Whew!
It's been awhile
Ok it's only been like three days but it feels like a lifetime to me
So anyway
Enjoy!
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Chapter 14
Leo weakly opened his eyes, suddenly being blinded by the bright light from above. He lifted his hand and rubbed his eyes, adjusting them to the light. He stared up at the ceiling, trying to remember what happened before. All that he remembered was lying on the examination table, Dr. Coplan cutting his skin from his chest to above his groin. He lifted his hand and felt under the covers for his scar; it had already been sewn and taken care of. He lifted his head weakly and looked at the scar, body was still visible. He looked around the familiar room, and then it hit him, the memory of April, Casey, and Raph getting him out of that hospital.
He spotted his shell, large cut through the middle, but two metal plates were placed in the middle, looked like Casey's work. He placed both hands on the bed and pushed up, moving his back to the pillows and leaning on them, then moved the blankets down to his waist. He took a deep breath and reached for the glass of water on the night stand, took a large sip and held it firmly in his hands, letting the coolness travel up his hand and through his body.
He looked down at the nasty scar on his body, moved forward a little and twitched in pain. He must have been on painkillers or something. Then the door swung open and Leo shot his head up toward it.
"Leo" A soft, familiar voice said
April walked into the room and sat on the edge of the bed.
"How are you feeling?" She asked
"A little sore…how did I get here?" He asked
"Well...we-" She started but was interrupted
"Leo!" He heard Casey yell
Leo looked, Casey and Raph walked in. Casey seemed happy, Raph seemed a little quiet.
"How ya holdin up?" Casey asked
"I've been better" Leo admitted
"Couple more painkillers should do the trick" April said
Leo nodded, then returned his attention to his shell, "What's that all about?" He asked
"Well ya see, that crazy doctor dude sawed off you're shell, so I just stuck two pieces of metal plates on there and it should keep it together, I didn't connect them yet, I was waiting for you to get it on before I did it" Casey said
"Yeah" Leo said, focused on Raph, "Hey…Could you give me and Raph a minute?" He asked
"No problem" April said
April stood up and walked out of the room with Casey. They shut the door, leaving Raph and Leo alone. It was quiet for a minute.
"Hey" Leo said
"Hey" Raph responded with his gruff voice
"You doing ok?" Leo asked
Raph let out a chuckle, "Figures"
"What?"
"You're the one laying one the bed without a shell and a huge scar runnin across ya stomach, and you're asking me if I'm ok" Raph responded
"Well you didn't seem to happy that I woke up" Leo said
"Of course I was happy…you don't know how worried I was, when I saw you on the news I was-"
"The news?" Leo interrupted
"Yeah…Look…A lot of sh*t went down when you got caught" Raph said
Leo flinched, "Like what?"
Raph sighed, "Well…they sent out a special police unit called the "UFTU" The Underground Forces and Tactical Unit"
"The UFTU?" Leo said
"Yeah…They were sent to the New York area and questioned people about or existence, I feel that it's going to get worse" Raph said
"Hmm…Now tell me why you're upset" Leo said
Raph sighed, "When I escaped the hospital, I tried…I followed the truck…but I was almost seen and had to take cover…and I lost the truck. I rushed here hoping that there was information of some kind. And I saw on the news that they have discovered a new specimen of some kind…and that they were going to start the vivisection soon…Then a doctor came on telling the reports that usually a vivisection is not fatal, but in this case it had to be fatal…they asked why but then they said no more questions would be answered"
"Coplan…It was Coplan" Leo said
"That's what I figured" Raph said
Awkward silence
"I thought you were dead" Raph said softly
"What?"
"I thought that you were dead Leo…I didn't know if I was going to get you out in time" Raph said
Leo shifted positions, "But you did, and I'm alive…That's what counts" He said
"Yeah…I just thought…I was going to be alone" Raph said
"Why would you think that?"
"Cause who knows when Don and Mike are getting back" Raph said
Leo chuckled, "If anyone can handle themselves in a scary city…it's them" Leo said
Raph chuckled
"They're fine Raph...I'm fine…You're fine…There's nothing to worry about" Leo said
"I hope you're right" Raph said
….
Casey placed the tool down onto the nightstand, "How does that feel?" He asked
Leo stood up and moved around, feeling as if he had never been in his shell forever, "It feels good…Thanks Casey" He said
"No problem dude" Casey said, then walked out
Leo looked at himself in the mirror, plastron covered by a metal plate, scar barely seen. He sighed, if they didn't do something…and quick…This doctor will surely kill them. He hoped to god that Don and Mikey were all right. The bad thing was that he didn't know…and he wouldn't know until they get back…right now Don and Mikey could be dead and he wouldn't know. It made him feel like crap, If he could, he would kill Coplan now just so he could get back into the city and get them out. But Coplan was proving this harder and harder.
"Leo!" He heard Raph yell from the other room
"Yeah!" He yelled back
"I think you need to see this" Raph yelled
"What now" He said to himself
He walked into the living room and saw April, Casey, and Raph watching the tv.
"What?" Leo asked
"Things just got worse" Raph said
Leo looked at the TV.
'The Underground Forced and Tactical Unit has been taking over by a new commander and he is making some changed to the system they are running' The news caster said, showing clips of the UFTU in action, busting down doors, taking people and putting them in the back of their trucks.
The UFTU commander was seen on the camera.
'Here in the UFTU we made some changes to our plan' The commander said
Leo recognized him quickly, remembering his face as he looked down at him with the scalpel.
"Coplan" Leo said loudly
"You're kidding me" Raph said
'If we feel like you know you know something about these freaks, you're taken in for questioning, if we find out that you do know something about these freaks, but don't tell us, you are arrested and executed, if you act suspicious around us, we will find out…and you will be taken into custody'
Leo grabbed the remote and shut the TV off.
"Guys this has gotten way out of hand" April said
Leo walked to the window and pulled back the curtain, staring at the sky. Something caught his eye and he looked down and saw a UFTU soldier questioning a young lady. Leo watched them, and then the UFTU soldier grabbed the girl and threw her to the ground and kicked her hard in the stomach. Leo flinched and watched as the girl cried out in pain. The soldier screamed something, but the girl continued to cry. The soldier gave her another hard kick in the stomach, pulled out his gun and put a bullet in her head. He walked away, leaving the dead women, face down in the ground.
Leo moved away from the window, feeling sick to his stomach.
For once in his life…He didn't know what to do, or how to get out of this situation.