My Brother's Child.
Chapter Seven: Seeker of Redemption.
As they exited the facility, Donny helped support his brother Leo, Tomo stayed close to Sasami who was being carried by Mikey, Storm helped support Raph, Cyclops cradled Clarice in his arm with Jessica close by to telekinetically stop the bleeding and Wolverine took up the lead. With his keen senses he could detect any enemies approaching from quite some way and all he had to do was to lead them to the roof where the blackbird would meet them by remote piloting. The few guards they did meet he would dispose of quite quickly before many of them had time to even scream, his only draw back was trying to keep the sight of his killings away from the little kid who looked terrified. They reached the roof and the blackbird opened its hatch to let them in, each passenger was secured and Scott prepared to take off and head for home at top speed which meant it would take them an hour at most. They lifted in the air and he realized that someone was trying to get them over the radio, he switched it on and let them speak.
"You freaks may get away from me this time," said a southern accent that sounded all to familiar to Raphael, "but I'll get the brat back and maybe even my little Kitty Cat as well, don't you think you've gotten away. That chip in the boy's spine can be reactivated and I'm sure you've all see what it made him do to his own brother!" There was a soft chuckle followed by a brief pause, "until next time freaks, I'll be watching you!" The line went dead and Donny was trying to calm Raph down not noticing his bother slipping to the back of the plane as they sped of in the direction of the USA.
"Raph calm down!" Donny practically had to sit on his brother to get him to stay still.
"That's the murderous creep that killed Cat's mom!" Raph growled, "I'd know that slimy voice anywhere!" Sasami jumped off her uncle Mikey's lap and walked over to her father. She watched as he ranted and raved and wasn't entirely sure she liked it but she'd been told he was the one and she desperately needed to know if he liked her or not in her childlike way.
"Mr. Raphael sir?" She said with her slight Japanese accent, Raph looked down at the little girl and vaguely remembered her mentioning something about Leo being her uncle not waiting for an answer she carried on, "Tomo says that you are my daddy, will you be?" Raph's eyes went wide and the color drained so much from his face Donny had to stifle a laugh.
"It is true Raphael San," Tomo intervened, "she is indeed your daughter, yours and Nicole Roberts'." Raph looked once at Tomo then back at the girl and studied her in detail, she had Cat's hazel eyes all right and she certainly had her red hair, she had no shell or plastron but did have his shade of green skin, with three fingers and two toes.
"I'm a dad?" Raph asked still not quite believing what he was being told, half convinced there had to be some sort of mistake, he looked at Tomo and she nodded, then he looked back at his daughter who looked as though her heart would break if he said anything wrong, "What's yer name?"
"Sasami." Raph thought about it for a while and thought about how Cat would react to this news, but looking at the little girl in front of him there was no way he wanted to upset her and if she really was theirs then he'd take care of her as best as he could, with a little help from his brothers of course.
"Well?" He grinned at his new daughter, "what're yo waiting for, give you're dad a hug!" the other passengers smiled as Sasami squealed and did a flying leap into Raph's arms, she was just so happy.
Leo leant against the wall, Power's words echoing through his mind and for once he was truly lost. He turned back and watched as the one they'd called Jessica patched up Blink, his handy work and then looked over at his brother covered in cuts and bruises, some more serious than the rest, some looked as if they may even leave a scar. He closed his eyes and forced back the tears threatening to fall and slipped down onto the floor. He pulled his knees to his chin and felt the small incision still reasonably fresh on the back of his neck and sighed. He looked over to where he'd seen Jessica retrieved the medical supplies from and got back up, he knew what he was about to do could destroy his brothers, but on the other hand could he live with what he'd done? With what he could do? That was something he never wanted to find out, he loved them all too much he would not allow himself to hurt them or any of his friends again. He reached into the cabinet and found what he was looking for, it was a knife a sharp one for emergencies he assumed and he placed the blade on his left wrist.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." a voice said in his head making him jump, "after all you'll only hurt them in a completely different way," Jessica came up behind him and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder and smiled, "Your brother Raphael was already killing himself when Kim and I found them at your home in New York, they'd searched for months yet still believed you were alive, don't let them down like that, they love you and I can tell you love them, or I bet you wouldn't consider an option like this, right?" Leo nodded and she took the knife from his placing it back in the cupboard.
"Are you another telepath like Christina?" now it was Jessica's turn to nod. "Can you help me? With . . . you know?" He pointed at the base of his skull and looked at her hopefully.
"I'm not sure," his hope dissipated, "but I know a few people who might be able to figure it out, cheer up kid, you'll all be fine, you'll see."
Once back at the mansion Blink was rushed into the med-lab and the school's new doctor, Dr Henry McCoy, got to work on her. Leo and Raph were also given beds in a next door room, also with medical facilities but not as advanced as the first. Raph fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, his daughter by his side curled up with him, Leo took a little persuasion to get to sleep, in other words the professor reached into his mind and forced him to sleep. Once Donny had phoned Splinter and the rest of their friends at the lair, the others were found rooms in the actual mansion. Cat had wanted to come straight away but Donny told her that Raph and Leo were fast asleep and they wanted them to stay that way for a little while. It was arranged that Donny would go pick everyone up in the morning to bring them out to the mansion, he didn't tell Cat anything about Sasami but did warn Splinter and Christina they were in for a surprise.
Leo came too at about seven in the morning, a lye in for him, he stretched and smiled at his brother curled up with the tiny girl in the next bed. He got up and went to explore, he found an elevator which took him up to the main building and he wondered around the ground floor for a while looking and thinking at the same time, not sure what to do about his situation. He would do anything for his life to go back to normal, how it had been before, but now that would never happen, he would have liked to get to know Blink better discover the real her under her shyness, he'd seen what she could be when she came to help him in Africa instead of going with Kim, she could be a hero if she worked at it, but now there was no chance, as far as he was concerned there was no way she would ever forgive him for trying to kill her whether he was in control of his actions himself or not. He was abruptly brought out of his thoughts by the sound of many feet along the upper floors he looked around and saw a large crowd of kids of every age, shape and size, and I mean that literally, approaching him. He stepped to the side and most of them passed, a lot saying hello as they did. They pilled into a room at the end of the hall and Leo followed, inside the room was a number of tables and benches and the kids were filling these up after having gone to a canteen where a little old lady served them breakfast of their choice, making it from thin air.
"You joinin' us?" Leo jumped at the sound of the southern accent talking to him, he turned to his right and found a young woman, a little younger than him with white streaks through her hair and the majority of her body covered with clothing, even though it was pretty hot in the room.
"Am I supposed to?" She laughed and grabbed his arm, guiding him to the woman.
"What'll it be young man?" the old woman asked.
"Uh. . " Leo wasn't sure of what he wanted.
"What sort of things do you like?" she asked chuckling.
"I like Japanese food." Leo said hesitantly.
"Well then Japanese it is then," she picked up a bowl and noodles appeared, "will that be all right or would you like something else."
"That's fine, thank you." Leo bowed, out of habit more than anything else and the woman smiled then turned to the girl who'd dragged him in there.
"Your usual Rogue?" the woman asked.
"Yes please Greta." Rogue replied. They took their plates and she steered him over to a table where a blonde boy sat, along with a tall muscular boy, and Kim.
"Hey Leo!" Kim waved as they approached her other arm still in a sling, "make yourself at home!" He smiled at her nervously and sat down, and before long he was talking with the group as if he was any other kid his age. Unknown to him his family members had arrived since and Splinter was watching his son talk like any other young man would with his friends. He turned and headed back down to where the rest of his family were currently residing
Down in the lower levels Cat had been told about Sasami and she was not taking it well at all. For the moment Raph was asleep and so was Sasami so they'd told her down the hall.
"I can't be a mother!" She hissed trying not to be too loud.
"Raph seems to except it so wh. . . " Donny tried to reason with the red head.
"Donny it's not that I don't except it, it's that . . well," she tried to find the right words, "kids just don't like me, in fact they hate me!"
"Aw come on Cat!" Mikey said glaring at her with his arms folded across his chest.
"Yeah she needs a mother," Chrissy butted in, "and that's you!"
"Cat, mat I speak with you alone for a moment?" Splinter asked after having heard most of the conversation. She said nothing, merely followed her boyfriend's father and sensei to an empty room down the corridor, they entered and shut the door behind them. "What is it child that you are afraid of?"
"Me?!" Cat turned away and looked at the wall suddenly finding it interesting, "I'm not scared of anything!"
"On the contrary child you most certainly are afraid," Splinter placed an old hand on her shoulder and urged her to turn to face him, "you are a strong woman yes with much skill, but I see the fear in your eyes from this unexpected news, what troubles you so?"
"Well, I guess I'm not ready for it Splinter." she replied looking away again.
"People rarely are Cat, do you think I was ready?" Cat looked back at him and then shook her head starting to understand, "I was not their flesh and blood but I still bore the responsibility, this young girl is your own and whether you are ready or not you must take care of her, we will all help you and Raphael but that little girl needs you and he more than anyone else, do you understand Cat, Nicole?" Cat looked up at her old name, it felt odd to be called by it now after such a long time, she thought about what he said and had to admit she didn't think she could live with herself if she let someone else down like she had her mother so she smile and bowed to Splinter.
"Thank you Master Splinter." Splinter smiled and placed a hand on her head.
"You are most welcome child." They returned to the others to wait for Raphael to wake up.
Well there ya go another chappy, I hope you like this one it was kid of hard to write, not really sure why but I re did a lot of it, well anywho, toodles Angel!