(Drama: Due to the two day waiting thingy… Haley: We are posting again. Drama: Yeah, what she said. Haley: Huh… I don't remember that being there when I first signed up… But didn't I sign up in like, October 2007, though? Drama: I don't know, but we should REALLY start getting going on this story. Haley: Oh, okay.)
Italics- Flashbacks
Norm Print- Present
"Master Splinter? Father?!" I yelled. I need to know what he meant! I cried and cried.
"Mike. We need to get going." Leo stated.
"But… Master Splinter! We can't just leave him here!" I argue.
My torso is laid over the dresser, and sobs wrack my body. I feel a hand set itself on my shoulder.
"It's all right, Michelangelo." April comforted me as well as she could. But it wasn't enough.
"We have to." He turned. But as he did that, he collapsed. I felt the pool of blood around me grow warmer and thicker at an alarming rate.
"Leo!" Don yelled. He dived and caught him. My eldest brother clutched his stomach, which was previously coated in Master Splinter's blood. No, it wasn't just his blood. It was also Leo's... "Raph, Mike… He won't make it…"
"No, it won't, April. It never will be." I whisper.
"The only reason it isn't okay is because you just sit and brood all day! When you lose something, you are supposed to pick yourself up and remember what you still have!" She snapped. I cried harder.
"The thing is, April… I have nothing to remember… I lost everything…" I whispered.
"No, Don! We need him! We can't lose Leo! We just… Can't!" I cry even harder with Raph yelling at my other brother. Raph began to sob after a few moments of silence.
"I'm sorry…" Leo rasped. His body went limp and I used my arms to try and pull myself over to him, but it was nearly impossible. Blood was still dripping down my face.
"Leo! No! Leo…" I put head into my arm and began to sob.
"He's gone, Mikey…" Don told me.
April went silent. I rolled my chair into my room and pulled myself onto my bed using handle bars April built for me. I pulled my legs up onto the bed with my right arm and my left… Stub.
"We need to leave. Now." Raph said, from his watch at the door. He walked over to me and put me over his shoulder. He ran out into the hall way and instantly gun shots were sounded through the entire building. We made it to the window that would get us out of there. Mysterious figures surrounded us.
"Mike, you need to try to get out the window." Raph yelled. My eyes widened. They were sacrificing themselves… For me…
I didn't even notice the bomb flying toward me…
I fiddled with my 'Stub'. It still ached sometimes. I even sometimes felt the 'Phantom limb' as April called it. I wish that night ended differently… Don would be here, still doing his scientist thing, and correcting all my dumb ass theories.
The explosion caught me off guard. My arm was damaged, severely. It looked completely mangled. Good thing I am right handed…
I turn and see a sight that would haunt me for life.
Don's head was gazing at me, his eyes glazed over with death. But you know what was even more revolting? There was no body…
I fell asleep for who-knows-how-long and woke up later. I reached my left arm up so I could scratch my neck… But frowned when the stub hit my neck. I really thought it was there that time… I felt like crying once again. I used my arms (And the handle bars) to sit myself up and threw my head back in frustration. I cried out when the damaged part of my head hit concrete.
"Shit…" I whispered under my breath.
The building creaked and groaned. I pulled myself up to the edge of the window, very difficultly. I dropped. I felt myself fall a bit, and landed with a splash. Good, the sewer hole wasn't covered. I dragged myself over a bit, and a crash was heard underneath the opening. I looked over and saw a shelled figure.
Raph would still be here to knock sense into me when I did something wrong or just to be there…
"Raph!" I said as loudly as I could, as weak as I was…
I sighed. I grabbed a pillow and put it over my face for a few seconds, then threw it to the other side of the room. This is what my life consisted of. Sleeping, eating, using the bathroom, and moping around. Doesn't sound very fun, does it?
I made my way over to him. Using my crawling method once again. The first thing I noticed was the big, wooden plank that stuck right through his plastron. I felt like barfing. I looked at him, expecting to see life… There was some, but it was quickly fading away.
"M-Mike…?" He whispered. I shushed him. "Mike, I-I love y-you…"
"Raph… Don't say good bye yet…" I felt my voice quivering with the oncoming tears. A few moments passed.
"D-do you believe in someone's spirit living on in s-someone e-else?" He asked.
"I don't know… I would have to see it to believe it…" I reply. He nods.
I wish I would have been smarter. If I just… Didn't do anything I did that night, they would still be here…
"I-If I came back… I would want to be… A kid…" He whispers.
"A… Kid?" I question. He nods.
"To start o-over… So I could… Could be more like… Don… You… Hell, Leo even…" He raised his voice, just a bit. Coughs began to wrack him. His eyes began to roll back.
"Raph! Don't leave…" I yelled. His eyes snapped open once again. But he looked almost gone already.
"Mike… I'm sorry… I… Love… You…" With those words, my last remaining brother left me. I cried. But blood loss began to get to me. I found my shell cell (Somehow) and managed to dial April's number.
"April… I need… H-help…" I whisper before promptly passing out.
But they aren't here. And it is my fault. I just wish they were here… I just wish…
I just wish I still had something to live for…
(A/N: Drama: HEY! You got more time typing! Haley: Well… My part is more important. Right now, at least… Drama: Sure it is. Show off.)
