The Girl From Another World ( TMNT 2007 Universe )

Chapter 50 - Baby, Pull Me Closer

Raphael

I didn't know where I was. I could only see black. There was no one else around. It was just me. I had to find a way out but I couldn't see one. I just stood in the center of the blackness without a clue how to get out. I had to get back to Jazmin.

I felt weak like some of the life had drained out of me. And then I remembered the fight with Tesh. How I'd killed him but he'd injured me. I'd lost a lot of blood. And this was where I was now. In the depths of my subconscious, I realized. I had to get out.

For sometime now, i'd been dwelling here without enough strength to move. Now I wanted to. I wanted to get out of here and see her again. I'd taken time to rest and now was the time for me to leave.

"Please come back to me, Baby. I love you." I could hear her voice but I couldn't see her. All at once. The overwhelming desire to get to her filled me. And I knew I was ready to get out of here.

"Im ready." I thought. "I'm ready to go back to Jazmin."

Then the blackness disappeared.

And I was somewhere else that I didn't recognize. I was laying down on a bed and the room was dim. I quickly realized there was only a bedside lamp on and the room definitely wasn't mine. There were silver and gold pieces sitting on shelves and the room was entirely marble. Not like the grimy walls covered in comic posters of my own bedroom. And it was oddly chilled.

I gathered that I must be somewhere in Tesh's lair. Maybe in his own bed. It grossed me out at first because there was no telling what had gone on in this very room but at the same time I felt victorious. Because that bastard would never be able to sleep here again. And it was me who'd sealed his fate.

I turned my head and winced when a shooting pain went up my injured shoulder. I hissed but immediately forgot about the pain when I caught sight of the very person I longed to see.

Jazmin sat in a fluffy chair beside my bed, her head bent to one side in sleep and her chest moving up and down in a relaxed pace. Seeing her brought tears to my eyes and it was made known to me how much I'd missed her. I wasn't even sure how long I'd been gone but it seemed like an eternity.

I tried to call out to her. "Jazmin." But my throat sounded raspy. "Jazmin."

I knew she was a light sleeper so I just had to be a little louder. Or maybe not. I stretched my good arm out to her and placed my hand on her knee. Sure enough, she stirred, her eyes fluttering open. She looked directly at me and didn't move, almost as if she was scared I would disappear if she did. The tears rolled down my cheeks easier now.

"Hi, Babe." I said. And that was all it took.

She flung herself at me, straddling me to the bed and hovering over top of me. She didn't say anything for a few moments and I knew she was trying to decide if her mind was playing tricks on her still.

"It's okay." I said. "I'm back."

I didn't even have time to breathe before her lips were on mine. She framed my bandaged face with her hands and kissed me fervently and over and over again. I kissed her back but mostly let her do the work. My body told me I was too weak to embrace her like I wanted to.

I started to gasp for air as my lungs screamed for oxygen and I broke the kiss, resting my cheek against hers as I took in much needed air. She was breathing heavily too.

"I knew you'd come back." She said close to my ear. "I knew it."

"I'll always come back to you." I reminded her. My good arm came up to circle her waist. "Because I love you, Jazmin."

She straightened up a little bit then rested her face against mine lightly so her lips brushed mine when she spoke. "I love you too, Red. I love you so much it scares me. I love you so violently that I wanted to submit to Tesh instead of risking you to get hurt. I love you so passionately that I wouldn't be able to live without you. I love you so deeply that I've never fallen as hard as I have for you." She kissed me and I kissed her back. Then she pulled away to look me right in the eyes. "And I never plan to stop."

I didn't react. All I could do was stare into her beautiful green eyes. What did I do to deserve someone like her? It didn't matter that I was way too selfish to give her up because I thought she could do better. She probably could but I didn't care. Somehow, I'd managed to get her to fall in love with me and I was irrevocably in love with her. I wouldn't let anything change that.

"Then don't." I pulled her closer as she cuddled into me and I wrapped my good arm around her waist. "Don't stop."

"I won't."

She smirked at me as she sat up on my plastron. "I would like to keep you all to myself but I have a feeling there're some others who would like to see you." Her eyes gleamed. "One in particular would like to apologize for being such an ass to you."

I grasped her hip with my good hand. "Do I have to?" I really wanted to be alone with her.

"Yeah. We'll have plenty of time for that later." She pushed herself off of me and reached a hand out. I growled at her words and what she was hinting at. I couldn't wait to be 100% again so we could get down to it. But sadly that would have to wait.

I took her hand and grunted as I pulled myself up into a sitting position and then stood up. I was wobbly on my feet and my head spun but Jazmin attached herself to my side, supporting me with her weight. "Easy, big guy. Don't strain yourself."

"I'm fine." I groaned. But I quickly changed my tune when she gave me a kiss on the cheek. It was soft and warm and everything I knew to be my girl. I hugged her closer to me as she continued to leave kisses all over the side of my face. "Atleast I will be as long as I have you."

She giggled and I remembered the first time I'd ever heard the sound. It'd been music to my ears then just like it was now. "I'm sure your brothers have missed you just as much as I have."

My heart suddenly longed for Leo's bossy attitude, Donnie's rediculous tech talk, and Mikey's outrageous bursts of energy. I realized how much I missed them. "I want to see them."

She pulled back to look me in the eye, her beautiful green orbs holding the most happiness I'd seen since I'd known her. "Then let's go. They want to see you too."

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Hey guys! Sorry this update is kinda short but I'm building things up here for one more PLOT TWIST I have planned... *evil laughter*. Y'all are gonna hate me!;)

AND 50th CHAPTER AHHHHH!!!!

But Raphael is okay so that's good! What do you guys think will happen next? Happily ever after?

Think again...

- Jaz