Okay, I've had the whole day off, in between taking care of children, so I've gone ahead and finished the rest of the story. Just one more chapter after this one. Hope you enjoy. Please R&R.
Ch 7 Fighting the Beast Inside.
Leo's head lolled to one side as he slowly regained his senses. He could feel himself being carried in strong muscular arms that had a tight grip on his body. He felt a dull ache behind his eyes and a coppery taste in his mouth. His arms were spread out to his sides and his head was leaned back against the top of his shell. He groaned as he blinked his eyes open and slowly lifted his head to look up at the creature that was carrying him.
As Leo looked up, the creature looked down at him and tighten his hold, one hand tightened on his right thigh and the other around his right armpit tightened against his chest. Leo brought his hands up weakly and pushed against the creature's chest in an attempt to push himself off the large beast but the creature only tightened his hold some more and growled down at him.
As Leo stared up in horror at the face, he suddenly realized that the creatures eyes were green, an emerald green much like his brother...Raph? Leo gasped as he realized it was Raph who this creature was and it was Raph who had attacked both him and Donnie.
Leo now knew this was going to require extreme measures, mustering all his strength, he suddenly jerked his left knee up with full force and smacked Raph in the cheek. With a loud roar, Raph suddenly dropped Leo and staggered back. Leo landed on his feet and moved quickly away from him. He faced his brother and took a fighting stance as he readied for retaliation.
"Sorry Raph." Leo said, taking deep breaths to try and gain his energy back. "But this has to end now." He watched as Raph steady himself and looked back at him. He snarled and ground his teeth together in rage and charged at Leo, fist raised and swinging.
At first, Leo was determined to face his brother head on in hand to hand combat, but as his brother charged forward, he suddenly thought better of it and dodge him. He suddenly wished he had his katanas with him but since he had been attempting to sleep, they had been put away in the dojo.
"Raph!" He attempted to communicate with him. "What the hell happened to you?" His brother charged at him again. "Please Raph." Leo said as he dodge a swing of one of the large fist. "Let me help you."
Raph let out a loud roar and charged one last time toward Leo, he leaped in the air and brought his full weight on Leo who had attempted to dodge him again but this time, Raph had spread his large arms and caught Leo within them. He brought his entire weight down on his brother and landed on top of him hard causing the wind to be knocked out of Leo.
Leo groaned as Raph quickly got himself up and grabbed Leo, throwing him over his shoulder and continued his way futher down into the sewer tunnels. As Leo hung limply over his brother's shoulders, he wondered briefly if his other brother was okay and if he had any idea what had happened to Raph and how he got this way.
"Raph." Leo groaned out. "What...are...you doing?" He gasped out as he attempted to push himself off his brother's shoulder, but the action only caused his head to swim. "Please...Raph." Leo said weakly. "What...do you ...want?" He choked out.
Raph walked a little further on before he suddenly threw Leo from off his shoulder and forced him on his shell. Leo landed with a hard hit and he let out another loud groan. He attempted to get up again but Raph pushed him back down on the ground and proceed to pry his legs apart.
Leo's eyes widen in shock as he realized what it was his brother was attempting to do. "Raph," He cried out. "No, don't please." He attempted to grab his brother's wrist and get his feet against Raph's chest to push him off. "Don't do this Raph!" Leo yelled as he tried to muster his strength to fight his brother.
Finally, he managed to get his feet firmly pressed against Raph's chest and gave a hard shove which sent the much larger turtle creature reeling backwards. Leo watched as Raph fell back and landed on his ass, his eyes widen in fear as Raph let out a loud feral scream and suddenly jumped up and charged at him, fist swinging wildly.
Leo wasted no time in trying to get around his brother as Raph continued to act like a raging animal. But as he attempted to get around, Raph tried to grab at him forcing Leo to back himself into a corner of the wall. As Raph advanced menacingly, Leo looked around trying to figure away around without getting smashed by Raph's large fist, but his hulking form seemed to loam over him like a huge immovable mountain over a small village. And Leo felt sure he would crumble to dust once Raph's unstable emotions cascaded down on top of him.
Finally, after long exhausting moments of trying to dodge his brother's fist and pleading with him to stop, Leo closed his eyes and let out a loud yell. "RAPHAEL!" He commanded. He figured if Raph was not going to listen to his brother, maybe he would listen to his leader. "THAT IS ENOUGH!" As Leo hoped. Raph stopped and stared at him. "YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN!" Leo continued in the most loud leader like voice he had. "THAT IS AN ORDER!" Raph actually started to shrink back a bit and move slowly away from him.
Leo stood as tall as he could and moved toward Raph, he kept his eyes hard and his voice firm. "I want to help you Raph." Leo continued as he moved toward his brother. "But you MUST do what I say." As he forced Raph to back up, he could hear splashing sounds coming from the tunnel and Mikey's voice calling out to them.
"Leo? Raph?" Mikey called out. "Where are you dudes?"
Leo quickly looked over to where the voice was coming from. He held his hand up as Mikey came around the corner.
"Holy Chalupa!" Mikey exclaimed at the sight of his red banded brother. "Is that Raph!?" He called out. He looked at Leo and was relived to see he was somewhat unharmed.
"Yes," Leo replied. "Move slowly Mikey, he doesn't know what he's doing."
Leo watched Raph as Mikey came closer to them holding up the shot. "Is that the antidote?" Leo questioned as he watched Mikey out of the corner of his eye. "How's Donnie?"
"It's the antidote, I think," Mikey responded unsure, "And, um, yeah, Donnie's okay, Sensei's taking care of him."
"Good, sneak up on him carefully and don't move too fast," Leo instructed, "Just try to stay out of his line of sight, I'll try to keep his focus on me."
Mikey moved slowly, holding the needle up and ready to jab into his brother while Leo kept Raph's eye's on him. As he got closer he accidently stepped on a rock and got Raph's attention. Raph turned his head and snarled at Mikey.
Mikey let out a cry of pain as Raph swung his massive arm out and around catching the younger turtle off guard and flung him across the tunnel, dropping the needle as he landed. Raph then turned toward Leo and flew at him. Concern for his brother took Leo's focus off Raph and onto Mikey as he watched him go flying. The next thing he knew, Leo was on the ground with Raph on top of him and attempting to get his legs apart.
"Mikey!" Leo called out as he tried to keep his brother from accomplishing his mission. "Are you okay?!"
"Yeah bro." Mikey said as he sat up groaning. "I dropped the antidote."
"Well hurry up and find it!" Leo yelled as he struggled with Raph. "I don't want to be Raph's next play thing!"
Mikey looked about frantically trying to find the needle. "Just tell him you have a headache!" Mikey called out.
"You're not helping!" Leo yelled out as he pushed Raph again and tried to crawl away from him. "Just get that antidote!"
"Got it" He yelled triumphantly as he held up the needle. "Go ninja go ninja go!'
"MIKEY!" Leo screamed as he was grabbed by Raph and dragged backward on his plastron. Raph forced himself in between Leo's legs while he pressed his large hand down on Leo's back to keep the smaller turtle on his front. Leo's eye's went wide as he felt Raph's massive hands feeling around his tail. "Raphael!" Leo pleaded, trying to use his leader voice again. "Stop, you don't want to do this!" But this time, the commanding voice had no effect on the larger creature.
"BOOYAKASHA!" Mikey yelled as he jumped on top of Raph and jabbed the needle into his thick neck.
Raph turned around as the needled sunk deep into his large neck, he grabbed Mikey and threw him flying across the tunnel, He grabbed at the back of his neck and pulled the needle out. As he stared at it, his head began to swim and his eyes crossed. He fell forward as Leo turned to look at him in time to see his brother falling forward. Before he could get up, Raph landed on Leo's shell faced forward. Leo let out a grunt of pain as he felt his brother's weight crash hard on top of him.