Chapter 16
By the time we reached Alaska, it was well past midnight. Snow gently fell down from the sky and landed softly in the thick snow. Our feet sank deeply as we walked towards one of the closest buildings to avoid being seen by anyone.
"Where should we look first?" Asked Raph. I shrugged my shoulders. "Maybe we should talk to others about any laboratories around" Raph suggested. I nodded my head and we walked towards where we could hear people talking. Raph stuck to the shadows and looked out from the two buildings he was between. I looked out and saw a few people on sleds, led by dogs, bringing sacks of things to shops. I moved one step forward when Raph grabbed my arm. I spun around and look at him.
"What are you doing?" He asked, "You have to be careful. These people may find it strange for someone like you to be here at this time of morning." I frowned. Someone like me? What did he mean? Raph saw my face and pointed at my body. I looked down and remembered that I was still wearing the dress I had taken. "Most people would have taken something to keep them warm" Raph continued. I sighed and turned back to the people. I looked over each one and wondered where they got their clothes from. A cough came from nearby and we turned to it.
"Are you two alright? Have you lost your way?" Asked a woman. I started to shake my head a little when Raph spoke.
"We are new to the area; we are looking for a laboratory around here. We need to get there quickly it's an emergency." The woman glanced over me with a strange look.
"There is one laboratory, but it is at least a three days journey into the mountains" She replied.
"Do you know where we can get some supplies to travel there?" The woman gestured to a small wooden building on the opposite side of the street.
"There is a shop just there, but it isn't going to be open for a few hours" She said.
"Thank you, we can just stay around here for the moment" Raph replied. The woman smiled.
"Of course. I can let the owner know that you two will be coming in soon" She said.
"Oh, that won't be necessary. We can stay around here until that shop opens up" Raph replied. The woman smiled.
"Okay, I live just there," She gestured to a building near where we had come from, "Just come on in if you need help."
"Thank you so much." The woman turned and walked away. I looked at Raph with a questioning look. He looked back at me.
"What?" He said, shrugging his shoulders, "I wasn't seen and she was nice." I rolled my eyes and looked back to the shop the woman pointed out. If we could just get in without being seen, get some supplies and get out. A smile then split my face as an idea entered my head. I looked at Raph with an 'I have an idea' look. Raph looked at my face and shook his head.
"No, don't do it; it's too risky" He said.
"This isn't what I had in mind" Raph mumbled to me. I had just spent the past ten minutes explaining to Raph that he could use his ninja skills to sneak in to the shop, while I caused a distraction; get some supplies and meet me at the far edge of the town. I had done so through the use of writing in the snow. I smiled at him reassuringly. "I hope you know what you're doing" Raph said, as he climbed to the roof of one of the buildings. I walked out to the street and saw an unoccupied sled. I walked over to the dogs and let each of them sniff my hand before getting onto the back of the sled. I grabbed the leads and flicked them. The dogs started to run and I grabbed onto the bar quickly. The dogs raced down the street, causing a few people to yell and start the chase behind me. I placed the leads in one hand and flicked them harder. As the dogs ran, I was preparing myself to jump off of the sled. The sled raced out of the street and I jumped, making sure to land out of sight. I rolled in the snow and quickly stood up. I dashed behind one of the buildings and watched as the group of people raced after the dogs. I didn't waste much time in waiting around, I ran off to where Raph and I had agreed to meet up. I hid behind a tree, away from the sight of anyone looking for me. It was more like a few minutes, but it felt like forever waiting for Raph to show up. He jumped from one of the branches above me and held up a bag.
"Got everything" He said. I smiled. Raph grabbed my hand and walked me further up the mountain. We stopped when we couldn't see the town anymore. Raph opened the bag and handed me a pair of pants, a thermo shirt, a thick jacket with a hood and fur around the sleeves and neck and a pair of boots that was filled with fake fur. I walked to stand behind a thick tree and started to undress. After placing on each piece of clothing, I was a lot warmer. I picked up my dress and walked out. Raph was dressed in a thick green jacket with padding and a hood, blue pants and a pair of boots. I handed him the dress and he placed it into the bag.
"The woman said it would take at least three days to get to the lab, but if we travel all day it shouldn't take as long" Raph said. I nodded and knew it was going to be a tough journey just to get to the lab. Raph slung the bag over his shoulder and started to trudge up the mountain the woman had pointed us towards. I looked down the mountain before following. We trekked for the next few hours in silence, stopping only a few times for me to rest. As we trekked we walked further into the forest on the mountain. We made it about halfway by the time the sun was falling. I was panting a little and Raph stopped. He turned to me.
"We should rest here for the night" He said. I nodded and looked to see if Raph had any kind of shelter in the bag he had. He pulled out one tarp and some rope. He handed it to me and tossed the bag onto the ground. "Tie that tarp between a few of the trees and I'll collect some logs to use for the base of the shelter." I nodded and walked towards a few trees I assumed would carry our weight. I put each of the ends to a thick branch and tied them securely with the rope. By the time I had finished, Raph had come back with a lot of logs. He started to tie them just as the last of the sunlight faded. He finished and we climbed into the shelter. We lay back to back as we tried to get some sleep. I crossed my arms across my chest and tucked my head down, so that my chin was touching my chest. I yawned and shut my eyes. I let sleep over come me.
By morning, I was worn out and not wanting to walk at all. Raph had to practically kick me out of the shelter just to wake me up. Raph packed everything up and placed the logs in a pile between some trees. We started to walk up the mountain. My legs screamed in protest, but I ignored them. Raph refused to slow down, so I matched my speed to his. Raph refused to stop until we had reached the peak of the mountain. He looked up.
"The lab is just up there" He said, pointing to something shiny in the distance. I looked up and saw a grey facility. I smiled. I was so close to the antidote I could almost taste it. Raph and I walked up the hill slowly, making sure that no one was going to see us. We stopped just below the lab and Raph looked around.
"There seems to be no one here" He commented. We walked right up to the front doors and opened them. The entire lab was dark inside. Raph unsheathed his Sais and walked in carefully. I felt around a wall until I felt something that felt like a switch. I casually flicked it and lights flooded the facility. Raph turned to me, with a glare evident on his face. I shrugged my shoulders and walked further in. leading up was a large steel staircase that spiralled and seemed to go on forever. In one of the floors above us, I could hear yelping of dogs as if they were in pain. I walked over to the stairs and started to climb them. I made it at least halfway to the next floor when Raph jumped out of nowhere and landed right in front of me. He sighed and walked ahead of me. As we continued, the yelping dogs were getting louder. I moved over to a door on the fourth floor and opened it. The dog yelps filled my ears and I jumped. I moved into the room and looked at each of the creatures in the cages. Each of the animals had pieces of their coats missing and looked ill. Some were missing parts of their bodies and others were bandaged too tightly that it looked as if their limbs were losing circulation in them. I moved between the cages and listened to the mournful howls and cries of each animal. I stopped at the end of the room and saw a large container that smelt of death. I quickly turned away and moved out of the room. I opened another door and saw many tubes and beds. In some of the tubes was a thick red substance that looked like blood. Walking out of the room I saw Raph disappear into another room further ahead. I raced forward to try and catch up. I entered the room and saw a laboratory. Inside were many tables, each holding vials and small containers with liquids inside them. Raph was over at a table reading through a bunch of papers and files. I walked up to him and started to read over his shoulder. I scanned each page then read a word on a post it note on one of the files. Here. I grabbed the file and lifted the post it note.
The subject shows signs of improvement after being given the antidote. The subject can make noises again and is able to speak. For safety reasons the antidote is to be moved to a more secure laboratory by next Thursday.
I re-read the small piece of information then looked at the date. It was written on the Thursday of last week. I shoved the file in front of Raph's face and he read it.
"That explains why everything is so quiet. We have to find what they are travelling in and stop them long enough to take just one vile of antidote" He said. I nodded and we both ran out of the building. Raph led the way around to the side and saw a few vans. He opened one and started to pull some wires and twist them together. Almost at once, the car roared to life and we got in. Raph drove off and followed a set of fresh tracks in the snow. In the distance we could see some vans. Raph made the van move quicker and we gained speed on the others. We raced beside them and the windows of one of the vans wound down. Raph started to ram the van, trying to run it off the road. The van moved and tried to speed up so it could outrun us. Raph hit the back of the van, causing it to go sliding out of control on the icy road. The van skidded to a stop and Raph rammed his foot down on the breaks. The van we were in went ploughing head on into the other van. Our van stopped and we got out. Raph went to the people in the front seats while I went around to the back. I opened the wide doors and saw that the entire van was filled with wooden boxes; each labelled 'caution.' I went in and opened one of the crates. Inside was vials filled with blue liquids. I grabbed one and took it to the front of the van. I held it up for the driver and passenger to see. I then pointed to it and imitated a needle being shoved into my arm. The driver seemed shocked.
"You need that?" He asked. I nodded. Raph held up a Sai to the man's throat.
"Where are the needles?" He asked. The driver didn't make much of a move.
"The needle is in the crate at the side of the van labelled sharp" Replied the man. I quickly went back and searched. I found the box after five minutes and was in the process of opening it when I heard tires screeching. I looked up in time to see a truck skidding on the road. I plunged my hand into the box and grabbed a handful of needles. I jumped out of the van mere seconds before the van crashed into the other. I rolled to a stop on the ground. Before I could get up I heard the cocking of a gun. I looked up right into the barrel of one.
"Give us the needles and the vial and I'll let you go" Said a woman's voice. I looked up to the woman. She had long luscious golden hair that was curled and reached to the middle of her back. She had bright green eyes and a few freckles on her face. I clutched the objects tighter and she started to pull the trigger. I closed my eyes and waited for the shot. I then heard a sound of steel on steel and opened my eyes slowly. Raph had knocked the woman's gun from her hand and was just delivering a kick to her stomach. The woman grunted and landed a few feet away. Raph pulled me to my feet and we started to run down the hill at the edge of the road. Shots rang out and bullets hit the snow around near our feet. We didn't stop running until we reached the group of trees we were at the night before. I flopped to my knees in the snow and pulled out one needle and filled it with the blue liquid. I squeezed out any air that was inside the needle and placed the tip of the needle to my arm. I inserted it into my skin and squeezed. I could feel the liquid enter my body and I hoped we hadn't just risked our lives for nothing. A gun shot sounded and a piece of bark flew off the tree. Raph pulled me to my feet and I dropped the needles so we could run. We raced as fast as we could, heading right for the town that we had started in. Raph led me to a small alleyway between two buildings with a dumpster in it. He opened the lid and I jumped in. Raph followed quickly after and shut it quietly. We stayed in total silence. I could hear people in the alleyway searching.
"They came this way mam" Said a man.
"They have to be in the town somewhere, search around and report to me if you find them. They can't have gone far" Replied a woman. Sounds of footsteps left the alleyway and we let go of the breathes of air we had held onto. I leant back against the dumpster.
"Their gone" I said. Raph turned to me.
"What did you say?" He asked.
"Their gone" I replied. Then it clicked. "I can speak!" I exclaimed. Raph smiled.
"We should stay in here for the moment. We have no idea where the humans are and we need to catch a plane out of here before tomorrow" He said. I nodded.
"Alright, but what are we going to do during that time?" I asked. Raph shrugged.
"Just wait it out and think about how dead we are going to be once Splinter notices we left without the others" He said, with a shudder. I laughed nervously.
"Yeah he would probably kill both of us. But we couldn't have waited. They were already moving everything by the time we got there." Raph leant his back against the side of the dumpster and sighed. We stayed in silence for a while and I started to shiver. I curled myself into a ball and my teeth chattered. Raph moved closer to me and wrapped his arms around me.
"I'm s…s...so cold" I chattered. Raph nodded and started rubbing his hands on my arm. I felt myself go red at the closeness between the two of us. I glanced at Raph from the corner of my eye and saw he had a pale shade of pink crossing over his face. I smiled.
"You're blushing" I said. Raph turned to me and leant in. I tilted my face to meet his. We kissed and Raph gently pushed me down.
{Caution sex scene approaching, if you don't like it then skip ahead to the next set of bold writing}
I wrapped my arms around Raph's neck as he kissed me gently. He had both of his hands and legs on either side of my body. Raph shifted his weight to his knees and hands, in an attempt to not cause me much pain by leaning his entire body onto me. I pulled Raph closer to my body and he pressed his lips to my neck. I tilted my head to one direction and let him bite my skin gently. Raph brought one hand down and started to slowly unzip my jacket. He moved his hand inside it and explored my breasts. My breath caught in my throat as his hand trailed its way down to my stomach than my pants. He slid my pants down to my ankles then tossed them to the side. Raph then took off his pants and pressed his body closer to mine. He slowly eased himself inside me and I flung my head back. Our breathing became shorter and quicker as Raph started to get into a rhythm. He silenced my sounds with kisses. Raph took hold of my wrists and held them above my head. He moved his head to my neck and kissed. He then trailed his lips down to my chest. Raph moved my shirt to above my breasts and brought his lips to the bare skin just above them. His tongue swirled around, leaving a small amount of saliva behind. Tingles coursed through my spine and towards where Raph's tongue had been just moments ago. I bit my lip in an attempt to stop any noises of pleasure from escaping my mouth. Raph kept his tongue lingering on my skin and trailed it down to my naval. He swirled his tongue around it before biting my skin gently. I groaned in pleasure. Raph went back into a rhythm and his breathing became quicker as his body prepared to insert his seed inside me. I arched my back as Raph thrust himself inside me harder. He gathered his breath before rolling off of me and laying beside me.
{End of scene}
Raph cuddled me from behind and nuzzled his mouth into my neck. I placed my arm over his and moved closer to his body. We lay in silence for a few moments then heard a shout. Raph quickly sat up.
"Get dressed" He ordered. I obeyed and looked at him wondering what had gotten into him. Raph then opened the lid and we got out. We both covered our heads with our hoods and walked towards the plane runway holding hands. We got onto the plane by sneaking onto the cargo hold and keeping quiet. The plane ride back was awkward; although Raph looked happier than he had been in a while. Neither of us spoke for a while, unsure of what to say to one another. By the time we reached New York, it was the early hours of the morning and we were wanting to leave each other alone for a while. We walked back towards the lair and refused to look at each other in the eye. I looked at Raph every now and then. He seemed to be growing more and more annoyed with every glance. Finally he turned to me and grabbed my arm.
"Alright, what is it?" He snapped. I was taken aback.
"Raph are you alright? You've been silent since Alaska" I replied. Raph let go of my arm and turned his head.
"What kind of stupid question is that? I'm perfectly fine."
"Why didn't you say anything on the way back here?"
"Did you think I wanted us to be seen by anyone on the plane?" I glared.
"There was no one near us to have seen us if we spoke" I snapped.
"It was the proper thing to do" Raph growled back.
"No! The proper thing to do would have been to talk. It would have been more comforting."
"I should not have done that to you in the first place. It was a mistake on my half." I clenched my fists.
"A mistake? A mistake! How can you say that when not only a few hours ago…"
"Don't you start. Let's just get back to the lair and deal with Splinter."
"So you want to run away? What happened to you? You are not the same…" Raph snapped his hand around and backhanded me in the side of my face. I blinked a few times and stared at him blankly, tears forming in one eye. He was shaking in anger and trying hard to not hit me again.
"Just drop the subject. The moment we are back at the lair, I am arranging you to go back to Casey's place. There will be no more discussion on it" He snarled. I nodded my head slowly and Raph walked towards the lair. The moment we got in, Raph was bombarded by his brothers. As he was busy explaining what happened, I snuck away to the training area and sat down in the furthest corner from the door. I buried my head in my knees and thought about everything. I wondered why Raph was so protective of me and why he would actually hit me. My cheek still stung. I wiped away any tears that had sprung to my eyes and crossed my legs. A stick hitting concrete sounded in the room and I looked up. Splinter was walking over to me and I swallowed. He sat beside me and I turned my head away so I wouldn't be seen as weak.
"I told you that it was a bad idea to go" Splinter said.
"I know, but I have my voice back. So it was worth the risk" I replied.
"Did anything else happen during the trip?" I shook my head.
"Nothing happened" I said.
"Why do you have a red mark on your cheek? Has someone hit you?" I wheeled my head around and stared at Splinter.
"Look, it's none of your business. I don't have to say anything, just drop it" I snapped, then instantly regretted it. Splinter's eyes turned cold for a second then went back to being calm.
"I know I may not be able to replace any one of your family members, but I see you as a daughter. I just want you to be safe and to be able to tell me anything" He said.
"You see me as a daughter?" I asked. Splinter nodded.
"Yes, I have seen it for quite some time now and I just want you to know that I always have an ear open to listen to your problems, no matter what they may be" He said. Tears pricked at my eyes and I lunged forward. I hugged Splinter as tears streamed down my face. He patted me back as I wept.
"I'm so sorry I went against you," I said, "I know it was wrong but I had to. The antidote was already being transported by the time we got there. We had no time to wait."
"I know, Raphael has already explained everything and told me that it was all his idea to go. He asked me to not blame you for anything." I looked up.
"Really? I thought he didn't like me."
"He may seem rough on the outside, but he has a heart of gold." I sat up and smiled.
"Thank you Splinter. I should probably head back to the others soon" I said. Splinter rose and I followed suit.
"Don't strain yourself to fit in here. Just be yourself and everything will be alright" He said. I nodded.
"Thank you for everything" I said.
(Sorry for the late update, but I have been busy with preparing for exams and stuff.)