(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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Alice felt her body flex and waken as she tossed and turned in the bed. Looking at the clock in Raphs room, it was morning already. Alice grunted before sitting up and gently moving herself off of the bed. Reaching for her crutch she decided to take a shower feeling rather groggy as it was. When she walked down the railing she looked down to see Raph wasn't on the sofa and she could hear other in the Dojo. She rolled her eyes. More training…She thought.
When she reached the Washroom door she opened it and was surprised to find that is was full of steam. Before going in to the thick clouded room she called out to make sure no one was in there already.
"Hello? Any one in here?" She waiting for a moment but when there was no response she went in setting herself on the usual stood in the corner of the room. Setting her crutch against the wall she started to strip herself of her clothes letting them pool at her feet and kicking them away. Her hair was already getting damp from the steam as she sat down on the stool and reached for a sponge to pour water on her skin. She moaned feeling the hot water ease her muscles. After sometime there was a weird noise that echoed in the room, it sounded like a vent of some sort. I guess they would have to vent the steam out of here somehow…she thought. She didn't pay it much attention, continuing to pour water over her hair slicking it back. The air started to feel a little lighter and the room started to become clearer.
Alice was about to reach down to fill her sponge again before something opposite her caught her eye. She looked up suddenly, her eyes widening and her jaw dropping at the figure sat on another stool in front of her. A turtle was sat on the stool pouring water over him his eyes closed. She looked up to see a red Band hung from the hook behind him.
"RAPH!" Alice yelled. She cocked her head to the side when he didn't react to her outburst. When the steam cleared up a little more she could see he had headphones in. Before she could reach for her towel he suddenly turned and yelped falling off of his stool his earphones falling out.
"What the hell are you doing in here!?" He yelled at her from the floor.
"What am I doing in here!? What are you doing in here!?" Alice yelled back reaching for her towel and wrapping around herself.
Raph got up and rub his eyes unbelieving what he just saw. "I was definitely in here first!" He yelled.
"I called, I called out to see if anyone was in here, and when I heard nothing I came in! It was steamy I couldn't see! I-"
"Just stop!" Raph yelled keeping his eyes still closed trying to burn the image of her naked out of his head.
They stayed like that for what felt like hours until Alice was the first to speak.
"Did I really look that repulsive to you?" She asked simply.
Raph snapped his eyes open and looked up at her. "What!? No, it wasn't-you looked-yo-Argh!" Raph grumbled and stood up grabbing his stuff and getting of the washroom slamming the door behind him. He bumped into Mikey as he walked along the railing.
Mikey flinched. "Yo dude! Put your shell back on man!"
Raph steamed. "MIKEY!" He pushed him off the edge making him land on the sofa.
"I thought washing was meant to be relaxing!" Mikey yelled. Raph just sighed and putting his belt and band back on made his way down to the kitchen. Not being able to brood in his own room was starting to take its toll.
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Alice hadn't come out of Raphs room since their incident in the washroom. Every so often he would glare up at the door.
"So what did you do?" Leo asked next to Raph standing over him as he did push-ups.
"What do you mean? What did I do?" Raph snarled.
"You were the last to see her last night and I heard the commotion this morning. What did you do?" Leo rested his knuckled on his hips.
"I didn't do anything, this morning was just a-" He growled and got up walking away from Leo.
Leo watched him walk away and looked up to his door. "Well you're the only one who can fix it. So fix it!"
"What's it to you anyway!" Raph yelled. His eyes widened when he heard his stomach growl. Leo blushed.
Raph opened his mouth to yell or laugh at him but his own stomach made the same noise.
After a while Raph just sighed. "Alright, alright I'll go talk to her!" He stormed off towards the stairs; Leo watching as he went to the door a smug look on his face.
When Raph reached the door, he grumbled and lifted his hand to knock at the door, but hesitated. What if it really was his fault? He pondered for a moment trying to think of what he could have done wrong. The wash room, maybe when she asked if what he saw was...
At that moment his eyes widened, the image of her in the shower lingering; her smooth olive skin, her plump firm...He shook his head out of his thoughts. He grunted and finally knocked at the door.
"Alice, you alive in there?" He asked roughly.
When there was no answer he growled, his fists tightened and his teeth clenched.
"Oh fine! Ignore me! But that's my room and I'm coming in whether you like it or not!" Raph growled before bursting through the door. He looked around waiting to find her so he could yell at her, but his features softened when he saw her in bed, asleep.
He wasn't sure what to do, he still needed to talk to her, to apologize. Apologize for what! He scolded himself, getting himself worked up again, his head snapped to Alice when he heard the bed covers rustle around.
Alice softly opened her eyes and leant up slightly seeing Raph near the door.
"Raph? Is something wrong?" Her voice was rough from sleep as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
Raph just sighed. "I came up here to ask you the same thing, you've been up here all morning since..." He didn't want to mention it, incase that was the reason she was upset.
"Since we washed together you mean?" Her teasing tone caught him off guard, he just looked to her.
"Leo was convinced that I might have, upset you earlier." He said slowly rubbing the back of his neck.
Alice just tilted her head at him. "Why would I be upset? It was technically me that interrupted your wash time." She smiled warmly.
"Yeah, but when you asked if...you know." He fidgeted awkwardly.
Alice put her hand up to silence him. "Don't sweat it, you're a turtle, I suspect a naked human would be rather repulsive to you. I was only joking."
Raph just looked at her. If only that were true...He thought before rubbing his neck again, puling on the front of his shell.
"Well, uh. I'm glad you're alright, I'll just leave you to rest." Raph turned and too quickly headed for the door shutting it behind him. He leant against the closed door and sighed. Squeezing his eyes shut he was sure he just made matters worse.
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Later on that evening, Alice still hadn't come down from Raphs room. The turtles were in the kitchen with Mikey's head in the fridge trying to conjure up dinner.
"Ugh! It's no use, I can't find anything!" Mikey sulked.
"I could really go for some of Alice's Ramen again..." Donnie sighed.
They all hummed in agreement.
"Well I'd better make some then..." A soft voice came form the upper level of the lair.
The brothers looked up to se Alice leaning over smiling down at them.
"Alright!" They all cheered, except Raph who was still just looking up at her.
Alice came down using her Crutch and made her way to the kitchen cooking up Ramen again. Serving into four bowls and setting one in front of each turtle.
The evening drew on, donnie invited April back to the lair from another movie night. When she arrived they popped on their favorite program and sat in their usual places; Mikey was on the floor almost glued to the TV whilst April was sat on the sofa next to Donnie this time and Alice was sat between Leo and Raph.
Alice had brought down her sketch pad and pencils again, but she hadn't sketched anything, she sat and just watched the TV.
Raph kept glancing to her every now and then hoping she had drawn something, a pang of disappointment hit him each time he saw the blank paper. Eventually he had enough, his arm was already behind her from when they sat down. He picked up one of her pencils and doodled in the exposed corner of her pad that was closest to him.
'How come you're not drawin?'
Alice didn't look at it to begin with but eventually gave in and read it. She closed her eyes for a moment before doodling next to his.
'Not in the mood...'
Raph read it immediately and replied.
'What's wrong now?'
'What do you mean?'
'You've been acting off all day...'
Alice paused and closed her eyes again but didn't reply.
Raph tried really hard not to grumble, he didn't want to attract everyones attention, this was their thing he didn't want people getting in on it. After some time which felt like too long he doodled again.
'I wasn't disgusted.' It said simply.
Alice read it her eyes widening slightly.
'What do you mean?' she finally wrote.
Raph just tok a deep breathe, for some reason, this was easier then actually talking to her.
'I didn't find you disgusting...'
'You ran out like you saw a ghost...'
'How else was I supposed to react?'
There was more silence. Alice didn't reply, she just looked at the TV. Raph kept looking to the paper to see if she had written anything. He sighed again, knowing she was waiting for more explanation.
'You.' His writing paused for am moment, his hand tightening on the pencil for a moment.
He was about to right more, but was stopped when the lights were turned back on. Damn it! He thought.
It was getting late and Donnie walked April back out of the lair to the manhole cover, Mikey and Leo went to bed and Raph picked Alice up taking her upstairs to his bedroom.
Once inside, he did the usual, set her crutch to the side and set her things on the floor next to her. He went to leave the room but paused when he heard her voice from behind her.
"This is going to sound strange since it's your room, but why don't you stay for a bit and we can, talk?" Her voice was hopeful as she got into the covers.
Raph turned around to look at him, a nervous look on his face. "Uh, sure. I'm not that tired anyway." Raph walked to the bed and sat on the edge a little distance from Alice.
They were silent for a moment, not entirely sure what to say. Alice was the first to start.
"So, what were you going to write before we were rudely interrupted?" She asked boldly, wrapping her arms around her knees.
Raph looked nervous again, rubbing the back of his neck and pulling on his shell.
"I uh, can't remember..." He said simply.
Alice smirked and picked up the paper they had doodled on reading out the notes.
"You..." She read out his last note. "So, jog your memory?" She was calling his bluff, she knew he had something to say.
Raph just sighed trying to keep his cool. "It was nothing important, I was just gunna write that, you weren't, disgusting..."
There was another silence. "If I'm not disgusting to you, then what am I? You ran out of there rather quickly, ere had to be a reason?"
Raph growled a little at her persistence. "For shell sake! I ran out coz I've never seen a hot naked chick before alright!?" He growled trying to keep his voice down.
Alice wasn't taken back by his words. There was another silence building between them, Alice couldn't help the stupid grin on her face from his flattering, all be it straight forward words.
"I would say that I've never seen a hot naked turtle before, but you're pretty much naked all the time..." She jested trying to lighten the mood.
"Haha..." Raph laughed sarcastically. His body stiffened and his eyes widened when her words repeated in his head. Hot. Turtle? He questioned himself. He looked at Alice for a moment who was smiled warmly at him.
He stood suddenly, feeling a little too hot in the room. He rubbed the back of his head heading for the door, hesitating, his hand resting on the door. He almost didn't want to leave, he wanted to stay, he was feeling hot but that wasn't because of the situation. I think it's because it's her...He thought to himself. Whilst to was contemplating he was snapped out of it when he felt a small soft hand on his shoulder. He turned round seeing Alice standing behind him looking up at him softly; her cardigan was off and she was left in her strap dress. He raised an eyebrow at her not even hearing her move to be so close to him.
"For a non-ninja, that was pretty stealthy..." He said simply.
Alice gave a short laugh from her throat. Releasing his shoulder when he turned around fully to face her, she saw a dark smirk. Before she could speak she was turned around and almost slammed against the door with Raphs hands either side of her head on the door.
"But I'm better..." He smirked.
Alice was taken back, she just looked at him, he was eye level with her his face only a couple inches from hers. Raphs face fell from a smirk to a slight realization of just how close they were to each other. He could feel her chest ever so slightly graze the front of his shell when she inhaled. He could feel her breathe on his face, her breathing was becoming rapid. His breath hitched in his throat when he saw her smirk at him.
"What's the hold up Raph, I thought Ninjas don't hesitate?" Her voice was low and almost threatening.
Raph scowled and growled, he was more aggravated at himself, not entirely sure where to go from here, he didn't want to be the one to back down.
He watched as Alice rolled her eyes and slowly reached up to rap her arms around his neck, resting them there. Raph felt his own breathing become erratic.
He felt himself start to lean in closer, so close he could taste her breathe on his lips mingling with his own. They both jumped at the sound of knocking at the door Alice was leaning against.
"Raph! You in there! We have a situation!" Leos voice sounded form the other side of the door. Looking down at Alice he scowled and gently moved her so he could open the door.
"What!?" He yelled angrily.
"It's April and Donnie, they didn't come back from the manhole cover. When we went to go check, we found this." He held out Donnie's stick.
Raphs eyes widened. "What's the plan?"
"We've got to go look for them, they must have been ambushed in the alley."
"What if they're waiting for us too!" Raph argued.
"That's risk we're going to have to take, we need to trace their steps and find them!" Leo argued back leaping over the railing to where Mikey was.
Raph sighed and looked back at Alice, a look of disappointment furrowed his brow, before he left closing the door behind him.
Leaping over the railing he landed near his brothers. Leo nodded at him before they started running towards the manhole cover that Donnie and April took to the surface.
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When they reached the manhole cover, Leo went up the ladder first and lifted it slightly to take in the surroundings.
"Ok, the coast looks clear." He confirmed.
Leo, Raph and Mikey climbed out of the manhole cover. They looked around, trying to find any trace of what migh have happened to them.
"Hey guys, over here I think I found something!" Mikey called fro the darl corner of the alley.
The brothers made their way over to him, he emerged for the dark holding a shuriken, it had the logo of Alice's sister, the one her mercenaries were wearing on the back of their outfits.
"This is not good, where do you think they would have taken them, and why?" Leo pondered.
"They know Alice is with us, probably a way to make an exchange, Donnie and April for Alice…" Raph grumbled, his fists tightening. "They must be crazy if they think we'd fall for it!"
They were silent for a moment. "Well we know where they are, the giant building with her logo on. It's not far from here.." Mikey conformed.
"Ok, here's the plan, we go there to asses the situation first. If it's seems possible, we go in using stealth and get them out of there." Leo said using his commanding tone.
The others nodded and followed him into the city.
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April was the first to wake up, she felt herself constricted, and something tied around her and something bulging into her back. She managed to turn her head enough to see Donnie behind her, his shell to her. Looking around, the room was sparse, a giant window behind a black glass desk and black high back chair. The other side to her she could see an elevator door…
"Donnie…?" She whispered, shaking slightly to try and wake him. She stopped when she heard the elevator ding. April closed her eyes pretending to still be out of it.
"Ah, I see you were successful in retrieving them, good work. The others will not be far behind…" Eris praised standing by the two tied up on the floor. She smirked.
"My sister thinks she can hide from me like a coward, she is sorely mistaken." Eris walked towards her desk sitting in her chair; she waved her hands to the mercenaries behind her.
"His in the shadows, keep an eye out for them, but don't approach them, not until I give the signal, we want them alive to tell us where Alice is hiding." Eris smirked knowing her mercenaries had left her side and were concealing themselves in the darkness around her.
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The three turtles reached the roof of the large corporate building in the center of the city. Looking through the rook window, they could see Donnie and April tied up together in the center of the large room. Leo couldn't see any sign of anyone else.
"Alright, the coast look clear or now, but it could be a trap. I'll go down first, don't show unless you see anyone approach me. Got it?" Leo ordered looking to his brothers.
Raph and Mikey nodded, watching as he climbed down into the darkness of the room disappearing for a moment before appearing next to April and Donnie.
"April, Donnie." He all but whispered to them.
April opened her eyes recognizing the voice. She smiled and whispered happily. "Leo!"
Leo put a digit to his lips in gesture for her to stay quiet. Leo shook Donnie lsightly, watching as his eyes opened. "Leo? Where-where am I?"
"I'll explain that later lets get you guys out of here." Leo reached for the ropes around them trying to loosen them.
"Well, well, I have to say I was expecting all of you to show, but you'll do." A dark familiar female voice sounded from the chair behind the desk. It turned around to reveal Eris sat there.
"Eris…" Leo said unpleasantly.
"Did you really think you alone would be able to get them out of here?" At her words three mercenaries emerged from he darkness around him.
Leo smirked. "I didn't come alone…" At his words, Raph and Mikey came in knocking out two of the mercs from behind.
Eris took out her sword and made her way over to Leo, her sword colliding with his. "I have no grudge with you turtle. I just want Alice, is that weakling really worth this much trouble, you can see we can get to you and your friends. It's only a matter of time until we get her too!"
Leo pushed her away with his sword and whirled around landing a kick in her stomach knocking her back.
Eris growled and lunged for him her sword flying around as he doges and weaved around her. His sword collided with his again but this time she pushed and forced him to role backwards.
More mercenaries had shown up to the keep the other two busy.
"Raph! Use the smoke bomb!" Donnie called from between Leo and the others.
Raph nodded and flipped backwards where Leo stood and threw a smoke bomb. They disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke.
Eris scowled keeping her eyes peeled they could not have gone far. They wouldn't leave these two here.
She heard a yelp from behind her, one of her mercs disappeared into the darkness. Then another and another; from around the room, one by one disappearing.
"Show yourselves cowards!" Eris growled.
Once all of the mercs were gone they revealed themselves next to Donnie and April in the center of the room.
Eris just watched with wide eyes as they threw another smoke bomb and disappeared with the captives.
She growled and threw her sword to the ground.
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