sacrifice 2 [completed]

Him..Again

Chapter 8 > Him..Again

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Narrator's P.O.V

It was now the next day for the three turtles in the sewers. One of them being topside, nowhere to be seen. Leo opened his eyes and yawned. His muscles were too sore for him to get up. He stretched in his bed, not wanting to get up fully.

He groaned as he got up and exited his room, the cold daily breeze tickling his body. He made his way to the kitchen, slightly limping. Leo saw his brothers sitting at the table with tired expressions. One night rest wasn't enough.

Leo yawned and sat on his spot, looking at the meal. Mikey still managed to make breakfast nicely, even though he was tired. Leo half-smiled and patted his brothers head. "You did well, Mike." Mikey only nodded in response as he was smiling.

Donnie didn't look any better. He had darker bags under his eyes, since he always had problem with sleeping. He was, of course, drinking his famous, black and bitter coffee. He couldn't function without his precious hot-beverage.

They all finished their breakfast, as they got up and readied themselves to go to the dojo. What confused Leo, was the fact that Raph wasn't awake -to his thoughts 'awake'. The three sat on the ground, prepared to practice their heart out.

Master Splinter passed his three sons with his hands behind himself. He raised his eyebrow when he spotted Raph's place empty, who usually sat next to Leo.

He frowned as he turned to his sons fully. "Where is Raphael?" The three glanced at each other, when Donnie responded.

"He didn't show up for the breakfast eirher." Mikey and Leo nodded in agreement. Master Splinter's frown deepened as he turned to Leo. "Go and get your brother." Leo bowed and got up, heading towards the entrance of the dojo.

Leo made his way to Raph's door, walking faster than usual. 'Did he overslept or something?' He thought as he wrapped his hand around the handle. He twisted it as it pushed the door open.

Before he could say anything, he found the room empty. His eyes slightly widened as he look around. There was no sign of Raph.

Leo quickly ran to the dojo as he yelled,
"RAPH'S NOT HERE!"

-Meanwhile-

"So, you just found him on a rooftop, unconscious?"

"Slash, you asked a thousand times, and LH said yes." Said the genius monkey.

Slash frowned as he scanned his passed out best friend, again. He had his head bandaged, along with his hands and knuckles.

"Leonardo said the turtles couldn't come topside. But why was he there?"
Slash asked confused. "You are his friend. You know him better than us." Doctor Rockwell exclaimed.

"He probably snuck out. He does that a lot." Karai commented. She patted the hairless head of Raph as she thought. "I wonder why though." She added while she whispered. She didn't like seeing any of his brothers in pain.

"I smelled the area, but there wasn't any new smell of anyone. I only smelled Raphael's body with a bit of blood." Everybody frowned. Something was off. They had to wait until Raph woke up so they could ask him what happened.

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long; since Raph flickered his eyes open. His head was pounding inside while his ears were ringing.

He groaned as he opened his eyes fully, and looked around. He spotted two giant and two average blurs. Soon, they shaped into Karai, Slash, LH and doctor Rockwell.

"W-What happened?" Raph's raspy voice cracked out while he sat up. "We would like to ask you the same." Shinigami answered from across the area. A silence showed up as they all stared at Raph, waiting for him to register what just happened.

Raph quickly shook his head as he held it with his palm. "I went out to get some..fresh air. But then, I don't know why..I started punching the ground..and-" They all gave him stunned looks. He did what?

"Aaaand?" Karai motioned Raph with her hands to continue. "And..the roof collapsed, and I fell..that's all I can remember." Everybody glanced at each other in surprise. They weren't expecting this to happen.

"Raphael, Splinter prevented you from coming up here. Why didn't you listen?" Slash asked with concern. Raph hung his head low with shame. They probably have figured that out by now. "Very well." Slash sighed out as he turned to LH. "Take him down the sewers and assure them that he's fine." Raph looked up in offense, as he plopped down from the place he was laying. "I can go back myself, you know?" He almost yelled, but kept himself collected. "I know you can, Raphael. But I have to make sure you're save. Splinter said so."

Raph gritted his teeth together, but maintained silence. He didn't want to snap, not now, not here.

"Karai, boys, I think you want to see this." Shinigami blurted out. Everybody looked at her direction. Their mini TV was on and the channel was on hot-news.

"We're here to interrupt you by a very important announcement. A massive monster has been spotted in the NYC alleys and streets!" They showed up some pictures of a dark, huge and hideous mutant. Everyone, save for Raph, gasped. "That's him." "He sure is." "He finally reached here."

Raph snuck his head in confuse to see what was happening. Who was this 'him' that they were talking about? "What's goin' on?" They all looked back at him and glanced at each other, then looked back at him.

"It's Shredder."

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