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Chapter 10
Eleana woke to an empty bed, the sheets tucked neatly around her, clearly Raph's doing. The door was cracked open, letting a sliver of artificial daylight and the sound of voices at breakfast into the dark room. After running a comb through her hair and slipping into a pair of jean short shorts, she headed downstairs into the kitchen.
Donnie sat at the head of the table, reading the morning newspaper and drinking coffee, as per usual. Bre stood at the stove pouring pancake batter onto a sizzling skillet while Leo argued with Mikey at the fridge why it wasn't healthy to eat pizza for breakfast. Eleana's eyes went immediately to Raph, who leaned against the bar-style counter, munching on a piece of toast. He grinned widely as she made her way toward him.
"Good morning everyone!" Eleana announced, not taking her eyes off Raph.
"Morning, Eleana, how did you slee—" Donnie stopped abruptly as he watched Eleana and Raph exchange a good morning kiss, dropping his coffee cup and not paying attention as it shattered on the ground.
"Donnie!" Leo snapped. Mikey giggled and poked Eleana's side repeatly, making kissy faces at her and Raph. Don stood quickly, looking like he was about to scream and knock heads.
"Donnie at least stay for pancakes, they're ready." Bre said, trying to change the subject as she suggestively nudged Eleana with her shoulder as she walked past to place the platter on the table.
"Not hungry." Donnie mumbled and stormed out the room.
"We all saw that coming," Bre sighed as she set the pancake platter on the table and cover the mess on the floor with paper towels. "Both the Eleana and Raph hookup AND the Donnie meltdown."
Raph hooked his arm around Eleana's waist and pulled her against him. "I don't mind much," he said and nuzzled her cheek. "And before ya ask, Splinta Junior, we have the rat-fatha's blessing."
Leo frowned as he helped Bre shovel up the shattered mug with the broom and dust pan. "That suprises me,"
"So when are the two of you gonna get a blessing?" Eleana smirked, winking at Bre. Bre gave her a SHUT THE HELL UP I'M GONNA KILL YOU looks before looking hopingly at Leo. Something about his face made her heart drop as he glared solemnly away from her, avoiding eye contact. She felt as if a part of her had just died, but tried to shrug it away. Why should she worry, he just hadn't been looking at her at that moment. Bre walked to the sink, trying to shake off the thought by laughing at herself. What a silly thing to get upset over: Leo not having looked at her at the exact moment she expected…it was childish and stupid.
Leo fumbled with the newspaper lying on the table as Bre scrubbed the skillet vigorously with a sponge. "A blessing isn't necessary. Relationships are petty and I have more important things to worry about. We all do." He said coldly and left the room. Eleana gasped at his words, both hands already having flown to her mouth. She whipped around quickly to Bre, who had let the skillet slide from her hands and clatter into the sink. She bit her lip, trembling as her heart ached inside her chest. She dropped the sponge and ran from the kitchen to her room upstairs, letting out heartbroken sobs as she ran.
"Bre!" Eleana yelled and ran after her, leaving Raph and Mikey in the kitchen.
"What the hell?" Mikey muttered.
"What the hell crawled up Leo's ass and died? Since when has he NOT wanted Bre to be his girl?"
"Don't ask me," Mikey replied. "But there's something definitely wrong with him. Leo wouldn't just diss Bre to her face like that."
"Well I'm gonna find out what the hell is wrong with him." Raph stated firmly and followed the direction Leo had gone in, which was no doubt to the dojo. Inside, he found him meditating in the corner on a mat, his eyes squeezed shut so tightly it looked painful.
"Leo get off ya ass we need to talk. What the hell was that all about?" Raph demanded, slamming the sliding dojo door shut behind him.
"None of your business, Raphael. Leave I'm meditating."
"Meditating my ass, acting like a coward's more like it. You're damn sure it IS my business. Eleana had to go chase Bre after she ran off crying from the shit that ya said."
Leo's eyes opened quickly. "I made her cry?"
"Ya better believe it brother. That was one hell of a douche move. Ya my brother, Leo, I know ya had a thing for Bre ever since she got here, just like me with Eleana. Why the fuck did you say all that in front of her?"
"Because, Raph. I meant what I said. Love is petty and I don't need it. If Bre wants it, I'm not the one she should be hoping to get it from."
"Bullshit! I know ya too well, Leonardo. Ya know what I think? Ya hiding behind ya words. I think ya just too scared to come out and say ya got feelings for Bre."
"Oh PLEASE, Raphael. You have no idea what my thought process is with all of this."
"Yeah? Well try me. Ya might just learn I'm not just the empty shell ya think I am. If I could come out and make me and Lanie official, then I must have SOME kinda heart."
Leo sighed, his expression softening. "I'm not scared Raph. Not of love or commitment or anything like that. I…I want to be with Bre. I want nothing more than to take care of her and protect her…"
"Then why don't ya? Leo, are ya really that blind that ya haven't seen how much she's THROWN herself at ya? Lanie was hurt real bad, I know how hard it was for her to open herself up again. She and Bre are in the same boat. Think about how hard it was for Bre to like ya, and ya just threw it all away. Why would ya do that, Leo?"
"Because, Raph. I'm scared of hurting her. Look at us, Raph. Look at what we are, where we live, what we do. We're not human. I can't give Bre a normal life, and with everything she's been through, that's all I want for her. I want her to live back in the country, have a career, get married, have a family, live a normal life. She can't have that with me…being with me would just ruin that dream of her's…I don't want to be an addition to all the trouble she's had in her life. We fight crime, how could I ever put her in danger? How could I keep her worrying if I'm going to come back every night from patrols? How could I risk her safety just because of what I do? Hell Raph, we have mating seasons but we don't even know if we could mate with humans. Bre wants kids. How could I take that away from her? How could I potentially risk her health? There's just too many variables. I couldn't put her through being with me."
Raph took a breath. "Leo if she worried about all that she wouldn't of put herself out there in the first place. Bre's smart, I'm sure she's thought all that stuff over. And if she hasn't, ya figure that shit out every step of the way! Don't ya think I worry about all that when it comes to Eleana? Leo I never knew it was possible to feel the way Lanie makes me feel. Everyday I'm scared of doing something wrong when it comes to her. Especially now that we're official. But ya gotta look past it if ya really care about her. I'm SCARED out of my MIND that I'm gonna do something to hurt her or mess up what we have, but I know she trusts me enough to have taken a chance on me in the first place. A relationship is a two way street, Leo. It takes two people. Ya gonna wanta do everything for Bre, but ya BOTH have things ya gotta do to make it work. Look Leo, this is all ya decision, but I think Bre is good for ya and ya good for her. Don't mess it up by blowing her off, cause ya gonna regret it. If ya fuck up, ya call it a mistake and ya learn from it and move on. Yeah, there's a million things ya could do wrong, but there's also a million and one things ya could do right. Just think about it bro." Raph said quietly, staring intently at his brother before leaving the dojo, leaving Leo with his thoughts
His thoughts and silence.
Meanwhile…
Bre ran into her room and threw herself onto her head, burying her head into her pillow to muffle her sobs. She knew what Leo had said shouldn't have upset her this much, but she couldn't help it as she continued to sob. Telling herself to stop the petty emotions wouldn't help this time. She'd been so hopeful that Leo was going to turn around the heartbreak she'd had with Jake, and he'd ended up throwing it all back in her face. She tried to contain herself as she heard Eleana enter the room behind her.
"Oh Bre…" she started softly, sitting down on the bed next to her. As she gently touched Bre's shoulder, Bre shoved herself into Eleana's arms.
"How could he say something like that," Bre choked out, forgetting the self-restraint she had been trying to maintain. "How could he be so…"
"Heartless? Mamita you no se…" Eleana responded, stroking Bre's strawberry blonde hair. "But I do know that he didn't mean it. That definitely wasn't the honest side of Leo talking."
Bre attempted to calm herself and sniffed, trying to wipe her face. "How can you tell?" Eleana took Bre by the shoulders and forced her to sit up, staring into her eyes.
"Mamita, I've seen the way Leo looks at you. I've seen how he watches you when you pass by him. How he smiles and laughs when the two of you talk. I've seen his face when you hug him. That man couldn't be anymore head over heels than Raph is over me. Men can be pendejos, I'm not gonna lie, but when a man is two faced like that to the woman he cares about, it's cause he's trying to hide something."
"Hide something?" Bre sniffed. "Great. Now he's hiding how he feels."
"He is, but not how you think. Mamita he cares about you more than anything. Everyone can tell. But what he's trying to hide is how much he wants you. It's almost like he's trying not to let you have so much affect on him. And you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because he's trying to protect you."
Bre sniffed again as Eleana wiped her cheeks lovingly. "Protect me, how?"
"By pushing you away. I know I know but that's how these pendejos think. Leo's trying to make you think he doesn't like you cause he's probably worried about problems in the long run. Mamita he's trying to kid himself and you know what, it never works. He'll realize he ain't going nowhere without you. You have nothing to worry about." Eleana said with a friendly smirk.
Bre sniffed and wiped her eyes again, letting a faint smile escape. "You really think so?"
"I KNOW so." Eleana giggled.
"So what do you think I should do?"
"Well, if it were me, I'd beat him at his own game. Play hard to get, be a little fiesty for once in your good girl life."
Bre smiled. "I don't know…do you think I should?"
"Mamita making a man a little jealous is the best weapon you have. Get out there and have fun and you'll have him on his knees." The girls grinned at each other. "Need a little coaching?"
"Girl lay it on me, I'll take notes." Bre giggled. Eleana brought her knees up on the bed, ready to give a lecture.
"It's simple, from now on you treat Leo like any normal person. Be nice, be sweet, but don't hint that you're still into him. Go to work like normal, maybe go out to dinner with a guy you know as friends, but when Leo hears it's a guy, he'll be crawling all over you like a bug."
Be thought about it, she'd never intentionally tired to make a man jealous before. She'd always striven to be a good girl. But if Eleana was right about Leo, than giving him a little push was exactly what she needed.
"Alright, I'll do it. I've got to get ready for work anyway, I'm sure I can arrange some kind of coffee date with someone who works there." Bre said standing up. Eleana stood as well and hugged her friend tightly.
"I'm always here for you, chica. Just go out there and have a little innocent fun. And don't dwell on what Leo said, he was just being stupidly male."
"Thanks, love," Bre said sweetly. "And hey, I'm really happy for you and Raph, you deserve to be happy after everything you've been through."
"Girl you act like you're not in the same boat, you deserve about as much happiness as I do, if not more. But thanks, since Raph and I got close, it's like everything that went down with Dirk is…in a past life, you know?"
"I hope I can be like that one day,"
"Oh honey, you will. You'll be cracking Leo's shell sooner than you know it," Eleana headed toward the door and winked. "Have fun at work tonight."
Bre smiled as she grabbed her towel and make up bag, heading to the shower as Eleana walked back downstairs. "I will."
Later that night…
The last handful of kids at the Daycare had been a nightmare. A pair of little girls had decided to experiment with the jug of glue and box of purple glitter, and now one of the five toddler-sized snack tables sparkled like saphhires. Bre sat on her knees with a paint scraper, scraping chunks of dried glue and glitter off the table, trying not to be angry with the little girls who didn't know any better.
There was a knock at the door and Josh, the night janitor, walked in with a smile.
"Well howdy there Bre, looks like ya got some work cut out for ya there."
Bre smiled. "Some little girls found the glue and glitter and decided to refurbish the table." Josh pushed his cleaning cart through the door and approached the table with a spray bottle and a rag.
"Well it'll help if ya soak the glue to get it soft again, then we can just wipe it up." Josh kneeled across the table and sprayed it down, waiting for the glue to soften. "Ya been here for a while haven't ya? Everyone else went home already. The hallways are dark."
Bre nodded and shrugged her shoulders. "I knew I couldn't just leave the table like this."
"Ahh but ya forgot, that's what I'm here for." Josh chuckled.
Bre laughed inwardly, getting a glance at the janitor. She'd only seen him in passing when leaving the Daycare at the end of the day, exchanging a simple "Goodnight" and "See you tomorrow". Josh was no doubt a country boy. She could see the tan working boots on his feet and the collar of his grey tshirt peeking up around his navy blue janitor jumpsuit. He wore a camoflauge baseball cap with the word "Nebraska" embroidered across the front. His blue eyes sparkled and his chin was covered in sandy blonde stubble. Bre had only noticed his southern twang accent now when he'd spoken to her, and she wondered why she hadn't picked up on it before.
"So," Josh started as he began to wipe up the gooey glue and glitter. "Ya just got hired here, huh? Ya new around here?"
"Kind of, it's a long story." Bre took a hesitant breath. "I had a bad split with my fiancé and now I'm…living with friends I guess you could say."
"Oh jeez, I'm sorry about that."
"It's alright, I'm hanging in there, though."
"Well that's good. Ya got a steady job here, a place to crash; those are just the necessities. It'll get better from there."
"Yeah you're right,"
"And hey, if there's anything ya ever need, give me a holler. Ya know where to find me." Josh chuckled. The two stood as Josh wiped the table clean. "Well I've got this mess handled, why don't ya head on home."
"Thanks for the help, Josh." Bre said with a smile. She grabbed her coat from the first cubby next to the ones the kids used and slipped into it, grabbed her purse and headed to the door. "Have a good night."
"Yeah ya too," Josh grinned and began to spray down the rest of the tables as Bre left the room. She walked down the hallway, heading to the front door before she heard the daycare room reopen and Josh stepped out into the hallway.
"Hey Bre, I don't know if this is too soon but, I mean only if ya want to, would ya mind if I took ya out for dinner sometime? I mean, if you're not ready, we can go as friends. I wanna do something nice for ya."
Bre smiled. "Yeah, I'd like that." She could see Josh grin from across the hallway.
"Great! Um, I work tomorrow night but not Wednesday. Can I take ya out for dinner after you get off Wednesday night?"
"Yeah that'd be nice," Bre blushed. "Well I gotta run or I'm gonna miss my bus but, I'll see you Wednesday after work."
"Yeah! Yeah alright cool! See ya then, Bre!"
"See you! Have a good night!" Bre replied and rushed to her bus stop, a smile on her face as she rode home.
Wednesday afternoon came quicker than she expected. Bre and Eleana stood in the kitchen at the Lair cooking lunch. The guys were no where in sight. Bre had already informed Eleana of her date with Josh Monday night when she got home from work, which led to Eleana's immediate transition into a fashion stylist who planned Bre's outfit, hair and makeup for Wednesday night. Bre wasn't sure if Leo had any idea of her plans for the night, but she was sure to make it known at lunch.
Just like Eleana had advised, Bre and Leo engaged only in small talk after Bre had made her new feelings toward Leo public. She found it easy to be honest; part of her was angry for what he had said and sh found it not hard at all to give Leo the silent treatment. Eleana had been right, ignoring Leo had brought out a sensitive side of him, and he often had the expression of a shameful puppy retreating with its tail between its legs.
Eleana had even gotten Raph in on their plan, who thought it was a great idea to teach Leo a lesson. Raph told the girls about the talk he'd had with Leo and confirmed Eleana's suspicions about Leo's guarded emotions. To be completely honest, it made Bre feel better about the situation. She planned on having a fun night with Josh at dinner, but she knew at the end of the date she'd have to tell him that she hoped they could remain close friends, which she knew would be okay with Josh anyway. She wasn't the slightest bit worried.
Raph waltzed into the kitchen, the smell of grilled chicken and avacado paninis drawing him in. "Hey girls," he said as delievered a firm smooch on Eleana's cheek at they continued to cook. "Lunch smells great."
"We pamper you boys too much," Eleana teased as she turned to give Raph a quick kiss on the lips. Raph wrapped his arms around Eleana's waist, burying his beak in her dark hair.
"Nah ya don't pamper us enough!" He chuckled. Eleana playfully shoved him off with a sharp elbow to the front of his shell and he danced around the other side of the counter, sitting down on a stool. "So Bre ya ready for ya date with hickleberry finn?"
Bre rolled her eyes with a smirk. "Don't be hating on them country boys, Josh is no hick."
"Who's Josh?" Mikey chimed in as he bounced into the kitchen with Donnie behind him, playfully trying to sit on Raph's lap but with no avail was shoved off onto another stood.
"A friend from work," Bre smiled, blushing. "He's treating me to dinner after my shift."
Mikey looked deeply confused. "But…but…but what about…"
"Leo? You heard what he said the other morning. I got his message crystal clear. He's not interested. Josh is. It's not my problem. Dinner with Josh will be good for me." Bre said flatly. She glanced around to see surprised looks on all of their faces.
"Alright there ice queen, brrr I can feel the cold coming off you," Mikey snickered.
"That sounded really easy for you to say," Eleana muttered a bit wide eyed.
"Well, I…" Bre started but stopped as Leo appeared in the doorway. Her heart dropped at the look on his face and she instantly knew he'd heard everything.
"You're going on a date tonight?" He asked, sounding as innocent as a guilty child who'd been caught being disobedient. Eleana quickly got back to flipping paninis on the skillet while the other three turtles avoided eye contact with Bre and Leo. The tension in the air was thick enough to cut with a knife.
Bre looked down and continued to peel avacado skins. "I am. With a friend from work. What's it to you?"
Leo looked crushed. "Well I just thought that…"
"You thought what?" Bre said, slamming her cutting knife down on the counter. Eleana, Raph, Mikey and Donnie jumped in response. "Why do I have to care what you think? You made your thoughts loud and clear at breakfast the other day, Leonardo. You want nothing to do with relationships. So why the hell would I care what you think about my plans for dinner?" Bre shot at him coldly, surprising herself with what came out of her mouth. Leo stood across from her, eyes wide as golfballs, staring blankly. He bit his lip and with a slight nod, turned and left the room.
"Excuse me but I won't be joining you guys for lunch." As silence held the room still, they could as hear as the front door to the tunnels opened and was slammed shut as Leo went topside.
Bre put her hands on the edge of the counter and hung her head, shocked at how cold she had been. "Excuse me," she said quietly and went upstairs to get ready for work. She wasn't so hungry anymore.
Eleana blew a puff of air and turned off the stove top burners, scooping up the sandwiches with a spatula and sliding them onto a plate. "Ave maria…"
Raph stood and made his way over to her, pulling her into his arms as he kissed her forehead lightly. "They'll be fine love, we just gotta let things play out."
Donnie stood abruptly, clenching his teeth so tightly his jaw trembled. "Goddamn it! It's not enough that Bre and Leo are fighting over their hormonal feelings for each other is it? You two just have to go and make it worse by flaunting the touchy feely shit in front of EVERYONE!" Donnie yelled and stormed to his lab.
Before Raph could react with a fiery response, Eleana broke from his emrace and stormed after Donnie, letting Spanish curses fly like fire, "HIJO DE PUTA DONATELLO YOU DID NOT JUST GO THAT FAR." leaving Mikey and Raph staring blankly at each other in the kitchen.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…" Mikey muttered. Raph nodded.
"Not bad, lil bro."
Eleana flew like a bat out of hell into Donnie's lab, slamming the steel door shut behind her.
"Alright fucker, I'll speak in English she you can understand. We're not leaving this room until we've worked this out. What the FUCK is your problem? What you said was going too far, Donatello."
Donnie turned on her, almost pinning her against the wall beside the door. His eyes were black, which sent a shot of fear through Eleana. She had no idea what coul've darkened Donnie's eyes that way. "What's my problem? You and my brother! That's my problem! Goddamn it, Eleana, do you have any idea how much it PISSES ME OFF to see you two like that?"
"FUCK YOU DONNIE." Eleana screamed back, giving him a shove. "I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH THE JEALOUSY BULLSHIT." She heard the front door slam again and assumed that Bre had left for work. "I get it, you're jealous of Raph, but that doesn't mean you can just let shit fly out of your mouth whenever you feel like it!"
"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I'M JEALOUS OF RAPH." Donnie roared, pinning Eleana to the wall by her shoulders. Her eyes flew open in fear, but Donnie was too enraged to notice. His vision was blurred and all he could see was red. He could only hear a ringing in his ears and every muscle in his body itched like fire.
Donnie had peaked his season.
What made it worse was that Eleana had no idea what was going on.
"EVER SINCE YOU GOT HERE THE ONLY THING I'VE WANTED WAS YOU. BUT INSTEAD, THE SHITTIEST OF MY BROTHERS GETS YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FUCKING DEGRADING THAT IS? TO HAVE TO BE JEALOUS OF RAPH?"
"Donnie…you're scaring me…" Eleana breathed. He grabbed her face roughly and she tried to shove him off, only to have her arms pinned to the wall by her wrists.
"DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO DEAL WITH THESE MATING SEASONAL URGES WHEN THE ONLY THING YOU WANT IS WITH SOMEONE YOU LOATHE?"
"Mating season…Donnie you're in your mating season?"
"WE'RE ALL IN OUR SEASONS? I'M SURPRISED THIS HASN'T TURNED INTO A BLOOD BATH OVER WHICH ONE OF US GETS TO HAVE YOU AND BRE! YOU THINK RAPH CARES ABOUT YOU? HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT SHIT! ALL HE WANTS IS SOMETHING TO FUCK TO GET RID OF THESE GODDAMN URGES!"
Eleana broke free and delievered a sharp slap across Donnie's face, throwing him back as tears streamed down her cheeks. "Take it back!" she cried. With a yell, Donnie repinned her against the wall, ripping her button up shirt open to expose her bare skin and bra. He shoved his lips against hers, and Eleana could hear his heart pounding, his muscles trembling, his skin sweating. She kept trying to tell herself that Donnie would never do this on purpose, that he couldn't control himself, but she couldn't find the strength to be calm. She tried to push him away but he only got rougher, reaching for her belt.
"PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU ELEANA I NEED THIS," he spoke in chokes, unable to control his body.
"RAPH!" Eleana screamed, trying to push Donnie away. Within seconds the door burst open and Raph rushed in, his eyes black as night.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Raph roared and threw himself at Donnie, the two tumbling into filing cabinets, tearing the lab to shreds. Mikey rushed in, finding Eleana pressed against the wall watching in horror, her shirt hanging open and her belt half off.
"Oh my God," He choked and ran to her, trying to get her out of the lab. She fought him, reaching for Raph and screaming.
"RAPH! RAPH!" She screamed in terror as she watched Don and Raph beating each other bloody. That's when things began to change. Darkness seemed to ooze from the blood and cuts the fighting brother's had given each other. She heard shrills whispers and voices and screams in her ears and terrible faces began to appear in the scene as she watched. Everything seemed to move in slow motion.
She was having another nightmare with her eyes open.
"NO GOD PLEASE NO NOT THEM PLEASE!" Eleana shrieked as Mikey attempted to drag her from the room.
"Ow! Eleana your skin…it's hot!" Mikey yelled in pain and dropped her. She crawled aross the floor reaching for Don and Raph. Her skin felt like it was burning and she ignored the pain and sweat that escaped from every pore of her body. She saw flashes of orange and black before her eyes.
"Eleana…oh my God…Eleana…" Mikey choked, watching her writhe on the floor.
Eleana gave up on screaming for Don and Raph and collapsed on the floor, digging her nails into her own skin from the pain she felt. It felt like her flesh was burning. "OH GOD SOMEONE HELP! HELP ME PLEASE!"
Raph and Donnie immeditately broke apart, shoving each other away to run to Eleana. They slammed into Mikey, watching the scene in horror.
Eleana was on fire.
"ELEANA!" Raph screamed as he and Donnie threw themselves on the ground. Donnie tried to touch her, only to recoil sharply from being burned by the flame. "WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!"
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! THERE'S NO MEDICAL EXPLANATION FOR THIS!"
Without thinking, Raph grabbed Eleana and pulled her into his arms. She felt warm, and it was painful, but he could hold her. "She's not burning me…SHE'S NOT BURNING ME!"
Mikey and Don continued to shout things, suggestions on what to do, who to call, when Master Splinter appeared in the doorway. "Speak to her Raphael, I have forseen this."
Raph pulled Eleana close, holding her face tightly. "Eleana, ELEANA! Baby look at me! Look at me I'm right here I've go you. I'm okay, Donnie's okay, we're okay. Baby I don't know what's happening to you, you gotta make this fire go away. You gotta make it go away baby. I'm gonna help you, look at me, we can do this together."
Eleana continued to moan out in pain, fiery tears sliding down her face. Her hair whipped about like a whirlwind, clenching her eyes tightly. "I can't I can't it won't go away!" She cried. "Raph it hurts!"
"Baby look you're not hurting me, we can do it together." Raph clenched his teeth, trying to shut out the searing pain from the burns on his flesh. "Come on baby make it go away."
Eleana's eyes burst open and she spoke in a completely different voice. "She's not strong enough. You'll never save her."
Everyone gasped, knowing exactly who was speaking through Eleana. Splinter watched solemnly, as if expecting an outcome different from what he had seen.
Raph snarled angrily. "YOU CAN'T HAVE HER!" He shouted and pressed his lips against Eleana's, forcing his strength and will to fight into her. A ring of fire exploded around Eleana and the fire on her body blew out, and darkness consumed her as her vision went black.