Payton-yes i would love it if you would do the artwork for these! Sorry i meant to reply but spaced it...oh the curses of an active imagination...
**Sorry everyone but until i get a break from my crazy shedule, i will be updating this twice a week from now on, next chapter will be on Monday
Chapter 5: Trying to Follow
I managed to find where Raph is. I've stowed away in their star cruiser by the slaves. I'm up in the ducting.
I can hear Raph cussing and fighting his bonds but I can't get to him. I'm sick, running a fever and shivering badly. At least I've found an area where the slavers hopefully won't find me.
I drift in and out for days, fighting a fever that I have no strength to fight. Then somehow, days later, I shake the fever off.
I lift my head and look around some. Panic sets in, I'm not in the duct work anymore, I'm laying on the ground in a cell. I struggle to get up.
"Best lay still Fearless," I hear Raph mutter.
I turn and look at him, everything spins. I can't stop the groan and shiver as I slump down. I hear shuffling and try to move. I don't remember feeling this weak before. Something presses against my forehead and my eyes flutter.
Raph? Is he…I'm out again.
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It's days later that I gain enough strength to move, but I've started coughing now and Raph keeps telling me to be quiet.
My whole body shakes as a coughing fit attacks me.
"Leo shut-up!" Raph hisses, "hold still!"
It's no use, no matter how hard I try…I yelp as he kicks me in the stomach.
"Shut-up!" he hisses.
I barely hold back a moan of pain. Will he ever respect me…or at least accept that I'm his brother?
I'm wheezing, under the blanket he's tossed over me. I hear voices and struggle to hold back another coughing fit.
They leave and I shiver before slumping limp. Raph jerks the blanket off me.
"They don't know you're here, so shut-up!" He snaps.
I manage to nod and shiver, my body shakes as I suppress the coughing fit, the only sounds I'm making are little gasps.
He kicks me again and I flinch.
Anger and worry in his amber eyes make me realize that he's scared.
I'm sorry Raph.
It's days later when I relapse and another fever grips me. I struggle against it.
When I finally come to, I'm in my own cell not far from Raph and I can hear his angry shouts, they're beating him.
I failed.
I'm so sorry.
A coughing fit comes full force and I shake. I slump limp after the fit ends and lay there gasping, my ribs hurt.
A hand touches my forehead.
"Sir, this one is very ill," I hear a woman whisper.
"Can you do anything?" I hear a man ask.
"Perhaps…but we need to quarantine him," she responds.
When I wake up again I'm laying on a clean surface, wrapped in a blanket, and warm. Warm, for the first time in a long time, I'm warm.
There's an oxygen mask over my mouth and nose. I see a woman standing beside me and struggle to speak.
"Relax," she coaxes, "you've been very sick. We're docking in a few minutes, go ahead and rest."
Despite my efforts I fall asleep.
When I wake I'm in the back of someone's cruiser and Raph isn't.
No!
I have to find him!
I have to bring him home!
The loneliest feeling sets in. I'm alone and a slave on a planet far from home and I failed my brother.
Days pass before I'm brought into a house, laid on a bed and left to rest.
People, my new owners, I hear them talking.
"After he recovers from his illness he'll be a good worker," a man defends.
"If, if, he recovers!" another snaps.
"Enough both of you, he's bought and we'll see how things go from here," I hear another man snap.
I'm so tired.
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