Welcome to the sencond chapter of Shot For You, hope you're enjoying it so far...
dondena : I agree completely c: He's independent and likes to prove it, but obviously cares about his family a lot, even if he doesn't show it very often. ^^
It was around four in the morning when Leo heard movement in the lair, everyone had gone to bed hours ago, but he was still waiting and had slipped off through the night. He turned on the light all too eagerly, expecting to see Raphael. It was only Klunk however and Leo sighed, flopping back down in his chair. Where was Raphael? Was he okay? Usually the red masked turtle would be home by now. Rubbing the back of his neck he looked at the clock again. Where was his brother right now?
As if sensing his worry, Splinter came out of his room, looking at Leo with warm eyes and a sincere smile, "Leonardo, your brother needs time. He will be home soon enough, until then you should rest." The rat put a paw on the blue masked turtle's shoulder and gave him a reassuring nod, Leo however, hesitated.
"But sensei, I- He looked so vulnerable. What if he gets hurt?"
"Raphael is strong, if he were in any danger he'd contact us."
Both of them knew that wasn't true, but it was a comfort they were willing to take for now, the oldest turtle sighed softly and nodded, jumping up and onto the second floor and going to his room, leaving Splinter in the lair, giving the enterance one last longing look before going back to his room although he still wouldn't sleep. As the blue masked turtle sat on his bed he found himself listening intently to the silence in the lair, waiting for a sign that Raphael was home. Groaning softly and fell back on his bed and stared at the ceiling, he closed his eyes and gave a shake of his head as thoughts of his brother being hurt filled his head.
"I need to find him." The blue masked turtle muttered to himself, even though he was eager to look for his brother, he knew he should wait at least one more hour, so he did, and after what seemed like forever, Leo finally got off his bed, and stealthily snuck out the enterance of the lair, and down the sewer tunnels until he got to the nearest manwhole. He wasn't one to sneak out, actually, he never liked the idea of going behind Master Splinter's back, but he knew his sensei and father would have told him to wait for Raphael to return, and he couldn't.
As he ran across the rooftops he couldn't help but realize it was a little quiet out, there wasn't the sound of night people, or any sirens or traffic, it was quiet. Too quiet, and it irked the blue masked turtle. Something wasn't right...He could feel it, and that made him worry even more, maybe Raph was in danger. It would be his fault if his brother was hurt, and he could already feel guilt start to make his stomach flip. Just to make sure his brother was okay, he pulled out his shellcell, calling Raph waiting impatiently as the phone rang, and when his brother didn't answer, all he could do was curse under his breath and begin searching for him again.
He knew Raphael was stubborn, hot-headed and like to get into trouble when he was upset, but he was never out this late, it was five thirty in the morning, and they had training tomorrow. The latest Raphael ever stayed out was usually three, he was two hours late for his own usual schedule. So what was happening? Where was he, and what was he doing?
That's when he heard the sound of metal clashing with metal and froze, looking over to the rooftop of a building four buildings away from him, where a group of Foot Ninja were attacking someone. It could only be Raph! As Leo felt worry, and anger well up inside him he took a deep breath to calm his nerves before he ran to his brother's side, pulling his kantana out and attacking the foot that were closest to him, taking them down in only a few minutes, before looking over to his brother, who was panting, and slouched slightly.
Looking around at the number of unconscious bodies that lay on the ground he knew his younger brother had been fighting for awhile, "Raph!"
Upon hearing Leo's voice, Raphael turned his head, blinking when he saw his brother, it looked like he was getting ready to say something but before he could, he was knocked to the ground by a kick to the plastron.
"Oi! Can't a turtle get a break?!" He yelled as he jumped up, throwing his sai at the ninja's arm, stabbing him succesfully, meanwhile Leo was taking down the remaining foot ninja easily, only about fifteen of them still standing, and becoming hesitant.
Raph knocked one of them out, flipping him over his shoulder and rolling inbetween another's legs as he dislodged his sai from the man's arms and stood up, turning around and punching another in the face, he looked at Leo, wiping sweat from his forehead. "Welcome to the party." He grumbled before dodging a hit to the head, tripping the foot ninja and knocking the wind out of him.
Twenty minutes later and they were gone, Raphael having knocked the last one out, by the way he stood and how much he was panting Leo knew he was tired and worn down, but okay. "Why're ya out here fearless?"
"I came looking for you."
The red masked turtle grunted, "Oh so now you're chasing me for lectures."
"No, I came to apologize."
"Why don't ya just go back-" He froze, blinking slowly and staring at Leo, "What?"
"I didn't mean what I said. I was frustrated."
For a moment, the second oldest turtle was quiet, standing there with his sai in his hands, slouched over, he put them back slowly and shrugged one shoulder, rubbing the back of his neck, "Thanks?"
"It's no prob-"
BANG BANG!
"Leo!" Suddenly he was being shoved to the side, losing his balance and falling over, it took him a few minutes to register what happened, and once he did he shot up, looking beside him, at his brother who was laying in a puddle of blood that seemed to get bigger by the minute. His borhter who wasn't moving. "Raph! Raphael!" He looked behind him, where a PD was standing, reloading a gun as fast as possible,
Pulling a katana out and running as fast as he could at the girl who had pulled the trigger, he hit her in the stomach with enough force to send her to the ground, before quickly going back to his brother's side, "Raphael!" Still no response, swallowing thickly the blue masked turtle flipped his brother onto his back, gasping, blood was gushing out of a wound to his side, and streaming down his temple.
Shit. Shit. He quickly checked for a pulse, and after a few agonizing seconds of nothing he felt one, it took him a moment to realize the police sirens, and the lights below in the alley, "Hey Raph, c'mon we need to move.." He took one of his brother's arms and slung it over his shoulder before dragging him into a small shack on the rooftop.
He knew he had to slow the bleeding and immediatly began pressing his mask against the wound to his side, tying it around Raphael tightly, Donnie, he needed Donnie. Pulling out his shellcell he called his brainiac brother and not surprisingly, the purple masked turtle answer almost immediatly.
"Leo? Why are you calling me this late? Are those sirens? Where are you?"
"Donnie! Raph's hurt, I'm on the Harlton Inn roof, the police are up here and Raph got shot...I don't think he's going to- going to-"
"Whoa, whoa slow down Leo! What happened?" Donnie's voice got a lot more stern, and he seemed to be paying more attention.
"I'll explain later, I just need you to get down here. Now!" He whispered harshly, backing his foot away as a light flashed under the door and hanging up. He put a hand over Raph's mouth, trying to quiet his eratic breathing. After a few tense moments, the light was gone, just to be on the safe side, he waited a few more moments before opening the door. Donnie was on the way, and until then all he could do was try to stop the bleeding, by now his blue mask was stained purple from blood . What worried him the most was the bullet wound on the side of Raphael's head.
"Leo! " He spun around at the sound of Donnie's voice, watching his brother run to his side, an kneel infront of Raph, "What happened?" He asked, pulling rags out of his bag and throwing one to Leo, "Press that against his side, and don't stop, I want to look at this head wound..."
Leo swallowed and nodded, pressing the rag against his brother's side, feeling Raph's body tense beneath him. "I- We- Some Purple Dragon snuck up on us and he saved me." Leo replied, watching as Donnie pulled a waterbottle out of his back and poured some of it's contents on the head wound, sighing softly.
"Luckily it's just a flesh wound, whoever was shooting had bad aim luckily." He began stitching the wound then and there, wrapping bandages around his brother's head, "We'll need to get him home, he's losing blood really fast." Luckily, Donnie had brought blood clotting spray to help slow the bleeding and sprayed it onto the wound, wrapping bandages around his side.
Everything was black, and he felt numb, but every minute a pain seemed to become more noticeable, he heard someone let out a deep groan and it took him a moment to realize that it was him who made that noise, his head was throbbing and his side felt like it was on fire...
"Raphie, I need you to listen to me and open your eyes. c'mon..." Who was that? Why did they want him to wake up, waking up was so painful? However he could hear the intensity in the person's voice and decided to at least try, he swallowed thickly as he realized just how thirsty he was and tried to open his eyes. It took a few attempts before they were fully opened and his saw blurry figures infront of him. "D-Donnie?" His voice sounded so rough and croaky.
"It's me Raph, you got shot. We need to get you back to the lair, you've lost a lot of blood but we need your help, okay?"
He got shot? Then it all came back, the PD with the gun, she tried shooting Leo but he had shoved him out of the way, and took the bullets himself. He nodded slowly, as his two brothers helped him up. He did his best to walk, but seemed to be dragging his feet against the ground, the pain was even worse when standing. Before he knew it his legs buckled from under him, almost bringing all three of them to the ground.
It felt like hours before they got to the lair, Raph having to be half dragged the entire way there, and when he did get there the three of them made there way to the lab as soon as they opened the door. Mikey and Splinter were still asleep, and even with Raph's condition, Donnie said it'd be best to wait till morning.
"Raphie, you still with us?"
It took the red masked turtle a moment to realize Donnie was speaking to him, and not Leo and when he did he just hummed, his throat to dry to get much words out, "Okay, Leo grab me those IVs and an AB blood packet." Donnie yelled, causing Raph to wince.
Why was everything so blurry? He could hear his brother's talking, but it sounded so far away from him, his vision began fading again, and he felt himself slipping into unconsciousness.
"...bullet out."
"What about..."
"I don't have...We'll just...no strong drugs..."
"...Aph! Raph!"
Then everything went black.
I've decided I'll have a new chapter uploaded every Sunday, or Monday. ^_^ R&R please! cx