TMNT: Secrets of the Sewers

Hisako's Wrath

Raphael threw himself against the Plexiglas door of his cell, trying with all his might to try and bust through it. He punched it, kicked it, and threw his entire body weight against it, but his efforts did absolutely nothing. Still, that did not deter his attempts, despite the growing bruises on his arms and knuckles that appeared as he did so.

"Raph, stop!" Leo shouted. "All your doing it hurting yourself. Just stop!"

Raph stopped for a moment, leaning against the glass as he tried to catch his breath. Through the transparent door of his personal prison, the red turtle could see his brothers and his sensei, their cells arranged in a circular pattern. They had all been stripped of their weapons, their clothes, and even their masks, given only bluish-gray hospital garbs identical to the ones Hisako had been wearing when they found her oh so long ago. The five of them were also sporting metallic collars around their necks, and when Raph had tried to pull at it, he'd nearly electrocuted himself in the process.

Feeling he'd rested enough, Raph got back to his feet and resumed his futile escape attempt. Throwing himself against the door once more, he tried desperately to escape, memories of the way his sister had been in the beginning fueling his resolve.

"Raph enough!" Leo pleaded, pressing himself against the Plexiglas of his own cell. "Please, enough!"

"Raphael." Splinter called out, his voice laced with worry. "Your body cannot take much more. Please my son, for your own sake."

Raph paused after another attempt at the door, leaning against the glass as he breathed heavily.

"I can't, sensei." He informed him, gritting his teeth through the pain of the various bruises across his arms. "Hisako's in here somewhere, waiting for us to save her. I'm not gonna let her down."

"Raph, I've done the calculations." Donny informed him from where he was sitting in his cell. "These doors are made out of a military grade, bullet-proof Plexiglas. The cells are lined with the same metal used in armored tanks. It is physically impossible to break through, no matter how many times you try."

Raph let out a loud growl, punching the glass as tears of frustration began to pour down his face. He slid down to his knees, his forehead against the glass as unbidden tears began to fall. Mikey watched his brother, surprised to see those tears fall. The orange turtle curled up into a ball, hugging his legs and wishing he had the ability to just curl up in his shell.

"What's he gonna do to us?" he whimpered, his overactive imagination already providing him with horrifying scenarios that terrified the orange turtle.

"I don't know Mikey, but we can't just give up." Leo told him.

"Leo..." Donny began. "We have no weapons, no back-up, and these collars can electrocute us if we so much as sneeze in a way Stockman doesn't like."

"Or if the sadistic whack bag decides he wants to watch us squirm." Raph added bitterly.

"I'm sorry Leo, but we've lost." Donny informed his brother, his eyes downcast.

Leo looked around at his brothers, then at his sensei. As a child, Leo always knew he could count on his father to have the answer to any problem that they faced. Now he turned to his father once more, desperate for a way to save his family.

"Sensei..." he called out, his voice quiet from the growing sense of hopelessness. "Is there any way for us to get out of here."

Splinter glanced at his son, his eyes drifting to the rest of his children, who were now turning to him.

"I am afraid one has yet to present itself to us." Splinter replied. "But do not lose hope. We must not allow ourselves to fall into despair, or we will only leave ourselves open to the manipulations of that madman."