Chapter 13

Rest & shattered (nightmare)

Raphael looked down to his arm, happily smiled as he gazed down towards the sleeping beauty that contently laid within his muscled embrace as her hair laid, sprawled around her shoulders and his arm. Gently caressed her cheek, then kissed her forehead tenderly. Lightly stirred and snuggled closer to him but remained asleep.

Gently pulled her closer to him, and tightened his embrace around her as the unmasked terrapin laid beside his beauty. Folding his free arm to be laid under his head, exhaled tenderly as he never felt happier but he waited to fully give himself to her, although he decided to wait as he greatly respected April as a woman.

Kissed her temple once again then he finally drifted to sleep. It wasn't long, he drifted into a deep slumber and began to dream.

His breathing slowed, and steadily soften. Then finally, shortly afterwards his mind began to settle and soothed to a calming comatose, sleep state as behind his closed eyes. He saw a black veil slowly opened like a theatre curtain.

Soon realised he was sitting in a theatre seat, looking around himself and saw that he was alone. Tried to stand and then, felt something chaining him down. "What is this?" Raph demanded and tried again, breaking the chains then felt a warm familiar hand cusping his cheek.

Looking to the owner of the hand, and saw her face as he began to float from the chair. "Come with me, my love." Raphael smiled, hearing the words as his heart fluttered with excitement. Unaware that he was not seeing the whole picture before him.

"Oh raphael." She would begin with a soft whisper then resume. "You are so, strong." Then she paused again as raphael suddenly glanced towards worriedly and said. "Something wrong, April?"

"Why didn't you save me?" endless hot tears streamed down her cheeks as she stepped back and stood before, embracing herself. Raphael's eyes had widen in horror and then he tried to step towards only to find himself chained down to the floor, on all fours. April cries, wailed intensifying in his ears as tried to fight the chains that binded him and watched the woman, he loved float away before disappearing as she cried. "Why didn't you save me, raphael? I thought you loved me!"

Raphael cried, reaching out to April as tears covered his cheeks. "April! I do love you! Don't go, come back!" April had disappeared and only darkness, stood where she once appeared. Lowering his eyes to his closed fists, and cried guiltily. Until he felt a sharp edge, meeting his head.

"Look at me." A hoarsely dark voice demanded. This voice immediately struck him, as he recognised instantly. Lifting his teary gaze and to his shock, seeing April dressed a foot soldier and her beautiful long hair, he loved running his fingers through was chopped off and shaved.

"April? What has happened to you?" he scarcely whispered, horrified. "You. You did this to me." She replied, hissing and held her weapon underneath his jugular. Raphael was in shock, and disbelief.

"No, I would never allowed anything to happen to you, april. I swore to protect you." Raphael tearfully told her, pleading his side of the story but she would not have no heed of it.

"Liar." She hissed. "You still let them take me!" she cried.

"April, please. I would never let that happen, please baby believe me." Raphael pleaded, then grunted as he received a hard blow to his cheek, groaned alittle as he spat out some of his blood to the floor in-between his hands. "April, please. This is not you." He pleaded, with shocked and broken gaze.

April glared down to him, hissing and angry as she felt betrayed and cussed then cursed him. "Liar! Stop lieing you piece of shit! You betrayed me!" raphael tried to reason with her once more as she continued to cuss and rose her manriki blade high, ready to use. "April, don't do it! Please, I love you!"

"I loved you too, but you betrayed me. You broke your promise." Raphael screamed, pleading as a blinding light from the weapon had shone down instead of seeing or feeling the agony, he would receive. Sprung up and gasped deeply, waking April beside him as she moaned alittle then rose up, draping her arms around his neck.

"Oh dear, Raphie. What happened?" she looked to him with worrying glance. He didn't answer, just pulled her close and quietly sobbed, holding her tightly but gently as resumed laying down with her in his embrace. April softly assured and shushed her lover, returning the tight embrace to her efforts of able to cuddle the large terrapin.

"Oh raphie, what has frightened you like this? Want to talk about it?" she asked, showing her worrying concern. He shook his head and replied, softly in whisper. "No."

"Ok, it was just a dream baby." She assured tenderly which he closed his eyes tightly and tears streamed down his nose then onto her breasts. Then whispered, pleading. "Please don't leave me, April."

"Never raphael. I promise." Lifting his head and tenderly kissed him, wiping the tears away. Then broke the kiss, whispery assured him. "I love you raphael. I am not going anywhere, that is a promise."

Raphael said nothing in reply and gently held her cheek then kissed her again before laying his large head on her beating heart. Gently caressed his head, assuring him as they drifted back to sleep and she whispered again. "I love you, raphael."

"And I love you, april." He finally replied then drifted in deep slumberous sleep.