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Ch 9 Taken.

"Donatello." Splinter looked at him while he gripped Leo's shoulders to steady him. "Is Raphael okay?"

Before Donnie could answer, Mikey and Renet came running into the hospital. "Dudes." Mikey called out. "We got here as soon as we could." Both were breathing hard and shaking from hearing the news. "How's Raph?"

Donatello looked at everyone, he held Angel's hand tightly as he spoke. "He's alive." Donnie said as everyone let out a huge sigh of relief. "The police told me he was very lucky. The bullet went right through the windshield on the right side and hit him in his right shoulder but….." Donnie suddenly put a hand to his mouth and sobbed. He took several deep breaths to steady himself before he could continue." They said if he hadn't turned his head to the left at that moment to try and move over into the left lane, the bullet would of hit him in the neck instead." He choked out. "It could have paralyzed him or...sob...killed him."

Donnie turned away from everyone and sobbed hard into Angel's shoulder. She stroked his shell and whispered words of encouragement. Donnie took a shuddering breath and turned back to the others. Mikey was holding onto Renet and Splinter had his arms wrapped around Leo who had tears flowing down his cheeks.

"I guess it's a good thing Raph took his truck to work instead of his bike." Mikey commented.

"It was raining this morning. He never takes his bike when it's raining." Leo whispered. He looked back to Donnie. "Will he be okay? What else did the police say? Has the Doctor been out yet?" Leo demanded as the questions flew out of his mouth.

Donnie breath deeply and composed himself. "The bullet hit him in the shoulder, there was a lot of bleeding but for the most part, he's okay. From what the police determined, when the bullet hit him, the sudden impact and pain caused him to swerve to the right so there was no other vehicle involved." Leo put a hand over his mouth trying hard to stifle the sobs as Donnie continued. "He hit the pole and the air bag went off, between that and the bullet, he was knocked unconscious."

Angel looked at everyone. "He's still in surgery, the Doctor will come out and let us know what's going on when he's done which, will hopefully be soon."

Leo nodded and took a seat. He felt so exhausted and sick, he couldn't even stand on his feet any longer. He put his hands over his eyes and rubbed them in frustration. He barely heard the others talking.

"Hey…"Mikey looked at Donnie. "How did you find out about the accident and get here so fast?" He wondered.

Angel looked at him sheepishly. "I work here Mikey." She told him, it was then he noticed she was wearing a nurse's uniform. "I was on duty when Raph was brought in and I called Donnie right away."

Donnie sniffed and wiped his eyes of the tears, he then looked at her rather shyly. "It pays to date a nurse sometimes." He said.

She looked at him with a mocking glare."Sometimes?" She questioned.

He smiled at her and brought her into another hug. "Thank you." He said.

While the others talked, Splinter looked down at Leonardo and placed his paw on his shoulder. "He will be alright my son." Splinter told him.

Leo nodded but kept his head looking down at the floor. Splinter put a finger under his chin and lifted his face so he would look at him. "None of this is your fault Leonardo." He told him sternly.

"It feels like it is." Leo replied. "Ever since I got here, I've brought you all nothing but trouble Sensei." He sighed tiredly. "First Mikey gets shot and now Raph. Sometimes I feel like the universe is telling me Raph and I shouldn't be together…"

"I will not hear such nonsense Leonardo." Splinter interrupted before Leo could continue. "You and Raphael love each other. Do you not?" Leo looked at him with tear filled eyes and nodded. "Then you must fight for what you want and do what you can to move on." Leo sat up taller and looked at him with hopeful eyes. "Is that not what your mother taught you."

"Yes Sensei." Leo said and smiled shyly at him.

Several minutes went by before the doctor finally came out. He smiled at the group. "Raphael is awake and he is asking to speak with his family." The Doctor told them.

"He'll be alright?" Mikey asked.

"He has a slight concussion and he did lose quite a lot of blood, but he will be fine. We will be keeping him here for a few days but afterwards, if there is no further concerns or complications, we'll send him home." Everyone cheered at the news and gave each other hugs. The doctor smiled and looked from one turtle to the other. "Before everyone goes in, he was hoping he could have a few minutes alone with someone named…Leonardo." He said looking around.

Leo quickly stepped forward and went with the doctor into the recovery room where Raph was laying on a bed with his head and arm bandaged and an IV was hooked up to his arm. Leo made his way quickly over to the bed and looked down at Raph with his eyes searching over every inch of him. Aside from his head and arm, the rest of him looked okay and he let out a sigh of relief when he realized Raph was awake and smiling at him.

"Hey babe." He smiled tiredly. "How ya doing?"

"How am I doing?" Leo asked with a surprise and nervous chuckle. "Shouldn't I be asking you that question?"

"Me?" Raph let out a small tired laugh. "I'm fine. I've got good looking nurses taking care of me. I get free food, I'm being pampered and I get to sleep as long as I want." He smiled up at Leo.

Leo smiled down at him and push back the tears with rapidly blinking eyes. "Good looking nurses?" He questioned, trying to hold back a sob that threatened to escape. He raised his eye ridges curiously and crossed his arms in mock anger.

"Hey, I can still look." Raph replied. "Just don't care to touch." He brought his hand up to Leo's face and rubbed his cheek affectionately. "You look tired babe."

Leo shook his head. "Just exhausted worrying over you." Leo looked away from him shyly and took a deep steadying breath before turning back to him. "Can't send you out anywhere without something happening to you." He nuzzled Raph's hand with his cheek and gave it a slight squeeze. "You and that hot headed attitude of yours…" He finally couldn't hold it back and let the tears flow. He put his hand over his mouth to try and hide the sobs, but he just couldn't. Raph brought him into a hug.

"Hey, it's okay." Raph soothe, rubbing the back of his shell. "Everything's alright and I'll be out of here in no time." He closed his eyes and laid back tiredly. Leo sat back up and wiped his tears. "When I get home you can use those magic hands of yours and give me that special massage I like so much." Raph laughed tiredly. "And since it doesn't look like I'll be able to go back to work till after our honeymoon, we'll finalize our wedding plans together. Okay?" He brought Leo's hand to his lips and kissed it tenderly.

Tears were rolling down Leo's face again. "Oh Raph." He said with a chuckle, and wiped his eyes. I love you so much." He bent down and hugged him gently. "But the wedding and honeymoon plans are already finalized."

"Oh well." Raph whispered. Leo could see he was getting tired. "Looks like I'll just have to look forward to those massages then." He smiled and Leo pressed their lips together and kissed him tenderly.

"Any time you want, let me know." He promised. He laid his head on Raph's chest and enjoyed being in the arms that wrapped around him.

They held each other for a few minutes longer before Leo pulled away from him and gazed lovingly into his eyes. "The others are pretty worried about you, let me get them so they can see how you're doing."

Raph nodded and Leo smiled at him as he walked out the door and over to the rest of the family which now included April and Casey. They looked at him anxiously and were pleased to hear he wanted to see the rest of the family. The doctor allowed the Hamato family to go in, but advised not to be too long since Raph needed to sleep.

"Doctor." Leo turned to him. "May I go back in there with them?" He looked at Splinter, Donnie and Mikey. "We are all family after all, and we need each other." The doctor nodded but reminded them once again to only stay for a few minutes.

Leo followed the brothers and Splinter back into the room. He watched as Raph's family looked at him with a mixture of relief and concern. Splinter gave him a gentle kiss while each brother gave him a gentle hug."What was that about not using your head to stop a bullet?" Mikey asked jokingly.

Raph gave a slight shake of his head at him. "I didn't." He whispered with a small smile."I stopped it with my arm."

"Next time try your shell." Donnie told him. They stayed with him for a few minutes before Splinter gave him a gentle rub on his head. "We will see you tomorrow my son." He told him. Leo leaned in and gave him a hug and kiss goodbye with a promise to visit him the next day as well. "I do love you so much." He told him as they kissed tenderly.

"Right back at ya babe." Raph whispered He closed his eyes and fell asleep as the family left the room.

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"So the doc says my arm will be fine and I won't even need physical therapy." Raph said proudly, grabbing a slice of pizza from the delivery box April held out for him. "I just have to wear this sling for a few days as well as take it easy for a while and do no heavy lifting."

"Good thing your skin is as thick as your head Raph." Casey teased him. "So when ya getting out of this joint?"

"Doc said I can go home tomorrow." He grinned up at Leo who was sitting on the bed next to him. "Someone just needs to come get me." He gave Leo's ass a pinch which caused Leo to yelp and everyone in the room laughed.

"I'll be here sometime about five, I want to see my mom after my last class." Leo told him, trying to fight the blush that was rising in his cheeks.

"Ah yeah, and then come Saturday someone's getting married." Mikey sang as he bounced around the small room. He took a slice of pizza for Renet before taking one for himself. He then passed the box to Donnie and Angel who then laid it on the bed so Raph could get another piece.

The others laughed at Mikey's antics as they passed around pizza and drank soda. They chatted happily for several minutes until the door to Raph's room opened and a rather large looking nurse with curly blond hair and a stern look in her deep blue eyes walked in and interrupted them.

"What is going on in here?" She demanded with a very authoritative voice, looking over the four couples sitting around and enjoying pizza. "This patient is suppose to be resting!" She walked over to the bed and pulled the half-eaten slice out of Raph's hands.

"Hey!" He yelled. "I was still eating that."

"You will not be having any more of this junk." She told him, throwing it in the pizza box. "You young man, will be saying good bye to your friends and getting ready for a bath."

"I can take a bath after my friends are done visiting." He told her angrily. "Now give me back my pizza."

"Sorry green eyes." She took the pizza box off the bed and handed it to Donnie. "But I'm on a schedule and I'm the one giving the bath, not you."

Raph's eyes opened wide and he grabbed Leo's arm, pulling him close as though he was trying to use him as a shield. "No way!" He yelled, keeping Leo in front of him while Leo struggled to get off the bed and out of Raph's iron clad grip. "The only one giving me a bath is me."

"Think again half-shell." She told him glaring at him with her arms crossed. She now turned to the others in the room. "All of you will have to leave and take this disgusting bit of junk food with you." She motioned toward the door and began to walk towards it. Then she turned back to Raph. "I'll be back in five minutes." She emphasized the five part holding up her hand as she turned to leave.

"Five minutes." Raph looked at her horrified.

The nurse turned back to look at him. "That's right bright eyes." She said with a leering glare. "Five minutes!" She walked out leaving Raph in fear for his life while his friends snickered behind their hands.

"Five minutes." Raph repeated as his face took on a look of horror and Leo finally managed to slip out of his grasp. Raph paled and he suddenly looked like he was about to be led to the gallows. "Leo, babe, you gotta get me outta here now!" He pleaded, reaching out and trying to keep Leo in front of him. "Don't let that behemoth take me." He attempted to grab at Leo as Leo quickly got off the bed and out of his reach.

"Sorry babe." Leo mocked as he dodge Raph's hand. "But no worries, I'll be back tomorrow to bring you home and then we'll have our own little private bath sessions. Luv ya." He giggled as he walked quickly to the door.

"Yeah Raph." Donnie said, grabbing onto Angel's hand. "Enjoy your bath time." They quickly followed Leo's example and rushed out the room.

"Yeah, we don't want to interfere with Nurse Behemoth's schedule." Casey laughed, slinging his arm around April's shoulders as she tried hard to hold back the laughter. "And don't worry, we'll finish off the pizza for ya." April called back.

"It's Nurse Watkins and she's much more gentler then she looks." Mikey told him as he too escorted Renet out the door. "Enjoy Raph!"

Raph watched in disbelief as his friends and family walked out. He watched terrified as a few minutes later, as promised, Nurse Watkins walked in with a wheelchair and stared at him with an evil grin. "Ready bright eyes?"

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"So I have to go get Raph now mom." Leo said, sitting in front of his mother's grave. He had been going over everything that had taken place over the last week while writing the details in the book he gave to Raph back on Valentine's day over a year ago. Coming to the cemetery with Raph and 'speaking' with his mom had become a regular thing for him. It made him feel close to her and remind him of the love he once knew.

He stood up and looked down at the grave. "I miss you mom." He said. "Next Saturday I'm going to be getting married and by this time next week, I'll be Leonardo Tartaruga Hamato." He smiled as the name rolled easily off his lips. "I hope you don't mind that I'm taking Raph's name mom." He said. "It just feels so right and…" Leo sighed deeply. "And I really want this." He smiled. "I really wish you were going to be there, but I know in some way…you already are." He placed his hand on the tombstone. "I love you mom, I'll be back in a few weeks and I'll have Raph with me." He smiled and now looked at his aunt's stone. "Love you too Auntie, see you next time."

He turned and walked toward the Hamato SUV. As he walked, he began to look around, that strange feeling of someone watching him came over him again and he began to feel nervous. He got his keys out and quickly made his way toward the car. No one else was around but still, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was not alone.

He went to lift the handle of the door only to find it locked. He looked at the car uncertainly. 'I don't remember locking the doors.' He thought to himself. He again looked around. A wave of nausea coming over him caused him to lean against the car and breath deeply. 'Get a hold of yourself Leo.' He told himself, wishing and praying this illness was nothing more then his nerves just acting overtime. 'Just get in the car and get to the hospital so you can get Raph and go home.' He looked around and calmed himself as he once again noted that there was no one there but him.

He unlocked the door and swung it open. He quickly climbed in and put the keys in the ignition while closing the door. He leaned back and breath deeply, wishing the nausea would go away. He allowed himself a moment to close his eyes and steady himself before leaning forward and turning on the ignition. He looked ahead at the road that would lead to the exit of the cemetery. He then looked up to the rear view mirror to adjust it but instead was startled at seeing a gun pointed at his head.

"Hello Leonardo." Jeffrey said as Leo let out a startled gasp. "Miss me."