"Is he gawnnah be ahlright?" Reika asked, looking up at Ed nervously.

"He should be fine, as long as he gets rest." Ed smiled at the youngest of the two siblings. "You're lucky you found him when you did or… who knows what could have happened." Ed had to admit, he was shocked about how well that went. This, Raphael, truly was an amazing creature. It was as if he was a human just… shaped like a turtle. It was astounding.

Reika nodded, looking back to Raph with a small smile. Ed and Sky smiled as the young girl grabbed Raph's blankets, pulling them up to cover his shoulders.

"Yawu're going taw be okah now Raphael." Reika whispered to him.

Ed smiled at the sight, turning back to Sky.

Reika had always been very kind. It didn't matter who you were, or what you looked like, if you needed help, she would be there for you.

Moving back, he nodded to Sky, who was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed. "How bad was he?"

"He's got large cuts across his arms, but they will heal quickly. The worst of it was his leg and head. His ankle is sprained, and he wont be able to stand on it for a while."

"What of his head?"

"He took quite a blow to it. There may be head trauma, perhaps a simple concussion. It should gradually resolve within a week to 10 days."

Sky frowned. "Wait, isn't it bad for someone to fall asleep if they get a concussion?"

"In some cases, yes." Ed nodded. "However, from what you told me, Raphael was able to stay awake long enough to have a conversation with Reika. Which would show that his concussion is not serious enough that we should be too concerned. I also checked the dilation of his pupils, which are fine."

"So, he wont go into a coma or anything?"

"No, however, I will have to wake him up every few hours during the night, to make sure that he is able to stay conscious."

With a nod, Sky felt her shoulder's relax. "What about his side? It was bleeding before."

"There was a large crack on the side of his plastron. Luckily, no organs were hit and I was able to close the wound by binding the sides of the plastron together."

"…How did you manage that?" Sky's eyes widened.

"It wasn't easy, I can tell you that." Ed sighed. "I'm a student at med school, not a vet. However, I stopped the bleeding, that is all that truly counts."

Sky reached forward, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Thanks again for coming." She grinned
"No problem. I admit it wasn't the most… common thing I'm used to. However, a patient is a patient, even if I'm still learning." Ed chuckled nervously.

"Gotta love the doctors code."

"No joke." Ed smiled. Pausing, he looked back at Raphael. "Where did you find that guy anyway?"

"We didn't." Sky sighed. "He sort of… found us."

Not sure what she meant, Ed tilted his head.

"He was at our doorstep. When we opened the door, he fell right in." Sky explained.

"Odd. Maybe he thought it was just another part of the wall and was leaning against it." Ed suggested.

"Probably."

Ed nodded. After a short pause he asked, "What shall you do now?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, it isn't exactly like you can keep him as a pet Sky." The older of the two sighed.

Sky tilted her head a bit, as if contemplating what the next move was. Coming up with some witty answer, she replied, "I dunno."

Ed slapped his forehead. "You don't even have a backup plan?"

"Ed I don't even have a normal plan, of course I don't have a back up plan." She scoffed.

"What are your parents going to say?"
"Well I don't know, but they probably wont exactly be too keen on the idea of it being on the couch."

"Sky, you are the only person who has a problem with Raphael being on the couch."

"Cause it is my couch!" Sky whined. Folding her arms, she grumbled. "Besides, it isn't like they would know." Sky and Reika's parents were always off traveling due to work, so their parents would often ask their neighbors to watch over them.

For this trip, they asked Ed to watch over them.

"I doubt they would believe that we have a giant turtle in our house anyway."

"True." Ed shrugged. "That still doesn't change anything though. We have to figure out what we are going to do with him once he wakes up." Ed glanced at Raphael with a frown.

"We could always bring em' to his family." Reika suddenly perked up from the couch. "I'm sure sahmeone is looking for em'."

"We could, but we can't exact go posting fliers about him." Sky rubbed her chin in thought. "And, we don't even know if he is even a good guy or not."

"Ah, true." Ed narrowed his eyes at the thought. "He could be a cold blooded killer."

"…I think turtles are naturally cold blooded though." Reika and Sky said together.

Ed slouched a bit, sighing. "Not the point; you both know what I mean.

Sky chuckled. "Well, we could talk about it all night long, however we wont exactly know though until he wakes up."

"So, all we cahn do is wait?" Reika titled her head. Sky nodded.

"Patience is key, after all. Besides, if we get bored from waiting, we can always just go through his stuff." Sky motioned to the table, were Raphael's weapons lay un-touched.

There was a pause, the two girls smirking. Ed on the other hand, didn't look so amused.

"…Okay, we can touch, just don't go jabbing at things or cut yourself." He said quickly as they all rushed for the table.

-000-

"The signal is coming from around this area." Donnie announced, staring down at his phone in concentration.

"Lets take a look around." Leo commanded. "Raph can't be far."

The group nodded, rushing to search the area. The rain had thankfully calmed down to a light drizzle and made searching around the buildings easier for all of them.

After a short while, Leo sighed. He had searched the allies and sewer tunnels below but there was still no sign of Raph. It didn't make sense though. From what Donnie said, Raphael's signal has moved for over an hour!

"Guys!" April called to them, her voice sounding panicked. The two brothers rushed to her.

"Did you find Raph?" Donnie demanded.

With a worried from, she lifted up her hand, revealing a slightly cracked T-phone.

"Raph's phone!" Leo gasped, rushing forward to take it into his hands. "But-"
"It is still working, so he didn't have it self destruct. So he must have dropped it." Donnie announced, examining the phone over Leo's shoulder.

"So then…" April's shoulders slouched. "We really have no way of contacting him?"

Leo and Donnie frowned at each other, unable to answer from the lumps stuck in their throats.

What were they going to tell Mikey and Master Splinter.

"We should…" Leo gulped, hoping his voice didn't crack. "Keep searching."

"Where Leo?" Donnie looked at Raph's phone helplessly.

"Everywhere. We wont give up, even if we have to track down Shredder himself for the answers." Leo narrowed his eyes as he jumped to the next building, the other two not far behind.

-00-

Dog Pound sighed at the door, preparing himself for what was about to happen next. Gathering his courage, he opened the two large metal doors, approaching his Master.

"Master Shredder He bowed as the menacing looking man.

"You're report." Shredder narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"We found the Turtles, just as plan. There were only two of them, the red and orange one." Dog Pound explained, keeping his head low.

Shredder motioned for him to continue.

"We surrounded them, just as you commanded. They were outnumbered, wounded, and had to flee. The Red one allowed the Orange one to escape first. The red one soon followed after and…" Dog Pound paused, gulping. "Eluded us."

Shredder's eyes narrowed farther with rage. "What?" he hissed.

"H-However, there was a trail of blood, leading straight to this." Dog Pound was quick to hold up is prize. A red handled Sai blade. "The turtle was deeply wounded."

Shredder rose at this, moving to take the Sai into his hand. "Deeply wounded you say." Shredder mused, turning away to twirl the Sai blade in his fingers. "I've seen how those Turtles fight. Their weapons hold high importance to them. I doubt they would leave one behind, despite their injuries."

Dog Pound lifted his head, confused as to where his Master was going with this. "Master?" he asked softly.

Shredder turned to him. "Send another search party out. I wish to see if that turtle truly did crawl back to the filth from where he came from." he tossed Dog Pound the Sai, who caught it with wide eyes.

"Yes, Master." He bowed, quickly leaving to collect a few Foot soldiers.

Yay! Okay, so, I'm not exactly a genius when it comes to the human body/ injuries. So I tried my best when it came to Ed explaining the injuries Raphael got. I looked up the stuff on concussions though. I was surprised to learn that it is actually okay in most cases to fall asleep after getting a concussion. It just depends on the type of concussion, whether you can walk straight and can hold a conversation. :D

Anyway, hope you like the chapter. Sorry if it was short or something. 0.0