Busy busy busy. Well that's life. But Leo or maybe Shade, it's hard to tell when he himself or not, has been threatening me to continue. So enjoy. ;) And then review please.
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Chapter 11
Shade groans. It feels like he had been hit by a brick and then hit repeatedly. A headache courses through his head. He groans again, moving his head side to side, slowly cracking his eyes open. The images before him swim in dizzying colors and shapes. A green shape looms over him. He doesn't know who or what it is. He shuts his eyes, hoping the swirling colors would soon vanish. He wants to go back to the darkness. To the void unconsciousness leaves. But he can't. He can't force himself there. He would have to knock something against his head. And he doesn't have the strength to do that.
"Leo?"
Shade murmurs unintentionally and slits his eyes open again. This time the images are clear, the colors normal. The figure looming over him is indeed green, but wears a red mask over his eyes. Shade narrows his eyes on the figure before him. It was one of the ones he had led to the park. One that Saki had wanted dead. But the green one had been home. Home with the rat when he shouldn't haven been. The red turtle should be dead. What do they want with him?
He lifts his hand to rub his head, shocked to find that his hand is not bound down. He had attacked them. They were enemies. With enemies you bound them down so they do not hurt you. Or risk getting yourself killed. Shade almost smirks. He could kill the turtles for Saki. Even the rat. He never said to bring them back. Especially if Saki had failed. Shade brings his hand back down and narrows his eyes on the red banded turtle.
Raph steps back, his eyes wide. "Leo? It's me. What's the shell is wrong with you?"
"Don't you DARE call me that!" Shade yells at him. He sits up, every muscle sore and protesting against him. He glares at Raph, seeing Mikey and Don also in the room. He turns his head, seeing the rat suddenly fill the doorway. He mutters under his breath. What was going on? Weren't they afraid of him? They should be. And they would. He didn't have this searing hatred before. But he has it now. He hates them. He hates every single on of them. He will kill them. He will bring the news to Saki. Then... then he will leave this city. He won't come back. It was filled with memories. Memories and flashbacks. Of them. Those turtles.
Raph stares at Shade almost wide-eyed. His gaze hardens as he lets out a low growl. "I'll call ya that if I want to Fearless. Or have you forgotten your own name."
Shade growls at Raph, ignoring the others in the room. His sole focus was on Raphael. He couldn't put into words his hate for this one. This turtle. This freak.
"Raph stop it." The purple one grabbed a hold of Raph and tugged him back.
Raph jerked his arm from Don. "I'll stop when I want to stop. Fearless here has been missing for a year. Makin' us think he was dead when he knew darn well he wasn't. I want to know why. Dang it! I want to know why he snapped at me."
Shade's eyes narrow even further. So the red one didn't like him either. But what was with the fearless name. Whatever. He hated that too. He swings his legs off the side of the cot.
"Guys..." Mikey's voice rings out.
"You'll get your answers if you calm down Raph," Don returned at the hot headed turtle. "There's a reasonable explanation for why he's been gone for a year."
"Yeah I'd like to hear it!" Raph retorted.
"Why don't you try asking him nicely," Don threw back in a low but calm voice.
"Hey guys!" Mikey called out.
"My sons," Splinter warned.
"What?" Raph and Don demanded, spinning to face them.
Shade takes this as his cue and leaps onto Raph, pinning him down to the floor and pushing his nose into the stone ground.
Raph grunts and starts squirming underneath Shade's death grip. "Get offa me!" he roars, twisting even more.
Shade swipes one of Raph's sai and pushes the tip to Raph's neck, just barely getting blood as he pushes a little harder.
"Raph!" Mike and Don gasp.
"My son," Splinter whispers. He stays his ground, not leaving his spot in the doorway for fear of startling Leo and loosing one of his sons.
Don and Mikey also stayed rooted to where they were. The room fell silent except for the huffs and grunts from Raph.
Shade smirks. "Hold still and I won't kill you so slowly," he threatens lowly.
"We're already dead in half hour," Raph growled. "So stop this ridiculous act and get offa me!" He didn't squirm with the sai in his neck, but was still one unhappy turtle.
Shade shakes his head. "I don't think so." He blinks. "What makes you think you'll be dead in half hour anyways? I haven't done anything yet."
"Yet?" Mikey asked, his eyes wide.
"Yet?" Raph repeated. "Ya call leading us to the park and the Foot nothing? What were ya doing? What where ya thinkin'? Those darts had poison, or did you know that already?!" Raph yelled.
Shade loosens his hold on Raph for a split second, then tightens. They would already be dead in half an hour. Saki had done what needed to be done. But that didn't mean he couldn't take out his anger at them while they still lived. But the vile... He looks down at his overcoat and sees green skin instead. No coat. No vile. His eyes narrow even more. "Where is my coat?" he asks in a low and menacing growl.
"Dude, we're as good as dead without a cure in half an hour and you're worried about your coat?" Mikey asked. "I must be sick." He sat down on the floor.
"Stop being so melodramatic," Raph growls.
Mikey sits up, but still looks pale.
Shade tightens his hold a little more, digging the sai in a bit deeper into Raph's neck.
Raph gasps and growls.
"My son," Splinter said gently, his paw on Shade's shoulder. "You are safe and home. Let your brother go."
Shade snaps his gaze to the rat. Safe? Yeah right. Home? Think again. He scans the room, spying his coat near the door.
A green hand closed gently around his wrist, pulling up Shade's hand and the sai in a slow motion. Before Shade knew it the sai was taken from him while he stares at the coat. He let them take the sai. If they got his coat again... Did they know what was in it? He scowls and jumps off of Raph, nearly bumping into Don, who still held Raph's sai.
"You yourself now?" Mikey spoke up in a scare voice, clearly not expecting his brother to be acting this way.
Shade darts for the coat and scoops it up, shaking it once, feels the vile bounce. So they hadn't gotten it yet. Good.
"I'll take that as a no," Don said sadly.
Raph growls as he stands. "What the shell do you think you're doing?!" He runs forward, getting jerked back by Don and Splinter.
"Calm down my son and we will figure this out," Splinter advised.
Raph snarls.
Shade smirks and turns, running out of the room and into the lair's large main room.
"Leo!" Mikey calls, feet pounding after him.
More feet pounded behind then passed the sound of Mikey's feet.
Shade heads for the lair door, but only gets halfway there before he gets tackled by a heavy weight. He looses hold of the coat. It clatters to the ground with a soft tink.
"Whatever they've done to you, we're going to fix it tonight!" Raph roared, pinning Shade to the ground, twisting one arm behind Shade's shell.
Shade squirms. He couldn't let them have the coat. Or the vile inside it. He thrashes trying to throw Raph off of him. "Let go!" he growls.
"No way Fearless."
Shade's eyes widen as Don scoops up the coat, digging in the pocket, and pulls out the vile.
"What is this?" Don asked.
Shade doesn't answer, but continues to thrash. It wasn't going to end like this. A dull thud connects with his head. His thrashes slow to a stop until he lies limp beneath Raph's hold.
