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Title - Some Things Are Worth Leaving Old Memories For

Rating - Teen

Fandom - TMNT

Words - 2,576

Chapters - 1/2

Warnings - Violence, Major Character Death

Prompt - Sacrifice

Main Tags - Self-Sacrifice, Character Death, Protective Raphael (TMNT), Good Sibling Raphael (TMNT), Hurt Raphael (TMNT), Raphael-centric (TMNT), Raphael Needs a Hug (TMNT), Protective Leonardo (TMNT), Hurt Leonardo (TMNT), Hurt Donatello (TMNT), Hurt Michelangelo (TMNT), Oroku Saki | Shredder Being an Asshole, Hurt No Comfort, Angst, Bad Ending, no beta we die like men, Broken Promises, Promises, Flashbacks, Memories, No Turtlecest (TMNT)

Summary - While in battle with The Shredder, the turtles realize they can't beat him this time around. Raphael chooses to sacrifice himself in order to save his brothers.

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Raph and his brothers were in a battle with The Shredder for what felt like hours now. After an hour of fighting Foot Soldier after Foot Soldier, Dogpound and Fishface. Dogpound hit Mikey square in the jaw, sending him flying and hitting the opposing wall.

“Mikey!” All of the other turtles yelled in unison.

Dogpound cracked his knuckles. “That’s more like it,” he growled.

Donnie ran over to Mikey, while Raph and Leo stayed behind to fight. “He’s out cold!” Donnie yelled back to them.

“Shit!” Raph grunted between labored breaths.

“We need to get out of here!” Leo called out.

Raph and Leo’s shells knocked together. Both of them were fighting off groups of Foot.

“Dogpound’s gonna get Donnie!” Raph yelled.

Without saying anything, Leo and Raph both pushed through the Foot, and ran behind Dogpound. Leo slashed his legs and feet, while Raph ran up his back and stabbed his Sias into his shoulders. Dogpound howled out in pain and threw Raph off his back, sending him hurling to the ground. His back stung from the impact, and he was immediately worried his shell was cracked. But he felt a sense of pride when he saw Dogpound run out the big room. He slowly pushed off the ground and stood up. “You think we’re done here?” Raph called out to his brothers after looking around the room. No other enemies were standing.

“God, let’s hope so,” Leo said. “How’s Mikey holding up?”

“Still unconscious, but he’s stable! He’ll be okay!” Donnie yelled from where he was kneeling over Mikey.

“Great, let’s go,” Leo said.

“Not if I can help it,” the cold voice of The Shredder said from the front of the room.

They all whipped around. “Not you!” Raph groaned.

The Shredder flashed his Steel Claws at the brothers. “I’m disappointed my men could only knock one of you out, but I’m confident I’ll be able to finish the job.”

“I wouldn’t be too confident there,” Raph threatened, but was ultimately unsure if they could take him.

Shredder pulled a lever sitting above a button that were both connected to the front wall he was standing at, and a large cannon lowered down from the ceiling. “If I can’t finish the job, I’m confident this will,” he said.

“Jesus,” Donnie whispered under his breath. Just by looking at it, he could tell this wasn’t just a regular cannon. It was infused with Kraang technology. Donnie shook his head. “Guys?” He yelled to his brothers. “This is, like, really bad!”

“I’m gonna crush your ass!” Raph yelled as he lunged at The Shredder. In one swift movement, The Shredder moved out of the way, and at the same time, hit Raph in the stomach with the back of his closed fist. The blunt side of his Steel Claws hitting him. Raph slid across the floor and quickly got back up, not showing the damage Shredder did.

While that was happening, Donnie and Leo both jumped on him. Leo from the front, and Donnie from the back. Donnie got one hit in, smacking his staff on Shredder's back, but causing no real damage due to his armor. Leo, on the other hand, hadn’t been able to get a hit in before he was sent flying backwards. Raph rushed over to Leo’s side and helped him up. Donnie was in combat with The Shredder now. He was very good at blocking Shredder’s attacks, but he wasn’t landing any himself. Raph ran and hit The Shredder in the back with his Sai, sending Shredder stumbling forward, but not falling to the ground. Shredder swung back at Raph, but Raph caught Shredder’s Claws with his Sai, crouching slightly to hold up the weight of Shredder's attack. Before Raph could do anything else, The Shredder yanked his hand out of Raph’s grasp, and swung down on him. Raph jumped back just in time to dodge, but fell backwards. Leo’s sword hit against Shredder’s helmet and sent it flying off, revealing the burnt skin underneath. Leo jumped back and stood in position to fight. Raph watched as Shredder turned around and lunged towards the button on the wall. Donnie was there in an instant, blocking his hit with his Staff. Leo jumped over to them and started fighting with Shredder.

“If Shredder hits that button, the cannon goes off!” Donnie yelled.

Raph ran over to Mikey and lifted him over his shoulder. He needed to get his brothers out of here. He was going to get his brothers out of here, even if it was the last thing he did. He heard Leo cry out. He whipped around and, to his dismay, saw Leo laying on the floor with Shredder standing over him. Raph dropped Mikey and ran over to him, standing in between Shredder and his brother, his first instinct being to put a barrier between the two. The Shredder swung at Raph, and he dodged just in time. Shredder nicked his shoulder with his claws, but the damage wasn’t too bad. Raph managed to land a kick to his chest, sending him backwards.

With the moment he had, he bent down to check on Leo. Shredder had gotten him pretty good. He was bleeding pretty profusely from his arm, and it seemed like it might be broken. Raph sucked air in. He hated seeing his brothers injured, and this looked pretty bad. He gave Leo a hand and helped him up. Before he could say anything, though, Shredder was back on him. He swiftly kicked Raph’s shell, leaving him stumbling forward on his face. Leo geared up to fight, but Donnie was there before he could. Donnie took a swing to Shredder's face, but he dodged. He grabbed Donnie’s arm and twisted it backwards, earning a yell from him. Raph jumped up and tackled Shredder to the ground. He was furious.

“Leave! Get out of here!” Raph yelled while fighting.

“Not without you,” Leo grunted. He was losing blood fast. He needed to leave, goddammit.

Shredder landed a punch to the back of Raph’s head, sending him staggering backwards, spots forming in his vision. He only let this affect him for a moment, though, because Shredder immediately turned to Leo, and slashed him in the chest, causing him to fall over. Raph jumped on Shredder’s back and started punching wherever he could reach. “Go!” he screamed.

Donnie rushed over to Leo and helped him to his feet again. “No!” Leo screamed.

“We have to go! Now,” Donnie said, starting to pull him away. “Help me get Mikey!”

“No! Not without Raph!”

“Leo!” Donnie yelled, tears forming in his eyes.

Leo helped Donnie lift Mikey, and they started to run towards the door.

“No!” Shredder growled, and tried to pull out of Raph’s grasp to reach them. Raph held on to Shredder tight.

“Raph! Please!” Leo screamed.

“Get out of here!” Raph yelled. “Go!”

Raph watched as Donnie and Leo paused, then Donnie pulled Leo out of the door. Tears streamed down both of their faces. The heavy doors closed behind them, cutting off Leo’s last strangled scream.

The Shredder threw Raph off of his back, sending him crashing to the floor, and faced him. “Look what you’ve done!” He cried out.

Raph launched him back up and tried to stab at Shredder with his Sai, but missed. Shredder grabbed Raph by the neck and pinned him to the wall. Raph flinched as he narrowly escaped hitting the button that would set off the cannon. “I’m going to make sure you don’t get out of here alive, turtle.”

Raph kicked Shredder in the chest and wriggled out of his grasp. “We have one thing in common, then.” Raph had a plan. He didn’t know if it was going to work, but he didn’t have any better plan. “Come at me, fuckface,” he snarled.

Shredder did just that. He lunged at Raph and nicked him in the jaw, sending blinding pain to his head. He had meant to dodge that, but was getting weaker as the fight went on. It didn’t matter though, because he still had Shredder right where he wanted him. In one swift motion, he put Shredder in a headlock, and swung around him so he was behind him. He then pushed his head square into the cannon, and slammed into the button with his shoulder. He kept both hands on The Shredder’s neck, and held him steady as he struggled. He heard the cannon fire up and-

He was in the lair. He was newly 15 years old, and had only just started fighting crime. Splinter had just finished a lengthy training session and an even more lengthy lecture about the rules he had for them: they must never kill - for any reason, they must always look out for each other, and they always must return home - together. After their training and lecture, Mikey went out to the den to watch tv, and Donnie went to his lab. Leo and Raph, not having anything else to do, and both pumped to finally be getting out in the world to help people decided to do one last fighting match up against each other.

“You sure you’re okay with me beating you again?” Raph said with a smirk on his face as they circled around each other.

“No, Raph. I’m not okay with that, which is why I am going to win this round.” Leo said definitely, then jumped at Raph.

Raph admittedly, wasn’t expecting Leo to make the first move, but quickly recovered. They were on top of each other in an instant. They both possessed pretty equal skill level, so they made for a good match. Their match lasted about fifteen minutes, before Raph had Leo pinned.

“Ugh!” Leo groaned. “I guess you win,” Raph let Leo back up. “Again.”

Raph raised his arms above his head to stretch. “Don’t be too hard on yourself, bro. Being second best to me is an accomplishment!”

Leo got up to his feet and punched Raph in the arm. “You know, I am better at strategy than you,” Leo said with a hint of pride. “Sensei told me himself.”

“Sensei this, Sensei that,” Raph teased. “What is it with you and-”

Raph was cut off by Leo jumping on him again. “I am also better at the element of surprise,” Leo boasted.

“Yeah?” Raph said. “Well I’m better at this!” He flipped Leo off of his back, over his shoulder, and onto the floor.

Without saying anything, Leo sweep kicked Raphs legs out from under him, sending him sprawled on the floor next to him. “Element of surprise,” he said.

Raph elbowed him in the shoulder. “Fine, fine. I’ll let you have that,” he said.

Neither of them got up from the floor. They both just looked up the dojo ceiling, lost in their own respective thoughts.

“Are you scared? Like, of the future?” Leo asked quietly.

“Hm?” Raph questioned. “Like, of fighting and stuff?”

“Yeah. I guess,” Leo said. “Of getting hurt?”

Raph was quiet for a moment. He wasn’t planning on having a heart to heart today, but here he was. “Uh, not really,” he said. “I’m not scared of getting hurt, no. Neither am I that scared of fighting. But-” Raph sighed. “I’m terrified of you guys getting hurt.”

“Yeah?” Leo said softly.

“Yeah,” Raph said.

Leo chuckled softly. “I guess that’s an answer I could’ve expected.”

They laid in silence for another moment. It was a comfortable silence, but it was also kind of sad. They could both feel their lives changing pretty quickly, and it scared both of them.

“You know,” Leo said. “That’s honestly what I’m scared of, too. Like, I’m so excited to finally be able to get out there and… and do good for the world! But I’m just so anxious.”

“Well, we’ll just have to look out for each other, huh?” Raph said.

Leo turned his head to look at Raph and smiled. “Yeah,” Leo said.

Another silence fell over them again. Raph thought about how everything was going to change. They had spent their whole lives training every day for this, and now it was finally happening. It was all so exciting and overwhelming.

“Hey, Raph,” Leo said.

“Yeah?”

“Let’s make a deal, no, a promise, okay?”

Raph raised an eyebrow at his brother.

Leo continued. “As the oldest brothers… and the ones that are best at fighting,” Raph smirked at this. “I think we’ve gotta leave it up to us to… to protect them, you know? And each other. I’ll look after you and you look after me, right?”

Raph chuckled. “Well, duh,” he said. “I wasn’t just gonna only look out for myself, Leo.”

“Yeah, yeah. You didn’t let me finish,” he said.

“Go on then,” Raph said.

Leo propped himself up on his elbows, so Raph did the same. “Let’s promise each other that no matter what happens, we never leave any of us behind, okay?”

“Leo, you’re making me seem like a bad brother. Of course I wouldn’t just leave any of you guys behind!” He said.

Leo sighed slightly. “No, it’s, it’s just- what I’m getting at is that we never sacrifice ourselves for each other.” Raph sat up. He was surprised to hear this from Leo. “I mean, hopefully it doesn’t come down to that, but I’d rather us all fight until the end than lose just one of us, you know? I mean, we’re a team. I don’t think I could go on with only three of us.”

“Huh,” Raph said. It’s not like he hadn’t thought of this before. He had actually run through situations like this in his head a lot. “If you just want all four of us dead, you can just say that,” he teased.

Leo sat up now. “Hey! I’m trying to be serious.”

Raph put his hands up in defense. “Sorry, bro. I’m just a little lost here.”

Leo groaned. “I don’t want you throwing yourself in dangerous situations just to help us, but I know I can’t stop you from doing that. So at least promise me you won't ever get yourself killed, okay? I’ll promise too.”

Raph’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. He had known what Leo was getting after, but he didn’t expect him to be so forward about it. “Yeah. Okay,” he said quietly. “But if it’s you guys or me, you know I’m gonna put myself at risk to-”

Leo grabbed Raphs shoulder. “Don’t. Don’t say that. I never want you sacrificing yourself, okay?”

Raph sighed slightly and shook his head. “Yeah. Yeah, okay, man. I promise.”

Leo smiled slightly now. “Good. I’ll promise too, then.”

They looked at each other for a moment, before Leo wrapped Raph in a hug. It was an unexpected, but not unwelcome, surprise. Raph exhaled and hugged his brother back. “We’ve got this,” he said, softly.

“Yeah. I know,” Leo said. “We’ve got this.”

~

He has pressed the cannon button. He had Shredder's head in the cannon. He knew it would jam and kill not only The Shredder, but himself, too. He wasn’t afraid. His brothers were safe. He wasn’t afraid, he really wasn’t, but there was a squeezing in his chest. Even in his last moments, all he could think about were his brothers. But they were safe. He had made sure of that. He closed his eyes.

I’m sorry I couldn’t keep our promise, Leo.

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Since Fade Me Away (Raph getting his arm blown off) is gaining popularity on my ao3, and I super enjoy writing it, I think I am going to expand on the world and the au! I'm gonna be adding more chapters than I originally thought! I'll be updating very soon, so get ready!

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I Know You Don't Wanna Be Lonely

"Leo's such a mother hen, I can't 💕😭"

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I feel like this trend is perfect for them, though it could work with a bunch of other tmnt pairs. I just love the sunset duo so much it's insane.

@badthingshappenbingo Prompt - Pinned to the Wall.

Fandom - Tmnt

Summary -

After a battle with the Krang, Raph finds himself stuck between a large piece of debris and the wall, unable to free himself or to call for help. His brothers are racing against the clock to find him in time.

Later chapters will include Leo nursing him back to health, and Mikey and Donnie showing their support in any way they can.

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Fic -

Raph tried to move, but quickly realized he was stuck. He was pinned between a large fallen piece of ceiling of the TCRI building and one of the walls that was still standing. His eyes widened as he remembered what was going on. They were battling the Kraang, and all of a sudden, something exploded and the building came crumbling down around them. Raph could only remember falling then everything went black. He lifted his head up and looked around. He had a small cut above his right eye, and it was mostly blinded by the stream of blood flowing into it. He looked around at the destroyed room he was in. It was fairly dark, the power had gone out with the explosion, and rubble was covering any previously existing windows, but thankfully, there was a broken piece of one of the walls that was letting a ray of sunlight stream into the room, illuminating it slightly. He looked around to see if he could locate any of his brothers.

“Raph?” He heard one of them, it sounded like Leo, call out.

“Raph, where are you, bro?” Mikey yelled.

Raph tilted his head up to call out to them, but only a strangled cough came out. He felt panic start to settle in. He tried again to move, to move any limb, but the best he could do was pathetically wave his left arm down by his waist. He felt his heart speed up as he realiszed just how fucked he was. As he was positioned now, only one of his legs was making contact with the ground, and it was barely on the ground as it was, so he was mostly suspended. He couldn't move either of his legs, though. One of them, the one touching the ground, was pinned so tightly by the heavy chunk of structure that he couldn’t move it if he tried, the other had lost all feeling but a dull throbbing. His left arm was free and could move slightly, but was definitely broken. His other arm was also pinned between the piece of the ceiling and the wall. While all of this was very concerning to him, the biggest problem was the pressure on his chest. He was forced by the structure to take only shallow breaths, and he could feel that his shell was cracked. Cracked worse than it ever had been before.

“Have you guys found him yet?” he heard Donnie yell.

“No,” Leo yelled back. “Sit tight, Don, we’ll find him and take you both home.”

Was Donnie hurt? Why did he need to sit tight? He tried again to wriggle his way out from behind the rubble, but couldn’t even make it close. The almost total immobilization caused Raph to verge on total panic, plus his adrenalin was running out, and the pain started to seep in. He wondered how much blood he was losing. Apart from the cut above his eye, he imagined he had other cuts that were bleeding, he thought he might be able to feel blood trickling down his leg, but in the almost complete darkness and the pain he was in, it was hard to tell what was what.

“Raph? Please, say something!” Leo yelled.

“Leo, do you think he's okay?” he heard Mikey ask. He sounded panicked.

“I… I sure hope so,” Leo replied. He also sounded like he was panicking.

Raph couldn’t take it, being stuck here while his brothers just wandered around, panicking about him. Plus, each breath he took was more and more agonizing the longer he sat here. And as he helplessly let the pain get stronger, he was worried about the real possibility of passing out. If he passed out, there was no way he could let his brothers know where he was. He also knew passing out usually was the thing you did before dying, so he made sure to try and hold on to his consciousness. He was scared, really scared. He felt his left arm trembling down by his side. He wished so badly that he could call out to his brothers. He wanted them to know he was alive and he wanted them to come save him. He needed saving so badly. He wished they would come pull him from behind this rubble and give him a hug and tell him he was going to be okay. But as the minutes of helplessly listening to his brothers yelling out for him ticked by, he was becoming less and less sure he was going to make it out okay. He had been stuck for what felt like an eternity, and as time went on, his pain got more unbearable. He was doing everything he could to not let himself breakdown and start crying, because when his brothers did find him, he definitely didn’t want to be crying. If he could make any sound, though, he would scream. He would scream of panic and of pain and so his brothers could find him and pull him out of the dark. But as he was pinned, no sound, at least no sound loud enough to satisfy any of his needs, would come out. He was completely trapped, and the too real possibility of dying and rotting down here was dawning on him.

“Mikey, we’ve gotta get Donnie home,” Leo said.

Raph’s heart sped up even more. Were they leaving him?

“I’m gonna stay here and continue the search. You bring him home.”

Raph felt relief wash over him. Leo was staying.

“No! I want to help you look for him. I can’t leave him! I-” Mikey was cut off by Leo.

“Don’t worry, I’m gonna find him. I promise I won’t leave before I find him. But Donnie needs to get his leg fixed up, and he can’t just stay laying here on the dusty floor, okay?” Raph smirked slightly; Leo had his hero voice on. “I need you to seriously help him, and me, out and take him home to sensei. I believe in you.”

There was a moment of silence from Mikey before he said, “Okay, I’ll go home. But if you come home without Raph I am never going to forgive you, you hear me?”

“I am going to bring him back,” Leo said. “Even if…” he hesitated. “No matter what,” he decided on. “Don’t worry.”

As Raph heard Mikey get Donnie and start to take him back to the lair, Raph felt a deep pit open in his chest. He was scared that he would never hear Mikey or Donnie’s voices again. He tried to thrash around. He so desperately wanted to move, to scream and yell, to let his brothers know that he was here! He was here and needed help! But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t move. Well, he couldn’t move anything but his left arm, but that wasn’t much help. He wished he could get his t phone and call someone, but he felt his t phone was out of his reach, and he bet it was crushed. The only thing he could reach was one of his Sai’s. His Sai’s! An idea struck him so hard that he almost laughed. How could he not have thought of this already? All he had to do was grab his Sai, and hit things with it to make some noise. It seemed so easy; he wondered how he hadn’t thought of it before. It was going to be harder than he first thought, though. As he started to reach up to his belt, he realized just how much pain this was going to cause him. Every inch he raised his arm felt like pure hell fire was pulsing through his arm and through his chest. He felt as if there was no possible way his arm would make it to his belt without it causing so much pain that he would just die on the spot. But he needed to reach it. He grit his teeth and just pushed through the pain. He breathed a painful sigh of relief when his fingers finally grabbed onto the Sai and pulled it down off his belt. As he let his arm go limp at his side again, the metal of the weapon hit against the back wall and made a small tapping sound. Raph smiled slightly. His plan was going to work.

“Raph? Raph, please! Where are you?” Leo called out.

Raph pulled in another small and painful breath of air, before tapping his Sai against the wall behind him, causing a metallic sound ringing through the building.

“Raph!” Leo yelled. He sounded closer than he had been. All of a sudden, Raph saw his brother through the hole in the front wall. He couldn’t help it, tears of relief sprung to his eyes. He was going to be saved. “Raph! Holy shit you’re alive!”

In any other situation, Raph would’ve laughed at Leo's swearing, but all he did was drop his Sai, sending one last ring through the building.

Once Leo had cleared a big enough hole for him to fit through, he rushed to Raph’s side. “I can’t believe you’re alive.” Leo also had tears in his eyes.

“Neither can I,” Raph said in a hoarse whisper.

“I’ll get you out of here. I’m so relieved you’re okay. I was so scared.” Leo tried to push the rubble off him, but it would barely budge. Raph felt his panic grow with every failed attempt to free him. “Okay,” Leo said, his voice panic-stricken. “I’m gonna call sensei. Can you wait? Are you gonna be okay?”

Raph didn’t think he could possibly be trapped here any longer, but only nodded his head. He didn’t really have any other choice.

After a short but informative call to Splinter, he rushed back to Raph and sat by his side. “They’re on their way. We’re gonna get you home, okay?”

“I know,” Raph said, but his voice shook. “I can’t feel my limbs, Leo.”

Leo's eyebrows raised. “Well, once we can get this piece of, whatever this is, off of you, I’m sure everything will be okay.”

Tears streamed down Raphael’s face, clearing his right eye of the blood that was previously blinding it. “I was so scared,” he whispered. “I thought I was gonna die down here, I thought-” His breath caught as he tried to breath in, causing a painful bout of coughing to start.

Leo reached out and held Raph’s hand. “Hey. Hey now. It’s gonna be okay. I promise,” he said gently.

Raph squeezed Leo’s hand in his, ignoring the dull pain that shot through his arm as he did so. He didn’t try to talk anymore, it hurt too bad. But he didn’t need to anyway, because they heard hurried footsteps and Mikey and Splinters voices.

Leo stood up. “I’m gonna go get them. I’ll be right back.”

Raph held on to his hand. Panic rose in him again. “Don’t leave me,” he pleaded.

“I’m just gonna get sensei, okay? I’ll be right back.” Leo pulled out of Raph’s grasp and crawled through the opening.

Raph was left alone in the darkness again. His thoughts started racing. What if Leo got lost and couldn’t find him again? He had dropped his Sai and now he couldn’t use it to make noise. How would he let them know where he was?

Leo slipped through the opening and ran to Raph’s side again. He was followed by Splinter and Mikey.

“My son!” Splinter called out as he ran to him.

“Raph!” Mikey yelled. “Man, am I glad to see you alive!”

Raph smiled slightly. He was glad to see them, too. He thought he might never be able to see them again.

“I need help moving the debris. I can’t do it myself,” Leo said.

Without saying anything else, the three of them together pressed their backs against the piece of ceiling, and started to push.

“And, push!” Leo yelled, and they all pushed off the floor or the wall, slowly moving the debris. Finally, Raph was freed.

Once they got the debris moving, it was moving. It toppled over and landed by the front wall, leaving Raph falling to the floor. He hit the floor and crumpled into a ball on the ground. Everyone was around him in an instant. Raph started to cough. He took in big breaths of air. Every breath was agonizing, but relieving. He felt like it was the first time he had ever taken full breaths. But he coughed and coughed. Each cough sent a sharp pain through him, it felt like someone was jabbing a knife into him with every cough.

“Raph!” Leo called out. “Thank god you’re freed. C’mon, we need to get you home.”

Raph pushed himself up to his knees with his left arm. He grit his teeth. He didn’t think he had ever felt this much pain before. It felt like there was fire inside him, and it was going to burn him alive from the inside. He coughed again, and was alarmed to see he was coughing up blood. He wiped his mouth and looked up at Leo with big eyes.

“It’s okay, Raphael,” Splinter said. Raph turned painfully to look at him. “It’s going to be okay. We need to leave though. Let’s help him stand up.”

The calm of Splinter's voice made Raph feel reassured slightly. He was going to be okay. The hard part was over.

Leo and Splinter both crouched and put an arm around him. Mikey was calling Donnie to let him know they found him, and were bringing him home. When Leo and Splinter started to lift Raph up, Raph let out a strangled yell. If he thought pushing himself up was painful, this was next level.

“Stop, please,” Raph panted. “It hurts.”

They paused. “Raph, I’m sorry,” Leo said. “But we need to get you home.” They lifted him again. Sending new waves of pain through him. His vision blurred, and he thought he might pass out, but then he was on his feet, still supported by Leo and Splinter, and the pain subsided for a moment. Raph gripped onto Leo, who was on his left, but found he couldn’t grip Splinter with his right hand, he couldn’t move it at all, actually. But even though he had no control of his right arm, it still hurt like hell.

“Stop- stop for a second. Please,” Raph pleaded.

They took a short pause. All that could be heard was the steady breathing of all four of them.

“How about I put him on my back?” Leo asked Splinter.

“I think that would be better,” Splinter responded. “Thank you, Leonardo.”

“Okay, Raph,” Leo directed at him now. “I’m gonna lift you up, okay?”

Raph shook his head. “I don’t think… I don’t think I could handle that. It hurts so bad.”

Leo sighed. “Raph, you’re bleeding. A lot. And trust me, I feel awful right now, but I need to get you home. I can’t lose you.”

Without giving any more of a warning, Leo swiftly bent down, grabbed Raph’s legs and picked him up on his back.

White hot pain coursed through his body, before everything went black.

Notes -

HES NOT DEAD I PROMISE. just really hurt, but he'll be okay!

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