Raphael Hamato is the youngest of his three brothers, at the age of 12. But when Raphael is kidnapped by Shredder, and has been missing for almost a year, the turtles have to wonder... are they too late?
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Ages:
Leo: 16 Donnie: 16 Mikey: 15 Raph: 12
I suggest you listen to the song at the top while reading this
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Leo's POV
I was with my siblings, Donnie, and Mikey, and my father, Master Splinter. We were all surrounding Donnie's computer, trying to track anything on my missing baby brother Raph. You heard right. Missing. Raphie has been missing for nearly a year now. He went missing when were on a "training" patrol session for him, to get him ready for real patrol since he wanted to go with so badly. He couldn't go with us until he was fifteen, but Splinter was willing to let him go for that night... that one night... and everything changed.
Flashback
Raph giggled and laughed as he was on Mikey's back, as his older orange masked brother jumped, building to building, making sure Raph could see every detail of New York City. Raph's eyes were wide with curiosity and awe as they stopped at a cherry blossom tree, and they all sat down. Raph immediately curled up in a ball, and into Leo's chest, cuddling him. The brothers just sat there, in silence, not talking. They were... for once... at peace. But that peace was immediately shattered as Shredder landed into front of them, eyes on little Raphael.
Raph whimpered, as his three brothers got in front of him, their weapons drawn and ready.
"What do you want, Shredhead? , Mikey sneered.
"I want Raphael", Shredder stated simply. Before any of the turtles could react, Raph was scooped up By the Shredder, and was taken away.
"LEO!!!!!!", the twelve year old red masked turtle yelled out, in fear, trying to struggle out of the Shredder's grip, but to no avail, as Shredder took the small child away.
"RAPHAEL!!!!!!!!!"
End of flashback
That was what happened. It's been 10 months since the incident, and still noth-- wait! Haha! We were finally able to track Raph's t-phone signal!
On T-phone Location: Shredder's Lair
Shredder!!!!! Don't worry baby brother. We're on our way. Oh... I hope we're not too late...
-Timeskip to Shredder's lair-
Mikey's POV
We arrived at Shredder's lair, and immediately split into "A" and "B" teams. Well, kinda anyways... Donnie and I went one way, while Leo went the other way. We split up, in hopes of finding clues as to where my little brother was. For some reason, we found Raph's mask, and some of his gear. That got us extremely worried, but we had to keep looking, because if these things were here, Raph had to be somewhere in this place too, right? Right... and maybe he was ok too... anyway, we found a few useful parts that could be used to repair a few things in the lair, and made a mental note to get them later. But then we heard a scream... coming from Leo's direction.... "LEO!"
Leo's POV
I was walking down what appeared to be a hallway. There were cells through out the entire hallway, and I shuddered. It almost made me want to turn back, but I didn't. I had to find Raph. As I walked past one cell, it made a full body shudder go through me. The worst feeling went through as well me as I turned towards the cell, and peaked in through the bars on the door. There was a little window on the top right corner of the small room, barred with metal bars, that let in some light. I couldn't see very well, so I stepped back, and tried the doorknob. Surprisingly, it was unlocked, but that just made the feeling in the pit of my stomach get worse. I stepped in, and looked around, and like last time, I didn't see anything. That is, until, I looked in the left corner of the room. I saw.... a hand. And not just any hand... it was a three fingered, green hand.
My eyes widened and I screamed. "LEO!" I barely even heard Mikey's scream, as I dragged the body of my baby brother out of the shadows, and into the light. I looked over him in horror as my younger brothers ran in, and gasped, and started crying, as I was kneeling next to my brother, holding him in my arms, and I cried. "D.. Donnie..... w-when... a-and how?" he knew what I meant. When, and how did Raph... die. After a quick analyze, Donnie looked at Mikey and I with broken eyes. "He died... a few hours ago...", with those words, I choked on my tears, and my sobs and Mikey's watery eyes widened, as he screamed a little, but Donnie wasn't done, as he tried to clear his throat. "And... h-he... died by... s-slowly bleeding out..". Donnie finished, his voice cracking, as I held onto Raph tighter, my throat tightening, as more tears streamed down my face. "S-so... it hurt?" Mikey asked, his voice cracking as well. Donnie hesitated before nodding. "It was... a slow, and painful death... he was dying at least for three days..." That was the breaking point for me, as I screamed and cried more, my brothers, getting the message, as they left, hands intertwined, crying themselves. I looked at my little brother, who now, looked so peaceful, I bet was in so much pain, just a few hours ago, waiting to die.
"Please Raph...", I pleaded through sobs, knowing it wasn't going to work, but I didn't care. "You can't go..... it's not fair.. for Donnie.. for Mikey... for me... for dad.... what am I going to tell him? After nearly a year of searching, we find you... but it's to late, you're already gone? This will break him... I can't tell him... I just can't..." No response... obviously... "But I know I have to... I have no choice..." I knew what had to be done. But I couldn't bring myself to do it just yet.. I wasn't ready yet... so, I just sat there, crying. Crying for what felt like forever, and I still wasn't ready... who am I kidding. I'd never be ready... but I had no choice.
"Please Raphie... d-don't leave us... don't leave me"
