Lost

Chpt. 4

A cold pressence had entered the lair since they had arrived home. Mike's eyes wouldn't come off the flickering candles, even Don with all the logics he held couldn't get the chills to stop overcoming his senses watching the candle flicker wondering if he had upset his father in some way. The only eyes in the room not on the flickering light were Raph's scanning the dropplets of water, softly he bent down beside the water then eyes going back toward Don who's eyes where enthralled to the burning embers and the flickering shadows around it.

"Don, go see if there's anything stolen from the lab," he practically yelled making his brother take a deep breath and nodded rushing towards the lad stealing glances at the flame every few seconds.

Not knowing what to do Mike dropped to his knees, his hands slapped together, growling slightly Raph hit him on the side of the head,"What the hell are you doing?"

"It's obviose, isn't it?" Mike acclaimed frantically,"We must have pissed Master Splinter off! It must because we haven't honored him at all since he died! Or maybe because we haven't cleaned in even longer! Dude this is seriose! I've seen every horror movie out there, and number one rule, never ever piss off the dead! Well that would be, if it wasn't already don't split up!"

Mike was in hystarics, Raph could under stand that from him, but not Don. Growling he stomped toward the lab, Mike not far behind. As soon as they stepped into the lab, Mike was clinging tightly to Raph's arm, he just ignored it for now, he had bigger things to do then bash his brother's skull open.

"Nothing," Don said softly, taking another look around,"I just dont know how to explain this one..."

"And to think I was hoping you'd save that line for when Raph came home pregnat!" Mike said with a laugh, but soon ducked as Raph lifted his arm up ready for the strike.

"I think I need to go check around for the answer," Raph said softly walking off, his brothers walking briskly behind him.

"Oh no, your not going anywhere without us on this one," Don growled grabbing Raph's arm making him snarl under his breath his way of saying ok.

...

I'm tired, but I just can't seem to sleep. I've never been this close to grasping anything, but still the solid fact remains the same. What the hell am I? What the hell was he? Should I even care? My past is gone, but I'll always have the future. I'm tired of thinking about it. It's a mystery I'll never know. But sometimes I just wish I could grasp a name, then maybe, just maybe...I can finally become something more then I am now...

In unexplainable anger he threw the book across the room, cracking open the wall. Softly he popped pain killers in his mouth to null down the pain in his head, then lit a cigaret up in his mouth just staring down at the city, wondering for the first time in awhile if he had a family out there, somewhere. Puffing out a cloud of smoke, he made the same descision he always came to and flicked the cigaret out heading out the door, he needed to get out.

...

At the far end of the alley, the sound of laughing echoed off the wall, Raph putting his arm in front of his brothers and the usual small smile etching across his face as his eyes caught the purple dragon insignia spray painted on the wall. Unknown to him someone else was also casting the same smile towards the punks at the end of the alley puffing smoke and making crude jokes.

Staying to the shadows, the three brothers made the first strike on the punks at the end of the alley. Raph and Don grabbing onto the two of them, freaking them out to no other casting off streams of bullets, knocking out the street lamp ahead of him casting the alley into darkness and the sillohet amonst the shadows narrowly avoided being struck by a bullet in the skull but not lucky enough to miss a shot to the arm.

...

Grasping his bloody shoulder he cursed to himself for not paying much attention, he almost felt excited though as he heard the punks allies hurring out of the shadows towards where the bullets came from.

...

Don cursed as he heard the distant sound of bullets being fired off and someone yelling kill them from behind them.

"Not very hostpitable are they?" Mike asked cheerfully, knocking one of the guards over as he rushed at them. Making Don groan avoiding another onslot of machine gun bullets, he had to admit, this brought back memories. Raph was on his own with three large men trying to bash his skull in with pipes, Mike was knocking out two goons with large planks, and he was taking it easy swaying this way and that avoiding a bullet to the skull, the only thing that was missing was...his mouth dropped open in shock nearly being drowned in the sea of bullets. Mike and Raph were soon seeing what he was seeing and unable to move much themselves.

Only five feet in front of them a figure had jumped from the shadows, bashing two thugs to the ground, then swaying softly avoiding one of the punks steal blade his hands in his pockets a smirk on his leaf green face sun glasses consealing his eyes. Swiftly his leg smacked into the thug sending him to the ground, then smoothly he snatched the blade from his hands. Slicing open one of the goons firing off bullets slamming his fist against his friends head, blood flowing from his nose as he smashed into the ground then slicing the blade through the one holding a plank hurring at him, crouching to the ground as the pipe holders hurried towards him from oposite directions, then in a cartoon manor they bashed the pipes over each other's heads falling backwards. Softly he turned his head toward the remaining warriors who simply ran for cover.

Mike litterally passed out as he turned his head towards the brothers, the sword he held clattering to the ground at the sight of them.

Raph was the first to break the silence,"Where the hell have you been?"

The other just smirked then slid a cigaret in his mouth lighting it up,"So, what kind of dream is this? The good or bad kind?"

"What's your name?" Don asked instantly working out a theory in his head, watching his older brother just simply stare at him.

"Call me what you want, I don't have one..." he said with a bitter smile, disappearing into the shadows.

Raph rushing off after him, Don frantically trying to get Mike to come to.

...

He began to slow his pace as he heard foot steps, softly he pressed himself against the wall as the other turtle came into view growling loudly.

"So when is Karai going to come out singing Papparazzi?" he smirked making the other shoot around towards him.

"What?" he growled watching him closely as he walked by him a soft smile on his face.

"You know, Japanese, leader of the foot, cute green eyes, has a thing for me..." he said still smiling the other staring at him more questioningly.

"You know, Lady Gaga," he explained lighting up a cigaret making the other's eyebrows go deeper down in confussion,"I expect her to like pop out of the shadows her foot being her back up dancer then in her cute accent she'll sing,'Promise I'll be kind, but I won't stop until that boy is mine,Baby you'll be famouse, chase you down until you love me.' I wonder if I could acctually pay her to do that..." he grumbled the last part his hand on his chin, the other staring at him with a dumbfounded look.

He smiled softly to him as his eyes filled with more confussion,"What happanded to you?"

He thought for a moment then shrugged softly,"Couldn't tell you if I knew, your the damn dream shouldn't you of all people know?"

...

Raph was speechless, he didn't know what to say about any of this, his brother lit up another cigaret (funny, he always told Raph they were bad for you and here he was puffing away on one). Don was in front of him pacing, thinking of the next thing to say, Mike staring disbeilvingly at his brother who seemed to come back from the grave.

"Ok," he began making his eldest brother look up,"What can you tell me about the last three years?"

"Not much to say," he said with a shrug," I woke up in some old ladies house, her son was a huge anime fan and was trying to learn material arts, when he tried to fight me, I realized I could beat him without even trying and even more amazing I could actual jump across roofs without falling to my death! It's pretty cool...but to save time I'll just say it, I joined the circus," he said it all like it was nothing, nothing at all making Raph's temperature rise.

"You joined the circus?" he said hypocritally just staring at this stranger that used to be his brother.

"Hey #1 rule in the circus, you only join when you have nothing to loose," he said simply,"And at the time I had nothing to loose, I was in there for about a year and a half before I realized I could speak japanese, then I was off to japan..." he said simply watching Don pace around faster.

"How'd you learn that?" he asked trying to put everything together.

"A video," he shrugged.

"Oh! Like anime!" Mike acclaimed happily, seeming to understand everything.

"More or less," he grumbled thinking of the porn the clowns imported from Japan and no one could understand but him, making him blush alittle.

"After Japan, what happened then?" Don acclaimed his pace quickening, just making his brother stare at him in disbelief.

"How bout this, we stop asking me questions and I get one," Raph couldn't help but notice the darker tone of his voice,"Where the fuck were you? Where were you when I needed you? You say I'm your brother, you might be right, but why is it took you so damn long to find me if you cared about me?"

They all just stared at him, it seemed like he had been waiting awhile to get this off his chest,"How long after I was gone did you actually go look? Or did you just not care? But now that the foot's envolved and you have to get your friend back, you just have to find me, you have to pretend you care, is that it?" he was near yelling now,"If I wanted to be used as a pawn and only have people pretend they care, I'll go back to Japan!"

Before they could say anything, he disappeared into the shadows, Raph again chasing after him.

...

"Leo!" Raph screamed rushing up to him, making him glare back at him saying 'Don't call me that'. Before he could hurry off again Raph was holding firmly onto his fore arm glaring back into his eyes.

"Listen, before you just descide anything," he demanded,"Think about April ok? She doesn't deserve this! Blame us all you want, but don't let them hurt April O'Neil, our friend, your friend!"

His brother sighed taking one last glance at him, leaving Raph alone on the roof top just staring off, wishing he would come back.

...

Karai paced around the room not knowing what to do, they weren't taking the bait, she could feel it or possibly she was jumping the gun on this one. She snarled under her breath as she could hear one of her ninja rushing to her room.

"What-" she began to only be interupted to the sound of familiare chuckles coming from the other end of the phone he held making her instantly shoot for the phone.

"Where are you?" she snarled into the phone, making the other laugh softly.

"Oh, I just love it when you talk cute with me..." Leo's voice said from the other side of the phone,"But let's cut to buisness, shall we? You want me, I want Ms. O'Neil. How bout we make a trade? For old times sake?"

Karai smirked into the phone,"As you wish, I will be there as soon as possible..."

With that said, bothe lines went dead. Karai hurring off into the lab to get the signal trace.

...

Leo sat staring at the foot phone, eyes scanning the alley wondering when she would get here, but even more wondering if the phone booth on the other side of the alley was still in servive. Softly he entered the booth and scanned through the phone book names, then dialed up the number.

"Hello?" a heart brocken voice said from the other line.

"Yes, do you know April O'Neil?" he asked softly into the phone, making the other person on the line gasp and mumbled something that sounded like 'Leo? I thought you were dead?'

"Yes well, April should be fine, just be at 30th avenue the back alley behind the new pizza place in Broklyn soon," he said softly, hanging up before the other could say anything else.