Ch.6: Lost Memory

----------------------------------

Raph's POV

--------------------------------

Darkness. Everything looked so black. Oooo... My head hurts like shell. How did I end up in this fix anyway? The answer finally struck as another painful shockwave of pain rolled pass. I had show up for my second meeting with Karia when all a sudden I get blasted with some kind of gas. That would explian things. But where was I now?

My body felt relieved of all it's strenth and I couldn't even get my arms to move. My eyelids were closed shut and I could feel the cold metal touch of the floor underneath me. I tried to force my eyes to open to see where I was but even that slightest movement caused strian. What had they done to me? Or, better question, what were they going to do?

The sounds of rummaging Foot soliders caught my ears and I had no doubt that Karia was among them, watching to see if I was still conious. Well I'm conious all right. It just feels like they slipped me a load of drugs just make sure I lay as still as a statue. I couldn't tell if Wolf was among the soliders. Surely her cover hadn't been blown. She led me into a trap right? That had to give her some credit towards the big boss of this operation.

The Foot had been planning something big with those chemicals. I was determined to find out what. But now, looking at the odds, I may never find out now. Suddenly an image of my brothers flashed through my mind and I thought this probally how Leo felt after the Shredder's defeat. He felt like a failure and so did I. I failed my family.

The smell of gas drifted into my nostrils and I couldn't stay awake for very much longer. So with my last gasping breath I muttered what I feared may be my final words.

"I'm sorry,"

----------------------------

Normal POV

--------------------------

Karia watched as her Foot soliders dragged Rapheal into his glass prision. The red-masked turtle could barely move and his breathing was shallow showing that the gas had taken effect. For a moment Karia felt a twinge of pity for her love and what she was fixing to do to make sure that they stayed together.

Rapheal's unconious body was placed into a long glass tube and sealed up tight. Foot techians stood at ready to pull the switch when Karia ordered. Karia nodded indicating for the solider to trigger the machine. The solider nodded and pulled down the lever and a strange white gas started filling the tube in which Raph was encased.

Wolf, still dressed in her Foot garb, peered into the room where a multitude of Foot soliders were gathering, curious to see what was going on. A silent gasp barely escaped her lips when she saw Rapheal trapped in some kind of machine. Fearing the worst Wolf quickly fled to inform Raph's family about what Karia was doing to their brother.

As Wolf ran a room she had never seen before caught her eye. The door had no locks or key holes. Nothing that would grant the seeker a way of entry. Ever curious Wolf approached the door and studied it's designs. A mystical looking dragon had been hand carved on the door daring any intruder to enter. In this case the intruder was Wolf.

Carefully studying the design Wolf noticed that something about the dragon didn't seem right somehow. If fact it looked...familar. The sound of incoming footsteps approached her way and Wolf instantly realized she would have to find out the secret of the door some other time. She had to get to Raph's brothers!

Running as fast as she dared Wolf made it outside and started jumping from rooftop to rooftop to finally the street below. Lifting up a sewer lid Wolf slipped down into the dark depths of the underground tunnels of the sewers and ran to the turtles lair.

Meanwhile, everyone in the lair were already fast asleep, except for Leo of course. Since his fight with Raph Leo had been reflecting on what Wolf had said before she took his hot-tempered brother away. No matter what he did Wolf's words kept on repeating through his mind and he started to wonder if he had been wrong.

"Leo!...Mikey!...Don!"

Those sudden shouts caught the blue-masked turtle's attention before he could think any further and he instantly rushed towards the sound. Mike and Don were also awakened from the slumber and together the three turtles rushed towards the living room. Wolf was standing there looking way out of breath.

"Wolf what is it?" asked Don.

"It's Karia..." said Wolf taking a deep breath before contining "she's captured Raph and put him in some kind of machine. I don't know what that machine will do to him. We have to save Raph,"

"Calm down for minute" said Leo "look since Karia likes Raph that machine wouldn't kill him it probally has another function,"

Wolf had to agree that Leo's statement was plausible, but the look of shock on Don and Mike's faces it obivous that Raph's secret had just gotten through to them. Mikey was the first to speak though.

"Hold the phone" said Mikey "if Karia likes Raph then that would mean...,"

Leo nodded confirming Mikey's deduction to be true. None of the less the reaction you expect from Mikey was just the same response you'd get from any person that seen something real nasty and never wanted to think about again.

"Gross,"

"We have no time to waste" said Don "where have they got him Wolf?"

"In the technical chamber of the Foot building" said Wolf readily "there was a strange looking door I noticed on my way out. I think it may be the place where the Foot is storing the chemicals they stolen from West Labortories,"

"First things first" said Leo "we need to save Raph. Show us the way Wolf,"

Back at Foot headquarters Raph was just reawakening after being gassed twice in the same night. That's a new record. Carefully surveying where the shell he was Raph got up and moved around. At least his arms and legs were working properly now. He had no idea where he was or how he got there but he was sure to find out.

Karia was the first to greet him as he walked into her 'office' so to speak. Although 'office' wouldn't be exactly the right word to describe it. It was more like a gigantic hallway with a table at one end and dragons surrounding the pillars that held up the cieling.

"I'm glad you are finally awake Rapheal" said Karia "I was starting to get worried,"

"Who are you?" asked Raph.

Okay for those of you who think this is way beyond wierd and are wondering why Raph can't even remember a simple name. Simple word 'gas'. The first gas Karia had used on on Rapheal was just your ordinary knockout gas. The gas from the machine had a different function and earased Rapheal's memory. Grinning a her achievement Karia answered Rapheal's previous question.

"I am Karia" said Karia "your girlfriend and this is my...our home,"

"Girlfriend huh?" said Raph "well that makes sense...I think. And who am I?"

"You are Rapheal" said Karia "master of the sais and New York's only ninja turtle I have come to know,"

Since Raph's memory is wiped clean Karia told Raph more and more lies and the red-masked turtle kept on believing them. Soon enough a whole 'nother side of Raph would be awakened and the whole world would soon see how dangerous that side was.