Post by kat on Sept 9, 2008 16:58:01 GMT -6
It just makes me happy that you read it!!
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Chapter4: Rise Above the Storm
-Back fist, Reverse punch, jumping front kick-
Bile snaked it's way up Raph's throat as he thought back on the day. He swallowed hard.
-Roundhouse kick-
He can remember waking up and having breakfast...morning practice. He left for Casey's apartment shortly after that.
-Right punch, left punch-
He had barely said two words to Leo all day. Raph growled and...
-Right, left, Right hook, uppercut, front kick, spinning back kick-
Raph dropped to his knees, his chest heaving and sweat poured down his face. The punching bag cracked and groaned from the assault. He tucked any guilty feelings deep down as he rose to his feet. He had been in the dojo for about forty five minutes that left him just enough time to take a quick, hot shower before meeting Splinter.
He walked out of the dojo and threw a quick glance toward the living room. Mikey had finished cleaning up and was sitting with April and Casey. But it seemed that Casey and April were doing most of the talking. April flashed Raph a smile when she noticed that he had came out of the dojo.
"Would you like something to drink?" she asked as she stood.
Raph shook his head and headed upstairs without a word.
April sighed. "It will be OK." she told Mikey as she squeezed his shoulder. "I'm going to see if Donny needs any help."
Raph finished his shower and he was standing outside his Sensei's door. He raised his hand to knock.
"Enter, Raphael." Splinter's voice came from behind the doors.
Raph slid the door open and went inside. He knelt on the opposite side of Splinter, in a seat where his brother Leonardo had sat many times, bearing the weight of this small clan. Raph could feel the weight start to smother him.
Splinter poured Raphael a cup of tea and then himself.
"Drink my son."
Raph bowed his head slightly and sipped the drink. He tried not to pull a face. Tea had never been his drink of choice.
"I have been meditating Raphael, trying to reach your brother."
"Were you able to?" Raph blurted out.
"Uh, Sorry Sensei."
Splinter's whiskers twitched at his son's impatience. They were all on edge.
"It is alright. But no. I was never able to make contact."
Raph lowered his eyes, his shoulders slumping.
"I did feel his chi, but there was a fog around it. I could not break through."
"A fog?"
"Confusion, my son. Perhaps at another time." Splinter's voice trailed off. They both knew, the longer Leonardo was a prisoner the less of a chance that they would be rescuing him and more of chance they would be recovering his body.
Raph shiver at the thought.
Splinter's head snapped up. "Enter Michaelangelo."
Raph shook his head when a sheepish looking Mikey appeared in the doorway. 'How does Master Splinter do that?' he thought.
"I-I'm sorry to interrupt Sensei. But Donny...he-he's found some stuff out."
They all gathered in Don's lab, all attention on Donatello.
"I've check this thing over and over." Don finally spoke. "Everything I could think of. It's authentic."
"What does tha mean?" Raph crossed his arms over his chest.
"It's real, nothing is altered. I-I even checked voice analysis. It's real."
"So what are you sayin? Ya think that I did it again?"
Don shook his head no. "We support you Raph. We'll figure this out."
"I don't know what to think anymore" Raph said as he turned to leave the lab. Doubt seeping into his mind. "I know that I was with Casey all day... but what if at one point I blacked out or something."
"No way!" Casey interrupted. "I was there Raph. You went to the restroom once! That's hardly enough time to race across town, attack Leo and be back in time for a chili dog!"
"Then explain this!"
"I can't"
"Heh...Even Donny can't and his I.Q. is off the charts! Maybe I did do this and just suppressed the memory or something."
"You're talking crazy!" Mikey said.
"This whole thing is crazy." Raph growled.
"Well, how about we forget the DVD for now and focus on getting Leo back." Donny suggested. He turned back to the computer and pulled up the blueprints for foot headquarters.
"It's going to be near impossible this time. They have upgraded their security system and changed the layouts." Don mumbled as he typed.
"Near impossible? Oh great Donny! That's just great!" Raph threw his hands into the air.
"I said near impossible, not impossible." Don corrected.
"Well I say we go in kick butt and get our brother back." Raph smacked his fist into his hand as he started to pace the small room.
"Oh right Raph." Mikey rolled his eyes. "Why don't we just walk in and hop right into the cell. That'll save them some time." Mikey held out his hands like they were in handcuffs.
"Zip it shell for brains!" Raph glared at his younger brother.
"Michaelangelo has a point." Splinter pointed out. "We must have a plan. We need to know where Leonardo is being held and find the fastest way in and out."
"Easier said than done." Raph retorted as he continued his pacing.
"Yes. But still, we will do Leonardo no good if we are captured as well. And we are not sure of your brother's condition. We must get in and out as quickly and discreetly as possible."
Mikey cringed at the thought of his older brother being seriously hurt. And he tried to push the images of him flying through April's window out of his mind.
"I'll help." April said and she stepped up beside Donatello. "We cracked the security once, we can do it again."
"Thanks April." Don smiled and then it faded into a frown. "We need to get past security, find where they are keeping Leo and figure a way to get us all in and out in one piece."
Raph pulled his shell cell from his belt and dialed a number as he walked out of the room.
"Who are you calling?" Mikey asked.
"Nobody." Raph answered over his shoulder as he walked upstairs and disappeared into his room.
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Leo pried his tired eyes open. He expected to be greeted by another foot soldier with a needle. They had visited him two more times that he could recall. Each time his mind would start to clear, they would be there. He tried to fight them, but it only made the jab of the syringe that more painful. One needle actually broke off in his arm. They left it there and jammed the other needle into his neck.
Something was different. As the fog lifted from his mind and his senses slowly returned he could feel...and see. He was lying down. 'A table?' 'Yes.' He could feel the cold metal under his skin. His legs were bound down at the ankle and thigh with thick leather straps, one pulled across his chest and his arms were pulled above his head and attached to the table by the wrists.
Leo swallowed hard. Right now, it would seem, he was the only one in the room. The bright light glared over him. To his side, a table of instruments that he didn't know the names for, but could guess what they were used for.
"Tomorrow the fun will be begin." Saki's voice rang in his ears.
He was alone...for now.
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Chapter4: Rise Above the Storm
-Back fist, Reverse punch, jumping front kick-
Bile snaked it's way up Raph's throat as he thought back on the day. He swallowed hard.
-Roundhouse kick-
He can remember waking up and having breakfast...morning practice. He left for Casey's apartment shortly after that.
-Right punch, left punch-
He had barely said two words to Leo all day. Raph growled and...
-Right, left, Right hook, uppercut, front kick, spinning back kick-
Raph dropped to his knees, his chest heaving and sweat poured down his face. The punching bag cracked and groaned from the assault. He tucked any guilty feelings deep down as he rose to his feet. He had been in the dojo for about forty five minutes that left him just enough time to take a quick, hot shower before meeting Splinter.
He walked out of the dojo and threw a quick glance toward the living room. Mikey had finished cleaning up and was sitting with April and Casey. But it seemed that Casey and April were doing most of the talking. April flashed Raph a smile when she noticed that he had came out of the dojo.
"Would you like something to drink?" she asked as she stood.
Raph shook his head and headed upstairs without a word.
April sighed. "It will be OK." she told Mikey as she squeezed his shoulder. "I'm going to see if Donny needs any help."
Raph finished his shower and he was standing outside his Sensei's door. He raised his hand to knock.
"Enter, Raphael." Splinter's voice came from behind the doors.
Raph slid the door open and went inside. He knelt on the opposite side of Splinter, in a seat where his brother Leonardo had sat many times, bearing the weight of this small clan. Raph could feel the weight start to smother him.
Splinter poured Raphael a cup of tea and then himself.
"Drink my son."
Raph bowed his head slightly and sipped the drink. He tried not to pull a face. Tea had never been his drink of choice.
"I have been meditating Raphael, trying to reach your brother."
"Were you able to?" Raph blurted out.
"Uh, Sorry Sensei."
Splinter's whiskers twitched at his son's impatience. They were all on edge.
"It is alright. But no. I was never able to make contact."
Raph lowered his eyes, his shoulders slumping.
"I did feel his chi, but there was a fog around it. I could not break through."
"A fog?"
"Confusion, my son. Perhaps at another time." Splinter's voice trailed off. They both knew, the longer Leonardo was a prisoner the less of a chance that they would be rescuing him and more of chance they would be recovering his body.
Raph shiver at the thought.
Splinter's head snapped up. "Enter Michaelangelo."
Raph shook his head when a sheepish looking Mikey appeared in the doorway. 'How does Master Splinter do that?' he thought.
"I-I'm sorry to interrupt Sensei. But Donny...he-he's found some stuff out."
They all gathered in Don's lab, all attention on Donatello.
"I've check this thing over and over." Don finally spoke. "Everything I could think of. It's authentic."
"What does tha mean?" Raph crossed his arms over his chest.
"It's real, nothing is altered. I-I even checked voice analysis. It's real."
"So what are you sayin? Ya think that I did it again?"
Don shook his head no. "We support you Raph. We'll figure this out."
"I don't know what to think anymore" Raph said as he turned to leave the lab. Doubt seeping into his mind. "I know that I was with Casey all day... but what if at one point I blacked out or something."
"No way!" Casey interrupted. "I was there Raph. You went to the restroom once! That's hardly enough time to race across town, attack Leo and be back in time for a chili dog!"
"Then explain this!"
"I can't"
"Heh...Even Donny can't and his I.Q. is off the charts! Maybe I did do this and just suppressed the memory or something."
"You're talking crazy!" Mikey said.
"This whole thing is crazy." Raph growled.
"Well, how about we forget the DVD for now and focus on getting Leo back." Donny suggested. He turned back to the computer and pulled up the blueprints for foot headquarters.
"It's going to be near impossible this time. They have upgraded their security system and changed the layouts." Don mumbled as he typed.
"Near impossible? Oh great Donny! That's just great!" Raph threw his hands into the air.
"I said near impossible, not impossible." Don corrected.
"Well I say we go in kick butt and get our brother back." Raph smacked his fist into his hand as he started to pace the small room.
"Oh right Raph." Mikey rolled his eyes. "Why don't we just walk in and hop right into the cell. That'll save them some time." Mikey held out his hands like they were in handcuffs.
"Zip it shell for brains!" Raph glared at his younger brother.
"Michaelangelo has a point." Splinter pointed out. "We must have a plan. We need to know where Leonardo is being held and find the fastest way in and out."
"Easier said than done." Raph retorted as he continued his pacing.
"Yes. But still, we will do Leonardo no good if we are captured as well. And we are not sure of your brother's condition. We must get in and out as quickly and discreetly as possible."
Mikey cringed at the thought of his older brother being seriously hurt. And he tried to push the images of him flying through April's window out of his mind.
"I'll help." April said and she stepped up beside Donatello. "We cracked the security once, we can do it again."
"Thanks April." Don smiled and then it faded into a frown. "We need to get past security, find where they are keeping Leo and figure a way to get us all in and out in one piece."
Raph pulled his shell cell from his belt and dialed a number as he walked out of the room.
"Who are you calling?" Mikey asked.
"Nobody." Raph answered over his shoulder as he walked upstairs and disappeared into his room.
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Leo pried his tired eyes open. He expected to be greeted by another foot soldier with a needle. They had visited him two more times that he could recall. Each time his mind would start to clear, they would be there. He tried to fight them, but it only made the jab of the syringe that more painful. One needle actually broke off in his arm. They left it there and jammed the other needle into his neck.
Something was different. As the fog lifted from his mind and his senses slowly returned he could feel...and see. He was lying down. 'A table?' 'Yes.' He could feel the cold metal under his skin. His legs were bound down at the ankle and thigh with thick leather straps, one pulled across his chest and his arms were pulled above his head and attached to the table by the wrists.
Leo swallowed hard. Right now, it would seem, he was the only one in the room. The bright light glared over him. To his side, a table of instruments that he didn't know the names for, but could guess what they were used for.
"Tomorrow the fun will be begin." Saki's voice rang in his ears.
He was alone...for now.