Raphael had never been to Kansas, but it probably looked like this. Dafuq? He sat at a bus stop on a country road, nothing in miles in either direction. The wind swirled the dust. Some mean-ass clouds circled around a washed-out yellow sky. He rubbed his eyes. No stabbing pain and no knife; and yanno what, it was a nice change.
An old-timey radio appeared on his bench. Why not? He flicked the switch and heard static. Then, a voice came through.
His brother, Don, cursed all the fuckin' time because it was medically necessary, however, Raph ain't never heard Truly Mad before.
"'Text me a list.'! Text me a fucking list? How 'bout? A fucking time machine! Got one of those handy?"
Michelangelo talked through one hella runny snout. "He's gonna be okay, right?"
The pause said the doc didn't want to commit, then Donatello rattled the speaker. "Leonardo, you shudda told me!"
What the fuck? Raphael remembered watching the prisoner, then boom. Bus stop. Somehow, this was a real hallucination.
Mike was panicking. "Tell me what to get, Don!"
"He's in shock!"
Raphael shouted at the fucked-up broadcast. "Shit! I'm dyin'!"
Leonardo sounded like he needed a hug. "I'm sorry. I was afraid you wouldn't come if you knew."
Raph scratched his earhole. He'd done everything to save Leo's ass including takin' a fucking knife to the face, moving a dead body, and kidnapping. Shit suddenly didn't smell right, and Raphael did not believe for one second, Don and Mike would be like, 'Nah, next time, Fearless.'.
Mikey wasn't giving up. "No. It's not too late!" Then, a eureka-gasp. Something had dawned on the fourth son. "An ambulance!"
Most the crazy ideas that leaked outta Michelangelo's noggin warranted a sarcastic, knee-jerk response, but Donatello was the voice of reverence. "Fuck, yes! Bring 'the list' to us!"
"What about cops?" Leonardo asked.
Don's bedside manner had improved. "Trust me. They won't. Just go to The Alley, and, listen. Don't come back without fluids and an IV. And, a stretcher. And, everything else."
"You'll get it." Then, Mikey's words slowly buckled under some unknown weight. "So, I guess we're going? Leo. You can carry her, right?"
Fearless sounded flatter than dumpster beer. "Yea, but, gonna have to wake her first. Tell her she's safe and we're takin' her to hospital."
Matter-of-fact-Mikey showed up. "Bro, she is gonna be freaked out. You know that, right?"
Raphael did not like the sound of this at all. The dread knotted up his belly. One foot bounced, jiggling away the nerves. What was everybody dancing around? The girl had been alive and not kicking when he had gone under.
Leo's voice was as smooth as snake-oil. "It's okay, kid, you go 'head, I'm right behind you."
"I trust you. Don't worry, Don!" Michelangelo ran away and his footsteps faded.
Ain't never heard such a light tone and callous-as-fuck chuckle from Leo before. "Maybe she won't freak out?"
Don wasn't playing. "I get it. Seeing what you saw was fucking shitty. You're not yourself. But, Raph brought it on himself. Fuckin' rape? Please don't joke about that."
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Raphael? Rape?! No. No fucking way! "YOU ASSHOLE!" The sound blast mushroomed over acres and acres. Then, there was quiet. A stillness in the air. Thunder with no brakes answered. The rocks on the ground skittered and jumped.
It hurt worse than a knife in the eye; a double-decker greyhound plowed over Raphael and ragdolled him through gravel and dirt. After tumbling to a stop, the mutant stretched his face from the sticky gelatinous mud. He ended up in a tar pit, where "rapist" was chiseled into a tombstone.
The old-timey radio also stuck out the mire,
Leo's gear creaked before he spoke, "I'm sorry, you're right, Don. I'll wake her up gentle." His voice got quieter, as if he had moved away. "Excuse me? Miss? Miss? Damn, she's still out. What the-" Choking noise. Scraping noises gave way to a hoarse cry. "Give me a light!"
Donnie yelped, "What? What now? Here! Catch!"
Something clicked. That conniving jackass's murmur sounded hopeless. "She's. She's green."
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