Teen age Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Chapter 4

The foot solders pushes Leonardo out of the dungeon or room. He tries to turn around and see where Raph is but he can't see him as the foot solders continue to push at him. He finally gets frustrated with one and punches him than shoves his way back until he finds the foot that were practically dragging Raph to make him keep up. He shoves the foot solders away from him than takes Raphael's arm and puts it over his own shoulders, supporting Raphael's weight.

"If the shred head wants to see us.. than he can WAIT on my brother.." Leonardo does a slow pace so Raphael can keep up. He wasn't looking to good, his face wasn't it's normal green but more of a pale green, his breath was a little ragged, and even at the slow pace he was doing Raph was still stumbling over him self. Leonardo was quite worried about this.

When they finally did get into the room he saw for himself what the ooze had done to Shreader, he had one big arm and one arm that was about average size.. than his shoulders were lopsided. Leo sneers at the sight he didn't care what Shreader looked like just that he was alive was enough to piss him off.

"Separate them!" came Shreader command. The foot solders immediately starts pulling Leo and Raph away from each other. Leonardo punches quite a few trying to stay by Raph but is eventually pulled away from and held tightly to the wall. Raphael hadn't put up much of a struggle and was sorta hanging limp in the foots solders arms.

Shreader smiles and walks over to Leonardo and gently places a knife to his cheek. "I did tell him" Gestures to Raphael "that I was going to kill you in front of him... " he smiles more "Though my foot solders went a little over bored at beating him.. that was just for you by the way!... so seance it's not much fun to kill someone and not get much of a reaction... I think I'll kill him instead!" Shreader slashes Leonardo's cheek with the knife.

Leonardo's eyes widen. "YOU SAID NO HARM WOULD COME TO HIM!!" he didn't even notice that his cheek was bleeding.

"No I said if you didn't come I'd kill him! I never said I wouldn't kill him anyway!" He smiles as Leonardo starts to struggle wildly.

Shreader walks over to Raphael and lifts his chin up. "I'm having pity on you.. I'm going to let your brother watch YOU die instead of you watching him die.. isn't that nice of me?"

Raphael looks up and glares daggers at Shreader. Shreader than suddenly stabbed Raphael in the side with the dagger. Raphael's eyes widened than he closed them tightly. Shreader laughs evilly.

"NOO!!!! YOU BASTARD! I"M GOING TO KILL YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?" Leonardo screams at Shreader yanking vainly at the foot members that held him back. Tears fell freely down his face.

Shreader smirks more "put them back into their room and leave them there for a week or so.."

Leonardo's eyes widened more, Raphael wouldn't make it threw the night with that wound.. he was going to leave him in that room... with his brothers body..

"Damn you Shreader... damn you to hell!" Leo says with more tears in his eyes as the foot solders pull him back wards back towards the room.

He was shoved roughly into the room than Raph was thrown in after him.

Leonardo quickly crawls over to Raphael and turns him over a little. "Raph.. please don't die.." He presses his hand tightly to Raphael's side trying to slow down the bleeding.

Raphael laughs a little to him self, "I can't really control that.. b-but I'll try.." He reaches up and wipes a tear off of Leonardo's cheek "and here I thought you would be happy.." He laughs a little "with me finally going to be out of your way.. no more argumentative brother! No more disrespect able brother..." Raph smiles a little

"I never wanted you dead.. never wanted you hurt... you annoy me at times... but I still care about you! You knew that didn't you?"

"yeah.. other wise you wouldn't have sat by the bathtubs EVERY single time I got hurt.. You always felt so guilty for something that wasn't even your fault.." Raphael smiles a little.

"It always happened after I, ME, after I chased you out of the house cause of a fight that we had.."

"That's right a fight that WE had.. not just you.. and plus there wasn't really a fight for this one.." Raphael smiles a little.

"but I wasn't nice either.. I mean I had no reason to be so cold to you.. you hadn't even done anything to me... I was just being a jerk!" Leonardo says and closes his eyes tighter. "It well be different from now on! I promise.. we'll get along.. and I won't be a jack ass!"

Raphael smiles a little "you and me both know I'm going to die..."

"NO.. you can't... I mean you haven't gotten to say good bye to Sensei or.. Mikey.. or Donnie.. or April... or Casey Jones.. or.."

"Stop! Leo you are not helping... and you can tell them I said good bye.. and that I love them all... And you can also tell them I expect my room to stay the way it is.. and be a shrine to me.." Raphael laughs a little than wheezes.

Leonardo smiles down at his brother, good old Raph be a pain in the ass any other time but when he was dying than he cracks jokes. Leonardo presses his hand more into the wound. "Just stay with me.."

***

Donatello sighs looking around they were now not only looking for Raphael but also Leonardo, he hadn't meet up with them at the right time and there was still no sign of him. He looks back and see's Michelangelo not to far behind him. Donnie looks down into an ally way than gestures to Michelangelo to follow as he goes down it. He suddenly stops when he see's movement he gestures to Mike to stop as well. Looking more closely he sees two foot solders though they had obviously not noticed him and Mikey. He leans a little closer trying to hear what was being said.

"Yeah.. he stabbed him in the side and than throws him back into the room with his brother! He isn't going to last the night and Master Shreader is making the live one stay in there for a few WEEKS!" The foot solder laughs.

"These mutants are so stupid to go up against Master Shreader!" The other foot solder says with a laugh. "What is he going to do with the other one?"

"Well once we take him out we're sure he'll be half starved and his brothers body I'm sure was starting to smell... I wouldn't be surprised if he was half insane!" He laughs loader. "Than Master Shreader is just going to kill him.. than hand his body over to the sewers and let the other two brothers find him... or maybe even the rat!" The two foot solders continue to laugh and heads off down the ally way.

Donatello looks behind him and see's that Michelangelo had heard it all too. They both start following the foot solders, hoping that they would lead them to there head quarters.


After about a twenty minuet walk the foot solders stopped at an old office building than climbed up to the second floor and went to the third window to the left. Michelangelo and Donatello look at each other than follow looking through the window to make sure it's clear than crawl through it. Donatello pulls Michelangelo over behind some boxes than they start sneaking around.

"Where do you think they are?" Mikey whispers.

"I dono... but I'm sure they are around here somewhere.. those foot solders said they were in a room..." Donnie whispers back.

"Don.... who do you think is dying?"

"I dono... now come on.."


***

Leonardo sighs and looks down at Raphael, he was using his and Raph's bandanna to try and stop the bleeding. He was also using the padding from there knee and elbow pads to soak up the blood, his hand was also pressed tightly to the wound determined to slow the bleeding down as much as possible. Though Raphael was getting worse and quickly.

"You remember when we were little Raph? When we ran out into the sewers and scared Splinter half to death?"

Raphael looks over at Leo, Raph's eyes had a glaze look to them now. "Let m-me s-leep L-Leo.. I'm tired.." It was a plead a whine.

"No Raph.. you can't sleep.. you have to stay awake... come on do you remember?" Keep him talking was the only thing that went over in Leonardo's mind.

"Y-yeah I r-remem-ber... and S-plinter l-let all you guys off... but I got g-grounded for three w-weeks!"

"Well it was your fault.. You did tell us that there was magic dust out side..." Leonardo says reminding him.

"Y-you didn't have to go.. and I didn't know any better I was o-only s-seven.."

Leonardo winced at Raphael's stutter, he knew he was in pain and he just wanted to help but there was nothing more he could do. "so were we.."

"So w-why was my punishment worse than y-yours?"

"Because your bull headed and annoyed Master Splinter..." Leonardo smiles a little.
Raphael groans "Leo l-let me sleep.. I'm so..." his eyes start to close.

"RAPH stay awake!" Leonardo shouts, loudly. Raphael's eyes open again. "Listen Raph... I understand your tired... but you really need to stay awake..."

"Why.. I'm dead any way.."

"I NEED YOU RAPH! I can't do this with out you... please...please Raph.." Leonardo has tears in his eyes again.

Raphael sighs. "Leo.. it hurts so much.. please just let me sleep.."

Leonardo sighs and looks down, he was being selfish there was no way he was going to get Raphael out the guys wouldn't.. couldn't know they had ben captured.. "than go Raph... if it hurts.. than let go.." He runs his hand over Raphael's bald, green head.

Raphael reaches up and takes Leonardo's hand and grasps it tightly. "g-get out of here man.." He smiles and his eyes start to close again, ready to sleep.

Watching Raphael's eyes close scared Leonardo more than any thing else in his whole life, but he let him if couldn't make his brother stay in pain just for him.

The door suddenly was kicked down Raphael's eyes open again and looks to his side, he blinks a couple times to try and clear his vison than he sees to big green figures..

"Donnie? Mikey? How did you know?" Leonardo says standing up a little.

"We heard some foot solders talking.... Ohh man... Raph.." Donatello leans down and looks at Leonardo. "You ok?"

"I am.. but he's not.."

Raphael smiles "hey Leo now I can say good bye for myself..."

"NO now you won't have to.. we have to get him out of here!" Leonardo says with a sigh.

Mikey comes and kneels down next to Raphael than picks him up. "Come on I know the way.." He walks out the door and Leonardo and Donatello follow him out.