I Need Courage

Chapter Six

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It race after the blonde haired man following him through alley after alley until he stops, and I nearly run into him. I  pear around the man to find the dog in trouble, but he quickly spins me around so my back is against his chest and his smelly hand is covering my mouth. I really try not to panic but I was getting scared and notice a long purple tattoo along the forearm he had around my stomach. 

We wait in silence him pinching me if I made a noise. The minutes become longer and I try to think of why in the world we were just standing there, how the clinic needed me, how Rose and her siblings along with my mother was waiting for me at home. The answer to my question came when a large thump comes from behind. The man, who I still haven't learned the name of, whirls the two of us around to the full view of the overwhelmingly tall turtle with a look of pure rage contorting his face.

He whips out his small little weapons and lowers his body slightly to a better fighting position. He takes a small step forward with a slight grin crossing his enraged face until dozens of masked men surround him and I realize this is an ambush and I was the bait. 

This makes me furious. No. It down right pisses me off. 

People take advantage of me all the time because they think I'm stupid and easy to manipulate and don't realize what's happened. I do. I might be dumb sometimes but I like to think that they do it because they really need the money but this... this is just mean. 

There are so many people crowded around Raph that I can't see him, but with smoke nearly coming out of me I bite down hard on the blonde haired man's hand. He screams so loud that I feel really sorry for him and with a quick apology I kick him away from me, grabbing a nearby stick. I use the my new weapon to feel awful about hitting these men hoping that they are blindly following instructions like the stormtroppers in star wars. 

When I make my way toward Raphael I see him on one knee clutching his arm with his opposite hand and spitting into the faces of the men around him. When he meets my eyes he leaps to his feet and charges through the ranks scooping me up along the way. He tucks me into his side in such a way that I feel completely tiny and protected as he scales the wall and takes off running across the rooftop. His jagged shell digs into my side and I begin to feel awkward not really knowing what to do with my arms or legs but not daring to look behind us to see if we have been pursued.  

After a lifetime of running he begin to slows down and eventually drops me without a warning. I squeak when I hit the hard ground of the roof, but don't protest when I see him slump next to me. I take a quick look around us but can't see anything to far away and can hear only the heavy breathing of the person next to me. When I turn toward the turtle I can see his eyes are half-closed and slowly bring his head into my lap. He groans slightly when his bicep brushes against my own arm. I adjust my body slightly to let the light from the streetlights shine on him without by shadow intercepting it. I pull a handful of bandaids out  of my back pocket and slowly place them one my one on the long wound that stretches from his shoulder to his elbow and doesn't seem to stop bleeding. 

He chuckles as I place a fourth bandaid, purple this time, on his arm and murmurs, "Why in the world do you carry bandages in your pocket?" He grunts when my fingers make contact with his wound that had already lost too much blood. 

"Rose says I'm accident prone and made me promise to have them with me everywhere" I clarify keeping an eye on him to make sure he stays conscious.