The World Is Black

Genre: General/Suspense

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I own nothing of TMNT except for my own people.

Chapter One: The Found Runaway

Raph was jumping on the rooftops of New York City's buildings with his two other brothers doing the same in different sections of the city. Every night they patrolled to see if there were any Purple Dragons doing some crime, but for Raph, he would mostly try and look for his missing brother, Leonardo.

It has been a year and three weeks (considering he counted the days) since his blue-clad brother has not been seen. He remembered his brother, Donatello, and with April and Casey, believed Leo was dead after six months of searching; two months later, his baby brother, Michaelangelo, gave up also. Even his Sensei, Master Splinter, gave up on his son when he couldn't feel anything from him. What shocked Raph the most was that after the first three months of searching, his Sensei was the first to lose hope on finding his eldest son.

Raphael was the only one left out of everyone who believed that his brother was still out there. That was why he was the one who volunteered first for having his missing brother's section of patrolling for thinking that he might find him.

Raph knew how many times his Sensei and brothers told him that he should give up on finding Leo because it was just " a hopeless search", but he refused to accept what they said because he believed that his brother was still alive.

Yet, as days and weeks passed by, he too, started to accept the reality that his brother, Leonardo, was gone and might never be found. Except deep down he knew that his brother was out there somewhere, just waiting to be found. That's why he never gave up on searching, even if he was alone in the search.

"Dammit!" cursed Raph as he stopped running and stood on an old apartment building's rooftop. " Why can't I find you, Leo? What the hell happened to you!" he closed his eyes from frustration before taking a deep breath to calm him down.

His eyes opened up to the same scenery as before. Only this time when he did open his eyes, he also heard a noise in the alley next to him. "Finally" he thought, " some Purple Dragons for me to take some of this frustration off my chest."

He crept silently on the rooftop to look above the alley and what he saw was not the Purple Dragons at all, but other people that looked like citizens. There was six men in the alley; they seem to be waiting around for something or someone.

"Why, hello there," came a man's voice behind him, sounding slightly deep to identify himself in his early twenties.

Raphael spun around with both of his sais out in his hands as he stared at the human in front of him. "How come I didn't hear him?" thought Raph as the man was just staring at him.

The young male looked to be twenty-one or twenty-three with pale skin. His black hair looked all messy with it just cenimeters from his shoulders as he wore a white long-sleeve shirt that seemed to be very smooth at the touch as the shirt's middle was cut just under in the middle of his abs, making a V from top to bottom. His brown pants looked to be a certain kind of frabic that was not of jeans or leather, but a silky look they had to it as the shirt with white socks on and sandels that looked to be from Japan on his feet. The man's slightly slanted blue eyes, making him look Japanese, was covered by round glasses as he scanned the area before returning to meet Raphael's gaze.

" Who the hell are you!" Raph said with anger and shock in his tone.

" Just a person looking for something that is his."

" And what would that be?"

The man smirked a little at this as he pushed his glasses up with his right index finger.

" Have you heard about the incidents happening in New Jersey? The incidents about money being stolen from banks with no trace of their robber? The incidents about people being brutally beaten with gashes on them from what police could tell is from a certain knife or sword? The incidents about the governments secret weapons and files being stolen? Have you heard about them?"

Raphael started to become uneasy as he remembered something on the news about crimes in New Jersey. It wasn't the crimes in New Jersey making him uneasy. It was the man standing in front of him making him uneasy with that smirk of his.

" Yeah, maybe I have a few times, but what does it matter?" Raph asked while already knowing the answer.

" It matters because the thing that I'm looking for has been doing all of this trouble in New Jersey. I came here looking for him."

" Him? What is this thing or should I say who is it that you're looking for?"

" Well, you soon will find out while making you the bait."

" Bait? What the hell are you-"

WHACK! Raph didn't see the kick that was aimed for his stomach as it made him fall on the ground to his knees from the impact. He recovered quickly with his sais in his hands, in a fighting position as he glared at the man who was still smirking at him.

" What the fuck!" cursed Raph as he felt his anger start to boil in him. " You are so gonna pay!" With that said, the red-clad turtle attacked the man. He was surprised when the man blocked the punches he threw at him and with the blocking of his kicks.

Raph went to wound the man's arm, but found a kick in the side instead, sending him to roll in the air before hitting the ground on his stomach. The turtle groaned slightly before rolling on his back to try and get up, but was pushed back down from the man's foot.

" No, no, no. I can't have you getting back up because I told you I need you as bait."

Raph saw the man smirk at him again before taking out a dagger, getting ready to strike him. The red-clad turtle started to feel a slight emotion of fear seeping in his mind as he saw the weapon going to struck.

" If I'm bait, why the hell are you going to kill me!"

"Because," the man began, "I want him to know that I don't play kindly when he does this." The dagger was raised with the man's smirk turning into a evil smile and all Raphael could do was watch in horror as he knew that death was coming for him soon.

He wanted to close his eyes, but couldn't find the courage. " I wish I could have found Leo." He thought before seeing the dagger come down with all the man's strength-

CLANG! The dagger was blocked by a long sword or in other words, a katana. Raph gasped with widen eyes, but not at the dagger being block. It was the person who blocked the dagger with his katana that made him gasp.

" Leonardo..." the name slipped out of Raphael's lips so naturally like he had been saying it forever. He made the blue-clad turtle glance his way with a confused look before returning it to a dangerous look at the man who had tried to kill Raph earlier.

" Well, it seemed like my little plan worked after all."

The blue-clad turtle didn't seem to like that because the second the man said that, Leo had tried to cut the guy's head off, but only succeeded in cutting the man's cheek because the human had moved just in time before kicking the man in the stomach, sending him a few feet away, clutching his stomach in pain with the red line on his right cheek becoming very visible with droplets of blood starting to slide down his face.

" It might have worked, but you're still going to have to catch me."

Raph had already gotten up and picked up his weapons to place them in his belt as Leo said that. He was about to ask his brother what was going on, but before he could, Leonardo had grabbed his arm, pulling him to jump over to the next building and the next with the man starting to yell for the six men in the alley to get them, but even as the man yelled for them, the two brothers were already far from the six men and the black hair man.

Leo had let go of Raph's arm a long time ago as they continued to jump the rooftops to get as far away from the men as possible. It seemed to be after twenty minutes of jumping, the blue-clad turtle finally jumped into one of the top windows that belonged to a two story abandoned building with Raph doing the same.

When the red-clad turtle landed inside, the moon outside gave the only light inside. He was in a room with nothing in it except an old blanket on the ground with a brown duffle bag on it. His brown eyes was fast to spot his brother, considering Leo had one of his katanas to Raph's neck.

" Whoa! Leo, it's okay. It's just me so can you put the weapon down."

The katana came a bit closer to the turtle's neck as the point touched his neck so very gentle yet dangerously. Raph stared in his brother's eyes while swallowing the lump in his throat.

" How do you know my name?" Leo demanded while he glared at the red-clad turtle. Raph gave him a confused look.

" How do I know your name? Leo, I think I would have to know your name if your my brother."

This time Leo gave a confused look. "Brother?" he said with a hint of confusion in his voice before he spoke again, his tone returning to unbelieving.

" I don't have a brother and if I did, I would know."

" Leo, I am your brother-"

"Quiet! You can't fool me so you better tell me who you are and who you are working for or I'll make you," Leo threatened as the blade came closer to Raph's neck, making it to if Leo made it come closer, Raph would have a hole in his throat.

" I am telling you the truth! Don't you remember me Leo? It's me, Raphael, your hot-head brother."

"...Raphael?"

The name seem to remind the blue-clad turtle of something before he drew his weapon back slowly. " Your name...it seems familiar somehow." Raph saw a slight hint of pain in his brother's eyes. Almost like something was hurting him or something.

"Are you okay?" asked Raph as he saw his brother close his eyes for a second before opening them back up.

"Fine...but I still want answers from how you know me and everything."

"I'll tell you everything you want to know if you answer my questions first."

Leo seemed to contemplate at this before nodding his head to the agreement.

" Ok. First things first, where have you been this whole time? Where were you before I saw you tonight?"

Leo sighed a little at this as he rested against a wall that looked to be supporting him from falling almost. He was in the shadows the whole time from the beginning so it was kind of hard for Raph to see Leo that much, except for his shape and eyes.

" For at least a year, I have been living in a underground facility in New Jersey. The facility is mostly a labortory of people making new weapons or using top secret government weapons that have been stolen. I was somewhat of a slave than a prisoner there with others being the same; except I was the only mutated creature there and the others were human."

" I escaped two weeks ago, taking only my weapons and a duffle bag with food to last me three days at least. I knew that when I escaped, people would be looking for me so I hid in pick up trucks or was on foot until I reached New York City two days ago."

"So...you're a runaway?" asked Raph before Leo answered him.

"In many ways, I guess I am a runaway. Only...I'm a runaway to the people I've escaped from, thinking that I am a runaway. In my opinion...I'm just someone looking for freedom. "

"Oh...so what happened when you got here?" The red-clad turtle asked while feeling sympathy towards his brother a little.

" I found this place shortly and decided to stay here...for now. I began to look for food for at least a day and found none. Then I tried tonight and instead of food, I found Akio and you talking. Before I knew it, you were about to be killed and I saved you before he did kill you."

"Akio? That was the man's name from earlier?" Raph asked. His brother nodded before he closed his eyes and opened them back up to look at the red-clad turtle with a another falsh of pain showing in his eyes, causing Raphael to wonder and have concern for his brother.

"Yes, Akio Yomoto is his name and he is a very powerful man. Someone who you don't want to mess with. We're lucky that we made it out of there or it could have been worse."

"Worse? What do you mean worse?"

Leo didn't get to answer as he tried to straighten up, but found himself hissing in pain and slumping against the wall with his eyes close, his katanas on the ground that had slipped from his hands earlier. Raph ran over to his side in an instant, kneeling right beside him as he held Leo in his arms.

Raph's brown eyes caught sight of some blood on the floor. He lifted his brother's arm a little, causing Leo to hiss in pain again before the red-clad turtle gasped as he saw a huge gash in his brother's side. " So that's why he was hiding in the shadows. He didn't want me to know that he had gotten hurt." Raph thought.

" Oh My God! Why didn't you say anything before Leo? I knew something was wrong with you when we came in here."

"I'm fine...it's just a cut-"

"Cut? CUT! Are you crazy! You've probably have already lost to much blood. I need to get you some help. I'm going to call-"

"No! You aren't calling anyone," Leo told Raph as he opened his eyes to stare in his brother's eyes with a warning in them. "And who were you about to call?"

" Donnie and Mikey, your other two brothers."

Leo's eyes of warning turned into one of curiousity at what Raph told him.

" Two more...brothers?"

" Yeah...the smart one and the stupid one."

There was no smirk or a chuckle from this comment, only more confusion shown on the blue-clad turtle's face.

" You really...are my brother?"

Raph nodded, " Yeah, I really am your brother Leo. "

" How can I...believe you? I don't even know who you are..."

"What?" Raph stared at his brother as he had the shell cell in his hands, dialing Donatello's number. Leo closed his eyes and became limp in his brother's arm. Raphael started to panic and tried to wake him with no avail at all. There was another voice that could be heard. It was Donnie's voice on the phone:

"Raph? Raph, can you hear? Raph!"

"I-I'm here, but you gotta come here as fast as you can, Don! I need you right now! I don't know what to do! He just went limp and-"

" Calm down, Raph, calm down...Now, where are you and who is hurt?"

His brother's voice was calm and patient for a moment because Raph knew that what he was about to say was going to break that with just the snap of his fingers.

" You're not going to believe me if I told you."

" Raph, is this one of your fake phone emergencies again? I don't have time for your little games so just tell me what's wrong," said a very annoyed Donnie now.

"Leo's hurt."

A/N: I decided to put this story up first because I wanted to try something that wasn't romance for once. I don't think the first chapter was as good as I thought it would be, but I believe the second will spark your guys excitement more. Now if you guys like decide to review, which would be nice, can you please tell me if I spelled anything wrong or which level my writing is in? It would be nice and compliments are also welcome, but it would be nice to know how other authors and authoresses like my writing.

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