(BETA) This Story has not been read through thoroughly so there will be some lingering mistakes, apologies! This will be rectified once read though...when I have time... (BETA)
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This is my second story posted so be gentle, I've not written in a long time...
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As Raph entered the rom with Alice in his arms, he set her down on his bed and stood up. He was about to leave but stopped before he left out of the door.
"I uh, my have overheard a little when you were talking to Splinter..."He said slowly, his back to Alice and she crawled into the sheets. He heard the rustling of his bed sheets and felt his body stiffen. There's a girl. In. My. Bed. He thought to himself.
Alice stopped still for a moment before getting herself comfortable again.
"I'm sorry you had to hear it..." She said flatly.
"Sorry?" He turned around to look at her. "Why you are apologizing, I'm, I'm..."Why should I be sorry either...He thought to himself.
"It's alright Raph, there's no need to say anything. What's done is done. But, thank you."
"Thank you? Thank you for what?"Raph grumbled confused.
"Thank you for trying to comfort me." she explained.
Raph was silent for a moment, realizing that was what he was trying to do.
"Whatever, just rest, Donnies orders." He grumbled before heading for the door closing it behind him. He sighed heavily before launching himself over the railing down to the lower floor with his brothers.
"So, you guys get in trouble?" Raph teased.
"We're grounded, that includes you too Raph!" Leo yelled.
"Ugh! What! It wasn't even my idea!" Raph argued.
His brothers just shrugged at him.
"Ugh!" He growled throwing his hands in the air and stalking off to the training room to take his anger out on a certain helpful dummy.
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Later on the evening, a scout of Blade mercenaries made their way to a corporate building with a lit up eye symbol. Walking through the entrance towards the elevator they took it up to the top. Once the doors opened a previous Blade mercenary was thrown form the room into the newly opened elevator tumbling against the back all of it.
The Blades looked to each other before heading in. Walking towards a large black glass desk and a high black leather chair that was facing away from them and towards the large whole wall window.
"So, have you brought me better news?" A dark female voice sounded form the chair.
The Mercenaries stood t attention.
"I'm afraid, we lost her, Ma'am. She lost us in the alley way and there's no sign of her, she didn't attend to her usual routine either Ma'am. "
There was a painful silence for a moment before the woman voice sounded again.
"I see…" Her voice rang like chimes in the large empty office.
The chair suddenly moved around to look at the mercenaries, her long black hair slick back and cascaded down her back. Her purple eyes shone in dark as they glared at the failed mercenaries.
"She must have found somewhere to hide. Where was the last place you saw her before loosing her?" She enquire, crossing her legs her black leather trousers squeaking against her skin as she did so.
"In a dead end at the alley way. There was no way she could have gotten over the wall so we assumed she evaded us. The was however a manhole cover-" He continued.
"The sewers? I wouldn't put it past her…" She thought for a moment. "Assemble as many men as you can, search the sewers, I want her found and killed!" Her ordered, her dark voice bellowing in the room.
The mercenaries bowed their heads and headed off back to the elevator.
The dark woman grinned. "My dear sister, there is only so far you can go until I find you again…" Her murmured to herself.
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"No! No please no!" Alice felt herself scream her arms bound behind her and her ankles bound with her knees bent and her chin to the harsh carpet. Tears welling up in her eyes, she could barely see an inch in front of her.
She could see a dark figure standing behind her parents as they bound kneeling on the floor clothes between their teeth and lips. Only muffled panic grunts could be heard. She saw something shine in the figure hand.
"No! No please! Take me! Take me instead! Leave them alone! Please!" She felt herself scream until her throat went dry, small cracked grunts as her breathe left her lungs. She felt something come down hard on her back, so much weight pushing her further down to shut her up. Her head now tilted to the side her cheek pushed against the carpet as the tears soaked the fibers.
The figure grabbed the hair on the top of her mother's head tilting her head back as it stood behind her. The flash again from the sharp object in his hand, it swept across her neck, blood spilling from her throat, muffled gargles echoed in her head.
"Nooooo! No please! Muuuuum! No…" Her voice disappeared her throat to dry as she cried furiously.
Her mother body slumped forward hitting the carpet, red blood running from her mouth and throat coming just inches from Alice's face.
The figure moved behind her father and grabbed his hair doing the same, pulling it back to expose his neck and dragging the sharp object across it. The figure turning around his back to Alice as he bent down to the bodies, the red eyes symbol on the back of his armor flashing red.
"Nooooo! God nooooo! FATHER!" Her last scream shook her whole body.
"Alice! Alice Wake up!"
Her body shook as her scream continued.
She pushed flinging her body up tilting her head back away from the sight of her parents across the flow her throat was dry, her mouth was open but no noise came out, her scream disappeared.
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"Alice! For shell sake wake up!" Raph shook her furiously as she sat up in his hands.
Her eyes flashed open and drew in a long rouge breathe as if she had been holding her breathe, coughing as the air escaped her lungs and rapidly entered again. Breathing coming natural to her once again.
"Alice, you ok jeez…that must have been a hell of a nightmare." Raph looked at her, her eyes not meeting his. His brow furrowed.
"Where am I?!" she looked around frantically. Her hair was wet and her skin glistening with sweat.
"You're in the lair, in the sewers Alice, you've been here for a day now." Raph said calmly.
Her closed her eyes and sighed trying to control her breathing. She finally looked up seeing Raph knelt on the bed in front of her over her legs. She looked up further to see his brothers and Master Splinter standing around, looks of concern creasing their faces.
She put a hand to her throat and tried to breathe calmly, her throat burning.
"Here." Donnie handed her a glass of water. Alice grabbed it and down the whole thing a bead of water escaping from the corner of her mouth. She sighed and kept the glass in her lap for a moment before handing it back to Donnie.
"Thank you…" She croaked.
"That was quite a memory." Splinter said calmly. "You have suffered through much." He bent down to put a try with a teapot and cup next to the mattress. "Drink this tea, it will calm your nerves."
Alice just nodded; Splinter nodded in return and headed out of the room the rest of Raph brothers following him.
Raph stayed put for a while sitting back on the bed slightly to look at her, saying nothing.
"It's alright Raph, I'll be fine. I just, need to distract myself for a while…" She said softly.
She poured herself a cup of the tea and blew on it before sipping, she sighed feeling relaxed already.
"Do you need anythin?" Raph said unsure what else to offer at a time like this.
Alice shook her head. "It must be late you should get some sleep." She said softly before sipping at her tea again.
"Not sure I can sleep hearing those screams, was like something out of a horror movie." He said flatly.
Alice smiled weakly. "Sorry…" She set the tea down on the tray and lay back on the bed sighing and closing her eyes.
"I'm not sure I should leave ya after that…" Raph said slowly, not entirely sure of his own words.
Alice said nothing; she opened her eyes and looked at him, seeing him look back at her from the side. She could see something hesitant in his posture, his head hung slightly and his shoulders slumped forward almost protectively.
Alice opened her mouth to speak but her words were lost when Raph stood and walked off of the bed carefully.
"Just give me a shout if you need anything." He said slowly with the back of his shell to her. Before he walked out the door, it was then Alice aught a moment to admire the detail of his shell.
She didn't say anything, she just watched as he left and closed the door leaving it open just a crack. She sank into the pillow behind her head, which was soaked from her sweat.
She leaned over to grab the tea and held it to her lips sipping it slowly. She didn't fall sleep after that, instead she lay in Raphs bed and contemplated her situation. A faint smile tugged at the corner of her mouth at the sheer nonsense of living with four mutant ninja turtles and a giant talking rat.
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Raph grunted, yawning and stretching out of the sofa as he woke himself up. He sat up on the sofa and went over to the kitchen to grab a leaf of lettuce. Moving to a large tank to the side of the room, he picked up a small turtle and placed it on the table feeding it the leaf of lettuce.
"There you go Spike. Ugh! It's going to be a boring week, being grounded sucks. You understand don'cha?" He leant on his arm as he stared at his beloved pet turtle.
"Chew on your leaf if you understand me." The little turtle leant down and chewed on the leaf. Raph smirked. "I thought so." Her mumbled.
His head went up to look at his bedroom door. "It's going to be a long week being stuck down here with her…" His words drifted off for a moment when he realized the door was half open. Had someone gone in or? He got up from the table and grabbed the metal bar swinging himself up on the raining then on the second floor.
He pushed the door open the rest of the way and looked inside…nothing.
Then he heard that sound again…His eyes widened and his body stiffened.
He turned to look down to the washroom door. Slowly he moved towards it and pressed his ear against the door. He flinched away form it as if it was set on fire when another moan sounded form inside. She's definitely in there. He thought.
He was torn from his thoughts when a hand landed on his shoulder. "Never would have pegged you for a perv Raph…" Leo's cool voice sounded from behind him.
Raph stiffened and turned around feeling his blood boil his hands balled into fists and his teeth clenched.
"I was not perving!" He yelled.
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Alice was pouring the water over her sweat soaked skin washing away her nightmare last night. She stopped when she heard a yell from outside the door.
"I was not perving!" She heard a voice yell. Raph? She thought to herself feeling the corners of her mouth tug up in a small smile.
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Leo crossed his arm over his chest and raised an eyebrow at Raph. It was too easy to tease him this way.
"Whatever you say. I helped Alice get to the washroom whilst you were sleeping this morning. You can take her back, I'm going on sewer patrol." Leo said as he walked off.
"I thought we were grounded?" Raph grumbled.
"Yeah, from the surface, Splinted wants to make sure that no one followed Alice the other day, we're taking turn for patrol. You're up next with Donnie." Leo leapt of the railings landing on the ground floor.
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I hope you enjoyed more to come!
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