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Chapter 4

Raph POV

After watching my sister shiver and quake while she told her story, I was determined to help her. I convinced Pop that after her night she should be allowed to sleep in. I also volunteered to sit with her while she slept. Don't tell ANYBODY, but, seeing my sister like that is something I hope to never see again.

There were two more nightmares before sensai had me try to wake her up. Her alarm was going off for her next round of meds. Looking back, shaking her knee may not have been the best course of action.

Marlowe came up swinging.

"Listen here, you stupid fuckin' grunt," she growled as she swung back at me.

I easily dodged it. Then, I went to the foot of her bed and grabbed the end of the silk comforter she had gotten in Tokyo. "If that's how you want it, Sis. Imma do this," I said as I ripped the blanket off of her.

"Gimmie back my blanket, you mother-fuckin' son-of-a-bitch."

I froze. My sister had never called me anything like that before. After that, she groaned and started rubbing her head, almost like she was just waking up with a migraine.

"Marlowe," I whispered.

"Raph, izzat you," she grumbled sleepily.

"You just called me a mother-fuckin'-son-of-a-bitch."

"I did? I don't 'member," she said as she rubbed her head. "Woke up cause it got cold." Tears started to pool in her black eyes as the widened with realization. "Oh, no. No, Raph! Get away from me. It has turned me into a damned monster. I need to get away from all of you. What if I hurt one of you the next time?"

Her breath kept coming faster and faster. She was starting to panic.

"Focus on me, Sis," I said as I cupped her face. "In and out through the nose," She calmed down quickly, but she still had tears in her eyes. "We'll work on it, Lowe. We'll help, I promise. I'm not leaving you behind," I said as I pulled my sister into my lap. I felt the first of her sobs long before I heard them. Marlowe always was a pro at crying quietly. "I promise, Marlowe, we ain't leavin' ya."

"But what happens if you aren't here to stop me. What if I go too far before it stops. What if…What if…," she trailed off her face filled with the horror and fear of what could happen.

"I ain't gonna let that happen, Lowe. Neither will Don. Or Dad," I said. She seemed to calm down a little and it wasn't long before she fell asleep again. I left her room to go talk to our brothers.

When I got to the lab, after grabbing Dad and the guys, I explained the situation. "Marlowe is having flashbacks and blackouts. It would be best if we were not alone with her and if we didn't leave her by herself for long. Don't let her leave, since she's afraid we will leave her or that she will black out on one of us. Watch yerselves and each other around her. That means no pranking her, Mikey. It also means no lectures, Leo."

"Understood," Leo said as he looked sadly down.

Mikey smiled.

Mikey POV

When Raph said not to pull a prank on Marlowe, I already had one set up, so when Lowe went to the bathroom, she got one in the face. I didn't have time to disarm it before she got it. When she ran up to me, cussing me up one side, down the other, and back around again, I did what any self-respecting turtle would do; I ran for my room while yelling for Leo to help me.

After I got there, I locked the door and sat on my bed for a minute. I couldn't see anything but the hazy dead look in my sisters eyes. I admit, that scared me more than anything. I cried for my sister. I just want my Sissy back.

Outside, I heard the scuffle and a call for help, then a scream. I was terrified.

Leo POV

"What the ever loving fuck, Marlowe," I screamed at my big sister.

When she didn't answer, I got a little upset. Seeing Mikey scared, scared me. I followed her while she was pacing like a caged tiger. I had no idea what a flashback looked like. I tried to hold a hand out to stop her, but the moment I did that I found myself on my shell with Marlowe on my chest.

"HELP," I yelled, but as I did, I felt the bones in my forearm give and snap. I screamed in pain. Donnie came out of the lab and knocked her off of me.

I scooted back away from them. It wasn't long before Lowe had the upper hand and smacked Don so hard his glasses went sliding across the floor. I went over and grabbed them with my good arm. They weren't broke-well, more than they already had been.

Just then, I heard Donnie shriek for Raph. He came trucking in and grabbed Marlowe from behind.

Raph POV

'Fuckin' idiots, I told them to leave her alone', I thought as I rounded the corner. I saw what was going on. Lowe had her hands on Donnie's neck in a Marine hold. I knew that if I tried to draw her away, I could end up hurt. Or, I could grab her and throw her in the pool and hopefully stop it. The pool was the best bet.

So, I grabbed her from behind; wrapping my hands around her wrists on either side, creating a turtle 'I Love Me' jacket. I ran for the pool and threw us both over the side.

As I settled on the bottom, watching her, I could see her eyes clear. She swam for the edge and when she broke the surface, I could hear the coughing and sputtering. She whispered what had she done and promptly vomited over the edge of the pool onto the concrete.

Later that night, I caught her standing on the kitchen counters. "Marlowe Jean," I yelled from the doorway as I rushed over to her. "What the hell do you think you are doin'? Are ya trying ta break yer damned fool neck! Why didn't ya just ask if ya needed help!"

"I tried," she said softly as I helped her down. "You were in the gym with that look on your face. So, I went to ask Leo. He was running through that new kata for the 5,000th time, cast and all. Don locked himself in the lab hours ago, and Mikey is so into his game he didn't answer me. I was gonna make some iced tea and go read."

I nodded and grabbed down the jar of instant tea that Marlowe hid up on top of the cabinets ages ago. How she can drink that stuff is beyond me.

She made her glass and asked me to put it back. After I did, I walked her to her room and said, "Night, Sis."

Too which she replied, "Night, Squeaks."

If I had known the state in which Don would find her the next morning, I would have never left her alone.

A/N-I don't feel like Raph is OOC in this chapter. but I do feel like Marlowe would be one of the few people he would actually be himself around.

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