Hey everyone I'm back! Sorry for the long silence. I took a hiatus. I'm just getting back into writing after taken a year off. I apologize for the lack of communication. I hope everyone can forgive me.

LilNinjaWolf: Thank you for helping me write this. Sorry its been a long time. I went on an unexpected hiatus. Thank you again. This is written by the Torture Sisters thus each chapter will have a different author.

Torn Apart
Chapter four
Written by LilNinjaWolf

Leo eyed the farmhouse as they approached the door. It just seemed to have an eerie appearance to him. But then again, where else was there to go? Master Splinter and Casey both needed to rest somewhere other than a moving vehicle. He shoved open the door, ignoring the creaking sound the hinges made, and stepped inside.

"So what exactly are we looking for?" Raph asked.

"Anything out of the ordinary." Leo eyed the main room of the farmhouse. They really needed some light on in here. He reached to the left and searched for a light switch. Finding one, he flipped it, surprised when nothing happened.

"What's wrong with the lights?"

"I don't know Raph." Leo flipped it back and forth, getting the same result. "Alright, forget the light. You clear down here, I'll check upstairs."

"Gotcha," Raph agreed.

Leo turned toward the staircase and started upwards, his hand trailing up the banister.

Footsteps creaked behind him in rhythm to his own steps.

Leo froze halfway up and turned around. "Raph? Shouldn't you be searching the main floor?"

"What was that Leo?" Raph yelled.

"You're still down there?"

"Searching as you requested."

Leo frowned. He had thought Raph was walking right behind him.

"Hey, get down here and have a look at this," Raph called after a moment.

"What did you find?"

"Just get down here."

"Alright, alright, I'm coming." Leo retraced his steps back down the stairs and back to the front door. "Raph?"

"Right here."

Leo looked around in the darkness. His eyes adjusted more now, he was surprised to see his brother only a few steps away. He took the three steps over to him and stood by his side. "What's wrong?"

"That."

He raised an eyeridge, but looked at where Raph was pointing, seeing only a lump of a form.

"It's a doe…"

"In the house?" Leo asked incredulously.

"I guess so…"

He leaned forward to get a better look at it and quickly wished he hadn't. Blood dripped from a severed head, trailing down the doe's body. Worms, beetles, and maggots crisscrossed the open flesh wounds that gapped across the animal's stomach large enough that he could shove his whole arm through the slimy flesh. He recoiled back, nearly falling over if it hadn't been for Raph's quick catch.

"You ok," Raph asked quickly, concern filling his voice.

Leo shook his head in disgust and stood up straight. "It's headless and dripping blood like there's no tomorrow."

Raph let out a breath. "Don't make me jump like that, alright?"

"Scared?"

"No."

Leo sighed and let the disgust recoil off of him. "The poor thing… Did you see the maggots and other bugs crawling across and through it?"

"Yeah, creepy little buggers…" Raph shuddered. "Well since your down here… you check the kitchen and I'll finish in here?"

Leo shrugged. Worked for him. "We'll have to get that carcass out of here."

"And the bugs."

"And the bugs," Leo nodded, starting for the kitchen. He crossed the room and stopped at the doorway, trying the light switch and getting the same result as the main room. He sighed and just entered, suddenly getting a chill. He rubbed his arms. "Where is that draft coming from?" he murmured. He shook his head and started with the right side, looking for anything out of the ordinary. An intruder, an animal, something to tell him that this feeling of his was either true or false. Truthfully he wished for the latter, but he couldn't ignore the creepy feeling.

Nothing on the right side of the kitchen area except for the table. He turned to have a look out the window above the kitchen sink. The night sky looked so peaceful. So why the weirded out feeling? He shrugged and turned to search the left side of the kitchen. His feet froze in his spot at the image on the far wall.

A finger floating, beckoning him closer.

"Raph…" he whispered.

The finger continued its beckoning call.

"Raph…" he tried again, still no louder than a faint whisper. "If you're trying to scare me…" he crept closer to the finger, knowing full well there was no way Raph could be behind this.

The finger beckoned until he was inches from it. It hovered there and did nothing else.

He frowned. Just what was this?

The finger slowly pointed to the left.

Leo's eyes followed the pointed direction to take in a second finger hovering near the wall. Slowly another finger became visible with it, followed by three more as the skin became pale and sickly. The shape of a wrist followed until it folded into a fist as if to write something on the wall. Pointer finger facing the wall, it began to write.

"Traitor."

Leo swallowed hard. If he wasn't mistaken, the hand was writing in blood.

"Find anything Leo?" Raph called from the other room.

"Yeah… come get a look at this." Leo stared as the hand disappeared, the letters remaining. It seemed to take ages, but he finally heard footsteps come up behind him and stop next to him.

"What the…"

"It… was a floating hand appearing out of nowhere." Leo shook his head. That was just a bit too creepy for his liking.

"You're serious?" Raph walked forward, reaching out to touch the lettering on the wall. "Just looks like some kind of graffiti to me."

"Out here Raph? I saw what I saw."

"I'm not doubting you Leo."

"But there should be an explanation."

"Yeah…"

He sighed and shook his head. "Anything in the living room?" Leo joined his brother at the kitchen wall, touching the word as well. Why it would say traitor, he wasn't sure. Maybe some sort of hoax?

"Nothing but the headless doe carcass," Raph reported.

"We still have to get that out of here," Leo mumbled.

"If we stay here."

Leo nodded. "Let's make a quick sweep upstairs and then check on Splinter and Casey. I'm sure there's a reason for the words and carcass."

""Vandals," Raph muttered.

Leo turned away from the wall and led the way out of the kitchen, passing by the carcass. He couldn't help but notice the smell. Now that they had been in the farmhouse for awhile, he noticed the smell seemed to permeate the air. That would have to be fixed as well.

Back to the stairs, Leo again started up the steps. The eerie feeling of being followed was there once more, but this time he knew his brother was behind him. He made his way up the stair slowly, keeping his eyes peeled for more surprises.

"Leo? Are you bleeding…"

Leo stopped short just three steps from the top of the stairs. "No… why?" He turned to peer at Raph in the dark.

Raph swiped his hand across the wall and brought it in front of his brother. "More blood."

Leo frowned. Just what was going on here? "Whatever's up there… better be prepared for it."

Raph nodded, dropping his hand to the side. "Let's do this."

Leo started back up the stairs once more, bracing himself for what they might find up on the upper floor. He stood up still at the top of the stairs and slowly looked around.

"Leonardo…" a voice whispered. "Leonardo…"

"Raphael…" it continued to hiss.

Leo's eyes immediately searched the room, searching out the source of the voice.

"Anything?" Raph whispered faintly.

"no."

A gust of wind pushed through the open window, bringing along a cluster of leaves that swirled around in the center of the room until it revealed a glowing form. The form stood roughly over five and a half feet tall with dark hair that contrasted with the lightness of what should've been skin, but sagged off of the form like week old meat.

"Leonardo," the voice spoke. "You did not stop your brother!"

Leo blinked at the form. It had a strikingly familiar resemblance to someone he couldn't quite place. Thought what mattered most was that he couldn't quite form the words he wanted to form. His mouth opened and shut like a fish out of water.

"Raphael!" the voice snapped. "Out of a fit of rage you harmed your youngest brother for no reason." The last of the sentence was spewed out like the rotten flesh hanging from its frame.

Raph stood still by Leo's side, his own jaw locked in shock.

"Judgment has come upon you," the voice hissed, swirling around the room. A hand shot up slow and jerked towards them as if the bone inside was broken.

Leo had no time to register how the rough length of rope wrapped itself around him. He backpedaled off balance, falling backwards down the now slippery stairs with a scream. With no way to stop his fall, he tumbled down the slick s steps, landing in a heap at the bottom. He could only register the taste of foreign blood in his mouth before he slipped into unconsciousness.

Mikey dug his hand into the popcorn bowl only to find it empty. Though at the moment, he could care less. He couldn't stop laughing. The ghost he had rigged up was working flawlessly. Just another one of his tricks he had managed to sneak out of Stockman's hands. The guy had made one thing of use. He could regretfully give him that.

"Where did you come up with that?" Don demanded joyously between fits of laughter.

Leonardo's scream and the sound of him tumbling down the blood soaked stairs was just priceless to both of the brothers. It was just what they needed after the intense training Saki had put them through tonight.

"Did I tell ya or what?" Mikey laughed victoriously.

"You still have to get Raphael," Don spit out the name as if it were associated with a deadly poison.

Mikey's laughter stopped, but the smile remained. "Just you wait brother. All in good time." He turned his eyes back to the screen, watching as Raphael stared down the dark steps. He had gotten Leo but good. Now on to the second half. And who said torture wasn't entertaining? "Got any more popcorn?"

"That I do my brother."

Another bowl was handed over as both brothers leaned back in their seats awaiting the next part of the show.

Raph stared down the steps, not knowing how the hell Leo had just up and fallen down the stairs. He turned back around to keep an eye on the grotesque figure, but was surprised to see no one there. HE ripped the sai from his belt, wondering why he hadn't had them out and ready long before now in the first place. He ached to go see if Leo was alright. He couldn't leave another brother bleeding and in need of help. But he had to be sure whatever this thing was wasn't just going to up and do something like what it had just done to Leo again.

He crept forward, braced for the ghost to appear again. He jumped, feeling the board beneath his feet depress down slightly. The click in the air echoed, diverting his attention downward just enough for him to completely miss the thing that swung out to smack him straight in the face. He landed with a thump on his shell, swatting at the large slimy thing that had landed on him. Raph hesitated, but scowled and looked at the large object.

Eyes widening in horror, he gazed at the head of the doe from downstairs. Large white maggots hung from the eye sockets, one swinging upward to latch itself onto Raph's beak, inching to crawl straight up his nose.

Raph reared back with a scream, swatting at his beak, eyes glancing upward to take in the grotesque figure's appearance once more.

The skin hung off its frame worse than a few minutes ago if that was even possible. "The judgment is not over Raphael."

"Who are you?" he demanded, desperate to keep the fear out of his voice. There was no way he would let this guy or anyone else know of his fear, not when Leo needed him.

"Hamato Yoshi…" the voice whispered. "Your master's master," the figure mocked. Yoshi swirled around Raphael, his hand grazing the turtle's shoulder. "This is what happens when you've come back to earth after a fateful death… when you're needed by your family to avenge one hurt by their own brother," he hissed.

If Raph's eyes could've gone wider, they were in danger of popping out of his skull. He tried to backpedal, knowing this could not be true. If Yoshi could appear, it couldn't be in a form as grotesque as this. All the stories Splinter had told him and Leo showed Yoshi could be nothing like this at all.

Yoshi smirked. "It is time to join your brother. The pain is beginning." His hand darted out, shoving the turtle down the slick stairs.

Raph tumbled, throwing his arms out to slow his decent on the unforgiving hardness of the wooden stairs. The fall was both long and short, his life flashing before his eyes. His fun with all of his brothers, the fateful fight and slashing of his youngest brother, the loneliness afterwards, followed by the depressive hate.

The lumpy landing at the bottom of the stairs was a welcome relief, causing the flashback snippets to end. He groaned and lay there for a moment before seeing the haunted figure of Yoshi in his mind. He swallowed hard and rolled off the lump on the floor. He gazed down, horrified to find the lump to be his brother. He quickly got down on his knees next to him, shaking his unconscious brother as he pulled the tangled rope away. "Leo!" he hissed. "Wake up! We gotta get outta here. Gotta check on Master Splinter and Casey."

Leo groaned and rolled on his side. "Raph…"

He wasted no time and hoisted his brother to his feet, pulling an arm around his shoulder. He would not wait for Leo to fully regain consciousness. He had to get him out of the farmhouse, out of harm's way. He would not let Leo get hurt any worse. He barely had time to see the living room of the house before he made it out of the door and back to the van.

Panting, he let Leo rest against the side of the van. "Leo!" he hissed quietly. "Talk to me. Anything!" He couldn't afford for Leo to be unconscious anymore. If the ghost made it out of the house, he didn't know if he could defend the rest of his family against it.

"I'm ok…" Leo whispered weakly. "Are we… out of the house…?"

"Yes," Raph answered hurriedly. "Yes we are. Stay here. I've got to check on the others."

Leo nodded slowly. "Be quick."

"I will," Raph reassured him. He left his brother and rounded the van to open the door on the other side of the van. He was horrified to find it empty. He spun around to search his surroundings, finding staggered and bloody steps heading towards the barn.

"Are they alright?" Leo whispered, coming up by his side.

Raph shook his head. "They're not in the van. It looks like they went into the barn…"

"Maybe Casey woke up enough to drag sensei into the barn," Leo said hopefully.

Raph frowned, not thinking it was possible. "You ok to join me in checking or do you want to stay here?"

"I'm going," Leo said quickly and firmly, standing up as straight as he visibly could.

"Ok," Raph agreed. He stared at his brother, the both of them nodding before they squared their shoulders and slowly headed in together.