Welcome to chapter eight! So Raph is gonna be kinda moody, more than usual, in this chapter. Typical teenage parent issues… yep. Enjoy!
"What about Charles?" Nini asked as she and Sukari flipped through a Name Your Baby book. Sukari shook her head.
"That's too common," she said. "I want something a bit more unique." She turned the page. "Besides, what if it turns out to be a girl?" Nini nodded and turned the page to the girl section.
"Are you looking for a specific type of name?"
"I was thinking either Japanese or we can make up a name. If not, how does Emily sound?" Nini shrugged.
"That's pretty, but I thought you wanted an uncommon name."
"I do, but I just thought I should make a back-up name."
"How 'bout Jack? Or maybe even Daniel?" Sukari looked up and saw Raph standing at the doorway. He looked a bit troubled. Sukari got up and giggled a little.
"May as well name him Quervo," she said as she hugged him. Raph hugged back, but he was tense. "Baby, what's wrong?" Raph looked down at her, but his eyes were emotionless.
"Nothin', babe," he replied quietly. Sukari didn't buy it.
"Seriously," she said, "what's bothering you?" Raph pushed her away lightly and stalked out of the bedroom without responding. "Raph?" She started to follow him, but Nini put a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't," she said. "Raphael's still a bit upset about what happened last week." Sukari remembered how, last week, Josh Mason had captured both Mikey and Donny, and then lured Raph in just to give him merciless torture. Sukari nodded in understanding.
"I just wish he'd let me hold him and comfort him," Sukari said with the threat of tears. She had finally reached the mood swing phase and everyone had avoided her, save for Raph and Nini. Just yesterday she had almost torn Mikey's hand off when he tried to steal her soda, and then she had burst into hysterics and hugged him, sobbing on his shoulder.
Nini gave Sukari a comforting smile and went off to the kitchen, leaving her alone. Sukari went to sit in front of her dresser mirror and she looked down at her large, bulging stomach and smiled.
"I should let you know," she said and she rubbed her stomach, "he seems big and bad, but he's really just a big softie. He'll love you. I guarantee it."
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"Bishop, I gotta tell ya somethin'," Josh said once he was let into Bishop's study. Bishop looked at him expectantly. "Dat thing ya said was runnin' around da city; it ain't Sukari. It's another dragon dat looks like her, but she knows Sukari."
"Another dragon in New York? Strange," Bishop said. "You said this dragon knows Sukari?"
"Yeah," Josh sat down with a sigh. He was still a little sore from the beating he took from the stranger. "She said ta stay away from their family."
"Ninalia," Bishop said under his breath so that Josh couldn't hear. "So she's here."
"What?" Josh said. "Who's here?"
"Did you know that Sukari has a sister? An older sister; about your age. She's the dragon that you now apparently have," he ran his eyes over Josh's bruises, "experience with."
"Kari's got a sister? No, I didn't know dat. Why da hell is she here?"
"To protect her baby sister; what's little left of her family," Bishop replied bitterly. "This is going to get harder, Joshua. Pure-blood dragons are extremely dangerous. Ninalia, especially. That girl is a walking poison. If you get bitten by her, you will die. If you get scratched, you may die, but there is a slight chance you'll survive. If you can, capture both of the girls. From what I hear from your uncle and through the gossip in the facility, you have no problem getting your hands on girls." Josh raised an eyebrow and smirked. He could already picture the two girls in chains in the basement. The thought made him grin. He nodded and walked over to the door. "Let me know if any other interesting thing happens," Bishop called to him before Josh left.
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Sukari, Raph, and Nini were on the couch watching Pawn Stars. Sukari and Raph were snuggled up together, but Raph was still tense. Sukari still worried about him. Even when they kissed, she felt like he wasn't all there. It was like his personality had changed. Nini got up after a moment to go to the bathroom and Sukari took her chance.
"Raphael," she said.
"Yeah?"
"Will you please tell me what's wrong? Why are you being so distant?"
"I'm not bein' distant," he said, but his tone was flat. Sukari shifted to look at him.
"Yes you are. I know you're still upset about what happened, but it seems to be really bothering you enough to the point where you don't even wanna talk to me." Raph looked at her and moved to get up, but Sukari grabbed his arm and held him down next to her. "Don't go, Raphael. Stay and talk to me." Raph pushed her off and got up and walked over to his work-out room. Sukari got up and turned to him. By this moment, she was pissed. "Don't you dare walk out on me, Hamato Raphael!" Raph turned at the sudden force of her voice and glared.
"I don't wanna talk, Sukari!" he shouted. "I just wanna be left alone for a few minutes! Is dat too damn much ta ask?!" Sukari narrowed her eyes.
"I have left you alone! It's been a week since we've actually talked! We haven't even made love since that day!"
"Dat's 'cause I don't feel like doin' dat all da time, okay?!" Raphael was screaming at this point. Sukari also noticed that the others, including Nini and Wren, were standing at their doorways, watching.
"When the hell did I become the bad guy, Raph? Why can't you talk to me?"
"I don't wanna talk! I wanna find Josh and slit his throat! I wanna go ta school without hidin'! I don't wanna stay in dis damn lair and not be able ta go out!"
"I'm sorry, Raphael! I'm sorry that you have to go out of your way to protect me!" Sukari was getting too worked-up. Her eyes were glowing with that red ring again. "I'm sorry I can't fight as well as you and your brothers can!" Raph stepped forward, noticing her eyes. His anger turned to worry as he put his hands up.
"Sukari, calm down," he said in a calm and collected voice. She didn't though. Her eyes glowed brighter and she bared her fangs.
"I'm sorry I'm weak!" she continued with her fists clenched. "I'm sorry I got pregnant with a baby that you probably don't even want!" Raph looked at her in shock and he heard everyone gasp. She had gone too far; too low. She was at the point where she didn't even realize what she was saying. She suddenly pushed past him and ran out of the lair and to the first man-hole tunnel she saw. Raph turned to follow her, but was held back by Nini.
"She loves you, Raphael," she said, "but you are probably the last person that she wants to see right now. I'll go." Raph nodded and went to his work-out room. After about fifteen minutes, he managed to break his punching bag off its chain.
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"Sukari! Slow down!" Nini cried as she ran after Sukari. Sukari ran faster on the rooftops and began to summon her wings. Nini ran even faster, but she couldn't catch up to Sukari. She got frustrated when she saw Sukari's wings rip out of her back. Nini summoned her own wings and they came easily for her. She soared through the air and managed to fly side-by-side with Sukari. "Sukari! Please get back onto the ground! This isn't good for you or your baby!"
Sukari turned her head to Nini, but she didn't stop. Instead, she hissed and turned sharply away, making Nini turn after her again. Sukari kept flying. Tears leaked out of her eyes and she wiped them away.
She suddenly heard a gunshot and felt something whiz by her head. She was thrown off guard and she landed on a roof of a building near the Saki building. She got up, letting her wings sink back into her back. Nini landed next to her.
"What the hell, Sukari?!" she yelled. Sukari's eyes had faded back to brown as she shushed her sister and looked around. She looked at the building next to them and saw a shadow. She looked closer, but she didn't have enough time to duck before a net shot out at the two. Out of instinct, she pushed Nini to the side. The net caught Sukari and she flew a few yards backwards, now tangled in the metal-weaved captor. Nini cried out at her sister, who now lay on her side and struggled in the net. "Sukari! What's going on?!" Another net shot out suddenly and caught Nini and she fell onto her back next to her sister.
Someone walked up next to the girls and grasped Sukari's net and turned her around so she faced them. Josh smiled down at her, but his attention then went to her stomach and he frowned in confusion.
"Ya pregnant?" he said. He looked at her face again and smirked. "We'll take care of dat when we get ta da facility." Sukari's eyes widened and she struggled more in the net. Josh turned to Nini and looked down at her with a smile. "Ya kinda pretty. Ninalia, isn't it? Sukari's sister?" Nini glared up at him.
"Do you really think this is a good idea, Joshua Mason?" Nini asked. Josh shrugged with a small smirk. "You're taking the risk of screwing with two dragons. One of which is a pure-blood. Where exactly is your advantage?"
"Babe, ya trapped in a metal-weaved net dat, at any time I want, will fire off 75,000 volts of electricity. Honestly, do ya really want Sukari, ya little sister, ta feel dat pain. Do ya really want her baby ta feel dat?" Josh stared at her expectantly. Nini looked over at Sukari, who still lay struggling in her net.
"No, Nini! Don't do what he wants! I'll be fine!" Josh walked over to her and picked her up by her hair through one of the net's holes. She shrieked and fought harder. She suddenly felt the sharp pain in her stomach and she cried out and stopped struggling. Josh smiled and looked at Nini again. Nini gazed at her sister and looked down and nodded.
"Fine," she growled, "but if you hurt her, I promise that I will take great pleasure in draining your body of every drop of blood in your veins." Josh smiled and dropped Sukari on her back. A few guys came out of the shadows and hoisted her and Nini up and began to carry them off, but Josh stopped the guy that held Sukari.
"Let's leave a calling card for da turtles," Josh said. He held up a folded piece of paper and got out his buck knife. He walked over to Sukari and grasped her long hair, pulling it through the hole. With his trademark, sadistic smile, he placed the blade on her hair, about ten inches from the top of her head. Sukari moved her head around, but she couldn't get out of his grip.
"No!" she cried. Her hair was important to her. It symbolized the years she had remained alive and strong, and now Josh was going to cut it. "Josh, no! Don't!" With a single movement of his arm, Josh slashed her hair off and held the remnants of it in his hand. Sukari let out a sob and went limp as tears fell from her eyes. Nini watched Josh with hatred as he pinned the note to Sukari's hair and set it down on the ground where he was sure the guys would find it. He turned back to the girls as they were carried off to his truck.
"Come and get ya girls, turtles," Josh said under his breath as he followed.
Oh, dear! Will the guys save the girls? Will Raph and Sukari make up? Find out next chapter! XD
P.S. And the winner is….. Slash! He got more votes than Mona, so he will be my special appearance! See you soon!