and tears poured down his face. In all directions, he could see comforting faces from his family and villagers, but that did not dull the pain.
"Calm down. Shh. It's OK my son. Just one more." Raphael braced himself as the pain shock from his leg throughout his whole body.
As Michaelangelo arrived with the first aid kit, Mai Li suggested to Venus. "We should go make pain killers." Venus nodded in agreement and went inside the house.
"Gause. Wood. Not enough material to make a cast. Guess these will do for the moment." Splinter began to make a splint to support Raphael's leg. By now most of the villagers left, Splinter hope the man could get some items from his son.
When finished, Splinter had the guys lift Raphael and bring him in the house. "Put him in Venus' room." They elevated Raphael's leg and Splinter began to exam the rest of Raphael. Raphael's face was as red as his bandanna. His eyes flooded with tears and were bloodshot. He left hand was swollen.
Venus brought in some tea for Raphael. Her eyes were full of tears as well. "We put Raph's medicine in the tea. You know how he fights to take medicine."
"Thank you Venus." He held the bowl up to Raphaels' mouth to drink the tea. When Raphael finished, he hand the bowl back to Venus saying. "He'll be fine. It wasn't your fault." He took a deep breath and followed her into the kitchen.
"Is he alright Splinter?" Mai Li questioned as she started on making a soup.
"He's alright. He has a broken leg and a sprained wrist. He'll be fine." He placed some ice in a bag and walked out the kitchen and into the room where Raphael laid.
When he got there, Raphael was falling asleep. Splinter placed the bag of ice on his wrist and looked at his son. Raphael was drowsy. The stuff Mai Li and Venus made was working quickly. It was better that he slept though.
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Later on that day, the man stopped by with supplies to make a cast and a brace for Raphael's wrist. Splinter was so grateful. He knew there were still some good humans left in the world. Later, Mai Li told him that the man was once a doctor himself. That's how he knew what to get without anyone telling him.
While Raphael was asleep, Splinter and Donatello made a cast for Raphael's leg. When he awake, his family gathered around him questioning him how he felt.
'I'm OK" He would respond still drowsy from the medicine. Venus feed him his soup and he fell back asleep. That night, Splinter stayed by his side despite Venus begging to nurse him. She felt it was her fault for Raphael getting injured. He felt love inside his heart. He didn't know his family cared about him this much or Venus.