After the song ended, Mikey gave a content sigh. They were almost at
Casey's so he didn't ask Leo to switch the station to find another song.
They finally arrived at the apartment, and Leo ran up the side of the
building, followed by the rest of the family. They finally got up there,
and, crouching on the fire escape, went into Casey's apartment. Casey
looked up as they entered, and nodded to them. "So what are we going to do
about this little problem everyone?" He asked, nodding to them. Leo
looked at him before saying "I was thinking that we could split up into two
groups and search around in some of Raph's favorite spots to see if we
could find him hanging around somewhere."
Donny had sat at the table, and was beginning to draw up plans. Mikey looked at what Donny was doing, and nodded. "I think what Donny said is a good idea." "What is it Donny?" Leo asked him, walking over." "Well, I think that Venus, Mikey and I should take the area around Central Park, since Venus says that's the area she feels his 'aura,' or whatever Shinobi stuff she was talking to me about. You and Casey can head more uptown, towards April's apartment and such, he might have stopped in to check on April, since she hasn't been feeling well lately."
Leo nodded, and looked at everyone else." Anyone have a problem with this plan?" He asked them, looking around. Everyone shook their heads, and Leo turned back to Donny. "I think that's a good plan Donny, let's get going." Everyone nodded, and they split up, after checking to make sure that everyone had working communicators. Venus, Mikey and Donny headed quickly towards the park, hoping to find Raph venting somewhere around there.
They checked some of the back alley's that Raph sometimes hung around, since these were where most of the drug dealings took place. In the very last one, the found signs of a struggle, and decided to check it out. Looking around, Venus noticed that there was a dumpster in the corner which had blood on it. Dreading the outcome, but determined to find out, she walked over to it. Managing to pop up the lid, she looked down and gasped. There, in the dumpster, were bodies. Venus couldn't tell how they died, but she assumed it was from bullet wounds, since there was so much dried blood everywhere. Then, she looked closer. She almost immediately noticed that there were holes in the bodies, big ones.
Looking at them, she realized that they were holes that would be created by stabbing someone, and by the way the holes were arranged, she guessed the weapon of choice as a sai. Gingerly jumping down form the dumpster, she called over Donny and Mikey. "I think that Raph was here sometime tonight, look." She then moved aside so the other two could look. Mikey grimaced as he looked at the bodies, trying to count them. "There are at least 15 there, jeez; Raph had a field day with them didn't he." Donny then went up and began to examine the bodies. "These are members of The Foot, I can see there bandanas."
He told the other two, and then began to poke around a little in the dumpster. Seeing a piece of paper in one of the body's hands, he carefully pulled it out. Mikey watched Donny, and cocked his head. "What are you doing Donny?" "I don't know all I know is that I found this note, and I'm assuming that it's for us." Donny hopped down form the dumpster and opened the note. His face [paled, and Venus looked at him. "What does it say?" She asked touching Donny's shoulder. Donny looked at her and Mikey before looking back at the note.
Taking deep breaths to control his breathing, he read off "Dear enemies, despite his trying, your brother Raphael lost his battle with the members of my Clan. I have left the bodies he killed for you; to show whey I must depose the world of this violent mutant. If you wish to save him, you must break into my lair and hope tat I haven enough pity to let him go. Until then, I hope that you have a horrible night." Venus growled deep in her throat, and turned to Mikey, who was shivering. "You ok Mikey?" She asked, wrapping an arm around him. Mikey smiled sheepishly at her, and nodded.
"I'm fine, just worried about Raph, you know what I mean?" Venus nodded, and then reached for her communicator. "I guess we'd better tell Leo and Casey what's going on, here Donny, why don't you get in touch with them." She said, handing Donny her communicator. "All right, I'll do it, but you should really get over whatever it is that you and Leo were fighting about, you know that a house divided on its self can't stand." Venus looked at him before shaking her head. "Don't you be using all of that junk on me Donatello, when it's you that needs to listen to it."
Donny stuck his tongue out at Venus, and then grabbed her communicator. He turned away from Venus and Mikey, and began to mumble into it when Leo came on screen. He then shut it, and turned back to the other two. "Leo says that he will be here in about 10 minutes, since him and Casey have the Hummer. Venus looked at Donny and nodded. She then turned back to the dumpster, and climbed back on it. She looked around for evidence of what was happening, and couldn't find anything else other than what they had already seen. Climbing back down, she was surprised to see that Leo and Casey were already at the alley, and she gave them both a meek grin. Leo patted her on the shoulder, and Venus decided that it would be better if she didn't turn away from him for once. Donny grinned at her before turning back to Casey.
"So what do you think we should do? You know the Foot headquarters better than we do." Casey smiled at this, and then began to think. "Well, if I was the Shredder, I would block every entrance except the main one, since I would think that WE would think that entrance would be the most heavily guarded, and would attempt to go in a back way, instead of that way. If that doesn't work, then o well, 'cause we'll have to find the Shredder anyway, and you know that he'll have tons of guards, so what's the difference if we sneak in or are dragged in by his guards." Leo shook his head, and then agreed to Casey's plan. The rest of the family piled into the Hummer, ready to go fight for Raph until it killed them.
When they finally made it there, Casey quietly hopped down and motioned for them to follow. They quickly made it through the main entrance into the Shredders 'throne room' where they found him eating dinner, surrounded by almost 200 men. Shredder looked up as they entered the room, and he smiled. "Welcome to my home yet again, you freak." He spat on the floor as he said that, causing some of the Foot to cheer. "I assume that you've come to find your brother, but you are too late. We executed him almost an hour ago, but you can still have these." With that, Shredder reached into a bundle next to him, and pulled something out. He then tossed them over, and the turtles paled as they saw Raph's Sais, covered in blood, and his bandana, chopped halfway off and also covered in blood, flying through the air before them.
The Shredder laughed at them as they quickly picked up there brothers weapons. "To bad the old rat is in Japan, he might have been able to help you save your brother, but he was too late. Don't worry though; we put your brother's body in a place where no one will find him for a long, long, long time. To bad you all failed in this quest to save your brother, but that's the way it goes." With that, Shredder clapped, and every guard in the room began to advance slowly to the small group. They all gritted there teeth and got ready to fight, but all The Foot did was push them out the door, with the sound of The Shredder's laughter following them out as they got in the Hummer.
Casey asked if he could go to the lair with them for a little bit, since he didn't want to be alone right now. As soon as they entered the lair, they called April. As soon as she heard the news, April began to cry. Venus and Mikey offered to go up and get her, which they did. Donny locked himself into his lab, which left Casey and Leo alone in the kitchen. Casey smiled at Leo, and then looked away. "So, what do we do now, Leo?" "I guess we try to get in touch with Master Splinter, so he can come home." Casey grimaced, and then turned away. "I guess that is a good idea, but we should wait until morning. I don't think anyone's ready to make that phone call, and I'm sure Master Splinter can wait to hear that news."
Leo agreed, and the two went into the kitchen to find something to eat. Casey couldn't help but cry a little, and was surprised when Leo didn't join him. Deciding that Leo must still be in shock, he got out some cups to serve drinks. "To bad there's no alcohol in this house, I'm sure we could all drink some tonight." He muttered, turning back towards the table. He looked over at Leo, who was digging through the fridge to find something to eat. He pulled out some leftover pizza, and some soda. He then grabbed the cookies that Mikey and Venus had made earlier, and set everything on the table. Casey watched him silently, muttering to himself.
"I can't believe that he doesn't even seem to care that Raph is gone, I wonder if he doesn't seem to realize it yet. Donny does, he looked himself into that lab of his the second we got here, Venus looks on the verge of collapse, and Mikey's not much better." Sighing, he turned to help Leo set the table as well as they could, not noticing when Donny's lab door opened almost 10 minutes later. Donny watched as Leo and Casey got things ready, and then coughed in order to get them to notice him. "What's up Donny?" Leo asked him, hearing the cough.
"I did some tests on the blood on Raph's Sais, and." he took a deep breath before continuing. "From what I can see, it looks like they used them to kill Raph." "Killed by his own weapons, I can't believe it." Casey said, and then turned away. He clenched his fist to keep them form trembling, and looked back at Donny. "So you believe that they really did kill him then Donny?" Donny looked at him and shrugged. "Either they killed him, or he killed himself. Either way he's dead."
Donny had sat at the table, and was beginning to draw up plans. Mikey looked at what Donny was doing, and nodded. "I think what Donny said is a good idea." "What is it Donny?" Leo asked him, walking over." "Well, I think that Venus, Mikey and I should take the area around Central Park, since Venus says that's the area she feels his 'aura,' or whatever Shinobi stuff she was talking to me about. You and Casey can head more uptown, towards April's apartment and such, he might have stopped in to check on April, since she hasn't been feeling well lately."
Leo nodded, and looked at everyone else." Anyone have a problem with this plan?" He asked them, looking around. Everyone shook their heads, and Leo turned back to Donny. "I think that's a good plan Donny, let's get going." Everyone nodded, and they split up, after checking to make sure that everyone had working communicators. Venus, Mikey and Donny headed quickly towards the park, hoping to find Raph venting somewhere around there.
They checked some of the back alley's that Raph sometimes hung around, since these were where most of the drug dealings took place. In the very last one, the found signs of a struggle, and decided to check it out. Looking around, Venus noticed that there was a dumpster in the corner which had blood on it. Dreading the outcome, but determined to find out, she walked over to it. Managing to pop up the lid, she looked down and gasped. There, in the dumpster, were bodies. Venus couldn't tell how they died, but she assumed it was from bullet wounds, since there was so much dried blood everywhere. Then, she looked closer. She almost immediately noticed that there were holes in the bodies, big ones.
Looking at them, she realized that they were holes that would be created by stabbing someone, and by the way the holes were arranged, she guessed the weapon of choice as a sai. Gingerly jumping down form the dumpster, she called over Donny and Mikey. "I think that Raph was here sometime tonight, look." She then moved aside so the other two could look. Mikey grimaced as he looked at the bodies, trying to count them. "There are at least 15 there, jeez; Raph had a field day with them didn't he." Donny then went up and began to examine the bodies. "These are members of The Foot, I can see there bandanas."
He told the other two, and then began to poke around a little in the dumpster. Seeing a piece of paper in one of the body's hands, he carefully pulled it out. Mikey watched Donny, and cocked his head. "What are you doing Donny?" "I don't know all I know is that I found this note, and I'm assuming that it's for us." Donny hopped down form the dumpster and opened the note. His face [paled, and Venus looked at him. "What does it say?" She asked touching Donny's shoulder. Donny looked at her and Mikey before looking back at the note.
Taking deep breaths to control his breathing, he read off "Dear enemies, despite his trying, your brother Raphael lost his battle with the members of my Clan. I have left the bodies he killed for you; to show whey I must depose the world of this violent mutant. If you wish to save him, you must break into my lair and hope tat I haven enough pity to let him go. Until then, I hope that you have a horrible night." Venus growled deep in her throat, and turned to Mikey, who was shivering. "You ok Mikey?" She asked, wrapping an arm around him. Mikey smiled sheepishly at her, and nodded.
"I'm fine, just worried about Raph, you know what I mean?" Venus nodded, and then reached for her communicator. "I guess we'd better tell Leo and Casey what's going on, here Donny, why don't you get in touch with them." She said, handing Donny her communicator. "All right, I'll do it, but you should really get over whatever it is that you and Leo were fighting about, you know that a house divided on its self can't stand." Venus looked at him before shaking her head. "Don't you be using all of that junk on me Donatello, when it's you that needs to listen to it."
Donny stuck his tongue out at Venus, and then grabbed her communicator. He turned away from Venus and Mikey, and began to mumble into it when Leo came on screen. He then shut it, and turned back to the other two. "Leo says that he will be here in about 10 minutes, since him and Casey have the Hummer. Venus looked at Donny and nodded. She then turned back to the dumpster, and climbed back on it. She looked around for evidence of what was happening, and couldn't find anything else other than what they had already seen. Climbing back down, she was surprised to see that Leo and Casey were already at the alley, and she gave them both a meek grin. Leo patted her on the shoulder, and Venus decided that it would be better if she didn't turn away from him for once. Donny grinned at her before turning back to Casey.
"So what do you think we should do? You know the Foot headquarters better than we do." Casey smiled at this, and then began to think. "Well, if I was the Shredder, I would block every entrance except the main one, since I would think that WE would think that entrance would be the most heavily guarded, and would attempt to go in a back way, instead of that way. If that doesn't work, then o well, 'cause we'll have to find the Shredder anyway, and you know that he'll have tons of guards, so what's the difference if we sneak in or are dragged in by his guards." Leo shook his head, and then agreed to Casey's plan. The rest of the family piled into the Hummer, ready to go fight for Raph until it killed them.
When they finally made it there, Casey quietly hopped down and motioned for them to follow. They quickly made it through the main entrance into the Shredders 'throne room' where they found him eating dinner, surrounded by almost 200 men. Shredder looked up as they entered the room, and he smiled. "Welcome to my home yet again, you freak." He spat on the floor as he said that, causing some of the Foot to cheer. "I assume that you've come to find your brother, but you are too late. We executed him almost an hour ago, but you can still have these." With that, Shredder reached into a bundle next to him, and pulled something out. He then tossed them over, and the turtles paled as they saw Raph's Sais, covered in blood, and his bandana, chopped halfway off and also covered in blood, flying through the air before them.
The Shredder laughed at them as they quickly picked up there brothers weapons. "To bad the old rat is in Japan, he might have been able to help you save your brother, but he was too late. Don't worry though; we put your brother's body in a place where no one will find him for a long, long, long time. To bad you all failed in this quest to save your brother, but that's the way it goes." With that, Shredder clapped, and every guard in the room began to advance slowly to the small group. They all gritted there teeth and got ready to fight, but all The Foot did was push them out the door, with the sound of The Shredder's laughter following them out as they got in the Hummer.
Casey asked if he could go to the lair with them for a little bit, since he didn't want to be alone right now. As soon as they entered the lair, they called April. As soon as she heard the news, April began to cry. Venus and Mikey offered to go up and get her, which they did. Donny locked himself into his lab, which left Casey and Leo alone in the kitchen. Casey smiled at Leo, and then looked away. "So, what do we do now, Leo?" "I guess we try to get in touch with Master Splinter, so he can come home." Casey grimaced, and then turned away. "I guess that is a good idea, but we should wait until morning. I don't think anyone's ready to make that phone call, and I'm sure Master Splinter can wait to hear that news."
Leo agreed, and the two went into the kitchen to find something to eat. Casey couldn't help but cry a little, and was surprised when Leo didn't join him. Deciding that Leo must still be in shock, he got out some cups to serve drinks. "To bad there's no alcohol in this house, I'm sure we could all drink some tonight." He muttered, turning back towards the table. He looked over at Leo, who was digging through the fridge to find something to eat. He pulled out some leftover pizza, and some soda. He then grabbed the cookies that Mikey and Venus had made earlier, and set everything on the table. Casey watched him silently, muttering to himself.
"I can't believe that he doesn't even seem to care that Raph is gone, I wonder if he doesn't seem to realize it yet. Donny does, he looked himself into that lab of his the second we got here, Venus looks on the verge of collapse, and Mikey's not much better." Sighing, he turned to help Leo set the table as well as they could, not noticing when Donny's lab door opened almost 10 minutes later. Donny watched as Leo and Casey got things ready, and then coughed in order to get them to notice him. "What's up Donny?" Leo asked him, hearing the cough.
"I did some tests on the blood on Raph's Sais, and." he took a deep breath before continuing. "From what I can see, it looks like they used them to kill Raph." "Killed by his own weapons, I can't believe it." Casey said, and then turned away. He clenched his fist to keep them form trembling, and looked back at Donny. "So you believe that they really did kill him then Donny?" Donny looked at him and shrugged. "Either they killed him, or he killed himself. Either way he's dead."