"What's a gal gotta do to get some reviews around here?" hahaa, anyone recognize that quote? (a couple words are changed of course)
A crack of thunder, so loud that it could even be heard down in the sewers, resonated throughout the lair, effectively waking Leo from his light doze.
Startled, Leo looked around, rubbing his face, "Aw...please tell me I didn't fall asleep."
Leo looked at the clock above the television, and sure enough he had been asleep for about four hours. It was now 5 am which meant that Raph had left the lair almost five hours ago. He quickly ran up the stairs to Raph's room to see if his brother had snuck in without him noticing. He reached Raph's door and slowly opened it with only a small creak.
"Raph?" he whispered quietly into his brother's room, "Raph, you in here?"
He didn't recieve an answer, so Leo reached over and flicked the light switch, illuminating the room. Sure enough, his brother's bed was empty. Raph hadn't come home.
Leo didn't know whether to be worried about Raph, or angry with him. He guiltily decided to be worried, after all he was the one to make Raph leave in the first place. Hr half jogged back down the stairs and was heading towards the door to start the search for his missing brother when he heard a noise coming from the kitchen. Leo turned and walked to the kitchen hoping the source of the noise was Raphael.
"raph?" leo questioned upon entering the kitchen, only to be immediately dissappointed by the sight of his other brother, Don.
Don looked up from where he was starting to make some coffee, "nope, just me."
"Oh," Leo said, "What are you doing up so early? I thought you were Raph."
"The thunder woke me up, and I couldn't go back to sleep. It's been storming all night." Don replied, looking over at his oldest brother with a slight frown, "Has Raph not come home yet?"
"No." Leo sighed
Donatello put down his mug and turned to look at Leo, "I thought you said you were going to go look for him."
"I was," Leo said looking sheepish, "but i sorta fell asleep. I was hoping he might've come back without me noticing, but he hasn't"
"Have you tried calling his cell?" Don asked, slightly worried.
"No," Leo said, "Maybe you should. he probably won't answer if he sees I'm calling and he's still upset with me."
Donny nodded and whipped out his shell cell, dialing Raph's number.
Leo looked on, hoping Raph would actually answer. After the long seconds of silence he was losing hope until...
"Hey Raph," Don said, "Where ya at bro?"
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"Are you okay?" Donny asked.
Leo held his breath, and tried to get Donny to clue him in on where raph was at.
Donny, however, just ignored him and continued on with his conversation, "Well you've been gone all night."
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"ugh-huh" Don said nodding
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"Yah, I know Raph, but you need to come home, okay? I need to take a look at that cut on your arm."
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"And you better not have been sitting out in the rain all night," Don lectured.
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"Well that's my job, and you make it harder for me when all I'm doing is trying to help."
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"It's okay, just head back home now, and I might forgive you," Donny said, smiling.
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"Ok bro, see you then." Don said giving Leo a reassuring nod.
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"Bye." Don clicked the phone shut, and looked at Leo. "He's on his way home right now."
Leo sighed in relief, "Is he alright? Is he still mad at me? He wasn't sitting in the rain all night was he?"
Don chuckled at Leo's rapid questioning, "He says he's fine, he still seems kinda ticked, and he better not have or I'm going to kick his shell."
Leo nodded, "Did he say how long he'll be?"
Don shrugged, "No, but it could be awhile, because of the storm."
"Yea, your right," Leo agreed, "I guess I'll go wait in the living room."
Donny smiled, and grabbed two mugs of coffee, shoving one at Leo, "I'll come with you."
A crack of thunder, that sent vibrations through Raph's shell, startled him awake.
"Huh?" Raph said to himself, looking around, "What time is it?"
He pulled out his cell and looked at the built in clock, "uh-oh, 5am?"
"How did I fall asleep in this?" Raph asked himself, looking around at the downpour, and feeling its icy drops on his skin. His attention was drawn to his blood soaked arm where he had been cut, and then later shot.
He wondered if he fell asleep or if he had simply passed out from blood loss. Either way, he knew he needed to get back to the lair. Sitting around in the rain wasn't doing him or his injuries any good.
Raphael was hauling himself to his feet with is good arm when he felt his cell vibrating. He pulled it from his waistband, rolling his eyes, "Gee, I wonder who this could be?"
"What?" He growled, not even checking the caller ID, expecting it to be Leo.
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"Oh, umm...I'm not really sure." Raph said, caught off guard by Donny's voice instead of his older brother's.
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"yah, m'fine." Raph grumbled, looking at his arm.
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"Yah well, Leo really pissed me off. Where does he get off callin' me reckless? I just can't stand him sometimes."
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"He's always on my shell, the 'perfect leader', he doesn't even listen to my side of things, he just jumps down my throat every chance he gets."
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"yah, ok, I'm comin right now."
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'Geeez Donny, stop worrying so much, your goin all doctor mode on me."
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Raph sighed, "yah, I know yer only tryin to help, bro, I'm sorry."
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Raph chuckled. "Uh-huh, you better, or I'll make ya," Raph said jokingly. "Anyways, I'll be home in a bit, I'm headed that way now."
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"Alright, bye."
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Raph clicked the phone shut, and tucked the phone back into his belt. "Man, I wonder how ticked he's gonna be when he sees I got myself another injury." Raph wondered to himself. "And Leo will probably never let me out of the lair again...not like he could stop me, but still..."
Raph sighed, and lightly touched his wound, 'Damn, that hurts," He hissed.
"Oh, well, I'm gonna have to face the music sometime. Better sooner than later, I guess."
And With that thought, Raph leaped to the next rooftop, making his way back to the lair, hoping that his brothers wouldn't be too pissed with him.
Ok well there's chapter three. review anyone? :D