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Summary: Young, healthy males throughout New York City are dying in a mysterious manner. Casey urges Raph to help him solve the puzzle, but the red banded turtle and his oldest brother are locked in a mystery of their own.", "writing": "\tIt took a minute for it to fully sink in to Raph that he was trapped in a room with the skinwalker. His eyes swept over the form in front of him, astonished at how perfect the illusion she’d achieved really was. Every nick, every scar, every little thing Raph had memorized about his brother was there. Even the katanas on her back, which Raph knew couldn’t be real, looked and sounded authentic.\n\n\tThe thought of those katanas snapped him out of his astonished perusal and he reached for his sais, drawing them slowly from his belt. He never took his eyes off of her, somehow expecting that once he showed her he was no longer fooled, she’d drop the charade and become herself.\n\n\tInstead, her head tipped to the side and a small smile played across her lips.\n\n\t“We’re all alone here, Raph,” witch-Leo said in a voice smooth as silk. “You don’t need your weapons. I felt the beating of your heart; I know how I affect you. I want you so badly; right here, right now. We’ll hunt together afterwards. It’s too hard to concentrate when my body is crying out for yours.”\n\n\t“Cut the crap,” Raph snarled. “Ya’ ain’t my brother.”\n\n\t“I am because you want me to be,” witch-Leo responded. “Whatever you’ve needed from him I can give you. It will be exactly the same.”\n\n\t“No it won’t,” Raph said, springing directly at her.\n\n\tHis weapons pierced thin air as the skinwalker flipped back away from him, almost exactly the way Leo would have.\n\n\t“It doesn’t have to be like this, Raph. Give me what I need and I’ll fulfill your wildest fantasies,” witch-Leo cajoled.\n\n\t“Oh yeah? Well my biggest one right now is that ya’ lay down and die,” Raph snapped, charging towards her once more.\n\n\tHer leap to avoid him took her clear across the room. Raph came skidding to a stop just before he plunged through the opening in the floor, growling in frustration.\n\n\tA trill of laughter escaped her as she watched Raph spin in her direction. Turning her back, she bent slightly and lifted her tail.\n\n\t“Isn’t this what you really want?” witch-Leo teased. “This is what gets you off at night, the thought of this tight, green ass wrapped around your cock. You want to look down at your brother and see the desire on his face, the desire you put there as you fuck him the way no one else can.”\n\n\tRaph stalked closer, wanting to get near enough for one good strike. He tried to force his eyes to remain focused on her face but her words, spoken in Leo’s voice, cut into him. When he glanced down, she wriggled her tail invitingly.\n\n\tHis breath caught in his throat and for just a second, Raph’s balance was thrown off by a dizzying rush of desire. Then he remembered his fight with Leo and knew his brother wouldn’t offer him anything so easily. Raph’s head cleared and his anger surged, giving him something solid to cling to.\n\n\t“I’m gonna enjoy ripping ya’ ta shreds,” Raph said in a raspy voice, darting at her with all the speed he could muster.\n\n\tSpinning to face him, witch-Leo made no attempt to dodge as Raph’s sais swept at her from two different directions. Just before he could drive them into her body, she caught his wrists in her hands.\n\n\tRaph’s arms vibrated from the sudden stop. Her grip was painfully tight, her hands unyielding as he pulled against her hold. The expression on her imitation Leo face was mocking and Raph belatedly remembered Don’s warning that skinwalkers were very powerful.\n\n\tShe was strong, but she wasn’t a ninja. Raph took a quick step back and spread his arms, forcing her to lean towards him. As she came forward, he lifted a foot and first kicked her knee, and then planted his foot squarely in her stomach.\n\n\tThe double strike caught the skinwalker off guard and she stumbled backwards, releasing her hold on Raph. With her off-balance, Raph pressed his advantage and dove at her.\n\n\tThe skinwalker lifted an arm and managed to deflect the first sai aimed at her, but she couldn’t bring the other hand up in time. Raph plunged his second sai directly into her chest, driving it in all the way up to the hilt.\n\n\tBefore he could bring his other weapon around again, she slapped both of her palms against Raph’s plastron, shoving him hard enough to send him flying. His carapace hit the floor and he went skidding, smacking his head against the wall with a resounding thud.\n\n\tRaph sat forward quickly, dazed by the blow but on guard with his remaining sai in front of him. The skinwalker didn’t come after him though; still wearing her Leo illusion, she stared at him as she slowly pulled the sai from her body.\n\n\tBlinking in astonishment, Raph watched her toss the weapon aside, a smile lighting her face as the wound closed, not even leaving the faintest trace of blood behind.\n\n\t“I don’t want to fight with you Raph,” the skinwalker said in the low husky tone that Raph knew from his most intimate moments with Leo. “I want to make love with you.”\n\n\tThe back of his head throbbed painfully, causing Raph’s vision to double slightly. He needed time for it to clear and the only way he could think of to gain that time was to get her to talk.\n\n\t“Why?” he asked. “Why are ya’ attacking and killing men? Why would ya’ pretend ta love somebody and then throw them off a roof?”\n\n\tThe skinwalker laughed, her voice imitating Leo’s perfectly. “This isn’t about some emotional attachment, it’s about sex.”\n\n\tShe walked slowly towards him, her manner nearly stalking. Raph scooted backwards until his shell hit the wall and then used it as a brace in order to stand up.\n\n\t“Ya’ ain’t been having sex with them,” Raph said. “Ya’ get ‘em excited and then ya’ kill them.”\n\n\t“Because they weren’t worthy specimens,” witch-Leo said, her eyes focused avidly on Raph’s face. “It’s so hard to find a strong, healthy male these days, much harder than it was a hundred years ago. My time has come around again and I need a virile man.”\n\n\t“Time?” Raph asked, calculating the distance between them as his head started to clear.\n\n\t“To breed,” she answered, stopping to study him. “I can produce up to a dozen children while in season, but I must have male seed. The larger and healthier the man is, the more viable his seed, not to mention his greater stamina. Your friend Casey was a perfect specimen; when I tasted his secretions I found that he was free of drugs or physical flaws.”\n\n\tRaph’s mind flashed back to the man he’d just saved and how the skinwalker had licked his pre-come from her fingers.\n\n\t“Ya’ get them wound up just ta taste them?” he asked.\n\n\t“I cannot mate with a flawed specimen,” witch-Leo said.\n\n\tRaph pushed off from the wall, moving to the side towards the opening in the floor, hoping to draw her into position so he’d have a chance to shove her through it. She moved when he did, turning to keep her eyes on him, the hungry look in them growing stronger.\n\n\t“During my last season I produced seven children,” she continued. “The man was healthy and strong, but his seed was incompatible. My children did not live long. There are fewer of our kind now and to continue this bloodline I must be fertilized by the strongest donor possible. I thought I found that match in Casey, but you Raph, you are much better.”\n\n\tSliding his foot along the ground, Raph tried to judge his location without looking away from the skinwalker. Tightening his grip on his remaining sai, Raph got ready to make his move.\n\n\tBefore he had the chance, she jumped through the air directly at him. Raph lifted his sai as she came down, shoving it through her hand as she reached for him.\n\n\tThe skinwalker twisted her arm to the side, gripping the shaft and wrenching it from Raph’s hand. Her body slammed into him, her weight driving Raph to the floor.\n\n\tRaph threw a swing at her which she caught, shoving his arm down next to his head. As he pushed at her with his free hand, she shook the sai loose from her palm and quickly grabbed his other arm, pinning him beneath her.\n\n\tShe weighed more than Leo; in fact the skinwalker was deceptively heavy. Straddling his waist, she dug her knees into Raph’s sides when he tried to buck her off, planting her legs firmly on the ground to either side of him so he couldn’t roll away.\n\n\tRaph struggled beneath his captor as she stared down at him, her eyes bright and hungry. After a couple of minutes, she lowered her head, tilting it as her mouth moved towards Raph’s neck.\n\n\tEyes wide with panic, Raph twisted his shoulders, throwing his head from side to side to ward off her obvious intentions. When she was close enough he even tried head butting her, but she anticipated that action and pulled her head aside. As soon as his head when back, her mouth came down and clamped onto his neck.\n\n\t“No!” Raph shouted, feeling a hot tingling sensation at the point of contact. His muscles strained against her hold, but she merely moaned at his attempt, the sound vibrating his skin.\n\n\tA wave of dizziness swept through his mind and Raph knew she was drugging him. Little by little his muscles relaxed despite his efforts to fight the reaction. Raph knew that he had to hold onto his knowledge that the creature on top of him was not Leo and that no matter what she did he could not succumb to his deepest carnal desires.\n\n\tHer mouth separated from his neck with a soft pop and she leaned back, looking down into his eyes with a small, satisfied smile painting her lips. Raph’s head swam as he stared into Leo’s face, the skin along his cheeks flushed with need. Not Leo, he reminded himself.\n\n\t“Ya’ ain’t Leo,” Raph croaked, his voice stubborn and belligerent.\n\n\tThe smile faded and for a brief second, so did her mask. Raph had a quick peek at brown fur dotted with gray flecks and a pair of black eyes before she pulled the illusion back into place.\n\n\t“You are so strong,” witch-Leo said, her voice a deep and sultry imitation of his brother’s. “You want to use that power to control me, to make me respect you. I’ll let you prove that to me Raph, I’ll let you take me just as you’ve always wanted.”\n\n\tShe leaned into Raph again, suckling the skin on the other side of his neck. He gasped at the strong lustful surge that threatened to arouse him, barely noticing when her hands slid off of his arms and began petting his exposed sides.\n\n\t“Mate with me,” witch-Leo purred as she lifted her mouth from his neck and slid down his body.\n\n\tForcing his legs apart, she crawled between them and began to explore Raph’s most private areas. Her hands had a delicate touch, her fingers sure as they wrapped around his tail and caressed the sensitive appendage. Grimacing against the unwanted pleasure, Raph stared up at the ceiling, counting the blemishes in the wooden timbers in order to distract himself from her actions.\n\n\tA finger circled the muscled entrance to his anus and Raph gasped as the skin pulsed in response to her touch. His fingers dug into the floor as did his heels, and he pushed his body several inches along the floor to escape her.\n\n\tHer chuckle was light as she crawled upwards, following him. Lifting his head, Raph could see that her gaze was glued between his legs. Despite the sound of humor in her voice, Raph could tell that she was puzzled and instantly knew that even though she wore Leo’s image, she had no idea how their bodies worked.\n\n\tShe began to rub her hands over his plastron, obviously searching for his cock. Raph knew he had to remain flaccid; if she once noticed the telltale bulge beneath his scutes she would concentrate her attention there and he wasn’t sure that he could hold back from her.\n\n\t“So incredibly stubborn,” she whispered in her false Leo voice, clambering over Raph and peering down into his face. “You will make an excellent father,” she told him before once more placing her mouth on his neck.\n\n\tRaph focused on regaining control of his limbs, forcing his mind away from the feelings in the rest of his body. It would serve him right, he thought, for the real Leo to appear and come to his rescue. His brother would never stop lording it over him if Raph allowed that to happen. A spark of anger burnt like a white hot coal inside his head and he suddenly found the power to yank his neck away from the skinwalker.\n\n\tUndaunted, she rocked on top of him, rubbing against his plastron as her hands explored his lower regions. Raph ground his teeth together, striving to hold himself back, determined not to give her what she wanted.\n\n\t“Show me where it is,” witch-Leo said in a voice that was low and tantalizing.\n\n\t“I ain’t got one,” Raph snarled. “I’m dickless. Jokes on ya’.”\n\n\tFor a second she froze, her Leo face twisting in anger, and then it smoothed out as she broke into a smile.\n\n\t“No you aren’t,” she purred. “Your desire to take your brother wouldn’t be this strong if you didn’t have the tools for the job.”\n\n\t“What the hell do ya’ know about it?” Raph growled at her. “Ya’ read me wrong bitch. I think about my brother ‘cause he pisses me off, not ‘cause I got the hots for him. He’s a major pain in my ass who’s always ordering me around ‘cause he thinks he’s better than me.”\n\n\tThe skinwalker’s movements slowed as Raph talked, her questing hands coming to a standstill. Raph suddenly saw the same confused look on her face that she’d exhibited two nights earlier, when she’d worn her Leo guise and then run away from him.\n\n \tShe’d appeared as Leo then to seduce him, seeing in Raph’s mind the same images he’d conjured up of his oldest brother, the images that had excited him. But only moments later Raph had been angry again, thinking that Leo was trying to play babysitter once more. Actually, Raph had been more than angry, he’d been furious.\n\n\tThinking about how mad he’d gotten made Raph angry now as well. That’s when he saw Leo’s face waver and seem to slip again.\n\n\t“No,” witch-Leo hissed, leaning down to suckle Raph’s neck. “What are you doing?”\n\n\t“Mad,” Raph husked. “Getting mad. Mad at ya’, mad at my bro’. Ya’ can’t handle that shit, can ya’? Ya’ can’t witch somebody that’s furious.”\n\n\tThe growl next to his ear told Raph he was on the right track. He had to hang onto that knowledge to remain lucid enough to make an escape attempt. Raph had to make her stop pumping that toxin into his blood stream or before long he’d be catatonic.\n\n\t“Don’t matter what ya’ do, I’m too mad ta even admit I got a dick, much less let ya’ get anywhere near it,” Raph said.\n\n\t“Give it to me!” she screeched into his face, the Leo mask blurring further. “If you want to live, you’ll . . . .”\n\n\t“Raph!” The sound of Leo’s strident leader’s voice echoed through the building. “Raph!”\n\n\tThe skinwalker’s head jerked away from Raph, turning towards the sound of the intruder’s voice. \n\n\t“Leo! Watch your back, she’s here!” Raph shouted with as much force as he could muster in order to warn his brother.\n\n\tShe looked back down at him, her Leo face solidifying once more as Raph’s concern overcame his anger. Smiling knowingly, she sat up, her eyes still locked with his.\n\n\t“Leo,” the skinwalker purred. “Le~o. Does he long for Raph as much as Raph longs for him?”\n\n\t“Stay away from him,” Raph croaked, suddenly fearful.\n\n\tWith one smooth swift move she gained her feet and slid towards the staircase. At the top she looked back at Raph, who struggled to get up.\n\n\t“If I can’t have you, I’ll take him,” she said mockingly as her eyes glimmered. “I’ll bet he’d love to see you obey his every command. I can give him that willingly. He’ll be so excited.”\n\n\t“No!” Raph yelled as she slipped from view. “No!”\n\n\tLeo’s head jerked up at the sound of Raph’s voice. Swiftly sliding his swords from their sheaths, he started towards the stairs.\n\n\tHalfway there Leo heard the metal staircase rattle and he came to a quick stop. As he watched, a pair of emerald green legs appeared, moving slowly downwards. Holding his position, Leo saw Raph come completely into view, a pained expression on the younger turtle’s face.\n\n\tRaph looked over at Leo and his brow cleared slightly. Reaching the bottom of the stairs, he stumbled towards Leo, one hand gripping his side as though he’d been hurt.\n\n\tLeo took a step in his direction and then stopped, remembering Don’s admonition. Wary, he said, “Stay where you are.”\n\n\t“It’s me, Leo,” Raph said, sucking in a shaking breath. “I got her; maybe even killed her, but I think she broke my ribs. Ya’ gotta help me.”\n\n\tUncertain, Leo sheathed one sword but retained his hold on the other. “Maybe you should sit down and let me check on her. We need to be certain she’s dead.”\n\n\tIn the tower, the real Raph could hear the echo of a pair of voices. He couldn’t make out the words, but he knew the skinwalker had found Leo. Overwhelmed with the fear that she would trick his brother, Raph rolled onto his side and stared at the top of the stairs.\n\n\tHis arms and legs felt as if they were made of lead, and the staircase looked damned far off. If Raph didn’t find a way to move, there was a good chance Leo would wind up being the witches’ next victim.\n\n\tSomehow Casey had not only succeeded in walking after being attacked, but had even found the strength to climb down a fire escape. Raph remembered his friend’s anxiety in thinking that something was wrong with April had been driving him.\n\n\tRaph had managed to deny the skinwalker’s advances because of his anger, and his worry for Leo had made it possible for him to roll off his back. Strong negative emotions seemed to counteract the effects of the toxin and if anyone was good at accessing those types of feelings, it was the turtle fondly known as the ‘hot head’ by his family.\n\n\tIf she thought she was going to use his likeness to have sex with Leo, that bitch had another think coming. A snarl curled his lip and Raph pulled his legs up under him, his entire being directed towards catching and killing the thing that had attacked him.\n\n\tSweeping his sai off of the floor, he stuck it into his belt and stood up. Allowing himself a second to regain his balance, Raph walked haltingly to the stairs, reaching for the railing as he started down.\n\n\tThe voices became clear after he’d gone down two floors and Raph realized his brother was just a floor under him. With a renewed purpose, he pushed himself harder, clutching at the rail as he practically slid down the stairs.\n\n\t“Don’t go up there alone, Leo,” witch-Raph said. “Ya’ don’t know what she’s capable of while she’s dying. Give me a hand and we’ll go up together.”\n\n\tShe reached towards Leo but he didn’t move. “How do I know you’re really Raph?”\n\n\tWitch-Raph coughed, grimacing in pretended pain. “Can ya’ . . . can ya’ at least help me sit down?”\n\n\tLeo contemplated Raph, concern starting to overcome his caution. Raph rarely asked for help, but when he did it meant that he was badly hurt.\n\n\tHe was just about to go to his brother when a familiar voice stopped Leo in his tracks.\n\n\t“Don’t go near it bro’. That ain’t me.”\n\n\tLooking quickly towards the stairs, Leo saw another Raph tottering there, both hands grasping the rail in a tight grip. It was easy to see his brother was having a difficult time staying upright, but the strong determination that Leo was used to seeing on Raph’s face was definitely there.\n\n\t“That’s the skinwalker,” witch-Raph said hurriedly. “I told you I got her. She’s hurt and she’s trying ta trick ya.”\n\n\tLeo looked from one to the other, trying to discern which one was his real brother. To Raph, it appeared as though two Leo’s were standing on the walkway, the fake one bent over as though in pain.\n\n\t“Raph,” Leo said, his eyes on the one nearest him. “I can’t tell you apart.” He glanced up at the stairs, his confusion obvious.\n\n\t“I’m busted up inside,” the skinwalker said. “I can’t st . . . stand here. Put me against the wall until ya’ figure it out.”\n\n\t“How bad, how bad is it?” Leo asked, his gaze locked on the skinwalker. \n\n\tRaph could see that she was playing on Leo’s concern for his family and that it was getting to him. He had to think of a way to convince his brother that he was the real Raph. Down here in the open, Leo wouldn’t notice her lack of scent unless he move closer to her, and Raph didn’t want him to do that.\n\n\t“Look at my neck bro’,” Raph called out. “She bit me. If her toxin wasn’t running through me do ya’ think I’d just be standing here?”\n\n\tWhen Leo looked at him again, the skinwalker’s head turned in his direction as well. A slight smile twitched the corners of her lips and then Raph saw the skin on her neck appear to ripple and change.\n\n\t“I’m the one who was bitten,” the skinwalker said. “Her mark is on my neck; she’s making you see what she wants you to see.”\n\n\tLeo’s eyes flicked back to her and Raph felt a terrible dread start to rise. He wanted to tell Leo to leave, to get out, but he knew his brother wouldn’t. Even if he somehow convinced Leo to go for Don and Mike, the skinwalker would be on Leo as soon as he turned his back.\n\n\tHow she read her victims was uncanny; the way she reached into their minds to see not only their physical desires, but also the things they wanted to hear. It was like a damn sirens song and if Raph let her keep singing it for Leo, his brother was going to get caught.\n\n\tBut she wasn’t perfect, she couldn’t see everything. Raph’s head jerked up as he thought of something she couldn’t know.\n\n\t“Leo, listen ta me,” Raph said, gaining his brother’s attention. “She doesn’t know our names, not our real names. Ya’ remember where sensei got them from? She won’t know that ‘cause she ain’t got a way ta research us. Ask her where my full name came from.”\n\n\tAs he talked, Raph saw the dawning realization in his brother’s expression. Leo turned his eyes on the skinwalker, the concern that had been on his face just a moment before changing to one of determination.\n\n\t“If you’re the real Raph, then you’ll know the answer to that question,” Leo said. “I think he’s right, the skinwalker can’t know much about us. Don’t worry about giving away secrets, I can think of a dozen questions to ask that no one but family would know the answers to.”\n\n\tThe skinwalker stared at him, her body completely still. Her mouth opened and then closed again as it became obvious that she couldn’t provide the answer.\n\n\tLeo’s hand swept up to retrieve his second sword and she simultaneously lunged at him. He swung at her with the katana he was holding, but she had moved in too fast and his arm rather than his blade hit her shoulder.\n\n\tThe power of her attack knocked Leo backwards against the rail and with a sickening screech it gave way beneath his weight. With a loud cry he plummeted over the edge.\n\n\t“No! Leo!” Raph yelled.\n\n\tPanic stricken, he pushed off from the stairs, his unresponsive legs tangling near the bottom. Falling forward, Raph scrabbled towards the edge of the walkway.\n\n\tA few feet away, the skinwalker bounded through the opening in the rail, following Leo down. Raph reached the edge and grasped an unbroken section of rail, pulling himself up enough so that he could look over to the floor far below.\n\n\tHe expected to see Leo’s broken form lying on the marble flooring of the main lobby, but no one was there. The sound of metal clanging against metal pulled his attention higher and he spotted another section of busted railing three floors below the one he was on.\n\n\tOn the walkway next to it lay Leo. His brother was perfectly still and through the dim light, Raph couldn’t tell if he was merely unconscious, badly hurt, or dead.\n\n \tThe skinwalker came into view then as she walked up to Leo and knelt beside him. The surreal scene of two identical Leo’s swam before Raph’s slowly clouding vision.\n\n\tLifting Leo’s head, the skinwalker eased it onto her bent knee and then looked up at Raph, a satisfied and triumphant smile painting her face.\n\n\t“Now I have both of you,” she told him, her black eyes flashing in the darkness. They were the last things Raph saw before he passed out.\n\nTBC…………….", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "\tIt took a minute for it to fully sink in to Raph that he was trapped in a room with the skinwalker.  His eyes swept over the form in front of him, astonished at how perfect the illusion she’d achieved really was.  Every nick, every scar, every little thing Raph had memorized about his brother was there.  Even the katanas on her back, which Raph knew couldn’t be real, looked and sounded authentic.

\tThe thought of those katanas snapped him out of his astonished perusal and he reached for his sais, drawing them slowly from his belt.  He never took his eyes off of her, somehow expecting that once he showed her he was no longer fooled, she’d drop the charade and become herself.

\tInstead, her head tipped to the side and a small smile played across her lips.

\t“We’re all alone here, Raph,” witch-Leo said in a voice smooth as silk.  “You don’t need your weapons.  I felt the beating of your heart; I know how I affect you.  I want you so badly; right here, right now.  We’ll hunt together afterwards.  It’s too hard to concentrate when my body is crying out for yours.”

\t“Cut the crap,” Raph snarled.  “Ya’ ain’t my brother.”

\t“I am because you want me to be,” witch-Leo responded.  “Whatever you’ve needed from him I can give you.  It will be exactly the same.”

\t“No it won’t,” Raph said, springing directly at her.

\tHis weapons pierced thin air as the skinwalker flipped back away from him, almost exactly the way Leo would have.

\t“It doesn’t have to be like this, Raph.  Give me what I need and I’ll fulfill your wildest fantasies,” witch-Leo cajoled.

\t“Oh yeah?  Well my biggest one right now is that ya’ lay down and die,” Raph snapped, charging towards her once more.

\tHer leap to avoid him took her clear across the room.  Raph came skidding to a stop just before he plunged through the opening in the floor, growling in frustration.

\tA trill of laughter escaped her as she watched Raph spin in her direction.  Turning her back, she bent slightly and lifted her tail.

\t“Isn’t this what you really want?” witch-Leo teased.  “This is what gets you off at night, the thought of this tight, green ass wrapped around your cock.  You want to look down at your brother and see the desire on his face, the desire you put there as you fuck him the way no one else can.”

\tRaph stalked closer, wanting to get near enough for one good strike.  He tried to force his eyes to remain focused on her face but her words, spoken in Leo’s voice, cut into him.  When he glanced down, she wriggled her tail invitingly.

\tHis breath caught in his throat and for just a second, Raph’s balance was thrown off by a dizzying rush of desire.  Then he remembered his fight with Leo and knew his brother wouldn’t offer him anything so easily.  Raph’s head cleared and his anger surged, giving him something solid to cling to.

\t“I’m gonna enjoy ripping ya’ ta shreds,” Raph said in a raspy voice, darting at her with all the speed he could muster.

\tSpinning to face him, witch-Leo made no attempt to dodge as Raph’s sais swept at her from two different directions.  Just before he could drive them into her body, she caught his wrists in her hands.

\tRaph’s arms vibrated from the sudden stop.  Her grip was painfully tight, her hands unyielding as he pulled against her hold.  The expression on her imitation Leo face was mocking and Raph belatedly remembered Don’s warning that skinwalkers were very powerful.

\tShe was strong, but she wasn’t a ninja.  Raph took a quick step back and spread his arms, forcing her to lean towards him.  As she came forward, he lifted a foot and first kicked her knee, and then planted his foot squarely in her stomach.

\tThe double strike caught the skinwalker off guard and she stumbled backwards, releasing her hold on Raph.  With her off-balance, Raph pressed his advantage and dove at her.

\tThe skinwalker lifted an arm and managed to deflect the first sai aimed at her, but she couldn’t bring the other hand up in time.  Raph plunged his second sai directly into her chest, driving it in all the way up to the hilt.

\tBefore he could bring his other weapon around again, she slapped both of her palms against Raph’s plastron, shoving him hard enough to send him flying.  His carapace hit the floor and he went skidding, smacking his head against the wall with a resounding thud.

\tRaph sat forward quickly, dazed by the blow but on guard with his remaining sai in front of him.  The skinwalker didn’t come after him though; still wearing her Leo illusion, she stared at him as she slowly pulled the sai from her body.

\tBlinking in astonishment, Raph watched her toss the weapon aside, a smile lighting her face as the wound closed, not even leaving the faintest trace of blood behind.

\t“I don’t want to fight with you Raph,” the skinwalker said in the low husky tone that Raph knew from his most intimate moments with Leo.  “I want to make love with you.”

\tThe back of his head throbbed painfully, causing Raph’s vision to double slightly.  He needed time for it to clear and the only way he could think of to gain that time was to get her to talk.

\t“Why?” he asked.  “Why are ya’ attacking and killing men?  Why would ya’ pretend ta love somebody and then throw them off a roof?”

\tThe skinwalker laughed, her voice imitating Leo’s perfectly.  “This isn’t about some emotional attachment, it’s about sex.”

\tShe walked slowly towards him, her manner nearly stalking.  Raph scooted backwards until his shell hit the wall and then used it as a brace in order to stand up.

\t“Ya’ ain’t been having sex with them,” Raph said.  “Ya’ get ‘em excited and then ya’ kill them.”

\t“Because they weren’t worthy specimens,” witch-Leo said, her eyes focused avidly on Raph’s face.  “It’s so hard to find a strong, healthy male these days, much harder than it was a hundred years ago.  My time has come around again and I need a virile man.”

\t“Time?” Raph asked, calculating the distance between them as his head started to clear.

\t“To breed,” she answered, stopping to study him.  “I can produce up to a dozen children while in season, but I must have male seed.  The larger and healthier the man is, the more viable his seed, not to mention his greater stamina.  Your friend Casey was a perfect specimen; when I tasted his secretions I found that he was free of drugs or physical flaws.”

\tRaph’s mind flashed back to the man he’d just saved and how the skinwalker had licked his pre-come from her fingers.

\t“Ya’ get them wound up just ta taste them?” he asked.

\t“I cannot mate with a flawed specimen,” witch-Leo said.

\tRaph pushed off from the wall, moving to the side towards the opening in the floor, hoping to draw her into position so he’d have a chance to shove her through it.  She moved when he did, turning to keep her eyes on him, the hungry look in them growing stronger.

\t“During my last season I produced seven children,” she continued.  “The man was healthy and strong, but his seed was incompatible.  My children did not live long.  There are fewer of our kind now and to continue this bloodline I must be fertilized by the strongest donor possible.  I thought I found that match in Casey, but you Raph, you are much better.”

\tSliding his foot along the ground, Raph tried to judge his location without looking away from the skinwalker.  Tightening his grip on his remaining sai, Raph got ready to make his move.

\tBefore he had the chance, she jumped through the air directly at him.  Raph lifted his sai as she came down, shoving it through her hand as she reached for him.

\tThe skinwalker twisted her arm to the side, gripping the shaft and wrenching it from Raph’s hand.  Her body slammed into him, her weight driving Raph to the floor.

\tRaph threw a swing at her which she caught, shoving his arm down next to his head.  As he pushed at her with his free hand, she shook the sai loose from her palm and quickly grabbed his other arm, pinning him beneath her.

\tShe weighed more than Leo; in fact the skinwalker was deceptively heavy.  Straddling his waist, she dug her knees into Raph’s sides when he tried to buck her off, planting her legs firmly on the ground to either side of him so he couldn’t roll away.

\tRaph struggled beneath his captor as she stared down at him, her eyes bright and hungry.  After a couple of minutes, she lowered her head, tilting it as her mouth moved towards Raph’s neck.

\tEyes wide with panic, Raph twisted his shoulders, throwing his head from side to side to ward off her obvious intentions.  When she was close enough he even tried head butting her, but she anticipated that action and pulled her head aside.  As soon as his head when back, her mouth came down and clamped onto his neck.

\t“No!” Raph shouted, feeling a hot tingling sensation at the point of contact.  His muscles strained against her hold, but she merely moaned at his attempt, the sound vibrating his skin.

\tA wave of dizziness swept through his mind and Raph knew she was drugging him.  Little by little his muscles relaxed despite his efforts to fight the reaction.  Raph knew that he had to hold onto his knowledge that the creature on top of him was not Leo and that no matter what she did he could not succumb to his deepest carnal desires.

\tHer mouth separated from his neck with a soft pop and she leaned back, looking down into his eyes with a small, satisfied smile painting her lips.  Raph’s head swam as he stared into Leo’s face, the skin along his cheeks flushed with need.  Not Leo, he reminded himself.

\t“Ya’ ain’t Leo,” Raph croaked, his voice stubborn and belligerent.

\tThe smile faded and for a brief second, so did her mask.  Raph had a quick peek at brown fur dotted with gray flecks and a pair of black eyes before she pulled the illusion back into place.

\t“You are so strong,” witch-Leo said, her voice a deep and sultry imitation of his brother’s.  “You want to use that power to control me, to make me respect you.  I’ll let you prove that to me Raph, I’ll let you take me just as you’ve always wanted.”

\tShe leaned into Raph again, suckling the skin on the other side of his neck.  He gasped at the strong lustful surge that threatened to arouse him, barely noticing when her hands slid off of his arms and began petting his exposed sides.

\t“Mate with me,” witch-Leo purred as she lifted her mouth from his neck and slid down his body.

\tForcing his legs apart, she crawled between them and began to explore Raph’s most private areas.  Her hands had a delicate touch, her fingers sure as they wrapped around his tail and caressed the sensitive appendage.  Grimacing against the unwanted pleasure, Raph stared up at the ceiling, counting the blemishes in the wooden timbers in order to distract himself from her actions.

\tA finger circled the muscled entrance to his anus and Raph gasped as the skin pulsed in response to her touch.  His fingers dug into the floor as did his heels, and he pushed his body several inches along the floor to escape her.

\tHer chuckle was light as she crawled upwards, following him.  Lifting his head, Raph could see that her gaze was glued between his legs.  Despite the sound of humor in her voice, Raph could tell that she was puzzled and instantly knew that even though she wore Leo’s image, she had no idea how their bodies worked.

\tShe began to rub her hands over his plastron, obviously searching for his cock.  Raph knew he had to remain flaccid; if she once noticed the telltale bulge beneath his scutes she would concentrate her attention there and he wasn’t sure that he could hold back from her.

\t“So incredibly stubborn,” she whispered in her false Leo voice, clambering over Raph and peering down into his face.  “You will make an excellent father,” she told him before once more placing her mouth on his neck.

\tRaph focused on regaining control of his limbs, forcing his mind away from the feelings in the rest of his body.  It would serve him right, he thought, for the real Leo to appear and come to his rescue.  His brother would never stop lording it over him if Raph allowed that to happen.  A spark of anger burnt like a white hot coal inside his head and he suddenly found the power to yank his neck away from the skinwalker.

\tUndaunted, she rocked on top of him, rubbing against his plastron as her hands explored his lower regions.  Raph ground his teeth together, striving to hold himself back, determined not to give her what she wanted.

\t“Show me where it is,” witch-Leo said in a voice that was low and tantalizing.

\t“I ain’t got one,” Raph snarled.  “I’m dickless.  Jokes on ya’.”

\tFor a second she froze, her Leo face twisting in anger, and then it smoothed out as she broke into a smile.

\t“No you aren’t,” she purred.  “Your desire to take your brother wouldn’t be this strong if you didn’t have the tools for the job.”

\t“What the hell do ya’ know about it?” Raph growled at her.  “Ya’ read me wrong bitch.  I think about my brother ‘cause he pisses me off, not ‘cause I got the hots for him.  He’s a major pain in my ass who’s always ordering me around ‘cause he thinks he’s better than me.”

\tThe skinwalker’s movements slowed as Raph talked, her questing hands coming to a standstill.  Raph suddenly saw the same confused look on her face that she’d exhibited two nights earlier, when she’d worn her Leo guise and then run away from him.

 \tShe’d appeared as Leo then to seduce him, seeing in Raph’s mind the same images he’d conjured up of his oldest brother, the images that had excited him.  But only moments later Raph had been angry again, thinking that Leo was trying to play babysitter once more.  Actually, Raph had been more than angry, he’d been furious.

\tThinking about how mad he’d gotten made Raph angry now as well.  That’s when he saw Leo’s face waver and seem to slip again.

\t“No,” witch-Leo hissed, leaning down to suckle Raph’s neck.  “What are you doing?”

\t“Mad,” Raph husked.  “Getting mad.  Mad at ya’, mad at my bro’.  Ya’ can’t handle that shit, can ya’?  Ya’ can’t witch somebody that’s furious.”

\tThe growl next to his ear told Raph he was on the right track.  He had to hang onto that knowledge to remain lucid enough to make an escape attempt.  Raph had to make her stop pumping that toxin into his blood stream or before long he’d be catatonic.

\t“Don’t matter what ya’ do, I’m too mad ta even admit I got a dick, much less let ya’ get anywhere near it,” Raph said.

\t“Give it to me!” she screeched into his face, the Leo mask blurring further.  “If you want to live, you’ll . . . .”

\t“Raph!”  The sound of  Leo’s strident leader’s voice echoed through the building.  “Raph!”

\tThe skinwalker’s head jerked away from Raph, turning towards the sound of the intruder’s voice.  

\t“Leo!  Watch your back, she’s here!” Raph shouted with as much force as he could muster in order to warn his brother.

\tShe looked back down at him, her Leo face solidifying once more as Raph’s concern overcame his anger.  Smiling knowingly, she sat up, her eyes still locked with his.

\t“Leo,” the skinwalker purred.  “Le~o.  Does he long for Raph as much as Raph longs for him?”

\t“Stay away from him,” Raph croaked, suddenly fearful.

\tWith one smooth swift move she gained her feet and slid towards the staircase.  At the top she looked back at Raph, who struggled to get up.

\t“If I can’t have you, I’ll take him,” she said mockingly as her eyes glimmered.  “I’ll bet he’d love to see you obey his every command.  I can give him that willingly.  He’ll be so excited.”

\t“No!” Raph yelled as she slipped from view.  “No!”

\tLeo’s head jerked up at the sound of Raph’s voice.  Swiftly sliding his swords from their sheaths, he started towards the stairs.

\tHalfway there Leo heard the metal staircase rattle and he came to a quick stop.  As he watched, a pair of emerald green legs appeared, moving slowly downwards.  Holding his position, Leo saw Raph come completely into view, a pained expression on the younger turtle’s face.

\tRaph looked over at Leo and his brow cleared slightly.  Reaching the bottom of the stairs, he stumbled towards Leo, one hand gripping his side as though he’d been hurt.

\tLeo took a step in his direction and then stopped, remembering Don’s admonition.  Wary, he said, “Stay where you are.”

\t“It’s me, Leo,” Raph said, sucking in a shaking breath.  “I got her; maybe even killed her, but I think she broke my ribs.  Ya’ gotta help me.”

\tUncertain, Leo sheathed one sword but retained his hold on the other.  “Maybe you should sit down and let me check on her.  We need to be certain she’s dead.”

\tIn the tower, the real Raph could hear the echo of a pair of voices.  He couldn’t make out the words, but he knew the skinwalker had found Leo.  Overwhelmed with the fear that she would trick his brother, Raph rolled onto his side and stared at the top of the stairs.

\tHis arms and legs felt as if they were made of lead, and the staircase looked damned far off.  If Raph didn’t find a way to move, there was a good chance Leo would wind up being the witches’ next victim.

\tSomehow Casey had not only succeeded in walking after being attacked, but had even found the strength to climb down a fire escape.  Raph remembered his friend’s anxiety in thinking that something was wrong with April had been driving him.

\tRaph had managed to deny the skinwalker’s advances because of his anger, and his worry for Leo had made it possible for him to roll off his back.  Strong negative emotions seemed to counteract the effects of the toxin and if anyone was good at accessing those types of feelings, it was the turtle fondly known as the ‘hot head’ by his family.

\tIf she thought she was going to use his likeness to have sex with Leo, that bitch had another think coming.  A snarl curled his lip and Raph pulled his legs up under him, his entire being directed towards catching and killing the thing that had attacked him.

\tSweeping his sai off of the floor, he stuck it into his belt and stood up.  Allowing himself a second to regain his balance, Raph walked haltingly to the stairs, reaching for the railing as he started down.

\tThe voices became clear after he’d gone down two floors and Raph realized his brother was just a floor under him.  With a renewed purpose, he pushed himself harder, clutching at the rail as he practically slid down the stairs.

\t“Don’t go up there alone, Leo,” witch-Raph said.  “Ya’ don’t know what she’s capable of while she’s dying.  Give me a hand and we’ll go up together.”

\tShe reached towards Leo but he didn’t move.  “How do I know you’re really Raph?”

\tWitch-Raph coughed, grimacing in pretended pain.  “Can ya’ . . . can ya’ at least help me sit down?”

\tLeo contemplated Raph, concern starting to overcome his caution.  Raph rarely asked for help, but when he did it meant that he was badly hurt.

\tHe was just about to go to his brother when a familiar voice stopped Leo in his tracks.

\t“Don’t go near it bro’.  That ain’t me.”

\tLooking quickly towards the stairs, Leo saw another Raph tottering there, both hands grasping the rail in a tight grip.  It was easy to see his brother was having a difficult time staying upright, but the strong determination that Leo was used to seeing on Raph’s face was definitely there.

\t“That’s the skinwalker,” witch-Raph said hurriedly.  “I told you I got her.  She’s hurt and she’s trying ta trick ya.”

\tLeo looked from one to the other, trying to discern which one was his real brother.  To Raph, it appeared as though two Leo’s were standing on the walkway, the fake one bent over as though in pain.

\t“Raph,” Leo said, his eyes on the one nearest him.  “I can’t tell you apart.”  He glanced up at the stairs, his confusion obvious.

\t“I’m busted up inside,” the skinwalker said.  “I can’t st . . . stand here.  Put me against the wall until ya’ figure it out.”

\t“How bad, how bad is it?” Leo asked, his gaze locked on the skinwalker.  

\tRaph could see that she was playing on Leo’s concern for his family and that it was getting to him.  He had to think of a way to convince his brother that he was the real Raph.  Down here in the open, Leo wouldn’t notice her lack of scent unless he move closer to her, and Raph didn’t want him to do that.

\t“Look at my neck bro’,” Raph called out.  “She bit me.  If her toxin wasn’t running through me do ya’ think I’d just be standing here?”

\tWhen Leo looked at him again, the skinwalker’s head turned in his direction as well.  A slight smile twitched the corners of her lips and then Raph saw the skin on her neck appear to ripple and change.

\t“I’m the one who was bitten,” the skinwalker said.  “Her mark is on my neck; she’s making you see what she wants you to see.”

\tLeo’s eyes flicked back to her and Raph felt a terrible dread start to rise.  He wanted to tell Leo to leave, to get out, but he knew his brother wouldn’t.  Even if he somehow convinced Leo to go for Don and Mike, the skinwalker would be on Leo as soon as he turned his back.

\tHow she read her victims was uncanny; the way she reached into their minds to see not only their physical desires, but also the things they wanted to hear.  It was like a damn sirens song and if Raph let her keep singing it for Leo, his brother was going to get caught.

\tBut she wasn’t perfect, she couldn’t see everything.  Raph’s head jerked up as he thought of something she couldn’t know.

\t“Leo, listen ta me,” Raph said, gaining his brother’s attention.  “She doesn’t know our names, not our real names.  Ya’ remember where sensei got them from?  She won’t know that ‘cause she ain’t got a way ta research us.  Ask her where my full name came from.”

\tAs he talked, Raph saw the dawning realization in his brother’s expression.  Leo turned his eyes on the skinwalker, the concern that had been on his face just a moment before changing to one of determination.

\t“If you’re the real Raph, then you’ll know the answer to that question,” Leo said.  “I think he’s right, the skinwalker can’t know much about us.  Don’t worry about giving away secrets, I can think of a dozen questions to ask that no one but family would know the answers to.”

\tThe skinwalker stared at him, her body completely still.  Her mouth opened and then closed again as it became obvious that she couldn’t provide the answer.

\tLeo’s hand swept up to retrieve his second sword and she simultaneously lunged at him.  He swung at her with the katana he was holding, but she had moved in too fast and his arm rather than his blade hit her shoulder.

\tThe power of her attack knocked Leo backwards against the rail and with a sickening screech it gave way beneath his weight.  With a loud cry he plummeted over the edge.

\t“No!  Leo!” Raph yelled.

\tPanic stricken, he pushed off from the stairs, his unresponsive legs tangling near the bottom.  Falling forward, Raph scrabbled towards the edge of the walkway.

\tA few feet away, the skinwalker bounded through the opening in the rail, following Leo down.  Raph reached the edge and grasped an unbroken section of rail, pulling himself up enough so that he could look over to the floor far below.

\tHe expected to see Leo’s broken form lying on the marble flooring of the main lobby, but no one was there.  The sound of metal clanging against metal pulled his attention higher and he spotted another section of busted railing three floors below the one he was on.

\tOn the walkway next to it lay Leo.  His brother was perfectly still and through the dim light, Raph couldn’t tell if he was merely unconscious, badly hurt, or dead.

 \tThe skinwalker came into view then as she walked up to Leo and knelt beside him.  The surreal scene of two identical Leo’s swam before Raph’s slowly clouding vision.

\tLifting Leo’s head, the skinwalker eased it onto her bent knee and then looked up at Raph, a satisfied and triumphant smile painting her face.

\t“Now I have both of you,” she told him, her black eyes flashing in the darkness.  They were the last things Raph saw before he passed out.

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