Song for this chapter~ Mission Control - The Whigs

Punishment

2 days later...

~Lilly's POV~

I gave David a kiss goodbye as he pulled up at my house. "Thanks again. Sorry for waisting has this whole week."

"It's worth the gas."

I opened the door to walk out and was pulled back in. "Give me another." He said as her puckered his lips.

I smiled and kissed him, "Alright, I'll see you next week." I said.

"Alright, and hey...good session today." He said, giving me a playful wink. "Oh yeah, and you dance well."

I blushed bright red, I just know it. I could feel my cheeks and neck burn with embarrassment, "Shut up."

"You're a great kisser."

I scoffed, "I know that." I waved him goodbye and he drove off. Great, now I actually have to go in my house and hear the bullshit lecture again about how I'm staying out too late. Although, John didn't come home last night so I don't think he's home today.

I opened the door and was greeted by my mother wiping John's bleeding battered face as he lay there on the couch groaning in pain, clutching at his arm. My mother turned when I closed the door.

I smiled, "Wow mom what did you do?" I chuckled softly.

My mother went back to wiping his bleeding cheeks. I came closer and actually saw how fucked up he got. Two cuts on both his cheeks, one cut on his right brow bone, both his eyes were almost swollen shut. Around his neck was a hand, a thumb and two fingers meaning he got choked. He was holding his arm, hopefully it meant that it was broken but it was probably just a dislocated shoulder. He stared at me through swollen skin, hissing in pain. All I did was smile... That's what you get mother fucker.

"What'd you do? Forget to pay your dealer?" I snorted happily.

My mother growled, "Some bastards jumped him and he knocked out two of them. My poor baby. They dislocated his shoulder- he popped it back before he came in. Oh god, look at you..."

John never broke his eye contact, "They're gone. We can't do anything now."

I laughed, "How many of them were there?"

John shifted, "I saw like 6 of them. Maybe more. I have no clue."

I laughed, walking to my room I laughed, when my mother was calling me back to help her I laughed, I laughed and thanked karma for working so fast. I threw myself on my bed and pulled out my phone from my backpack, dialing Raphael immediately.

"Yo!" He answered.

I continued to laugh on the phone, tears streaming down my face.

"Um...Lilly?" He said unsure.

"Oh Raph, you wouldn't believe...oh god!" I said, my breathing would turn into cackles. "John... John...!"

"What happened? Did he try anything again!?" Raph asked quickly, his mood completely changing. "You wait there and I'll-"

"No. No! Oh god! John got jumped!" I cried, continuing to wipe the tears. "And he's on the couch, barely even moving!"

"Oh really?" Raph sound oddly quiet. "Bastard, deserved that shit. Oops, sorry Master Splinter..."

I finally took a deep breath and calm down, "Okay, I'm done. I'm done." I huffed. "Alright, anyways... He says like 6 guys jumped him and he knocked out 2 of them. But, I think he's full of shit. I think his dealer just got mad and punched him and he took it like a little bitch."

Raph chuckled, "6 guys, huh? And he knocked out 2? Wow, that's the biggest lie I've ever heard. And I've heard plenty."

I sighed, "I know. But whatever, I'm just happy that he got the crap beaten out of him."

"Yeah. Me too. Bet he looks like shit righ- sorry Master Splinter."

That's so cute that he apologizes for swearing when he has no filter when he's with me. "Yeah he does." I played with my hair, thinking about two days ago. Raph was really pissed...really really pissed. I know that this was a shot in the dark, probably really stupid to assume this but I couldn't help but ask. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to be...involved with this, would you?"

"What?" He asked breathlessly, as if in shock.

"I know it's a stupid question but I just need to know Raph. Did you do anything to him?" I asked, hoping that he would say something. How would I react if he said yes? Well, I would be mad that he put himself in danger and most likely showed himself to John. Which is a huge stupid risk to take for me. But I wouldn't be mad because he beat the living shit out of John. No, in fact I'd be happy. I found myself hoping that he did do it because then I would know that Raph is protective in the best way, in my opinion.

Now, I don't like violence. I don't like getting myself into fights. But... When it comes to people like John... I'd watch them. Hell! I'd eat my lunch in front of them. They deserve it.

When I received no answer, I took a deep breath before asking again. "Did you?"

"Absolutely not..."

The previous night...

~Raph's POV~

I waited in the shadows on the roof of her neighbors house. I waited and watched intently, ready to pounce. It was night, and I knew he was going to come out either alone or with someone. I remember Lilly always telling me that he leaves to get more dope then comes back high as a fucking kite, sometimes he doesn't even leave.

As soon as everyone left with April and her dad, I told everyone-including Master Splinter-what had happened. Mikey got so mad he was immediately wanted to go with me. Donnie was on board as well. But Leo...he wanted to wait to see what Splinter said.

At first he wasn't comfortable with what I had in mind, which was beating the life out of him. But when I offered to give John a warning instead of a beat down, he nodded slowly, giving us permission do what we must but not any extensive damage.

So long story short, Leo came...

"Raph, maybe he won't-" Leo began

"Shh!" I shushed.

Mikey came up behind me, "Leo, you're acting like you don't care that this happened."

"I do care." He scoffed. "I care. But I'm also smart when it comes to being emotional." He said, giving my shell a push. "We all know what you're going to do, Raph. We all know you lied. And if Splinter finds out I want no part of it."

"I'm not emotional. I'm angry." I growled. "And the only way Splinter is going to find out is if you snitch. So don't... You'd be just as angry if it were April."

"I am angry. Just not angry enough to kill a man." He spat.

I rolled my eyes, "We're not here to kill him. Just to...punish him. Whatever. He needs pain."

Leo just scoffed, "You're just saying that because you like Lillian."

I turned around, getting ready to cause him some pain. "What?"

"Let's face it, whether you admit it or not, you as well as everyone of us knows you have some sort of feelings for Lillian. Ever since you let her teach you how to dance, which by the way says just exactly how you feel about her because you hate dancing, we've all noticed a change in your attitude. And after all the stuff you told Donnie, I can tell you right now you're a giant hypocrite." Leo explained annoyingly, pointed his stupid finger in my face.

I slapped his hand away, "I do not have any feelings towards Lilly just like you don't have any feelings towards April."

Donnie sighed, "Alright guys, focus on the main objective. Now is not the time for arguing."

"Leo started it."

"Hardly..."

"Okay who cares who started it. I'm ending. Stop. It's a dumb argument anyways. Leo, who cares if Raph likes Lillian. Raph, no one cares if you like Lillian."

"I don't like her!" I mean as a friend, of course! But why can't I just do this for a friend without having feelings... Ugh, just think about the word gets me all twitchy. "She has a boyfriend."

"Do you?" Leo asked.

"I'm this close to beating you along with this guy right here Leo. This close."

"Guys..." Mikey called.

"No you idiot. Not like that. What I'm trying to say-"

"Oh so now I'm an idiot?"

"Well yeah, I think we've all established that a long time ago."

My face began to grow very hot, I swear there was steam coming off of my head. I clenched my fists, ready to strike first. "You know what, Leo?"

"No what Raph?" He said with a smug grin on his face.

"Guys!" Mikey yelled.

"What Mikey?" Donnie asked, knowing me and Leo weren't just going to shut up.

"As soon as I'm done with him, I'm kicking you off this building."

"Oh ha! I dare you to even try."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"He's walking away now." Mikey said quickly, pointing down at the man in dark clothing. "He's alone. Let's go!"

I didn't spend time to think about Leo or what he just said to me, I just saw which direction Mikey was pointing and began heading that way. I slowed down my sprint when I saw him walking casually down the street. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked around as if he knew he was being followed. But he was too stupid to look up.

After a couple blocked, he walked quickly into an ally way. Before I could drop down, I noticed another guy just waiting there in the shadows. John shook his hand and then the guy left... Drug deal... Jesus Christ.

I looked at Donnie and he nodded, then I dropped down with a loud thud while Donnie silently suck around him.

"Drugs, and beating on your girlfriend's daughter." I shook my head. "Man, I'm gonna really enjoy beating the shit out of you."

John looked up at me, his eyes widening with fear. It made me realize that I never really saw him this close before, his face was all hairy and scruffy looking. He had the face of a bag guy... But I knew it was a façade. He wasn't a bad guy to the people the could actually kick his ass. It was all an act.

"How the hell...?" He said, turning around only to bump into Donnie, who pushed him back in the ally. "What's going on?"

He was as tall as Donnie, maybe taller by a couple inches, his clothes were dirty and ripped. I came behind him, pulling his shirt down, sending him to the floor. "Well...come here with me..." I said, grabbing him by the shirt and dragging him all the way towards the end of the ally. I tossed him towards a dumpster, his head hitting the edge which sort of made him shut up.

"Look man, I have no clue what you're talking about! If you're with Jerry, here t-take back the shit, man! I don't want it." He begged, holding up a tiny bag of white substance. "Here!"

I slapped his hand, "Man, I don't want that!" I grabbed his shirt and pulled him up. "I want payback."

Finally, he saw my face. I knew he did, his face turned pale with fear, his eyes became glossy with tears. He shook his head, eyes looking at my brothers as they swarmed around us. "W-What are you? Oh god... What are you!?"

I growled, "I am someone you don't want to fuck with."

He tried to pull away from me so I grabbed his neck and squeezed until I knew he was about to pass out. "My name... Raphael. I heard you've been abusing not only your girlfriend but her daughter as well. And I don't like fuckers that think they can do whatever they want to women." I chuckled when he gagged, attempting to breathe. "These are my brothers. They're here to only stop me...where you're nearly dead."

He clawed at my hand as I rose him off the ground. "Lookie lookie... I'm younger than you, shorter than you, but I can lift you up with ease. Even if it's just a couple inches off the ground."

I threw him to the ground when he suddenly began to weaken and his eyes began to drift. "I'll teach you never to hit anyone if they can't hit back." My fist connected with his cheek so hard it immediately started bleeding. The force of the blow caused his head to bounce off the pavement. "And I'm a great teacher when it comes to this." I said as I gave him another blow.

Present Time...

I stared at my bruises knuckles as Lilly continued to talk about her day. "Oh really? She did that?"

"Yeah, and I was so pissed because she kept shoving it in my face. Like, bitch I know you're fucking talented and I'm a sack of potatoes. Can you please leave me alone?" She grumbled to herself.

I snorted, "You are fucking talented."

"Raphael!"

"Sorry sensei! I keep forgetting!" I yelped.

Lilly giggled in response, "That's so cute."

I couldn't help but smirk at the sound of her giggle, "What is?"

"The fact that you apologize every time you say a curse word." She almost taunted. "Just stop swearing."

"Well it's hard when I'm talking to you. Sorry..."

"Don't apologize. I don't care." She giggled again.

I sighed, "Oh...shit." I cursed. Before she could answer I pulled the phone away, tempting to hang up. I should start staying away from her. I am not going to say it and I'm not going to let myself feel any sort of way towards her. I refuse. Why would I let my brothers get under my skin and try to put something in my head? That's all it is... That's all they're doing... They're just putting things in my head because my chest wouldn't be tightening before. So obviously it doesn't mean a thing if I feel like puking out my feelings when I hear her giggle. She's just a fucking girl. April was just a girl and I didn't like her.

I muted my phone so she wouldn't hear me. "Okay, truth is... I beat the shit out of John. Only because I don't want anyone hurting you ever. And I'm not sure what that means to me at least. I know that I don't like you like that, I know you don't like me like that. And it doesn't matter, I don't care. But, just because I did that to John doesn't mean I like you. It doesn't mean I have any feelings towards you besides friendship so..." I took a deep breath before unmuting my phone.

"Raph? Hello... Did I hang up?"

"No you didn't. I just dropped my phone." I sighed.

"Oh...alright."

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