The Teen-age Mutant Ninja Turtled
Chapter two

Raphael watches the egg as it fries in the pan, he him self had never really been to found of eggs. He looks over at the little girl sitting at the table waiting anxiously for her food. Raph smiles, kids were still innocent enough to not be frightened of a gaint turtle that could walk and talk. Though some did think he was a monster. It had been two days seance Raphael had brought her and her mother to this apartment, and her mother had not woken up yet. "You can make your bread if you want to, now."

The little girl quickly gets up and puts a stepping stool by the counter. She reaches up and pulls the bread closer than moves the stepping stool so it's by the toaster, than gets up, there and puts two pieces of bread into the toaster. "All done! Now we have to wait! when it come up I can butter it! Mommy say I big girl now!"

Raphael smiles. "I'm sure she does..."

"Mr. Tuwtle when is my mommy, wake up?" The girl asks looking over at Raph.

"I dono, hopefully soon... and call me Raph.." He flips the egg over and sighs. He wondered what his brothers had thought happened to him. He knew he would be in trouble for not coming home, or calling but with the phones dead and it wasn't really safe for him to go out in day light not that he could with the little girl and her mother out cold. Sure he could take the child with him but than if the mother woke up when they were gone and she may freak that her baby wasn't there, and further injure herself. And this so called father still hadn't shown up either! "ok your eggs ready bring me your plate.."

"Hold on I have to finish buttering my toast.. Ok all done hewe you go" She hands the plate to him.

Raphael smiles and looks at the toast that was paretically swimming in butter.
"Thank you Tawny.." He puts the egg on to the plate than hands it back to her.

***

Donatello paces the room, Splinter was out looking for Raphael. He had told them to stay here he was worried he had been caught and didn't want to put them in danger. Donnie was sure that was the reason. "He's never stayed out THIS long! We should go look for him!"

"Master Splinter said to stay here.. Raphael is fine.. just being a stubborn OX!" Leonardo says looking up from his book.

"Leo! He is our brother and as much as you try and denie it you DO care! And you are worried! Weather you want to admit it or not!" Donnie says his eyes narrowing a little.

"I am not! I wouldn't care if he never came back!" Leonardo turns back to his book, glaring at the pages a little.

"Ohh? Than how come you haven't turned a page in your book for over thirty minutes?!" Donnie says crossing his arms.

"HEY, HEY GUYS! Relax Raph well come home when he's hungry! He always does!" Michelangelo says with a smile.

"SHUT UP MIKEY!" Was all he got from Leonardo, and Donnie just sighs.

***

Raphael was eating a sandwich when movement caught his eye. The woman was moving on the couch, he stands up and steps closer.

Her eye lids fluttered a little and a slight moan escapes her mouth than her eyes fully open, she sees Raph and screams bloody murder. Raphael jumps backwards eyes wide. The little girl runs into the room.

"MOMMY YOU AWAKE!" The child says happily.

"TAWNY get over here! NOW" The woman falls off the couch and moves back wards. "YOU YOU STAY AWAY YOU... CREATURE!"

Raphael sighs, and mumbles a "typical." He turns and grabs his coat and hat. "You save there life, take care of their kid, and than they scream at you! Well later lady!" He was about to go out the window when the child latched onto his leg.

"No go Waphael stay hewe! We take cawe of you!"

"TAWNY GET AWAY FROM IT!" The woman now had tears in her eyes.

Raphael sighs again than leans down and picks the child up. "I have to go... your mommy doesn't like me... I scare her..."

"But mommy says we need to face our feaws... pweals stay.. Mommy nice.. weally!" The tiny girl latches her arms around Raphael's neck.

"If YOU HURT HER I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE!!!" The woman screams, struggling to her feet.

"SIT DOWN! You have a major head injury! YOU NEED to relax and TAKE it easy!"

"And no BODY would know that more than YOU! Well YOU CAN HAVE THE MONEY! BUT GO! You PROBABLY NEED IT MORE THAN ME ANYWAY!" The woman crawls back wards a little.

"I don't want you money you psycho chick!"

"WELL YOU CAN'T HAVE MY BABY EITHER!" The woman struggles to her feet again.

"I do NOT want your child! The last thing I need is a child to take care of!" Raphael peels the child off of his neck and sets her down.

The woman's eyes got big and than she crawls back wards. "Y-you can't have me! My husband well kill you! You understand me!"

Raphael's eyes widened than he threw his hands into the air. "YOU ARE CRAZY! I do NOT want you! Or your child OR your money!! I'M ONLY SEVEN-TEEN YEARS OLD! JEZZE!"

"Than WHAT do you want? I mean you couldn't have just attacked because IT WAS FUN THAN CAME to MY HOUSE!! IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY!"

She screamed the last part at the top of her lungs and chucks a CD case at Rachael head.

Raphael wasn't quite able to move fast enough and got hit. "ahh.. you crazy psycho chick! I did NOT attack you!" he says holding his head.

"Mommy Waphael saved us.. than brought us home!" The little girl says and goes over to her mother. "Mommy got hurt though.. Waphael put bwandage on your head... he say it help make it better!"

"Y-you saved us?" The woman says in a much quieter voice.

"YES! I did... though I don't know what EVER made me do that! If I would have known I would get CD cases thrown at my head for it..." Raphael leaves the rest unsaid even though it was un true. He still would have saved them, he would always save people even if they hit him for it
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"I-I'm sorry... what are you?" The woman says pulling her child on to her lap, still obviously nervous about this whole thing.

Raphael turns around in a circle "What do I look like?" when the woman didn't answer "I'm a giant, walking, talking turtle! You got a problem with that?"
The woman shakes her head. "h-how?"

"After I was hatched... I wandered into this green ooze stuff... and it turned me into what I am today.. a walking talking turtle.." He didn't mention his brothers for a reasons, he didn't want them in danger just because of him.

"What was it? The green stuff I mean..." The woman holds her child a little closer to herself.

"I dono.. some kind of a mutation.. don't worry... It doesn't affect any one any more... I mean now I just have a human like brain stuck in a giant turtles body!" Raphael shrugs. "I don't hurt people... I teach punks a lesson, and try and keep this town somewhat safe. I mean I can't do much else.."

The little girl wriggles free from her mother and runs over to Raph and raises her arms up to him.

"amm, why don't you have your mommy carry you?" Raphael sighs, he had been taking care of the child, but he really wasn't sure if it was proper for him to hold the child. He wasn't related.. and his mother was kinda scared of him... could she sue him if he held the child? No that was a stupid thought she couldn't find him to sue him!

"I want you! Pwease?" She raises her arms up higher.

Raphael looks at the mother and sighs "look kid... I got to go.. I mean.. I have this very old rat, and if I don't show up soon this rat of mine is really going to get upset... I mean I'm sure the poor thing is already worried sick.. he's very old..."

"Is he a stray rat?" The little girl asks with a smile.

"Or is he rabid?" Came the mothers cold reply.

"No he's not a stray.. he lives with me.. which is why I have to go.." He decided to ignore the woman's comment.

"Look... I'm still really dizzy.. if you think this rat can fend for it self for another day I could use your help tonight.." The woman says in an irradiated and beat voice.

Raphael looks at her than nods. "he can fend.. though he won't be happy about it.."

"Thank you.."


***

Leonardo paced his room again, Splinter had gotten home with no sign of Raphael! It was almost ten this would have been the THIRD night he had been missing! He sighs and desperately wishes that Raph was just at home, safe! A tear slowly trails down his face and hits the floor below him. Damnit he did care about Raph, he did! And now he may be dead out there somewhere and the only thing he could think of was when he had wished that Raphael disappeared and never came back! One less worry he had thought! Now he just hated the thought that he was out there and not at home. Leonardo pounds down on his desk. This just wasn't fair!


Mikey sat next to Donatello in Donnie's room. "So... you think Splinter well let us go look for Raph tomorrow? I mean it's only logical that we all go look for him right? I mean one of us isn't enough because that person can't cover enough ground.. right! I mean he's going to let us right?!" Michelangelo says looking at the floor and not at Donatello.

"I dono Mike! I hope so.. but he's worried about us.. and when Master Splinter is worried he doesn't usually back down... honestly I don't think any of us are going any where until Raph comes home. Or until Master Splinter finds out what has happened."

"I do NOT want to wait! Come on Donnie he could be hurt! Or dying! We should go out and look for him!"

"Master Splinter won't let us! and you know that!" Donatello says with a sigh.
"That wouldn't stop Raph! You know if it was one of us that was missing he would be out there looking for us weather master Splinter said it was ok or not! Come on Donnie you know I'm right!"

Donatello sighs again. "alright.. if you can get Leo to agree to it than so well I..."

Michelangelo nods than stands up and leaves. He would talk to Leonardo tomorrow, and he WOULD agree weather he wanted to or not.