Wow, I got a review...the world must be coming to an end....hahaa. Thankyou though. soooo, I'm gonna put up chapter 4, hopefully it wont stink.
When he heard the door to the lair being opened Leo immediately rose from the couch. "Raph?" He questioned, "That you?"
Sure enough Raph rounded the corner, completely ignored Leo, and headed up to his room.
"Where are you going?" Leo asked. "I was hoping we could talk."
"Not now Leo," Raph grunted. "I'm going to bed."
Donnie jumped from the couch, almost spilling his coffee all over himself. "Um, no you are not Raph. Your arm looks worse than before. You are coming to my lab so I can patch you up before it gets infected."
Raph groaned. "Can't this wait 'till morning?"
"No." Don stated. "And besides, it is the morning. So get to the lab."
Raphael looked pleadingly at him.
"Now." Donnie barked, leaving no room for argument.
Raph sighed, stomped back down the stairs, brushed past Leo, and headed towards the lab with Donnie following close behind. Leo stood there for a few moments wondering if he should try to talk to Raph now or let him cool down a bit. After a few seconds he sighed, and decided he better go say what he needed to while Raph was being forced to stay in one place.
He entered the lab nervously, and Raph immediately averted his eyes pretending he didn't see his older brother.
"Look Raph," Leo said awkwardly. "I was out of line earlier, and I didn't mean anything I said."
"Obviously ya meant it Leo." Raph said, still not looking at him.
Leo sighed. "Raph I..."
"Ow!" Raph exclaimed, interrupting Leo. "Damnit Donnie!" Raph yelled, flinching away from his brother who had gone into full doctor mode; poking and prodding at his arm.
"Sorry Raph, but I have to check this out." Donnie explained, while he continued to examine his brother's wound. "What cut you exactly?" Donnie asked.
"Um...a katana I think." Raph said hesitatingly, knowing his brother was going to find his other wound any second.
"Hmmm..." Donnie hummed while continuing his examination.
Leo looked worried. "Is it bad?" He asked.
Raph rolled his eyes, "It's fine fearless."
"Yea, well, I didn't ask you I asked Donnie." Leo replied.
"I don't know," Donnie said, squinting at Raph's arm. "It almost looks like two different wounds."
"Really?" Leo asked. "Raph did you get cut twice?" Leo questioned.
"Well I..." Raph started, but was interrupted by Donnie.
"No, This second wound is smaller, and deeper." Donnie said, while prodding the gash. "Almost as if..." Donnie cut himself off, and quickly grabbed a large pair of tweezers.
"As if what, Donnie?" Leo asked anxiously.
Raph squirmed in his seat guiltily.
"Hold still Raph." Donnie reprimanded. "I don't know Leo," Donnie said. "It looks just like...What the Shell?!" Donnie exclaimed, raising his tweezers up to examine a small metallic object that he had extracted from Raph's arm.
"What is it?" Leo practically yelled.
"A bullet." Donnie said in shock. "It's a bullet."
"You were shot?!" Leo yelled accusingly at Raph. "When?"
"Last night." Raph said, grimacing and clutching his arm. When Donnie had removed the bullet a fresh flow a blood was set loose, along with a good amount of pain. He felt nauseated, and weak, as if he might fall over any second.
"Raph?" Leo questioned, noticing his brother wasn't looking too good.
Donnie dropped the tweezers and laid a hand on Raph's shoulder to keep him from falling over. "Leo, hand me some bandages. I need to put some pressure on this wound."
"Here." Leo said, handing Donnie a handful of bandages. "He's going to be okay right?" Leo questioned anxiously.
"M'fine." Raph said weakly.
"Uh-huh..." Leo said skeptically. "Donnie?"
"He'll be fine Leo, but he's lost a lot of blood." Donnie turned to his injured brother, "Raph you're going to need stitches, and we need to get some fluids into you."
"Yeah, yeah, just do it already so I can get some sleep." Raph grumbled.
Donnie smiled, and went across the room to gather his supplies, "Well at least you're still acting like yourself."
"Ha ha." Raph said sarcastically.
Just then Mikey walked into the lab rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "Dudes, what's all the noise about." He asked, looking around. "Man bro, that looks gnarly." Mikey said, referring to Raph's arm.
"Mikey," Leo addressed his youngest brother sternly. "You didn't tell us the foot were carrying guns last night when they attacked you."
Mikey looked confused, "They did?"
Leo looked exasperated. "Yes they did, and they shot Raph."
"What?!" Mikey exclaimed, looking at Raph. "I didn't see...where...are you alright?" Mikey asked, apparently finding it difficult to conjure up a complete sentence.
"Leo," Raph groaned. "Stop hounding him. Those sorry excuses for ninjas weren't packin' heat."
"Well then how do you explain that bullet in your arm Raphael?" Leo asked in a no nonsense voice.
"I sort of had a run in with some purple dragons last night after I left." Raph said evasively.
"And?" Leo prompted.
"They were robbing some chick in an alley. I couldn't just do nothin', who knows what they would have done to her. I jumped in to help, and one of 'em got off a lucky shot." Raph explained, conveniently leaving out that the lucky shot came from the girl that he risked his life for. He didn't want his brothers to blame the girl. It wasn't her fault. She was scared and she probably thought he was some wierdo who was going to try and harm her.
Leo stood with his arms crossed looking at Raph, his eyesd blazing with anger.
Raph sighed. "Look Leo, call me reckless, or careless, or whateva, but I wasn't gonna stand by and watch that girl get killed."
Leo's eyes softened, he realized his harsh words earlier had really got to his brother. "I'm not angry with you Raph, you did the right thing."
Raph looked up at his older brother in surprise, and nodded, grateful that Leo actually understood for once.
"Awwww, dudes." Mikey said, interrupting the short silence with a grin. "Are you two gonna kiss?"
"Shut up Mikey!" Raph said taking a light swing at his brother.
"okay, okay," Donnie said chuckling. "You need to rest Raph. I'd prefer if you just slept here for now. I don't want you getting up for a while."
"Fine." Raph complied, too tired to argue. He leaned back and closed his eyes, ready to catch some z's.
"Hey bro," Mikey said, indicating Raph's belt. "Where's your other sai?"
Raph's eyes popped open in alarm, and he looked down at his belt. Sure enough, one of his sais was missing. "Aw, damnit!" Raph cursed. "I must'a dropped it in the alley."
"It's okay Raph." Leo said, putting his hands on Raph's shoulders to stop him from getting up. "I'll go look for it. Where were you exactly?"
Raph looked up trying to remember, "Uhm, the alley on 23rd I think."
"Across from the old fire station?" Leo questioned
Raph thought for a second, "Yea, that's the one."
"Okay, I'll be back in a bit." Leo said.
Raph nodded, "Thanks."
"No problem." Leo replied, picking up his katanas, and exiting the lab.
"Come on Mikey." Donnie said, grabbing his brother's arm. "Let's go in the kitchen or something, Raph needs to rest."
"Okay." Mikey said, smiling at Raph. "I'm glad you're okay bro."
"Thanks Mike." Raph replied.
Donnie and Mikey exited the lab, and Donnie softly shut the door behind him, leaving Raph alone in the peace and quiet.
Raph sighed, and once again leaned back and closed his eyes. He was beat, the night's events had really worn him out. He started to think about the girl in the alley, and how she had shot him after he had rescued her. He couldn't put his finger on why, but for some reason he was really bothered by the whole incident. Thankfully, he was asleep within minutes, and the night's worries could no longer trouble him.
Ughh, for some reason that chapter was hard to get out. Please review and tell me what you think. The plot should thicken in the upcoming chapters.