Chapter 1
It was late at night. About 30 minutes after midnight. Raph rolled over around his bed in his dark room, just waiting to fall asleep. He took out his cigarette, exhaled a cloud of smoke from his mouth, then he placed whatever remained of his roll into a cup of dirty water. His eyes started growing heavy. His breathing relaxed.
Just then the door creeeeaked open and a timid voice broke the silence. "Raphie?"it called out. Raph opened his eyes, and turned on the light, and saw a little boy, about 6 years old, in batman pjs, standing near the doorway with tears already falling down his cheeks like rivers.
Raph sat up, rubbing his eyes. "Soldier? What are you doing up"? Soldier or Max sniffed and ran to the turtle who had his arms open and wrapped his arms around his neck and cried on his shoulders. Raph held him tight. "Shhh don't cry. Please don't cry." Raph cooed, rubbing the boy's back, involuntarily rocking his body back and forth. He laid the boy beside him, and wrapped the blanket around
him. One hand stroked the child's hand and the other stroking Max's hair. "Do you want to tell me what happened?" "..."
"It'll make you feel better", Raph continued. What Max said next broke the tough, and, manly turtle's heart. "I miss my mommy!!" Max said and went to fits of uncontrollable sobbing.
Raph, wrapped his arms around the child and squeezed. "I know sweetie."said Raph. "If there was anything I could do I would do it. Even selling my soul to the Devil himself."Raph's voice filled with sympathy and rage. Max sat up and turned to him. "No don't say that. You or Mikey or Leo or Donnie or Splinter can't--" "No no I don't mean anyone is going anywhere I'm just telling you how much I love you." Max laid back against his chest.
Raph wrapped his arm around the boy, leaned his head down and kis his cheek. Then whispered in his ear, "I don't think your mother would want you to be sad about her and instead she'd want you to be happy and live your life. Max slowly nodded in agreement. Raph, then, had an idea. He leaned back to his ear and whispered something funny. Max couldn't hold in a laughter and started giggling. Satisfied with his "cheer up" remedy, he kissed the boy again then he whispered, "How about tomorrow night, after everyone's asleep, you and I go get some ice-cream and walk around the park?","Okay." Max smiled.
Raph wrapped the blanket around and the child, then he pull Max in, playfully, under him, then wrapped his arms around the child protectively. Sleep finally over took him.
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