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"Raph.don't do this, your going to get yourself killed!" she yelled to him "That'll be enough from you!" Sparky covered her mouth with his hand and pressed the knife into the skin of her chest "Do it freak.or this girl gets it!" Raphael started his motorcycles engine ignoring her words. Catalina bit down on Sparky's hand "You bitch!" Raphael turned in time to see him fling her down into the dirt "You wench you'll pay for that!" The man advanced on Cat once again, this time with the intent of harm. Raphael leapt off his bike tackling Sparky to the ground, they rolled on the black earth until Raphael pinned Sparky down, and began to repetitively punch him in the face "Don't you ever test me you piece of shit!" Sparky began to cringe under Raphael's blows "Please stop.please don't kill me!" he whimpered. Raphael looked up and caught Cat's gaze "Please, Raph let's just get out of here!" She cried out to him. "Your damn lucky!" Raphael spat as he sprang to his feet and trotted over to where Catalina was sitting on the ground "Come on.let's go Cat!" he stooped to help her up, and in touching her side he found a large wet spot, he quickly pulled his hand back to find it covered in blood. "Shhhit Cat!" he swept her off her feet, and placed her on his bike, he had to get her to the nearest hospital, and without delay.
Raphael sat out side the hospital building, a big bold lettered a sign on the front door said "No Mutants" they wouldn't even let him sit in the warm waiting room and now he was out in the cold, watching the snow drift down in light, flaky torrents. The only thing that stopped him from going back and fighting the bikers was the fact, that he didn't know whether Cat was in a stable condition or not.all he wanted to do was be there by her side and hold her hand, and this was as close as he could get to her. The laughter of the bikers still echoed in his mind and it took him a while to realize that there was a female nurse speaking to hi "Sir.If you would please come in.the young lady you brought in is demanding you not be left out in the cold." He quickly stood up and followed her inside "So she's ok then, right?" The nurse shook her head "I'm sorry.I'm not qualified to say." Raphael sat down in the waiting room and did just that. An hour passed and a doctor appeared "Is she.." The doctor interrupted Raphael "You can go back and ask her, I'm not repeating it for a mutant!"
Raphael walked around looking for Cat's room but he didn't even know where to begin and none of the doctors or nurses would speak to him "This is bullshit!" he muttered to him self. Raphael passed a little Chinese woman who was moping the floor, he was about to ask her if she might know where Cat's room was when she looked up and smiled "You looking for room L26, three rooms down this hall." he looked at her baffled "How did you know that?" the little woman smiled wider "Me and Catalina used to be good friends in high school, so when I see her I talk with her, she tell me to keep an eye out for her boyfriend, and I say how will I know which guy is the one..and she say he is big and green, with lots a muscle, you can't miss him!" Raphael blushed "uhhhhh..thanks."
Raphael put his hand on Cat's and her eyes opened "Hey you feelin' ok?" She nodded "Look Raph, I have something to tell you.." Raphael could tell she was tense and nervous, hesitating to complete her sentence "Come on Cat, you know you can tell me anything." he patted her hand reassuringly.
Cat sighed heavily "Raph..I'm two months pregnant.." She hesitated, she didn't know how he would react. Raphael stared at her blankly for a moment then scratched his head "Wow that's..I don't know what to say here.. I'm speechless here!" she bit her lip "Your okay with that right?" Raphael could tell by her voice that she was afraid that he might leave her like so many other men would. Raphael didn't want to stress Catalina any worse, but the truth of the matter was, he was just as scared as she "I'm cool with it!" he patted her hand reassuringly and Catalina sighed relived by his answer.
"Jake.." the whisper of his name brought tears to her eye's "He didn't deserve his fate.he was a good man." tears were rolling softly down her cheek. Raphael reached over and wiped her tears away tenderly "Hey now..don't start crying, 'cause you might make me cry.and we both know that ain't gonna be a pretty sight." his words achieved their goal and she let out a small chuckle "You crying..ha, that would be a sight now wouldn't it?" he returned her laugh with a faint smile "Look Cat I'll be right back, I've got to contact my brothers so they don't get to worried about me." Catalina nodded and watched him go.
"I can't believe your going to let the child be born!" A crackly voice startled Cat, she didn't know there were any other patients in her room. "If I were you I'd get the baby aborted.a mutant father.whoever heard of such nonsense?" The voice paused as if it were contemplating on it's next sentence "The child will be ridiculed by both races, being neither mutant, nor human." Cat narrowed her eyes at the curtain where the voice was drifting from "I would never do such a thing, and as far as the child being ridiculed, what doesn't break you makes you stronger!" The curtain swayed gently in some absent breeze "You are strong Catalina Remerez, stay strong and live, your child shall accomplish great things in his life, if you remain strong during the hard times to come your child will learn and live!" Cat was suddenly alarmed by what the voice was predicting "How do you know this?" she demanded "ssstay strong!" the voice whispered "ssstay strong!" it faded away into a nothingness "Hey.." Cat called to the voice, but it did not answer "Tell me how you know this!" she pleaded. Raphael walked in "Who are you talking to Cat?" Raphael peeked past the curtain, then pulled it open "Cat there's no one here.are you feeling ok?" Cat stared at the empty, untouched bed in disbelief.
The next morning Catalina was up early and trying to check out of the hospital "This place is only stressing me further, I want to go home and put on some real clothes!" She pouted. "Alright, alright.but it's cold out, so put my coat on." She almost got lost in the huge trench coat "hey I could use this thing for a tent!" she joked Raphael escorted her outside "Wow..it snowed last night?" she stared at the crisp, new snow still so untouched by the pollution, she sighed and jogged to catch up with Raphael.
"Whoa.this place is great.you never told me you lived in a place like this!" he marveled at the space and the cleanliness of the furniture "Well even if I would have told you about it.my brother was very protective of me and he wouldn't have." Cat's eyes began to burn and fill with tears once more "Oh..what am I going to do without him?" she sobbed. Raphael sat on the couch and pulled her down beside him, letting her cry on his shoulder. He couldn't even begin to imagine the pain she had to be going through, he knew full well what the loss of one of his brothers would do to him.
It seemed like a long while, that they sat there, just the two of them, before Cat finally spoke "Raph are you sure that it's a good idea to bring a child into this world?" Raphael looked at her puzzled "Cat.your not having second thoughts are you?" her tear stained face had a look of uncertainty "I am so afraid that I won't be a good mother or." Raphael quieted her "I have no doubt that you will be a great mother.and if I have no doubts then you shouldn't either." she gave him a faint smile, and pulled him into a kiss.
"Raph.don't do this, your going to get yourself killed!" she yelled to him "That'll be enough from you!" Sparky covered her mouth with his hand and pressed the knife into the skin of her chest "Do it freak.or this girl gets it!" Raphael started his motorcycles engine ignoring her words. Catalina bit down on Sparky's hand "You bitch!" Raphael turned in time to see him fling her down into the dirt "You wench you'll pay for that!" The man advanced on Cat once again, this time with the intent of harm. Raphael leapt off his bike tackling Sparky to the ground, they rolled on the black earth until Raphael pinned Sparky down, and began to repetitively punch him in the face "Don't you ever test me you piece of shit!" Sparky began to cringe under Raphael's blows "Please stop.please don't kill me!" he whimpered. Raphael looked up and caught Cat's gaze "Please, Raph let's just get out of here!" She cried out to him. "Your damn lucky!" Raphael spat as he sprang to his feet and trotted over to where Catalina was sitting on the ground "Come on.let's go Cat!" he stooped to help her up, and in touching her side he found a large wet spot, he quickly pulled his hand back to find it covered in blood. "Shhhit Cat!" he swept her off her feet, and placed her on his bike, he had to get her to the nearest hospital, and without delay.
Raphael sat out side the hospital building, a big bold lettered a sign on the front door said "No Mutants" they wouldn't even let him sit in the warm waiting room and now he was out in the cold, watching the snow drift down in light, flaky torrents. The only thing that stopped him from going back and fighting the bikers was the fact, that he didn't know whether Cat was in a stable condition or not.all he wanted to do was be there by her side and hold her hand, and this was as close as he could get to her. The laughter of the bikers still echoed in his mind and it took him a while to realize that there was a female nurse speaking to hi "Sir.If you would please come in.the young lady you brought in is demanding you not be left out in the cold." He quickly stood up and followed her inside "So she's ok then, right?" The nurse shook her head "I'm sorry.I'm not qualified to say." Raphael sat down in the waiting room and did just that. An hour passed and a doctor appeared "Is she.." The doctor interrupted Raphael "You can go back and ask her, I'm not repeating it for a mutant!"
Raphael walked around looking for Cat's room but he didn't even know where to begin and none of the doctors or nurses would speak to him "This is bullshit!" he muttered to him self. Raphael passed a little Chinese woman who was moping the floor, he was about to ask her if she might know where Cat's room was when she looked up and smiled "You looking for room L26, three rooms down this hall." he looked at her baffled "How did you know that?" the little woman smiled wider "Me and Catalina used to be good friends in high school, so when I see her I talk with her, she tell me to keep an eye out for her boyfriend, and I say how will I know which guy is the one..and she say he is big and green, with lots a muscle, you can't miss him!" Raphael blushed "uhhhhh..thanks."
Raphael put his hand on Cat's and her eyes opened "Hey you feelin' ok?" She nodded "Look Raph, I have something to tell you.." Raphael could tell she was tense and nervous, hesitating to complete her sentence "Come on Cat, you know you can tell me anything." he patted her hand reassuringly.
Cat sighed heavily "Raph..I'm two months pregnant.." She hesitated, she didn't know how he would react. Raphael stared at her blankly for a moment then scratched his head "Wow that's..I don't know what to say here.. I'm speechless here!" she bit her lip "Your okay with that right?" Raphael could tell by her voice that she was afraid that he might leave her like so many other men would. Raphael didn't want to stress Catalina any worse, but the truth of the matter was, he was just as scared as she "I'm cool with it!" he patted her hand reassuringly and Catalina sighed relived by his answer.
"Jake.." the whisper of his name brought tears to her eye's "He didn't deserve his fate.he was a good man." tears were rolling softly down her cheek. Raphael reached over and wiped her tears away tenderly "Hey now..don't start crying, 'cause you might make me cry.and we both know that ain't gonna be a pretty sight." his words achieved their goal and she let out a small chuckle "You crying..ha, that would be a sight now wouldn't it?" he returned her laugh with a faint smile "Look Cat I'll be right back, I've got to contact my brothers so they don't get to worried about me." Catalina nodded and watched him go.
"I can't believe your going to let the child be born!" A crackly voice startled Cat, she didn't know there were any other patients in her room. "If I were you I'd get the baby aborted.a mutant father.whoever heard of such nonsense?" The voice paused as if it were contemplating on it's next sentence "The child will be ridiculed by both races, being neither mutant, nor human." Cat narrowed her eyes at the curtain where the voice was drifting from "I would never do such a thing, and as far as the child being ridiculed, what doesn't break you makes you stronger!" The curtain swayed gently in some absent breeze "You are strong Catalina Remerez, stay strong and live, your child shall accomplish great things in his life, if you remain strong during the hard times to come your child will learn and live!" Cat was suddenly alarmed by what the voice was predicting "How do you know this?" she demanded "ssstay strong!" the voice whispered "ssstay strong!" it faded away into a nothingness "Hey.." Cat called to the voice, but it did not answer "Tell me how you know this!" she pleaded. Raphael walked in "Who are you talking to Cat?" Raphael peeked past the curtain, then pulled it open "Cat there's no one here.are you feeling ok?" Cat stared at the empty, untouched bed in disbelief.
The next morning Catalina was up early and trying to check out of the hospital "This place is only stressing me further, I want to go home and put on some real clothes!" She pouted. "Alright, alright.but it's cold out, so put my coat on." She almost got lost in the huge trench coat "hey I could use this thing for a tent!" she joked Raphael escorted her outside "Wow..it snowed last night?" she stared at the crisp, new snow still so untouched by the pollution, she sighed and jogged to catch up with Raphael.
"Whoa.this place is great.you never told me you lived in a place like this!" he marveled at the space and the cleanliness of the furniture "Well even if I would have told you about it.my brother was very protective of me and he wouldn't have." Cat's eyes began to burn and fill with tears once more "Oh..what am I going to do without him?" she sobbed. Raphael sat on the couch and pulled her down beside him, letting her cry on his shoulder. He couldn't even begin to imagine the pain she had to be going through, he knew full well what the loss of one of his brothers would do to him.
It seemed like a long while, that they sat there, just the two of them, before Cat finally spoke "Raph are you sure that it's a good idea to bring a child into this world?" Raphael looked at her puzzled "Cat.your not having second thoughts are you?" her tear stained face had a look of uncertainty "I am so afraid that I won't be a good mother or." Raphael quieted her "I have no doubt that you will be a great mother.and if I have no doubts then you shouldn't either." she gave him a faint smile, and pulled him into a kiss.
