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-yesiamweird
Everyone jumped into action so quickly, May was sure even Karai was surprised at how fast they moved. The blonde ninja was ready for anything and took none of the Foot Ninja lightly as they tried to fight against her. Using all of her training, she cleared her mind from all of the thoughts and worries of Leonardo's disappearance and focused on her breathing instead.
Things seemed to be working well for the female ninja, that is, until a dick of a Foot Solider kicked her left side of her chest causing her to fall backwards to the floor. She cried aloud feeling a spreading burning pain ignited through her body and then felt the force of her body being picked up by the front of her shirt.
"You are useless. The turtles probably keep you as a pet more than an ally." The Foot Solider smugly remarked.
Something sparked in May's head in that instant and she furiously snapped raising her scythe blade in the air and slashing it down over the ninja's left side of his chest. "Let's see how you like it, ya bastard!" She kicked him to the side and then defended herself as another set of Foot surrounded her.
Eventually, she knocked out all of the Foot surrounding her and she quickly hid behind a wall post trying to slow her breath down. 'Gotta concentrate!' She closed her eyes feeling her lungs gasp for oxygen.
She heard a strange cry from a distance and her eyes shot open at the familiarity of the voice. "Splinter?" She whispered and looked towards his room on her right.
There lying face down on the floor was her rat master. "You are not worthy to speak of my father, rodent!" Karai's voice rang from the small flames that grew around Splinter's room. "I will silence your treacherous tongue once and for all!" Karai picked Splinter up by the collar of his robe ready to strike with her two pronged armor.
"NO!" May ran towards the woman throwing the chain of her Kusari around Karai's wrist and then pulled her towards the blonde. Without hesitation, May kicked Karai in the gut making her fall backwards and release Splinter to the floor once again.
"Master Splinter!" May heard the three turtles run towards her.
"He's hurt, Donny!" May lifted Splinter into the arm of the doctor of the group. "What do we do?" She cried.
"We have to get out of here!" Donny replied looking to Raph.
"Uh," Mikey looked forwards at the Foot waiting for the turtles and May to make another move. "Easier said than done!"
"Donny you take Masta Splinter with you! May you're comin' wit me! We split up, get out and hook back up again topside got it!" Raph commanded, "Now let's go and guys, be careful!" Raph clutched May's wrist as he split the group up becoming the leader of the family in the time of need.
"This way!" he dragged the blonde towards the stone elevator in the lair while defending off any Foot Soldiers that attempted to fight among the two.
"Hurry!" May cried out as a group of Foot gained on the two. They attempted to push the button to close the elevator door but it didn't close fast enough as four Foot made their way in.
May held her Kusari in her hand while pushing up against Raph's shell. "I got the two on the right, you got the left!" he nodded and they sprung into action defeating the ninja as fast as they could.
As the elevator arrived in the garage and opened, May and Raph both fell to their knees trying to catch up with their breaths. May's cut was really starting to hurt even more than before causing her breathing to heighten and her strength to weaken. If Raph hadn't been in the elevator fighting with her, she would have been dead in a matter of seconds. Their moment didn't last long enough as the garage door started to open revealing even more foot ninja.
"Where do these guys come from!" May gasped but a hand wrapped around her waist pulling her to the shell mobile.
"Get in!" Raph yelled as the door opened. May nodded throwing herself onto the passenger seat as he climbed into the driver shutting the door just before the ninja came in. The engine roared as the car pulled out of the garage and into the streets.
It was then that May realized just how desperate their situation had been. "Raph... What are we gonna do! The lair it's..." she rested her head back on the head rest of the chair and sunk into the seat trying not to let her tears roll down her face.
"I don't know, but don't worry. We'll find a way to beat the shit out of Karai!" he gripped the steering wheel angered at the woman who betrayed his brother. Just then a foot helicopter flew in front of the car and he could make out the guns aiming for the car.
"May, put on my helmet and sit on the back of the Shell Cycle, now!" he screamed and she threw herself to the back of the car instantly as he unbuckled his seat belt and joined her on the front of the bike. Starting the engine, Raph flew the motor cycle through the back of the shell mobile right as the helicopter shot the Shell Mobile into a burst of flames.
May looked back only for a second and then tightly held onto the turtle as best as she could, scared to death of his reckless driving. She had never been on a motorcycle before and with Raph driving so uncontrollably, and the fact that they had almost been blown up, she was incredibly anxious.
He drove through the back alleys of the city avoiding the road at all cost and then slowed the motorcycle as they reached a dead end.
Raph sighed punching the air as he heard the helicopter blades fly away from the area. "Damn them Foot Soldiers, damn Karai!" he muttered.
May had continued to hold onto the sides of Raph's shell as they sat on the bike together. No matter how much she tried to not think about the situation, the more it came running back into her head. Another place she considered her home was gone...
Sighing, Raph bent on top of the front of his bike trying to think of places to hide or to meet his brothers. There were so many Foot Ninja and he could only imagine that they had tried to kill his family as they attempted to do to him.
He took a deep breath and then noticed the shaking coming from behind his shell. He frowned at May's teary eyes and placed his cool green hand cupping her chin to his face. "Don't worry, we are safe...for now." he whispered and then looked around to find a place to hide. A flyer for Coney Island shook from the force of the wind as it tried to cling to the wall it had been stapled on. "Perfect." He nodded.
"Raphael?" she looked up at him, horrified, "I'm scared..." she whispered as tears poured down her cheeks.
"May..." Raph whispered as he tough exterior melted away from his body. He simply lifted her off the bike and pulled her into his arms, "Don't be, I gottcha." he lifted her legs off the ground and continued to head to the theme park by foot.
May sat under a bridge waiting for Raph to come back. He had said he was going to search the area around the theme park and hopefully bring back some food. She rested her head in her hands and her elbows on her knees as she leaned against the wall. "How could this happen to me...again..." she whispered softly under her breath.
She tried to fight her tears away as she heard Raph's notorious footsteps heading her way. "Hey, looky what I found." he grinned.
She brushed her hair from out of her face and looked up at the turtle. "Really?" she half laughed, half doubted his bottle of Jack Daniel's that he held in the air.
"Hell yea. Here." he sat down next to her and pulled out a foam cup and an unopened coke can. She nodded and took the bottle out of his hands as he poured the coke in the cup.
Raph looked back at the blonde swigging the bottle into her mouth taking an entire mouthful of the liquor. "Damn." he smiled as she swallowed not making a face of any kind. "Your good." he took the bottle out of her grasp and did the same. As he swallowed the burning liquid he cringed at the sensation of swallowing what seemed to be fire as it traveled down his stomach. May giggled and reached for the cup and poured the jack from his hands into it.
"Thanks, at least this will make tonight pass quicker." she leaned back closing her eyes as the brick wall cooled the back of her head refreshingly.
"This blows..." Raph muttered attempting to make a conversation between the two. He had something on his mind lately and now that he and she were alone, he hoped he could talk to her about it tonight.
She nodded, "Yup." and took another gulp of her drink.
"May?" he turned his head took look at the girl before he questioned her.
"Yes Raphie?" she looked at him with her eyes only.
"Why?"
Confused she turned her whole head to look at him, "Why what?"
"Why him?"
She sighed, "Not now..."
"Now may be the only chance I get to ask, so I'm askin', why him?"
She closed her eyes and lifted her body up to stand. "I'm not having this conversation with you, Raphael." she turned her back towards him and crossed her arms.
Raph shook his head furious by her actions and stood up to turn her around to face him, "Why did you choose Leo over me? Just let me know so I can move on with my life!" he yelled at her.
May stood there with her mouth opened shocked by his words. "Raph...I." she whimpered at his grip on her arms while he continued on with his yelling ignoring her plea.
"I know Leo ain't been around recently and yea, we've been hanging out more and stuff. But May, I just don't see why you didn't give me a chance? Just one day you up and became his girlfriend?" he panted looking down at her face. She stood there silent wary of his next move.
"May, you drive me insane, ya know that! I'm always thinking 'bout 'cha." He let her right arm go and placed his arm overtop of her head, leaning into her body. He was embarrassed; his temper had taken over again and understanding his ashamed statue, May placed her free hand on his cheek and rubbed it gently.
Every time she touched him, he felt calm, in control. He needed her in his life, even if that meant watching her with his older brother for all of eternity. As long as she could talk, smile, even look at him, he could deal with her being Leo's girl.
May's cold fingers traveled down his cheek, past his chin, tracing down his bare shoulders and to his chest. She traced the lines of his plastron driving Raph absolutely insane by her care towards him.
"Raph...I didn't just up and become Leo's girl...he saved me one night, confessed and then it just happened. I'm sure if it had been you, the same thing would have happened and Leo would be in your place." she leaned into his face slowly.
"But Raph, how could I trust you? Before Leo had admitted his feelings, we'd fight every other day. I honestly thought you hated me..." she pulled back all of her body, including her hand that had been tracing down the deep lines of his plastron chest and leaned against the cold brick wall.
Raph sighed and shook his head, "I could neva hate you..." he muttered closing his eyes afterwards. He pulled his arm away and felt tears welding up underneath his masked eyes.
"Raphael." he felt a hand around his wrist. "Kiss me."
He shot his eyes opened and looked back at the blonde. "Wait, Wha?" he gasped as she stared him down.
"I want you to kiss me." May calmly repeated her sentence.
'Can I do this? Can I cheat on my own brother's girlfriend?' Raphael contemplated silently to himself.
Still not making a move, May growled low in her chest. "You big oaf, kiss me alre-" her words cut off by the force of Raph on her lips.
Unlike Leonardo, Raph's kiss was full of passion, desire; he pushed her up the wall as he furiously kissed her soft lips. His hands roamed her waist feeling the softness of her pale skin on his calloused hands. He loved her, everything about her and didn't want to let go.
He nibbled on her bottom lip and could feel her smirk underneath. 'Wow, he's good...' May thought as his tongue explored hers, Leo hadn't even gone this far with her when they first were together; she was impressed and liked it. Even as her conscious screamed how wrong it was.
He pulled back and watched her face go from surprised to seductive. How he longed for her to be his, even for just one night. Maybe, this was his night, his one and only and for damn sure he was going to do it right.
He took a deep breath and kissed her again for what seemed like an eternity. Her fingers roamed all over his body while his did the same. As he pulled away for the second time, they both smiled not realizing that May's leg had somehow managed to wrap around his waist while his hand cupped her firm ass.
"Raphael..." she lowered her leg while he moved his hand up to her lower back. Placing her forehead against his, "I-I like this..." she panted.
He closed his eyes sighing at her words, "May, I do...I do too...t-this is...w-wrong though." he hid his face in her blonde hair.
She nodded and then wrapped her arms around his neck, "But...Raph, I..." she stopped and closed her eyes burring her face in his neck. 'I love you...' She wanted desperately to tell him but the words were too hard to come out.
Raph hugged her closer and took in the scent of her body. "I need you in my life... Even if that means I can't have ya, I still need you to keep me calm. Please, promise me this." he pulled away looking at the tears pouring down her face. He smiled softly and wiped them away and then hugged her again.
"I need you too, Raph." she whimpered through her sobbing. "Raphael..."
'I love you!' she wanted to say so badly, but nothing would escape from her mouth. 'I need him, and I need Leo. Why can't I just choose, he seems so right, yet Leo does too...' she cried harder as her knees gave away. Raph caught her and without hesitation picked her up and sat her down in his lap.
The two sat in each other's arms for what seemed to be forever when finally May's crying ceased. She wiped her face from the salty tears and looked up at the red bandana turtle. "I love this little camping trip we are having…" she croaked out pulling herself out of his arms. "But we can't stay here. Your cold blooded and I'm just cold all the time. We will freeze if we stay here all night, Raph."
The turtle nodded and stood keeping himself in the shadows as he looked out pass the bridge they hid underneath to find some sort of shelter. "Hey it looks like there's an abandoned motel across the street."
May sniffed and then stood up to stand next to her turtle ninja friend. "Perfect. Let's go." Raph swiftly picked the blonde into his arms and hopped across the empty street towards the locked gates. "Locked." May muttered as he placed her down on her feet again.
"Ain't a problem with these babies." He twirled one of his sais in his fingers and then worked on pricking the lock. "Got it!" He pushed the gate aside as quietly as possible and then closed it after May ran in.
"Gross…It's gonna be nasty, but it's better than being bums on the side of the street…or risk getting you seen." May walked over to one of the rooms and kicked the door open. She peaked inside trying to see the room as best as she could. From what she saw, there was a fully made queen-size bed, a very old box TV on top of a dresser and a nightstand.
"Guess it'll have to do…" Raph pushed aside the girl and opened the window curtains so that they could see better in the room.
May sighed and silently walked towards the bed examining all the dust and debris on it. "You think it's safe?" She looked over at the turtle.
He shrugged and nervously watched as the girl pulled aside the bed covers. Besides the dust on top of the blanket and pillow toppers, the bed sheets had been, by some miraculous reason, crisp white. May sighed in relief and sat on the bed sheets. "Time for bed?" She looked up at the turtle taking her shoes off.
Raph nodded and then gulped, "There's only one bed though…"
May laughed at his comment and scooted herself over, "That's okay, you can protect me just in case and you can be the closest to the door. Even more security."
Raph shook his head, "No, I just can't…I…I can't sleep wit ya."
"Would you cut it out?" May sat up and pulled him down, "Just lay with me then, until I fall asleep. I am a woman in turmoil and you are a man that just kissed me. You'd think you would jump into the idea of a sleepover." She smirked.
"I'm a turtle."
"A turtle-man and honestly I like you better that you're not human." She pulled his wrist into the bed and he hesitantly allowed her to pull him next to her under the covers.
They sat on their backs or for Raph, his shell, for about ten minutes just trying to adjust to the silence. In the lair you could hear the subway making it very noisy regardless if any of the turtle brothers were up or not.
"Raph?"
"What?" the turtle sighed.
"I-I…" May started and then stopped thinking of how to word her statement. "I guess things from here on out are going to be different, huh?"
Raph turned to his side to look at her and glared, "What do you mean?"
"I mean that…ugh, I don't know. Things are just going to be different from now on, I can feel it. Can't you? The lair's gone, Leo, you…me…" She stopped closing her eyes and then turned her body to face him. "Raph, we don't even know if the others are okay…" She whispered.
The red bandana turtle sat up and pulled the girl into his arms, "They are okay. All of 'dem. Even Leo." She nodded and then looked up giving him a quick kiss. "We just have to get our strength back and then we will find out what Karai did to the others."
The blonde brushed her messy hair out from her eyes and then laid back down cuddling herself into Raph's shell-hard body. "Thanks Raphael…" She smiled closing her eyes finally resting and falling into a dream state.
"May?" he whispered cuddling her close to him. "I love you...please believe me when I say, don't choose just yet. Please…keep me in mind."
Raph and May had been living in the abandoned hotel for about three days without anyone coming in contact with the two. May had even been able to pick up a few food items from a local corner grocery shop with some money they had found in the cash register of the hotel lobby. Their only concern was the fact that they hadn't heard anything from any of Raph's brothers and they were starting to get worried.
"Ow!" May groaned.
"What's wrong?" Raph bent down in front of the girl while she sat on the edge of the bed.
"My cut." She let go of her hand covering her cut and gasped at the amount of blood in her hand. "It opened again…or it's not healing right…"
Raph growled and untied his bandana from his head. "Here, at least this is red too." He began to wrap her chest gently making sure her cut was fully covered before he tied a knot. "Dere." He smiled admiring his own work.
"Thanks, Raph!" May smiled and received a small peck from the ninja turtle. "I guess it's time for bed." She noted as the sun was completely out of view. She pulled the sheets back and then crawled into the dusty bed only pulling the under sheet up to her shoulders.
"I'll be right dere, I'm just gonna make sure the area is secure." Raph looked back and then closed the door running his normal night routine. Usually, he would be out busting heads and taking names, but May had reminded him over and over again that they needed to keep a low profile since Karai most likely thought they were dead. If he were to jeopardize their hiding area, May would end up dead. She could barely keep the cut Leo gave her from splitting open and she hadn't eaten properly since they separated from the others. She gave most of the food to him, her protector.
And he vowed he would protect her with his life.
Sighing after an hour of walking around the abandoned motel, he returned back to his room and quietly opened the door. As expected, May had already fallen asleep.
The mutant turtle closed the door behind him and slowly walked over to the bed watching intently as the blonde softly breathed in and out. May was such a beautiful creature to him and he knew he wasn't alone. Leo was his competition, the Ultimate Ninja had been after her at one point, and so did other enemies they came across in all of their adventures.
Raph sighed sitting down on the bed and closed his eyes thinking. He only wished and hoped his brother's and father were safe. He and May were, but how would they know?
Something in the distance made his head perk up. There was someone outside. Quickly, he closed the curtains making it pitch black in the old room. He hid in the shadows up against the wall and waited for the person to go away.
But instead, the door handle started to wiggle until it clicked to an open position. Raph clutched the handle of his sais ready for the precise moment to strike. The door opened fully and Raph took his moment lunging to the intruder.
He never figured the intruder would have a pair of katana's to defend against his sais. "I thought I'd find you here."
"L-Leo?" Raph managed to say and then dropped his weapons to hug his older turtle brother. "Leo, they found the lair, they got to us! The others, I don't know what happened to them!" He lowered his head not being able to give his big brother an answer to their separation.
Leo smiled, "Don't worry Raph. They are all fine. I found them!"
Raph sighed thanking his lucky stars and then placed his hand out for his brother to shake, "Glad your back, bro!" he smirked awkwardly.
Leo nodded and shook the emerald turtle's hand, "Me too. But bro, where's your bandana?" He had noticed the simple detail missing in Raph's attire.
"Um, well…" Raph let go of his brother's hand and then glared at him. "She was bleeding. You hurt her badly…"
Leo's eyes grew and he looked pass his brother towards the bed. "May…" he whispered and walked forwards to the girl sleeping peacefully on the bed. He lowered down and then pushed aside the thin sheet comforting her. "May?" He placed his cool green hand on her shoulder.
The blonde moaned for a second and then sighed waking up. "Wha?" She rubbed her eyes and then gasped. "LEO?" She cheered and then jumped out of bed to hug the turtle. "Ow ow ow!" She released herself from his grasp and placed her hand over top of her cut covered still by Raph's bandana.
"May…you're hurt…" Leo removed her hand and lowered his head shamed by his inflicting wound on her body. "I'm so sorry."
Raph fumed as he watched the two go about as if he wasn't there. He wished May would say something to shove in Leo's face, to tell him he had been replaced.
"It's fine." May shook her head and hugged the turtle once again. "I'm so glad you're okay. Do you know if the others-"
"They are fine! I found all of you now. I'm so glad you are alive. Karai warned April she had killed all of you and said I was the last of my kind. But I should have known my brothers and girl were smarter than her."
May smiled awkwardly and nodded, "Yea." She looked over her shoulder at the hot-headed turtle. "Did you hear that, Raphie?" She smiled.
Raph simply nodded, "I heard. Come on. Let's see the others."
May quickly pushed pass Leo and stopped Raph before he had a chance to walk out of the room. "Raph…" she whispered holding onto his arm. "Don't…"
"Raph?...May?" Leo's voice broke the two out of their moment. "Is there something going on?"
Dun dun da! So May and Raph admit they love each other and just when things are getting cozy Leo comes back! Reviews? Opinions! :D