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Pounding his fists into his punching bag helped to clear his head. Right now, he needed to think. \n\nHe couldn’t believe what was happening. There he was, a freak among freaks. A girl who didn’t know they were a girl because they also had boy parts and was now carrying their brother’s children with no way of getting rid of them. \n\nHe punched the bag with all of his might, the force of the blow causing prickles of pain up his arm. What were his brothers going to say? How were they going to react? Then there was Splinter. \n\nJust the thought of his father looking at him in silent disappointment made Raph’s stomach churn. \n\n“You alright?”\n\nRaph paused, mid punch and turned to see Leo standing behind him. He hadn’t even heard the stealthy bastard come in. Placing his hands on the bag to steady it, Raph shook his head. “I’m alright.”\n\n“Where’ve you been?” Leo asked, stepping closer. There was no accusation in his voice, just a simple curiosity. \n\n“Don was busy,” Raph answered. “So, I went to see Leatherhead.”\n\nThere was a flash of concern in Leo’s eyes. “What’d he say?” Though Leo did his best not to show it, Raph knew that Leo was worried. \n\n“I’m good.” Raph forced a smile and defensively raised his hands in an attempt to settle Leo’s nerves. “I’m fine.”\n\nLeo nodded his head. “Good.” After a quick glance around the dojo, Leo moved forward and pulled Raph into an embrace. They stood holding each other for as long as they dared before pulling apart. Leo once again scanned the dojo before addressing Raph. “If everything is okay, why did you seem to be so upset?”\n\nRaph shrugged his shoulders as he thought of how to respond. “I… uh… I don’t know. I’m trying to clear my head of ridiculous thoughts, I guess.”\n\n“Like what?” Leo asked, keeping his eyes locked on Raph. \n\n“Do you ever…?” Raph sighed and turned his gaze to the ground. He had to think of a way to get Leo’s opinion on the situation without revealing anything. “Do you ever wish we could have kids?” He looked back up at Leo to see a wide eye expression. It would have made Raph laugh if he hadn’t been so scared. \n\nLeo fumbled with his words, something that was a rarity. “I would be lying if I said no,” he eventually managed, shaking his head. “But at the same time, it’s a good thing we can’t.”\n\n“You’d be a great dad,” Raph replied without thinking. “And I know, one day, you would like to be a master with your own students.”\n\nSmiling, Leo nodded but then the smile faded and he started to once again shake his head. “It would be nice but…. Just think about the kind of life we have. It wouldn’t be fair to bring children into this. We have so many enemies and so little freedom. No. It’s a good thing we can’t have kids.”\n\nTaking a deep breath, Raph let it out slowly. “You’re right. Like I said, it was a ridiculous thought.”\n\n“What brought this on?” Leo asked. “Was it because of what Mikey said this morning?”\n\n“Maybe,” Raph shrugged, in an attempt to play it off as nothing. “I don’t know. I was trying to come up with things to do that would make you happy and, for some reason, that’s where my mind went.”\n\n“I like that there is peace between us and that we get to spend so much time together.” Leo moved in closer to Raph. “We’re open and honest with each other. Being with you, like this, makes me happy. I don’t need anything more.”\n\nAs Leo moved in for a kiss, Raph couldn’t help but smile despite the pain he was feeling. “We’re gonna get caught.” \n\nLeo chuckled. “It’s a risk I’m willing to take.” \n\nTheir lips met in a tender kiss that radiated Leo’s love and broke Raph’s heart. \n\nIn the days that followed, Raph did his best to hide the turbulent thoughts that plagued his mind and the fact that a clutch of eggs was developing inside him. He had to come up with a way to get rid of them without anyone knowing. The biggest problem was Leatherhead. \n\nEvery time the large crocodile came for a visit it made Raphael anxious. It worried him even more any time Leatherhead was alone with Donatello. It took all of Raph’s control not to hover around them. If he had, it would raise suspicion. \n\nLeatherhead and Donny had been working for the past few hours on some big project. Leo, Mikey, and Raph were sitting in front of the television array, watching the news. They were getting ready to go out on their nightly patrol.\n\nAs Leatherhead was leaving, he shot a Raph a glance. The split second that their eyes met had Raphael’s stomach in knots. He was up to something. \n\nDonatello saw Leatherhead out and closed the door behind his friend before turning towards the rest of the family. “I have realized that it has been a while since your last health screenings. So, tomorrow, after practice, I expect to see each of you in my lab.”\n\nIt was a good thing Raph was already sitting because it felt like the world had just dropped from him. That bastard had to have planted the idea in Donny’s head. It was his way of outing Raph without actually breaking his promise not to say anything. \n\n“Okay,” Leo agreed as he shut off the television. “Gear up. It’s time to go.”\n\nRunning across the rooftops was becoming increasingly difficult. Raph’s lungs did not have the room to expand due to the eggs so he tired quickly but he was not about to let his brothers see it. Somehow, he managed to keep up with them. \n\nIf his mind was in turmoil before then the knowledge that, in a few hours, his life was going to turned upside down had him in a near state of panic. It was a weight of dread that nearly crippled him. He wanted desperately for it all to go away. \n\nLost in his thoughts, Raph almost missed the signal to stop. It didn’t go unnoticed. Leo placed his hand on Raph’s shoulder. “You okay?”\n\n“I’m fine,” Raph assured him. “I was looking off to the side when you gave the signal.”\n\nLeo looked back the way they had come. “Did you see something?”\n\n“I thought I did,” Raph lied. “It was just a cat.”\n\n“It’s good to be alert,” Leo said with a nod. Satisfied that they were not in immediate danger, he scanned the streets below. \n\nThey were in Purple Dragon territory. The recent activity of the gang raised suspicion and Leo was convinced that something big was happening tonight. He felt responsible for their rise in power and made it his mission to thwart them whenever possible. Every police officer who died at the hands of a dragon was a personal blow. \n\n“Look,” Donny said, pointing to an approaching van. He lowered his military grade goggles to have a better look. “There are four men and several large crates in there. Judging by the heat coming off those crates,” Donny lifted the goggles to look at Leo, “I’d bet my shell that it’s Triceriton tech.” \n\n“We cannot let that tech fall into the wrong hands,” Leo said as he studied the scene below. “Follow that van.”\n\nAs they sped off along the roof tops, Mikey pulled up next to Don. “Looks like you’ll be getting a new van and some new toys tonight, Donny-boy.”\n\n“Don’t get over confidant,” Leo warned. “And don’t underestimate our opponent.”\n\n“I know, Leo.” Mikey rolled his eyes. It wasn’t like they haven’t heard the same lecture over and over again. “The Dragons are bad and well-armed and Hun is more dangerous since he’s been mutated. I’ll be careful.”\n\n“A new van would be nice,” Donny whispered to Mikey with a smile. “I can strip it for parts.”\n\nRaph knew better than to participate in the banter. He needed to conserve his breath and if he spoke, they would be able to tell that he was winded. \n\nThey followed the van to an abandoned hotel. It had once been an immaculate hotel but a lightning strike, nearly a decade ago, had caused more damage than the owners could afford to repair. \n\n“What, we’re not going to a warehouse on the docks?” Mikey scoffed as he watched the van pull into the parking garage. “Don’t these thugs know anything about how this is supposed to be done? That said, I will give them a ‘B’ for not being overly cliché.”\n\n“That’s enough, Mikey.” Leo backhanded Mikey’s arm. “You can joke about it when we’re back, safe in the lair. ”\n\nThe building was far from secure, by any definition. Missing walls made entry into the structure easy. Missing floorboards meant that the floor could give out at any moment. \n\nThe room that they were in was two floors up and bare. Anything of value that had been left behind by the owners had been picked clean long ago. Since it was left open to the elements, the room smelled of mildew. Raph’s stomach churned but he managed to keep his composure. \n\nFortunately, they were not in the room long. They made their way to the hallway and down the elevator shaft to the lobby where the stench of mildew was replaced by the scent of stale air and dust. From there, it was a short run across the lobby to the parking garage. \n\nThe van sat, idle on the ground level with several Purple Dragons leaning against it as they waited. Hun stood back against a pillar, closer to the entrance, watching for the potential buyers. \n\nRaph couldn’t help but smile anytime he saw Hun. He was one ugly turtle and Raph took pride in knowing he played a part in his mutation. \n\n“Buyer must be running late,” Donny whispered.\n\n“Lucky for us,” Mikey replied. \n\nLeo narrowed his eyes as he surveyed the parking garage. “Something doesn’t feel right.”\n\n“I agree,” Raph whispered. A prickling on the back of Raph’s neck had him turning in time to see two thugs take aim. “It’s a trap!” he warned, rushing to meet the assailants head on. \n\nDodging and weaving, Raph was not an easy target and despite how tired he already was, he pushed himself to fight. He threw his sai at the closest gunman, disarming him so that he could move in close for a solid punch. \n\n“Mikey, help Raph,” Leo ordered. “Don, you’re with me. We still have to make sure there is nothing in that van.” \n\nAs Mikey cut back to take on the second gunman, Leo and Don lunged forward towards the van. \n\nMovement caught Raph’s eye. There was a third gunman in the shadows and Mikey didn’t see him. \n\n….\n\n“Raph!”\n\nThe way Mikey had called out their brother’s name sent a chill up Leo’s spine. It was not a cry of warning but one of horrifying fear. The fact that the sound of gun fire was also coming from that direction did nothing to ease Leo’s worry. \n\nLeo sent his blade through the gut of one of the thugs. He stopped caring long ago about trying his best not to kill. These men had committed such horrendous crimes that they did not deserve mercy. The more of them they killed the fewer they would have to deal with later. \n\n“What’s in the van?” Leo demanded, eager to get this over with so he could find out what was going on with Mikey and Raph. \n\n“Weapons,” Donny replied from the back of the van as he kicked a Purple Dragon in the face. “And lots of them. This wasn’t a setup, at least not for us.”\n\nThree bright red cars pulled into the garage but immediately backed out and left. Whoever Hun had a deal with didn’t seem to care for a fight. \n\n“You fucking freaks botched my deal,” Hun roared.\n\nLeo readied himself to face Hun as the mountainous cross between a man and a turtle barreled forward. Hun was a strong opponent before. His mutation made him stronger. This was not going to be an easy fight.\n\nAs he charged Leo, Hun glanced up as if some movement had caught his eye. Fear spread across his features as he came to a halt. His eyes remained glued to something behind Leo and he faltered backward before turning tail to run. The remaining Dragons who were able, followed after him. \n\nCurious to know what had caused the sudden fear, Leo turned to see Silver Sentry hovering behind him. \n\n“Where is Michelangelo?” Silver Sentry asked as he landed. \n\n“There.” Leo pointed to the hotel entrance, noting that the gun fire had stopped. “Why are you here?”\n\n“I had given Mikey a way to contact me if he ever got himself in a situation that was over his head,” Silver Sentry explained. “Are you in trouble? I told him that it was only to be used in emergencies.”\n\nFear washed over Leo as he rushed towards where his brothers should be. “Mikey? Raph?”\n\n“This way,” Silver Sentry said, leading the way. “I can see them over there, just beyond that fallen pillar.”\n\n“Guys? Say something,” Leo called out as he stepped over a body. They guy’s skull was cracked. From the look of it, it was done by a blunt object like a nunchaku. Something was wrong. Leo might have come to terms with killing but Mikey hadn’t. \n\nWhen his brothers came into view, Leo feared the worst. There were two other bodies on the ground, one of them looked like it was beaten well past death. Mikey was covered in blood, cradling a prone Raphael.\n\nMikey’s hand was pressed against Raph’s abdomen and he was muttering something under his breath. When he noticed them approaching, Mikey grabbed his nunchakus, ready to attack. \n\nLeo paused and held up his hands. “Mikey, it’s me.”\n\n“Leo,” Mikey sobbed in relief. “Raph’s been shot.” His eyes drifted past Leo to Silver Sentry. “I didn’t know what else to do.” The tears that fell from his eyes ran streaks down his blood-stained cheeks. Trembling, Mikey looked around them. “I think I killed these men.”\n\n“It’s okay,” Leo soothed as he kneeled down next to Raph to assess the damage. \n\nDark blood seeped from under Mikey’s hand, indicating that Raph’s wound was deep. Leo leaned over to look into Raph’s eyes. “You’re gonna be okay.” He wasn’t sure if he believed his own words. \n\n“D…don’t… save… mmm,” Raph rasped. “Get… out….”\n\n“What are you talking about?” Leo shook his head. “Don’t worry about us. Okay? We’re gonna save you.”\n\n“D…don’t… want…,” Raph continued. \n\n“He’s in shock,” Silver Sentry said as he carefully made his way over to them. “And from the looks of it, so is Mikey. I’ll fly Raphael to the Justice Force headquarters for medical treatment. The rest of you can follow in the van.”\n\nLeo moved aside as Silver Sentry knelt down to pick up Raph. Nothing else was said as the leader of the Justice Force flew away with their brother in his arms. \n\nWith a heavy heart, Leo helped Mikey to his feet. Together they walked back to the waiting van and Donny. \n\n“What happened?” Donny asked, rushing to meet them. “I saw Silver Sentry flying off with Raph.” He looked Mikey over as his features filled with worry. “Mikey? Look at me.” Donny cradled Mikey face with his hands and tried to make eye contact but Mikey’s eyes were unfocused. “Are you okay? Are you hurt?”\n\n“I think he’s just in shock,” Leo explained, passing Mikey over to Donny. “He saw Raph shot and then he killed the men responsible. I think that’s taken a toll on him. Get him in the van.” Leo turned and headed for the driver’s seat. “We have to get to the Justice Force headquarters.”\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"As soon as Raph returned home, he headed straight for the dojo. Pounding his fists into his punching bag helped to clear his head. Right now, he needed to think.

He couldn’t believe what was happening. There he was, a freak among freaks. A girl who didn’t know they were a girl because they also had boy parts and was now carrying their brother’s children with no way of getting rid of them.

He punched the bag with all of his might, the force of the blow causing prickles of pain up his arm. What were his brothers going to say? How were they going to react? Then there was Splinter.

Just the thought of his father looking at him in silent disappointment made Raph’s stomach churn.

“You alright?”

Raph paused, mid punch and turned to see Leo standing behind him. He hadn’t even heard the stealthy bastard come in. Placing his hands on the bag to steady it, Raph shook his head. “I’m alright.”

“Where’ve you been?” Leo asked, stepping closer. There was no accusation in his voice, just a simple curiosity.

“Don was busy,” Raph answered. “So, I went to see Leatherhead.”

There was a flash of concern in Leo’s eyes. “What’d he say?” Though Leo did his best not to show it, Raph knew that Leo was worried.

“I’m good.” Raph forced a smile and defensively raised his hands in an attempt to settle Leo’s nerves. “I’m fine.”

Leo nodded his head. “Good.” After a quick glance around the dojo, Leo moved forward and pulled Raph into an embrace. They stood holding each other for as long as they dared before pulling apart. Leo once again scanned the dojo before addressing Raph. “If everything is okay, why did you seem to be so upset?”

Raph shrugged his shoulders as he thought of how to respond. “I… uh… I don’t know. I’m trying to clear my head of ridiculous thoughts, I guess.”

“Like what?” Leo asked, keeping his eyes locked on Raph.

“Do you ever…?” Raph sighed and turned his gaze to the ground. He had to think of a way to get Leo’s opinion on the situation without revealing anything. “Do you ever wish we could have kids?” He looked back up at Leo to see a wide eye expression. It would have made Raph laugh if he hadn’t been so scared.

Leo fumbled with his words, something that was a rarity. “I would be lying if I said no,” he eventually managed, shaking his head. “But at the same time, it’s a good thing we can’t.”

“You’d be a great dad,” Raph replied without thinking. “And I know, one day, you would like to be a master with your own students.”

Smiling, Leo nodded but then the smile faded and he started to once again shake his head. “It would be nice but…. Just think about the kind of life we have. It wouldn’t be fair to bring children into this. We have so many enemies and so little freedom. No. It’s a good thing we can’t have kids.”

Taking a deep breath, Raph let it out slowly. “You’re right. Like I said, it was a ridiculous thought.”

“What brought this on?” Leo asked. “Was it because of what Mikey said this morning?”

“Maybe,” Raph shrugged, in an attempt to play it off as nothing. “I don’t know. I was trying to come up with things to do that would make you happy and, for some reason, that’s where my mind went.”

“I like that there is peace between us and that we get to spend so much time together.” Leo moved in closer to Raph. “We’re open and honest with each other. Being with you, like this, makes me happy. I don’t need anything more.”

As Leo moved in for a kiss, Raph couldn’t help but smile despite the pain he was feeling. “We’re gonna get caught.”

Leo chuckled. “It’s a risk I’m willing to take.”

Their lips met in a tender kiss that radiated Leo’s love and broke Raph’s heart.

In the days that followed, Raph did his best to hide the turbulent thoughts that plagued his mind and the fact that a clutch of eggs was developing inside him. He had to come up with a way to get rid of them without anyone knowing. The biggest problem was Leatherhead.

Every time the large crocodile came for a visit it made Raphael anxious. It worried him even more any time Leatherhead was alone with Donatello. It took all of Raph’s control not to hover around them. If he had, it would raise suspicion.

Leatherhead and Donny had been working for the past few hours on some big project. Leo, Mikey, and Raph were sitting in front of the television array, watching the news. They were getting ready to go out on their nightly patrol.

As Leatherhead was leaving, he shot a Raph a glance. The split second that their eyes met had Raphael’s stomach in knots. He was up to something.

Donatello saw Leatherhead out and closed the door behind his friend before turning towards the rest of the family. “I have realized that it has been a while since your last health screenings. So, tomorrow, after practice, I expect to see each of you in my lab.”

It was a good thing Raph was already sitting because it felt like the world had just dropped from him. That bastard had to have planted the idea in Donny’s head. It was his way of outing Raph without actually breaking his promise not to say anything.

“Okay,” Leo agreed as he shut off the television. “Gear up. It’s time to go.”

Running across the rooftops was becoming increasingly difficult. Raph’s lungs did not have the room to expand due to the eggs so he tired quickly but he was not about to let his brothers see it. Somehow, he managed to keep up with them.

If his mind was in turmoil before then the knowledge that, in a few hours, his life was going to turned upside down had him in a near state of panic. It was a weight of dread that nearly crippled him. He wanted desperately for it all to go away.

Lost in his thoughts, Raph almost missed the signal to stop. It didn’t go unnoticed. Leo placed his hand on Raph’s shoulder. “You okay?”

“I’m fine,” Raph assured him. “I was looking off to the side when you gave the signal.”

Leo looked back the way they had come. “Did you see something?”

“I thought I did,” Raph lied. “It was just a cat.”

“It’s good to be alert,” Leo said with a nod. Satisfied that they were not in immediate danger, he scanned the streets below.

They were in Purple Dragon territory. The recent activity of the gang raised suspicion and Leo was convinced that something big was happening tonight. He felt responsible for their rise in power and made it his mission to thwart them whenever possible. Every police officer who died at the hands of a dragon was a personal blow.

“Look,” Donny said, pointing to an approaching van. He lowered his military grade goggles to have a better look. “There are four men and several large crates in there. Judging by the heat coming off those crates,” Donny lifted the goggles to look at Leo, “I’d bet my shell that it’s Triceriton tech.”

“We cannot let that tech fall into the wrong hands,” Leo said as he studied the scene below. “Follow that van.”

As they sped off along the roof tops, Mikey pulled up next to Don. “Looks like you’ll be getting a new van and some new toys tonight, Donny-boy.”

“Don’t get over confidant,” Leo warned. “And don’t underestimate our opponent.”

“I know, Leo.” Mikey rolled his eyes. It wasn’t like they haven’t heard the same lecture over and over again. “The Dragons are bad and well-armed and Hun is more dangerous since he’s been mutated. I’ll be careful.”

“A new van would be nice,” Donny whispered to Mikey with a smile. “I can strip it for parts.”

Raph knew better than to participate in the banter. He needed to conserve his breath and if he spoke, they would be able to tell that he was winded.

They followed the van to an abandoned hotel. It had once been an immaculate hotel but a lightning strike, nearly a decade ago, had caused more damage than the owners could afford to repair.

“What, we’re not going to a warehouse on the docks?” Mikey scoffed as he watched the van pull into the parking garage. “Don’t these thugs know anything about how this is supposed to be done? That said, I will give them a ‘B’ for not being overly cliché.”

“That’s enough, Mikey.” Leo backhanded Mikey’s arm. “You can joke about it when we’re back, safe in the lair. ”

The building was far from secure, by any definition. Missing walls made entry into the structure easy. Missing floorboards meant that the floor could give out at any moment.

The room that they were in was two floors up and bare. Anything of value that had been left behind by the owners had been picked clean long ago. Since it was left open to the elements, the room smelled of mildew. Raph’s stomach churned but he managed to keep his composure.

Fortunately, they were not in the room long. They made their way to the hallway and down the elevator shaft to the lobby where the stench of mildew was replaced by the scent of stale air and dust. From there, it was a short run across the lobby to the parking garage.

The van sat, idle on the ground level with several Purple Dragons leaning against it as they waited. Hun stood back against a pillar, closer to the entrance, watching for the potential buyers.

Raph couldn’t help but smile anytime he saw Hun. He was one ugly turtle and Raph took pride in knowing he played a part in his mutation.

“Buyer must be running late,” Donny whispered.

“Lucky for us,” Mikey replied.

Leo narrowed his eyes as he surveyed the parking garage. “Something doesn’t feel right.”

“I agree,” Raph whispered. A prickling on the back of Raph’s neck had him turning in time to see two thugs take aim. “It’s a trap!” he warned, rushing to meet the assailants head on.

Dodging and weaving, Raph was not an easy target and despite how tired he already was, he pushed himself to fight. He threw his sai at the closest gunman, disarming him so that he could move in close for a solid punch.

“Mikey, help Raph,” Leo ordered. “Don, you’re with me. We still have to make sure there is nothing in that van.”

As Mikey cut back to take on the second gunman, Leo and Don lunged forward towards the van.

Movement caught Raph’s eye. There was a third gunman in the shadows and Mikey didn’t see him.

….

“Raph!”

The way Mikey had called out their brother’s name sent a chill up Leo’s spine. It was not a cry of warning but one of horrifying fear. The fact that the sound of gun fire was also coming from that direction did nothing to ease Leo’s worry.

Leo sent his blade through the gut of one of the thugs. He stopped caring long ago about trying his best not to kill. These men had committed such horrendous crimes that they did not deserve mercy. The more of them they killed the fewer they would have to deal with later.

“What’s in the van?” Leo demanded, eager to get this over with so he could find out what was going on with Mikey and Raph.

“Weapons,” Donny replied from the back of the van as he kicked a Purple Dragon in the face. “And lots of them. This wasn’t a setup, at least not for us.”

Three bright red cars pulled into the garage but immediately backed out and left. Whoever Hun had a deal with didn’t seem to care for a fight.

“You fucking freaks botched my deal,” Hun roared.

Leo readied himself to face Hun as the mountainous cross between a man and a turtle barreled forward. Hun was a strong opponent before. His mutation made him stronger. This was not going to be an easy fight.

As he charged Leo, Hun glanced up as if some movement had caught his eye. Fear spread across his features as he came to a halt. His eyes remained glued to something behind Leo and he faltered backward before turning tail to run. The remaining Dragons who were able, followed after him.

Curious to know what had caused the sudden fear, Leo turned to see Silver Sentry hovering behind him.

“Where is Michelangelo?” Silver Sentry asked as he landed.

“There.” Leo pointed to the hotel entrance, noting that the gun fire had stopped. “Why are you here?”

“I had given Mikey a way to contact me if he ever got himself in a situation that was over his head,” Silver Sentry explained. “Are you in trouble? I told him that it was only to be used in emergencies.”

Fear washed over Leo as he rushed towards where his brothers should be. “Mikey? Raph?”

“This way,” Silver Sentry said, leading the way. “I can see them over there, just beyond that fallen pillar.”

“Guys? Say something,” Leo called out as he stepped over a body. They guy’s skull was cracked. From the look of it, it was done by a blunt object like a nunchaku. Something was wrong. Leo might have come to terms with killing but Mikey hadn’t.

When his brothers came into view, Leo feared the worst. There were two other bodies on the ground, one of them looked like it was beaten well past death. Mikey was covered in blood, cradling a prone Raphael.

Mikey’s hand was pressed against Raph’s abdomen and he was muttering something under his breath. When he noticed them approaching, Mikey grabbed his nunchakus, ready to attack.

Leo paused and held up his hands. “Mikey, it’s me.”

“Leo,” Mikey sobbed in relief. “Raph’s been shot.” His eyes drifted past Leo to Silver Sentry. “I didn’t know what else to do.” The tears that fell from his eyes ran streaks down his blood-stained cheeks. Trembling, Mikey looked around them. “I think I killed these men.”

“It’s okay,” Leo soothed as he kneeled down next to Raph to assess the damage.

Dark blood seeped from under Mikey’s hand, indicating that Raph’s wound was deep. Leo leaned over to look into Raph’s eyes. “You’re gonna be okay.” He wasn’t sure if he believed his own words.

“D…don’t… save… mmm,” Raph rasped. “Get… out….”

“What are you talking about?” Leo shook his head. “Don’t worry about us. Okay? We’re gonna save you.”

“D…don’t… want…,” Raph continued.

“He’s in shock,” Silver Sentry said as he carefully made his way over to them. “And from the looks of it, so is Mikey. I’ll fly Raphael to the Justice Force headquarters for medical treatment. The rest of you can follow in the van.”

Leo moved aside as Silver Sentry knelt down to pick up Raph. Nothing else was said as the leader of the Justice Force flew away with their brother in his arms.

With a heavy heart, Leo helped Mikey to his feet. Together they walked back to the waiting van and Donny.

“What happened?” Donny asked, rushing to meet them. “I saw Silver Sentry flying off with Raph.” He looked Mikey over as his features filled with worry. “Mikey? Look at me.” Donny cradled Mikey face with his hands and tried to make eye contact but Mikey’s eyes were unfocused. “Are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“I think he’s just in shock,” Leo explained, passing Mikey over to Donny. “He saw Raph shot and then he killed the men responsible. I think that’s taken a toll on him. Get him in the van.” Leo turned and headed for the driver’s seat. “We have to get to the Justice Force headquarters.”
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