Yay! I finally finished the next chapter. It helps when you actually have time to work on it. Haha But I wouldn't have not gone to the music festival I went to. It was a blast! And refreashing. So now read and enjoy this next chapter. And reviews are nice too. : )
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Chapter 16
Raph crashed into Splinter, knocking them both to the ground. He was shocked, the breath knocked out of him. He hadn't expected Leo to get free, much less take his sai. For the second time he might add. He grumbled getting off of Splinter. No one stole his sai. Brother or not.
"Raphael, do not harm your brother," Splinter said gently. "But you must restrain him."
Raph nodded. Oh he was going to restrain him alright. And beat the memories back into that thick skulled head of his too. He looked over at his brother, watching the way he inched his way toward Mikey. The orange banded turtle just seemed to stare at Leo, eyes wide, terror written on his face. "Move Mikey!" Raph shouted at him.
Mikey didn't seem to respond, just standing there.
Leo took advantage of this before Raph could move and kicked Mikey hard in the stomach, sending the poor orange banded turtle into some of Don's shelving, knocking him a little senseless.
Raph growled and ran at Leo, one fist pulled back to deliver a nasty punch.
Leo spun and caught Raph's fist just as it came close to his cheek. He smirked, eying Raph for a moment. "I don't think so." He turned and flipped Raph over his shoulder and jumped back a couple feet from Raph, turning to Don. His smirk grew as he flipped over Don, spinning and whacking his heel into Don's head before anyone could blink.
Splinter came up behind Leo and swept Leo off his feet with his walking stick. Though this didn't slow him for long as the old rat found himself face to face with his son again, appearing to wince as he stared into his sons eyes. "Leonardo. You must slow down and think about this."
"I'm done thinking," Leo hissed. He jumped forward, arm extended for a mean punch.
Splinter dodged it, slipping around Leo who growled at the miss hit. He tightened his grip on his walking stick and jumped out of the way of Leo's next kick.
"Hold still," Leo grunted.
"You must stop my son," Splinter tried again.
"Stop!" Leo yelled. "I'm not your son!" Enraged, he flipped over Splinter and thew a mean punch to the back of Splinter's head and kicked him into Don's crumpled form with a hard kick.
Raph was shaking as he watched his sensei fight Leo. What had been done to Leo? What lies was he told to make him hate them this much? To want to kill them. He growled. Enough was enough. It was time to hold Leo down and make him listen to the truth. He darted forward and jumped up with a fast kick.
Leo stumbled back from the impact. He smirked and righted himself. "Not bad."
Raph grunted and swung his fist, only for Leo to catch it in mid swing.
"Maybe I should kill you first."
"Don't you dare Leo," Raph growled, ripping his fist out of his brother's grasp.
"Is that all you can say?" Leo shook his head and spun, swiping Raph off of his feet. "Pathetic."
Raph landed with a thud on the floor and grumbled as he leaped back to his feet. "How 'bout this! You ain't my brother, so start acting like it!" He rushed at Leo and pounced on him, pinning him to the ground.
Leo glared up at him. "You're right. I'm not your brother. So how can I act like it." He smiled evilly, a glint in his eyes.
Raph blinked at the foreign glint in his brother's eyes. He had never seen such an angry and evil look in Leo's eyes. He unconsciously loosened hold, felt one of Leo's hands slipping away, then a white hot pain before he could think to tighten his hold again. His eyes widened, his body froze in place. Slowly his eyes gazed down to the source of his pain. In his shoulder stuck his other sai. The third time Leo had stolen one in the last 7 hours. He scowled. Leo was going to pay for this one day.
A shadow loomed over Raph's head. Leo's eyes widened beneath him. Knowing another member of his family had to be behind him, but not knowing who, Raph tightened his grip on Leo despite the pain in his shoulder.
An object whipped past Raph and collided with Leo's head. The blue banded turtle went limp beneath him. Raph involuntary shuddered, feeling dizzy from the pain. The images around him were starting to go dark as he rolled off of Leo.
Mikey stared at him with wide eyes, kneeling down next to him and pulling out the sai from Raph shoulder. He pressed his hands over the wound. "Raph..." he squeaked out.
"It's gonna be ok Mike," Raph whispered, giving a small smile. "Secure Leo. It'll be ok," he whispered as he lost the fight for consciousness.
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Mikey didn't know what to do. Everyone was out. Don lay slumped in against the wall, Splinter was out cold not to far from Don, Raph was out from a stab would from his own sai, and Leo was out because he just had to knock him out. It just wasn't right. Mikey kept pushing against the wound on Raph's shoulder. He had to get Don over here to fix this. But he couldn't just get up and wake Don. More blood would just come forth. Still it had to be stopped. And now. "Donny!"
Don still lay out of it, unmoving.
Mikey bit his lip, starting to panic. He shook his head, trying to force the panic down and tried again. "Donny! Wake up!" he yelled louder.
This caused Don to stir slightly.
"Come on Don. Wake up. Raph needs you. Like now!"
Don jerked and sat up, rubbing the back of his head. "What? Ow... What hit me?"
"Leo did," Mikey answered. "Now please Donny. Help me."
Don looked over at him, his eyes widening. "Just hold on Mikey. Keep the pressure firm while I get what I need."
Mikey barely nodded as he watched Don stand and go about the room, not exactly running, but not going around slow either.
The purple banded turtle grabbed bandages, gauze strips, and things for stitches, dumping them next to Mikey and pulled Mikey's hands off of Raph's shoulder wound.
Mikey backed away and let Don work. He sat on the floor, mesmerized by what Don was doing, biting his lip as Raph moaned. Come on Raph. Pull through this... he thought to himself. He didn't want to loose two brothers.
"Mikey, go get a bucket and cloth. We need to clean the blood off," Don ordered.
"Sure thing..." Mikey jumped to his feet, glad for the fact that his stomach no longer hurt where Leo had kicked him. He raced into the kitchen, grabbing the first bowl he could find, and filling it with water. Grabbing a cloth from the drawer, he took the bowl and returned to the lab. Raph was now mumbling more and Don looked to be done with the stitch work. "Here Donny."
"Thanks." Don started gently cleaning off the blood around the wound.
The silence seemed to envelope the two of them as Mikey looked around. Splinter was still out. He bit his lip. "Is sensei going to wake up?"
Don finished working on Raph's shoulder and looked over at Splinter. The old rat's fingers started to move. "Yeah. He'll be fine. He's starting to wake up now. I would've been worried if he hadn't moved for another few minutes."
Mikey nodded.
"Help me get Raph on one of the cots," Don said, putting his stuff aside.
"Ok." Mikey took Raph's legs, while Don carefully grabbed him under the arms and together they hoisted Raph onto one of the cots. Once that was done, Mikey stepped back and turned to eye the still unconscious Leonardo. "What about Leo?"
"I don't know Mikey," Don said after awhile. "It's just going to take time."
"He's going to be torn when he does remember us."
Don sighed. "Yes. But we'll help him through it."
"I hope so." Mikey gulped. The road would be hard, but he wanted his brother back too much to quit hoping. He slowly walked over to Leo and knelt down next to him. Touching his forehead brought no response. "Raph said we have to secure him again."
Don joined Mikey and nodded. "It's for the best until he has his memory back."
"Who do you think turned him against us like this?" Mikey whispered.
"I do not believe it was the Foot," Splinter said, walking over to them.
"Why not?" Don asked.
"You told me about the incident in the park. How the Shredder had believed he had killed Leonardo. If the Shredder had believed this then how could he instill these dark thoughts into Leo?"
Mikey thought about it and shrugged. It did make sense. "Then who else could have made him like this sensei?" He was at a loss of who else there could be.
Splinter placed his hand on Leo's forehead.
"Maybe the Purple Dragons," Don suggested.
"That is possible," Splinter said thoughtfully. "But we must not give up hope. Leonardo will remember soon. I am sure of it."
Both turtle nodded.
Mikey sighs. "Should we put him back on the cot?"
"That would be best," Splinter conceded.
Mikey sighed, but nodded. He looked to Don, who grabbed Leo under the arms. Mikey took the cue and grabbed Leo by the legs. Together the two carried Leo back to the bed and restrapped him down. "I want Leo back," he said softly.
Don put his arm around Mikey after they were finished. "Me too."
Mikey hugged his brother, his tears finally spilling down his cheeks. He almost didn't feel the two furry robbed arms that encircled the two turtles. He caught a glimpse of his sensei also crying a few tears. Come back Leo. We need you.
