Chapter 7: Family Rescue
Disclaimer: Noticed I haven't been putting this up. Well, it's a pain! Oka,y don't own anything that sounds familiar....
A/N: And we are at the last chapter, prior to the epilogue! Wow, we're almost done here, folks. Please R&R Sorry this chapter is a tad short ;)
Raph was so close to tears his throat hurt and he could hear and feel his voice shuddeirng. "The zoo?!" Mike's voice yelled, and Raph nodded although he knew his little brother couldn't see. "Yes! April and Vic were in her apartment when them zoo goons knock on the door. So April answers, and they asked for Vicky. 'Hand over the creature, or we'll take it by force.' Naturally, April told 'em to get lost. They kept their word. They snatched Vicky and took off. When April called me, they smacked her over the head so there wouldn't be any witnesses. We got there before she bled too much..." "BLED?" Mike's voice made Raphael's head buzz. "Don't worry, Mike, Me, Leon, Nikki and Kate got here in time. April is unconsious right now, but we stopped the bleeding and Leo said she'll live." Raph could hear Mike's shallow breathing, and Don talking in the back ground. "Alright Raph. Me, Donny, and the girls are coming. Just hang on a sec." Raph hung up, and sighed, a tear running down his cheek. "Raph?" Leo said, putting a hand on Raph's shoulder. Raph shook it off. "I'm fine." He muttered, wiping away his tears. "Raph it's okay to be upset..." "I got it, Leo! I'm fine..."
After a few minutes, Don and Mikey ran in. Don knelt beside April, and took her hand into his. Her eyes flittered open, and she stared up at Donny. "Don? Ah, my head..." Don grinned. "She's fine." "Damn zoo! I'll sue them, I swear to god!" "Definantly fine." Don added. Raph nodded, and looked at Leo. "Show them what ya' found." Leo reached into the jeans he was wearing as a disguise, and took out a piece of paper. He held it up and read it aloud. "New York Zoo. 132 Main Street." Mike's eyes were wide. "Why did they have to take her..." He whimpered. Raph shrugged, and felt tears in his eyes again. He let them fall this time, and embraced Mikey in a hug. "I don't know Mike. But we'll get her back, I promise."
All of them ran outside. Raph hopped on the shell cycle, and Katie got on behind him. Don and Em got in the Battle Shell and sat in front, Donny in the driver's seat. Leo, Nicole, Mikey, Kristin, and April all got in the back after them. Raph revved the engine on the shell cycle, yelled," Hold on to me, Katie!" and sped off twords the zoo. Him and the Battle Shell got there at the same time and everyone hopped out. Linda, Jen, Erica, Kara,Sasha, Jill, Hannah, Casey, and Splinter were all there already. "Guys!" Everyone yelled, and Raph ran forward, April beside him. Her eyes got watery when she looked at Splinter. "I'm sorry, Splinter..." She whimpered, and bowed her head. Splinter smiled. 'It is alright, Miss O'Neil. It was an accident. You did what you could." April smiled, then saw Casey. "Casey! Wait, why are you here?" "Vic is part of my family as much as theirs, babe." April smacked his arm. "Don't call me babe!"
Raph and Leo front flipped to the wall, and Raph peeked behind it. "I don't see any guards." Leo nodded, and flipped again, then started to walk silently into the zoo, everyone following him. Raphael heard screaming and deep, loud, male voices. He ran faster, Jen beside him. When they looked into one exhibet, Raph nearly passed out. There was Vicky, bleeding on her arm, and her fore head. The blood was trickling down her face onto her cheek. She was chained to the wall. "This is just sick. She's only four!" Raph muttered, saying every curse in the book after words. "Pick that, pad lock, Raph." Linda whispered, after throwing a shuriken at the glass and breaking a hole in it. Raph saw the pad lock on Vic's chains, and nodded. He hopped up, and started to pick the lock with his sai. "Raphie?" Victoria mumbled, as she fell when the chains were released. Raph caught her in time. "Oh, Vicky.." He said, his voice cracking. "I' okay, Raph. I'm okay." Vicky said, smiled, and hugged raph around his kneck.
Then, a gun shot sounded, and Raph felt a white hot pain in his shoulder. "RAPH!" Katie was beside him in a second. Raph clutched the wound on his shoulder. He watched his own blood seep from between his fingers, and trickle down his hand. "Raphie, baby, are you okay...?" "Fine, I'm fine..." "But, baby we have to get the bullett out-" "There are more important things than me right now, Kate!" He bellowed and Katie jumped back from him. Then, Raph heard Leo's strong voice. "Everyone, on my signal! NOW!" Everyone, even the girls, and April, and Casey, and Splinter ran twords the mob of armed guards. All of the grils picked up sticks. Except April. She grabbed one of Leo's katana's from the pack on his back. "I think you can fight with one, Leo." she yelled, and Leo nodded. April saw the same guy that had smacked her over the head, and grinned evily. She whacked him hard on the side of his head, and his skull cracked with a sickening thud. "Pay back, buddy!" April snarled, and ran twords another guard.
Pretty soon, all of the guards were dead. "Vic, we did it! Vicky?" Raph asked. Victoria wasn't answering him. "Victoria? TORI?!" "Raph." Raph heard Leo's shaking voice, and spun around. Vicky was lying on the ground, face down, with a hole in her shoulder. "No...." He whimpered, and sank to his knees. Don sniffed. 'I'm sorry Raph..." Raph looked up at him disbelievingly, shaking his head slowly, not wanting to believe it. He stared at Vicky again. "No.... no, please Vicky.... Don't- don't do this to me..." No answer. Raph felt fury rising inside of him, mixed with despair. He started to shake, and suddenly screamed into the night. "NOOOOOO!" He felt Leo's hand on his shoulder. "Why, Leo? She was just a kid.... four years isn't long enough... there's so many things she hadn't done yet..." Hannah walked forward. "Vicky? C'mon... stop.... stop playing, Vic, c'mon...." Hannah's eyes welled up with tears, and Mike knelt down beside her. "Oh Mikey, she's really dead..." Hannah whimpered, and Raph broke down crying, craddling Victoria's body in his arms. "I love you... Silly Tori..." He whispered. "I love you too, Raphie." Raphael looked up. Vicky was smiling weakly at him... alive?! "V-Vic? Vic! VICKY!" "Hey, Raph! Sheesh, bust my brains, why dontcha?" "Oh, Vicky I'm SO sorry...." He embraced her tiny body in a tight hug. "I' okay, Raphie. I'm okay." Vicky whispered.
But then he looked up. It was April and Casey, seperate from everybody else. "Hey, check it out." Raph said to everyone, and they all looked up. Casey got down on one knee, and reached into his pocket. He took out a felt case, then opened it to reveal a diamond ring. Raph felt his eyes go wide. Casey said something to April, and her eyes went wide. She started crying, and grinned, then flung her amrs around him, screaming," YES! YES, I WILL!" Then, April and Casey kissed passionantly, and Raph and Don stood up, and started clapping. "Whooooooo!" Jen smiled. "GO APRIL! OW OW!" Everyone started cheering. Then, Mike silenced everyone. "Okay, who is hungry?" Everyone grinned widley. "PIZZA!"
Disclaimer: Noticed I haven't been putting this up. Well, it's a pain! Oka,y don't own anything that sounds familiar....
A/N: And we are at the last chapter, prior to the epilogue! Wow, we're almost done here, folks. Please R&R Sorry this chapter is a tad short ;)
Raph was so close to tears his throat hurt and he could hear and feel his voice shuddeirng. "The zoo?!" Mike's voice yelled, and Raph nodded although he knew his little brother couldn't see. "Yes! April and Vic were in her apartment when them zoo goons knock on the door. So April answers, and they asked for Vicky. 'Hand over the creature, or we'll take it by force.' Naturally, April told 'em to get lost. They kept their word. They snatched Vicky and took off. When April called me, they smacked her over the head so there wouldn't be any witnesses. We got there before she bled too much..." "BLED?" Mike's voice made Raphael's head buzz. "Don't worry, Mike, Me, Leon, Nikki and Kate got here in time. April is unconsious right now, but we stopped the bleeding and Leo said she'll live." Raph could hear Mike's shallow breathing, and Don talking in the back ground. "Alright Raph. Me, Donny, and the girls are coming. Just hang on a sec." Raph hung up, and sighed, a tear running down his cheek. "Raph?" Leo said, putting a hand on Raph's shoulder. Raph shook it off. "I'm fine." He muttered, wiping away his tears. "Raph it's okay to be upset..." "I got it, Leo! I'm fine..."
After a few minutes, Don and Mikey ran in. Don knelt beside April, and took her hand into his. Her eyes flittered open, and she stared up at Donny. "Don? Ah, my head..." Don grinned. "She's fine." "Damn zoo! I'll sue them, I swear to god!" "Definantly fine." Don added. Raph nodded, and looked at Leo. "Show them what ya' found." Leo reached into the jeans he was wearing as a disguise, and took out a piece of paper. He held it up and read it aloud. "New York Zoo. 132 Main Street." Mike's eyes were wide. "Why did they have to take her..." He whimpered. Raph shrugged, and felt tears in his eyes again. He let them fall this time, and embraced Mikey in a hug. "I don't know Mike. But we'll get her back, I promise."
All of them ran outside. Raph hopped on the shell cycle, and Katie got on behind him. Don and Em got in the Battle Shell and sat in front, Donny in the driver's seat. Leo, Nicole, Mikey, Kristin, and April all got in the back after them. Raph revved the engine on the shell cycle, yelled," Hold on to me, Katie!" and sped off twords the zoo. Him and the Battle Shell got there at the same time and everyone hopped out. Linda, Jen, Erica, Kara,Sasha, Jill, Hannah, Casey, and Splinter were all there already. "Guys!" Everyone yelled, and Raph ran forward, April beside him. Her eyes got watery when she looked at Splinter. "I'm sorry, Splinter..." She whimpered, and bowed her head. Splinter smiled. 'It is alright, Miss O'Neil. It was an accident. You did what you could." April smiled, then saw Casey. "Casey! Wait, why are you here?" "Vic is part of my family as much as theirs, babe." April smacked his arm. "Don't call me babe!"
Raph and Leo front flipped to the wall, and Raph peeked behind it. "I don't see any guards." Leo nodded, and flipped again, then started to walk silently into the zoo, everyone following him. Raphael heard screaming and deep, loud, male voices. He ran faster, Jen beside him. When they looked into one exhibet, Raph nearly passed out. There was Vicky, bleeding on her arm, and her fore head. The blood was trickling down her face onto her cheek. She was chained to the wall. "This is just sick. She's only four!" Raph muttered, saying every curse in the book after words. "Pick that, pad lock, Raph." Linda whispered, after throwing a shuriken at the glass and breaking a hole in it. Raph saw the pad lock on Vic's chains, and nodded. He hopped up, and started to pick the lock with his sai. "Raphie?" Victoria mumbled, as she fell when the chains were released. Raph caught her in time. "Oh, Vicky.." He said, his voice cracking. "I' okay, Raph. I'm okay." Vicky said, smiled, and hugged raph around his kneck.
Then, a gun shot sounded, and Raph felt a white hot pain in his shoulder. "RAPH!" Katie was beside him in a second. Raph clutched the wound on his shoulder. He watched his own blood seep from between his fingers, and trickle down his hand. "Raphie, baby, are you okay...?" "Fine, I'm fine..." "But, baby we have to get the bullett out-" "There are more important things than me right now, Kate!" He bellowed and Katie jumped back from him. Then, Raph heard Leo's strong voice. "Everyone, on my signal! NOW!" Everyone, even the girls, and April, and Casey, and Splinter ran twords the mob of armed guards. All of the grils picked up sticks. Except April. She grabbed one of Leo's katana's from the pack on his back. "I think you can fight with one, Leo." she yelled, and Leo nodded. April saw the same guy that had smacked her over the head, and grinned evily. She whacked him hard on the side of his head, and his skull cracked with a sickening thud. "Pay back, buddy!" April snarled, and ran twords another guard.
Pretty soon, all of the guards were dead. "Vic, we did it! Vicky?" Raph asked. Victoria wasn't answering him. "Victoria? TORI?!" "Raph." Raph heard Leo's shaking voice, and spun around. Vicky was lying on the ground, face down, with a hole in her shoulder. "No...." He whimpered, and sank to his knees. Don sniffed. 'I'm sorry Raph..." Raph looked up at him disbelievingly, shaking his head slowly, not wanting to believe it. He stared at Vicky again. "No.... no, please Vicky.... Don't- don't do this to me..." No answer. Raph felt fury rising inside of him, mixed with despair. He started to shake, and suddenly screamed into the night. "NOOOOOO!" He felt Leo's hand on his shoulder. "Why, Leo? She was just a kid.... four years isn't long enough... there's so many things she hadn't done yet..." Hannah walked forward. "Vicky? C'mon... stop.... stop playing, Vic, c'mon...." Hannah's eyes welled up with tears, and Mike knelt down beside her. "Oh Mikey, she's really dead..." Hannah whimpered, and Raph broke down crying, craddling Victoria's body in his arms. "I love you... Silly Tori..." He whispered. "I love you too, Raphie." Raphael looked up. Vicky was smiling weakly at him... alive?! "V-Vic? Vic! VICKY!" "Hey, Raph! Sheesh, bust my brains, why dontcha?" "Oh, Vicky I'm SO sorry...." He embraced her tiny body in a tight hug. "I' okay, Raphie. I'm okay." Vicky whispered.
But then he looked up. It was April and Casey, seperate from everybody else. "Hey, check it out." Raph said to everyone, and they all looked up. Casey got down on one knee, and reached into his pocket. He took out a felt case, then opened it to reveal a diamond ring. Raph felt his eyes go wide. Casey said something to April, and her eyes went wide. She started crying, and grinned, then flung her amrs around him, screaming," YES! YES, I WILL!" Then, April and Casey kissed passionantly, and Raph and Don stood up, and started clapping. "Whooooooo!" Jen smiled. "GO APRIL! OW OW!" Everyone started cheering. Then, Mike silenced everyone. "Okay, who is hungry?" Everyone grinned widley. "PIZZA!"