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Chapter 6
… Drip …
… Drop …
… Drip …
… Drop
That was it … that was the only sound that could be heard throughout the now silent night in New York City.
The sound of the rain.
Rain.
The symbol of sadness … misery …
The weather that hid Raph's pained expression as he watched his wounded brother snarl at him like a threatened hound.
In some sense … he was so much similar to one … except for one thing …
He wasn't a wild animal … he was his brother … his YOUNGEST WHO HE PROMISED TO PROTECT!
He was doing a GREAT job!
'As if.' Raph thought.
The red masked turtle was utterly speechless … he was just staring at his enem- … his brothers gaping wound …
Blood was trickling down his hand; his grip on the nunchaku was already weakening …
"Mikey …" He breathed, helplessness had hitched onto his voice.
"Finally satisfied …?" The youngest murmured, head now bowed, glancing at the floor as his red pool was rinsed away.
Raph just stood there … in silence … wishing that he could at least come up with something that wouldn't anger Mikey-
"Are you finally satisfied that I have fallen to my expectations … that I have become the weak ninja you always thought I would be?"
Raph couldn't believe what he was hearing!
Is that what he thought the hot-headed teen believed? Did he really think that his older brother would believe such a repulsive lie? Did-
"Well, I can't let you have all the credit. It's not just you … its everyone else! Leo, Donnie, April, Casey … the list is endless! Even our enemies seem to pick me out … and just because I am the runt of the litter-"
"Mikey! … Please … stop this! Look … just …"
"Oh deny, deny, DENY! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST ACCEPT IT RAPHAEL! WHY DO YOU ALL DENY THE FACT THAT-"
"WHAT FACT MIKEY?! The fact that we had no idea that you felt that way? Listen, I understand better than ANYONE anger, believe me! But everything that you say and do in a fit of rage will always come back to haunt you -"
"Maybe it will, but at this moment, I DON'T CARE! SO JUST LEAVE!" Mikey yelled, before launching himself at Raph during an enraged yet pained battle cry.
He opened his eyes once … only to be blinded by a dull light.
It wasn't bright like on a sunny day or dark like on a stormy night.
It was … well, dull. The sky was plastered with dark grey clouds, though it was noticeable that the sun was beating at its solid barrier preventing its light from reaching the world.
Wait …
He was … outside?!
He attempted to sit up … big mistake …
Blood gushed into his brain as if a dam had been suddenly opened.
He rolled onto his side, groaning, until an unbearable pain ripped through his stomach.
He flopped back onto his back, one hand clutching his plastron whilst the other fell palm down, outstretched onto the concrete … wait, where was he?
He turned his head to the side and … and saw …
Mikey shot up instantly and looked all around him.
He saw a trail of dried, flaky blood leading from the fire-escape.
It was an awful, AWFUL amount of blood … Mikey didn't know how he was still alive …
By this time, he had already figured out that he was on a roof … and by the salty scent that lingered in the air, it was close to the sea … but there was something else …
… Smoke?
The distressed turtle whirled around and was welcomed by the looming cloud of smoke a couple of blocks away.
It was by the docks …
Was that the place he was held?
Mikey began panting, fighting for air that never made it to his lungs. His vision began to blur … darken …it was like he was falling into another-
"No …" He whimpered. "NO, please not again …"
A piercing pain sliced through his side then and there.
He grimaced whilst fighting to stay conscious.
He didn't want to go into another dream!
He didn't want to remember anymore.
He didn't want to be reminded of the pain he had caused his family!
It would be better if he never saw them again … so he would never see the look in their eyes … so they wouldn't be reminded of the one who ruined their family-
"Mikey?!"
… That voice … the voice he hadn't heard in a long time … it sounded a little different than he remembered but he recognised it nonetheless.
He whirled round.
A couple of metres away, stood his first human friend.
"April!" His voice quivered and shook, he staggered backwards as she attempted a step.
"W-what are you-?"
"Mikey! You look horrible! What did they do to you?!" She cried, reaching out a hand as if she could easily reach out to him.
"Wh-what are you doing here, April?"
The freckled teen looked back into Mikey's eyes. She saw … fear, undeniable fear and misery!
She saw the tears welling up in his eyes and the unmistakable gleaming guilt.
His eyes were pale … they weren't the once vibrant baby blue that always lit up the room or the temporary dark pools that shook with anger and rage!
"I'm here because I am worried about you! The building by the docks exploded and all that we found was an empty yet bloody cell … YOUR BLOOD! You have no idea how the-"
"What do you mean 'we'? W-why were you even looking there after what I-"
"We, as in the guys and the Might Mutanimals and Casey and-"
"Why were you looking for me, April?" He interrupted, sternly.
April finally overcame her relief and noticed that he was trembling … his skin was a sickly pale-green which almost crossed over to white!
"Why wouldn't we?" She answered after a long silence, simply.
Mikey looked as though he had been slapped. He couldn't believe that she would ask that question!
"Why wouldn't you?! I betrayed everyone I … I …" Mikey didn't say any more. He couldn't … he couldn't grip the fact that he had … that he had …
Mikey glanced to the floor, glazed eyes wide, mouth slightly open … as if he was going to say something …
This scared April, she had never known Mikey to not have anything to say!
And his appearance … he looked as pale as a ghost he … he looked like he was going to pass out-
"Mikey, please just … just let me help you … let me call the guys, they will be-"
"They'll be what April? They will be worried about me after what I have done?! More like they will be devastated to even see me again! I be-betrayed m-my brothers a-and disresp-respected M-master Splinter and-and-"
"Mikey! Calm down, your hyperventilating!" April cried.
Everything that happened next all whizzed past him in a blur, too fast for him to recollect.
He found himself panting and wheezing and gasping for air at the bottom of the side of the fire escape wall. He saw April squeezing his shoulder reassuringly with one hand and holding her phone to her ear with the other.
Her mouth was moving, but he couldn't hear her … it was like he was in the depths of the ocean …
When she looked at him, Mikey shook his head. A quick, desperate plea to not tell his brother he was with her … but she ignored it … and as the seconds washed away, he began to fade out of reality.
His vision darkened, the sounds echoed and the last thing he remembered before passing out himself falling to the side … and many, MANY figures in the distance …
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
And I am sorry I didn't manage to write something before Christmas, but I made a deal with myself to turn off the computer until January.
I am also sorry I haven't written for 22 days! It has been a busy and chaotic week and hasn't been a great start to the New Year.
I am currently in a sad mood, so I hope you all are cheered up with this update, and I will be cheered up if you like it.
I am having a hard time keeping a smile on my face, but just because I am sad don't mean you should be! ALWAYS SMILE, NOMATTER HOW DIER THE SITUATION IS! XD
I was desperate to write another chapter, and I am desperate to write the next chapter and btw, I haven't gone rogue on the other stories.
I will try to write another chapter for the other stories aswell, but here is what I want you to do.
I would like you to tell me what story you want to be updated next, because I don't know what all you guys would prefer an update on. It's only for this week!
Thank you for keeping patient, i know that I would never last that long!
THANK YOU ALLL!
MarshMellowMania Out!