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She Was Crying

Raph entered to his room. He was happy that Donnie couldn't find anything abnormal on the blood samples. They were alright. There was nothing to be afraid of. Anyway, he was kind of angry at Donnie. Science proved that they was fine. What else did he needed to understand that they were alright? Donnie had to accept that he was wrong.

He sat on his bed and noticed that his phone was ringing. It was Casey.

"What do you need Jones?" Raph answered the phone angrily. He had told Casey to leave him alone a lot of times. Casey could wait to know what happened.

"Oh, thank God! You finally answered dude!"

"Yes, what do you want that is so urgent that it can't wait till morning light?!"

"Chill out Raphie! I just wanted to make sure that you were alright. You didn't answered any of my texts."

"Ok, first of all, don't you dare to call me "Raphie" again! Second, I did answer all of your freakin' texts. All of them!"

"Uh, no. You didn't. Check your phone."

"Casey, I don't need to check the bloody phone to know that I did! I'm aware of what I do!" Raph shouted quietly. He didn't wanted to wake up any of his brothers or Splinter. Raph went to check his texts on his phone. Before he could yell anything else to Casey, he realized that Casey was telling the truth. He hadn't answered any of the texts.

"Raphie, are you high or something? You answered none of them."

"Uh… I guess I didn't." Raph said. He was confused. He remembered perfectly being mad at Casey and answering all of his texts before he went to sleep.

"See? You didn't Raph."

"… Anyway, I'm fine Casey. Thank you for asking."

"Dude! Tell me what happened!"

"Sorry Casey, I want to sleep. I'll tell you everything tomorrow... Casey, what are you doing awake? It's almost 5:00 o'clock on the morning!... Are you drunk?"

"I'm at a party Raph! Wanna come over? Everyone is too drunk, they won't notice that you are a turtle."

"Damnit Casey, you should stop drinking and go to sleep."

"Haha, not gonna happen Raphie, but see you tomorrow! I love you man, I really do! You are a very nice friend!"

"Oh God, good night Jones." He said as he hung up the phone.

He didn't understood anything of what had happened with the texts that he sent. He was so sure. He then though that he could be sleeping and dreaming that he answered, but it didn't sound credible at all. Not for him. It felt too real. He couldn't be dreaming.

He decided to stop thinking about the texts and going to sleep. Raph turned off the light of his room and went to his bed. As soon as Raph closed his eyes, he started to recall his dream. That loud coughing and all that blood returned to his brain. He opened his eyes. He needed to calm down. He wanted to sleep. Raph had to wake up early. He had morning training. He just had almost 3 hours of sleep. He needed those.

Raph grabbed his phone and checked the hour. 5:03 o'clock. He opened the drawer, pulled out his earphones, plugged them into his cellphone and put them on. Raph decided to put some music on. As "Hotel California" began playing, he closed his eyes again, trying to erase that terrible image from his brain. Now, instead of hearing the coughing, he sang the lyrics in his mind. After some songs, he finally fell asleep.

"Raph…wake up bro."

"What?..." Raph opened his eyes slowly just to find Mikey's face in front of him.

"Dude, it's late. We've been calling you for hours, but now I see that you had your music volume all the way up. Did you slept with that thing on? You are gonna go deaf one of these days."

"Ugh… What time is it?" Raph said as he stood up and grabbed his bandana and his belts.

"It's 10 o'clock. We've been waiting you for two hours. Master Splinter is mad at you."

"Oh great…"

"Don't worry, just tell him that you are sick or something."

"I am not sick Mikey!" Raph shouted angrily at Mikey.

"Woah dude! Hakuna your shell! I was just trying to help you!"

"… Sorry Mikey. I'm still kinda freaked out about tonight. But it's not a big deal. C'mon."

Both of them went out of Raph's room and walked through the Dojo. They found Splinter, who was looking at Raph with an angry face, Leo, who didn't seemed to have any sleep at all and Donnie, who didn't even looked at him.

"Did you slept well Raphael?" Splinter asked with a not so friendly voice.

"Believe it or not, I didn't, but anyway, I'm sorry Sensei. Promise it won't happen again."

"Oh really? I'm going to make sure that your promise doesn't breaks. You will have to wash all the dishes for a month."

"What!? Not the dishes! Sensei, it's not really necessary. As I said, it won't happen again."

"My son, it's the fourth time on the month that this happens. I just want to make sure. Take this as a lesson and not as a punishment."

"That makes no sense! This is clearly a punishment!"

"Well, it doesn't have to be one for you."

"But…"

"Enough Raphael! I won't change my mind!" Splinter yelled, then, he sighted and lowed his volume. "Now, you are free to go my sons. We've already lost all morning."

With that said, they all stood up and left the Dojo.

Raph rolled his eyes as he walked full of anger to his room. Leo, Donnie and Mikey heard the strong noise of their brother shutting the door.

"Okay… I bet that he won't be coming out for a while."

"I guess you're right Mikey." Leo talked.

"Of course I am! I'm always right dudes! Anyway, why do you all look so tired? You guys look like if you haven't slept on years."

"It's not important Mikey. I'll just go to my lab. I have work to do." Donnie informed as he walked away.

"Hey Leo, wanna watch some TV?"

"Sorry Mikey, I need some sleep. I'll be in my room."

Leo left his brother and headed to his room. Last night, he had no sleep at all. He tried to sleep, but as soon as he closed his eyes, fear would come back and stop him from sleeping. The whistle of that man in the kitchen seemed to never leave. Perhaps, now that it was daylight, he could sleep.

Leo shut the door behind him and headed to his bed. He closed his tired eyes and began thinking nice thoughts. He still had a strange feeling that he was not alone in that room, but he just ignored it. He was really tired. He fell asleep in no time.

Some hours passed, until Leo woke up. He felt good. He wasn't tired anymore. He yawned as he stood up from his bed. Now that he was fully awake, he was going to talk to Donnie. He needed Donnie to know that he didn't had a nightmare this time. That he was alright. As he left his room, he heard that someone was crying outside. Leo walked to the living room, finding April sitting on the couch. He realized that April was the one who was crying. She was covering her face.

"Uh… April? Are you alright?" Leo asked as he walked towards the couch.

April didn't even looked at him.

Leo sat on the couch.

"April please. I can help. Just tell me what's going on."

Nothing happened. It was like if April couldn't listen him.

Leo tried to hug her, but as soon as he touched her skin, he heard a voice coming from the sewers.

"April?"

Both, Leo and April looked up, finding that Casey was arriving. April stood up covered in tears and ran to hug Casey.

"Red, are you alright? I came as soon as I knew."

April wouldn't talk. She couldn't stop crying.

"How are the boys taking it?" Casey asked.

"Pretty bad." She replied in a shaky voice. "Donnie is locked up in his lab, Mikey won't come out of his room and Raph is not here. He probably just wants to be alone."

Casey sighted as April began crying on his shoulder once more.

"What are you talking about?" Leo shouted. He didn't understood. It was like if they didn't know that he was standing right in front of them.

Neither of them answered.

"Where is him?" Casey questioned.

"In the Dojo."

"Okay… I'll go to say goodbye. You can stay here if you want to."

"No, it's okay." April said as she whipped off her tears. "I can go."

"Sure?"

She nodded.

"Well then…" Casey murmured.

As April and Casey began walking to the Dojo, Leo followed them. He wanted to know what was going on. Leo walked in slowly. As he gave one step, he could saw Splinter's back. The old rat was looking at something. He was whimpering. He looked down as he entered the Dojo, behind April and Casey. When he looked up again, then he saw it. Leo couldn't believe it. It couldn't be.

"I will miss him so much." April said as he started crying again.

"Oh God… I know April. He meant a lot for me too." Casey spoke as one tear came out from his eye, falling to the floor.

The thing that was in front of them, was Leo's body. His dead body. Leo was terrified. What happened to him? He was dead.

Leo woke up screaming. He looked around, finding our that he was on his room. He stood up and ran to the living room. No one was there. He decided to run to the kitchen, finding Splinter.

"Sensei." He said altered.

"What is it my son?"

Splinter looked up at him, with a cup of tea in his hand.

Leo sighted. He was alive.

"Nothing Sensei. I'm sorry."

"Tell me my son. I perceive that you want to tell me something."

"Uh… Would you like to do some meditation?"

Meanwhile, Mikey was at Donnie's lab.

"Dude, please! I'm bored!"

"Mikey, leave! I told you I have things to do!"

"What is so important for you? What is keeping you apart from spending a nice time with your favorite brother?"

"What do you care? You don't understand."

"Well, then explain it to me. You are good at that."

" I can't. All I can tell you is that I need to keep checking this blood samples."

"Whose blood samples?"

"I won't tell you."

"Donnie! Why is it so confidential?"

"Because you don't know how to keep secrets."

"I do! I promise I won't tell anyone!"

"If I tell you, do you promise to leave me alone?"

"Uh… Yes. Just tell me."

"They're Raph's and Leo's."

"What? Why?"

"Mikey, you promised that you would leave."

"Fine, just tell me what are you looking at on those blood samples."

"I'm looking for a substance, but I've been looking for hours and I don't find a thing. It all seems to be normal and it shouldn't be. There should be at least a trace."

"And why do you think that everything there is normal?"

"Because it appears to be!"

"If I were you, I wouldn't be so sure. Why don't you compare it with something that is normal? You may be thinking that something is something that is not that something, but that you think that it's that something."

"Oh God, Mikey! Don't be silly! How could I…?! Oh… I see your point. You want me to compare it with another blood sample which is not infected so that if there really is medicine in this ones and that I am confusing it with something else I would know."

"Uh… I didn't understood much of your sentence, but yes."

"You are a genius Mikey!" Donnie shouted happy, taking out a syringe from his drawer. "Now, give me your arm."

"What?! You are insane Donnie! You won't get that blood from me! I gave the idea! Now it's your turn to go and find a blood donor!"

"Mikey, don't be stupid! Give me your arm! I need that blood sample!"

"No way! Why do you need that blood sample?"

"I can't tell you!"

"I want to know! Tell me Donnie!"

"If I tell you, will you let me get that blood sample?"

"Uh… I can think about it."

Donnie sighted.

"Okay, that's something."

"Now, tell me."

"Remember yesterday? Baxter gave them a shot of who-knows-what."

"Yes… I remember that."

"Well, looks like the substance that he was trying on Leo and on Raph makes them to have terrible nightmares. Last night, both of them woke up screaming and thinking that the nightmares were real. I keep telling them that they are sick or something, but they won't listen. They don't want you to know, so I need you to keep it as a secret okay?"

"Woah… Too much information. That explains a lot of things."

"Anyway, I need to find a cure and I won't until I find the chemical compounds of the substance. I need a blood sample of yours Mikey. I need to compare these samples to something."

"Why don't you go ask April or Casey? I'm sure that they will help."

"Their blood won't work. They are not mutants."

"What about Splinter?"

"Really Mikey? If Splinter finds out, this hole thing will be a mess and if you haven't noticed yet, he is a rat! Not a turtle! That only leaves you."

"Donnie! You know that I don't really do needles! There has to be another way."

"There is not Mikey! It's just a pinch."

"Wait a second before you do anything crazy! Why don't we go to Stockman's lab and steal the substance. There has to be more of it. It's not hard. We'll go together without anyone noticing."

"Argh… Okay then. We'll go tonight. I think that way it will be much easier to find a cure."

"See? You need to hang out with me a lot more!"

The plan was made then. Donnie and Mikey would go to steal the substance.

All done! I guess that this is the larger chapter of this story. Hope you enjoyed. I promise to try to write quickly.

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