Mikey got to the top of the rusted staircase and placed both hands firmly on to the roofs ledge to pull himself up on said building,
Leo clambered up behind his youngest brother, an annoyed look up on his face, followed by Raphael who just had his usual scowl.
Donnie held April's hand to help her up carefully because the last step up onto the building proved to be pretty steep, 'Thanks Don' she smiled gratefully getting a smile in return from the purple clad turtle.
'Mikey you really ought to listen more' Leo snapped as he dusted himself down, the old stare well was dirtier than the lane!
'Can't do that sorry bro, i weren't born listen, I was born to have fun...where is your sense of adventure, old fearless leader' Mikey responded, poking his oldest brother in the chest playfully with a grin,
'Sense of adventure? (Leo was bewildered) Mikey this is serious there isn't anything adventurous about this, Casey could be hurt or worse...we are going to have to have a serious talk when we get back home' Leo scolded,
as much as he loved the bubbly full of life turtle, Leo thought he really needed to learn that there is a time and a place to play the fool, he needed him focussed right now, especially after Aprils 'feelings'. '
Gee great! thanks' Mikey another meeting, just what I wanted' Raph rolled his eyes as he trudged up to the lime green turtle and turned to Leo pointing a finger,
'Leo that damn meeting better not cut in to my punch bag time' he growled as he sent daggers Mikey's way and Mikey just shrank into his shell a little bit, trying to avoid the famous Raph glare.
Leo was about to open his mouth, to more than likely come up with some snarky, whitty response but Donnie beat him to it...
'Have you three forgotten why we're up here!?' He reminded the three turtles, fed up of the chit chat that was clearly about to turn in to a heated row,
April began to slowly stroll across the dark foggy roof, being sure not to stray to far from the brothers.
'Right' Leo exclaimed, in realisation as he mentally shook his brain and looked back to the group,
'stay together and keep your eyes pealed' he urged, as he used his hands to motion the instructions at the same time.
The guys caught up with April and began to search the eery roof, eyes trailing through the dark, unknowing what they would find, but all they knew is they were not leaving without Casey.
The roof was huge and like any normal building was rectangle in shape, but there was still a lot of roof to cover for four small turtles and a human, especially in the night.
Raphael growled to himself in frustration as he took a few heavy steps further than the others, getting aggravated that they hadn't found their friend yet.
He couldn't contain his impatience as he began to yell out, much to Leo's dismay,
'CASEY! YOU UP HERE' 'CASEY'
'I don't like this' April whispered
'Raph, quiet!' Leo spat, he had Mikey clung onto his arm like a leech, not wanting to let go anytime soon...Mikey was beginning to get that bad feeling that everyone else had earlier about now, no fun adventures were present on this roof!
'Why would he even be up here it just...' Raph's trail of thought was suddenly stopped in an instant and he stood as still as a statue, causing Donnie to stumble into the back of him,
the others followed his gaze to find what it was he was zoning out looking at. This couldn't be good Donnie heard himself think out loud.
There...laying in the middle of the roof surrounded by the ever creeping darkness and mist was whom they had been searching for.
'CASEY!?' Raph yelled as he ran passed Mikey, knocking him out of the way,
he collapsed to his knees next to the teenager, not knowing what to do. The others gathered around him, trying to see what state he was in.
April couldn't contain her gasp, covering her mouth and just praying that he was ok, Mikey and Leo stared wide eyed and Raph gritted his teeth looking up to the doctor of the family,
'Donnie!? Is he...!?'
Donnie quickly knelt beside their human ally at the opposite side to Raph, his eyes deep with worry as his doctor mode was kicked straight into gear,
he looked over the ropes that bound their friend and began to check his pulse...'wait...ropes' he suddenly thought, looking down at his with a grown.
Then his eyes widened in horror as the morbid realisation suddenly slapped him square in the face.
He couldn't get his voice to come out loud enough as he turned his head up towards his eldest brother, Mikey still clung to him,
They should have listened to their feelings, to Aprils feelings...he looked around the roof, ignoring the worried glances from his team to assess their position.
The darkness touching every far edge, the fog nearly covering the rest, they could barely see were the ledges even began from where they were and the building was 20 stories tall. What a perfect place to set a trap.
'What!?' Leo almost yelled, seeing his brothers frightened expression,
wait...he knew that look...shit.
Donnie got this certain look whenever he had managed to figure out some sort of evil scheme or plot, usually just before said evil scheme or plot was due to begin, when it was to late.
Then they would be thrown into the middle of a nightmare.
'Donnie?' Mikey sounded like he whimpered, even ninjas can get scared! oh shell, oh shell, oh shell, this isn't good, is all that ran through his mind.
Raph looked across at his brainiac brother, green eyes filled with a sudden overwhelming sense of danger, and no one moved.
April stood the other side of Leo, she was half tempted to cling to his other arm as well, but restrained herself from doing so, she would leave that to Mikey.
'Guys' Donnie began to whisper, blurting out what they had already worked out thanks to his face,
'the ropes, (he gestured to the thick ropes that wrapped around their unconscious friends legs and arms) its a...' But it was to late, a figure shot from the darkness and pounced at him, flinging him across the wide space like a piece of trash in the wind.
'DONNIE' the group yelled in union and all completely tensed up, Mikey let go of Leo and ran to help his immediate older brother.
Raph got to his feet and pulled his sais from his belt, clenching them tightly in his hands.
'You ok bro?' Mikey frantically asked as he pulled his immediate older brother up to his feet, Donnie was rubbing his head, a small trail of blood leaked from a graze he had just gotten from the impact onto the hard roof.
'Yea, thanks Mikey...but what the shell just hit me!?' he exasperated, pulling his bow staff from its hold and getting into a defensive stance, shaking his head slightly at the soreness that was now ripping through his skull from the collision.
'Bus?' Mikey joked, and Don just rolled his eyes,
Mikey and Leo followed suit and pulled out their weapons, prepared to take on whatever had just attacked their brother.
'April' Leo whispered, and she looked to meet his gaze, his stark eyes serious in the night,
'stay with Casey, try and get him free and wake him up if you can' he instructed and the red head girl nodded, acknowledging what Leo had asked of her, she sat beside Casey and began to try to undo the tight knots.
'WHOS THERE!?' Leo roared out, splitting the darkness in to two with a powerful voice, holding a katana out in front of him,
he and his brothers slowly backed into one and other to stay close together.
The figure was so quick and with the dark and clouded air they couldn't exactly make out who it was in their presence,
that was until a dark raspy laugh boomed through the cold air sending shivers down each of their spines. A voice they knew all to well...
'Great' Mikey snided, rolling his baby blues and frowning, as a tall hairy figure emerged from behind the roof access shed.
Before they could even acknowledge the mutant, ask him what the fuck he wanted or get away with Casey, he lunged forwards again, this time aiming himself at April,
Raph ran to defend her, but his effort was in vein as the wolf managed to get there first, dragging her from Casey's side.
She screamed as she was thrown hard against the floor, soft skin hitting hard concrete, blood, she fell unconscious before anyone could even try to help her...
'April! April!?' they yelled as they ran to her but where suddenly stopped in their path by the same mutant that caused Aprils, Dons and probably Casey's injuries.
He landed in front of them, towering over them, they forgot how tall his mutated form really was, he stood there, snarling, stopping them from aiding their friend, eyes eerily bright in the night.
They slowly looked up to the ugly figure that stood before them, eyes narrowed dangerously and hands firmly on weapons.
'Rhazar, back off you walking raggedy old dog' Raph scorned as he pointed a sharp sai at the beast, definitley not afraid to use it.
Leo had a katana pointed at the mutant with a strong green hand, his eyes narrowed, as did Donnie with his bow.
and the light whooshing sound of Mikey's nun chucks and the growls from the vile creature where all that could be heard in the deafening silence that began to drown them with uncertainty of what was to come.
The moment stood still as if frozen in time as either side waited for movement from the other,
as the wind carefully blew their bandana tails a light misty rain began to fall, and the golden eyes of their enemy pierced through to their very souls.
Then the breeze almost whispered...run.
