A/N: Adult themes, scenarios and triggering events ahead. Please be advised. All characters are over twenty years old. I do not own anything on TMNT. I only own my OCs.
Casey's ringtone was heard throughout the den, Raphael was laid up on the couch, bored as he cleaned his weapons that were laid all around him.
"Sup Case,"
"RAPH! We CAN'T find CASSIDY!"
Raphael's blood ran cold. His heart rate skyrocketed as adrenaline pumped through his veins. He stood up, chest heaving and doing his best not to smash the phone in his iron grip.
"WHAT," he barked, "DON! DONNIE!" He yelled for his brother and ran towards the security unit.
"DONATELLO, LEO, MIKEY!"
"She left the bar early and April didn't get a text and someone came in and said that some dude with a dragon tattoo shoved a girl in a black SUV. The girl matched Cassidy's description and April tried callin' but she won't answer…" Casey continued to ramble off the events that transpired as Raphael started furiously clicking and typing on Donnie's systems. Raphael didn't even let Casey finish, he hung up the phone, too blinded by the news and only thinking of Cassidy and her safety.
"What Raph? I'm tryin ','" Donnie stopped as he walked out from his lab, "what are you doing?" His purple banded brother glared at him as everyone knew that no one touched Donnie's systems but him.
"It's Cassidy, Casey said a purple dragon took her," Raphel didn't even get a chance to finish growling his response before Donatello was seated and typing furiously.
"I found her tracker…"
"What's happening Raph?" Leonardo walked in, seeming to come back from meditating and Mikey walked out of his room with his hand stuffed into a bucket of cheese-puffs.
"It's Cassidy,"
"She's on the move, they just turned on Eastwood heading northeast towards the docs…"
"Let's move." Leonardo ordered and all boys rushed towards the truck, grabbing weapons and supplies on their way out. Raphael was the first in the truck, fuming and yelling for his brothers to 'fucking hurry.' He tried calling Cassidy but he'd go straight to voicemail where he sweet words told him that she couldn't come to the phone right now but leave a message or call back. His heart was thumping and it was hard to breathe. He feared this would happen. All the brothers did, THIS is WHY they didn't need to interact with humans. Should not have formed an attachment.
"Easy Raph, we'll get her," Mikey tried to give his brother some comfort but knew that it would not be good.
"Better fucking hope. I'll kill each and every one of those fuckers that touched her." He drove home his point by punching the punching bag that was strung up in the back of the truck. He hasn't felt this angry since Shredder ambushed their home and hurt his dad. This was Cassidy, his Cassidy. He'll be damned if any harm comes to her whatsoever. The woman has been through too fucking much for a thousand lifetimes to deal with this. His thoughts swirled as he punched the bag and yelled at Donnie to drive faster even though he knew that his brother was going as fast as the large truck would allow. Raphael's mind was chaotic. His youngest brother could see the turmoil on his face.
"Don't do this to yourself Raph, she'll be okay. You are her protector. She loves you…"
"Fuck Mikey I couldn't help her, I couldn't," save her, if only I was human. His thoughts finished for him. If only he didn't have to separate from her he wouldn't have let her out of his sight. She'd never been in harm's way.
"No. STOP! We'll save her, we'll bring her home. She'll be safe," Mikey's baby-blues bore into his brother's dark amber, knowing that it was near impossible to change his oldest brother's mind but he had to try. He had to be positive, he didn't want Raphael to fall into himself, blaming himself and possibly putting Cassidy in more jeopardy due to his lack of hope and control.
"She's less than 30 meters ahead!"
"Don…"
"She's less than 100 feet ahead!" Donnie took another sharp turn, and up ahead a black SUV was turning into a large compound that skirted the edge of the docks.
Gaining speed, Leo called to Mikey who, ready with the sling shot, sat in the chair that extended up and out of the roof of the truck.
"NOW!" Leo yelled, Mikey let the slingshot go, a large metal ball shattered the back glass of the SUV and a plume of gray smoke filled the vehicle. The vehicle's speed faulted slightly but then made a sharp turn down a narrow section between a large row of shipping containers and disappeared. Donnie slammed on the breaks and turned off all the lights before parking under an overhanging stack of containers at the dock compound.
"Her tracker indicates that she's being moved up there," Donnie pointed at the top of a window lined building that was only about six stories high, "I will get a better reading once we are inside."
"Good. Cut the power Don, we are going stealth. If it was the Purple Dragons then they know we'll come looking for her. It could be a trap. Donnie you are coming with me. Mikey, you'll stay with Raph and scope the area."
"Get fucked Leo! If Cassidy is up there then I'm going up there."
"No, you're too close, Raph. Stay with Mikey and scope the area. if it is a trap she's likely to not be there but stowed away in the compound."
"Leo's right Raph, she could be in one of these storage containers or in an office closer to the docs. We know the Purple Dragons have business overseas…" Donnie tried to reason but he was quickly ignored.
Raphael did not like what he was hearing but he needed to find Cassidy. He looked towards his brother in blue, pulling his sais and took two steps before towering over 'ol fearless.
"If you find her, you better tell me. Dead or alive." Raphael drove each word home by pushing the butt of his sai into his brother's plated chest, never losing eye contact. He needed his stubborn leader of a brother to understand the severity of not following orders.
"You have my word." Leo stated, never once wavering.
"C'mon guys, Cassidy…" Mikey whined as he looked between his brothers and then back to the building that Donnie said her tracker was pinging from.
"Be safe bros," Mikey chimed before turning, heading in the opposite direction that Leo and Donnie, making their way up the building. Raphael watched as Leo pulled his dual katanas and Donatello continued to type on his tablet, pulling down his goggles as he started to swipe the area towards the building that Cassidy was supposedly held captive in.
"Let's go Raph," Mikey called from behind him. Raphael stared after his brothers until they vanished into the shadows before he turned to follow his youngest brother. Ready to tear down anyone that stood in his way of finding Cassidy.
Whoever had her better be fucking ready to meet their maker because Raphael was going to deliver them personally.
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"You BITCH!" A slap rang across her right cheek to which she spit up, the taste of copper coating her tongue. Her face was swollen from taking hit after hit. She felt a pelt of something yet against her forehead to which she assumed was spit from the sound of the man that was looming over her kneeled body.
"Calm down," a bored voice called from her left.
"She just fucking bit me!" Another male voice called from her right side.
"Don't be a bitch. Boss ain't gonna be happy about the bruises on her face anyway."
"It was the only way to get her to stop."
Cassidy felt as if she was going in and out of consciousness. She wasn't sure what had happened when she heard glass shatter because a full face cover was placed over her head. She couldn't see anything, only a kaleidoscope of blood and black that danced behind her eyelids. Next thing she knew she was being thrown on the ground and felt her arms forced behind her back, wrists tied together and she was anchored to the floor, sitting on her knees. She could feel her toes going cold, the lack of blood flow to her legs was causing the familiar t.v. static feel in her calves and thighs. She felt completely hopeless and her only line of defense was her mouth. Hence why when that fucker tried to touch her and his fingers crazed over her lips she lunged. He then slapped her and spit in her face. She was trying to be strong but everything that has happened has resurfaced her past trauma. Feeling helpless, closed off, degraded and taken advantage of. She only hoped that the boys were on their way. She wasn't sure how, but prayed that either April or Casey had seen what had happened. She would be damned if she wasted her time with them to only die like this.
"I'll never stop, you little bitch!" Cassidy yelled, turning her head in the direction of the man who was whining about her biting him. The fucker had it coming, don't touch her.
"Alright you fucking cunt!" She heard a shuffle but then felt a light breeze and the bored man from earlier was closer.
"Don't. They'll be here soon and once we've lured them up here, she's no use. Derek said that they pulled into the compound and are here.
Who were they talking about? Could it be Raph and his brothers? Were they here, did they know she was kidnapped? Cassidy's heart sang with a new wave of hope as a bubble of laughs escaped her.
"What the fuck you laughing at?" Man 'A' growled at her but it only made her laugh harder.
"You all are fucked,"
Man 'B', "I wouldn't be so sure of that sweetie. We have something special planned for your turtles. We couldn't get to O'Neil so you were the next best thing. We know that you are something to the red turtle." The bored man drawled out, this caused Cassidy's heart to constrict. How did they know? How long did these guys know about her and the turtles?
"Have you fucked them yet? You're a monster fucker aren't you. You are probably so loose I could shove my whole hand in you fucking pussy." Man 'A' growled, she felt him get close to her face and then felt a hand grip her chin forcefully, wanking her head around to stare in his general direction.
"I bet you've had them all. How are the freaks? Do they fuck good?" His fingers pushed against her bruised face until his thumb and index finger clawed into her soft cheek. Feeling his fingers push farther to wear her mouth had to open causing a pained sound to leave her. She felt a tear fall from her face as it soaked into the mask that covered her eyes.
She whimpered.
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"Her signal is strongest up here, she's got to be there." Donnie stated, looking up from his tablet and at the large, glass balcony door that led to a large, open concept meeting room according to the blueprints. He looked too Leo, feeling his brother's blue gaze bore into the dark tinted glass.
"Are you able to run a scan to see how many are in there?"
"Heat sensor indicates that there are only six but there's another twenty in the room below. If we alarm them, they could be up in less than fifteen seconds. I can't see if they are armed, they must have some type of security set up to hide their operations."
"If she's in there, call Raph and have Mikey get the truck ready for the diversion." Donnie and Leo exchanged nods before they made their way to the top of the building, there was a top sky window they could descend from to hopefully gain a strategic advantage.
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"She's not here!" Raphael whispered before slamming his fit into the edge of a shipping container causing it to crumble beneath his strength.
"C'mon Bro, we'll find her, you'll see. She'll be okay!" Mikey continued to try to reassure Raph, but even he was losing patients on not finding Cass. Mikey also understood that with the current season Raphael's anger and testosterone were in full overdrive, they all were. He understood why Leo made Raph go scope the dock area and that was to make sure his brother didn't lose it if something did happen to Cassidy. Each of their brothers have worried that their red banded brother could go feral if given the right motivation and they didn't want to lose him to his anger. This was a hard decision, but one that Mikey, Donnie and Leo understood needed to be made to keep both Cassidy and Raphael safe.
"But what if she's not okay? What if…"
"Don't play that. Don't play the 'what if,' game. We knew this was a risk for those who are closest to us. Dad has said that from the beginning, even before April came back into the picture. You need to focus on what you'll do when we find Cassidy and she's back safe with us."
That left Raphael a bit in a daze. Every now and then his youngest brother was wiser beyond his years. Raph was grateful to have him keep him rooted when it mattered. Mikey was right, he needed to figure out what the plan was after they rescued her. She's not dead yet. Until he sees a body, she's alive and he needs to fight for her.
He looked over and patted his youngest brother on his head,
"You're right Mike…m'sorry," Raphael ruffed before stalking off to check the last few storage containers that lined the edge of the docks. But before Mikey could head to follow after, their walkie-talkies came to life.
"Raph, Mikey, we got her!" Leo's crackled voice could be heard and Raphael and Mikey started sprinting back towards the building.
"Mikey, ready the truck," Mikey blanched.
"You sure Donnie,"
"YES!"
Once Mikey and Raph made it back to the clearing that had an open view of the tower, they watched as Donnie and Leo sprinted towards them before a rain of bullets were heard echoing across the metal containers and dirt covered ground. Leo had Cassidy tucked to his chest and Raphael's heart stopped.
"She's alive," Leo answered as if he could read Raph's thoughts. Raphael let out a breath that he wasn't sure that he was even holding.
"Raph with me, Mikey and Don head west, lure them out and away." Mikey nodded before reading the truck while Donnie was his shield.
"Goin' stealth." Leo commanded before they all separated. Leo was still clutching Cassidy to his chest as Raphael pummeled a few Purple Dragons that made it through the firing squad and then disappeared into the shadows after his brother. They had only made it maybe a quarter a mile before a large explosion was heard. Donnie and Mikey had made it out when Raph's belt tracker glowed purple then orange signaling their safety. Both Leo and Raphael signaled back before weaving in and out around buildings, switching between alley's and roofs before making their way into the old entrance of the first lair they inhabited as little boys.
Once out of prying eyes, Leonardo passed Cassidy over to Raphael as he made his way back up the ladder, closing the manhole cover before jumping back down. Leo led the way as Raphael looked over the brunette in his arms.
He felt her small breaths break across his neck and sneak between the sensitive flesh just below the edge of his plastron. He removed the blindfold from her eyes and tossed it into the abandoned sewer. She was puffy, bruised so much that he almost didn't recognize her. She stirred at the feel of a gentle touch along the right side of her face. Letting out a groan, her eyes fluttered open, but struggled to adjust to the darkened environment but she knew she was safe. She smelled cinnamon, metal and gas, it was Raphael. She was being held by the Big Red himself. A string of lights that flickered on the ceiling of the tunnel gave her enough to see his handsome features. He must have sensed that she had opened her eyes because his glowing embers met hazel in a burning longing. She gave him a side smile before wincing, feeling the bruises along her face and jaw scream at the movement. That was going to hurt for a while, but at the moment she didn't care because she finally felt as if she was home.
"Hey," she whispered, before she lifted to lightly trace the scar just above his lip, her fingers chilling his skin at the contact. A shiver ran through him.
"You're freezing," he said before adjusting, she lost eye contact as he tucked her under his chin, his arms caging her against his chest.
They continued in silence, the lights in the tunnel became brighter the closer they made their way towards the lair. Cassidy wasn't sure where they were within the maze of tunnels, but it was relatively quiet except the occasional slosh of water or the scurrying of rats and insects.
About the minutes later, Leo, who still has not said a word, stood in front of a wall of bricks and pipes. She watched him stand there before moving to pull, twist and push against the maze of pipes that weaved over the brick wall before she felt the suction of air.
Gasping, she realized that this was another entrance into the lair. These brothers never seize to amaze her. This must have been another masterpiece of invention by their purple banded brother, Donatello.
They walked into the den where Donnie was waiting by his lab door and Mikey walked in from the kitchen.
"Safe?"
"Truck was a successful diversion. No followers. Security finished updating about three minutes ago. April and Casey are headed down separately."
Leo only nodded before all but stomping towards the dojo, most likely to meditate. Cassidy was about to ask Raphael something when she heard him speak up first.
"She's all yours Donnie. Take a look at her ribs and her left leg." He said, never looking at her as he brought her over to Donnie and followed him into the needle room.
"Lay her there. I'll do a full body scan. I'll keep you updated. Could you grab her some spare clothes?"
Clothes? Cassidy looked down and didn't realize how torn and tattered her clothing was. Her leather jacket was nowhere in sight, her maroon shirt was ripped and torn around her neck and arms, dark spots formed at her left side just below her breasts. Her jeans were ripped, a button missing and the zipper jammed halfway down. She was also missing a shoe as she stared down at her foot and saw her big toe poking through her black sock.
After analyzing her current state of dress, she lifted to watch a few unreadable looks that were shared between the brothers before Raphael left the room. Donnie did not say a word as he got to work, lightly pushing her to lie down before showing her the pair of scissors in his hands. His goofy zoom goggles replaced his tortoise glasses.
"I'm going to have to cut the fabric away from your wound at your ribs. Looks like you've sustained trauma to your ribs and lungs. I believe you have a fractured rib or two."
Donatello continued to ramble on, telling her everything that he was about to do, what he was doing and explained the terms he used. He was very thorough, gentle and understanding. The perfect gentleman. She hadn't realized that it was Mikey that walked into the lab until she looked up to see him by her side.
"I brought you some clothes. April said she was bringing you some also. She feels terrible…" Mikey whispered as he brushed her hair off her forehead, sweeping it away from her face. He continued his gentle ministrations against her crown, it felt nice.
"Thank you…thank you all, I'm sorry for,"
"Nothing to be sorry for. We are just relieved that it wasn't worse." Mikey's sad eyes looked down at her, she tried to reassure him with a small smile but that was when Donnie pressed on a particularly sensitive spot she groaned and tried to scoot away.
"Please hold still Cass, it's going to hurt, but I need to get all of the fabric out of the cut to properly clean and dress your wound."
She nodded, thankful that she was surrounded by the most calm of the four brothers. Speaking of brothers, where's Raphael?
"Where's Raph?"
Mikey gave her a sad look before removing his hand from her hair and holding her hand, sitting on the metal stool that he brought to her side.
"He's a bit worked up right now. He'll be back in a bit." He reassured her.
But later never came. Donnie had dressed her wound at her ribs, made her ice her ankle, and stitched up the few scrapes she had against her battered cheek. She was currently holding a pack of ice to her face, sprawled on the couch. It had been a total of three hours since she was brought to the lair. April and Casey had arrived about forty-five minutes after she did and they both showered her in apologies. Cassidy giggled and compared the two to caring parents to which April choked out a laugh but Casey had wrapped her in a hug and said that she's a 'pretty dope kid.' She thought that he would be a good dad.
Casey then went off to find Raph, which considering the current season, he was terrified to do so. Raphael was his best friend, but he felt responsible for allowing Cassidy to be taken and injured. Casey wasn't even gone for a full five minutes before there was yelling, shouting and the sound of metal on brick echoing through the lair. Casey came out cursing under his breath, pissed off and stomped to take a walk down the tunnels. The air was tense. April said that she's never felt so much tension in the air and Cassidy felt terrible. She needed to confront Raphael, even if he wouldn't listen, she had to try. April was nervous but she trusted Raphael not to hurt Cassidy so April gave her a kiss on the forehead before walking towards the dojo in hopes to confront and talk to Leo. Cassidy didn't realize Leonardo hadn't left the dojo since they all arrived at the lair. It was well past midnight at this point and she was tired.
As Cassidy made her way to Raphael who was still in the weight room, she felt the tension and pressure building. She understood why Raphael was acting this way, but she was tired, which was an understatement.
"Hey," she called as she knocked against the brick of the entrance before making her way farther into the room. He continued to lift the heavy bar that bowed in the middle from the ungodly amount of weight that was on either side. She could smell the sweat on his body, he'd been in here for the full three hours since they came back. She stepped closer, and made an attempt to start a conversation again.
"Hey Red," she whispered, still nothing. The only acknowledgment he made of her presence was a slightly deeper growl and the nod of his head as he pushed the bar faster the closer she got. She felt her temper start to rise, he was ignoring her and she wasn't going to let him get away with it. She started to tap her foot quickly against the cracked concrete, her arms crossed her chest as she glared down at the large male who laid before her.
She was quickly becoming frustrated, she was mentally, emotionally and overall sexually frustrated. She quit tapping her foot and stood beside him as he was laid back, benching an ungodly amount. He must have felt her frustration because he placed the bar back on the rack with a deep growl and an exasperated sigh before sitting up. As soon as he sat up, Cass was already between his knees. He gulped, his mind cooking up scenarios in which he could have her. NO!This is not the time to allow his mind to bypass his anger. He was mad at everyone, at April and Casey for letting Cassidy leave without supervision, allowing Leo to save her when it should have been him, having Donnie touch her as he bandages her up, allowing Mikey to take the stack of clothes to her.
"Gonna ignore me Raphael?" She asked hoping that she'd get some type of reaction from using his full name. A cute pout on her lips as she waited for him to do or say anything. His head hung low as his large hands clasped tight between his knees. She watched as he shoulder and biceps flexed and his diaphragm expanded with his hard breaths. She could feel his anger and frustration. She just wanted to reassure him that she was okay and that she was happy to see him. She didn't want to overstep but by the looks of it, he was going to try and push her away and she was too stubborn to allow that to happen. She slowly broke her grip on her own bicep as she lifted her hand and placed it against his cheek, causing his head to lift up and look at her. His golden amber darkened the second they landed on her face.
When their eyes locked, Cass broke. Seeing the broken look, darkened, watery eyes and the cupid's bow of his lips pulled so tight in a frown broke her completely. She lunged forward, her hands grasping his face as she smashed her lips against his. He sat frozen in place for a few seconds before the graze of her tongue on his bottom lip jolted him awake. He growled, his animalistic instincts taking over. He let out a needy gasp before she felt his warm tongue meet hers in a battle for dominance. Gaining the upper hand she sucked on his muscle, pulling a deep, guttural moan from her red banded lover. In an instant, his iron grip fastened around her waist as he stood, righting their position and her arms instantly circled his neck, never breaking contact as he spread her legs to better accommodate over his hips. Damn, she loved it when he touched her like this, she felt desired and adored by him. She felt a deep growl before it even reached her ears. She felt the vibration rock through her core and it only encouraged her. He walked them back, and she was now, once again, pressed against the rough brick of the tunnel that led to the cramped weight room. Suddenly she felt his lips drop to her throat, grazing her sensitive spot just below her ear, a small gasp escaped as she felt her heat pool within her tight jeans. The seam of her jeans rubbing an ungodly friction against her core. She adjusted, using the arms that were around his neck for support as she wiggled to get a better feel. He grunted at her movement before he decided to adjust. His hands gripped her wrists that were clasped around his neck. He wrapped them both in one hand before lifting them up over her head to pin them against the brick like the rest of her body. Groaning he attacked her lips again, a single three-pronged hand held her wrists with ease as his other tickled along her waist before squeezing her ass eliciting another moan from her lips.
"Ah, Ra…Raph, a…baby…" she moaned. She didn't realize that she was so touch starved for him. She missed him, his body, his mind, his soul. She wanted to burn within his fire.
He growled into her throat, as she felt his teeth graze along her pulse point, dipping to nip along her collar bone. Leaving her breathless, he gave another malleable squeeze to her ass before his hips bucked forward, pushing her deeper into the wall. She lowered her legs from his sides to wrap under the back of his shell, locking him in close and grinding against his lower plates.
"Fu-ck babygirl…what are ya doin' to me?" He breathed as he nudged her, his warm breath casting shivers down her spine.
"Could ask you - ahn, the, the same thing." She moaned again as she adjusted her grip around his legs, forcing the seam of her jeans to dance along her core in a tantalizing way.
"I'm plannin' on makin' you mine." Cassidy never envisioned herself to be turned on by such a possessive statement but with him, she wanted him to know that she already was.
"Already am," she breathed again. She heard him choke back another moan before she felt him shiver against her.
"Not yet." He started, before dropping her hands to wrap around her supple thighs, carrying her until she laid flat on the weight bench. He lowered until he was only a breath away. Currently love drunk, Cassidy's eyes locked onto his, his eyes were blown, breath heavy as he dipped to place gentle kisses against her bruised face. Sending feather light kisses along her temple, swollen eye-lid, bruised cheek, reddened jawline before trailing his tongue down towards her collarbone.
To be continued…
A/N: Don't hate me! We are getting so so so close to the crescendo of previous events! It's about to go down! Just hold on and be patient (thank you to those you have stuck around for the past 24 chapters!) You are all so greatly appreciated! I hope you enjoy this as much as I do writing it. I accept any type of criticism that you may have, all I ask is that you are respectful. This is still my first ever fanfic and I am learning as I go. Eventually, I will go back and revamp the first few chapters but that is not a priority right now. What do you think will happen next? I want to hear your thoughts!(3) Good OR bad!
