Guys, I am SOOOO sorry, my laptop is pretty much broken, I haven't been able to get it started for a few weeks and when I do, it usually only last a couple of hours and yeah. . Gahhh, I'ma update both stories everyday at once so I have nothing to worry bout. For now the time of the chapters will be posted any random day of the week. Sorry again. .

Donnie knew that Raphael being unconcious would make his job easier, he had to remove the bullet in his side, and stitch him back up without any strong medication to numb the pain. He hadn't gotten any more yet (Raphael used the supply up pretty fast.) and he'd have to ask April tomorrow. At the same time though, his older brother not being awake could lead them to danger. He took a deep calming breath, looking at Leo, "Okay, I need you to bring some water, and some towels. We need to slow the bleeding and remove the bullet as soon as possible."

Leonardo nodded, and had briskly walked towards the kitchen, while Donnie began to get himself ready, cleaning the area around the wound, and his hands. By the time the wound was cleaned, and he had put gloves on, Leo was putting a bowl of water and handful of towels on the table next to him. Why did Raphael have to be such a hot head? He knew it wasn't his brother's fault but if he wasn't so headstrong and didn't go looking for fights he wouldn't get injured so much. "Watch him." The purple clad turtle said as he got his second older brother hooked up to a heart monitor. "I need you to watch his vitals, just incase things go worse than planned."

"This is my fault.." Leo replied, staring down at his bleeding brother, however, Doctor Donatello couldn't deal with emotions right now,

"Leo! That doesn't matter right now, what matters is making sure he'll be okay."

As his brother began to scrub his own hands down, Donnie began, he took a pair of tweasers and began to pulls shards of the bullet away, huffing quietly. "Raph you idiot..." He murmured, his brother scowling in his sleep from obvious pain. He hated seeing his brothers in pain. Luckily enough for them, everything went fine, and the surgery was a success. Donnie had him stitched up in no time, thanks to Leo's help. Now with his brother resting, Leo could tell him what had happpened.

"He'll be fine Leo." He stated, washing his hands again. "A few days of rest and he'll be on his feet in no time."

The blue masked turtle let out a sigh of relief and sat down, "That's great."

"Just what happened? I mean, usually you're both pretty observant, how did you not realize?"

"Nothing, it looked like he had been fighting all night long, and we were both winded by the time she was there, we didn't see her." He stated guiltily, "I should have been paying more attention."

Don simply shrugged, "It couldn't be helped, you should get to bed. I'll watch him for tonight."

When Leo shook his head, the purple masked turtle knew there was no point in trying, and after looking at the clock and seeing it was 5:30 there really was no point. He would need to get up in thirty minutes anyway.

When Mikey woke up that morning, he had a dreadful feeling in his gut that something was really wrong, and when he walkked downstairs, and didn't see Don, or Leo, he knew something had happened. Immediatly worry settled in his stomach, "Leo?" He called, walking towards the lab, when his oldest brother poked his head out of the door, he knew it was probably Raphael.

"It's Raph."

He hit the nail on the head this time, "Is he okay bro?"

"Yeah, just a little banged up."

As Mikey walked in and saw his brother, he wondered how Leo could say, "a little". Most of Raphael's plastron was covered in guaz, and there was a decent amount on his head to, he was hooked up to an IV, and had a blood bag hanging above him too.

"What happened?" The youngest turtle asked quietly, and Donnie quickly spoke up before Leo could blame himself again,

"He got shot when a PD snuck behind him."

"Oh..."

"Your brother will be fine Michelangelo. He is strong."

Mikey nodded, "How can you be so sure Sensei?"

"Raphael has been through worse."

He knew Splinter was talking about two years ago, when they had found Raph in a dumpster after having been shot almost twenty times. It had taken months for him to get better, and it had been hard on all of them.

He took a seat with his brothers, training had been canceled for the day, and he had nothing to do other than be with his brother.

Everything around him was black, he was numb, and all he could hear was this distant beeping, but he couldn't block it out, no matter how hard he tried. Every minute the beeping got louder, and as it got louder his other senses started to pick up, he could feeling a throbbing sensation in his head, and a burning in his side. He tried to make it go away, to go back to that dark place he had been in before, where pain and noise didn't exist, but he couldn't.

"Raph?"

He could barely hear the voice through the rushing in his head, everything just hurt. All he wanted to do was go back to the place he had been in.

"Can you open your eyes for me?"

Who was that? Why did they want him to open his eyes in a time like this? Why did he hurt so much?

"C'mon Raphie.."

"Is he okay?"

"I don't know, this is the first time he's woken up..."

Suddenly it hit him, those voices were his brothers'. He tried to remember what happened, but everything was a blur, he remember Leo apologizing to him on the roof and then- and then he had gotten shot, a PD had snuck behind them and was about to shoot Leo. Was Leo okay? Did Leo get shot anyway? He hadn't heard another gun shot but...

"He's going into shock! Raphael, listen to me! Everything is okay, I need you to calm down."

"Leo dude, go get master splinter!"

Once he heard his brother's name, he knew he was okay. So nothing had happened to Leo afterall, as his heart started to slow, so did the beeping. A heart monitor, he was hooked up to a heart monitor, that's why the beeping never stopped.

"He's calming down. He's fine. Raph can you open your eyes?"

Now, knowing his brother was safe he began to focus on what Donnie was saying, it took him a few moments- he never knew opening his eyes could be this draining and hard- but finally, his cracked his eyes open, although he instantly shut them when burning light filled his vision.

"Is he alright?" The red masked turtle heard Leo ask from somewhere in the room, once again he tried to open his eyes, and this time succeeded in keeping them open, looking around the best he could from where he lay. All three of his brothers were leaning over him. It was weird.

"Wha..." His voice was so dry and rough, it was hard to believe it was his. "What are ya lookin' at?" He managed to whisper, slowly sitting up.

His brother's immediatly smiled, and visibly relaxed. Raph would be okay. Their hot headed brother would be okay.